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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1918)
WE8TON LEADER CURX VOOQ, NUUwr Th Yar Sis Month Four Month...., HUMT, WIT U mi ImHtti it th f Ottltt Wstlea. Oftgea M MCcImI Mil MtHt. ADVCRTIilNG RATCS Regular, per Inch per inscrtkm ... 15e Transput, per inch per Insertion c Local. wr lina per Insertion. 10c - tUKCLE SAM AND TEE BAlfXS . .- , In these parlou. time the gov. . 2- 1-1 - . -1 A the banks as a temporary rvniuus - sariaU The government is asking the k.i. f hniifnfip 1750.000.000 ,-n amount aiv s-an amount ap i ami vnc-hall Ikt ecry two weeks proximating two cent of their gross resources. Up to the first of November. 1918, k l.nMl to ITnele Sam III t" l ivr v Bvw. . by the banks will hav-e reached the enormous total of six billions of dol lars. The certificates of indebted ness bearing 41 percent interest which are issued to secure the banks, will then be redeemed from the proceeds of the next great Lib- erty Loan, which it is expected will be floated the latter part of Octo- ber. It will be observed that the proceeds of this loan will virtually have been mortgaged to the banks by Uncle Sam, thus Indicating his constant need of vast sums in the financing of the great war in behalf of himself and his allies. The banks are patriotic. They are straining every nerve to meet ernnieni i unmuic in .-. i iv public bodies, not oniy oeeause .nir.rn r"" and have it too." Not only so. but their undertakings are on a large mice," but then; were numerous It must eat iU rake before the scale, and so set up a more formid- other viands, delectable and nour k must J- able eomivetitun with the national ishing. lee mam was ervo, for cake ..supplied by the people, usm ntllfwr nMWTMs, Ulx,r dessert. There were seven tables. the government'e demand for a With the sound of mighty can demand it is. They did not fail last non in its eart, figuratively speak February, when a similar plan was jne Ben Sheldon can hardly inter- adopted, and they will not fail now. They are impressed by the ml,. fnrtu ! grnment a appeal as set forth in the letter dated June 12 received by The Farmers Bank of Weston from Secretary McAdoo: Already more than 700,000 of our splendid American boys are on the soil of France, and many oi them are actually fighting among the heroic defenders of the West ern front. Fresh contingents of American troops are constantly go- ing forward to France, and this stream will not stop until there is LITif the Kaiser and his" minions and enforce peace upon the, righteous basis which will make secure the liberties of mankind. Americas sons are dying daily in those bat- ties of fire and poison gases that are now raging in France. The heart of (every American must thrill with pride and emotion as ' he thinks of the sacrifices our sons are making for our safety and our noercy. ine DwiKer. i uic . j i r Sons oy Keeping uie ireasury vi the United States supplied with .the money required by the Gov ernment to furnish every Ameri can hero with the things be muit t0 die have to fight victoriously or gloriously. I am ' patriotic banker sure that no in the United . States will fail to do his full meed of essentia service to his country and to her noble defenders. , The banks, in fact, are learning the lesson of self-sacrifice and de votion. They are learning of things K greater than profits and noblerthan - dividends. Not only do they free- ly loan their , funds to the govern ment at rates of interest much less than received from ordinary chan nels, but they do a vast amount of free clerical work and do it cheer - fully. To a degree 'greater than any other class of business insti tutions they are essential to a tri umphant conclusion of the war, and the public should aid them by refraining from any requests for loans except such as are indispensa ble. In this connection an editorial article which we clip from the Sat urday Evening Post is pertinent: Whatever else may be debatable in this matter of economizng to meet the war, one point stands out clearly enough: There should be no borrowing; no use of credit ex cept for productive or really neces sary purposes. This applies to the inidviduat. He has no business to borrow or go into debt except to increase his pro ductiveness or for some unavoidable pwd.. Jf his cmu haa burnfd diwn he might be excused for liorrow Inr to rebuild It. He I ih exeui- ble for going1 into debt to build an W addition, or to buy needleaa luxur ... 0 75 tea, or for any such purpose. ... 0 60 It ftpnlira eeeially to Mate, towns, and other politieal division. Street ami road munt be kept in wan na.i tne runn ui, v reasonable repair and neeessary up- Aunt Sarah MolKmtrall's camp, it keep should Iw attended t. But was not in the nature of a relehra .n r,.v..i..ni that ran- timi. but a lolly, aoeiable and neigh not justify thenwelvea as eontriti- .iir.viiu i.i ih hoaltli and n ,ustrial effieieney of the eimununity H, deferred. The new court h(iust. ,ht. mw .rk the new high way can wait until this other tre nn-ndous job of winning the war is disnosed of. p . im.umbt.Mt u,Hrt, .,, ...... . . t .. . ... ..... t..... tK.. vm. ami rmiii. I ul a vi.v ... .. ....... nlc must have great influence on ... individuals. to build a The man who wishes new garage this year wi" P'Wy lay aside his plans wwnthp f Jty (y8 ,,llins for mcK xtrnnwnii ,n, cvenienees. Small towns and rural districts must remember this duty as well as big cities. An unnecessary pub lie improvement, undertaken now. advertises obtuseness to national need. There's a good deal of Bulgin in Portland, that bellicose evangelist having made his presence felt again in the sinful metropolis. "If wrre thc devil what in hell would vt was onc 0f his recent texts, yu is a helluva question. Brother Bulgin. We fancy, however, you wouij be looking for the hen in Gehenna, if 'it happened to be of yellow-legged variety, - Sommc wallop, Sommo wallop, ye Anzacs brave I est Weston with his normal school popgun. - - Some of us are in a position to assure Uncle Sam that teetotal pro- hibition will'be a pretty good thing for him. Sometimes we haven't agreed with Colonel Roosevelt, but wc are bound to admire him as the father of his sons. i- ' The pan Germans are credited with a victory In the change of for- mmisiers-wnicn uiC kind they can win. - ... .t-!-L .u.. I.. Having killed the Hun ambas- 8ador Rus8 has demonstrated an encouraging tendency to turn his homicidal instincts in the right direction. Some businesses made excess . . , u na , nroiiu as niirn as ivo ucrccui. 111 . ft I. C 0 H.nMJ.nd. - . . mey oia noi inciuue cuuuir cuii, m(r If Hindenburg is in the bug house, the only sympathy called for is tnwara nis icuow ougs : . at ii The g. o. p. in Oregon w ill lack for a Tongue to proclaim greatness. not its 700 Canadian Troops Sived. Boston. The rescue by an Amen- ct pttroi boat of 700 troop from the Canadian troopship City of Vienna, wrecked off the Atlantic cot, wa 0fl. Qnoe he went right over our fin increase tne tax levy win un reported her. car toward the river, just a little doubtedly obviate th neceMlty of tha way up. He finally landed and was governor calling a special session of Germany to Aid Aotrla. surrounded by the people. We got the legislature to arrng for mora Parts. Germany will send thr a g00d view of his machine but funds to met war emergencies. Whlla army corp to the aid of Austria, ae- did not get to touch it. He wore Governor Wlthycombe wa consider cording to a Home dispatch. a mechanic's suit and a leather hel- Ing th question of calling a special ' met. He had some attendants who iwlon of the legislature, Attorney THE MARKETS helped start the motor. When they General Brown directed hi attention started the engine 'they held the to thl law. Governor Wlthyeomba Portland. ,,ane and he speeded up the engine said fa believed thl authority eon- LMts No. 2 white feed. I0 a ton. and Cau ed some of the people's trred upon the tag eommlselon wlU Barley Standard feed, $52 per ton. Cora Whole, $73; cracked, $74. Hy Timothy, $323J per ton; al falfa, $24.60. Butter Creamery, 45e per lb. Egg Ranch, 37c per dozen. Potatoes Burbsnks, $1.50 per hun dred; new, J He per pound. Poultry Hens, 2627o; broilers, 30 32c; ducks, young, 25030c. attl. Butter Creamery. Sc pr lb. Eggs Hinch, 43e per dozen. Poultry Hens, heavy, dressed, 36c light, 33o; broilers, 40c; roasters, dressed, 28c: duck, llv 30c, drew! 2C; gene, ilvl 17c, drilled 253. FEASTING AND ENJOYMENT AT CAMP McDOUGALL IVrhaiw the irrande.t f Rood time ever wvitneiwetl in tne itiue uwiy garnering in ihhwv i Mclfctuirul . Pioneer or pioneers, who eame to Weston as early as I WW w hen then- w hs no Wet. by the way. Ilerlnrt h. Hoover might not altogether have approved of the wonderful spivnd wrve.1 un der the treea, but be could not nave rested the tetnotation to ,rtake. I .1... ....... r.wlwf imi.nvii lor mo invasion. i ..... i .i: ....... ........ ...... - whicn tne numocr oi uhut. w as indicated: Mrs. Mciaugan, n. S. A. Barnes, 21; Joe Hodgson, 15; Iri. e l!rts., ; K. t . Rogers, m; 1. C. McCuusland and A. O'llarra, I I; I.. I. O'llarra. . Hie follow ing were present: J. M. O'llarra and wife. Alln rt O'llarra and wife, Newton O'llarra and wife. Mis. Wavel O'llarra; lA'vi, Hwin and Kay O'llarra. R. W. Brown. Joe Read and w ife, Miss Dorothy IWbstel. Miss Fay U-nvn. Cvril IWwtel. tJilUrt Jones. J. M. Price and wife, Frank Price and wife, Mina and Fldrcd Price. Mrs. L. Maloney of Walla Walla, Ross Maloney and wife and Bar bara Maloney. Mrs. F. C. Small ami two chil dren of Walla Walla, P. C Met a us- land and wife and two children. Miss Elixa Morrison. E. C. Rogers and wife and four children. J. W. Porter and wife and two children. Joe Hodgson and wife, Lee Kirk, Miss Myrtle HOdgwn. Robert, Les ter and Lloyd Hodgson. Sam Darr and mother of Adams, Harry McBride and wife and two children. Miss Ruby Hall. Mrs. J. W. Hyatt. Will Hall ami w;fe and three children. Roy May and "d child. Charles May and wife and two children. anJ fiv(f chj,d. rpn of WaJla WaiIa u Hnttic Wiisey. Lester Wil sey, Mrs. Phoebe Smith and child of Beckelton. Wash, C. W. Avery, wife and child. L. I. O'llarra and wife, Richard Gerberding. S. A. Barnes and wife; Anice, Doris and Mamie Barnes: Mrs. Sarah McDougall, Mrs. Rebecca Culley; L. W. Barnes of Chelan, Wash.; William Killgore of Athena. AMr. George Nesbitt and wife and two John Hyatt, wife and child. Dr. Parker and wife of Pen- dleton. . Dr. Farnsworth and wife of Pen dleton. Miss Ellen Shick of Athena. He Saw a French Ace Worth Watts, Weston boy who is in Michigan wun nis parents, ... t?Mn,AW m-latnw in M4 inn of . a prnnh ovatnr eaw m rrcuuii oioivi a-vv-i enthusiastic over the fpectacle. Tka Ain. urae I lanfanortt flttnrirt vL .n ,hn ho. HMtrnvpH eleven German planes, and Worth thus describes the bird man's activ- ities in a letter to his uncle, E. C. Roarers: "He was some flyer he did his stunts so close to the ground. He flew UDside down someof the time or I could sec thevheels in air sometimes. Once or twice he start ed down toward earlh and made his machine spin aroind on end. Then he would act as though he ,. iuni hut nii. h.. tjrm, he got close to the field he would speed up the motor and fly hats to take flight It was great.' An exhorter who preaches fire and brimstone overlooks the picture thnt might be drawn of a place of punish ment where a man ha to pot In eter nity fighting a frozen heating plant There hould be ome wy of hold ing to account those who spread false nd misleading gossip bout our ol dler In Frnnce, Such gosulp Is hotly resented In the home of the nation. Chen. II. Carter Dan P. Smylhe Carter & Smythe UWTOS PndlUn Oregon CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS Church of the Brethren- Sunday tuhnol at 10 a. m. IVeachlnjr at fi . m. C. W. S. at 6:30 p. n. Mil Study, Life of I'hrUt, at 7:30 p. m, Jthn lutnewit, phut. Mfthodiot tliureh - Sunday arhmd at 10 a.m. lYeaehintr aerviee at U a. in. and 8 . m. r.twrin U-uut at 7 p. m. IVayer ineelinif Thunwln.v evitnng S. r.. mweii, jt,j,,,, lirvthren (."hureh I 'reach n n) m 8 p nl . . . , ,.,, m , () y ,.3(, f )( K fc tj 7 lK w meet . u.-dnemlav evening. K. K J 4N"U,ir- i IWtist tliurch- The Church w ith a cordial welcome for all. .Sunday wh.Ml at ten o'clock, preaching at eleven. Also preaching at eight o'clock in the evening. W. It. xiirmft. iiBHitir. ... -- EAT POTATOES SAVE it Up Ua 'r.irminjr' r of irtloa I a ehillvnj: mot of all lo Amorira." T a rood Admlnlsirttlon Bullotln. "Aln Germany lul for dominion. America' purpose I to eeiabllch the octet' of nation. Agitn-l dteiruo tlon. Amerlr' lra I nlln Alnt ul-r. America Ideal le eervlre. "We cnnot cure the ii-dfttV an of Brltala. the curi of Italy, the esaltetloa of rreece. -We caanot escel the Allle la aer lim. la enduraace. la fortitude. Our (ore in battle, theuih It mjr be da clilve. will sot be a iret a their. "We c hop to eontrlbut mol ta the common cauie from our larger resource. To rellet dprta prt vstloa, America rsa supply food. "Glvtnc up wheat I a llttl thine compared to their death trui!e I which ear totdiera ar (plandldly harlnf. "A llttl taint ye wt eaa do It with rtae of tplrtL luppoHIng our army and adding whole-hearted service to humanity, It I la America's power to defeat forever the putloa of eooqueet "Now I the hour of teatlng. Wheat la the tett" Qlv the Children Milk. Milk la on of the moet Important food source the human rae poe . For the proper aourtihment Of the child. It I sbeolutely IndKpen able aad IU a bould he kept up la the diet a long a poaalbl. Not only doe It contalo all the euentlal food element ta the moet available form for ready dlgeetlon. but the recent scientific dltcoverle how It to be e peelellr rich la certain peculiar prop erties that alone render growth pos sible. It I not enough to tk off your hat to the flag take off your coat and loll up your lvt, and having m4e tfcoi prpratloas. do (oatethlng ful for America and her cauie. i Twenty-two finished hulls were eoa trlbuted to th governroenfs "bridge of ships" In the Portland Columbia river district on th rourth or July. Of the 20 were for th government direct and two were for private own- r. Their aggregate tonnage wa JO,- 000 tons. Will erery on of tha 21 vesiel were completely ready for launching, and two mora could bava been turned loot on the way, mak ing a total of 24 tr (treffhlng a point, freshet condition at and near Port land made the launching of th major ity of them Impracticable. Actually about 26.000 ton were floated, seves government hull being releaied front the way, th record for the district going to Astoria, were four vessels left " ' t , A measure ptsd by th lt le Ulatur which give th stste tag commlsalon th authority to Initiate a make a special session of tha legli Isture unnecessary, and he tald ha would call a meeting of the tax com mission next week for a preliminary discussion of th situation. Really "Playing the Oam." When a soldier plsy th game, ba doe things which It require a braver man than himself to accomplish; be never know when he's don; he ac knowledges no limit to his cheerful ness snd strength ; whatever hi rank, be hold his life less valuable thin that of the humblest; he laugh at danger not because he does not dread . It, bat because he has learned that there ar ailments mora ttrribla aad lus cuabla tbia dutib . brief newsjf the war i..,ui i poods stationed In a sec tor of th Voege region earrled out a raid la which prlonr wer taken. On th Itrttlah portion of th west ern front 121 German airplane re downed nd TJ driven out of ronlrol during the past week. H nounred. Klfly two British machine ar reported missing. Auslrtllaa and American troupa wept forward oa a four mil front between Vlller Brlonnee.u and In river Homme and penetrated tlernmn position to lh depih of a mil and half. cpiurlng th vltl of lUmel. Valr wood and olhr vltl pol' yond lUmel. Victory In a flvdy batll and re capture of th ntlre eoll lone round lh mouth of th nv river was announced by Ihe Itellan war of ftc. Alt Italian material and gun bndoned In the first rush of lh" Austrian offensive have beeu recap tured with Immense quantities of Austrian military uppll. Ihe late meal said. The alllee In a eerlee of ralde Im proved their poeltlona at verlotia point along th mln front Ameri can. British and rrench Iroopa took valuable ground and more than ih0 prisoner from Ihe enemy. The moet Intereatlng of these raid from lh American viewpoint wm the success ful attack oa Vaui. Thl town tka by a nicely planned American attack la which the th and 23d regi ments or Infantry furnished th In fantry contingent and Ihe 12th, Uih nd ITth regiment of field artillery supported the atuth. The troop form a pert of our cond division, which I under lh command of Major General Omar Dundy. New Ford car for sale at the Weston garage. ' .VMV.V.W.V.VAVAV.VA1 f- Practical Patriotism I "The best ia always the cheapest" WE SELLra CIGARS TOBACCO CANDY and CONFECTIONS CONFECTIONS j p jj 0. K. CAIiDY SHOP J MesM Ilrkpatrlca ;J 3 3 VVVVVAVViVV.V iV.VAVAVAV.V.V.V.V.VAV Butter Wrappers Furnished and Printed at the Leader office Sixty (minimum) $0 90 One hundred. 1 20 Two hundred 1 75 Each additional hundred 0 45 Terms, CASH ONLY Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Established 1865 Athena, Oregon Waiisburg, Wash. American Beauty rando Pure White Made of selected bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the 'Northwest. Sold In Weston by Weston Mercantile Company Worn THE UNIVERSAL CAR Kemi'mU'r thnt when you bring; your r'ord ear lo im for mechanical Mtonlion yo l get Ihe genuine I'Wil service iimlcrittln. rxiM-rl enccd workmen mid ronl factory initva. Your Ford In loo useful, too valuable to take chances with poor mechanic, with wuully ttoor uuulily materials, bo ring it to us and anve both time and money. We nro authorized Ford deal em. trusted by the Ford Motor Co. to look after the w ants of Ford owner. H.L.HKDRICK - HAZELWOOD ICE CREAIil rAND1 ICE CREAIil SODA Mrs. E. E. ZEHM Brandt bid.. Main St. OOVERIZE Hy usinir KYM FLOUR. HARLKY ' FLOUR. GRAHAM AND WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR it Made by the WESTON MILLING CO. t We do custom milling-, buy and sell Hay. Grain and Millfccd of all kinds. FYw City Delivery Jt '3 ji Transfer and Storage ij Weston Transfer Co. ji j Davis & Ellis