WESTON LEADER
CLARK WOOD, NMUIw
subscription mates ;
Stricll Aftnc
) Tb Year
Six Month
Thro Month 0 60
who virtually says: diets, although she had to cx-
"May the tlovil take you ami tentHrued utensils and her field
your war work. Publish mo if you kitchen was under liiv, - Stella, wt
dare!" are still single.
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M 00 whole community is discredited be- The name of every yellow card
100 r.USe of th procrastination of a slacker in the United War Work
few of its' members. It has gone drive in Umatilla county will be
over the top in every preceding published in every paper in Urna
war drive on schedule time, but tilla county. Tiie Loyalty Commit
fail in one that it seems to us in- tee of the Patriotic Service League
volves the acid test of patriotism.
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WOMEN AND THE WAR
By MRS. HENRY P. DAVISON
Treasurer War Work Council
National Hoard V. W. . A.
. , . To buy bonds and "war gtamv is
ADVERTISING BAifi one of the very best of investments,
Regular, per inch per insertion 15c and entails no sacrifice. Giving
Transient, .per inch per insertion 20c freely that our boys in the canton-
Locals, per line per insertion 10c menS and on the armistice front
- - may be entertained and safeguard-
CONCERNING THE LAGGARDS ed displays a higher con -ption of
Iho duties of citizenship, a nobler
makes this significant statement:
"In this connection the commit
tee feels that it should point out
that the final chapters in the rec
ords of war service are being writ
ten and that as a man writes
himstlf into these records so will
he bo known the rest ol his days."
Within sis months after ths t'ntted
Plates entered ths war. ths Y. W. C.
A. War Work Council bait established
Iris club near
Before the .end of this oar the
total world war debt will ha t
not yet ,nu,eacKer ciass, 7 . $20.tH.flrJO,000. which is
seems that the Weston commun tv The local committee has been '
- . X I MM ?i
tuih.i im 1 Its Man wvna
in the United War Work drive. names of the laggards are not -
While Oregon and Umatilla cour- known-a least, officially. Current
ty are well over the top, at last so street talk, however, is that busi
counts the Weston district, had nit ness men. small tradesmen, work
yet completed its quota. ingmen and small farmers have
We find this condition difficult contributed promptly and cheerful
to understand. Weston is in U.e ly. and that the backward ones are
the large landowners. They are
men who have made money and will
make more money raising two-dollar
wheat, whose (and has advanced
hit mini fiml amrsrrl at l.axt Bivinir out mi liuui mmivu unu uir ..
ire not
DEMOBILIZATION OF
TROOPSJNDER WAY
1,790.000 Men In American
Army Return to Civil
Ufa-So on.
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Mr. Oavlsn
heart of a rich wheat belt has
raised two dollar wheat and ill
raise another crop next year at the
same figure. Laying aside human
itarian considerations, and looking in value, who have substantial bank
at the war from a'purely commer- balances or credit -and to whom
cial and business standpoint, we their individual quotas are
feel that it has been worth to the bagatelle compared with the pro
Weston agricultural interests more tection and benefit they have do
than it will cost in increased taxes, rived. The attitude of these men
Moreover, the balance on the right is a curious one and we would like
. side of the ledger has yet to grow exceedingly to get their point of
in volume. It would seem, then, view. Our columns are open to
that pocket-book gratitude alone any or all of them who may wish to
would impel a prompt and gener- make themselves understood. Some
ous response to war work of unde- may perhaps reply that it is none
niable merit. of-the Leader's business. But em-
Or is it that the local laggards phatically it is the Leader's busi
belong to the ril-get-and-keep-all ness and Jthe public's business.
I can and to-hell-with-the-other-fcl- And this reminds us to notify the
low class? If 110 we consider they local committee that the Leader
are poor indeed in the only wealth wishes to publish the entire sub
that counts. For the greatest bles- scription ilst of the Weston district
sing of the war if it can be said after the U. -W. W. drive is over,
to have had a blessing at all com
mensurate with the destruction and
misery it has caused is the spirit
ual growth, the broader vision it
has inculcated. ... "
The gallant stand of little Belg
ium; the self-sacrificing devotion,
unfaltering courage of France; the
unswerving fidelity to a world duty
and the names of those officially
proclaimed as slackers. ,
AN APPRECIATION
Tbe Leader is in receipt of the
following letter from W. H . War
ren, Supervisor of Newspaper News
for the United War Work Campaign
of England; the heroic come back in 0reon:
of Italy after a well-nigh over- Please permit mv, at the close of
whelming defeat; the magic trans- this great campaign to express to
. . ......jr. ymi the gratitude of this office for
formation of the United States spicdjd assistance rendered
from a peaceful nation to a war during the period preceding and
power in full and formidable pano- during the drive,
ply; the wonderful bravery and At the outset when I first wrote
skill of our own beloved soldiers you concerni"g our P'T for MV
. , , paper news, it was my firm convic
on the firing line and the honor tion that tnere woM a hun.
and glory they have won for our dred percent response to our ap
republic these are things, we say, peals for necessary space. At the
that should inspire all save those S'1? ?f the drivf this "has been
with hearts of stone. They have re- fu, Htod. With one ac
j J cord the editors of every kind of
deemed tle world for Democracy; publication in the State of Oregon,
they have even saved the United so far as my information goes, re
States from domination by the sponded to every call, and volun
Hnn teered a great deal of space not
Is' it-possibU that our laggards S. tSLIS
can read or think of these things As a newspaper man 1 hgve
without a thrill without some ccn- often thought that no one has as
ception of the utter paltrineis of ve written an adequate story of
the trivial money sacrifice they are ,the remarkable service contributed
i j m. ' i r .l , by the press in the winning of
asked to make? Do they no longer tia Jtt -wk.-i-.s
Washington. Morement of Ameri
can troops acroaa the Atlantlo has
a mere, atoprwd entirely and demobilisation t
troops In cantonments and camps at
home Is under way.
Orders have ben Issued, General
March announced, (or the gradual de
mobilliation of alt troops now In this
country.
There are now in the United States
1.790,000 men under arms. General
March said. .Orders which will result
in the Immediate demobilisation of
200.000 men are already issued and
these men wilt be in their homes In
the next two weeks.
When the reduction plan la under
full operation, the chief of ataff ex
plained. 30,000 men each day wilt be
released from the army.
Regarding the return of troops An
France, General March aajd that the
order In which the divisions will be
withdrawn Is being left to General
Pershing. It is the Intention of the
war department, however, ao fast aa
Is practicable, to return each division
to the locality from which the ma
jority of its men came and to parade .
the dirlsion In adjacent cities, ao that
the people may have a chance to give
fitting welcome.
Orders have been cabled to General
Pershing to begin the return at once
of all sick and wounded, who can be
moved, and convalescents. A steady
stream of these men should begin Im
mediately to cross the Atlantic.
mora than forty
of the eantoa
mrnts, harracka,
and navy yards.
A tralnrd recra
tins Irarivr
placed, la charge
r aaca tim
These worker
supplement t h e
efforts of the lo
cal Associations,
If those already
exist. Where the
Idea Is new the
w a r k e r a form
club renters, or
ganlse the girls.
and arouse them
to a sense of their responsibility In
this time of great excitement and con
fusion. x
No scolding of girls for unwise ae
lions and no solemn ftnger-shsklni oc
curs in the clubs. Instead of dwelling
on what not to do, these wis leader
urge real patriotism. All aorta of pro-
Jecta ara auggested that are mora In
foresting than the dubious and danger
ous pleasures which appeal to the Is
norant and the thoughtless.. At
parti, for Instance, these wily chaper
on, whom no one ever think of aa
supervisors, arrange that tberw ahall
always be twice as many soldier as
girls. "Twos'lng" Is utterly Impossible
where there ar not enough girls to
go around!
Club leaders do not attempt to ban
tsh the gallant soldier entirely from
the girls' world; thy wish only to
bring him down from glorified heights
of glamour to take hi place as an
every-day hero, aubject to In aame
scrutiny aa other men.
Instruction and relief work a re not
neglected. Among th activities of
fered ar dressmaking, cooking, knit
ting, French, athletic, dancing, sing
ing. Red Cross work, Belgian relief,
and work for the fatherless children
of France. Th world contains a' num
ber of things beside soldier for a
girl's Imagination to dwl upon.
Hundreds of club for school and
business girts all over the country are
offering pleasanter recreation than
the gaily lighted streets tod th sha
dowy parks.
"1 have a place now to spend my
evenings." said a telephone girl In
Waukegnn. Illinois, to th club leader.
"I was so lonely beforo yon cam.'"
Kmeigency housing for employed
girls Is closely connected with thej
mora general welfart work. Center.!
selected on the basis of Immediate
neef , have been chosen aa demonstra
tion ground to ahow employers how
gir) employ should bo housed.
These center ar near th canton
menta. The nureau of Horlal Morality la aa
Important featuro of th War Work
founolls prdaram under th present
abnormal conditions. That Ignoranca
I no shield to a girl I well known to
Ha member. Instead, It la her gravest
peril. Any situation shrouded la tnya
tery la dangeroua. Women can deal
only with what they understand. A
true social morality must be built on
a foundation of knowledge, and be
Inspired by high alms.
Fourteen women physicians ar
talking to group of parents, achool
tlrla, and Industrial women. Thes
lecturera bend their beat efforta to
spreading Information on social Ideals.
Colored woman at thla time muit
meet all th problem confronting
whit women. Their situation la fur
ther complicated by Industrial Bad
social Yondltlona. flpeclal cluba are
being formed among colored girls In
the neighborhood of cantonments.
Workers are being placed In industrial
-enters Ilka Louisville. Kentucky, aad
Hopewell, Virginia.
Immigrant men who formerly la
bored In mines, on farms, and la fac
tories, and now are la our army are.
themselves, In need of assistant-.
Foreign men marry young and many.
even of th young on, have large
families dependent upon them. It-
caus of thes helpless families, th
War Wok Council haa translator
who go Into th camps.
Th activities of th War Work
Council could not bo confined to our
own country, our American nrs
In Franc need th T. W. C. A. social
workers. Even the most self reliant
women must hav help at th front
where women's welfare la a matter of
minor Impoitanro, A central club In,
Paiia glvea hard-worked, courageous
nurses a bom ta a strange land.
Branch club at all of th has hospl
tala provide relaxation and recreation
for hours off.
When the French women cabled to
th War Work Council, pleading for
ipart to advise them la establish.
Ing foyer-canteens for women worker
la munitions and ft her war Industrie.
i pert wer sent over to hav over
sight of th building and aqulpplffg of
som of th canteen and act as ad
viser to French committees.
A professionally solemn faced, tat
ter In on of th beautiful homes
wher a drawing-room meeting was
being held stood wher he heard the
stories of th .War Work Council's
plans and accomplishments. After
th guests had gone bo approached th
1. lik a Jt. a. it a
NOTICE OF SCHOOL MEETING
District No. 19 -Budget of Estimat
ed Dpendttures and Receipts.
Nolle I hurvdy givn that a tiu.i t
lug of th Ivgal voters of KcIkhiI Die.
trict N. ly will U held at th sdim.l
limine hi Weston, OrtK"" "' Novum
Ur W, IVIH, to vote off the toMwlllini
n f ievytt'sT a ecial ilistricl las, Tim
total amount of money newltHl by the
district fr the 'Ascul yrwr Imk liming
June 17. IVIH. il tinting Juim in). lUlU,
Is cstlinnlwl in thu following budget:
KMTIsl ATKU KXrKNOITUKKB
Teacher' aalarle '........ I nx oh
Apparatus, auditive, etc Xini mi
Hags IfStai
Kepsir of acrtoollwusee, etc, 8M) no
Janitor's wagve KU oil
J snllor's supi'llva 24 (JO
L'..l 1 Tim in
r uvi ,.,.,,.,. ,.u.i,.m. ...
Mght
Water
t'lerk'a salary
IWlag ami stationery
Intel vetun lximl, wairaitla ,
Total
7i) is)
fX) IKI
! Ml
76 00
lift IK)
teJO (0
muni)
KsTiaMTgu Kmurr
County school fund I ZH tki
Stat achool fund .
i'ah on haml Wis In
County high school fund,, tint) U
Total 14215 45
MKl'AI'ITt'UTION t
Total timll exH.nei ,117:iil 00
Total etiniail receipt 421S 4Q
Amt. to I retard by tax ... t 7530 M
liatvil November K. I '.UK.
(iKo. W. HTAiitiS,
Chairman Hoard of llirvrtora,
r'HANK t'HK'K, iUstrlct Clerk.
I ,-l IMera)sVl x4i4gtti)'4Mti (sf ) j
I ;-. ea-i HaaaK, r) y-Katuaa m4 e)
..fisfsaasi (W fuel CAROM m4 (W
tm lee-WtaalattalJ, Uakg rMMIsMa.
PATfUTi BUtLO fOWTUMtS
. ItWr I roB Imb(i H sdl km Wlwj ktK4
aaasl gftT ys mmmt f. WfOsj Imttf .
D. SWIFT & CO.
ATgHT tAWfta.
103 Oventh hU VVashlrgtos. 0. C ,
- SUMMONS -
speaker with to one-dollar bill. "I
glv them for my daughter." h aald.
"t am subject to th next draft. When
f am gone someon must look after my
little Hrl I feel th War Work Coun
cil wUI do It,"
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
WILSON TO ATTEND
PEAGEJONFERENGE
Washington. President Wilson will
attend tbe opening sessions of th
peace conference, it waa announced
officially. "
He will go Immediately after the
convening jof tbe regular aesslon of
congress on December 2.
. How long the president will remain
,ut"v,wln the OTPBtPKt of wars. Whili. f.
fgel a sense of obligation now that may not fall to my lot even to at
their country is safe and their prop- tempt such a task I want you to
know how deeply we appreciate
all that you have done for us dur
ing this drive. The results speak
for themselves.
erty secured to them, and have de
termined to follow again the path
of narrow selfishness? If so, . we
fear they are not men with red
blood in their veins, and Jto call The kaiser is not only going to
them mice would be to slander that pot but is going, back to Potsdam,
pestiferous little rodent. ' 1 1
Perhaps they do not believe the Pro-German brewers have let n
statements of President Wilson, brewing something besides lager
General Perching and . a host of trouble fur themselves, for instance,
other public men that funds are
The Vale, Oregon, Enteprise,
which suggests hat Saturday be
made a echool day in order to make
up for the "flu"' hiatus, would
certainly be compelled to suspend
if it had to depend upon small boy
patronage. ,
abroad he himself probably cannot say ing at
now. The time for the convening of Sunday
the peace conference ha not yet been
announced, but the general belief here
Is that It cannot assemble before lata
In December at the earliest. It such
proves the case, the president will b
absent from the country for at least a
month and probably Jonger.
In reaching his decision to attend
ths peace conference the president Is
understood to have been largely influ
enced by representations from Pre
miers Lloyd George of Great Britain
and Clemenceau of Francs and other
statesmen of entente countries.
Church of the Brethren Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Preaching at
H a. m. C. W. S. at 6:30 p. m.
Bible Study, Life of Christ, at 7:30
p. m. John Bonewitz, elder.
Methodist Church Sunday school
at 10 a. m. Preaching services at
11 a. m. and 7 :.')) p. m. Epworth
League at 6:30. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening. S. K. Powell,
pastor.
United Brethren Church Preach
Spuds
Wanted
11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
school at 10:00 a. m.
Junior C. E. at 2:30 p. m. C. E.
meeting at 7 p..m. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening. E. F.
Wriggle, pastor. .
"Baptist Church The Church with
a cordial welcome for all. Sunday
school at ten o'clock, preaching at
eleven. Also preaching at eight
o'clock in the evening. W. R.
Storms, pastor.
Christian Science Society Ser
vices Sunday at 11 a, m,, Water
street, near Main.
SHEDS FRUIT CO.
FREEWATER
In tlx Circuit Court of th Stat of
Orvgon for Umatilla County.
Adilut A. Hcno, I'laiiitilT, va. Joecpn
(Joe) Hcno, Defendant,
To Joavhh (JKi) Uoihi, defendant abov
namotl :
In the Nam of the Slat of Orcgnn,
You ar hrby rnutr! to cr ami
anawer Iho cuniplaint of the plats,
l if fliml against you Mi Iho abov
ciitltM court and cause within six
weka of the data of th Arl
i publication of this summon, name
ly, on or before the 27th day of
Dcmbr, A. I). )ls; and you
will tak nolle that If you
fall to appear and answer said
complaint or otherwise plead thereto
within said timv. th plaintiff, for
want tlmrtxif, will apply to the abov
entitled curl for th relief prayed for
and demaiMlod In her said complaint,
namuly, for a deem forvvor dissolv
ing the; bond of matrimony now and
heretofore exintinK between th plain
tiff and defendant, and fur other equit
able relief.
Thla sumniona la published pursuant
to an onler made and hied herein th
8th day of Novemlxtr, 1918. by Honor
able Gilbert W. I he ps, Judg of th
Sixth Judicial District of lh State of
Oregon. Th first publication will bo
mad in th Weaton Leader newspaper
on Friday, the 15th day of November,
1918, and the last publication will bo
made on Friday, 4h said 71 h day of
December, 101.
Dated this Hth day of Movember, A.
D. 11)18. WILL M. I'ETLKSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Itesidenc and Poatomc address:
Pendleton, Oregon.
! lunches!
The glad hand Isn't for th fallow
with a cold.
In tlmo of war prepare for penes
and good road.
What Is there worth saying that can't
b said In English
In ths fall the good man's fancies
heavily turn to thoughts of coat.
Glue Is sold to lie scarce probably
Owing to the demand ' for Thrift
tamps,
Many
kitchen
sentlal.
a woman would be glad If
work were listed as nones-
Rlnce people with" colds are unwel
come at the picture theaters, many
persons are going to take measures to
improve their health.
When In doubt about what to do with
those coupons buy Thrift stomps. "
ICE CREAM
CIGARS
CANDIES
Baker's Goods
P Phone your dray orders,
l 93. nr mil nr. afnro
f - vvt va
Men I supposed to bs well sealed.
but the Yanks ar expert can openers,
needed for United War Work, even
though the war is practically over.
If so, their conceit and obstinacy
are beyond- understanding.
The most charitable view is that
the laggards are merely neglectful
and will eventually come through.
If this be the case they owe an ap
' olgy to the loyal and hard-working
lodal committee, whose
it yon are not doing any war work,
cet busy. There Is something yon can
do. -
One slight element of expense Is
the heavy cost of widely circulated x
flnnntlons of why food cannot be
cheaper. - .'
Now th world Is discovering that It
need women quite a much as It needs
men, ..
. The Taws enacted In the last'few
jeors have established a fine alibi for
I lie old-fnshlnned common drinking cup
In the present Influenza epidemic.
righting with speed, skill and fores
is the stralghtest road to a Just peace.
Tbo war Is Dot being fought, how.
ever, to make the wortD safe for profit
i I Davis & Ellis
The world seldom sympathises with
the man who advertises bis troubles
with a spite fence.
Tiily American housewives admire
the thorough way In which th Yank
over there are "mopping op."
We are driven to hope that Dr.
members Marie Equi of Portland gets Equit-
are not only giving their money but able punishment and passes out of
their time to this great cause, as the public prints,
they have to every preceding war . - . "
drive.. To cause them extra trou- Lieutenant Stella Carmirhael of
ble and worry betrays, it seems to the Salvation Army cooked bclweeh
no on atT'Q nt larlr if ronm'ftprat inn. parlv forenoon and one n'rhwlc t.hn
Indeed, we would almost prefer the next morning 2500 doughnuts, 1200 Jec"KS MJuSJTt&
defiant attitude of th open slacker, cookies and 125 pics for the sol- sta measles
"Crooking the elbow" now ho a dlf.
ferent significance. Ask the army or
nnvy officer who must saint som on
every other minute. .
Thla Spanish Influenza should be de
ported atralghtway as ao undeslrabl
citizen.
When ths war needed a littles mora
ginger, American soldier boys provid
ed It
When the enemy Is weakening Is no
time to "lilt soft." The mercy stroke
IS a quick, sure, deadly thrust ' ,
It may Just be a coincidence that
"Spanish" Influenza Is so much more
prevalent In army camp than else
where, and. It also might be that some
enemy agents have been busy.
Health note Not on of the hsl
er's six sons Is suffering f rom. s'lell'
shock.
' Jnpnn lin made a proclamation to
the people of a Siberian district that
anrhtMly who causes disorder will bs
promptly punished. This Is th kind
of yeacs not Uiat tauoa builnsn, -
Not a few persons might conaerv
sugar by developing a little sweeter
disposition.
At last accounts the aauash nla ad
static was being maintained on all
front. ' '
HOOVliZE
By using
HYK FLOUR. BARLEY
FLOUR, GRAHAM AND
WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR
Made by the
WESTON MILLING CO.
We do custom miUincr. buy
and Bell 'Hay, Grjiin and
Millfeedof all klndg.
Free City Delivery
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