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DeMoss
Furniture
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A new SUIT?
If you want ono for Full
and Winter we will In glad
to aupply you. Wo repre
sent the U-t tuitorintr
houses in Chirago and guar
antee A i'KUFlXT KIT.
If you want to make your
old suit do we ran make it
look GOOD AS NEW by
expert
IDEAL Coat ami Suits
- for ladiea.
WESTON BATHS. BARBER
and TAILOR SHOP '
R. L. Raynaud
GENERAL
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Terms Cash
or 3Q Days
Interest
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i After 30 Days
SIM'S
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The Fanners tool Weston
Established 1891
All I DOING MY BIT?
Save your Country by Serving
"Over Tliere," or Serve your
Country by Saving over here.
; Buy W. S;S:
The Prudent Man
will fill his coal bin when the fill
ing is' good. Better order your
coal now, when I can supply you.
. p. T. HARBOUR, Weston, Oregon
Preston-Shaffer Milling Go.
Established 1865
Athena, Oregon . WaitsBurg.' Wash.
American Beauty
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Pure White f
Made of selected bluestem jn one of the v
best equipped mills, in the Northwest.
Sold In Weston by
Weston MercantileXompany
Two desk' Uliilionia to sell or
trade. lnulrv at this office.
Mm. J0. Wood of North Yak
Ima, Waah., Is visiting her mother,
Mn. Susan Tucker.
Accompanied by Mrs. WatU, Dr.
F. I). WatU left Tuemlay on a ul-tii-Nt
tirp to I'ortland.
Mr. Cora Simpson of Walla
Walla was a guest during the week
of her sinter, Mr. J. II. 1'iree. .
Kehool wiu reumel Inst week in
dihtrirt No. II on the Wild Home,
where Mr. With Frakcr ia teach
ing. A daughter waif born Friday ev
ening to Mr. and Mr. Claud I'rice,
at the i'rice homestead north of
town.
Mn. It. G. Baling and Miwt Lois
Kaling motored Saturday to Wait
burg, where they were Sunday
gueitU of the J. F. Kershaws.
Joe Hodgson is now a milier,
having gone to work at the plant
of Die Wtston Milling Co., which
ho acquired in a deal with W. L.
Kobbins.
. Henry Dowd has been ill with
influenza at Whitman College,
where ho enlinted in the S. A. T. C.
Favorable reoiU are heard aa to
hla condition.
Walter MilUm ia taking hi pr
table fuel factor to the Umatilla
river, where he will be employed
thia winter in aawing forty acrea of
fiver timber for Raymond Cadgett
near Mission.
John E. Beam, formerly of Wes
ton, haa brought suit against Nellie,
W. Beam for divorce, alleging that
the dwerted him in September of
I ant year. They were married in
Albany, Oregon, in 1900.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis II. Geiss and
their two children were taken to
the Pendleton hospital Monday
from their farm. All are suffering
from the "flu," Mr. "Geiss being in
the most serious condition.
The Andy Harnett slock of gro
ceries was taken in charge this
week by W. H. Gould, trustee in
bankruptcy.. The appraisers, who
went over the stock Wednesday,
are E. C. Rogers, Frank Price and
Lester O'Harra. '
The mountain harvest this year
was not really finished until lat
Monday, wheii a small patch of
grain was threshed at the Ernest
March place. Thia ia said to Ins
the latest threshing ever done in
the mountain country.
Several case of Sjmnish influenza
have appeared at Athena, which
hitherto has been free from the epi
demic. -Among the households af
flicted are those of Arnold Wood,
John Stanton and Edgar Forrest.
School had been reopened at Ath
ena, only to be closed again.
The Weston schools, closed for
some time because of the "flu,"
will be opened again next Monday.
Telegrams have been sent to all
teachers who were absent during
the enforced vacation, asking them
to return. All local influenza pa
tlenta are getting better, and no
new cases are reported.
The potato crop planted last
spring with such joyous confidence
by Bob Hodgson and Leon Lundell
was harvested this week. These
young men put in ten acres of
mountain ground, ' and if hungry
cows hadn't broken into their patch
and feasted on the spuds their re
turns would have been gratifying.
As It Is, the crop exceeded expec
tations, not more than a third of it
having been destroyed, when it
looked like a total loss.
After finishing his seeding, Sim
J. Culley has put his "cat" and
teams to work In plowing summer
fallow. He is plowing to a depth
of nine inches or more in order to
get under and break up the sole
leather crust formed by constant
summer fallowing at an almost
uniform depth. The "process is
quite difficult, and only eight or
nine bottoma can be hauled by, the
"cat," when ordinarily twelve are
used. The plan is experimental in
a measure, and only a limited acre
age will be so treated.
While the new Food Administra
tion ruling which permits of the
purchase of white flour without
substitutes applies to bakers and
alt public eating places aa well as
to the homes, the administration
advises that the bread allowance ia
not to be increased. In other
words, a person is supposed to be
just, aa saving with food now as
when obliged to use substitutes. A
letter received from the state ad
ministration indicates that on Dec
ember 1st the individual allowance
of sugar per month is to be in
creased to four pounds,
EVERYBODY'S
DO G
David Harum said: "Do to the other fellow
what he would do to you and- . ,
Dp IT FUST!" . V
The above is, figuratively speaking, the status of '
our dealings with the manufacturers ana jobbers.
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We now are making plans for the coming year.
We want to do the best business possible for all
parties interested, and if we can show you that your
money will earn you a great big percent of gain by
making settlement with us every 30 or 60 days, we.
are sure you will feel good and help us pushr the deal along; and all the time
we will all feel better, eat better and sleep better. . . ' .
HOW HERE GOES FOR A TRY AT IT
Our Goods are Right, our Prices are Right and
our Terms are Just and Fair to All.
From-this date and hereafter, all bills paid in
30 days 5 off.
All bills net 60 days and positively due for
settlement AT THAT TIME.
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Considering that our patrons will have the. benefit of prices .based on
cash business, interest will be charged after 60 days until settlement ismade.
Any other terms only by arrangement on certain purchases.
F. D. WATTS, . '
E. C. ROGERS. " .
WATTS & ROGERS
!dl S: L KHy!ARD j
i! Veterinary Surgeca
.The Leadershares in the general
opinion hereabouts that John Eng
lish is a good old scout and a regu
lar fellow." In recent letters .from
Jungo, Nevada, where he is en
gaged in government surveying,
John sent $20 for the Weston Unit
ed War Work fund and $2.00 for
he Leader. John is as cautious a
ever, however. He says: "Do you
fumigate the sheet each week be
fore sending it out? I am too far
away from civilization ,to catch"
the 'flu' unless it is sent aa a pres
ent." '
-G. H. Fontaine arrived in Wes
ton yesterday from Great Falls,
Montana, and reports the flu pa
tients there in whom local people
lire Interested to be out Of danger.
Mrs. Fontaine suffered a relapse,
but is getting better again. Mr.
and Mrs. Craig Driskell will" leave
Great Falls today or tomorrow for
Weston.
East Oregonian: Will M. Peter
son, attorney for the Pacific Grain
Co., has entered suit against W. L.
Robbins for the collection of
$789.62 alleged to be due plaintiff
for balance due on account of bar
ley sold defendant.
Dr. McKinney, local health offi
cer, announces that the flu ban will
be lifted next Sunday morning, en
abling the churches to resume
their regular services.
This morning'a casualty list con
tains the name of Peter Bue of
Pendleton as killed in action.
' Ray O'Harra, sailor boy, Is
here from Seattle on . a furlough,
Chus. H. Crt Dan P. Sanjrthe
Carter & Smythe
UWTEKS
Pendleton - ' '- Oregon
Butter Wrap orders prompt
ly filled at the Leader , shop.
W. M. Pttcnoa G. H. Bi.hop
Peterson & Bishop
LAWYERS
Pendleton, Or. Freewater. Or.
Hospital at corner of Main
T onrt Kmari Rtrepts.
i Phone -- Main 253 f
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Antiseptic Mouth Wash
Prevents and Relieves
Pyorrhoea of the Teeth
Kills the Germs of
Spanish Influenza
Goufciif slnig Store
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