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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1918)
u u i V4 New Rugs I J! AXMINSTERS FIBERS TAPESTRIES DeMoss Furniture J 3 I Ten am tiniU-r near Hlue Mountain sawmill fur nale. Y. D. Walt. A NEW SUIT? OBH. BLACKSfH If you want one for Foil and Winter we will he glad to supply you. Wo repre sent the oeHt tailoring houHca in Chicago and guar antee A I'KKFKCT FIT. If you want to muke your old suit do we can make it look GOOD AS NEW by expert CLEANING AND PRESSING f f Charged IDEAL Coata and Suits for ladies. WESTON BATHS. BARBER and TAILOR SHOP R. L. Reynaud Terms Cash or 30 Days Interest ! After 30 Days SHOP 9. Tbe Farmers Bank of Weston Established 1891 Although the war may be practically over in sofar as hard fighting and heavy sacrifice of life are concerned, still the need of funds is great; and the banks have already been asked to .subscribe heavily to Treasury Certificates in anticipation of the nex liberty loan. It will therefore be necessary for all to conserve their credit, and prepare for the next loan. I am coinM'lli- to conduct my liuoini'M on a ruth huln only. Jow Hodgson, tin inilliT. Ia-1 u change tlr- and you may take that dandy Ford roadster at 20 IfM. WatU & Rogers. Mrs. L II. I)owd was railed to MrMinnvillc Wedmwlay morning by the illncnM of her daughu? Margaret. Stevens liodge No. 4S, KnigtiU of Pythias, will hold election of offi- JJ cera next Wednesday evening, anu Jj a full attendance i deitired. Tlie residence of Mayor H. I. I WatU of Athena waa raided Wed nesday ty county and government officers and more than 125 quarts of liquor seized. P. A. McKride and Mrs. T. L. ' McKride are influenza patients at ! the Mcliride Bros, farm south of town, but the condition of neither 1 is regarded as serious. ; P. T. Harbour and Clark Wood are leaving Sunday for Portland to ', attend the Pythian grand lodge un- ; less the flu lid is again clamped 1 down on Oregon's metropolis. Of the Weston young men en rolled in the S. A. T. C. at Corval ' lis, Leon Lundell is serving as first ! sergeant of Company C, and Virgil Lundell Is an orderly sergeant. It is reported that H. F. Alder man has bought the Ben Walden fruit and truck farm on Dry creek. Bert Boylen, who has been occupy ing the place, has moved with his family to the Sam Phillips farm. Mrs. A. P. Couch and three chil dren have returned to Wallula, af ter a three weeks' siege of influ enza at the home of her parents here. All three children were .afflicted, and were sucessfully at tended by Dr. McKlnncy. The bear that has been making its home In the Will Burkhardt or chard and living on apples met death last week. It was treed by the bear dogs of Henry Sams and brought down by shots from Carl Brutscher s and Mr. Sams' rifles. The first Weston soldier reported in the casualty list to have been killed in action wss Robert Brack en, whose name was published Sat urday. Private Bracken was a brother of Mrs. Charles Marsh all, who is now residing at Stan field, Oregon. Miss Wave! O'Harra and Miss Hazel Duncan are both ill with Spanish influenza at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Iven O'Harra, south of town. Miss Duncan was attacked with the dis ease upon going home from high school last Friday evening, but so far as yet reported no other high school students are afflicted. While Braden Gerking and John ny Rothrock were indulging recent ly in the time-honored pastime of painting Athena red, young" Roth rock was shot in the foot by Coun cilman N. A. Miller, who attempt ed his arrest. Several men were Watts Boners Hardware FOR SALE No Camouflage It's True RASH KOUNTS Scores of our patrons are congratulating us and themselves for the bargains and savings secured by our new way of doing business. Up to date only two of our old friends have criticised our new plan. WHAT OF THESE? A $100 fine full cabinet graphaphone for $72 A $47.50 high grade, oak, excellent tone, for $35 A $17.50 graphaphone, light and loud, for $12.50 X-mas is Near ! 0 0.0 Just a Feeler on Stoves A $32 Howard heater for .$26.85 A $29.75 Wilson coal heater for $18.00 A $16.50 Nobby fireplace heater for $12.50 Y0U1L SAY THE YELLOW TAGS SHOULD BE Oil OS : A $2.50 jack knife a dandy for your soldier friend for -...'.11.65 A $1.75 jack knife make any boy love Dad or Uncle for. tl.35 t A f 1.00 jack knife you can lose it just as easily as a J2.00 one for $0.65 il 8 SEE THE TWO-SPOOL SEWM ME and we have on exhibition a ROTARY ELECTRIC-the latest-use on any table, take under arm and join the Red Cross sewing circle. The FORD ROADSTER going at $543 -and on Goodyear tires. Three or four tires yet at something over half the real value. VS" It these figures mean nothing to some of .you four-corner dude wheat farmers just come in and we'll trade you our whole business for that sour. dough land "not worth the income tax." WATTS & ROGERS tLvwVViW. required to overpower Gerking and land mm in jan. com young The Prudent Man will fill his coal bin when the fill ing is good. Better order your coal now, when can supply you. P. T. HARBOUR, Weston, Oregon Prominent Farmer Called by Death chas. h. carter Carter & Pendleton Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Established 18S6 Athena, Oregon Waltsburg, Wath. American Beauty Pure White Made of selected bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. Sold 'In Weston by Weston Mercantile Company men were mounted and riding reck lessly. Mrs. George Waddingham and Louis C. Harder, one of the most five cihldren have been ill with in- prominent and popular farmers in fluenza at their home In Walla this section of the county and a na Walla, and Mrs. Delia Marsh, sister tive born citizen of Oregon, was of Mrs. Waddingham, was seize called by death December 1 at his with the disease after going over to home on Dry creek. . He succumbed attend them. Some of the patienta to pneumonia following an attack of are in quite a serious condition, Spanish influenza. Mr. Harder was their illness having been aggravated a devoted husband and father, a by exposure during a fire in the kindly neighbor and an upright household caused by a defective citizen and his passing is mourned flue. by all who knew him. He Is sur vived by his widow, formerly Miss Dora Stamper, and two children, a Dan P. Smyths Smythe LA UTTERS Oregon Butter Wrap orders prompt ly filled at the Leader shop. W. M. Pttcrso 1 C. H. Biihop Peterson & Bishop LAWYERS Pendleton, Or. Dr. S. L KEIIARD ! Veterinary Surgeon Hospital at corner of Main and Broad streets. T reewacer. vr. t Mrs. Sabina Morton has leased her farm holdings for a term of four years to Tilgman Beckner and leaves shortly for Washington, D. C., to visit her sister, Mrs. Miles Polndexter, wife of Senator Poln dexter. She will afterward go to Europe to follow relief work in boy of thirteen and a girl nine years of age. He is also survived by his father, an honored pioneer of the county; three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held Monday at the home, and the ciated work. ramD ni wow tnpn parnrrpn in Belgium and Prance. Mr. Beckner, fnn hv thp Milton Mm of Masons. 8 lessee of the Morton farm, came of whJch Mr Harder was a mem- K from West Virginia about two ber He wa8 ald to rest in the years ago. and had since been asso- Masonic cemetery herej with the with L. A. Dudley in rarm jmpre8Slve rites of- that order. Members of the local lodge of Ma- Roy Beck, his wife and seven of met he Procession at the their nine children are sick with In- grave. fluenza at their home In Walla .... Walla. Until tho arrival of the , As high as 500 percent increases mother of Mr. Beck, they had re- have been obtained in some crops ceived no attention except such from the use of sulphur as fertil- bs uuuiu uo given vy uic iu - -- ' . " - y children who escaped the contag- tendent of the O. A. C. branch ex- J ion, one of them eight years old periment station at Talent, Oregon, 8 and the other only four. These No injurious effects have been ob- little ones bravely did what they served from jwtwy sulphur appli could, and some food was supplied cations in that district. by neighbors through the win- . dows. Mr. Beck is a brother of See big ad how our new way N8i 9: Q Nek?". ?J this city. helps, Watte & Rogers, Gift Suggestions Christmas Cards, Booklets, 1 Ivory Goods, Jewelry, Stationery, Perfumes, Candy, Kodaks. 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