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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1919)
Star Then Execution! By David IIjniiuw Vou average American citlren In your amice American community imagine if you can, the tx'niliiliiy of a report limilar to the following being; nude of your community at any time aim tinilrr any condilioni. "Though much aaddenH, frir worker are cut tlnf off whom they mutt, and luiitmiiiiijr with those aetected, principally children. All aie male ing winter plain ami asking, pleading, for fund now to buy what will cost many timei more later on. Can you not cable ua that the' promiied ap propriation! are certain until th end of June 1919. 1 Such action would double the value of the (i ft. We mutt not let go now." The Committee for Relief in the Near East it doing ita utmott to tuttain thete peoplei. i'ov erty atrlcken, plague infeited, war terrorized Near East, the cradle of the white man'a civiliza tion, ia perishing. It it perilling becauM of the faith that ia in it. Only the help of an aroused American generosity can prevent this. It ia hard at 1 distance of thousands of milea for Average American Citizem to graip the need. Tolerant, Jiclpful, Kindly, Generoui America would never permit relief workers to aign death warrants for thouiandi of persona, did it but realize th: aituation. That is exactly what hap pen when the workers in the Near East are forced from lack of funds to "cut off whom they must." More than 4.000.000 people are destitute, of this number 400,000 are orphans, orphans be cause they were innocently caught in the net of the great war. These starving peoples live In the "fester" spot of Europe and Asia. America entered the war that autocracy might be crushed from the earth. We are forever bound to Europe because the blood of our sons Is mlngjed with European wit. We must carry on m their names, we must carry on or their supreme sacrifice will have been in vain. ' Frsnce, Belgium, Italy can all be helped by governmental aid. but the dying Christians of ' the Near East nave no government throuch which governmental aid can te given them. The task ia America's. Liberty, eauality, freedom of apeech, freedom of worship, all of these America has given to the world. Slowly the other nation f the world are accepting our ideals. Now we re challenged practically to advance the Broth erhood of Man taught by the "Man of Sor rows' 1000 year ago. The people of Hi land by the faith He gave them ask for bread. What hall America give them 1 rrr Tbe Fanners Bank of Weston Established 1891 If you wish us to do sopwe will secure your tax statement and you may pay your taxes here, saving a trip to the county seat. - Preston-Shaffer Milling Go. Established 1865 Athena, Oregon . Wait$bur, Wash. American Beauty and- Pure White -:- Made of selected bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. , ' ' . - - . v Sold In Weston by V ; Weston Mercantile Company BREVITIES Albert Jamee came up from I'en dluton lat evening to attend the liiiT iralherintr of "three-linkers." A full attendance la requested at tho regular nulling of Pythian Sistcra next Monday evening. Hy order of M. K. C. (liMrlea Dupula wan lure from Adimia Kumluy and report good crop proniH-rta there with no re seeding necessary. Tim It. Morrison have moved into what waa formerly known as the president' cottage, on the nor mal M-hool ground. A nine-jiound daughter was born Sunday evening, March 10, to Mr. nd Mr. J. 0. Wood at the home of Mr. Susan Tucker. Mr. and Mr. V. C. Davis and Hon of Walla Walla mnt the week end at the home of hi brother, W. M. Davia, south of town. St the Iteeve Ford attachment for coal oil and ganoline or distil late. Try it before buying. lYice l'J.00. Watt & Rogers. E. M. Smith, carfiier of The Farmere Hank of Weaton, waa in Madras. Oregon, the early part of the week on a business visit. Hen Dupuia ha located at M cow, Idaho, which will be his head quarter hereafter in the selling campaign for Montana lands. Frank 'Price, manager of the Wes ton Warehouse company, bought 120 tons of barley In the local market Wednesday for Portland house. Sim Culley and Bob Proudfit were down at Umatilla on another Ashing trip Sunday and brought home another batch of Indian rel lea. The Weston-Pendleton auto stage schedule follow: Leaves the Davis confectionery store, Weston, twice a day 7:45 a. m. and 12:45 p. m. 0. H. McPherrin, driver. Pody Duncan came up this week from Portland, where he has been employed in garage work. He ex pects to be chief pilot of a cater pillar engine lor Joe ney. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Towery, for merly of Weston, were here thia week from La Grande, where Mr. Towery haa been engaged for sev eral yeara In the brickyard busi ness. W. II. Gould has again been ap pointed sexton of the I. O. 0. F. and Masonic cemeteries. He will also take care of lots in the city cemetery by arrangement with the owners. , Harry Edwards and James Kill gore were In town Sunday from Holdman for a day's vacation. They have seeded 800 acres on the Scrimsher ranch and have 600 acres to plow. Dr. Grant Skinner, a recent grad uate of the North Pacific Dental college, Portland, waa here Satur day with a view to locating. Dr. Skinner is a Hermiston young man, ton of one of Its townslte owners. W. H. McGhee, who 16 years go was principal of the Weston school and ia now farming near Le land, Idaho, and hla son, Walter Lee McGhee, were recent visitors In Weston. Together with , Miss Colvin and Miss Hollenbeck they were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. nd Mrs. W. S. Price. G. A. R. McGrew It here from Portland on one of his occasional visits, and haa again donned the habiliments and assumed the gen eral characteristics of an honest Th leader waa mistaken In reporting that Bob had an arm broken while running drug store f Redmond. Another fellow got the broken arm while Bob got the publicity and the sympathy. Pine creek raged wrthfully ' Tuesday under the Influence of heavy rains and melting weather In the mountains. A the stream now has a much stralghter shoot through town than formerly, It did not overflow Ita banks. Active work was necessary to save a new dam put in in the lower part of town, to divert the current Into another channel and save Water atreet, above the bridge, from pos sible damage. . Clyde J. Rupert, one of two con victs who escaped from the state lime plant near Gold Hill, Oregon, Coached the old Weston Normal football team here some 18 year ago and waa known in local athlet ic circle as "Rupert the Red." He waa then a clear-eyed, clean limbed young fellow whom nobody would ever imagine could become a criminal. Rupert was sent up from Portland not long ago for the theft of liberty bonds entrusted to his care as bank messenger. . " Death Calls Mrs. Henderson Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Henderson, wife of Juwph Henderson, passed way March 1ft, 1019, at thu home of her daughter,. Mr. C. W. Avry, n WesUm, at the age of 7 yvr. Mr. Henderson wit born inShel byville county, Indiana, and her marriage was sJemniwd in the same state. After moving to Kan mm she rame with her liubband to Oregon about 33 years ago ami lo- rui.wl in flilliam county. Soon af terward they moved to Umatilla county, making their home on the uplands near Wetilon. Mrs. Henderson is survived by br husband, who Is hH years old, and the following children: Cora Henderson Post of Erie, I'm.; Frank Henderson of Cottage Grove, Or.; Herman Henderson of Oregon City, Or.; Mark Henderson, Kate Hen derson Avery and Fred Hendern n of Weston, Or.; Hendricks Hc-ndir-son of Seattle, Wah.; Nellie Hen derun Fletcher of Brant, Alberta; Joe Henderson of Erie, Pa. Funeral service were held at tl.e Avery residence Monday afternoon, where a short sermon wa preached by Elder John Bonewiu. The re mains were laid to rest in I. O. O. F. cemetery. Colled Wales saved 7.0i.000.000 hjr , (lie sudden closing of the war but you don't nolle It yet. Rometlraes we get It esrljr and some times late, but we usual) get our al lowance of winter. IrV S Put one of the NliVV DAY PHO NOGRAPHS TJho Claxtonola in your home; it's the most beau tiful phonograph made, while the tone quality is round, full, clear of amazing naturalness and as tonishing volume. Soodwins 1 I flatting out of the war Is murh like eating st a restaurant and paying the cstbler at the door. Cliss. II. CarUr Dan 1'. .Smyth Carter & Smythe UWTOU I'emlleton ... Oregon Butter Wrap orders prompt ' ly filled at the Leader shop. W. M. Pttcrioa G. fl. Biihop Peterson & Bishop LAWYERS Pendleton. Or. Freewater. Or. ;i Dr. S. L mm I i Veterinary Smgecn I ' ' Hospital at corner of Main ; ; and Broad streets. ' J .... . . Phone - wain z&3 I o o o Our ducks are knee-high to geese now but we are selling just the same You should see the new self-lif t John Deere Gangs we are sending out this week! The most Nifty, Nobby, Powerful, and easy-going gang and lift you ever saw. o o You will notice that those who seeded their wheat last Fall with KENTUCKY or VAN BRUNT DRILLS are not obliged to reseed this Spring with a possible exception here and there. x (Exceptions prove the rule.) " Our 4-whccl Deere and Weber wagons are built to handle 3-ton hay, 200-bushel potatoes or 60-busheI wheat Our sewing machines will sew wood shingles day or night and we will stake a sale on it. v Our electric washers squeeze the blueing and buttons too from any overalls under one year old. o o o . - Boost for the Memorial Hall to our Pioneers and Soldier Boys--where we will have good times in a good place and everybody welcome. Make this an institution of which the Pioneer and the Soldier will be proud. KASH KOUNTS WATTS & mmmmmmtmmammmamir s -a mm a - ,
