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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1919)
I SEAT HEIiTOL SMJE i - A MIGHTY MERCANTILE MOVE We expect to move into our building on Main street early next month. Before moving we have planned a monstrous sale to move every article from the old store possible-move it into money and move it into homes of people at prices they will appreciate. Women's Coats, Suits, Dresses CHILDREN'S WEAR. AULLINERY, SHOES, UNDERWEAR, GLOVES, CORSETS, TRIMMINGS, BLANKETS COMFORTERS, PILLOWS, SILKS, DRESS GOODS, LINENS, Etc. EVERYTHING IN THE STORE CCLUDED Except a lew Contract Goods , Tremendous stocks will be here soon for the new building. Therefore this big sale in the old store must overshadow any of our past efforts. SALE COMMENCES FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7, AT 9 A. M. ,Walla BREVITIES I ..... Royal DriskeS spent Sunday with his parents Vere. Mrsv &. IX Pedersen has returned frora visit at Portland. ,Sara Caplinger was here last week from the Willamette valley. We give you honest time and guaran tee our Work. Weston Garage. A car of the new Overland will ar rive next week. Dr. S. L. Kennard. The Weston Baths, Barber & Tailor Shop will close each evening except Saturday at 7 o'clock. B. L. Reynaud. Mrs. R. G. Saling is leaving for Portland this week to corap ete her voice studies under Taglieri, the fa mons Italian master. Rev. W. S. Payne has gone to Hel ena, Washington, to conduct a re vival meeting; for the Methodist Episcopal Church. He will be ab sent several weeks. Mrs. S. E. Powell has received a box of splendid Montana apples from her husband, who is stationed at Corvallis, Montana, as pastor of the South Methodst Church. Mr. Powell writes that he likes the climate in that part of Montana. Sam Key has bDUSi'.t the Thomaos Go'jld place on Basket mount-tin part of the consideration beititf 2i acres of irrigated land in the ' Ulna pine district. Mr. Key is said to have paid in addition $300 for the moun tain tract. It contains 160 acres. Mr. Gould will build a concrete gar Age in Milton. The Weston Commercial Club got together Monday evening for the winter season and elected the fol lowing officers in good old town meeting style: Sim J. Culley, presi dent; F. C. Greer, vice president; C L. Pinkerton, secretary; S. A-Barnes, treasurer. The club will now meet every Monday evening at Memorial hall. ' Floyd Fox trapped a big fat bear dressing 450 pounds near the Jim Jones place on' Weston mountain. Floyd noticed where bruin had been, dining on the remains of a dead horse, and there set his trap. lie gave away much of the fat and then rendered out eight gallons. He sold the hid to Mrs. John W'ickman for $36.00. A 'Walla A round score of riders headed by J. P. Lieuallen, president of the Wes ton Stockmen's Association have been threading the highways and by ways of the Blues in the wettest kind of wet weather, on the annual round up. In all some fifteen hun dred head will be driven out of the Wenaha reserve to winter posture in the lowlands. In some places the r dcrs encountered wet snow a foot and a-half in depth. Clad in a white apron and a wel coming smile. Preacher Storms is helping out in the local meat market 'during the illness of Mr. Sauer. Ed. DeMoss mistook him for a bar tender. Upon his return from the Baptis"t convention at Portland Rev. W. R. Storms was accompanied by his moth er's oldest sister, Mrs. B. J. Tiffany of Camas, Wash., who is visiting him here. Roy May has bought the John Stolp place consisting of 40 acres, on "Weston mountain. Cyril Proebstcl, a former Weston soldier, has taken a position as dep uty county clerk. New Bank at Athena The Athena State Bank is to be es tablished soon by John F. Herr, who comes to this city from Baker county. 3Ir. Herr has heretofore been con ducting a small bank at Richland, in Eagle valley. The Athena State Bank will start with a capital of $25,000 and a sur plus of $5000. The incorporators are Louis Hodgen, A. L. Swaggart, A. Coppock, O. H. Reeder, H. H. Hill and A. E. Shick. The new bank will erect and oc cupy a one-story building of brick or concrete with a frontage of thirty feet, on the lot at the corner of Third and Main streets owned by the Kirk and Ladd estates. Construction will begin at once an,d will be pushed as speedily as possible. Mr. Herr is a man of family and -will make Athena his home in the im mediate future. He has had ten years of practical banking experi ence and thirty years of commercial experience. Aside from conducting the Richland bank, he has been con nected with the State 'Bank of Port, land The local pank will be under Jiis immediate supervision. As Athena already possesses one f the strongest banks a the state, its interests are certain to be well cared for in financial way. M JWSAaJBi I "OYER THE HILL" Mrs. James Sturgis spent Tuesday with her parents here and v-s'ted her cousin, Miss Doris Barnes, who is ill in Weston. Mr. Sturgia left Monday night for a business trip to San Francisco. Mrs. Lillic Miller will embellish her living room with a rug made of a cub bear hide. John Myrick is similarly fortunate, save that in his case a grownup bear served to pro vide the rug. Both bears were shot by John Thompson from in sight of his honse on the Umatilla river. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lilian! of Pen dleton were gucr.ts this week lit the Charles McFurland honK. Miss Bcllo Pambrun will go to Walla Walla tomorow to enter St.. Paul's school for girls. Her sitcrs, Mises Ellen and Angie, are students at Whitman College. Mrs. Isaac Phillips, who sprained her ankle about a fortnight ago by stepping oft a broken sidewalk at the home of her daughter, is still suffering severely from the injury. She is confined to her home on High street. , John Keen and wife were over from their heme near State Line during the week, visiting relatives in Athena and vicinity. They are on their way for a visit with relatives inthe east, and wil return later to Long Beach, California, to spend tho winter. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Long came down from their himie near Spok ane and spent the day wth "Weston and Athena friends. They are en route to Long Beach, Calif., to spend the winter, and are driving through in their car. Mr. Long has pros miles of the heart of town. Ho is gradually adding to his holdings and pered in the Falls city, and has ac quired a tract of land within ten expects sonn to own 160 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knowlton . are liv ing in Spokane and Mr. Long re ports that Frank recently went on his annual hunt in the Coeur d' Alcnes. Tonight at the Pythian hall the lo cal lodge of Knights will hold an open session at which their families and invited guests will be present. A literary and musical program is be ing arranged and refreshments will be served in the well known hospita ble manner for which Pythian lodge is justly famed. Mr. and Mrs. George B. Woodward and their children, Delpha and Don ald, will leave Sunday with Hono lulu as their objective. Mrs. Anna bel Heishman will accompany thrm, as will also Miss Eva W.xHhvard and Mrs. Uura Woodward from Wal ls Walla. At Portland the party will be joined by Mr. ami Mrs Zeko Stone from Thornton, Wanh., and will go to San FrancUco, where they will take-the boat Lurlinc for tho Hawaiian- Islands and will spend tho winter there with John Stone and family. Miss Bertha Murdock of Leslie, Michigan, recently arrived here and is at tho home of her sister, Mrs. Louis Keen, northwest of town. Miss Murdock iH an experienced high school teacher and will seek a posi tion in Oregon. She is substituting at tho Union school north of town during the temporary absence of Mrs. Dobson. , Wednesday evening at tho regular meeting of McKcnzie Chapter, O. E. S., a pleasant social hour followed the busines session. Cards and other games furnished entertainment Hid a two-course luncheon was nerved by Mrs. Henry Dell and Mrs. W. I Lit tlcjohn. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Scott came up from Pendleton and met with the chapter. It was propojod that the ladies reorganize tho 0. R. S. Club, and a meeting or that purposo will be held next Tuesday afternoon at the home o the worthy matron, Mrs. R. B. McEwen. O. O. Stephens has completed ex tensive alterations in his Pure Food Grocery. New shelving has been put in at tho rear of the storeroom, and the whole of tho interior has been painted. -The new shelving affords additional room for the big stock oi cereals rarricd by the Pure Food Gro cery. Rearrangement of the entire grocery stock is being made, with tho result that extensive improvement is noted. Friends here have received news of the ill health of W. H. Hawley, for merly well known Here and lately re siding in Montana Mr. Hawley was recently taken to California in the hope of improvement. Mrs, Haw ley formerly Josie Danncr ac companied im. Mr. Hawley has bo come a successful stockman of Mon tana. Neil McFadyen has returned to Tho Dalles, after a visit here with his father, Donald McFadyen, and other relatives. Washington Letters received front Mr. and Mr. L. P. Wilmot give the information that they have arrived at Long Beach, Calif uniia, after being 13 days on the rud in their Dodge car, having had fine weather for the trip. Mrs. Wilmot I slightly bitter than when leaving Athena. They have purchased a home at 1056 Gladys avenue, Long Beach, where the Press will reach them. Letters from friends will bo welcome. Henry Barrett, local chairman for the Roosevelt Memorial fund, reports that Athena raised $100 in the recent drive which ho considers very sat isfactory. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Douglas and daughter will leave this week for a winter sojourn in California joining the Woodward party in Portland Sun day. From Portland the journey will be made together, and tho Wood ward party will embark on the steamer Lurline for Honolulu. W. E. Dobson left yesterday for Portland, where ho expects to remain during the winter and may invest in acreage property. Ho will rtop en route at Tho Dalles to consult Dr. A. B. Stone and may remain in hospi tal there awhile. Mrs. Dobson nh companies him, making the trip in their Ford car. Mrs. Joseph Forrest hae pur chased a lodging and boarding houxo in Walla Walla, and will take Imme diate possesion. Tho property is near Main streer in an advantageous position and is said to be doinj very well. .Mrs. Forrest will loavo tho farm in the hands of her sons and will be agisted in her bithiie in Walla Walla by her three daughters. Miss Alice Gaines, who some time ago underwent an operation for ap pendicitis in a Mcdford hospital, has had a relapse and is in a serious con dition, so friends here aro informed, end has been in a serious condition. Henry Barrett returned Wednes day from northern Idaho, where ho went to look after a band of sheep he is wintering there. During the recent snaws a number of tho band were lost in the storms and only a part of them were recovered. Little Emory Rogers wns struck by the fender of a Ford car at Athena Thursday and painfully although not seriously hurt. The accident was not due to careless driving. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Preston of Portland are visiting at the home of Mrs. Preston's brother, Joe Payant. - a. i WESTON SCHOOLS Tho mutant ldy election was held Friday afternoon and lu following IMipiItt wore elected: I'ro-ldenl Woeth Wall. VIce-rrtwIiMtt Jclo tvl. Secretary F.va, Lundrll. Treasurer Harvey Lundcll. Pcrgennt nt Arm Cuden Lucas. Ktmtxnl Council Ann lavender, KHtiin Metniyre. Rsther Davl. AOilello Council Kugene flmlth, Valir ftnyborn, Pauline Rayborn. A rooevell Memorial service was bald Monday afternoon. Mr. FlUpet ruk gave mi Inlereetlng talk on the life nf Mr. Roosevelt. After the Memorial service another student body meeting wns held and Aiimv Lavender wns elected to fill the vacancy In tho student council. William Van Wlnkln an nlumnue. wns ft visitor In the high school Mon day afternoon. The eighth grade room surprised the freshmen by sending them an In vitation to a. Hallowe'en party liven Friday afternoon In the eighth grade room. Friday evening the assembly room was the scene of a ghost party given by tho high school faculty. All came dreiwed like ghosts and much tnerrl ment prevnlled. After playing many game etineble for Hallowe'en re freshment were served hy tho high school faculty. After two weeks of patient waiting the guests found out who the myeterou witches were who sent the Invitation. It proved to be the most ucceefiil party thus far. Emma Thoemy, Minnie Thoemy and Ora Webb have returned to school after some days of absence, because of Mine. Liberty Bell medal were awarda this month to Ada raider, Oma, York and Clarence MoOlbbon of Mis Col vln's room because each had received a hundred percent In spelling. Kkblh grade tencher What are the slum? I'upll A disease. The pupils of the 2d. Hd and 4th grades are delighted with the new mipplemV-ntary' readers, which hsve Just arrived. Armistice Day Governor filcott hus declared Tuee dny, November II, the first anniver sary of tho signing of tho armistice, a legiil holiday. Plan are being per fected for an appropriate observance of the day at Weston to be held Tues day evening at Community hall. Kvrrybody I urged to be present to demonstrate our appreciation and gratitude for tho services rendered by our army and navy men In the recent great war.