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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1920)
I I he economy event or me icw rear Begins Saturday Morning January the 10th! JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE It in the call that begs you take advantage of the opportunity to make your homo all that it tshould be. If you expect to buy furniture this year, buy it now. This biir January Clearance Sale has greater significance means more to youthan any pre vious sale. We are quoting prices that represent a discount of from ten to fifty percent. We want every home in this section of the country to profit bv tlie. e ex traordinary values. Hundreds of line pieces of furniture, draperies, house furnishings, wares, etc., have been reduced. The Davis -Kaser Co. Complete Home FurnUhintr Department Store. Pianos Phonographs -Mimic. 10-20 Alder St (Odd Fellows' Temple) Walla Walla. Wali. BREVITIES SUMMONS In the Circuit Court of tha Ststa of Oregon fur Umatilla County. Kill Kill lielaha, Plaintiff, vs. Grin villa P. Dalsha, Dofend.nl. To Cranvllla P. Uelsh. defendant abova namad: In tHb Name or tub Stats of Or soon, You ara haraby rwiuirad to ap ar ami antwar tha complaint of tha ,ialntl(T filed against you in tha abova milled auit within aix week of tha data of tha flrat publication of thia Summoni, to-wit: on or befura tha 6th day of Kabruary, and you will tafca notico that If you fail to appear and anawar aaid complaint or other wiaa plead thereto within aaid time, tha plaintiff, for want thereof, will ap ply to tha Court for tha relief prayed fur In aaid complaint, to-wit: for a de cree of the Court dl.lviin the bonde of matrimony existing between plain tiff and defendant and for other equit able relief. Thlt Summons la publiahed pursuant to an order made by Hon. G. W. Pholpa, Judge of tha Sixth Judicial District. Stalo of Oregon. i the 2M day of December. WX 1 lie tint pub lication of thia Summon will be mailt) on Friday, the JSitlh day of December. 1UU, and the ll pu(lii atin on Fri day, tho aaid 61 h dy of Krlmiary, Dated thia the kl day of December, mist. I'CTKKKON, HlHHoP & t'LAHK Attorneys for 1'lmntilT. Itealilonce and P. O. addreaa: Pendleton, Oregon. Slorkholdera' Meeting Notico i hereby Riven that the annual meeting of slock holders of the Weaton Mercantile Company will be held Wcilneitdny. January 21, 1920, at 2:.'I0 p. m., in Memorial Hall, S colon, Or., for the purpose of fleet ing a board of directors and to trann act auch other busmen as may le gally come before the meeting. J. II. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Butter Wraps at Leader office. We Advise the Public that The Weston Mills, with new management, continues the motto: "We Serve to Suit." Rolling - Grinding Cleaning Hay, Rolled Barley, Oats, Wheat and Millfeeds. Chicken Feeds, includ ing Corn, Wheat, Scratch Food, Bone, Shell, Grit, Meat Scraps and Fgg Mash. Try a Sack of our Popular Graham. J. A. LUMSDEN - - Proprietor Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Established 1865 Athena, Oregon . Waitsburg, Wash. American Beauty rand-" Pure White Made of selected bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. Sold in Weston by Weston Mercantile Company Ry Rend is assisting the selling forte of the We(on Mercantile Co. This tot ality is getting a maximum dose of the fog it escaped in Diccm lur. See what Mrs. Kidney Drew huth wrought in "Gay Old Dog," next Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Trice spent the Ituliilny season with relatives and frit -mis at Wallu Walla. Miss I.is Porter left for Walla Walla .Monday morning to resume her studies at Whitman college. I'limmc TIkhiiv has returned to i'urlliiml to continue Ills studies at liehnke-Wnlker business college. lirisk bidding for club wheat is re ported ut Pendleton nt a price 23 to 2-J cents above the government busic. (!. A. Ilartman, cashier of The First Xaliomil Hunk of Pendleton, was in Weston Thursday on a business visit. Mrs. Harry Sumption of l!oise, Idaho, is enjoying a visit with her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. 12. M. Smith. Bill Parsons will limber up your digestive apparatus for Sunday din ner. Memorial Hall this Saturday night. Dr. Kcnnard has sold a Light Over land Four to Leo Johnson of Athena, who is highly pleased with his ac quisition. E. W. Fehr and fumily have lo locuU'd in Pendleton, where Mr. Fehr hits a position with the Eastern Or egon Motor Co. Mr. und Mrs. Arnold Wood and soil Clifford, and Mrs. Aleck Kirk, ull of Athena were Now Year dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. It. O. Saling. Dr..W. H. McKinney is taking treatment for rheumatism at Hot Luke saiiutiiriuni. Dr. C. II. Smith is looking after his practice during his absence. Mrs. J. E. Waldeii hus been suf fering for two weeks with a serious enso of blood poisoning in her right hand brought on by the removal of a sliver with a pin. Mrs. Mary Rumirea, who has been in hospital at Pendleton following a serious operation, is reported to be covering, and will soon be able, to resume her school work at Cayuse. Members of Atheiia-Weston Tost, American Legion, desire by this means to express their appreciation of tho kindness of Jones & Jones in granting tho post tho use of their annex. Adv. It is feared that great damage has been done to fruit trees by tho recent severe weather. The prevailing opinion is that the. 1920 peach crop will be extremely light, if the trees themselves aro not killed. Mrs. Frank Smith of Coulee Ci'y, Wash., entertained tho Bachelor Girls Monday evening at the home of her mother. Mrs. Ella OTIarru. Formerly a Bachelor' Girl, Mrs. Smith proved to bo a most sympath etic and charming hostess. Mrs. Norma Sumption of Boise, Idaho, was present as a club guest. 1 The- regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of the Methodist churrh was held Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mr. A. J. Planner. The new presi dent, .Mm. .Sarah Rowland, presided and appointed committees for the en suing yiar. Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Julius Were received into member ship. A short program a given under the leadership of Mrs. II. Goodwin, a phasing feature of which was a piano solo by Miss Clara SI n nner. During the closing hour ri'fieshmenls were served by Mes dniiies Lctha King, Hattle Wilix-y ami Ilertha .Sowers. Mrs. Ernest Kois will rnteitain the society Feb ruary 4 at her home on Normal Heights. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. York entertain ed recently with a very pleasant party at their country residence north of to vm. After a most boun tiful dinner an amusement feature was a drawing contest for quite val uable prizes. The guests were: Piatt Mayberry, Ward Baker. Hen ry I'eamer and wife, Ralph Uudgelt, Robert Ia-k and family, John I.eaim r and family, J. L. York and family, J. II. Ileamer and wife, 11. U. Lee and wife, M. A. Raker and daughter, I. H. Day and family, K. D. York and family; Misses Vivian Brinker, Florence Batiks, Helen Dakin, Etta Cauircn, . Daisy Lee, Lillian Jen nings. Gilbert E. Baker, district manager at Boise, Idaho, of the BerkowiU Lnvilope Co., was in Weston during the week, visiting his father, Mer rill A. Bukcr, and boyhood friends. It is Gilbert's first visit to the old hoi.ie town for nine years, and he nearly lost himself a time or two in it environs, which looked strange to him until he got his bearings. His family is still at Salt Lake City, as he has as yet been unable to obtain a house for them at Boise. He re ports every southern Idaho town as busy and bustling. J. W. Porter left Monday for Free water to take a position as salesman in tho NordhotT & McKcnzie store. His family will follow so soon as he secures a residence for them at Free water. The departure of Mr. Porter and family from Weston is viewed with general regret, as they had en d.ared themselves to many friends in this city. As a useful and valued citizen, Mr. Porter will also be miss ed. During his residence here he was a member of the sales force of the Weston Mercantile Co. Swas-Te-Ka Campfire was enter tained at the home of the guardian, Mrs. arah Rowland, last Saturday afternoon. One new member, Miss Pari Davis, was received into the or ganization at this session. The af ternoon was delightfully spent in dis cussions, transaction of business and the relating of an interesting story by each member. Light refreshments were served by the hostess. The next mectig will be held .with Miss Blanche Thorsen, the afternoon of January 17. One of the prettiest dinner parties of the season was that for which Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Smith were hosts at their home at 4 o'clock Sunday af ternoon. The table groaned with turkey and other delicacies peculiar to the season. The invited guests were; Mr. and Mrs. J. Harl Wil liams, Mrs. Curran McFadden, Mr. Dwight Porter, Mrs. Harry Sump tion, Miss Gladys Smith and Rulon and Kendall Smith. H. C. Curry, the competent eye sight specialist, formerly of Walla Wallu and now of Seattle, who has Wen making professional visits to Weston for 12 years, will make his next visit Wednesday, Jan. 14, for oiio day only, at City Drug Store. Eyes examined and glasses fitted at reasonable prices. All work guaran teed. (Adv.) At the council meeting Wednesday evening C. W. Avery was appointed acting recorder, J. V. Porter having resigned. The council took favorable action on the request of Athena-Wes-ton Tost, American Legion, to use part of the city hall for club room purposes. Many residents of Weston ob served Twelfth Night, or "Old Christmas," as it is called in Eng land. At this night homes are strip ped of their Christmas decorations; it is the night that really marks the end of the holiday season. O. A. Adams of the Liberty Motor Co. sold new Ford roadsters this week to Churley Tvico and Newt O' llarra. Ford bodies were promptly applied by E. R. Hall, who also fur nished one of these handy rigs this week to J. A. Lumsden. Wenaha Encampment, I. O. O. F., has changed its meeting nights to the first and third Fridays in each month, in order not to concict with month, in order not to concict with tho Tuesday motion picture show at Memorial hall. L. W. Hcbert has bought the W. M. Carter residence property on north Water street from II. G. Ice kite of Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. He bert will continue in the hotel busi ness at their new home. Memorial Hall Shows This Saturday night THE FEAR WOSAH YOl. MAY DECIDE SATURDAY NIGHT WHETHER YOU ARK TO BE A DRINKER. -THE FEAR WOMAN" AT MEM ORIAL HALL WILL TELL YOl IT'H A GOLDWYN. AND B1I.I.Y PARSONS WILL BE THERE ALSO. TUESDAY NIGHT - "GAY OLD DOG" A SLRPULSE AWAITS YOU NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AT MEMORIAL HALL. 'GAY OLD DOG" IS A CLEAN AND HEART TOUCHING SYM PATHETIC LIFE STORY BY MRS. SIDNEY DREW. DO NOT MISS THESE SHOWS W.VAVAV.V.V.V : D A u E Our furniture can be relied upon as being exactly what we say it is. For every dollar you pay us you get a dollar's worth of goods and often more than a dol lar's worth at the present market. We are careful buyers, with quality ever our watch word, and our patrons profit by the knowl edge derived from our years of experience. DeMoss Furniture a f '4 Tbe Farmers Bank of Weston Established 18P1 WHAT DO YOU WANT? Possibly we can help you; but if you don't make your wants known we have no opportunity. Have you plans for 1920 which require more cash than you have on hand? If so, why not talk it over with us. It is our wish to assist you in every way possi ble and it can do no harm to lay your problems be fore us. Possibly we can help you solve them. D an Water proof and will not fade. Try a can. For sale by Goodwin s Drug Store FA