JANUARY
CLEARANCE SALE
Reductions
10 to 5096
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Never Ix-fi'iv in tin' l..l "I l.vi.. Jwir ('!t;ir
ttnci Sali'U liuvi we Inrn v ll ciuin I lu nipply our
ifixi-l frionilx with hiicIi a uplrntlil viiim-Iv f KKITKK
KUItNMUKi: and JlO.Mi; ! L'KNl.SllINtiS or with
finer npiwrtunitit'H lo nave.
You will Ik iwluiitfOH-tl iit tin- w i'li a.ui tuii'iitu
and ttlnd ut the low price- uiai Vn-il in plain fiKtircs on
the prico tuRH.
SALK NOW IN I I I I. riUKJKKSS
Vho Davis -Kaser Co.
Furniture - riauas PlniiL'r:ipln Mu-c
10 to I?) Alder St. W.tll.i Walla. Wash.
BUTTER WRAPS at Leader Shop
One liumlivtl 1 r,)
Each additional hundred 0 75
TERMS CASH ONLY
IAMESS
Made to Order
Oiled and Repaired
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COLLARS, SWKAT TADS and all
1IAKNKSS St'ITUKS
J. P. MATTHISWS
Main St., Athena. Oregon
We Advise 1
he Public
that The Weston Mills, with new
management, continues the motto: "We
Serve to Suit."
sailing
Rolling Grinding"
Hay. Rolled Barley, Oats. Wheat and
Mill feeds. Chicken Feeds, includ
ing Corn, Wheat, Scratch Food, Hone,
Shell, Grit, Meat Scraps and Fgtf Mash.
Try a Sack of our Popular Graham.
J. A. LUMSDEN - - Proprietor
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
Established 1865
Athena, Oregon . Waitsburg, Wash.
American Beauty
tando
Pure White
Made of selected bluestem in one of the
best equipped mills in the Northwest.
Sold in Weston by
Weston Mercantile Company
BREVITIES
VVulU telephone for null'. Inquire
Ht lhi l-fllif.
Iir. Watt motored In Kurhank
WcillHUllaV llll a llllolllI'M visit.
Jmiii' Killgorc ' reported Ut !
iiitit seriously ill ut hi home on
Wanhiligtoll street.
Juiih'h Smock left fur Dayton,
Wash.. Wednesday ,(o visit hi l
(r, Mr. II. J. Drlskcll.
KMrt'il Price hu been nuito ill the
put vm i k ut thu home of hi pa
rent", Mr. ami Mn. Frank I'rice.
Mrs. W. i. Phelps of Cecil. Mor
row ritnnty, ha In-cn vUitinir her pa
r,nlM, Mr. mill Mrs. N. II. Nelson.
(inn llurgy in up from I'ortlaml,
where In- Iimh been industriously and
profitably employed in dockyard
work.
Kiv. W. S. Pay no it holding a
sciic nf evangelistic meetings ut
loiH'nih, Wah., beginning last
umluy.
ir. and Mr. W. II. MiKinmy rc
Iwiiii'il .'utunluy from Hot I Jilt',
whin- tin il" tor parted without re
givt fmin u good share of his rheu
tiiuliiini. J. A. I.uiiikilrn, who recently pur-tli:iM-il
the llodgon null in thin city,
hui Midi hin Pendleton residence
liiiHity wimI will make hiii home in
Weston.
Chin Duncan thoughtfully renew,
rd his Under sub. two months before
Iiih time won up, in order to dodge
the "fatal paragraph." Such celer
ity I in our admiration.
J. K. Jones has ordered the leader
miit to hl father, Jerry Jones, at
l.ovllia, Iowa, in order that the old
Ki-ntUmuti may keep osted on the
progress of the bent country on
eurth.
U. I,. Wilson wan lure from l-a
Cronnc lut week for a few day' vi
it. U looked so natural in this burtr
that we were led to wonder how ho
could ever have had the heart to
Lave it.
Anxious to better his service by ev
ery mean possible, Orell McPherrin
hits put a nevin-passeiiKer Huditon
Six car in comminsion on the auto
tKe run to Pendleton, lie traded in
hm Ford.
Warren S. Key, 15 years old, died
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Key, In
1,'imipine. The funeral wa held in
Wfbtoii January 7, acrvicca beinir
conducted at the Uaptist church by
Hev. W. It. Storniit.
(',. A. Ilitrtnian, cusliier of the First
Nutiotial l!ank of Pendleton, and
Walter T. (Jinn of Walla Walla, at
tended the recent meeting of stock
holders of The Farmers Bunk of
Weston in this city.
Mrs. Susan Tucker returned Fri
day from a prolonged visit with Wal
lu Wulla relatives. Tuesday she left
for ISodmond, Oregon, to be the guest
of her daughter, Mrs. J. O. Wood,
for several weeks.
The lunch served after the motion
picture entertainment last Saturday
evening netted the Saturday After
noon club about $15, which was ap
plied to the fund for furnishing the
kitchen in Memorial hull.
Kuiiy York met up with a gasoline
explosion the other day while operat
ing his tractor engine on Dry creek.
He was painfully burned about the
hands and neck, and came to Dr. Mc
Kinncy'a office for repairs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Key entertained
the Sam Key family and friends to
the number of thirty at dinner last
Wednesday. Twenty-four guests re
mained for the evening meal, and
fourteen of the company stayed over
night.
Karl Barnctt, formerly an artillery
soldier, has been granted $5.00 per
month for disability by the govern
ment, which also paid for his dental
work. Karl has gone to Portland,
where he expects to enter the Ben
son Polytechnic school as a govern
ment student.
F. G. Lucas has unblushingly ex
posed his entire countenance to the
public gaze by shaving off a mous
tache he had worn for years. Mon
sieur Reynaud, who did the job, has
risked Luke's trade by comparing
life devastated facial expanse to the
map of Europe after the war.
The County Y. M. C. A. secretary,
Cash Wood, was a visitor in town
Thursday. The object of his visit
was to lino up a stroi committee to
direct activities during Father and
Son week next month. He reports
Adams favorable to similar plans,
with Lawrence Liouallen as commit
tee chairman.
Clarond Rhea, mountain trapper,
lately shipped the pelts of ten coyotes
and one bobcat to Shubert's, the big
Chicago fur house. Ho has already
collected $-11 bounty for the coyotes,
and expects to realize in addition
$'20 apiece for their pelts. He had
besides two coyotes, a bobcat and
badger to peel at the time he made
the shipment.
Mm. Lilian Frederick was host?
for an enjoyable evyjt tha afu-rnm.n
of January 2, when a number of her
piano students apHred In recital.
F.ach pupil rendered solos which were
rnlhusiasticelly received, The work
of Mi Pauline Kayborn taiised much
favorable, comment, inasmuch k she
playvd four number entirely from
memory, following a course of in
struction f only thiiteen hons.
Those appearing on the program
were: F.velyn Sowers, Irene Banis
ter, Jessie Davis, Velma Banister,
Minnie ( hapin, Knima Thoony, Irene
Anderson, F.lsie Brace and Pauline
liayborn. Additional guest were:
Mrwlamea Chapin, Thoeny, Ander
son, Kayborn and Kower. Light re
freshment were served by the host
ess during the closing hour.
A silver tea for the benefit of the
Scholarship Ian fund, will be given
under the auspice of the Saturday
Afternoon club the afternoon of Jan
uary T!l at Memorial hall. The State
Federation of Clubs for some time
pnt has maintained a loan fund to
aid worthy young women in securing
tiluiations to prepare them to Ik
iuiiii! efficient wage-earner. The va
rious clubs throughout! the state con
tribute to this fund, which is always
i'i a tive use. A cordial invitation is
extended to the people of Weston and
community to attend this Us, enjoy
the program which is being prepar
ed. sK-nd a social hour together and
asist a worthy cause with their of
fering. Using an old-fashioned team and
buggy rig insU-ad of the omnipres
ent motor car as means of locomo
tion, Census Enumerator I. T. Har
bour is making rapid progress with
his work in the Weston district. Ho
has finished with precinct 15 and will
be through this week with precinct
15, leaving but one more precinct to
complete Weston district. Mr. Har
bour reports that almost invariably
he hBS met with kindness and con
sideration, and with willingnes to
impart all information required by
the government. It may be well to
repeat that all such information is
for statistical purposes only, and is
held sacred by the census bureau.
The first basket ball game of the
Athena-Weston-Helix conference will
be played at Weston tonight between
.Helix and Weston. Other dates of
the conference are: Weston vs. Ath
ena at Weston January 23, Helix vs.
Athena at Helix January 30, Helix
vs. Weston at Helix February C,
Weston vs. Athena at Athena Febru
ary 13, Helix vs. Athena at Athena
F'ebruary 20. The winner of these
contests meets with the winning
teams of other section at Pendleton
Miss Stasia P. Walsh resumed
Thursday her work in Home Hygiene
classes, which were discontinued du
ring the holiday season. During the
session of the 1:30 class, Miss Walsh
rolaletl many entertaining incidents
of her work in France while she was
stationed in base hospitals in the
Chateau Thierry sector.
The most successful rabbit drive
ever held in eastern Washington was
pulled off Sunday between Two Riv
ers and Burbank by Walla Walla
guns to the number of nearly 500.
Eleven thousand rabbits and one lone
coyote were killed.
The party who has that Jones &
Jones harness oiler is asked to kindly
return same, as Cliff Culley wants to
borrow it.
Memorial Hall Shows
MUTT AND JEFF
TOMQIanil
BILL PARSONS
will be with us "JUST FOR
TONIGHT."
(Saturday.) It's a Goldwyn.
"01 BETTER SEVES"
a Pathe, next Tuesday, and
MARY PICKFORD IS COMING
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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
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Tbe Farmers Bank cf Weston
Established 1891
Satvrday Afternoon Club
The Saturday Afternoon club was
delightfuly entertained at the. home
of Mrs. F. C. Fitzpatrick January 10.
Notwithstanding unfavorable weath
er conditions, eighteen members were
in attendance and responded to roll
call with the name of a favorite wild
flower. The following short program
was given:
Biographical Sketch of Thomas
Carlylo Mrs. J. 11. Williams.
Reading from Cariyle's Essay on
"Work" Mrs. II. Goodwin.
During the tea hour an appetixing
luncheon was served by Mesdames
F. D. Watts and C. E. Fisk, the la
dies finding their places at daintily
appointed tables by attractive cards.
Mrs. L. R. Van Winkle will enter
tain the club at her home the after
noon of January 24.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
Possibly we carfhelp you; but if you don't make
your wants known we have no opportunity. Have
you plans for 920 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.
Grant Steen la Claimed by Death.
Grant Stecn, a prominent Dry creek
farmer, passed away at his home
near Milton January 11 at the age of
thirty-two years, five months and
eleven days.
Mr. Steen was an upright and use
ful citizen, a kind and indulgent hus
band and father, and was highly es
teemed by all with whom he came in
contact. He was a member of one of
the most prominent pioneer families
in this section of the county, his
father, the late William M. Stecn,
having taken an active part in its de
velopment. He is survived by a wid
ow and one son, another son having
been laid to rest last summer.
Funeral services were held in Mil
ton at the Firft Christian church
Weelnesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
Interment took place in the family
plot in the Weston cemetery.
AUTO TOP DRESSING
and Dye -
Water proof and will not fade.
1 Try a can. For sale by
Goodwin's Drug: Store
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