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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1920)
Here We Are at your command for quick service and the best of mechanical skill. Our me chanics are first-class in both the Gar age and Blacksmith Shop. All we ask is t hat you give us a trial and once vou come always you stay. We also have the agency for the DODOK CAR and DODGE TON TRUCK. THE FARMER'S FRIEND one of the best cars and one of the best trucks made for the money. And don't forget that we handle the FORI) TRACTOR and also all the implements that go with it for good farminir. We handle the AJAX and the GOODRICH tires two of the best tires on the market. OILS, GASOLINE and a good stock of CAR PARTS. Weston Garage HALT. & GRKKR, Proprietors (Successors to R. G. Saling.) v x urviriN vruniuv Their Golden Wedding Weston is again permitted o Con. urtitulalo an t'Htlmnblo couple upon I ho completion of lUty year of innr riod lifo. Monday, February 10, l'.ifO, marked tho golden weddim? an niversary of Mr, and Mm. A. T. Met of till city. Tim, with itii v.iiylttg I'orlunc. ha brought these CalllO to Westell, HCl'llled A Comfort- School Started Willi II "ll Mllll U bang" Monday, and although tho at tendance is very low the work is ko hiK on ranidly. Miss Kint nil has Ihm absent from her room on luvount of illness. Tho piimary children iiml thiit much more vacation, hut they nil seem very eager tu got hack to school. Mis liintotil will ivturn to school Fohrti ury lit. Mr. IVll is teaching Mrs, Pinker ........ Inniii.r I..,.. -I.-.. Pinkerten bus "been very ill with ,,,, m ,lurin,r of U,"ir M"nl.ay. VT !rt.-,w '"'V."" h"n,u'' ,lu' pneumonia, hut is gcltint: bolter rap- Mullady wer united In marring Mett, Mr. Heath, Mr. Clarktoti, February 10, 1K70, In Crawford Mr. nml Mm. Jam Ahworth nml county. IlllnuiM. Fivo children wore ami Hillyi Mr. and Mr. Krneal ! tho fruit of Uiiit union. Two ar ami tho Ml Florvnr. MUdnM nml liviiiK a daughter. Mm. Clara Royr lioraldlnt) Ro. Many handsome of Elgin, lllinolH, mid ii on. Clifford ifift.i from rlatlv ami friend W. Mel of thin city. Ouo urandsmi, wore roeeivod by the worthy alr. Kenneth Royor, reside In Elgin. Vi(Xy ,lim,, r0Bl ), flowered l...A..wl llll-l Mr u.i.l M.y M..l nml fulll'll. ... ..-., - - . , f.ii..,. ruty iiiiivai me k1'ocii imnvnt. mnvi good people lo th sunset of lifo. lilo-Millniro "" ucl.lol to nniHO unit muled in loving companionship and ity Ou-ir homo. Dining l heir eight mtoliiiK ohl n:o with trimt au.l cheer- 'M f i.lome liny have khIim'.I foliioh-s. To ONchniiKo irnftiiiK with ,u' "I'l ' i'l vyill 'f ' " tl-.in U lo fool n pleasant contact mwuly. Mr. McU Is n veteran of ilti till tho hii;h piirHiHo nn.l eniio. i' '1 " blinw inlUieneen that have dwelt with An elaborate dinner wiw M-rved Siiuo the oleinn marrlK vow wore upoken: Stfiniruxt Ihrouuli life hiarUrlux, Joy and orriw I. ove and ho ami trunt at taut liovo brouuht Ihem I'nto thi NiatihleM giddo i .'rldiiitf dy. Authoritative and comhiMve infor mation was received this week that tho Water street route had been ?e Iwtoil for the statt? highway throuj'h Weston. The decision was made by the state commission upon the rec ommendation of State Highway Kn- Pu re-bred Rhode Island Red roost- jrineer Herbert Xunn, who favoivd t BREVITIES Water street because it provides a straight route throuKh town with ap proximately the same distance as tho Main street route, and eliminates corners. There is considerable local talk in favor of paving Main street anyway, regardless of the fact that Wnt.T will Im th hK'hu-flj Hmrtmi'k- G. Lucas left for Baker Wed- ,,., It u lx,ut u... mi then have two excellent streets. crs for sale. Mrs. A. A. Kccs. Mr. and Mrs. Ilcy Winn are both ill with influenza at the Winn farm below town. . John Barnes and family were over from Athena Saturday to spend the week end at the S. A. Barnes home. F. tiesday " on business connected with his real estate operations, and may continue his trip to Boise. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Stamps ar rived Sunday from Portland and will make their home in this vicinity. Mr. Staggs will engage in farming. The Leader man had the pleasure and privilege this week of writing a receipt for a subscription renewal to Frank Winn, C'ouse creek pioneer, the oldest subscriber on its books. Warren F. Flagg of Yakima idly. Mm. I'itpati ick's room has the banner ntli ii.iunee nvoid for the "llu" eriod. There are only three absent. Mi.-.s i'olvin'ii room is studying the life and works of Limolii this week. Tho pupils a iv utau preparing for St. Valentinv's Pay. These students are certainly up-to the inimite in every thing. A new lot of apparutus foe tho l'hjsics department has arrived and is being arranged for use this term. Mr. Kitxpatrick has received front the Oregon Society. Sons of tho American Revolution, u nicely-framed copy of the American creed. Judge" Wallace McCamant of Portland, prvsidcitt of the society, and it is his ropiest that the school children of Oregon leurn the creed and say it from day to day, tllus becoming bet ter citizens and better Americans. Mr. Fitzpatrick has posted on the bulletin board a statement which he received from the State Department of I'ublic Instruction. The statement relates to the standardization of high schools. Our school meets all the requirements and our course of study is approved by the department, and we are pleased to still be among the standard schols of Oregon. Miss Davis is back at her desk aunin, and everyone is certainly glad to see her. Mis Davis has been having an unpleasant experience with some torn tendons. A sign of spring, to lie sure! The V. II. S. boys are all turning out for baseball piactico and are talking of a team. S.4ae good material has been found. Miss Brown has to new cla.jcs in her course this semester. Econ omics nml American History. Kcon- place of Debate, History is substi- "iv year and ten. uuost list iiu Andivw T. Met and Sarah Fmily A. T. Met. tiding: Mr. and Mr. Mr. and Mm. Clifford UnitNow gauntlet ylove near tho llulnnch plac. Finder will kindly return to this office. R. J. Price of Weston was a visit or February 3d at the big exhibit of Southern California products main tained free to the public in the l.os omics takes the Angeles Chamber of Commerce. He while American also nttenikd tne lectures and mv- tilted for Civics. ir.g picture. that are a part of the The class in General Science is daily program. The exhibit is the plating "cigar-bo.t gardens" this largest of nny in the country main- Wt.ek, and is eagerly watching for taincd bv a commercial organi:.j- the corn, leans and lettuce to grow, tion. Before returning home. Mr. Miss Vida Staggs came up from Pendleton Saturday for a week end visit with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. K. W. Achilles. is Price cxoecU to visit suveral of the among the claimants for the distinc- many other places of interest in the tion of owning the most productive Southland. acre in that district. From one acre of Wrinter Xellis pears he realized $1703. The land was bought several years ago at a reported price of $.)00 an acre. Miss Stasia P. Walsh, who has been conducting local weekly classes in home hygiene, has resigned her work, as she expects to go soon to tnI' Poland under the auspices of the Red Cross. The many friends of Miss Walsh in this city wish her success in the new work she is tmJertaking. Seized with a slight attack of PUBLIC LECTURES AT THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN Mr. and Mrs. Sim J. (.'ulloy motor ed to Walla Walla Saturdaay on a combined business and pleasure HEMSTITCHING DEPARTMENT A. M. JENSEN CO. Hemstitching, Pecot, Chain Stitch ing Embroiderj', Braiding, Plain smallpox at Pendleton, where he has stitching, Button Holes tind Buttons been employed at the F razier book (Tovered Pleatinr. store, Kendall (otherwise Tuck) Smith was brought home this week. He is under Dr. McKinncy's care at the Kirkpatrick residence, which is under quarantine for the same -disease. The Bachelor Girls' club and the You Go I Go club arc entertaining Athena-Weston Post of the Ameri can Legion at the post hall in Wes ton next Monday evening. All mem bers of the legion are invited to at tend. Plans for the organization of a women's auxiliary will be set on foot at this meeting. Joe Morrison, son of a pioneer Weston preacher, was in town this week, trying to locate a few old chums and landmarks. Joe was a member of the celebrated baseball team, the Weston Stars, who cleaned up everything in this country a third of a century ago. They had the only curve pitcher, Jim Shields, then on the coast. A boxing tournament will feature the high jinks to be put on by Pen dleton Pout, American Legion, on Saturday night, February 28, as a climax to a week's membership drive for the four legion posts in Umatil la county. The best boxers on the coast will tpiiear before an audience of legion and ex-service men from all over Umatilla county. The Standard Oil company will re place its six horses and wagons at its Athena distributing station with a two and one-half and a one-ton auto truck for delivery service. The six big: horses and the wagons will be sold on arrival of the trucks. The large truck will be used for tankage delivery and the one-ton truck for parcels. MRS. C. K. FERGUSON' Phone O JC, Walla Walla, Wash. at once j N I Second - Hand Sad dles. We will trade new saddles for old ones. Harness Oiled for $1.00 per set. Vliitilian's Harness Store (Phone 122) Milton - Oregon Virgil G. Finuell of Elgin, Illi nois, field director of religious edu cation. Church of the Brethren, is coming lo Weston next Monday, Feb ru;.iy IC, to conduct a Sunday :l!ioo institute at the local church. The institute opens with u public lecture Monday evening, uml for the next two days both day and evening srssions will be held. Rev. Finnell is vquipped with u high-gnuh: pro jection machine aid will illustrate some of his lectures. Ho is TTJJarded as a very able and convincing pulpit fcicu!:er, mul Weston people who at--tcml are promised an intellectual and spiritual feast. In bcmalf of the local congregation of the Brethren, Jnhn Boncwkz, ei der in charge, extends a cordial invj tation to tlis people of Weston and vicinity to attend. All the lectures and sessions arc free and open to the public. The list of subjects to be presented by Rev. Finnell during his stay is as follows: World Reconstruction and the For ward .Movement, The Rural Church Facing its Task, Tobacco and Cigar ettes, The New Day in Religious Ed ucation. The Boy and His Dad, The Lop-sided Young Mun, Teaching the Tiny Tots, Wiggling Boys and Giggling Girls, The Biggest and Best Buying Business, American Democracy and Religious Education'. The machinf-ry for the Ilrst unit of thu Astoria Flouring; Mills company' nw plant at tho port terminal at AfStorla has hewn operated for a few day as a test, and has been found to work satisfactorily. It 1 experted this unit, which will have a capacity of 2000 barrels of flour a day, will begin grinding Immediately. The second unit of the plant will be ready for operation in about alx weekH. Tha new plant will be one of the largest single mills of lis kind In the country. It will turn out 4000 barrels of high- grade flour each 24 hours. Willi tho company's present mill also In opera tion the daily output will bo increased to 6200 barrels, sufficient to pro vide a full steamer cargo for export each month. PRICES WILL NOT DECLINE While some men. high in finance, ninny of these art? marked: "Do not are trying to jolly the public into sell mills iiiiumt deliver." Dor the belief that prices are goiiiu lo thi look like prices wore coming decline, Old King Cotton continues down? For the last Iwo weeks our mounting upward in price. Mcr- buyer has been buying for tho fall chants till over the country are bum- of I'J'.'O and spring of 1U2I. Prices ing the wires trying to get morchnii- uio materially higher ami merchan dise from mills whoso output is al- disc scarce, niul from present Indl- ready sold for n year in advance at prices ranging from .( lo !H) peivilit higher than in January, If It). The folowing is from an eastern trade journal ami shows condition that exist in thousunds of mills; cations (here in no possible chance fur a decline for at least another year - Misibly two. It will take mora limn a flurry In foreign ex change, or n senatorial spxoch, or even nti investigation by the "clly lads." Cotton will have to drop,., wool will have to come down, wheat will huce to follow with labor. We caunoi offer n solution nor prescribe ii remedy. Wo only say Ihcsu con- "Some of the big underwear mills were sold out two or three hours af ter they had thrown oivii their doors l the invading buyers. The anxiety or the buyers is !anl to have known dilion exist and from present iudi !H etpml in the recollection of the entions will continue indefinitely, old time manufacturers. Cotton lais been gradually rising, Here are ironclad facts that dis- with the usual market fluctuations, pute with emphasis the contention of for thirty year. It reached It high Home that the market is due for a est point in history in 1019, selling downward trend. The upward ten- for -10' t cents n pound for the raw iTciicy is by no lutans over. The material, or only a cent more than hosiery situation is about the same the price, .Jt 'i cents, that i being lis thut of underwear, and higher paid today. The lowest price that prices than ever are going to prevail cotton reached during the year 401!) over those in HWo. It's a s.ul thing wus 2t cents a pound, which is a to contemplate, but it's toitiK to high level in itself. It is in marked come, anyway. There is no assurance contrast, indeed, to the range in col fiom the present outlook t!mt any ion's, worst price year, lU7, which relief can be looked for this year." was Irom ;'4 to a fraction less than 5 cents. Scores of ihe big vusturn houses King Cotton's lofty elevation ex have alreudy called their snleninen pluinit the ever-nioutiling cost of such o!f the rond, having sold till the nier- ui ticlc as overalhi, work shirts, chandiiio they can get from the fuc- handkerchiefs, cotton hose and other torien. Others are traveling witt articles thut have cotton as their bu-one-hnlf their usual sample and sic material. ' P