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
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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.
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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
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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. '
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