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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1920)
! Furniture That Satisfies Ileal "quality" Furniture, the kind that you are plad to own, the kind that gives excellent Kcrvice that in the kind you'll And at Davit Kaser Co. The prices as well as the furniture are ho attractive lhat it will save you both time and money to mvke jour selec tions nt this storethe place where you get real values. Easter Hridcs Appreciate The Kind of Furniture Sold at This Store. TJhc Davis -Kaser Co. Complete FurnlHhero of Homea, Offices, Schools and Churchts. 10-20 Alder St. (Odd Fellows Temple) Walla Walla. BUTTER WRAPS at Leader Shop One hundred 1 50 Each additional hundred 0 75 TERMS CASH ONLY THE WESTON MILLS . will ROLL, GRIND or CLEAN your grain, and will give prompt atten tion to orders for anything in its line. International Stock and Poultry Food Hay, Rolled Barley, n 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 AT BRITE H FOR COLORING OLD AND NEW STRAW HATS EASY TO APPLY ATTRACTIVE COLORS II. GOODWIN, Druggist Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Established 1865 Athena, Oregon . Waitsburg, Wash. American Beauty and Pure White to ' Made of selected bluestem in one of the best equipped mills in the Northwest. Sold in Weston by Weston Mercantile Company BREVITIES Frank Orhm was up from Pnllo con Tuesday. Dr. N. P. Bcnnet, dentist. Phone No. 8.1, Weston. Tom Booher was business caller In town Monday. No. I alfalfa seed at 45 cent the pound. WatU i Rogers. Woman wanted for general house work. R. G. Horn Ik rrn. Phona 11K12. A Dokie ceremonial will Ihj helJ at Walla Walla next Mondav avmlig. R. K. York la now head mechanic at th Weston garage, succeeding Mr. Prll. J. A. Lumsdvn haa bought the resi dence on tho McBride tract no-lb of town. J. U Hodgson la 111 with pneu monia at the home of Joe Hyatt near La Crosse. Wo with to announce thit we I n'. the agen-y for Fordson Tractor. Liberty At.to Co. C. W. Avery and family are occu pying the Arthur Ross cottage on South Water street. S. A. Barnes It driving the latest wrinkle in Ford cara, bought thia week of the Liberty Auto Co. Jotvph llodgaon and Jamea A. King are among the jurymen sclcct ed for tho April term of the circuit court. Mr. II. N. Warren of Pendleton la among the largo force of extra clerk assisting at tho big Wcaton Mercan tile Co. aale. Captain Herman O'Harra of thia city, formerly in active aervice, haa received an appointment aa captain in the reacrve corps. Athcna-Wcston post, Amcr;cn le gion, haa announced a aorial dance at the legion hall in Wcaton for tomor row (Saturday) evening. Irvine Caplinger haa accepted a po aition with the Collins mill at Pen dleton and left the first of tho week U take up hi new dutiea. Mrs. Emma Barnctt ia remodeling her property on Normal Heights. Andy T. Barnctt is erecting a house on tho lota just west of hia mother'a holdings. Mr. and Mr. J. E." Stanfield left Suntlay for Oregon City, where Mrs. Stanflcld will be under the care of Dr. Stewart. Mr. Stanfield will return in few days. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Reynaud and Carl Brandt attended the concert and danco at Pendleton, Tuesday evening, given under the auspices of the Am erican Legion. M. A. Baker reluctantly parted the other clay with a finger end which he sliced oft with a keen hatchet that he was using for an entirely dif ferent purpose. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olson have re turned from their wedding trip to Portland, and Mr. Olson has joined the sales force at the Weston Mer cantile Company's emporium. Gilbert Coffin, son of F. II. Coffin, a former Weston merchant, was here Saturday lor a brief visit Gilbert is now a federal bank examiner, with headquarters in San Francisco. A brilliant aurora borcalis came in the northern heavens Monday eve ning. At intervals streamers of light shot upward almost to the tenith; tho phenomenon was quite a spec tacular one. Dr. W. H. McKinney is confined to his home with an attack of Binallpox but it on the road to recovery. This is the doctor's second experience with this disease, which he had in college 20 years ago. Mrs. J. E. McDaniel and Miis Fay Warren motored over from Athena Saturday to take a look at their re spective door-yards and to poVj with sticks such signs of spring as might be peeping forth from the winter's leaves. Tho city council of Weston con templates bond issue of 15000 for waterworks improvements, includ ing renewals and repairs of the mains. The ordinances will probably be passed at the regular meeting April 6. We buy, raise and sell fur-bcaring rabbits, and other fur-bearing ani mals. List what you have with us, stating your lowest prices on larga lot shipments. The Fur & Specialty Farming Co., 515-617 N. P. Ave., Fargo, N. D. Mrs. Amy Van Skiver who has been ill for several weeks, Is at St An thony's hospital in Pendleton receiv ing medical attention. Her sister, Mrs. J. M. Swaggart, who has been attending her, returned this week to Baker, Oregon. Joe Hodgson has sold his resie'ence property to Mr. and Mrs. Iven O'Har ra and has rented a residence on south Water street Mr. Hodgson lately haa bought an alfalfa tract in the Walla Walla valley which will be o::- cupicd by Mr. and Mrs. E. G. OUen. The library bent'.', given at Me morial hall luat Friliv owning vas both social and finneiil sucnu. The net proceeds f f n tho sjpfw tit J motion picture amVt 'It irii-t were about H0 which will lei mM'.vii to ward the maintcnawj f Hi; l'al li brary. John Kuskin o.i'.-e x.iid, "If the public libraries wen hnlf at cul ly a public dinner or books coat the tenth part of what brr lt' do, vcn foolish men and worm-.i mn.1 some time suspect that th r j Wis irwl in reading." One of the haimf surptis r of the evening wii t'.o e ifi from Henry Schrocder of 10 volumea of Victor Hugo' work, 110 volumea of Kipling' tale and three volume of Plato, all bound m tl.icr-(iini trr leather.' Thcae book will 1)3 a li' h addition to the library hc'vit. T'te library board dciirea to est i l hearty thanka to the public for th.nr ia't'T ou aid and patronage. In honor of her nlocc, Minn Attreaa McCorkle, Mrs. Albert O'Harra waa hoateaa for moat delightful party at her country home, Friday evening. Carda and dancing provided enter tainment for the affair, and at a late hour a deliciou collation wa served by the hostess. The guest list includ ed: Mia Hortenae Baker, Lola Key, Vira Morriaon, Kva Lundell, Irene Banister, Jennie Davis, Esther Davis, Gertrude Van Winkle, Vida Greer, Anna Lavender Lurlinc Brown, At tress and Thelina McCorkle; Mcsxrs. Dan McCloud and James Cole of Mil ton, Jamea Simpaon, Will Van Win kle, James Lieuallen, Robert Hodg son, Carl Brandt Ray O'Harra, James Smock, Louis Van . Winkle, Carl Johnson and "Bud" Hall. Swas-Tc-Ka Campfire vat er.ti.r taincd by Misa Pearl Davis at her home the afternoon of Ma.vH 2th. All members but one ro-ioinJeu tj roll-call. At this time each young lady chose her Indian nuine. Home craft honors were awarded to Bertha Starmcr, Helen Raybrro, Vcmui I5ui later, Pearl Davia, BU-ieho Tiiorotn, Charlotte 1 1 ass and Aileen Eaglcton. Miss Kathleen Pcdersen was received into membership and ob; i i J a home craft honor. A short program was given after which light refreshments were aerved by the hosa-i . Th.; ne ;t meeting of the organization will be held at the club rooir ii. :lio ?l"no rial hall. A very enjoyable students' recital was given at the home of Mrs. Lillian Fredericks, Sunday afternoon, March 14th. The young ladies participat ing in the program were: Minnie Chapin, Vclma Banister, Maxine Cul ley, Jessie Davis, Elsie Brace, Irene Anderson and Pauline Raybom. The number, contributed by Miss Maxim Culley a difficult Hayden sonata was remarkably well rendered. Visito present were: Mrs. Anna Andecon, Mis Mlna Price and Miss Helen Ray-born. U DE IT AM J Having secured the services of a competent licensed embalm er, Mr. Munsell of Milton, we are prepared to take care of the needs of the Weston community when death comes to the home. We carry a well-selected stock of caskets and mortuary goods. A. M. ROSS Utah COAL OAND-C Dry Meacham WOOD Your orders solicited, and will be promptly filled at right price. Phone 272 or 93. WESTON TRANSFER CO. GILBERT G. ELLIS, Mgr. j WESTON I CASH MARKET I FRESH MEATS OF ALL KINDS HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR LIVESTOCK, HIDES. PELTS, &c. HASS & SAUER Liberty Bonds An absolutely safe invest ment. If you have money to in vest, buy Liberty Bonds from us. If you sell Liberty Bonds, sell to us. W'e buy and sell Liberty Bonds. Anv denomination $50 S10O 500-1000. James L. Elam Walla Walla - - Washington Surely Suitable SHOWING SOME SWELL SPRING SUIT SAMPLES WESTON BATHS. BARBER and TAILOR SHOP R. L. Reynaud o. lundell! General Insurance and Real Estate LIFE HEALTH FIRE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Do you want to Bell your property? If it is salable 1 CAN SELL IT t Dr. S. L KEIillARD f t i LUNCHES ICE CREAM CIGARS CANDIES Baker's Goods . . t Baker's Goods " i ': i l I Phone your dray orders, ii Veterinary Surgeon g 93 , call a;store. One of the pleasures of spring is to watch W. A. Barnes ploughing in a large field, long, straight furrows of brown earth. The sober horses plod steadily back and forth with nodding heads as though affirming their be lief in the work undertaken and their willingness to aid in its accomplish' merit. In just such fields ia the wealth of the world, and the health of it, too. In a letter to S. A. Barnes, William MacKenzie, former Westonite, vrites from Coffee Creek, " Montana, that two commercial oil wells have been struck within a few miles of his farm. Another well is being drilled two miles away, with good indications. Mr. MacKenwe says that crop pros pects in his section of Montana are good this year. While K.E. YorK was in nana vai- t i SJ p r"ll SS la last Friday night his Hudson car J phOtlC Main 253 4- DtiVIS & ClIIS was stolen, it was iuuuu iuu iu, tun ing Sunday on Russell creek, five miles from Walla Walla, and eight horses were required to pull it out of gjsg-ags a ditch in which it had Dcen aoanuon ed. An overcoat, a maekinaw, one" tire and three Inner tubes were miss ing. , Having completed a sojourn of sev eral weeks in town, Mrs. R. Morrison, accompanied by her father, G. S. Tay lor, returned Sunday to the Mi.rrit.on ranch. Advent of spring hurried them to the open to view the rich black earth, green hilltops, and inhnle the perfume of wild flowers along the fence. Mrs. W. S. Payne had charge of the library Wedensday in the absence of Mra. Stanfield. Work mare 8 years old, weight 1400, with yearling colt, for sale. C. W. Mety. i The Fanners Bank of Veston Established 1891 At the Standard Theatre Sunday night Bill Hart comes to the Standard in "The Breed of Men," one of Hart's best pictures. Patho Newt and Lloyd Comedy. Next Thursday night, April 1, the Standard will show one of the great est pictures filmed during the war, "The- Heart of Humanity," starring Dorothy Phillips. This big super special has been exhibited to millions of people and millions are yet to see it the one picture that win never grow old. Save and Pay Up Treasury Department advises that it is just as necessary to save at this time as during the war. Production is low and distribution hampered by lack of cars. In your program of saving it might be well to visit the Weston Mercantile Co. during their sale and purchase such supplies as you may need while theiprice is reduced. Do not forget that Jones & Jones carry a complete, up-to-date stock of farm and home supplies. Other Weston stores have com plete stocks n their lines and The Farmers Bank is always glad to extend assistance. One-half of your taxes should be paid before April 6th. We shall be glad to attend to this matter for you if you wish. See us before contracting a farm loan. 2