r
THE WORLD MOVES ALONG JUST THE SAME
We presume it w ould so continue, even
in event of Watts & Rogers being out
of it However
In justice to our ancestors we intend to
STAY WITH IT
With your help we will s try to make
good.
Come and see what we have in Farm
Harvesting Machinery Headers,
Binders, Rakes, etc.
You will also find we are on the job for
Plumbing Goods, Heating Plants and
Builders' Hardware, Save yourself a
SORE SPOT by investigating before
too late.
WESTON LEADER
ClAKK WOOD, rbll.hr
MRS. H. 0O0DWIN. AmUUM tdtlof
SUHICKirilUN KAIFt
11 AJVanc
Ih Year M 00
Six Month i 00
Three Months 0 M
FltlDAT, MAT 21,
1120
tuitri tl lh poitolllc t WtiU. tint
imci cl.u mall anatltr.
RUGS...
ofTer them at J. C.
Wo have just secured some extra values in rugs, and
Penney Co. prices.
Axminster small pattern, 9x12 JfjJ-JJJ
in.Uf nnidonld Ovl $().).UO
Wool and Fibre, brown and green, 9x12
$18.50
Suit Cases
$1.93 to $21.00
Trunks-$10.90 to $16.50
YOl'R LIBERTY BON I).
The United State government bor
rowed money from you to fin nee the
war. You hold the government',
promise to pay you back. Thia
promise ia railed Liberty Bond or
Victory Note. On thia bond U slat
ed the condition! under which tho
government borowed the money from
you. llJMMMjjMiMWMiMliW
For instance: If you hold a bond
of the Third Liberty Loan, it atatci lat ditch scrap to prevent the re
that on April 15th and October 13th publican from capturing the White
of each year until maturity, you will House, now that they already have
receive interest on tho amount you tho congress. There' a lt of vex
paid for the bond. Other issue bear atious problems coming up that the
other rate of interest and other ma- democrat can well afford to slide
turity dates, all of which are clearly frvm under thereupon resuming
stated in the bond. their time-honored role as the great
Now, if you keen your bond until critic party.
tho date when the government pay
vu In full for it. vou do not need to California political
. Brooms 79c
Curtain Rods 15c
Window Blinds 98c
Axminster small rugs, a nice assortment of sizes and patterns $ 1.50, $5.90,
$9.90.
1 r nCMMCV m -'hone u
J W. b l-i MM I VV. AtllCI
Mia, Ore.
WATTS & ROGERS
ATHENA, OREGON
wisdom Itns
worry if. in tho meantime, the price never been so pronounce, y in ev.
i low on. day and high the next, de.ue that the g. o. p. will be juMi
You and Uncle Sam are living up to fled in following the lead of that too
your agreement with each other, and much-Johnson commonwealth.
neither will low by it Brynwill attend "the demo.
On the other hand, if you sell your '- "" . . ,,,,,.,..
. ., , ... . . .. . crntic convention and tho democrat-
Liberty Bond now. you will find that . ., ... ,
At the Standard Tncatre CoL Raley Will Speak at Reunion iS KJ h" rku fr
tomorrow night the Standard The- The committee on speaker has for jt. The price has been brought bc,n nt '""''
.er presents one of the strange been fortunate in securing as the jown because so many people are . , , i,"",,!.! h-
craracter pictures ever produced stated speaker for tho first day of the offerimj to sell their bonds. If tha We'V, b . . ' , ,L .v
of pioneers can buy them cheap, but if everyone
with the confident knowledge that we
when it will screen "Dr. Jekyh and pioneers' reunion CoL
TT 1 n au.. Af Ik. tun., nf tAnrllu,r.n m niniUM.
the"Big 12" Columbia theater circuit who will certainly command attcn- js clamoring for tomatoes and there coulu puy " " " '
super-specials. For this prodrct on, tion. The second days speaker nas aro fcw to be had. the price goes
to conform with the rules of the not yet been "landed." up. The same is true of Liberty
fr-AABul . Mn.AM -ttilrtrvn will nr.l hp n-i. : l . : U lAHJ C V. . i tr Vi f .w niwinlff Al0
w ""i ......... - iav uuiiBiuciauvii i.iru yiv- uuuu.. i---r- , - wi.rlctiLniin in want
admitted unless accompanied by their ncers. ,;, j8 indicated by the fact dumping them on the market, and Ju 01 or""k"K"
imients. To offset this censor board that the Tri-SUte Auto club has wise ones are buying them. ing more Tor doing u-ss.
riling the Standard will admit nil postponed its own picnic one week in The best advice that can be given
cMldren under 12 years of air' free order not t0 conflict with the event to the owner of a Liberty Bond is
two-reel dog comedy. "The Eternal and 5. The motorisU were urged to ring the war: it is as safe and sound "J h "tabl.shed a new world
Triangle" will be presented. do this bv the commercial clubs of as the-. United States government 'titude record.
Nazimova, in "The Brat." will be Pendicton ,nd Athena, and graceful- itself. ' x ITITifiii i In
the big feature picture for Sunday , acceded. Below is the text of a Buy as many more at the present mou Toreador is MILhI In
night: Prices have been arranged for by Secretary Barnes low rate as you can afford. If you B" Rn. Three rousing cheer.
Sunday night as follows: Children from j E Morciey 0f WaUa Walla, hold them to maturity, you are bound tor tho buIIU
underlZ, tree; over 12 and unaer if, Dre8ident 0f the auto club: to make the difference between what
a i r . j. J-J J. . ... . I. . .
"Answering your letter of the Hth "ey sen at now ...u .
if )U n-vor Wn n n - XOU will also receive wu
Economic problems of the ilay aro
by no means simplified by the atti-
The serious cost of high (lying is
indicated by the broken health of the
30c; adults, 50c; war tax included in
above prices. Wednesday night, Elsie
Ferguson will be seen in "Tho Dan-
Everywomane of the greatest Conuently we
stage productions of modern tines,
will be presented with special orches
tra music
inst,
oneers there
are very glad to
extend the date of our Tri-Stato pic
nic one week. The secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce had already
written me requesting this, so really
. it had been arranged before we re-
George Snider and Clark Israel of ceived your letter.
Dayton were in Weston the first of "Thank you for your special invi
the week. The former is a brother of tation to the Tri-State Auto club,
Frank Snider and the latter lived and we will try to have some repre
in Weston during his boyhood. sentative down there."
Wonderful. New
ISSUED BY THE
BANKERS LIFE COMPANY
of DES MOINES, IOWA
Assume You Carry $10,000
If you die from any natural cause, the Company pays $10,000
If you die from accident, the Company pays 20,000
If you become totally and permanently disabled, during such dis
ability all premium payments are waived and after one year
the Company pay you $1,000 per year, long as you live,
and at your death pays - 10,000
Under the disability benefit, if you live eleven years, you receive 10,000
Or, if you live twenty-one years, you receive 20,000
And t doih your family or estate "knll recetbt 10,000
(the annual payments to you being subject to continuance of
total disability.)
FRANK PRICE, Agent, Weston, Oregon
Baecalaureate Services
interest The auditorium of Weston High
' " i i .1 t Wkiii nu ni'oriMur
wouldn't be any of us. " y"r investment. cnW, wn3 ... v..
Hold on 10 your noervy -uuuus miu who an iicm.iuti.v
hnv more. assembled for the bacculnurcato sir-
vices of tho Senior class. The stage
What Senator Lodge said in The WBS artistically decorated tur the oc
Forum magazine in December, 1918, Casion, under the supervision of Miss
is of especial interest at the present frank Harris Davis. Miss Ruby
time. If Senator Lodge was right prjce opened the program with n
then, he and his colleagues who fa- brilliant piano solo. The scripture
vor the resolution for a separate eRson wax read by Rev. Mark A.
peace, are wrong now. Thi i what phinncy, after which Mrs. Rem ice
he wrote: "The president who deliv- Biomgrvn rich contralto voice wns
ercd the war message and the con- nw,rd to advantage in a solo from
grcss who voted for war would be Mendelssohn's Elijnh. The address
guilty of the blackest crime if they vt evening was delivered by Dr.
were willing to make a peace on the Stephen B. L. Penrose, president of
status quo ante bellum, and re -ere- whitman college, and embodied a
ate the situation which existed be- most jnspiring message. Special
fore the war. If we send our young Btrcss was placed by the speaker
men abroad to be killed and wound- upon the 8pjrit 0f friendliness. An
ed in northern France and Flanders otK.r 80 by Mrs.Blomgren delight-
with no result but this, our entrance t.(1 auf an(j the service was closed
into the war with such an intention w;tf, the benediction pronounced by
was a crime which nothing can jus- pr pt.nrose.
tify. The intent of congress and tho .
intent of the president was that there fa BanqUet the "GradSM
could be no peace until we could ere- " h
ate a situation where no such war as A charming affair was the banquet
. m.u given the Senior class of Weston
mis cuuiu iwui. v.... - . . . ... ... c . i.
It Illln scnuoi oy Hl o.m;imiiiiwi
Policy
peace except
Tables were placed
Preston-Shaffer Milling Co.
Established 1865
Athena, Oregon . Waitsburg, Wash.
American Beauty
candi
Pure White
with nur Allies.
t i ... ...:.u .i..ii ,ii. wonaay evening.
honor and bring ruin to us also if u,K-n the .Uge in Memorial hall and
- i.t, , .v. . ,-narate the floral decorations were tastefully
we undertook to make 8CPrte arrangcd. class colors of yellow and
PeHce- e green were emphasized in the place
Questions of finonce and taxation cards, favors, flowers and shaded
are serious enough in these "United candles. A delicious menu of five
States especially with the need ap- courses was served which seemed to
of raisin two billions some- have a taste and flavor unequalled
how or other as a soldier bonus, elsewhere. Harvey , Lundell, prcsl
However, what we owe we owe to dent of the Sophomore class, acted as
ourselves. It is merely a matter of toastmastcr and called upon the fol
ono hand paying the other. We are lowing to speak: Miss Lurline
in so much more fortunate case than Brown, Miss Anna Lavender, Miss
any European country that we ought Goldie Nesbit, Miss Frank Harris
to yell with jov instead of pain when Davis, Miss Edna Hollcnbeck, Prof,
mulcted v xation. What if Gcr F. C. Fitzpatrick and Maynard Jones,
many had won and we had to pay x.
her an indemnity on top of the cost ft Memorial Hall Theatre
of a lost war? We would then have An cgpCCjaiy attractive nine-reel
some justification for "making dolor- 8,)ow win givcn at Memorial hall
ous moan." As it is, we as a nation next Tuegday evening, May 25, at the
emerged from the struggle in a con- rcgujar prices, 25 and 15c, which
dition of vigor and prosperity. We wouij C08t double elsewhere. The
HEW
wmmmoamm mm
Mi PAPER
(Just Received) for your Living
Room or Bedroom.
Standard Patterns
Moderately Priced
We will be glad to have you call in
and see our line.
A. 1 ROSS FURNITURE STORE
9
Furnished and Printed at the Leader office
.11
Want
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JUNK
Top prices paid for Old Metal,
Rags, Sacks, Hides, Wool, Etc.
About $7.00 for Old Iron
J.R. Reynolds
Water Street (second block north of Main)
WESTON OREGON
Cascade Slabs
tAND-
Utah GOAL
Ask our prices for dray
inpr. Phone 272 or 93.
WESTON TRANSFER CO.
GILBERT G. ELLIS, Mgr.
Surely Suitable ;
Kye-UlnH Service I'hone 4;)6-J
DIt. A. M. SIMMONS
Ere Sight Specialist Fenian Bid;.
Over Tallman Drue Store
Pendleton, Oregon.
SHOWING
SOME
SWELL
SPRING
SUIT
SAMPLES
WIqut
Made of selected bluestem in one of the
best equipped mills in the Northwest.
Sold in Weston by
Weston Mercantile Company
are in far better shape than any of
our allies, who bore the brunt of a
war we helped to win when they had
nearcd the verge of collapse and
ruin. We may have a kick coming
at the profiteer, but not at the tax
collector.
bill opens with Pctrova in "Daugh
ters of Destiny," followed by Charlie
Chaplin in "A Dog' Life." It close
with a Lyons-Moran comedy.
!: WESTON
l: CASH MARKET
"Anybody who ha seen motorcy
clists travel when no a peed 'cop' ia
Zoe Is at It Again.
(Athena Press.)
He came into the office in the same
old way on the same old mission, did
in sight, wonders wny more uo not fuewi uuuki, rcimvmau iiu
sustain fractured skull," remark for sheriff. Time was when Zoe wa
the Oregonian. But these peed sheriff of -Umatilla county and ever
fiend know that even if they are ince he quit he has hjd a hankering
spilled their skull are immune to get back into the office again. He
against breakage. recognized far and wide as being
' good old scout, but the boys be-
If discretion is the better part of lieve he's done broke down when he
valor, the democrats will not put up enter a race with Til Taylor.
WESTON BATHS, BARBER
and TAILOR SHOP
R. L. Reynaud
A. W. LUNDELL
FRESH MEATS
OF ALL KINDS
2
i HIGHEST CASH
PRICES PAH)
FOR LIVESTOCK,
HIDES, PELTS, &c.
HASS & SAUER
4
General Insurance
and Real Estate
LIFE HEALTH FIRE
AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE
Do you want
property? If
to sell your
it is salable
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