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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1920)
The End is tar! BREVITIES A Bargain Lady' sedan or ahurt gentleman' car. See Worth WatU. George Procbstal Jr., Mr. and Mra. Rudolph TroobiUI and Mi Ruth 'roebstel wer Weston visitor Sun ay, spending the day with Mr. and Mr. George Proebstel Sr. Earl Barnett ha "gone up" tep at the Blue Mountain aawmlll, having been promoted to the job of night engineer under Henry Havll nd. Frank Baling visited hi old home town the other day and dUplayed light and linioine physique. Ho ha taken off much surplus avordupola ly making a hand on the big Mor row county ranch In which he I In terested with hi son-in-law. They had a fairly good crop, averaging 20 BIG REDUCTION 83 DAVIS-KASKRS AUGUST SALK ConuH to a CIohc Tuetiday, Aujr. 31st. You Htill have time to pocket great . wiving by purchasing HOME 1'UK NISI1INGS NOW 4 Our stock has been replenished by now goods in nil lineH purchased months ago for the AUGUST SALK. KKMKMHER. the Closing Date and HUY NOW. THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Complete Homo Furnishlmf Lk-nrtmcnt Store 10-20 Alder St.. Wullu Wallu, Wash. ! am prepared to furnish III HEAT Utah Con! in any quantity. I have different Kradcs of wood for Hale. , I eMpecially solicit carload orders for No. 1 cord wood. P. T. HARBOUK. THE WESTON HILLS 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, Oats, Wheat and Millfcods. 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 riATTRESSES PItOl'ERLY SELECTED PROPERLY PRICED Ross Furniture Store bushel x-r acre from UOO acre. Kor Sale 80 acre wheat land 2 1-2 mile from town. Produced over 45 bushel thi year. Term. AddreM J. If. Pructt, rare Scott UanUter, Weston. Volunteer worker of Reed and llawley monutain have mailt' a blir improvement in the county road from the Bruno Weber place across to Robert Moyer a a diiitance of five or ix mile. Betide general work of repair, a big rock that had always lain imbedded in the road wa removed. Andy Barnett, mail carrier on the route, ay that it i a pleasure now to drive hi Ford over a atretch that used to be a "holy fright." Ono of the beat crop in thi neighborhood wa harvested from the John Beamer place just east of town. A yield of 1340 tacks from 60 acre i reported. Wearing a new Panama hat, Jim Jonc went out the other morning to harness hi government mule for tho daily mail run. They acted very shy and offish, as though be were a total stranger instead of their best friend and benefactor. When he drew near they kicked and objected like a third party conven tion and he had to snub them to fence and run the buggy onto them. Hi hat suddenly fell off in the struggle and the mule became a docile a lambs. They just wouldn't recognise Jim in a Panama. D. F. Lavender is busily engaged in tidying up the Weston school yard and making various improve ment in the recitation room, so that building and campus will pre sent an atractive appearance at the opening of school September 6. Rev. Morgan R. Gallahcr and fam ily of Hermiston motored through town Tuesday on their way to at tend conference at Moscow, Idaho. Morgan stopped for a with old-time friends in Weston, the home of his boyhood. C. K. Hall has sold the residence property on Broad street known as the little Maybcc place to Mrs, Florence Gregory, who with PjD) rLitLkOrLLO s VAN BRUNT aafeueky We positively will save you money. It will pay you well to investigate. JON Hardware ES & JONEi e Implements :: Lumber WESTON, OREGON WTVYvynrW WWW Lk liL IML ltfL lttli lttfc iuL tilL luL lilt luL IVf link 1JL 1j iJt lB iL mL in It Int. Ut lull lui Imfi lut 1 been reduced to only 60,000 gallons every 24 hours. Last year at this time no less than 200,000 gallons time to chai wt? dujn the. lT no. i ne rain in is weex win nicciy enable the gravity system, for the first time in years, to supply the town without the aid of pumping. However, the superintendent finds that ceaseless vigilance is necessary husband is coming to Weston to re- l", "ZI v " , , " . , , careless consumers. BUTTER WRAPS at Leader Shop siilc. Mr. Gregory is in the employ of Smytho Bros., the sheepmen. Mr. Wlliam Driskell spent tho week-end with her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Fetter, at Freewatcr. Sho re turned home Monday evening, ac companied by her granddaughter, Phyllis Fetter, who will visit in town a couplo of weeks, See Worth Watts for a bargain buy in an Overland 4 Sedan. Would ex change for coupe of same make or any satisfactory car of mom leg room. The Saturday Afternoon Club has received a supply of text books from the State Library at Salem cover- What About Tablets Jnk Pens Pencils, &c. a mm mjimm -at- SchooTBooks :: CASH ONLY Mr. W. S. Price sustained a sur- wr me. literary course which the gical operation Tuesday afternoon organization will undertake the com at St. Anthony' hospiUl in Pendlc- ing year. ton for the excision of a fibroid tu- Wheat market vagaries are not mor and also of the appendix. The bothering Alick Johnson, who has operation wa performed by Dr. his wheat hauled and sold. He con Parker and Dr. C. H. Smith. Mrs. tracted his crop early in the season Price rallied nicciy and her condi- t $2.40. Mr. Johnson had a very tion since Is reported to be quite satisfactory yield, running from 40 favorable. Her host of friends in to 60 bushels. the Weston community unite with Tho depot road proposition is the anxious family in wishing her Ein up, with good prospects that speedy restoration to health. something will be done this -fall. Mrs. Hetty Powers has added to A committee of farmers headed by her real estate holdings in Weston Mayor Banister and Hamp Booher by the purchase of the residence informed the O-W. yesterday property of Mrs. E. Reynolds on through Agent Nelson that they west Main street would bend their best efforts toward Wheat has dropped locally, in building as good a road as possible sympathy with the big markets, with the means at their command. Quotations are around $2.05 for It is understood that the company's bulked and 2.12 for sacked wheat, offer of $500 toward the improve- . -a. :it v i i j George Winn harvested better """" nu,us uuu than 45 bushel, per acre from the J- ,A- Kin cropped uusnuis tu wi acre ui Potato Warehouse? Have You Returned Your Card with Information? Let's Have it, Plea The FARMERS BANK of WESTON Wtnn hnl.tinira Aftt of tnwn. . j n w tu i . from 60 acres of his Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Phelps were , , ,. IIV1U WIIIO i.viii t vuuivwi v m around 40 good wheat Dry creek Mr. and Mrs. Fred Comstock of Halfway, Oregon, are in town this week, visiting old friends, while on ...,. knn,. r;; iir.si. state highway commission's staff of , , . ., , . .. Fred is now following the real cs- visit with the parents of Mrs. Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Nelson. Mr. Phelps is now member of the civil engineers. tate business at Halfway, which is Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Scrivner of a rrowjngr burg of 800 people. Condon, Oregon, are visiting their nephew, J. E. Jones, and Mrs. Scriv ncr's sister, Mrs. J. W. Hyatt Mr. Scrivner spent his boyhood in the Weston neighborhood. . The results of Weston's water- orial fund. works improvements, as determined Miss Blanche Smock by tests and measurements made by for Milton, where she Superintendent Avery, have proven visit a few days with to be gratifying indeed. Since the Miss Velma Crawford. stopping of leaks by laying new thcH go to Dayton, Wash., to visit steel mains the requirement of the her sister, Mrs. H. J. Driskell. town for. all purposes, household, Bound wheat and oat hay for sale, sprinkling and harvest tanks, have Phone 1F65. Harry Beathe. A committee consisting of J. A. Lumsden, W. H. Booher and C. W. Avery got busy this week in gather ing Weston's somewhat belattid subscription to the Til Taylor mem- left Friday expects to her cousin, She will EDUCATION PAYS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND FOR THE STATE A Person with No Education has but One Chance in 150,000 to Render Distinguished Service to the Public With Common School Education 4 Chances With Hijjh School Education 87 Chances With College Education.. ;..800 Chances Are You Giving Your Child His Chance? THOSE STATES ARE WEALTHIEST THAT HAVE INVESTED MOST IN EDUCATION Oregon Agricultural College Through a "Liberal and Practical Education" prepares the Young Man and Young Woman for Useful Citizenship and Successful Careers in AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING MINING HOME ECONOMICS COMMERCE PHARMAC? FORESTRY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION The training includes PHYSICAL EDUCATION, MUSIC, ENGLISH, MODERN LANGUAGE. 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