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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1920)
FOLK Wo want you all to come to THE FAIR Soptcnv Ikt 15-1(547-18. We'all All be tlicre IU going to be The MGGEST and HEST KVEK. A real demonstration of what this Valley can do and we'll all feel prouder than ever of this country after Heelnir the wonderfu' exhibits of AGRICUL TURAL PRODUCTS and FIN 13 LIVE STOCK. THE FRONTIER DAYS SHOW will be" a series of thrilling, hair-raising events such as only we West erners know how to put on. You musn't miss this. THE DAVIS-KASER CO. will have an attractive and interesting exhibit in the Rig Cottage just in side the main entrance of the Pavilion. You are cordially invited to come and meet us there and renew old acquaintance. THE DAVIS-KASER CO. Oomi'U'tc Homo Furnishing Dcjmrtmcnt Store 10-20 Aider St.. Walla Walla, Wash. I am prepared to furnish HI-HEAT Utah Coal In any quantity. I havo different graces of wood for sale. I especially solicit carload orders for No. 1 cordwood. P. T. HARBOUR. 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 Ilarley, Oats, Wheat and Millfeeds. Chicken Feeds, includ ing Corn, Wheat, Scratch Food, Bone, Shell, Grit, Meat Scraps and Fgg Mash. WOOD and COAL J. A. LUMSDEN - - Proprietor HEW SHIP W INLAID LINOLEUM BREAKFAST TABLES DINING CHAIRS A. M. ROSS FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING Any Bones?" I am. in the market for old bones. Bring them in. $10.00 PER TON FOR OLD IRON Top prices paid . for Old Metal, Rags, Sacks, Hides, Wool, Etc. See me for Blacksmith Iron, Shafting and Piping eynolcls Water Street (second block north of Main) WESTON - - OREGON BREVITIES We're going to close the chop mill next Friday and Saturday and go to the itound Up. J. A. Lumsden. K. G. Lucas and T. L. McBrlde will represent Steven lodge at the forth coming meeting of tha Pythian grand Unlit. Mr. Lucas hold over and Mf. Mcllride wn elected at a went sea lion of tha local lodga. - Tha bulga in tbo wheat marktt brought out mini 40,000 bushels which were disposed of Saturday U local dealers. Wheat advanced to $2.33 the first of thl week, but later dropped in sympathy with the Chica go market. Id-cause of dearth of masculine hand, women and girls have been helping with the mountain harvest. Mrs. Lilian Fredericks is In receipt of a message from Hot Lake stating that her father, Geo. W. Procbstel Sr., underwent a quite serious operation at the Phy sanitarium one day last week. His condition at the present time is regarded as hopeful. Mrs. Wilma Minnick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John DuPuia of this city, was united in marriaice Monday to Mr. William Kupcrs of Pendleton. The ceremony took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rogers. The local, drama club has ordered from the state library certain study books covering the course in Modern Drama, beginning with the nineteenth century. Mrs. K. M. Warren left last week .for an extended visit at tha home of, her son and daughter, Mr. and Mr. Sidney Warren, at Pendleton. Mrs. Nancy A. Jacobs, one of Ore gon'a most estimable pioneer women and the only survivor of the Whit man massacre, was here Saturday from Portland, visiting Mrs. I. E. Saling and other friends. Mrs. J. C. Davis was brought In from the farm Sunday and is at the home of her son, Claude Davis. She is slightly better, after a serious ill ness with pneumonia. Miss Wilma Harbour has gone to the Cheney, Wash., normal school to complete Jcr training for the pro fession of teaching. ' The local lodge of Odd Fellows has resumed it regular meetings and will continue them through the fall and winter. George A. Lindcken, recently of Valentine, Nebraska, has taken over the dray business of G. G. Ellis. Mr. Lindcken has also purchased the Mrs. Marsh cottago which wil be occupied by himself and family, and the Lov eridge barn near the Are station. He ttaya he likes the town and is glad to be Identified with it. Mrs. W. S. Payne was absent dur ing the flint of the week on a visit to her sisters at Walla Walla. Orell McPherrin has put his Hud son car in commission attain on the stage run between Wcstoa and Pen dleton. The stage leaves Weston at the same hours as formerly, 7:45 a. m. and 12:45 p. m. With his harvest wages in his pocket Carmen (Shorty) Oliver left this week for an, extended visit at his mother's home in Payette, Idaho. He expects to return to Weston next summer. ' Earl Olsen was in town Monday from the scene of his agricultural activities in the Walla Walla valley. Robert Hodgson came to Weston with him, remaining several days at home. Charles Wilson came down this week from La Crosse to aee what the good old town is doing. .Wanted Teams to haul lumber from the Blue Mountain Sawmill to Freewater. Phone No. 161F3, mill, or No. 1131, Milton. Bardell Lumber & Box Co. Dorothy Helen is the name of a lit tle girl who lately arrived at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sylvester in Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Sylvester was formerly Miss Edna Mayhall, a Weston high school girl. Saturday was an especially busy day with local merchants, indicating Weston's popularity as a trading point. The day's volume at the es tablishment of Jones & Jones alone reached a total of t 1071.41. They sold three Van Brunt drills and a small b of lumber, the remainder being general hardware. Mrs. Sylvia Benn, Miss Louie Beathe and Miss Pearl Beathe ar rived Sunday from Seattle for a visit with relatives and friends in Weston. Recent heavy rains again delayed the mountain harvest, which had just fairly begun. Bright weather this week, however,' was matched by the smiles- on the faces of the mountain farmers, who will suffer little loss if they are only given time by old .J. Pluve to get their crops in the sack. Merritt A. Baker, local weather ob server, reports the total precipita tion since the first of September as 1.04 inches. The rain Sunday after noon reached almost the, proportions of a cloudburst in the Downing and Dry creek neighborhoods, and would have done a world of damage few e3 Yi OIMLY f(j LEFT Better Act QuicMy If you want to take advantage of OUR PRICES You Positively Will Pay Hore if you wait until these are gone. DO NOT DELAY ! Our Business has been Phenomenal and we want to take this occasion to thank our many Patrons for the part they have played in our success and to solicit a continuance of your val uable patronage, which we will at all times en deavor to merit by Honest and Conscientious Business Dealing, together with an earnest ef fort to Keep Prices Down. We Want JONES Hardware :: Implements :: Lumber WESTON, OREGON weeks ago. Hailstones were piled up in places to a depth of several inches and chickens were killed in the barn yards. A ouarter section of wheat belonging to Sim J. Culley was at the edge of the storm area. Lowell (Dutch) Hyatt came down this week from La Crosse, Wash., ac companied by Walter L. Hogan. Walter was Lowell's shipmate on the Lincoln when that luckless transport was torpedoed by Hun submarine. It will be remembered that Lowell learned to swim on that memorable occasion. He had to swim, in order to escape the far frorti attractive so ciety of McGinty and the mermaids. The boys have lately been navigating a sea of wheat in the La Crosse coun try, where Lowell has been piloting a combine. He says the crop up that way ran from 18 to 30 bushels per acre. ., , Henry Thompson is a patient at Hot Lake sanitarium. Mrs. J. ET. Jones went to Gibbon this week to visit Mrs. Thompson during his ab sence. ' t For Sale Second-hand baby, bug gy, sewing machine, washing ma chine and two wringers. Mrs. N. P. Bonnet Final citiienship papers were is sued Tuesday at Pendleton to Clar ence Hand, a native of England. Hit witnesses were J. H. Price and Ar thur Coppock. Mail Carrier Barnett found a land slip blocking his way the other day near the Watts place on Pine creek and had hard work getting by. In termixed with the debris were many monster rocks carried down from the hillside. Prompt measures to re move the obstruction were .taken by C. W. Avery, road supervisor. L. P. Gilliland has finished the "har vest at his placo on Pine creek above town, and was busy this week in hauling. Mr. Gilliland cropped about 45 bushels of wheat to. the acre and his spring-sown barley averaged 40 bushels. - Joe Hodgson came down recently from his . holdings near Culdesac, Idaho, to serve again on the grand jury. When the rains camo he just lacked two days of completing har vest, and he reports a good wheat crop from 750 acres. Miss Irene Banister and Miss Ger trude Van Winkle left yesterday for Corvallis to attend Oregon Agricul tural College, . , ,r Eph Tucker's upland wheat crop is reported to have averaged better than 47 bushels. K 1 A FEW LLS Your. Business! & JONE I ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It is now time to begin figuring on your needs for next season. Your plans may call for more funds than you have in sight; or if you had funds you might consider greater plans. Come in and have a good visit Possi bly we may be able to assist you in some way. The FARMERS BANK of WESTON .. .... BUTTER WRAPS at Leader Shop imiHiMis Tablets Ink Pens Pencils, &c. V v at ,. School Books :: CASH ONLY