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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1921)
BREVITIES 4HHtMIMMttttttt THE WESTON CITY COUNCIL VOTES FOR STREET PAVING The proposition to pava Weston's Main street from tlx west lint of Water to th west tin of Broad, and 100 feet of Franklin itwt south of Min. was passed by the council at special meeting Monday evening by unanimous vote. All the council men were prevent, ami Mayor June presided. The action taken waa in response to petition of property owners de- the improvement. r.vcry Jamea Simpson and Pan McBean i dinner guest Friday ot Mr ftnd Mrs. Ernest Ross. A aacred concert will be given Sun day evening by the choir of the M. E. Church- An attractive program has been nreoared and the public Is firing ;.n.. in..itl in atti-nil. roum'ibiian expressed himself as in IViuwiy . - " SWYCMLodge No. 49, Knights of favor heartily of the mow, ami gen rthiaa, announces the free prcscn- crl satisfaction ha been expressed tation of the great pictorial drama, ninoo the meeting that Weston has "Damon and Pythias." at Memorial decided to line up with her progres hall the evening of February It. sivc neighbors in this part of the Milk customers wanted. Jay V. county. 5roith. The tyH of paving is left to the Wm. Beaton, who was recently in- future decision of the council. The aurod by Geo, House, agent for the cost r MassachusctU Bonding and Insurance dressing is estimated at t.50 per Company, received a check for five square yard. In the opinion of an dsvs sick benefit, day. experienced engineer the rock foun- aitVr claim went in. Thi. pollicy pro- d.tion already on the street would tecta vou for a full day ot 24 hours, suffice, with some re-working. Un- dcr the Bancroft bonding art the A JlUUk IV V va wm. tection see Geo. House, agent. Mr .n.l Mrs. J. II. Tcne. Mrs. E. property owners may have the priv ilege of the ten-year payment plan, by filing the proper notice with the city recorder. The cost to the city of paving the street intersections is estimated at $1000. The proposed improvement can be stopped by dissenting property owners only in the event that two thirds of the frontage involved is M. Smith, Mrs. Nelson It. Jones ana Mrs. Hetty Towers were on a mo toring trip Tuesday to Walla Walla. Interest continues in the series of meetings conducted at the Church of The Brethren by Elder Barnett, and rood congregations are the rule. . ., , f uuras vi i unaay me eiocr prray.. - v..v v. nted on the wmon8trance. the largest congregations that ever asembled in the church. The meet- , v ings close next Sunday evening. FIRE AT. THE Cl'LI.EY FARM Mr. and Mrs. Bert LeFcvre of OCCASIONS HEAVY LOSS Portland are visiting Weston rela- ,t the Sim J. Culley ranch- tives while on their return home 8tt.aa" on the DcGraw farm south of from a tour of the coast Mrs. Lc- Weston Thursday morning at about Fevre is a niece of Mr. H. Wad- 5.30 o'clock destroyed the machine dingham. sheds and blacksmith shop, a track- During the lull prior to the spring layer tractor, a combine, plows, farming campaign, Scott Banister is wagons, grain tanks and tools, visiting here from his La Crosse practically all of Mr. Culley's farm ranch. machinery w cnt up t in smoke with Burglary of the H. A. Brandt the exception of some drills which store was discovered Tuesday morn- na been left on another place, and inc. and is supposed 10 nave Deen the loss is estimated at more man perpetrated at some time prior to io,000. Only the combine was in the preceding Friday night. Silk aared. One of the machine sheds hose, silk dress goods and expensive nad been recently built. The fire gloves to the value of about $150 had attained such headway when were taken. The burglars opened by the waking ranch hands the front door by means, presuma- that nothing could be done except to bly, of a skeleton key, and locked it Mvc, by hard work, the barn and when they went out The burglary granary. The farm residence was was similar to that of the Penney not in danger. The flames are sup- : WESTON SCHOOLS A delightful surprise party was given on Miss Pavta and Miss Isaac son by the Sophomore girla at the school house last Friday night. The school went en masse to the cottage and escorted the honorees to the au ditorium, where games were played. Refreshments were served by Miss Husband at a late hour. The affair was enjoyed by all Mrs. F. C. Fitipatrick is still con fined to her home with a severe cold. Her sister, Mrs. K. K. Thornton, has assumed Mrs. Fitspatrkk' work in tho eighth grade. Several young ruffians without vnough brains to go to school, but with a well defined taste for filching cakes and such from Mr. Fitspat rick's office during parties, are due for a very warm reception given by the Purple and Cold bunch at their next visit the murder was committed. One The Helix-Westnn gamo scheduled other Japanese witnessed the killing, for last Friday at Helix waa called Shibata, who bore a neat personal off on acount of the condition of the appearance, evinced coolness and was roads. The quintet will play the ralm over the horrible affair, while battlo off in the near future, how n the custody of officers here .He is ever. The squad was sorry to hear a Hawaiian Jap and saw service in that Otis Gould, who has been giving the American army for period of the team a few pointers, has left for the World war. Hermiston. George Blomgrvn now , has the team in tow and is getting Restraining Order Issued, real results. Another angle to the now famous Taylor-Winn rase comes through the are. issuing of a restraining order to pre- first vent Winn from carrying out the mandate of the Oregon supreme court. The order was signed by Kathcrine Lucas of Miss Mark's Judge Phelps pending settlement of room received her reading certift- a counter action brought by Taylor cute this week. Miss Marks intends against Winn, to present another of these honors KLAYKK of jap gambler WILL FIGHT TIIK G ALLOW 8 Shsia Shibata, slayer of Okama to, IWIIeton Japanese gambler, will put up a fight to save himself from the gallows, and has retained Attor ney Fred W. Stelwer to defend him. Saturday morning, after brutally killing his countryman with m ax, Shibata escaped from Pendleton on an outgoing automobile stage, and came to Athena. He took a room at the St Nichols hotel and went to bed. In short time local officers had been apprised of the murder. The Jap waa immediately located by of ficers Dickson and Stone who plated him under arrest The murderer of fered no resistance and told the offi cers that he had about made up hi mind to return to Pendleton and give himself up. The murder is described as being an especially revolting one, and ac cording to the story of Shibata was done in freniy after Okamato had won all of his money at gambling. After gambling all of Friday night, the two Jap retired, and soon after JOB RE wd Commercial Stationery Wedding Announcements Calling Cards Loose Leaf Bill Heads Handbills YOUR ORDERS NEATLY AND PROMPTLY FILLED. XJho Weston Leader J Miss Rintoul's first graders very enthusiastic about their picture-study work. :r BUTTER WRAPS Furnished and Trinted at tho Lcador office One hundred 1 60 Each additional hundred 0 75 TERMS CASH ONLY soon. "GO AND GET Im posed to have gotten their start from a forge fire used in the blacksmith shop the night before. store at Athena, and is supposed to have been perpetrated by members of the same gang. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lurasden were in Pendleton Wednesday evening and attended an enjoyable social gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Scott ' The Weston High basket ball team goes to Pilot Rock this evening to play a return engagement with the school quintet there. Seven men and two squaws, two automobiles and approximately 50 gallons of moonshine whiskey fell into the hands of county and city police officials at Pendleton this week. Chief of Police C. W. Avery and Otis Adams of Weston assisted in the hauL Pendleton's city government was operated last year at a loss of more than $2500. "Go and Get It." the great super special featuring The Ape Man, at Standard Theatre, Athena, next Sunday evening. Mrs. Jasper Morrison of Walla Walla was the guest of Mrs. R. Morrison a few days this week. Mrs. Mark A. Phinney is enjoying a visit with her sister, Mrs. William Jorgcnsen of Spokane, who arrived in the city Tuesday evening. The Women's Missionary society 1 of the M. Church held its regular Lost-On north WaterSt., a mounted monthly business meeting at the eifc', tooth, enzraved with the letter B church parlors Wednesday after- on one gite Bnd the figures 288 on the noon. It was decided to hold an otner. Finder will please return to Easter bazaar and cooked food sale Areta Barrett, Athena. Or., and re- the Saturday preceding Easter, Men. ceive reward New Books at Weston Library. The following books were recently received at the Weston library and placed on the shelves for circula tion: Mettle of the Pastures Allen. . Square Peggy Bacon. Right Stuff Beith. Wyndham's Pal Bindloss. Hunkins Blythe. Splendid Chance Bradley. Secret Garden Burnett American Dillon. Definite Object Farnol. Squirrel Cage Fisher. Follow the Little Pictures Gra ham. Pa Flickinger's Folks Hoover. Golden Block Kerr. Taste of Apples Leo. Ben Blair Lilibridge. Sweethearts Unmet Ruck. World for Sale Barker. The Preston Vorse. Klondike Clan Young. Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Clemen. i .ffi F "GO AND GET IT!" gift articles , 26. Aprons and fancy will be offered for sale. Manager Barnes announce the fol lowing splendid film attractions to be shown soon at Memorial hall: "Once to Every Woman," "Under Crimson Skies," "Confession," "The Virgin of Stamboul," "God's Coun try and the Woman." These are all booked for Saturday nights. The Tuesday night show will be discon tinued except on special occasions. Ernest Haney was in town Thurs day calling upon local merchants. He informed his friends that he lives on the peak of the mountain and is glad of it as he stands no danger of being washed away during wet weather. The local temple of Pythian Sis ters is arranging for a social even ing next Monday, at which a ban quet will be served promptly at 7:30 p. m. The brothers of the temple will be hosts to the lady members. Fire totally destroyed Bunch Bros., garage at Adams, Wednesday fore noon, but the firm' blacksmith shop was saved. It is reported that the fire originated from the explosion of a can of gasoline. The flames spread rapidly throughout the STIFF KNEES tne and Rheumatic Joints that hare re sisted other- treatments will quickly improve under the wonderful electric heat of the HUMAN BAKE OVEN Counties eases have been relieved via thi new method WHY NOT YOUT TRY US ONCE NEXT TO HILL'S JEWELRY STORE, ATHENA Lady and Gentleman Attendants LADY ATTENDANT on Monday, interior of Wednesday and Friday. the building, and it was saved. is said but little GENTLEMAN ATTENDANT on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 1 I I i FORTUNATELY I0RTUNATELY, The council has arranged to take care of the overflow from the heavy rains, turning the course from Main street. Fortunately, The council intends to pave Main street. Fortunately, Spring seems knocking at our doors and who would not say welcome? Fortunately, we have some of the best bargains in shoes that can be found the country over. Fortunately, For our customers, our prices are lower than city prices, saving time and expense in shopping. Fortunately, We have not waited for others to cut prices, we have put them lower at the start. For in stance, we sell bedding at one-third less, many shoes at one-third less and all our staple lines at one-fourth less, and the odds and ends of our stock at prices you will be surprised to find. - Fortunately, We have had no Flu this winter. Sister, "Despondency" stopped off for a time but was ordered to leave. Fortunately, Our grocery specials have been real ones and there are more for . this week and better ones. Note the display and prices. , , Fortunately, Weston looks fine for the coming season. Picture 'for yourself cluster lights, paved streets and a smiling populace. Now let us back the council and make it peppy. WESTON FiIEMfllE COMPANY n - I i E I