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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1921)
RECONSTRUCTION PRICE $21.50 wnts rf our federal dollar fr war, and seek an asylum. ttw "patients" ill he aur Uvr U iwl fur what BREVITIES All our best suits now priced at 21.50. nothing hijrher. Wonderful values in all wool, high prado suits, for men and younpr men. Every day prices on every day needs. We buy for 312 stores in immense quantities, pay cash and sell for cash. That is why our prices are always the low est, Our NeW-York buyers are ajwavs on the job to so cure the very best values to be had. A policy in the Hankers Reserve Lifa lnsuranre Co. will take rare of llowrvrniiiorTnol .Ion. uur. ''' The "cabinet dvbutante" may be Mellon, but she looks like a jxach. in mtnlinir a loan. Tay Day and Underhill 220 heavy ' overalls Boys' heavy overall. , . .8!e 8Sc Blue Chambray shirts . Work socks Handkerchiefs Canvas gloves .... Leather face gloves Men's union suits .. Work shoes Dress shoes (men's) Hods muslin, only . Lartre stock of ladies' and chil dren's shoes, oxfords and strap dippers Lowest Prices. ..13c lc .V 10c 10c 15c ... ,...$c $l.4i $2.-t9 to $3.50 .$:i.?S to SS.SW 14o Indian lleiul muIin . lU-t :! in. 1'civale . ImmhI ;o in. Perj'ale . Hect ginghams Good iriiivrhniiix New drvss voiles . . . Ijniios' union suits . Corsets -all kinds ... Corsets - etra heavy ... iMc-Uoc 'jre I 'A- It lie ... n;!o-lic . . . :.;k-- siv i.!s$j.is i.ys Weston Organizes (or Baseball Wee ton is lined tin for baselmll strong this irinir. a aeamm'a vaia- a (rent. 8. J. Culley leading Weston farmer, is In Spokaim this week, together with Sam Thompson of Pendleton, They are attending the Northvtext Kami llnrvau convention as dele tion having whetted the desire of Kates from Umatilla county, both fans and player to see the Miss Wilnia Harbour, who is pre- horseJiidu sail. An effort will be arintr for the teacher's profession made to break into the Hluo Moun- at the Cheney Normal, is at her lain league, of which until last year home in Weston for the taster va- Weston had alwas been a member, ration. and it is understood that Weston William R. Ileaton report that he will have the supiwrt of Athena H is making good progress with the Sewing thread (Coates 150 yd.)... 5c Coates crochet thread Pa'.niug thread, all colors . Oil Moth t white and colors) lirv white laundry soap . . . No. 1 brooms, only .liV . .4c . .'kvC . .4c .uic J.C. PEHMEY COMPANY, Athena and Pendleton,' WESTON LEADER CURK WOOD, I'ubluhtr MRS. M. GOODWIN. Auisunt Editor bL'BSCKIPHON HAlEi Stskti it A&Anct The Year S- 00 Six Montha - 1 on Three Months 0 &0 refiiM? further to be obsessed and de pressed by a "elate of mind." Advertising Rates Display, Regular, per inch 20c Display, Transient, per inch ....25c Local Readers, per line 10c The remarks of "A Frit ml Progress" published elsewhere arc pertinent and timely. It is time that Weston should make an effort to get out of tiie rut. if it does not expect to remain forever in the crossroad village class. Action is needed, how ever, on the part of the entire com munity. The whole burtien ol re this laudable ambition. Organisation was oirevted at an enthusiastic meeting Monday even ing, and it was evident from the at tendance and eagerness of pnisee live idnyers that there will ho no lack of team material. R. U Rey naud was chosen business manager and Kd. I.. Wood team manager, the lection of both King unanimous. Lester O'llarra and J. II. Price- were appointed on a finance com mittee with Manager Rrynaud at chairman to raise fund for equip ment. About $200 is required. r amount is being secured from sale of tickets for the Memorial Hall benefit picture show, at which a new Ford touring car will be given away. He has representatives at Pendleton, Milton and Athena, who are disus ing of a large number of tickets. The sab at Weston is also going well. Statistics issued by the weather bu reau show that the rainfall for I'.i'.'o in this district was 24.11 inches, mi excess over normal of I. CI inches. Observer Baker reports that 1.20 THE WESTON MILLS will ROLL, GRIND or CLEAN your grain, and will give prompt atten tion to orders for anything in its lino. International Stock and Poultry Food Hay. UoIIihI Parley. Oats. Wheat aiul Millt'mk Chicken Feeds, includ ing Corn, Wheat, Scratch Food, Hone, Shell, Grit, Meat Scraps and Fgg Mash. WOOD and COAL J. A. LUMSDEN - - Proprietor 'HI-H6HT' UTAH inches of moisture fell during the re- This cent storms in this locality. We fan have the word of the farmers that . . . . . . I .1 a a loan, to o repaul OUl ol gale uie rnougn jor mc present receipts. Much encouragement i rr- Jess Lleuallen, who for years has ported. ho a familiar figure at the sheep Only five new baseball suits will shearing camps throughout the be required. However, there are a Northwest, decided to ply the shears catcher's glove, mask and protector, in California this year for a change, a first bascman'a glove, bats, balls, "e has begun the season's wool har- 00 bases and other paraphernalia to buy. ponsibility for the proposed street " th 'tnnti "d K"unds ntDlT. MA1CH 25. 1921 improvement should not be left with the council. Let every citizen, whether or not he or she is in sym- murt be nut in condition. Eattrcdat tht aoitollut at los. Ortjoa pathy with the improvement, attend .ittcondcUtt mailmstUr. Through the clouds engendered by the wheat market slump gleams a ray of sunshine that brightens the price prospect for the coming har vest season. Thus saith no less an authority than The "National City Bank of New York: "Argentina and Australia are now the chief sources of supply for the importing coun tries, and their supplies appear to be ample for all demands. the next council .meeting Wednes day evening, April 6. Thus only can the community's wishes be ascertain ed and community sentiment crystal lized. The council needs your help. i SCHOOL NOTES J The High school baseball nine ex pects to play Athena High at Athena today, should the weather permit It will be a practice game. v.t at Marysville. Mrs. L. M. Funk of Walla Walla w-as here Sunday for a visit with her mother. Mrs. I. E. Saling, and sister, Mrs. Ma Coffin. Mra. E. M. SmiOi went to Walla Walla Tuesday, accompanying Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Price, for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Smith. Leon L'undell received the third de- cjp e523 ri3 1 (5 inch and 4 foot Slabs and Cordwood P. T. Harbour - - pr NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT. boys expect to be arrayed in their mv trecn and tan uniforms. Attic- We leant from the Baltimore American that "John Barleycorn is a hard guy. Every month or two ho U( it is said, ha practically the same kicks the lul off his coliiii ana grins line-up as last year. in the faces of his executioners. He was a hard truy alive, and he is a Vnrlt urn Ivmn In si Tueulnv un This country nurj Kuy jcaj. Congress convicted tjK, whwl play, under the direction In the Count v Court of the Statu of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of llnnlrl A. May. Deceased. NoTK'K s HKRKIIY ;lN to H i., r- next week, the lodge will have work sona whom It inay coneern that M I The local r,rc ' ri''' night's meeting of the local aiasonic nxige. rnuay night r in both the Entered Apprentice and Kcllowcraft degrees. OREGON NEWS NOTES is thought to have sola about an it him. three-fourths of the states sen baa to spare, and the movement to u,ntcJ nim; Executioner Volstead put an import duty on wheat has hanged him and the supreme court stimulated the movement from Can- rticasej the drop, but John refuses ub w im rauuirr wi iuc to remain deail." All of winch feci- Juck Henderson pussiow nwos. me ww "" mg remarks art- inspired by the j ;!.. funics over will not be large, and as it is now quite improbable that Russia will contribute anything to the next year's supply for western Europe, Palmer ruling. of Miss Esther Husbands. "Mary's .Millions" is the title of the breezy three-act comedy by Frederick Johnson. The cast is as follows: Nanl Jones Arden Lucas A Philadelphia builder says that "the shortage of homes in the United Ezra Stoncham Abija Buggs . . . Count De .Selles Mrs. .Stoneham The annual ineollng of the Western Oregon Olders Oirls' conference was held under tho auspices of thn Oregon State Sunday School association In McMlnnrllle last week. Delegates from all 8uinliir nrhooln In psf irn Harold Phinney Oregon were prenent at the conference. Leonard Ilulflnch . . Walt Rayborn Charlotte Hass and' as the Argentine and Australian States is now 1,500,000, and in addi- puf"ur " " r:wen t'oniDton .1.:. ...AU 1 nmi e c : enAA M y crops mis yer cre mucn uuuve me nun wo nuvu 900,000 laciones, ovvv fountess De Selles average or tnose countries, me out- gcnools and public buildings, ou,uuu . Muik" jook ior me pnee 01 unrai jrom me aparxnu'iii uuiuungs, iJ" ireigni icr- 1921 crop would seem to be very minals and 15,000 railroad stations." good. Moreover, it will be produced That may be what we need; but what at lower cost." we are likely to get is more battle battle planes, Betty Mary Esther Davis , .- Emma Thocny Blanche Thorsen . Helen Rayborn - cruisers, more Week by week Collier's has stated implements of warfare ami more war. its belief that no panic has been near 1 or in prospect, says that optimistic May wheat in Chicago touched the weekly; has voiced its conviction that lowest point Tuesday since 1U1C. America is proceeding in an orderly It is becoming evident that Editor way through an ever-lessening peri- Pickell, the breezy and entertaining od of readjustment after the flame prophet of Koscnbaum Review fame, and roar of war, and the industrial displays better diction than predic fog of post-war conditions. There is tion. plenty of business to be done; there Friday night was featured as "high school night" at the Baptist revival services. A fair number of the students were present. The ball ground was dragged and put into shape Saturday with the aid of Charley Bulfinch's team. OREGON PRUNES-Choice orch- urd run Oregon Italian prunes, 1U1!0 to "resume crop, in 25 or oO pound boxes, or the United more, delivered anywhere in Oregon lingers that by parcel post or express prepaid, is an ever-growing disposition on ooviet Kussia wants the part of the merchant as well as '""a'1" relations" with the manufacturer to slice his in-tat"- The suspicion ventory to replacement cost; andany relations with the bolsheviki are ut VI cents pound; by freight to any cant to develon into noor relations. railroad station in state, at 11 cents. in 100 lb. lots or more. Quality Clara Smith Hamon has joined an guaranteed. Send remittance with Oklahoma church and will also be- order to Oreiron Prune Co.. 7.12 Mnr. there is strong determination on the part of every good salesman to g back to work and sell goods. So long as there is work to be done in th United States, and men to do it, am: materials for them to do it with, let us quit worrying about mysteriouf help from our federal governmen and keep interested in our own per sonal accomplishment. Now comcth the brilliant editor o) the Corvallis Gazette-Times an speaketh thusly of the versatile od itor of the Cottage Grove- Sentinel "A story emanating from Coltag Grove is published in the Oregoniar to the effect that Elbert Bcde wa: pinched for leaving his car paAe from 5:30 a. m. to 7 p. m. in a 're stricted' district. Anyone who know: Bede knows that the reporter wh wrote the story has a vivid imagine tion, for the reasons that there an no busy sections in Cottage Grovi and that Elbert Bede never got uj at 6:30. We have a suspicion tha Bede wrote the story himself. It must be that tho so-calIe( "slump in business" is a horrir nightmare following repletion s pecially as it relates to the Pacifli Coast. Far from slumping, business has gained 8.1 percent in six ci of the twelfth federal reserve dis trict, according to the federal reserve bank of San Francisco. The compar ison is made between February, 1319, and February, 1920, and the figure relate to volume of sales. The thrc largest Portland department stores report gain of 8 to 12 percent, ac cording to The Oregonian. ome a motion picture star. She ean building, Portland, Oregon, seems to have swapped her virtue to iretty fair advantage. Washington is generally a few jumps ahead of Oregon in the race it progress, but on this side of the Jne we haven't any ?5.00 poll tax to pay. Four counties, Benton, Sherman, Crook and Umatilla, have made plans to call special elections In the nnar future to pass on the question of adopting the county unit system of administration and taxation for school affairs, under a law enacted at the An anny aviator dropped nearly recent session of the legislature. ive miles in Illinois. Having been - l m irudent enough to take a parachute iiong, ne oroKe nothing but a record. Germany lost a war but won a ple biscite with the harrowing result hat she has aguin begun to sing DeutHchland Uber Alles." The only Bill that Germany feel ike paying is living in luxurious sc lusion on the income she provides. According to a Boston paper, "it sn't considered good form to ride to .he synagogue in a Ford car." Evidently Mrs. James Stillman of New York "took the wrong path" in following that Indian guide. Germany may be a bit shy with her marks, but her remarks arc be stowed in Kupcrabunduiicc. "I have no patience with the feeble minded people who talk about din- armament," say Senator Nicholson, in advocating a bigger navy. Well. Let usllet's turn over the remaining seven CIGARETTE No cigarette has the same delicious flavor as Lucky Strike. Because Lucky Strike Is the toasted cigarette. The homes of the city entsrtalned at least 250 girls between the ages of IS and 21 during the con f drones. By a vote of more than two to one. voters of The Dalles rejected at a special election the proposal that the city bond Itself for li'So.noo. the money to be used In the construction of a dam, storage reservoir and pipe line, by means of which 1.000,000 gal lons of water a clay would have been added 10 the present city water sup ply during the three hot summer months. . A quarantine against strawberry vines from Marlon county that have th soil of that section of the slate clinging to their roots has been de clared by Lane county officials at the suggestion of (". E. Stewart, county fruit inspector. This action has been taken to prevent the spread In Lane county of pear thrlps, which tho fruit Inspector says Infest the ground In Marlon county. Sea lions along the Oregon const eat 1.840,000 fish during the open sea son for salmon, a period of 1S7 days, according to Carl D. Shoemaker, sec retary of the state fish commission. They consumo at this rate 41.448,000 pounds of fish In tho open season alone, which is equal to 637,fil cases of salmon. This amount Is mora than the total number of cases packed on all of the waters of the state of Oregon. 1'resldent and Mrs. Warren O. Hard- lng, have been Invited by Lane county post. No. 3, American Legion, to visit Kugene and tako a trip tip the Mc enzlo river during the state conven tion of the Legion early In July. As the president Is contemplating making a trip to thn coast and to Alaska this summer. It Is believed by members of the Legion that he may be persuaded to time his trip so that he will be able to be here during the convention. , All measures, constitutional amend ments and resolutions referred to the voters at the recent session of the legislature, a total of six, will go on the ballot at the special election scheduled for June 7, according to I. H. Van Winkle, attorney-general. These include the measures authoriz ing the state to use Its credit to the extent of 3 per cent based on the valu ation of all assessable property, for the payment of the so-called soldier bonus, mental end physical examina tion of all persons applying for mar riage licenses, Jury service for women, 10 days' session of the legislature and increasing the compensation legis lators from 13 to IS a day, and single Hem veto by the governor. May, administratrix of the rstutc of Daniel A. May. ilecvast-d. hss tHoil her . final account and reMirt in tho admin- istration of the estate; that tho County Judge, by order duly made and enlertif. t has appointed Tuohtliiy the Mh day of April, IH21, at tho hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon as the titno and tho county courthouse at PemlU-Un a the ! place whore all objections and excep- tiniu to the said final account and re- port will be heard and a settlement of .J the estate mailu. , Dated this the 3d dny nf Mnrth, I'X'l. ! Ida L. May, Admiuihtrnlnx. P.TKHN. Itisiior & Cl.AKK, Attorneys for Administratrix. PASS YOUR SPARE TIME AT. THE PASTIME W.WEBB Cash for chickens. J, It. Reynolds. r'slTOJSWrfOrfttJrll !i I i 1 Fresh Bread Jj and Pastries Daily. 1 ..DAVIS.. ;J CONFECTIONERY J " I lmillllHllllll 111 lll.l l.HIHIl.MI un,,.. a triulfttiinrliaaiMlrowrltflii.uM.innl or no mpimi mirt, .tart'tie or ihftfM .ml di ..Milium far PRCg aCAROH iml mit un au-iilalm.. Ifc.nk raf urmro PATtNTS) BUILD FORTUMia for Ourrm,baohM.t0lllmw, wluttttiluvrut ml Mva ymi mntwr. Writ. Iwt, D, SWIFT & CO. VM TENT AWWCnSi 303 Seventh St., Washington, 0. C. Calves! Calves! Start a Dairy Herd hi d Foil mm . mm d mim All Ton Want; Prices Ril Good Cows are a Sure Income and ftlortgage Lifters Write or See CHARLES E. HALL Weston, Oregon AT LOWEST PRICES Water Street (second block north of Main) WESTON ...... OREGON