Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-10-09
r,.eniulIrex.:

Here's your s.Items, and II this be treason,
make the most Of it,
For quite awhile past, John Miller, John
Frazier. Foryythe and others have been on the
lick list. All are now recovering.
No salouns, no trust, no bust, no lights
Temperance and contemporaries have had
quite bout in the stsweet farewell. and liti
cation ran mp to 513 Farenbeit. As yet, we
shall predict no uncommon result. One of |
our Justices has worn hole in one side of |
his coat, carrying Blackstone's 'Innocence |
Abroad" around.
Van Wornington and Spencer have gone to |
Camas Prairie to select their winters meat
deer, bear and elk. They'll succeed too.
The Nichols Brothers are doing swift work
on DR.. Weston's new building. They're the
''phsllows" to move lumber. Presto, change
and up goes the structure.
Away from ''Hepsedam to Beersheba comes
the ominous sound: Prepare for the new
County seat at Milton. Aye, aye, we're at it.
We propose killing two birds with one stone.
In contemplation of President Hayes visit to
our town. we shall move the western bluff
now frowning upon our beautiful city, just
back to Dry Creek, 80 the President can't
''run bluff" on us, and when the historical
event shall have transpired, the void can be
filed up with "Court House!" Sable?
Mr.. Blake, uncle to our esteemed fellow
merchant, Williamson, is visiting with us
from San Francisco. We trust he may be able
to carry away good report of US when he de-
parts.
Wilbert Kirkman's hardware and tin store
is in fiourishing condition. Good. Wilbert
keeps himself pretty ''close together"
| Any man who takes "Uncle Mac" for an
| idiot, slips up muchly on it. No man in our
town reads more, talks nearer to tho point, or
has any more friends than "Uncle Mae" If
he is Garfield man, that's his right, and "by
the eternal" he stands up to his knitting
against all odds Hands off, gentlemen.
There was a fruit vender here last week
from NJ j., who was hunting place to dump
his cargo Some fellow in Kane county, Pa,
told him to drive right here. that apples, to-
matoes, etc, were worth s35 cents per pound
1t makes Moss, Ireland and Crow, and legion
of others laugh, and laff, and laf to think Of
the sterile reputation our Kane Co. man had
given this Eden Why of ''sich" productions,
this section groans with abundance.
Lamson, the carpenter is fitting around
here again as busy as a bce-accomulodatine
Solsndid workman, and willing too. "Don'i
you forget it.
Jimmy Frazier is married. Miss Heller
, White is his happy bride. May their lives
as one, hereafter be fecked with pleasant
places as numerous as snow-hakes when win
ter's snowy piuions shake the white down il
the cir.
James Eutton has gone to the ''uppe
q country" TO look after matters pertaining t.
his rancho up there Sueh genipl citizens 8
'Jim" are always missed when rot among us
u fail to nntice the Wholesale prepare
: tion4 {" making on his lot. Sc
: the nice ieivp, . Her. bran, aan,
/. bang. spaukin ae|. stabie, aa1 -"v {:
ssn't Kooa a wide.awake man, aa- .a-r
Hind to help hpild up Milton!
Cage Pfttpsa6a's ehoc store has tie Eagn
location il had three months ago Don't nee
lect your sole. when SO good man Pat
Y terson is in our midst to do "awl" IL his pow
. er for it. He is crowded witt work That
a sufficient recommendation.
Several parties have moyed into tosn io
the purpose ot gaining school advantage. I
u Moss, Mr.. Oliver, and others. That's right
u Good schools, good teaehers--then follow
9 good boys and girls, after which, we have
reasonable right to expect good men an
women. But if you want all this, don't sque
e poverty when tax is to be voted to suppo
d them, and then go and spend ten times Il
le amount that taxation would impose, in gan
n of poker, or something else equally as extra
agant. A good substantial common scho
education is quite legacy within the pow
VI of all, to bequeath to their children. and pa
:" an enormous premium to the holder, with Ii
- tie chance of becoming squandered, compar,
~ with which, no other source of money gettil
is noticeable.
Blue Bibbon mestiug every Monday mig
!, at the M. E. Church. We've seen them fla
a out like powder in the pan. We've seen the
>. flicker, flicker, and flicker away like cand
10 winding up its last vestige of grease. Til
y. we have seen them turn into something el
,a less formidable than sewing machines at
charity meeting. snd wind up with big gu
per for those who had plenty and wanted
- make the biggest cake, and nothing for t
,;r sick who needed the physician, and temp
on ance ''ge-a-bsgging Yes, we've seen
.. this, and worse, and still have nothing to 9
~ against our Red Ribbon" club-evea pr
nd for its success but live out your profession
H. and don't neglect your calling, or you'll hi
be something drop. MILTON
Umatilla County has the following Hanec
and English Clubs, organized in the follow
:" order:
'"~ Weston, w. T. Williamson, Secretary.
ars Heppner, Geo. w. Rea, Sec.
mt | PendlekAn l. b Cox Sec.