The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-08-20

AaoN~t uVN'ctt ot mininK STOCK are w
position to sympsthlse with The elderly
westonian who Is trying the bee cure
for rheumatism.
Says tho Monday Crawhshs
Colonel Clark Wood OF Weston Is
filing the colyums OF his est. puhliea-
ton with Thissledown Of late. Pretty
soft, Clark.
Exc the Saturday Evening Alibi;
s'HgE-HAwi : Kernel Clark Wood
has started a col. called 'Thistledown'
In bis platocratie sheet. the WESTON
LEApER. Looks like On insinuation rs
to the taste Of his readers, I"
/ As Mr.. Bryan Is at present unat.
tached, we would suggest that he
might be spared for series Of peace
lectures IN Mexico.
| The failure OF the Democratic admin
istration to please the Pendleton Trib-
une is not conclusive evidence that II
Is the administration which Is hope
lesss in error,
'DRnee from the hips downt" Is the
command Of an expert, but some Of us
fat men will never do il unless he be-
gins shooting at our feet.
| In his grewsome yet powerful por-
trayal Of The Blot" upon the state
Of Georgia. J.'E. Murphy again exem-
plifies the truest art Of the cartoonist.
Printing tirst-page pieture OF It's
agricultural hero and some Of his prod
ucts. together with the following text,
the Staniield Standard presents
booster item that Is decidedly worth
while:
Frank Nudo came 20 Stanfeld four
years ago with less than FIVE dollars,
but with consuming ambition 10 get
along in the world and willingness to
work to do il. He rented small tract
of land and started gardening. He
now owns his own home. has Il well
equipped with all necessary tools aud
stock, and last year his farming opera
tons netted him very close To 5000.
He credits his success to four factors.
unexeelled soil. splendid climatic con-
ditions, ample water and hard work.
He believes that any man with the
germ Of success in him can do as well
here"
We ourselves can feel the gripping
appeal embodied in the above state.
ment. and win hike for StanfeId when
ever the last mentioned Of the four
factors is eliminated.
A wasteful mail order house has just
500 catalogues in this com
munity or 29S more than the local bar
Oers win require for shaving paper.
The slumping Beavers need no dam, l
being. damned sufficiently by the Port
and fans. Here's sample sneer from
he Journal: 1
The Federal league proposes 10 Of.
er ten-cent baseball a lot OF fans
ut this way think they are already
citing II"
That the so-called fads and frilIs BY
o means initiate against 4 successful
areer - indicated by the fact that
'Ortland's most eminent burglar Is
lso cultured pianist. ciassicist and
ociologist.
Perhaps the Russians would profit by
steOpathic treatment for that falling
ack.
The discreet WestoEian will refrain
ON singing that sad new song, II
idn't Raise My Ford TO be a Jitney,
Hess he wants to walk 10 the depot.
Inc foilOWing from an Illinois news
lper might have happened here. save
at the girl wouldn't have waited un-
next month:
"a girl had proposal Of marriage
lnday night, and asked a week to con-
Ter it before answering. She then
ganized herself into an Investigating
mmittec and began taking testimony
ON married ladies of her acquaint-
zee. The first one she visited used to
belle and the most admired girl In
wn before she married six years be-
re. The cross-examination brought
/ the fact that she had six children,
all her own work including washing
d ironing, and hadn't been down town
I four weeks; that her husband had
zen her but 81 since she married, and
at he had borrowed and forgot TO pay
ok $40 which her brother once gave
r for a Christmas present. He
ught himself new 0vercoat with
. money, while she wore the same
lsh coat which she wore when he