The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-11-30
Saturday at Wes,

tnc Town TWO iehulnK STORES.
was in fact the greatest business
day In the towns history. nothins
like II having been witnessed during
or since the halcyon era Of IN,
freight wagon and stage coach
when PcndlctOn and Weston wcr,
rivals for the county's trade. Tn,
days receipts Of the Weston Mcr.
camille Co. were S2226 and oi
Watts & Rogers $2260. Both stores
were thronged from morning until
night with buyers. and rcscmblcd
city cmporiums. The following
monday was also hummer. Both
balcs are still in progress and at
ttracting people 10 Weston from all
over the East End. In fact, the
town WAS never more prominent as
u trading center.
w. II. Fletcher had a pretty fair
crop this year in the neighbOrhOod
Of Brant, Alberta. II totalcd q. 600
bushels Of wheat. 10000 bushels Of
oats and 5000 bushels Of barley.
lie also raised garden from IS acres
and shipped good many carloads
of vegetable. II have always rails
.cd a large garden" he writes in
rcmitting for the Weston Leader.
MY name. you know, is Rutabaga
Bill" Evidently the old.timc saw.
mill man has not forgotten. the days
when he used to fiddle for pioneer
dances and was known by the mon
akcr mentioned. Mr.. Fletcher says
that while crops were comparative
ly light this year everybody is do
ng well at farming in his section.
At the commercial club meeting
Tuesday evening il was reported
that the Methodist and United
Brethren Sunday schools had voted
unanimously to unite with the club
in conducting community Christmas
tree exercises along the same lines
as the successful affair last year.
A motion prevailed that the club
again interest itself in a commun-
ity tree, and that committees be
appointed on finance, arrangements
and program the several chairmen
10 constitute an executive commit
Tee. President Rogers took the ap-
Dointments under advisement and
hey will be announced at the clubs
next meeting.
The problem of transportation
Ictween the producer and the dis
.ributor has always been one Of
,reat weight to the producer. The
lay Of auto trucks for rapid han
ling Of all products is rapidly
preading over the country. The
'ord ear equipped with Smith
'orm.a-Truck attachment is solving
or many Others the hauling ques-
ion and can lessen your hauling
Expense and increase your results.
'ome in and let me show you the
'mith Form-a-Truck. Let me dem
to you its efficiency and
'ower and small margin Of expense
o operate. II. l.. Hedrick Weston
iarage.
All four Weston boys who are
low with the Army Engineers at
amp Mills, N. Y. have been pro-
noted Ernest Blomgren and Sid
icy Barnes to be corporals and
ames Kirkpatrick and Sylvan Ken
lard to be first class privates. They
xpect to sail soon for France, and
II have taken out government life
in favor of their respec-
i've families. Mrs. Gladys McFad-
en, wife of Lieutenant McFadden,
ecently visited the boys at their
amp.
Sunday services will be held at
he usual hours at the Methodist I:
hurch. Pastor Powell's morning 7.
ubject will be. Let the Light :
hine, and he invites the public to {
ONE and sec what the evening
lbject will be. Miss Brown, the f:
alented violinist of Columbia Col {
,ge, is expected to be here to rem !
cr a solo Sunday morning, .
Several special features are being
rranged for this years program of :
le Older Boys Conference at La 4
rande, beginning December z. )
he quota of boys to attend from. 8
matilla county is forty. h