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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
2
WeeklyPay Up Week at the Leader shop urges customers to settle subscriptions with the Editor for timely copies. It underscores prompt payments and cites consequences for delinquent accounts while inviting readers to renew.
Legal summons and court notices published in Oregon and Weston papers. Includes a multi-defendant foreclosure style action in Pendleton with August 1 1914 order and September 25 1916 answer deadline, and a divorce suit with October deadlines. Also features political commentary and local notices.
We will appreciate your patronage in our line and do our best to earn your good Rolled Burley Oatz and Wheat Baled Hay Millstuffs and Chicken Feed. We're local agents for Peacock Flour and Blatchford's Calf Meal. Phone 281.
Mrs. Van Hoy, long resident of Weston Oregon, died Friday night at her home after a fifteen year invalid condition. She was born in Colorado in 1804 and moved to Oregon as a youth. Survived by husband and four children Jennie Sloan of Burns Charles Van Hoy Weston Bertha Coverdale La Grande and Mary Van Hoy. Funeral held at her Weston home with Elder J B Gerton conducting. Burial in I O O F cemetery.
The strike threatens morale while prune prices reach record highs and growers rush harvest. Shipping firms accept fruit after Tuesday night and pay 12 cents per box for pickers as crews work day and night in Freewater and surrounding areas. Leander B. Bloyd, a Columbia county farmer, was killed in a gear-changing accident while operating a tractor.
Local growers in Weston and surroundings report varied yields from 39 to 67 bushels per acre on spring sown wheat. notable producers include G W Winn 39, Price 40, Lester Witney 85 per acre by weight, and N York 67 on hybrid wheat. several farms average around 40 to 50 bushels with some high end results and substantial tonnages shipped.
Weston grain dealers report shipments halted due to an upcoming railroad strike set for Monday. Wheat and barley prices at week’s end stood at 1.15 and 33 respectively, with Weston absorbing a large share of sales amid a tight distribution system and potential car shortages.
Sieppacn Chautauqua singer Mic Zila Simpson of Walla Walla returns home after a guest appearance with Mise Jane Lavender. Accompanied by Carl Gensel baritone Ferdinand Fabion violin and herself as wordist, she begins independent teaching with prospects of a similar engagement.
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