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W15STON, OIU2GON, FMDAY, APIIIL ltf, 1915.
NO. 43.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
General Resume of Important Events
. IkODdbont ttc Writ
Gar-
ml ix In Josephine
ha been told for
' An attack by tba Ilia on the
mane, li declared to be near.
London glvot out the loot Hit on tho
Neuve Chapelle battlo aa nearly 8000.
Tba UnlUd Slate la building a cub
marina that will withstand a 100-day
dive,
A big copper
county, Oregon,
1260,000.
Condolence for tho loaa of F-4 tub
marina ar aant tha United 8tatoa by
Oormany.
Tba Portland Ilea vara wera defeated
Jte I by tha Venlea team In tha open
ing gams of tha Pacific Coaat baaeball
league.
Spokane policemen are (topping jit
ney driver wbo have not filed 12600
bonds, required by a recently-passed
ord Inane.
A Pelrograd dispatch report that
tha Kalaer personally dirarta defense
of Hungary and that tho Ruaalan ad
vance la broken.
81s Instructor of Wlllametla uni
versity, Salem, Oregon, have resigned.
Tha move on tho part of tba leather
la aald to be voluntary.
Governor Lister, of Washington, la
eonmptalned to by Canadian authorities
that airman are violating International
law by crossing tha border.
U. 8. detective are watching Hu
erta, who landed In New York re-
oontly, thinking be will attampt to
tart another revolution In Mexico.
Ei-prealdenta Taft and Roosevelt act
aa honorary pallbearer to tha lata
Profeaaor Thoma Lounsburg of Yale
college. Tha two ex-preeldenl ahook
band formally.
An aipraaaman on tha Oregon Else-
trie railroad aavea Ufa of a amall child
wbo waa standing on the track at Eu
gone, Tha trainman dashed ahead of
tho train and Jerked tha tot to aafety.
Tha Chlnoaa government ttanda Arm
agalnat tha demand of tha Japan
wbo demand supervision of China"
political, financial and military, alao
tha manufacture or purchase of Chlna'a
war munition and to right to railway
and mining operation.
Bacauaa Aricona I dry state,
water will be need to christen tho bat-
ttaahlp Arlsona at tha Naw York navy
yard Juna 19. Tba water to be used
by tha sponsor, who I yat to be
named, will be the firat to flow over
tha aplllwaya of tha Kooaavoit reser
voir dam.
Central Huerta to Stay
In United State$
Naw York General Vlctorlano Hu
arta, former provlilonal preeldentof
Mexico, who for nearly year baa
bean an axtla In Spain, arrived here
Tueaday on tha 8pantb ataamablp An
tonlo'Lope from Cadia.
General Huerta waa pawed by Unl
tod Bute Immigration official a
tranalt alien, after ba had declared un
der oath that ha would do nothing that
would Involve tha neutrality of tba
United State.
The ex-preslileut aald that b had
eoma to tha United Btatee partly for
pleaaur and partly to attend to eome
persona! business connected with fam
lly matter. II awor that ba bad do
Intention of going to Mexico or to
Cuba. Tha length of hla atay bar, h
aid, waa Indefinite, but ha would re
turn to Spain, possibly Bailing from
Naw York early In May.
General Huerta waa met at quaran
tine by representative of tha preea
and by an array of photographer.
While aubmitting to being photo
graphed la every desired pose, ba de
clined to aay anything aa to bla m lo
tion agreeing to meet newspapermen
at bla hotel bora at a later date
Regarding thi appointment ho aald :
"1 understand that my presence In
thl country create la you the do Ire
to know my via1
Mexico and I
wish to the beat of my ability.
beg you, gentlemen, to remember that
no Interview with me should be con
sidered as authentle onloee it c arris
mv personal ilgnatur.
General Huerta waa accompanied by
General Jose U Uelgardo, wbo
been bla private secretary for 10 year,
and by Abraham Katner, a personal
friend of the general, who declared
himself aa an American elllaen, giving
bia realdenc a New York.
Indiana Mayor Get Six
Year tor Election Fraud
Grants Pass Farmers
Form Own Water Co.
MEAL TIME IN A GERMAN CAMP IN POLAND
Grant Paaa The farmer in that
portion of Rogue River Valley Just
west of Grant Paaa bav organised
a co-operative Irrigation corporation.
Owner of approximately 1000 acre of
land have elgned up, and nearly two
mile of Irrigation d I tehee have been
built.
Tbe ditchee are Ave feet wide at the
bottom and all feet at the top, and are
capable of carrying 10,000 gallon of
water minute. Tbe water la to ba
pumped from tbe Rogu River by a
centrifugal pump driven by an electric
motor. It will be forced first to a
knoll, and then piped acroa tbe valley
to a high line ditch, and from tha ditch
diverted oa the 1000 or mor acre of
land.
Tba coat of Installing tba plant will
ba IS an acre. A 100-boree power
electric motor and a 12-incb centrifu
gal pump bava been purchased and will
be installed prior to Jon I In order to
give water to these land on and after
that date.
A reservoir 100 feet wide by 800
feet long will be dug all feet deep on
tbe top of tbe knolL From there it
will be Ukan by gravity through a 14-
Inch pipe and carried acroaa tba valley!
to tbe foothill on tbe north.
Tbe farmer are preparing their I
land by leveling and mora than 600 1
acree of alfalfa will be planted thia
fall. Tb moat of the land will be I
planted to corn thia season, and after I
tha harvesting of this crop will be
sown to alfalfa.
The ditch digging I being carried
on under tba direction of Joe Russell,
and tbe ditching la being dona at a I
few cent lea than f 1 a rod. Ditch
digging of thia kind usually cost not I
lea than 1.60 a rod. II U said.
Ales Hood, owner of one of tbe
largest parcels of land to be Irrigated
by tbe system, la directing work on I
the project. Ill ranch comprise 1781
acree.
H. C Newell, owner of the Lace
House laundry, of Portland, baa a
ranch of mor than 600 acree, a por
tion of which will eome under thia I
ditch. Ha la improving hla ranch, and
i one of tbe show places la the I
Rogue River valley. Tbe Lathrop and I
Muller propertiee are among I
wbleb alao will eome under the project.
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SXi'Sffvi State Highway Fund Is
Divided by Oregon Board
RUSSIANS REMOVING THE GERMAN DEAD
Apportionment State Road Fond.
Douglas county f 20.000
Hood River county . 60,000
Columbia county 60,000
Clatsop county 85,000
Jackson county 60,000
Josephine county 6,000
Miscellaneous zu.uuu
Kex-Tigardville road 7.231
Total... 1237,231
In the West tba French force ap
parently ar aatlafled with their recent
auecaaae between the Mouse and tha
Lorraine frontier and aay Only that
they hava coma In contact with tha
German entanglement in thU region.
Official German report aaaert that de
termined attack by tha French bave
been ro pulsed along thia vector.
Both French and Belgian report I Jelegrapken Art Declared
gain againai ine norm ana. , ;
Indian poll. Ind. Four man con
victed In the Terr Haute election
fraud trial were sentenced by Judge
Anderson to the Federal penitentiary
at Fort leavenworth, Kan.
Tbe other 16. Including Dona M.
Roberta, mayor, wbo received prison
sentence and appealed, and the 87
who were given sentence ranging
from one day to ais month In the local
jail, are In jail here. It waa aaid tbe
16 will bave two or three daya In
which to obtain their appeal bonda.
which were fixed by Judge Anderson
at $10,000 for each year tha man were
sentenced. Edward Holler, the former
chief of police, wbo pleaded guilty,
also received prison sentence.
Tbe four wbo withdrew from tha
appeal are: John M. Meaaelink, city
coaler of welghta and measure and
former member of the state legiala
ture; Arthur Gillie, Progressive elec
tion official; Joseph Straus, liquor
aleeman, and Georg govern, gam
bier. Each bad been sentenced to a
year and a day in prison and to pay a
fine of 1100.
To obtain liberty pending hla ap
peal. Mayor Roberta, wbo waa sen
tenced to tlx year and to. pay a fine
of 12000, the severest sentence given.
will bava to furnith a bond of 160.000.
If all secure bonda it will mean a total
of 8420,000.
Salem At a meetloglof.the State
Highway commiaaloo, apportionment
of tbe atat highway fund for the year,
which. It la believed, with receipts
from delinquent Usee, will approxi
mate $237,281, waa made, seven coun
ties receiving substantial funds.
Tba largest amount, $60,000 each.
go to Columbia, Jackson and Hood
River counties, the board adhering to
It original policy of aiding counties
that bava bonded themselves to build
roads. Of tbe $60,000 awarded to
Jackson county, $10,000 waa owed
from laat year and tbe balance waa
provided for in a law paaaed at the re
cent aeaaion of the legislature. The
commission act aalde $20,000 for office
expense.
John H. Albert, or saiem, and a.
Benton, of Portland, member of tbe
advisory committee recently appoint
ed, met with the board and partici
pated In making tbe apportionment.
It alao waa announced that the com
mittee would ad viae with State High
way Engineer Cantin frequently re
garding road work. The other mem
ber la Leslie Butler.
Italy baa prevented the German
from penetrating into Abyssinia.
Russia continue to report eucceaeea
In the Carpathian mountain passes.
Special report of bank examiner
ahow a nation-wide buaineaa revival.
Tba British collier Lena la anchored
outaide the three-mile limit off San
Diego harbor, Cat,
Both the Villa and Carransa factlona
tn Mexico are preparing to use aero
plane In their warfare agalnat each
other. American aviator will man
the machine, and ateel dart aa wall
aa bomb will be uaed.
It la estimated that It will coat
$200,000 to repair the turbine engine
of the Coaat liner Great Northern, and
It will ba at least 80 daya before aha
can resume her run between San
Francisco and Portland.
An diplomatic report from Rome de
clare that Austria la tacking a separ
ate peace from Germany, and the ru
mor itira Italy greatly, aa uch a
move would preclude any poaalbllity of
her gaining territorial accession from
Austria.
Under a treaty between the United
State and Prussia, made in 1828,
Germany has announced that ahe will
pay in full for tba sinking of the
American ablp William P. Frye by the
German auxiliary cruiser Frins fcitel
Frledrlch.
Railroad of the Middle West hava
called upon employment agenta for
10,000 laborers, to be put to work by
tbe and of April. The roada ar pre
paring to put their roadbed in the
beat of condition to care for the heavy
tourlat travel which is expected to the
Coast during tha summer.
French troops from Africa are rest
ing at Alexandria, Egypt, ready to
proceed to help the British expedition
ary force against Turkey.
Persistent rumors that Germany la
about to invade Holland ar current in
London. It ia well known that Hol
land la ready to repel any auch In
vasion to tha beat of bar ability.
Two men and a woman hava been
arretted near Baker Or., charged with
the holdup of a stage recently la which
$7000 worth of gold bullion waa stolen.
The bullion waa found concealed in a
badger bote.
Central Potato Depot
Suggetted by Bulletin
How co-operation might be worked
out by tbe potato grower of a given
diatrictaoaa to eliminate what the
comniler terms "tha financial disaster
Underpaid by Employer in the marketing of their potatoes met
oy tne vast majority oi uregon larm
Chicago Frealdent Newcomb Carl
ton, of the Western Union Telegraph
company, and S. J. Konenkamp, pros!
dent of the Commercial Telegrapher'
Union of America, testified from
their repectiv viewpoint before the
United State commission on Indus
trial relatione Tueaday aa to wagea
and working condition of the commer
cial telegrapher.
Mr. Carlton caused a mild sensation
when, replying to a question from
Frank P. Walsh, chairman of th com
mission, aa to whether telegrapher
were adequately compensated, replied:
"I believe that tha telegrapher are
underpaid."
"Overpaid I" exclaimed Mr. Walth.
"No, underpaid. I think they ought
to make more money than they do. So
far as I can ascertain, wagea hava In
creased 80 per cent in the laat ten
year. Ten year ago a Morse tele
grapher received $18: it la now $28.
It waa $18.60 for women and now it is
$18. My own view is that a first
class telegrapher should be able to
earn at least $6 a day of nine houra.
Soma of our employes, under the o.
called premium plan, are making cloae
to that."
The witneia aaid hi company has
one of the best pension and relief or
ganization in the country, and it coat
the men nothing. Half a million dol
lan was expended on it last year, he
aald.
Airman Killed by Fall.
Washington, D. C Cecil Malcolm
Peoli, an aviator, waa killed at College
Park, Md., near here, while making a
teat flight in an aeroplane of his own
invention and In which be had planned
flight from Washington to New York
and from New York to StL ouia. The
machine fell 800 feet and Peoli' akull
was fractured. The cause of the acci
dent haa not been determined. Pool)
waa tha first man to fly acroaa th
Andea mountains in South America.
The wrecked machine ia aaid to bava
been th largest in this country.
ers for the peat three year," la ex
plained In the concluding paragraph or
a 40-page potato bulletin just issued
by the University of Oregon. The
bulletin is called "Market for Pota
toes," make a general survey of the
potato situation, and may be had on
application to tha extension division at
Eugene.
The paragraph in queation ia
"It might be advisable to eatablian a
central depot at a convenient shipping
plant readily accessible to the growers
of the district in which the association
ia formed. To thia depot all tha grow
era would entp ail tneir potatoes,
where they would be inspected and
tor tod. Only those of the very highest
quslity In every respect would be mar
keted for aeed and tor table use, and
these carefully packed and sold under
a name or brand that would establish
their reputation. If thia high quality
waa rigidly maintained and tha reputa
tion fully earned and justified (aa cas
been done similarly for applea from
certain districts) a premium price
above the prevailing market could
demanded and depended upon.".
Crowd Out Oregon Spud.
University ' of Oregon, Eugene
"The rise of potato growing aa an in
dustry in Idaho and Colorado la one
great cause'oi the potato depression In
Oregon, because tbe crops of these two
states have taken the southern mar
ket." aaya H. B. Miller, director of
the department of commercial and In
dustrlal survey of the university of
Oregon school of commerce. Formerly
perhaps 40 per cent of Oregon's potato
exports 1 went below the Mason and
Dixon line.
Mr. Miller thinks German competi
tion will ultimately be a big factor in
Belgium to Bear Concert.
Berlin - Tbe famous Philharmonic
Orchestra of Berlin ia preparing to
make a concert tour of Belgium early
In May, according to announcement by
the Oversea News Agency. Felix
Welngarten will conduct and tha musi
cian will play twice in Brussels.
Suit Over Water Argued.
Oregon City The injunction suit of
tha Milwaukie Water company against
the city of Milwaukie waa argued be
fore Circuit Judge Campbell and was
taken under advisement by the court
However, Judge Campbell decided that
tbe temporary Injunction granted by
County Judge Anderson no longer could
prevent the laying of pipe from tbe
Bull Run mains of tba city of Portland
to the Clackamas county town. Tha
city haa signed a contract with Port
land for a aupply of Bull Run water
and I preparing to Install mains.
County Judge Clark, of Columbia
county, and J. H. Johnson, represent
ing tbe Consolidated Contract com
pany, requested th board to have the
engineer make estimates of the work
done by tbe company In that county,
bo the County court could make certain
payments. Under the law the pay
ment cannot be made until the esti
mates are furnished. State Treasurer
Kay called attention to tbe fact that
H. L. Bowlby, ex-state highway en
gineer, had made tbe estimates, but
bad not furnished a copy to the county
judge. Mr. Cant ine waa instructed to
do this. Mr. Johnson said after the
meeting that the estimate of Major
Bowlby war not satisfactory to the
company and would not be accepted.
He declared that under them tbe com
pany would , loaa about $60,000, and
that, if satisfactory arrangement
could not be made with th county,
litigation would result.
A delegation from Yamhill county,
which asked for ate aid, waa in
formed by the board that it probably
would be helped next year, but not
thia one. because of a lack of funds.
The spokesman aaid Tillamook and
Yamhill counties each had raised $16,-
000 for use on the Grand Rondo road
and suggested that th state provide a
aimilar sum.
Tbe apportinment of tbe atate fund
suggested by Major Bowlby was
follows:
Clatsop county, $40,000; Douglas
county, $27,000; Columbia county,
$60,000; Hood Rivet county, $60,000;
Jackson county, $40,000; miscellane
ous, $20,000.
southern markets II the duty remain
off potatoes aa at present. The Ger
man with hia cheap labor, cheap fer
tilisers and water transportation can
in normal time meet the Idaho grow
er on even terms in tbe south or ex
treme east.
White Pine Hill Returnee,
Baker Because of large orders,
the Baker White Pine company started
Its mill at White Pine with about 160
men. The resumption was due to
lumber orders which Manager Frank
Gardiner believe will keep tbe plant
running all aummer at least. The
South Baker mill alao ia running full
capacity and will continue to do so in
definitely.
The company recently purchased
more than 1.000.000 feet of timber,
and with the large number of orders
from the East it expects to be able to
keen its 260 men busy all aummer, and
nrobably longer.
The outlook is good," said Mr.
Gardiner. "We bave all the orders
we can handle and expect to keep
every man busy for some time.
Sheep Shearing It Begun,
Arlington Tbe annual sheep shear
ing at this point is now in full swing,
with about 16,000 sheep in town and
40.000 at the large Smyth Bros.'
plant near here. There will probably
be 600.000 pounds of wool marketed
through Arlington during the month.
The first shipment left upon the Inland
Empire for the Portland wool
bouse Wednesday. The quality in all
cases ia better than last year, with
much cleaner fleeces and better staple.
There haa been a strong tendency
toward improving the grade ewes.
Iwo Mills Begin Work. ,
La Pine The J. N. Matsen Lumber
company started work at its Dig mini
Wednesday. The Fringl r ails mill
started work last week. Both are
working at full capacity on big eon-
tracts. The Pringle Falls mill ia turn
ing- out stuff for the power company,
and the Hasten mill ia working on I
flume material, presumably . for the
Moore syndicate. The La Pine Lum
ber company expects to start it mill
in few daya.
Klamath Land to Open
Klamath Fslls Several lota of land
in townships 37 and 88 south, range 8
east, Klamath county, have just been
released from withdrawal under the
first form In connection with the Kla
math irrigation project, and wjU be
come subject to homestead settlement
under tha public land laws of the
United States. The aggregate acre
age released by this order is abowt 100
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nnn hulletina teliinr of the nroeress of the struggle in the western tone
are posted In Polish villages.
SMASHED BY THE AUSTRIAN SHELLS
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View of the army museum in Belgrade, Serbia, after Its destruction by
Austrian sheila. .
ADMIRAL. T. B. HOWARD
Admiral T. B. Howard, recently ap
pointed admiral of the Pacific fleet, is
in the harbor of San Francisco and the"
four-star flag of an American admiral
is flying at the Golden Gate for the
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One Good Reason for Being a Woman.
By nature man belongs to the bunt
In the open, and woman to uie nre in
doors, and Just here Ilea one of the
best reasons for being a woman rainar
than a man, because a woman can get
alonx without a man a out-of-doors .
much better than a man can get along
without a woman's Indoors, which
proves woman of the two tbe better
bachelor, aa being more seir-containeo
and self-contented. Every real man
when abroad on the hunt la alwars
dreaming of a hearth and a hob and a
wife, whereas no real woman, u sne
haa the hearth and tbe bob. la longiog
for man's bunting spear or quarry, if .
she la Indeed a real woman sbe Is very
likely longing to give a man tbe com
fort of the nre, proviaea no wuj bu
stay too long at a stretch, but get out
long enough to give her time to brush
uo his hearth and rinse bis teapot
satisfactorily to herself. Atlantic
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