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Weston Q A FWX VOL. XXXVI. WESTON, OIIEGON, Fill DAY, JULY 14, 1910. NO. GETTING LESSONS IN CARE AND USE OF RIFLES WORLD'S DOINGS New Supreme Court Member and Wife. NEWS ITEMS 1 Of Cencryl IntorestJ About Oregon OFCMJTV Ericf Itee of tad News ' KIHSAl KAPPDONGS CI A KUIS21I Uve News Items of All Nations and . Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readen A rharry tree at White Salmon, Wash., ylelde 1071 pound of fruit Th iuiUm onrush of Russians tha East front uuM the Germane. Th French take Hill 97, which dom- . InaUe the Somme, point of vanUge. Tb winter wheat crop of for th Northwest U eetimaUd at 13,000.000 bushels Um than la 1915. Th funeral of Lieutenant Adair; klllod In the Carrlial batata In Mexico, waa bald In Portland Wednesday with military honor. . Malor U. G. McAleiander. of O. A. d haa been promotad by President Wilaoii to tha rank of lleutonant- colonelof th Oreaxm troopa on tha border. Th Union Paclfla decldee to cut tha lumbar freight to F.Urn poinU cent, making tha tariff 45 canta par hundred pounds. Inataad of M eanta. Tha change la dua September 1. General Smuts, In command of tha British foreea in Carman East Africa, bu occupied Tenga, according to I iii.nmt lumxl bv tha war office The Carmana offered only alight reelet- anc. No traca of, 3. F. CIHiea. tha em- wh4 escaped from tha Tburaton county (all 8und. haa bean rouna. na ta thought to ba eluding tha law In feml nine apparel. .' Captain Koanlg. of tha aubmarfne which auccaaafully ran tha Brltlab hlnrkuta end landed In Baltimore Sun- day4 doc larva many mora aueb craft ara being bunt ana wui oe put into i eervice of carrying commerce. An Amatardam dlapatch aaya that Pr. Frederick W. K. von lltarg died $' Barlln Sunday. Dr. von Xlberg had a apaclal caaa of tha throat aitaction from which tha Carman emperor fcM Buffered for many yaara and waa ona at tha emperor'a moat intimate manna. i Tha Dagene Nyheder, at Copenha gen, announcaa that a aea. battla la believed, to have occurred In tha Baltic uuulde of If aafrlnga on Sunday night Violent eanntmadtntf waa beard from aeverai polnta on tha eoaai ana ii ia presumed that tha Carman and Russian tntrolllna aauadrona claahad. ' a" a $Aeordlnar to tha London morning papers it probably will ba wall into ina year 1017 before, tha new Irlah parlla mmt ia act up. Little can ba dona other than' the introduction of tha bill hifar ' rartlament riaea earl in Au- cuat for a receee of aoma all to eight waeke, ao that tha paatage of tha bill ia not likely before late in October. 1 German casualtlea from tha begin nfpg of the war to the end of June, a computed from official German list, are given aa 8,012,637. Theee flgurea Include all Carman nationalities They do not Include naval caaualtioa or eaa uaitlea of colonial troopa. They ara not an eetimate made by the Britiah authorities, but merely caaualtlea an nounced In German official data. r Ruaaaian army In Turkey retiree 80 mllee In Bagdad region to await cooler ' weather, - The new Swlaa war loan of 100,000, 000 franca at 4 per cent, iaaued at 97, haa baan overaubacrtbod by 61,000,000 franca. "-' : A"-. Admiral Jelllcoo, of tha Brltlah navy, reporting on tha North Sea naval' battle, eatlmetaa tha Germane bat SI ahipa. A new project for saving Ufa at tha time of naval engagement! ia reported from Copenhagen. It la aald aeverai prominent Dane! Intend to organiie a fleet of aeverai hundred motor boata along tha weat coast of Jutland. Theee boata, flying the Red Croaa flag, will ba aent out to pick up the wounded after each aea battle. Fetitlona carrying 75,000 namea in aupport of initiative No. 24, which au thoriiea tha operation of breweriea and aala of bear direct to consumer, were filed with the eecretary of etate of Washington. It Ii estimated that 50,. 000 of tha petitioners will ba found qualified to sign, while the law needs only 82,000 signatures to place on tha ballot. - Vienna admlte defeat of tha Aus trian, when they were driven back nearly five miles from their positions. Theodora Toblason, . owner of a mil linery store in Spokane, waa ahot and killed In hia store by Alphonse Pan efera. Pansiera, according to tha po lice, said Toblason owed bim f 5000. ; It ia understood that the report that Sir Edward Grey, the English foreign secretary, la to be raised to the peer age, la correct, and that in fact ha al ready haa accepted such an offer. A baronetcy of the United Kingdom probably will ba conferred upon him. .... ij f ; 1 W . ( 1 is " . juy- '''- : - 1 A - J ;'', t. mum mm in i hiotii n unMMumwuti'iMW This photograph show Associate Juslka Louis D. Branddf (or th firat time la bis robe of omc. GERMAN SUBMARINE IS LNItTID MER01ANTI1AN Batllmora The daring German sea men who brought the aubmarina mer chantman DauUchland acroaa tha At lantic slept quietly aboard their veseel which lay moored to a carefully screen ed pier guarded by a strong aquad of Baltimore police. CapUlif Paul Koa nlg, tha alippar, had delivered his pa para to tha North German Lloyd office. entered his veeaol t tha custom-house a commerce carrier, and had pre sented to a German ambasay official a packet of correspondence for von Barnatorff . Now tha aubmarina ia ready to dis charge her million-dollar cargo of dya stuffs and Uke on board for the return trip to Germany metal and rubber needed by tha emperor's armies nd navy. Tha return merchandise la waiting on tha dock, and tha time for leaving port will depend largely on plana for eluding vigilant enemy cruiser expect ed to ba waiting outside tha entrance of Chesapeake Bay for tha reappear ance of the vease!. C'mICUS FIYLVJf Bill PASSES HOUSf, INdfASTv'G INCOME TAX WaahtntB-on. D. C Tha administra tion omnibus revenue bill creating a tariff commission. Imposing a protec tive tariff on dyeatuffa, repealing pres ent stamp taxea and providing for new taxes on income, inheritances and war munition tiroflta. paaaed tha houee lata Monday by a vote or u w hw. Durina: tha closing hour of debat aeverai amendments, providing for elimination of tha bankers' tax and modifying tha tariff commission sec tion, ware adopted over tha opposition of Democratic leaders. Tha amend menu cut tha ealarlea of members of tha tariff commission from f 10,000 to $7500 annually; struck out the provision under which no member nr former member of eonirreaa - could aerva on the commission, and provided aingla appropriation or auu,uuu 10 pay expense of tha commission tne first year, instead of the bill'a atipula tion of a continuing annual appropria tion of that amount. ' Tha entire sec tion levying a Ux of f 1 for each 11000 of capital; aurplua and undivided profit held by bankers was stricken OUt. Many amendment proposed by the waya and means committee also were adoDted. including one under which cigarette manufacturer must pay a ipecial ux or 8 cenu ror every iu,uuv cigarettes. Growers Steal Berry Plckera. Tacoma, Waah. Wholeaalo brigand age axiaU In the Fuyallup valley. Rorrv niolfor worth their weiffht in gold are tha booty; respectable citi en and fellow-member of co-oper ative associations ara the brigands. Th human spoil, with all iU goods and chattels, children and dogs, sport shirt and scalloped skirts, ia carried away in highpowered . automobile to berry patches, where the picker ara wawnau like prisoners or war. H. Shepherd, or Aiaonon, waa one of the heaviest aufferera Tueaday, for Banks' Opinions Differ. Vra-W A wlrla divergence of opinion among tha banks of tha coun try as to Whether me r eaerai rer t hu been successful after a veer's operation i shown in a report issued Tuesday by a New York trust com pany, which haa completed a nation wide survey of the attitude of banks toward the act More than 6000 re ptiea were received to the queries aent out, 1760 of them being favorable, 1773 unfavorable, and 1811 noncommittal. Ona of Captain Koanig'a flrat acU after ba moved hia ahlp up the harbor from quarantine early Monday waa to announce that the . DeuUchland waa only one of a fleet of mammoth sub mersible built or building for a regu lar trana-Atlantle freight and mail service. Ha aaid tha next to come would be tha Bremen, and that aba might ba looked for at aoma port along tha coast within eight weeks. The German catpain submitted hia craft to a thorough inspection by the surveyor of the port and aa agent of tha department of Justice. These officers agreed that there waa on sign of armament of any description on board, and that there waa no doubt In their minds about tha boet'e being en titled to the status of an ordinary mer chantman. The capUln asserted that his voyage had eaUbiiahed the fact that a subma rine of tha type of tha DeuUchland could travel anywhere that the ordl nary vessel could go, 18000 milea, if necessary, lie had no fears, he aaid, of hia ability to elude enemiea that might be waiting for htm off the Vir ginia Capes whan he start hia return trip. r' ' "I will be able to aubmerg within tha three-mile limit and they cannot catch me after that" be aaid. fewest Pboto of Repaicaa Osakas rests & This la tha latest nhotoirraDh of Wil liam R. Wilcox, new chairman of the Republican National committee, who will menace tha campaign for the election of Charlea E. Hughe. while ha ate hia dinner neighboring grower inveigled his -employes away by offering the bait of higher pay. The larger growers have Buffered Ir reparable loss, and their fruit ia spoil ing on tha planU because of the labor shortage. : That i the reason they are resorting to outlawry to harvest their cropa. : j Fishermen Lost in Gulf.' Mobile, Ala. Tha wreck of the fish ing emack Philip Keyea probably haa added eight to the death list of the r.nlf knrriKIM Two BUrvivOr of the crew were picked up at Dauphin Island. Kin- of Annam Deposed Pari Duy-Tan, tha 16-year-old king of the French protectorate of An nam, on tha China aea, haa been de throned aa a result of a revolt of An nsmites at Quang-Ngai, which he ha been accused of having fomented. Th governor general of French Indo-China report that the outbreak was up pressed quickly and the king arrested near Hue. He Is succeeded by Prince Bun-Dao, who haa just been crowned king in hia stead. Buyers' Week Dates Are August 7 to 12 Inclusive The fourth annual Buyers' Week to be bald la Portland baa been fixed for August 7 to 12, for the convenience of Northwest merchants. InviUtlon are ready to be aent to all the merchandis ing trade territory, where Portland Jobber and manufacturers mainUln affiliation. . ' ' Plana for tha event are being worked out by the arrangemanU committee of that city and it la inUnded to mix bua- inese and pleasure in moat alluring proportion. Following th outline or the highly successful Buyer' Week of 1918, the work of preparing for tha 1916 Buy- are' Week visitor will oe in me nana of th trade and commerce bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, of which Nathan Straus ia chairman. It la believed that the forthcoming Buyers' Week will attract a much larger attendance than any of iU three predecessors. The number or buyer, has grown each veer, and the Urrltory they rep- reeento haa spread, ao that the annual Buyers' Week haa become one of the fixed Institution of th city. Portland Jobber and manufacturers ret to gether with their retail irianda rrom upstate, down st ate, acroaa the river and east of tha Cascade for a week of profitable conference. Neither the out-of-town merchant or tha represenUtivee of the big mer chandising esUblishmenU of the city would permit Buyer' Week to be thrown overboard. ' - County Courts Decide to Push Work on Dixie Mountain Road Baker Meeting at the dividing line of Grant and Baker count! ea at Austin, 57 milea weat of here, Tueaday after noon, member of the County court of the two counties decided to push the work on the Dixie Mountain that will give a thoroughfare connecting the counties. The toad on tha Grant county aide waa found in wane shape than that on' thiazide of the line, but th! tha Grant County court consented to remedy at once, with the ultimate idea of building a road along the John Day river from Suaanville, touching at the Dixie Meadowa mine, which will make a much safer grade than that on tha road now In use. In regard to the atat highway, fol lowing tha John Day river ana con necting Baker, Grant and Malheur counties, the Grant county commie aionere announced that they will push preliminary survey. It waa ascer tained that the United Sutee Forestry department would pay tha greater pert of the survey in Baker county. No arrangement were made aa to bow tne balance of the expense could be met To Pay Families. Ore eon City Familiee of guards men who were employed in the local mills of the Crown-Willamette Paper company will ba eared for by the mill aa Ions "aa the Oregon aoidier are away from home. Mill officials have found 11 families which were left by miardamen employed in the local plant The money will be paid to the wivea of the men. the mill giving ZB oays pay a month, leas $15 paid by the govern ment to the soldiers. . The urown-Willamette mills and the Hawley Pulp & Paper company are holding jobe open for men now at the border. ..;.. Bond Issue Carries. Medford By a vote of nearly S tol .inna for and 866 arainst the people of Medford Monday approved the con tract with Mr. Bullia for the construc tion of a railroad to the Blue Ledge mine, just over the California line, about 86 milea from Medford. The Blue Ledge boosters celebrated their victory by a parade of automobile with tnntinor horn through the Street. bright with red lighu, led by the Med- for band. Leaders or the movement mnr serenaded and aoeeehea were made on tha street by enthusiastic eit- itena. ... , ... Forces To Be Combined. Bandon Roderick L. Macleay, man ager of the Wedderburn Trading com pany, which a few month ago pur chased the Fishermen's Co-operative Cannery, on the Lower Coquilla river, announces that, force of the local plant at Wedderburn. on Rogue River are to be combined. This ia made possible by the fact that the salmon do not commence to- run here until after the season ia over on the Rogue. ImprovemenU and addition to the local plant ara being made in prepara tion for the fall eeaaon. Corporations Are Formed. Salem The Peninsula Lumber com pany, of Portland, which In the past haa been operating In Oregon aa a Wis consin corporation, organised as an Oregon corporation with a capital of 11,000,000. The Old corporation wiu withdraw from business in the state. Officers of the new company are: Charlea A. Hart, G. C. Frisbie and F. C Knapp, of Portland. The North PaciBe Shipbuilding com pany, capitalized at 1100,000, was in corporated here, with headquarters in Portland. If- ' -7'.;! 1 7J -... 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