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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1917)
U TTT-rr-x T EADER numberW- VOLUME 35) WESTON, OREGON, FMDAYMAKCH 2,.117 W Jib 1 U IN OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST shirk has' gripped Hi In country, baa Wii postponed from February It to Margh II. Adjutant (ieimral George A. Whlta hn resumed hie place a( lha head of th Oregon national guard, following Prlndpil Evtntt f the Walk '' Vancouver barrecke. n i 11 si l t t i Weak., aa captain if troop A, Oregon oriony onBicncs ivr mitr- WAR'S SHARPEST WEAPON. SHORT NZ.V3 NUGGETS mitlon of Our Ritden. Pendleton la to have a community tyl ehow Thursday and Friday. A eerlea of leachere' Inelltutea la to be bald In Ike different cltlrt and town of Laos county. An enornioue Influx of eastern oeo tin onto Oregon farms with tbe com ing of eprlng la predicted. The Sliver ralle Lumber company will atart Ita ly ronatruct4 big mill at Sllverton on March It. Arrangements ara being completed for ilia establishment of a tannery and glove far-tory at Klamath Kalla. Out of HO accidents reported to Ua atate Induatrlal accident commlaaloo during; the week, not an was fatal. Tha dlatrlrt convention of tha Knlithta of Pythlaa of Vnlon and Wal in a ountla waa bald In Wallowa. An epidemic nf measles baa awept Oeteway and almoat every family Ithor baa bad or la baring thla die tea. Tba Cooa and Curry Pair association baa designated Beptember IS to II In cluelv for tba dale of tba annual fair. Tba new roan guard atatlon at tba mouth of lha Rluslaw river, about three mile from Fl-irenee. will bo completed May 1. Attendance 'at the meeting of tbt Weeteru Oregon Cbrlatlan Endoevor union at Salem last week totaled be tween POO and 1000. The Lane county Pomona grange, at meeting at nanta Clara, psaaod reao lutlona opposing tba proposed $6,000,. 000 road bond laaue. Katherlne M. loen, supervisor and parole officer at the atate Induatrlal cavalry, which waa disbanded after nine montha' aervlre on the California border. Major W. W. Wilton, who cttd aa adjutant general In tha ab pence of General White, returned hi former poelllon aa Inspector ganural. Beceuae of tba prevalence of rablea, tha entire eaat end of t'mailila county as been placed uuder quarantine by tha atate livestock eanltary board. The quarantined dlatrlrt Includes the towna of Helix. Adaina, Allien, Free water and Milton. Nearly too Oregon member of tha lka' order feaitrd on elk meat at the Washington birthday banquet glvn by the Eugene lodge of the order. Delegations were present from Marsh field, Salem. Albany, Hoaeburg. Mod ford and other cltlea. I'nder tbe provisions of the new In heritance tax law which will become effective May 11, according to the terma of the act the feea to be derived from that eource will Increase mat erially, proliably In an aggregate of 1(0.000 for tbe biennial period. Tbe Eighth company, coast artil lery, Oregon national guard, retab lUhed the blgheet merit mark record ed for tbe ItU target practice or na tional guard big gun companies, ac cording to figure made public by tbe war department militia bureau. The army engineer have made as adverse report on the pronoaed furth er Improvement of Nebalem bay on the ground that the commerce to be benefited would not Juatlfy be ex Pvodlture that would be required to provide a 11-foot chanuel (row Ne balem to the bar. County Superintendent J. Alton Thonipaon and County Agricultural It A, Iilancbard have been buy or- mm mF i w if a, . an 9 ." i i r Ml ii iiu' ir . M . -J Wwi ' i 1 aT I The Kanaaa atate bone dry law waa algned by Governor Capper and tot mediately became effective. Tbe women auffrago bill panned la Die lower branch of tbo Indiana leg luliilure. It prerlouily bad been paus ed by the aenfela. Trtaldent Wilson algned and made law tbe Smltb-Ilugbf-a vocational training bill wblcb provldca federal co-operation with tbe atatea in estab liitbing Induatrlal schools. A 4 months-old Berkshire boar aired by Kpochal, an English bog, sold for $1000 at the annual sale In connec tion wiib tho American Berkshire congress In convention at Purdue Uni versity. The Value atate senate, acting In concurrence with the house, adopted unanimously a resolution providing for a special election September 10 to act on the adoption of a constitu tional amendment granting suffrage to women. AMERICANS DIE WHEN LACONIAjSTORFEDGED Woman and Girl Succumb to Exposure and Are purled at Sea. London. Twelve or 13 persons lost their live on tbe Cnnard liner Laconia. torpedoed without warning Sunday night, according to all reports received here. American Consul Frost at Queen town gives tbe number as II, of whom be said five were drown ed and eight died of exposure and were burled at aea. Cunard line officials give tbe num ber of dead and missing aa 12, aa follows: Psssengers, three dead, three missing: crew, six missing. The dead Include two Americans, Mrs. Mary E. Hoy, and daughter, Mlaa ; Elizabeth Hoy, of Chicago, who aoc- GIANT S.N3tfSL!DI IS FATAL bed to expoeure after the Laconia waa aunk, and were burled at aea. declaring an emrtcencr, those which uav been roferrod to the ul. or tboae which are to become infective at some specific time provided within tbemaelres, all law of tbe legislative aaaembly which Just clo.cd will go Into effect May SI, under the provi sion of the constitution that all laws, not declaring an emergency, are to go ' Loa Angeles Times. m-vtit ot interstate traae ana to-oo-ta n a monopr !y thereof." A l ! tp' a t conspiracy Is charged to ruin competitors, tix price at a the produce and tli! consumer and reap cxrc-fcs.ve and unwarranted profit. Fifteen Wer Killed and Many In Jured In Idaho Mining District Boise, Idaho. Fifteen men were killed and IS Injured when a giant anow alide destroyed the bunk bouse, compressor bouse and warehouse of the North Star mine, 12 miles north east of Hailey. Idaho. Work of searching the wrecked buildings for the remaining bodlea was delayed because of the imminent danger of bringing down a alide from tbe opposite aide of tbe gulch. Tbe injured men were brought to Gimlet station In sleighs and from there were taken to liaiiey on the train. HOSPITAL PATIENTS REBEL WILSON ASKS FOR The embassy's list ot Ameflcan pas senger aurvlvora follows: P. P. Gib bons, Chicago Tribune; Mrs. F. E. Harris, wife of Colonel Harris. 17. 8. A.; A. T. Klrby, New Tork. and the Rev. Joseph Wareing. Baltimore. A Queenstowo dispatch to tbe Chronicle aays that the Laconia was torpedoed in comparatively calm weather. Tbe first torpedo struck near the stern and when the vessel was struck a second time she listed quickly to starboard. The boats got away with considerable difficulty, but there waa no panic among tbe pas sengers or crew. The amalineas of loss of life was due to excellent disci pline of tbe crew and the orderliness of the passengers. Into effect 90 days after the adjourn- anlalna Industrial cluha In Deschutes mant nr ihn lrl!utnr, acnooi for gins, naa aunmm-a ner re eounty. Keur cluba were formed with Conalderablo legislation Increasing) Ignation to the atate board of control, , loUj tt-berlilp of 3t boy and the power of the public sor-iCo,Cut- To decide upon the purchase of a gr, who will Mfie potatoea Ibis year mission waa enacted by the recent new HS.000 alte for tbe central school for Mmp.,ton In tbe aula prUe. legislature, and the commission Is pre- r Klamath Falla, the school board contract to purchase broccoli to be paring to administer the now acts, baa called for a apeclal election March gTOWn on J00 erM of proi, o,0 m0Bt important law ',,! f"rm ,n,, h"T vtt 1nd br A- passed waa what waa known as the Money from the rural eredlta fund RmMr M(J w T ungleto, of tbe West- certificate of public necessity bill, will be available for lending P"' cm Broccoli association, recently form- cw,er the terms of thin meamtro a to the farmera of the state by the , Euf.u. Vltly fwmm u,Vo ac utility, before entering a field already secure from the middle of March or the flrat part of .p,, ,ho teTM)i ottvr4 by tba com- aerved. must firat April Portland has another shipbuilding plant, the- Coast Shipbuilding com. pany, a 1400.000 concern, wblcb will engage In tbe building of wooden ahlpe- pany. Tbe crop la expected to total commission a certificate of public 10.000 crates. In response to letter from District Attorney Evans, of Multnomah coun ty, and also to numeroua request from aouthern counties of tbe state, Circulation of petllloua asking for a oov-,or withycombe la trying to neceaaity. It also gives tho commis alon power to extend the service of utilities now In tho field, nnd which may hereafter embark In business, la tho state. recall election against County Judge J. D. Metslck and County Commission er J. P. Hitter, has been started la Baker county. 'With 430 bllla enacted Into law tho seaalon laws of 1917 will bo tha larg est volume of seaalon laws ever pub lUbed by the state. The volume will be ready for sale early In May. send some apeclal agent to the Cal ifornia line to endeavor to curb Illicit liquor alitpmenta from being made acroaa tbe border. Under provision of a law passed by tbe legislature It will be compul sory on all who desire to engage In tho manufacture ot butter and cheese to secure a license from tbe dairy and SENATOR STONE Iciaane Murderer Comes to Aid of t Asylum Attendants. ' Sa'era, Or. Joe Caatranora. Insane fcimOtrttr . from - Multnomah county, was tho leading spirit In breaking up an orfutiltcd Insurrection at the crim inal insane ward of tho Oregon state hospital, nnd probably saved the lives of D. U. Fitch and V. M. Lane, attend ants. 1 1 ' Dr. II. A. Sturderant, former Port land dentist, joined with John H. Thompson, former Mllwaukle. Or., blacksmith. In orgnnlzlug the conspir acy to disable the guards, steal their keys and make a break for liberty. A number of the patients were bruised and cut up in the fight, but tho three most seriously Injured ara Castranova, wlio aided the attendants, and Attendants Fitch and Lane. AHMED NEUTRALITY GERMANS ABANDON UNES TO BRITISH President Has Made Plans to c Protect American Ships From Attack. It. It flaymond, administrator ot tbe tanA .ammi..inB(u. mi iir...a must Raymond estate, sold a half section b ttcunA ott 0, fore juIy lt m7, of wheat land near,Wylund atatlon, tnd J flrgt of Ju)y of eCB yegr northweat of Ilollx, to S. 8. Parrls, ,hOTWIfteri A feo of fl )a prMcribod. well-known Weston farmer, for $35.- The old mlUry highway, the plon- 00- eer road running through the Cae- Making preparation for the coming Mdei .bch hM virtually been aban- flu scaaon, the state board of control don,d for wlll 0D-ne(1 has arranged for letting contracts to Include a minimum of five acres and .a maximum ot 7(0 acres to any one man. Wbon a new law goes Into effect In to motor trafflo for the first time this fall, offering a scenic highway unex celled for grandeur lu the northwest, according to an announcement made by Clyde It. Sells, eupcrvlaor ot the May, It wlll be a ml.demeaaor In Ore- CMCBde national forest. gon for a peron wnn wauiiicieni WhU ,8 coldered Dy (n, gUte tag fund In the bank to 'cash a check, c0lnmuuion to be a mcaure of prime providing bo doca It with Intent to do- ,mportlll,co ooming before tho people 'raud. tt me apeclal election to be held In A maracr tor tne oiu uregoo r, south of Eugene, has been prepared and will be sot tip at Coryell Pa, on the Pacific highway, between Eugene and Goshen, when tha weather gats better. , It la reported that some of tho offlcera of Crook cdunty may resign their ptacea aa a result ot the reduc tion of their salsrie by the legisla ture, and the elimination of two do- puty officials. - , ""' ' SSV JTV 6 ,'"1 a ( NrK Division of Idaho One 8tep Nearer. Boine, Idaho. The proposed crea tion of a new atntc out of territory comprised In tho 10 counties in uorth oru Idaho was one step nearer realiza tion when the house ot representa tives adoptud by a vote ot 86 to 25 Iiouho joint resolution No. 180 calling for a Constitutional convention to con sider the prouosul. Potatoes Used aa Money In Chicago. Chlcoso. A newspaper reporter, using a basket aa a jpurse and pota toes aa money, had little difficulty in getting about and making purchasea. The potatoes were from Idaho and valued at retail at S'i cents -each. June, I the proposed constitutional amendment doing away with the pre sent provlaloua that alt taxation shall be "equal," leaving the "uniform" pro vision In and allowing taxation upon varloua classoa of property. . The president ha nominated the following Oregon postmasters, bolng tho flrat presidential poatmaatera ap- nilTTrn nOftAr55S!P pointed In Oregon since laat Scptem- OUl ILlI UUltULitllO Our; voinejr wv, nuuu ,wwuni J. W. Vandervelden, Dank; Shelby F. ' West Quits at Grant Land Agent Port land Or. Oswald West has reT tinned as agent for the federal gov ernment In the adjudication ot taxes on tho Oregon & California grant lafuls, , Senator W. J. Stone, of Missouri, who hold the Important peat of Chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela tions committee. Hogs Reach High Record at Chicago. Chicago. Hoga reached a new high record when heavies and mixed aold on the local market for $13 per 100 pound!). This is tho hlfihcst price ever paid lu Chicago. THE MARKETS. Washington. President Wilson ad iressed a joint session of congress at 1 p. m. Monday, and asked for author ity to establish a state of "armed neutrality." Ho hs made full and detailed plana for protecting Ameri can ships desiring to enter the Ger man war xono. Tim president , asked congress to empower him to use the armed forces ot the United States to protect Ameri can rights on tbe high seas. The immediate response waa tho introduction In the house of a bill, approved In advance by the president, empowering him -to furnish guns and gunners to American merchantmen and to "employ such other instrumen talities and methods" as may become necessary, and providing for a flOO, 000,000 bond Issue, to be used In hi discretion for war insurance to en courage American commerce to brave the submarine peril. The president made it clear that America was asking to exercise none but the rights of peace; that he was not proposing nor contemplating war. He was thinking, he said, of tha right of life-ltself, the rights of humanity, "without which there is no civilisa tionrights deeper aud more iti.uia meutal than merely the rights ot Americans. "No course of my choosing, nor of theirs," said the president, "will lead to war. War cau come only by the willful acts aud agsresslons of oth V " , Four weeks of unrestricted sub marine warfare, the president told congress, hus seen the destruction cf at least two American ships. Ante ! can commerce driven in a lar;;e mc.it uro from tlie seas through foar of th.; umlerscas rcil and a resulting con gestion of America's, vital Uidusim- growing morw swioua every day. The fact that London. Coder cover of a heavy fog, which shielded their operations from British observers, the Germans on Saturday carried out the greatest retirement they have made on tbe western front In tbe last two years and the British have taken possession of- I'ys. Serve. Miraumont and Petit M Ira union t, including tbe famous Butte de Warlencourt, wblcb bas been the scene ot some of the fiercest fight ing of the war and in places la deep with the bones ot dead men. .The German retirement, it is esti mated, approaches a depth of three miles at some points. Tbe British soon will be in a posi tion, possibly, to force the evacuation of Bapaume, which baa been the key to the German position since the be ginning of the battle of the Somme. U. S. OFFICIALS DETAINED Four Consuls Are Held Prisoners by ' Germany; Sailor Not Yet Releaaed. Washington. Four American con suls are being detained In Germany while the Berlin government awaita official advices that all German eon sula in this country, ordered to Cen tral and South America, have been permitted to proceed. The report from Berlin that the German government la now detaining the 72 American Bailors, taken pris oners on the prise ship Tarrowdale, on the excuse that an infectious dis ease bas been discovered At the place where they were living, was received here with a feeling approaching exas peration. ' The American government bas re peatedly demanded the liberation of the sailors and several times their release has been reported from Ger many, only to bo contradicted by lat er statements. Oregon Governor Namea Road Board. Salem, Or. Members of the atate) more American li'.vs ha highway commission named by Gov The Roaoburg public achools were .de-iei,, Halfway; Clark B. Foster, closed and the children were ordered off the streets and away from public gatherings last week because of an epidemic of measles In Roaoburg and the surrounding country. Encouraged by the greater returns to be made through the growing of beets for the sugar factory, a num ber or the hopgrowera In the Grants Pass district are digging out tbelr hopyards and v- J plant beets this aeaaon. Dato for taking effect of tho new rules promulgated by the Interstate commerce commission In an effort to rallavg W-Drecadeated car a-orttsa Dayton; Roy K. Prltehett, Gaston, Bdgar Lu Davidson. Oswego; Roy J. Rhoadea, Power; Daisy Duckner, Sclo; W. W. Wilson. Yoncalla. Approximately 35 bllla relating to achool electlona and th administra tion ot achool affair were passed during the 1917 aeaalon of the legisla ture. Ferhapa the moat Important measure was the bill which removed INDICTED AS TRUST Boise, . Idaho. Eight corporation anil 11 Individuals wore named In an Indictment returned by the United State grand jury for alleged conspir acy and unlawful combination in re straint of Interstate commerce and in violation ot the Sherman anti-trust act. In the buying, sellins, manufac- tlirlntr nml alt t it-.l n iv tt nntnninru nrtil the property qualification ot aohool dry pr0(luct8. cltlsen who has resided In a acbool dlHtrlrt tor 30 days Immediately prior to th election to vote for directors, VSXk tba f vrrf Una ad I rail lY'ttg Portland. Wuent Club $1.54; bluestem $1.60; red Russian. $1.5-; forty -fold, I1.C6. Barley No. 1 feed, $39 per ton. Hay Timothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa, $16- Butter Creamery, 39e. . Eggs Ranch, Sic -Wool Eastern Oregon, 36c; valley, 41c. Hops 1918 crop. 48c; 19? con tracts, 10llc . Leading dairy corporations of Ida ho. I'tah, Washington, Orrgou and in dividuals connected with- them wcro ciajgod wltb "comblukUott la re- Seattle. Wheat Bluestem $1.61; club $1.56; fnrty fold, $1.57; red Russian, $1.54; fife, $1.67; turkey red, $1.3. not been lost, he said, was dut- to tht fact that Co m i subma'tne com man.'ors ha 1 cx. ic.si J a-! u'i-ns r cd discretion auU restraint," ratuer than because of the lnstructiona uu ,!er which they wcro acting. At tho conclusion of the address, when the president spoke of the fun dumontnl rights on which are based the structure of family", state and lib erty,, aud said, "I cannot imagine a man witir American principles at his heart , hesitating to defend these things," cheers resounded through the chamber. ernor Withycombe are: S. Benson, a capitalist, of Portland. His appoint ment is for the district which la com prised ot Multnomah county and his tenure of office la for three years. V. U. Thompson, banker, of Pendle ton. His appointment is tor tbe east ern Oregon district and his term of office Is for two years. El J. Adams, lawyer, of Eugene. Hia appointment la for western Oregon outside of Mult nomah county and bis term of office is for one year. Washington Complete and elaborate , , . , ,, evidence that German- has endeavored M Ve fla- t- see "M M y to iine Mexico and Japan ' enemies ftjid she'll be' gird to aea you. Opera of the Un ted Sitw is lu to hands of house, March & President Wilson.