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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1917)
w EST EADER .VOLUMK 39 WESTON? OHIiGON. FKIDAY, MAY 11. 1917 NUMBER 48 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST earned fll.154 for the month of Ma.rn or nit average of 42 48 niitii, accord lug to Ibn report filed with (inventor Wlthycombc by Parole Officer Kel Irr. ( . yjje monthly report of the Indus- Principal Events of the. Week rl' accident miiop for A.m n i ii how tha number of nonfatal acci- Briefly Sketched for Infor dnt reported during the month w mtli ill dim DtiilN Joift. and, the number of fatal acci- nation of Our Readers. M;n TI)B o( numbir o, fatal accident reported since the or- A council of Cooa lir Indian wa limitation of the com in Union wa 111 . fcld at Marahflftld. and of non fatal accidents, 11,176. Cooa bar aawtnlllt have raised the War eeasui anarahal, one for each pay of all thslr men. voting precinct In lha tat, will aailit Tba Western Walnut Urowur b!U the big task of organlslug tbe state meeting at Kugena. to 'ah Oregon war censu. Tba A company of 60 grade acbool lad aleetlnn machinery of Oregon la drilling at Hood Itlver. "u Hraretty of labor on tba farina In Congressman McArthur baa msde aouih folk county la becoming aarl- arrangement for conducting a corn out, pel It I v elimination for the appoint- llli ery of the 1917 session lawa went of a midshipmen end three alter- In been alartod by Ktxrvtary of nate to the naval academy. The ex- tttate Olcott. amlnatlou will be held lu i'ortlaud Ike annual convention of l lie Ore June 1. ' f gun Fdllurlal association will J. W. Drawer, mauager of Tbe be held at Pendleton July IS, 14 and Dalles chamber of commerce, baa U, been appointed by President Kerr of I.. V. Marten, of Monmouth, baa the Oregon Agricultural college to hern appointed agricultural adviser for take coarse of the food survey In I'oik. Marlon, l.lnn and Lincoln coun- Morrow, Ollllam, Sherman and Hood Uee, River count lee. A cannery will be operated In Governor WHhyooinbo baa tele Albany thin Hummer by the recently graphed to R. N. Stanfii-ld, represent orcsBitrd Unu lienton fruit aeeocla- lug the atata council of defense at tliin Washington, asking him to urge Bets- Contrary to earlier rcmrt from the retary of War Baker that ateps be Interior, tmk in Mke county tame taken to prohibit tillluiuU (rum the through the winter In kh condition, rural dleirlcte. It ta tald. , Koaeburi automobile drlvera are Fill In Picture' Puzzle No. 5 a we 9 4 ten 'ft ' .35 41 .e4 " 5 ?3 .36 7 '3fl i? o3a- W -Vn?t '958 4A .45 4 gffii'Jt'. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Korthweat of Khelma Krem-h troort took the flrat Cvroian line on a front of about two and a half rnlNn, captur Ing 604 prlaoiii-re In the operation. On the eaaurn tnd of the Vaaclerc plateau, the vlllitjf of C'raonne wat eptured by the Krenrli, aa well aa aeveral polnu of aupport eaet and north of t'raonne. Gurniany la pnurlng freah dlvlalonr Into d'-perto fiKhtlng along all the BoliHMina-rtbulma front In a determined attempt to atop the French advance REGISTRATION FGH DRAFTJSOUTUie Work Will Be Under Direction of Civil Authorities of the States. TltAT waa a funny Iwiklwr animal you drew the lat time, wann't ft, rhll drenT The glratTe l thn tallrnt of lha living animals. !rutably you didn't think you'd evrr flninh drawlna hi neck. Why has he auch m long tif k, you ask? )ie hum he Is otiliaed to art his food from trees. It ean'ri-a!h the toiiint branches of many of the Ireea in Africa. liy stnrtlna' again at No. I Women will work elde by aide with making arrangements ,U hold a race a conneoung with numbers t, a, 4, etc, your pencU will draw a queer looking ten In tbo fields near tlaker Ihta from Portland to Itoavburg on the beast. 1 aeason to help to offset tbe abortage nrt day of the Iiosburg carnival. 4 of farmhanda. Heveral prlies and a purse have been The brKTl aeaaon closd at Itoao- offered to make thla one of the tea- burg folio Ing the shipment of the turea of the. featlval. Ighty fourth carload o( tbe ptduct to Governor Wltbycombe baa been ad- wilt ba held In bla community to glv aubinarlno menaced and receive Information of vital lm; timatea of the shipping board are porta nee to tbe government regarding (hat between five and six million ton Wanhlngton. An official outline of (he method by which military regis tration la to be carried out tinder tbe ftlAtllr iAu4tilim hill wa mtmA ...d ;e ake position, loat In Genera! wlfc . w Z n h .. . -P-rtment for the Voluntary services T. .u vub? r wa of auto elecUoo and other Official., well within the town of Builecourt. , ordep bBt after de.,Krat band to band fighting. ta enroIBf ,nd eM-f , mUlloa, Tho town He. almolntely astride the of men ,or doty Hlndonburg line, the front trench and cnful 9nvmtUm h, mad, two ayatema of aupport trench, all to plM whol taJ)k tt, blng within the village limits. of cMJiMn offlcW , ,ute, ,,, Way for the flanking of jbe Laon to ,very ,um(rlh)B of m,. pivot of the German lllodenburg line Ury force , mHlag the measure 1. open to the French. If General N't ,, effect The on!y funct0B of the velle can tarn the trick and outflank federa, g0Wnment will be aupervl- tne uerman. oy tne capwe or Loan , through the offico of tba provost In ths tmniMtlstA f uftir. mllltsrv at rm . . . M . . , marsnai-generu. me oeparuneai aaia legists believe the retirement of the pan; Cermana to the frontier line will be ..- . 1 history when military enumerators, - backed by bayonets, went out among Compera Appeale to Russian Masses. u, uke m compolaory aerv- Washington. A plea against a pre ice census. Today, under the prim mature peace for Russia and renewed pie 0f oniveraal liability to aervlce. assurance mat American wage earn the execution of the law la put Into era and the American people are In the handa of the people. hearty sympathy with the Russian Tbe approval of the new national democratic movement are included In army bill and the presidents procla long cablegram sent by President mation thereunder will be coinciden- Samuel Gompera, of the American UL All persons within the age limits Federation of Labor, to the executive prescribed will be required to present committee of the council of work- themselves for registration at the cus- men'a and aoldlera' dclegatea at Pe- ternary Toting place In the voting pre- trograd. cincta In which they have their per- k manent homes on a day which tne .he food eituaUon, and arrautse tc of steel and wooden veusvls will be rrench Mission's Train ia Derailed, president will announce. tary organisation of llrnd, ha a mem- no are In the state on Monday, June berablp of mora than (0 men and a l be allowed to vote on matter total of loo la expected aoon. pertaining to atate affair to como up With delegate present from at B( tbe apeelal election, parent teacher circle, the Marlon The Ittah-Idaho tiugar company will county Parent-Teacher association ggreo to put up a factory In tho held an all day session In Balem. Klamath Kail district next year If It Tha eighth annual convention of Csn be demonstrated that beet can lb Hood River valley Sunday School v. grow , a commercially profitable association will be held Friday. Bat- wr, and ground eufflrlenl to produce lo.ooo tana can be aubseribed. With labor scarce, appropriation materially decreased and demanda for wages soaring, atate Institutions con-, front a decidedly serious situation, ac cording to report made to the atate labor, machinery, capital, seed. etc. , lug the net Jwh year. Stale Buporintendent of Public In . atructlun Churchill has asked all tha Joffre Pay Homage fi Lincoln. auporinteuacnt ana principal, ot rn gprinRfleld. The French mission Areola, IM. Members of the French "The governor of each state will be mission to the United State, were se- tho chief of registration therein. The verely shaken up but otherwise unin- machinery ot registration in each jured whet tbe special train aboard county Is to be In charge of the aher- whirh they were' returning east from iff, the county clerk and the, county nrday and Sunday at Parkdale. The public aervlce commission baa requested that Oswego take some ac tion In bettering the, condition In connection with ita water supply. The atate board of control let the aehoola , to cooperate with ta, Otf-u t'ntwd State paid tribute to ,heir middle-western tour was derail- , phyaiclao, -acting ex-offlclo. unlesa a on Agricultural college in the en ,i)0 m(,morj- f Lincoln at the email- neT Bere- different board ahal! be announced by listment of school Ikivb In the laboi C,)aior's tomb ber. and received an governor. In cltiea containing reserve corps. Although tho plan l enthusiastic welcotno to tbe capital of Oelegalea Sustain Government populations of mora than 30.000 the to enlist boya Immediately, they will minols. Marshal Joffre ailcntly Petrograd. via London. The. council registration will be under the control not be released from school work tin rilaeeiTa wreath uoon the Lincoln sar- of workmen' and aoldlera' delegate of the mayor and selected boards ot copbagu. baa passed a vote of confidence In the registration. government by a majority of 35. Tbe ' I'ersona aoaeni irom weir noine eonlract for the north , wing of tho board of control by practically every Oregon stabs hospital receiving ward the head of such Institutions. til there Is definite need for theti vrvlcea. A forest fire observation post 10, Oi'O feet above the sea will be a new feature of the fire fighting depart ment of tho United States forest serv ice In southern Oregon this year, For est Supervisor Martin Erlckaon'bas Natian la Faelno Wheat fihortaoe. JJumber of delegatea voting waa 2500., Counties may be registered by mail. Wahliiston.-ffidal wheat crop " bt- mn 8DOU,d to th' estimates announced show that with Three-Year War ia Expected. .clerk of the county where he may be tho world facing a bread shortage the Cleveland.-Newton D. Baker, sec- ataying on the aixth day after the United States, unless It cuts lta nree- retary of war. who waa here on per date of the president's proclamation. ent consumption, probably will pro- aonal business, indicated that the war "Peraona too aick to present them- D"nf'CM f , 0r,l"d 'r hM por",,",d establish three now observation tow ers, otio on the peak ot Mount Me LoiiKhlln. one on Itusth-r l'cak and ono onWlndy I'euk. - - BRITISH REGAIN LOST GROUND announced that the government would u(.e ony eoust wheat this year to department ia making preparations aelvea for registration must send a 110.644. - during the laat winter In Umatilla Work on the construction of four tnd neighboring counties boeatise of wooden ahlpa at Florence on the 8lua- unuaual weather,' In tho opinion of law river will commence at once, ac- yrf4 Uroom, forest ranger of Dale, cording to announcement made at ho estimated that betweon ISO and Kugene. ; .200 deer have died along the north Secretary of State Olcott baa tor- fork f j, ijy rVer, warded to tha county clerlta the alee- Oregon ha been requested to Uke tlon blanks and supplies provided by over iho feeding of a district In liel- the state for holding the special eleo- BUm known aajhe province of tlra- tlon June 4. . bant, which contains about 2oo do- The Kugene Fruit Orowera' asaocw- pmuVnl children. Tile rations these tlon ha been awarded a single con- children are given cost about 3 cent tract to upply 1400,000 worth ot can- B day, or II a mouth. Thla means ned turnip carrots, aquash, cabbage t1Bt Oregon must raise 12800 a and green bean. The twenty-eighth annual communl aupply ita own population. for three-year war at least France Geta 100,000,000. May Wheat Reachea $3. iv'ahit.gtoii.-Franco has received Chicago.-May wheat sold at 13 a the $100,000,000 tho United States do- b,,Hhcl' u,e hihe8t pricc on rcord- cl-lcd to UU that country to meet " w u dvn" oI 17 cent- Tn8 her espouses in this country during close al at i9 May. competent person to tbe county or city clerk on the sixth day after the issuing of the proclamation. The clerk will give instructions for registration." THE MARKETS. London, Part of tho ground loat In the vicinity of Fresuoy. on the Arraa battlefield, was regnlued by the Brit ish. It ia announced officially. ' With massed reserves and very Britain, Too, Asks Troops for France. , Washington. -Great Uritaln formal ly Joined Franco In expressing the hope that an American expeditionary force soon would take ita place on the western front In Kurope, II, S. PLANS FOR FIRST BIG ARMY Portland. Wheat Club SS.70; bluestem 12.75; red Russian. 12.68; forty-fold. $2.72. Barley No. 1 Feed, $32.50 per ton. cation of the Oregon grand chapter) Order of Eastern Star, baa been set for June 12, 13 and 14 and will be held In 1'ortland. ' allal.lA mm .1 tt fliimmnml tttA Steps are on foot for the sale of . 3o6 acres of rich nttrato land on the boundary of Lake and Harney coun ties by tho locators, J. Morton and U M. Dunn, of Riley, it Is ald. The pur- Twenty-flve thousand dollar I to cha.er wilt In all probability be the be raised In a campaign by member National Nitrate company, and the or the Portland Y. M. C. A o that price will run afleast 1100,000, It Is the work of the association may b. understood. carried on In the army camps. - The Oregon State Poultry aocla The executive committee of the through It president, K. J. Me- Lana County Mir association hs cianahan, of Eugene, has Inaugurat- voted unanimously to retain horse B( B campaign to add 700,000 pounds crown prince of BavarlA ta striving to halt tho ceaseless British assaults on tho Brocourt'ljucant, line, the lust bulwark protecting the richest priie of tho" German in northern Franco tho coal fields of Lens. The reckless expenditure of human life by tho German commander has had at least ' temporary 'reward In the , recapture of Fresuoy, at tho northern end of tho line, , ' Its capture marks the first time lu BOND. OFFERS ENORMOUS .. ih. ..K.n.imnnnt return .... ....... . the present offensive that a German nt ii,. r.ir i h hr.i.1 n..i0i.r s. 4 and .u . . .A ,,. ,., counter attnek has succeeded in " " ' -i - - "-- aji 1 1 m .w !. I inn uiv I. supply ot the nation 100.ooo.ooo Juror from Lake and Klamath coun ptmnds by tho late hatching ot chick tie, summoned at the federal term ol more extensive raising ot poultry, court In Medfexd, have boon excuud The date Industrial accident com- from service that they might devote mtaslon received reports of S02 nccl- their time to planting and cultlvat- jenta during the week from April 27 ing crops. to May 4. Inclusive, two of these acci- Seven law atudonta who have en- dent being faUl. Tho fatal accl- lilted In tho army or are preparing d-nU wcro steve MantRatoa, lone, rail- wresting an importtiut position from tho British, RAILWAY MEN WILL HELP Nine Regiments to Be Recruited to Construct Lines In Francs. Washington. Arrangements were made to recruit between 11,000 and to go to ttrft military training campa ro( oporator, and Mrs. George Ken- 12.000 expert railway men for nine Liberty Loan Will Be Oversubscribed Nearly 200"Per Cent Washington. Tho treasury , waa buried beneath an avalanche ot sub scriptions to the liberty lyiu. Replies to the offering came from virtually every ' part of the world where tho American flag Is flown, Httwail, Porto Rico and the Philip pine proved that they are not finan cial slackers by cabling substantial subscriptions. Fairbanks. Alaska, the' northernmost city In the western world, telegraphed a $50,000 subscrip tion. , . ' From every state In the union the reply was overwhelming. Should the present ratio bo maintained, the banks and their customers will have subscribed to approximately $6,500, 000,000 worth of the bonds, an over subscription of more than 200 percent Washington. The full strength ol the first war army organised under the selective draft bill will be 18,638 ' Hay Timothy, 830 per ton; alfalfa, officers and 528,659 enlisted men, 2S; . making up 18 war strength divisions . Butter Creamery, 33c. complete in every arm and supple Eggs Ranch 32c. mented by 16 regiments of heavy field Wool Eastern Oregon, 50c; valley, artillery, equipped with large caliber 60c. howitxers. Mohair 50c per lb. v - - In preparation tor tho enormou task of training this great army, the Seattle. exulting regular establishment and the Wheat Bluestem $2.75; club $3.71; national guard are being brought to forty-fold, $171 ; red Russian, $2.69; full war strength, giving a total regn- tifo, $2.71; turkey red, $2.76. lar and national guard force to be Barley $54 per ton. whipped into shape before the new Butter Creamery, 39c. army is called ot 21,080 officers and Eggs 37c. 623,954 men. From UHs force will be formed 18 Control ef Price of Wheat Planned, divisions corresponding to the organl- Ottawa, Ont. Announcement was xatlon of the first new army. From mado in parliament by Sir Thomas it also, early In September, will be White, the minister of finance, that drawn some 200,000 officer and non plans are under way for Joint action commissioned officers who will con by Canada and the United States to atitute the framework on which the reduce the price of wheat. new army will be shaped. Manila Showa Loyalty Manila! A great parade of the Fili pinos of Manila was held here Satur- have been admitted to the bar by the nodyi Pendleton, who was killed In new voluutocr regiments ot army t- $50,ooo Food Aid Promised Oregon d,ay, demonslt'on nd P,eBe ' tain sunrcme court w-iinin ine tasi ..iiii..n kai,iiii iu,nmniiva ami irtnoctra in im nciit in Kronen "at I io ... ....... .j . , ... . ... .. - ... - -- - - -- nasmnsiou. iTcaiucni . J. Kerr. few week. . ' . an automobile. ' earliest possible moment" to repiili h wpnn AcrimtiinMi rvn ' About Dean Braathlna. A limited quantity of augur beet Dairymen and stock breedora In and build railroad lines needed ur aftor a two-day conference with gov- Mnny in-ople net on the principle that seed ha been received by II. J, Over- coo and Curry couutle have recent- gently lu the big push against tho ,.. nfriiiBi inn im hm imr becniwe deep bmithlng causes Uixzl- jurr, manager or tne ueim commer y ,ided valuable animals to thelt Qerman line. Volunteers will be ro- olal club, which be will distribute (o herd, and County Agriculturist Smith ceived by the regular army and na- farmer willing to co-operate in e Myg there I a general trend among tlonal guard recruiting agencies in porlment at Bend. dairymen alnce they have been oh- $iew York, Chicago, St. Iulstoston, . Fishermen operating out of As- ervlng the benefit of cow-testing a- - Pittsburg. Detroit, Atlanta, San Fran- toria are being paid 10 and It cent aoclntlona for the past three years tc cisco and Philadelphia. , ' pound for raw Chinook salmon. cun their herd and better them by the addition of pure bred stock. , Qrtat American Merchant Fleet Plan. Raturday, May 12, has been Bet a Washington. Congress will bo ask aide aa "agricultural defense day" in od to appropriate f 1,000,000.000 for the highesi prieo ever given fur s'r.i flr work In the history of fiutiln on the Columbia river. Two hundred and sixty-six m:i 09 DUOlfi Irotp tho stale peoitcm .. Ing assurance that not less than $50, "s? 11 u" nw "Krre, ""u ,""u- t f .. i- . 1 1 -ii If they will practice tho breathing less 000 of federal funds would be allotted y y un), to Oregon for the employment of 18 ,h can tnke - ,he d bwothg county agents and S3 aeslstants to co- lev wmit without the slightest dls operato with agents already In the comfort. Take ten breuths in ten sec field lending aid to farmers aud striv- onds nud gradually decrease the num- Ing to Increase Oregon's crop produc- ber of iuhulntlons. - , tlon this year. - nappy Thought. Japan May Send Mission to America A woman thiof r-ently capture- Washingtoj. -Japan may send' a say she never I'ohlieOi n friend. Per Oregon, and on that date every farm- the building of the great American ri UUd to lUand a tuMtloi wblcl meruliaut fleet wlikh is to overcome war c0lsslou to tho Uultd States, lutes r41 hor Meuds are poor. GOVERNMENT TO BE AGENT Washington Replace Wall Street, a Financial Capital of World. New York. Washington baa re- placed Wall street aa the world's fi nancial center. Federal reserve banks have taken charge ot floating the $2, 000,000,000 "liberty loan" in New York. J. P. Morgan will no longer act as British government financial rep resentative in America. The United States government succeed him, both as purchasing agent in this country aud aa controller ot allied loans on this sldo ot the Atlantic. Thus, for the first time in history, Washington becomes the money hub of the earth, as welt as tha world war teiUgl ....