Weston
EADER
VOLUMK 40
WKSTON. OKKGON. KKIDAY, JUNE 15. 1017
NUMBER 1
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENEMMNTEREST
Principal Event! of the Wiek
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
Rtraberry picking began at Mood
River thl week.
Oregon' official war eervlc rogl
tratlon totaled IS.IOO.
Aaalaa !xdi, I. O. O r of Riddle.
4 will buy a $100 "Liberty" bond.
Tha Oregon Htate Rankers' esaocla
lion convened at Marahfleld last week.
Pendleton waa tho first city In tho
state that met IU Liberty Hnd quota.
Approximately ls.000 young men of
Multnomah county registered for war
service,
Tlia fourth older glrla' conference of
astern Oregon convened In I .a Uranda
Raturday.
Tha fund for lha Woman mentor
lal building at Iba University ha
pissed 111.000.
Tha ralla commercial club haa de
cided to hold an oldfashloned cele
bration on July 4.
Tha Oregon Osteopathic association
will hold It mid year meeting In Ha
lam. June 16 and I.
Charlea U McNary. appointed to
urceed the late Henator l-ane. waa
worn In lent Friday.
J. Ktulls, a carpenter of Corvalll.
romnilti'd eulrlde by shooting him
self through the head.
The libanon niohatr pool ' t30
fleece or about 30.000 pound waa aold
at 81 'i centa a pound
The dentists of the date of Oregon
will hold their annual convention In
Portland June 14. IS and 14.
Kxrsvstlnn for the flrat unit of the
Wittenberg King evaporating plant at
Halem ha already been atarted.
Irvine I' Gardner, of Riddle, ha a
hen. R. 0T4. that haa Jual completed
a record of HI egg in many da.
Iteturna from til lha counties In lha
tat give a majority of 1.75 In fa
vor of Ihe 1 6.000.000 atat road bond
Issue.
Federal authorltlea are Involut
ing report that forged registration
card for the (elective draft are being
aold In Portland lo protect aome who
failed to register.
A circular has bean Issued and cjit
to pot of 'he department of Oregon,
Q. A. R. announcing Ihe atidden death
on June S of II. 8. Kargo, exdepart
men! commander.
Several wage Increases were granted
by Ihe tate board of control to em
ployee at various alate Inatltutlona at
the request of the superintendent of
urh Initltutlon.
The II. H. Ulle Company, with head
quarter at Salem and with a branch
office at Hoseburg, haa )ced a tract
of ground at Kiddle and ! preparing
to erect a prune warehouse.
While on guard duty at one of the
tunnel between Moeler and The
Dallea, Private M. N. Miller, of Com
pany K, was airuck by a panning
freight train and severely Injured.
R. 1). HeUcl. director of the exten
sion ervlce at the Oregon agricultur
al college, ha been offered tho presi
dency of tho New Hampshire agricul
tural college and ha the offer under
consideration,
F. T. Toote, city superintendent of
tchool of Oregon City, haa rejected
flattering offer from Rosehurg and
ja-lll remain In charge of local choola,
having recently been elected to orve
another term.
Oregon' largest Liberty loan ub
icrlptlon to dato wa made Saturday
when Mx II. Ilouser. grain exportor.
authored the purchase, through
three Portland banks, of $260,000
worth of bonds.
Delegate from -California, Washing
ton and tlrltlsh Columbia ports ns
embled at Portland Monday for tha
annual district meeting of tho Coast
Maritime association, continued In sei
Ion during the week.
Out Of Uia 104 student who graduat
ed from tha Corvallla high school
only 70 were able to be present, tho
reat having either enlltcd In the army
or navy or been relraacd to boost along
the food preparedness campaign.
The bean crop of Linn county In
1917 will be 1700 per cent greater than
. that of 11- The pork failed to keep
j pace with the bean, however, for hoga
shows a 20 per cent decrease In num
ber from those In the county last year.
Tho aalmon run In the Columbia
river cnntlnuea extremely light and the
catch at present I small. Many of
the glllnetters have placed their gear
,iin the rack and practically all the
seining ground have ceaaed opera
tion. Ooferoof WiUeombe, b,u nimtd. the
the county slink Inspector for 30 of
the counties of Oregon on the recom
mendation of the Cull In and lloreo
Raisers' association of I Im state. No
rernniinendatlnns were made for five
counties.
frank II, l.allirnp, of Hmith Caro
lina, haa bean appointed rrsi-srch as
Istant In entomology at Ihn Oregon
Agricultural college experiment sta
tion. Mr. (.uthrnp will work toward
a more effective control of spills lu
Oregon orchard.
The ataU eoaractlun of Ihe Oregon
Olrl' Hoaor Guard waa held In Port
land on the second day of lha Rose
Festival.
Tha tressury department has Issued
a federal charter to the Farmer and
Rlockgrowers Nations! Hank of llepp
ner. capitalised at $60,000
Ella Flagg Young, known In edura
llonal circles everywhere ss sn au
thority, will be Ihe gue.t of honor at
a banquet lo be given by the Oregon
Civic League In Portland July 7 Miss
Young waa formerly superintendent
of schools at Chicago.
Mayor A I bee will leave lo Mayor
elect llaker the Job of Issuing procla
mations announcing the vole on Ihe
messures decided si the Portland city
election. This means that the lawa
as paused will not become effective
until some time after July 1.
Four fatal accidents were reported
to the state Industrial accident com
mission last week. The fatalities were
Peter Christ. Mill City, logging: Tony
Arnac. Kerry, logging: Benjamin Hock
well, Mill City, logging. A total of
336 accidents were reported.
It was announced at a meeting t.f
the state land board that $;00.0oo
more rural credit bunds had been ta
ken This brings the tcilnl up to $450.
000. It was decided lo limit lo each
county the sum of $6000 In lionds and
lo each person the minimum of $2000.
If the stale Innd board will grant
lease of Ihe kelp beds off the mouth
of the Yaquina river to K. M. and K.
V. Hherlock of Portland, a survey ul
the beds will be msde at once to de
termine wether or not there is kelp
In sufficient quantity to establish
reduction plant.
Two laws of the last legislature re
lated to bounties on seals. One pro
vides thai only the scalp and the
other the whole hid'- must be present
ed to secure the bounty money. At
torney-Oeneral 1 1 row 11 holds that the
whole hide must be brought In. as
the last act passed Is controlling.
"One of the biggest and oldest ranch
ea In central Oregon, belonging to
(ieorge Mllllcan, was sold to Ju11.cs
Pluan. a wealthy slockmau of I'ma
tllla. It Is understood that the deal
Involves approximately $50,000 and
concerns about 300 acres of tllluble
Isnd. about 1700 acre of range land
and 700 head of rattle and horses.
Organisation of tho Oregon , Ship
Timber Mill, perfected In Portland,
provide for the establishment at
Portland of an exclusive sawmill for
turning out long lengths and dimen
sion material for wooden ship con
tructlon. and In thai respect It will
be equipped lo cut tho longest tim
ber of any mill on the Pacific Coast.
W. J. Conrad and A. E. Adeslperger,
timber dealers of Marshflold. an
nounce that they have closed tho deeds
for Ihe sole of timber In Coos county
aggregating 600,000,000 feet. Most ol
the purchaser were eastern capitalists
and In some casea the purchuse ol
timber will ultimately be followed by
lumbering operatlona on tho part ol
Ihe purchaaera.
Tho car shortage, which for many
months haa wrought Industrial havoc
In many part of the northwest Is
over. Report Issued by the public
acrvlce commission show that the Ore
gon-Washington Railroad A Naviga
tion Company haa a surplus of 743
cara and the Oregon Trunk a surplus
of 114. The Southern Pacific now haa
a shortage of only 39 car. The Spok
ane, Portland Seattle was short 129
car. Tho Oregon Electric had 24 un
filled car orders and the United Rail
ways acven.
A call haa been Issued by the Oregon
public servlre commission for a meet
ing to be held In Portland for tho pur
pose of arranging standards of grain,
hay an other agricultural producta.
The meeting will be held on Juno 18.
Invitation have been Issued to lead
ing grain grower, grain dealer and
other Interested In the matter. The
purpoe I not only to describe and
fix (tandard. but to formulate rules
for weighting and handling tho com
modltle specified In the grain Inspec
tion law passed by the lat legisla
ture. ' At a Joint session of the state board
of control and the alate highway com
mission at Salem, It wa virtually de
cided to carry to the supreme court,
ta a mutfiy. ulV fte. wwttw
Fill In Picture
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YKH. you drew a rvlmlcer when you drew No. 7. Of course you know It U
very eoltl whr the reindeer makes his home. UnnCi-rrs are the auto
molillri ,'f the Icy regions. They inuke fast time un the Ice when at
luilml to ;ej. The reindeer worka Ilka a horse, furnishes meat and milk to
u-rplt In cvld countries and helps Hsnta Claus every year. Now, get ready fo
another cold weather animal. Mart your pencist No. 1, pusb it along to 1. i,
4, etc, until all numbers sre connected.
wnetner the state ran issue the entire
$1,800,000 worth of bonds to meet tho
Sharkleford federal road money as
provided for In the Bean-Barrett bond
ing bill of the Inst legislature, or
whether the state csn Issue only a suf
ficient amount of such bonds to cover
any deficiency that might exist, after
the highway mlllnge tax has been an-
piled to meet the federal road fund.
Oregon has registered a total of 62.
H40 under the war census. With this
figure, although under the war de
partment estlmitte. the state hns giv
en Its quota based on the computation
of 10 per rent of the 1910 census. The
census estimate would have provided
6R.4JS. but attention is called by tho
adjutant general's office lo the fact
that more than 6000 men have answer
ed the call to the nsticnal guard and
the regular army and navy services,
and Hint these men under such serv
ice did not register. On this showing
the state hns come up to the require
ments of the census registration.
THE KING OF GREECE
ABDICATES THRONE
Athens, via Paris. King Constan
tino haa yielded to the demand of
France, Great Britain and Russia, and
has abdicated the throne in favor of
his second son. Prince Alexander.
Constantino's retirement was di
rectly due to tho French senator. M.
Jonniirt. who arrived at Athens on a
special mission as the representative
of France. Great Britain and Russia,
and demanded under threat of armed
force the abdication of tho king.
The demands or the powers respect
ing the abdication of King Constan
tino also specifically ellmlnaloif Crown
Prince George as his successor, the
crown prince being Included among
those Greeks In official life who wero
considered strongly pro-Gorman.
It is presumed that ITInco Alex
ander will take up his kingly duties
with full acceptation of the Ideas
which the protecting powers desire to
be put Into effect In the government
of Greece during tho present war. Ho
1 24 years of ago and has been tree
frcm anti entente proclivities.
Washington Must Furnish Quota.
Seattle. Notwithstanding the pro
test of state officials against the cen
sus bureau estimate of 212,634 eligiblo
In the state, as compared with an
actual registration of 108,615. Provost
Marshal General Crowder sent word
to Governor Lister that tho state's
quota of troops must be furnished on
the census bureau basis.
"Mother Ann."
"Mother Aim" was a friendly ' nick
name given to n vvomnii mimed Ann
Loo, nil English wotmm, who came to
tho I'nltetl States during the revolu
tlonnry period and founded the sect
culled Shakers. She wns Illiterate, but
n gixMl vo:iiun, n religious euthuslust,
end. pspulir U her dy,
Puzzle No. 8
tar y, 4 1
AMERICAN WAR AIMS
GIVEN TO RUSSIANS
Washington. President Wilson. In
a 'communication to tho new govern-TS'Jj)1-0'
Jluisiat has mado plain the
war alms of the United States and
its position ou "no annexations, no
indemnities."
"No territory must change hands
except for the purpose of securing
those who inhabit it a fair chance of
life and liberty,'" says tho communi
cation. "No Indemnities must be insisted
on except those that constitute pay
ment for manifest wrong done.
"No readjustments of power must
be mado except such as will tend to
secure the future peace of tho world
and the future welfare and happiness
of its people."
In unmistakable terms President
Wilson declares against Germany'
proposal to restoro the "status quo"
before the war.
"That status must be altered In
such fashion as to prevent any uch
hideous thing from ever happening
aKaiu."
ENGLAND INDORSES WILSON
Russia Told Principle Laid Down by
President Have Been Accepted.
London. In reply lo the Russian
government's request for a statement
of the British war alms. Great Britain
bus forwarded to Petronrad a note in
which it expressed hearty acceptance
and approval of the principles which
President Wilson laid down in his his
toric message to Congress. Tho Brit
ish government believes, broadly
speaking, that tho agreements niadi
from time to time with Britain's allies,
are conformable to these standards.
The purpose of Great Britain at the
outset, says the note, was to defend
the existence of tho country and en
force respect for International agree
ments. Since then there has been
added that of "liberating populations
oppressed by alien tyranny."
School Children Victims of Bombs.
London. The East End of London
was bombarded Wednesday by 15 hos
tile airplanes. In the house of com
mons, Chancellor Bonnr Law said 31
persons had been killed and 67 in
jured In the raid over London, as far
as ascertained. A bomb struck a
sehoolhouse, killing 10 children and
Injuring 50. One German airplane Is
reported to have been brought down.
Oregon Makes Good on Liberty Loan.
Portland. Portland and Oregon
have subscribed approximately $10.
000,000 to the liberty loan. They were
asked to raiso $S,500.000.
Women Lose In Sweden.
Stockholm, via London. Woman
suffrage in Sweden has been post
poned tor at least four years, tho
Riksdag having rejected an amend
ment to the constitution.
EUROPEAN WAR NEWS
In the A ustro Italian theater the
Mghting la being done entirely by the
artillery wings of the opposing armies.
The central powers now hold nearly
3,000.000 prisoners, of w sr, according
to official figures published in uer
msn newspapers.
The town of Messtnes and a scora
of other Important points were in Brit
ish hands as the result of the tremen
dous blow struck by Field Marshal
lialg, In resumption of the Hrltish of
fensive. The Messlnea ridge, domi
nating the whole north end of Ihe line,
has been wrested from the Germans.
They have held it since October, 1914.
General Halg'a determination to
give the Germans no rest was exemp
lified when the Itrltish penetrated the
German positions around Lena to a
depth of more than half a mile. The
field of this attack lies from fifteen
to twenty miles south of that of the
big drive made by the British In Bel
gium, which resulted In the capture
of the commanding Wytschaete-Mes-slnes
ridge and Its retention despite
desperate German counter attacks.
The two fields of attack constitute
point from which the great manufac
turing district of Northern France,
centering in Lille, may be subjected
to alternating pressure.
Two Die in Jail Break.
Medford, Or. Two men are dead
and one seriously Injured aa tie result
of a Jallbreak at Jacksonville. The
desd are: J. L. Ragsdale. a pioneer
rancher of Lake Creek, sentenced by
Judge Calkins to an Indeterminate
aentence from 20 years to life for
criminal assault upon his stepdaugh-
ter, and Charlea H. Basye. the Jailer.
Ragsdale used a flatlron to fell the
jailer after entering the office by a
ruse, and afterwards killed himself
when about to be captured.
Wilson' Note in Schools.
Washington. President Wilson's
war message, arranged with footnote
references and notations to make ft
available for detailed study by school,
was issued In pamphlet form by the
committee of public information.
The pamphlet will be sent free to
schools, libraries and organization or
Individual applying for them
Russian Women to Fight in Trenches.
Petrograd, via London. The propa
ganda in favor of a "women's fighting
regiment" has made considerable
progress. Kight hundred volunteers
have already enlisted, among whom.
It is reported, is the wife of the war
minister, A. P. Kerensky.
Balfour Ha Arrived Heme.
London. Foreign Secretary Balfour
arrived home from his trip to America
at the head ot the British mission.
President Wilson Can Now
Prevent Supplies Reaching
The Germans.
Washington. Control of exporta
was glveu the government when the
senate finally approved the adminis
tration espionage bill with its embargo
clause. The measure, sent to the
president for his signsture. puts into
the hands of the executive a weapon
by which it is Intended to stop sup
plies from entering Germany through
neutral countries.
Passage ot the bill removes to a
great extent the necessity ot the Brit
ish blockade, since the United States,
originator of most of the exports that
reach the neutrals, will be In position
to see that the countries are supplied
with just enough food and materials
for their own needs.
The neutral nations have expressed
much concern over America's policy,
and three of them Norway. Sweden
and Switxerland have sent commis
sions to this country to present their
needs and requirements.
America's final Incorporation Into
the allies' economic strength, with the
legislation just passed, gives the al
liance the practical trade domination
of the whole world outside the Ger
man empire. The neutrals are prac
tically helpless without allied shipping
and coal
Will Arrest Slackers.
Arrest and possibly a year's im
prisonment threatens men ot regis
tration age who have failed to enroll
for army conscription. Governors had
orders from the war department to
..lanJino lanlan,V In OltA Khn
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did not register, aud to prosecute vlo-
latora vigorously. The early publics
cation ot lists of registered men Is
expected to aid in the detection of
shirkers.
HAIG SMASHES UtiE
ON BELGIAN FRONT
Germans First Blown op and
Then Rolled Back in New
Drive.
London. The wiping oat of the
German salient at Mesainea appears
merely the prelude to a projected bat
tle of a far mightier description.
The Germans, tbeagk apparently
ware that the blow wsa coning and
seemingly preps red to meet It, were
driven from their nearly three year'
bold on Meselne ridge, opposite "Poor
Old" Ypres, the last remnant of aa
important Belgian town, which, with
the help of the French and British In
turn, baa held out against all the
massed attacks the German could
fling against it. Including the first
great surprise of poison gaa as
means of supposed civilized warfare.
All the prisoners aay the Germans
bad been expecting the attack, but
were token completely by aurpriae by
the hour at which It waa launched and
the fury with which It waa carried
forward. They had been completely
daxed by the moat gigantic mining
operation yet carried ont In the world
war.
More than 1.000,000 pounds of high
,ipiosiTe had been placed nnder the
German forward positions during the
t twelve months and the upheaval
0f 4 score of separate mine spread
p,nlc among the troops, already bar-
rasied, a they were, to the point of
distraction by seven days and nights
ot ftr (rom tne greatest concentration
of gun on a given front since the war
began. The battle ot Arras apparenUy
had reached the ultimate In thta re
spect, but today's bombardment waa
carried out by 20 per cent more guns,
especially gun of heavy caliber)
BRITISH AIRPLANES M
HELP WIN VICTORY
London. The manner in which the
British flying corps dominated tho
air during the battle of Messlnea
Ridge and completely smothered tha
German aviation service for the time
being is one of the moat thrilling and
remarkable stories of the entire war.
Hundreds of British planes were
well behind the German lines when
the battle broke Into Its fury at dawn.
In addition to abutting the German
airmen out of any early participation
in the battle, the British airplanes
were in a large degree responsible
for the fact that the Germans could
not launch a counter attack of appre
ciable strength until 40 hours after
the battle for the ridge began and
every bit ot ground desired by tha
British in this particular operation
bad been taken and secured.
Far back ot the German lises tha
British planes searched out troops In
every hamlet, town and village. In
several places they saw them gather
ing or marching in the main streets,
whereupon they flew down low at
times and opened a fire which scat-
tered the Germane In all directions.
RUSSIANS SPURN PEACE
Carman Commander n East Offer)
to Ceaae Warfare.
Petrograd. The council of soldiers
and workmen has made public tha
fact that the German commander-in-chief
on the Eastern front sent a wire
less message inviting the Ruasian
armlea to a eparate armistice, and
proposing thai they enter into secret
pour parlers with the German leaders.
The council denounces the proposals.
The resolution ot the soldiers' and
workmen's council spurning the Ger
man wireless appeals for peace de
clared: "The German commander-in-chief
wirelessed our troops a proposal tor
an armistice in order that secret pour
parlers for peace might be held. It
was argued that such an armistice did
not offer Germany advantage. This
is untrue. The German general for
gets that Russia knows the overthrow
ot the allies would mean the over
throw of Russia and the end of her
political liberty."
Ruaalan Mission Lands at Paclfie Pert
Washington. The Russian mission
to the United States, headed by Boris
A. Bakhlraeteft as special ambassa
dor, has landed at a Pacific port. The
party, consisting of about 40 member,
' . " . . . .
will atop first at Seattle, Wash-, and
proceed at once to Washington.
Oregon's Liberty Loan subscription
ia lll.SHWO.