Weston
eader
VOLUME 40
WESTON, OREGON, Fill DAY, JUNE 22. 1917
NUMBER 2
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAUNTEREST
Principal Event! of the Week
Brlifly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readere.
Tha nait meeting or tha Oregon
lata graog will b bald In tha a prlng
of 111 la Salam.
Mia 0. Bbaw wa appointed pot- of which on wa fatal, war reported
matter al Pleasant Home. vie Mr, to the tat Induatrlal accldnt com
('. J. Prlt ion. resigned, mission. The fatal accident resulted
Krerett. lyearld aon of Mr. and In the death of J. ManDuhoff. a log
Mr. William Green, of Maine, died gr who wa killed at llllnd Hlougb.
from Injuria cauted by Hi kick of eion to erect and maintain a
a horse. Masonic home In cooperation with
Henry M. Hansen. Belera correa- the Eastern Star wa reached t the
pendent of the Portland Telegram, buslneea evasion of the Grand lodg
ha been appointed Senator McNary'a rf the Ancient Free and Accepted
private secretary. Mason for the Jurisdiction of Oregon.
Ouy Oliver, of Corvllls. private In Three hundred member of the Olrl'
company K. Id regiment. 0. N. 0 . waa Honor Guard of Oregon, representing
drowned la Ih government canal al mo.t 0f th organliatlon and 43(4
Celllo whU la bathing. member In the state. assembled In
A th reull of co-operation ba- Portland during th rose fetiv last
twsen th government and tt au
tborttle a shad hatchery ha been es
tablished at St Helen.
George Palmer Putnam, private ec-
rtary to Oovernor Wlthycombe, ba
resigned, and th resignation ba been
accepted by th governor.
Contract for the new I&0.000
women' dormitory building of the
t'nlveralty of Oregon waa awarded to
an Patton A Bon. or Salem.
forty on thousand on hundred
motor vehicle, license hav been la-
sued so far this year, approtimateiy
looo mora than all or last year.
A claaa or 40 appllranta wa licenc
ed to practice dentistry In Oregon at
a meeting of Ih Oregon stst board
of dental eiamlner In Portland.
A deal ba been closed by which
Aitorla la to hav another blpyrd.
Th new company I to be headed by
I. Roger, former mayor of Salem.
A. a Cordley, Corvallla. haa been
elected chairman or tha state lima
board In place of Warden Charles A.
Murphy of tha atat penitentiary.
County Judge J. U. 1 tod son, or Yam-
hill county, whoa home was In Mc
Mlnnvill. died at St. Mncent hopi-
tal at Portland following an operation.
S. M. Reagan or Hlllaboro w elect-
d president or th statu Veterinary
Medical association, which held It
annual meeting in Salem last week.
Paying 17I an acre, aeorge Perlng
r, on of the largeat farmer In th
county, bought Ih John l.a Roque
allc'ment on th Umtllla reservation.
Mrs. Henrietta a Whitney, widow of
Oeorg M. Whitney, pioneer pastor of
Eugene who died In mi. died al tha
bom or her daughter. Mr. Oeorg A
Westgate. In Portland.
Th "Made In Lebanon Kalr," wm
largely attended and wa a decided
iuccess, both from th standpoint or
exhibit and producing fund for tha
Chautauqua association.
Cal Neal. who Is employed at tha
Oregon Portland cement quarrlea. a
raw miles south or Roaeburg, wa
killed almost Instantly when he wa
knocked beneath some loaded ore car.
Th Shanlko wool aale, aet for June
12. haa been postponed to July 6.
Owing to the late, cold eon and th
scarcity or herer. not over nair
th Shsnlko clip haa been shorn to
dat.
Th Portland commission or publlo
dock ha takn step to elect tha
alia nt tha 12.000.000 fre Kilt Bllll grain
" - - ' ' - - -
terminal votd at tha iasi election.
from among a wore ot available Iocs-
tlona. degrees of doctor or law, at tbe coin
Hearing before th Oregon publlo Bencement exercises,
service commission on th railroad" Oregon schools have responded no
application for a 16 per cent increaaa by tne call t0 MlnBi statistic
In lntratat freight rate probably ,,,nere(l by j, Churchill, uperln-
will start In Portland In th rirst week
of July.
Word haa been received at Madrr
rrom Senator Chamberlain that tha
controller or the currency haa approv
ed tha application for the' organisa
tlon of tha First National Dana or
' Madras.
Miss Lllllsn Tingle, principal or th
Benson polytecbnlo school for girl. mlMloner, Benson and Thompson, d- k" womff "'a"l'n; E
of Portland, will glv up h.r position cJd,d t0 mnv ctlon IooKlng to- Vm W'U Uu8ht bow t0 Mve
to bcom head of th new department w.rA A defIllt, road bulltllna pro- food ,n the kltchon ai how t0 Pur
of household arts In the University
or Oregon. .
Tha rirt car of rat hog ver hlp-
ped rrom Burn, ba topped in oeai-
tie market at a quarter above any
prevlou pric and th autmal ar
aald to b tli best bog receivea
there for month.
Franklin J. Miller, who haa been se
lected by Senator McNary for admia-
alon In th government's naval acad-
amy at Annapolis. I. a aon or rrank
J. Miller, chairman of the Oregon pub-
Ho .errlce commission.
Co -UBflrid too w4 boogton ol
Yamhill county, representing Carlton,
Newberg. Ufayctle, McMlnnvlile,
Rharldan. Amity and YsinhlH, rntit In
McMlnnvlile and organised pormsn
nt good rosd association.
Attorney General Drown lit ad vis
4 District Attorney Geblhar, of Mar
lon county, that th county may no
shsad and advertise for bid on the
conatruollon of a 'nw Inttrcounly
bridge over tha Willamette river at
Ha lm, and that tha contract between
I'nlk and Marlon countlaa a to tha
payment (or tha brUtg hold good.
During tha paat wek til accident,
week for the first annual convention.
The Pacific synod of th Evangelical
Lutheran church will bold It annual
convention In Portland from Juno 19
to ji, illegal., mlnletcr and laymen
will ba present from Oregon, Cali
fornia, Washington and British Colum
bia, Can.
Preaent Indication point to record
strawberry price ror th Hood River
and White 8 .Imon valley tUU season.
Tbe ruling quotation remain at from
$3 so to It a crate, and local shipping
agencies are not able to meet Ui
demand.
Tbe first arrest or alleged slacker
In llenton county wa made when
Deputy Sherrtff O. K. Holderman
brought In Charles Tasaell and Clar
ence Kaieep from Alpine and lodged
them In Jail pending advice from fed
eral authorities.
A survey of the proposed road from
Eugene to the coast as provided in the
atat blghwaya commission's plan ror
road Improvement In th state will be
mad at once, according to an an-
nouncemect made by K. J. Adams,
iU highway commissioner.
I)r j Howard Miller, a well known
f0rtltnd and Astoria dentist, died at
g, lncent a hospital lu Portland 10
axiuvt9t fter he bad fallen from a
four,h .torv window of the Morgan
building. The police express th be
lter that ha committed lulcldo.
John M. Mann, member or lb
house or the last legislature, and re
cently elected city commissioner or
Portland, has riled his resignation aa
legislator with Governor Withy-
corabe. aa the city charter prohibit
him from holding tha two office.
Th April result or the first Cen
tral Oregon Cow Testing association
how a ateady Increase in the produc
tion or butterfat and It is hoped that
with the Improved methods adopted
by tha association this Increase In
butterfat production will steadily ad
vance, County Agent Blanchard of Crook Wilson
and Deschutes counties, report that
1207 worth of polaon haa killed about
41,400 Jackrabblt. at a cost of about
on half cent per rabbit, which la one
teutn of ,ne ,mount paid by Crook
nty bounty for each rabbit
kl)I(ldi
United State Senator Charle L.
McNary. Juatlce or the Oregon su
preme ceurti forraer ueB of ,he law
II itrni. ,.i.ra.u ..
UVUl - a1 1 1, IIIHUIDl.D Ulll I VI Bl. I ".
Senator George E. Chamberlain, form-
r IOV,rnor ot Oregon, received the
tendent or publlo instruction, show
that up to the time or the closing or
school a total or 1121 atudents have
enlisted either in the national guard,
the regular army or the navy out or
tha hlsh schools, colleges and unlver-
iltlet o( th, ,(te
Th state highway commlosion, at a
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court decide whether tha state board
of controi can igguo bond under the
Be.B.Barrctt law to match the 11.800,-
000 ot Federal money available.
That the rodent poisoning csmpalgn
now being carried on by seven or the
oounty rgrlcultural agent or Oregon
with th co-operation or the United
Btatna hlnloalral survey will result in
,k. ... t-mnnnn worth nt tnnA
fro(n th4 rlvagM of harmfu,
,,. ,. Ih , nf p. . Ward.
m.h0 repre,enting the bureau of bio-
WYt, to -,wk ta
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HoaUkln Is very valuable. It you don't believe It ak mamma. The oil ol
rals alo la valuable. There are not many more aU. They are fast
, ln out. Now, try your pencil on this picture, starting from No. 1 to f , t, 4,
etc You'll drew another animal almoat extinct A tils eltv In northweatom
New York I named after him. Thousands of then animals used to roam the
plains of th fnli.J Hot.
Stale.
George A. White, adjutant general
or the Oregon national guard. Inform
ed sheriffs of the state, at the sher
iffs' convention In Portland, thst In
recognition of their good work In
handling the war census, Governor
Wlthycombe hia confirmed recom
mendations that county registration
boards shall paaa on exemptions from
military service when selective con
scription begins In Oregon.
"No company will be permitted to
operate in thla state unless It protects
it policyholders by setting aside suf
ficient reserve to carry Its liabilities.
and keepa Ita operating expense
within a reasonsble amount" says
surance Commissioner Harvey Wells
In the ninth annual report or the In
surance department, which has Just
been issued. "The new insurauce law
la effective aa of May 31, 1917." says
Mr. Wells, "and It Is one which will
give protection to the cltixeits, as well
as agents and companies who are con
ducting business In a legitimate mat
nor." F000 LEGISLATION
WILL6E RUSHED
Instructs Hoover to
Immediately Organize for
Food Conservation.
Washington. Congress' delay iu
passing the administration's rood bills
drew from President Wilson an order
directing Herbert C. Hoover to pro-
cecd Immediately with organisation of
"- ""
dminiatratlon insofar
aa it contemplate food conservation
na ""-nation of waste through the
cooperation or volunteer forces.
"While It would In many ways be
desirable to await complete legisla
tion establishing the food administra
tion," the president wrote, "it appear
to me that ao far as volunteer effort
can be assembled we should wait no
longer."
Plana for enlisting every housewife
In the country as a volunteer mem
ber or the rood administration have
been announced by Mr. Hoover, who
plans to reach the women through the
state defense councils and through
cn for her family,
President Wilson's insistence that
the food bills be speeded up caused
the senate to put the food control bill
next on the calendar and taken up
Monday whon the house also began
debate on the bill The measure was
reported to the senate without recom
mendation. Food speculators have been tak
ing 150,000,000 a month for the last
months total or a quarter of a
bil,,on dollar from the American
Herb?r ,Cl H.OVer t0,d ,eD:
ttora to wplalulni tha purpose ot
we iuua control bill now before con
gress. Mr. Hoover. President Wilson's
rood administrator, went to the capl
tol by invitation In explain personally
to senator the government' rood con
trol bill.
Opposition to the bill in the senate
Is determined and it Is reared that
uless this can be overcome the
measure will not toe enacted byJu!y
1, a urged by President Wilson. It
la confidently believed that the bill
will go through the bouse by the end
of the week.
LIBERTY LOAN IS
OVERSUBSCRIBED
Washington. Secretary McAdoo an
nounced that no part of the great over
subscription to the liberty loan would
be accepted, and that his statement
or May 10. in which he declared that
the Issue would be limited to $2,000,
000,000 stood good.
Mr. McAdoo's announcement will
result in paring down hundreds of the
larger subscriptions until the total
reaches the 12.000,000,000 limit -
Tbe American people responded to
the government's call for funds to fi
nance the war with an over-subscription
to the 12,000,000.000 liberty loan
of proportions so huge that officials
were buried beneath a landslide of
returns. In the country's ringlug an-
awer to the call, the dominant note
wa the voice of the small investor,
The hope for a widespread response
of the average man with the average
Income was more than reallxed. The
subscrlntions. it is believed, will
reach the total or $2,862,800,000.
WAR BUDGET SIGNED
Approprlatea $3,340,000,000, the Great
est Sum Ever Voted at On Time.
Washington. The $3.3IO.000,O0O
war budget, long delayed by congress
on technicalities, became law when
President Wilson affixed his signature
to the measure.
The war budget known as the ur
gent deficiency bill, appropriates the
greatest sum ever voted In a lump by
any legislative body. Its appropria
tions total a sum far greater than th
total cost ot any war in which the
United States has heretofore engaged.
The principal appropriations are for
putting the army and navy In fighting
trim.
The most important single provl-
alon ot the measure is the appropria
tion of 8750.000,000 for the construc
tion of an American merchant marine
to carry food and munitiona to the
entente allies. The delay in making
this money available threatened tor
a time seriously to delay the building
ot tha "food fleet" under the direction
of General Goethals aud the shipping
board.
Nobody Will Deny It
The eiislest wny to arouse a man's
enthuslnsm Is to show him a way to
wt mMl wiuwut tuuluf It
EUROPEAN WAR NEWS
It la reported that General Smut,
th celebrated Uocr leader, baa been
invited to Join the British war cab
inet. German artillerymen recently taken
prisoner aay that many long range
gun now being need by th German
have been taken from warship.
The massing of entente troop In
Tbessaly, Greece, seemingly la an In-,
d lea t Ion that big event are In tha
making In tha Macedonian theater In
an attempt to retake Serbia.
In a fight with a submarine in th
Mediterranean th Japaneaa detroyer proclamation was prompted by An
Sakaki wa torpedoed and J7 of her trian effort to lure Russia into a aaa-
crew were killed and 14 wounded. Th
damaged destroyer wa towed to port
Home reports considerable achieve
ment by Alplna troop in tha capture
or a strong Austrian position at Corno
va Cavento In the eastern Trentlno, at
an altitude or more than 10.000 reel.
To the east or Arras, on tha front
In France, the British troop bav
been compelled to rail back from ad
vance positions before an attack do-
llvered by tha Germans, which was
covered by a heavy bombardment
Elibu Boot, head or tha American
mission to Russia, in a speech to tha
council or minister in Petrograd, de-
clared that America wa righting ror
Russian freedom as well as her own
and asked Russia to right equally ror
American and Russtsn freedom.
Big Red Cross Drive Successful.
Washington. The big drive or tha
American Red Cross ror a $100,000,
000 war relief fund met with un
bounded success in all parts of tha
country.
Ex-King of Greece In Switzerland.
Lugano, 8wltierland Ex King Con
atantlne haa arrived here, accompan
ied by his avife and tbe former crown
prince or Greece. Immediately upon
his arrival a telegram from Emperor
William wa handed to htm.
Tan" &unkrm. Submarine
New York. The oil tank steamship
John D. Arcbbold, of the Standard
Oil company, has been sunk by a sub
marine. The announcement was made
at the office of the company here.
Four members or the tanker's crew
were lost The Archbold waa sent to
the bottom last Saturday in European
waters. The John O. Archbold wa
two days out en route to this country
from France. The ship was armed
and a gunner'a crew from an Ameri
can warship was on board.
EXPORT BOARD TO BE
NAMED BY PRESIDENT
Washington. To meet the situa
tion created by congressional delay
in passing food legislation the ad
ministration demands. President Wil
son will appoint a board ot export
control, to have drastic authority
over American exports-particularly
export or food.
The purpose ot the new board will
he to formulate regulations for and
8've ivice to the licensing bureau
authorized in the recently enacted
export license bill.
The licensing bill is designed to
prevent exports to European neutrals
from reaching the central powers.
Withholding by congress of the au
thority contained In the Lever-Chamberlain
food bill has left the federal
government unable to cope with the
food situation aud neutrals now are
reported to have bought up enormous
quantities ot grain. Unless someway
is found to prevent this grain from
leaving the couutry the allies and
the United States both would be ser
iously handicapped in a vigorous
prosecution of tha war.
"FOOD SUNDAY" JULY 1
Mr. Hoover Call on Pastor to
Preach Conservation Sermons.
New York. Co-operation with the
department ot agriculture in impres-
" "Vl vt the country
the necessity for the "largest possible
production of food and the smallest
possible quantity ot waste" was urged
by Herbert C. Hoover in a letter to
300,000 clergymen ot varioua denom
inations, distributed through the Fed
eral Council ot the Churches ot Christ
In America.
All pastors are requested to preach
on food conservation Sunday, July 1,
and to endeavor to interest religious
and civic bodies In a food-saving cam
paign. "Civilization" at Weston June 20.
RUSSIA WILL FIGHT
AMERICANS ASSURED
Promises to Continue in War
and Make No Separata
Peace.
Pelru.raJ. A stirring proclamation
placing th council of workmen and
aoldlera' delegate on record aa Ir
revocably opposed to a m per la peace
waa adooted br tha council. Th
erat peace.
"Tha Russian people consider war
Inevitable and will continue It Th
Russians have no Imperialistic wishes.
We know that you have none. Wa
shall right together to secure liberty,
freedom and bapplneaa for all th
world. I am happy to aay that I do
not see any moral Idea or factor be
tween America and Russia to divide
a. We two people Russia righting
tyranny and America standing as th
oldest democracy hand in band will
show tha way of happiness to nations
great and small."
The ringing word, expressing th
attitude or th Roaalan government
toward America and tha Americas
mission, headed by Ellha Root were
voiced by M. Tereschtenko, minister
of foreign affairs, responding ror th
council or ministers to Mr. Root's ad
dress or sympathy and goodwill on
tha part or the American government
LIBERTY PROMISED
Washington. In greeting Belgium'
war mission President Wilson ex
pressed America's solemn determina
tion that on the Inevitable day of vic
tory Belgium shall be restored to tha
nlar.a she has so richly won amonc
the self-respecting and respected na
tions or the earth.
Secretary Lansing accompanied th
commission to the White House,
where Baron Moncheur, head or the
mission, handed to President Wilson
a personal letter from King Albert
and expressed in a short address Bel
gium's gratitude for America'a aid.
"Since the first daya of the greatest
tragedy which haa ever befallen hu
manity," said the baron. "Belgium has
contracted an immense debt of grati
tude to the generous American nation.
"In a magnificent outburst of sym
pathy for tha little country which had
chosen to delay powerful and plti- .
less enemy rather than to tarnish its
honor or forswear Ita plighted word,
the initiative of American cltixen
gave " to the unfortunate victim or
German cruelty In Belgium the moat
splendid evidence or generosity."
DUMA ORDERS OFFENSIVE
Prolonged Inactivity Along Battlefrent
la Considered Treason To Aide.
Petrograd, via London. The Duma,
In secret session, haa adopted a reso
lutlon tor an immediate offensive b
the Russian troops.
The resolution declares a separate
peace with Germany or prolonged In
activity on the battle front to be igno
ble treason toward Russia' allies.
The first meeting of the Pan-Russian
congress of all councils of work
men aud aoldlera delegates, upon th
rote ot which depends the immediate
destiny ot Russia, both international
and domestic questions, haa assem
bled. The first act of the congree waa to
ratify the expulsion by the provision
al government ot the Swiss socialist,
Robert Grimm, who is reported to
have been the medium through which
the Germans attempted to arrange a
separate peace with Russia.
Rhelms Cathedral to Ba Monument
Washington. Conversion ot the
battle-torn cathedral at Rhelms Into
a pantheon for the unknown dead ot
all the armies fighting In Franca tot
the common cause ot democracy haa
been determined upon by the French
government The plan will be put
Into execution aa soon aa the war ia
over, was announced in dispatches to
the headquarters here of th French
restoration fund.
American Commands Allied Fleet.
London. Vlco-Admlral William 8.
Sims, U. S. N ba beea appointed!
to take general charge of tha oper
tiona ot tho allied naval force In
Irish waters. Admiral Sims will act
in thla capacity while the Britia
Tjgrai commuder-ln-t-Ief la aCiont