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4 Weston eader VOLUME 40 WESTON. OKKGON, FRIDAY, JUNE iU17 KTI TIIDCD i uai uiiA o i a OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST till' local board appointed by thcaliili executive. Tin aecrotury of wr sent to ron Kn-a an ilvimn report on the pro poned Improvement of (he Willamette river from Corvalll to Kuweit. Tim Fill In Pictur'a Puzzle No. 10 Principal Events of the Week -"!'""'' rer",""1'1''' " r nl cxpnuitlturit of iiuoo fur KriuKKlnti briefly Sketched lor Infor mation of Our Readers. An all Oregon Fourth of July celo lira! Ion I planned fur Ha km at tlio tale fairground. The Oregon Htlo Medical asuocla (Ion la to hold Ita 43d annual meeting In Portland June S. 39 and nil. (n aulrldo. two fatal acchlonta and another accident that may prove fatal were ana day's (oil of death In Cooa bay town. Percy Cupper, assistant mat rngl lircr, liaa been appointed by the deaert laud hoard aa asalatanl secretary to thai board. Flvo hundred and forty three etu di'itta arn enrolled fur llm aumiucr eea alon of the Oregon lioruml school at Molllliiiiilh. The twenty fifth annuel lon of Oregon yr-arly meeting of the friend church held a 'very sticcc.iful gather I n K at Near berg. Annua) convention of postofflc clerka, elty letter rarrlera and rutal letter camera will meet at Albany Saturday. June 30. Portland' public auditorium la with in two or three week of entire com pletion.- II will bn formally opened to the nubile on July 4. A ahad hatchery I Ik-lug (atabllah ed by the elate flaherlea deartment on lh Adam ranch In the Young' river district, near Astoria. Tho publio erlc cnmmlaalon baa Untied g dlgeat, covering law passed by the recent legislature relative to railroad and public utllltle. The United Spanish war veteran nil the women' auxiliary will hold their animal encampment and rmin lona In ltlllro June 27 and 2. A number of wool sale were re ported at llcppncr wtirn aeveral prominent sheepmen ld their tea aon'a clip at 60 cent per pound. After being overcome by udden ttck of heart failure, William L. Ilradahaw, circuit Judge of the er nth judicial district, died at I'ortland. Thorn Jefferson Stiles, prominent for many yean in the public life of Linn county, and pest grand master of the Oddfellowa of OreRon, died In Albany, at hi homo, aged 77. ' Attorney fred W. Wilson haa been appointed by Governor Wlthycombe to the office of circuit Judge for Hood lllver gild Waaco count lea, to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Hrad- haw. Klgure mnde public by the war de partment (Undone that Oregon, in pro portion to population, hn contributed more men to (ho regular army tluin ny wthcr atnte, gave Nevada and Utah, Ralph I). Ilctxel, who haa been di rector of (he extension service at the Oregon agricultural college for the lent eight year, ha accepted the presidency nf tlio agricultural college of New HiimpHhlro. Train baggugemen on the O.-W, M, A N. have complained to the public acrvlco commission that they are em ployed too long hotira and ask If atep 'can bo taken to obtain ahortcr hour of employment for them. Tho first number of Oregon Ex change, uewipaper for newapapei men, puhllaliod by the school of jour nallam of the University of Oregon, has been Uaucd. It I of magazine form, and contain 16 page. Word has been received that Charles White, a former resident of Ballaton, was killed In battle in France recently. Tho northwest photoengrover will hold their seventh annual convention in I'ortland on July Id and 17. One of tho new and Interesting fea ture of the Oregon blue book for 191718, which will bn Issued about "July 10 by the secretary of state, I section giving historical data relat ing to each County In the state. . According to report given out by the United State forest service In Eugene there 1 now ten feot of snow In (he McKoiule ps-gnd the road will probably not be open to automo - bile travel trafflo for more- than a month. , . V i Out or 416 accident reported to tho Industrial accident commission for tho week from June 15 to 21, Inclusive,' but two were fatal, these being Wit Ham Trebbcl, Astoria, logger, and O. C. Necl, Roacburg, cement factory employe. Governor Wlthycombe' ha an nounced the personnel of Oregon' ex emption board, following announce ment front Washington that President and removing other nbatructlouN, hut Hie river and hnrbor hoard reports that It la Impracticable to open tbiu iilrctch of river to useful navigation lor more Hum a few months a ir rxvepl by In fa? and dams. It la report ml from Milton that li'-mcs are dying tin n- of what I lui' li as "tho walking dUean." I url t'ooley. aged I. from Harris I"HK. I. Inn county, la attending tl.e bo. ' and girls' summer inunr at Ihn t'ii;on agricultural coIIi-ko u a renutt of winning first -!a e In iltilry lien r-i nl keeping at the kind- fulr III l! 1 5 and IUI6. I'nalile to attend the ixerclai-s v. hull will mark the firtit dlit throw lug on the Hlraliom roud at Kluiuatli Kail. July 4, t;miruor Viii( ombe Iidh delegated (ieorge I'uliiK-r l'ulnniti. til private aecretary, tu rcpn m-ni him there on that day. I'aul V, Murl. ntalc h u-li r of coun ty agent, and W. U Kinlili rt)', farm niituageiiicnt di'moimtrulor. huve made week 'a lour ill different parts cf the state, making a aurvey if the farm labor coiulltloiis Twenty two coun- tl were vlatled. Nu nhorlono of la bor I apparent. Itcprt'sc ntatlve llnwliy iutrnduced a rcaolulioii amcudlng th" xuinlry civil bill that part of Hi- J:.'i iio0 airo prlaled to protect the Inluls of the Oregon California grant from for est firea may bu u-l In protecting aim) the 9U.VU0 ai res of the Cuoa Hay wagon road grant. Employes of the state university, uch engineer, laborers and Janl tois. If Injured by accident while em ployed, cannot bring suit ar.ulnM the unlveralfy without Kjuclnl authority being granted by net of the legisla ture, according to an opinion by At torney General llrown. Kunator McNary haa Introduced a bill authorising the title of Oregon to select in afompa-t body 4,0lt) cres of land In the rUiiitlnm national forest for use s a tte forest reserve, and t rellnmiUh In cxeliiiiiKc all title to an equal area of scattered school sec tion within this reservation. The city council haa nuthoriicd a special clectioii in Toledo, August 13. to vo upon three proposed bond Is sue., an Issue of f 12.000 to rebuild tho present city water supply line, $ii0d0 refunding bond to retire outstanding wider bonds and !tmi to take up the present city warrant indebtedness. Keprcacntatlvo Hlnnott has prepar ed, and will offer ait amendment to tlio pending food supply bill authorising the president to expend not more tlmn $2',oo0.O00 out of the IISO.oiio.uou car ried by the bill, In constructing north west Irrigation projects, In accordance with tlio term of the reclamation act. Word has been received by Superin tendent SwarUlaiuler of the Umatilla reservation from Washington that bid within tho 2g,000 appropriated for two bridge acros Umutllla rivet on the reservation hud boon received, and that the contract would bo let Immediately. The government 1 pay ing two thirds, and tho county one third. The old blast furnace and smeltet plant of the Oregon Iron A Steel com pany, occupying five acre of land along the Willamette river at Oswego, were purchased outright by William I'lRott, of 8eattle. head of the I'acitlc ('oust Steel company Interest In Hint section, with the prospect that It will bo placed in shape within about 00 day for the manufacture of pig Iron, That Oregon -counties Intend to be pulled out of the mud is apparent from the application which have come in to the state highway commis sion, not only to secure aid under tho $6,000,000 bond issue act for hard sur facing, but also from tl.o demand which are being in tul o for post-road money to bo expended on a co-operative basl with the federal govern ment. Kleven creeks, all tributaries of the upper McKcnzie river, will bo closed to trout fishing on August 1 and will remain closed tor two year thereaf ter, according to Carl U. Shoemaker, state game warden. Tho creek to be closed are Itltchlo creek, Johnson creek. Trout creek, Driftwood creek, Granite creek, Indian creek, Uie creek, Martin creek, Deer creek, Ennls creek and Quart creek. The headquarters of tho Interstate commerce commission engineers en gaged In making a physical aurvey of railroad property In the Pacific divi sion, may bo moved from San Fran- Cisco to Kugono during, tho summer. If I li I ' -T S mkfl 4 " M Ik V? ill 1. I If St ' .kw Y: & Mi .4 iff ti 45 e ' H t I V IL II 1 V EUROPEAN WAR NEWS In the i-ttbti-rn war thr.ater there are iiidlcatlona that important fighting may si;sln soon te under wy. Gradually the force of Field Mar- FOOD CONTROL BILL PASSED BY HOUSE shai iiaig .re b-mmi. j in the town Measure as Passed Contains of Lens, tho center of tho great coal - rar-Keaching Prohibition 1 ' 'J - ih" OW, children, set a soft l-cni ll -a linnl oi.n miv l..r iha nfn,.r h.h ., No. 1 tn 2. 1, 4, etc, Mul you'H to iii;r.--ttf)ly funirOoi at the result. You will draw n powerful eiiuuiw wlilrli lB tho net of n credit mulitn If I... t Iml.l ber..). la f,,uni principally In U n-trtliwestetn ttlldj und is protected by tl.o law. It Is una of ihn swKtrst crv:itur-s of It rpevle. Get busy with your IH-ncll ami uUi llio result a the nmnboru ure lnej togetlier. great coal deposit. General retain has resumed nl dashing operations on the Alsne front ami reports a brilliant sucres lor bl troops in a aurpr.ki attack uorthwi-at of liurti-blk. In th" Macedonia theater only small eneaxeniciiL by patrol partita have been reported, although east of Lake I'rcsba tho enemy ha violently shell ed entente tn iehes. While the Italian have let up In their attacks iu the Trentino, the uc cess of their recent assault which re sulted In tho capture of the important height of Monte Ortic.ara. is einpha aUed in the announcement that tho Austria in lost some of their heavy ar tillery, as well as suffering other loss of magnitude in the operation. Four guns were taken by General Cadorna troops. Mighty artillery duel between the French and German are still In pros rts on several sectors of the front between Soissons and Kheims. Ap parently the Germans, after their ex perience of last week, when they suf fered heavy casualties, have ceased their Infantry operations, as the latest French official communication makes do mention of fresh thrust by the crown prince Provisions. i,y . it. i iiiiton. ciwwi' er m cjuirce of a cn-w of 11 cngiui-ers. In Ktigcue in connection v.lth the i.ppraim-meul of Southern I'actfic property. There are 12 crew s working out of San Fran cisco at the present time. Plans of the (State highway commis alon for iiunieilinte pitting of three Important i.trctches of highway, and the Knulitift of to other sections, have been announced t.y Chairman S. Densun. In Umatilla county, a nitHi of the Important highway from IVo dleton to Walla WuIIh is to be pavt J as ton be done for JluO.OuO. This work had been agreed on by the com misnlo!i""Kouic time oko, and bids ure now belns asked. In Washington county, tho long notorious Ilex Tlx.ird road, a part of the 1'iu ific liiKhn. Is to receive first attention. Starting at the Multnomah county linn, m-vera) mile of (his roud will 1 hard sur faced. In Clntsop county, paving oper atiniis will be started from Astoria west on the Astoria end of tho Colum bia river hUhway. Work for this yer Is limited la JlOiyiOO. ported excesses ranging to twice their original allotments or more. Washington Exceed Quota. Seattle. Charles E. I'eabody, chair nmu of the state Itc-d Cross commit tee, announced that the contributions for the state already totaled ? 1.4 40.004 and would exceed $1, 500,000 on the final count. Washington' quota is H.ooo.ouo. Cantonments to Be Ready On Tim. Washington. There will be no ser ious delay In construction of the 16 cantonments for the national army, said Secretary Baker, and all of the establishment probably will be ready about September I, the date consid ered for summoning the first 625.000 men. Selecting tl.o men, the secre tary indicated, probably will begin early In July. Oregon Gives Million. I'ortland. Ur. Forlland doubled ita quota for the Red Cross by subscrib ing total of Jtoo.ooo. Tlio total for tho state outsule of Portland will reach at lea.it SMO.OOO. With the $400,000 raised in 1'ortlaiid, this wilt give Oregon a grand total of $1,000,-000. Porto Rican Regiment Filled. San Juan, Porto riieo. Porto Rico has brought its regiment of infantry of the I'uited States army to full war strength 1950 roca by the voluntary enlistment of 600 men within less than one month. A total increase of ap proximately 1400 men :u less than a year was made. Washington. The administration food control bill, giving th president broad authority to control the distri bution of food, feed and fuel for war purpose and appropriating $152,500, 000 for It enforcement and adminis tration, was passed by the house after far reaching prohibition provision had been written Into It The vote waa 365 to five. Represen tatives McUemore, Slayden and Young, of Texaa, democrats, and Meeker, Missouri, and Ward. New York, republican, voting in the neg ative. The prohibition amendment, accord ing to statement of house member, will reduce the government revenue by more than $200,000.00 a year. The food-control bill waa rewritten by a senate agriculture sub-commlttce (o as to give President Wilson the power and responsibility of deciding whether the nation shall be "bone dry" during the war and to place Iron and steel and many other products, in addition to food and fuel, under gov ernment control. v Doth advocate and opponent pre dicted passage by Saturday. As a substitute for the house pro hibition sections, which, without qual ification, forbid the manufacture of foodstuffs Into liquor, the committee adopted provisions which would pro hibit manufacture during the war of all Intoxicating beverage and em power the president to commandeer existing supplies' of distilled spirit, but would authorize the executive in bis discretion to permit manufacture of malted, fermented and vinous bev erages and fix their alcoholic content. RUSSIANS OPPOSE SEPARATE PEACE Idaho la Generous. Hoine, Idaho. --Idaho's Hcd Cross gift was announced as tl' 5.000. The quota originally set wax $250,000. RED GROSS GIVEN MOBEJUN ASKED $1,000,000 Fund Is Oversub scribed By American People. 4 MILLION OFFER 3 BILLION FOR WAR Irrigation Dam Break In Utah. Fairview, Utah. The dam of the Price River Irrigation . company, 12 miles from here, broke. There was no li.ts cf life in the towns of Scho field. Helper, Castle Gate and Colton. which were iu the path of the 11,000 acre feet of water that was released In the break. Hard to Capture. Obesity Isn't always a baudicnp. The fut jobs seem to be the most elu si ve. Wasliiufctou. Ovorsubcri.;.i..u- ol tho lied Cross hundred million dollut mercy fund was assured Moiulay night, when tho eight day campaign closed, with final rallies Iu hundreds Of Amellefiil cities. Tho nation's contributions to the Hod Cross were estimated at $lU.ooo. 000 by Henry 1". Davtsun, liiaii-mau o th 6 Red Cross war council. Moro than lOoO of the larger cities raised more than their allotments. Among the states which exceeded their quotas were Oregon. Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and lilulio. All sec tions of the country passed the goals, with tho possible exceptiou of the south. Ten million dollars of apparent oversubscription may be necessary, it was said, to make tho actual collec tions equal $100,000,000, owing to tho possibility of duplicate recording. Tho next two or three weeks will be de voted to gathering In tho money prom ised tu Individual pledges. Washington. Liberty loan subscrip tions totaled $3,0o5,l'6.850, an over subscription of nearly 62 per cent Tho final tabulation showed that more than 4,000,000 persons bought bonds. Ninety-three per cent of sub scriptions, or those of 3,960.000 per sons, wore for sums varying from $50 to $10,000, while 21 subscribers ap plied for allotments of $5,000,000 each or more. Tho New York federal reserve dis trict led' the list with subscriptions totaling ?l,lSt;,7SS,40O, or more than three times the amount subscribed in the next district, Chicago, $;(57.1 95.950. Allotments will be made, Secretary McAdoo announced, us follows: On subscriptions up to and includ ing $100,000, (JO per cont of the amount subscribed, but not less than JlO.OeO In any Instance. More than $100,000 up to and including $-50,000, 45 per cent of the amount subscriLrd. but not less tlmu $ti0,000 in any instance. Moro thun $250,000 up to and includ- lug $2,000,000, 30 per cent, but not less than $112,600 in any instance. Moro than $2,000,000 up to and includ ing $6,000,000, 25 per cent, but not less than $t00,000 iu any one instance. Moro than $6,000,000 up to and includ ing $10,000,000 each, 21 per cent NET ABOUT UNS TIGHTENS British Make Rapid Advance Across Plains Toward Mining Center. British Headquarters in France. The British ure closing In about Lens. After the capture on Sunday of fosse 3 and enemy trenches west from the bill and from tho lines immediately south of the Souches river, several new positions have been occupied in this region nearer Leus. Patrols are advancing across the plains in an east erly direction. Thus tho great mining center is be ing slowly encircled. For weeks Lens has not be exploited economically by the Germans and now Is directly men aced. The Germans have extended the floods with water from the Hiver Sou chez until the plain between Avion and Lens is well covered. Washington. Ambassador Bakhme tieff, head of the Russian mission, em phatically declared In an address be fore congress, assembled in the hall of the house, that the Russian people themselves oppose a separate peace with Germany. The ambassador' declaration came at the end of the most remarkable and demonstrative reception yet given any of the foreign missions In either house of congress. Shouts and cheers came from floor and galleries. Members of congress who on previous visits of missions have applauded or remained quietly in their seats, cheered loudly. The ambassador added: "Rumors of a ' separate peace are without foundation in fact Russia's endeavor Is for a lasting peace be tween democratic nations. Triumph of the German autocracy would render such peace Impossible. . Russia will not fail to be a worthy partner in the League of Honor." . TO DRAFT MEN AT CAPITAL WEST EXCEEDS QUOTA Nearly All Town Report Their Al lotment Left Far Behind. San Francisco. Keporta received hero by the general campaign comutlt teo ( f tho Red Cross indicate that the cities and towns of the l-'aclfic coast from the northern boundary to tho Mexican lino have nearly all exceeded their quotas In tho drive for a fund of $100,000,000. Seattle, I'ortland. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Uarbara, San Die- Allied Blockade of Greece Lifted. Washington. Lifting of the allied blockado of Greece was announced in a brief cablegram to the state depart ment from Minister Droppers at Athens. This is taken hero to mean that the allies are satisfied with the Greek situation and that there is no further need to apply repressive or punitive measures. Mr. Wilson Now Controls Export. Washington. Control of American exports, authorized in a clause of the espionage bill, was assumed by Presi dent Wilson with tho appointment of an exports council, comprising the secretaries of state, agriculture and commerce aud the food administrator. An executive order creating the coun cil directs the department of com merce to administer all details of operation. Golden Rule and the Telephone. Cruiser Olympia la Wrecked. Block Island. R. I. The United States cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dew ey's flagship at the battle of Manila, ran aground In the tog off Block Is land. The cruiser was reported in a bad position, with considerable water in her hold. Chief Machinist's Mate Conscription Rules Designate Wash ington a Place. Washington. Drafting of 625,000 men for the national army will be conducted entirely in Washington, ac cording to the conscription regula tions approved by the president. In the United States there are ap proximately 4000 registration dis tricts. In each there is a separate series of registration numbers, begin ning with number one. When the drawings begin, probably early in July, a board in Washington will select a number through the jury wheel or other lottery system. The number will be telegraphed to each registration district and all the men on the registration lists who have that number will be called. It will be up to each man individual ly to ascertain whether he la selected. He will not be required to report until a general summons is issued for all drafted men to come forward (or examination. A Mild ProtMt "Breddern and sisters," said Par son Absolom Jousing, as he surveyed the scant covering ot the bottom' of the contribution basket, "Ah wouldn't say a wuhd to 'sinuate that one of When the Hue Is busy for ;!0 or -10 William M. Babb lost hi life when he j-n was stingy, but Ah ha got to ad mliuites you shoul.ln t say those things, was struck on tho head by a falling mit that yon all is mighty thrifty 1 JiWV Willi 111 Vrtii llli fnr oiiliuumit i. . i . ... j .... . e V Wilson hid In ivr cue aoDroved aeennitn to an annonneomont mo, so and manv amaller coat eitiea ra. .... ...... , ..... na"n- lawiiue were ro- tryin to get to heaven fob. about one . a ' -- ,.. - mi vuui jr wuvut f our nuiuciumui pqrUtl taa-uiuiouth at teat a mile."