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I l,er;T-( r t Weston 1 EADER VOLUME 40 , WKSTON, OKKGON, HU DAY,; AUG. 3. 1917 NUMBER 8 FOOD CONSERVATION AHDMFIRE WASTE Whst Th3 Preservation of Fosd Supplies Means to Thai). S. fruit grower the neecanliy la urgent of using every nii-iiin la protect and preserve Ibeir product. It In i-rimx lUloiliine, from the .r ' .mill piitnt of view, to see Ih fiult i.f years of labor ril Hit)' liv rite, lint when to tlii it r-tii ll lb (jt. j.irr hihI nmr ImiiIiiukI la Iii Ike i.Mrliv in tlx destruction i f fund 'i liro. Ilir re I'Oimlillil V of tnLmu ivmv prrcuulj m gtmat fire lim-nines ilnul.lv iinperutlv. I lb grt (irnlii uri"H'g ei-t"n of the I'm-iflr Hut. llie iiih.ki uf 3i during th tumnir time nlwnri exists oil this menace U lrli mIIoH la th 1 Aayoa with average of b- Mrvatioa who trvl at Ik" prneeat lima vf any porlloa of lha I'irilla majority of rural district by the b Coaat, will kola young nta elad la Iba enr of regulur fire department ami aw familiar khaki uniform, with 01 Imt Urn fluhtiiig emit-nli-ne. Tlx rifle ver tholr ahul.ra, watching tba farmer, therefore, U aerrwiarity thrown pproack In every bridge and tunnel Uxn bin nup room n f ir lln ui"in of any importance or trtrgnl value, of prcservstmn, iiml iip-n hi in r.ia thr The rooa ara a duty ilay anit night double rc.i.n,l.iit v nf llmt rlnuiiitil f If. I, U7i North Beach Tba REAL REST RESORT Of V Sarik Pacific Com it turn) rtocM by Rail or Steamer from Portland. " -7: j,- LOW ROUND-TRIP FARES rif V f Yt UKIOII PACinC SYSTETiI tmim Htm Bttck PoUtr km mffhrttitm U w. k. i m A TWh iHis ror iaa purpoaa ar arr(iiariiin io ink iii po.niti pm nniit.i aim iq m f 1 JJiiiju, l ""Tl Vl V Ciorg aald nauna railway rommuairaiinnp, avui urn hiiiikiihiiiiijj njijiniaiua . j i-rv 1 1 i iVT-) k.j k.. c i. .. ..i... Tl. ..i r ... i.i . a,. r 1 u-u.u a . .!. r T Vt 1LR 1i naa 001 wwn :;-.7.1or.? i io. . " . -w ' T-? ?r,vA-T'; all fiminioaM ahltibtiililiae aa.l manu PrarauUona Aealmit rir f . A fy3 ' T, i W t?B 400.000 farturina nlaata wblrb ar wnrkma In prv BraM alnnir b ra.li.lM ami i "L ft'-' j.-v - '--rr--- "i. ; .. ?CL7N ' ,,iv.i.f! . the navy or n tba InturMta of tba t'nlliNl Hint. All tk paaturo llrl.l ia a ariou. n,-aa- u't? J'iJ b''1 V the dominion af Ikaeo alpa ara taban ta prove! to a ri imp of grain. apark from f'&Z 'ek-'3V-! vj The-Ruaalana aay latrruploa la Ik rampalga or malrb or paomng train ur rmitud Vv3 '-4f Z-:'-"'Z'r - ' v ' ' ?U Unco of prparfneoa la wkirb I bo cnuniry i fr0m n4 ekhit of autoawliilo en- yhjiiy- 'f'ijfX- " .'-' - nhere their " """"I " ""' gine, or a ughttMl rigan-ne or eigar rZT-Z- ' r 'T-'-' Z, HV'-' .- In July, the v i war. aiun iBrowA ran iaaiiy aaiue, ran eaaiir a ' -- - i - - - ' m -rriin m i . .... n..(l. GERMANS DEFEATED ON 20-f.!iL FBO'IT Reached in Many Places by Allied Troops. Tb guarding of thaae varioua pram la baa ee brought about through the National Hoard of ftefenee, wkirb kai alaa under eoaaidrratiaa tbn thor ough eiteaeios of Ihia ayttem of pro tertioa to all werehouaea and othrr depota where the food euppUea of the eouatry ar kept I atnrag. Many ' of three warehouse, however, partiru larly in the Htatne of Waahingtoa, Or goa and Idaho, ara altuated at laulated point, and aa the Nation! ltird and varioua Hiat f'ouarila of Uefeuae can Urt a Bra wliirh, wiib ptirruuilirifw favuriiig it apreadiog, will result ia nii-r inprnriy nr imilalifiilfy p inealeulabl ! and deatroy a qun- n aevrrn'l r lit.n f tbn Btte , Oraatle Meature for t W. W. PurtUitd, Or. City, count)-, ttate back before the enemy. Ill of stain auffirirnt In furniah an H.i. l.n. I. .!. i, ...... .1,,-,.. ' .,,! tK. entire rommunlty with f..od. Where marbinr. equii.d, bare demon- and finli-rai ofrtciala litld conference th rth nd aonth continue Ui fall roodition prrmit, furrow ahoul.l be ttrati-,1 Krer.t etTii lpory. iu (,. 0fftce of Mayor Daker and laid plowed b-t-een the gr.. and tb. gr.io. Tb Viul Hour. 0)It , prosranimo t0 comb,t ,he t w. If tbia to Mt poaaible. the gr.aa rHould Th,. 1. the hor of p.tri.im. I w wn0 w hB1(1iH with ,n Iron ahruaeaXeof :"i"h! ?i7 ""T. 1 " hnd by every agency of tbo atate. taeek to las apreadiog or Bte. n , nc .lr.l to ar-l off the danger . A NW UlMrd. Khirh t!irn1"r our hirsne n. eountry. ' ' A forapiratlvely new ilinu.r to gialn vr in liirtoiy hit tho grave qu-sti"n Belgian Cavalry Capture U-Boat Rell I wtiit hot earlian iliwhkrj.'ra cf wn,t and Ihk arixing froio i'an. Tho Ucrman submarine that EUROPEAN WAR NEWS The dorlilon to continue tb war an til the alma of Iho ulllea bav been attained la announced by tbe confer- cure of power bold Id i'arla. , On tba Moldavian front the nuMlaoa SeCOnd Line Of OefonSBS If and Roumanlana are carrying out an '.ffectlve operation whlrb baa bent Itack the deft-naive Hoe oppoaite Kedl Viuarhely, Transylvania, and farther north. French troopa In tb Aiane region have turned In vlciota counter attacka agalnnt the army of tba Oermaa crowa prince, iut down an offensive, he bad started bet wet ilurtt-biae and La Ho ve lie and made good gain againat blm all along tbe line. In a apcecb In Pari Mr. Lloyd that Great Britain now 000.009 and 6.600,000 without counting be and 600,000 belonging to rly 1.000,000 men from and colonic. have retreated a dl approximately 100 mile from drive carried them early army center of the line again on Ruaaian aoll on both aides of Hualatyn and hi atlll being followed by the force of the teutonic all if. Llkewlae the armlea lint, a' - w. - i t.h.iu tiu Mtf..i..j .cum i arisiua uvmiau auuiuariiiv iufc .kLLui .K?!....f,u from th preveotkbl fir- aeaumrd a -.. h .eriou. ran ashore on the French coast wet thee premiaee, it become th patriot i duty of every American eitiren to lend hi aid and to "Ho hi hit" toward rnflrlitf th food aupplle ia hi aaighborbood Imniun from danger. Fir Wt and rood Ruppll. On et tb great problem presented U tb Hoard of National Defen in th ear aad preservation of tb food upplle of lb United HUte I th fart tkat th flr wiat of this country la o graatly ia -eea of that of any tker aatioa,, Matiatir eovering a 'JO yr period eoeelnaively show that tb per capita flr coat In tb failed Bute la over aevea timea that of th aatioa with whlrb w ar at present engaged In war, and that ta every man, woman and child In tbl eountry there la a taf of It 81 rb year compared with a per capita rnet of only 3-1 font ia Oermaay. The Mat-men! baa bren made, aad it remains Incapable of euc- eeeaful eontradietinn, thnt if th aame pulling uphill or Ibrojigb a ht-avy part mirt.in--e at l?ie iirnt tinta nr ralnln was not iloKlrnml when ila af the crop. Kvery eihau.l should I.. Kvy p,.n, of fruit, and every o .nc. crew .t firo to lhe gaBOlino tank, but protected by a one wire screen, which of fo,UtuC. ..-.vcl from .be arge. , captured by a troop of Bolgian hcmld b renewci at lea.t once a of fi become, an added eounx- of 6' ainnlh, a the beat, becomy so lntenr strength nd upport fur thore wb ar aa to quickly destroy it effectivetjeas, Kl,iintly flt-lilina iu reMore the " When the grain has been threshed j,,, ,,f the world. It i, therefore, I if a.f a -,? e aad piled in tbe tleld, it ahould l pro- tlie iireiit and ii.crutiv duty of ev- I, 1, IV I rfil'rn S tected by a sufficient number of fur- v cintvn to coiiwvrnle his utmost S.6.JW1.H IV row to prevent It destruction from tb e(rori, m(h in hi individual and com- Ulriffn AT DMTTC burning of slubhle. nmMa capacity, toward the elimina-i , tlAlluLU HI Dill IL Oanger Trcm Thresher. tion of the firo hkiard sad eonsrrva- . Tb time of one of the great ddttger 0B 0( ig Aatioa' owd eofplie.'- te grain and grain acid in the .Norm- Keranaky'a Power la Unlimited. London. Tbe provisional govern ment of Russia has virtually Invested Premier Kerensky with the unlimited power which the workmen's and sol diers' and peasants' congresses re cently voted to the ministry, aosord ing to a dispatch from Petrograd. Federal Troopa to Stay In Northwest. Olympia. Wash. Governor Lister German battery bad to be replaced London, British troopa in conjunc tion with the French force oa theto left attacked the German position along a wide front north of tbe rival Lys. The entente allied forces have advanced well beyond the shell shat tered front line German trenches. In many places they bava reached tb second line defenaee on a 20-mIl front of attack, according to tb re ports. The official statement from British headquarter la France reported tbe capture by the entente allies In their drive of the following villages: La Basseeville, 8teentraeta, Bixschoote, Kerlorenkoek, Freienberg. glnt Jul ian. Pllken, Hooga. Westhoek and liollebeka, aad more than 2500 prison ers, jj-' At many point on a front of 20 miles the allies) took three line of German trenches. It Is ssid the Germane are employ ing: a new acbeme of defense which apparently depends principally apon organization for counter attack. They now diminish their garrisons and by the same amount Increase the strength of their supports . and re eerrea who hold rear lines In force and who are organised for Immediate attack. Aa an Instance of the terrible pound ing by the British artillery, it is aald to be known that the crew of one was notified by the secretary of war that federal troops now on duty in the . state would continue at their present duties until other local protective ar rangement had been made. nine timea and the guns thereof Ova times. west is during the threshing aensoa ml I caused by earelcs methods In threshing and piling th threshed grain too near to th strsw stacks. , Kvery threshing machine by the very reaaon of its operations rollm-l a certain amount of smut or dust, which is high ly Inflaiiimnliln and subject to colli sion, aad tbe farmer should InsUt Mint WAR INDUSTRIES' BOARD IS CHEATED Butte, Mont. Frank Little, moinber of tho exiMulive board of the Indus trial Workers of the World and prom inent in labor troublt-a In Arizona, who recently referred In General Otia Victim of Hrt Oiaeaa. Loa Augelea, Cal. General Harri son Gray Otis, noted newspaper pub lisher and aoldier and editor of the Los Angeles Times, died suddenly RUSSIAN ARMY III CRITICAL FOSITIO:. Watdilngion. ftwrsiiulxutloii of tho wa.iave liv m etfUiMl in (iermasv a hefore a threahiug machine commence government's war inircluiiilni; system in thi eountry, th consequent loss and operation on his settings tho machine uiroUriU creation of a war industries destruction of food supplies would bav J thoroughly cleaned out. flue exsm- (o gupyigj, buying, and to de- Ken so great that tiermeny long since laed aad water tank kept full. If o((n )rjorUy of mam,raPiurc Blld sh)p. would bav been compelled to lor r"-"'i". "" " .. nure to initr-d sutes soldiers as "I'nclo Sam's scats in uniform," was taken -from a lodg!i.K houise at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday uorniiig by mask ed men and hunted to a railroad tres tle on the outxkiria of the city. Since hi arrival in Butte recently from Globe. -ArU.. Little had made a number of spcechi-a to strikers in all London. A dispatch to the Post from Petrograd referring to the Rua- a speech here at the age of 80, of heart disease, sian retreat in Gallcla aaya it ia con- 366 Killed in London Air Raid. London. Since tbe war began 366 persons have been killed and 1092 injured by air raids In the London metropolitan area. moved '.very night, but whore this b M ,a""ru'',,, by Couucil of which ho had attacked the govern- 9n,' ... ' ,..' , . of National Defense. W th this frl before us. it i ay m...l.ir men U..I.IT rirrum- . , . . . ,,, t resllx th.l unlen. w cT.nnB" r '" ,'"'''1 Ihranhed u'rt' , 1 8 "7 rcl mfc. the connect- methods and overcome our habit of dM o cln. to tbe thresher or th InR link between tho government and rareleasnea thi greet Nation fce straw stack that the burnUs of either Induutry. It will bo charsed with tho th erimi danger of defeat through a would endanger lhe griin. Kvery groat rcaponaiblllty for quantity pro- fault which eonunon sense and caution threshing machine owner or operator auction, will dctermlno the question 'on th part of each Individual citixea ahould be, required to have a good s!cd of creating or extending Industries do- onld eaily prevent. ebemical , tnnk with in equipment to mnmled by the war ami will pass on PaelBo Coaat Eitpsclatly Favored. immcllately etlnuifh smnll lirea. price to bo piiid by tho government Nature ha beea peculiarly kind to If not siitTieiniiily cured, and whether a nl,,,.,Ucribip ia as follows - lho. who reside oa thi. fo.t. bM or lao,. bay will generate gase. k ; ( CI(!V,amli 0.chair. have few adver weather eondltion which ro . aiiaeepuhln of apontaaoou . .. ., .,(h ' - v to contend with, and all our people liv combustion unless the bnm l nffi. mn' ut-rn , r""' 01 NiV under such comparatively easy and fa- eiently ventilated to carry off ttieso Yo,'k of "10 toml'" advisory com- vorahl surroundings as to beget habit Rw, F.very psrticule of dry gras mission; Hush Fray no. of New York, of csrelessnea end indifference towards and all litter and rubbish ahould be repreaentiiiR lubor; Robert S. Hrook- the ordinary hasarda of lire. I'nder removed from barnyards and from nil iB. St. IajiiIs merchant; Robert S. normal condition thone habits might building on the farm. I'nder no e.ir- Lovett, of the Union Pacific system; b fraught with a danger easily Ignored rumalHiire should smoking or the use Llentcnnnt-Oolouci Palmer E. Pierce, and with few result of vital Rlguill- 0f niatchi' be permitted around barn rcnYi-KOiitinR tim army, and Itenr-Ad- eanc, but In the present eriai and buildini;, while candles or any other n,iril Frank 13. Fletcher, representing seed for the preservation of all food . ,. ahould h strirtlv urohib- .u n .i. ...... i..,i. u. r .' . . . .... ' . ') nii.ne, mew .. ... ne, 0y ciino.i lament or ciee- ment and urged tho. men to shut down tho mines of the P.utto district. Little was tnken out of the Steele block by a party of masked men who took bint away in an automobile. He was nut given time to dross and had only his underclothes on when taken from his room, lie is not known to have made any outcry or demanded any explanation. It is presumed that a towel from hia room was tied across bis mouth, onu of the towels left there by the laudlndy being massing. Liberty Bread Replace War Bread. Washington. It la not "war bread" any more. Tbe food administration has applied the name "Liberty Bread" straining every effort to capture It servatively estimated that more than two million Russian troops are stead ily marching rearward. These con stitute the 11th and 7th armlea with their reserves. The 8th army, which Is largely cav alry and not Included In the foregoing figures, also la retreating, and Ita po sition, says the correspondent, ia ex tremely critical. The Germans are to substitutes tor wheat flour. "Exempt" Buttons Sent Local Boards. Washington. The little bronxe but tons that will be worn by those ex empted from service In the new na tional army were being sent out to the local boards. Every man rejected will get one. THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Club 63.14; bluestem 63.20; while following up the Eleventh and Seventh armies, A dispatch to the Timea from ttta headquarters of the Russian army says the sltuatton hi more hopeful. Panics among the retreaters are sup pressed ruthlessly. Three divisions of cavalry hare taken positions across the whole front of retreat. Deserters are shot and attempts to spread panic are suppressed by prompt executions. V0 Hill I Mil.!. - , . , , , , . 1 li .... I V. - - I! W...VO.VU1 ,lh . S. WILL CLRB I. W. W. red Russian, $2.12; forty-fold. 3.16. . Barley No. 1 feed, $45 per tou. nraa and indifference can quickly as sume th Importance of a National catastrophe, That Federal and Pint officials are beginning to realise the riiagnitud of thi danger 1 evidenced by the fact Federal Authoritiaa Ready to Fight Manac of Coast Disturbers. San Frauclsco. Federal authorities of California, Oregon and Wachiugton Tlireo iiinml- nr t'm h.inril ami i in connection with the federal era nil trie pocket flashlights nllowed in or Herbort u,)ovcr aro designated to'con- Jury, will begin immediate investiga- stllute a government purchasing com- Hon of Industrial Workers of the mission serving under tho hoard's dl- World activities in tho three states. Net Ion. according to Assistant United States . District Attorney Caspar A. Orubaun. round barus carrying any quantity of hay. Fighting Fires, Th great difference between th trained fire department and the volun- Hay Timothy. $26 per ton; alfalfa. $18. Butter Creamery, 40c, Eggs Ranch, 34c .- Wool Eastern Oregon, 61c; yalley, 75c , Mohair 65e per lb. COURTPLASTERS INFECTED The announcement followed reports $3.17; fortyfold. $2.14; club, $2.14; that la many ofhe Htutea a special t, (,rgBniMtion Is the fact that an eoiirs of education la being given to ..i,,i nm. ktmu. emctlv the school children by fir prevention vUt t0 ,n ,,ni,w(,,iR ,n nrro of T.t,nut Grma Found by Government fornia aud of fresh attempts to hinder iht uKa (initit mil flita rinnifftra . . . . . ... ...... . ... . . Seattle. Wheat Bluestem $2.17; turkey red. of further destruction of crops in Call .-i T-o .Z Z e. el, hna ilino of nr" PP W' Experts In Chemical Analysis, suiting from tbe earcles handling of mMt , U(.h .on,Hjon to givo th mtrhe, th aecinhiilntlon of litter and ,wvje(l jn ln0 ahorte.it poaalbl Washington. Courtpluster, said to rubbish in bascmentu, voodhiusiv st- KvB v0ulcr Oriraiiluitioii. have been distributed by German been found by the department tetanus germs. rubbish tn basements, xvoo..nouesv Hm0 KvB , volullleM. Qr,,anlsati.in, have been distributed tie and torrooma, lack of ear Irmth aoWM.er( better thim none nt all, and sympnthtiors, has bee as ef coal oil and gaaolme, the hang- fho hfmm in BVPrv fommlinity a,ould chomicul anulysis by th log of eleetrie cords over nails, and mmriiHtey orRare ami secure lire of justice to contain tc industry in Orer.on and Washington. "After careful investigation, we have reached tho conclusion that the entire I. W. W. movement is the work of enemy i;i(s," said Assistant Dis- fife, $2.14; red Russian, $3.12. Barley $43.50 per ton. Butter 43c. Eggs Ranch, 42c. the numerous other habit of careloii fighting apparatus for the purpose of Attorney General Gregory hns warned . . I . ! -II.. It 1. sehool .up.rlnt.nden a had th. need of E ,urh fonmmnUy hou,(, fc.Jee-, cleanliness forcibly brought to hi at- .oaHarv number of men to net a Unlion, by b a yo,,ng daughter who fh flf h f had li.t.n to a lectur on fir. pr.- . , , n ;w f M v.ntion at th afternoon .cssion of th . n.m . b given to denote flr In any locality, and also where shovels, wet sacks, ehem school and who took him down into their basement and stood wstch over blm whil b cleaned up th rubbish which he hid eafelossly allowed to' ac cumulate, whil a perfect wavo of chimney cleaning iwept over one of th eltirt of the Htat caused by a state ment to the school children that their 'houae were In danger of catching fir if th chimney had not bea cleaned within a year." Th rrmer' Expansibility. Above practically all other occupa tion", th ye of tb Nation tura to wards tb farmer, tb great producer of f eo4 lUflpliu, tad to thi tumu aad from reliable sources. Tho department of justice author ised tho following statement relative to its Investigation of sales of pois oned plaster In various sections of the Pnlted Stales: ''Tho department of justice, without Bank Robbers Get $13,000 and Escape.' Spokane. Two masked men enter- trict Attorney Ornbsun's statement, ed the First National bank of Medical "We havo under surveillance Germans Lake, 16 milea west of here, Shortly who are ( guiding tlr acts of these after noon Tuesday, held up two men vandals. Theso men nre not working in the bank at the point of revolvers for labor; they are working for the nd later made their escape, after "LEGION OF DEATH" HEROIC Only 60 of 200 Russian Girls Who Went to Front Return. London. Women are fighting wo men on the battle front in the east. This news comes from Petrograd in dispatches which state that when Vera Botchkoreva's "Legion of Death" entered ita first action last week, it found that German women were fight ing side by side with the men In the , hostile trenches. A number of these Amaxons were captured. Of the original 200 Russian women tn the "Command of Death" only 60 are left. The commander, Mme. Botch koreva, and her chief aide, Maria Skrdyloff, daughter of the former min ister of marine, are both wounded. Twenty were killed, eight captured and the rest are wounded. Germans," I. W. W. Issue a Threat Chicago. Miners, harvest 1 hands and lumbermen of the middle west Ihrfmltin lei mi fin n iii-iniiiitli.itl ttiL-t leal extinguishers snd other appuratus sharing In any sensational view as to nr,0,, ,,,llr,.,i vrb,. e.r and ntensil. are to bo obtained at th. the manner In which nicking plasters WfrW mombcn returne(, ,0 none! nom-e. or counuiuxuTS uccsuio imt'cica, Water in many eases is not available, states that some of tho samples' sub but a chemical Are extinguisher, with mtied and annljred have been there which each farmer should bo provided, 1)y i,own to contain tetanus gonna, will accomplish mor. In putting out a The publio , c0lweu,ietiy cautioned fir. which hs. not assumed largo pro- ; ,nat purclm8llg IUto Kmciy copt portions, than anv other means.- . , , P Where the diatrl-t . will permit, rom approved sources Tho wnnuns automobile or motor truck can be Particularly directed asuinst pur equipped with chemical tanks, aad those cllB8,,s tn ?nm" i" uSe fr0" wiU prvi mort titwUv thaa rivr peddlers aad vendors." , scooping $13,000 in coin and currency, into sacks and driving away In an automobile. their homes in the Warren district of Arizona. A telegram voicing tho In tention of a walkout of mora than a quarter of a million men was sent from Chicago to President Wilson by W. D. Haywood, secretary of tho In dustrial Workers of the World. . Utah Now Bon Dry. Salt Lake City. The bone dry pro hibition law went into effect in Utah at midnight Wednesday. The new law is one of the most drastic adopted by any state in the United States. Potato Crop May Be Short. Washington. Warning that this year's potato crop might not reach the 452,000,000 bushels record produc tion forecast for It because of poor seed, scanty 'use of fertiliser because of high, prices, and possibility of dis eased plants, was issued by Lou D. Sweet, the Colorado potato expert commandeered by the food administration. Price of Love. ' Prospective Jurors in breach of In New York 165 persona have died of bst and got) r prvtrs.Ud. More Troopa Are Landed in Franc, promise suits may be Interest d la An European Port Another Amer- this "personal" from the London Ex Iran contingent has safely arrived and press; "Mary Waited three wars at disembarked. appointed spot until questioned by . . suspicious policeman. Ti this is the The second Liberty Loan drive will Pri of ,OT' " ,s ,0 cn 'or tart November 15. ' ' " topty. rsNtreU. ?ottV