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.o v. , Fj ' M . . ' f ' i- '. V ESTONs EADER VOLUMK 40 WESTON. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUG. 10. 1917 NUMBERS: K OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Evtnti if the Wiek BrUfly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Fall wtaMt In Linn county la run lug from II lo ID buabrts lo the acre. Tb annual I7mtlll raunly hors ad nula abow will l held Orinbr I In Pendleton. A course In dietetics h bran eddrd lo tba department of bom economics at tba Oregon Agricultural college. Tbt alalo highway commission ha selected II ft aa lb standard width of pavement lb primary roads. Kldi "r opened Tueedey by lb slt blgbway commission for a balf million dollar lew of state road, bond. Rubaiantlal deposits of chrome Iroa or In lb Job Day vslley, aouih of Pendleton, will b opened up ihla summer. Kdward 0irndr, rtry of Ibo Orego Bublle servlc commlaalon, baa tsbasltted bla resignation lo th com nlseloaers. Al a special lection the vote car ried for bonding for 111,000 lb con validated acbool dlatrlct rcnily form ad al Cran. TUI earnings of III men on parol from lb Orgoo penitentiary for July aa 0K.lT4.dt. according lo Joseph F. Kllr. slat parol officer far grower of Douglaa county bar appald to tba tCugen Fruit growr'a association lo aid tbani tn oaeervlng ihelr crop Ibl year. local spruce miniiifnciurers for Ibo pur chase of airplane stork. Mil' than Sion.ono worlb of naw htilldlnys rsngluu In slue from 11200 lo $10,000 Iiivii iimii Hiarli'd or been announced for Immediate rotut ruc tion al Klnmnth Kail alner ihoiledlra Hon of the ii 'w Hirnhiirn railroad. Ilulah flair. daughter of J. K. Haiti; A l hot (l lllcbox. daughter of B. E. tllrkox. and Myrtle 'o(ipr. daughter of John Cooper, .' !, 1:1, and li. re speutlvely. were dronned in llw mill pond at Hcotu M JU while In bathing. vnty-n1n Fori Unci physlolae nd surgeons hsv alresdy born called or hsve volunteered (or servlc Ip tarlmia branches of Ilia Ual'ed Htate arm) ni navy, representing aliout II per cnit of (It 3T3 doctors la lb city. Alarmed by a temporary shnrtsg nf distills!, I'mstllls county farmers telegraphed lo Governor Wlthyrombe and lo the aisle council of defense, asking relief from Hi possibility of a Dioro serious shortage during 'ho har vest season. Members of ih I. W. W. ar charg ed wllh IUfi.000 of lb loial rir loaa of 1420,170 In Oregon during July, In a report issued by Stain Kir Merthsl Wclli, by causing flrea at Klamath Falls, which waa the heaviest sufferer of 47 towna In Ilia state lout month. For lb purpose. If possible, of hav ing counties containing Orogon L Cali fornia land grant act togeatber In lb collection of Inleroat and penaltiea on Ux from lb government, dla trlct attorneya of Die luteraetod roun Ilea held a aieottug In Halcu Turmlay. To got a year abc-ad In I lie com pletion of contracla for blKhway pav ing under th 18.000.000 bonding act I the goal lward which th atat highway commlaalon la now working. By January 81. 1911. Ih commlaalon Fill In Picture Puzzle No. 15 om . '434 , 2& eVJC;; fiZ 81 s jo 3 5 H7 1 79 7, ii "n-ii i L - t i m trnxk mi MM. m. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS German attack on lb Alan front bar been wlthalood eucceaefully by tb French. further progreea baa been mad by ' tb rrench nortbweat of Bixachoot Head of American ISIstio If on tb Flander battle Irout, aaya tb Brltlab official report All of Oallcla, with th eiceptlooof a narrow atreicb of ground from Bra dy lo Zbarai, nortbeaat of Tarnopol, baa been wrated from Ih Ruaalaaa. The Ruaalan political altnation baa boccm calmer. Premier Kercaaky baa withdrawn hie realgnatlon and there ar continued Indication of tb atrengtbening of tb moral of tb ftuialao arrolea on lb aoulbweitern fronL EUHU ROOT SAYS' AMERICA. AT STAKE Russia Declares Now Is No Time to Arjae. A Pacific Port. "Doat art a bent why w ar la tb war, bat rail that tb ttote ha now en wbt Amertean liberty . Aatertcaa . a4la. A merle Independewe aad fraa I th auk for wblcb we muat flgkC . Thl ia th admonition brought t tb American peopl by Cilia Kot In th operation at Lena tb Ca B4 at tb ' tba America ewnv nadlan poahed forward to a depth of n'0"- returned here fra Rsaaia. bout 200 yarda to a lln between th Profeoelng alncer admlratle for 1eneGrenay railway and th Clt Du tB kindly character of tb Ktwaia lloulin, directly aouth. and ainc bar P"?1. "conalderate of lb right aad eonaoUdatod their position among tb feeling ' ether, and wltk a lign building. rapacity for Mlf-eoatrwt and ft abl The Auatro3erman armle on th 'deallam, bead lag aiwaya In ft better eaatcru front are continuing their ad vance between tbe Dnleater and tb Truth . and in Tiukowloa. caat and aouth of CxernowtU. Uklng additional way toward higher tbinga," b ! for deep aympatby for tb aatlaa. "which I struggling with tb pro lema that we bar been atudyta far towna, according to German army 144 year and have not yet aolrtd." headquarter report SAYS WAR WILL CONTINUE rllB auk, tb bird you drew In your lt picture," had only" three letter In It. didn't It? Iiin't It a funny Bounding word? Why ar the reat auk's eggeao valuabla? you dk. It ia Hie acarclty of an article that makes it valuable, hat la why diamonds cost so much. 'Oct out your sort encll, start at Kok 1. ,d you will draw one of the mint beautiful of birds. It baa place in history, i is very graceful and often Is found on the table of tbo king of England. General Kornlloff Scout Suggestion of Slav Giving Up Fight London. Th correspondent of th Time at tbe headquarter of tb 7th Russian army talked with General Kornlloff on the vo of hi departure tTJ' h la BOt M American." declared to lake over th aunreme mmmanrf Ruseell. If democracy aurvlve In the werld. tbe people of Basel will role, was tb declaration of Charles Edward Uns een, writer aad publicist, wb to ft member of th comntinalon. "If a man now says, 'my wage ba ler my country or Hy balaaw abest before ay country" r 'my class r creed or aaaoclatloa before ay Ed Wright of La Grand, baa been appointed by tb Oregon public ser bops to bv all work let for aert vie eemailsiloB aa secretary lo auo yr. 4 Edward Ottrander. who rcalgned August I. Tb city of Portland, with 31 banks, bold II. 1 per cent of tb total de posit of Oregon, according lo a stato ant tettMd by 8. O. Strgent superla tMlMt of baak. Out of ovar 100 tuberculin teits among tb dairy berda of Lane Mon ty, only flv of tb cow reacted, ac cording to Dr. C. K. Gardiner, assistant atat vtrtnartan. D. Wa!tr Mertotr, dean of lb acbool f commerce at Ih university of Ore gon, ha keen granted a leave of ab ac from Ih college for the acbool year of M17191I. Klevea out of IS candidate for pharmaceutical paper granted by th Oregon atat board of pharmacy pasted Ia xaminatlon held In Port land July. 17 and II. Ramus of a shortage of fuel oil for atat Institution lb state board of control baa appointed a commute to Investigate with a view of arrang ing for some other fuel. Plans ar being worked out In Lin coln county for a bond election to be held Ihla fall for Iho . purpose of raising funds with which lo Improve about 100 mites of county highway. With harvest well under way In Ih lighter land sections and starting on lb heavier landa near Pendleton, Indications ar that the yields will bo better than anticipated a few weeks o. While, th crew of IS men were at work on lb steel bridge at Cotton Hill on th John Day river, part of (he false work collapsed, dropping the crow to rocks below. Everyone was hurt. Campers In the forests or very care less this tesaon, according to report mad lo C. C. Hall, supervisor of the Harvey Wells, slam Insurance com miaeioner, announce that In a few day deputies from bis department will make a complete survey of tb Astoria waterfront and bualucsa dla trlct to ascertain If contemplated In- . cresses I rat of luauranae ar Jus tified. A. L. Lott entomologist at lb Or egon Agricultural collage experiment station, baa prepared a poison which will exterminate th beetles which ar now doing much damage to be a us and rucumbors In western Oregon, and will soon be devouring tlio silk of the young corn. Upward of 100 business men from Portland. Albany, Lcbanoi. and Rrowoavllle met at a banuuet at Lebanon and discussed tbo matter of putting In s good road over tlio south Kant lam paa from the Willamette valley lo central Oregon by way of Caacadla and Clear Lake. Pronouncing the umlntuunce fee enacted by the J. K. l.une- company, n an Irrigation project embracing ap proximately 38! urrea of loud lu Douglas county aa lielue excessive and unreasonable, Iho public nor vice com mission ordered reduced tlio annual eharge from 13.60 an acre to $1. The atate of Orson is going after national business and to that end will have another paid representative In Washington. The Portland chamber of commerce shortly will be represent ed there by a Irado commissioner or secretary (o be appointed by H. L. Corbett president of the chamber. . Maintenance work on the old mili tary highway, now officially known aa the Willamette highway, which when oompletod will shorten the distune by road from Portland to Crater Lake 160 miles, has been completed aa far a Crowbar point, ono of th most North Beach - r ----- ' 0 si, -u - , -. v - TdwVi DsoVb MfN-V3 i - General Kornlloff aaid: "Tb first stage 04 th war la over. Th second phase begins today." Tbe correspondent says tbe Rue- June Duncan, vie president f tb American federation of labor, aald thl la no time for tb America peopl t b quibbling ever Hut things. Tb Th REAL REST RESORT Of thtS'orlh Pacific Coast it turn rvtcJttii by Rfl W SCraxner " front Portland. LOW ROUNDTRIP FARES UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM m Ntm Bunk FeMtr tttam tMctmu to nmrml O- W. K. ft. 4t M. Agrnl. ertyancuar It r.T4. t- j Wm.McM uway. Oaaeral Psiwaiar Agent. Portland LL j I i JfA M ' '. , Biff . !V- iW, lt'-.-v x&rryii si an commander repudiates the pos- (reat fight now. be asserted. I bs iblllty of the Russians surrendering. democracy and antocraey. ; s He holds that If Ruisia conclude a . dishonorable peace lo which traitor nflflDI JTTT IfinTfllV have been driving ber she wiU be- uUiiiliXlL lluluill come a German colony forever. Tbe l Germane woula seise her fooisluffs. IC II? I fZ ZPA l!' enroll -her men and treat her as a Hliii Ul 'UlwLftiial; conquered country. There could be . . no choice between the evil of war and London. David Lloyd George, U the evil of surrender. , British premier, in the .'preaenc f a distinguished gathering, repreeemta- Will Flost Second Liberty Loan Soon. Ore of all parties, which met to mark . New York. Preparations for the th third anniversary of th declare- ' floating of the second Liberty loan to tion of war. reiterated tbe aim for , he offered to tbe public some time which the entente allies ar. fighting early In the fall, were begun her by and Indicated the only condition oa tho general loan committee of the der which they would consent to aecond federal reserve district. suspension of hostilities with the e-' ' tral power. Young General Wanted by Pershing. In tb course of hi speech, Premier Washington. tnerat Pershing ha Lloyd George said: recommended that no general officers over the age of 45 be sent to France. BOARD TAKES OVER VESSELS be ollowed to grant new patrons free telephone ncrvlco for three months. A u bourtl, to bo known ns the board of conciliation and mediation, the dutios of which will ho to adjust Ships in Course of Construction In American Yarda Are Requisitioned. Washington. The shipping board has telegraphed orders to over a score tuet resulted trom accusations against M. Tcliernoff, minister of agriculture, and a complete breakdown of the ne gotiations to bring the constitutional 'of the country' largest shipyards re democrats Into tho cabinet. M. Tcher- quisitloning all ships' of S500 dead difficulties that may arise between noff was accused of having been con- j weight tonnage or more now building. laborers and employers in Oregon, was ' neoted with the German general staff. Management of the yards will be in w,r' "Victory must be ao complete that our national liberty never again shall be challenged. "Neither the kaiser nor th chan cellor," he declared, "has yet ald h would be satisfied with German U. They talk glibly about peace, ; bat etsmmer over the word restoratie. Before we have " a peace conference they must learn to use th word r-: toratton."'.: :' . "- It Great Britain had not entered th h aaid, "Europ .would hv Bantlsm national forest. : Rangers re- dangerous points on the highway. port finding many unextinguished fires, Mayor Rice of Roseburg lias offered a rash reward of $50 to any person who will furnish evidence sufficient to bring about a conviction of those who hav been robbing gardens In that city. Bids were opened Tuesdsy by the tat highway commission for the con struction of 10 concrete bridges on the Columbia river highway In Columbia county at an estimated cost of ap-' proximately $10,000. Tbe largest apportionment of Inter est money en the Irreducible school fund ever mad to th xountlos of Oregon was reported by the office of Stat Treasurer Kay. The total amount la $383,012.3$. ' Standards for wheat, corn, bay and other agricultural products are fixed, rules are promulgated covering weigh ing, inspecting and atorsge of thesd commodities and the mnnsgouietit of public and terminal warehouses Is reg ulated In an order which lias been Is sued by tbe Oregon public service commission. Five fatal accidents were reported to the state arcident commlsRlou dur ing the last week, according to tbe weekly report. The fatalities were: Mrs, Blanche Cronder, Scnppoose, rail road trespasser; George. Kakeurnus, Umatilla, rstlrood operation: Matt Kulja, Hllverton, logging; C. Metcoff. Blind Slough, logging; A. U. Fisher, Black Rock, logging. Holding that free service allowed named by Governor Witliycombe. On the board are five members represent ing the workers and five members representing tlio employers. The mem bers are: For organized labor C. P. Howard, rresldent of the Portland cen tral labor council; B. W. Sieemau, dis trict council of carpenters; R. A. Wllllson, state building trades coun cil; Veru Jlaybarker, state metal trades council; J. B. Rhodes, general chairman of the order of railway con ductors of tuo aw. R. & N. Co. For tbe employers V B. Ayro, Eastern & Western Lumber company; Frank-, lin T, Griffith, president of the Port land Railway, Llfcht St Power com pauy; James Dugnn, building contract or; J. R. Bowles, president of the Northwest Steel company; Charles Leadbetter, paper mills. , tho hands of tbe present owners, but Dwl at mre3r of eru' n,1I1,7 ; RESISTER TO DRAFT under government direction. About 676 ships are affected by the government' order, about 230 of them lfll I Cn DV DHCCC !um,er construction in Pacific coast MLLlU Ul rUwuC Plants. Their aggregate tonnage is more than 1,500,000. Included are many English. Norwegian, and other vessels on foreign account DUMA AND COUNCIL UPHOLD KERENSKY Petrograd. By a vote of 147 to 40 a joint meeting of the executives of the workmen's and soldiers' and pea sants' councils confirmed tho decision of tho political conference of con tinued confidence in Premier Keren- Oklahoma City, Okla. A gun fight, resulting In one slain and two wound ed, marked the man hunt in central Oklahoma of two posses searching for armed bands of objectors to tho selec tive draft. Twelve miles southeast ef lloldcnvillo a posse clashed with an outlaw band. Edward Blalock. a draft objector, wus .killed; Poesoman Jack Palgo was wounded in the leg and Posscman Henry Johnson wounded in the head. Captures ot the rcsisters, members of the so-called "Working Class Union," the "Jones Family" and other organi sations of kindred beliefs, composed Of tenant farmers, hnlr-bivcd Indians and negroes, havo numbered 133, according to the best count available. ' All hough resistance to the selective draft seems to be the chief factor in ; the uprising, dreams of conquest, riches and power have been implanted powr. Russia would have trat grated sooner. Franc would ' hav fought bravely, but might hav been overwhelmed. . America' Monro doc trine would have been treated a .ft scrap of paper. The fact today la that we hav checked the ambltloaa ajf Germany." NET CLOSING ABOUT LENS Two Meatleas Daya Urged. Minneapolis. A recommendation -v? , . that the sale of meat be prohibited Line Ar Drawn Closer to Center throughout the United States on Tues- the City, days and Fridays was adopted and London. Another forward move forwarded to Herbert Hoover, food ad- ment to the southwest of Lens ha mlnistrator. by the United Master ' been msde with a minimum loss. For Butchers ot America, meeting in an- the best part ot two weeka in the Cit nual convention here, , :, du Moulin our patrols and those of,, ' the enemy have been living an uneasy Will Ignore Dependent Wife Claim, life almost aid by side, with only oeaiue. ine extraordinary inroads few tumble-down walls between them. made upon the men eligible for mili tary service by the claim of "depend ent wife" has drawn from three of the ten Seattle exemption boards ruling that tho claim alone will hence forth be insufficient to exempt man. Tb Astoria police and justice court new subscribers for a given time would sky. departments war more thsn self-sup- be unlawful dlscrltnlnstton against old porting In July. The receipts from subscribers and bolstering Its order by fines In the pollre department were citing rule lu similar rases lu other I1OS7.S0, while the salaries of tbe offi cers amounted lo $025. : A commission of federal agents,' ae eempanled by representatives of the allied governments, will visit Portlapd states, notably Pennsylvania aud Min nesota, the Oregon public service com mission denied an application of Os wald West receiver for the Home Telephone & Telegraph company of After tho duma committee confirm ed tho vote of confidence iti Kcrensky the latter withdrew his resignation, and at onco proceeded lo reorganize the cabinet ' , Premier and War Minister Keren sky and all tho other members ot his cabinet except Vice-Premier Hekra- Czernowltz Again Falla to Teutona. Berlin, via London. Czernowitx, th In the minds of the l.cnorant tenant i capital of Bukowina. has been cap- class by organizers of ithe different or ganizations, until they were led to be lieve that a show of force was all that was necessary to gain the promised fruits. Small ' attacking parties set out from ' that part of th Cite Du Moulin al- ready ia our bands and drove is th enemy's patrols along a front of saor than 1000 yards.' This advance carries the Canadians well within 1000 yards of th center of Lena on the westers front of th city. At Aviation and Leuvitt on th south front our outnosts ar new tured by the Teuton forces, according about a mile from the center and In ' to the official statement 09 UMtf, Amai.lh twiwtuj Vtrtl&iii Wtur, tut Ui ooipaa e oigoed. Xbe acUoa of Ui cb. Nothing But! The waiters In a New York restaur ant recently closed by the sheriff eoiiiilniii bitterly because for the last few weeks if lis existence they had beeu geltln;; "uotlilu; but the tips." KoUUog but! THE MARKETS . ! Portland. ' Wheat Club $3.23; bluesteni $2.25; red Russian, $2.20; forty fold, $2.23. -Barley No. 1 feed, $45 per ton. Hay Timothy, $26 per ton; alfalfa. $19. ! Butter Creamery, 40c EgtfrRutt. 3io. tbe northwest sector.' opposite St ' ' Laurent, our line la a scant ISO yards from th heart of Lena. Th net 1 fast closing. China to Enter War. Pektu. Acting President Feng Kw Chang approved tb unanimous de cision reached at a special meetisg f th Chines cabinet lo delar va oa 'Qtrsui ul Atutelfrfio&CBr.