Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1917)
WESTON'ffc EADER " t VOLUMK 40 WKSTON, OKIGON, FKIDAY, AUO. 17. 1917 NUMBER 10 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAMNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. The at.te normal school will reopen at Monmouth Beplettibor 10. A total of 1763 persons visited Orator Uk during the month of July. Mine January I. thla year. 43.864 , automobile, hava been registered In Oregon. Corvalll. ha hal a hiilldlni? growth thla spring and utnmer that will lotet $00,0M. K. Vokota. Japanese ranrh lianil. in fatally hurt In runaway accident at Hood Itlvrr. Oregon baa an automobile In every 19 people, according lu flaurra com piled up to August 1. Yamhill county farmera are thresh ing a wheat crop that la averaging two third of normal. ' Tba Ore(on Agrlrultur.1 college baa been rated by the war department aa of "distinguished rank." John Whllaker. a resident nf lionton county alnce died at IiIk home In Corv.lll. at the as" of 74 year. During the firal all niotit ha of lb present year Multnomah couuty haa upended $240,811 on highway Excepting In tew favored localities, young blrda are declared a minus uusn tlty In central, Oregon thla year fay aageben hunter. No award haa been made by tha Port of Aatorla for machinery for the l.OOO.OOQ-bukhel grain bin. Only one bid waa received. Freda, llyearold daughter of roe Larollette of Oolton, waa thrown from rig and Instantly killed In a runaway accident near Prlnevltle. The atata highway commiaalon ha entered upon a new method of con trucUoa by agreeing to pay contrac tor actual coat, plua IS per cent profit. 8lnce the arganUatlon of tb atato Industrial accident rommtnaloit, Nov ember . H14, 25.6113 accidents have been reported, of which 242 were fatal. John McCurdy. 33 year old. waa In atantly killed at Heaver frock ranch near Baker when the roof of a granary which he waa tearing down collated. Tha pastoral conference of the Ore gon and Washington district of tho evangelical Lutheran synod of Missouri will convene In Salem. AiiruhI IS to 11. An organtullon to promote the In duatrlnl and agrlcttlttirnl development of Clatanp county haa been tormed by - representative men of tho county. Vlelda of wheat lit the vicinity of Roaeburg ahow that fall sown grain la yielding far more than expected, al though the aprlng aown 'grain ! a heavy Ion. Bale of atata hunting licensee haa ' fallen way below the normal mark for thla period of the aeasou. accord ing to Slate (lame Warden Carl D. Shoemaker. William M. Illlleary. of Brownsville, commander of the Oregon Volunteer Veterana' association and ex-master of the Oregon atato gninRe, died at Al bany at the age of 77. Wood procured from atumpagn will be used as fuel at the alute hospital for the Insano at least for the next two yeara. and at tha etale pcnlten lary for the next three year. In spite of the fact that tbero la nc established market, owing to UniiettlDfr legislation affecting grain, several loti of club wheat have, been sold at Pen dleton aa high aa $2.25 a bushel. William McAllister, a sawyer at the ftpaldlng aawmlll, located about a mile north of Bnlma. Imtiglaa county, waa shot by Ralph Turpln. a follow workman, and killed. Turpln escaped. According to tho statement of tho eontractora, work will begin thla week at different parts of tho atato on tho paving and grading contracts recently lat by the state highway commission. Deaplto tho (1 image of tho long hot aeaaon, reports from tho harvest fields Indicate that tho yield of Umatilla county grain will be a fair one. In some places It will be aa good aa in the past. , Tendleton haa the distinction of hav ing provided more men for the second officers' training camp than any uthor Oregon city except Portland. Eight of tha successful applicants were from Pendleton. With the draft machinery well un der way, reports from all parts of. tbe state to Adjutant General George White Indicate that Oregon will lie ready with her quota of 717 man flgntnrrib" i In lieu of the Josi-plilne county fair, lili'h lis In en tl i f' i r i I iin tit't'oiiiit of war tliiim, th" nu n haul of firunt. Pan plan n lhr'eiu hwrvint home festival to l h'ld diifiiiK tli' week of Hcpleinher "4 Hubert Oxen, rn'-.liiecr or a losing locomotive, wit fatally liii'lted end loavlng -) 1 1 1 ntc-i t unil ion brlilaea of a IokkIoi: load of tin- otv'on Lum ber company destroyed, when Mood lllit louiiI eefli niei mm of the worst ton nl fir. In I In' valley's recent hlMut), l't seek Attorney General Uruwu baa been requested by the Maiiili i'l.-ri loniilnK roiupany to Investigate the sl of JuttiaUt ginc.er etract grocery store an tlie ioinpn It nien are iiBlna the stuff for IwMwe. The lirat inmallnient o the half million tiout ir Hist iN dls trlhuted thin season In tlie -atr of I'liinlllls rount). placed In the north fork of the I'nistllla. mar Meat ham. and at lllnsliain Sprinas. Captain L. L Pendleton of Vanrouv er Barrack has annomurd the nsmea of 1.11 Oregon men who are sum-aa-ful applicants for the second rrsirva officers' tralnltiK camp to open at the Presidio, Ban Francisco. August 27. A marked Increase In the number of pupils who entered IiIkIi school after completing the elementary e.r.idc Is shown In annual n-piirt el county school superintendent i! Oregon now being filed with Slate Superintendent Churchill. In the belief that their fellow coun trymen cannot rrt In tcc In their present grave. In Lone Kir cemetery. Portland Chinese are having the bodice of 500 deceased brother and sisters exhumed, preparatory to sending them back to China. The biennial roor.anliation meet ing of the state livestock sanitary board ws held In Salem. The follow ing officer Were elected: J. M. Pick aon. tlhedd. president; Walter K. Tay lor. CorvnlH. vice-president. lr. Lytic Is ex officio secretary. To prevent the spread of calf cholera throughout Oregon, tbw auto livestock Military board ordered that ralvea In II coast counties be vaccinated for tho disease before beltift shipped to eastern Oregon point. The disease Is preva lent In Tillamook and Coon counties. By sawing a hole through tho roof of the elate penitentiary, dropping by a rope down the front wall of tha building and calmly walUliiR out of the rront gate, Jijbert llurna and J. U. Iltirg. both serving from two to 20 year for turnery, effected their es cape, j The department of the Interior lis Issued Ita Crater Lake hand book for the season of P.UT. It contain direc tions for reaching the lake, a descrip tion of, the wonderful body nf wnt-r In so'illi'-ru Oregon, the Indian myths about U and the Crater Laise national park regulsttoim. Two falKl accident were reported to the slate Industrial accident, com mitoiioii duritts tho pant week, accord ing to the weekly atntemcnt. Tha fatolitles wore: John llmlaia. Astoria, loRgliig. and tlcrald Hunt. White Pino, sawmill. There waa a total of 416 accidents reported - Although ho Is past CI years of age, Laurln B. Hedlfer, of Kedmoml, never knew that his heart was located on the right ldo of his body until a physical examination for tho draft revealed the curious fact. Hedlfer wu rejected, but for defects other than tho 'mis placement of his heart. To consider tho emergency require ments of poultry Instruction mid in vestigation and tlip character of changes necessitated by tho war. a sectional meeting of the American an aoclatlon of liiHtructors nnd Investi gators of Poultry Husbandry was held at the Oregon Agricultural collega August 13 and 14. That cattle dying In various Oregon -placea recently are not poisoned by criminally Inclined persons, but pro bably died from contaminated water holes, Is tho conclusion of Or. C. If. SchulU, a veterinarian of tho Scattlo department of health and sanitation. Ho has made on extensive investiga tion In the Klamath Kalis region. A largo truck belonging to (he Math ews Transfer rouipany of Kugcna, waa cemented Bccurely to, tho bottom of tho mill race when the truck loaded with several lona of molten asphalt, broke through a bridge over tho mill race, lighting on end. The cold water Immediately hardened tho asphalt, holding the truct securely In its up right position in tho race. Complaiut was filed at Salom, under tho public .convenience and necessity act, by tho North Coast Power com pany against the Port) unit Gas Coke company, asking that the Portland eouipany be required to ceaso lnvad lUC Uul XuiUa Tftllvi In cQAj)QtlU9& ATHENA - PEOPLES THEATRE Wed,, Aug. 22d IXLIOTT & SHEIIMAN FILM COM'OIIATION PRtjprjttS DAVID VrWFITB'S . GREATEST- MQ9T SUCCESSFUL mm play The One Big One THAT WILL LIVI-J AND THglVE l'OUKVKR 1 NOW IN ITS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR FILM DOM'S MASTLKI'IECE 13: &3 u c 40 ZZZ ijul sE Sr Uki CCS I SEE ONCE AGAIN OUR AMERICAN HEROES LEiCOUI, GRANT, IEE and SIIERL1AII THE TERROR OF OUR CIVIL STRIFE THE AWFUL RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD THE II URN I NG OF ATLANTA THE SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR THE AVENGEFUL KU KLUX KLANS (ENACTED UY "GRIFFITH MADE" STARS) M A U S II AJA I'ijT II A L .(i I S H. ALL ENH -NCED BY A SPLENDID MUSICAL SCORE Three Hours of ThrillsLaughterTears Reserved Seats on sale at Ware's Pharmacy -- Phone 332 ) f-t The REAL REST RESORT cf tht North Pacific Coast is om rrachad by Rail or Steamer from Portland. low'round-trip fares UmOH PACIFIC SYSTE1 f r Mint Ms Bsack FaUiritmt I O If. K. K. N. mm. rr. n at m a r ay writing Wm.McMurrsy.Qsnsrsl Passencsr Assnt, Portland C 1 VgST 'r:ZrO'-': "'fc1.' r-t f Itfl 4 U witn tno piaintut company, viun,ut havins first obtuiuid tertificate of public necessity as required by law. Marion couuty fruitgrowers and hop men declare the saving of thousands of tons of these products ihia season de ponds on whether the l'ortland school board postpones the opening of the Portland schools to October. Opening of the Tortland schools causes the re turn to l'ortland of many lart;e families. Farmers say serious losses will result, because of the late crops, If thov are deprived of this labor. Former President Taft la Recovering Clay Center, Kan. -Former I'rci'i dout William Howard Taft, who was taken nick here Inst weel!, wa3 declar ed out of Immediate danger by hit physicians. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS ENGLISH ADVAtiGE CLOSER TO LEIIS Additional Japanese naval unite have joined tha allied force In Euro peso waters, the British admiralty ao- nounced. e.uitora dropped GiriUtfl Stronghold Domllttt- bomb, on rr.nkfort-on the-M.ln on. ng Cjly Jtn; Galtl Midi German empire. In Callcla. Roumaolana. Ruaaleu, German, and Auatiiana are locked In series of battles, which have been on Wide Front jNorth JBeacn THE MARKET8 Portland. Wheat t'lub J2.36; blupstem J2.40; red Russian. $3.34; forty-fold, $2.38. Hurley No. 1 feed. $18 per ton. liny Timothy, $-' per ton; alfalfa. $22. ' Mutter Creamery. 40c KKS8 Ranch, 35c. , Wool Easloru Oregon, Sic; valley. 70c. , Seattle. WneatBluestem $2.40; turkey red, 52.40; forty-told. $2.37; rlub. $2.36; fifo, $2.36: red ltusslan. $2.36. Barley $49 per ton. Butter 13c. Ei'gs Ranch, 46C . . . British Front In Prance and Bel- l,.n tlltl 71 lh hiani ftr In -protre tor day.. stronchold northwest of the French Th rty-two persons were killed end , , V , , , . . , 43 were injured b, the bomb, dropped ,n,0ff c"' f mhtch f -'- ,. r.ir. .h..... Cr "" le Leo. salient, wss English coast town. Sunday. Ten "l"4? Cf men, 13 women and nine children were killed. Thirteen men, II wo men and 12 children were Injured. The French force, made further nmsrrthmM sHfnl fhtft f!frman nnmlllnna on the Belgian front The Frenchmen 40M)-y.rd front, which had . etrne broke Into the German lint, occupied aT . The British also pushed their line. Into the northwestern environ. - of Lens, in a semi-circle around the east ern .ide of Hill 70. The British attack wa. made on several farm, to tba eaat of Bbt- Beglnning at a point just above schools and west of Langwark. and WOOd' tb new B?"h K",U" now run souiucui sua uvyuuu nui 70 toward Lens. The line then bends captured a number of machine guns. Andrew Bonar Law, the govern ment spokesman In the house of commons, told the members of the lower bouse that the government had decided that permission to attend the International socialist conference at southwest and encircles the suburbs of SL Laurent and St Emille. - ' German First Line Taken. London. Field Marshal Sir Dong- Britlah delegate.. a. u. i ,a . ,,. la. Ilalg'a force, attacked the German Stockholm would not be granted to ,., , , . Lena to the northeast of Loos. The official statement says the British are making satisfactory progress. General Halg report, that the' Brit ish troop, have carried the German first line at all points of the troat TO DISCUSS FOOD PROBLEM Interstate Agricultural Conference Called at Spokane. Pullman. Wash. President E. O. attack. Holland, of Washington State College. received a request from Secretary Houston, or the department of agri culture, asking that arrangement, be made for an interstate conference in Spokane August 27 and 28 to discuss winter wheat and rye seeding prob lems. Seventy-five persona from eight PEACE PROPOSALS MADEBYFOFE Waah In ton. Pope Benedict made tvarA nmnratftl TuMtrliv which were state, will be in attendance, he said. Qot unejpected to the Unlud gutM, Dr. R. A. Pearson and two other, will nof ,o My of entente He8 represent ui uuiwriuavuL ui sriviu- tnre.- ' - - - ., v" r': That the peace offer will reqoirw a anawer is readily acknowledged by officials bot it la believed that the interests of the allies will require a rejection. It is virtually certain that Sumptar Burns; Losa I. $200,000. Baker, Or. Sumpter, once the Baby lou of eastern Oregon, to a smoking propoM, rannot .ccepted in mass oi ruins, u me touii a ure. nBeDt foTm The loss is estimated a. high as $200.- Thfi fit ,ppra!sa, of offlci,, and 000. Every business bouse and nearly diplomaU WM that the oHer w every residence, church and hall have merey another ttempt by German, to bring an end to the war. The im- been leveled by the flames. More than 300 persona are without home. HOOVER TO CONTROL FOOD OF AMERICA pression waa general that the im perial government used Austria be cause of the latter'a close relation to the Vatican to influence a new peace offer., There is no disposition to question the good faith of Rome, although the Roman Catholic elements have been most prominent in the recent peace Washington. The American, gov ernmcnt assumed control of tho coun- agitation i Berlin and Vienna. try', food supply with the signing by President Wilson of the adminiatra- The pope suggests restoration of Belgium, Serbia and Roumanla and tion's food survey and regulatory bills, peaceful solution of the problem, of Formal announcement of Herbert Alsace-Lorraine, Trent, Trieste and Hoover's appointment as food admin lstrator was made at the White House soon after the measure, were proved Poland. The pope's peace appeal proposes ap- that there be no annexation and no indemnities, except, in speciat cases. Tho food administration plan for such aa Belgium and Serbia, the re coil trolling wheat, flour and bread re- turn to Germany of her colonic in veals that the government is prepared exchange for the occupied depart to take over the whole 1917 wheat bar- mcnta of France, freedom of the seas, vest if necessary to conserve the sup- disarmament and the formation of a ply, obtaining just prices. supreme court of arbitration for the Establishing of buying agencies at settlement of future international di all the principal terminals, licensing putes. of elevators and mills, fixing of prices BILL INTRODUCED to be considered fair, regulation of the g.QHR middleman ana oi riu with the elimination of trading in fu- YVeuld Apply to Plants Whose Prod. turesl are the chief features of the plan. The licensing will begin Sep tember 1.' With the approval of President Wil son, the food administration announc ucta Go Into Interstate Commerce. Washington. Many petition, from western states asking congress to take some action to check I. W. W. activi ties were presented in the senate. The ed formation of a corporation to take commcnt , wh,ch 0 thelr over control of the country's grain ntatlon ehowei rfesrly that sen- supply. The committee to fix wheat a tors were seriously thinking of prices will be headed by Presldont mlT the situation. Garfield, of Williams college. Senator Polndexter referred to peti- . tlons he had received from the Clear Tomato Trust Charged. '. water Lumber company and its em Washington. Evidence of a eon- ployes in hia state, In which the em spiracy among large packing interests ployea said they did not want to strike to corner the entire tomato output of but were threatened with violence by the Pacific coast has been discovered, the L W. W. should they not do so. it was said at the offices of the federal Both the company and the employes, trade commission. tho Washington senator said, were agreed on the principle of the eight Many Farm Loan. Asked, hour day In lumber campa. Ha Intro Washington. Applications for farm duced a bill establishing an eight-hour loans are pouring into the federal land day for aU lumbering and wood-work-bank, at the rate of more than $1,000.- lug planta whose products find their 000 a day, the federal farm loan board way Into Interstate commerce. announced, the total for July having reached $34,310,000. v France Suapenda Duty for Americana. Washington. Packagea from home for American soldiers are to bo pass ed by the French government dnty War Declared by China. Washington. Official notice of Chi na. declaration of war on Germany free sad without unnecessary delay. and Austria Hungary wa. received at jo- examination, according to a letter the Chinese legation in .cable .dia- (0 the state department Irom Ambas patchu fjom Pekia. " udor Juittr d. ,