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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1917)
. -w I, . 1 West Dumber is WKSTON. OltKGON, KUIDAY. SKIT. 21. rJl7 : - ft) VOLUME 40 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Eventt of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Baadon to talking or bonding tha eltjr to build a shipyard. Th myrtle wood luduatry of south ro Oregon It Increasing. Th Coo and Curry fair w held al Myrtl Tolnl lt work Tba annual Morrow County fair wa held al lleppner lait week. Tba alitb annual Columbia county fair opened at 81. Molina Wednesday. A alala grain Inspection olllce will he opened In I'andlctuu within a few diya Liiirwja akiutity I coming into prom tnnr rants r ai a (ork and diry eouat Jobs ft. l!Pdn. on" of ratern Ore gnna oldmt pioneer, died at (ker. aged $7 yer. Th enBte Sunday hrld a mirrlal seialon to hear euloglea ou th late Senator l-anr. of Oregon. The fifth annual anuthern Wancu founty fair w held at Tygh lley fcptember II. It and I. Not le than :nn pig from the hoys' pig rluha of Oregon will If shown al tba Oregon ' fair ihl rar. Tuesday the hlfgct county 'air err bald by th Mnn Count fair aawl atloo, opened Ha galea at 8clo. Tba I. C, Erelea Intereata. of Og den, bare purchased the hi metallic win near Greenhorn from Aiitho.iy Mohr Portland In 191 bad the loweat In fant death rate of any rlty with a population of 50.000 or mora In the failed Blate. V, It. Brown, of leer Prk, Wh . baa been named aa county agrloultural agent In Marlon county by Ibc Oregon Agricultural college. nt mora countlea. Itenlon. Uma tilla, Clackamas. Ilaker and Marlon, bav Joined tha group of IS that main tain county agricultural agenl. (leorga A. White, adjutant-general f Oregon, baa been signed to active duty In ordera placing turn with tho Forty first Infantry division for aer vlo In France. It la definitely aettled that all tud enta of tba military science at the Oragon Agricultural college will got free uniform from the I'nltcd Slate war' department County tarhera' Institutes arc now being held In the various counitc ot the alate. They began, last April In Lincoln county and will cud In Mult nomab on December 1. The house appropriation committee adopted an additional Item of in.nim to cover the deficiency for fire prolee tlon on Oregon and California and Cnoa wagon road granla. Mica Junta Todd baa resigned her position aa dean of women al Will amette unlveralty to accept a almllnr position at Slmpaon college, Indian nla. Iowa, her aim mater. Tha announcement of the rale ol bonda and the award of contract for tba Ochnco Irrigation project haa canted a general activity in real e tal In and near I'rlnevllle, At the present time there la one. automobile for each group of IK per aon In the alate of Oregon, and lift per cent of all Ihe cars, or slightly mora than one In three, arc Cord. Kmery. Olmaiead. president ot the Northwestern National bank of fori land, waa elected vice president of Mm Oregon aerllon of Ihe Pacific North went Tourlat association nl Hoattle, fluy W, Talbot, of Cortland, waa alerted president of the Norlhweatern Kleetrle Light . I'owrr aaanclatlon. In convention at Spokane, and Portland waa cboaen aa the 1918 convention city. H. 8- Dixon. Prlnevllle atocktnan; W. II. Paughtrey, prealdent of tho Union atockyarda. i'ortland, and K. P. Marahall, a Pendleton farmer, were named aa Judge of tho Round Up at Pendleton. Hood River Bartlett pears -for 'can ning purpoaea reached tho high water mark of $37.50 per ton lastVer-k f. o. b. liood River. Thl la the highest prlca ever paid In Hood River for canning Block. , Tba Lane County Poultry assocla tlon which bold It annual exhibition In connection with tha Lane county fair October 9. 4 and 5. announces that thera will be large cah premium and mora apeclal award than In lha pat. i ;,' ' ' i ! . Attorney Oaneral Brown ha filed la bo luprtao court brlffg (or Ub atatn III the ll).l- IiiihI I run. I cases, which are tin appeal from neti-il i-lrrult rourta. Ihe brief a fill lo lurise vol nmcR. inaklng a tntul of ".'I printed pagea In a rolnplele clii'ik iiiade by the chamber 'f tuiniin'ri r nf He number of wiHideii M'niii'U mull r nmtrui t In OreKuii, I lie tolul U I'lii'i i at II. nf ahlih "fi an- fur tin- Kuiirniiieiil. :'l na prltate nniuiiil ami .'u lur France. Added to ht are two uleel hti-Hmera Mfliiat that are beluii fliimhi-d and :l other are cither on the way or con tracted fur Attorney Oneral lirown, In an opin ion to Inaurenca Coninuaaloner Walla. bnlda that Hut" In no limitation In the iiiiinlier of aucniii tiMt ua ln. ur ane couipany mil) Of""iit In t !- itlttte to trauaart autuuiobllii Innuiaiiee bual lie Tlii.-e luilll'iii iri. id inn iKfl rulturnl limls i .ill lie iiddi 'I I" 'In' ' I pMMliirlnn un a "I Hn ttmi by ptH-r drainnr.e. I the htiitnneiit t Hie '' Rim Sut" DraliiaKi' bumm Litton In lt firnl bumiiul report, v-libh ti Jm-t off the pre. An Amerlcail KanUlliMii patriotic fealltal. participated 111 by Pr Alma Wclieter I'owrll. tbe world Union prima iiiin. will bo Ihe leading I'M' ure of tho npciiliiK of the ctiiitliig etalo fair, to be huld at flalcm 8'pleuil i n to :!. Mr. l-aura Htarclier. Iiel nl tltu flral city ajlmlnlatrnlimi in the rtmntry eompoaed entirely ol women, baa re algned aa mayor of l uinlilla unit umic to Parma. Idaho, to live Her miy-cft-ar U Mr Hi-leu T. luint -an. appeiuied by the council, Approximately IsoO men left their placea In Ihe wooden shipyard" of I'nrtland Saturday morning at In o'clock In compliance with tln-ir pre vioua announceiiKiil thul tiny would atrlke unl'-ita their demand for closed hope and higher wacen were granted. It would not lie lawful to Invest the alate achool luud lii'trrigutlou district bonds, even though the bonds have been approved by the state securities commiswiot-. accordtiib to au opinion given by Attorney General Drown to O. (!. lirown. clerk of Hie state laud beard. Completing the plan originally t P- uroved of fur its Itend lumber plant, the Khevlln lllxon couipany will Install a fourth tmnu mis winter, incn-ums Ihe daily production to :lti0.iit'0 feet and adding approximately ir.u men to Its payroll at the mill and In Iho wood. Active work on the dales Creek & Wilson UHcr railroad, now Ik-Iiik built westward from Wllkesboro. the terminal of tho Culled Hnilwny. u ward ttdeauler rear Tllli.iuook. in progressing rnililly. Tin- lirsl 1" mllii unit will be completed before tho first of tin- mr. I', K. Spenee. master of the slnte grsntse, Is In Washington. I" rotifer with party of grangers from other const stales and representative of the department of iisrlcnlture In regard to the price of wheat recently fixed by the government. Oregon' other dele giilc Is W. W. Hurrah. liiirlng the paat week till Industrial aci-ldeiita. of which three were fatal, have been reported ' to the slnte in dustrlnl i ont mission. The vlrilius of the fatal iiceldenla were: Frank How ley. Kelso, Wash., logger; Abralunil Lincoln. I'olilaiid. Hlecl worker; Kurl Oahl. Peer Inland. Iniwr. The potts of Newport and Toledo ield a Joint mooting nt Toledo and decided to proceed with tho work or improving Ynuuiim harbor by build lug Hi" south Jetty as' booh as the BpticiricMtioiiH arc prepared. Improvo monl bond will bo sold for $118,000 or a much as the estimates require. The work will ho done by contract. Decision of tho slato highway com mission to postpone construction of tbe west sldo route of Ihe Pacific highway until tho completion of the cast sldo road hua evoked wide Indig nation. There Is talk or holding a meeting of roproaeiilntlvcs of west Bide countlea lo ascertain if clops can not bo taken to forco tho coirinisBlon to do otherwise. A resolution demanding the removal of Allen II. "Raton as n representative Itf'the state legislature from Lane county ud hla resignation as a mem ber of tho faculty of the University of Oregon because of his participation In the meeting of the People a Coun cil or America for Democracy and Peace at Chicago was unanimously adopted at a meet lug of the ttugcue chamber of commerce. Drink Through Macaroni. A stick of mueiironl will serve In pfnee of n Iiim tube for a patient who cnniiot alt up to ilrlnk or will some times Induce n child to ilrlnk Its milk bn otbtwiM it would not. Fill In Picture j? if 2i a m '( T1IK ol dial )uu drew lr. your Ut picture ha queer locking eyes, hssn't It. rhlldien? U also I called a wise old bird, lan't It? Nw, children, have .u ever mn a farm? Hcre'a a chance to draw one or tho moot Impor tant machines nrd by formers. Clnctnnalu. the great Itoman conqnenjr. after l..-tin all hts f'M-ii, vvftil bark to the peaceful occupation of cultivating the !. Murt onr pen M t No. 1. draw a line to !, I and 4 and see Vhat you will -t. Hoinrtiinra this machlna la operated bjr band. aomtlm by animal and some tuna by motor. SWEDEN REALIZES SEATTLE STRIKERS SERIOUS SITUATION GAIN FIRST POINT Stockholm Sweden rcalixee the seriousness of the situation created by tbe nt-tiit dlsclnhures al WnshlllKtoeJ reKardlng Ihe Iransmissiou of Ocruiah dispatches and expect to lake all Blips possible to put matter right. Foreign Minister l.liulniaii staled dur ing an Informal talk. All transmission ni German dispatches had 4'en lop ped. he said, olid Germany had been asked for un explanation of the abuse of the iirlvitegBi formerly extended. The foreign minister, during the en tire conversation, seemed Imbued with tl; desire to see the situation cleared CP fully Bud completely on a basia satisfactory to the fulled State und Sweden, and in a way to permit the continuance of the uiosl friendly, cor dial relations with the American gov ernmeiit and people. As soon aa 1 was informed ot Sec retary Lansing's statement." lie said, "I immediately gave orders to cease this practue. This would have been dune earlier as a niottCr of course had my attention been called to tho uude sliahiUty of the practice." EUROPEAN WAR NEWS In Flanders. Ilcrllti admits the suc cess of a local Hrllish altuck ou the Ypres-Mentiio road. In Chiimpaguo and In tho Verdun region the German crown princ has made Ineffectual attucks ugulnst the French lines. Ou Ihe Httinsizia plateau, northeast of GorUla. and In the region of Monte Sn Gubrielo. the Italians mi Saturday advanced their lines on the southeast ern edge. Hrltish Hoops, in a successful raid Into Ihe German lines ncur Cheriey, southeast of Arran. wrecked dugouts and defense. Herlin officially sees in Ih In effort an attack In force and an nounces Its repulse with hcuvy losses. Northwest of Khelms the French re pulsed a strong German attack In the region of Iilvre. Northeast of Ver dun, on the riuht bank of Iho Mouse. Ihe French fire drove back the Ger mans, who essayed an attack north of the Caurieni wood. General Kornlloff, leader of the re cent rebellion against the- provisional government, and General Lokomsky, tho commander of the northern front, who refused to lake command of the Russian armies after Kornlloff was do posed, have been arrested and the re volt Is ends J. "Eat Plenty of Hard Food." "There ore three things to keep In uilnil vben considering diseases of the teeth first, that soft food Is Injurious, nnd Hint plenty of hard food should be ealeu; second, that Infection In the gums Mini tooth cuvllies miiy cause dis orders by the pus being swallowed and so conveyed to the stomach und In testines; thirdly, that the pua may cause -more serious trouble by bclug ttsorbtd UirQUb. tbe IjaipbaUcu." Puzzle No. 19 Seattle. Wash Five thousaud strik ing carpenter. Joiner and hclcr won tho first point here Monday when one "of tc largest steel shipyard in l lie city agreed to uae only lumber cut in eu:ht hour mill. Other shipyards and contractors "stood put" and as a result most con tracting Jobs In the city were Idle, while the shipyard either worked with reduced trews, or not at all. The strike is an effort to assist striking mill and forest workers to obtain an eight-hour day In northwest mills. The I. W. W.'s. who have been ac tive in the camp and mill strike, held an all-day meeting in Seattle Sunday at which a plan to ' strike, on the job" was discussed and agreed upon. The I. W. W.'s plan to resume work and to cease at the end of eight hours of work each day. TRIP TO COAST IS PLANNED Shipping Board Hopes to Settle Coast Strike on Seattle Bai. Washington. Strikes In Pacific coast shipyards holding government contracts having assumed such sort ous proportions, Chairman Hurley, ot tho federal Bhipplns board, announced that he was considering going to Sau Francisco late this week in an at tempt to settle the trouble. Strikes si Seattle. Portland. Los Angeles. Sun Francisco and other places ou the Pacific coast now are holding up about 12 per cent of the government ships under construction. The shipping board hopes to settle all on a basis to be determined for Seattle yards within a few days. Reports reached the board that Ihe San Francisco strike was prompted partly by tin erroneous impression on the part of the union leaders that the high wage scale granted by a single Seattle shipbuilding company had been agreed to by all and ratified by tho government. Urge Special Session of Legislature. Portland. Or. 'Hy the unanimous adopt Ion of a motion, offered by Wil liam F. Woodward and vigorously seconded by Mayor Baker, the mem bers' council of the Portland chamhei of commerce at Its weekly luncheon requested Governor Wlthycombe im mediately to convene the Oregon leg islature In special session for the purpose of enacting appropriate leg islation for the financial assistance ot dependent relatives of the soldiers and Bailor who have enlisted from this state. A Study in Reflection. - A Kuusm woman Insists that the vvny to umke windows shine Is to scrub them with shampoo. This suggests an cx.ilaniitlou ot tliosolblied surface of baid besda. PRICE PUT ON AMERICANS German Officer to Civ 400 Marks for Flrt Foe Taken. Ilritlsh Headquarter in France and iMrlglum. German military authori ties ou the western front have shown concern about Ihe Imminence of the American army' entry into the fight ing by offering reward for Ihe pro duction of the first American prison er. The general commanding the eleventh reaerve division recently put the price of i) mark ou tbe first American soldier brought dead or alive, iulo bl line. Thl Information baa been disclosed by the diary of a Prussian ergeant of the twenty-third reserve infantry rep ImcnL He wrote at tbe end of July: "We are supposed to have had Amer ican opposite us for some time now, and two divisions of Portuguese on our right Tbe man who bringa in tbe first American, dead or alive, to bead' quarters bas been promised the Iron cross of the first class, 400 marks and 14 days' leave." Germany Permits Free- Peace Talk. London The crop of socalled peace rumor that the German censor are permitting to sprout in leading Ger man newspapers convinces the Lon don press and public that Berlin' is preparing home "opinion for another adroit peace maneuver which proba bly will take definite shape before the snow files. Japan Promises to Stand by the Allies. Philadelphia. Speaking beneath the tower of Independence Hall. Viscount lehii. sicclal ambassador of Japan, as serted complete sympathy of Nippon with Ideals of human HlH-rty and promised that h" would stand with the allies "throughout Ihe druggie for liberty and for freedom." Two German Submarines Sunk. Copenhagen. Two German submar ines have been sunk by British naval forces, reports the Bergen correspond ent of the Tldtns Tegus.- ST.x men from the U-boats were taken prison ers. Submarine Rumors Discredited. Washington. The navy department, after as- complete Investigation as is possible. Is satisfied there is no foun dation for reports of a hostile sub marine off the New England coast last week. Shell Just Misses Sayre. Paris. Francis B. Sayre. President Wilson's son-in-law, bas just returned from a trip to the Italian front with other American and British officials of the Y. M. C. A., after having es caped a sii-inch shell by only 40 feet- Farmers Big Borrowers. Spokane. Wash. I'p to the close of business Saturday S! farmers of the northwest had borrowed approximate ly $'.,000,000 through the federal land bank hcre Washington Potato Growers Called. Pullman. Wash. A meeting of great importance to the potato growers ot Washington will bo held Friday, Sep tembcr 21. at North Yakima, to dis cuss the advisability of adopting for the state of Washington the proposed potato grades and standards recom mended by the bureau of markets of the United States departmout of agri culture. THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Club. $1.96; bluestem, $2; red Russian, $1.::; forty-fold, $1.98. Barley No. 1 feed. $1S per ton. Hay Timothy, $27 per ton; alfalfa, -4' Butler Creamery, 4bc. Kggs Ranch, -toe. Potatoes $50t $t per ton. Seattle. Butter Creamery, 47c per lb. Kggs Ranch. 46c. Potatoes $5l)?$t0 per ton. President Asks Children to Help. Washington. President Wilson is sued a proclamation calling upon the achool children of the natiou to do Iheir part in the war by joiuing tho Junior Red Cross to assist in tho mercy work of the senior organiza tion. Ship Builders Strike in San Francisco. San Francisco. All work on $150, 000.000 government shipbuilding con tracts in San Francisco and the bay region was suspended Indefinitely when 24,000 members ot unions affili ated with the Iron Trades Council truck for a higher was- CONGRESS HOPES TO ADJOURN IN OCTOBER Cloture May Be Resorted to H Necessary to Speed Up Action on Bills. Washington. Congressional plaaa contemplate adjournment early In Oc tober. flpeed In tbe annate alone la ft tUI to carrying this plan Into effect Tbe house baa almost completed It work and conferees are making all possible haste to reach agreement en measures that have passed both house. Indications are thst the senate will co-operate, aa It rushed through tbe trading with tbe enemy and the war bond bills last week lu record time and has taken bold of the soldier' and sailors' Insurance bill, one of tbe two remaining big measures It bas to pa, with an apparent determination to ex pedite conaideration of It Clotnre may be resorted to If necessary. Agreement on the war credit bill authorizing $11,518,000,000 of. new bonds and certificates was reached by senate and house conferees with no change In tbe Issues proposed. Carrying $7,000,000,000, tbe war de ficiency bill la in the senate's band, following its passage by tbe house ate probably will act promptly after lis appropriations committee, which is now considering the bill, report. The committee began hearings on the bill with Secretary Baker appear ing as the first witness. The bill I the biggest money measure In Ameri can history. Among the larger Item of appropriation are: Shipping board. $1,749,000,000; for tifications, $1,495,000,000; emergency funds, $:00,000,000; torpedo boat de stroyers, $235,000,000, and machine (una. $338,000,000. PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM VACATION Washington. President Wilson wa back at bis desk Monday to find war work far advanced and congress show ing signs of early adjournment After 10 days' rest, a cruise on the Mayflow er and a visit with Colonel House, the president is feeling fit He let congressional leaders know that he wants action thts session on the soldiers' and sailors' insurance bill and has other legislation pending which might prevent adjournment early iu October. .One of the biggest jobs ahead ot the president this week is determina tion of a fair retail price on bitumin ous and anthracite coal. His procla mation is expected before October 1. A gross margin of from $1.50 to $2 per ton for retail coal dealers is un derstood to be favored by Fuel Admin istrator Garfield. The consumer who carts away hi own coal probably will receive a slight reduction. CAMP READY FOR 18,000 men 01 raovui v, .v ,,, w Grbuped Together. Tacoma, Wash. Orders have been received at Camp Lewis to break up the companies into skeleton organisa tions ot 30 men each to prepare fot tho now draft of 18.000 men. Men o. Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Ala ka will lie grouped together when the new draft arrives, and as far as possi ble the men of the same cities and towns will be together. Northern California will be a dis trict by itself and southern California another district. The fourth district will include Nevada, Utah. Wyoming and Montana. The arrivals will total 3500 a day. Arrangements have been made for a large receiving (bed near the entrance. It Is thought the entire 18.000 will be bandied as easily a the first 5 per cent Troops Sent to Aatoria. Portland, Or. By recommendation of Governor Withycombe, who acted at the request of the Hammond Lum ber company, one company ot tha Third Oregon infantry was sent to Astoria by Colonel Clarence E. Dent lor. United States army, commanding this army district in connection with the shipyards strike there. Proof Positive. "Riches hns . wdnga." said Cnclo Kben. "Ef you don't bellere It. loot at da leathers In ds millinery tore."