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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1917)
on! i West EADER VOLUME -10 WESTON, OREGON. frUDAY, DEC. 7. M7 NUMBER 2J OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERU INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Reader!. The Willamette river, swollen by kaevy ralui, rained 15 feel In 4H limn I Halem. Tha western Orrtcnn tlr lo con ference convened at Kuani" Krlday afternoon. Klra ln In Portland dunna Urn fUeal year of J917 lotaM ii.nitnit ly IMn.Ooe. Tha itate roiKctitiou nl tin' orei;nii Mualf Teachera' association held la Portland To effrel lha organisation i'f a state association, potato dealer nl Oregon wt lu Portland. Tha Kpwortb league uf lln- Hulnu alatrlrl held lha miunl dmtrM ojii ntlm at Kalom. Hsnatnr rbarle U McNaty ha mada announcrairiil of his raudlilary to ucced blmaHf In thv I'tilted Wales lanata. A petition la bring circulated at Martbfleld asking that the teachlntf of German In the public scboola l-e allmlnated. Tatar Gcllatley died at hi home near ('orvallt. U 77 cr old aad had been rvaldrnt ut lieuton county 41 year. Tba annual conference of president and facultlea of lb Independent col lege of Ortgon waa b'ld at Willamette l'olrly at Salem. Friday aud Bat nrday. II. eV Glle Co. of Ha Inn and U. burg, ha to offered to establish a logan berry Juice factory In Hom-burg, If 1li farmer will maintain aim m im of be Inbrrlee. Tha t'mpnua Valley rritit union ctl Wte that the broccoli crop In IHhikIiih county will be about Oil crlil neat March, wltb ovary prospcel of ctr quality product, aud a good price. For tba fourth tiwi In :i )'ur the Oregon Agricultural college man gad to win tha slate football chatii plonthlp. whan they heat tim 1'iiHer ally of Oregon at ruriland. 14 to 7. Tha recent order issued b the war department rrguUHng cnlliii lit of reglaterad mn after Uwrinlief 15 will not affect aliidenta In tin' ordnance eoura at the Unlvoralty of Oregon. Kor tba flrat time In several inoiithri no fatal accident were reported to the Hate luduatrlat accident -commie-lon during th pat There were 485 non-fatal accidents reported. William II. Wllaon, sirtetary of la bor. In an address before a lame aud- lanca at Portland einphasixcd tin aplrlt of aacrlflce a the greatest tircj of th country In the present world war. ' A aupply of text book fur men lu tha U. H. amice who lli to pursue their educational work while nerving their country. U bring collected at tha Oregon Agricultural college li brary. In a letter forwarded to Edward D. Baldwin, aecrotary of the republican atata central committee?, Untied State Senator McNury aubwlttcd lila realgnatlon aa chairman of that cum fflltlae. Trull aale agency offlclnla ilwluro that tha eastern applo mnrkct la nt filing bread, unwrapped ami fur ranh at holi-nale rlrr. to rnliiilii' r who il to tilt- wlliilenille Im It i r for It. Tin pulillr irii' 1-iiiiimiIkhIiiIi haa n-i riVi liihlnn Ilium from the fuel tutiuinui i hi inn autliDriiK'n al Waah IhkIiiii tliul no i-l'-ilrli mlvertlalng hIhiim. IIin rli-rlrli Itv fur Mlili li In Ken ri.il. il by null ami wlili li n" lnle all I.U.I t almll Im- alliimeit In i..rnlii In tln future. Tin- riiiniiilxiiliiii knoaa nl mi lilfcun nix-rnieil In tin con rum. I ii u ninli r tin- iIi-hi ripMoii i.r iboao pliuil ninlir tlm liiin. lu neinriillnii tor tin- rimnry ale Inn! ulnili Hill ! In-Ill mil May, Im r. liu) nl huh- nli oil la ai-nilliig hi tin- ( iMllll ilukH M HkI of Hie reg lei Mitum linni tln-lr ciinnlira an tln-i iimv i lin k tin IM uml thiiii i-llni liiiite tin- ti.iiin-a nl nil ilta'iuiillfied nti'l'H KnllOHlUK l lillletl III I' Hn A-Iju-tnnl iM in-ml tt llliiiiiiM. liou-rnor With) ruiiitn- miiit tin- three i-nnipaniea of riiianlfh Ann-rliuii War uli rana or Kiinifi'il nuine lime nun under Adjutant lii iii r.il White will l- railed Into rv lie mi the ii imru ii 1 iJ iiiilltla within the next lew (trek VI the r-iiii'il of III. ... ral go eriiimtit. the llri'cnli AKrit'illlliral col lege i 1'iulilibhinK a aibonl for tba liut'liil piirpiioe n( iruliilng pari of the I .'.."on radio ami hunter operature Im-iiiiiiluu-lv needed by the Kovernnu-nl. AdmUmoii Ik limited to men aubjoct (u the net-Olid and mii ceedliiK dralta. A iiruiilni; -hoot, the fimt of Ita kind ever In Id III Hood Itlver, waa opened Mnuday fur the purpoee of ti-tti bliig thi) fruit grower of the Hood Itlver vulicy the proper meihoda of pruning fruit tree lu order to ecu re the maximum fruit rcHUlt and al the Mine time Inmire tba beat pomtibla dlillpe for the tree, l.uinlier nlilimi-iitH from tlm Colum bia river rein-bed a low ebb III Nov iiiilier. mnrdliiK to flKurea compiled. Telii "tie tenHcU loaded In the low er Cnlunilila (llnlrli-t. their cargoea to I.iIIih: Ifi Ti'i.tidl fi'i t. Ten vemiela I..,., l-d lo.i.o:;! I. -it m op river mil In, making a total nl .lu,ti?4 feet ablp in from the Coluuihln river durlug the month. It I'. Itoiihiim. 1'nlteil Stale I n I pec tor of liiiniiKruituu for tin-gon, rwelv ed tiotlcr Irmti W'anblimlon of hi ap- pnlutim'iit list arbitrator for the govern ment to udjuxt at ri-maitiliiK iiietjon el ilillereiie.-H between the I'm iflo Telephone and Telerupb company mid t employe In Oregon growing out of the recent atrlke. a well an any future complicittiomt. II 1 very Improbable (hut the public neri'li c eomuilMiinn or any of the- ahlp pcra of Oregon will send a representa tive to W'hsIiIiikIuii. I. C. to nppoaa llio l.i per cent lm renne In frelnht rate uuked for by I hi.- wealern rail rviiiln of the niitlon, when the matter cornea up before tbo Interstate com niorce rnrnnili-Mlon for further hearing on Docember 17. Capiuln W. A. Arnold, of tho signal corpa ut the I' nlted Stntea army, haa arrived at Mnrnli field to mako a per Minnl CHnvRNK of all logging ' camps, aliipyunlg und , lumber mills of Coos county, with n view of enlisting the men as members of the Loyal 'Legion of Lumbermen ami Uiggera. About 3QQ men lire employed In the lumber lutluiitry in Coos county. At a mooting of the state desert linni board,- It was decided to cancel thu bond of the 1'nliiloy Irrigation pro ject, provided tho company would put tip securities, deposited with tho aura- but WATTS & ROGERS SALE continues Innd Imnk to be named by the board The rompnny tMeil for such an ar ranuement lu order to be relieved ol paying a premium on the bond. As noon nn tho company adjusts settle menls with settlers on the project, till securities will be turned ovr to It. The Wllluinelto Valley Lumbermen'! assoelutlim has. received a messagii from F. 0. Donaldson, Its representa tive before the Interstate commerc commlBHion nt Washington, saying that a Joint conference of representa tives of the Northern Cue I fie. Great Northern ,1,e Southern- Pacific xtrame low ebb. Many northwestern .ty company for the bond, with a Port alei concerns are receiving cancella tlons of ordera placed earlier In lh stason. Governor Withycombe formally ap pointed Judge OHntenbeln ns circuit judge for Multnomah county to suc ceed Judge Lltllefleld. who resigned upon Judge Gantimbcln'a return from army service. With the lurgpsl full crop In muny years In the ground, Ltuu county farmers hava been rejoicing In tho late heavy ra'tis. Krom all Imlli ntlona now the Imnienue acreage of full-sown grain will give a big yield next sum mer. An auto driven by A. II. Moore, of Gold Beach, went over a erode five mile south of Gold Beach ami rolled down a ster-n hillside for over .100 feet. The owner and "drlveri; A.' II. Moore, had his back broken and died later. In Hie death of .ludao 0. '. (lull, who paased away at Gold llll, houIu ern Oregon lout one or Its olitevt. and most honored pioneers. Mr. Gall crossed the plain In Oregon In 1XM and wsi M years old at the time of It daath. Instructions have come from hund quarter In Washington to the atate food administration office that whole Iti MV. in tQ ba gucQuraied In (taker, t'se of material and label needed for war purpose la asafgned as the reason for the government's refusal to sanction the sale. That the project will be, carried out after tha war la certain. November has been the moat re markable, month, .la recent .years In eastern Oregon. Since iba cold snap last October, the temperature haa been unusually mild. Lilac bushes, shrub bery and trees are budding, leaves are still falling and wild flowera through out the country arc reported to ba blooming. Winter wheat la four Inches high aud grass la still green and grow ing. Hanchors expect that the ulti mate effocta will be a marked drop In price of hay, because few of them have na yet been compelled to start feed ing. Never before, tho stockmen say, have they been able to use the ranges so late In the season. Last year the thermometer registered below aero on November 10 and" snow covered tha ground all month. This year, except on" the highest ranges, pasture, ar still hare of snow. . railroads I have signed an agreement tc Frm"1 .-D,re,nd Mad' on l-lnM open tho northern route, effective on the earliest date permitted by tho com mission, on -lumber from thp Wlllam ette valley to Chicago am! all points oa'sl on th-' same hauls ns new nppllea by way of the 1'nion Pacific. Prospect lor auolher railroad pro Joel for Hal.er county whn nipped in llio bud by receipt of word al Ihi Milium liiitinnal fnreiit office of refusal of the government al this time to sell 2R,nmi aerea of timber land In th Sparta section. Spokane parties were I ho prospective buyera.nnd Mate of th timber meant a railroad from llaker distance of about :lu miles with a probable extension to the l'aubaudlii suction, gna guuluer IriJ0 uiUl (o 40 Per Cant Incraaae. . Washington. Formal demand of the Hrothe.rhood of Hallway Trainmen and Conductors for a 4t per cent wage In-, crease was fired with' the railroads. It waa this -threatened Increase which pfeclpltated President Wilson's recent successful attempt hi obtain from railroad "labor heads guarantees I bat thnro would be -no suspension of transportation during the war. The railroads must file their reply In 30 days. As both aides have already agreed to mediate the case before the Vnited 8lat.s beard of mediation and conciliation, the demands are expected to be threshed out here during Janu- We Arc Glad to Announce That We Make All users of FLavd FLour, Nature. Mk Flavored, are glad that this community P, ia ao fortunate aa to be able to secure this much better flour made by uur American Marvel Mill. FLavo FLour Is the celebrated flour ao widely advertised Nationally. Your dealer can easily supply you with FLavo FLour. Insist on getting FLavo FLour. We will supply you direct or through your dealer. Order a Trial Sack Today , Satisfaction Guaranty d Try It, and return to u what yo a don't use. and we will at one retaff n Your money if you are not more rtang leased. ' - , . , :M You know us and we know tftaaT FLavo FLour is certain to give you greatest satisfaction. Visigj srs most welcome to see rvo FLour made at our mill. Sole, soakers for this community. , 'Sr, ef MranWr Wiimiir WESTON MILLING CO. will soon be over While the figures run into the THOUSANDS, our ta bles, shelves and floors are still full. If you are not in on it, get in now. Come and see. Our prices far below war prices to begin with, and then to cut them 15, 20 and 25 percent and sometimes a-half, makes bargains you seldom hear of and all on staple, high-grade goods. We arc offering prices and prices alone to make these goods move. We are overstocked, but fortunately so, as we bought early and right. Remember this sale is continuous till sudden and short will be the notice, "all off.". You or no one will be sorry that he did come, but some, will be sorry that they did not come. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT TRAD ING OPPORTUNITY BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE Let Nothing Keep You Away WATTS ROGERS 'iSirH Butter Wrappers Furnished and Printed at the Leader office Sixty (minimum) $Q 90 One .hundred 1 20 Two hundred 1 75 Each additional hundred 0 45 SECOND SESSION" -OF CONGRESS OPENS Making Provision For Carry ing On the War Will Be Principal Duty. Bfililnitti n. ( otiKrrss raivnibled aVoniUy for hat promises to be an nttiNr eiMM'ha! ngtlcn. lnrrawd d l rnilnalioii of llio Aairrli an peopl fur v I curoim iriMiecutlun of (be war to U u.ry was tin.- im naKC universal ly broiiKlit by the returning mrmbera. The principal ork of Ilie sfssioa will b: to make provlnimi for carrying on the war ilJrini! the final ysar be ftiiinint; July I. 191$. ami to prorlda for urb ili flrli'iicl' S as have been cre dit 1 in Ihc eurlii'r war preparations. Aiirnpriatious ami' revenue will come forr moist: then there will be a flood of necessary war legislatioD, and tha changing ol war measures enacted at the past session. In addition to this, the usual appropriations must be made and a certain antouut of general and local Icghtlalion put thrnugk. Opening Ceasion Short. . Monday's session was short. Inv mediatory after appotntln? eimniltteea to notify the president that the secoait aession of the eintr iD'H uongresa waa In riadincss, adjfitiM;ots were taken out of respect ti rBjeisibcrs who died d irhis the r?ceiig: f ' Tuesday President Wilson delivered his annual opening address In thw house chamber at 12:30 P. M.. at a Joint session. t'otnpilalion of KijiMftcial estimates of probable apprnirt;ons for the fis cal year ending Jiifce 3t. 1319. sar) rise to tho belief tliirt they will total from :l,ou0.t.iU.iH to $5.(M).000.(rM less than the $l8,0vo.00).uoo for tha year endius June SO, 1018. This belief 'is based largely on the premise that It Is unlikely tbal another $1,000,600. mw -ku bauA -iil ba presented this session. Action Against Austria Planned. The president's, recommendation that ar be declared on Austria, it la said, was prompted partly because It might be necessary at any time to have American soldiers in Italy. A joint resolution drafted in aceord once with the views of President Wil son ami the state department, declar ing "a state of war exists." and "to have existed." since noon Wednesday, between the " t'nited States and tha Auutro-Hunaarian jiovernments. and diret'tinn employment of .-the entire naval and military forces, to carry on war Ojjniiisl, thai .government, was In troduced by ( hairman Flikid of tha house foreign affairs commit tee. BP Ala ; WcatSSVWstrT Whole WlH-at Flour; Graham. tVival, and Hay; S.m1 stock )W ami I'oultry Supplies. Wo do custom miljhig. ymr patronsse sxicited. W. L. Robbiss. WAR CN AUSTRIA IS RECOMMENDED WashtnKton-lmmediate declaratfoa of war against Austria-Hungary waa recommended, to. .congresB , by Presi dent , Wlson in his message. The president did not, however," recom mend a declaration of 'war against Turkey" aim Bulgaria Ut this time. Immediate war against Austria, the president told congress,-waa necessary to meet the anomalous situation the the United States faces in Its war with 'Germany, "even though Austria was not her own mistress and merely a vassal of Germany. ' - The same logic, he said, would lead ot war against Turjtey and Bulgaria, but they do not yetv he said, stead i the path of the United States In it war ajalr.st Trussian autocracy. In ringing, definite terms, the presi dent declared that nothing shall jtttrm the Uaited.5t;as-asiilo until the war is won and Germany is beaten. All talk ot.pc-sce, he., prom'unced .out Of the question. Peace the president declared, could come only when the German people make It through rulers the. world cae trust; when they make reparation lor the destruction , their present rulera have 'wrought and'VuPn Germany re cedes from all the territory acquired by armed concfiiest. The international character of Pre ideut Wilson's address to congremt ia indicated by the act that the govern ment already has placed It for sLiuul taneous publication in practically er cry capital InlUe orld. Armistice Extended to- Roumanian. . Berlin, via London. The negotia tions between the Genitalis aud Rua aians for an armistice are extending to Uie Roumanian troopa, the war . of fica aanounced.