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t ft roN VOIUMIMO WESTON, OREGON. FRIDAY, DEC. 21. 11)17 NUMBER 28 OREGON NEWS NOTES aa , ,,., itlTfnrAT OF nFNFnA! INTFRFST VI Vkllkimk IlllkllkWI - Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketchod for Infor- matlon of Our Readers. Th Mlr Krtili nr aesocla- tlnil haa alllpped lo dale shout 40,11110 boea of fruit. Ilslns of Istt wek miil series of havy elides on Hi Tillamook linn of tho Southern It ft-. Th annual convention nf tin' Oregon tat Tarhra' ataoclatlou will lie h-ld lo Portland DiiiIt 27 II Orgsnlistlnn of th livnl Legion of Lggr anil Lumbermen Is meeting llh much lffi In Coo county. ..III Ul I lie lump piloi P.'ro.ri".l by rongr for vocational Huratlnii, IU.000 has been allotted lu Oregon, Out of th lump mini appropriated Mors than tooo men who volunteer- wn ior ini army, navy aim marine rorpa anliaiH In rorllanrt lal wk flonlon roumy h( a ar Indualrjr that la dnlni quit a hualnoaa. a tnit pf mill, altuat'd wral nf Philomath. Itrrauaa of lha many nllatmi'tita at Mrrll ranrhara arr alarmM aa to how to handlo lhlr rmpa In Ihn future, Th l.lnn rounty rnurt haa IkmikIiI another tractor to b imH In hauling Itraral to th varloua iarla of th fount y. A rfori nrtr of HJ for trn hon-a of xtra fancy IIikM Ititvr applra aa U IR 1U. I.l"". ...f. h...'n WM rrr4 at an auction aal in NVw- York CHy rci-nil), E. K. Roaa, of Santa riara, waa aardtd flrat prli for th tM-t iuahl of com ihlhltmt at th wtrn ro- Mmh Wa at alittkV ml ! l atx MM ton corn ahow at Ruann A "fllmpann fnr (!ovrmr laxii," aa forml by North Iw-ml m4 Marah flald ladra to tnauaurat a boom for U i. Plmpaon. for ornor. Nlnty rnta pound for H corn wa raid at th auction aaU hold In ronnwtlon Hh tb ttratern Oipann rora ahow. held In Buane lat Mat eomplld by th unlvomlty ad rolnlatratlon offlrca ahow that nearly Hi lTolrlty of Oregon ni'-n are now anllatd In aom branch of military arrle. romlng In contact with a high ten sion wr In aom unknown manner wbll working with mmi plumbing. rTank Hay. of U firand. waa Inabili ty kllle-l . , A contract for the erection of a llno.000 milk condenalng plant lu Han don b bn let by the Gleblacli A Jnplln Condenaed Milk compnny. of Portland. ,15. 0. Walt waa killed and toy Uotnla. a brakmati. waa Injured, m ar Caflby, hen a work train ami a lln pder collided on Hi Bouthern Pacific track U L. Btelwer. of th hanking firm of 8llwr Carpenter, haa offered to provide fund to pnrchane 10 pig for Whetlr county boya and glrla who will enter lh tt plR elwb- ecrettry Dakar haa written Senntor Chamberlain that the war department cannot accept the Oregon building at th fln Francisco exposition grounds, as It is not suitable for military uae. A contract has been let for tho con struction of a pipe line acroaa the Oehseo vallsy short distsnca east of PHnsrltle by the Ochoco Irrigation dls trlot. Ths length Is about 2580 feet. North Bend was on fete Saturday on tho occsslon of the launching of the flrat wooden vael built under direct oontract from the emorgenry fleet corporation t th Krusa flanks ship yrd. tloyd Rlchos. mansger of tho wsekly Oregonlsn st Portlsnd. has been ap pointed secretary of th Oregon State ldltorlal aasorlatinn to fill the unex pired trnt of rhillp S. Bates, who hss roslined. Oeorgo OundUek. pioneer resident of Orsnt oounty, waa found dead near Pralrl City. Ho was hauling freight .-.1 it 1. r....niari h 10 vanywn 1 117 - sustained th fstal injuries when his wagon overturned. The shipping board has crested a now shipbuilding district at Portland, and namsd Llovd J. Wsntworth. of Portland, to take charge of It. Port- land hss been psrt of th northwest dlstriot. with hesdqusrters at Seattle, F.xcluslve of Lake county the cost of mstntalnlng the public schools of ...i. mr 11.. vear closlns In June of this yssr totaled $7,874,763.11. ac cording to flgurea prepared by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill. Thirty-four university of Oregon students, among them several promtn atudents. among them several promtn- nt In athletic, and other student body activities, have withdrawn from In viiIIhI In branch or stinllier of Hip army ami nai erll iniiv.ini.iim, three conference " ''" i"""" ' ,,., (or . ,.,, Knriii.ru- slid Homo Makers' week, l lie held Ml Cor- '-'"'w i "" m ...I..... in .... i.. ...I ... i .-. ...i fiii .- in i.i a ' mm inn" ii the Or- egoit Hime dairy stands! ton. Oregon U'.li.'. In i ui 1 1.- club, Oiegon Jeiaey Cattle club. (i..iii (iucriuicy ('mil.' i lull, Nul lmn-ia' aaaorlallon, Vegetable (Irmi'H' aaamiatluu and the frull product mnn. Approximately li ton of automo. Ml.' tuxa wi-iil out ft inn Secretary of Hiali ( l i.l I m office In ih" mall aat week. Tli shipment Included ll.oag audi laa. l". motorcycle tag. i chauffeur tug hiiiI 114 ilmli m' tax. Til" Kmlllgi' on lllo ahlpllietll aa . I'll.. Mik of determining .h nlrnl valuation of all ('am rallmii'la In th- imI" of Oregon ha been rom- . i , . i . . . . . 1 . . . iiriet riiii Mir luri-w m rilimmi UI ihn lntrtaio coiuiimn-e loiumlMlon which li been making Ita hesdqusr. tra In Eugene will be tranaf.-rred to inn aouiu ior me winter Out of 419 arrliloiita rvlnrtri lo th Itntitalrlal acrli)nl conimlaalon for Hi rk ruilliig Moinilr 11. four ra fatal. Th falnlllli a r U II. Vtrh rr, l.liiiilon, ('. J. iM'Kori. Wauna; and Rani I'ayno. Vraiiort. all aawnilll cm ployra, ami Kulwrt Koator, Portland, en K I'd mi conatrurtloii aurk. Tha poaalbl niiHliriralion of eiltlii fdral atandarda for at and alH'Ikd corn, for tli purp of rrriifylna any Injuatlcii that niay cilat In tha (..VhVIII, VI M " U ouaaod at ronfrnc at Portland of Orvgon produce ra, warhounin aud prricnt ayrtero of (radliiK. u dta- Billlora with federal rprirnlatla. Th chlof army cnaltuft, on rquat of Swnalora Clianibcrlnlu and Mc.Nary, Laid mux na n . I .1 a h naJsa I Ita. A laa a aill HH unrriiiu Wl VI tUV UWtlHI officer for tlio rciuuval of ttmporary plera of the new brldao at Salem. Tho naleiu Cnmmerrlal club protested tho removal, aaylng that audi removal would amp work on the brldg until spring. J gfl PMm4PI StV an a. aaaif-T ' 1 county, whtrh have prevlouely been confined to a large mtent lo eight or nine month of Hie year, will probabljr be yrarround Industry from thla time on. aa winter logging work will be undertaken on a scale that will utlltsn all the luborrra when the mllla hnve closed. Work tinder way or contemplated by th atBt highway coinmlaalon on Ih Columbia and I'aclflo hlghwaya will ooat f:.3t;d.38,il, accoNing to a state ment completed by 0. Ed. Hosa. audi tor of the rommlKRlon. - Thla will cover a mileage of 153 2 little, and will open a lll,- ,... -- -r- tip to heavy truck travel 786 mllea of road In the etute. . At a meeting of the Interstate bridge commission the final report of the en gineers on the conatructlon of tho Vancouver bridge wsh approved. Ac cording to tho final and complete etl cording to tho final and complete estl- mate of John I.yl llorrlngton and Erneat E. Howard, consulting engln ers. tho total cost of the bridge, in cluding sll approaches, wss I1.6SS.6&4. The estimated cost waa $1,750,000. After carefully weighing all features . i...n 1. a rrne fr.im Kinitl . i n..nu hta nrsaani Agriouiiumi .wna ... ,-. . . position as head of the Oregon Agri cultural college. Dr. W. j. Kerr an nounced that ho will remain here and dsvote bis undivided sttention to a continuation of the development of this state. Dr. Kerr"a salary haa been ad vanced from $7000 to $8400 a year. Bulk grain handling will be one ol thu big Issues of the second annual northwest grnln convention to bs held in Corvsllls January 3-R, According to George H. HyBlop, of the Oregon Agrl culturnl college farm crops depart ment, the ahlpment of grain in bulk is the only possible solution for north western grain farmers snd they should begin at onco to get equipment for next year's crop. Governor Wlthycombe. in response to a request from Adjutant-General Mccain. nns issuea an .peB. . offlclala not to destroy alcoholio liquors which are seised In compliance h Ins-much ss pure alcohol may b redLtllled from these spirits and utilised by the war department, Tho governor asks thst the confiscated liquors, wherever safe and fusible, be turned over to tho federal authorities for the uses mentioned. U la evident from (he snnusl t-port of the commissioner of the general land office that th sale of the timber on tho Oregon & California land grant Is to be held hnck. awaiting action by congress on a bill Introduced last sea nlon, permitting tho consolidation of private holdingM within the, grant limits, ami tho exchange or private- limits, and tho exchange of private for government tam.s n certa.n ar... In order that the. timbre may bo ad- MnllemklL. -iUyJaagUaWW mm mm m Hilf SEP Model 85-Four $930 . - Your family mixlH to tiw Mint tmctmcy, romfoft. ttyit and convtnwncn that makt Ihit Ovtr land to popular in metropolitan cmtfff Itl utility and reoaomy appl to thathnftyman no maiirr wht M livta. All tha ahrtwd buym art not lacillca. Tht famwr aUo Imowi th Ovar. land It tht only car of audi arcocn modtllona and aitractkmt that can ba oMalnrd at anywbvr naar UMprloa. Dr. S L. KENNARD, Agent, Weston, Oregon. Improvement of highways snd rspld development of wster trsnporttlon should go hand in hand, and should not be slackeued because of the war, was the keynote of the meting of the Northwestern Society of Highway En- clneers. held in Salem Chsrgea laid before Representative Slnnott by the master of Ignoe Grange, of AJax. allege that Improper influence h been brought to bear on the Indian bureau to ewur uie swtY"ti , tract of laai iu Gilliam county for the Klickitat and other Iudians. An ordr prsctlcslly prohibiting veneer mills and companies from using high grade spruce was issued by Col- " - - onei unco r. i'n"iur, 'i" - spruce production division, signal corps, IT. 8. A. The use of bslssm aa a substitute for spruce waa auggested. purpow ot ihe nRVal Investigation unU, January 14 ,nd then will con The first sale of timber by the M (o acrutlnUc pagt and future tlnue ,n foro8 automatically unless United Statea land office from tho -v,.,rtl,11PMl ,, 10iiCUs and Insure h.vb notice of its discontinuance land embraced in the Oregon ft l ft Call- - fornia railroad grant waa made at Rnseburg when tho transfer of the timber from a 320 acre tract took olace. tho conslderstlon- being 12.000. S TO HELP FARMERS u. . Bill Authorlilno Purchsss of Farm Losn Bonds Fsvored. Wsshlngton.-The secretary of the treasury Is suthorlsed to purchase not Yedlnar 1100.000.000 of farm loan bonds each year Tor two years upon recommendation of the farm loan board, In a bill favorably reported by the house banking and currency com mittee. Requests for the leglslstlon came from the farm loan board, whloh plans to resume within a few weeks the aale to resume witniu a i-w - of bonds, stopped December 1. a sellina aureement with private bond dealers expired. Authorisstion of pur chase by the treasury is sought In or der to stabilize the Interest on the bonds and to enable bankers to have . i . .1 l..,An4 , Ikmirlnv lime to Iioai ineni ini'-ii .i ............. them on tho market under emergency conditions with high Interest rates. The bill aa reported limits the Inter est on the-bonds that the treasury may purchase to lpejr cent. Frsnk Goteh, Nottd Wrestler, Dead. Dea Moines, la. Frank A. Ootch, retired champion heavyweight wrest ler nf the world, died at hia home. , of ura(mlc poillcning. t d b(fm , fa,UK health for Uo Farmers and City Men Both 'Are Buying This Car Ard hit family know motor car it iifftttnl from a pitcr of (arm machinery tt mult do more than hard work. It mutt bt a plraaure auM om. thing to tnjoy and lo br proud of. The Overland luccrti it due to th (act that in addition to yrar allcr yrar utility, it fivet you roomineaa, atyle, comfort and modern equipment. It i to aimple and rriiable any member of your family can drive it. And to efficient you will wander bow you ever lived without it. NAVY DEPARTMENT TO BE INVESTIGATED Congress to Probe Expendi tures and Policies In Con duct of War. shevikl forces, it was officiolly an Waehlngton. Congress has exleudod nouncsd )n petrograd. Its invent lgat ion of the admlnistra- The j?rnmns already have begun to tlon s war pn parations to the navy. csliy prontoit n whte thp g(tm(, mimary committee -guppUe, from Russis, according to In panles from using ,,n,.u, ... armv hearing the house fAsmntinn frnm pptrasrad. con(lnuw, l)a army bearing the house (.omulltteP unanimously decided .......I .......lllnn imniilnioualV dCCiUCU uu.ai iuwuii."' to b,,gjn immediately a general in- ln(o nav8, affair.. officially announced thrt the u..ji..iinn iifiAPiii conmress . xprll,V departments in the ac 10 ami s-s ku'uiuiuniii'ii av - - ,,, ftf ,,. conduct of the war. Congress Is determined to smoke out Incompetence, greed or any other (suit which mlKht seriously Interfere with speedily putting this country's war alms across and ending the war. "uongress is mu iijiub w b- body." said one senator. "Some in- dividual congressmen doubtless would like to unseat some Individual mem- bera of the government. But congress as a wnoie n oui ik ' ... -gating the government to leuru how thinga are going and, if they are going badly, correct by whatever means Is necessary." An Investigation of tho shipping board is also planned by the housu eommiiKw. The "Inside" of the Deu- tniD- Goethala row. and of Admiral . nhnW, .'J man Hurley will be called on to show how much speed Is being made to launch 6,000.000 tons of shipping In 1918. Details of contracts with the country's leading steel maguates will be aouht. And the old wooden-steel hlp controversy may be opened. Tsutons Swoop on Convoy, Sinking 11. London. One British snd five neu tral merchantmen, a British destroyer and four mine sweepers have been aunk iu the North sea by German naval forcea. The losses were the re sult of an attack on a convoy bound from Scotland to Norway. Sir Erie Qeddea, firat lord of the admiralty, announced. The total tonnage of tho lNt merobgptqien was Thirty-Five Horsepower Liberal room foe fin pane net n eatra pcovniont in uphotatcry. dimentmnt and material!. A marvel lot power, tpeed. dor bility and eaty control. Itt economy a appreciated whee) you compart all that it giva to cart coating much more "You get 112 inch aheeTbatt cantilever tpringt 32x4inch Urat, non k id rear ; vacuum gaaoUna ayt tem; electric ttaning and hghtiof tyuem, and 3$ hoctc power motor . Oct your order is at ooca. BRIEF WAR NEWS Th strength of the Austro-Gennau Invaders In Italy Is placed by official dispatches from Rome at divisions. Further extension of the British lines beyond Jerusalem wss reported in the official statement from General Allenby. Generals Ksledines snd Pototsky and staffs have been arrested by Bol- obtain (ata and other sorely needed orml,tlon from petrogrsd Th, wemeat for an s ..MAmAn far on armistice bO- i v. ""-ui v. tween ,be Boishevikl government tn Rug8itt and the Teutonlc ,mes has Wn .,enpA u will run from Monday . . ivB k iinln. nf an arm. 1 h vivhii. imu t.ass? a un w - - ,. nes-otlatlons are to begin. MHhatndln the terrible losses Notwithstanding the terrible losses they have sustslned, the German and Austro-Hungarlan armies in the moun tainous region of northern Italy con tinue their efforts to break the Italian, line and open a passageway to tho plains below. East of the Brenta the Teutons havo been able, by throwing huge volumes of men into the fray and seemingly disregarding the enormous casualties that are being inflicted on him, to ad vance on Caprllle hill, dominating point at the head of the San Lorenxo valley, which leads to the Venetian plains. Here, however, he haa been forced to atop under the terrlfie de fense of the Italians. 17 Americana Missing In France. Washington!. Seventeen enlisted men of the United States army engi neer corps were reported missing In action by General Pershing in a dis patch to the war department. They were missing November 30, the day of the German turning movement at Canibrat, and are believed to havo fallen into tho hands of the Germans. Swiss Ready to Fight Washington. In thanking tho Unit ed Statea for the declaration to atrict ly observe the neutrality of Swltser land. the Swisa confederation, in a communication made public by the state department, declares it will maintain its neutrality by its own force and will repel a violation of Its trouUeri. . RUSSO-GERMAIi FEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGU.'I Agree Not to Transfer Troopl From Eastern Front Un til January 14. London. When tho arniatleo b tween the Russian govtramaat aad the central powers went Into effect the eastern front Monday tho osal-' aarleo of the several countries betM negotiations looking toward peace bo tween Rum la and her former enemies). The armistice between Roes la sal the central powers Is to continue fof 2 dsys snd for an Indefinite parte) afterward unless a seven dsys aetleo Is given. Both sldo agreed not to carry on military transfers on the eastern theater except those begun when th treaty was signed. Terms of the Rusoo-Geraan gratis tlee, according to statement leaned in Petrograd. obligate no tranafereneO of troop nntll January 14 (January 1. Russian), no increase of troops oo the fronts or on the Islands In tho Mood sound or regrouping of forces. London newspapers forecast that tho allies will give recognition of tho Bol abevikl "In order to prevent RusoU from pssslng under the political snd economic heel of Germany." Great Britain Is ssid to have decided to re lesae Tchtteherin, a Russian political prisoner, and the Bolaheriki are new permitting British, subjects te leas Ruasla. To the Russian delegates at too Paris conference Is said to belong tho credit for the tempering of the allied attitude toward the BolshevikL Petrograd. The German and Aus trian foreign ministers. Dr. von Kuekl msnn and Count Cxerntn. have noti fied Leon Trotsky, tho Bolshevik! fs for a general European peace. TEUTON INVASION OF ITALY COSTLY With the Italian Armieo. Tho Aut-tro-Cerman drive in Italy haa coat ta combined Teuton forces a loos' of 1M. 000 men, it Is estimated at tho Italia headquarters. General Hoetxendorff. the Austrtssi commander, and General voa Buetov, the leader, are making a desperate ef fort to pass over the Alps In their drive on the Italians before oevero winter weather hampers their move ments. The enemy has brought a largo num ber of his heaviest guns to tha Plava and northern fronts and the bombard ment has taken on Increased range sad violence. Some of the shells- havo reached Mandno, eight miles back of the Plave and a few miles from tho city of Treviso. Four hundred . of these monster projectiles wore concen trated on one point After a heavy sacrifice ot men and five days of continuous fighting, th4 enemy has succeeded in making aa other slight advance, bringing his foot tion up to Caprllle hill. Just east, of the Brenta river. This represents an advance of a boat three-qnarters of a mile, Ita chief lp portance being that Caprllle is one of the dominating heights at tho head of San Lorenxo valley. NAVIES OF ALLIES TO JOIN Counoll of AM 8sa Forcea Approve la Washington. Washington. Co-ordination of tha naval resources ot the governments at war with the central powers decided upon at the inter-allied conference at Paris, was viewed hero aa one of tho firat Important moves towards a gen eral consolidation ot allied military . strength. The decision of the conference to establish a naval council which will supervise In an advisory capacity the . naval oporgtlona of tho allied fleet was announced to Secretary Dsn tela . in a cablegram received from Admiral Benson, ranking America naval rep resentative at the conference. Aa tho meetings will be held In Kuropo fla officers will represent both tho Unite Statea and Japan. Kaiser's Messsgs Msy Offer Ftat. Geneva. Kaiser Wilhelm's Christ mas message to the. German peepU will contain hi "final" peace off", , according to an nnofflcial report re ceived hero from Berlin. OlssiM 4urtM yl PMl two wkl vnnvsaovwsu isj
