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WESTON, OREGON. FRIDAY, DEC. 21. 11)17
NUMBER 28
OREGON NEWS NOTES
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OF nFNFnA! INTFRFST
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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
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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
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,,., (or . ,.,, Knriii.ru- slid
Homo Makers' week, l lie held Ml Cor-
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.-. ...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-
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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-
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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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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The Overland luccrti it due to
th (act that in addition to
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roomineaa, atyle, comfort and
modern equipment.
It i to aimple and rriiable any
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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 - -
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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
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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