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Weston I
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EADER
VOLUME 40
WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEB. 5, 1918
NUMBER. 33,. t.
OREGON HEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Hon of th questionnaire m cards
which wilt b und for filing tt Washington.
Statistic complied t Astoria show
(hit during th month of January 97
. vessels loaded at th mllla In tha lower,
Principal Events of thi Week Columbia river district and their com.
. . a . 'Uiad cargoea amounted lo 19.619.678
Briefly Sketched for Infor- of ,uml,f. ,n ,h. Mmt p.rl(Nl
nation of Our Readers.
A father' club (or wittier and eall
ore baa ben organised for Yamblll
county.
Superintendent of I'ublle Instruction
t'hurrhlll baa mad formal announce
ment of bla candidacy for re-election.
Tha Mutherlla Spray Manufacturing
company baa ber prganlsd u maun
fart u re sprsys for orrhardlst at Bulb
erlln. Tha eiecntlvs board of tha Oregon
tVderailou of Women' Club haa de
rided that lb next autiiyil meeting
will be bold at inland.
Salem, eblppere have begun a move
ment to force a physical connection at
that plar between th line of th
Souther Parlfle and th Orce Ele
trie. '''"'
Cropplnge of aaphaltum and dried
oil, which rat be traced for over half
a mile, bse been uncovered on gov-,
mmcnt land all mllea east of Ash
land. Senator MeNary la urging Ua psss
age of a bill permitting tba exchange
of publle landa for privately owned
landa, to public laoda may ba consot
, Idated. , ,
Judge 8. Benson will succeed Judge
J. C. Morelaad aa clerk of tba au
preme court Ha la bow dtputy clerk,
and baa served aa ueh for the taat
1( year. .
On of tba snout daring robberies in
tba h If tory of Yamblll county postof
flea waa that which aetted tba thieve
eloaa to II 100 In currency and sepplle
at Yamhill. . , .
Baker la reported to be tba rirat
city In tha aiate lo achieve 100 per
tent In the matter of providing war
saving atatnp gelling stations, tta el
luted quota of atattona waa 79.
Tba publle eervtea commission la
notifying all publle utilltlc (bat their,
annual report for ttie year ending
December tt, 1917, muat ba aubmltted
to tha commission by April 1.
. Judge J. C. Moreland. one of tha old-
eat members of tha Oregon bar and
, for the peat 10 yeara clerk of the
Oregon eupreme court, died auddenly
at Salem front heart trouble.
After serving for IS yeare aa aiate
labor eommlaaloner, for Oregon, O. P.
Iloff baa mad formal announcement
of hie candidacy for the republican
nomination for atata treaurer.
In hla annual report for the yer
HIT, Deputy Sealer of Weight and
Measure Bpenoe Wort man, show a
total of 9967 aralea examined, of which
994 were condemned permanently.
After deliberating only 4S minute,
a Jury In tha Vnlted State court at
Portland found Floyd Ramp, active ao
clatlat of noaeburg. guilty bu each of
two count In ao Indictment charging
him with a violation of the eaplonage
aet. ; . '
Flaking la now prohibited in a nunv'
bar of Klamath county atrcama. Tba'
warm, weather baa cauaod tha Mah to
14 veaarta loaded f,04t.2t feet at the
mllla la the upper, river dlatrirt mak
ing total of 17.M3.H7 feet of lumber
that waa ahlpped from the Columbia
river la rargoea daring January.
It la Ck'ly flab hatchery will ha
locatvd on Ibe Utnpqua river lo furolah
a eteady aupply of aalmon for tba cum
mrrUl fuhlng ' of the lower river,
which tbla yar reached large propor
tion. Jay rt. Ilauilllon, preeldt-nt of the
Jay H. Hamilton l,uwhr rompa iy, of
Portlaud, bah boen appointed govrrn
men! dletrtrl administrator of fir for
Oreion and the Columbia river diatrln
of Weehlngton, and aa aurh will ad'
mlnlatrr the lumber embargo In thta
dlatrirt. '
Tba atate vocational board, at a
meeting la Portland, authorlied the
Inatallatlan of a printing plant In Tha
ttalle high achoot, tha Inauguration of
a eonree In running tractora la tha
Pendleton high acbool, and la ateam
fitting and plumbing In tba Eugena
high arbooL
llepreeentative Ilawley haa written
Railroad Director MeAdoa urging tha
building, of a three-mile apur to con
nect Florenca and Cushman with tba
Cooa bay railroad. Tbla road, ha
point out. la eaeeatial to getting ot
a lute quantity of lumber deelred for
ahlphulldlng.
Oregon poultry won new honor at
tha greater Chicago poultry abow Jan
uary t to' 16.' among bird from all
parta of tha United State, according;
to a telegram received by R. P. Keaney
of Kugene, announcing that ha had
beea awarded first and third pritaa
oa Plymouth Rock pulleta. ' - '
Tba general land office haa Intrud
ed the chlf of tha Portland field dlvt-.
alon to expedite action oa pending un
canceled Benaon and Hyde aelection
In Oregon. Where cancellation re
mit, the government will enter die
; clalmer of title to land upon which
fraudulent eelcctlooa were based.
, Two United Statea aenatorlal terma
mtut ba filled In Oregon at tba Nov
ember election tbla year, according to
an opinion by Attorney General
Drown: one a long term of all year,
from March) 1919, and on the abort
term, from November, 1919, to March,
1919. due to the death of the 1st
(Senator Harry Lane. -, ...- .
On December S a aprolal Inquiry waa
mailed to a eelccted liat of atorkmen
In all parta of the atate, asking for
I number of tho vartoua kind of farm
' animals oa band December 1, 1!1 and
December 1, 1917. About 400 replies
were received, the tabulation of which
ahowed no material .decrease In any
class of farm animals except ajoat. '
Colonel Drlca I. Dlsque, command
ing the spruce production division of
the signal corps, ask co-operation' of
every poreon In the northwest who la
now engaged or contemplatea opera
tions In the riving of spruce. HI
request is dlrocted to both large and
small operators, and alao to farmers
and otbera who might get out apruce
SPLENDID MUSIC
At CHAUTAUQUA
Ladies' Festival Orchestra Presents Two Programs
' First Day
BRIEF WAR NEWS
Blity all persona were killed and
191 Injured In the two German raid
over London Isat week,
Many Oermaa prisoners la Russia,
CONGEESS TO
IIP Oil WAR VOHX
tsking advaatsg of Internal disorder. Important Railroad and Finan
cial Measures to Be Con
sidered During Week.
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The Ladle' FeatlvaJ Orchestra, which "cornea to our Chautauqua Festival
on tba opening day, la a company of sts charming young ladle who offer a
program which 1 delight to the general public and a pleasure to the most
musically critical. With the ua of supplementary Instruments the variety
and quality of the program la equal to that of a much larger organltatlon. - ;
For the last few yeare they have been one of the standard Chautauqua
attraction of the Middle West. Individually they r finished musicians.
Their entertainment consists of orchestra selections, instrumental solos, vocal
quartets, duet. olo and reading. - y - -
are returning to tha German tinea.
Food riot have broken out la Vien
na, according to reports received.
Shop have beea pillaged and elaahea
have occurred between rioter and tha
polio.
It waa officially announced that tba
total nombr of death resulting from
the recent airplane raid of the Oer
mans over Paris waa 49 and the total
wounded ZOO.
Great Britain baa asked Brazil and
Uruguay for the use of Interned Ger
ms a merchant ah I pa for the transpor
tation of grain, according to Informa
tion received from Rio Janeiro.
Brltiah expeditionary forces In Pal
estine again have assumed tha of
fensive, official war reports stated.
General Allenhy'a line baa beea ad
vanced to Anutleh, three miles north
of Blreh on the Kabalua road.
Sever measures of repression have
been taken by the Oerman government
against the workers whose strike
movement In Important industrial cen
ters baa tied a? many plants engaged
in munition and war aupply work.
Berlin and it envlrona re mala tha
center of the disturbance. The city (a
under military control. Factorlea
where atrikea are la progress have
been militarised, aay dispatches, and
the workers warned to report for work
or undergo military discipline.
formstlon concerning manufacturing
plants, shipyards and at her Industrie
of the state, until after the b urea a
has secured the name of the perron'
r concern requesting auch Information
snd Ih purpose for which the Informa
tion I sought This ruling was made
s a means of checkmating a system of
nemy esplonsg that la believed to be
going on In the atate. '
During the year 2917 the mills of
Portland cut S90.402.5I5 feet of lum
ber, which waa 71.947.545 feet mora
than In I9K, when the cut waa 618,-,
155,000 feet The lower Columbia dis
trict, embracing Astoria, Wsrrenton.
Westport,- Rainier, Inglia and 8t
Helena, Or. and Knappton, Stella,
Neqdaily, Oak. Point and Vancouver,'
:ut S07.740.000 feet lo 1917 as against !
411.J11.118 in 1910, showing an In-n-esse
of P5.S38.834 feet. The esti
mated total amount of lumber, lnclud-1
Dg tie and everything shipped from'
2ooa bay during 1917 was 250.000.000 i
feet, which 1 a gain of 28,500,000 over
A previous year, when the total shln
jiente amounted to 931300.000 feet
seems to have nad tne effect Jt orea'a
ing down the German strike movement.
I The Oerman government 1 keeping
Is tight. band on news of the strike,
-which are attended by demonstration,
la Berlin and other parta of Germany.
Hundreda of thousand of German
men and women have shown In the
last week that they have lost faith In
the militarists; that they no longer be
lieve the promises of their rulers, that
they consider prolongation of the war
poor business and they must now de
cide whether to return to work or face
the penalty that awaita spies and
traitor. ,'. . '''. : :. '
The lateat newa from Germany telle
of rioting and exciting scenes in the
working claaa sections of Berlin, with.
the arrest of many men and women In
.various parta. of the city.
Washington. Little of the long and
growing program-of war legislation
haa boon enacted alnca eongresa con
vened two months ago. and capltol
leader plan attempta to speed op the
work. Important railroad and fluan
eial measures are to be brought be
fore both senate and, house during
the week, with tha prospect that they
will occupy the center of Interest for
many days to come. " ".-
Secretary Baker's recent statement
to the eenaU military committee that
the United Statea would bav half a
million aofdler in Frine early this
year and that prospect were not oa
fsrorsble for ships to carry a million
mora who would be ready during the
year, were 'characterized by Senator
Hitchcock in an address to the secste
as '"absolutely preposterous and so ex
aggerated aa to convey an entirely
false Impression aa to what w caa
do and what wa are doing."
, Senators Williams of Mississippi
and Reed of Missouri, democrsto, re-'
plied, opposing the war reorgsAlz
tioa measures aa proposals to asurp
President Wilson's authority. .The
former declared that the "German
gam la muckraking this administra
tion" and asserted that efforts to
force tha bills are futile because of
certain executive veto, urging cessa
tion of agitation. ,
While praising 6enatora Hitchcock
and Chamberlain as unimpeachable
patriots. Senator Reed,, another, mili
tary committee member, argued that,
the war cabinet bill la naeonaUtutionat.
, Further disclosure of the govern
ment's military program, were made
when Secretary Baker res upeaxeij, be
fore the. military committee for cross
examination Wednesday.
, Secretary Baker's cross-examination
waa begun by Senator Week of Mas
sachusetts, republican, ia - connection
with tha number of troops to be sent
abroad this year. - v..
On January L Secretary Batter said
more troops had been transported to
. Fraacer Including both aoa-combatant
ENTENTE HAS MOST TROOPS and rigbtin; force, than had beea
planned.
Many Soldiere Take Federal Insurance
San Francisco. Soldier la the
western department of the army have
taken government Insurance to the
total value of 1178,009,000 and before
the period of automatic Insurance,
February 12, It is believed most of
the 47.000 men In thla Jurisdiction wUl
hold government policies, according to
Captain E. H. Pearce, officer la
charge. : ' - . :." ;
Wool Stocks Have Decreased.
Washington. Wool stocks In the
United State were about 5S2.0O0.00O
pounds December II last, the depart
ment of agriculture announced" la Ua
third quarterly report That ;ras a
decrease of 71,000.00 pounds from
stocks September SO, 1917. - - ';
Secretary Baker Saya Allies Numer.
. Ically Superior on West Front
Washington. Warning the naUon
Outside of . not to let reports of strikes and other
the capita the strike grew on Satur
day, but there are no Veporta of elaahea
between the military and tha worker.
THE MARKETS
DEATH TO GERMAN
STRIKERS IS THREAT
go upstream for tho spawning time
much earlier this year, and these cer- as a aide Issue,
tain points are clcssd to protect future ; J. A. Hosklns and L. R. Stockman
fishing. ,: ,Y-'..: ; 'ff-have ben awarded the contract for,
One Baa waa hurt And from 15000 to the construction of tho drainage plant
6000 in damage waa done when the of . the Ontario Irrigation district 'At A
three-story frame hotel, recently con- figure approximating $155,000. The
structed by the Somoiarstrom Ship-, project 1 tho draining of 10,000 acre
building company at Columbia City, t near Ontario, Into the Snake river. Tha
two and one-half miles from St Helen, 'work will Include about three mile of
,ira completely destroyed. by fir. ditches and 11H miles of tile drainage,
London. General von Keasol, mili
tary commandant of Brandenburg prov
ince, la which .Berlin la situated,
threatens , summary . punishment of
strikers who tall to obey hi order that
they; resume work. '"'' r
' 'Employes' falling to rcaume work
will be tried by courtmartlal, which la
." Portland.
Oats No. S white teed, 159 per too.
Barley Standard feed, 157.60 too.
Corn Whole. 74: cracked, 975.'
Hay Timothy, 927 per ton; alfalfa,
121.60.' 1 '
Butter Creamery, 62c per lb.'
Eggs Ranch, Slo per dozen.
Potatoes -H.25S1.S5 per hundred.
Poultry Hens, 21 25c; geese, IS
18c; ducks, 3031c; turkeys, live,
2223c;r dressed, choice, 34 35c.
, internal disturbance in Germany
slacken Its war preparationa. Secre
tary Baker la his weekly military re
view also makea the official announce
ment that American troopa are at last
holding a portion of the actual battle
! front '-. V. - - ' "
For the first time, also. Secretary
Baker declares that it la fully believed
the ailiea have a preponderance of
men and guns on the western front
despite the fact that the German line
haa been strengthened by troopa from
the Russian field. Secretary Baker
declared the reports of numerical su
periority have been spread by the
enemy himself. . .. ,. ?
TO Uf,!IT FF.0FITS
OF FLOUR DEALERS
' Seattle.
Butter Creamery; 6Sc per lb.'
Eggs Ranch; Bi c per dozen.
Potatoes 927.00' per ton; Takima
authorized to Impose sentence of death,
executlod to take place within 14 houra Gema, 930.00. '
of the time the sentence la imposed.' Poultry Hens, !527c; dressed.
tm Hr..H military muniirM. e. 2S32c: fryers, S('c: turkeys, Uve,
Two of tfie 019 accident reported to :.the tile varying from eight to 30 inches. ' cording to a report from Copenhagen, 230c; dressed, 86380.' - ;
General Wood Leavea Heapltal.
Pari. Major General Wood, who
waa wounded In the right-ardt by a
shell splinter while visiting the Amer
ican front recently, left the hospital.
tha atata Industrial accident commls
alon during the week ending January
81 were .fatal. . They, wet Fred 1L
Miller, Portland, killed In shipbuilding
operations, a,nd Clarke Correll, of Sea-'
aide, killed in logging operations.
Th Farmers' union
county baa telegraphed
delegation In congress asking thai the
warehouse, where the grain Is sctunlly
turned ever ieKhe government, Instead
of a terminal city ucb aa Portland or
Spokane, be established as a primary
market. .
Article of incorporation, with stock
plsced at $1,000,000 have been filed
for tha Gold Hill Manganese company,
Ih Incorporators being Tacoma part
ies'. Th property of the company waa
Farmer, United State department
of agriculture representative1 and
member of the staff of 6rogon Agri
cultural college will work tonetbar to,
make grain handling in bulk an ex
tensive practice in Oregon. .Men repro
of Umatilla ' sentlpg these'1 three dlvlslona of work-,
the Oregon era havo already 'been appointed to
handle the situation and will' start at
onco to cover the principal Rraln sec
tions of the state. -'V'- ;
i Secretary of State Olcott; baa Just
issued a now digest of. election date
and laws for 1918. In addition to all,
the date which relate' to election mafr
ters.'such aa the last day for . tiling
declarations of candidacy and' ' for
filing material for the voters' pam
phlet and tha like, it contains forma'
fit - ' r , Ji-'J era i7 ?yW--v ' V. ' ""fl
recently purchased by E. McColley, for nominating petitions,', 'or declare-v
or Tacoma, snd is. located down koriio
river about 30 miles from Grants Pass.
8uperlntennt Churchill has -received
Instructions from President Wilson
and Provost Marshal-General Crowder,
to cat! upon all school-teachers of the
state to report to the local draft beards
In their respective districts and offer
thfflialri tor duty In copying" por
tion of candidacy, and information.
(about the voters' pamphlet,;' and the
fees for filing declarations, and much1,
other Information relating to election
. matters. . ','" . ' " " ' '' j
Insurance Commissioner ; Harvey r
Wells has IssuoiLjin emergency ruH- in
Ing dlre!tlng " the Oregoh Insurance i W
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IftUUf HUIMK UVk VW VUI
h-7Ln V CVS.
, Kept Bright by Constant Us.
Three things,, that never . become
rusty the money of the charitable, the
nail in a collector's shoes and a
thoughtless womun's tongue. " " '
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DRY AMENDMENT RAPPED
Cardinal Glbbena .Saya Legislators
'i Should Not Bow to Fanatlciam,
' Baltimore. Cardinal Gibbona stren
uously denounced the national' prohi
bition amendment in a statement is
sued by him, and declared, that legis
lators of the states should not "bow to
the fanaticism that seems to be rul
ing ua in thia respect" , .
He declared that some of the law
makers seemed actuated by coward
Ice . In voting against their convic
tion for the amendment ,. . .
- "It will be a calamity, if this amend
ment la adopted," said the cardinal. -"It
wiU .be only a step. in the abridg
ment of other liberties that w'e enjoy.
Those favoring the amendment will
not be satisfied with this victory snd
they will try to impose other obnox
ious laws upon us that will make our
personal liberty worth very little."
. Washington. With the retail price,
of flour up 99 per cent above its price
when the' great war broke out the
food administration haa set out to
check profiteering among; wholesale
and retail, dealer. .- ,-:.s'.-H.,:f-rX
In- a warning issued by Herbert
Hoover, wholesaler were Informed
that maximum gross profits must not
exceed 60 to 70 cent per barrel and,
retailers must restrict their profit
to from 80 cents to $1.20 per barrel.
A two-ounce bread ration waa or-,
dered by the food administration for
patrons of hotels, restaurants and
dining .cars. ; ' -
Public eating place are now li
censed under th new bread regula
tions and the bread ration rule I is
sued under this authority. Hotel rep-'
rcsentative have been instructed to
see that Immediate observance 1 hi
given in hotels for Monday and Wed
nesday, aa .wheatless days, Tuesday aa
meatless day, Saturday aa a porkless
day, and that there 1 one wheat lesa,
meal aad on meatless meal everyt
day.
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BREAD LOAVES DISCUSSED
Five Federal Food Administrator '
. Meet In Portland.
" Portland, Or. Five federal foo
administrators convened in Portland
Monday, to undertake tho formulation ,
of a plan for concerted action in food
production and conservation. First of
all they discussed the bread-loaf, but
their Inquiries will range widely and
the general plan adopted will ba ia
effect for a year or more, i
. Those participating in the confer
ence are: W. B. Ayer. of Oregon; B,
F. Bicknell. of Idaho; Charles Hea
berd. of Washington: Royal A. Gun
nison, of Alaska, and Ralph Merrltt,
of California. Other member of thai '
conference are: Dr. E. D-, Clark, of
the bureau of chemistry, department
of agriculture, and W. K. Newell, as-'
Biataot food administrator for Oregon.