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WES TON EADER VOLUME 40 WESTON.lOREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 12. 1918 NUMBER 41 I'h'ioJ A'ate Tss Commissioner Gil loaay. Losaon Roes, a ratiiman ef Poe 'valley, in Klamath county, has been arrested In connection with the poison ing of lb 27 sheep In the vicinity of . , , - uW ,rrlll. The ehep were found poison- Principal tvsrui of mo weex , ,h. noro?i of )w0 promioant R-I.ftw Htehart far Infflfv ranchers and a warning waa left to OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Only One Sentiment Permissible Today and That Is Absolute Unity ' By CARDINAL 0CONNELL nation of Our Renters. Kills Beggs. in. t pioneer of llsker nd Grant counties, dN at Canyon City. A horn guard company waa organ ised In lleppner with about 10 mem bers. Tim la which candidates for state keep lha anlmali away from Urysnt Mountain, whlrb heretofore baa been used for cattle. Fred Btakel. of Too valley, and John McFall. of Donansa, BRIEF NEWS0F THE WB paESIDOIT MAKES ' Central Focb baa succeeded during riAiiTiii tbe pest wsek la definitely haltiog Von FIHHTI1IU SPEECH Hlodsnbur.'s weetern drive every- 1 a-a.ii where, except la lb a direction of ' . t Amiens. 0uty of America If to Cast Tbo original aaonaotuai of tba dee- ' man advance,, which extended over a tVCrjf SelflSlI DOralftMtl front of 10 milee, baa now baaa cob- " r.,. centrs'ed la tba small aactar ! aha eaat of Amiens, lllndenburg aoatiauaa ta throw Baltimore, M4-Preoldeat Wlleeu. at aad dlairlct offlrea may file their d- mwf, nhBrm.0 rm c.iChlng them claratlona wlb Secretary of State 01- , ,u,nltoa with the .result cott ends Friday. (hlll lnrjr ,r gol(i 4t sxtrsmnly low A contract for tba construction of fguro, a M.000 bushel concrete elevator at VrnlitM W(K)B h ,MtH ,nolh. Tba Detlee at tba approxlale coat of w ,,. fiI for mfiao m,B of $28,000 waa Mdad. .t,M t tclegraphle Instruotlons bsv- rifty eltlsens of WendUng forward- by B , ad a petition ta Adjutaat Oenerel John , charge of the select Iveserv- " "' " lc. B Orel00 ,0 entr,ln t21 m,n dur. 'J'hrro is but tmo seiilimcut pcnniMibla tods;' tliat acntimcnt is ibaoluta unitjr. 1 Our coutilry is at war our nation therefore Deeds us all. every man. bad provlou.ly bon apprabandad la woman and child of us, to strength. Iicr, to lwsrtcn her, and to stand ttmh tooP uu ,b k"t,1 " 11 to Ilbrt Iatoa.ta bara. connacUon with Ibis affair. f.itlf..1lv h. ,,m,I i,. i k i 1.... !: oaUmaud that appraalroataly . ava Aaortca'a aaawar to tba Oarmaa v 7 7'" ' . nHa MUy.y aagatad la th torn- drta on tba waaUra UtUafroot; I v... ,...n,m ...an arnre. , , bata thai baTa laa In proraaa dorlaf Cod and our nation! Iet us lift up that cry to heaven. Xaither tba past faw daya. Tbia aatiaata. of ha no bate nor sullen anjfcr may dim the glory of our Bag. But let tha eouraa, doaa not laelnda tba rasarraa Jovo of tnie freedom Mnwcd, Otxl-given freedom which above all otlier w behind tha liaaa. Tba snmlt run, unuauatly heaty, eon dnuaa In tba Randy rUar. Tba llttla flab ara of flna quality and many paopla ara dipping thnin, wblla com tha roaewad propagaada far a Oanaaa piada paaca. to ail prat ass la la aa4 tba war bafora Oarmaoy W vakaaa from bar dream of world dominion. la eabatanca. Pratldeat WlUoa'a an swer in bla apaecb ta tba German drive and tba German propaganda wee: Tore, force ta tba ntmoat. Cerea of a borne guard at Wendllng Tba annual convention of the Ore- AprJ ( lag tba five-day period commencing lands ot.r country has cherished aud defended, let that be the thrillin V 'J I JJ. a w! 1 ' - . 4 1! .1 1 . over a rathar broken country, and tba power that will quicken our pulws, into a still greater love of America Cenn,Dg ,r BW)ung with the fiercest than we have ever known till now. reelstanee an every Inch of H, aad We are of all races; today we are one Americans. Whatever wa they ara open ta eouotsr-attaeke that can do in honor and justice, that we must in conscience do to defeat our Pmoua for them. Tba alight floe without sunt or limit, tte rtgnteaan ..wm,;.,. n,l m.t, fl tr;.n.nlM.,i tuationa In the lines In tba last few gad triumphant force whlek ahall enemies eni make our nair triumpsmnt. ' . . . . . . . . . . , .t . . . . . 4 . . .. , - . days show bow the French and British make right the Uw of the world aod Christ is risen. He has tr.nm(Mver iniquity and death. Let ue gr uklnf ..nu,, of the natoral east every aelflab dominion down In look up to wncre fie now sita in glory, and reaU anew from tiie story of conformation of tba ground, while the dost ; -, Germany has once mora said that gon State Sunday School association will be bold at La Grande April li to II, and at Salem, April 25 to 17. Out of 111? physicians In Oregon 110 have been eommlsaloned or been recommended for eoramiaalona In tha medical reserve corps of the army. That tba recent heavy frost baa practically deatreyed tba pear and petite prune prospect In many locali ties of Douglas county, 1 1 the opinion of orvbardlata. Seaator McNary has introduced a bill to enlarge Crater Lake park by adding tract on tba north. Including Mount Bailey, Diamond Lake and Mount Tbielsen. Deposits in all of the baofcevla the slat aagrexated IU4.891.JOI l en March 4. according to flic urea complet ed by Superintendent of Banks Ben nett.' This waa a decreaae Of $14.317.. 461.71 from December of last year, but an Increase of I20.417.034.2t over March of I17. Reports received from various coun try communities In Marlon county In dicate that Ibe early peach crop waa heavily hit by recent frosts and la many Instancea orchards will show a. small percentage of a crop. Logan berries also probably will be later than usual and somewhat reduced. So far aa can be learned there has his passion and his triumph the greatest of all lesanna man can ever they are strengthening their defensive learn that evil is conquered only by divine courage; that death baa no "nM na weir eruiiery. terror for the man of faith, and that not all the riches of this world are worth passing thought in compariwm with the things which endure for ever. Let ua hasten now to act. We have spoken enough. . . Slay God preserve and blcsa America. 1 . . 1 3 ' force, and force alone, ahall decide whether Justice and peace shall reign la the affaire of men; whether light aa America conceives It or dominion aa aha conceives It shall determine tba 1 Let Us Watch and Avoid Slackers in Ranks of Our, Civilian Army Mack madman, IS ism oU, one of W) no ,0 l.ni,uI eoun, Ue oldaet tf not the oldest pioneer of Baker county, died after a short ill ness at the homo of bla eon, Albert lilndman of Durkee. Ralla on tha new Klamath Falls mu nicipal Una. being constructed from Klamath Kails to Dairy, 20 miles east, by Robert A Strabora, have been laid for a distance of aevrn mllea. Robert A. Booth, of Eugene, one of tha stste'a leading men, waa named by Governor Wlthycombe as state highway commissioner to succeed E. J. Adams, whose term baa aspired. 1 Members of tbo Loyal Legion of ' Loggers and Lumbermen tarred and feathered two proOerman members of the I. W. TV. at Knappa and then beaded them up the road with a warn ing not to return. The Eugene Frultgrowen associa tion Is closing Its season run on broo ' coll wltb a record of almost 2500 raaea of thla canned product aa compared with 100 esses, the greaieet output for any previous arason. Tba postorriee In Berlin aoid 1319 42 worth of war aavlnga atampa and 122 76 worth or thrift atampa during the month of March. This Berlin la not the capital of Oermany, however, but a poatofflce In Linn county. Portland's fire loaf ea' for tha first ty wheat crop from the recent cold anap, despite tha fact 'that much of tha grain on the reservation waa In a condition where It Is highly suscept ible to the cold. Farmers forecist tha largest crop In tba history of tba coun ty. '' ' District Attorney Ooyne. cf Tilla mook eounty, waa advised by Attorney General Brown thst only a majority vote la necessary to select the site for a schoolhouse or to do any other act under tba school law requiring a vote, with the eiceptton of determining upon Uie removal of a schoolbouao, which re quires a two thirds vote ' Linn eounty will have a county agri cultural axent within tho next two weeka. The committee which waa In charge of raising a fund for the pur pose baa announced that Its efforts have been auccessfut and that the money la ready. An agent will be selected upon Uia recommendation of the board of regenta of tba Oregon Agricultural college. Deploring the fact that Oregon soldiers when absent from tba state, ara without tha right to vote, tha Marlon County Veterans' association The anniversary of the entry of the United States into tbo war waa made the occasion of celebratlve functions In London, Paris and Rome and tba Bend ing of numerous messages of felicita- destinies of mankind, tlon by allied leaders. A notable nt- "I accept tne challenge, I know terance was tint by Premier Lloyd Uat roa accept it AH the world aball George, In which be predicted that know yon accept it It shall appear during "tba next few weeka" the TJnl- u the utter saci-triee and eelf forget- ted States would give the Prussian fulness with which wa shall give all military junta tba surprise of their that wa love and all that wa have to Uvea." redeem the world and make It fit for ' 1 - t free men like oorselvea to live In. Americana Helped to Save Amlena. Thla now la tha meaning of tfiet London. But for the gallant da- wc da Let everything that wa say, fense put op by General Carey's im- ur fellow countrymen, everything In war time the moat damning tag we can tie to a man is the despised provtsed army, in which American rail- that wo henceforth plan aad accom- 'Slorkcr." Any dcacrtcr disgracingjiia country's uniform, and coward engineers played a prominent pUsa, nog true to thla response till K..n;H 4Wnnifnrm we call a slacker But the arm of the United Part- tt correspondent on tha the majeaty and might of our concert- shunning tho uniform, we cal sucker. Uuttne array oltne tmtea veter front ttt Dally .Mail, the power shall fill the thought and Stales is not all uniform, and the western front is not confined to France MWBy nlgU htTe pu,ned te ,y Mml rortM ttc who and Flanders. Our army includes all that host of men and women supply- Amlena in the first few daya of his fcont aad misprise what wa honor and ing our food munitions of war. . Tsy are heroes aa much as their more great attack:" The Improvised force hold dear." relatives, and there is desertion and failure to er,lit beld an Important atretch of the front Warning anew that a triumph of in this army aa well aa in tho force, to cross the Atlantic There are 6lnat fartoua Cerman onslaught alackers on our western front This battle lino which we protect over here is under the control of a By M. T. BENNETT arms for Germsny" wooli mean ruin for all the Ideals America baa won and Senator Stone Stricken with Paralyala lived for, tha president reiterated skat Washington. Senator Stone, of he waa willing ta diaousa at any time civilian army. In our factories and fields we are waging war against our Missouri, chairman of the foreign re- fair, Just and honest peace, staoere enemr. Are we fighting as hard as we can ? Are wc putting all our force 1,l0llt committee, waa stricken with ly proposed- peace ta which tha .t.. V. t.A ,t r. ... M; ; Pr'y - - eirong ana vw uu uuw BU''I J V mv vvw7asjr awe ouu uuu(ivun 1VI vui 4711 IU France? We must fall to md do our work to make theirs worth while. For all the fighting in France will fail without our campaign for work in America,- Our farmers and manufacturers have been called to join the ranks. Will they dodge the work, tho self-sacrifice? Let us watch and avoid tho slackers in our civilian army. ea route to his office in the capital. GERMANS GAIN IH NEW ATTACK RESPONSE TO LOAN IS ENTHUSIASTIC Winter Wheat 560,000,000 Bushels. Washington. Winter wheat produc tion thla year will be about 60.000.000 bushels, the department of agriculture estimated. . t ; THE GREAT WAR HAS MADE CIGARETTES A NECESSITY. Washington. One year from the day tha United States entered the world war, the nation started collect ing 13,000,000,000 from Its citlsens as London. In . a new attack on the British line between La Bassee and Aroieutleres. the Germans gained 1. . . ..(A..t.J m Mailnttnrt ftVAHnff tit irmiinit lit Ih. nAlfrhhnrhrtrwt nf Kaiit enactment of a law removing this dls-v Chspelle, Fauqulssart and Cardonner- "llrd Uberty ,0n t0 ""N t.llfiw k m .1 ri,ni,lna thmt mAmhnrt farm t. Affli.lftl nnnrt trem V1etn .L- ,V. ..ll.l , "" """" --r- - lour mom... . .....v-, ...... of aMOCton wm refuM to vote Marehs! Halg states. ye.reau.na - ea w- -. (or ,ny CMfldate for the leglalature against a loss of 1108.584 for tba cor- . ....u responding four months of the laat flseal year, or a decrease of f 42.85S. ' Tba Gold Hill Lumber company's bos factory at Gold Hill and Its ssw (inlll and logging railway on Sardine 'creek, six miles north of Gold Hill, which baa been Idle the past four not favoring such action, v. The 81st session of the Central Bap tist association will be held at the first Baptist church, Salem, April 19. 11 and 12. Rev. O. H. Young, of Albany, will be moderator. The association em braces Linn and Marlon counties, and tha churches having membership are fighting. It waa a day of patriotic celebra- Tha Germane delivered a heavy etA"0"' .Sl UU C1VUI1UI U1HI1.U1U. WJvUIbI W tack against tha British and Portu guese on an 11-mlle front between Glvenchy and La Bassee and north eastward to Fleurbala, near Armen tleres. V... .1 V A D1.H..N ,ll4 A Tim. X . . v and gave material evidence of their tillon the enemy appeared 0 have V million, of dol- sniuvu m awwvasafi as shiuvvi wv.wihivh, aymboltxe the important part each must play In winning the war. . Throughout the United States com: m unities observed the anniversary of the nation'a entrance Into the war ,,, - . . mm cnurcne nvm u.riuuiui gainea a iuoun in aoruBw vvmuiwi , ... ,., , villi. Holly, Laoomb, Lebanon, NortU a tierce battle waa raging all along v:.r'a . I:":. JS'.: PalesUne, Providence. Salem. Sclo. the sector. La Plantln ia northwest VlieCl IU1 U.u whw ftiv (.Mv.uaii and do not worn will be eonsidered in the same light a a slacker or traitor .n wm uk w...- vvm.- 1(o Motlon 0n yj, pclto coast ' , ... wtbllshed at TUlkmook. when Flr manufactttrera of tha northwest ., . ..r. ... v . ---I " - ' - man, received 11700 for bis herd bull. Saint Mswes. One of Mr. Curtiss' Stayton, Tallman and Worth Santlam. of Glvenchy. and Petition Ilea to tha What is said to bea record price MSt of Laventle. , for Jersey dairy stock sold at pub. . v . , . LAND BANK IS YEAR OLD ara pleased with tbe prospect of ob taining big ordera for material to bi used in the construction of 100,000 new freight cere which tha government ia to order through a series of contracts how under consideration. ! A tout of 488 accidents waa report ed to the state Industrial accident com jmlsslon for the week ending April 4, of which two were fatal. Sam D, jClarke, of Philomath, waa killed while logging, and A. Emerson, a railroad man, was killed at Kerry. y ; Tha Lane County grand Jury Indicted Elmer Paine, Jess Fox and Harry In CaplUl Stock la Nearly Doubled 12 Month Spokane, Wash. The federal land the struggle against Germany. While publie meetings were in prog ress in nearly every city telegrams were pouring Into liberty loan head quarters at the treasury telling of towns that had exceeded their quotas In tha first day of the tour weeks' campaign, or even within the first hour. "Our boys must have their smokes. Send them cigarettes!" This is a familiar appeal now to all of us. Among those most In demand Sat . the now famous "toasted' cigarette LUCKY STRIKE. ' Thousands of this favorite brand have been shipped to France. There is something home like and friendly to the boys in tha sight of the familiar green packagea with the red circle. - Tbia homelike, appetizing quality of the LUCKY STRIKE cigarette ia largely due to the fact that the Burley tobacco used in making it baa been toasted. "It's toasted waa the "sto (ran" that made a great success ot . LUCKY STRIKE in less than a year. Now the American Tobacco Co. is making 13 million LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes a day. A good part of this immense pro duction ia making its way across tha wa'er to cheer our boys. The Red Cross has distributed thousanda of LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes. THE MARKETS IRISH DRAFT TO GO . VITHH0!.'E RULE London. David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, made tha Bold est stroke ot his career by eotrpitsg hoipe rule for Ireland with tha eon ecrlption of Irishmen. This unexpected announcement waa made in an address by the premier In tha house of commons, la presenting the near eonscriptloa bill to parlia ment Tbe premier said that tha man-power act would be extended to Ireland under the same eonditiona aa to Great Britain and that a measure ot self government tor Ireland would be In troduced. The first impression waa skepticism , aa to whether the war cabinet eould . frame a measure which would stand that test and the tear that the country might be plunged again into the old fury of tha Irish quarrel while fight ing for its life against enemies out side its walla. , , The atmosphere ot tha house of commons did not foreshadow success. From his first sentence on Ireland, the premier was assailed with what Renter's correspondent describee aa "running, hostile comment front tha Irish benehee." - - - - spoaane, wasn. ine ivaerai isna ..,. nape unu Jersey cows brought 1850, another (850 Unki whloh operatei ln Oregon, Wash- MANY HONOR FLAGS WON and two otnera 1500 eacn. wr. turtles ,ngton( l(Un0 tnd MonUna, waa 1 year disposed of his entire herd ot blooded 0ld this week, - Jersey stock, formerly maintained lust Twelve montha operations were north of Pullman, the sale, totaling ...mm-j n a. rvanaa. nresident 118,010, considerably mora than expect- f0n0Wi: Lowe applied for. 1T.33S: ' nd eotm"8 which have reached -m : -.. .... ' ' !' .... ' . .nnl.i In tha third Ifhartv 1nn a. " ' seretary of Treasury Urges That Campaign B Pushed to Utmost San Frar-cisco. Honor flags to ct- P, Ten sen, ot Ontario, has complsln-: sd to State Veterinarian Lytle that a; loss Is being suffered by stockmen at ., Ontario and Tayette by a federal regu- .from $750,000 to $1,882,742 through the Portland. . Barley Standard teed, $72 per ton. Oata No. 2 white feed, $69 per ton. Corn Whole, $77; cracked. $78. ' Hay Timothy, $27 per ton; alfalfa, $24.50. Butter Creamery, 40c per lb. Eggs Ranch. 35e per dozen. Potatoes 80$t0c per hundred; Yaklmaa, $1.25 1.35. ' Poultry Roosters, Old. 20o; stags, 22c; bens, 26G27e: broilers, 40c; amount applied tor. $43,233,213; farma etr e third liberty loan appraised and . reported on. 11.820; are nying rrom iexas w m vuu.n loans approved, 1198; aggregate ot Dd from th8, folfl, oce"n ' leans approved. $20,748,170. ' Mhni- llh(ri loan head- tn . vr th. n.ntt.1 h.a lnnrennert quarters announced here. RTMnnfti i siiJ 74Sthrn,.ffhth In the twelfth federal reserve dis- iducks, 82c; geese. 25c; turkeys, live iMarUn tortmwVkhwrtni taUott hleh rolllblu th "'Pment 1 itock aubscrlption. ot each borrower. trlct Madera county won the first ie27c. drea.ed 15fJI7. per pound, EngeneS ..' .; a.linuM at Hnhura and Its content. :vwicmhb wwrewn i um wnen ine capiiai rec.. ti.Quu.uuu - ----- ... .. 'MtmrttoX & ucn eltl9 CM be tot 00 the bank start, to pay oft to the gov- Secretary ot th. Treasury Wll lam Including 8700 sacks potatoat, wittt DrMent Ontario or Par- Mm-nt it. r..tni eanit.l of 17B0 000. O. McAdoo telegraphed liberty loan intent to aerraua insurance companies. . ... , . .-....-. The state of Oregon for the year ' ett because It is necessary, in order aa provided tor In tha law. and ultt- 1111 on the 1917 assessment' roll, bst ,0 mcB T'i hP the catUe ately all stock wUl be owned by the levied $23,203,140.88 for all purposes. Into Idaho and back into Oregon sgsln. borrowers. ..... ..,,. ' Dr. Lytle states that a bill Is now . . - headquarters to put every effort into Butter Creamery, 42a per lb. Eggs Ranch. S8e per doien. Poultry Fryers, fresh dressed. 8Se; cities and towna and miscellaneous Wm in eongress which proposes Annual "Clean-up Days" Friday and usas, according to lUitntiaa. o Madj this, cdmoa. . Baturiay, AprUW and 80, . the drive. Mr. McAdoo asked for cam- roosters, fresh dressed, S3c; trosen palgna ot education ln the schools and hena, light 30c, medium 32c; ducks, the organisation ot war savings socle- live 30c, dressed 32c; geese, live 25c, ties to push every campaign for the dressed 30c; turkeys, live 28 30c; alt ot gover am est aocuriUea. i qxeusd, Ifftfftb. American Leaeea Given Out Washington. Tha largest easualry list for any day since the United States entered tha war waa announced by the war department Wednesday. There are 283 namea on the list (These are in addition to the 44T .names announced Tuesday, covering alx days.) . Secretary Baker ordered the war 'department to resume issuing casual ty lista of the American expeditionary forces. Four hundred and forty-eevea names appoar on oaaualty lists tor April 1 to i, Inclusive. On AMI 5 124 namea were reported. The combined lists show: ' Killed In action 18, died ot weosda 11, captured 21. died ot accident , died of disease 48, died "cause un known" 8, severely wounded 103, slightly wounded 241. ''Our Minister's Honermoolh" at CD art Btt&e. prU 1