Weston
EADER
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NUMBER 3
WESTON, OREGON,! FRIDAY, JUNE 21. 1918
VOLUME 41
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAUNTEREST
Principal Events ol the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mttlon of Our Reader.
Th Prlnevlll Chautauqua eeeston
will be from July i to 10, Inclusive
The first western convention of
fiiunitrlu held In Portland
June 18,
Total fire Iom In the slate outld of
Portland for May Is rallinatrd (I 2I1.
OOO by Hist" Fire Msrhl Well.
Assisted by friend ami relatives.
"Grandfather" tluraoo, of Brownsville.
relehald Mi 103d birthday annlver
tary laat weak.
Under the direction or the Hah and
! itm rommlaatnn, 10 tarlnada of
young aaluion were planted In Oewego
lak, nmr Portland.
Tha flrat Chautauqua over held In
North Bend li ecbeduled (or sla day,
July 11 to 11. Korty six clUsens of tha
roinmunlty pled"d tha 11360 oec
lary. Umatilla county. which elalroa lo pro
dura 1 per cent of all lb wheat In tha
Unllad Statee. xprt to bav a re
cord crop thla year of 1,000.000 or
000.000 busbels,
Tha atate highway comtnlaaton will
mct In Portland on June IS to open
blda for tba paving of II miles of tha
Pacific highway, north of Salem, In
Marlon county.
Tba city of I'rlnevlllo now hat frea
mall delivery. There are two carrtera,
both ilrla. Prtnevllle la tba flrat and
only town In central Oregon to bare
tha delivery ayatem.
Klgbty three women and 31 men, 11
In all. received tbelr diploma at tha
final eierclaee of tba 4 2d annual com
mencement of tha University of Ore
gon Monday morning.
Louie Oroahema. a prominent farm
er and atockman of lleppner, commit
ted aulclde by shooting blmaelf In tba
head on tha county road, about It
mllea eaat of lleppner.
Portland la to have another flouring
mill. Tha Globe Grain Milling com
pany will begin Immediately the con
etructlon of a ISOObarrel flour mill.
The coat will be net ra than 1160.000.
ICiamlnatloni for atate teachera' cer
tificate will be held In tha county
aeat of every county In tba atata from
Juna 2 to 39. Inclualve, according to
an announcement made by State Su
perintendent Churchill.
Electric atorma of the paat week
aet fire In four different ptacea In
the big Sbevlln Hlxon white pine belt
aat of La Pine. The heavy ralne
whlrh accompanied tbcae atorma wera
not able to quench tha f Irea.
Tha Ilalnlcr Mercury company,
which recently acquired tha Utah and
tlartleaon group of olnnabar mlnaa In
tha Maadowa district, 11 mllea north
of Gold Mill, hai made lta Initial ehlp
ment of 10 flasks of qulckallver.
In looking for a copper ledge which
ha carefully covered up 80 yeara ago,
a Mr. Downy of Grave Creek, near
Oranta rasa, la reported to hava found
v a vein of gold-bearing ora that prom
ises to make him a wealthy man. -
A. S. Outre, of eaatern Oregon, who
baa Juat crossed the McKcnsle paaa
with a team, the flrat to croaa with any
kind of vehicle thla year, report! that
In few daya' time automobiles will
be able to croaa by their own power.
Tba flax crop at Salem thla year will
be practically a couplet failure be
cause of tba long dry spoil, according
to Robert Crawford, former superin
tendent of tha state flax plant and who
thla year haa 100 acrea planted to flax.
Organltatlon of eight battalions of
state militia has been perfected by th
general stsff, Oregon national guard,
and with officers commissioned th
work of training is laid to b going
forward rapidly in all sactioni of tha
tat.
There ia likelihood tbit Oregomani
1 will ha put on limited fusl rations
thla winter as part of the govern
ment's plan to make tip a deficiency
of 80,000,000 tons of bituminous coal,
according to Fuel Administrator
Holmes.
Under a recommendation of tha wool
section of tha war Industries board, it
waa announced that wool clips of three
eights and lower produced In Oregon,
Washington and In Idaho, west of
Focatello, will be shipped to Portland,
tor manufacture.
Four grade of onlona are established
by the public service commission In
- an order placing onion handling, weigh-
in, insoectlni and grading under con-
' txnl of til commliilosi 1Ui bud
quarters In Portland. Tha order la to
be rrf HIv July 1.
A sweeping reduction In fir Insur
ance ratea on all commercial risks In
Portland which will effect an approxi
mate saving of about 1100,000 a year
lo Portland property owners waa an
nounced following a conference be
tween Insurance Commissioner Harvey
Wells and J. M. McCune, manager of
tha Oregon Insursnce rating bureau.
With a total of premium Income on
thla claaa of bualneaa amounting to ap
proilmately 11,400,000 aggrrgate, tha
reduction will be In the neighborhood
f 10 per cent
According lo a message to officer of
th Columbia Itlver Loggers' aasoela
tlon, the prices which prevailed on fir
logs prior to April 1 have been restored
by the government price fixing com
mittee at Washington. Thla meana In
creaaea of 60 cents. II and II on st
inting prices.
During the past week 674 accldenta
wera reported to the atata Industrial
accident commission. Of that number
four were fatal, aa follow: C. R.
Mason. Portland, ahlpbul'dlng; A.' Ly
beck. Kerry, railroading: E. Blrnebon
er. Portland, eblpbulldlng; J- E- Can
non. Ilsker. light and power company.
County agents and representative
farmera of Umatilla, Sherman. Mor
row, Gilliam and Wasco counties met
at Pendleton Tueaday to visit farma
whara different expertmenla hsva
been successful Tbey will spend a
day each In Morrow, Ollllam and Sher
man countlea and at tba Mora experi
ment station, following tba visit
A eounty-wld "get together picnic"
to which everybody In th county 1
Invited and la expected to get acquaint
ed with everybody else, will be a fea
ture that will be pulled off Sunday,
Juna 11, under th auspices of tba
fiaker County Farmera' union. Tha
event will take place at Pocobontaa,
In tha foothills of the Blue mountains.
Th general land office announced
that plana for opening 110.000 acrea of
public lauds In tha vicinity of Portland
will not be abandoned, deeplt rec
emmendatlons of Governor Withy
combe of Oregon and others. Tha gov
ernor auggeated that the landa be held
"until peace cornea, when they could
be opened for tha benefit of returning
soldiers."
B. K. Kellogg, a retired farmer living
at Mount Pleaaant, near Oregon City,
waa given a eoat of tar and feather
by a crowd of IS men. Alleged remarka
by Kellogg to the effect that Red Croe
funds were being squandered and that
It waa foolish to buy Liberty bonds,
brought about the punishment, ha waa
told by members of th party. Kellogg
la an American cltlxen.
The possible construction of a rail
road by th federal government from
Yaqulna bay, through the Waldport
country and Into Lane county for th
purpose of reaching valuable apruca
tracts. Is Indicated by tba presence of
surveyor who are working on th
weat coast of Ln county near Heceta
Head Itghtbouae. The engineer have
been working between Yaqulna bay
and Waldport for aeveral weeka.
A special bulletin, devoted almoat ex
clusively to the subject of Fourth of
July lemonade, waa Issued from th
Oregon food admtnlatratlon headquar
tera by Asalatant Food Administrator
W. K. Newell. Tha privilege of run
ning lemonade stands will be withheld
sver th stat on tha "glorious Fourth,"
In tha interests of augar conservation,
th bulletin explains, Orangeade and
other sweetened drinks ar alao to be
under th ban.
Th state highway commission will
meet in Portland Tuesday, Juna 16. at
which tlm plan will ba outlined for
th coming year. Approval of th
1690,000 worth of bonda from th !,
000,000 lssu as given by the capital
issue commute contemplates com
pletion of contracts awarded last year
only, and a result th commission
li practically In a poattlon of starting
In anew and preparing to arrang for
'an entirely nsw programme on a new
basis. '
- Th sundry civil bill reported t th
house of representative carriea th
following northweatern appropriations:
Umatilla Irrigation project 180,000,
Klamath project 1428.000. Crater lake
national park, 160,000 for construction
and maintenance of roads and 118.825
for admtnlatratlon. Out of these ap
propriations will be taken enough to
purehaae one automobile and two
horse-drawn vehicles for tha accom
modation of visitors. Protection ol
O. It C. and Coos Bay grant lands
agalnat tire, $25,000. Care of Alaaka
Insane" at Portland, $99,000, or $420
per capita.
General Green haa lost his command
at Camp Lowli, Wish.
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WESTON
GRAFT RAIDS MADE
IN MAMY CITIES
Wsshington. A nation-wide con
aplracy between manufacturer and
contractors' agenta In Washington to
solicit government war orders under
an agreement to pay commissions il
legally to tha agenta waa disclosed by
the department ot Justice.
Simultaneously with the announce
ment, raids war mad on hundreds
ot manufacturers' business offices
throughout the United Btatea In search
of papera ahowlng th scope ot the
illegal practice.
Offlciala said th manufacturer
war led to enter Into the agreements
by assurances of the agent that they
had apeclal Influence with army of
ficer or other In charge ot lotting
contracts, and under threat to osa that
Influence against th manufacturer.
Eleven office In Washington were
raided and a great mass of papera of
contract agenta waa carried away.
Other cities in which raids were
mad include New York. Boston, Chi
cago, Brooklyn. San Franolsco, Jeraey
city. Philadelphia, rttteburg. St. Louis,
Cincinnati. Cleveland, Toledo, Colum
ella. 0.; Batifitt MJ&UAeQ,
War Savings Committoo
contributed for the Winning of-the War by
AUTO CO., C. H. Nelson
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big sawmill to be bu.lt
Cutting Capacity Will Be a Million
Feet Dally.
Portland. Or. A sawmill with a ca
pacity ot 1,000,000 feet a day, and in
other respects equipped to make it
th largest mill on the Pacific coast,
and probably second largest In the
country, haa been designed In Port
land for the United States govern
ment, as part of Its spruce production
programme. The mill will be erected
on the Olympio peninsula on the shore
of Lake Pleasant near Beaver, in
Clallam county, Wash, and about 60
miles west ot Port Angeles.
U. 8. Sslaee All Buach Breweries.
Washington. Th entire estate in
thla country of Mra. Lily Busch, widow
of Adolphus Busch, late millionaire
brewer, ot St. Louis, has been taken
over by the government under the
alien property law. The property con
sists largely ot breweries In St Louis
and other cities.- This fact became
known In connection with the return
to America of Mrs. Busch. who has
been living In Germany for aeveral
years, practically since the death ot
Wto$3tiu... r-
TOTAL OF AMERICAN
CASUALTIES IS 8035
Washington. Seven hundred and
seventy casualties reported among the
American expeditionary forces during
the past week brought the total since
American troops first landed In
France nearly a year ago to 8085.
The second weekly summary Issued
by the war department shows the total
deaths are S193, while 4547 men have
been wounded In action and 846 are
missing in action, including all men
held prisoners tn Germany.
With more than 800,000 soldiers Bent
overseas, officials pointed to the small
number. 291. lost through operations
of Gorman submarines aa showing the
effectiveness of the convoy system.
The comparatively email number of
men dying from wounds ia pointed to
as indicating tho efficiency of the am
bulance and hospital systems, while
the fact that only 1234 men have died
of disease ia accepted aa proof of the
excellent physical condition of Amer
ica's fighting men. .
Another satisfying consideration la
that ot tha wounded men a very high
percentage return to duty at the front
ia ln than six week,
' AUSTRIA LAUNCHES
, violent or re;;iTc
Urge Masses of Infantry VsM
in Attempt to Break tho
Italian Une. . Jj
Rom. A battle of great violence
along th whole front la which large
maaae of l&Xaatry ar being used by
th Austrian Is aa attempt to broak
through the Italia lie. partlaelarT
la th eastern sector of the Aslage
plateau, lo the BrenU valley aod oe
Mont Orappe, fa tfeeoribed tn. the of
ficial report from Italian headquarter.
Th enemy's attack were aset la
th advanced defensive area.
, Italian troops. In conjunction with
their rreneb and Brltlah allies, begae
a counter offensive against the Anatre
HungarUa force, which bad launched
an attack oa the Italian saoaatats
trout :
Th Italian and allied troop, ac
cording to an announcement made by
the war office, were able to gain par
tial successes end to rectify their liaea.
The statement sajre the Austria aa,
disregarding their loase. continued
their endeavors to croaa the Plave
river, bet that th Italian are bravely
holding their positions.
More than 4600 Anatrlana hav be)'
made prisoner by the Italians. Brttlah
and French.
The Italian troop and their elliee
are holding the enemy strongly, tena
ciously resisting hire la the new of
fensive and making repeated count
attacks, aald Premier Orlando la m
statement to the chamber of deputies.
AMERICANS DEFEAT
. GERMAN RAIDERS
With th American Army In Frame.
About COO German shock troops raid
ed th American first-line position st
tha village ot Xivray. In the Tout nee
tor. Some ot the enemy got Into Xi
vray, but ware soon driven oat. .
. . The attack began at 8 o'clock in the
morning after an extremely violent
bombardment The Germane advance'
swiftly to the attack, but were met
by a heavy fir. Tho who peoe-f
trated Xivray were forced speedily to
withdraw and elsewhere the enemy
waa completely repulsed-In hard fight
ing lac ting more than two hours. '
According to prisoners, the object of
the enemy was to take Americas pris
oners. Thla failed, aa no American is
reported missing.
The American troop engaged at
close quarters the small German force
that entered Xivray. There was sev
ere fighting! with bayonets sad clubbed
rifle. The Germans left nine dead ia
th streets and elx prisoners were
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taken, two ot them officers, one
whom was wounded.
ARMY TO REACH 3,000,003
Crewder Explains Military Expanalsn
' Plana to Senate Committee.
Washington. Three million Ameri- '
cans will be under arm by next Au
gust, th aenat military committee,
was told by Provost Marshal-General
Crowder. '
Extension of th age limit in the
army draft will be necessary, General
Crowder aald, If the present rate ef
draft calls ia continued. He estimated
that all the men in clasa one would
be exhausted soon attar next January
L
. General Crowder eaid that 1.347,004
ot the 3.428,000 men placed tn claaaj
one already have been called to the
color. He estimated that aome 400,
000 additional men tor the first class
will be secured from the men who.
registered last June 6 and that another
200,000 will be added by the reclassi
fication ot men In th re-examlnattoBj
ot the questionnaires now being made?
O'Leary Captured Near Portland.
Portland, Or, Charged with being a
spy, an Anglophile and a rabid pre
German agitator, Jeremiah O'Leary. a
New Tork lawyer, waa picked up oa.
little farm near Sara. Wash., about It
mllea north of Portland, aa a fugitive
from Justice. Secret , service dub,
with the aid of tanner and locel
authorities, made the arrest O'Learx
1 best known aa the president of th
American Truth society, an organisa
tion which is supposed to have been
financed by Germany to prevent the
entrance ot th United States Into b,a
r,