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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1918)
V STQM LEAD VOLUME 41 WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. , 1018 NUMBER 14 WE ER OREGON HEWS NOTES OF 6ENEML! INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Tot flrei are causing great dam age In logging sections o( foot county. joukU county has about 700 mem bers of Ilia boys' snd girls' Industrial null. Tim first public market lo Im- rslsb lulinl at MarshrMd will b built and tiiwifd tlila month. Tim stale military pollra I coating Ida taxpayers of Ihn stste I2I.mm pr nionOi for salaries. With a hot aun and dry wind pre vailing In western Oregon, danger of forest firm returned last . Mrs. Joe t'sdo killed a fxrodous wildest with her bare hand on lb ( ado ranch, six allies seat of ('ran. Tha third annual field trials of tli Oregon State Sportsmen's league will ba bald In Lebanon on 8ptembr II and 1. The northwest Methodist Episcopal conference, uniting tba Columbia, eaat Columbia and Montana conferences, was held at Milton. War activities at tba university of Oregon art not to ba confined to men. An emergency nurses' training couraa baa been announced. Tba Md annual Astoria regatta, which was beld under tba auspices of tha Soldiers'. Sailors' tnd Shipbuilders' club, was formally opened Thursday. Printers employed lo tha atata print ing office at Bslem wers granted general luerease of SO cents a day by the. atata printing board, as "war bonus." Tba net Income of tba O V. R. 4 N. for tha year )17 was H.HUJ7,' ac cording to tba annual report tba com pany filed with tba public aerrlca com mission. The Brownsville public library, re juvenated and Increased by the sddt Uon of many new volumes, ss lor mally dedicated and opened to tba puo lle last week. Tha plant of the Everfrcsh Fruit company at Sulherlln, engaged In work upon government contracts, waa destroyed by fire. The lot la estim ated at $30,000. Wild pigeons are. more plentiful In Clatsop county than any aeaaon for the past 10 yeara. Betterjrotectlon for this aperies of wild fowl baa re sulted In the Increase. Twenty-four, forest fires, caused by lightning, are raging In the Cascade national forest, according to a report received at the district forest office from Forest Supervisor Suits. The North Bond city council bat aet October IS aa the data for tba holding of a special election to submit to tbo voters of tha city a number of Import ant amendments to tbs city charter. There were between 600 and 700 hunters out In Umatilla county Sep tember 1, for China pheasant shooting, which Is permitted during tbs week under special permit from State Cams Warden Shoemaker. In response to a call lasued by tha ststs librarian. Miss Cornelia Marvin, a meeting was held In Albany to con sider the matter of bringing before the people tha importance of estab lishing a county library. Appointments of postmssters have been made In Oregon ss follows: We naha, Wallowa county, Mtsa Ruby Dul lard; Alberaon, Harney county, Nick H. Vegtley; Ash wood, Jefferson coun ty, Mrs. Neuna B. Flnnell. Tha publlo service commission was notified by It. Hlrschberg.'of Independ ence, that tbs Independence A Mon mouth road would ceaso operation Sep tember 1, tha company disposing of Its equipment and rolling stock. Clyds Rhodes, a well-to-do farmer, was found dead at the gate of his farm In Sams valley, six miles north of Gold Hill. Me Is bellowed to hsve committed suicide.. Coffee was found by bis aide containing crystals of cyanide. A maximum of 400 men will bo giv en Intensive training at the Oregon Agricultural college to fit them for United States srmy bands. They will bo selected by the government becaueo of musical ability and previous train ing. While plana are being made to carry out the Polk county fair tbo same aa UmiiU this year, the dates being Sep tember 17, 18 snd 19. It has been de cided not to have a fair in tbla county next year nor again until after tbo war. .... ' v . Approval of a $20,000 water bond Is- us W .ba .Mfci SS JKl MSI& 21 rity or ivmlietnn at toe coming lec tion I 'i November. Tha money la lo be usd In rompMIn the estenslon of tbe rlty wat'r systems to Cbapllah springs, now under sy. Iletween 100 and 400 patients at tbe Oregon atate hospital were put to work fur tbe Oregou Tacking company stringing beans fur canning at tbe rata f t cents per pound. Necessity for quick action on tba beans as a eon serration uwasure gained tbe use of the patients, who did tbe work at the hospital, whre tbs beans were deliv ered for stringing. Tli Oregon Association for tha Pre ventlnn of Tuberculosis hae secured tha appointment of a public health Minn fur Coos rnunly, which county Is the second one In Oregon to take this step. Jackson county already has tha services of a public health nurse. Kupertisor Cryder of the I'matllla national forest hss returned from a lour of two weeks over the forest and repurte the summer range In the west ern part of the forest Is so dry thst already aevvral bands of sbeep have been driven off tba forest to the win ter pasture. A "board of instruction," whose bus iness It Is lo see that conscripted men leave for rantonmenta In proper men ial and physical condition, fully ad vised ss lo their duties towsrd tha government and their families, bss been eppolnted by tbs Oregon City drsft board. District Attorney Osle 8. Hill, of Linn county, submitted to the publlo service commission an application on behalf of the Linn county court lor permission of the commission to con struct a grade crossing over the track of the Southern Faclfle company lo road district No. I. Out of a total of 61 accidents re ported to the stats Industrial eoniinle slon for tbo week ending August J, there were four fstalltles. Tbey were: John Ryder. Portland, ahlpbulldlng; ' William Bishop, near Scappooae, log ging; N. C Nelson, Columbia City, ahlpbulldlng; Fred W. Bradshaw, Ooocb, lumbering. Dig Hutte creek aa the source of sup ply and a 11.600.000 bond Issue, to ba voted upon September 28, sre ths rec ommendations of tbs directors of tbe Medford Irrigation district, after 11 months' study of the entire wstcr situ ation of the Itoguo river valley. Ths Medford irrigation district was formed September 15, 117. To bo used In Improvementa on Camp Custer, near tlattle Creek. Mich., 17,000,000 feet of Douglas fir has Just been ordered by the war department lbs orders are to be distributed, as usual, through ths fir production board, which malntatna headquarters In Portland. They go to mills of Ore gon and Washington. J. M. Cook, of Junction City, la out mors tbso f'-OO and Linn county ahead almost that sum as tbe result of tba Importation of six sultcaaes full of whisky Into Itarrlaburg. Cook paid a fine of $500 and coats, and O. B. Trout, of Corvallls, paid a fine of $250 and costs. In addition to tbe fine Cook Is out 1307.50 which bs paid for ths booie. , Chroma and manganese mining In saatsrn and southern Oregon Is one of ths newest Industries of tha ststs arising out of wartime needs. Second In output of chrome of any state, and with a production of mors thsn ons third ths output of tbs entire country, Oregon In tha lsst fsw months has bsan making still bigger preparations to meet ths wartime emorgoncy. Sals of 433,000,000 feet of timber, lo cated on territory covering an area1 of approximately 6WI0 acres In Alsea and Lake creek valleys In Lane, Lincoln and western Benton counties, to Alfred Thomss and B. B. Kingman of Colum bus, Mont., was completed by D. 8. R. Walker and J. Darling of Eugene. Ths consideration Is reported to bs In ths neighborhood of $800,000. The timber runs almost clear fir. The Buehner Lumber company, ot North Bend, bas mads application through Colonel Dlsquo, of tha spruce t production division, and Colonel Zlnn, government engineer, to have the chun nel of 8outh Inlet, IS miles wtst ot North llcnd, dredged and Improved In order that a larte tract of fine quality spruce and fir timber owned by tha company may bo opened up and util ised for airplane and ahlp material. . Nearly 3 Million Germans Killed. London. It Is cstlmatod by experta bore that the German losses In killed alone have reached a total of. more than two million and probably ap- proach three million. vTheas flgurea ... v.n out after a studv of tables of fi.rman nT allied losses whicn hv bMU fuMl8bd In the Back German "Efficiency" has never reached a higher plane than In the foul desecration of the Red Cross emblem in the bombing of plainly marked hospitals in the allied lines. "Here are many allied officers and men. says the Kaiser. "If they were not wounded, they might dodge our glorious air- planea aa bombs are dropped. and ao they are killed in theif beds or in the air as their beds are tween Ncaraglj, and Honduras, which necT qualifications may be In blown out from under them. I ss threatened a. the result ot a ductfd, October 1 for "Gott being with us. let us blow up nllfhe Red Cross hosp.tala boundary dUpute, has been averted. tptcM technic1 ocl,JomU trln" wa can. , . So the "Greatest Mother in the World' remains a shining mark for tha "Superbeast's" efficient elimination of hia enemies. Since Allied airplanes have become regular visitors to German cities, the Kaiser has discovered such bombing to be a violation of international law. n Your subscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan will mark the earnestness of your approval of the building of great fleets of American airplanes to bring their frightfulness home to the Hun. The Weston Branch of the Malen Burnett School of Piano Playing Walla Walla opens September 14 Miss Lois Cassil, Teacher YAFIXEE TRANSPORT REACHES OVERSEA DOCK . American troops hsve crowded hundreds of ships tbis spring awf"4;irn; mer, pouring through British and French ports on their way tr ihafcau Thlarrr and the Aisne-Marne front. So continuously do the co, 'ins f Americans march through British channel ports to embark tor Franthst . tha-Enxlisb residents caU It "the endless line". Fourth JJDeny i.oan uoima win :-&Z&k- 'J Being wounded, they cannot move, i 1 provjae mors sua oiggor snips tor t'-wt-wwr ... . . .. ,s 8 :r. a BRIEF NEWS OF THE WAR Tbo Uermana continue In retreat everywhere between Arras and tbs Kolssons sector under tbe violent at tacks by the allied troops, and ths allies hsve reclaimed many French towns and territory. Already outflanking the old lllnden burg line on the north. Field Marshal llalg'a forcea gradually are cutting their way eastward both north, and south of the Somine. Not alone have tbe allied troops ail over the battle front from Arras to Kolssons gained further important ter rain, bit to the north the British have advanced their Hoe In the Lya sector, ', apparently without m'uen effort Mount Kemmet, tbe famous strong hold southwest of Ypres wblcb wss tbe scene of terrific fighting during tbe Germs o offensive In 'Flanders late In April, bas been captured by tbe British. In the cspture of Mont St Quentin, north of Peronne and Feulllecourt, more than 1500 prisoners were taken by the British. Ths British losses were small. The operations of tbe British air forces are steadily increasing in Inten sity and daring, according to an of ficial announcement During the course of the past week 17 raids were made into German territory and nine German cities were bombed, of which Mannheim provided the most striking example of tbe success achieved by the audacious British aviators. . The positions won by the American forcea northwest ot Soissons, ' give tbem a tine view along the Cbemln dea Dames. Tbs Americana now can see the towers of tbe Lao a cathedral. Nicaragua and Honduraa to Arbitrate. M'aahlnfffin An irmAt etah h. Both nations have agreed, at the re quest ot tbe United States, to with draw all troops from their borders and submit the controversy to the United States through their respective mln-, isters In Washington. French Continue to Advance, Paris. In the region north of Sois sons French troops stormed the town of Leury and captured 1000 Germans, tbe French war office announced. French troops have crossed, the Bom me canal at Epenancourt, seven miles south of Peronne. Rouy le Petit two miles northeast ot Neele, bss been captured by the French. Bolshevik Leader Lsnlns Wounded. London. The wounding of Premier Lenlne by assassins is announced In a Russian wlrelesa message from Mos cow. British Losses Heavy. London. British casualties reported during the month ot August totaled 48,879. WORLD'S FREEDOM WAR AIM Preafdent'a Labor Day Message Says Workers Have Moat Interest Washington. All Americans are ad dressed as fellow enlisted men ot a single army of many parts, but com manded by a single obligation, in Pres ident Wilson's Labor day message. At' first, the president Bays, this hardly seemed more than a war of defenso against military aggression: now it is clear that it is more than a war to alter the balance of power' of Europe; thst Germany was striking at what free men everywhere desire and must have, the right to determine their own fortunes.' Labor day, 1918, there fore. Is supremely significant, he says. Trads Commission Sharply Aaaailed. Washington. Usurpation of power, inefficiency and unjust atuse ot busi ness interests are among the charges made against the Federal Trade com mission and laid before President Wil son by the chamber of commerce of the United States. U. S. Freight Ship Sinks; 13 Missing. Washington. Thirteen members of the crew of the Americsn freight tran sport Joseph Cudahy are missing, fol lowing the sinking ot that vessel by enemy submarines. Sixteen ot the crew were saved. "American Soldiers In Belgium. With tho British Army In Flanders. Vyr the first time American troops fought on Belgian soil Sunday. captured Voormexeele and wc They ere n- an - u m .ua v,...,. ,u kitons elsew Uis same locality. MEN 18 TO 45 TO REGISTERJEPT. 12 Wilson Issues Call to Nearly 13 Million to Sign Up For Military Service. Washington. All men from II to 48 years of age In tbe continental United States except those la the army or navy or already registered were sum moned by President Wilson to register for military service on Thursday, Sep tember 12, In a proclamation Issued Immediately after be signed the aesr manpower bill sutborttlng extension of the Zl-31 draft age. It Is estimated that at least 12.771. 758 men will enroll, compared with nearly ten million at tbe first regis tration. June 8. 1817. Of those. It Is estimated that 240, 000 will be called for general military service, probably two-thirds of the number coming from among tbe J.4O0. 000 or more "between the ages of IS snd 21. Based on the ratio shown by the registration of men from- 21 to 81, June S, 1917. tbe shares of the new registrations expected la Pacific north west 'states are estimated aa follows: Idaho. S5.4S1; Oregon, 84.404; Wash ington, 14S.IS3. General March has said all regis trants called Into tbe army will be In France before next June JO. swelling the American expeditionary force to more than tbe 4,000.000 expected to win the war In 1818. The last to be called will be tha youths in the 18th year, but those ef that age who desire and who have the lag. , All registrants will be classified as quickly aa possible under the question-' naire system, and a drawing will be held at the capttol to fix the order of registrants In their respective classes. REVENUE MEASURE NEXT GREAT TASK Washington. 'With the manpower bill and prohibition out of the way congress Is ready to turn Its attention tbla week to its next great task pro viding revenue to help make 11 Tie tory year. Tbe house expects to take up the $8,000,000,000 war tax bill some time during the week, snd the senate fi nance committee expects to begin hearings. Sensts hearings may take two weeks. House debste la expected to end In less time thsn that But it probably will be a month before the measure, revised to meet the ldeaa ot the senate committee, la presented to the upper body. National prohibition moved a con siderable step forwsrd In congress. Without a record vote being taken or requested, tbe senate adopted the leaders' compromise on "bone dry" prohibition, effective July 1, 1919, and continuing during the war and until the American troops are demobilized. POLITICS IS BARRED McAdoo Forbids All Railroad Man t Participate. Washington. Director General Me-: Adoo ordered all railroad men, offi cials and emptoyea alike, to keep out ot politics. Coming state and federal elections, as well as the .primary contests, the director-general ssid, make It Impera tive that the conduct ot all ahould be so scrupulously guarded that there can be no charge of railroad Influence. Pointing out that while railroads were under private management It was common report that their partici pation in politics was widespread, Mr. McAdoo said under government con trol there are no longer private la te res Is to serve. "Under government control," says the announcement, "there Is no In ducement to officers and employes to engage in politics. On the contrary, they owe a high duty to the publlo scrupulously to abstain therefrom." 1,600,000 U. 3. Soldisr Are Oversea. Washington. General March hss aunounced that the total embarkation of American soldiers for sll fronts. In cluding the Siberian expedition, bad (ut4 Ut LSOD.OOO BlArk 'August ZU. more, but not batter, soldiers to. fcajp tbe sun la bis rettea.t tg. Sarya, f -1