Weston?
Leader
VOLUME 41
WESTON, OREGON, Fill i5 AY, OCT. 25, 1118
NUMBER 21
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERA INTEREST
Principal Events of tht Wiek
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
tssaswMswa
Clarence Morthad committed ul
rlil by shooting blmef wIlU a hot
gun near Carlton,
Th fifth annual Marlon count eora
bow will bo Md In Balcm tba eecond
work In IWrinlxr.
Tba plant of the Cottage Orovo Ira
company at Cottage drove waa com
pletely destroyed by flra.
Th forest rvlr baa cload a con
tract for conduction of the Canyon-vllMialt-svllle
link completing tba IV
clflo highway.
County Judgee and commllonere of
Oregon reunite will nieet In eonven
lion at lha Multnomah county court
hour October 30.
Thirty lx mllltla companies. Includ
ing national guard and Oregon guard,
hava ben mustered Into atata service,
aggregated In four regiment
Lieutenant Italia Orland Toosa, ona
of tba Toota twlna, known throughout
tba atata, waa killed by Oerman ant
per In Franca on September II.
Tba fall season for ftahlng at Aatorla
' thla year haa been poor. Fairly good
retrhee of llverld- ar nada off tba
mouth of tba rlvar, but llttla la doing
on tha Inside,
Kerby Millar, or Med ford, baa re
ceived appointment from Representa
tive Ilawley for admlaalon aa a cadet
to tba United Statea military academy
at Waat Point.
Becauaa of tha danger from Spanish
Influmaa, tha bog and dairy abow
which waa to bare been bold at IJr
mlaton laat week waa postponed. Tba
abow may ba bold later.
Tba public eervlc commlaalon baa
granted francblaa under tba boom
act to tba Qreabam Lumber company,
allowing It to operata on Drift creek,
Alaea rlrer and Alsea bay la Lincoln
county.
Hood River will bava to go mayor
leaa, according to present Indication.
II. U Humble, who haa been mayor,
declarea that ha will not run for re
election, and tbera ara no prospective
candidate In alght
A. J. Ilolllngiworth, of Portland, la
making an examination of recorda for
tha Oregon Forel Flra aaaoclation to
clear tha record of tha atata foreatry
department from arrow relative to tba
ownerahlp of timber land.
There ara "9,761 registered voter
In Multnomah county qualified to exer
eta their franchlae at the general alee-
tlon next month. Tba total registra
tion of men la 67.61. wbile th regis
tration of women totala 43.243.
A survey of Umatilla county la be
ing made by Theodora Shafer, director
of rodent work for tba United Statea
biological aurvey, with a view to ex
termination of Jackrabblta, aqulrrela
and gophere, which ara doing much
damage.
For the first time In the hlatory of
Coos bsv there waa a double launching
Saturday. Tha Burnsld and tha Fort
Leavenworth. Ferris type 3500-ton
Emergency Fleet corporation vesicle,
went Into tha water at Martbflold and
North Bend.
Owing to the death of Malcolm Dunl
way, Senator Chamberlain will ,-ba
called on to nominate a candidate for
appointment aa midshipman to Annap
olis. Application may be sent to Sen
ator Chamberlain by boya from 16 to
11 yeara of age,
Tba state highway eommlselon has
agreed with County Judge Anderson,
of Clackamas county, to draw th
plans and do tha preliminary engin
eering for new bridge across th
Willamette river connecting Oregon
City and West Linn.
Details In preparation for tha sur
vey of labor and material resource of
Oregon, to be made at direction ot the
council of national defense, are near
ing completion. Queatlonnalrea on
which the desired data will be record
ad are being forwarded from Waah
i
lngton.
Professor H. D. Scudder wilt go to
Washington early In November to rep
resent the Oregon Land Settlement
commission and confer with the secre
tary of agriculture and the aecretary
of tha Interior regarding tha part this
state may take in caring for returning
soldier.
Exclulva of permanent improve
nenta at th eastern Oregon state hoa-
pltnl. and the estimate of tha biennial
expenses for the state training achool
for boya, atate institution heada bava
prepared budgeta showing tbat they
tUmt !At.aVltarltet-bsi it
ts mXi'LM,
gf.-n fa'al acclijenla, besldee tR3
nun fii al c idi n. were reported to
the ite ludimtrliil rrl,i'iit com ml
Ion during the paat week. Tha fatal
accldenta ware aa follow: Richard
Mlnkenna, Homeatead, minor; Klanv
ath Hilly, HI lets, lumbering; Tbomaa
ICnrlshl, North Portland, flour mill
John Gffforo, Cornucopia, miner
Charles Dalrom, Oregon City, paper
mill; Ifjalmar Swanaon, Seaalde, lum
bering; W. W, Fletcher, Neveretlt, log.
glng.
J. A. Churchill, superintendent of
publlo Instruction, baa sent to all
county arbooT auperlntenduuta In the
etala a copy of tha attorney genttral'a
opinion, wherein ha polnta out that
the law inquire arhool dlatrlcta to
publish a budget and bava It voted on
at the annual meeting.
New poattnaatcre bave been appoint
ed lu Oregon aa follow; Fox. Grant
county, Auguatua nebme; Kobler,
Douglas county, George A. Hum
phreys; Ten Mile, Douctaa county,
Ileaala L. Newland; Derlow, Clarkamaa
county, Mary E. Tult; Cherry Grove,
Washington county, Auguat Frld.
Approval baa bean given by State
Engineer John II. Lewi to an appli
cation of James II. Sturglefor tha ap
propriation of SO second feet of water
from tba Umatilla, river to develop 284
horsepower for commercial purpoeee.
The propoaed project la near Barnbart
and tba approximate coat la 130.000.
At a conference wltb tha war Indue
trie board 8enator McNary waa In
formed that tba board would endeavor
to encourage tha production of chrpm
ita In Oregon- and to that and would
aeek to dteeourage Importatlooa and to
fig a price for tba domeatle product
that will yield tba producer a profit
' Queatlonoalree for men of tba 17-to-U
and II year age ctaaaea under tba
draft were ordered releaeed by Pro
voat Marahal Oenerar Crowder in all
local board dlatrlcta where tba clari
fication of other group baa been com
pleted. Local board aendlng out
queatlonnalrea muat releaae 10 per
cent a day.
"Other tbtnr being equal, the de
partment of agriculture, In granting
prlvllegea on tba national toreata, will
give preference to peraona who bava
aubecrlbed for liberty bond to an
amount considered reaaonable," aaya a
mcaaaga from Waahlngton received by
W. W. Cryder, aupervlaor of tba Uma
tilla national foreat.
At laat there are algna that Oregon
prunea commandeered for uae of tha
Unl d Btatea and allied arm If are to
n ye. Meaaagea received by F. W.
Arlaa, of Portland, aaalatant commla
aloner of the bureau of co-ordination
of purchaaee, and food admlniatratlon
offlclala. brought promise of early re-
lief for grower and packers.
That tba government baa not aban
doned Camp Mills, L. I where Third
Oregon boya bad their Uvea endan
gered in slush, mud and storms laat
winter, la Indicated through tba re
ceipt of orders for 9.000,000 feet Of
lumber to be moved there. Tha order
la now being allocated by tha fir pro
duction board to tba mills of Oregon
and Washington.
Plns to erect a monument In Al-
nr In "dishonor" of tha liberty bond
lacker of the community hava been
launched by officer ot th liberty
loan committee. Tba plan la to erect
concrete monument and place there
on the name ot wall-to-do dtitena who
have refused to buy bond. The apace
on tha monument not occupied by
names will ba painted yellow, '
Mlaa Cornelia Marvin, state librar
ian, baa been appointed by tha atata
council of defense to serve aa state
historian for tha purpose of compiling
permanent otnciai mora or Ore
gon's participation In tha war, Includ
ing tha military and naval earner of
all Oregonlana. To factlitata the work
Miss Marvin will appoint a county his
torian for each county In tha atata.
Tha state board of control Is con
fronted with 'U peculiar fact, that It
coils mors to accept fuel for nothing
than to buy It . An offer haa been
made ot some slabwood near Albany,
which the board may hava gratia pro
viding the hauling la done by tha atate.
It waa determined that it might cost
mora to deliver it to. the Institutions
than tt it were purchased at a point
nearer, 1
Resuming a custom followed In years
past for tha development of newly re
claimed lands along the gradually re
ceding Tnle Lake ahora In southern
Klamath county, tha department ot
the Interior will leaae to aetUers ap-
proximately 7000 acree of land early
in November. Blda for theae parcela
of land, ranging in sis from il to 100
acree, will ba received at the United
States reclamation ottlct 14 Klamath
UPttl KoTsgbw 1 , .
HEAVY WORK ON
SB "V V
1 . ,'.' jT,.ii $ la being rapidly
-f)f,.y,.,. ...... y.-y. mowr',-;; a by British and
' t . ' . 7 1KV J - y VljJ fn bava occu
I lo ' ' - ' - croed the Ghent
: r--Oe-A-. K '.''y frontier.
L jTi ,1 S ' A Tboueandeol
Lf': .VeVi-:-,f' -S-zA'Zi crated by the
lilt- - 'iVV ; and maaaea of
if I; , .!. .3
I
iMfjJM!MI.ll!.
Theae powerful American artillerymen, with buje crowbar, are working
faat to get their heavy gun into poeitlnn to burl Ita abella at the retreating
1 1 una. It la a difficult Job, for tba earth la pitted wltb abell crater.
AUSTRIAN PLEA FOR .
PEACE IS REJECTED
Subject Peoples KUSt Be Free
Before Peace Can Be
Discussed.
Waahlngtoni-Prealdeot WlUon bat the Il70.500.ooo aougnt in tn unueq
rejected tba plea of Ati.trlallunW" Work campaign in the United
f . ',.,, .nd ..-j Biat. for the aeven approved organ-
V,T J i,..t!: iatlona mlnl.terlng to the American
negotlatlona, and In doing eo baa mad s n wU, neede4 i4Bfc
clear the condltlona which tba central Thu u th(J worJ of ,ea(Jer- of
"?"Tt'ti?';m 'Ddr,,ln Mm.plen ,D? l'r
im ymmtm w.
can be no talk of peaca wltb the Aua
tro-Ilungarlan government except up
on the baala of complete liberty-, for
Caecho-Slovaka and other eubject n
tlonallllea aa free member of the fam
ily ot natlona.
Ha refuica to entertain the Auirtro
Hungarian auggeation for tbla reason,
without dlacuialng the military que
tlona dealt wltb In tba reply to Ger
many. The Vienna government naked for
negotiation on the baala of the pre
Ident'a announced programme of peace,
mentioning tba speech ot January I
laat. In which the preeldent aald the
people of Austria-Hungary abould be
accorded the freest opportunity for
autonomoua development
Tba reply aaya tbla la Impossible;
tbat tba Cxecho-8)ovak national coun
cil baa been recognized aa a de facto
CM umm uwu i vwsutaiii m w '-
belligerent government, the Justice of
tha nationalistic aspiration of the
Jugo-Slava baa been recognised, and
mere autonomy no longer can be ac
cepted. .
Thla declaration may be far-reaching
In Ita effect on Austria-Hungary, where
long-enslaved peoples are apparently
nearly ready to sweep away the hated
dual monarchy and the Hapeburg dy
nasty. It came one day after the
ii i .i. i 77 - . , : TJ . aZ
emitting tha Au.trlan atatea In a dee-
Derate effort to aave his government
., 4. t-. kj.
,nd tt tIa Mme 0me prepare the way
for peace.
Huta for Nuraea.
Huts for nurse are maintained by
tba Y, W, C. A. at the base hospital
In France. To extend thia work a
portion of the United War Work funda
to be raised In November will be used.
PERSHING'S "DO WITHOUT
IT" CLUBS
Organisation ot "do without It"
cluba In America, aa a meana
of aiding tba United War Work
campaign, which open November
11, waa recommended by James
F. Perahlng, brother ot General
Pershing, In an addres delivered
recently In Portland in behalf
ot tha drive. H urged the
American1 people to make some
sacrifices in order to help "carry
on" tha great undertaking that
la to turnlah money tor war work
in tha battl sona during tba
coming year. A great percent
age ot American people, b aald.
do not know, from any aacrlfices
made thus far. that a war ia
In progress. Relaxation ot activi
ties because ot peaca proposals,
ba declared, abould not ba toler
ated, and asked people of th
country to throw . their whole
energy and co-operation behind
this latest drive for securing
funds for the seven big war
working agencies cmia.jlitlalal in
the campaign. '
THE FIGHTING LINE
; a.
UNITED WAR FUND
SURE TO BE NEEDED
Even End Of Hostilities WOUla
Not Change This.
Though the war abould ceaae im
mediately It la aald tbat every cent of
pianauon.eeaeiiycompreoeuaeo. ia
the ffrat place, it baa been officially
eetlmated tbat ll montba to two yeara
muat elapaa before all the American
knu. mm MdirnAil tmm firlvn
mi;. a. in ........ mwv. ..wh. . - o
aolL There are tha men ot many other
countrlea to be transported home when
the war end, ao the number or boate
for use ot the Yankee will be limited.
Then there ia alto the fact that thou
aanda must remain ao long aa the great
properties and store of the United
Btatea hava not ben disposed of or
returned.
Immediate ecasation of war activi
ties In Europe would plainly create
grave problem connected with the
care of the men. Remove the great
the fo-Am ttA a w mnA thr-n htm Inf A
dull inactivity, with nothing much to
do but await bia chance to return to
borne and loved ones, and the work ot
eepiog aim caeeriui ibwhuki in iuag-
nitude. The aoldler welfare organixa-
.
"on foresee all phaaea of thla grave
contingency. They foresee how great
would be the need for seeding matter,
entertainments, amusements, recrea
tion and the cheery personal touch.
PERSHING
WARNS OF
PUBLICITY
German
Oermany'a efforta to Involve the
United Statea and her Allies Into a
consideration ot peace terms and an
ruiimiut um uuv imynw iiucv -,
Pershm. brother of General Pershing,
ietisn to give
.k. u v. i, i. -.in tnr at
Pergblng. who waa in Oregon recently
ID la! mierm oi iua uuuii nw nwir.
drive, which opena November 11. cau-
tloncd the American people against
the too-common tendency to become
.l.-..t ..RJaB , 1. a Uii. that MBM
and the cessation ot hostilities ara at For State Senator, Nineteentn explains Emery Olmstead. etat chair
hand. District man, "developed from the commission
"When heaven Is ready to negotiate 40 COLON R. EBERHARD created by the War and Navy Depart
wlth bell." he declared.' "then will nf TTnmn ronntv menta, first known as the Fosdick Com-
America 'be ready to make peace with
Germany." He told ot the great work
being done In Europe by the Y. M. C
A Knights ot Columbus, Salvation
Army and other agenciea, and called
on Americana to respond liberally In
aupportlng the campaign about to open
for falsing money with which to carry
on these activities.
UNITED WAR WORK OFFICERS
State committee officers tor tha
United War Work Campaign are: W.
M.- Ladd. chairman: O. W." Davidson,
director; John W. Kelloy, and Mrs.
William fi. Marshall, associates; direc
tor publicity. Ira F. Powera; speakera
and entertainers' bureau. J. W. Day;
students, John H. Rudd; vicetory boya'
and girls' feature, Walter A. Gosa.
Chairmen ot the aeven allied organ
laationa: T. M. C. A., Mr. Ladd; Y. W. C. A,
Mrs. William MacMaster; War Camp
Community Service, Emery Olmstead;
American Library Association, W. L.
Brewster; Knights ot Columbus, Frank
J. Lonergan; Salvation Army, O. C.
Bortsraeyer; Jewish Welfare Board,
Ben Selling.
John R. Mott. ot New York, la dlrec-tor-ln-chtet
and Lyman L. Pierce, ot
San Francisco, ia director ot the
Western Department, embracing eight
ItAScA, IqcludlEi-. Oregon,
BRIEF NEWS OF THE WAR
Victory crown the allied arma on
Northern Belgium
cleared ot tba enemy
Belgian force. Bel-
pled ZeebragRe and
Brugee canal, and
reached tha Dutch
' civilian bave been Ilb-
i;lglana and French
booty fell Into their
haoda. ' '
It la conddered quite poasible that
the Germane wilt try to make aeveral
lucceeilv atanda in Belgium, and one
Una of reaietanee undoubtedly will
comprUe Antwerp, Brnssela and Na
mur, on which much work la being
done.
In France, eaat of Lille to Cambral,
the Brltiah are preaelng forward, de
spite aupreme effort of the enemy,
blotting out the big aallent which baa
Tournal aa Ita northern and Valen
slcnnea Ita aouthern enemy-held ban?.
To reduce tbla aallent Field Marshal
Haig, wltb wboae force Americans
are brigaded, is driving bard along
the Bobain-La Cateau front in a ma
neuver which ia throwing Valenclennee
Into a dangerooa pocket.
, In Champagne the Germana are
trongly reaiitlng the French and
Americana In their attempta to drive
northward toward Mexlerea and Sedan.
Tha American front haa been the
Kene of conitant patrol fighting with
Sene'ral Perchiug'a men morlog ahead
illghtly la Logea and Banthevllle,
wood. I
DPniinifflf! TtPUVP
( fc F U il L 11 Ail lillllll
wo MVUMI
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for U. S. Senator, Short Term
13FRED W. MULKEY of
Mnlrnnmah fnnntv
For United States Senator
14 CHARLES L. McNARY of
wuni-jr.
For Congressman
18-N. J. SINNOTT of Wasco
WIlnf v
county.
tOT Uovernor
22 JAMES WITHYCOMBE
of Marion county.
P- c, T..i,,.
For State Treasurer
23 O. P. HOt F Of MUltno-
mah county.
por Supreme Court Justice
27 CHARLES A. JOHNS of
aiuiinoman coumy.
For Attorney General
28 GEOKGE M. BROWN of
Douglas county.
A. C a. J A.
For State Superintendent
30-J. A. CHURCHILL
Baker county.
For Commissioner of Labor
32 C. H. GRAM of Multno-
mah county.
For Public Service Commissioner
35 FRED A. WILLIAMS of
Josephine county.
For Water Superintendent
36 GEORGE T. COCHRAN
of Union county.
mttnty Tinrrr
For Circuit Judge
38 G. W. PHELPS of Pen
Hieton
LJi I .
. VI nrerr battle front
x. ., mission. The community is its panic-
For State Senator, Twentieth vXu IleW anti thousands of workera
District are assisting th towns in caring for
41 ROY W. RITNER of Uma- vsitlng aoldlera and aallora. providing
tills countv wholeaome amusement and clean reo
mi v-u-j j. - nation and eurroundtng tha eampa
For Representative, 22d District wttn no.pitnty." ,
(Joint) Functiona of th American Library
42 C. E. WOODSON of Mor- Association, aaya William L. Brewster,
row county . atate chairman, are "to provide books
r-. r 1 ooj n-...-. and reading matter to the aoldlera and
For Representative, 22d District 0S" through cc-operating agenciea
43 C. G. BROWNELL of nd directly." Thirty library build
Umatilla. Inge have been provided at canton-
44 E. P DODD Hermiston menu; 3,750,000 donated books dis
T- CI
r or oiiena . .
of
48 GEORGE TONKIN
Pendleton.
For County Clerk
49-R. T. BROWN, Pendleton.
For Recorder
E0-B. S. BURROUGHS, Pen
dleton. GILLIAM of
'
For Treasurer
51-GRACE
Pilot Rock.
For Coroner
52- J. T. BROWN, Pendleton.
For County Commissioner
53- G. L. DUNNING of Stan
HOW YOUR MONEY 1
WILL JBLP "BOYS"
Official Statement of Seven
Great Welfare Organizations.
Citizen, of Oregon. In the week of
November li lt, will respond to tba
call of the United War Work Campaign
(or funda to make happy and effective
the fighting men of the Nation. Tbat
tba cltlzeoa will uphold the common
wealth' notable record In doing its
ahare to win tba war la taken tor
granted, once the need ara under
stood. . Oregon's quota In the Joint drive of
tba aeven great organlzatlona doing
war acrvlce work la $770,000. Presi
dent Wilson authorized this united
drive and named tba participating
bodies. The purposes for which the
funds are needed and to which tbey
axe dedicated ara vital to the war e
success.
The T. M. C A. baa more than .000
huts In the great battle tone and la
ministering to tba boys oversea. In
trench and camp, leaving undone noth
ing tt can do to help them. In America
tha "Y" ia In every camp and canton
ment It la with the boya "eroaatng
over" and, at request of the War De
partment baa recently Jolneo In tha
task of Instructing eelectlvea even be
fore tbey are called.
War work of the T. W. C A. 1 thu
outlined by Mrs. William MacMaater.
atata chairman:
"Already we have In this country
1,000,000 women doing actual war
work, while another 2,000.000 bava re
leaeed men for eervice by undertaking
their work. To tie T. W. C A, 'the
beat big sister la the world.' baa been
committed by the government and mili
tary author! tlea the serious reapon
aiblllty ot directing the thought creat
ing the environment and furnishing
the material neede of thla army of
girls. Already 105 hostess houses bava
been opened. War Service Clubs organ-
JJfL f"
are aaked to furnish emergency hous
ing for thousands of girl war worker."
w- Kelle 'f1',,,"? "I
rector, says ot tie Knight ot
Columbus:
-Knights of Columbna halla ara In
operation In all cantonment, training-
t- nd i " u",itd
Butes and the halls ara also estabitah-
ed wJUi u,, American Expeditionary
Force in France. Italy. Russia and
England. Tha motto la 'Everybody
Welcome', aervlca being given Irrespec
i - . M,u, - n -Mttlr MltHAn
0f cigarettes, pipes, bouillon cibe. gum
packages and tona ot chocolate bava
been given free to the aoldlera over
seas. One of the specialties la the pro
motion of athletic and a considerable
Item in the budget la for baseball equip
ment, boxing glove, etc. In the war
of tone the troop are followed with
motor truck which are virtually
traveling huts, fully atocked with ath
letic goods, stationery, cigarettes, and
the like."
Need and activities ot tha Jewish
Welfare Board, explained by Ben Sell
ing, are:
"In ona year the number ot onr field
representative haa grown from 10 to
113. Now we are faced with the de
mand for 400 additknal workers la
this country and 100 oversea. The
money going Into our fund paya nec
essary expense and salaries, furnlshea
Bibles and prayerbook by the thou
sands and letterheads and envelopea by
the million, and provide camp, edu
cational and recreational activities for
the fighters, both here and abroad."
"War Camp Community Service,"
WlUUfcU, ,vvw,vvv
magazines sent abroad," and 600,000
needed military technical books bought
and given the men.
Theae are some thing tha Salvation
Army does, according to O. C. Borta
meyer, atate chairman:
"On lines ot communication onr huta
are open day and night Then, follow
ing their methods, our men and women,
go right to the trenches and distribute
chocolate, coffee, doughnut: and pies.
Smv per cent of the 1000 workera are
women. We bave now 703 hut and
0 ambulances In service. In the past
. ...... i J . V
lew montns aia nas oeea aii uia,
Red Cross In aendlng abroad 100.000
parcela."
Americana have recaptured Brieullea
an important point on tha Meuso.