- i EADER VOLUME 41 WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 1918 NUMBER 29 WESTON OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of thr Wiek Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Reader. Ths sdjourned annual meeting of the Grand Commeodery of Oregon of tha Masonic order will be b"ld In Sa lesn December I. With Iom estimated at more than $S0,0O0, b flour mill at Pilot Rock were burnd early Friday by a flr thai atarled front unknown rauwa. - Ronton county held Ha flrat annual corn ahow lad at t'orvellle un der the direction of the county farm bureau, with Count r Agent Kabul In rharge. Th ihw4 valuation of Clackamas county's property la I1J.HJ.II5. ex clusive of th property of public eerv. Ira corporal looa. Tba Inrresee awouota to $J1.0T0. ' Oregon aa iba only slate in tha w eaters dlvlelon (o attain Ita quota of ISO per cent In Iba united war work drive, according to Stale Director Or Undo W, Davidson. Victor J. MeCona. formerly eeeretary for tba atata aoclallat party, was drowned at Portland when ha drove bla autorooblla off tha approach to tha Roll wood tarry Into tba Willamette river. Tba reeldeote of Evana Crak valley la tbt north tad of Jackson county, baa voted to Inoorporsts tba entlra valley Into an Irritation district, and an early survey will ba niada of tba project A ststemrnt Usued by tha Treasury department abowa that In total ealee of war earlnge and thrift atampa to November 1. Oren atanda aUtb la rank In aalea per capita and also sixth for tha month of October. D meat le use of powdered sugar, for soma time past sestrlcied aolely lo commercial manufacturing and baking, la now permitted, according to official advice received by W. II. Ayer, food administrator for Oregon. Tba atata text book commission will make I (a selection for books tor acjtoola of tha atata next June, tba selections to continue for another six years. Under tha law tba commission electa these booka each all year. Eitenelon arhoola In dairying, which will cover tha subjects of breeding and feeding dairy rattle, will ba beld In Ontario. Malheur county, and at Halfway and North Powder, t'nlon MUBty, tba flrat week In December. In a aompleto check made on wood ships building In tha United Statea a statement from Washington shows tbat of 343 hulls launched up to Octo ber SI, tba Oregon district was flrat, with 67, and of 91 ahlpa completed Oregon lad with U. Present and prospective removal of soldier from tha mills and logging camps Is already creating a labor abortaga on Cooa bay and W. J. Bust, government agent, declared there was a call for between (00 and 400 men for mills and camps. Only two fatal aceldents are Includ ed In tha SSI reported to tba Induatrlal accident commission for the week end ing November II. Inclualva. These war P. Auterson, shipbuilder, Port land; Henry Fromong. terminal fa cility worker, Portland. : Dr. Maria Equl, a woman phyalclan and member of tha Induatrlal Workers of tha World, was found guilty at Portland of violating tha espionage act by referring contemptuoualy to American soldiers and by other alleged objectionable remarks In tha I. W. W. hall. Three entrances tor fish coming up tha Willamette river ara now la exist ancs at ths Oregon City flshways, ac cording to R. B. Clanton, general su perintendent of atata hateherles. This Improvement will trebjo propagation, of spawn In tb Willamette river, It la .thought - -:i tr V Saturday, December V was set as fire Prevention day and tha week ot December l-T as Tire Prevention week for Portland by tha committee In charge. Tha original day, October 9. waa delayed until November I and then again delayed by tha Influenia' epidemic. ' 8o excellent is tha fuel situation in Oregon tbat dealers are complaining became there Is ao little demand for their stock on hand and mlnea ara complaining because the dealera ara putting In so few orders, according to Fred J. Holmes, federal fuel adminis trator for Oregon, Plana for re-cetabllehlng a steam boat line on ths Willamette river b- rtieeed at a meeting hem in vaiera, vhrn f K, Rpauldlng of the Spauldlng lln rnmpany and Captain Kxaon of VVondlturn mail proposa'a for fi nancing the enterprise. Karly rlaara at Baker reeant'y were treated lo the eight of one of the well known rapltallaia of the city out with a bucket ot hot water and a acrubblng brush trying to efface the bright yel low paint with which hla bouse bad len bespattered, owing to hla refuaal io help eupport tba united war work dr.va. Warden Murphy's reelgnstlnn as warden of the atate penitentiary waa received by Governor Wltbycombe 0a'. urday, effective aa of Denember 1. In line with the request of the governor. It la understood tbat ex Sheriff Itobert U Slovene, of Multnomah county, will be on band to lake over the office by that date. Deputy United Statea Marahal Prank Tlchenor arreeled Charles Zlmmer , man, ( E. Morris and O. W. Morrla. of Powers, on bench warranta leeued In tha federal court at Portland. The men were apprehended In connection with ownereblp of an illicit atlll lo cated eeveral montba ago la a cava near Powera by eeeret service men. Tbs public service commission bss made aa order Increasing fares on tba Interurban electric linea running out f Portland, and recommended a re duction la service, ao aa to give tba relief sought to meet tba Increased cost of labor and material. Tba order applies to tba llnea running to Dull Run. Casadero, Montavllla and Trout dale. Plana ara being completed tor tba collection of lady buga to bo scattered In grain and dairy landa ot Oregon and Washington Infected by plant lice. Great car bee bava bean located from tha Crater National forest to the Olym pic mountains. One lady bug will eat about 200 plant lice a day. County agricultural agenta will make tha dis tribution. Within tha next so days tha entire equipment of the epruce production di vision timber, mllle. logging rallroada and a wealth of other material will be advertised for tide and sold to the highest bidder. Eatlmatea on the value of the property place It at approxi mately 1 10,000.000. Demobilisation ot the spruce division will begin within a fortnight. The sale of II00.0OO of the 1690.000 Issue of bonds, recently approved by the capital Issues committee at Wash ington. D. C waa authorised at a meet ing of the atata highway commlaaloa In Portland. The commleslon slao adopted reaolutlona requesting county courts to make known what Improve menu they ara desirous ot making within their reepectlve counties. With reporta on hand from subetan tlally all of tba farmers in tha county, County Agent 8hrock'a figures show that tba Umatilla county grain crop for tho paat year was 1.461.119 buahela and that there ware allghtly more than 104.000 acres ot grain in bearing. Tha season was a hard ona on tha light land farmers, hut tba yield from other aectlona ot tha oounty made a fair bal ance. Under tba direction ot County Agent Gregory a systematic warfare haa atarted at Dallas for tha extermination of gophers and moles. Tba campaign la being carried on by tha school chil dren and already encouraging reporta reach the county cgents office. Tha eonteat enda Chrletmaa week and at that time prlx money amounting to 3B will be distributed to tha winner of tha eonteat Tha Aatorla chamber of commerce appealed to tha public service commis sion to tsks action to prevent tha North Bank railroad from carrying Into affect Ita order reducing train service between Aatorla and Fort Stevens, and between Astoria and Portland. As that railroad la under government control, tha eommiealon .advised tha Astoria chamber tbat It haa do Jurisdiction. Umatilla county'" annual Irrigation and drainage congress this yw will ba held in the west end ot the county. Two towns will share tho honor of .boats. At Hermlston two daya will be devoted to tha eenelderatlon ot aub jects relating to Irrigation problema. Tba sessions there will be held De cember 11 and IT. On December II and 19 ths farmers will meet at Stan field to discuss drainage aubjects. The pollc 8tlt Eoflnwr perc' A. Cupper, who has been appointed to succeed John H. Lewis, will be to cul tivate the preeent tendency , toward closer relation with tha waterusera ot tho -state so tbat tho Interests of the public as well as ot the Individual wateruser may be served. Mr. Cupper so declared upon receiving from Gov ernor Wlthycomba certificate of sp tolsjathi foraiiljr mki&f hja tUtt - tfot School Lunch of Vital Importance to Winter Diet of Children By MIRIAM M. HAYNE5, CLnit Asrkasaasl CaBaga, Fort CsKas 'm wiah in Krlntr in tha attention of the rural school boards, teach ers and fmlrons the importance of the hot lunch, or the addition of some thing hot, such as woa, soup, etc., to the winter diet of the school child. Tho proviaion of the right kind of lunch for the school child is of doublo importance this year. The need of using substitutes for accustomed foods, coupled with high pricea haa neant malnutrition among manv more children than in previous years. Tiie school lunch affects vitally, not only the physical and mental growth of tho child but the social snd temperamental development Where school children are poorly nourished th7 do not profit by their school worS. If you have county home demonstration agent in your county, get her to help you work out definite plans for starting a hot school lunch. Sim ple, inexpensive equipment may be used to start the work. It would be a splendid piece of work for a rural club, church, organixation or any group of women to undertake. YOUTH IS ARRESTED ' SPRUCE WORK IN MURDER CASE TO STOP SOON Portland, Or John CyrO Llard, aa English Canadian youth, of apparent refinement and education, waa arrest, ed for the murder ot Deputy Sheriff Prank W. Twombly, and the robbery ot Bridge Tender Herrman on the in terstate bridge on tha night ot Novem ber 19. ' Through tho conteaalon pi his pretty wife, who was arrested with him, the murder la clearly fiaed on Llard. Like the pagea of a melodrama reads tba atory of the murder and arrest lie wss traced through a laundry mark found In a package he threw away la hla flight, a mere straw of a clew, which haa been followed by the detectives slnoe the dsy after the mur der. Llard's realdence was finally found to be la the Denntaon apart menta. at Eaat Thirty-fourth and Bev mont street. When the police went to. hla room they were Informed that the Ltards had moved only a few daya previous. While they were aearchlng the room Mrs. Llard returned to look for soma thing that they had left behind, and waa arrested. In about two minutes Llard burst Into the room, only to be pounced upon by the three policemen and pinioned ao that he could make no realatanca. He kept up a stolid front and refused to talk until ha could see his lawyer. Chiai ta Germany London. The chaotic political con dltlona in Oermany are empbaatsed ,ln reporta from Amaterdam and Copen hagen. There la a general lack ot harmony in different parts of the country and a 'tendency toward eeparattem.' Bo! abevlk Ideaa are declared to be grow Ing in tha weat where a Rhenlah re publte la said to be planned. The Bremen soldiers' and workers' council baa declared Itself In complete accord with Bolshevism and resolved to call en the Bolshevik! to Rusaia ts help Introduce communism. ' The Spartacua group at Duaaeldorl Is reported to have proclaimed a pro letarian dictatorship and arrested tht burgomaster of the city. - Dr. Karl Llebknecht the radical so cialist, waa acclaimed at a Spartacui meeting in Berlin which Issued an ap peal to tha workers to emulate th Russian Bolahevlkl. The meeting re fuaed to listen to moderate socialist speakers. ' - engineer. Eight counties of the state have met their quotas In tbe purchase ot war savings atampa, Henry E. Reed, asso ciate state director, haa announced. The laat compilatlona, as of October 31, show Clatsop In the lead, with a reo ord of 139 per cent Jackson ranks second, with purchases aggregating 1!8. per cent The six other banner counties, with their percentage, are: Sherman, 114; Wheeeler, 111; Cooa. 100; Tillamook, 103; Baker, 103; Lin coln, 10,0. Five aeparata Irrigation projecta are now being organised in Baker county by enry E. Tweed, county agricul tural agent, of Baker. ,The county agent ia cooperating: with tha atate engineer m having the following proj ects organised under the Oregon Irri gation district lawi Sparta Irrigation dlatrtct, 14.000 aerea; Brldgeport-Dur-kee .Irrigation dletrlet.' 8000 acrea; North Fork irrigation dletrlet. 4000 acrea; Unity Irrigation district S00 acres; Medical Springs, irrigation dis trict, 809 tern ; i Portland. Or. As rspldly aa possible the activities ef the spruce production division ef the United States army, operating in Oregon and Washington, will be brought to a complete stop, following the termination of tha war. The unwinding process will require from four to six months, la the opin ion of Brigadier General Brtce P. Dlaque. Approximately JO.000 officers and enlisted men will ba affected by the . order of demobilisation. The war department will not under aell tbe market In disposing of the vaat quantitlea of epruce logs and lum ber on band and no longer needed for airplane conatructlon. According to General Dlsque the same policy will be followed in auctioning the logging railways. . equipment for logging campa and aawmllla and tbe mllllona of dollars worth of other property ac cumulated In 'carrying through the government's program of producing airplane material for the United States and the altiee to win the war. "There will be no sacrifice sales ot any of this property," said General Dlaque. "If the government cannot get the reasonable worth of the prop erty It will be kept until the pricea offered are right I think we owe this lo the forest products Industry Of Ore-, gon and Washington and to the in terests of the nation." ALLIES FIND OPPOSITION Plan Under Way for Volunteer Army for Rueelan Relief. Archangel. The American and en tente troops have encountered atrong opposition both on ths Vologda-Archangel railway and on the Dvlna river. Owing to the swampy condition of the terrain It has been necessary to con tine operations to the waterway 'and the railway. Aa the upper part ot the river la deeper than at Its mouth, tho 'Bolshevik! craft equipped with large guns, have been better able to maneu ver than the entente ships, and have prevented the occupation ot Kotlas by the entente. A plan Is under discus alon la military circles for the creation of a voluntary army tor Russian re lief, should the allies agree upon A policy of feeding Russia. La Pollette Probe Abandoned. Washington. Investigation ot the alleged disloyalty speech ot Senator La Pollette, at St Paul, more than a year ago, was absndonsd by the sen ate elections committee on a vote ot to 1 Pertlsnd, Oats No. t whits teed, 354.50 per ton.! " Barley Standard feed, 150.25 ton. Corn Whole, 173077; cracked, $7$ 079. Hay Timothy, $33 per ton; alfalfa, $11. Butter Creamery, 59c per pound. Eggs Ranch, 6Se per doien. potatoes 1.7Sffl per hundred. " Poultry Hena, lT28o; springs, 27 30c; rooatera. 19c; ducka. 28 30c; geese, 18c; turkeya. SOc. 8eattla. - Hay Eaatern Washington timothy, $33 per ton; alfalfa, $34 per ton. Butter Creamery, 0 iff 63c. Eggs Rsnch, 80c per dosen. Poultry Hens, 24 28c; springs, S6o; roosters, dressed, 27 28c; ducks, gift S4A9 Ufi. JUXIJZft 1SU0i TO HOLD ROADS TO BERLIN All Germany at Mercy ef Allied Occupying Fore. Washington. To tha Americas army of occupation haa been aaaigned the Rhine bridgehead at Coblens. In fixing Coblens as tba objective ot tba American advance. General March furnlehed a clew to tba military altuatlon tbat la to exist while the peace conference proceeds at Paris On the left tha British army of occu pation will stand along the Rhine with a apearhead thrown anroaa tba rivet at Cologne and apreadlng like a faa on a 10 kilometer circle. At Coblem the Americana will occupy a similar position and at Mains, atlll further up the river, the French will hold the third great highway into tha heart of Germany. Thua three main roada to Berlin Itself, each held by a strong, fully equipped army, ready to aweep (or ward at a moment'a notice, will be held open and constitute a threat against which there can be no or ganUed resistance. All of Germany -will atand at the mercy ot the occupy ing forcea. Ona Yank In Austrian Prison Camp. New York. Clarence W. Toung holds a world's record. A statement Issued by the Red Cross contained tha Information he waa the only Americas held prisoner by the Austrian. Marahal Petal to Vlalt America. Washington. MarshaJ Petaln, commander-in-chief ot the Preach armies, la coming to America to thank ths American Red Croaa for ita aid te France, according to Red Croaa cables V Lemoerg Taken By Poles. Copenhagen. Polish troops havi captured Lemberg, the capital ot Gall r.ia, and Its environs, according to the, Polish Telegraph Bureau at Cracow. YANKS ENTER LUXEMBURG Americans Are Received With E preaaiona ef Joy By People. . Luxemburg. General Persuing en tered the city of Luxemburg ahead of his troops. The American commander and his staff drove Into the capital in automobile. The general waa greeted by thouaanda of cheering Luxemburg era and with the blowing ot siren and the ringing ot church and school bells. Tbe Eighteenth Infantry ot the First division were the first American . troopa to enter the city. The Americana were greeted by thouaanda ot clvlliana, who lined all the atreets through which tbe troops marched. School children tossed flow ers In their pathway and each soldier waa presented with a bouquet ot chry santhemuma. Americana Enter Bruaaela With King. With the British Army of Occupa tion. Americas soldiers headed the procession ot troops which entered Brussels with King Albert One bat talion ot tine looking fellowa from the 91st Division, which come from the coaat statea, waa followed by a bat tery of artillery from the (3d Brigade. Nd finer troopa marched through Brua aela than the Tankeea, and none, ex cept perhapa the Belgians, were given a heartier reception. Theae boys are fresh from the battlefield, for they are the troops which fought so bril liantly In the drive for Audenarde Just before the armistloe waa signed. President Will Be Absent a Month. Washington. About one month Is the time President Wilson expects to be In Europe for the opening ot the peace conference and preliminary dis cussions. No definite limit has been fixed, but It was said authoritatively that the president plans to be back on American soil within sis weeks after his ship sails for the other aide. Ludandorff Plese to Swedish Soli. ' Copenhagen. General Ludandorff, reputed to have been long the actual directing head of Oermany'a military affaire, has quit German soli, accord ing to the Frankfort Gaiette. It says he has left Sassniti, Prussia, for Swe den, Hla titular position In the Ger man military ayatem was that of first quartermaater general ' Automobile shows planned for next year are being canceled. The motor situation has become one of auch gloom that It Is Impossible to smile oven at the Clwer joke. , . . A more general use of lady barbers Is among the probabilities. And why nott Let us avoid, however, those women who take s great delight In cut tlH JABOt . , .. --. . - - AMERICAN TROOPS TO RETUSII SCOII General Pershing Fornlshe. List of Those Selected U . Sail for Home. Washington. DemobUisatioa of the American expeditionary forcea already In progresa with the movement home ward of sick and woaaded wtU be has tened by tbe return at aa early date of eight division of aattoaal guard and national army tree pa, eight regi ments of coast artillery aad two brig ades ef field artillery. This announcement waa made by General March, chief ef staff, ea re ceipt ef dlspetchee from General Pershing. , In addition the following- general classes of troopa will be returned: Railroad artillery troops, army ar tillery troopa, gaa troopa, tank eerpa, air forces and those dlvUlone which were broken up to be used a replace ments for ether divisions which had seen active service. Troops returning Immediately from England. General March said, wul ia clude practically an of the air squad rons. II construction eompeniee, eae aallmskers' detachment one Handley Page training staUon and several pho tographic and radio aectlona. Secretary Baker supplemented Gen eral March'a outline ot demobUimtioa plana later by stating that G amoral Pershing waa reducing his army to a strength of SO divisions. At aa average strength ot 10,900 men to a division, which would cover all necessary auxiliary forces, this would mean that General Pershtag would retain MOO.000 men la France. The American forcea in France, General March said, had taken 44.000 German prisoners, in round numbers, and 1400 guns. He added that the eae ualtlea among the American forces Is northern Russia were not severe, con trary to reports, and that encouraging accounts of the altuatlon of the forces there had been received. WILLIAM G. M'ADOO RESIGNS HIS OFFIGE Washington. William O. MeAdoe has resigned office as secretary ef the treasury and director general ef rail roads, to leave the treasury ea tbe appointment of a successor and the railroad administration on January 1 next It was announced that he had esked President Wlleos to relieve htm now that the war ia over so that he might return to private bualneee after lw wasM 1st nffltaV IS eaa. President Wilson baa acceded to Mr. McAdoo'a request snd accepted hla res ignation. Retirement wss made necessary, Mr. McAdoo said, because ot "inadequate compensation" allowed cabinet st fleers. , The secretary also explained that he ia seriously in need of eeet al though there is no actual Impairment ot his health. The secretary plana to take -about three months' reet and then may e aume the practice ef law ia New York. CONSTRUCTION BAN LIFTED' Govemmeht Removee All Wartime Re. atrletlons en Building Operatlona. Washington. Removal of all re maining reetrletlone on non-war con struction by the war induatrlee board waa announced by Chairman Barueh. All building operatlona of whatever, character may now be proceeded with without permlta either from the board, ; or the state councils of defense. This actios waa taken. Chairman Baxueh said, on recommendation -ef the building Industry and the state councils ot defense. The councils had been co-operating with the war Indus trie board In passing -upon appllce- ,tiona for building permits. . , ; Officials expect that resumption -of work will afford employment for thou sands of workmen ow being released from war Industries. Total American Caaualtlea Reported. Washington. Total caaualtlea f the American. expeditionary forcea bp' to the signing of the armlatice weae divided as follows: Killed snd' died, of wounds, 30,154; died of disease, 14.8J1;. died from other causes, MM; "wounded. 179.633; prisoner. $193; ?BjlljBg.UlS .