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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1919)
w EST SADER t . - 4 VOLUME 41 WESTON, 0 a ON: OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST , Principal Events of tha Wiek Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. A. T. Ilnnnett, wellknoan Ornn pioneer, a member of thit ililril family . to mi In la Eugene, died there ( th age of 71. ffcwhuti county mar apeitd f 1 34. 130 during the coming year. Thla waa Ilia amount named la lb" budget ap proved lijr tha rounty court. Offlrlal compilation nf the Rod t'ro membership return for Oregon, a reported by the various chapters, give tha stats total of 220.417 annual membera, A taw that veterans of the Civil war and ibrlr wldowa b exempted from tagra nf all Hods la propd by the membera of tlio Albany post of tba (irnud Army of tba Republic. A. C. Hampton of I Grand wss elected president of tha Oregon Stata Teacher' aaaoclatlon for tha ensuing year at tha cloa of tba annual session of th represenutiv council In Port land. An Ineress of unfold to, tba num ber Jt registered dairy cattlo and breeder of registered dairy atork In tha taat fir year I reported from Tillamook rounty by tb county agri cultural agent. A 400 pi hlatory ef Oregon by J. H. 'Horner, profeaaor of hlatory at tha Oregon Agricultural college, I In Ayp and will be ready for dlatrlbutlon aooo. It la profuaely llluatrated and describe 100 event. fae.of aulphur a a fertllUer on 700? acre of land In Oregon thla aeaaon Increased tha alfalfa yield one ton an arra At prent price tha Increaaa la worth 1140.000. Tba coat of applica tion rangrd from $3 to $3 an acre. l.lme correct the aoll aridity that Interfere with maximum crop produc tion and circular telling how to use It to beat advantage baa Juat been Is aued for free dlatrlbutlon by the aoll department of tb Oregon Agricultural college. Captain Ivan P. Applcgate, a widely known octogenarian, and a pioneer of tout hern Oregon, wss fatally burned blle alajidlng before, an open fire at . hla home In Aahland. ilia olgbtrobe Ignited, burning tb fleab from bla ehouldere to bla feet. i Ruslne men of North Bend and Marabfleld again are dlacuaalng the plan of consolidating the two cltlea. By combining North Rend, Marshfieid, Englewood and Hunker Hill, and po albly Eastsldo, there would be city of about 14.000 population. Two daya after celebrating tb S7th annlveraary of hla marriage to Ell both E. Rutler Chrlatma day, 1861, Lycurgu Davl. aged 10 year, died on the donation land claim three mile north of Eugene that has been bla home contlnuoualy alnce 1847. After more than two month of com parative Inaction, during which tb Influcnia held away, Klamath Fall ha again reauraed It normal activi ties A few cmp of the Influent ar still In quarantine, but tb epidemic la believed to have apent Ita force. One thousand employe of tb Sump ter Valley railroad. narrow guage line serving a large lumbering dis trict contiguous to Baker, decided to strike on December 31, following fall tire of tho road' management and em ploye to agree on a new wag scale. For the second time In two months the Eugen dry official have lifted the ban on public gatherings mad necessary by th recurrence of the In fluonsa epidemic. Tho health authorl tie ay that danger that the disease will spread to any great extent is now psst. Th first csr of ground limestone from the state lima plant, ordered co operatively by Lincoln county farmers through the offlc of th county agri cultural agent, arrived at Toledo, AJ least halt a dosen cars of lira will b ordered for use In tho county during the coming year, Burglars forced the rear door of tho MrMlnnvllle postoffle and made an attack on the safe. After knocking off the combination knob,, they filled tho safe with nltro-glycerlne. but be fore dlschsrglng tho blast they were frightened away and left their tools and the unfinished job. Appropriation of 110.000 for pur chase of additional land for the south tlon at Talent, by the county court of Jackson county, Is a remarkable trlb em Oregon branch " experiment eta ule to Its value to agricultural Inter ests, thinks Dean A. D. Cordley. direct or nf the slate experiment alatlona. HnliH r from th Pacific coast and i'"irllirt itmirg. io are with the division, which ass organised at wta, Wab., rm not lalHt for early return borne, according to a let ter received by Governor Wllhyrombe from MaJ.'On. William If. Johnston. commander of the dlvlalon. General Johnston pointed out that the Hat had been selected BS one of thirty combat divisions dedgnated to remain tn France for further training and pos sible service. Industrial accidents reported to th slain Industrial accident cnmniljeion during the punt week tolalod 438, uf v-hlch three wr fatal, a follows: Orvllln W. llolfoM, Maker, mining: Ilcrt M. Illvcii, Ontario. lumbering; Cass A. Wood, Portland, -iravwlar on public highway (automobllo collision). N'-arly looo appliranta for work, many of them recently dlschargtd sol (Hem, are being placed dally In Oregon by the United State employment serv ice, despite the surplus of unskilled labor and Increasing scarcity of posi tions, according to statementa given out by Wilfred S. 8mltb. aiate federal employment director. Oregon poultry breeders are asked to send data on their breeding atork to U. L. I'peon, O. A. C Corvallla, fed eral poultry representative. Breeder ar asked to give nam of breed car ried, number of breeders. Incubator capacity, cstlmsted number of batch ing egg for sale and total of chlcka to be batched next spring. The new mllk-condenalng plant built at Dandon last summer by Gleblsch Jnplln. and now owned by the North west Process company of Portland, will begin operating March 1. The plant baa a capacity of 1000 cases dsy, and will afford a market for all the milk produced In southern Coos and northern Curry eountle. ' Following an appeal from the Baker commercial club, the public aervlce commission telegraphed to Dlrnctor I'routy. oTtbe railroad administration, asking that some steps be taken to aav the Sumpter Valley rtttrotd from a threaten strike and possible dls astroua consequence to the eotlon which that railroad cover. Th state and local grange and aer eral woman' club will be behind n effort at the coming session of tb legtulature to have repealed chapter S31. lawa of 1917. establishing certain dower nd curtesy rights of wife and husband. The main argument against the prracnt law Is the claim that It Interfere with the right to make wills. Salem hss been closed tight again because of the rspld spresd of Spanish Inftuetua since th ban wa lifted a few week ago. Schools, thrsters, churches, poolrooms and public placea of all kinds have been shut down, the use of pool and card table being pro hibited entirely. In addition restric tions are placed on tb cntlr business section. F. h. Klger, a l'mpln rancher, was fatally burned when a five-gallon can of distillate which he was carrying In to hla house exploded, setting fire to his clothing and to the house. Ho Jumped through a window and man aged to reach an Irrigation ditch, wher be was found by a neighbor. II wss taken to a Walla Walla hos pital, where he died. While the great majority of the log glng camp In th Columbia river dis trict have closed down for everl weeks, the Palmer camp, on the Wal- luskl. Is atlll In operation. Tho com pany expect to finish there about the middle if the weather condition permit, and to will continue operating until then without Interruption. Three Portland boy In the United Stte army in Franc have been dec orated simultaneously with th din tlngulshed service cross for bravery In action, according to Information re ceived. They are Major Sereno E. Brett, tank corpa; Major Krl J. 8wen aon, medical corps; Trlvate Erncat C Kyle, tretcher bcrer. Two of them were born In Portland. 1 Wooden fivcmatcd for and aft srhooncrs re by far the best type of vessel to bo constructed for lumber csrrlers, contends Captain William I. Eyres, of Astoria, Inspector of hulls for the' emergency fleet corporation. He urges that coast yards which are practically Id! a the result of the cancellation of government contracta bo utilised for the construction of that class of vessels. . fun- American Newspapers Are Always Ready (or Quick and Efficient Action By ADDISON C THOMAS. Oksg ' :- . ...... . r. ( . k'I .' . .it; I", In eminent In measure against exossiv use of alcoholic liquors. The Polish government baa estab lished a thin military front agatnst tbe advancing Bolshevik forces. The line extends from Lapy. In tbe north, southward to I.ltry and beyond Lem berg. Senator Phelsn. of California, demo crat. Introduced In tbe aenate tb bouse resolution now before tbe for elgn affair committee, 'propoelng that tbe American peace commissioners as aist In obtaining freedom for Ireland. ( Advice reaching the stste depsrt meut from Bucharest aaid tbe main force of tbe Bolshevik army In Russia consisted of 600,000 Russlsn soldiers, forced to Join the Bolshevik! because of fear of starvation, former Auatro Hungarlsn prisoner of war, 10,000 men from th Balkan province and 40.000 Chinese workmen. Chamberlain Hit War Department Washington. Senstor Chamberlain of -Oregon, chairman of th senate Tha American newspaper are always rcadj tot action, and perhaps so bumuets ran bo called to arms and set ia motion as quickly as the newspaper of this military committee, spoke for more country. Within fifteen minutes after the receipt ol than three hour In th senst in a vital piece of war news the great perfecting pressc criticism of th War department, may be heard rumbling, and a moment later the extra edition of the paper is on the street Unlike this nation or it government, they are always ready for a fight; hencethey are usually winners. Former President Roosevelt, more than any othei man alio ha occupied tho White House, understood, sympathized with and appreciated the work of the men in the trendies, on the firing line. dealing particularly with what he termed tbe failure to provide ade quate hospital facilities for returned wounded soldiers and to formulate a definite plan for demobilization. Ri-suH mis $m PrOdsrt Tells Eriiivt Tlut .fAZ' f.f ''! Aft in hurl. . M ' . 5'':-v nf .: t M.I WyV. 6 . liM-Jli. ii ll'lr St -- Guild bail that tb ground ba ba clt artd sad tbe foundation laid for ' league of nations, "because we (the American and allied atatesmen) have; already accepted tb same body of . principle." Th president' reception at tbe Guild ball wa spontaneous and bear-' ty. When be arose to apeak there w as a prolonged outburst i of band clapping and cheering, and hla talk wes frequently punctuated by ap plause. At tb eoncl union tbe audi ence rose and cheered, and It kept np the applaus and cheering as he passed out In tb course of hi speech th pres ident declared the soldiers had fought to do away with th old order and es tablish a new one. The old order, be aaid. had for It center th "unstable thing" called th balance of power, determined by com-, petftlv interests, "Jealous watchful ness" and "an antagonism of Inter-' eat." ' . ' Tha men who here fought the war,' be-said, "had been men from free na tion who were determined that this ort of thing ihould end now and for ever." Tbe suggestion for a concert of pow er to replace the balance of power, be remarked, waa coming now from every quarter and from every ort of mind.' The concert to come, he declared, must ; not be a balance of power or me pow erful group of nation set oft agalnt another, but." single, overwhelming. Osnlets 6sys May Need Big Navy. Washington. Unless a v league of nillnn, nr nth or Hhtlnal tliaf will at homo and abroad, night and day fighting for the new of the world make certain the limitation of inter- PwerIul aroup of nations which hU for the tvonl of all nations. Durinff tho writpr'a fnrrr veer' urn-ire in rmiinr.nl imimpni in Rtihiuhml ihm ho the trustee Of the peaot at the the newspaper, trenches and on theTr firing line ho often wondered if the Ualtti State must build the grest dear nublio nnrceiated the work of the liMrnnaner men anrl tho dnilv ogt M"' in th worId- Secretary world." Daniela mlttee. told tbe house naval com- 0REG0N NEWS NOTES papers of this land, and what the world would do without the printing press. When the people eagerly read their morning and evening papers for the latest from the front their eyes first rest on the date line "somewhere in France thus real news as to the location of the recorded event ha , . . . , . . , , Jt x . ,r , n. Failure to make required reports to been sacrificed at tho request of tho "president 0f the United States, your the food ,dn,ingtration has caused the prcsttlcnt ami my president. The newspaper today are doing more to revocation of the milling license of the WILL ORGANIZE TO HANDLE BIG FLEET Paris. The United States shipping board has decided to create a perma nent world oreanization for tbe our- win this war, arc making more sacrifices, aiding rrestucut ibson in more Fischer flour mills, a large concern or pose ot Ban(iiing the government's ways than any other combination of men in this or in any other land. Silverton. Tbl is the first milling trade neet wltn tne greatest effectlve- The Y. M. C. A., Red Cross, First, Second, Third and Fourth Lib- "ccnM ,D h'f dl!?-" . , . ! , . , . . , . A representative of the grain corpora- ,We wU1 open ,t once 0fce9 n erty loan have been largely successful through the effort of the pns. Uon dlylgloa ot food .dmlnistra- iTLa iZ'M Tho war savings stamp drive also secured an unlimited free space in your tion was placed In charge and will ward N Hurley, chairman ot th home papers, while live local news ha been thrown on the floor by th remain at the mill until the ban on -from these centers will be "1"ri, further business is lifted. - directed 10 or 12 other offices, such Newspaper men at home are workinir overtime niuhl and dav while . 7.1 " al " a Shanghai. Tokohama and Bombay. c- - 0 j their comrade on the firing line are risking their lives almost as much as the trained soldier in securing, writing and getting their dispatches on tho wire. board. H. B. Van Duzer, chairman. show the remarkable record ot $20, 000,000 worth of timber, allocated and expedited at an expense ot but 14 in the east; Genoa, in Italy; Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, and Rio da Janeiro, in South America, and at Rotterdam and Antwero. I am fully justified in sating that nowspaper offices have contributed cenU per "0UMna l0T supervision ano uTha jndon, Paris or Antwerp of- a larger percentage of men to every war endeavor than any other line of l" total value f!ce8 would hav precUe fc"0 husiness. - hgU of 1 pcr f ' ? I t nd be able to consign a ahip without v i vv i v i . . , of lumber producu handled through deUy for lu mogt emdeot ne. . Th rewspapcrs also believe in constructivo service, as indicated in a the medium of th fir production subordlnate center are essenUal prop letter from the president of the Press club of Chicago. Mr. Opie Bead, in board, with the lumber manufacturer ery to direct our Mtlonal neet, , They calling a patriotic meeting of. that organization, said: "The of Oregon and Washington. wm b managed by pracUcal ahipping . u. oiviii, mn who will ba aaslaned to tneir rress club of Chicago is hereby called in special session to launch a plan of service to the country's caxise. The nation calls every man, the time of service is now. If you are a loy alist be present: America must be awakened. Every man must blehwav department, has been in Hood River going over the route of the Mosler-Hood River extension of the Columbia River highway with post from the United State." ANCESTRAL HOME VISITED cutting Its tract do hie bit Lip service is not enough. Tho country needs you. The rrcsa prospective bidders on contracts for lle of February dub commands your presence. The command is the nation's call." Fifty Warm Wa Glv jour iu. ivmiimi.u ,a uio iiauous cau. iuiy . ,hnrooehfttr. nida on stars on a great bannor is the first thing that meets your eye as you outer the contracts will be opened by the the reception room of the Press club. 4 S Tlie Magic Word D state highway commission January 7. In order that smaller contractors may ba given an opportunity to bid on the work, the six-mile unit has been di vided Into three sections. British to Return 40,000 U. 8. Troops, Now York The British government will be able to transport to th United. States between 80,000 and 40,000 American troopsaIn vessels under th English flag during January, it was announced. fjow?!) T" ' "r fjStl - Vit THE MARKETS Portland Oats No. i whits feed, $53 per ton. Barley Standard feed. S49 per ton. Corn Whole, $69 73; cracked. $71 75. Hay Timothy, $3032 per ton; al falfa. $27.50. Butter Creamery, 60c per pound. Eggs Ranch, 75c per dosen. Potatoes $1.5091.75 per hundred. Poultry Hens, 27 30c; springs, 2Sc; roosters, ISc; ducks, 35c; gees. 30c; turkey. S5c. Seattle Hay Eastern Washington timothy, $38 por ton; alfalfa, $34 per torn Butter Creamery, 85e. Eggs Ranch, 77e per dozen. Poultry Hens. 25 28c: spring. 1:5c; roosters dreseed, 27,28c; ducks, 28c; geese, 26c; turkeys. 4041c, England, Welcome. Crllsle, England. President Wil son, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, cam to Carlisle Sunday in rain and a cold, penetrating mist to visit the girlhood home of hi . mother. But th warmth of the greeting of th y people ot the town and th thousand vof stranger from th surrounding Country more than offBet th drerl ness ot th weather. ' Th pretdnt visited Annetwolt street, where the sit ot hi late grand father' chapel was pointed out to htm and the house in Cavendish place that was built by his grandfather. Later be attended Services in th Lowther street congregational church. Her during th cervices th Rev. Edward Booth, pastor of th church, requested the president to come into th pulpit and ddres the assemblage. This th president did, delivering a short speech, in which be touched simply but eloquently on his mother. The price of hard crnil ha been fe vised, a dispatch says.- For revised read raised. , " Even though the grent war is end ed, the perpetual conflict with greed must coutiuue.