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WESTON:: LEA DER VOLUME 41 - ' ' WESTON, OREGON; FRIDAY. JAN. 10, ' NUMBER 82 OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST i i i r..t. .1 it,. Wiik Principal Evintl ! wi Wiw O.I. flu t.alxfcaa1 fttf Infar hi s aa a w UKDiunua www r V .w-- siitlon if Our Ruder!. wasm-mes-a tutor ChemberletB. af Oregon. II years eld January 1. Tba Willamette river at Albeay I liaj n iiiaiw e i - w- w j r.rhrf a lower Mint In tba rtar lust paeerd tbaa at any time alace 1111. A dliaaireua lira that occurred at llalRva dalroy4 fl" ballittnga and rauard daauta tbat la aatlmatH at 114100. " Hirbart 0prbbart, aid II. com. ' nltird aulrlda at tba Bporkbart raark aur La Oraada. iia and hla wlfa had auarrlfd. A tatil of I40T Mra wspiataly fllld ih Klamath eatmty produeta wara aiportrd from Klamath ralla dvrlBg tba yar llll. LaBdowaara la tba rleJalty ef Wrat . a ar..- i. uiriM nni. ftiajwq ,ui I ui -f - ly. ara planolof tba ertantiatloe af aa' Irrliatloa dlatrlrt. Mra. Roy Herrlek and bar two ehll draa were faially luraed whto tbalr bema at Bllvertoa waa daatreyad by fire All died abori afterward. December wee a moata of eiceptloo' ally wat weather la Aitorta. Accord- lot to the eflJclal recorda the ralBfall during (be month waa IMS iBcbea. laataad of halnf tba eompeBeatloa law optional with employera. a bill will probably be Introduced la the lealelature maklaf Ua law eompul- Mry . ' .. . Harvey nClia. Btaie inaeranc wr tntaaloner, baa beea under CauaraBlloe, . .H..W t inHuiML Buffering from aa attack of tafluenaa, . . . t. la 1.0a ABgrleS, WDere Be epeet va b0lldara. ' Publication of retail prleea sa a rberk on food dealers bae beea die- continued by the food administration Mlevlng advices from Washington that thla cheek la bow considered ua nereessry. ' tn tuallee court at Aetorls BL F. II, JV,H www., w. - - . ' ' .M.. ...h ml tha Parlfle Pew. . , pmttwtt w -" r Light company, was found guilty oa a charge of permitting crude ell to flow Into the waters of the Columbia river aaa tinea su. Thirty guests eecsped la their night ...ku .1... tha hrUk hulldlne oceu ,ivh " w .-----w - pied by the Albert hotel and the Op- tlmiat Publishing company at Tba Pel Ira, waa deatroyed by fire. The Moee la estimated at 140.000. ' O. 8. Blsnchard, of Oranta Pass, bae .... .-.iti ti rinnmnr Withv. combe aa a member of the Oregon bu PT rTV.ww "4 ' " - reau of mlnei and geology. Mr. Blan ch ird succeeds 3. V. Reddy, of Med- ford, whoee term baa eiplred. u-..-.. haa nrnMawd to the state board of control to Install a light- log plant at the state penitentiary at a minor coat to provide 160 horeepower and furnish alght lighting for both the penitentiary and Baylum. Withdrawal of the Spruce Produe- tloo division soldiers from mills aad. logging campi la the Coos bay district baa caused a narked shortage of help, and workmen can obtain work wher- ever Industries are operating. . ' Much valuable war work waa none in Oregon by home demonstration agents, according to a summary just nmniatad. Reclnnlng the yar with A single worker ths work baa enlarged until the close of the year finds 10 . ...a... . workers IB tne lieiu. lu ' wmvrutnun ui m pmrg D. B. McKnlght, Linn county Judge, Loop road, which will connect the who has had the distinction of offlcl- Columbia highway with the old Barlow atlng tt more weddloga than any other trail, located In the upper Hood River person la the county for several years valley. In this csss Oregon will ex put maintained his record la 1911. pend a like sum. He performed 40 marriage ceremonies County Clerk Brown estimates that In the year Just ended. 4000 Umatilla county cltlsens whose All employes of tbs Pendleton Wool- names appear on, the registration en mills who lavs been on ths psy- books of the county have failed to roll during ths psst yesr will parttol- vols at any of ths three elections dur- pats In extra earnings amounting to Ing tba psst two yeers. Tha office Is several thousand dollars, ths manage- now engaged In eliminating these ment has announced. Tha earnings names from ths rolls. - Four thousand will be baaed en wages. names Is about 40 per cent of the total The !7th annual convention of tha registration for the eeunty. . ', . , Oregon Dairymen's aseoclstion will be The Baker Commercial , club will k.a T..ur ii Is In Hlllsboro. send JoseDh N. Teal, of Portland, and Tha convention will take the place of tbs regular fsrmers'. week and short course that usually Is held at the Ore ion Agrlculturek.oJlege. ' 1 rharirt H. Orsm. labor commission- er-elect, has announced the personnel erieci, ... r of his deputies, with one exreptlon. B. H. Hansen. Portlsnd; f. v. arso ford, Cervsllls, snd J. M. Weet. Salem, ire the three deputies named under tne factory Inspection law. Attorney-Oeneral Brewa was In itrueted by the stats eord"of control to atart ejectment proceedings sgatnat the Salem Hospital aeiotiatloo. pro dding, the building it now oecuplea M irhlrh Is tbs ftoftiy ef ths state, l.i not vaeated by Jaauary II. A decUI'd il'rmx la the Bomber af lndutrlrcrldnti le ehewa la the itstrment leeued last week br the lata tad-vtriet accident eonmlMlea. llewever, la the Hat, which tatala ITT ,,,r, if, rive ar Lata, at fallaws: A. Besler. Oa- aria, laialail J. R. Haaey, Kaeppe, Ionian Tbaaiaa W. Phillips, Pe-era, iogglag; T. H. Ebeaer. Portlaa! ship eulldlBgi A. N. Oaraat, Portland. J Upr. Frd E. War! millionaire stockman - - - af Hornet. CaL baa notified A. II. Ua. seeretsry of tba Orafoa ataia fair, tbat tba directors ef tba la Apil fair baa Mr. Ua'a aama andrr conaldara- Hob for a poaalbla ariary of that aaaoelailoa at a aalary of &oo a yar. Thlrty-on raaldtata ef Mlaa Horn. Una rouniy, baa patliloafd tba pub- He aorrtca ronniaaloa to ordr tba Wlltamatta Pacific Railway roatpaBy l malniala a atatlea aiaat at Ralaa llama. Tkay contand tbaro la nouh bualnm at that point to Jaatlfy tba ""' - , aVhsol chlldrtn erOrtioa vara la- atntmantal la aalllaa mora tbaa II.. " - IM.000 worth af thrift atanpa durlaf 4 ary way Joined la kep. laf "Oraaaa flrat' la war aetlvltlaa. aecordlBi te the bltenlal report of SuparlateadaBt of Public laetrucUoa Churchill. ' The bodlee of Caorie M. Blma aad hla wife wera foaad la bed at tbalr home la Dod. A rereWer waa clutch- ad la the hied af the woman, aad the pollra declare there waa evidence to abew aha bad ahot her buaUad while be lay aaletp and thea bad turaed the fua upon bereelf. Tba departmaat af atrlcalture. fa ... i ,m nnwi aaai civ tmi wiu parlaoaa, aaya tbat the total value of ihirttM rmna in rtmann amhrai-tna thirteen crops la Oregon embracing .tt . k. I . . . at., a . an in cTop rmiarq on mm larsa lor 1 MJ.II7.000. Thla was a ree- ord-brraker yield. In HIT the aggro- gate for these crops was 171,417.000. Mall service to Canyon City and Prairie City, Grant county, having mine city, Grant county, having been eut off by the strike ea the Bump- . u . ..... ler Valley railroad. Second Asalatant Poetmaater-Oeneral Prsecer haa nram. -- - " " lead Reoreerntatlva Blaaott that ane- - - - - - elal service wlir be provided by etage. either by way at Coadea sad Foeell or via Yuklab. ., vi wu- pany haa fited with the public ervlce commission a new naaaenerr tariff. In. - creeelng the rata from I cents, lbs old rate, to I cents a mile. Oa the basis of the passenger business done oa the road for the last three years, this would mesa an additional revenue of about 111.000 a year. ' . win but is appeals rie ta ills, a remarkhble decrease In cases coming before the supreme court la shown to a Btalement Issued by Court Clerk Ben son. In 1117 there were 131 tsare."" The falling off Is attributed largely to the prohibition law and the workmen's compensation act removing personal Injury cases from the eourta. Figures Included la the report of the elate Industrial accident Commta- sloa abow that accident! reported to tha commission during 1911 have av- waged 14 for each day of the year, or a total of more than 15.000. For HIT the toul was slightly mora than u.ooo. tub increase ta due largely to Increased activity In shipbuilding. While he definite action has been tsken by stats or United States author Itlee, the. federal government. It waa recently announced, may apply 1 14.000 1 . .u. ....t ... .t t . . . . ,1 I D, C Ecolee and Frank Gardiner, of Bsker, to Washington to confer with railroad admlnlatratlon authorities there on the situation on the Sumpter Valley railroad, provided the railroad admlnlatratlon has "an open mind" oa - , the. subject, secoMing to sdvlcea re- eelved by the public aervice commie- slon. A itate fond for providing subaldtea for hlghlasa bulla la order to elim inate entirely lew breeding strains, Is a plan which Is being advocated by cattle men of the etate, particularly for dairy herds and legislation to pre vent the esls of bulls for breeding . The Gathering Place aurpoe ttnlraa aarh ar lllbta to raatatir. will ba araafatad ta tba laaia. . - " - , latura, But Vaiarlaarlaa Lytla haa taaetiBead. Oriaalutloi ef aa 1100.000 eoaeara with t B. Klataiaa aa praaldaat aad A. W. Millar, lee-preeldent aad traaa- nrer, U build and operate a lawalll 1M.M9 feet capacity, either at Eu or la the company! timber la the Alaaa eouatry, baa been anaouacH t Bueae. Coaetructloa work oa the pJaat la eipected to atart aooa aad the aM probably wU be lo aperatloB early la the aprtaf. .... A flock tt ITI milk OiU. (Bapected aad traded by eiperta af Oregoa Afri ..ii.hi ii.m sin , tha ,. - Partlaad t'aloa atockyarda about Jaa- uart IS and will be offered for aala to uarp tt aad will be offered for sale to ih. .k 1 1 j, .M .1 e..ll.il l,w ttinMla .nmn v. v.v la the hope of developing aa Important Industry among city children. The milk-goat project has received tha In- doreement of tha school authorities of the city, who have arranged for Uie we eny. wbo ave imtpn w we format lo a of teat cluba" among the ... . . .. school children. Petlah Batulien Bella for America. New Tork. Tke Freoch line atesm ship Prance, which aalled from here. tarried a battalion of . Poles, aumber Isa 1114 men, recruited la America jag m men, iwr the Pollah army. War Veaeela Returning. Washington. Tbirty-one destroyers aad flevea submarines have Bailed from Europe aad ehould reach their home station! within tha next 10 days or two week. ' ' THB MARKITB ' : Portland ' Oats No. I white feed, IS! per ton. Barley Standard feed, 141 per ton. Corn-Whole, f 71; cracked, 171 en. Hay Timothy, 13093! per ton? al falfa. 117.50. Butter Creamery, 15c per pound. EggsiRaach, 73o per dosen. Potatoee 1110 C 1.75 par hundred. Poultry Heua. llIOc; springe, Ifte; roosters, lie; ducks, io; geese, .90See; turkeys, 40c Seattle ; Hay Esstern Washington timothy. SI per ton; alfalfa. $84 per ton. ' Butter Creamery, lie Eggs Ranch, 71c per doieu. -Poultry Hens, . '81029c; ' springs, 87o; roosters dressed, 17C!8c; ducks. lie; geeie, 21c; turkeys, 44047a. Somewhere wie mmmmjwmmjmmmm ID BRIEF GENERAL NEWS . ... - After Mm doacd te the public for .aeerty two yean beeauaa of the war. , tba White houae u raopaaad to vl Jtera Saturday, Coast Oeorie F. m BarUlnc, the former Imperial Oermaa ebaocttlor, died BatttnUy alfbt at Rubpoldlng, Bavaria. Hebedbeea 111 foreladaya. k . With lie holiday racatloa ended, eoncreae eettled dowa Monday to tba -talk of clearing aa anuaually heavy ,lelalaUve ealeadar before the aeaalon end, early la March. - Beeauea of laterfereaea by the po- lice, the National Womana party an- ...i.Al that It had abandoned Ua wv plan to keep "watch flrea burn nf in front of the White houae until tne senate bad passed the Busaa B. An thony suffrage constitutional amend ment resolution. While the expected declaration at as irtab. renublle by tha Blna fetaera kaa aot materiallied. the countrywide aaa mm - , demonstrations Sunday Indicate that . i . -. i.mIimi fnrmH tA kaeU secret plana have beea formed to keep up constant agiutloa ao that the Irish situation will be held la the fore ground during ths peace conference. The Influents epidemic -hick ewept the country during the latter part of last year, caused 1U.III deaths In the 41 largest cities and Increased the combined death rate for those com munities la llll to 11 1 per 1000, ac cording to statistics made public by the census bureau. Total figures for the country were aot available. 1. C. C Against Federal Ownarahlp. Waahington. Opposition to govera meat owaerahlp or operation of rail roads -at this time was expressed by the Interstate commerce commission In a statement presented to the senate interstate commerce committee at He hearing on railway leglalatlon by Com missioner Edgar E. Clark. Perd Petitions Senate For Recount. . Washington. In a petition received by Vice-President Marshall and laid before tha aenate, Henry Ford, demo crats candidate for United States sen- ator. w.o was dsfeated on the face of returns by Truman N. Newberry, re publican, gave formal notice of a con teat of tha aenata seat and asked tor a recount of the ballots. Copenhagen.-Riga Is in tha hands ot the Lithuanian aovlet troopa. ac cording to a wlrelese dispatch from :tha Ruaslsn Bolshevik headquartera received here. Q In Germany U. S. MUST tEP- HUKGRY Preeldent Pleeos far neiier of eem Uite lereeeene. v Waahlnetoa. Preeldent Wllaoa'a first recommendatlone based oa ale study in Europe look to tba rallaf a fliatresssa popuiauona ramw v aeaay" which ara tbreeteeed with starvation, Request for Immediate approprla- tloa of 1100,000.100 to supply food to liberated peoplee of Austria, Turkey, Itberaud peoplea of Au.trta. Tureey. Poland and Weatera Ruaala, who have ao recofntied governmenta and are unable to finance International obliga tions waa transmitted to congreea by Secretary Olaaa oa cabled Instructions from the preeident The preaident'a meeaage aald that food ehlpments worth IUM100,000 muit be made from the United Sutea to Europe la the nest seven moataa. Civil War la Berlin. . Copenhagen. Civil war baa broken out la Berlin. Violent etreet flghtlni 1a raging between the Bpartacides (Belebeviki) aad the loyal troopa sup porting the socialist government The banks have all beea barricaded aad the BpartMides have occupied many public buildings, from which they ara sweeping the streets with machine gua fire. Troopa Reeeued Prom Stranded Liner. Fire laland. N. T-Kvery one a vet eraa of European battlefields, end more then half of them, helpless en their cots, all the X00 soldiers who were pasaengerB oa the atranded army transport Northern Pacific wera re moved safely ashore or oa board naval veeaela at the close ef the second day of one of the moot remarkable reocaea la the history of the Atlantic eoaat Typhus Spreading In Ruaala. Waahington. Typhua Is spreading .n Russia, according to advices ta the state department . 91ST DIVISION IS ORDERED HOME Washington. Three combat dlvt alons. the 30th. 87th. and Hat, have been designated by General Pershing for early return from Franco, General . March announced. - ' The list Includee Washington, Ore gon. California, Idaho, Nevada, Mon tant, Wyoming. Utah and Alaska troops.'' Tha 10th includee national guard troopa from Tennessee, North Caro lina and South Carolina: the" 17th. Ohio and Weet Virginia guardamen. v Tbeee three-entire divisions and the 2d corps headquarters, which operated with the Brltieh army In Flanders -under Major General George W. Reed. has been added to tha priority list and will be returned homo as shipping becomes available. Tha three dlvi - stone and the headquartera comprlee MOOOmea 13.000 men. CAMPS' PURCHASE A0VISE0 Uncle Sam Urged to Bu,y Land tor future Training. Washington. Government acquisi tion ot ail 14 national army canton ment sites, leaving oeienmnsaon v. their ultimate use to the future, was nreed by Aaalaunt Secreury of War CroelJbefore th. house mlUUry com- Ittee m Two ot the cantonment sltee-Camp w..wnJtnn-are owned by tha gov. InatS Kwi wTcamp Lewlfc JTmS: su ect ot the tod ot S rwauSl. would be 19.154.000 tor 131.000 scree, the annual rental of WG,n.rafgsow said that 800,000 American artillerymea were In servica abroad during the war., using guns bought In England and France. He .. . .... .nfHnn nr auHB WBB SSIU AiuvricBB Fivu.. m beginning In quanUty when the armls- tlce waa signed. Those upon whom devolves the task , at mapping out the eky for lines ot safe travel ehould get busy. Already two svlntors have collided at a height of 8,000 feet ; - 7 Equal wages .for -women are now "Jemanded. But after elxlng up the psy envelope of the average man In romparieon with their own. are they aura they really want lt. During our participation In the war 2,163 American were capture!, while we took 44.000 German prisoners, wtilch telle about the whole story of comparative merits. .. Ti EjCOF.E ROOSEVELT ies in ins an? ' . fcnd COfTlBS UneXpSCIIffJ ) 1 4:15 o'CIock Montfiy Horning. Orster Br. K. T Colo! Tkea , Mwt ... ftm4l axamore Hill at 4.11 o'clock Mamie morning. - He was laid U real wlUoa pomp or ceremony la Touag'a Meat-' orlal cemetery la thie village Weae day afternoon. Ho was aurted oaw knoll overlooking Long lalaad Sound, a plot whlcU he aad Mrs. RoeeevoU eelected aooa after he left the Wkle houae. After prayera at the Reeeetell home, at which only memrere of'ttka family wera preeaat the funeral aeef ice waa held at 1:W o'cloek la Christ Episcopal church, the tittle old frame structure where tor years the eetate! and hla family atteaded dMae wor ship. Pvneral Waa glmete. , At the requeet of Mrs. Rooeevelt flow era wore eeat Also la eoafoma aaoa with Mra. Rooaevait'a wUkoa, there waa aa musw aad as eulogy, hut only the eimsle aervice M Msm Episcopal church, coed acted by the pastor, the Rev. Oeorge K. Tatmag. The following sUtemeat waa mae by Dr. a. W. ruller. of Oyster Bay. the phvaklaa who test jaw aeel- -Colonel Rooeevelt retired at If o'clock last night feeling mueh be tor. At 4:11 o'cloek thla mo .lag ha simply ceased to breathe. Death was ' probably caused by a pulmonary hollam." Thla pulmonary embolism. Dr. FulV or explained, la a blood clet apea .eM af tha aatarlea of tha lunga. Colonel Rooeevelt epent Sunday ae enlng reading, eonveralag erith Urn. Rooeevelt and chatting with Dr. FutV - or, who left him apparently asuc. tpv proved and In excellent spirits. He Blao dictated a number of letter. Deepite his recent return from tha hospital, he had much at hla old vlee. When Dr. Fuller left hi Roomett waa laughing and called "Goad, night" moat cheerfully. End Cornea In Sleep, . At midnight he retired. Mrs. Roeee. velt sat with him for a white, tkan ae he fell asleep, she went to her o a room. ta At 4:11 a. m. the man eert eat be came alarmed and caUed tha smrse. There was nothing that could Ao .douei Roosevelt was deadl Mrs. : Roosevelt was eeJled. Ska took the shock bravely. Ha did not move tn the bed aa aa died, but lay Just as ha was when hia wife stepped eut ef tha room aaoroy after midnight Colonel Roosevelt wss years eld. . He was bora la New Tork. October ff. 116s. Hla health had not keen Tory gaal u u M lM Roosevelt hospital anly a ahort tlap a,. "Zrie' He was twice married, tke tint time to Alice Hathaway Leo. eht ot George Cabot Lee. She died ta HI4. Hla second wife waa WIH Kermtt Carow, daughter .at CharteU Carow of New Tork. whom ho ssas ried In lMt. She aurvlve. klsa. On. son. Lieut. Quentln RMV was shot down In an airplane aa Caja weetern front last June. Ha had two daughters. Alloa, daughter ot hi. first. wl eC Congreaama. Nichola. J-Mwortk Cincinnati, a -thai married Dr. Richard Psrr- 1 DEFENDS RAILWAY tmZZL . CxUnelen ,of eevernmeat Ceetrel Strongly Urged by-MeAdee. ' wj n.l, thMnvh tha nHmuiwu. - w- poaei fiT-ysr extension ot govern sent management of railroads can tha , government move toward a permaaena and comprehensive aolutloa ot the rQ road problem. Director-Oeaeral Mo Adoo Insisted In testifying at tha sea. ste commerce committee's hearing est railroad leglalMloa. He defended governmeat oparatle aaalnat what he described aa "an at tempt to discredit It en tke grewal that aet earnings had been lnaufflcteej to pay the eompenaatloa guarantee by the government" saying Judgese ot unified operation should be aaf on earnings only In "normal peeee Umea, and that this waa another rea son, tor tasting government central fl t years. . I