V
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VOLUME 41
WESTON, OREGON, 'Fill DAY, MAKCIl 14, 1013
NUMCEIC 41
WES
. OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
B.I..I..I tu-.t. f Ik Uliik
Prlnclp-1 tvanti of the wmk
Crlefly Sketched lor Infor
mation of Our Retderi.
Negotiation have tan closed for
lhi establishment of shingle mill In
Rt-eilaport
South Umatilla county plans lo erect
a 135.009 trhnol builillilK for 1)1 (ill
school purposes only.
It ha definitely bimn 6rUM by the
Graves Canning company to rit a
118,000 cannery ( Wondburn.
An epidemic of smallpox liaa hit tha
lata school for the di'af. and 70 rhll
lire a aro now under quarantine.
Thn atata arcurlllca commission haa
approved a bond laaua of $17,000 for
the Hood River Irrigation district
I'lana for tha formation of a Linn
county chamber of cominorca war
lauucbad at a moating of the Albany
chamber,
Tbo Cooullle corn how had a larger
Una of exhiblta thia year than bad
txtcn shown before, a total of 3000
ear having bacn offered for eahlbl
tlon. Recant ralni to saturated tha
(round that a portion of the paved
highway about a mile south of llose
burg haa been undermined and made
unsafe for travel,
Cbarlra O. Letourette. a prominent
Oregon City attorney, recently present
ed to Oregon City ten drinking foun
tains, seven of which already have
been Inatalled In Main street.
Representative llawley hopes to
complete bis work with the bouse
committee on committees In time to
leava for Oregon this week. He will
be accompanied by Mrs. llawley.
A special school election to author
tie tha floating of $31,000 In bonds for
tha construction of a new school build
ing In Rend baa bean announced. Tha
lection baa been eel for March 19.
Pint Lieutenant Ralph M. Wilcox,
of Portland, and Second Lieutenant
Lewis C. Boebe of Cottage Orove, have
been awarded distinguished service
crosses for extraordinsry heroism in
action.
' Of 410 accidents reported 'at rr
in the state Industrial accident com
nilsalon, one wns fatal. The victim of
the fatal accident wee James McColm,
who was killed In connection with
shipbuilding In Portland.
Mrs. J. R. Norton or Hood River waa
drowned In the Sandy river, about 20
mllte east of Portland, when an auto
mobile In wblrh she was riding with
her husband loft Ihe grade, crashed
down the embankmont and Into Uie
stream
Nino million dollara ii now available
for road and trail construction, main
tenance and survey work within the
national foresta of Oregon and Wash
ington, according to an announcement
made In Portland at the district forest
headquarter.
Branlold Zanatta, unnaturalized
Italian, was arrested near Prlnevlllo
by Deputy "United State Marshal F. B.
Tlchenor. He Is accused of threaten
ing to kill President Wilson If prevent
ed from bringing hi wife to thl coun-'
try from Italy,
It la costing 13.11 a thousand feet
more to, produce lumber In western
Oregon and western Washington than
the mill are able to get for It. ac
cording to figure preaented at a meet
ing of tha West Coast Lumbermen's
association in Portland.
! The legislature just closed excoeded
all record for hill passed, although.
lagging behind the three preceding
ieiston. for tha number of bill. Intro-
duced. The number of bill finally
ttaaaed was 43 out of 821 introduced,
or over 80 per eent passed.
Ninety per eent of the vote cast
at the special election in Umatilla
county favored the Issuance by the
,county of $1,050,000 in road bonds.
Less than 6000 votes were cast against
the proposal and only four of the 84 north through Bond, and the eaBt and
preclncta, all small one, returned un- west road from Klamath Fall to Lake
favorable majorities. view, will be undertaken at once by
' The chamber of commerce of North the atata highway commission, accord
Bend and Marhfleld have Jointly an- Ing to Commissioner R. A. Booth, who
pealed to the commissioner of the addressed a banquet at The Dalle,
port of Coo bay to take atep toward attended by delegatea from Wasco,
ecurlng for the harbor a powerful Sherman, Crook and Klamath coun
Iharbor tug. The plan U to have the ties. Beside tate and national np
tug for aiding in unloading largo ve- propriatlon which aheady have been
eel and for towing over the bar, made available for these projects, Mr.
Bids opened by the county court for
1277.000 worth of Douglas county road
bonds were disappointing o the offi
cials, and acceptance of proposals was
'deferred. Morris Bro. of Portland
bid approximately 95 eent on the dol
lar, while the hid of Freeman. Smith
fi Kamp of Port la ml was a f riflo Inns
limn "I cents,
lirputy Kk.1i Vn"'n l-amon, who I
patrolling iliu CiiMii.il. n river during
tha closed season, reports thai thus
far lltoro hav bnen practically no vln
latum of the law, but a strict watch l
.o u k w)lh . V(IW uf pUI1,M,llI18
nveryotio who attempts to flnli during
Ihe closed scanon. That muny mlmon
are reentering the rlvir Is Indicated
by the fact that Immenao herd of
srala are seen In the various sections
of thn stream.
AftiT a trial lasting four days James
FulliTton of KUKnn u found guilty
by a Jury In clrrult court of the chaw
nf libel agnlnat the lnlvrslty of Ore
gun, Its pr ldint, I'. L. Campbell, and
tint student. Mr. Ktill- rton had been
indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of I1"1 for utterances In the
Oregon Hornet, a smalt monthly pub
lication printed by him.
That work will be started In the
near future on three flshway at falls
below Ilend In Iho iJeuhutee river
waa the statement of Master Flub
Warden It. K. Clanton. The concrete
ladders are provided for by a 10000
appropriation made by the Isat legis
lature, and when Installed wilt make
available bundroda of miles of spawn
ing grounds for Columbia river salmon.
That the Smith Industries on Coos
hay are likely to open strain Is admit
ted generally since It becsmo known
A. It. Towers was ordering his fore
men lo return to Power by Msrch 15.
Rumor aaya that activities there will
be Increased and the seven camps will
cut 1,000.000 feet of logs each day,
This Is taken to mean that the mill
will be operated on a scheme of larger
output
Laws enacted by the 1010 legisla
ture will become effective on May 29.
unlets they carry the emergency
clause or the referendum Is applied.
Till statement was Issued by Secre
tary of State Olcott. Ho said that
the session laws wlU bo available for
distribution by May 10. Laws not car
rying the emergency clause are effec
tive SO days from the end of the
session.
Governor Olcott has let It be known
that In event an adjudication may be
obtained of the question of whether or
not he would still remain governor In
event he resigns as secretary of state
and It la determined by such adjudi
cation that he will remain governor
and not automatically forfeit the off!-e
by so red I mil ns, ho will surrender the
office of secretary of state and name
a successor for that office.
A herd of 20 registered Guernsey
cattle baa been given the Oregon agri
cultural college by W. B. Ayor of Port
land, former federal food administra
tor for Oregon, and ow ner of the Foot
hill farm at Carlton. The college herd
Is now one of the largest among those
maintained by agricultural colleges of
the country 100 head. The value of
the gift Is estimated at between 17500
and f 10.000, but to the state it la ex
pected It will be worth many times
that amount. , x
That two main branches of co-oper
atlvo work among the farmer of
Klamath county-the promotion of
sulphuring of Ihe alfalfa land and
eradication of the squirrel, under the
leadership of the new county agricul
tural agent, 12. II. Thomas, will be Im
mediately luunchrd, wns decided at
meeting at Klamuth Falls of the exec
utive council of farmers, The fight
against the ground squirrel Is to bo a
strenuous one. Poison will be used in to the distressed civilian popul -Mon
all sections of the county. and that staffs to determine needs and
Twelve days were spent In covering direct distribution of relief have been
a distance of 33 miles by state em- established in practically all of the
ploye who arrived in Dend from Elk countries in central Europe. -lake,
bringing with them 60,000 - ; .
which were immediately taken to the
new hatchery ix mile, from Dend a,
the first to be placod In the trough
at the new plant Snow ranging In
depth ,from two to 13jfeet Impeded the
progress of tho egg carrier, and on
the last two day of the trip they sub
listed entirely on a diet of bean.
Central road projoct. Including The
Dalles-California highway branch road
Booth announced, mat me rarest sur
Ice has just promised the state that
It would assist In building road
through forest reserves on a 60-50
basis.
The state highway commission ha
Instructed the engineer to prepare
IT'S WORTH WHILE THAT'S WHY
!', it . -r?- . 'i .
t ' i .. s till . i r- 'V- ..
. $750,000,000 TOTAL
OF AMERICAN CLAIMS
Washington. Claims already filed
with the state department by Ameri
can citizens against the central pow
er for payment for loss and Injury of
life and destruction or Injury of prop
erty already aggregate $750,000,000, It
was announced.
The depredations for which damages
are asked in these, claims were all
committed by the central power. bv.
foro the United STfctes thrpw off the
role of neutrality and entered the war
against Germany, it is assumed, for
had they been committed white the
United States was In the war, these
claims probably would come under the
head of Indemnity, while somo t f the
claims probably would not be war
ranted had the depredallone been In
flicted while America was a bellig
erent. The claims of American cltltens,
when all have been received, passed
to establish their validity and com
piled, will be presented to the Ameri
can delegation at the peace confer
ence, who lu turn wilt submit tbem
for Insertion In the treaty of peace.
A large staff of workers of the state
department has been engaged In the
compilation of these claims.
MUCH FOOD SENT ABROAD
. .
Q.0 Ton Go to Distressed Popul.
tiona Since Armistice.
Washington. A review of the relief
work conductod under Herbert C.
Hoover since tlio signing of the armis
tice was made publio by the food ad
ministration. It show that 250,000 ton of food,
chiefly flour -and fats, haa been sent
P peciticatloda for a number
ltl "? I? Z n Z
which bids will be opened at the next
meeting of the commission, March 28.
These include: Paving 12H miles in
Coos county between Marahfleld and
Coqullle; paving in Umatilla county
between Milton and the Washington
state boundary; paving 6 miles in
Marlon county, between Jefferson and
Salem; paving and grading in unn
county between Albany and Tangent;
paving 4 mile in Joaephtne county
between Wolf creek and Grave crsek;
paving In Douglas county between
Oakland and Voncalla and between
DUlard and Myrtle creek; paving In
Yamhill county between Bellevue and
"McMlnnville; paving 3 mllei.tn Wasco
county between The Dalles and Sen
fert; grading in Columbia county be
tween Scappoose and McBrtde; grad
ing and graveling In Umatilla county
between Echo and Morrow county line;
grading 1 mile in Douglas county be
tween Canyon villa and Galesvllle;
grading In Josephine county on Smith
hill ridge.
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FRANCIS SAYS ALLIES
MUST CRUSH REDS
Washington. David It. Francis, who
went to Rueela as American ambassa
dor In 1918, before the overthrow of
the monarchy, and who remained there
until after the bblabevlsts had seized
the government. In testifying before
the aenate committee investigating
lawlcaa propaganda, ' warned that
should the bolsbevlsts be permitted to
remain la power, all Russia would be
exploited by the Germans. Within 10
years under such conditions, he said,
Germany would be the victor of the
war antf the nation would be stronger
In every way than it waa In 1914.
Ambassador Francis told the com
mittee that a complete and thorough
understanding of the Russian menace
convinced him that with the boUhcv
IhU in power in Russiapeace not only
in Europe but throughout the entire
world was an utter impossibility.
The ambassador said that if Ameri
can and allied troops wore withdrawn
from northern Russia be was positive
the bolshcvlsts would sweep in and
engage in an orgy of murder and de
struction on a scale such as the world
has never seen. '
Mine Thrower Used Against Reds.
London. Government troops in Ber
lin made further progress in demol
ishing Spartacan strongholds In the
northern and eastern sections of the
city, according to a German wireless
message. The troops UBed artillery
and mine throwers, being thus able to
force the Insurgents back without ex
posing themselves. The dispatch says
their terroristic methods have caused
a revulsion of feeling in favor of the
government everywhere.
1700 Nominations Held Up.
Washington. Seventeen hundred
nominations, including those of A.
Mitchell Palmer to be attorney-general
and John Skeltou Williams to suc
ceed himself as controller of the cur
rency, remained unconfirmed when
congress adjourned. On the list were
,ppr03ima,e,y
1000 postmasters, 500
,rmy ofticers ,nd 200 navy officer'
8oeP,tiry Baker on Inspection Tour.
Washington. Secretary Baker and
General March, chief of staff, left Sun
day on their trip of inspection of var
ious army camps which will take them
to the Pacific coast Mr. Baker and
Qen6rai March expect to return to
Washington near the end of the month
and the gccretnry then will prepare for
ni8 thlr( ulp oversca3 ,
R. R. Shopmen Seek Wsge Increase.
Washington. Several thousand rail
road shop employes have asked the
railroad administration to Increase
their wages about 25 per cent
Perhnps tinder the new order of
things It will be necessary for man to
have a license to live, as well a his
dog.
It Is to be, hoped by gentlemen with
feet and enrs thnt the knitters will not
demobilise themselves with the coming
of pence.
DRAWING THE HUN TEETH
I'm is. Military Germany will go
out of cilatence aa the result of adop
tion by the supreme council of the
military terms of German disarma
ment aa they will go Into the peace
treaty. These terms provide for a
sweeping reduction of the German
military establishment down to 100.000
men, with 4000 officers, the army to
be recruited by the voluntary system
for the period of 12 yesrs. The effect
of this Is to limit Germany's military
strength to less than the number of
uioiwEwltzcrland haa In her army.
Other provlslona loathe military
terms lin.lt the arms and munitions
Germany may possess to a quantity
sufficient for 100.C00 men and alt the
remainder must be delivered over or
destroyed. The German forte along
the Rhine also must be destroyed. The
Imperial staff Is Abolished at Vx't re
sult of reducing the force.
The progress that has been made
with the work of framing the peace
treaty Insures the completion of the
task by March 20. The frrst rough
draft will be In readiness jjien Presi
dent Wilson arrives In Fraace Thurs
day. It is the present purpose of the
peace conferee to call the Germans
to Versailles soon after' March 20,
probably from March 22 to March 25.
CRIPPLED YANKS RESTORED
Reconstruction no, that's too pro
saic. Regeneration Is the only word
that can describe the remarkable work
of rebuilding the wounded in the mili
tary hospitals. One feels, after a tour
of one of these hospitals, that he he
been permitted a visit to a divine
workshop where men are fashioned In
parts, put together, and taught to func
tion. God made Adam of dust, lint
tbe?e modern scientific surgeons make
their men of wood and Iron, gold and
silver. Wine "sad clay. That Is the
physical.
Of the mental and spiritual thai
which Is Intangible well, only this:
these surgeons blow Into their men cf
wood and Iron, gold and silver,, bone
ana cmy, a spirit. Ana ravins oiown
Into their product thia spirit, they f-ed
the spirit Then months later from
this hospital walks a man who was a
machinist before his legs were blown
off at Chateau Thierry. Now he Is a
draughtsman on his way to a job, con
fldent happy, Independent .He Is walk
ing, on legs of Iron and wood. Ton
would have to ace him take tbem off
before you would believe It He walks
so well. Tet his legs are no newer than
his spirit or his ability as a draughts
man. Nor Is his spirit or ability less
firm than those new legs of "wood and
iron. ' , . v
' The Cost
There are 1200 war wounded and sick
In Letterman General Hospital In the
Presidio at San Francisco. Most of
these men from the Argonne. Belleau
Wood. St Mlhlel, Chateau Thierry, are
being remade bodily and spiritually.
Of the two phases of their regeneration,
the spiritual Is perhaps the more dlf
flcult. For when a man Is mangled of
his less, or ills arms, or his eyes, he Is
apt to lose more than those physical as
sets. He loses his economic value and
with It his confidence and his self-respect
For proof of that we have the
legless, the armless, the blind begging
on our street corner. They have lost
their spirit
Of course, this divine workshop of
the military surgeons la an expensive
regenerator. It takes thousands of
dollars each month to carry on the
work In Letterman Hospital alone, and
Letterman Is only one of many such
hospitals, all of them run by the gov
ernment So next April when the Victory Lib
erty Loan comes aknocktng at your
door, remember that a big part of the
money you lend is to be used to keep
running the machinery of these divine
workshops where men who were man
gled for love of America are being re
made. THE FIRST THOUSAND
When a mar. gets a thousand dol
lart saved up there are always oppor
tunities for a good Investment. It Is
hard to placo much less than that.
That Is why weelthy men who are self
made advise young men to begin
early and -save the first thousand. .
Until we went to war, In order to
get a thousand dollars together one'
had to go to tne bank and put a little
away each months or each week or
tuck part of his salary away In an
old sock. It was troublesome to go
to the bank and the sock was too
handy. . .
Now, however, there Is an easy way
to get that first thousand. The an
swer is War Savings Stamps. In them
tue government of tha United States,
backing those stamps with a guarau
tet of four per cent Interest com
pcunded quarterly! opens the way.
One can begin with "two bits."
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HALF MILLION MEN
TO BE HELD III ARMY
Fcrce of 509,909 Will Remain
In Service Until Congress
Outlines Strength. ' '
Washington. The war department
ill bold an army of 509,909 until con
gress provides otherwise. Chief ol
Staff March announced.
Tbls army will not be reduced undel
any circumstances, March stated, until
congress passee a law outlining lh
permanent military organization. lie
declared that the United State could
not get along with a small army. Tbls
Is the strength aaked by the war de
partment in the military bill which
failed to pasa congress.
Demobilization figures given by Gen
eral March show 419,525 men sailed
for the United States up to March 3,
and 354,811 bad landed In the United
States np to March 7. The number
ordered demobilised I now 1,615,000.
The total American battle eaaualtiee
during the war were 240,197, March
announced. Americans who took part
In action against the enemy in France
numbered 1,390,000, he added. These
Included 1,100,000 divisional troops. In-
fXLr
Of supply.
The list of divisional total show
that the 91st (Alaska, Washington,
Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada,
Montana, Wyoming, Utah) lost E838.
100,000 YANKEES DISABLED
Only About 20,000 Soldier Will Hav
to Be Retrained.
Wwhlngton. Present estimates of
military authorities put the number
of American disabled in the war at
100,000. Of thia number it la esti
mated that 80.000 will be able to re
turn to their old occupations, leav
ing 20.000 who need retraining for
work suited to their maimed condition.
The federal board of vocational edu
cation, appealing to the country for
aid in the campaign to make disabled
soldiers independent by making them
self-supporting, announced that so far
13.000 men Injured in fighting the bat
tles of democracy have registered for
retraining. The applicatlona of 1300
have been approved and 500 actually
have started courses in re-education.
At least 15,000 disabled men are ex
pected to enroll for vocational courses.
Irish Appeal to King George.
London. A petition has been sub
mitted to King George, signed by a
number of prominent Irish officer
who served in the British army during
the war. praying that Irish home rule
he submitted to the peace conference. '
The petition points out that 200,000
men In Ireland and an equal number
of Irish from Great Britain's overseas
dominions volunteered for service in
the war.
Release Soldiers When Folk Are ill.
Washington. General Pershing has
been authorised by the war depart
ment to send to the United State for
the purpose of Immediate discharge,
Individual officers and drafted or en
listed men, upon presentation of con
vincing testimony to the effect that
there exist sickness or other dlstrers
in the family of the officer or soldier
concerned. .. -
339 End Live In Army,
Washington. Statistics compiled by
the war department show that from
the date of the entry of the United
States into the war to February 21,
1919, here were 339 suicides in the
army.
Peaceful people go right on hoping
thnt In time both Perrogrnd and Berlin
will grow weary of mnchlne-gun gov
ernment The unconquerable German army
hns ceased to exist So much for the
Btoying power of official imperialistic
adjectives. '
It Is rumored again . thnt Kins
George wilt visit this country. It
goes without saying we will give him
a royal good time.
If the law of Increased demand op
erates that way, the price of mar
riage licenses ought to go up when
the army gets home.
Statistics are nt hnnd to show a
phenomenal Increase In the number of
millionaires during the war. And how
muny are poorer?