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ESTON
EADER
VOLUME 41
WESTON. OREGON. FRIDAY, MAUCII 21, 1919
NUMBER 42
TELL IT TO THE
MARINES IF YOU
WANT TO DIE
General Catlin Explain Why
World I. Afraid of
"Leathernecks."
It iMt nlco to imr In type. Natthsr
la wsr nice. This It a war story.
It wss told by Brlgsdler General Catlln
' In his book. -With lha llalp of God and
Taw Msrlnee." IMIesu Wood la tba
salting.
Tba Oanaral bid given bla troopa tba
order to advance. Ilia last worda war,
aa they ataried across Iba wheat fields
under wltbarln lira, "Give 'am ball,
boya"
"Soma ooa baa reported." tha Oen
aril continues, "that tbay advanced on
those wooda erylni, 'Remember tba
Loettaola.' It Ibay did I (allad to baar
It
"Somehow Ibat doesnl aound Ilka
tba aort ot tblnea Iba Harloaa aay ua
dar tba conditions."
Tban Oanaral Catlln talla wbat tbay
did aay. Wbaa Iba llnaa war wa tar
ing uodar tba tarrlflo Carman Bra, a
ergesnt triad out:
"Coma on you do yon
want to lira foreverr
Tall tba Marlnaa tbat yon ars not
going to taka your ehera ot tba com
leg Victory Liberty Loan.
WOMEN AND MONEY
By Chancellor James R. Day. lyreeuse
Unlvaralty.
Tba balaoea wblcb aalt danlal holda
In tba boras la tba relsnce ot pros
parity and pesce. Ilara woman baa
bar plaen and offlca la aba equal to
aalt danlal? Can aba aellT
Tbara la nothing ao pereueslve, ao
Irresistible, aa Iba love ot n man tor
tba wlla whom ba lovee. No monay
la apant wltb ao mucb Joy aa tba monay
tbat goes to bar and tba eblldran.
Happy la that man wboaa wifa loves
bin too mucb to parml blm to ba fool
lab whan ba ahould ba wise, wbo la ao
judicial In bar temperament ao prndaot
In bar domaatlo oconomy, aa to add bar
decisive to lea to tba month's allow
ance, and ao brara aa to Inalat tbat
tha ipandltnro muat alwaya ba at
least a Uttla loan tban tba Incoma. Bba
ought to aay:
1 am not seaktng c- consenting to
aapport. Tbaro will be (wo ot ua. If
I oannot aarn aa mucb aa you. I can
aava mora. Wc will plan together. I
will ba tba boma alda of your Ufa."
Sine Cbancallor Day nltarad tboaa
worda tba United Ststes government
baa mada It possible tor tba wlfa to
"add bar decisive voice to tba montb'a
sllowanee." War Savings Btampa la
tba way.
BRITISH THRIFT
Tba British War Savings Committee
baa bacoma a parmanant Institution In
England and tba following declaration
uai baan liauad explalnina tba Engllab
attitude toward thrift:
"Quito aa Important both aa a
aourco of revenue and aa a aoclal
movement, la tha raatralnt of luxury,
and growth of aoonomy and atmpllclty
ot Ufa among tha well-to-do. Other
wlaa gooda and services will ba wast
a'. War anting appllea to all claaaat,
ad appeal! to all Incomea."
Bslahavlk Attaok Rapulaad By Allies.
Archangel. Bolshevik forces mada
t determined attempt to cut tha com
munlcatlona between tha American
and allied columna on tba Dtlna and
Vaga rivers, but tbelr attack waa ra
pulaad with heavy loeeea. Tha enemy
loet 6T dead and four prisoners. Tba
allied eaaualttea wara one aoldlar
wounded. !
Albero Bentenaed to Serve S Years.
Portland, Ore. Three yeara In pria
on and a 110,000 fine ware Included Is
tha sentence Impoaed on Honry Al
tera, the wealthy miller, by Judge
Wolvarton. for violation of the espion
age act Before passing sentence,
Judge Wolverton denied the motioo-ot
a new trial.
GERMAN MILITARISTS ARE
IMPORTED TO BE IN POWER.
London. Special dlepslrliea from
Berlin report tbat tba euppreaalon of
tba recant Bpariacan outbreak there
baa abown Ibat a military and mon
archlat reaction la growing and over
ahadowlng tba sew goternment
Tba Berlin correspondent of the
Hall wbo on February ST eent a die
patch outlining plana for a monarchist
uprtalng In Germany baa arrlted In
London, bating left Berlin on March
14 after a realdenca there of three
montba. Ua relteratea tba statement
In hla dUpatcb, aaylng President
Ebert, Cbancallor Bcbeldemann and
Minister of War Noska are merely
puppets, lie declares that for tba pur
pose of retaining power they bate al
lowed membere of tba military caata
to reappear aa organtiara of the new
republican armies.
'These men are lha real gorernora
of Oermeny," ha eaya. "They make
tba edlcta and Chancellor Bchelde
mann and bla colleaguea willingly algn
tbem."
Similar teatlmony la given by other
correapondenta In telegraphing from
Berlin. The correspondent concur In
tba atatament tbat eitreme bitterness
baa been created agatnat tha govern
ment troopa and tbat further trouble
ta Inevitable.
According to a dispatch to tha Mall,
tha Bpartacan revolt will certainly re
cur In erer Increasing force unless a
miracle bappena. It adda tbat Herr
Noake's forcea have bean recruited by
brlbea and promise ot big ratlona and
tbat to this may ba attributed noma of
tha food shortage In Berlin.
TREATY TO INCLUDE
LEAGUE COVENANT
Parlatn lha atatement Issued on
the peace conference resolution with
reference to tbe league or natlona In
tba peace treaty. Prealdent Wllaon
aatd that tha decision made at tbe
pear conference at Ua plenary ses
sion of January IS to tba effect that
tba eetabllehment ot a league of na
tlona abould be made an Integral part
of tba treaty of peace, la final and
that there la no basis whatever for the
reporta that a change In thla decision
la contemplated.
If President Wilson Insists that the
league ot natlona be Incorporated In
the preliminary peace treaty, the Brit
ish. It la understood, will concede tbe
point, although they atill believe tbat
tha preliminary pact la not tha proper
place for tbe Inauguration ot tbe
league, which, they declare, ahould be
Included In the final peace pact
Thta attitude waa Indicated after
tha announcement that tha American
delegation atrongly desired tba Inelu
alon of tha league In the preliminary
treaty, aa well aa In tha final pact
ALLIES TO DICTATE PEACE
Germane to Sign Pact or War Will
Continue, la View,
Paris. The present determination
In peace conference clrclea la that, af
ter the allied and associated powers,
have reached a complete understand
ing regarding the conditions to be Im
poaed on Germany, tba German dele
gates will ba called to Versailles, but
they will not ba allowed to dlacusa tha
condition, the intention of the allied
and associated powera being to dictate
peace.
Either tha German delegates muat
accept the terms and alga, or a state
of war will continue. Tha general
opinion here la that In view ot the
Internal altuatlon In Germany, the
delegatea ot that country will accept,
rather tban axpoae tha country to a
graver risk and mora draatlo measures.
Wheat Bald to Mlllara.
Minneapolis, Minn. Five million
bushels ot wheat were aold to Min
neapolis millers Saturday by tha Uni
ted States Grain corporation In tha
move to prevent an Increaaa In the
price of flour and bread. Tha price
average reached B2.S9 a buahel, 14
cents above ihs fixed wheat price.
There are more than 15,000,000 buahela
of government-owned wheat atored In
Mlnneapolla elevators- Under the
plan adopted the sale will continue
until further orders ars received from
Washington,
Clgarattea Under Ban In Utah.
Salt Lake City. The house of tha
Utah legislature passed the anti-cigar-ette
bill, which had already passed
tbe senate, and tha moaaura now goaa
to the governor.
HE'S WATCHING YOU
v' Ayr-
;
OREGON HEWS HOTES
P. P. Oouley, 73 yeara old, who baa
lived In Marlon county atnee 18S9.
when he crossed the plains to Oregon
from Michigan, dted at bia borne In
Balera.
Jamea Asher, George Udy and Claude
H. Huffman are dead aa a reault of
an Internal explosion of a Scotch ma
rine boiler In the basement ot the
Corbett building In Portland.
United Statea 8enator McNary la
now visiting at Birmingham, Ala., and
will not return to Oregon until April,
.according to a letter received by the
aenator'a brother, John H. McNary.
Charlea M. Green. United Statea
wool distributor and administrator for
tbe Pacific northwest, baa forwarded
bla resignation to Washington and
will close hla office In Portland April 1.
Captain Jamea P. Sbaw of Mllwau
kle baa been appointed by the board
of control aa commandant of tbe Sol
dlera' home at' Roaeburg to aucceed
Commandant Markee, who haa resign
ed. Indorsements of R. A. Booth for
highway commissioner and appeals
that he be persuaded to remain on
tha commission, are being received by
Governor Olcott from all parta ot tba
state.
An Inspection of all tbe high schools
In the atate to ace If they comply with
the requlrementa for atandard high
acboola la now being made by J. A.
Churchill, superintendent ot public In
atructlon. '
Mora tban 40 of tbe farmers of the
Scholia neighborhood, aouth of Beaver
ton, attended a aotla school.' conducted
under tbe auspices of tbe Washington
County Farm bureau, In tbe Scholia
Orange ball.
The Jersey' breeders of Jackson
county have organised an association
to aaalat In promoting tba breeding of
high-class cattle, under the name ot
the Rogue River Valley Jersey Breed
era' association.
Farmers' and bomemakera' week and
rural life conferences at Oregon Agri
cultural college,' wblcb were ' aban
doned laat winter because ot war con
ditions, will be held next winter, De
cember S9 to January 8.
Sutherlln will have a cannery the
coming aeaaon large enough to taka
care of the present fruit crop. Two
buildings will be erected to taka the
place of the Sutherlln Evertresh plant,
destroyed by tire laat summer.
It haa been announced that June 17,
II and 19 have been aelected aa tbe
datea tor tbe department encampment
of tba Woman'a Relief Corps and the
Grand Army of the Republic. The cn-,
campment will be held In Tbe Dalles.
Except tor the final details, the Pen
dleton Golf club ..haa completed the
purchase ot Its course,' lying on tbe
hills north of Pendleton. Forty acres
are in the tract and tha club la now
planning for one ot the beat courses
In the northweat
Tha new high service reservoir of
tha Aatorla water ayatem will be ready
for uae on May 1. Tha big bowl la.
located on the crest ot a hill about
two miles from the central portion ot
tha city, and will have a capacity ot
J0.000.000 gallons.
Tha Western Oregon Tie Lumber
association will hold a meeting In
Portland Saturday, M&roh 22, to take
further action toward having the pres
ent regulations tor tba purchase ot
OF GENERAL OITEREST
railroad lumber rescinded, ao that
each railroad can buy Ita own lumber.
, Tbe Oregon State Bankers 'associa
tion haa aaalated county areata In tbe
distribution of 2000 ot tbe first edi
tion of 3000 Oregon farm record books.
Fifty banks co-operated in tbe distrib
ution, placing copies In the handa of
the moat progressive farmera In many
parta of tbe atate.
Chrome mlnera who suffered losses
because of the elump In tbe market
for tbelr producta at tbe close of the
war are urged to write to the secre
tary of tbe Interior at Washington
that proper blanka may be aent them
or filing claims for compensation
from the federal government
Seven aulta for damagea aggregating
about 141,000, were tiled at Prtnevllle
agalnat Twoby Brother company, con
tractors, by large landowners under
the Ochoco Irrigation project who
claim tbelr crops were damaged by
the wilful diversion ot the water fol
lowing tbe tearing up of canals by
tbe contractors.
Two more highway Improvement
projecta have been added to those on
which the atate highway commission
will receive blda at tbe meeting In
Portland on March 26. . Both are for
paving contracta. They are: Oregon
Washington highway, Umatilla county,
from end ot Wild Horse pavement to a
point two mtlee east ot Athena, nine
mllea, and Columbia River highway,
Wasco county, from The Dalles to
Seufert'e Section, two miles. Ten
thousand tone of asphalt and 60.000
barrels of cement will be used on tha
two projecta. j
The havoc wrought by the recent In
fluenxa epidemic la shown by a report
Issued by the bureau of census, which
gives the deaths in Portland from this
cause during tbe 2S weeks from Sep
tember 14 to March 1 aa 1425, 109 of
the number dying directly from pneu
monia. The management of the Beaver Hill
coal mine at Marahftcld bas under
taken additional development and la
Increasing ita output The company
found the demand for fuel the past'
winter greater than It could aupply
and there are large orders to be tilled
thta aummer.
State Fire Marshal Wells attrlbutea
to carelessness tire losses aggregating
$134,645 in Oregon during February.
Flrea In buildings with defective
flues, the report says, resulted in 29
business men being put out ot occupa
tion and cauaed a property loss ot
359.645. Tbe report doea not include
lessee In Portland. , ' .
Commercial and farming Interests ot
Deschutes county are lined up in sup
port ot a bond lsaue to the full amount
of the 2 per cent atate limit as a meana
of providing co-operation wltb the
atate highway commission in the con
struction of the proposed The Dalles
California highway. Such an issue
will amount to approximately 3125,000.
It haa been officially announced by
the Lebanon Rod and Gun club that
the annual field trials ot the atate club
will be held at Lebanon in September
and that the Pacltlo Coast Field Triala
club ot Alameda, Cal., will ba held
there at tbe aame time. The Washing
ton and British Columbia cluba will
alao be repreaented by several teama
ot running dogs.
Old tawm, cuuuljr surteyui, fxeav
ly returned to ToNo from tbe Wald
port country and brought with bltu
aauipli-s of paraffin, asphalt and otbT
oil IndUstions. lie says the people
about Waldport are mucb excited over
tbe prospecta for oil. One well bas
been drilled to a depth of about 3040
fwt and It Is understood that tbe oper
ators bave atruck a gaa flow.
Aliens wbo did not make declaration
of tbelr Intebtlon to become cltlxena
prior to January 1 of tbia year cannot
be licensed to fish In tbla atate at all,
while those wbo did make aucb dec
laration may bave tbelr llcenss re
newed for gill net and troll fishing,
but not for act net fishing, according
to aa opinion given by the attorney
general to Master Fish Warden Clan
ton, i
Bute Engineer Cupper returned Frl
dsy from Inspecting four new Irriga
tion districts In tbe Rogue river val
ley, which, when the Irrigation sys
tems are completed, will bring 39.500
acrea of rich land under Irrigation.
The four dlstrlcta are: Medford. cov
ering 20.000 acrea; Taknt covering
8000 acrea; Cold Hill, covering 1500
acrea, and Rogue river, covering 10.
000 acrea.
While It la unlikely tbat any per
manent work can be atarted before
tall on tbe road between Pendleton and
Echo, the Umatilla county court baa a
crew of men at work now acarflylng
tbe graveled portion and grading tbe
dirt road. Tbla road, on the old Ore
gon trail, one of the main routee from
Portland to eastern Oregon, last year
waa the source ot much complaint
from travelers;
Tbe farmers of eastern Clackamas
county attended a school In practical
dairying at Sandy. Lectures and dem
onstrations were given on breeding and
feeding dairy cattle, calf raising, herd
record keeping, ailoe and silage, se
lecting dairy airta and Judging dairy
cattle. The Instructors were E. B.
Fltta and E. L. Westover ot tbe Ore
gon Agricultural college, and County
Agent R. G. Scott
One measure tbat waa Intended to
go on the ballot at the special election
on June 3, will not appear for the
reaaon tbat It waa omitted from the
bill calling tbe special election, doubt
less by an oversight Tbe measure la
aenate joint resolution No. 17, Intro
duced by Senators I. 8. Smith and
Handler, and providing that the right
ot eminent domain be extended to tbe
condemnation of property for making
mine and forest roads.
According to an announcement Juat
made by the American Jersey Cattle
club, the cow Old Man's Darling II,
owned by Pickard Bros, ot Marion,
Or, haa broken the world's official teat
record for Junior 4-year-olds of the
Jersey breed. During her yearly test,
which ended on February 1, thla phe
nomenal cow produced 984 86 pounds
of butterfat adding 98.86 pounds to
the existing record and coming wltbin
17 pounds of breaking the world'a rec
ord tor mature cowa. . ;
Eight fatalities, out ot a total ot
675 accidents, were reported to the
state industrial accident commission
for the week ending March 13, six ot
which were due to recent accidents and
two to accidents previously reported
to the commission. Tbe fatal cases
were: F. A. Stanley, Portland, steel
worker; Frank Wilson, Reedsport,
lumbering; Ed Hiram Hardle, War
renton, lumbering; Boxo Kallcac, Port
land, ateel worker; George M. Tows,
Ashland, policeman; B. F. Lulck,
Kroll, lineman. Deaths due to sect
denta previously reported were E. B.
Lawrence, Astoria, flouring mills; A.
W. Pickett, Portland, ateel worker. '
KOREAN SITUATION
REPORTED GRAVE
v Toklo. Newspapers hero view the
situation as very grave and announce
that among those arrested in Seoul
were three forelgnera and nurses from
the American hospital Reports from
the interior of Korea state that sev
eral police officers have been killed.
Korean demonstrations continue, ac
cording to dispatches, and it is Indi
cated the national independence move
ment ia remarkably extensive and well
organised in some of the strongest
provinces. There is some uneasiness
at Seoul, but the situation there ta said
to be under control. , The movement
is notable for its extent rather than
its violence, among those prominently
identified with it being government
achool students. Christian converts
havs been kept under control through
out tba trouble by the missionaries,
it is reported.
GLASS SLAPS
CARPERS AND
LOANCRITICS
Americans Who Join Croak
er and Quibblers Not
Worthy of Name.
Secretary of the Treasury Carter
Class lilt out straight from tbe aho-il-der
today at tbose "Americans" wbo,
now that tbe guns are cooling, are
unwilling to pay for American victory.
Heaald:
"Tbe coming Issue of government
bonds bas been designated the victory
liberty loan and It aeema to me It
might well be termed tbe thanksgiv
ing loan, for It ever a people 1st
cause for thanksgiving wo are tbet
people.
Could Stand It
"Conalder If the war bad lasted an
other year wbat wouIJ bata been our
atate. Instead of alxty tboosand dead
we likely would bave bad hundreds of
thousanda. In time we might bate
equaled tbe record of France, with
ber two million slain. And yet soma
of us grumble because the government
must spend further money to main
tain tbe comfort and bring home in
safety those boya whose Uvea wars
spared.
"Congress Is writing off the books
fifteen billions of dollars, expenditure
of which had been authorlxed and
which would have had to be expended,
with billiona of other dollars, bad the
war gone on another year. Wo aU are
glad, ot course, tbat It la not neces
sary to apend these additional bil
lions, but bad it been necessary the
spending of tbem atill would not hate
brought the nation down to ruin.
-We atlU would have been far be
hlud France In the amount of our
debt compared to wealth and popu
lation. With our man-power practi
cally intact wltb bar towue and fao
toriea and farms undamaged, ahoald
we be cowed by a monetary obliga
tion lighter far than the one France
facea unafraid?
"Thos Americans .who today hsve
Joined the carpers and the quibblers
are not worthy of the name. Tfcey
are not worthy the boya they aent
forth to make. If need be. the su
preme sacrifice that liberty might live.
Dollars and Sons.
"It Is Incomprehensible to me that
. k mhn pAVA their sons
till J VI L O -
ao gladly and so proudly to their
country in Its hour of peril should
turn so quickly to cold ana calculat
ing contemplation of the dollar. Had
tbe war gone on they would, with
e.ual pride, bave offered other sons
and would bave continued to give of
their wealth ungrudgingly. Now that
tbe coming of peace has restored
their sons to them, will they tighten
up their purse-atrtaga and adopt an
attitude which would aeem to aay:
Let tbe go-emment go bangr
"1 think the number of croakers
relatively is very small, but their wall
lngs and lamentations travel far and
tend to discourage otbera who are '
not atout of heart.
Plain Patrlota.
-1 do not believe that tbe plain
people of America either are fearful
r ... .. .. - 1L.N :
of the future or aisirustiui oi iueir
government When the next loan is
offered I have every confidence they
will understand ita necessity and will
gladly meet its requirements.
"Plain fathers and mothers through
out the land have not ao soon cessed
to be thankful tbat the ending of the
war bas restored their sons to tbem."
Watch Our Neighbor!
Australia bas made war bond
buying compulsory. Every one of
the British countries Is still buy
Ing, and France France with ber
Industries laid waste, ber farms dev
astated, ber land shell blown, and
ber homes destroyed France is
buying short term bonds st da
creased rata of interest In small
amounts but great numbers.
i ne popuiar memory is provertmtny
ahort, but there is no danger of son
forgetting this war. The prices will
keep It la constant If not fond
memory.
. London women are objecting because
a high tax bas been put on woollen un
derclothing. In America there would
be no protest against or revenue from
such a tax.
- When experts tell us that cooties
killed 500,000 persons in the war, wo
admire the patience and daring of the
experts in running down and exposing
the marauders.
The Influenza, after creating much
hardship and apprehension, runs it
course and disappears. Bolshevism,
though a malady of tha mind, may poa
albly do the same.