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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1919)
"VOLUME 41 WESTON, OREGON! FRIDAY, APK1L 25, 1919 NUMBER 47 ORIGQIf rinvs.HOTES OfGEIiEBALIipEST Brlfl)f Sketched for InfOr at!fln"f fiiir ftaarfn'ra. ,.SH" - The quarterly meeting of lha Ore- goq Blata Nuraes' aaaorlatloa waa held In Portland April IS. , Chinook fishing opened an Ilogu rlvr 'April II. Tha season la aald to have apnd with a fair eteh. Tha flrat ml annual U Oraada aala th North waaiera Shorthorn Breed art' awltilon will b bald on May 1. Tha fifth annual conference of tha Marina Engineers' Beneficial aeeocla tlon for tha raclfle coast and Hawaii waa bald at Aatorlt. , Effort ara being made at McMlna villa toward tha formation, of company A of th national guard, to taka tha place of MeMtnnvliie'e homo troop of pro-war, dya. 1 Bale wllr ba tha flrat city in Or gon oror tha top In tha Victory liberty loan drive, Tha Salem banka have road to taka ba full qaoU of IMO, lit allotted tha city. Another bll mlng of tba farmer of Polk coanty baa baea ealld by tha rarnara' union to taka place at tha Artlaan hall at Kickreall on tba ova lag of rrlday, April 11. A vlgoroue campaign for claaatnt up Klamath Fall and making tha aaal tary condltlona of tha city what thty ought to ba baa bn launched by City Health Oficar Soulo and' Mayor Stru- - Rpaniab lnflunia baa atruck Pilot hock and vicinity for tba aacond tlma. Although tha praaaat vlaltatloa ta light tha number of raaaa rtarbod nearly !0d. 8cboola war clootd for two urtaka mora. ' Tha potttloa ef atata highway bridga angtaaar baa bora accaptad by C B. McCullough, had of tba civil ongl naarlng dapartnant of Orrgon Agrt cultural colleg. 1U m "P nl ' work Immadlataly. Tha flrat contract la enaction with tba aractlon of tha Standard OU com paay'a big dlatrlbutlng plant at Aa torta baa baaa nwardad to tba Port land Bridga aV Building company. Tba eoat ta oatimatad at 150.000. Tba labor altuatlon In Band la bat- . .--..wm ; lr man in any oner ciij in we siaie, according to Frank E. Manning, aa- iataat director of civilian relief for tho ABarleaa Red Croaa, a fur aa In vestigation of condltlona there. ' Tba first meeting of tba (tat emer gency board for tba preeent blennlum nay be called la about two month to provide money for indemnity claim against tha atata for tba alaugbter of cattle that, bava responded ta th tu berculin teat. - .. If th Paclflo Telephone and Tale graph company wlna la Ita attempt to (nereis Ita telephone rate, tha Salem elty council will put the municipal tel ephone queatloa up to the people of Salem through tho medium of a apa elal bond election. rotltiooa bearing th denature! tt asany taxpayer bar Ven preaented to tha county court aaklng for aub mtsalon at a special election of tha. question of Issuing 1300,000 bond for tha construction of parmanant road In Yamhill county. ' Better price for tlea and a system Of purchasing that will be fairer to th manufacturer r promised by former Governor Weat In a telegram received from hlti by O. H. Ball, sec retary of th Western Orgon Tl and Lumber aiiocUtlon. 1 ' Far th first Urn la many month there ware no fatal accident reported to th Industrial Accldsnt commission during tba past wak, according to tha weekly, gceldcnt rport Thar war IK accident reported from throughout tha state H. Momyer, assistant luperln- Undent of Crater Lake park, report nine ft of now at th lake. There was twfc thi amount at thla tlm list yeaf, ha says, and from present indication th park will b opa to auto travel about July 1. ' , Daselt th fact that tha United Stat railroad administration recent-' ly ordered a decrees of 10 cant a ton for freightage of roadbulldlng ma terial, th Oregon public rvlc com-' mission will mak every effort to pro ,cur a (till lower reduction. . The executive commute of th Kla--enaiti Cattl and Horsemen' assocla-. tloa mat with that of tha Klamath ' County Weol Grower' association Sat- urdsy for a conference regarding tha range difficulties and to work toward ,a'n adluatmnt of tb( matter. , Governor Olcolt haa posted a r wrd of ((OA for th apprehansloo of Albert C. Whlt. prol violator, who hat evaded the offlcera for th paet tight or nlnt month. A. O. Boale of Tllltmook. prominent buslnae man that b feere White will attempt to iw0 of bl M artopud by "wal yeara ago. and h alto fear that Wblla may endeavor 0 kidnap Beala or do blm g jjU bodily Injury. ';"" By floating mora than f t,000,0OO of bonda tba farmer of Malheur county ara reclaiming 10.000 acrea under lha Warm Springe Irrigation ayatem. Thla la tba only project now under eon; aUuotion In tha northweat and will provide farma for at leaat 400 new famlllea. Tha cltliena of Porcat Orova have organlted a Soldlera' Memorial aaao elation for tho purpoee of ralalng funda to build eome atructure. the nature of which will be decided upon later, aa a teatlmonlal In memory of the work of tha aoldlera and aallora during tha great war. Eugene will have a cleanup week from April SI to May I, inclualve, dur ing which time tha city dump wagona and team will ba at tba dlapoeeJ of tha cltliena free of charge for tha re moval of all rubblab that baa aecumu lated during tba paat year or a I nee tba laat annual cleanup. Tba old carpet' la the hall of the bouae of repreaentatlvea at Salem, which baa beea worn aim oat to abrade by tba legtalativa aboa eolea of the laat 10 yeare,' la at laat to be removed and a new carpet laid. Under a reeo lutlon of the laat leglttature Secretary of Stata Olcolt. aa cuatodlan of tba building, baa placed tba order. , ' Two hundred and fifteen mllea of road work eooa wilt be under way In realem Oregon! Some of thla work la grading, eome graveling and noma bardeurfaclng. , In a general way. thla mileage will be applied oa tba Colum- bla river highway and tba John Day highway, although parta of the HJ mllra art not an either of thoa routea. Superintendent Walter G Weat pf tba Klamath Indfan agency baa re ceived offer for the aala of S7I head of cattle, desired for the Indian of the Klamath reaarvation. Theae cattle will be purchased out of tha HOO.OOO aDnronrlatlon mad for theae Indian foe th aurrhaae of llveatock. farming i-BUmeata and enulnuent. new homea, ' ... . ; . and like purpoeea. r , MM . . . ,m.m leaseea of (I acrea of tft- tlle land, near Boneboro, In Hood River county planted, to atrawberrlea, bid fair to become rich thi aeaeon. Th benina, planted on land leaned from the Boneboro and Cascade Orchards company, ar S year old thla year and ihould bear their heavleat crop. Th tract la peruana th largest (Ingle area In atrawberrlea in tha northweat ' Cancellation of contract tor tie by ever! western railroad aytm I forcing many tt mill in th Wtllam- tt and Lwl valley to ahut down, according to report of O. H. Ball of tha Western Oregon Tl Lumbar association. Forty mill already ara Id!, Mr. Ball say, and untai oondl- tlon improv at once 40 to 80 mora will be obliged to aospend operatlona. if Governor Olcott ihould resign aa aeoretary of aUte, ha would relinquish his right to aarv a governor and would bold neither office, according to tha legal contention of Frank 8. Grant, former city attorney of Port- land, who filed an amicus curiae brief in th supreme court relative to tha,. mandamua proceeding recently tnatl tuted by Governor Olcott to detarmln hi right and dutie a governor. Tha increasing demand for logan b.JrVjuTc.... price paid for loganberries by manu facturing concern of tha Paclflo coast are arousing Interest in th possibili ty of loganberry oullur in the North Bend taction. Experiment mada In loganberry eultur ther hav demon- stratad that the yield la mora prollflo and th brrli ara uprior in Juloa producing properties, than In other well-known loganberry section of th coast According to figure Just compiled by A. a Feterten, ' manager of th northwest proptrtlea of the California Packing corporation, with headquar- tera in Dallae,-the Dallaa nlant nro-itta ceased and packed during the aaon- recommendation of Herbert Hoover. Jut doled a toui of 8.W7.7I9 pound Jn.addUlon to the admlnUtratlon of of prune. Most t th prune packed the. $1,000,000,000 fund, Mr.. Barne wer grown in the vicinity of Dallaa will remain president of the $150,000, and renreaented the. laraeat crop of 000 government grain . corporation, prune ever harvested In, Polk county, Pm.n.rt. ara aood for a still laraer crop of prunea tbl year, " ; ' ' ... Butter wrap at Uader (hop ' i 1 ii ri PEACE ENVOYS ASK COUNTRY ' j Til T A nK I fl A PJ I V liliii liUilil American Delegates In Pari Sent Victory Meiiago to Nation Four member of tha American peace mission In France, Secretary of State Robert Lansing. Col. E. M. House, General Tasker N. Blls and Henry While, have aent thla message to 4b American peoplo urging support or mo Victory Loan: . TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLK: . " pinH, in rTanca to see ana realize me mas nituae or too acconipiianmcm our . .t.. ..i . ,pMt wlth wMch ,hl(1 gmt tMk hM been carried through to a triumphant lamia. "wnat na Been aone ana wnat ro. main to oe oone oeiore normal con- ditlona ar restored demand your con tinued and united upport with tha uiv viiiriv vi mvu mu uin nua w u- termlnatlon as that which wa mani fested by th nation while tha German armies faced our men at the Marne, and In the Champagne, at St Mlhlel and m tha Argonna. Wa muat not re- lax our effort until every soldier of the republic Is landed on the eoll of. America. "To finish thla mighty task imposes State, a great financial burden. The, Victory Liberty Loan must thrive. If It ihould fall It wohld indicate that the Nation I willing to lesve its task un completed, "To eecur the ideal for which American fought and died this great demand on national patriotism and united effort should meet a generous and universal response. Let us do our duty to th end. , , "ROBERT LANSING. ' "HENRY WHITE, "E. M. HOUSE. "T. N. BLISS." WHEAT DIRECTOR IS NAMED Jullu H. Barn, Hd ef Grain Con poratlon, Accept Appflntment New York. Juliu H. Barnea, pre ident of tha federal grain corporation. has beep appointed wheat director of tbe United Statea h,y President Wil- ion, it waa announcea at we ornce or tha food adminletratloo In thla city. , Mr. Barnea will direct th handling . of tha entire 1919 wheat crop and will administer the $1,000,000,000 fund ap propriated by congress to taka car of th crop under the government guaranteed price. He waa (elected for plac. it wa announced, upon which will continue to fuiaction a the commercial aBency ior carrying out th government pollcle and which also acta aa the purchasing represen tative of the American relief admlnls-, (ration. " ' YOUR HAND? ; k That ibo lndiim' of the Klamath ; reservation will oppoee tha conatruc ' tlon of the proposed Link river dam " by the California-Oregon Power com ' pnny, on tho ground that It threaten ma ovemow ana win prevent ormin- of mwar th UBd" round M doc Point and Wood river valley, on lha overflow aud will prevent drain which irrigation and drainage asset- menu bava already been made, la th report of Secretary Clayton Kirk, of the Klamath Reservation Council, fol lowing - meeting at the Klamaah - sency, , Data on the practicability and ad visability of extension of the Natrca cut-off over the Caacadea from Oak ridge to the terminus of the extension above Klamath Fails, togeuter with die distance the line la already built. lh, extent of grading done and dia- tance of tr,ck t0 be uld .between the . . . . , graph by the Eugene chamber of cora- merca to Benator McNary. Thi waa done at the requeat of the aenator. who wired to the commercial club at Klamath ran tor ucn inrormanon. a tha fieure were mare easily 00- talned at Eugene, that organization Mf mueilea t0 ,ubmit tlcm WILSON ASKS FULL LOAN SUBSCRIPTION Washington. New evidence of Arlca'a Pn" f "deem in full pledgee made on entering the war wa aaxea 01 tne nation oy rreaiaeni -Wilson, who urged full subscription of the M.500.000,WJ0 victory liberty nota Issue. Sixty thousand men who gava their live in France have redeemed the covenant of blood made two years ago, the president said, but the pledge of treasure remains yet to be fulfilled. "Today the world atanda treed from tha threat of militarism." the presi dent cabled from Parla, "but aa yet we stand only at tha threshold of happier times. 1 To enter, we must fulfill to the utmost the engagement we hara made." - v! With the formal opening of the cam paign, subscription pledge began to pour Into the treasury, along $'Uh prediction of uccees perhap even more optimistia man tnose accom- pinying the four previous bond issues. Lewla b. Franklin, director of the .... loall 0raanUaUon. said that as an lnCBntjve to the average Investor all subscription of $10,000 and less would be accepted In full and that any over- subscription of the Issue would be de ducted from the larger purchases. He explained that this was expected to create an Immediate demand for the notes, which are regarded as highly desirable Investments because of the liberal Interest rate and tax exemp tions. In this way It is expected that the price will be kept well up after the campaign closee. Italy U reported to be lireparinu to occupy Fiume with a force of one hun dred thousand men. I OMSK GOVERNMENT TO BE RECOGNIZED ; Allies Reject Proposals to Send " . . , Troops Into Russia and Siberia. VTaahi>on.r-irDeclaioa of tha gov- ernments o( Great Britain, France. Italy and th United State to accord recognition to the Omsk government aa the de facto government of all non botshevik Russia waa reached after several other plana had been discard ed, it was learned from official sources. Among the proposals reject-, ed were the aendlng of large allied forces Into southern and northern Rus sia and Siberia and tha recognition of regional government to varioua parta of Russia controlled by Ruaalana op- posing the bolshevikt nans ior eenu.ns armre ioi rur. ala vera disapproved with little dta cusslon, It waa aald, but the proposal to recognise the regional governments was rejected only after vigorous pro tests. This plan Included recognition of the Omsk government, that of Don! ktne, the government of the' north at Archangel and tha establishment of a number of small Cossack leaders oa the Don at Orenburg and in the Urals. Development of a Siberian offensiv against the bolshevikl on a large scale haa been decided on, according to die patchea received by the Russian em bassy here. The definite prediction la made that all the Volga territory will ba occupied thi spring. VICTORY LOAN TEST OF PATRIOTISM Wood ' Major General Leonard Wood, who at Camp Funston .trained two divi sions of- Americans for overseas service, has asked the American people to support the Fifth Loan. He says: r f We have carried the war on auc- ceesfully so far and we must see it through. ' The Fifth Loan, coming as It does after the armistice, will be a more severe test than the others, of the patriotism of our people. It Is just as Important as any loan we have made, and.lt should be carried throng Just as vigorously a the others It Is no time now to let up on our efforts. Reorganization Is even more diffi cult and almost as Important aa the period of preparation. Put It over, and good luck. We must have It" ADRIATIC ISSUE nrnnttrt iftirrr '4 DtUUlatt AUUIL Italy's Insistence on Claims to Dalmatian Coast Holds Peace Back. f Part. Tba Italian 'taaoe over tha I Adriatic baa reached an acute atage, where a deciaion one way or the other : cannot longer be deferred and a de cision either way U fraught with aeri , oua conaeqnencea. I - ' ' ' , Premier Orlando of Italy la abarnt . Ing himself from the meeting of the . council of four. Whether thla marks 4 a virtual withdrawal of the Itallane from the conference baa not develos 1 ad. President Wilson, still opposed to recognition of tba treaty of London, under which Italy lava claim to Flume ' and the Dalmatlon coast, ha prepared a statement on tho subject which will . be mad public if tha deadlock con tinue, it la aald. - . It 1 probable that the actual meet ing of the allied and German delegatea to negotiate tha peace treaty will not occur until April tt, aa tha physical Impossibility of having tha official draft of tba treaty ready for presenta ' tlon April IS makes a postponement - of tha gathering imperative. Germany ', ta ready to call for a plebiscite on tho t treaty, It la reported front Berlin. President Wilson bad a long eon ference Monday morning with Baroa Maklno and Viscount Chinda of tha Japanese, peace delegation. . A responsible French aource an- Bouncea that good procreaa haa beea made in the achetna for a defenaiva at, ' llanca between France, Great Britain and the United State, under which ana ine unuea auies, onaer wnica nation gre to tak tmmediata military and naval action ahould Gar- military and naval action ahould Ger many break the peace treaty, so tar aa it affecta the proposed demilitarized-lone east of the Rhine. The al liance treaty, it la etated, will be an open OBe SB4 wilt' apply only to tha Rhine area. , , BOLSHEVIK! RETIRE Oil EASTERN FRONT London. A retirement along virtu ally all of the front in eastern Russia la admitted by the soviet government n fc wireless mttMgf) aated AprU I lnd wcetved here, The meaeage aya: ' 0uf, haT, ,44 i0 nvm p. eitlons 100 vents (about 67 miles) southwest of Strelitamak. We hara evacuated Bugurusian, in the Ufa re gion." . . Other retlrementa, "according to plan." ara reported In the region of Buguln. west of Ufa; Mesellnsk, Sarapul, Okhansk. perm and along tha op per Kama river. "k On the Murmansk front, it is added, -the bolshevikl If reoct-upled Lake Aroa. , ' London.- In a successful attack by Buasian troops attached to the allied forces on the Murmansk railway south Of Kem tha allied force gained com plete control of Lake Vlgoaero and the main road north to the White ea. according to an official statement from the British war office. : Th bol shevikl were driven 11 miles soutu ward from Yojmosalma, at tha south ern end of Lake Vlgoeero, and the first objective of the attack. ' Tha mal.i ' road to the White tea pas through VoJmaBalma. - ,: JAPANESE ARE RESTRICTED Special School Amendment Paaaed by - California Aambly. - Sacramento, Cal. The assembly adopted by a vote of St t 4$ an amendment to a school bill which ' would prohibit Japanese from attend ing regular elementary school where special schools for Mongoliana ara aa tabllshed. ' Administration leaders urged that the amendment be withdrawn, .and when it wa brought to a rollcall voted against It Greene, who offered tha amendment, aald Japanese were forc ing themselves into the regular schools on the contention they wer not Mongolians, v - - - - - - - The present law provides that In diana, Chinese and Mongoliana ahall attend special schools where auch ara provided. The amendment would spe cifically add Japaneaa to the other named. ,