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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1919)
at. wsn A. VOLUME 42 WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, l&l'J NUMBER 8 Weston Leader OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST toughmlller mill building. The com pany will specialise oa Evergreen ber ries, but ltl handle seme loganber ries sod poselbly somi prunes. llsnchere of fs hut's county were , ' ' '1 advised to perfect plans for toluf be. Fflnclptl tVIRtl if thl Will tore tho lgtslstro at the 1121 ses- sion w bis ror ine esianuanmsni 01 an NATIONAL GUARD TO -WHEAT GROWERS TO A Triumph fr American Ideals pr-H - l:uu.li EE REORGANIZED BE PROTECTED Irlifty Sketched for lnfr eutlm o. Our Riidin. Waeeo county has before It the greatest program of road copstruet'on , in Ha Malory. All bids for Sherman county's fno.. ruxijMue of road bonds were rejected by (ho eeuoty court.. Hut 1 teachers In a aecesssry force of II bate been secured for iba Merebfleld tUf eebools, Tba Iterrisborg Chamber of Com as sree win bold community fair dur tat tba week of pteiuber I. ; William It Kellendoek. an old tlmo f oaldont of Ssteeada, aa found deed bod. Ha waa 71 yaara old. j IX W. Salley. pioneer rendetoa at toraay. dlad suddenly In bta office, Mr. Bailey waa about 14 yeara otd. i Ooversee aiS- Mra. OlootU begin lag about August 1. will leave lalout jo trip to Yellowstone National park. ' That farm propsrty la la demand In Clseksmss county la evident from tho umber of aaloa at hava been made I Tba aawmlll belonging to George Klllsa. a few miles from Sllvsrton, .was daatroyad by fir causing loaa of istoe. ' Under tba dlractloa af tba Dallaa Woman's club a swimming pool for mill ohltdran la being built la tba bod of La Creole river. ' Blda will bo received by tba atato tlghway commission, Aaguet I, for ovary mile of highway batwooa Tba "Dalles and Pendleton. t X A. Churchill, atato superintendent of public taatroolloa, baa juat laauad Weablngton. Fins! plana for tho ro-. fstw yor(.To ttle th lonr nd erganliatlon of tha national guard on (. nsput between fnrraors and kwIij oiparlmant atatlon near Band, when tha Hdlvlnlon baala with divisional .buyers aa to a proper, prieo basis f r Dr. W. J. Karr, president of tba Ore- areas, following tba ssrasJImlts aa did wheat, tba United State grain r'jriv- gon Agricultural college, apoka at a Ihoao from which guard dWUIona ware mon has entered Into eontru'i w::ti banquet given by tha Peachutea county organised for earrlce against Oermany ; buyera whoreby the latter ngr-R m farm bureau la honor of tba flatting warn approved by Becreury Baker, reflect properly to producer the r.,v, tegvnta of the college. .' To stimulate agriculture, domealla science, horticulture and llreatock pro duction, tha Deachutea county court appropriated llfZJ for community faira to be held In Bend. Itedmond, Tu malo and In tha Orange district. Portland phyalclana by concerted no tion have Increaaed their ratea In pro portion to other Itetna In the high coat of tiring, and patients muet now pay all tho way from 10 centa to 11000 mora than they need to In pre-war daya. A gift of 1(6 acre of land on which grnaaman, la provided for, but tba unite for the time being are to bo or ganliM on tho tatle of IS men per company of Infantry, a appropriation for the national guard for the flacal year 1M permit only the oranluton of the guard on tha baala of 200 men for each aenator and repreaentailve, living an aggregate etrengtb of about 101,000. , Among tha auto aaalgntnents are tha following: ' Oregon, four companlea coael art II lerv. one reclment tnfantrv. one bat- mero aianna a.ew.iwo iet or umoer, Hrf tbA xUrr. oe company en A maximum eipanalon to about 4V ,rnmetifa guaranteed price hit w 000 men. or loo per aenator ana eon-" baa been given lo Willamette unlver- ally by a donor whoeo name la with held. Tha same donor baa given ISO0 for tha equipment of an Infirmary in Lauaanna hall. During tha week ending July 17 there war reported to tba auto In dustrial accident commlaalon 137 ao cldenta, of wktcb three wara fatal. The fatalities, include Charles Adams of Brighton. Thomas Dew of Si Hel ena, and H. E. Drelea of Coqullle. Under aa agreement reached by both tha Tortiand gralnhandlera' un ion and tho employers Involved, the atato board of conciliation Is to bold bearings on the laauea at slake and tho suggestions of the board will be taken as a ruling by both parMes. Balem'a first oversea war bride ar rived In the person of Mrs. Q. E. glneers, one" nmbulance company, om troop cavalry. Waahlngton, four companlea coast artillery, ono regiment lofsntry, ono battery flold artillery, one signal com pany (wire), one field hospitsl com pany, one machine gun troop. cm gradca of wbat," It Is auiMimr I. Thla contract, which placw llm :' ernment in the position of standing b bind producers to c tiny (l.iala a proper price for their wheat, provi!(? Ibst, In esse of disagreement, cither farniors or buyers are prlvib-g,f t submit a sample of the wheat In !! puts to the nesreet tone vice presi dent of the grain corporation and from liliu get a review of tlio metho'l of determining the price. The contrsct specifics that uiClurs and dealrrs "sbsll purrbase on the proprr grade snd dorksgo unlr the fi-tleral standsrds and shall pay tlicre for not loss than the guaranteed prlcQ based on such proper gn.de and dork sxe, at the terminal most advantage ously reached, less freight snd less reasonable handling margin." i liO '4 . 1 ln;;l ' ti ' -U' r I f.l 1. . ; it a i J.i;a .i nl ,'r 'ii ..il tWJ'-a Ml 1" Un; it i . ..'i i..;:. R!l Mm y froi:i it. - V). i;ri:mi I (Uu K.. ( it ft as pn ;..i:t i in MONTANA DROUTH UNUSUAL INCREASE RELIEF FUND tha 111! edition of tho Oregon, school . tnleja. a ssatlre of Franca and formerly laws gal copies are now being sent out 1 four eteel steamships of 1.000 tons will bo built by tba Alblna Engine and Machine works, a Portland shipyard, for a group of Scandinavian bustaeea men.' Tha public service commission will hold a bearing Jn Amity, July il, on tha application of tho Amity Mutual Tslspbone oompany for aa Increase In rates. - ' Seism fireman and peUoemen have petitioned tba city council to grant an Increase In their wages to 1100 a month. They are bow receiving only gen tn gag . : Tba Pendleton city council baa or dered tha purchase of a new automo bile street rusher and sprinkler, to re plies the present horse-driven equip ment In use, ' By tha first of August at tha latest Pendleton will bo entirely Independ ent from the river for Its water sup ply, ss a new pipe Una la being laid to Cbapllsb springs. There are now mora men than Jobs 4a Umatilla county, Instructor of English la the French schools at I Havre. Mr. Tuleja until recently was In tha United Slates navy and It waa while traveling from Paris to Brest tbst be met bis young bride. Practically every lumber and tie concern west of the Cascade moun-. tsina and between Portland and the California boundary has joined in an appeal to the railroad administration to secure for shippers and consumers the seme rates on lumber between local points In Oregon as now exist between local points In Washington. With a total of l.ll,t collected resident's Objections to Sundry Civil Mesauro Mst By Congress. Weehlngtoo. Amended to provide 114.000,000 Instead of 11.000,000 for (be rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. sailors and msrlnss. tha sundry civil spproprlstlon bill, which wss vetoed by tho president, was psssed by tha house and sent to tha senate. The original measure waa vetoed by tha preeldent on tho ground that the 10,000,000 waa Insufficient to cars property for the country's wounded men. To meet, his objection, tha house appropriation committee in creased the amount to 112,000.000. , " Carrying Inereased appropriations for the rehabilitation and education of disabled, Uio revised aundry civil ap propriation bill was psssed by the senate. Forest drove Hit By Conflagration. Korest Orovo, Ore. Business prop erty valued at approximately ICS, 500 waa destroyed, and two persons were ta the six month period ending June Mrion,'y ,n "r h'cn for 10, receipts from taxes on gifts, legs- Missouri st Crest Falls Nsver So Low, Cities Fesr Water Scarcity. Flelens, MonL Tho year of drouth which hss prccipltcd a grazing cri sis under which tens of thousand of tattle, horses snd sheep are to be sent to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebras ka lo grsie is ssld to be the most re marksble in the annsls of the stale. The dry weather has caused xeriouti forest fires and worse are feared, an August Is a moro critical month thau ' July, while September and October are often the worst of all The rivers are low. The Misisurl , at Great Kalis never has been know n to be so low. The drouth Is id"r .r.pred ilisn at has been . hetUuioiv. Not only the so-called di-v-faruiUig counties, which ranked as semi ar!d rn the past and were used chiefly fj grsxing, but ll:e fertile valleys of Uu south and west hare felt the hent. Even Irrigation hss not always asurcd a U it t io lrLi"t i K It U sis :-t u- .-ta-s or tue . (iii ii and tea I.- .it jf Xti nns ; i i.Vj tr and t: -j r uii.ng "li cx'.-ia i.i-jre ''i r tf. sty mane, l,.f ti.it lliiiij re- ilulreU (or U.e pc:.ci ot Vn-r.ji. mid la i'.r.s fl;:j u, ! i cl ti.v t-Me re U':;)cl fur i'. u.ciy til Vfi. 1j.!.;l.a ' 8 is v'ai.i:.i i .1.1', it li ntirlLuted ! K:ir-,ii an . ! . .. i. n ti tiit' initial, rd- pt.i.. ! ,!; .' -.-itan. f tiie U -iv l i'.-..ti n . vt.i4:i pitttiiVs tor l:,e f :ji in : : r- at a I.ii.;r- nnin h.r of J. i -jl a; ii,",. Mi. iitrp'.l 'f.pial'as I ) C r..i'..luJ). f.: vi-idtrt a V. f .-v v.-i: v,.y:tu'.:.y -. t-..u lire .:' it I..:., i : rr-.tn i ;.rt (i.i a rettiartir.liie -r: . r- ti:,- pri'.faai ccceptl la adv?r.. -,y ti a pp!es tf ti: iojM, a,-..l Ci-jHdl'-U in the Fc;u: tc-n V. iuli by t;. .!?,er;e;id f: ;.t ca Jaaury t, 1515, tea :;:,.::..; h. trre tu actual s?f ni3 Of the .vihtU-A. Of t'.if rwn- n l-ii.;': tliu ae . CTi. J a v c; 1 in r:na. seriou; rdjew!in L'.iT) r-:'"(l ti only one. the U!li. 'i'iat c'. ctiea has con:e from a fa"t:o;i jn tr.a Cclu-d Staff Sen'atn. 1 h!s 1 "li Pch;t,a t r.ilod,'" In the tfaiy is ArtJcIe X. of the Covenant tf I' a lyca;;u tf Nations. Cermany L'.rr.tlf'l a indicted upon it ss an essential pan or tiie r e sec. The treaty 63 tiaf;S3 a ne-.v wOi-liU, pii;tica:2y. rJiysIeal'i', wor.-.'! an.! .Tlf-'tu ;.'!". T';v; r.i3.U..tory syv tc:a en : t!. old r-rrime tl exploita tion, and :.i w.-rJs of the who!' j wo;-:d In A'i.i, Afra and the i3'os o'. the rea, Tho Tr :t- hss c-Ubllsbed In the plae? of art :."'.il stales natural t'O'Ulit.1 R3 nbt.ossl unlu. It l:-a? r. -moved from thp !-:-p ruracrou.t his toric viTr.-.-: v'ili'i 'n-.e long served to ffltel'f 'lis- i:i:;.i::::;i(in.il rrj.i lions. It tni c! t'n! wor.'j upon a row naiii or.tiio. ' t'K ti.niLed by (lie following tuid-i 1. Inlernt!en..l cs-cperation, in rlu-lir.s the rnsi l.-Jr.t:oa ct a:i'exist-: lng inteniaticnal titlmivilstratlve ac tiviiies. " 2. 'Extensive . ir. .i h'ivry for ro- mi LEAG'JE OUTLINED Kldilo Cround is Sought by Senators Opposed to ' Peace Treaty. prove well'.)' lo ;ill that ship.: ' "3. . Tho creatlca fei'fiiie ai'.J ifii-fir ! prio!cin5 if an in ' 4." A ptetiro i ri -..uiuss opi; of menibcr- clea and Inheritance bad almost doubled over tha same period in 1911. when the stale's revenues from this source totalled but !,II3.47, accord ing to tho seml-snnunl report of State Treasurer Hoff, submitted to Governor Olcott. - Because of the apparent tardiness ot many electrical contractors in Oregon In filing bonds In the sum of 1500 and paying their annual license foe of f 18 State Labor Commissioner Cram an- two hours Sunday threatened to wipe out tho entire down-town section of Forest Grove. JL good crops, for water for that purpose and as a f r; ; i;t.;i tovrarJ baa begun to run low. . Agricultural Bill Passsd by House. Washington. The" agricultural ap propriation bill, wlUiotit the daylight repeal rider, passed the house by a, vote of 103 to 177. rf a labor con r .ui to folve the ; trial civUisattrn :U;ei President Reported Much Better. , Washington. President Wilson, who was forced tn remain In bed Monday, was sufficiently recovered Tuesday from bla Indisposition to resume con frences with Republlcsn senators' In the White House without objection from Resr Admiral Cary T. Grayson, armaments, U tho dis arming of ib? one uatiou whese geo graphical xlraatioa has made It a menace to tha v.v.-!J. . . - . 5. The ahoutioa of coi'uest 'by Articlo X,. without interreriog with other tni'thods d territorial adjust ment. . ' ' 6. The dc!ar:!t:en that .iy war is , - a matt-jr cf eanc-rn ' to bI!. and the trmspc lUieuiVPTftSl ny erectira of maeh!n:?:y for dealing with libUnUt WASrtlisUIUi-J coudltic-ns wWcli endangor tho peace An rgreenu-tit not to go to w;. berore peaceful seUIenicnt of dispute.- " . u liinEtun.'-AlthouKh admlnlstra- tion l-adcrs both in executive and sen a' rirelt-j discount the poMiblllty of . IVtMldi-iit Wilson aecptlog say recur vation In the rsliru-attun of the pears tf-str and lesgue ot nations, some r p:ibl!an eistors who bave told tho ptes!d''nt iu their conferences Itiat a majority will favor Interpretative res-rrv.iii-! s am difrutiili'R bnt midllij ground may Lo found upon which the oipsiiig forces may unite. The discussions smouK the republl rnr.n -en. to rsnxe sround a tentative s't of reservations whh h nilKbt be out lined this wsy: That nothing in Article 10 shall bs construed to obligate the t'nlted Biati S to enter war without a declara tloa of wr by congresa; That nothing In the covensnt shall In any way Impair the Monroe doctrine or curtail the nation's prerogative of administering it as a purely national policy; and, , That it shall be understood that in accepting tho covensnt the Vuited States dMs not subtract from its sov ereign risht to determine purely do mestic problems, such as immigration and the tariff. , These and otb ;r sitnilsr reservstkras-d'-rigned to give sddittonal guarantees ot thu ri;;hl of lndeieudeut national action without vitiating the fabric of the league, might satisfy, it ia figured, a cctisiderable group of republican sen ators 'who are- favorable to some sort of a peace league. The administration leaders declare these propositions' al ready are either. set forth with suffi cient clearness in the present coven snt or else aro -the natural corollaries of the league principles. The objection of kuch reservations " as expressed from the administration point of view is that thy might ne cessitate re-negotiations, encourage other nations to make reservations, cause delay and confusion and finally endanger the whole league plan. Prea ident Wilson is said, iu talking with senators, to have described the pres ent political Btatug ot Europe as a field iu which it may be very difficult to carry on such a re negotiation. , . ment bureau at Pendleton finds that there aro about three bands available for every harvest Job. With tha employment of a manager to attend to its buslnesa for tha com- bla personal physician. Admiral Gray- Tba free employ. f Bounced that he would begin checking eon eeid the president was in no' pain. up the delinquents on August 1. Pen- ul at be etiil waa extremely weak. alty for falling to comply with the" ' . terma of the law carries a maximum ' 10 Americana Killed by Mexlcana. -fine of 1100. Washington. Henry P. Fletcher, Small cities snd towns throuchout American .ambassador to Mexico, told )nf year, tha Deachutea Valley Potato Oregon are advised tn a warning Issued the house rules committee that since Orowers' asMolatlon will be moro ac tive thla yaar In the potato market I Patients la Portland boapitals also have met the high coat of living. Both St Vincents hospital and tba Good Samaritan hospital bave Increased their rates since ante bellum days. Virgil D. Earl, for tba past 11 yeara by the state fire marshal to look at bis appointment three years ago about their tire fighting equipment, lest they 60 Americans bad been killed In Mex- Buffer disaster similar to that which hss come to several Oregon towns In the recent past From Investigations made by the deputies It has been found that many of the smaller cltlea loo without a single prosecution being made by the Mexican authorities. - bead of tba department of matbema paratua. Washington The shipping board an nounces it .will build two gigantic lin- are without adequate fire fighting ap era that can cross the Atlsntic in four During the years ITS' and 17SS, George Washington in over 0i) dilii r ent lettera expressed his hope that the Constitution for a League of thir teen states might be latilied; many ot his remarks are extraordinarily ap plicable In the present discuas'ioa ot our ratification of the Covenant fur the League of Nations. "The Consti tution that Is submitted, ia not free from Imperfection, but there arc us few radical dejects in it as could well bo expected, considering the hetero geneous mass of which the Conven tion was -composed and the diversity of interests that are to be attended to. As a Constitutional tloor la opened for future . amendments and alterations, I think It would be wise in the People to accept what ia offered to them." ties and athletlo coach at tha Washing ton blgb school In Portland, baa been elected principal of tha Astoria high achool. I Lena county's spirit ot cooperation was Illustrated when more than 1000 ; farmers met with members of the Eu gent Chamber of Commerce In an all day plcnlo oa the University of Ore gon campus. , i Tha voting of 11.000,000 bonds by ' the North Unit Irrigation district of Jefferson county has been validated and in all respects confirmed In a de cree by Circuit Judge Duffy In the county clerk'a office, A regulan freight service from Port land to Australia and New Zealand, with monthly sailings.' will be estab lished soon, provided Portland can fur nish from 1000 to 1000 tone of cargo each way for each sailing. The June contribution of the Stand ard olt company to the good roads fund of Oregon under the fuel oil tax law amounted to I2I.7II.1S, a gain ot more than five thousand dollars over the tax for tha previous month. I The Silverton Food Products eom Mav.fcie started, a eannery In the Because of Inability of the attorney- general to lay down a bard and fast rule defining an institution ot learn ing under the soldiers', sailors' and marines' financial educational aid bill and because It will be necessary for some of the Institutions to' show that tbey bave the facilities) for furnishing a course or study that wilt be bene flclal to applicants, Deputy Secretary of State Koier today" called a confer ence at the state capt'ol. Warning to housewives of Oregon to refrain from Using canning compounds harmful to health baa been received by the state scaler of weights and meas ures from tho department of agricul ture at Washington. In the circular received by tha state sealer It la charged that many ot the canning compounds contain sal Icy Ho or borlo acid and are unnecessary for tho rea son that fruits and vegetables will keep for a U5ng period without the use of chemicals. The warning was Issued, It U ssld, becsuso ths laws ot the government and state do not apply to foods prepared In the homes for local eeBsuntptle-B. days' time. Echo and Nolin wheat is going 15 to 25 bushels. , t - . lins bevn t,!''wl. S. ".Autamatlo." prevision sanctions' for tho. puni.'iimout of .the breach of agreements voluntarily taken. , " 9. A representative ' .Assemtl.i meeU.'is regulasly im. anions otlif" things, carrying on the week of codi tying end reviving' 'international, law begun ty tho Hague Conference, - The treaty la thcmost momentous document ever prvpwd by the hand ot K.iw, It seta .Cm. world light about face, .i Jiuu'kB the triumph of Amer ican Mtaa. policies and institutions. . by extending ta a lea'sue of sovereign nations the democratic principles first embodied labour league of sovereign StEltCS. j , " EDWARD CU.MMINGS. "'General Secretary, .' ' World Peace Foundation. Like Files Around a Sugar Barrel The .service medal's '.tor Oregon's fighting t.or.:. 8u:luirUi:d hf an net of the l.w Kgithatre, will be distributed took possession of high-powered auto-j ' Race Riots in Washington 1 V V.'.iihineton, Mace riotUis here .ro--sv'U'l Monday nisJit in the killing, of five -peons and injury of at least t0 ethers. Several dajs of disorders, following a wsve of attacks on white women, robberies and assaults by ne groes, culminated in a series ot rsce battles duging the night hours with which' the police were unable to cope fully, despite the aid or military pro voist guards. .j w ,' ...:,a; i.: licserve squads ot police and1 pro vost guards were rushed thanigh the streets ot Uie city all night in answer to riot calls. Army motor trucks were stationed af the precinct headquarters, with a squad of men armed with auto-, tnatic rifles assigned to each. The rioting was marked by a general pre paredness on the part ot the negroes who during the day purchased huu-j drt.ds of revolvers. Early in the even-) ins they formed into crowds iu theirj own sections aud attacked white men! wherever found. , ' , X- Lato'in the night the negroes dis persed as mobs, and numbers of thein November 11, ihe first anniversary of the signing of the trmistice, wlth'ap- enormous amount r hi i ji in i ii m i i i i i i Air JWftMORttlM sg T I U rvf- ' 3 1 " ' i-4 v i froprlato cen-nionlcs iu every county - mnKlL 0$ tfT V'L' .HStopian.tormu- CAM Ht 1J I Hf. a.! -; J Vr3 I CvV( ) 'j, mission iu.Sufti. This commission 1a -T"".' - I ' 22, rlli l&F"', 'conipss.d cf.Covernor Olcott. State. ; ' J - , HWWU Treasurer- Hoff. -Adjutant General ail r . - I m-4 r J I j kaIO ti ,F ,BJ I IUB I ., -I Afll.- J 'iff II 1 mobiles, in which they raced throuKni the. streets pumping bullets from auto matic weapons nt all whites who hap pened within range. , It is believed; that numerous casualties resulting! from-this indiscriminate firing have! not been reported to the police. 'I III ii Ii I tseii. StafrUi and Marvin.. - Some idee of ttv cf gasoline cons an of motor vehiiics s;:d oljier nctivitiea ia Orcren msy 1. i -obiaijed from tho rport of S'lia Ker'-'r, deputy secretary cf state, v. lue'u s:f;c.c $ thct-lf ail this product, t.i' eihij' wi. h tiio distillate, rsi d 1 t-tivt ' U Fi bivary 3 and June 80. .' 1919. iuoufr.;!.w to 12,813.188 Eallons, wss plavJ in one oe.r.tt;iner it would rrtjulre a tanlt tuO ixt in dianloter'and C7Vs fjet hUh. Tiio tank would cover r.n m-Jii uiy city bkK lc iu Tenland. If plHeJd ta rvsuiar 10.0iH-suHcn capacity raiir.'-.n-.l t:r.k euro, it would make a .r ii,. rrj- 11 Ty't. l.iti- Period of Rest Coming. . 1 - See the studious young man. : Xlotr . . ,. .. ii ' u v .... iiiuh v uuuiia lift? 1 ux ino operation ... . , . , ,, .. the back of a snapping turtle, and ha is os omlnons as the first muttering of . an earthquake. He burns the midnight oil In great quantities, poring over pon derous tomes uutil he is worn almost to skin and bones. But never mind, tie will presently have nmpie opportunhj to rest. Iu n short while he w ill be ad mitted to the bar, and after that he will not have- anytblug to do. Kansas City Star. . . . Fire Wednesday destroyed . $7C00 worth of wheat on the Vonderahe farm east of Milton.