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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1919)
WES TON? EADER VOLUME 42 WESTON. OREGON.- FKIDAY. AUG. 'Z. 121J NUHEEH 12 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Renters. bout a quarter of ft lull abov To- I Jo. Th-Henry building 'oa lb outb t corn.r of Pritrth and Oak streets, Portland, wa purtlid from C. K. Henry by Robert N. MiaurinlU, Principal Eventt of the Week miWuMi" 01 t9n 0r- Hecam of lb low wages paid li brarian by th slat of Oregon, many of (ham ar resigning their positions o Uka up other linos of work, accord ing to Ml Cornell Marvin, stst librarian. DC TtiQ Last Straw Ordnance Sent to the Border WUlamlla university wai 71 year 14 laat Saturday. Wheat around Aurora la yielding from IB to II buabala par acr. Tha charry crop of Tba Dalle and vicinity tbla yaar totaled 1000 tona. Linn county farmer ira reporting excellent yisld of wbaat tbla yaar. Iate for tha llermlslon Hog and Dairy abow ara October IS, 13 and 24. flana bava bn adopted for tba conatraotloa of ft tbr atory bolal building In Moro. lilack bear ara mora numeroua la lb timbered Mellon rt of Delia lhaa for many yaar pest, Profaaaor II. P. Lawl of Leasing, Mich- ba been ltcted city auparln teudent of schools at Ontario. Contract baa been lot for the eon at ruction of tba ihre-story Warrea Hunt hoapltal at Klamath rail. II I estimated that oatffirtb of Umatilla county' wbaat crop or near-' ly 1.000,000 buabala. baa besa sold. Oovarnor and Mrs. Olcott left Sat. ttrday for Salt Lake City. Utah, wbar Mr. Oleoit will attend lb govarnora' coafaranc. Oetween 21 and 10 Mac ar to b heard, by tba Umatilla county grand Jury hlch will begin It toaaloo , September I. ; Floyd Sentor. for nearly three year supervisor of rbool la Lane count, ha resigned to accept tb aame ponl- ' Hon la I'olh county. Tie Portland lull way, Light It ' Power company baa filed with th pub- : lie service commlaalon application for aa Inert la rate. Th canning plant uf the Puyallup and Sumner Valley Grower' a ior la tino, which la being erected In Albany". I Hearing completion. , A liotary club for Salem I expected i to ba organised on tha orcaalon of ft vltlt by member of th Portland club aom lint next week, i W. A. D Lsshmutt, who recently moved to Hood River from Portland, has been appointed secretary of th I food River Commercial club. " I). 3, Stewart took tba oath of ofilo to fill th unexpired term of Doug! county Judge, made vacant by th res ignation of Judge R. W. Msrslers. ' Th Hood River creamery la now drawing cream from Underwood, Whit Salmon and other Washington , point, Just across tha Columbia. "' Dr. L. I Dubois of Portland rcctmtly purchased the L. II. Deery farm at Well elation near Corvalll for tio,. M0. The place contain 345 acre. . Mia Kdna Mill, formerly with the DregTO Agricultural college, has been Heeled head of the domestic science lupartwent of th Oregon normal ichoo!. ; ; ' In honor of the French nation gov. , irnor C!cott issued a proclamation irglng tho pooplo of Oregon to Join In . h obaervaoc of Lsfayett day, Sep moor e. , Warren P. Reed, who was elected b first mayor of Keedsport, liaa of fered to the Maaonlc lodge of th Waco a fin lot on which to build a ; daaonlc temple, ' Th net yalu of the eatato of the ate llonry L. Plttock or Portland to als 16,904,701, according to tho first mml annual report filed by tb exoc tor, O. I Prloa. MUa Fern Hobb, secretary to form r Oovarnor West, bas reached Wash igton after a year'a service with the d Cros In France. Miss Hobb ro iroed by way of Italy. Dr. W. T. McElveen, pastor of th sonatina Congregational church of ew York city, ha accepted a call to i pastoral of th First Coogregn one! church of Poctfaud. Bend'a financial probloma were lvd when the city council voted to :ccpt th offer of Morris Bro. of ortland for th city' 125,000 ono sar, 6 par cent not Ibsuu. . Step were taken at the meeting of Albany city council toward reor mUation of th Albany fire depart ont and th purchase of additional odern fire fighting apparatus. The 34th annual convention of the regon State Horticultural aoclety old a most successful three-days sea Ion In Astoria. The next annual con-' fentlon will be held at Eugene. Farmers of the Depot slough dis trict adjacent to Toledo have- organ- knd tthdor the state drainage law and 111 construct a'dam, across the alouKh As a mult of a borta of school teachers In rural school In Una couuty mor than looo children may go without Instruction this year. e cordlug to Couuty Superintendent Ciimmlngo. . I'rofriiMir II. W. Cutln of Kugena baa been eincled principal of th ben eon school of Roeoburg. Prvfcaaur' C, A, Arehart, who taught Isa Roneburg laat year, ba accepted a position with th Oaudon achoola. Jo Moueae, wall known Kcho lock man and mouther of the Pendleton Elka lodge, bought th liO.000 first mor (face bond which will furnish' money for the Immediate conatructlon of the new four story Elks tempi In Pendleton. Th value of th wheat crop of Wasco count r1 for this yrar bss been stltnalnd at f3,U4.0O0. Tbls figur I bsd on the Umated yield, given out by the county agriculturist, at ,- 140,000 bushela at the et price of lit a buahel. Soma ld" of th enormou tourlat travel tbls seanon, may be gained from th tatentent of Secretarf Lee of tba tit fair board, who report aa many a 100 automobile partlea camped at lb fairground, north of Salom, on cveral ninbt during the jiast week. Heada of bulnee firm In Portland will Join lu an excursion to southern Oregon either th laat week In Sep tember or th first week In October st the Invitation of commercial organi sations and banker of KlaRiath Palls, Qrants Paas, Meiford, Ashland and Roseburg. Should Chester William Clark, 8av erton bank robber, who escaped from the slat prlaon berry field last week, be recaptured, he will be aubject to an additional acntenre of not to ex ceed 10 year aa a felon, under a law pained by th last anssion of th atat legislature. Tho big 1SS M. 0. P. PUIoux gun, a three-Inch battery of four field pieces and a modified Urltlsh 7$ have arrived at th Oregon Agricultural college at ('orceins aa th first Inatallment of equipment and supplies for tb new field artlllury unit authorised by th wt department. Governor Olcott sent a telegram to Admiral Rodman, In command of the l'acirtu fleet at Santa Uarbara, Cut., requesting that ho make every effort to send as many ship of the fleet aa possible to Portland after th presl-, dentlal review without the ships first going to Bremerton, . Rapidly growing interest In th American Legion throughout the state la reported by Oibim Walker, advance gent for & J. Elver, state chairman of tb legion, who baa been touring 4 eastern and central Oregon lu the in tercst of tho national organisation of, former service men. f ' 3. W. Surges of Pendleton will sue-, oeed W. L. Thompson as tb eastern Oregon member of th atat highway commlaalon when Thompson leave the board upon his removal from Pen-, dleton to Portland, January 1, accord lug to an announcement, made official ly by Governor Olcott. " ) A tola! of Z5 private educational In stltutlons In Oregon have aont to Sam Kotmr, assistant secretary of state, evidence of their being Institution of learning uudor th provision of tho soldier', sailor' and marines' edu cational fluanclal aid law paused at th laat session of the legislature. Word has been received in Fondle-, ton from tho national wool growers' association advising Block men, to 're frain from purchasing cottonseed fake at the present price of 180 a toil. Pres ent price of cottonseed -cake la laid to ';unholy speculation." A price of 160 later in tho season la expected. Ilfv I- 'WB NS.'.. - " - " .J!'&sA MM BUTTER WRAPS at Leader Shop Sixty (minimum)..,,.. l 00 One hundred...........; 1 35 Two hundred..........;.. 2 00 Each additional hundred 0 60 H po. Tax. It became known here that th largest or 1 nance depot in lb United States Is to be ewtab llbd at Port Bliss within a short Urn, for th Isst two weak large luantltle of ordnaor supplies aav irrlved and mor are coming In dally. Recent addition to the war llore In. :lude ie heavy tanka of the kind n4 la th fighting la Europe and It waa aid 10 more of these truck ara en rout Jjere. Complete equipment of British type of 11T model BritUb .71 millimeter gun for two regiment will be part of the ordnance. Monster Irailera for trauportlng ar tillery (uppllea, each weighing S0 pounds, hsve arrived. Seven new afeel storehoase cr to erected. A second depot, similar to that at Port Bliaa, la being established at Drownavilla, Texaa. Army officers declined to discos -he report that th concentration of fighting equipment In tba Rio Grand s due to tb tenseness of tb Mexl- 24 situation. PEACE EZLAY FE'..r:3 IF CHANGES C I "JH President Tells Committet That Covenant Covert AH of Their Suggestion. lEta Come to Walla Walla PIT nil Sept. 11-12-13 Greatest AsseiMageoI Wild Vest Talent IUDERS AND ROPERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD COMPETING FOR CHAMPION- -SAIP TITLES AND $6000.00 IN PURSES. Riding RopingSteer Bull-Dogging Relay and Pony Express Races Wild Horse and Saddle Horse Races Indian Relay Races, and Huge In dian Cougress as well as many other thrilling WILD WEST EVENTS GIGANTIC PARADES AND CIVIC CELEBRATIONS Roduced Railroad Rates iitg Three-Day Feature ; BANDITS RELEASE AVIATORS Men Think All th While They Ar Oft American Sell. ' Marfa, Tex. Completely confused n their direction. Lieutenant IL G. Peterson and Lieutenant Paul H. Pa lit, American army aviators, released tarty Tuesdsy by payment of ransom a bandit, who held them, believed ley were on the American ld of he border th entire Urn from th 'all of their plane to their release. Taptain Matlack, who paid the ransom jo the bandits, finally wa able to con ince them they were -In Mejlco and tad been following the Concho river, Jtluking that etrewm the Rio Grande. The aviatora thought they were within Ire mile of Valentine, Tex. Air Ownership Claimed. Kansas City. Whether a property wner is also owner of th sir above lis land is to be determined through court action brought by Frederick iloennemann, a farmer. He seeka to restrain a company owning airplanes Irom using tb air above his (km. Washington. At a confrac la aom respect unparalleled In Amer ica hlatory. President Wilson talked over tb peace negotiation and th treaty with UM eeaat foreign rela tione committee Tuesday at tb Whit boos. , President WUaoa told th foreign relation committee at th oatset of , hi conference that be could e no "reasonable objection" to Interpreta tion of bow tb United Slate accept th league of nation provided such Interpretations did not form a part of tit formal ratification Itself. If Interpretation were part of th formal ratification, th president con tended, long delay would follow, as other governments would have to "ac cept in effect th language of tb cast aa tb language of the treaty before ratification would be com plete." Article XVL th preaident aald, pro vided that where there Is a dispute flund to be solely within th Jurisdic tion of one of tb parties under inter national law, the league council shall ao report and make do recommenda tion for Its aettlemenL Immigration, tariff and the like, th preaident aald. Clearly came nnder that provision. The mnch discussed srtJcl X. the president told th senator, was not of doubtful Interpretation when read in connection with the whole co te nant. The council, be aald, could only "advise" and aa Its action sauat be unanimous, tbe affirmative vote of tho I'nited State would be necessary for any question affecting It. Tbe president said the felted State would have "complete freedom of choice a to th application of force" la carrying out article X of th league covenant. Daylight Law Repeal Over Veto. Washington. Repeal of the daylight laving law waa passed over President Wilson's veto by the house on a vote jf 223 to 101, seven more than the accessary two-thirds. Tbe repeal now ;oes,to the senate, where Its aupport- r claim victory. umaiian! am ui astiaiii wmm III I Vti iiiiiiii.iia'iwa'i in Tim ...im. x.,. Will Investigate Coat of Shoe. Washington. A resolution directing tb federal trad commission to In vestigate the high cost of shoes, and letermine tbe cause for increased prices, was adopted by the house, which refused to extend the inquiry to clothing and food. ' THE UNIVERSITY sohool ano otrnTssiT . Tin Vnlwtltr Inchxlf Uw Colin o LUcralw. SciM mkI Uw art, w O-t PKttl Brhixik of Uiw, tlKHrtao, (it rftuad). ArrbltootBt. mnnliim. Com bmiv, fcauotiwa aa atakM. fW a ptit--vw. IthHttn! VW or wwlfte Information, Hr; THE REGISTRAR, UNIVERSITY OF ORECON, EUGENE, OREGON. OF OREGON rSOIAt. riATURff A kniiiirol Mmpoi. ftn!tt of aptrUt ht. aodra brlliHM. low m, with away opporuwitif for wtf-btp, "ath)Uo for ruM," a n-ally drmocntie aim nd Ui tVaww "tlroa tSgtaW Regular Army la Growing. Washington. -The "first hundred thousand" of recruits have been se cured for the permanent regular army, General March, chief of staff, an nounced.' Of these more than (S,000 were re-enlistment. . The prise example of nothing to do Is to become n plotter for th restorn tlon of tho Unpsbilrg. ; .When a person Is overcome by the heat It doean't necessarily tueuu that be wa working too linrd. The old-fashioned folk aren't all dead. A couple took a "Joy ride" with a horae and buggy. ' There Is no telling wlmt a dny may bring forth. A man mny be hnppy to day and mnrtleil tomorrow. .. illinery Opening Mrs. A. Matthews wishes to announce to the ladies of Wes ton and vicinity the opening of her ''Style Shop" Friday and Saturday, Aug, 22-23, at Athena, showing authentic and exclusive modes in millinery, suits, coats, waists,; dresses, etc., to please the most dis criminating trade. JRemember the dates, August 22-23. Chasing the Bandits Marfa, Tex. American troops of th 8th cavalry, with aviators Dying bomb ing planes acting as scouts ahead of the columns, swept across th Mexi can border early Tuesday aa a puni tive expedition in pursuit of the bandit band under Jesus Rentcrla, who held the American army aviators Peterson and Davis prisoner la- Mexico. The troops are supported by an ade quate communication line, pack trains carrying the field wireless tor use when out of touch with the aviators, who are scouting th entlr OJlnsga district for the bandits. Lieutenants Davis and Peterson, mounted on horseback, were with tha cavalrymen, acting a guidea. It waa planned Davis and . Peterson would take the troops to the place where the aviators were made prisoners Wed nesday. " Although Davis and Peterson were tired from their eight-day vigil, they ate an early breakfast and reported to Colonel Langhorne here and left with the first column of troops, y Washington. The American puni tive expedition into Mexico after tha baudtts who held the two American aviators .is- being conducted v-1th th full knowledge of authorities In Wash-, lngton, who have been withholding announcement of the governments purpose until tha two Americana r safe. Cost of Living Up.80 Percent Cleveland. A 35 to 65 per cent In crease In wage la demanded for 117. 000 firemen and hostler on railroads In the United States and Canada In a wag scale adopted by 300 general chairmen of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen and Engtnemen in session here. Another demand to be presented to the director-general of railroad la that all coal-burning locomotive In road service weighing 200,000 pounds and over shall be equipped with me chanical stokers and that two firemen shall be employed on all soch loco motives until they ar o equipped. About half of the 80,000 engine la th United State will . com , under this proposal, It is estimated that It will cost 1200. 000,000 to equip th locomotives In th United States with th different me chanical devices demanded by the fire men. ' Uniform deadhead rules for pay for firemen when traveling from on ter minal to work at another and to be applied to all railroad In .tbla country and Canada ar demanded. . Another working condition demand ed ia that on railroad where firemen are required to cleat locomotives they shall be relieved of auch work and that crop. It waa learned from an unofficial tools or supplies, loading coal, filling lubricators, etc. , . BRITISH DEBT IS HL'GE Lloyd Georgia Tell House ef Com. mona War Cost 200 Billion. London. Tb war cost 40,000.000 000 (3300,000,000,000, Premier Lloyd George declared in his speech in the house of commons on the financial and industrial situation. Most of this sum was spent for purposes of destruction. He asserted that the change from war to peace conditions would take Just as long as the change from peace to war. Th first outstanding tact of the present situation was the alarm ing adverse trade balance, he said. The national debt, he declared, had grown from 641,000,000 to 7,800, 000.000. v ' i New York Striken Break All Record. ' New York. More industries are af fected by strike now going on or threatened in this city tbsn ever be fore in th history of labor unions, -a word lug to figures compiled by labor leadr and mad ft ' r