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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1919)
West EADE VOLUME 42 WESTON, OREGON, Fill DAY, OCT. 31, 1919 NUMBER 22 on R - YOUR RED CROSS CALLS ROLL ARMISTICE WEEK Membership Rather Than Mon ey It Asked to Complete War Relief. Red Cross Chapters, branches and auxiliaries In Ilia Northwestern !)! Itlon, comprising Alsaka. Idaho. Ore fun and WeahlngUin. will partU'leaid In the Tllllll) HKI) CIIOH8 HULL, CAM. November 1 to November II, Armltllr Pay. The American Itcd Croaa, the groalnat relief organliallon In recorded hlatory, the "mobilised heart art Ion nf I ha American people," III engage In do mora "drives" fur huge auuia for war relli-f, but will continue I'a annual roll call, which la (Imply tha occasion on which tba Amnrlran people express their boiler In Iba Idnala and work of lha l(d Croaa by enrolling aa members. "All you need la a heart and a dollar." For lira reaaona, ay tha loadre of lha Red Crow. Ibla T1IIIU) RED CROSS ROLL CALL abould enroll every loyal an4 publlo eplrlted Amerl fan cltlieo among lha mllllona of mom bars of lha orgsuizstlon that served our boys at home and overseaa, aaved tha moral of Franca aud Italy In our aarly daya In tha war, relieved lha mllllona of refugeea. fed lha starving babies of Europe, saved whola nailona from extermination, stood as next friend lo those famltloa In America whoaa dear onea wara In lha eervlce, thraw Ita tremendoua reaourcea Into tha fight agaloit Influenza, dealt with great national disasters of flood and fir, and now tardea on to do Ita part lo serve America and to make the war worth having been won. Theaa flvo reaaona ara: 1. Tha War Taak ef tha Red Croaa la Not Vet Fully Performed. To men at III In service, and lo their families at home, to dlarharged sol dlera not yet fully adjuited to the routine of civilian life, lo 30.000 boya suffering or eonvaleacliig In Military , iiiina aiviiixr man tne naaa i our in hi In a year and a half nf wai : hiiinlr. ;i i t thouaanila of peoplo U II pruia of Ufa d!i In the Uull'-d Hi. lira every year from wholly pre vriilahle diseases. Thla la nollilng abort of a dlaaater which la a coiitliu lug one and will be permanent unl. aa the people cooperate with one en uthar to uae the knowledge and wraiih already In exlatenc lo bring the nu tlun Into better day. The Red Cros through Ita mllllona of mumbera com prlalug every alemeiit In every com munity, man of them themaelvea vie- Ot The End of a. Perfect Day OREGON NEWS NOTES : OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. The weatern Oregon corn ahow will be held In Kugena thla ynar. An agricultural department baa been . ' : . ? J - rltH-B Armlatle Holiday Called by Olcett Salem, Or. Tueaday, November 11, tha flrat annlveraary of tba signing of tha armlatlce, baa been declared le gal boliday In a proclamation Jaaued by Oovernor Olcott Guard Called to Quell Ohio Riot. Columbua, O. Fire hundred Ohio national guard troopa were mobilized at Akron where they were held Is readlneae for atrlke duty at Canton. PEACE TIMERED CROSS FACESHUGE TASKS War Task Not Finished-Public Health Problems Must Be Solved By Red Cross MINERS ARE WARNED STRIKE IS UNLAWFUL Wilson Says Means Will Be Found for Protection of Country's Interests. low enougn down to tie out ot Danger of being snowed In. Sawmllla In all section of Lino Washington. With the declaration that the Impending coal atrlke la not nre only unjuatifiable, but alao unlawful. In a etatement la- orgahlted at tha Newberg high achool. C0UB(y are unuaually buay and a large Nina care of bf cattle were ahlp- quantity of lumber and railroad Ilea ped from Durkoe lo the Kanaaa City ara being ahlpped from many railroad "rkt polnta in the county. William Bnayd. Civil war veteran The Hend city council haa approved and for many yeara a realdent of 8a pani for $133,000 eitenilon of the Tha American Red Croaa, according to a etatoment Just laaued from Waah Ington, D. C, bellevea that Ita flrat duty la to finlah Ita war taak, one hun dred per cent Tba Red Croaa muat alao continue to carry on area more effectively than in tha paat, Ita aatab liahed aystem of National and Inter national relief. In mitigating tba aaf ferlng cauaed by famine, fire, floods, and great national calamltlea. It muat alao render every neceaaary aervtca to the Army and Navy, and muat con tinue the work undertaken prior to the war In the field of nursing and Flrat Aid. The reaponaibilitlea of the Red Croaa are greatly Increaaed aa a result of the leesona taught by tba war, the etatement continues. Higher stand ards of responsibility have been aet to prevent needlesa suffering and loaa In orchards in the foothills. bears have been killed within tha past President Wilson, month in the Jordan district east of wl,B tbe support of bla entire Sclo. cabinet, called on the coal miners of The McKenste pass road over the the nation, both union offlcera and of life. The Red Cross, with its trail- summit of tbe Cascades la closed to members, to rescind the atrlke order tiona and ita established organization. traffic and will probably remain closed effective November 1. until next summer when tha anow Tha president declined to enter Into the merits of the controversy between lem. died at Seattle. Mer aystem and ordered engineers' m, n0W( but principal reason for the miners and operators, but empbat- , ..rmt.n rfi.n cuu.,.y mimhm on grading and aurracing or blocking the road la the construction ,cI,r declared that tbe atrlke, which have org.ni.ed im jnckaoa county MVeral mile, of atreets. work on M8t d. of .ummlt be cbMWterled a. the moat f.r-reach- KorfUii. rtuWttal classes In J . 7 . w . e.w.n .wvv,wv .n ..uww.wwv v- W'ork which baa been under way tba ,n Proposal in tne nation a niatory to dletetlc8, home caro of the alck. and Noonday dancing aa a cure for brain ern brook trout egga will be taken pa.t .ummer ,nd early ln the M. reatrlct production and dlstrlbuUon of First Aid, the extension of Red Cross fag has been adopted by tba etudeute from Elk lake thla winter for the Tu- urgemcnt 0f the Hawley Pulp Pa- nec-warles of life, bad apparenUy been Home Service, an Increaaed Junior maio natcnery, accoroing to tne piana - p.r company'a plant in Oregon City, ordered without a rote of the Individ- program, and co-operauon in develop- will aid in maintaining theaa stand ards by cooperating with all recog nised agenclea engaged in conserving human life and happiness. Activities already authorized Include the en couragement and support of Public of Read college at Portland. Tba flrat livestock ahow undertaken 0f Pearl Lynee. superintendent. In Deschutes county was put on In On account of HI health. Mayor E. connection with tha Tunialo fair. v. Jlinman of Dufur resigned bla of- Klght achool districts In Douglaa flc, at the last regular meeting of the county are atlli without teachers, ac- city council. Tba office la atlll re cording to Superintendent Drown. Herman Roaenberg, a well known Umatilla county farmer, bought tha IWl Smith farm of SI00 acres near Yoakum. F.d Plogg. a realdent of Dallas, dis cs nt, no one being willing lo accept tha place. Inheritance taxea aggregating $211,' 495.10 were received by tbe state, treasurer during the period from OoV providing for the accommodation of n' lnra. all more grinders and water whetla For tnl r80" h Prealdent served at an expenditure of nearly $150,000. "White notice "that the law will be is expected to be completed within an- ""forced and the meana will be found other week. to protect the interests of the nation Homestead U no longer able to care ,B nr emergency that may arise out for the people who have been attract- of thl wnhappy business." ed to tha Snake river mining district. Tb prealdent a autement waa issued according to word received In Biker, "er bla cabinet had gone over the The Iron Dyke mine alone la now em- entire a'tuation with Secretary Wilson tober 1, 1917, to September 80, 1911,1 inV.- ton mon u i. mh.j .a of the labor department whose efforts appeared October 13. and official and according lo a report prepared by toM; development work in nearby copper to Dr'n miners and operatora together bla brother In Portland are trying to department. J ,llYM ,nd goId mlnef nM underg0Ba' la negUialtona bad falleJ. , i. f 'vi : l A? locate him Ileara and cougara are caualng con- n? vo,a f 130 ls "eppner aa- alderable losses of young cattle in ill horlied an Issue of JlOO.OtiO water Dry creek aectlon of tbe SlaUra Ma- n""1 rr e construction of a gravity tollua range. . water aystem from the headwaters of A sawmill three tlmea the alio and Wlllt,w reck to the city, a distance of ranarltv nf the one riantrnvml bv fire about IS 111 I lea. Mt Naval hospital, the American peo ple still glva cheer, comfort and sorv Ica through their Rod Croaa. In certain portlona of tbo Old World the American Red Croaa atlll feuds and clothes tha undarnourfahed and ragged babies, care for tho aged and lha Infirm, and assist the people of these dlsease-rlddou, famlnostrlcken, war-ravsgod countries to organise their own resources. Since the sign ing of the Armistice, this work haa steadily declined, but It I not by any means fully completed. S. The Red Croaa la the Disaster Re lief Agent of the American People. The speed and efficiency with which the Red Cross met emergency . noeds at Corpus Chris tl Illustrated the value of nationwide Red Cross organisation. In case ot dtaaster, whether It be for est fire tn the Northwest or a great Mississippi Valley flood, tbe first ef fective relief will hereafter come from nearby communities, working through their Red Cross Chapter. t. In Caae of Epidemic Local Red Croaa Organisation la Indlspans-able. During the- Influonsa epidemic, Red last July la being erected at Peoria by Liggett A Austin. The freshman clans of Willamette university haa voted to donate a walk ' to the university, and haa appropriat ed the necessary funds. One thousand gallons of grape wine, confiscated from Italian residents, were poured Into th Columbia river at St Helena last week. Preliminary plans are being made for the Orngun Christian Endeavor convention which will be hold In Al bany February 20, 21 and 22. Seven rural schools In Lane county, throe ot them Union high schools, sre closed because the boards ot directors are unablo to obtain teachers. Pire, stsrtlng from the explosion of an oil atovo, completely destroyed the women'a living quarters at the plant ot the Dufur Orchard company. At a special election, Monmouth by a vote of 20 to 1 went on record In favor of a gravity water system, vot ing 960,000 In bonds to pay for It. Tho application of sulphur to alfalfa land haa Increased the yield so mate rially in central Oregon that Umatilla alfalfa grower are going to try It out. Judson T. liowman, 75, a veteran of the Civil war, was instantly killed when he waa atruck by a Southern Pa cific passenger train near Grants Pass. Bids for approximately 157 miles of Tbe army atore at Portland sold $97,876 worth of goods from the date of opening September 25, to October 13, ' according to announcement made by Frank P. Tlngley, In charge of the Portland district "Recreation In tbe Southern Cas cades" Is the title of a fbldcr just issued by the forest aervlce, contain ing a wealth of data. Including maps, regarding the Crater lake region and 'surrounding territory. Four armed men held up omployea of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow er company at an east aide car barn and escaped with about $300 which had been turned ln by conductora from the day'a collection. Dr. R. Lee Stelner, warden of the Oregon atate penitentiary, haa return ed after three weeks apent ln the mid dle west and east inspecting prisons and investigating Industries best suit ed to the Salem Institution. Half a carload of T. N. T. waa ex ploded under Windy Point on the Mac kcmlo Pass highway Friday, lifting hundreds ot tons of rock. The rock removed waa 200 feet in length, 30 feet high, and with a minimum width of 12 foet. N. O. Favell, of Lakevlew, has filed application with Percy Cupper, itate engineer, to appropriate one and one half second feet of water from Hot Spring, for the purpose' of supplying a marked revival. Clarence Johnson, charged with tbe murder of Mrs. Eunice W, Freemsn, elderly W. C. T. U. worker and his benefactress, pleaded guilty at Port land, waiving all rights to delay and was sentenced to life Imprisonment In the Oregon slate prison at Salem. Johnson killed Mrs. Freeman August 15, with a piece of gss pipe. There will be no special session ot There waa no direct intimation of what atepa the cabinet bad discussed to prevent stoppage of work should the preaident'a aolemn warning to rescind tbe atrike order fail of result. It waa regarded aa significant that attention was drawn in White house ctrclea to the statement made by Secretary Ba ker In a recent address ln Cleveland, when Mr, Baker announced that de partment commanders bad been direct ing community health centers. War time developments have given every community In tbe United States a recognized and organized center ot Red Cross activity through which tbe people ot that community may, if they wlab, serve themselves, with, all the advantages of national leadership, na tional standards, national and inter national contacts. It rests with the peo ple of every community t determine for themselves just how fully they have need of a movement which under the associated Red Croaa Societies is express the effort of tbe peoples of the world to free themselves from needless death and suffering through neighborly cooperation and service. the Oregon legislature to ratify Jho ed to furnish troops at the request of woman's suffrage amendment to the federal constitution unless the legisla tors voluntarily request auch a ses sion, agree to waive mileage and per diem and pledge themselves to con alder no legislation other than the amendment at issue, according to Gov ernor Olcott During tbe week ending October 23 there were 480 accidents reported to the slate Industrial accident commis sion, of which six were fatalities. The fatalities were Cbarlea Foltln, Port land, logger; Lara Hansen, Portland, construction worker; Gilbert Arm!--tage, Dallas, electrical engineer; Geo. R. Sanders, Leons, logger; Isaac M. Glnrtch, Rainier, logger. Papera were served on Attorney General Brown In the suit brought by tho Bebe Company of San Francisco to enjoin District Attorney Evans of Multnomah county and the attorney general from prosecuting the corpora tion for sales of Its syrup in Oregon. The contents ot one can ot syrup man ufactured by the corporation, when treated according to directions, Is In tended to make a quality of beer con taining 2ft per cent alcohol. governors without referring to Wash ington. graveling, grading and surfacing will , hot water to the city of Lakevlew for be opened at the Portland offlcea of heating purposes. the atate highway commission on No- Cooperating with the Deschutes na- vember 4. tlonal forest service, the SIsters Meto LABOR CONFERENCE IS ON Official Representation by United States Awaits Senate. Washington. All allied and neutral cbuntries listed in the covenant of the league of nations will be allowed to vote at the initial labor conference here this week, if the views ot Arthur Fontaine of France, chairman, and other members of the organizing com mittee now here, are followed. Tbe United Statea cannot be offi cially represented at the conference unless the senate approves the treaty, regardless ot the election of the con ference Itself. Samuel Gompers, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor, however, was present at a mooting ot the organizing committee. The question of seating German. Aus trian and Finnish delegates must go before the conference itselt The su preme council has approved their com ing, to this country, and it is reported that an American army transport may bring them. Proposed Trtaty Change Deflated Teacher Urged to Mine. New York. Male achool teachers ot Washington. The Johnson amend- oflmDanv of California liua Livestock association Is working 'thla city were urged to petition for ment to the peace treaty, proposing in paid lo the secretary of slate a total to eradicate a rank growth of poison leave of absence and "take up the pick effect that tho voting power ot the of $1176.93 for gasoline and distillate hemlock found along the banks of and shovel" it tne tnreaienea cosi united States in the league m 4 v -.v.' v - - - - if" 1 Tbe Shell Dr. Livingston Farrand, the great est authority on public health in Amsr- Cross action and co-operation saved sold in Oregon during the month of Lake creek, between SutUe's lake and miners' strike went into effect As- tions be increased to equal that ot Ca. served ln France as the bead ot uiree tnousano lives, because the Red Snnumhar the Metollua river. sorting that President Wilson s deciar- jreat Britain and her dominions, waa tne ngnt against tuuercuiutm. . v- L, II. Llnhnrger, a cattleman, bat W. W. Gardner, mayor of Baker, has atlon waa a "call to duty," Homer n. rejected by the senate, ine voie w. Croaa was fully organized in every community In the United States. Against a possible recurrence of In fluenza thla winter tnd agalnat a dan ger of epidemic In the future, con tinued universal membership In the Red Cross Is esssntlsl. 4. Red Cross Pssca Program Calls For Universal Support and Co operation. The American Red Cross Is still an emergency organization. It must be Juat shipped 200 head of cattle from filed with Percy A. Cupper, state en- Gray, president of the association of jg for the amendment and 40 against glneer, application to appropriate wa- men teacher and principal of New jj. Senator Chamberlain - and Me ter from the Samo spring for a muni- lYork city, Usued a call for a meeting fjary 0f Oregon voted against the clpal natatorlum to be located In that next Saturday to consider possible-' amendment while Senators Jones and city. The development will cost ap- action. POlndetfcr'Ot Washington voted tor It proximately $75,000. . Although senate leadera hope to ex- Creawell to Uklah, Cel., where they will be fed and sold later to buyers In that state. In response to a call recently issued by County Agent Hunt representative farmers from all parta ot . Morrow county met at Heppner and organised a farm bureau. succeeds Henry P. Davison as bead of the American Red Cross. Dr. Far rand recently visited Seattle, Spo kane and Portland and conferred with representatives of Red Cros Chap ter ot Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. 'The Red Croa face problems ln the post-war period more The government, through Lieuten ant Terry, recently disposed of the entire cut of the Warren Spruce com- iShut Out Middlemen, Object of Labor, pedite the German peace treaty thla serious, if possible, than the problems Cleveland, Ohio. Cooperative buy- -week by disposal of amendments and of the war itself. Not a great amount ing. with the elimination of all the by beginning consideration ot reser- of 'JfJ: K-l., Ik. form nrf tha .lnn. Wh hnliBAl convened MOO- umij iin,j.... Tne rianermen a strme on tne sius- pany s operations in tne xaquina oay mmaiemen oeiweoa m mm uu vauons, uum .,.,. .,, . jaj hin tha realized that tfiere la Such a thlna as law and Umnnua rivers haa been called district. It ia renorted that the sale home, 'is one ot the big objectives day with decreasing prospects ot ad- , nrnhinma. continuing uiaasier: suu.uuo babies off. The fishermen are selling their Involved a total of 30.000,000 feet or sought ny tne conrerence oi moor ana journment ot tne specim whlcn threaten our national vitality, under one year of age die every year because ot ignorance; thousanda ot mothers die unnecessarily In child birth; It la still possible for an epi demic like the Influonsa to take a toll within a compass of a. few week five salmon for the same price aa before, 8,4 centa a pound. Morrow county waa covered with a blanket ot anow laat week. Most ot the sheep are out of the mountains or spruce logs at a delivered price of $16. farmera in Washington, December 13, November 10. In view ot prospective d .hicn uniegs solved, will rob us Because of the scarcity of huckle- Thla announcement was made here in delay on the treaty, house leadera dts- of the fruits 0f victory," said Dr. Far berrlea thla year, bears, which inhabit an addresa by Warren S. Stone, grand ussed plana for a separate recess o( rMa. the Cascade mountains ln eastern Jchlef of the Brotherhood of Locomo- the lower body without waiting for Linn county, have been seoklna f q.-3, itive Engineera. ' . the senate. - Butter Wraps at Leader office. T
