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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1919)
Wesi EAD VOLUME 42 WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, DEC. 19, 1019 NUMBER 29 ER EEEGOII NEWS NOTES OF GENBUUNTEREST frlnclpil Evintt of the Walk Briefly Sketched for Infor initlttt of Our Roidoro. WELL. WELL, MERE THEY ARE! II. i' int i. A 1'i i M nlraxctl front llio :rii nf Kuitf Vlnt r, Wc-vtuii tomor row will li in thu grip of Die Dokiia fur wonto calamity if wo may Judge from the dire proclamations, of 'Wllllea Bew, aa Oregon pioneer at Illl. died ! Relet) Monday. PtM Reek baa tiatwr ef cease ef esaeJIeot, eesae af tkl quit eevere The Nertbweei Rtllldera' eeeocletloa III kl4 lit aett eeareatlea in port te4, rkntrr M. IT. II. H iwkleg M4 Sklpptag kM fOBie la eleee at Henalttea. with run of II serleede. retssd at I1T.0M. A WlUkae Reffetr, II years eld. a se ttee ee ef Oracee. trapped daad la tfte eaetefflee at rarest Oreve Oetkteg etisad at ebowt lioo waa aakee fteae Alai titer t department etere ta Peadletan by a rebber. ItweieeU Cfceaabere af Prairie City we tattaaUr killed at Aaetle when ha M fee eeee by a leg gleg train. Tee eeetk af eae ia tka Umatilla a a Waal reteet la fear tlmee tka dptb teewtet) at tar tlasa during 111. Wax Wale, a raaeker IWiag atr floeaetof. wee ftatd III end eetta for kataf a beaver la kit ptitasslot. fret far ftMte taedere butlaete klee. fa Hatfield bare kaaa approrH kf tka Wat lr af 044 rallewt C. i. MeWeeght af Heratletea btt feet reeereH aiacaliary for tka tree IM af aseleesee alfalfa mm! mill. rertyeavea Marios rag air school 4rlaf rkt eteatb af Naaw.bar na4 erteedeaee reeerde af M par cent or ere. Tka awpelaMna af tka Pastern Ore gat at!a koapltal bta de-resd dur taf (ka current year fraai 2 pit tenia ta 41a. Mra. Kilt Jelllff af Mlnaeeete baa porrkaeed Mra, Carrie Pergoaone raarh aaar Adsms, la t'tnttlllt county, far lll.ooo. Tka Oraaw elate chamber af com eaeree eeeaeetlee waa patpona4 to Daraakar Ik. II and 11 en aorouat af baar aaaraM. Tkara la at a drp af aaaollaa ta , a k4 at lUaabarg. tad tba Standard (HI aaniaaa kalda mit no kaaa far tar It tka aaar fvsr Tka yrtaaat bala tra vaatbar will radaaa ta ltl labrry rro la Marian aaaatf akaat ana-faurtk. ae aMIat I fraaata. Arraataaitaia ara balnt ntda by tba taral Laflaa af Uirart aid Lum karaiaa at flrrlatft'ld ta latttll a co aaamiaa atara tkara. Oaiaaa far atara tba 70.aaa.aaa faat af laatkar baa kaaa plaa4 wltk lum bar atarakttta af Otaa a4 aabm baa la tba laat att watkt. Ia tka ayralaa af Atalataat Rtata En aiaaar C. B. itrlvhtaad. tba North taiF1arlm m vttkaut daubt tba brtt pawnr afraaat la tba ttata. At a aaat af H IT band af pur blaad lad M m af klfh art da Iwy ranla vara dlrlbutd latt k aaaai ttaafiald dairywaa. aranaa af tka raid wtathar. tba ta aual Marlta Caaat Cam aha, wblrii m ia bara baaa bald fram Darambar II ta l, aa paataanad ana abar'a tai laty far IMO will ba 21 Hit blaHar than tblt rar. wblcb rati far tba raMr.f af lll.TII II by awaaral laaailaa. at tka rata af 11.4. Suratlaf wtiar :lata rautad aa rx alaalaa li tls kema at Mark U riatrb tr aaar Radwond. and laflletad Injuriaa aaa Mra. Flatokar fraw klh tka dld. Tka Aatarl Maaaals ladga hat pur ehttad a tract liertEO faat far a con Idarattaa f ll,o.i. Tba praparty It ta ba tka alta af a III.IOO Mttonlo taatpla, Mlat Oladrt D-abtm. 14yaar-old dtathtar of Mra. . Dnhtra. dld nt Aumfrilla fram atamaloe poltonlof, at tka ratalt af aatlai aiaat at a Stlam rattaaraat. Tka aacaa4 trial af Harold Hawaii, 14. far.tka tnaHar of Mlllan Uutbold. ketk af Baadaa, tprnad Mandar morn lag la tka Caaa connty circuit court at Canullla, ' Oraroa laadt la tba twelfth frdtrtl raaarra district In tka talat of wtr avian aad traaaory cartlfimtaa and alto Ittda all itataa la tba nation with wtaptlaa af Obla. Datpotdant aa aoeeunt of 111 health. Mra. Mary Valktnburt. wlfo of Par atat r'atar Valkaaburg of Fort Rtaraaa. aawaiittad auk'tda at Attorla by tbaatlnf kartalf. Maety start, att mi ba ateommo dalad la tka maa'a lanalry of Orrgoa Arlnlturat Mllaia ant (arm aa a rtaolt af flaltklat (tib wblck hart kaab bat aatbt buUdlkf . V fdp ajT t-i m? j WJ 1 - 4, V v.3 til 1 mjr -rtr..,f . r-fg-in i i Activity In Washington IndlcaUt That Alllaa May Aecapt Modification. Watblnf ton. Frequent cooferenret betwaea entente diplomat bera have Indicated that their gorernroenta tulitlit ba prepared to accept tome reeerva tlona to tba peace treaty in erdr to afoooiplisb lit ratification In the sen ate. It It understood that only the (li pase of Prldnt Wilson hat prevent ed hlai from being to advised by tnixn of them. It hat not been made known h'-re to what axteot tha autenta powers mlht Marguerite Forbes: Little Five-Year-OId Heroine ,b nr w rmai objection to ; . '- tha preamble at proposed by tba sn- tie foreign relations commlttet.-, by wbfch other powers would bo required officially to record tlirlr nccepunca of reserratlont as part of the treaty In substance. ALLIED DIPLOMATS CONFER PRESIDENT REFUSES PEACE CONCESSION republicans Blamed for Fat of Treaty and Present World Condition. A. H. Gurdnir, Itoyiil Vitlrr (larilnrricr, Koyal Vixii-r of Al Hindi Tfiii)lr. Pramatic Order of KtiiK'hts of K)ioraAit. (iarcliK-ncr is a Vtmv Galoot, ac cording to no ! comiH-U'iii au thority tlian his own ScriU-, 0110 lluntinKtotiian, Since liis royal iv riiT have uln-mly Ini-n tfiv ido DK.NVKH. Mrs. Klmar rorhra, with bar twlilldrwi, Marguerite, fiva. anl her baby brotbnr, nine tuontha old, started to a salt near Akron In th'-ir rtr. When one Imlf mlla frotn bma tba car opaet. pinning JJra. Forhim and llu rhlldren uodwr It Ufa. rorbaa. seeing that none of them wera aearu Ingly hurt, hut that sba wit caught la such a moiuu r that sba could txt fret herself, aski-d Msruuerlte to crawl out. The little girl wns frea and did to. The bsby was held down, but unin jured, and difplte all her affortn KorlKMi could not reletaa herself. Then tba mother told Marguerite to go to a neighbor's nearly a naif mlla distant and get belp. "es. mamma," tha llttlt ftrl re. MAflMAlS UrtOCHTKE CAft Germans Give Way to Allied Demands Berlin. In her not" replying to the last entente communication de manding tha sUuing of tba protocol preliminary to putting the peace treaty In affect, which haa reached Parla, Germany ylelda in her stand ort t!i Bcapa Flow traue to a cor.ain extent. It la learned that in the note tba gov ernment reiterates Ha desire to bav? Washington. President Wilson la-tcrvni-d In the peace treaty dilemma with an announcement that he had "no con promiso or conception of any kind In mind." The president's position, regarded aa peculiarly significant, in view of tka recent discussion in tha senate of a compromise, was aet torth In tha fol lowing statement issued from llm white hous: "It was learned from the highest authority al the executive offices that the hope of the republican leaders of the senate that the president would presently make some move which will relieve the situation with regard to the treaty ia entirely without founda tion; he has no compromise or con cession of any kind In mind; but In tende so far aa he la concerned that the repuh'.Ican lead of the senata shall continue to bear the undivided responsibility for the fate of the treaty and the present condition of tba world treaty effected at the earliest po.Fib!e data. ,000,000 Tone of Shipping Constructed The White House statement appar ently bad no effect In changing tba treaty situation. Democratic leaders, indorsing tba r, rv V;;- piled, frightened though aha waa at the thought of the cowa In the field throuth which aha had fn naaa and nt tlia nnmernna dors In tha nelEhborhood. 8ha croated the cow paitnra unbanned and reaching tha house waa met change of ratification! of the peae0 ,n conMquence of that fte by (logs, but waa not molested by them. No one waa at noma and aba came back. Iier mother tuggeated that the retuu to their own home and, break ing a window, climb op to tha telephone anC ring three times. "When anyone answers. Marguerite, yon Jutt apeak Into tba phone and asy, 'Mamma la under the car." Running back to their home then. Marguerite took a piece of coal and breaking through the pane of glass she crawled through a 12 by 14 window nnd dropped Inside. Then she g"t V pnll and. standing on It, rang the tele phone at ber mother htd told her. . Three people beard the cnll and had great difficulty In understanding the childish voice that kept repeating: "Mamma la under the car." Finally someone Interpreted It and told the rest and help soon arrived upon the scene. Mra. Forbes waa found to be quite badly Injured, but the baby waa unhurt. The ttate of Colortdo will take official notice of Marguerite Forbes won derful bravery and ability. Washington The V. 8. shipplns Predenfe views, declared that It did uuaro una oiaoo goq it picaf?" to 'onstruct 6,000.000 tona of chippies in tie year 1919, It la announced by John Barton Payne, chairman. Hy Decem ber 31 the board will havo dedvercd 8.000.000 deadweight tons of si.fppir.s On December 1 It hsd completed w ith in the current year 5,813,500 dea l weight tona. not preclude a senate compromise aal that compromise efforts would pro ceed. Republican leadera reiterated that be president waa responsible for the pres'-nt status and must make the first move toward a solution. Senators hop ing to kill the treaty alone expressed satisfaction. Dry Act Constitutional 0. M. Huntington, Secretary publicity, it Is nccd!ca to repeat them here. Suffice it to say that luckless Weston will nut belong to Itself tomorrow but' to the Dokics. At 7 o'clock there will be n banquet of at leant 250 platen, served by tho Pythian Sinters. Further announce- ceo .ding to a tfevrt receUad bf if A r rtaf-r-ufti Af lh t'mnmm fnreat Washington. The war-time prp reserve, Roseburg probably will lie so hibit Ion act waa held cooblltutlonal lected aa an airplane base for forest by the nunremo court. patrol activities next season. i-'etleisl court decrees In New York Darld M. Glaaa. locating engineer dismissing proceedings brought by for the ttatr highway commission, was liryfoos, Plum it Co. to compel Inter- aererely Injured about tha bead when iu revenue officlaJa to permit the a range in the bouse which the survey fithdrauil from bond of whisky for crew .Is ualng near N'jIId. exploded, beverage purposes were affirmed by the court. a conference to Invratlgata thorougn- The signing of the armlatlca did not iy tba question of increasing rates abrogate the; war powers of congress, to Injured workmen under the work Associate Justice. Braadels said la mcn'e compensation act. will be held reading the decision of the court in Portland Monday, December 22. The eonetituuonal prohibition The bill restoring to the public amendment la binding on tha federal domain 7000 acres of land In Jackson government ta wall at th states and county waa passed In the bouse through supersede state ltw, the court da the efforts of ReprcsentatlTe Slnnotf. c It red. The Judgment of tha court The land It situated on Lower Klamath was unanimous. Iske. President Able to Walk About Room. Washington. President Wilson is now permitted to wallc abcut Mr room and along the adjoining hall d r short time each day. Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his physician, an nounced. The president, the doci; r nald, dresser himself and w ith tho r.;J of a cane walka unattended. .be two ranch dors with bis fangs. This year's ttate tax, aa cmputed by frank 1-ovcll, tax commissioner, will e approximately $1,381,208, as against 13,021.402 laat year. The Increase in .bis tax, according to a letter sent to nmnty aaaeaaora of the state by Mr. Lovell, la due to the addition of $1S1, 1S3.44 allowed by the 6 per cent linil ation act, $990,435.47 for market roads, Hid $ll,087.0 for operation of the toldiera', Bailors' and marines' educa ional aid law. I k iv?1 1 a "' J 1 an THIS IS THE STORE CROP THIS YEAR BREAKS RECORD Washington. Record prices and bountiful i-roduction sent the ralue of farm crops harvested thia year to tha unprecedented total of $14,092,710,004, exceeding the value of last yeara crops by almost 1,500,000,000. 5 Final estimates of production were issued by the department of agricul ture and values were based on pricea paid to producers December 1. Corn easily maintained Its plaea as king of crops, with a value of tU,93i,234.000, while cotton, including cottonseed, was second nith a total value of 12.332.913.00. The bay crop waa third with $3,239,9SS7.0!0. Wheat, combining tho winter and spring crops, was fourth, with $2,028, 622,000. Oats, 11,000.000,000 crop laat year, reached a total or only 1S9S, 603,000 because of decreased production. C. L. Brill. Master of Ceremonies menu are: "Carriages nnd Gowns at 4 G. M. Parade at C if weather per mits." Leading Dokics are "mugged" herewith, so that the people may know and steer clear of them. Linn county, which now claims to have more breedera of purebred atock thtn any county In the ttate. it plan ning to form a breedera' association. A meeting will ba held In Albany for that purposo some time this month, probably on Saturday, December S7. A new Industry It to be atarted in Douglat county by Jamet A. Will lamt, who purchased Glen Echo farm, the country home of Forest Supervisor Dartrum. It It tba intention of Mr. Williams to stock vha place with pure bred Swiss milch goatt "and make a speciality of brasdlug thlt class of animal. The biggest and finest assortment of Toys and Holi day Novelties ever exhibited in Athena. Make your selection out of the stock that is drawing trade to town. . SENATE PASSES SUGAR BILL Purchase and Sale of Stocks Authoris ed by Measure. Washington. The McN'ary bill, un der which government control of sugar would be continued another year, was passed by the senate and Bent to tba house. re purchase and sale by the equaliza tion beard both of foreign and domes tic grown sugar is authorized by tha bill, which would empower the presi dent to continue the board until Dec ember 31, 1920. to secure fair' prices and equal distribution. . The bill specifically provides., how ever, that producers, refiners and dis tributors of sugar shall not be licensed, as has been the practice under the Lever fdbd control act. That is our long suit. We have lots of them, and our prices are the best. We bought them early, so that enables us to give you the best possible prices on all toys. Dolls at all prices, dishes, wagons and all kinds of mechanical toys, the kind that make the boys very happy. If you haven't paid our toy town a vis it now is the time to do it, for all arc going fast. Don't be the one that is going to be too late to get a choice of this complete line of toys and gifts. Have you seen our carpenter sets? We have only a few left. Machine gun just like the large ones, and it is one of the most instructive toys on the market today. The Pure Food Grocery Quality, Quantity, Service a Phone 171, Athena . Do Your Shopping Early Japan Concerned Over Red Advance Washington. Conversations have been begun between the Japanese am bassador and Secretary of State Lans ing on the situation in Siberia. Tha advance of the soviet forces toward Eastern Siberia and the retirement of the Kolchak government to Irkutak, on the shore of Lake Baikal, is viewed with alarm by Japanese as 'bringing Ihe Bolshevik menace" hearer to their dcors. It is felt that "any "closer ap proach of the Bolshevik! might im peril Japanese national interests. The flax and machine snop depart ments of the Oregon state peniten tiary were damaged to the extent of .more than $2900. when the skyligh'ta and a part of the roof of the combina tion structure fell under a heavy weight of snow;.