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Weston ead WESTON, OREGON, .FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 1'j2 NUMBER 31 V0LUM15 42 ER OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Th carrier delivery system for mull will b etarted la Bend on April 1. t Major Jaime Hrure, Indian war vet ran and plonr of Oregon. U deed MrMlnnvllle, at the aga of 93 yare. Christmas lultiraa In Rug'tir this season exrdd that of laat )ar by 100 per cent, A fnM famlna baa ben averted In Hood Klw and wood and real ar fairly plentiful at the present lm. For the Improvement of t ti rosst guard aervice at Hluslaw. a 5 foot mo tor boat haa been shipped to that polm, Tbe annual Inter meeting of th Oregon Jersey Cattle rlub waa held at Oregon Agricultural college. December ai. Oregon baa au approximate total of MI.7S arrca In Irrigated landa, ac cording to Perry A. Cupper, atata en gineer. Albany rotra, it to SO. bava ap proved an Inrreu'd levy for school purposes on tha lilt Us roll of Linn county. Charlca llolatrom, for more than 20 yar night watchman at tbe atata rap Hot died after an llltieae of about nlua montha. Tha Hood Wver rounty court baa adopfd a budget that will raise a tax of llsl.lM SI. nearly 130.000 nioretba.i laat year. Cre will begin work on the Hood Rlver-Mosler etreteb of tha Columbia river highway aa soon aa th anow rleara away. ftob-rt N. Staufleld and Whitney Do loo, both of 1'ortland. were reap pointed members of tha Oregon land settlement commission. Rngloeer n, K. Jonra haa complete-! bin aurvey (or tha proposed Monmouth gravity water eyateni. whlrh It la estl mated will cost ts,000. ; Over ISO.000 for produce and labor waa paid out by the Cottage Grove ran nary during tba 1010 aeaaon. The total park waa 110 tone. Salem automobile dealera have o ganUed and plana art being mad for ahow to bo given by the organltatlon on February 10. 10 and 11. Kugena will hold A apeclal election for tba purpote of voting $75,00" bonda to furnlah funda for an aviation field and additional fire apparatus The CottK Orova grange haa Join ed the Commercial rlub In going on record aa oppoaed to the propoaed leaua of 11,000,000 In rounty road bond. K. O. Warner of Pendleton waa ap pointed by Governor Oleott aa a mem ber of the atato livestock aanltary board to auccoed tha lata J. N. Bur ies. There waa one fatality due to acci dent In Oregon during the week end ing December 1. The victim waa Swan N. Swanaon, construction work er of Buxton. Thirty Filipinos, representing tha Filipino atudent body In Salem, Phllo math and Corvallla. assembled at 8a lera December 30 to celebrate thetr na tional holiday. 8. T. Kestersen. fireman ou the Cal ifornia. Oregon A Eastern railway, wna severely Injured at Klamath Falla when he fell from tala engine and was dragged 80 feet. Tony kettle, recently dlacbarge) from the penitentiary after aervlng 20 months for alleged alien activities dur ing tha war, la again under arrest, bo lleved to be Inaane. Johnson S. Smith, deputy collector Of Internal revenue at Portland, waa appointed federal prohibition director for Oregon, according to announce ment from Washington, D. C. v O. O. Brown, clerk of tbe atate land board, haa recommended to the board that 1200,000 of tbe atate school fund ba Invested In school district bonda bearing at Uaat 5 per cent Intereat. . , A lll to hold the attorney goneral, responsible for the operation of all leg islation enacted In Oregon will be sub mitted for the consideration of the atato legislature at Ita apeclal aession In January. 'Tb pity of Sclo baa filed applica tion with tbe atato engineer for tho appropriation of 40 aecond-feot of wa ter from Thomas creek for the devel opment of 328 horsepower for munici pal purposes, The l'hea company, with processing plants and head offices In Salem, haa received from a New York buyer an order for 65 carloada of apple elder to be delivered nt the eastern city as soon aa the product cau bo made. ft. N. Stan f l Id. well known sheep, man ill cits'ern Oregon, has closed a lease with the Wermrprlnge Irrigation tllstrlt-t whereby h" swans for years tha ehore line of the district's largo reeervolr at reported consid eration of 160,000. The reservoir or take will rover thousands of acres and In mMeuiiimer and early fall the water will recede and expose several hundred aerea, which will afford excellent grax Ing and give access to plenty of water In tha dry eoason, Approximately ICS I r 'Ik's a t e-ii varts, representing a nut es'inia: d it I1,6M,T7T, wera under ctwtrn-t or a! vertlsed for construction durli: t. year 110. acrordlnw M lift -i't m! reKirt of (". It, Mcfullmistt. erj.neef for tha atata highway department. Deraiise of the lt.V Is , -c ! i ev pressed by consumers r.i! rrard 11 etes charged by th I Jurist f'-unty Water A Light romp" a movement Is on foot at Itusfhiirs to vote le-nii In the sum of approximnti ly jwn.no'i with which to Install a ir.ii- li-limi plant The Ilouelea rut nty j.ll aa i n' tllatrd Saturdiiy til tit .iu! II oVIarii when the lour lif.nsti s .ij.'d ;fi'-r saving their way out of the rmln c?e and then dropping from e-ror.d s'ory window to tlw ground. A!l - 'h ' csped prisoners but one were eii'r1 during the dsy. The eonfei!on of l.um (i:"nocn, who aurrendtrrd recently to th? air thorltlca a. Douitlas. Ar!s.. adml:tin that be roblxd the .Shade Muilttd at Yoncalla on the night of June It. lflt, haa cleared up one of the great' t mysteries In Iouglaa rounty rrlme an nals, aceo'rdlng to Hhcrlft Qulne. Harold Howell, who hss besn h-!d In the county Jail at Mnrshflrl I for several mimtha and patscd thritu;h two trials for the alleced uiur.Jfr of IJIIIan Lruthold, a Kyearold Kir! of riandon. probably never will be con victed. Judge Coke discharged the Jury of the second trial ttftor It was reported that the Jury could reach no agreement. Indications that the state fish an4 game commission will n ron? to nrccde to Governor Olcott'a rrcomwendnHoita that William U Flnley be rli)stnt"d aa state biologist and tl.at the com mission will stand pat on its anion i t December 11, ousting Flnley, are con tained In letters received by the gov ernor from Frank M. Warren and I. N. Flelschiii-r of Portland, members of the commission. In compliance with a resolution adopted at a conference held In Port land. Attorney-General Jlrowo will draft the bill providing for au lucreA; In payments to Injured workmen under the compensation net, according to an nouncement made by meinbcre of tha atato Industrial accident comntleslon. The bill will bo eubmllted for the con sideration of the legislature at Ita spe cial tension In January. Itcpnrta of excessive damage to tha fruit and berry industry of the Wil lamette valley, due to the recent (reel ing wenther, were emphatically dctilcj at Salem by C. I. Lewie, secretary ct the Oregon Qrowera association, and V. W. Drown, secretary of the Polk County Orowcra association. Especial- !y does thla denial apply to orchards, which the experta atato are practically uninjured by the trorxe. Because of the present car shortage which la said to be hampering many Oregon Industries and throwlnnthnti. aanda of men out of employment, Fred riuchtel, chairman of the Oregon pub Ho aervice commission sent telegrams to R. H. Alrhton. regional director cf of cuj,an gug8r now bolus delivered United Statee rallwaya at Chicago, and Bml distributed here, according to a L. C. Oilman of Seattle, dlatrlct direct 8taloment by Federal Food Admluta- or of the federal railroad admlnlatra- trator wmums. lion, urging that they aid In relieving the situation. V W. P. Andrewa, forest valuation rn- "arto a deep study Into loganberry en gineer of tbo northwest district, bu- ure, advlsea loganberry growers bor reau of Internal revenue, who haa wen In Portland alnce laat September S In connection with questionnaires by tim ber owners, baa completed his work and will return to Washington, P. C The questionnaires are now being sent to Washington and the valuations placed on timber landa and timber producta will be made the bnsia of Income and exceea proflta taxes. During the period between February 26 and November. 30, 1919, enough gas oline' waa aold in Oregon to operate each motor vehicle now licensed id tha atate for a distance of approximate ly MOO miles, based on an average of 15 miles to each gallon of gasoline consumed, according to a atatement Issued by Sam A. Koxer, assistant sca rotary of atate. Nearly 30,000,000 pul Ions of gasoline waa aold to Oregon motor vehlclo owners during tbo peri od covered In Mr. Koxer'a statement. Professor C. I. Lewis, one of the ataff of managera for tho Oregon G row era Co-operative association,, who haa WA$XHNON I Yvin mm hwwj. .is j-w Uncle Sam Is to Expand Chemical Warfare Service WAHfllNOTOX Aimoiimi-meiit by il war deportint-ut that will i-ulia and cjucentrato at mice nt the J.nkehnrxt proving ground 1,j0 men fnmi tlio rlu-mlcBl warfare smlco IntJU-atca L'ntle Ham v. Ill not neglect the development of thla branch of Iho mod ern army. When the wnr oudod Auurlcg bad nntdo wonderful ndvancement In the tucthotla of chcmlcnl warfare. Titer have boon prominent army officers who linvo KURccsted thnt the conflict wan forced to a quk-kor conclusion by tho work tbttt waa dono at Lnfcvhurnt, ex preaalua; the belief thnt Oerman tplog limy linve rarrlod liifiirmatlon as to the mVicucy w ith whli h the United Rlatea i-ftiiitovlnff ttiene new devices could ex. terminate armies and cltlea. The roi rtilta will be fiillitod In the Infanry and Immediately assigned to the chemical warfare service. Only whlto men will be accepted. Lokehumt waa selected by the government after a countrywide aearcn for sltea aa the most available place for Ita testa of ordnance and chemical warfare materials. One of the mt ftimou gave developed there waa a mustard variety ten time atronger limn thnt employed by tlio Germane against tho Aroerlcnnn. Kxpcritnet.u showed Hint It frequently killed on contact. Another vat, whl- li the country haa Already loomed i-ouid httve wiped out Berlin life in o nltbt, waa perfi-cted in a remarkable wries of teta. Ml ton SIKE . TBSnllltl 09TIB Washington, n. C Tentative recom mendaMons for the establishment of machinery to prevent or retard kbor confllcta In private Industry were an nounced by the preeldent'e Industrial conference with a view to obtaining constructive criticism before a final plan Is adopted. Tho plan ea outlined n. eontcnl plates the creatlou of a national indus trial tribunal and regional board of Inquiry and adjustment, which would move to the settlement of disputes be fore there waa any etnppaj;c of proiluc tlon. Declslona would have tbe full force and effect of a trade agreement between th rartlte to the dispute. Remarking that some public utili ties, audi as railroads, aro cr,icrt!!nl to the very i!:intj of the peoplo. tho coufereure'a Uutall.'O aUtcment expressed the opinion ihr.t .l:e "Inter ntptlon In such crsentlet publKi 'iMH ilea la Intolerable." Rut the confer ence states that further consideration Is required o the problem whether eome method can bo arrived at that will avert all danger of Interruption to aervice. Indianapolis. Ind. The statu! of va rloua poata of the American lesion in rpposinjt performances f German opera end concerts by Cermau or ua- trlatt artiats is Indorsed by the cxecu- tlve committee of the organisation In telegram sent to the Americanism commission of the legion in Washing ton. Sugar May Be 23 Centa. Now York. The public probably will have to pay 19 centa a pound for the advance crop cf 0,000,000 pounds "fer to delay placln their vines on the trellis until spring to prevent freezing. Lewis advocated thla sever ai years ago. The aubject haa been brought ' sharply to the attention of growers by the recent unusually cold weather which froie many acres of vljics in the Willamette valley that were on the trelllse. Aa a phaHe of the pttrchaso of more than 13,000 acres of potato land be tween Powell Butto and Prlnevillo by George L. But-tt, one of the biggest po tato buyers on the eoust, and associ ates in central Oregon and elsewhere, the Peaehutea Valley Seed company filed articles of incorporation. Capi tal atock la Hated at $50,000. The in corporator nro Guy E. DObon, Red mond Jbauker, Mr. Burtt and Georsa I Meld. A wide range of agricultural activities ia made possible, by the arti cles, but it ia undei stood that the com pany'a work, will be chiefly tha pro duction of Netted Gem aeed for tha California market CITl TRAINMEN OPPOSE ANTI-STRIKE LAWS Washington. RcpreentRtivcs of tbe four railway brotherhoods and" beads of affiliated trades adopted a declara tion of principles opposing legislation which would make strikes of railway workera unlawful. The declaration, framed at a con ference with President Gontpers of tho American Ftdvralloa of Lbr. declared It the sense of organtted rail way employes that penalty clauses in pending railroad legislation against workers ceasing tbelr employment should ba eliminated. While the conference reitorated the demand of organised labor Uiat tha Roverument should hold tha railroa.la or a peace-time test of two year, the union officials explained that they had no reason to doubt the carrier would ba handed bark March 1. the date specified by tho president, regard!! of the enactment meanwhile of legis lation for the protection of the prop erties. 0RY MEASURE IS DEFIED New Jersey Provides Bill for Own Enforcement Now Brunswick. N. J. The pream ble of the bill authorising the sate of beer and light wines In New Jerjoy waa made public by State Senator Thomas Drown, who will introduce the measure at tho nest aession of the legislature. Tho preamble1 sets forth that the atate of New Jersey haa not ratified the eighteenth amendment, doubts that It waa paased in a constitutional manner and intends to disregard the Volstead act and past, an enforcement bill tfliich will be supreme within the limits of the state. 'Warning Issued Against Wood Alcohol Chicago. Employers w-ere asked by Coroner Hoffman to address their workera and warn them against wood alcohol and other questionable aub atllutea for whisky. Another man waa repor,ej de0(i as th6 result of drink- Ing wood alcohol. Cbicago'8 total of Christmas poisonings to date number n'. ie, or 15 since July 1. CHINESE WOMEN HAVE FINANCIAL ABILITY. The) Carried Y. W. C. A, Campaign "Over the Top." ' ' Much has been sstld about the hon esty and skill of tbe Chinese business man. The world bns neglected to men tion the financial ubillty of , Chinese women.- They proved this ability in the lust financial campaign of tho Y. W. C. A. In Tientsin. Ordinarily three weeks aee Allowed In which to raise the budget by sub scription after the flimm-e commit too has decided upon the sum necessary to carry on the work of tho coming year. The Tieutsin campaign wns car ried on entirely by Chinese women and broUo oil records by (oins over tha top In ten' days with a largo surplus over the budget BCHIIJTSV0TE STRIKE More Than 100.CC0 Union Man Affectsd by Oecisicn. Wsahlngt'n. Organlxed railway inacblnlata, through their president, sisrved notice on congress that they would nut submit to enactment of tho Cimmlns rai!rrnl bill with Its drastic at:tl strike provision. Voting more than a month ago, 9$ per cent of tho 12VJ00 members of lh9 union favcrul a:i irmne !lato walk out In event ,f tha bill's pits;e ly both houses of conjreaa, but tho re sult was not made known throiiKh ftar that the brotherhood might ap pear in the llnht of attempting to coerce the lawmaking! blanch cf the government. Tho machinist, according to Wil liam if. Ji.hnston, prcsHer.t of the in ternational aiiaociat.oii. are the only railway employe who have taken S strike vote. . Rail Brcthcrhoitls to Fight High Cocte. Waahirgton. DUapoinfcd t v.-hat they term tho failure of the govern ment to reduce the cost of livlns. tho railroad brotherhoods, working ia con Junction with the railway employe' department cf tha American Federa tion of Labor, are cona!d ring a plan to undertake tho fight tiie'tnseives. The project, altho-.'sh xtill ct-buious, C'.ntrmplaies a national chain of co operative banks, fashioned eomcthing cj the order of tbo nun-parl'w.:i league's Idea in N rth Dakota, and a chain of co-operative stores. Legion Peats Widely Scattered. Indianapolla, Ind. American Legion posts In the United States and foreign Countries now total 6C1, it was an nounced at r.aiic:;al headquarters. Franco, England and Canada each have one post, A hull a bai four, Ha waii five, Cuba one, Panama one, Mex leowns and the Philippine islands one. Ten states have more than; 200 posts each. JAPANESE DOCTOR IS Y. W. C. A OFFICIAL. Dr. Touio Inonye of Tokyo, Japan, treasurer of the National Committee of the Yotmff WcsUKtfa Christian Asso ciation in Jupnn. I'r. Inouye baa been t. t - v, - if-., ' i f'f'-f f ,'-,.-M.iX.. to" Mm." J Or. Tomo Inouye cf Tokyo, Japan, a delegate to the six-week International Conference of Women Phyaiclans called by the Y. W. C. A. particularly Interested In the public health and recrentiunal plans of her city for some time :sd Is medical In-spector for g'rls In the public schools of Tokyo, as In several private school In tie city. There nro sip proximately 500 women physicians in Japan now, she says, and 400 women medical students. Pr. Jnouye was the only delegate from Japan to the Y. W. C A. International Conference of Wo men Physicians, In session during Sep tember and October. FRENCH" PaiLUS ASK OFFICE Cry "New Conditions, New Men," aa They Stand for 'Election to Chamber Seats. rrjS. "For new conditions new men," Is tho rallying cry of the form er soldier clement-for the forthcoming parliamentary eKvtions. Some of the muny veteran organiza tions demand that the men who fousht the wnr out should alone be charged with tho work of reconstruction. Oth ers demand thnt 50 per cent of the candidates of each party for the cham ber of deputies be recruited from the soldier organization?. Among; the former soldiers who will seek election is the "ace" of French military aviation. Bene Fonek, who. It Is reported, will run on the same ticket with Georses Mandcl, right-hand man to Premier Clemenceau. fjijSM DRINKS CAUSE MANY DEATHS Many Victims of Wood Alcohol ' "Whisky" Reported From ' Eastern Cities. - New York. fkventy-alt paranas have died and score of others are sat-, fi-rlrs from paralysis and t'.iudaces, due to drinking wood alcohol "ahUXy," according to reports received from eight .itern cltbs and Chicago. The toll of poisonous liquor was the hlghcit In New England, wbera el eVaths have been recorded. , With aix men In enstody. alle;e4 rlnflna-Ira lu a conspiracy to flood, New York, New Jersey and New Eng. land Willi polacnoua substitutions far whisky, federal, slate ead city authori ties were united in a vigorous pursuit of tbe purveyors of the polsouous be crages which have caused scores of deaths and bundaeds cf cases of blind ness and illness. The rapturo of at least a score or more of tbe polio dispensers la .expected, according to tbe officlala. Tbe two most Important arrests, according to the federal agents, are those of John Romaneill, Brooklyn undertaker, and Samuel Saleeby. " a Brooklyn druggist, who are accused of being the principals in the distribu tion of the poison throughout New England. They were released on 2i, 000 bail, pending examination. ' The remaining four men are Adolph Panarelll, a former saloonkeeper; Carmine Llcenxiato, Amedio Delom and Luigl Puo, Italian grocers. In Chlcopce, Mass., 33 men and twe women died; In Springfield, three men and one woman; Holyoke, aix men, and in Greenfield, Mass., one man. Ia Hartford, Conn., 13 persons died. In Thompsonvllle, Conn., two deaths were reported. Chicago reported eight deaths. Two deaths were announced at Newark, N. J. Probe for Naval Decorations Washington. Full Investlgitlon l the controversy over awards of decorav tioas for war service to naval officers brought to a head by Rear Admiral Wlllism R. Sims' recent protest against the tentative list Issued by the navy department will be made both by con grcea and by the department On the heels of Secretary Daniel announcement that the naval board headed by Rear Admiral Knight bad been ordered reconvened to review ts findings en recommendations for med als or other decorations. Representa tive I.ufklns, republican, Massachu setts, of the house naval committee, conferred with members of the senate committee and stated that a Joint com mittee would take up the entire qu3a tioa when congress reconvened. Secretary Daniels eaid that In re vising the list of decorations and ia passing on new recommendations for awards, the Knight board would ba Instructed to follow In general the pol icy he adopted in revising the original lists, giving due consideration to the objections voiced by officera who have criticised some of the awards. The names of Admiral Henry B. 'Wlb son. who commanded American naval forces In French waters during the war, and of Rear Admiral Henry T. Mayo, who was in command of the At lantic fleet during the same period, were added to the list or officers who have written tho secretary regarding the awards. Alice It's quite a secret, but married last week to Dick Gay I z :.i:. , Jane Indeed 1 I should have tfloogWjl! you'd be the last person In the yftitvt to marry him. 1 Alice Well, I hope I am. ; HER HOPES. - -1 . 1 . 1 1 ' : J