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ESTON JLEADER VOLUMIS WKSTON, OREGON, FRIDAY. JAN. 30, NUMBER 35 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GEN ERALJ MTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Mora thnn IL'.'.O 000 of (tin f&r.U.On'O road bond lu of Doughi county I UllnKpolltlid. The annual convention of the ('In H tlan ami MUnlntinrr alliance will open t Hood Hlver February t. There haii hi'!) Ilttl" Improve iiii ut In the car shoring" ait inn inn In (in gnu during Hie pl few wick. Brhool Irnrtirra of Hood lllr linvii orgaulied an aoiintlnii for the ur poe of securing tH'ttrr tttiire, Tne validity of tho tat do 1 1 1 r,o law liaa been aukialinil ly ( irrull Judge Mcf'ouit of Multnomah coun ty. Th . Marahflold Chamber of four mere la uncovering lot of naun-a Dial war not found by the rrtiaua enumera tor. Tli atat lime board him confirmed lb order rloclng operation al the lata lima quarry at Gold Hill until spring. County offlrlai estimate that tlirru ar 140ft t1o In Jarkaon rounty. Sit far only I00 ownrra liavi tukm out a atat llrrnf. Traprra an dulna: unuaunlly ll In Klamatli county thin t"ii,iii. It I prtihaliln I hat tho .nun' laltti will run to 115,000, Th alxtli annual Marlon County rem ahow- waa lirld at Unli-in. with i lilblta on hand front ninny att tlona of tba Wlllanit'tii valh y. Th Orison Stato Annoi'liitloit of Na tlooal Farm lan ra,...U...IM. h. I.I It, .econd annual meeting al Hal-m. Tueaday and Wetlneaduy. " The California Oregon power rom pany la removing It poh mul llin at Aahland. Ita btmlnma Imx bcn ahaortied by the municipal yt m. The achotda of Mnplelou. 8wlw.hji.io anil Weatlake. all In the cxtj-i n.n wc( rn end of Ijiii county, are cloned on account of amallpox In the ilUirln. Tho cODatltutlonallty of the fll. ami aran.e leglalatlon. trrailiig a fll. and game commlaalon of nine iiii-ihIxt will be teated by the Mulimimati Airlim Club. Mr. A. A. !emon. a pioneer of lii ti ton rounty, I dead. 8h rroaaed the plain from Mlaourl In lM'i. in tillnrt near Monroe, where alin l.na alnc re aided. A hog ahow and !" w ill he hvld at Palem Prbruary i. when ii head of brood aowa and gilt, from the cham pion producing breeder of the Wmt, will be told. It la emulated that damage tlni.n to tr.illl. rn.m. ro.!. I.v r.r..nt flood .nl waahouta will amount to 125.000. Permanent repair will not be made until aprlng. Newton A. niogett, resident of Ore gon for the pnat 60 year, died at hi home In Albany, aged U yenra. Ho hnd realded In tho Wllliimelto vulley for the past 4S year. Fred J. Holme. W?od fi2 yeara, preal dent of the I.a Ornndo Niitlom.l bunk nd one of Union county' foremoitt rltltana, died at III home In I.a (Irnndn from heart trouble. Became of complaint tlitit cciiaus enumeratnra hnd fulled to Hit n good many Individual, the city council of Roaeburg I taking tepa to' have a more complete count. Dr. Franc! A. Hnlley, pioneer phy sician of Waablngton county and wide ly known throughout tho itutc. tiled ut Hlllaboro at tho ago of (tl, following an attack of pneumonia. A a result of numerona eomplalnta of people mlaaed In tho comma, tho Ku gena Chamber of Commerce baa naked for blank o that thoae who lmvo been mlaaed may b counted. neport from Drew n Dougli.n coun ty, a few mllea above Tiller. Indlento that arli li gold atrlke baa been mndc. The ledgo uncovered la aald to aaauy mors thhs $500 to the ton. That the damage to Minion county fruit growero will be light la Indicated In report made by Profeaaor Urown In a report maae oy iToioor iinimi of the O. A. C, who haa Just completed an inspection Ut lltw uiiaioi'in. Admission by a man charged wiih murder In tho presence of a sheriff, If made voluntarily, are admissible at the trial of the defendant, according to an opinion of Attorney General Brown. After several weeks of preparation the Willamette University (ilee club .will make Ita flrat long tour through Fatrn Oregon and Washington dur ing the two weeks beginning January 89. Atoro iliiui ll.l"ii v.,(lnt. In i .'i t l by t In- th-puiy rti nntli r of t I I in i, ! nil !-tn i ilm lng tin' year l!ilu, tit nil 'ilii,: in !.. ..niiMiil ri port of "W. A, iiinli l, In lii.iiBu of tli" do pin inn-iil. Tin. iiiiiililiii i iiiiivi nilnti of the Pa cific Milk IVut, la' Inoi'ii l.ill'-ll liliil till) Piitiflf Northwest ,'tnuiii liil Inn of Milk mill Hull')' 1iih'I'Iuih will li" In-lit F f maty H, 4 iiiid 6 III I'm I la ml. ('mintriii Hun work ut tin ii am pow rr I'liuil of tho lli'iid Water k l.lyht company l ,iroKi'ir.llil' ripldly and l tin plant limy be rniily f"r tmrn r pto- diir'lmi hy March 31. "liu'.ri Ki nf the pltiht will In- III iV'.ni of Inn. mill. All application tin Imti fll il ulih tlii- iiiiili' iiiKlni-i-r L II. It II. uilil.'l a Mul V. 1 1 U'niiiiiitii) tit v.'.ii.'.i t-.r iin iiiiiiirliiiluii wnii-r liuiii ill - wint If .iin b. n! tin' lllii,fl i In r i r lIu- It ii (,'iilli'ii of a Mini 1 1 tiurl In Jum pliiu I on my. 'I ll" II I ItlVff Anil Aitle a. th. n him t gr iiihi it Miimt'ii ('l.iifnlM r In In mul MNiiry to support tin' I'lu lai rrddllthill lulling fut' it 'Oinlltolllillill Him luliiu nt denying i III.'.' i;flili to II JulKiiuni- liuiii In tin- 1'iilt' it Har or It ih t" 'I'll in -It'ti, Plato uml f'''l-:nl fund spent on tho hll'.hwnyii of Oregon dm tin tin war 1M4 to PUS. Int'ltit-lvf. and to be pi'iidt-d In Compliilng contract fr tin- Viura l!l1!l mul IIiIM. lullll Il'IHTll. i,.... ... . . ... I... w hy tin- tM(i highway ciimiiiUnlmi l-IIHIITIIlii' rrSUllllliilill put III!" I'i fift hy thr Or-iliill ptihllc m-rilii' rml IiiIm-Ii'II biiiiiii Sm- urn ti.tM' l i ll t.'inj' orarlly y mini" -inl il tm-iiiid" of ilii irt iiii. ulih tin- d'-inurrttRi' r irf lloni fllot ,., iii.'...' optTatlvt- hy i.!i nr.). -r .( in t lnl.tiil rBilrod ml in It. Inti at loll of- flt'llllN. " Cliarln of Kali in Itnnli u nod Fraiik Iavl aiati' MK'xiita i iiipoi r d by tJiivi rnor tl II in i'iifori' 1 1- prohlhl- "' ' UK-view .. .'ran ...,. t by flty Marahal lino t:ll. .i!iin,.t wiih havliis n 1 in n Co.tll. i-liait-il with having In their poM. union it iUiinilty of Intoxlfut lug ll-iiior. SlirllKTH ItttrnillliK Hie iiatlniui! con- viiiliou of iin lr ordi r ut i'orilaud in it Ju" "re wurn.'d not to r.xp.-ct any low r rate iliai. the nsiilar mimmer ex- tiimlnn fari-H to the Paelflr coaHt, Kd wanl ('liiiiiil't, truffle illrnlnr of the rultroHil itiliiilulntrnlioti, iidvlm'd Kt-na-lor Mi Nni y. Winter tin mag" to fruit tree numd l! the way from llght tlnmagea lo wlnd r kill. Tlii" I iIi ii. by u.i u ti-nilid aurvey by the Oregon grlciii. tural colli go t vpi i lint-nt utittton divi sion of hni'tleulltiie. The Injury van ni.it l. lit nvli r In nonu aertlon of tho mate Hum In titlirm. The I Mtll.'in Comnn rrli.1 tluh hua at hint ai eui t il th" Incut Ion uf a t iinnerv al Dulla. Many acre of bcrrlt-a of nil kind w ill m m t out In Hn v'i Inliy and a cnnipulgii w ilt he cnrrl. d on by Hie cluli to Interim farmer and fruit grow. ' " ctllllviillng crops that CUU be I""""1''! ' cannery Dimity Htnte fire iiiurhlinla hove made o survey nt The liuiTe. They will uIhd aurvcy Hood lllver. During the pnat few month fire surveys hnvtt In-i ll tlilltli! of fiO tow 1.8 mid eltlea ill the atate uml 111 mtiat iHMt(iiice new fire cqulpim-nt hn beeu pun-hasrd nud many hazards removed. There were thru, futiilllli in Oregon due to atclileiit dui'lng the week end ing Jnnunry 22, neeortllng tn a re port prepared by the ntitte InduHtrhil accident ci)mminalon. The vlclinm were William C. lllllliiRs of llintl, Juli.c A. t'olcHtock of Snleiii nud (Jeorge F. HleHH of Kui;elit Frank F. l.iHfhUe of Mllwauklo haa filed nppllf.it Ion with the at'ste engi neer to npproprlnto 3700 accond feet of water from the Dcachutca river for power development in u Berlea of power plnnla nt the Metollus, Frieda. Coleumu, Mecca, White Horse Itaplil i nnd Pelton power site In Shcrmnu,' Wiikco and Jefferaon counties. two ti.uinai'.e tli'ii.oiist rations were conducted In Urn. county tinder tho direction of tho Linn county furm bureau and tho extension service of tho Oregon Agricultural college. One was held nt tho farm of I.. Cade,. 8'i mllea southeast of Albany, and the other nt tho farm of J. Percy Stearns, lust west of Lebanon. W. Powers, west, tit j.enuiiou. v. ". drainage expert of tho Oregon Agiieul- ItrU. t.'UUVr, VUIIUUUICU ill, uviiiuii.iim tlouti. Tho work of the woman forest fire lockouts In the Cascade, forest last summer was so successful that N. F. 'Macduff, supervisor of the forest, has declared that he wauls a largo num ber t'tr next summer's wbrk. II says they will be employed this year In greater numbers thau ever. The End of nra wt wr r COMMUNIST PARTY HELD REVOLUTIONARY Waithlngton. Tho communlat party of AmtTli-a waa hfld by Swretary Wll- mm of tho labor department to be ' ,. , .: ,,,,. m M'tnliiiioiinrv parly" within the ntfan ImtWf tho ktatutoa providing for do- I". rial Ion of allona w ho affiliate with khiIi orituiiltatloii. In the apocifle ra of I itrrtnt-il ra of KtiKh'bert Prela. an Aumrlan, ...r,it.'.I It. rtofut ra...a. caecuuon o il.'1'orlatlt.n warrant wa orucrcu oy Mr. Wllaon, paving tho way for depor tation of lariio nunibor of ailem now In nintoly BK.iliit whom almllar chariii liltvu bfon brought. Tho rtiliiiK uiado In formal opinion In which d.Kumenta relating lo "' conimun l party are d iKaaaed. am In conclusion the aecn-tary aald. opinion In which document relating "Tho only conclusion la that tho commutilBt party of America la an or gttnltation that bellevca In, teachc and advocate the overthrow by 'orceitaIa or violence of tho govornment of tho) " j Vnlted State.' PASS AMERICANIZATION BILL Senate Paaie Meaauro Providing For . Education of Illiterate. Washington. Tho acnato by a vote of 3d to H passed tho Kenyon Amcrl gallon bill which would require all resident of the United State of 10 to I'l years of ago. not mentally or physically disqualified, and all alien resident between the ages of 16 and 45 who can not speak, read or write KiusIIhIi. to atteTtT school not less than jno hours a year. Administration of tho bill's provis ions wu placed in the hands of the aecrelitry uf the Interior, working through the bureau of education. The measure require that tho sum appro printed be apportioned among tho states In initio to tho number of resi dent Illiterate, providing, however, that the atate appropriate an equal sum. Not lesa than $3000 will bo al lotted to ono stato a year. . Senate Refuses to Censure Sims. Washington. Tho senuto rejected. 33 to 30, an effort by Seuator Walsh, Mont., to cull up his resolution propos ing to censure Hear Admiral William S. Sims for disclosure of Information of a "confidential character" In con nection with his appoarance before tho sub commit loo Investigating naval dec oration Bwarda. Houston Will Succeed Glass. Washington. Edwin T. Meredith, of Iowa, editor of Successful Fanning, w ill bo nnmetl secretary of agriculture to succeed Secretary Houston, who Is to become secretary of the treasury in tho plneo of Carter Glass. Mr. Mere dith la 64 years old and his borne is In Do a Moines. Committee For Compulsory Training. Washington. By a voto of 9 to 6, the somite military commltteo ap proved provisions providing for com pulsory military training for boys be tween IS nnd 21 years, inclusive, and a favorable report upon toe imu.mvu - army reorganisation bill. It's hotter to think of what yon ni going to cat thnn to be unable to for get whnt you have eaten. Perhaps the retail grocerymen are not getting the high profits, but some- body, certainly, Is guilty. Tho cost of living was more within one's reach In tho good old days when a man mourned tho loss of a tooth. B a Perfect Day DUTCH REFUSE TO GIVE f EX-KAISER Parla. Tb di-mand of the entente powtra that Holland d'dlvcr up to them former Kmperor Wlliiiim of dor many, that he may bo trinl "for a aupn'lin" offi'iiae acalnut Intrrnatlr.nal morality and the nam tMy of th Irta tlHt.H has Ixon ri-ftisi'd by Holland. In a note dt-llvt-red to tho fnrtlcn mJnlater. Holland Du(ch takta I he ground that tho Dutch gov ernim nt la not a parly to tb iJ'u-c trraty, whltli condemned. Vllllam I loin rznlli rn, and that It rannot nixc n on International duty the nr-cea-aiiv lo BFiwHate Itaclf with "thla art hM nU,rna(loma pullry of ti)9 .. ..... .,t. It (irt-larr a!o that the constituent law of the kingdom and the tradition of the country, always a ground for refuge for tho vanquished In Interna- conflicts, will not permit the government to defer to the wishca of the entente by withdrawing frrom tho former emperor tho benefit of ita law .d tradition. JAPS WANT TROOPS TO STAY Protection cf Railroad and Garrison Held to Be Necessary. Tolllti. The dispatch of Japanese reiuforrt meats to Siberia wos unavoid ably necessary to assist the Czechs and gua:tl iiu extensive railways. Pre mier lltira declared in replying to in terpel.t:c:si in the lower house of tho diet. It it!si w as necessary as a means of assu!liiK the safety of tho Japanese garrison, ho asserted. There was no reason to withdraw the Japanese troops, added the pre mier, simply because the Americans were being withdrawn, the position of tho Japaneso and Chinese In the far east bM:ig far different from"" that of iim I'niiotl States or Great Britain. Alao, ho pointed out, the future moves of the bolshevlkl In Siberia could not be forecast. Waterways Bill Passed by House. Washington. All attacks on the "porklosa" river and harbors appro priation bill failed In tho house nnd after numerous amendments had been rejected tho measure was passed with Us appropriation of J12.400.000 for tho maintenance and continuance of work on projects under way. The voto on passage of tho bill, which carried tho measure to 25. ' smallest appropriation of any of Us kind In years, was 167 American Exporta Show Decline. Washington, December exports de creased in value $60,000,000 from the 1741,000.000 recorded for November while imports dropped to $381,000,000, a decraso of $44,000,000, the commerce department reported. Polea Prepare to Fight. Copenhagen. The Polish cabinet has signed a mobilization order, says It Warsaw report Dr. U. E. I Steiner. w arilen of tne Hate penitentiary Blnce last May. has relinquished his duties at that Insti tution and will be reinstated as super intendent of the Oregon state hospi tal. Governor Olcott stated that I H. Compton, now state parole of ficer, will succeed Dr. Steiner as war Jen of the penitentiary on February 1. and Percy A. Varney, who recently rcslitnrd as chief of the Snlein police Jepartment, will be appointed parol jfficer to succeed Mr. Comptou. WHEN AIRPLANE WAS NOVELTY In 1810 Nawtpapera Conaidarad Ordl. nary Flight aa Something Worthy of "Splurge" Haadlina. Nlni year ngn who would hne drciiiui'd of an St',-4 flylns midly from If'M-kiiway to ilallfnx, from Halifax In Trepawicy, from there to Hip At ore and on to LUhon. and tln-ino to I'lyniouth? Or tit Hnwker uml (irlpv. the Inilomlt.'ilile one, Jumping off at Kt. John' In a Imid loucliliii with an oeetin iH-tweelT them and Hie Irinh ri,at, whlllu-r tliey were bound T Or of Aleoi'k nud Urown who won nfter Hawker mid Hrb've bad failed? Or of a dlrlKllile, litre.; ax the imnn liner Ailrhnle, ulih tire Cuii'lulat Hiul a crew of :ui men, calling awlftly throti;:li the fog, nnwt of Hie time w-e-I Ilk' liolhln! i'1-e. from Kliglaini to a Illinium tii'iil In Mliieola? , iin July 7. IDl'o, u New Vork nena-pn-r pnblinliixl the Intent "oetm fl!ht" ne with n Ihrep-coliunn bead: "furtu, In (iri'iil Oeenn Might, Sour l'ill l i-et Above Wuvet." "Iteninlii Aloft More Thnn 12 Min ute. Circling Atlantic flty'a Throng." The story got- on to describe the flight: "Sti-aily a a wa gull, the great yellow- blplnne flew over the iw-tt, lVW f i et iilune the wavi end a mile out from the nhore, remiilnlng aloft for 12 tulntitea and 13 m-chiuN." It tclla hovr Curtis aliinwt nrecknl the plane at the atart In a dash through a breaker. The ncrldent forced him to dew-end after he hnd covcreil 1"JH) feet. "Sending for nevt- prop-.-ller blades," the account iy. "Mr. Curtis nuper Iniui'li'il their itdjustment, nntl after n ulngle tet be forgot the accident nntl dnrSiigly rc-iKcendetl. Tbla dlnplny of conlldence r.nd courage brought a cheer from the multitude." Xcw York Eve ning Post. LAST HOME OF SEMINOLES Indians to Whom High Tribute Has Been Paid Have Been Removed to Reservation. Now that the state of Florida has gathered the Seminole Indians to gether and placed them on a definite reservation In one coiner of the Ever glade, that reui.trkitlile trilie allmcti passing attention. For many yenra they have inhabited the Everglades, ami been undisputed master, beyond the outskirts of that region of swamp and Jungle, of S4.me 800 square miles of country which no white traveler has ever iKMiet rated. Few whites have known the Seminole at all, nntl per haps none better titan Mrs. Minnie Moore Wilson, who was recently In terviewed for a New York paper. "The Seminole brave," she said, "Is the most upright man in the world. He Is altogether moral, nnd never lies, clients, steals or bleaks his word, while bis wonderful squaw holds a rnnk In her family and community un rivaled among all the women cf earth." A nice could hardly be more highly spoken of; and the Seiulnoles themselves, says Sirs. Wilson, dread contact with American civilization, lest It destroy their own standards of conduct. One cannot but sympathize with them when seeing the engineers surveying their wilderness. Chris tian Science Monitor. (JODDESS HAS MANY STATUES Sekhmett, or Mut, Egyptian War oi vinity, Seems to Have Been a Favorite With Sculptors. The arrival at the Metropolitan Mu seum or Art. In New York, of seven statues of Sekhmett, or Mut, the an cient Kgyptlun goddess of war, pur chased tn Knglnnd .ln 1014, reminds one of the beginnings of modern Inter est in archeology, for the seven stat ..... ..nimiH'ii their history over tne last century seems difficult to trace In all Its details, were probably among tbe earliest results oi r.g.ii viitlon that came to England. Some thlrtg over thirty centuries ago Egyp tian sculptors were carving such - stat ne out of solid blocks of black gran ite for the decoratlonvof temples; and then In 1700. as the record goes, an Arab sheik, working nt the Instigation of n Venetinn priest, found n statue of Mut In the snntl that bad accumu lated over the ruins of Knrnac. Since then a good many statues of Mut have been recovered, and the strange god dess of strife, part animal nnd part human, us tho sculptors Imagined her. dwells In many a museum. A summary of th results of the re cent Bpecl.il session of the Btato leg islature Bhows that eight resolutions and bills passed by both houses will b-s referred, to the voters for ratifica tion nt the special election in May; I hat of tho 97 bills passed during tho tesslon 56 were approved by the gover nor or filed with the secretary of state automatically to become laws, while 41 were vetoed and relegated to the legis lative scran oile. TRIAL OF REDS AT ntONTESANO BEGIliS Presiding Jndge Wilson Denies Change of Venue to Ac cusedl. W.W. . Montrsano. Wash. With Judge John M. Wilson of the superior court for Thurston and Mason counties presid ing, a trial of the 11 alleged I. W. W. charged with the murder of Warren O. Grimm, opened Monday morning, here. The crime with which the Red are charged was committed while the American Legion parade In honor of the signing of the armistice was pass ing the I. W. W. ball In Centralis the afternoon of November 11. Four American Legion member marching In a parade were killed by bullet fired from the I. W. W. head quarters and from the upper window of two hotel across the treet from the Red ball. Ten alleged I. W. l. are charged with the murder of Lieutenant Warrea O. Grimm. Elmer Smith, alleged Red attorney, 1 to be tried at the same time on a charge of knowing the shoot ing was planned. As the first move George F. Vander veer, attorney for the defense and counsel for the I. W. W argued a mo tion for a change of venue, alleging undue prejudice and propaganda against-the defendants In Grays Har bor county and asking that the case be removed to Tacoma. Judge John M. Wilson of the aupe rtor court, presiding, ruled that no additional reason over those present ed at the prevloua hearing bad been furnished to show cause for change of venue, and dismissed the motion. Similarly, the defense failed to coro in its attempt to procure a sep arate trial for Loren Roberts, one of the accused men, whose signed con fession, implicating others, is in the bands of the state. CANADA INVADED BY EA3LE Bird Wa Seemingly Ted After Long Trip, end Wa Eaaily Cap tured; Given Nam. The American eagle recently spread h!s wing majestically over Cnnnd'tiii soil. The eagle a real one by tho way soared from somewhere and Innded i.i Sandwich, Ont. Whence he came, nobotly knows. But it was from a long way off. as he was manifestly exhausted when he alighted on the roof of a new house at the corner of Lot and Peter Rtreets. It was Just about noon, and children comins from school espied him. says the Detroit . News. The bird stayed on his perch for some time, when the mob gathered be low. The eagle surveyed the crowd In a bored manner during the tunutes when he was not engaged iu searching with his beak for something or things under his feathers. The crowd be enme larger and more threatening. Finally one braver than the rest, evt-'" dently n Briton without guile, cast the first stone. The American eagle spread his wings to their full extent and. waiting not for the year of parley between disput ant nations, fluttered to the ground. Down the street of Sandwich the proud bird trotted with unhurried but dangerous steps. Through a gaunt let of citizens he ran, Indian like, turn ing his beak from right to left with each new step to peck nt some venture some bvstander or over-ardent pur suer. It looked for n time as It the bird would not be captured. But he flnallv came to a man whoso attitude was not hostile. With scarcely a struggle the eagle gave tn. His enptor was Clyde Thornton, 31 Teters street, nn American citizen. During the remainder of the day the Sandwich residents made tentative pcnce-Mterlngs In the form of pieces of meat. The bird accepted them un graciously. His name is Roosevelt. Thornton In sists, Cincinnati. O. A letter written by Lucille Shepherd, thirteen years of oge, of Osborne, asking Chief ofPolice Copeh.n to Institute a search for her mother, Mrs. Rose Shepherd, led de tectives to find Mrs, Shepherd here the other day. The child wrote "they needed mamma to tako care of her and her little brothers." The officers were in Mrs. Shepherd's apartment when a mnn, who said ho was George Mui'pby, entered. He was crumpling -a letter in his hands. The detectives ay the letter was from the husband of tho woman in which ho pleaded with her to return to him and her children. In police court the case of Mr. Shepherd and the man wrere continued.