Weston 'Lead
er
VOLUME 42
WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEU. 13, IVJft
NUMBER 37
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENER ALJNTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infer
, matlon of Our Readers.
C'ouiitri are reported killing deer
tut lint mirth fork of Hmlth river, In
flouthern Curry county.
KimuKlIni lliior fnim t ' tiKda ly
alrplano Into Oregon la aid to he the
late! aclieme lo evade ih law.
The Klamath county wool (rowers'
association ha elected officer, tnclud
Inn K. M lUiniiinrul. president.
A tot ami of 291 accident were report
d In tl Industrial accident
commission for the week ending Ktb
rutry Foatll I having Ha thtre of influ
enia. but tlta ratea are geneially mild.
It la practically Impoaalblo lo act
nuraea
Acrlnt to accept ttenderd brwj
of dairy radio, fartntra of Alaea valley
have gone on record for a community
Improvement program.
Hhut In from motor traral, Covo.
Union county, haa only developed
three rate of eontatioue dlteasee In
ll montha. The eases were typhoid
A Balvatlor. Army advisory board
tiaa barn crtated at Eugene to Inveatl
lata and report on local oondltlona In
which the oritntiatlon can bo of terv
Ira An tntlvaeclnatlon ltu haa bean
formed at Marshfleld. wiih more than
100 member, for the purpote of pre
venting the vaccination of aihool chil
dren. Alter acquiring a fortune of 110.000
ahllllni shoe at Kugene, ,oula I'olalt.
a yountt (ireek. haa returned to hi na
tive land, after selling out to hla
brother.
Preference rights "ill be granted eo
dlcrs by the government In filing on
the Oregon t California ami oilier
forfeited land grant lo tin opened to
ettlomeut.
Medford haa been named the head'
quarter of the episcopal Church In
outhern Oregon ith I'astor William
II. Hamilton of St. Mark church at
dean of the dlatrlrt.
(. Hay Hechley of Portland hat fli
application 1th I'erry Cupper, state
engineer, for the use of ator from
the "John Day river for power devel
opment and Irrigation purpose.
Preliminary step have been taken
at lleppnrr for the organisation or a
Morrow county fair aaaoclailon. with
a capital alock of $26.mo. A tract of
32 acrea near Heppner will be pur
dieted
The Penayor Lumber company of
Baglnaw, Mleti.. haa closed a contract
for llio Savage tract of timberon tho
border of Jackson and Juaephlno roun-
Ilea. Removal of the timber will begin
t once
Net aalca of hope, sheep and cattle
sent to the Portlnud slockyarda by the
Lane county cooperative ahlppitiK as
yrlatlon during Hie year amounted to
f IA4.0T6. Sixty four carloads of stock
were shipped.
Postmasters are lo bo appointed In
Oregon ae follows: Wayne- K. Klllott,
Vcneta, Lone county; Charles W.
Pharpo, Camaa Valley. Douglas county;
Percy IS Allen, Klsle. Clataop county,
and Mra. Mario V. Ilavlll. Iloff. Clack
amaa county
By agreement with the alate, the Fa
cifUr' Llvcttock company will put on
the market I0.00O acrea of Harney val
ley land, and first choice will bo given
eoldUire and tailors. They will have
(0 daye In which to take up the option
of settlement.
. Grasshopper cannot be classed as
squirrel, noxious rodont or predatory
animals tinder tho Oregon laws, and
consequently county courts are not
authorised to appropriate money for
their extermination, according to an
opinion by Attorney General Drown.
Poultry schools o to be established
In Wasco county by the Wnsco County
Toultry association according to plans
formulated by the executive committee.
Jt In planned to have six schools In
various parts of tho county which will
be Instructed by prominent poultry ex
pert i. -
A record price for standing timber
was offered nt the government sale of
in.onn.noo feet of white, pine on the
Klamath Indian reservation, the high
bidder. I. 11. I.nrkey, bidding 33 per
1000 feet, and 12.83 per 1000 feet rental
for the Kirk auwnilll, where the tlmhe
mill' be manufactured.
Predatory animals numbering 321
were killed by tho 68 men and women
employed by tho United States bio
logical survey In Idaho, Washington
and Oregon during tne au months end
ing December II, Stanley Jewell, In
spector In charge with headquarters at
Pendleton, announced.
In raee all the millage lax nieaaures
Id be aubmltttd to the votera of Ore
gon at the special election lo be held
on May 21 art) approved, the stele.,
tat levy next December will exceed
the levy made In December, Itll, by
more than 100 per rent, according to
stale offlrlalt who have given the pro
posed laws careful aludy and consider
atloa
Official of the Granta Paas Irrtga
tlnu dlatrlct have filed with the sltle
engineer resolutions outlining plan
of reclamation, request for certifica
tion of approximately M'io.000 in bomle
voted for development work, and ep-
pllrallou for slate pann'iil of Interest
on theae honda. This dlatrlrt coin
prlaea about Hft0 acre and Is lorated
In J'mephlnii rounty.
Ilp buyers In the Helen district
have made several rontrans reeently
whereby they agree to take the grow-
era" product for a term of three yeara
at a stipulated price of :il rents
pound. As a result of theae ronirafta
and the opllmlallc feeling over the
future proapecta of the hop Industry
In Msrlon county the arreage will be
materially Increased this season.
It Is estimated there will be approgl
mslely $mi,40 22 of state money avail
able for the construction of market
road In the various roumles of Ore
gon during the year 1920. according
lo report prepared by members of
the state highway commission. To
obtain this money for road construc
tion It will first be necessary for the
several counties to match the state
appropriation.
The conference report on tho Indian
appropriation bill rarrlra the following
amounts for Oregon: Klamath agency.
I&670; I'matlHs agency, $.1000; (he
mawa Indian school, figo.ooo, Includ
ing IZS.Oon for repairs and Improve
ments and I IS. MO for Installing high
preasure boilers sod steam heating ap
paratus: Pllets agency, $2500; Modoc
Irrigation project within Klamath rea
ervatlon. $l4.oon
Over 2o orthardlata of Jackson
county gathered at Med ford for tho
purpose of iletermlng how much dam
age was done the fruit trees by the
recent cold. A large number of fruit
growers brought samples of their tree,
exhibit of bsrk and limbs and after
examination by County Agriculturist
('. C. Cst It was derided that the dam
age In the valley was much lets than
orlglnall anticipated.
According to the monthly report of
the weaihrr bureau. January wan tho
dryesi month In the hlttory of touth
em Oregon, lets than half an inch of
rain falling. The average for the
month was 4 !9 Inches. A the pre
cipitation has been deficient since tho
beginning of the rainy season, farm
er ryid fruit ralaer are becoming
worried and an added Impetus haa
been applied to the campaign for Ir
rigation. Approximately a million feet of tim
ber In the KIuhIhw national forest, In
tho vlclolty of Ygrhaata and Capo
creek, on the coast, was destroyed by
Insects during the past year,.ccord
lug to a epenlnl report Just filed In the
office of the Hluslaw forest. Tho
Investigation wns made by one of tho
rangera who firtTnd that (ho ravages of
the Insect, the nature of which ha
was unsble lo determine, covered
strip about quarter of a mile wide
and 60 acres In extent, near the roaat
fit. Benedict's Abbey, with headquar
ters at Mount Angel, haa filed suit In
the United States court In Portland to
test the validity of the law pasted t
the recent special aesslon of the state
legislature making It unlawful to print,
publish, circulate, display, or tell or
offer for tale any newspaper or period
ical In any language other than Eng
lish unless the tame contain a literal
translation In the English langutge of
the earn tP and et coneplcuoutlf
dltplayod. The plaintiff corporation
prlntt, publlshet, clrculutri and Bella
weekly newspaper culled "St. Jo
seph's Blatt," which haa a weekly. cir
culation of approximately 24,700 copies
and la printed In the German language.
mincc:iiig ib now sm eseiriai o-
llpntlon in ull brnnches of public econ
omy. Any person foundjnlMlntlng hla
egts mny expect to bo severely dealt
with.
There I room only for sis .mors
dlstlngulKhrd men to "ho burled In
Westminster Abbey, Hut none seems
unduly nmldtlntia to secure Hint
honor.
I'tiplte In a Itrrlln school struck be
cnuse a picture of tho cx-knlser wn
token from a wall during vacation.
Mnyhe It was one that allowed hint
sawing wood.
Mid-Winter Reclamation Work
3 fW;
HOOVER SAYS HE IS
NOT A CANDIDATE
New York. Herbert Hoover Issued
statement here defining hit attitude
toward the presidency. He announced
that he It not candidate for the nom
ination and that no one Is sutborlied
to speak for blm politically. If the
league of nations la made an Issue In
tho election he aaya be will vote for tho
party that aiands for the league. In
response to requests that he declsre
allegiance to either one or the other
of the great political parties, Mr.
Hoover said:
"I aiu being urged by peoppV In both
psrtles to declare my allegiance to
either one or the other. Those who
trnow me, know that I am able to make
up my mind when a subject la clearly
defined. Consequently, until It more
definitely appear what tho party man
agers stand for, I mutt exercise pre
rogative of American cltlscnshlp and
decline to pledge my vote blindfold.
"I am not unappreclailve of the
niHtiy kind things that my friends have
advanced In my behalf. Yet, I hope
they will rrallie my alncerlty In not
tying myaelf to undefined ptrtltan
ship," A Johns Hopkins scientist ndvlsoa
people to eat less men l If they
would keep .vountr. There Is every
Indication ihnl 111 advice will be fol
lowed, though nol for Ihnt ronton.
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LOCAL AGENTS
TROOPS REPULSE
KENTUCKY MOB
Lexington, Ky. Four persons were
killed and fifteen were wounded here
when a mob Intent upon lynching Wil
liam Lockett, negro, who confessed
tj the murder of 10-year-old Geneva
Ilardman, charged the court house
during Lockett a trial and was fired
upon by police and state troopt.
Two women were reported to be
among thote shot by the state troops.
The clash with the soldiers held off
the mob while the authorities man
aged to slip the negro away to a place
of safety.
While the mob, the ring leadera of
which carried a rope, was attempting
to get Into the court house to get
Jyx-kctt. a Jury found him guilty of
first degree murder and a minute or
two later the negro waa sentenced to
die In tho electric chair March 11
" Lexington and all of Fayette county
were placed under martial law Jiy
Brigadier-Genera! F. C. Marshall upon
bla arrival from Camp Taylor with
300 troops of the first division.
C'hclun county jurors only took five
minutes to arrive at a verdict of
Kuilty in the cases of seven I. W.
W'.'s chained with being members of
a criminal organization under the law
of the state of Washington. The ver
dict was unanimous.
ei vice
when you invest
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LANE TO RETIRE MARCH 1
Both Preeldtnt and Secretary Exprttt
Regret at Serving Retationt-
Washington. President Wilson ac
cepted, effective March 1, the resigna
tion of Franklin K. lane, for nearly
seven years secretary of the Interior.
letters exchanged between the presi
dent and 8ecri-tary Lane, which were
made public. Indicate that good feel
ing marked the retirement. Both the
president and l.ane expressed regret
Ijino resigned, It Is understood becauxe
It was necessary for blrn to earn more
money than a cabinet officer's salary.
KOREANS ATTACK JAP POST
Movement Said to Be Initiation of
Big Rebellion.
Washington. Official dispatches re
celvod here said a force of 2000 Kor
ean, armed principally with equip-'
ment. furnished by the bolKlievlkl,
crossed Into northern Korea from
Klrin, Manchuria, and attacked a Jap
anese post of 700 men at night, killed
300 of them and routed the remainder.
According to these dispatches tho
attack waa the initiation of an active
rebellion In Korea. It was described
aa the "beginning of a tremendous af
fair." U. S- Court Affirms Albert Sentence.
San Francisco." The I'nlted States
circuit court of appeal here affirmed
a decision of the federal district court
of Portland, Or., Imposing a fine of
$100 and three years' imprisonment
on Henry Albers. a Pacific coast mill
er, on charges of violating the federal
espionage act.
Lloyd George Lett Harsh on Germant.
London. Premier Lloyd George ll
reported to favor a substantial modi
fication of the !t of Germans whoso
surrender the allies.dcmand, the West
minster Gazette says. f
The Senate and (he Treaty
Washington. The peace treaty waa
formally brought back Into tho open
senate Monday, but aa soon as parlia
mentary bafTiers'to its consideration
had boon removed It was put aside
nvain for a period of waiting, which
the leaders said would last at least a
week.
Suspending its rules by a bi-partisan
majority of seven to one and virtually
without debate, the senate reconsider
ed in short order tho action by which
ratification failed on November 19
and then, as a matter of formality,
sent the treaty to the urvigu relations
committee with instructions to report
It back at once with tho reservatioat
framed by the republicans at the last
session.
Although prompt agreement It ex
pected generally on many of the minor
points at isruf, a long and bitter con
test Is foreenst over article 10 and per
haps a few other treaty provisions.
Itesldes the outstanding Issues of
the treaty fight the most prominent
subject of discussion among senators
was the letter of President Wilson
laid before the democratic conference
and made public by Senator Hitchcock.
The president's renewed declaration of
opposition to some ef the language of
the republican reservations were Inter
preted In different ways.
Although the president's letter was
written before publication of the stato
taent of Viscount Grey regarding res
ervations, !a tome quarters It was sug
Ud that the letter would not have
Vcsn permitted to become public if the
JrUlh statesman's views had resulted
la any change In the president's posi
tion. Railroad Strike Is Possible.
Washington. Wage negotiations of
the railway employes with director
Ueiierai mnes nave rewvueu eiiui.i
stage, and Insofar as the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen Is concerned, a
strike looms unless pending demand.
aro satisfactorily settled. W. (,. Lee,
president of the imion, has served uo-
tiee on Mr. nines that his men are
"very insistent," and must, have a def-
Intte answer soon. White house and
railroad administration officials regard
m,r aerlou tho railroad situation
precipitate! by tho orders for a strike Ions aSo. donated LOW yen to con
. ., , , .i struct a pub c meeting house, which
February 17, issued V officers of the aJnpMe ,, n ,!ie. Hinvevpr,
Employes.
Industry Census Work Under Way.
San Frauciaco- Tho decennial In
dustrial census of the Pacific coast
district has been started by Frank L.
Stanford, chief special agent of' the
census bureau, who opened an office
hero to receive mail statistics from
manufacturers. v
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UnAitU JUKI bilAttutt
WHEAT MANIPUUTIDfl
M. H. Kouser Accused of Help
ing to Corner Wheat Supply
and Raise Price.
Spokane. Wholesale speculation ha
grain by milling companies of tho
Pacific northwest, among them tore
Portland concerns in which Mag H
Houser, vice-president of the United
Slate Grain corporation for tho north
west, ia declared by the report lo bo
Interested, Is charged in a return mado
by a I'nlted States grand Jury hero
Purchase of grain at Ibe government
fixed price, estimated by the report
to total 85 per cent of tbe Washing
ton state crop of 42.000,000 bushels
In 1919, by about half a dozen largo
grain concerns la charged by the re
port, which declares that by purported
sales of grain to each other and
through "manipulation of the grain
market centered at Minneapolis," and
by other methods, they have advanced,
the price to about $1 a bushel abovo
the government price.
The f.ratid Jury recommend that
President Wilson issue a proclamation
under tho wheat guarantee act, fixing
a telling price for all wheat now held
In the United States at the price paid
to the farmer, plus a reasonable carry
ing charge and that a similar price
De fjx-ed on nonr ,nj mm feed
It further recommends that no appro
priation bo made by congress to fin
ance wheat stlea to foreign countries
until such lime at the American peo
ple are relieved from paying tho ex
tortionate pricet now required of them
by reason of grain manipulation.
HOUSER SAYS CHARGE FALSE
Grand Jury . Acusationa Art Declared
Ridiculous.
Portland, Ore M. H. Houser de
clared there was no basis whatever
for the allegationa made by the Spo
kane grand jury. He said:
"Tho allegations made by tho fed
eral grand jury at Spokane are un
true. The whole thing is a misstate
ment and distortion of facts. Tho
charges are ridiculous and absurd- and
trey cannot get figures lo substantiate
They simply don't know what
they are talking about.
"I have had absolutely Bothlnf to
do with the management of any of
these concerns, notwithstanding what
tho grand Jury may say to the con
trary, if I were loose from the grain
corporation and anxious to collect a
few filthy dollars, I would not put In
my time day after day with the thank
less job of trying to handle the grai
corporation here in the northwest"
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Blind Beggar Calls This
World's Meanest Man
Los Angeles, Cal. There are
mean men and mean men, but
Los Angeles must bow Its head
mitl r.'linlt it has the meanest
CM Bill Mason, blind miner,
with n cheery word for every
one, sn.vs there Is only one man
in Los Angeles that gets ou hi?
nerves. That man will com
along noisily and there is al
ways a cheering jingle In Old
Bills cup. Old Bill reaches In
the cup and finds nothing. The
secret leaked out when a small
boy explained indignantly:
"Say, mister, that fresh guy's
only joshing you. He had a
nickel with a hole In it and it's
tied to a string. He gets his
fun watching you trylrtg to find
it utter he yanks it out"
Chanoino J.e-
eh,llt b)UeatU,,, inon yen to bo
usp(, fpr ,h() lmM!c wefarp ot Kana-
pnwll purpeture, placing the matter
,.niiroly In the hands of the governor.
luouye. This Is by uo means a solitary
case of its kind, ns It may be remem-
bored that an Osaka merchant, not
It shows a change in the psychology of
the people, with whom' the family has
been the unity of society, and faintly
property and possessions have been
kept intact from one generation the
next, even by the expedient of adopt
ing other people's children to keep
up the family lineage whenever no
h"ir is born. This change is welcome
for It indicates a contribution to tho
betterment of the social 'welfare of
Nippon,