STON JLEAD WE ER 1 Z3 WKSTON, OREGON. FRIDiY. Al'KIL 2), lttJ(v.v NUMBER 47 VOLUME 42 IT GHEGON NEVs NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Rnadaork U In full liut on th main road of llaker county. A now hospital l to ba erected at llurn. Id county at of lUrnoy coun ty. Thrr have born total nf 190J It- frn loiuril Wl Tl rtate d l'T Of Oregon far the year 1920. Central Orrgon Oddfellow will cele brate the I01l anniversary of Ihn or der In I'rlnrvlll.i on (lie evrnliig of April 14. 1h high School bond lection at Aurora carried ty vote of 2 to 04. Ihn bond will ln Ueued In (ho uro of $S.$0. Kour big mountain Horn trapped lnc tho flrt of this year, th rcotd mado by C. M. Ilolcon-b, of Dentin on North L'mpqua river. liecree drflulug and describing th right of water uian on Tore creek, Snow creek and Hood river wor le Uil by lb (to water board Ut aerk. The women- debating team of Wll lamrlia unlvemlfy of Balcni dcfuated College of I'Ufiit Hound womeu debat er by a iwo loone derision 1 Tarawa, Wash. An emergrnry landing place for air plane la being prepared nrar Caaradla for the convenience of plunra engaged In for-at patrol work In the Santlam national foroat Th Union Oil company of Cali fornia paid to the secretary of state. 11041 65, covering tta sate of gasoline and distillate In Oregon during tha month of March. Joe Yr, hopgrower cf Aurora, haa contracted to deliver hi entire crop for tho 1920 season to Hugo Lotiwl of New York at a ellpulaled price of ti cent per pound. A repreeciitatlv meeting of large aatern Oregon wool grower hold at Pendleton went on record an favoring auction aalea cf wool at Portland ihla prlug and nmmr.r. Itoapli the mid winter drought. Con tral Oregon rancher need have no fear of a ahortage of water for Irrigation thla aeaaon, far atorma during Ihn laat four weeka have built up the anow re serve In th mountain to normal, ac cording to report received from trap per In the foothill. ' "CVER THE HILL" 5 A frii-iul pointed a Ktin at Ml- El liott of Weth and pulled tin triKpor. At the third pull bulti-t atmck the girl, alijrhtly Injuring her. George Winnlilp came down front liia homclead mar Philipsburg, Mon tana, ami la In Walla Walla today, at tending t!i futii'tat of hla grand mi ;tu-r. tha lata Mr. McKay. Minn Maud Sherman, accompanied by likr mother, will lake an extended niotorinir trip 'through California aft er the clone of school, with tho x a i I) l view of ItMHtingr In tha aouth. The inti of the late With J. Raymond roiiaialing of a aectii n of wheat lainf north of Athena, lax ben appralned at f.m.OOO by K. S. I- Crow, II. II; Kirharila and W. O. Head. Henry Jtrrv(t i well pleaaed with Iuh crop of liiinbn this aeaxon. l-amb-iiiff oH-rution have been carried on at hi toek ratmli north of Ai.li.ui, for aeveral weeka with oalinfaitiry rvsulla, Mra. K. C. Roeera entertained at tinner Friday evening, Mra. McDan lei, Miaa Crant and Mia Sherman, teaclura. AfUr dinner the party mo-U-red to Weaton and wilneaacd tha claaa play. Owing to ill health. Dr. J. A. Bad detey left taut week with I. in wife and little daughter for a aojourn In the unny climate of Ariona. The doc tor ha been iin health for aomo time and hone by real and recupera tion to regain It, Mr.and Mr. C. L. Woodward Mon day purchancd the Earl Tulloch home in Pendleton, the purchaae prtc bc inir f25ji0, and will move there next fall. They made buninem trip to Portland ln;t wwk, apcnJixtf veral day in the mctrnpoli. The city council declur l to exU-nd tho replacing of water pliw the en tire lentrth of Main atree', and Rround U belni; broken for the work went of Second atreet. Nuw pipe haa Uxm laid down to Second atret, and tho ex cavation wa filled thi wi-ek. Joo Klliott, who auatained a frac tured leg a year ago, when hi horae fell on the pavement at Walla Wulln, met with n like accident recently on tlio roud went of Athena. Again Joe' horae fell and thla time the man ia nuritinif a broken shoulder blade. A number of member of the, local KniKhta of Pythin Unliro attended tho Doklo ceremonial at North Yaki ma, Saturday. They went to Walla Walla and joined the carayin thero on SALVATION ARMY FLANS BOYS AND GIRLS INDUSTRIAL AND-AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL $1,129,000,000 COST OF FEDERAL CQHTHOL itxrana . - K I . . . -r . an i m w u i -.a .. .. ... li Loss. fi WESTON SCHOOLS Mra. Luella Pinkerton waa given an -ovation by her pupila Monday when - .he appeared in the hool room fot fuch governrnent Loafrt tO the flrnt time after a . prolonged ab- ence due to ilineaa. , Railroads Considered as The children in the first grade have juit finished all their reading . wrork for the year aifd are "looking ' ' for more world to conquer." Next Washington. Total loee to U gor- week they will atart reading the up- eminent growing out of federal control plcmentary book, Around the World, of the railroada waa ettlmated by the The attendance in Mra. Fitzpat- houa appropriation committee at rich' room ha been nearly perfect more than JU29.0O0.0OO, Thla In- thi week Ordell Pedtrwn, who ha elude th 1225,000.000 eatimaUd aa it bad cold, being the only one ab- guarantee to tha roada ander the wnt Thg third and fifth gradea term of the transportation act have made an attendance record of The actual loa during the Jl month 1'8 8 percent, winning the banner for 0f active government control, wa the month. placed at 1304,000,000. The commit- Mi Love' room wa the accne tee pointed out that tb government Tuesday afternoon cf a terrific pea- jnt $862,000,000 to tbe railroada and nut ahower in which, according to re- Mid that alnce much of thl went to port. Mis Love waa nearly over- weaker line, to nrcvent nweler.hfn . --.4- . -tr : .' V ,f - fir. J i t i I . ' " .t, .... . 1 i whelmed. After applying the whitewash brash to Helix, Weston High was taken into camp in a baseball game with Athena, score seven to one. Friday, May 7, examinations in both Old and New Testament will be given. The baccalaureate service for the graduating class will be held Sun day, May 16, 1920, in High School auditorium. President Penrose of Whitman college will preach the aer-mon. during federal operation, all of thla aum probably would not be recovered. Tbe committee waa reporting on th emergency deficiency appropriation meaaure. In which 1300,000,000 waa Included for tbe railroad administra tion. Director-General Hlne baa ask ed for $420,000,000 to wind up tb administration- affair, but the commit tee cut the total $30,000,000, and rec- ommended that tbe treasury be In-" atructed to purchaae $30,000,000 worth of liberty bond held by tbe railroad View of Biahpp Scott achool and Salvation Army boy being aught orchard work at Lytton achool. One of the big phase of the work the Salvation Army Is doing in Oregon to prMn the III of wrong teaching and poverty and to strike at lh root of the dTpVr and erlef found In the cities. Is the training and care of dttpindeni boy and girl. One of the item of tho budget to be raised for the Stiilvsllnn Army work In Orejon provides for the purchase of the Illshop Scott school at North Yamblll a.i an Industrial and agricultural school here neglected kiddies will be edurnted and made efficient Workers ao that when they go out Into the world they will be an asset to society and not a cliarKO upon the cemmuultics cf which they will be members. The 1000 acre farm has a walnut grove and other orchards, and, under proper care of agricultural experts who will teach the boys, its productivity will go far toward making the school self supporting. Tho school Is In no sense to bo a penal or reformatory Institution but on tho. other hand It I intended to provide sound vocational education for youngstera who, without It, are on Ilia road to bad cllUoiublp. . . administration, thna mftklnr Avllhfa Commencement exercises will be u,mt .ddJUona, ,monnt for wlndIng w held W ednesday evening. May 19. tte ministration', affaire. Safety Firat," sparkling farce The committee explained that It b.d comedy presented by the Senior class ja,ie y,e reduction because the trana- of Weston High school at Memorial portatlon ct provided $20,000,000 for hall last Friday evening, drew a ca- Bettllng claims against tbe govern- pacity house. The play is conceded ment growing out or federal control, to have been the best home talent Work on tbe Grants rasa nutria ir rigation project la being pushed a rapidly aa possible. Deaigna tor th construction of the diversion dam are being prepared and several mile of ditch have already been, completed. n special train. Five hundred Dokies marched in the parade Saturday nipht and 72 tyros were led through the mysteries of tho order, which at this time U having a vigorous growth. Athena-Weston Post, Aueiican le gion announces a dance for tomorrow night at the Athena opera house, ai'd a lerco attendance is expected. Pay ant's orchestra will furtii:.!; tho mu sic, and an enjoynblo time (3 assi.red. You arc expected to go and talsa your friends with you. ma Standard Theatre Sunday EVne Apr. 25 lit '. . IV- V r 9 a urnnat t f t. , . Tlio permanent orianixatioa nf the Athena Commercial Club was effect ed Tuesday evening with eighty-one member on the roster, with a possi bility of at least twenty-five more whom the committee on membership had not the opportunity of soliciting. M. L. Watts, vice president of the First National Bank of Athena and manager of the Preston-Shaffer mill ing: plunt of this city and treasurer of the Proton-Shaffer Milling com pany, was given the honor unani mously, of becoming: the club's first president. The Warren Construction Com pany, answering tho call of the city of Athena for flat, bitls on certain specified street improvement, was the successful bidder at a meeting of of tho city council, held Monday evening. The Warren Construction com puny 's bid for the work as speci fied, i.i $19,700 complete, making the approximate cost to Mnin street prop erty $-1.20 per lineal foot where there is curbing, and $5.20 per linealfoot where there is no curbing at present. Manager Littlejohn will pit his Athena baseball aggregation against the fleet bunch of Helix tosscrs on the home grounds Sunday afternoon, in the fii-st game for the Blue Moun tain League pennant. . production given in Weston for years and the work of the all-star cast re flected great credit upon the efficient directors. Misses Lurline Crown and Elza Love, who had entire charge of the performance. Payarit' orches ra contributed tuneful melodies be tween acts that were an enjoyable Messrs. Worth Watts, Paul Hopkins, feature of the evening's entertain- Gail Miller Williams, Maynard Jonea ment. Box office receipts were $136. nd Theodore Walden. The cast included Misses Anna Lav- It is rumored that "The Westonia" ender, Ruby Hall, Lois Lieuallen, is to be the best high school publica Goldie N'esbit and Jessie Davis; tion in Draatila county. ,,A- f h5 i; t jr T Ks ' 1 I fi'iitavria n- i ... . ... George LoceTuckersTheMir - JiQaramounllrlTaAQidurt The Year's Greatest Picture will come to' the Standard Theatre on Satur day and Sunday evenings, The Miracle Man had six weeks run at the Im perial Theatre, San Francisco; three weeks at the Strand, Seattle; seven weeks in Los Angeles and two weeks in Portland. You will see it at the . Standard. PRIVATES WIN CITATIONS 70 Per Cent of Gallantry Certificate Go to Ranker. , Washington. Enlisted men received nearly 70 per cent of the gallantry certificates issued to the A. E. F., a report Issued by tbe war department showed. Citations in orders for gal lantry In action for which no medal was awarded included SS43 enlisted men, 1219 company officers, nine gen eral officers and IS civilians and Aurses. .The second division led all other divisions In receiving gallantry cer tificates, 911 such citations having gone to that division. The third divi sion was second, with 535. I Soldier Insurance Pay Railed. Washington. 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