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- ESTON EADER Si VOLUME 43 WESTON, OREGON,' FRIDAY. AUG. C, 1020 NUMBER 10 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Threshing of Ihe Ittl'O grain crop of Linn county Iim begun. Mr. Minnie 'ih'II Antriiii wn drownm) In Ilia Columbia rlvrr nt A- Jrkstn rous.' entile men r run ning iu nmrR"t ttiolr emtio through urllon atr. The (Jranlte road emmllng from Uranlt lo Ihe Itakur county linn h ben completed. The manufacture of Me will be ft new 1 11 dun try In Albany lo be enlab ll.h.Ml by the Albany Brick A Til COItlpAII)'. , Ijiiio county has population of iir lit In 1920. compared with a popu lation of S3.TI1 In If 10, according lo a report Untied by Hi census bureau. 8vi.tity ono arret of land I)lni5 adja cent lo the rlty of Coijullla waa laid by Ita owner. Mr. Ktstuer, lo K. N. Smith, for ft consideration of $35,000. With per capita wealth of MZ2.36, Albany la setting forth Ibe claim that few cltlea tn loo country can equal the aita of lu bank deposit pro rata to population. The Klamath County Woolgrowers' aaaoclatlon baa decided to levy a lat of a cents head on all aheep owned by member lo provide a fund for cur rent expenses, The Washington County Automo tive association waa orianlted at a meetltig In IlllUuoro Monday night, attended by 21 dealer from alt parta of the county. Th entire plant of the Alco Wood Product company at Albany wa do atroyed by fire, causing a loaa of be tween li5.0oo and I'iO.Ouo. The in aurance waa 126,000. George I'arllla waa fined $100 and coata In Justle court at Cottage Grove when he pUmded guilty to a chargn of dynamiting trout In the Col Fork river on the morning of June C. Victor tleauregard, owner of a ranch croeand aeverat ttraea by the Colum bia river highway, eaat of Hood Hlvor, will remove tli plgpena which have caused complaint front tourist. William C. Cunningham, a private In lat company, coaat artillery corps, ataUoned at Furt Slevena, wa found Uuad at the post and the military au thority believe he committed aulcide. Relic of early day lo Una county and Oregon will be a feature of the exhibit at the county fair al Kugeno In Beptetnber. according lo announce ment of W. C. Voran, aecretary of lh fair aaaoclatlon. The Eeno city council ha decided lo o ahead with the purchase of a municipal aviation field, notwlthsland Ing Ihe fact that thore are no bidden for the 122.000 bond recently otnd for (hat purpose. Tho count? sour! of Jackson county, In conjunction with tho state highway commission, Is planning to put $23,000 worth of gravel on the Oreonsprlng mountain road, grading of which Is now well under way. . A. P. Wlker of Oakland, Citl., was killed in an automobile accident near Wilbur, when an automobile occupied by O. 11. Johnson and his wlfo and Mr. Walker loft tho road and plunged over the bank 76 feet. In order to flnanoe the purchase of ' the site for the proposed naval bnse . site at Astoria to be presented to the government, the Clatsop county navnl base company, with a capital stock of $100,000, has been organised. At least 600 tons of evergreen black berries will be handled at the Albany cannery this season. Tho cannery will begin on the evergroens as soon as the loganberry crop, with which It 1 now crowded, I ouf of the way. Mr. J. O. Dennis, aged about 46, "wlfo df a merchant at Crawfordeville, lost her life In a fire which destroyed' her home In that town. The fire also burn the building in which the Crawfordeville postofflce was situated. John D. McQUvary, a granite expert of Sun Francisco, waa In Ashland re cently and made an Inspection of the granite quarries of this region. He became so much Interested that he will return and make n mors extended inspection. Representatives of the Rogue River Valley Fish and Game association will start for the mouth of the Rogue river August S to make a thorough Investi gation of nil muttu's r.rowlug out of t'-t Itngiiii river tl'h controversy of itmt . Il'y. Hicro wi-re fm-r fii.illllcs In Ore gon dun t' Indusirl'il el Ii-nl during the week ending July 28. according lo a report prepared by the Industrial accident commlaalon. The victims were Olu Dragavold, sweeper, llend. William tireaahudber, laborer, Oregon City: Newton W. Lewis, laborer. Ba le m. and A. C. Duncan, lugger. Pow er. A total of Ht socldeut were re ported. Kdenslve Improvement to the ra dio station at Astoria have been au IhoiUeif by lire navy department and sppioxlmately 130.000 will bo expend ed on the plant this summer and fall. With nearly 100 aperlallst In ear,. ye, none and throat treatment from the llorky mountain and Pacific coast states present, Ihe eighth annual meet ing of the Pacific Coast OtoOpbthsl mologlcsl society we held in Port laud. Fishermen In general have discon tinued glllnottlng on Coos bay owing to the lowering of price offered for chlnook. which I the eonbl catch at this llm of the yesr. Th fishermen wero being offered t cents a pound when they quit. Ttie Attractive Summer Fashions ' H S . - - - - ' 44 OVER THE: HILL" that Superintendent Hadley will ar rive in Athena shortly totake up pre liminary organization of the school for next year. He was recently mar ried ami will bring bis bride to Athena. With one or two exceptions, the board has retained the services of a full corps of. teachers, and it is hoped there will be no vacancy in any department of instruction in the school when the starting' time arrives. Smoke generally comes from a smokehouse when there is smoke in the smokehouse. Tho only excep tion that may be noted in the in stance this week of the burning of Kd Forest's smokehouse was that fire followed the smoke. How the flames originated is unknown. The smoke house was totally destroyed and for a time other building on the ranch were endangecrd as was also a grain field close by. A. B. McEwen came up from Port land Wednesday, and will remain here for some time looking' after his crop interests. Mr. McEwen is en joying better health than formerly. Dr. F. D. Wutts and son, Worth, left Wednesday morning by auto for Spokane, and other Inland Empire points. William" Post, after an absence of CAPTURE SLAYERS CF UMATILLA SHERIFF All Five Men Who Escaped Are Now Back In Pen dleton Jail. Pendleton. Nell Hart. Jim Oweaa, Jack llatlile, I.ouls Anderson and Rich ard Pattirrson, the five men who es caped from the Jail here Hunday, July 25. after Sheriff Til Taylor hod been murdered, were captured and are back In tbo Pendleton jail. Neil Hart, alleged slayer of Til Taylor, sheriff of L'matllla county, and Jim Owens, Hart' principal accom plice In the Jallbreak, were taken at a sheep camp in the high mountain of Unloa county, alx miles south of Toll Gate, near the bead of the Uma tilla river. The capture was made at about 1 o'clock In the morning. The posse, headed by J. H. McLachlin of La Railroads Get Rate Increase Washington. Authority for lb rail roads to Increase revenues by approx imately one billion and a half dollar wa granted by the Interstate com merce commission. Freight ratea will be advanced about one-third, passen ger fares one fifth and Pullman charge onehalf. The new rates, to continue until March 1. 1922. will become effective on five dn)' notlco by Ihe carrier to the commission and the public and they must be In operation beror Jan uary 1. New passenge fares probably will become effective August 20, and ad vanced freight raics August 2S, ac cording lo a programme outllued by A. P. Thorn, general counael for lh association of railway executive. Simultaneously Increase In Pullman, excess baggage and milk charges also will go In force. The Increases are dealgned to off set the ftioo.ooo.ouo wsge advance awarded by the railroad labor board lo provide tb I per cent net Income on the aggregate valu of the railroad properties under th transportation act. The 20 per rent increase in passen ger fares, excess baggage charges and milk transportation rate and lh SO pr cent aurchargo on Pullman fare will be general. Freight rate Increases will vary according to territory, with 40 per cent In Ihe east, 26 per cent In the south, 35 per cent In tho wel from lh Mississippi river to the nocky mountain and 25 per cent in mountain Pacific territory from eat of ths Rockies to the Pacific coast. Grande, stumbled onto a sheepherd- Mr. Marion llansell and children now- encountering difficulty in cut- er's tent In the mountain section mr ami Mrs. Omar Stephen left Wed- ting- the grain in many fields. In William Post, after an absence of To! Gate found ,h two men Mepp nesday morning for McDougal's camp several instances the ditches had to 28 years from Athena, returned here ,nd capt,lred them without a fight. Katbie 'was taken on the road two miles above Gibson on tho Umatilla river. Ratble was unarmed anl wa resting on a hillside when he was to ued tho summer. be filled in by plowing on each ide. Monday. "15111 nas 01 laic ears Fred Cros U not running harvest- . Mr. and Mrs. A. a. t oss have rc- oeen reaming at aiiuuieion, iuano. ne ing machinery this year. Ho say turned home after touring Central return to twist a sack needle in he'll "let George do it" this time. and Southern Oregon. They visiUxl Umatilla county wheat once more. He Mr. and Mrs. William Plnkcrton relatives and friends at Moro, Red- was instantly rccoimized on his ar are at Saling's camp for a few days, mond and Prinevillc. ' Crater Lako rival by a number of old-time Athena h..i,t..k.n.i.. was viaiLed and while at this famous friends. Father Time has put a dif- Mr .nJ Mr.. K. C. Emmel and resort, Mr. Foss had his shotgun ferent son Kenneth spent the week at qing- uh'n from the cr ham Spring. Athena wheat crop is avcrag- Mrs. C. L. McFadden and Mrs. C. mg from 35 to 45 bushels per acre, II. Smith and children are amonir the with now and then a mention of 50 mask on William's physio?, but that hunch to the left shoulder in his walk is still there. Dudley Rogers will assist in gar nering Umatilla's crop of golden : t : : .1 .l- r- camper at McDougal. this week. bushels, from reports coming in. The '""' Henry Collins, well known wlieat cutting and threshing of the grain is Schnmpf harvest crew, Tuesday, dealer, has been chosen president of now in full blast, every available ma- T. P. DcFreece has purchased an the Round-Up association. He takes chine being pushed to full caparity. acre tract of land, highly improved, the place of the late Til Taylor who John Walter, with his "cat" and at Orchard Station, on the interur was the head of the association from Arcie Mclntyre with his combine, ban road, just west of Walla Walla. 1U inception. have formed an alliance for the sea- Mr. and Mrs. DcFreece will soon take Mr. and Mr. Otho Recder have re- son' run. They finished a 40-acre up their residence there, turned front an auto trip to Tacoma, field yesterday for Melville Johns Mrs. H. A. Caton was operated on where they vUitod relatives. near town, that yielded 40 bushels at a hospital in Walla Walla. Mon- Misa AreU Barrett has returned per acre. la d at this writing, while some from Tortland, where she spent sev- Tho Athena schools will open for better, is reported to be in a serious cral week with friends. the year's work on Wednesday, Sop- condition. The patient was accom- Hcavy spring rains washed ditches tembcr 1st, so The Press is informed panied to Walla Walla by members in the field and the combine are by the school board. It is expected of the family and Dr. Sharp of this closed in on by a posse of six men. Richard Patterson and Lewis An derson, the last two of the fugitive outlaws, were taken Into custody four ' mites southeast of Kamela by John McCardan and Barney Devlin, sheep borders, both of Heppner. For a time Saturday night it looked as though the Jail would be stormed by a mob determined to take the law unto themselves and lynch Nell Hart. 'Jim Owens and Jack Rathie, the prin cipals In the Jail break, but they were dissuaded from their purpose by W. It. ("Jinks") Taylor, brother of TU Tay lor, and bis successor as sheriff. DROP IN FLOUR PRICES w- Bgi m tr- sansa n h la I X ? m ml U. Ht Davis-Easel's Annual WOOL CONSUMPTION DROPS Curtailment Irl Operation of Txtll j Industrie Blamad. Washington. A sharp drop In wool V consumption amounting to approxl matcly 17.000,000 pound In June as A compared with tho average consume- tlon for the preceding month of thl 1 year, was announced by tho depart- - - ..Iniilt....1. htirAtn nt m.e. mom vi BBitvwuHiw. w . v - j kcts. ThO arop wa aue, nm Bureau ? X t V 000 pound In January,. e3,TUQ,ooo j In March, 66,900,000 pound In April and 5S.600.000 pounds In My. In June, 1919, the consumption wa SS,- t 000.000 pounds. . . V t President Wilson to 811 HI 6hp. O Washington. President Wilson I to retire from the sheep business. Th A f ? X X X ? X X aald, to Ihe curtailment of operation In the textile manufacturing Industry resulting from lack of order, cancel lation and deferred shipment. Report to the bureau ahow that 46,000,000 pound of wool entered Into manufacture lu June agalnat 72,700,- pound In February, 67JW0.O0O pound A White House flock of 48 prlie sheep, which ha kept th lawn cut for three umm'er. 1 to be sold. The yield of wool has gone to charily, this year to the Salvation Army. In 1918 the flock produced 98 pounds, which was sold by the Rod Cross, bringing more than $62,000. A mmm mm mm pk lAMigsA KT9 M D I B Af9 R ft Er Z t ? f t f t t Y T t t T Y Y Y f f t t Y August Sale EVERYTHING IN OUR BIG STOCK IS REDUCED 10 TO 50 PERCENT (A few lines of Contract goods excepted.) The RED TAGS will lead you to hundreds of Bargains in Home Furnish ings, Rugs, Draperies, Furniture, Kitchen-ware and Household Utensils and Fittings. The Largest and Finest Stock in the Walla Walla Valley is at your dispos al at lower prices than you would even expect at a Davis-Kaser Sale lower than you will see again for a long time to come. We have cut our profits to the very limit of possibility; We NEED CASH arid in order to get it we have made this a CASH Sale and reduced prices to the lowest level. This is your opportunity to. Save. All reductions are bona fide; they always are at this Store. We're honest with you We need and must raise Cash and our Annual August Sale has provided us with the means to do so. Our nec essity provides you with a rare chance to save. You expected. this sale; we have provided it. You expect Bargains; we have provided these, too, in profusion. We expect CASH, and you will, provide it when you see the remarkable Savings made possible by our pricing on our entire stock of High Grade Merchandise. Six Big Departments Filled to Overflowing with excellent goods at prices that mean Tremendous Savings to you who buy NOW. " COME READ THE RED. TAGS PAY CASH AND SAVE. The Bavis-lC&sei: Co. Portland Reduction Amount to 11 per Cent; Seattle 20 per Cent Portland, Or. Flouring mill in Portland announced a drop of 80 cents a barrel on all grades of flour, to take effect at once. Tn: ic-sr price Is Uia direct result cf the tendency of the wheat market toward a lower level aod the bumper crops that are being brought In throughout the grain belt The re daction In Portland Is about 11 per cent. Seattle price dropped approximate ly 20 por cent, according to an an nouncement made by the Puget sound millers. Wholesale .prices now effective on the local market are: Family patent $12.95 barrel 1196 pounds net weight); bakers, 812.95; whole wheat, $11.05; valley flour, $11.20, and straights, $10.80 per barrel. Debs Say He Will Stay In Prison. Washington.- Eugene V. Debs, So cialist candidate for president, who is now confined In the federal prison at Atlanta, has urged hi friends and followers throughout the country to make no further attempts to have him freed unless all other political prisoners are released, simultaneously. Bolshevlkl Pntrat Armani. Constantinople. Bolshevikl penetra tion of Armenia 1 continuing, accord ing to advioe. Complete Home Furnishing Department Store. 10-20 W. Alder Street . . Walla Walla, Wash. city, assisted in the operation. Mrs. Caton will be removed to her home in Athena, as soon as she recovers sufficiently from the effects of tho nnprntion. c Ralph Haynie sustained a serious A c"t in his right hand, Monday, from X broken glass in the door of the Hay $ nie store. Ralph was in the act of Y entering the store, when the door was closed by another who pushed: on the A plass with the result that it broke, a large- piece striking Ralph on the X hand, severing one of the leaders of X the thumb. $ Gail Piersol, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Piersol, was drowned 5 in the Malheur river, near Vale, Ore- gon, some time Wednesday, according to a telegram received by S. S. Pier X sol, grandfather of the boy, yester X dav niorning. J Petitions to the city council asking that portions of Jefferson and Adams streets be hardsurfaced, have been circulated among the property own ers of the districts effected, for sig X natures, recently. X The biggest yield so far reported, Y comes from Lee Johnson's crop, west nf Athona. From 13 acres. 292 sacks :XK"H ' white Hytei v'88 thre8he,L