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Weston EAD-ER . f VOLUMK43 WtSTON, OKECoJUnipAY. AUC. . I03K . .. "H?"!?!." OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Eventt of tho Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. The annual Columbia county fair t haa been et tor Heptember U. t " : Construction hit begun at Oregon Agricultural college of the first unit 'of the woinene dormitory. A movement I under way to have, the Jackson county courthouse moved from Jai ksonvllle to Medford. Clyde n and K. 0KlhlM or Ktt no have Wit fined ISO each for biting deer niKti out of cnwi. A now aawmlll f 0,ooo.00 feat yearly capacity will be constructed to mllee northwest of Lakevlew. With the opening of school only a month away. 75 Linn county school districts hava not secured teacher. )rat. Bam A. Koier, secretary of elate, hat gone to Ban Francisco to attend a meeting of tba National Traffic aaso elation. During tha flrat IS day. of August it! flrea werT "picked up" by tha foreal patrol plenee leaving tha Ku (ana baa. Tourlala at Orator lake rport that for a wNk or two a larga cougar haa prowled around nightly In tha vicinity of tha hotel. Tha reserva on Huckleberry moun tain, weal of Ixat Lake, haa been opened by the national foreat servlea to huckleberry plckera. A course to fit young men for Intelli gent farm management will bo given at Pendleton high school under pro visions of tha Smith Hughe, act Ihli ear, Chrlatlan Johnson, eon of Mr. and Mra. Jena Johnaon of Aalorla. who haa been mleslng for several montha haa been located In an Insana aaylum at "Lima, Peru. Tha Paclflo highway betweeen Oranla I'aaa and Rogue river haa been opened to traffic, rutilug off one of the womt plecra of rond lo thla part of tho mute. Jock Hathle, olio of the men under Indictment at Pendlnlog for the mur der of Bhorlff Taylor, baa bwni Identi fied aa John Ijiffoubean by the aherlff of Power county. Idaho. Shot and fatally wounded by rob ber who attempted to hold up hla torn, j wit a N. Thompson. BS. a Port "land grocer, died on the walk In front of hit .tore Friday night. Educator, from all parte of the etate are eipeeted at Hood River Augual 2S. when tha aecond annual conference ot vocational s;rlculture will be held at the Hood River high achm.l. W. II. Bale, of Mohler baa filed with the atata engineer application lo appropriate 6000 acrefeol of water from Foley creek for the development of power In Tillamook county. During tho week of September 6 to It County Agent 0. W. Kable will con duct poultry culling demonstration In Corvallli for tha Information of tho poultry ralaera of Benton county. An attempt la being made at Pen dleton to connect tho murder of P. D. Jennlnga and hla wife, near Bancroft, Idaho, to Nell Hart and Jim Owena, the murderera of Sheriff Til Taylor. The gaaollne ahortage. which for a Uma traatened to halt many of Ore gon'i Induatrlea, haa Improved dur ing the laat two waeka, according to W. A. Datflel. deputy state gealer of welghta and meaaurea. Portland la tha ninth city In tho United Btatea in tho amount of Ita postal aavlnga and lcada all of tha cttlea weat of Chicago, tho poatofflco department haa reported. Fortland'a deposits are 11,741,734. Tho Oregon Grower.' Cooperatlvo association haa fllod with the public service commission a peltlon asking for a physical connrtlo between ' tha Southern Pacific and Oregon Electric at Forest Grove. Three men were killed Instantly and three seriously Injured when a truck carrying 12 men bumped Into a slow ly moving passenger train at Imblor. Tho dead wn Lloyd Larson, Wayne Keown and Clarnnee Larson. Raymond WalHh, 8 yeara old, son of Mr. and Mra. Charles Walah of Sven sen, was accidentally shot and killed by hla brother Cecil, aged 13 yeara. The boys were playing soldier at tha time with their father'a ahotgun. Purchase by the government of 322 arm. i.ne MllUlxir r W.ooo raith I-1 n i!' for a hug" r.nllo stittlon la -(-..: i !t negotiations which have I.pm'i M-iiillii't for time with the nr. n.rt of the Fri-il' :: ml fiirrn. tlxiigmi'lihal lucatloii and the es pouse of conduct lug district office boards were the chief reasona as signed by the shipping hoard for Ita refusal o itiaka Portland a shipping board dUt'lcl. according lo a tele gram received by rWnaior McNary from Admiral Uenimn, chairman of Uie board. Th body of a man who was found with a revolver Krldy in au abvudnn m mining tunnel eight miles cast of Pleasant valley. linker county, by Peter Bylveeter. a rancher. ha been Idi-ntlfled aa Ira Hartley of Rlrhlsnd. Ilcreluja from motor vehicle regi strations In Oregon from January 1 to July 31. 1920. totaled ll.m.620. aC riircimg to a report prepared by Bam A. Koier, aecretary of atale. In tha stale there ara J4.770 motor veblclee reglatered. Illds for atale highway bonds In the aum of $1,600,000 wera opened In Port land on Tuesday by the slate high way commission. The money derived from tha aale of these bonds will be used In permanent road conatructlon work In varloua aectlona of the atale. Herbert Gela. 16 yearoio son oi r, and Mra Charlea Oela. of Portland. ... drowned wh.l. bathing In ,h. Wlllametw river as a result or being aucked into the bug. Int.k. pipe of ,h. Portland Railway. Light A Power company, power plant. . Amencsnuauon ..y. - - at.,. ,n ,h. union. .... be given a place of foremost lmportic. the wtoK or nrpioniurr f vuuun - Oregon atate fair at Balem. REPORT ENGLAND WILL FREE EGYPT London. Tho Ixjndon Tlmea aaya It understnnila that Great Firltaln bsa n na agrcM to recognise the Independence of Egypt- The doclslon. according to the Lon don Times, resulted from recent con versations botweon the Viscount Mil nor mission, which recently visited Egypt, and an Egyptian delegation, headed by Bald Zagloul Pasha, form er mlnlater of Justice. minister or justice. Among tho fundamental polnte of , .. ' the agreement are: Eavnt will recognise Great Brltaln'a priviiegeo. position ... ... the Nile and agree In case of war t nfford every facility for access to privileged position In the valley of 10 niiwru rTvg iavti7 - Egyptian territory; Great Urltaln will maintain a R.rrl.on In Egypt; In the can., .one Egypt regain, control of . .-i...in. ...hiM-t to her not Capltulatlona will bo abolished.' FRANCE EQUIPS U. S. ARMY " V 80 Par Cent of Plane., 60 of Gun., 50 of Supplla. Ara Given. ..... i. l.i ewk win vUll the Unlted States when the European situ- atlon permits, ho told Supreme Knight ... . - ..,l.- -. f.i niei. .wv - - United Slatea when the European situ- ..l... ,k. v-i.hia nr Tolumbua. In renonaa to a formal Invitation at a banquet " Cantaln Andro Tardleu. a .peaker, caused .omo surprise when ho .aid:, "You may not know athat Franca provided you with 80 per cent of your alrplanea. 60 per cent of your guna and 60 per cent ot your war .upplle." r...nn.rf Aaalnst Invading RumI.. w" Washlngton.-Poland ha. been cau- tloned by tha American government not to permit her armle. in their present counteroffen.lv ag.ln.t the Russian BoUh.vlkl to advance b- yond the ethnographic boundaries of Poland. Great Drltaln ha. Joined with Z..L c.... i .h. endeavor rnrevent a second violation by Po- land of Ruan territory. offrcilTla said. SrSSS of the Polish government to heed h. dvlco. , rasscnger train, have been late on tha Pendleton-Spokane run during the past week. A special express train which handlea fruit express haa been put on between Wal a Wall, and Pendelton. and thi. tram wilt re- llevo tho passonger tr.,. of expres. v - . - - Ttie End of m-t in. iM"n ii ii i 1, 1 1 1 ii . - i ' '!' ii!iiiMi iii'ii iii;''';"!'"MI'" " '"" I pi ill I I i i P 1 j gP-Jr' "OVER THE! HILL" The Gross families have returned from a pleasant trip to Wallowa Lake, Mrs. Lillie Miller and daughter Marshfield. visiting friends. Wm. Bu,h cropped iB00 sacks of good M fromTM acre.. He ha. fjnfchcd the season's harvest run with hi. machine. M.rjon iU ,t hli homf no(th of AtiwM. Ha wa. take alck r r 41.. .t..jin. iuei.y -no Mr. ,nd Mri. . 0. Worthington ,nd ,n Emery, were in Athena Mon- amy iwvm i nimi-wii Miss riorence n.iuian, woo inti- knowledge of the requirements of the ly resided at Vansycle, this ounty, oMjce ot ,heriff, died recently In Spokane. hwvy r,n jn the mountaing The condition of L. J. Fosk, who TueMj,y ight and Wednesday caused suffered a slight stroke of paralysia hgir, 0f the numerous campers laxt week, continues to improve. throughout the huckleberry territory. Mr. and Mra. George Banister haveThe Hansel! and Stephens families ar been confined to their homo this week rived home Wednesday evening, and ... , m . n . i .. L Ka . m r II 1 T WUI1 IimvBli. inr. uniicr w L..n t hi Iwul the latter nart of last . nJ Mr8 B,nister th fore part of this week. Mrs. C. II. Kreigh of Pasadena, But a few gallons or gasoline was California, is a guest at the home of on hand for distribution at the SUml Mr. and Mrs. Melville Johns, west of ard Oil plant Saturday and Sunday, town. X - a"d ,oc"1 parage men were necessar- W. C. Emmet has been notified ily limited in proportion to the sup- that he will be given a J. C. Penney store in aome city of the Middle Went . . . ore n BOine city of tne Middle ei ,n,i he has selected Quincy Illinois, Li- i i -!..- aa his preferred location. Miss Kathcrino Sharp left yester- iii.,n. fir..-nn where oay ior cu iu-iviib, v....-...., ho wii t-aoh in the public schools turinir tho coming year. tiuiwiK vwiss.i.fi - E( Morrisette, who was recently orn-rated on at a Walla Walla hospital was brought to his home near Athe- na. Monday of thia week. cek ng to benefit hia nea.m. Mr. Roy Cannon has returned homo ,g,i from St. Mary, hospi- tat where she underwent a .light 0 'r,tion Saturday. Wnile nunting near Camp McDou- ...- ,m.., fnll (ufnn the aim Kal ww - - 0( Master Velton Read. Velton also 0f Master Velton Read. Velton also killed an owl which measured four .-. from tin to tin. Mr. W. E. Bennett, of Portland, in- atructor in the Athena High school for the coming year, arrived in town yesterday. Mr. Bennett wa. formerly assistant instructor in chemistry at Reed college. He will be ....stanl ito .uperintendent Hadley in tha Athena .chooU. . . . .. . F.i... . . 1L '. i,.i i ister ni ineir nuiuv m iovV , t Mrg', Roy Cannon who has been an Jd for .ome time, has returned W.R W.lla, where she visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ross, and medical treatment. MiM Hazel Burton returned Mon- a. m Rineham Soring, where S several week. a. . guest ,t tho .ummer camp oi Mrs. a. Dicke.on and fanfy re- cently .7'" n akT the W w.IlTw.Tta moving over home in Walla Walla, moMng next weeK. throughout A general ra'nt0 "W"g"e"t the county Tuesday stopped harvest operation, and aent 1 th. . narv workers to the.r JJ? ? for a two-day rest The, rain wa. J-S-J tineas, a Perfect Day which will put the country roads in better condition. A number of ma- chines and crews would have fininhed this week had not the rain interfered. It ia estimated that when the rain tamo aoout one-mini oi me grain m thi, vicinity remaned to be cut. W. R. -Jinks Taylor .nounce. hi. candidacy lor snenu in anomer coi- umn of today'. Pre... Mr. Taylor'. friend, in hi. home town w.l be Phased to read hi. announcemer it, for it was mainly through their solicita- tion th.t he i... fonMnted to run for 1 'u" 'J Z foun a ,itician( but on the merits oi exiiciency anu a uwivukh . . 1 . I U wr. ana Mra. lienry wi inu auiiii- ,1a n-turnml Monilav from MoDou pnl camp, and the D. Scott Fishers from Cold Springs ply on hand. Monday a 10,000 gallon tank was received at the plant i i i i f : ....... i a. iUo jiauon uu .wvi. v and the shortage was relieved to tho evtn that the minr.lv is once more extent that tho supply is once more nearly normal. Mrs. Lela G. Saling. well known ...... - and popular singer, was ' 'r.?' yesterday from her home in weston. - - engaged to Mrs. sa ing . sing at the Standard Thea er during Paramoun " 'ff on tho opening night, Sunday, will arrive tho fore part of the com- iniT week. Superintendent Hadley will have the preliminary work of or- ganUing the different departments completed with the opening of school, Durino- an electric storm in the ----o . mountains last week, Ed Burtch, a mountains last week, Ed Burtch, a sheep herder, employed by Henry Hamuli wm tnn.ftnTOirilv hlinrlpri nnd Barrett, was temporarily blinded and otherwise injured by a bolt of light- ning striking near him. Another herder was sent to tend the sheep ,nd Burtch ia recovering from his in- juries. - DeaU, Summ0ns Aged Citizen phiUip8 fatl , . F. D. Watts and Mrs. E. C. Rogers, waa called by death Monday after- - , noon. August 23. at the home of Mr. Rogers in Athena, at the age of 89 years, one month and 13 days Following a aeriou, accident, he had long been an , im.l.L ,tat YorHuWM 1831 ! NeW, , J" L th hil and he remembered moving with his four parents to Ohio when but t team of blmd wld alt until in 1854 he chose Caroline Young of Ontario, Canada. comnanion. Mr. and Mra. Phillips moved to. Michigan and traded an ox team for 40 acres of they ioneeredi and toned faithfully for ny years in .making a home. To 7 one son. One girt of eight and the box of six were taken from them within five days by dtseaite and ac cident. A second girl died in In. fancy. Long a sufferer from axthma, Mrs. Phillips came to Weston, Ore- gon in 1K9I, accompank-d by one of her d.UKhlera. She found relit-f. ml lolnt-H Lv her husband in 18U3. A man of industry and ener gy, Mr. Phillips aoon bocame identi fied with the business and farming life of the neighborhood. In January, 1010, Mra. Phillips was claimed by death. In the sum mer of 1912 Mr. Phillips euUined a very aerioua accident, from the ef fects of which ha never recovered. Funeral services were held at the UniUnjr Brethren Church Jn Weston Wednesday forenoon. Rev. M. A. Phinney, in the course of an impres sive sermon, spoke of the deceased as "a staunch Christian, never wavering- in his faith, fearless to con- vjr i lift an- iw"t - demn what he considered wrong and ever ready to stand for and espouse the rijrht." Favorite hymns of the deceased were sung by a male quar tette. The remains were laid to rest be side the grave of the departed citi len's wife in Masonic cemetery at Weston. ' Notice of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that Claude Davis and J. C. Davis heretofore do- - JrZrZ'JTLZ - - i C n.h,p by mu ual connU J. C D.M. hJ' Oaude future a wle owner uavis win oe " Weston. Or., August Zl.lVBi. J. C. DAVIS, CLAUDE DAVIS. Joc BaniBter, affable old timer, is i M C?. - A ..1,1 nere inim owm""' RAILROAD RATES IN OREGON RAISED Salem, Or. Intrastate railroad rates to conform with the 25 per cent In creaso charges approved recently by the interstate commerce commission will become effective ia Oregon on Augiixt 26. according to afl announce ment made by the Oregon public serv ice commission here. The action of the public service commission in an nouncing tho new tariff follows out the arrangement tentatively agreei upon at a joint conference of the Ore gon, Washington and Idaho commis sions held In Seattle t few weeks ago. The acti0n 0f Uie Oregon puouc .en.ee commission is in line with ,,, l ,, f tha state The action of the Oregon public nat followed by most of the state commi9sion8 throughout the United 9 . accord with tho suggeln made by the three a courge made ,t plan at Its action In no way establishe. the rea- sonableness of the rates "led or pre- dudes a shipper from bringing action 0r prevents, the commission from at- tacking any rate so filed. rnMP iNT uCftRING. IS SET LUIWrLHIPM nEHniiia u "- . Waahington Public Service Body to Hold Session Sept 7. Olympla, Wash. The publlo serv ice commission announced a Rearing on complaint against increased freight rates, as proposed by Henry's tariff No. 1-A, will be held In tho senate chamber at Olympla, Tuesday, Sept tember 7, at 10 o'clock In the fore noon. The Henry tariff as filed by the railroads seek, to increase class and commodity rate, on local ship ments west of the Cascades. The in creases In some instances are aa much a. 100 per cent. The commission will hold a hearing on the application of the American Railway Express company's applica- tion for increased rates on state ship ments at 10 ocioca, fTiuay iuuium. September 17. -7, . - Eastern Oregon farmers are suf- fering financially because of tho acute car shortage, particularly in the hay producing sections. . Appeals have public commissio from Boardman and Hermiston, and the service commission is working on th(J Bltua. ton. 5,000 BOLSHEVIXI CAPTURED BY POLES Many GuflS, TflOUSandS 01 . . IMIIOJ Villi HVPw in Counter-Attack. Warsaw. Military authorities are nounced that tba Polea captured lor 000 prlsonera In their counterattack against the boIshevuU Many guna, thousands of rifles, hundreds of ma chine guns and motor care and great numbers of horses also were taken. Thousands of Russtana are thought to b cut off In the foreat awaiting an opportunity to surrender. Among the 300 bolshevik soldiers killed In the fighting at Mlawa wera found. It la claimed, a German officer. luuiiu, av v w, Bn(J tcvera German aoldlera. The bolshevik armies northwest of Warsaw, between the Vistula and Prussia, are sending wireless appeals for help. The Intercepted messages repeatedly have asked bolshevik head quarters for ammunition and supplies. The capture of Prsasnysx, alxty miles north of Warsaw, and Mlawa, on the Polish frontier, seventy-five miles noAhwest of tho capital. Is reported In the Polish official statement Issued -- - "T. .!! bv last night The bulk ot the fourth airy corpa have been surrounded by the Poles, the statement aaya. The Russian bolshevik forces wera reacting virtually along the whole Una In an effort to save the remnants of 4he red army, but they had been easily frustrate! by tho Pole.. On the north there was heavy righting in the region of Mlawa and Soldan. Forced to. face two Polish armies, one advanctlng from Modlin and tho other from Graudenx, the bolsheviki were making desperate efforts to trlcate their advanced guard, some of which had ventured as far as Eylao and Plonsk. The red losses In pris oners In -this region amounted to 11 000 In two days. r suffrage Fight in Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. From the snarl of legal and legislative technicalities mai have enmeshed Tennessee's ratifica tion of the suffrage amendment came the prediction of the Tennessee con stitutional league that the injunction against certification of the ratification; obtained Saturday, would prevent en franchisement of American women for at least a year and a half. Suffrage advocates reiterated their contention that the action of the house tn defeating the Walker reconsidera- ,ion mot.on and In ordering the senate ..... , llniinn irn- In defeating the Walker reconsidera- Joint resolution of ratification trans mitted to the senate for engrossing to be unassailable, despite lack of a quorum. Frank M. Thompson, attorney gen eral of Tennessee, announced that Governor A. H. Robert, at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning certified Ten nessee's ratification of tho suffrage amendment, sending the certification to Secretary of State Colby by mall. Chief Justice Lansden of tho state supreme court agreed to review pro ceedings In the chancery court, which issued a temporary Injunction prevent- ing certification to Washington by tha ,egisiature 0f the federal uffrage i n. ' nmAndmpnL I The announcement of cartiflcation was made after Chief Justice Lans den, on petition of the atorney gen eral, had granted a writ of certiorari and supersedes, virtually taking pro ceedings In the injunction case brought to prevent certification out of the hands ot Judge Langford In tha county chancery court. Judge Lansden ordered all recordi In the case before tha .upreme court for review. ' Alaska Can Solve Paper Problem. Seattle, Wash. Alaska can furnish pulp for 2,000,000 tons of paper an nually without depleting the terri tory's resources, according to a re port made to the Alaska bureau of the chamber of commerce by Colonel W. B. Greeley, chief forester of tha Unfed States. Colonel Greeley Is now in Alaska making a survey of pulp possibilities. The national for ests of Alaska hold the solution of thu print paper problem in America, ac cording to Colonel Greeley. The for ests of southeastern Alaska can keep 20 or more mills running continually and the growth of new timber will be sufficient to replace that which la cut 1 1 . . '