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WESTON, OREGON, FIUDAWDEC. 81, 1020
NUMBER 80
VOI AIM K 43
OREGON NEWS iJOIES
OF gekesauntehest
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched lor Infor
mation of Our Readers.
CttUen of Dallas ere attempting to
secure a free mall delivery rvlce,
Urorgn W. WrlKht, Albany tinnier,
li compiling hlmory of Linn county.
The Lower Columbia OH A Uui com
pany bi begun orllon at II wall
In Clatsop comity.
An liitrriiMt lonnl mining rnnvrntlnii
111 be lirld lu Portland during the
first work In April.
Brooding over family troublee, Rich
ard Mom, Sftoil 43, committed suicide
t Onlsrlo by shooting himself,
Ilrkly Walker Itii purchased n)
assumed control of I ho Wallowa Coun
ty l(niorlr, published at Knterprlso.
John Hmlth, woo crossed the plains
to Oregon In Its?, dlod near Cot UK
Grove few days ego lit the age of 8
years.
Legislation to compel farroere to de
stroy Canadian thistles before they
bloom I desired by Pomona Oram
of Linn rounty.
Enterprising cltltcnt of Hoardman,
Morrow rouniy, are ni-gollailng to re
tabllah a forry arret Iho Columbia
river at that city.
Oil and (a of a auperlor quality
have been discovered oo I ho Jay Man
ning ranch in Klamath county at
depth of 1595 foot.
Two hundred dairymen of the Dunk
district hava subscribed lls.ooo for
tho erection of a crvamnry and cheese
factory la Ibat city.
" Nearly a thousand doien crrb were
marketed by tho Ashland Cooperative
aaoclatlon In November, the price be
ing 75 cent! per doson.
More than 25 sawmill In Klamath
county have eloaed down for tho win
ter. Only three are alllt running and
they may suspend aoon.
Four buys whoa agea raugo from 1(
to 19 year are In tho Lana county jail,
charged with tho burglary of aeveral
tore at Cottago drove.
Tho fourth annual automobile aliow
of tho Tendloton Automobile Dealer'
association w! b held In Happy Can
yon March 10. 11 and 12.
Bobcat are having a hard life in
Lana county this fall, bounty on 17 of
their hide being claimed at the clerk
office In tho laat few day.
The city of Albany I trying to ob
tain a furniture factory to replace
the furniture manufacturing plant
which formerly operated there.
Mora than 19.000 head of beef cattle
have bean ahlpped from Klamath coun
ty elnco September 1. and 4000 head
at 1 1 1 remain on the feeding ground.
, Federal gamn authorltlns refuse to
conalder tho auggeatlon of Eaatern
Oregon sportsmen that the open sea
on for (hooting migratory bird bo
changed.
Marjory Kill. 11 years old. waa In
tantly killed two mile south of Mile
boro when a truck driven by her atep
father capsized In a collision with an
other truck.
Mining men of Kaatern Oregon, at
a conference at Bnker to devlao mean
of meeting present condition, adopted
a new wage colo providing for a gen
eral reduction.
Thero are 7H feet of now at Anna
Spring camp In tho Crater National
park, which la four feet more than
there wa t that point at tho amo
time laat year.
Spark generated by friction whllo
cleaning a illk drea In a Bond laundry
fired tho gasoline, ot the building on
fire and burned tho clothing of O. E.
Olien. proprietor.
Tho Delta Bhlnglo company at Flor
ence ha hut down it mill and log
ging camp while the capacity of tho
mill I being tncreaaod by the addition
of another machine.
Bllverton want an armory building.
A large delegation of citizens went to
Balom laat week to urge appropriation
of 110.000 county funda, to add to the
olty'a appropriation.
All gravel on the Old Oregon Trail
between Pendleton and Echo ha been
laid and the road la completed except
for a bridge near Echo, which will have
to be built In the spring.
Among the various amount asked of .
congre for Improvement In Oregon
la an appropriation of $125,000 for
making urvey of the Coo Bay
Wagon road grant land.
It I reported that the Crown-WH-lamotte
Paper company will reaume
It operation near Seaside within a
abort time. The Seaside camp em
ploy aeveral hundred men.
Work of raising the quota of tha
''ate of Oregon, oulilde of Portland,
for t! ;'tirftran rHIrf fund la moving
f.irwi.iil rapidly i d approximately
$75.(( has already bie'ii phdKid.
Harry Silver, manager of Ilia Pom
psdour mineral spring near Ashland,
baa a crew of men engaged In putting
down test wells for carbonic arid gaa,
w.hlch the company czpwl to develop.
On account of the aucresa of the
aiale. hatchery established five yeara
ago at Tidewater, the plant has been
enlarged lo handle U.ooo.000 eggs In
place of the 10.0oo.o00 haudled last
year.
Plan have been announced by .tha
Association ft Pacific Fisheries for a
nation wide campaign of education as
In the economy and food value of the
more plentiful varieties of canned
sulmon.
F. M. Thla. an underground miner
employed at the K. t K. mine at
Bourne, In Baker county, was Instant
ly killed when a small rock became
dislodged striking htm on the back of
the nec k.
Mrs Luke Jennlnga of Med ford, 85,
a sister or Milton A. Miller, Internal
revenue collector at Portland, was kill
ed Instantly In an automoblla accident
on the Pacific highway near Medford
Christmas eve.
For the second time within the past
few weeks Cervala la without water.
The pumping atation la ample to sup
ply the demand, but the wells fill
with a fine and and put the pump out
nf commission.
DOORS OF PORTLAND
BOND HOUSE CLOSED
Portland, Or. The dlacovery that a
arge deficiency existed In the affair
f Iho bond bouso of Morrla llrotherg
Inc., of Portland, with branrhea in San
rrsnclsco, Seattle and Tacoma. result
id In tb Institution closing it door
ind appointment of a receiver by th
federal court.
John L- Etherldge. who recently re
ilgned a president of the concern, waa
irrested In Minneapolis as a fuguUv
from Jutlc. District Attorney Eva
is i nnounced that steps will be taken
:o compel the return of Etherldge to
Portland to fuce charge of larceny
tnd embestlement.
It la reported that more than 1000
lubacrlbvr to bond, aggregating In
vestment of $2,o.000 were bit by
lb wrecking of the bond house. These
lubscrlbers were bolder of the In
terim certlflcatea, having paid In thelf
jioiicy for municipal bonda to the (Ira
arltHuut receiving the value.
Beside these 1000 ubcrlber there
ire hundred more a yet unlisted,
hose deposits, It I believed, will
:otal $1,000,000.
MAY NULLIFY LAND LAW
Ispsn Looking Forward to Nw Treaty
With United Stats. ,
Toklo. Addressing prellminarr
meeting of tbo diet here. Vlicount
ITchlda. the foreign minister, expreas
id the opinion that a new Japanese
American treaty will bo coucluded
.ending to nullification of-the Cali
fornia land law. He snld be expected
ucb action to result from the negotla
:lons which have been In progress at
Washington between Ambassador Shi
lehara and Roland S. Morris, United
Slates ambassador to Japan.
The ambassador, he said, were
making efforts to obtnln an under
Handing with the senate to secure
passage of the treaty. He announced
that in view of the sincerity with
which they ore endeavoring to solve
the problem, Japan has refrained from
protesting agnlnat the California law,
but that it the negotlattona fall a
formal protest would be lodged.
New Typ Battle Craft Under Way.
Washington. Among the 140 ves
lels under construction for the navy
ire tour types new to the American
battle fleet but already in use by the
ther principal maritime powers. They
are the battle cruiser of which six are
being built; the scout or light cruiser,
the airplane carrier and the fleet sub
marine. ' -
Idaho Hay Being Sold. '
Boise, Idaho. It is estimated that a
million tons ot 4iay will be moved out
sf Idaho In the next few month as
the result ot the order of the Inter
tate commerce commission reducing
freight rate.
Good second-hand piano for 1150
$50 cash, balance $10 per month. In
quire at thl office.
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FROM" OVER THE HILL."
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S. A. Bame wa in Athena Wed- he recently suffered Iight trokc of
ncaday, from We.ton. ralysi. He ia now visiting hia
William Winship tame tip from Ma Icr, Mrs. Danncr.
ranch near Salem to pcnd the holi- ; jJjM' jnaxine Elliott well known In
day with his family in Athena. Athena, where she has a host of ad
Mr. J. W. Pinkerton i visiting In mjring friends, sprung a urprie on
Milton this week, at the homo of her rverbody, relative included, when
daughter, Mm. Maurice Fraxicr. Flle WM n,Mried in Portland Christ
Fred Baddclcy waa in town thi mM Mr. c o. Crawford, an
week from hln mountojn ranch. ()M Bwecthcart. Mia Elliott went to
George Wall ha gone to Pendleton, port,nt to apend the holiday with
where he ha employment in a cigar frenj, ,d M far M known, nobody
tore. wag aware that he went with the in
Mr. and Mr. Charlc May and 0f bcing married before her
children arc visiting friend in Athe- Kiun, The marriage ceremony wa
na this week. performed by a Methodist clergyman
Mr. S. F. Sharp has been a victim t the nome ot Mrs. William Ballard
the past week of a evere attack of j,, porti,nd. The groom until a year
rheumatism. ffo, resided at Pendleton, but lately
Mr. and Mr. F. S. LoGrow were j,M bten engaged in business at Port
dinner guest on Christmas day at nr. and Mrs. Crawford are re
the home of Mrs. Lina Sturgis In gjjjng ,t the Carlson hotel for the
Pendleton. present
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cronk have loca- , , .". . .
. i , t a uv,i ur. tk. v Among splendid Chmtmaa fcasU
ted at Tolt, Wash., from where they " . , t .i.ii, m. .a m
end ChrUtma. greeting, to Athena P-Udh
Henry Miller and son Frank, this their home east of M AO.
week discovered a "be. tree" on the and We.ton rclaUve. made , up the
creek below lown. cut it down and V o f gue.U. w, tlr 0.0 add- on
extracted therefrom sever., J l5. w2
of money.
Miss Rene Banister of Weston, who ton
ia home front O. A. C on her vaca-
tion, spent a portion of the week at
the home of her sister, Mr. C. L. Mc
Faildcn, in Athena.
Members of the Athena orchestra
were guests Christmas evening of Mr,
were guests Christmas evening or Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Froome, at a luncheon
given in honor of the orchestra mem- w,u keep ,he pIant oper.
bcrs, at the St. Nichols hotel. raW of 13 tlnlshed cab.
Roy and Edna DeFrecce are spend- (QeJ .
ing the .holidays at College Tne Talent "irrigation district has
the home of the.r grandparents, Mr. flW englneer ,ppIica.
and Mrs. Hess. . f certification of bonds In the
Mr. and Mr Ot Wlntem.n motor- wi or (h0
ed over from their home at W.l a of additional land In connection
w"?T installation of what will be
Aunt Rogue river dairymen won highest
but after being conveyed to her home, o'on e tel m
Covered and U much better at pre-
. which have Juat been given out That
nMr. and Mrs. A. B. Steele, former dlatrlct ed others with 35 cow.
resident, of Athena, arc coming to yielding above 40 pound, of butter fat
Walla Walla from Portland to live. 'or tne month.
Mr. Steele will bo traveling salesman Because of the wave of crime over
for tho George Lawrence company, the entire country and of the recent
having the territory fomwrly covered burglaries and emlei
by "Bob" Oliver. n1 much petty thieving, the Medford
Mrs. Olcn McFcrron returned to city council has added another police-
her homo in Weston Tuesday, after a. to the night force, and lights have
couple of weeks visit at the homo of been placed in all the alleys through-
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Cratall. Her out the business district
baby daughter has been seriously ill Declaring In their complaint that
tho past week but is recovering, now. Union county financially is unable to
A. A. Fobs has purchased tho rcsi- proceed with road wdrk. that road
donco on Third street, south of Main funds are at low ebb, and that the road
at present occupied by W. E. Haynte conditions should remain as they are
and family. Mr. and Mrs. Foss will until labor and 'materials are cheaper,
return to Athena slwrtly to .reside William R. Jasper and Walter M.
permanently. The property comprises Pierce have enjoined the Union county
a modern house and six lots. court from contracting two pieces ot
Many cars were stalled in the Christ road, advertised, from the Iowa school
mas snow storm, and various expert- houre to Island City, and from Island
ences have since been related. Dean City to Cove. The distance covered
Willaby was caught on the railroad amounts to about 20 miles,
crossing below town, when his car L. E. Bean of Eugene, who recently
swerved along tho rails Instead of returned from Washington, D. C
crossing over, refusing to budge. He where he went several weeks ago In
flagged an approaching train, so it is the Interests of the Chamberlain road
reported, and the train people lifted bill, designed to aid the public land
the machine off the track. In another states of the west In building high
party returning from Walla Walla, a ways, has received a telegram from
lndy forced to walk through snow- Representative McArthur stating he
drifts after the car had become stall- had received assurance from Chairman
ed, suffered badly frostbitten ankles. Mondell of the house committee on
" Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dudley and public highways and other house lead
Mrs. Wall, with their brotherames era that legislation providing for ap
Muir, took Christmas dinner with the proprlatlons similar to thoae called for
Theo Danner family in Milton. Mr. n the Chamberlain bill undoubtedly
Muir came up from Newport, where will be passed in the house.
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Oregon News Notes
Two hundred phonograph are now
In nrocess of manufacture at the Cre-
mona phonogr(iph company. plant at
Materials are on the way to
f-. '"II'
KOYAL NILE8, ATHLETE, HAS
PLAYED HIS LAST BIG CAME
Royal F. (-Tubby") Nilcs died
Sunday night, Dec. 28, at the home
of a brother in Oregon City, from tu
berculosis due to exposure at Bret,
France, while serving overseas. He
wa widely known as one of the gam
est and greatest fullback who ever
played football in the Pacific North
west While playing for Whitman
college he made the All-Northwest
eleven four successive seasons, once
as its captain. He weighed in those
days between 185 and 190 pound,
and wa a marvel of strength and
agility, but consumption reduced hint
to a shadow. After contracting in
fluenza on the transport taking him
to France, he slept with his comrades
in the mud of the Brest camp until
hopelessly invalided. Some sixteen
years ago Royal Nile and his broth
er Eugene (Shorty I played football
on the best team ever developed at
the old Weston Normal, which once
Whitman itself was barely able to
defeat by the close score of 6 to 0.
They were both topnotch baseball
players also. After hi garduation
from Whitman, Royal became an edu
cator of considerable prominence. He
wa a young man of high character
and promise. Hi father, the late A.
B. Nilcs, was a well known business
man of Walla Walla in early year.
GROWERS PLAN TO
FORCEWHEAT UP
Wichita, Kan. The Wheat Growers'
Aaaoclatlon ot America, which ha
been conducting a campaign to Induce
growers to withhold their wheat from
the market until prices are higher,
plans to have mid-western states so
well organized within the next alx
months that the growers will be able
to control the price paid for the 1921
crop, according to W. H. McGreevy,
secretary and treasurer.
The 'association now has a member
ship of approximately 100,000 in the
states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Nebraska, according to Mr. McGreevy.
who has bla headquarters here. The
organization will be extended, he said,
to Minnesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota.
"The purpose of the National Wheat
Growers' association Is to control the
distribution and marketing of wheat
through financial and selling agencies
Of its own selection at a price based
upon cost plus a fair and reasonable
profit." said Secretary McGreevy.
HARDING CONFERS ON U. S.
Cabinet Selections Also Expected to
Be Discussed.
Marlon, O. Questions ot foreign re
lations and an association ot nations
gave way to domestic discussions at
PreBldent-elect Harding's home this
week. Among those with whom he
will talk will be Porter McCumber,
senator ot North Dakota, a ranking
member ot the senate finance commit
tee; J. W. Good, repreaentative ot
Iowa, chairman ot the house appropria
tions committee; Frank Mondell, repre
sentative of Wyoming, majority leader
in the house; Patrick II Kelly, repre
sentative ot Kansas, member of the
house military committee.
Cabinet selections are also expected
to be discussed at a proposed con
ference with Will H. Hays, chairman
ot the republican national committee.
Gooding to Succeed Nugent in Senate.
Bolae, Idaho. The. resignation of
John F. Nugent from the United
States senate, to take effect on Janu
ary 15, was received by Governor
Davis. Senator Nugent was recently
appointed to the federal trade commis
sion by President Wilson. Governor
Davis has announced that he will ap
point Senator-Elect Frank R. Gooding
to fill Senator Nugent' unexpired
term. '
Grain Hearing Is Set
Washington. Hearings on legisla
tion to regulate grain exchanges and
dealings in grain futures will be held
by the house agriculture committee be
ginning January 4. Ialf a dozen mea
sures to regulate auch trading have
been introduced in the house at this
session.
1920 Record Year For All Rallroada.
Washington. American railroads
are completing a record year and have
no intention of asking for another gen
eral rate increase, Thomas Dewltt Cuy
ler, chairman of the Association of
Railway executives, declared, review
ing the 1920 situation.
BONUS WOULD COST
OYER TWO BILLION
Houtton Makes Estimate Be
fore Senate Finance
Committee.
Washington. Passage of the sol
diers' bonus bill would cost the gov
ernment approximately 12,ao0,000.00
Secretary Houston estimated before
the senate finance committee consider
ing the soldier's aid measure.
The secretary presented bis esti
mate to the senste finance commit'
tee without comment other than to
urge that no legislation be enacted
wbicb would lay an additional bur
den on the nation' finances.
The estimate was accompanied by
figures showing the coat of carrying
out any one of the five optional pro
visions of the bonus bill provided all
former service men choae a aingle
plan. The figures for the various
plans ranged from $1442.000,000 for
the adjusted pay proviaiona to H.S34,
000,000 for the insurance provision.
The maximum possible coet of the
vocational training aid and the farm
and home development plans were
placed at f 1,180,000.000 each, while the
secretary said the fifth proposition, a
plan for land settlement held so many
uncertainties that It was impossible
to estimate the possible expenditure.
Submission of the estimated total
cost made an apparent Impression
upon member OT the committee which
Is considering the bonus bill as passed
by the house at the laat session.
Members declined to forecast the
decision of. the committee on the
question of reporting out the meas
ure, but it was recalled that Senator
ure.
Proposes Tar on Farm Bonds
Washington. Withdrawal of the tax
exemption provision from farm loan
bonds Issued in the future by Joint
nock land banks has been recommend
ed to congress by Secretary Houston
on the ground that these banks are
organizations ot private capital for
commercial purposes In which the pro
fits accrue to the benefit of the in
vesting stockholders.
Tax exemptions in the case of Joint
stock land banks were declared by the
secretary to amount to a gift at the
expense of the government and tax
payers generally. The privilege, he
said, should not oe continued with re
ipect to the private mortgage com
panies, organised for private profit
This is emphasized, the secretary as
lerted, in this period ot high taxes,
when the government haa established
the policy of subjecting its own securl
:lea to partial taxation and when the
treasury cannot afford to dispense
with any of the receipts which other
wise would accrue on account of taxes.
The withdrawal of the tax exemp
;Ion for the United States from farm
loan bonds, however, the secretary
luggested, should be accompanied by
in Increase In the powers ot the fed
iral land banks to make any loans now
luthortzed by Joint stock land banks
la order that there be no curtailment
it the financial benefits to agriculture
provided by the farm loan act
During the past fiscal year, the sec
retary said, 27 Joint stock land banks
were in active operation, making loans
In the aggregate ot $20,262,470 to' $141
borrowers.
Wiatsburg Farmers Pool
Waitsburg farmers recently sold a
pool of 25,000 bushels of wheat at
$1.50 a bushsl. Since this sale 93,
000 bushels have been bought at
Waitsburg for a Portland concern at
$1.48, and Fred Aldrich individually
sold 25,000 bushels at the same fig
ure. Another pool uf 40,000 bushels
has now been organized, and $1.50 is
the price wanted.
Hay and Grain Show.
A substantial move for an annual
grain and hay show at Pendleton, in
connection with the Pendleton Round
Up, was effected in a meeting held
Wednesday evening, at which D. H.
Nelson was made temporary presi
dent, and J. H. Sturgis, h. C Scharpf
and L. L. Rogers, temporary directors
With permanent organization effect
ed, incorporation will take place.
Smallpox at Pendleton
Eight pew cases of smallpox were
placed in quarantine at Pendleton
Monday, and two Tuesday. Four
homes have been released from quar
antine, Cash for chickens. J. R. Reynolds.