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w ESTON E-ADER f VOLUME 43 WESTON, OHEGON, FRIDAY. JAN. 21, 1921 NUMBER 33 CITY POPULATION INCREASES FASTEST People Residing In Towni In r " w U. S. Comprlta 51.4 Par Cant of Total. Washington. Tb urban population f IP United Slates, or popl living In place of 1(00 or mora, la 14.111.031 or 414 par cant of tb country total population, and tb number of popla living In rural territory la II.HO.Ti. lb enu bureau announced. In 1130 urban population represented 4 I per . Oregon' urban population la 391. II and rural IM.ITO: Washington' T4I.73S and 107,116; Idaho 11 1.0 J 7 and 111.111. . la total urban population. New York leada tb country, while rrnnylvnla aland aecond and Illlnol tblrd. II bode l)and baa the highest percentage of urban population compared with It total population, wltb 17.1 per cent California wan fifth with l per rent. In total rural population, Tesaa leada, while Pennsylvania I second, Georgia third. Oblo fourth and Illlnol) fifth, each having more than two m!IUa people living outald cltlea and town. Mlaalailppl haa tb highest percental of rural population aa compared with It total population. It being II I per cent. CEDDES GOES HOME FOR CONSULTATION . WsshlngtoB Recalled to London . for th announced purpoaa of consult Ing with Premier Lloyd George and Earl Cunon, ecrlry of Mat for foreign affalrt, Sir Auckland Oedde. British ambassador, quietly allpped away and aalled from New York for England. It la understood tbr are severs) subject to receive rnt dlacuailon In London and It la aald to be re garded aa Manila! that Sir Auckland bav lb benefit of tb fulled dis closure of tb view of bom official before be undertake to establish form al communications with the Incoming administration her. Among tb subjects thought likely to b discussed I tb project to fre American sblpa In th raoama canal from tolls. Th emergency tariff bill, especially In Ita probable effect on Canada. It la understood, also will b among sub ject taken up. Another aubject for conteraatlon I th refunding or conversion of the British war debt to America. Finally, It la believed to be probablo that tb British premier wtshe to acquaint himself with th eiact alate of publio opinion In America regard log th naval program and the Irish question. MONEY SITUATION EASIER Government Certificates Ovr-8ub erlbcd 100 Par Cant. Washington. Subscriptions aggre gating more than f 00,000,000 were re ceived by the treasury, Secretary Houston announced for the combined Issue of certificates of Indebtedness for 1250,000,000 offered for maturity on April 15 and October 15. Oversubscription by 100 per cent of these Issues, which call for a lower rate of interest than has been asked by tbe government tor six months, was regarded by treasury officials aa In dicating some easing In the money situation. Harding Plana Extra Seaalon. Washington. Presidentelect Hard ing practically haa decided to call a special seaalon of the new congress on April 4, members of the house waya and mean committee were Informed by Chairman Pordney, who haa Just returned from a conference with Mr. Harding at Marlon. Mr. Fordney dis cussed with the presidentelect .gen eral taxation and tariff question, which will be Among th more im portant subject to com befor tb special session. Auditor Mut Turn In Wddlng F. Vancouver, Wash. Fees eoHected by J. L. Garrett, county auditor,, for performing marriage ceremonle will be turned Into the county fund. Thla .J aaa fa all at VJaThAfl tha county commission adopUd a resolution to -.-.. . that effect "OVER THE HILL" 5 Maurice Hill lift Wednesday ve il in v fur Yakima. Wri ha will viltit " NltlVM; , . . ., Un t rnat Ziirln haa been nulla ill th past week at hrr horn on Jef ferson street Burn, to Mr. and Mra. Clarence Gegnon, January 18, 1031. a daugh ter. Mrs. Hugh Mclntyre is reported IK at her home In the south part of town. Mr. and Mra. Frank Rogers were up from Pendleton Sunday, visiting Mrs. Rogers' mother. Mrs. W. T. Hill, who u an Invalid. Mr. aud Mra. Charles Downing moved thla week to their now home near Kerndalc, where they have built a modern house In bungalow style. Henry Barrett visited the Barrett ranch on Pine creek ten miles north of Athena Wedneaday, and found the weather balmy and spring-like in that locality. Ranch work was In active progress. Mrs. B. D. Tharp I home after aubmittlng last Saturday to a minor operation at St- Anthony's hospital. She la being attended by her daugh ter, Mrs. Virgil Willaby, as nurse, and is recovering. The first basket ball games of the season to be played In Athena, will take place this evening when a double header will be played between the boya and girls teams if th Athena and Helix high schools on tho, Athe na gym floor. An Athena Udy notea mention made In the Weston items of tho vis tation of robins and meadowlark as harbingers of spring In the hamlet -over the hill." For Athena, she graciously offers a boquet of violets plucked from her garden, on Janu ary 14th. Mr. Haynie and family have moved Into the Rothrock residence on upper Thisd street and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Foss are occupying the residence vacated by Mr. Hayntc. nr. rose recently purchased the place and will improve It. Mr. Melville Johns was taken to St. Mary'a honpital, Walla Walla, Tuesday moming, for medical treat ment. Mrs. Johns was accompanied by her husband, Dr. Sharp and Mr. Anna Ahrcns, nurse. It la thought a aurglcal operation will be necessary for her relief. Haiti Piersol left the first of the week for Tcoma, where he wil take hospital treatment under government care. While serving In. the 146th Field Artillery, Hallie was gassed by German shell within the Amer ican lines, and haa not regained his former health. Ho ia the aon of Mr. and Mr. S. S. Pieraol, who reside on the W. R. Taylor farm. Minnie' J. Martin haa filed suit for divorce from John C. Martin. She allegea that her property in thla county was mortgaged by Martin for $30,000 and that he purchased a ranch near Roundup, Montana, with tho money. The plaintiff asks that she recover the $30,000 and her lib erty. There arc four children, one being of age. Mrs. Martin name one Gertrude Enk as co-rospondent. An invitation from tho Saturday Afternoon club of Weston has been extended tho Athena Civic club to meet with them on the afternoon of February 5th, in Community Hall at Weston. Members desiring to at tend are requested to notify the pres ident of tho local club, Mrs. D. Scott Fisher. Automobiles will bo at St. Nichola hotel at 2 p. m., on that date to convey the ladies to Weston. A. B. Steele, former harness deal er hero, was in the city on his first trip as a traveling salesman for tho George Laurence Company of Tort land, this week. He takes tho terri tory formerly in charge of ."Bob" Oliver, who is now engaged in busi ness at Kcnniwlck, Wash. Mr. and Mr. Steele, will tako up their resi dence in Walla Walla, after dispos ing of their Portland residence. The Standard Thoatre in connec tion with the League of Motion Pic ture Exhibitor will giv a benefit exhibition for European Child Relief with special show on next Thurs day evening, January 27. Ethel Clayton will appear In "Boots." Admission prices will be 1Q and 25 cents and tha entire proceeds ex cept express charges on film will go to tho Relief Association. Ono show only will be given, starting at 7:30. McEwen Brothers suffered the loss of a $300 horse Sunday, caused by overeating alfalfa hay. 1 L.. - A valuable mare waa saved by strenuous effort. COMING! Two Great Super Specials jMemoris! Mall w r SATUR DAY, JAN. 29 f ft i MSI f.uViBCSlNIA FA!i? ttGNARD OAPflAM wmm bucklev THIS is csentially an out-ol-doors picture laid in the in Bpirinj? scenery of the Canadian Rockies, where a man meets Nature face to face and the only law is the rule of fearless Northwest Mounted Police. Seeing it, you will see that even in the Far North the path of true love has its bumps and turns. Lyons & Moran Comedy, International News. and "The Moonriders." REGULAR PRICES - 35-l5c TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1st 1 If ) N '"ar ""alitllulsaliiiiil ar-iiv' Scqioq &om von Sivhemlr Universal Jevsel Production DzLux "The Devilv Pass &y - - -VON STROHEIM'S MASTER PICTURE "Tim Devil's 3?vsssn:i3-r" 1 picture of Paris the wicked and Paris the wonderful. Better than Blind" Husbands. "Sensational, because it is true. Human, because it is real. A photographic and artistic delight jOU j&kJRtt'EJSr Ooirxxsirsr REGULAR PRICES I'-' r A GalloDi'nc Pom once of Love end Duty ond the Poyot Northwest Mounted Police 1- Ma.,M..uaii.a . mi iasMoaifg.! uimieewrwmwum NV t c 35C15G "OVER THE KILL" wewtwM' Floyd Pinkerton i' regaining th us of his left hand, after very serious complication in which blood poisoning was threatened from the wound he received from an ax while splitting wood. Jim Jones' "Missouri rabbits" didn't leave their runaway habit be hind them at Weston, as waa dem onstarted to Jim and a crowd of in to rented spectators one evening this week. They daiihed down an alley, leaving Jim with ruffled feelings and a pair of broken linea. "First time the little pels ever got clean away from me," philosophically remarked the ex -Weston mail, carrier. From now on, look out! "Splinters," Athena Pres Aire dale, proved to be entirely too much dog for his owner, so he haa been wished on to Richard Thompson, who will give the big fellow a home on a farm, where he belongs. "Splint," as the kids called him for short, could be in more places at one time than any doggone dog that ever used Athena for his play-ground. Here's hoping that "Rich" makes a better dog out of him than the kids and his other pal about town would have done. College Glee Club Coming. For the fourth successive season, the popular Willamette University Glee Club will make its appearance in Athena when it comes to High school auditorium on the evening of February 4th, in song and spicy college-life capers. The comedian of the club ia Harold Emmel, brother of W. C. Emmel of Athena, who is re membered here as one of the leading spirits of the organization. The boys are bringing with them a rep ertoire program that immensely pleases audiences wherever they go. Their itinerary this year covers 19 towns and cities, 14 in the state of Washington and five in Oregon. The club comes to Athena from Pendle ton, where it appears on the evening of February 3, and from here it goes to Milton. Willamette alumni are very much iterested in the club's vis--it to Athena, and none of them more so than Louis Stewart, who, while a classman at the University sang the baritone part on the club. Mr. and Mrs. Crabill Entertain. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Crabill enter tained a number of friends at dinner Sunday. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Olin McFeron of Weston; Mr. and Mr. Ray O'Harra of Weston; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Banister, Mrs. Willard Bradley and son, Misses Clara Haynie, Beulah Banister, Har ry Keller, Lee and Mose Banister, and Bud Crabill. Death of Woman Pioneer. The Seattle Post-Intcll igencer of a recent date contained the Announce ment of the death of Mrs. Mary El len Shoudy, a pioneer resident of the state of Washington, for whom the city of Ellensburg was named. Mrs. Shoudy, who was the mother of Mrs. Ernest Kocpke, died at the home of her daughter in Seattle on the mor ning of January 15, following a par alytic stroke received six day pre vious. Zero weather has forced the union high school at Malln to move its class rooms from the ctty hall to a recently completed building, designed to be used as a barber shop but not yet opened. The Indian school at Salem, which is educating 600 Indian pupils, some of whom were brought from Alaska, will receive 1147,000 according to the Indian appropriation bill reported to congress. Senator Chamberlain appear to be feeling more comfortable -and hopeful after several setbacks. At the best. It is said, he cannot hope to leave the hospital In Washington, D. C, for many weeks. : The Harney Valley Improvement company of Portland has filed with the state engineer application to ap propriate water from Rock creek for the Irrigation of 315 acre of land in Harney county. Tbe Shell Oil company of California has remitted to the secretary of state a check In the sum of $1,622.61. cover ing the tax on sales of gasoline and distillate in Oregon for the month end ed December 31, 1920. ! Not less than 1500 veterans of tho world war. at an open session in the Portland armory last week, called by Portland post of the American Legion, roared affirmation to a resolution call ing upon the Oregon legislature to al low ex-service men the option of $25 tor each month of aervice or a $3000 farm or home loan. SENATE COMMITTEE ADOPTS TARIFF Bill Practically All Farm Products Included In Emergency Measure. Washington. Tbe Fordney emer gency tariff bill, broadened to Include practically all farm product Instead of tbe limited number aa the measure passed the bouse, was approved by tb senate finance committee, which Toted to report It out Seven amendment were added, mak ing ten la alL No provision of the original bill, however, were removed and rate on the major produce were left Intact. Opponent of the bill Join ed with tbe author of amendment and forced the acceptance of most of them despite opposition from tbe bill' defender. The amendment made a part of the measure by committee action include: Sugar, $2.13 the hundred pound un til the retail price reaches 10 cent a pound. Frozen meat of all kinds, 2 cents a pound; all other meat 25 per cent ad valorem. . Apple, 20 cent a box; cherries 4 cent a pound. Tobacco, Sumatra wrapper and fill er, $2.85 a pound; stemmed Sumatra, $3.50 a pound. Butter and cheese and their substi tute, 8 cent a pound Instead of C cent, provided In amendment which had been accepted. Cattle and sheep to be used for breeding purpose were exempted from the duty on Imported animals. U. S. WILL HOLD JAPAN TO ACCOUNT Washington. Desplt Japanese auraneea X regret and precautions ta prevent a recurrence, a thorough In vestigation will be made by the United States government of the killing of Lieutenant W. H. Langdon, American naval officer at Vladivostok by a Jap anese sentry. Admiral Gleave. commander-la chief of the Asiatic fleet, reported t tbe navy department from Manila that he had appointed a court of Inquiry to "investigate the circumstances sur rounding the death of Lieutenant Langdon." He added that he, with member of the court, would go to Vladivostok. Official here in the meantime will await the findings of the naval court and an answer to the note dispatched by the state department to the Japan ese government The note requested an official explanation of the affair, and auggeated that the Japanese gov ernment make adequate reparation for the killing of Lieutenant Langdon. Renewed assurance of "regret over the affair came from the Japanese) government In a note transmitted ta the state department through Baron Shidehara. Japanese ambassador. LEGION HOTEL FOR IDLE Seattle Post Open Hostelry for Job less Men. i" Seattle, Wash. American Legion men of Seattle began what is believed to be the first enterprise of its kind in the country when the relief com mittee of Seattle post No. 18 took over the First Avenue hotel, 1003 First avenue South, to operate it aolely for unemployed ex-service men. The com mittee, sanctioned by the post, renam ed the hotel "The Veterana hotel," and opened doors under the manage ment of George Dupea, member of th post i The Veterans' hotel Is a three-story frame building of 70 rooms and capa able of accommodating 250 men. Near ly $1000 has been raised by the relief committee for the post through vol untary public subscription for main tenance of the hotel. Idaho Labor Wajita Direct Primary. Boise, Idaho. Organised' labor in the state of Idaho as represented by the Idaho state federation of labor favors th return of th direct primary law and so declared at the closing meeting of the federation here. 12 Navy Seaplane Fly to Panama. .. Panama. -Naval officers are nthus- iastlc over the successful completion of the flight from San Diego, Cel., to the canal sone by 12 of the navy F-l-L ' aeaplanea.