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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18

Theae are the men nominated for
members OF tho Farm Loan Board BY
President Wilson. Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo win be . member
ex.ofiicio.
Charles e. LobdelI Is . student Of
farm problems and has had extensive
experience IN farm loans. He was
reared on farm, which he left to
study law. being admitted 70 the bar
in Kansas In 1881. He represented
Lane county In the Kansas Legislature
ten years, and was speaker OF the
Kansas house In 1896. In 1909 he was
elected Judge Of the Thirty-third judi
cIai district. He served on the bench
until 1911, when hs resigned 70 accept
the presidency Of the First National
bank OF Great Bend. In 1914 he was
president Of the Kansas Bar associa-
tion. and In 1915 president Of the Kan
sas Bankers association. He isa Re
publican.
George w. Norris 10 student Of
economic and social questions. He
was graduated from the University OF
OF Pennsylvania, did newspaper work
from 1880 70 1856, and then began the
practice Of law. In 1894 he took
charge OF the bond investment busi-
ness of tho private banking frm Of Ed
ward B. Smith a Co., Of Philadelphia.
serving as member Of that Arm until
1911. At the request Of Mayor Blank
enburg no accepted, In December.
1911, the directorship Of the municipal
department Of wharves. docks and fer
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
CONGRESS FINALLY APPROVES NAVAL
Bll-..i57 WAR CRAFT AUTHORIZED

Washington, ID. C.--Congrcss virtu-
ally completed tho national defense
program Wednesday by finally approv-
Ing the great increases In naval con-
struction and personnel written into
the naval bin and urgently supported
by the administration. The bill car
Fies appropriations aggregsting sSlb,-
900, 900.
The house accepted the building pro-
gram. 70 which It's eonferees on the
measure had refused 20 agree. by n
vote Of 2es 20 81, with seven OF the
members present not voting. The
personnel increases, on which there al
20 was disagreement In conference,
were approved without record vote.
The personnel and construction sec.
tlons, which already have the approval
of the senate, authorize an increase In
enlisted mon 70 n. TOO and tho build
ing Of iB7 war vessels within the next
three years, with four battle cruisers
and four battleships included among
the ships for 1917. Previously the
house had refused 10 adopt continu.
ing building program. had authorized
only Ave capital shlps. all Of them bat
tie cruisers, and bad provided for
personnel OF only 6b, 900.
On several less important sections.
Ineludlng appropriations for improve.
mont Of navy yards. the house lnsisted
on its disagreement 10 senate increases
and voted TO send tho bill back 20 con-
ference for settlement Of these points.
An early adjournment 10 expected.
however, and the measure may be sent
70 tho President for his signature
within q week.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
Wheat Iiils Highest Mark Of
Seaseu- ---C9saI Nay Go HghS

Chicago Wheat quotations Tues
day: September. si.t2i: Dscember.
81. 465; May, ti.60s. ~.
Amid trading that bordered on the
spectacular, wheat went soaring In tho
pits of the Chicago board Of trade
Tuesday. hitting the high-water mark
Of the season.
September wheat, which had jumped
& cents by noon. closed Ut Sl.42, .
margin Of u cents over Mondays
eioae. The high-water mark was
81 4sa. December hit the top mark
at gi.a61. closing at si.46. an advance
Of 81 cents over Mondays close. May
wheat scared TO sl.60s. dropping %
81. so at tbs close. The rise was SEN
satlonai ard unexpected. II came IN
the facs Of pending Investigation Of
the trading on the board for tho pur-
pose Of ascertaining whether or not
the last skyrocket advance was due %
unlawful manipulation.
Again crop report was blamed FOR
the sensational turn. Traders said the
advances were traced directly to the
report Of tho Canadian minister Of az
riculture, which said conditions In
Canada were much worse than had
been previously indicated.
There were also reports that ap-
pearcd TO show crop conditions N
Western parts Of the United States ~
being more pessimistic than shown BY
the United States report which was
made TO bear the blame for the sky.
ward advance Of few days ago, and
which stirred the investigation bu'
reaus Of the government 70 activity.
Numerous buyers Of enormous guam
titles Of cash wheat for foreign gov
ernments were also reported 70 have
been active IN the wheat pits and trad.
ers pointed TO this a. proof against
any charge Of manipulation. into
which the officials are inquiring
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
Italian Bows on Duty.

Rome, via -Italy's Boy Scouts
are to have their share in the war.
The minister Of War have called out
all the boys belonging to the organiza-
tion for service until school opens in
October. These scouts viii be divided
into two classes. Boys over Is, with
their parents consent will do duty in
the war zone as guards at railroad sta
tions and depots. Those younger viii
be enrolled in the territorial service 70
be stationed at hospitals mobilization
centers. munitions factories, aeroplane
stations and hangers.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
NEWS ITEMS
OF General Interest
About Oregon
Government August Crop
Report for Oregon

A summary Of the August crop re-
port for the state Of Oregon, as com
piled by the bureau Of crop estimates.
u. 8. department Of Agriculture. Is a.
follows:
Winter wheat - Preliminary esti-
mate, I2,b0O, 900 bushels; production
last year. final estimate, l6. 200. 900
bushels.
Spring wbeat-August ] forecast,
4, 900, 900 bushels; production last
year. final estimate, 3,626, 900 bushels.
Oats--August forecast, 400, 600
bushels: production last year, final e.
innate, io, OeO, 900 bushels.
Bariey-August forecast, 4.60O.-
900 bushels; production last year,
final estimate, 1850. 900 bushels.
Potatoes August forecast, $780,
900 bushels; production last year, final
estimate, $50, 900 bushels.
Hay--August I forecast, 1880. 900
tons; production last year, final esti-
mate. 1870. 900 tons.
Pasture 40 August ] condition 80,
compared with the ten-year average Of
90.
Apples-August forecast, l,2i0,-
900 barrels; production last year. hnal
estimate, l,043, 900 barrels.
Priess-The first price given below
Is the average on August ! this year,
and the second, the average on August
last year:
Wheat, 90 and 81 cents per bushel.
Corn, so and S5. Oats, 42 and AZ.
Potatoes, so and 6s. Hay, 5000 and
$40 per ton. Eggs, "a and 2S cents
per dozen.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
Eorast "Tsst" Ere Set.

Baker Setting fires in the Minam
National forest to keep his lookout
men in training is the unique method
inaugurated by Forest Supervisor Eph-
rain Barnes. A brush fire was set
near Sanger, at a point visible to look
outs but to none Of the other fighting
force. Precautions were taken to keep
rangers and lookout men ignorant OF
the real cause of the fire. and when the
smoke was first sighted word was
flashed by the nearest lookout to the
fire-chaser at Eagle Forks, bringing o
man to the scene within two hours.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
R;p Motorship IN Port.

San Francisco The Danish ship
Chile. said to be the largest motor
shin afloat, arrived here Sunday A9
days from Copenhagen and 81 days
fron Christiana. Actual running time,
according to the captain, was 81 days
This he said. was a record for
freiehter. The Chile brought 1000
toms of cargo for this port ard $500
TONS for the Orient. She il one df II
new vessels ordered BY the East ASH
attic company for tramping trade. The
chile is $50 feet long and. with 70, 900
tons of cargo on board, draws ~ feet.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
widows to Get SIS. .5ll.

Nineteen widows of Marion
comfy will be paid $1S.6ll due them
under the widows Pension act Of
1918. as q result Of recent decision
Of the Oregon Supreme court sustain
imp the Circuit courts ruling that the
10 applicants were entitled to relief.
The County court ordered the pensions
paid after Withholding payment for
three years. Mrs. Eva Maude Wolfe.
one of the applicants, viii receive a
total of $lTl6 in back pension.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
lior. Bring $40 per Hundred.

Seattle = Hogs on the hoof sold at
the Union Stockyards Saturday at the
highest price since the opening OF the
yards. $40 per 100 pounds. !. H.
Preston. Of Midyale. Idaho. was the
shipper, with 90 head averaging ls4
pounds. Hogs sold here one day IN
ieOe at III cents. but the city had nc
wards. Packers express q willingness
10 pay ia cents next week for similar
weights and finish unless serious
break In Eastern prices intervenes-
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
ear shortage s Serious.

Salem-Convinced that business in
terests in Oregon tributary to the
Southern Pacific company face disaa-
ter and ultimate bankruptcy unless i'm
mediate measures to relieve the grow
ing freight car shortage are adopted
the Oregon Public Service commission
has demanded that the company fur
nish needed facilities to Oregon pro
dueers and shippers.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
ManY earr. II In.Ide Passage.

Seattle--The captains Of the steam
ers Humboldt and City Of Seattle,
which arrived here Monday from
Southeastern Alaska ports, report
steaming through an unusully large
number Of icebergs In the inside pas
sage, q short distance south Of Juneau.
Capt. T. H. Cam. master Of the City
Of Seattle, said that the great amount
Of ice forced him to anchor hia vessel
for a time at Taku. A blazing sun has
caused the Taku glacier to crumble
away with great rapidity, and bergs
as large as Office buildings are adrift.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
oon,table klIIs Two .Mexleans.

Tucson. AriE.--After has horse had
been shot from under him by two Mex
lean suspected Of having perpetrated .
burglary, and he himself had been shot
through the hip. Constable John Bright
Of Courtland, drawing his gun as he
Law prone on the ground beside the body
Of his horse, killed the two Mexicans
Saturday. After emptying his revol-
yer at the Mexicans, who had ambush
cd him, Bright crawled distance Of
two miles on bis hands and reported to
q ranch house that he had been am
bushed by the suspected burglars.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18

washington, D. c. = The State de-
,aytroent has assembled for trauamia-
sion to the Austrian foreign ONCE ad-
ditional data regarding the Austrian
submarine attack on the AmsrieAn
tanker PetroIite. supporting the charge
of The ps.xolite's captain that tbs nt-
fac,, was made in violstion Of intefne
tional law. The United States' nl'N1py
has demanded an apology. pq'lIs1elsnt
Of the submarine eomnapdet s' ksI,-
aratiOn- q ~
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
LIQUOR Destruction Ends.

Girard, Ala.-D Destruction of whisky
and beer which hsd been seized from
alleged violators of the prohibition law
ceased here Tuesday on order Of Cir
cult Judge Aston. when counsel for
the owners filed bond for appeal to the
state Supreme court from Judge Al
ston's former decision ordering the IL
quor's destruction.
It is estimated that s125;000 worth
has been poured out by the sheriff the
last few days.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
prlntara Boar IdIeness.

Baltimore - The danger that thou
sands Of printers may be thrown out d
work because Of the high cost Of whits
paper was said to be question seri'
ously concerning the delegates to the
sea annual convention Of the Interna-
tional Typographical union here. Johr
w. Hays, secretary, said the shortage
Of print paper is making 1t difficult foi
many newspapers to keep in busi'
ness.
In some cities, he said, there wal
talk of consolidating plants to reducs
working forces and expenses.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
r,,rLish Ranlx Ralected.

washington, D. C.-New represen-
tations to Turkey in behalf Of starving
Syrians will be taken to the Porte BY
Abram /. Elkus, the new American
ambassador, who received his final in
structions Tuesday from President
Wilson and Secretary lansing before
departing for Constantinople. The
United States does not accept as sum
cient Turkeys statement that the Sy'
rian harvest is ample.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
Anrrx Edltor, ApoIoElre.

Birmingham. Ala. = Settlement OF
differences between E. w. Barrett and
w. H. Jeffries, Of the Age Herald, and
v. H. Hanson, Of the News, was an
nounced Monday by a committee Of the
Birmingham Rotary club. Both pa
pers will publish apologies and re-
fractions Of personal charges made
during recent dispute over business
methods. The Rotary club interviewed
when It was reported that Barrett and
Hanson were going 70 fight duel.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18
common, penlss ID eosaes labor.

Washington, d. G. - Samuel Com
pers made reply to Senator Sherman
who recently denounced him In the
senate as "public nuisance" during .
Characterization Of certain labor lead
ers as arbitrary and tyrannlcal. IT is
impossible for me 70 be arbitrary OF
tyrannical, /" said Gompers. ''for there
are no such powers vested in the presi-
dent Of the American Federation ,oi
Labor. Ihaye not the power to deliver
the vote Of any man or group Of men. "
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-18

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respondence in which enemy interests
were in no way concerned was sub
jected to delay, which Is greatly re-
GREETED and which has since been re-
duced to o minimum All preparations
which seemed necessary were made,
but unfortunately those responsible for
them were not aware Of some OF the
difficulties.
ssFor instance, there was no reason
to suppose that (as proved to be the
case) mail bags marked as dispatched
from one neutral country to another
would contain nothing but mails for OF
from an enemy country. that bags
marked as containing printed matter
would contain rubber, coffee, jewelry,
etc, sometimes disguised as newspa.
pers. as well as correspondence OF all
kinds. registered and unregistered, OF
that persons writing to or from enemy
countries would already have adopted
the practice Of sending their Letters
under cover to Intermediates in neu.
tral countries, or that great numbers
az complete sacks appearing to contain
merely business circulars from ncutra
countries would contain in reality moth
ing but propaganda from Germany un
der covers bearing neutral postagt
stamps.
These and similar unforeseen pecu
liarities made it impossible until tn
staff engaged had been largely in
creased and had become accustomed z
them. to select on any fixed principle
those mail bags which. when oil coult
not be examined within reasonable
time. should be forwarded without ex
animation"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

to escape. Now helping a fellow
prisoner to escape is an offense
against the law, but 1t is not general
ly regarded as terrible crime. 1t is
prompted very often by generosity
and sympathy.
1t is not alleged, however, that
these four, two Of them women, were
proved to have aided the prisoner in
an attempt to escape. They were
suspected Of aiding him and that was
sufficient. If they had done nothing
whatever the fact that they were in
the same Jail and had black skins
would have been sufficient reason in
the eyes Of the mob for executing
them.
We have made great deal of talk
about the murder of United States
citizens in Mexico and some persons
are demanding that we send an army
down there to fight, not the Mexicans
who committed the murders, but
lot of poor, ignorant poems who had
no hand in the killings. But little is
said about the fact that more black
citizens Of the United States are
murdered by mobs in one year than
there were citizens Of this country
murdered in Mexico in two years ev-
en- while that country is in a state of
anarchy.
The murder Of these men and wo-
men in Florida is noted in brief
news dispatch but most of the lead
ing papers of the country will refrain
from making any adverse editorial
comment.-T. A. McNeal in Farmers
Mail and Breeze.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08
SOME sILO POINTERS

The walls must be alright.
The walls must be smooth inside.
The best type Of silo is round.
The roof should be waterproof.
The materials out of which the silo
is built should be strong enough to
withstand great pressure.
The cost should be from So to IS
per ton capacity If the total capacity
is to exceed 100 tons.
A silo should be placed as near as
possible to the place where the silage
is to be fed.
One hundred tons of silage will
feed twenty-five head of stock for
200 days.
A silo fourteen feet in diameter
and thirty-five feet high will hold 100
tons of silage.
Any kind of good silo is a valuable
piece of property on the farm where
livestock is to be fed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08
The
Latest.
Silks

and cooperation in the work Of Grad
ication.
Most of this damage could have
been prevented, declare Professors L.
E. Call, s. G. Salmon, and G. G. Gun
bingham Of the agronomy depart
ment in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college in an experiment sta
ton bulletin just published. The
Hessian fly was present this past sea-
son in all counties in the central part
of the state and was fairly we'll dis
tributed over the eastern counties.
This does not mean that the fly al
ways causes damage in this area, but
that it has been found there this past
season and Is, therefore, source Of
danger to future crops. The Hessian
fly can readily be detected by examin-
ing the wheat stubble. If present in
large numbers, the next crop certain
ly will be injured unless proper meth
DDS of control are adopted.
There are two effective and practi-
cal ways to control Hessian fly. One
is to kill all the fly in the stubbIe and
in volunteer wheat before they can
hatch and lay their eggs in the grain.
The other is to destroy the volunteer
wheat and delay seeding so that most
of the flies will have ceased laying
eggs by the time the wheat is up.
The best way to kill the Hessian
fly in infested stubble where it ex-
lists in the pupa stage, is to pillow
early and at least four or five inches
deep. If the ground is then worked
down with disk, the fly will be
buried so deep and the ground above
packed so firmly that very few Of
them will be able to get to the sur
face.
Burning the stubble also kills the
few Hessian flies above ground, but
probably does not kill the majority,
which are below the surface. Since
burning destroys the organic mat
ter in the stubble, which is needed
in most Kansas soils, and does not
destroy a very large per cent of the
Hessian flies, it cannot be recon-
mended as a general practice.
EARLY deep blowing, to be fully eff
fective, must be practiced by the en-
tire neighborhood, and must include
all infested fields, since the flies
sometimes migrate considerable dis
tances.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

The coal miner who gets 81 a day
is nearly always poor, while the farm
hand who gets $25 month often &C
quires a competence. The coal miner
works but part of the year and then
only six or eight hours a day. The
remainder Of the time he has to-
spend his money. The farm hand
works about sixteen hours a day, has
no time to spend what he makes and
1t just naturally accumulates. The
coal miner sees no chance of owning
coal mine and becoming his own
boss, but the farm hand knows II he
can get hold of even little land he
will be an independent man and SO
he has an incentive to save. Thus
he in time becomes the landlord and
is able to hire other laborers.-Jay
House.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

The housewives pocketbook is the
greatest factor in our national life
and the average woman fails to make
the best use Of her purse. She is
tempted by marked down prices and
goes at her buying haphazard. The
tendency is to buy everything as
cheaply as possible, but this is the
worst kind of economy. 1t is diff
cult to convince woman of this fact,
but when she once realizes 1t, she is
on the true road to making money.
The same principle governs trans
continental railway in buying steel
rails and ought to govern the house.
wife in the purchase of her beefsteak
not how cheap, but how good
There is nothing more important in
the life of this nation or in any other
tradition than the pocketbook of the
! wife.-James J. Hill.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08
PROTECTION OF CITIZENS

A mob stormed a Florida Jail re-
Gently and took out five poor, de-
fenseless negroes, two of them wo-
men, and brutally hanged them.
What was the offense? Well, one Of
the negroes was charged with having
shot a constable who was trying to
arrest him. The others were only
suspected of trying to aid the shooter
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

But every day fellows who do these
very things-and who know that I
know that they do-come to me and
ask me to loan them money. When
I refuse, they are angry. II I in
quire into their personal habits, they
say 1t is none of my business" Let
the Village Philosopher rise in has
place and explain the cause for this
double standard.-OIathe Register.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

This story Of Lawrence girl fur
Their points out the advantages of in
telligent advertising. She went down
town to buy suit, and finally select
ed one for SIS. Then she discovered
she had lost her purse. Telling the
clerk she could not take the suit,
she raced to the newspaper Office and
advertised her loss. The next morn
ing her purse was returned with the
contents. Hurrying back to the store
she found the suit had been reduced
to $12.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

/, The milkmen of this city were In
session twice this week. Owing to
the high price of feed, the cost of
higher living and the advance in
pump leather, milk prices will adj
vance. Notice is being served to con-
sumers of milk and cream that they
may take due notice and govern
themselves accordingly. - Garden
City Telegram
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT

C. D. Scott was in town this week
and informed us that he took a
wagon load of hogs and a wagon load
of wheat to the road the other day
for which he received $475. He
says his hogs, of which he has large
bunch, are doing fine.-Ochiltree
News.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

FOR SALE, or trade for land,
nice, clean stock of new and second
hand furniture and hardware, worth
$500, in Harrington, Kansas. Write
]. r. Roger, Harrington, Kansas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

Little Max Swindler, two years old,
while using knife to peel an apple
last Tuesday, fell on the knife which
penetrated his eyeIid and entered the
eyesocket just above the ball. While
the wound was about a half inch
wide and the same depth, it is not
thought any serious injury will re-
sult.--Hugoton Hermes.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08

bod CASTOR says no man places the
proper valuation on his wife until he
wakes up shivering in the night, re-
allies she is out of town and that he
; hasn't the faintest idea as to where
Sthe extra bed clothing is kept.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-08
KILLING THE HEssIAN FLY

The Hessian fly in Kansas has q
$15,000,000 appetite this year. In
other words the pest devoured or
destroyed wheat valued at that fig
ure, largely due to the lack of action