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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-04-27

l Plant from five to ten acres of beans or peas on
land YOU intend to summer faow
Increase your acreage of potatoes, 50 that you
will have quite large quantity more than you
will need for your own use
Raise n great many more yellow mmipS or r,a.
bagaS.
Increase your poultry. Each farmer should
have 100 hens or to take of waste.
Increase the amount of your canned stur, both
in fruits and vegetables
6 Put in u small patch of corn TO feed the hogs
and poultry.
Get an extra brood SOW or two.
Conserve all possible waste material.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-04-27
WESTON COMMERCIAL CLUB
Foop COMMITTEE
TO the Farmers Of Weston and the Uplandx

To the Farmers Of Weston and the Uplands
In this time emergency when the greatest food experts of
the nation predict SERIOUS crop shortage and when the RESPONSE
by of winning the in which involved rests largely
with the farmers you every possible endeavor to
increase the amount Of products in of the following
particulars
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-04-27

the posteltiSs at Weston. Oregon.
,ssond.slas, mall matter,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
is DISPENSER OF COMFORT
one EnoIIshwoman Does "Her Bit" by
Keeping open House for Wounded
Mems Visitors.

There is n large class Of English
women, writes a London correspondent,
who have to keep their own homes go.
Ing, but who manage 10 take time to
help to ease the war strain. She visits
soldiers wives and families in dark
and dirty streets, as do most Of her
friends and hundreds of other women.
She never goes empty-handed. To pay
for these luxuries she dispenses with
help in the housework rising earlier
in the morning to do It herself. Here
is the experience Of one:
In the course Of her visit TO q hos
pital a tall, sad, young Scotcl4an won
her sympathy. He was grievOusly'
wounded, but what he seemed to suffer
from most was homesickness and a
wild longing for his own people, es-
pecially his mother. "She can't afford
It," he said when asked why she did
not visit him. "She could get a half
fare warrant, ] know, but even then
she's not accustomed TO travel, and
she'd be lost in a strange town"
This give her an idea. She would
I ask the mother to come TO Leeds and
stay with herl She met her at the sta
ton and took her up TO the hospital,
where the excited boy lay.
For few days the old Scotch wom-
an stayed with her, and then returned
to Scotland full Of gratitude and de.
light at having seen her son. She was
the first of many guests entertained by
this warm-hearted Engllshwoman. Sol
diers' wives came, sometimes bringing
with them a baby-once or twice It
was a baby the father had never seen
before, born while he was at the front I;
soldiers sisters, sweethearts, mothers,
all poor women who could not afford
to have come without her offer of hos
pitallty. They arrived tired, anxious
and sad, and she comforted them and
cheered them, and they went away hap
pier to know that their dear ones had
so kind friend at hand.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
The World on Wheels.

According to report by the oflce
Of public roads, which takes notice Of
such matters, there were 8,512,096 au-
tomobiles and motor trucks and 25O,-
820 motorcycles registered in the
United States in 1915. This is an In
crease OF 43 per cent over the registry
Of cars and trucks for the previous
year. The gain was greatest in the
Southern states, where II reached SO
per cent. On the estimate Of the pres
ent population there is now an autOmo-
bile for every 20 people In the United
States. On the basis Of comfortable
seating capacity, this makes room.
one-sixth Of the inhabitants, sayA,
Thomas +. Logan IN Leslie's. Or, In
other words, If properly apportiOned,
every sixth or seventh family would be
found supplied. The total license reve-
nue. derived from this source for 1915
was $25,865,370, which represents an
increase Of $1,000 $50 over the receipts
OF the same character for the year
before.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
CAMELS ARE IN BIG DEMAND
Great Numbers Of Beast Of the Desert
Used by the British in Defense
Of Egypt.

Along the banks af the Suez canal
and thence along the old coast road to
the east you will find today between
the endless series of British encamp-
ments caravans of camels passing to
and fro with their burdens or lying
patiently at their managers and chew
ing the cud with that tranquil express
sion Of the beast which no stress Of
war can disturb, says the Manchester
Guardian.
There are more cameIs gathered
here than ever were assembled in the
bazaars of Cairo or Damascus. Though
the defense Of Egypt has been carried
forward from the canal itself to the
hills and dunes Of the Sinai desert
and to the Land Of Promise beyond,
the camel is still an integral part Of
the defensive scheme. Roads and rail-
ways, II is true, run out here and there
eastward from the bank, but there re-
mains vast hlnterland unreeiaimed
from the desert, waste, IN which our
troops continually move. n
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
AMERICAN GLASS IN CHINA.

Most Of the window glass import
ed into China at present is of Ameri-
can manufacture, instead Of being
the product of Belgian glass works,
as before the war. The United
States also supplies the larger part
Of the plate glass imports, says Pop
ular Mechanics, and would supply
practically all Of both grades Of
glass, according to our consul gen.
eral at Hongkong, if freight rates
from this country were readjusted to
meet those from Great Britain.
Large stocks of Belgian and Brit
ish window glass were ON hand in
Hongkong warehouses when the war
came, and it took a year or more to
deplete these stocks and open the
market for American glass, which
was sent to China in large quantities
in 1915.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
rToMMIEs' CALL 1T "wIPERs"
British Soldiers Have Given Their Own
Pronunciation to the Little
Belgian Town Of Ypres.

The little Belgian town of Ypres is
sure enough a place in history; but,
In England, at any rate, 1t will always
be specially sure of 1t under a name
which no cloth worker of Flanders ever
heard, and would certainly never rec
ognize. The British Tommy" who
for over two years has held up the
German forces around the famous
Ypres salient, insists on calling it
"Wipers," and the name has taken
on" as he would say. 1t Travelled over
to England, and "Wipers" began some
how to be associated with "hot cor
ners." The present prime minister. In
the course of one of his speeches,
s.ome months ago, alluded to the place
10Y this name, and "Wipers" It is likely
to remain, and as "Wipers" II is like
lly to be discussed for many years to
come, says the Christian Science Mon
litor.
Curiously enough, II Is not the first
ENTRY Of Ypres into the English Ian
guage In this. or at any rate a sim
liar form for 1t was in the looms Of
lYpres that was made, In the middle
ages, the famous "toiles d'yper," the
costly table linen. or diapers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
Joker Dressed as Bear.

Representing himself as bear which
lis said to have annoyed the residents
of Reddon, DEL, young man Of that
village was shot at and badly beaten
before his identity was discovered.
For several weeks residents Of Red
den declared that they had seen bear
In sections Of the village. Taking ad-
vantage of the fright In the little town,
one young man dressed himself up to
represent a bear and started out to
startle the villagers. His practical
joke took the wrong turn when a num-
ber of men with guns and clubs started
TO chase him. Before he could tell who
he was he was badly pounded with
clubs and came very near being shot.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02

- Riecturing on the "Effect on the Bye
Or Varying Degrees Of Brightness and
Contrast" bsfore the Illuminating En-
gineering society recently, Or. James
Kerr of the public health department
cf the. London county council, referred
TO some effects which may be surpris-
Ing Having to examine long lists of
figures In black type, he tried to ia
cilitate his task by. drawing vertical
and horizontal lines IL red ink, but
the different focusing Of the black and
red strained his eye and gave him a
headache, which did not trouble him
when all the figures and lines were
either black or red. Doctor Kerr ques.
tions whether target is more distinct
when brilliantly illuminated disk ap-
pears on jet black background than
when the surroundings were diffusely
illuminated.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
tRlNeERsv FOR NOTED MEN
There Are a Number Of servltors In
New York Who Are Mistaken for
Prominent Personaqes.

.f@aF~
There are any number Of servitors
in this town who are "ringers" for
men who are constantly in the pub
lies eye, writes a New York corre-
spondents Of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. For instance, there is
waiter at one Of the Fifth avenue ho-
tells who is frequently mistaken for
Champ Clark, speaker Of the house
Of representatives. Across the street
from the hotel is a footman who is
employed by a department store, who
resembles Chauncey NJ. Depew so
much that passers-by often stop and
take a second glance to convince
themselves that it is not the we'll
known "peach," as the Bowery
termed the after-dinner speaker.
And on the McAlpin hotel roof a
waiter who is "ringer" for Oscar,
the welLknown maitre d'hotel, was
mistaken for the "real" person.
"Why, good evening, Oscar" said a
visitor who was entertaining some
friends at dinner. 81 had no idea
you were here now." eyes, for sew
eral years, sir" was the reply. The
visitor then saw his mistake. "You
are a dead ringer for Oscar
Tschirky; did anyone ever tell youP''
eyes, sir; quite often," answered the
waiter. "My name is Oscar, also
Oscar Schmidt. But / haven't
reached the prominence of the other
Oscar-yet."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
HAVE YOU A BAD BACK?
If You Have, the Statement Of
this HOpkinSville Resident
Will Interest You.

Does your back ache, night and day;
Hinder your work; destroy your
rest?
Does il stab you through and through
When you stoop or lift or bend?
Then your kidneys may be weak.
Often backache is the clue.
Just to give you further proof,
The kidney action may be wrong.
II attention is not paid
More distress will soon appear.
Headaches, dizzy spells and nerves,
Uric acid and its ills
Make the burden worse and worse.
Liniments and plasters can't
Reach the inward cause at all;
Help the kidneys-use the pills
Hopkinsville folks have tried and
proved.
What they say you can believe.
Read this Hopkinsville woman's ac-
count.
See her, ask her, if you doubt.
Mrs. w. E. Mitchell, 633 N. Main
ST, Hopkinsville, says: my kidneys
were weak and my back ached and
panied. felt dull; tired easily; es.
pecia ly mornings, and had dizzy
headaches. My kidneys were moi
acting right at all. ! read of Doan's
Kidney Pills and bought them at the
Anderson-Fowler Drug Co. This
medicine strengthened my back and
helped me in every way.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills s-the same thai
Mrs. Mitchell had. Foster Milburr
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
nsweet smeIIlna Nails.u

According TO Sir George Watt, the
name "clove" denotes its resemblance
to a nail (clovus). There seems no
doubt, he says, that the Chinese pro-
cured the Glove from Its island home,
the Moluccas, or Spice islands, for sew
eral centuries before 1t reached Eu-
rope; there are records that point to
this traffic as early as 260 B. @. The
Glove was not regarded by the inhabit-
ants of the Spice islands as Of any
value until the Chinese desired to be
supplied with little sweet-smelling
nails" In that circumstance alone lay
the interest taken by the people Of
the Moluccas In the plant, and nail
or "clove" became Its name In mos
countries.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
For Old lInoleum.

An old linoleum, If not worn into
holes, may be refreshed and made al
most as good as new with little trou
BILE. First, be sure that 1t is stretched
and tackled as closely as possible
Then paint 1t all over with two coats
of any good wash paint, letting the
first one dry before supplementing il
with the second. When this is quite
dry, give the floor a coating of orange
shellac. After this is dry, go over it
with a second coat. This gives an ex-
cellent finish to the floor and will make
the linoleum not only look well. but
add greatly TO its wearing qualities.
An oil mop will keep II clean.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
Movie Film as Evidence.

- Amoving-picture film is to be intro
duced into court In Paris as evidence
in divorce case.
The plaintiff I'm the action saw on a
screen on the boulevards pictures OF
the procession of italian delegates
through the boulevards to the Place de
la Concorde TO lay wreath upon the
Strasbourg monument.
The procession was followed by a
taxicsb In which, to his astonishment,
the spectator saw his wife, seated with
a stranger. He bought the film, to be
used as the basis of his action for di-
vorce.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
Why chsrrIsa Ara BED.

IL was the theory Of Darwin that
nature made cherries beautiful TO the
eye for a definite purpose. Red, he
said, was the most prominent and at
tractive color. Cherries turned to that
hue in order to attract birds. Birds,
noting the brilliant globules.stasted
them, found them 10 their liking, told
other birds and consumed the crop,
swallowing seeds'and all. In this way
the cherry stones were carried Inf and
wide over the country and dropped
where they might grow into other
cherry trees.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
cUPID's CODE.

He-I understand you have beer
attending an ambulance class. Car
you tell ME what is the best thing fol
a broken heart?
She-oh, yes. Bind up the frac-
tured portions with a gold band,
bathe with orange blossom water and
apply plenty of raw rice. Guaran-
teed to be well in a month.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02

Refused to Go Back to jail Until One
Of Their Number Was "Flred" BY
Workhcuse Superintendent


Perhaps the quecrest strike on rec
brd was that of workhouse prisoners
IN Delaware county, Indiana, recently,
WHOM they refused to return to Jail un-
leisyone Of their number received his
freedom. And II was not that they de-
sired him TO be free, either, but be-
cause they wished to be freed Of his
presence.
"I had my gang of prisoners way out
by Yorktown, working on a country
road that needed repairing" said
James Cole, workhouse superintendent,
according to the indianapolis News
when noticed, about time to load
them into the automobile and bring
them back, that the prisoners were
anging back and talking among them
selves. Finally one of them came to
me with the story and his demands.
"The boys here won't go back to
Jail with you unless you fire Danny,
there, said the spokesman. They won't
ride back in the machine with him be-
cause he has vermin In his hair and
on his body. You either let him go or
no more Jail for us. We've agreed to
make q run for IL II you don't, and
you can't catch all Of u.s.
"Of course, had no right to allow
the man his freedom" Cole continued,
'but the fellow jumped up and ran
away lust then and I'm hound to admit
I'VE didn't try very hard to catch him,
Anyway, that broke the strike"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
kIns Has Many Namssakes Now.

9IIis majesty has sundry namesakes
Al London now that he haspgobtsd his
new surname, says the London 'Globe.
There is a solicitor in,Bishopsgate and
a cabinetmaker In Dalston. to name
two. There is also a Miss Windsor,
Who has a respectable business in
South Kensington. Likewise Mr..
Cornelius Windsor lives In North Lon
don. and another Windsor has gro
Gerry shop In Lewisham. A firm Of
ironmongers at Roehampton and some
Nothiers at Finsbury Park can also
C'sim the sane surname as the royal
family.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise
apply DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil-ihe
household remedy. Two sizes 30c
and 6Oc at all drug stores.-Adver-
tisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
THE REST RESORT.

Staylate-kd dcnh know what to do
with myself.
Miss Sweet-Why don't you take
yourself hometown Topics!A
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
HoPELEssLY INERT.

as Bliggins a quitter?''
mo. He doesn't get far enough
along to quit anything. He isn't
even a beginner" ~
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
A DILE M MA.

Figures won't lie."
'Well, when they won't stand
either, what are you going to do
about it?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
Wouldn't Wait That Lono.

$50 you're a bill collector, chr"
Eyes. SIR"
DO you believe In a hereafterT
Il certainly do hut I'm not going
10 wait until then to-colleet this bill."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02
THEIR OPINION.

1 believe policemen are a set Of
thieves"
$50 do /. One of them robbed US
of our cook the other day."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02

Labor Is the best test Of the ener-
gies Of men, and furnishes an admir-
able training for practical wisdom."-
Samuel Smiles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-02

"Don't you think Miss Yellowleaf
is rather slowY
"She must be. 1t has taken her
forty years to reach twenty-five"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-31
Chriners Will
Note 00th
Year

AUGUSTA, Ca, Jan. 31.-Charles
Estes will be ninety-eight years of age
next Friday, February 2. The Masons
OF Augusta will hold open house in
their temple on that day and the
friends of MIR. Estes are invited to call
on him there and extend congratula-
tionS.
MIR. Estes has taken all the degrees
of Masonry in the York rite and is a
full-fedged Shriner. At the approach
ing ceremonial in May he will be one
of the most conspicuous wearers of the
red fez. The ladies of the Eastern
Star will cook a cake for Mr.. Estes
on which will be ninety-eight can
dies. This remarkable man plays set
back at the Masonic club until 10 to
II o'clock every night and often goes
home alone.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-31
WARMING
FROM THE GERMANS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 31.-In-
formation has reached here that Ger
many and her allies are considering
communicating to the state department
virtual warning that Americans
should keep off armed merchant ships
of belligerent nations. This became
known following the intimation in Off
cial circles yesterday that the United
States might issue soon new memo
randum setting forth its attitude to-
ward armed merchantmen.
1t is not known just when or in
what manner the warning may be con-
veyed, but Germany apparently has
been paving the way for such a step
by submitting to the state department
a series of statements alleging specific
instances in which merchant craft of
the Entente powers have used often
sively against submarines guns car
RED ostensibly for defense only.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-31
ATLANTA Is BECOMING
WIDE.OPEN SUNDAY TOWN

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 31.-Atlanta is
becoming one of the most wide-open
Sunday towns in the south, despite re-
cent efforts of radical ministers to
close up movie theaters, soda foun-
tains, and other places of amusement
or recreation.
On the Sunday just passed, prac-
tically every theater on Peachtree and
Whitehall street was wide open. and
at night the downtown sections was a
blaze of light with as large crowds Of
amusement seekers on the streets as on
the average week nights.
All soda fountains, drug stores, res
taurants and cigar stands were, of
course, also open and except for the
fact that you couldn't buy an overcoat
or a piece of hardware, which nobody
wants to buy anyway on Sunday night,
Atlanta on Sunday looked about like
Atlanta on any other day
The motion picture theatres are not
allowed to sell tickets for the Sunday
performances. it is true, but they take
up a collection at the door, which
amounts to the same thing as paying
to see the show and part of the pro-
ceeds are devoted to charity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-31
THE BOIL WEEV|L
AND ITS PATH IS
THE GREAT TOPIC

The horrors of a boil weevil-strick-
en- country were told by ]. NJ Taylor.
manager and vice-president of the
Mississippi Southern Bank, of Port
Gibson, Miss, when he spoke to large
audience gathered at the meeting at
the courthouse, held under the aus
rices of the Georgia College of Agri-
culture.
Mr. Taylor is one of the prominent
business men of that section of the
country, and through the activity of
the Georgia Bankers association he
was secured to deliver a series of ad-
oresses through Georgia which might
enlighten the business men as to con-
ditions and how to handle them.
The address of Mr. Taylor was strik-
ing for it's plainness. Many did not
greet it with pleasure. Some said he
didn't have anything new to say, while
others said that no scourge could do
the damage he painted.
Mr. Taylor's address summed up all
of the trials and tribulations of which
the people in this section have been
warned. He told them of shaken fl
nancial conditions; demoralized labor;
waste fields; lack of judgement in
planting crops; some on the tangents
with the fad crops"
Following the address of Mr.. Taylor
came Prof j. F. Hart of the extension
department of the State College Of
Agriculture, in cooperation with the
federal government. The value If
COWS and hogs to the farmer and com
was a feature of Prof. Hart's
address.
Field Agent J. G. oliver, presided at
the meeting, and at the close of these
urged a united effort in the
face of the weevil.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-31
'MURDEROF LLOYD.
GEORGE PLOTTED
IN ]. B. CAPITAL

LONDON, Jan. 31.-Considerable in
terest centers today in the sensational
conspiracy to murder David Lloyd
George, the new British premier, re-
ported by the Daily Sketch, which says
the arrest of three women and one
man, involved in the alleged plot have
been made. The three women taken
into custody are former militant suf-
fragettes, but their names are being
withheld by the authorities, while the
only description of the man available
to the press today is that he is a ''coa-
scientious objector to military ser
vice"
The Daily Mail forecast something
of a sensation in it's issue yesterday
referring to the arrest of one man and
two women at Derby in connection
with the detention of a third woman
at Southampton, whose trial at Derby
probably" would attract the widest
public attention. Today's publication
CT an alleged conspiracy against the
life of the premier in The Sketch, ap-
parently points to these prisoners as
those held in connection with the at
tempt on loyd-George's life.
The authorities are guarding details
of the alleged plot carefully, and at
noon today it was impossible to obtain
information relative there further than
that passed by the censor in the pub
lication appearing in The Sketch. 1t
is known. however, that recent addi-
tional precautions have been taken to
prevent attacks not only upon the life
OF the premier but upon other mem
bers of the government as we'll.