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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09
Death Of Donald McKinnOn
tNanton, Alberta, News.)

Donald McKinnon died at his
home in Nanton last Saturday. Jan
uary 20, at the age Of so years.
The immediate cause Of death was
peritonitis. While Mr.. McKimon
had been quite feeble for some
time. he had apparently been in
better health this winter than usual
and was around town two days be.
fore his death.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon. the services being con.
Quoted by Rev. James Young at the
Baptist church and at Nanton
cemetery. The attendance was
large. many being unable to gain
admission to the church who after
wards followed the mortal remains
to the cemetery. !.
Donald McKinnon was born on the
island Of Three. Scotland. He came
to Canada in 1853, when l6 years
old. and settled in Osprey. Grey
county. Ontario. which was then
wilderness. He was married in
1857 to Mary McFaydcn. who sur
wives him. Plans were being made
by their children for the cclcbra-
ton of their golden wedding next
April. He moved to Eastern Oregon
in 1876. settling near the town Of
Weston. He was thus pioneer
of both Ontario and Oregon. Mr..
and Mrs. Mckinnon took up their
residence at Nanton seven years
ago, all of their children but one,
Mrs. Robert Ferris, living in this
vicinity. He had been faithful
Of the Baptist church the
greater part Of his life.
Mr.. McKinnon retired from ac-
tive farm work years ago with in
dependent means. He held a half
section farm cornering with this
own on the southwest.
Besides his wife, he is survived
~ one son, John A. McKinnon, and
our daughters Mrs. Robert Fer
is Of Lacrosse. Wash; Mrs. John
\. Mcintyre and Mrs. Percy Loree
If Nanton, and Mrs. G. G.. Coote !
# Cayley. By a sad coincidence, !
III but Mrs. Mcintyre were away !
rom home at the time Of their
ather's death. Mr.. and Mrs. Lorcc
lad been visiting at Roland, Man, ]
incc the middle Of December. !
irs. Ferris, who had been visiting Z
ere since Christmas, had returned
omc week before her fathers /.
cath and had been accompanied by |,
Ohm McKinnon and his family and !,
y Mrs. Coote. All were reached !.
y telegraph but Mr.. Coote, who !,
! thought to have been on the way Z
rom Vancouver to Prince Rupert. !.
fr. and Mrs. Ferris had understood I.
rat the burial would be at the old l.
ONE in Oregon, and had intended !:
, join the family on the way. All !.
le others were present at the :.
neral. Z:
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

An exchange surmises that
Lawson objected to the rules
committees making him the
geat, but he seems to have no
qualms about making himself an
ass
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

A. w. Lundell has been appointed
agent for Weston and vicinity OF
the Kansas City Life Insurance
Company by the district manager,
Charles Gramm, who was here from
Portland this week.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Oscar Edwards. who had the dis
tinction Of having been born near
Weston some 40 years ago. is up
from Morrow county for visit
with relatives and friends at Wcs-
ton and Athena. Mr.. Edwards
father and uncle ran ono of the ear
liest threshing outfits in this,vic-
Unity.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Speaking of elevators, Port.
land is evidently beginning to
realize that she will have to give
the Inland Empire u lift" or It
will ship to Seattle.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

In these critical times there
have been no more loyal nor in.
spring words than those of the
President of the German-Amer-
lean Alliance of Ohio in uphold
ing the President of the United
States.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Germany will yet succeed in
convincing the neutral world
that instead of fighting for her
national existence" she would
much better fight for something
worth while.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09
pershIns's Troops Are Out Of Mexico

Columbus, N. M-MajorGenersl J.
J. Pershing rode out of Mexico at
1906 A. NJ Monday at the head of
more than 10000 soldiers of the Amer.
ican punitive expedition.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Uncle Sam merely asserts that
a nation which is qualifying as
an international outlaw shall not
be countenanced as a maker of
international law.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Instead Of getting a fatted
calf from the &. 0. p. the Bull
Moose prodigals will just about
have to content themselves with
a soup bone.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

1t seems to be pretty well un-
derstood at Washington that our
nations peril is not from Ger
many which has its hands full
but from Japan.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09
HOUsATONIC WAS WARNED
Submarine Which Sank American
Steamer Saved Crew.

ohpmdFine WHICH oank american
Steamer Saved Crew.
Washington.--Th American steam,
er Housatonic. sunk by a German
submarine off the ScilIy islands. was
warned before being sent to the bot.
tom. it was officially reported to the
state department by American Consul
Stephens at Plymouth, England.
Not only did the German submarine
commander warn the Housatonic, but
the submarine itself rescued the
American crew and towed them in
life boats for 80 minutes until sight.
ing British patrol boat. Consul Ste.
phens reported. Then the submarine
turned the Americans over TO the Eng.
Iish boat and disappeared.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09
2aoo AmerIoans h Germany.

Amsterdam, via misunderstanding
TO the Berlin Tsgeblatt the American
embassy officials in Berlin has ascer
tained that there are 1880 American
si..ssus . eAfMARE ,-saas
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior.
u. y. Land Office nj La Grandc. Or.
December -. i9lG
NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph
o. Hyatt. whose post-oilice address i
Il. +. ID. No. |, Weston, Oregon, did.
ON the 18th day of February. 1916. iilr
IN this office Sworn Statement and Ap-
piieation. No. 0l56uS. 10 purchase the
NEti SWt, Section q, Township I
North, Range 81 East. willamette Me-
ridian, aud the timber thereon. under
the provisions Of the act Of June 3.
is7S, and acts amendatory. known rs
the Timber and Stone law. at such
value as might DC fixed by appraise.
ment. and that. pursuant 10 such aps
plication, the land and timber thereon
have been appraised, at $4,000 the
timber estimated no, OO0 board feet at
81 50 per NJ. and the land 5000. that
said applicant will offer final proof In
support of his application and sworn
statement on the 2lst day VI March.
1917. before 5. A. Ncwhcrry. United
States Commissioner, ut his office, ut
Oregon.
ANY person is at liberty 10 protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate u
contest vt any time before patent is.
sues. by filing a corrob0ratcd affidavit
IN this Office, alleging facts which
would defeat the entry.
G. $. DuSs. Register.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09
wreek q spokane srIdae KIIIs m

Wreck OF Spokane Bridge kIIIs TWO.
Spokane. Wash. - Two men are
known TO be dead, two others are not
expected to live and nine others are
seriously injured as the result Of the
collapse Of the new Post street bridge
in this city when rs workmen were
precipitated into the Spokane river
Just above, the falls In the heart Of
the city.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Recognizing, perchance, Il kim
dred spirit, Carranza has sent
his regards to the Kaiser.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Thac dead babies were amcng
the Kaiser's glorious trophies
when his gallant submariners
sank the California.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

We move to amend by striking
out all before and inclusive of
the hyphen.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

We trust that California will
not he judged by its Works.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

Better TO have the friendship
of the Entente than no friends
in Europe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
Tom Cribb Without Training Went in Ring,
 To Defend His Title

Imagine, if you can, Jess Willard or9even any of the lesser champions climbing into the ring without previ- ous notice or training and boxing with a man in the best of condition who was the challenger for the title Your imagination can't be stretched that far? Yet that is what Tom Cribb did at a theatre in London ninety eight years ago tonight. Cribb, although still recognized as cham pion, hadn't fought for years, and as he had been running a tavern, he was "hog fat" At a boxing eXhibi- ton on that night Jack Carter, the chief claimant for the heavyweight title, was billed to appear and give a display of his prowess.
 When Jack was introduced as "the champion of England'' it peeved old Tom Cribb, and he immediately climbed on to the stage and offered to go several rounds with Garter then and there. It was only short bout, about equivalent to modern six round affair, but to the delight of all Tom Cribb more than held his own with the younger man. Most mar velous thing of all, Cribb didn't ask or receive a penny for his impromptu display!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
FULL TON WILL REST UNTIL
 HE GAN CLASH WITH WILLARD
Declines Chances to Meet Moran or Morris And
 Will Go After Champion.

fair furnishes enough fireworks then it's sure thing some doughty pro- moter will step to the front and hang up a real purse for a championship battle with a referee announcing the winner when proceedings are OCT.
 Naturally both Jess and Frederick will receive some more boobies of lu- ere And again they will appreciate and enjoy the pleasure that comes with the clink of gold. Now with all this mazuma in sight it can be readily understood that Frederick will hardly consent to discuss negotiations with any other nitt pusher but Jess Will lard of Chicago.
 Before he Dreezed away Manager Francis Force was sounded as to a possibility of Frederick mixing mat ters with Carl Morris. Francis spoke kindly and fee1ingly but firmly enough to convince his hearers he would be pleased to accpmmodate Carl if no such person as Jess Willard existed. As to a gentleman known as Francis Moran both Fulton and Force mo understa' de engleesh'' when he is the subject of discussion. Frederick is now firmly perched on a spot where he doesn't intend to allow any inter- loper to do any jostling for a sweep of the horizon indicates the approach of the ship of gold.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14

New York, Feb. Awhile the National League club owners were spending their time at the Waldorf adopting resolutions tending to elimi- Nnate the Players Fraternity, John J. McGraw, manager of the Giants, was having a quiet talk with Dave Fultz, president of the fraternity, at the Murray Kill Hotel.
 McGraw believed that the general situation at the present time was such that everybody should pull to- gether for the good of the game. AS he is not a member of the National Commission nor a club owner, his meeting with Fultz could not come under any suspicion of being in the nature of an official peace confer ence.
 In fact, McGraw was careful to have Fultz understand that it was nothing of the sort, but that he, on his initiative, was doing something which he considered to be for the good of baseball. He made up his mind that both the game and the players would be injured, and injured needlessly, if the matter was per- mitted to come to an issue, when it might be strengthened out by a few minutes of common sense converse ton.
 He therefore arranged to meet Fultz and talk the matter over. The two men got together about half-past 3 O. clock and wasted no time in coming to the point. Fultz had intimated to others that the Fraternity might hon. estly be mistaken in it's contention that the National Commission could,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
M'CRAW SEES FULTz FOR
 PURPOSE OF ENDING STRIKE
Fraternity Leader Agrees to Release Players From
 Pledges If They Can Hold Jobs.

if it would, adjust the minor league been made.
 There was therefore common ground upon which the matter could be discussed. McGraw talked frank ly to Fultz and finally received the as surance of the latter that if the major leagues would agree to make no dis cri1nination again ballplayers who had stood by the Fraternity the latter would release the members from their pledge not to sign their con- tracts and call off the threatened strike.
 McGraw then went back to the Waldorf and called Harry Hampstead president of the Giants, out of the league meeting. He told him of his conversation with F>ultz and Hemp stead presumably reported, the matter to the league.
 At any rate, McGraw was sum- moned a little later to a second con- ference with Hampstead and later when President Tener read the reso- lution passed bX the league to the newspaper representatives, he ex- plained that while the Fraternity nc longer would be recognized, that nc discrimination was to be made against any player who might have been or continued to be a member of that or ganization.
 If the strike is called off it will be owing to the disinterested efforts of McGraw. As the New York manager has all but one of his players signed, a strike would make less difference to him than to the others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
CAvANAuGH QUITS DARTMOUTH; WILL
 COACH HOLY CROSS

According to, a Worcester dispatch, Frank w. Cavanaugh has sent his resignation as football coach at Dart mouth to Joseph w. Cannon, of New
 York, a member of Dartmouth Ath- letic Council. Cavanaugh said no reason was given in the resignation, and he has none to make public. "The whole nub of this situation" said a football player at Hanover the other day, stis due to the fact that graduates resent recent defeats by Princeton. But I am willing to leave lit to any man who saw the game, whether the 1916 beating by the Tigers was the fault of the coach. don't think I'm wrong when say we were credited generally with playing the better game. And if you look back you will find that Cavanaugh has lost less games than either Yale, Harvard or Princeton in the past several |years.''
 This may be in part the reason for
 Cavanaugh's passing, but there are other reasons. His rough -and-ready
 methods of coaching have not appealed to prominent Dartmouth alumni, and it has been felt that man of Harry Hillman's ideals and temperament
 would be more acceptable.
 Again, Cavanaugh did not receive a diploma from Dartmouth. He left in his junior year, as a result, so the Dartmouth sstory goes, of some upper class club misunderstanding. This fact is said to have been held against him by strong college society inf1u- ences among the alumni.
 Cavanaugh holds a three-year con- tract to coach the Green and this in strument has yet to run. Whatever he receives under the terms of this contract there is ground for believing that alumni have each season added to the sum so that it reaches $5, ,0O0 a year. From sources close to the foot bal lteam it was learned that grad uates seeking to dispose of Cavanaugh | had offered him 5000 clear to quit now--that is, he will receive pay, ac- cording to the report, without doing anything to earn it, unless his resig- nation can be construed as so doing. Worcester, Mass, Feb. 14.-Frank A. tCavanaugh, who has rendered his res- ignation as coach of the Dartmouth college football team, last night an-
 nounced that he had agreed to coach the Holy Cross college eleven next fall. | if the Dartmouth authorities accepted l the resignation. He would make no statement regarding his retirement from Dartmouth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14

New York, Feb. 14.-Freder1ck Full ton. accompanied by his encourage, left this quiet village flat yesterday afternoone for his homestead in Min neapolis. Frederick will stay aroundl the family freside for a few days ana then trek hitherward so as to arrive next Monday Frederick is now ob- sessed with only one thought: to fight Jess Willard.
 The angular plasterer is convinced he has the way cleared for a little tussel with the champion. More than anything else Frederick knows quiet affair with the champion would cause many agile dollars to hop his way. And, goodness knows, Frederick be- 1ieves 'tis about time he got his mas sive nlitts on some real dough.
 There is hardly the slightest ques- ton that if Jess and Frederick hopped about a ring, say in Madison Square Garden, they would skip through ten rounds. For this performance Jess would get $5O,OOo and Frederick not less than $30,00O
 These figures may seem rather h1gn, bat we're living in an age of high cost of everything, including scrapping. and $50 ,OO0 is what these boys can get without the slightest effort.
 If their contemplated ten-round af-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
CLAUDE BERRY OF
 FED FAME IS IN THE MINORS AGAIN

Claude Berry, the former Pittsfed backstop who spent the 1916 season in the uniform of the Kansas City Blues, returned to the American As- sociation after an absence of nearly a dozen years. Berry was born at Losantville, Ind, thirty-one years ago today, and has probably been playing professional ball longer than any other player of his age.
 After playing with amateur and semi-professional clubs in various Hoosier towns, he broke into the pro- fessional game when he was only six teen, beginning with the Dallas club of the Texas league. He got his first chance in the big show with the Chi cago Americans in 1904, but was turned over to the Indianapolis club. sociation he slipped back to Class B ball, spending two years in the ser- vice of Cedar Rapids Tn 1908 he joined the San Francisco Seals, re- maining with that club until 1913, when he was with Portland, Ore. He was then lured to the Federal league, and for two seasons was with the Pittsburgh Rebels.
 When the Feds blew up Berry land ; ed with Kansas City. A steady, con- sistent performer behind the bat, Der ry might have become a big league star if his stick work had been a it. tie better. He batted only .1o2 with the pittsfeds in 1915, but found Am erican Association pitching a little more to his liking, and hung up an average of .210 last season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
RAY BREAKS 2
 MILE RECORD FOR
 DISTANCE RUNNERS

New Pork, Feb. 14-Joie Ray of the Illinois A. c. stamped himself the king of present-day long-distance runners when he lowere- the long-ex- isting two-mile record of 9-14 1-5, standing to the credit of George Bon hag since 1910
 The placing of the new mark at 9:11 2-5 was the crowning achieve ment of a number of great feats that marked the games of the New York A. c. held in Madison Square Gar den last night before an appreciative crowd that filled nearly every seat surrounding the ten-lap track.
 Visiting athletes had more than their share of victories. Jo Loomis of Chic&go equaled the indoor record for seventy yards in winning the spe- cial sprint contest in straight heats, and he also won the seventy-yard low hurdle scratch race, Tom Halpin of the Boston A. A. captured the Buermeyer 500 in a thrilling race, and Johnny Overton, the Yale star, struck the tape first in the Baxter mile in time only a second slower than the record.
 In his widely advertised attempt to break Bonhag's mark, which has withstood the attacks of Ko1ehmai- nen and others since 1910, Ray was opposed by handicap field of eight men with starts ranging up to 150 yards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
HARTFORD PILOT.

The Hartford Courant this morning states that Bill Abstein has been sign ed to manage the Hartford basepaA club for the coming season. Absteln is a. former Pittsburgh first baseman and also saw service in the lnterna- tional league as we'll as with Los Angeles on the coast.
 The news of his appointment came first from St. Louis where Apsteln lives in winter. It is said that own CT Clarkin realizes his unpopularlty in Hartford and wants to put such good team in the field that the fans will turn out regardless of who owns the franchise Abstein came lnso prominence in 1908 when he did so we'll with Providence that he was talk en by Pittsburgh the following year Lack of head work is said to have been the reason why he was dropped from the big show. Since then he has played in the high class minors. He is a long distance hitter of re- nown.
 Pete Shields, who played first for Waterbury in 1914, will be with Binghamton of the New York State league this year. He was with Dem yer in the Western league last sea- son.
 Those boxing. managers who rush to the telegraph offices and wire the newspapers that their meal tickets have won fights, must be working at their old trade again. The New York papers yesterday said Willie Jack son, conqueror of Johnny Dundee, beat Artie Root in Philadelphia Mon- day night but the Quaker City papers say Root gave Jackson an awful lac ing.
 Dave Robertson and Rube Benton are said to be the only members of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
RATNER BARELY WINS
 FROM ROD MCDONALD

New York, Feb. 14-Augie Rather, the promising Bronx middleweight, found a tartar at the Broadway Sport ing club last night in. the person of sRoddies Mcdonald, who claims he is the mfddleweight champion of Can ada Rather won the bout by nar- row margin by virtue of superior skill as a boxer, but the combativeness, coupled with vicious punching by the Canadian, kept Augie on the keen hump. At that Mcdonald landed many hard thun1p on the Bronxite and had him rather hustered in the tenth round. Rather scored knockdowr in the fourth session and by fine ex- hibitiop of scientific boxing earned the verdict.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-14
FOOTBALL STAR FROM COAST
 TO ENTER IN FALL

Philadelphia, Feb. 14-"Tuffy" Conn, the sensational halfback of the Pacific coast, who has come across the country to enter the University of Pennsylvania, has discovered that he will not be able to prepare at La Salle college and enter the university in September.
 Conn will not be eligible till the following season for the Red and Blue team, but after that he will be fine addition to the team. He was an a11-Western choice for half back as wing of the backfield on the Oregon Aggies' team last sea- son.
 Conn is also a wonderful sprinter and will be of service in the track department of Dear Old Penn.