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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
2
Advertising rates listed for regular, transient, and locals appear with a note on recent date mail matter in Warren Oregon. The Weston Leader praises a new farming system and references Caproni bomber plane claims as an international war axiom tied to food administration statements.
Edward T. Barber edits The Shoshone Journal and accuses A. C. Townley of German influence. The piece recounts Barber’s confrontations in Southern Idaho, quotes his anti Townley editorials, and urges vigilance against Kaiser propaganda amid wartime tensions.
The farmer loses market risk with government pricing and gets quick payment for his wheat once hauled. Local dealers, wholesalers, and manufacturers all receive prompt settlements, avoiding prolonged delays common in free market cycles. The arrangement boosts national commerce and yields moral and financial stability for farmers.
A cynical remark notes the Austrian parliament passing a six billion kronen war budget while joking that it may one day “eat crow” but never kronen, framing wartime finance in ironic terms.
The entertainer Nat Goodwin faces a financial downturn in farming, underscoring the irony that actors rarely fail financially in show business while farmers often struggle.
A wave of peasant uprisings in Russia tests Germany’s influence as discontent grows. Leaders warn of broader resistance as rural unrest bites.
A playful 1930s aside mocks European leadership while contrasting expectation with simple comforts like beefsteak and potatoes, reflecting public wit about wartime sentiment and leadership.
A brief, satirical note claims patriotic Germans who go barefoot to save a feather will be rewarded with a hookworm cure or benefit. The piece uses tongue in cheek to comment on sacrifice and national zeal.
The casual reader is reminded that Graham Rice, seized by the government, is linked to mining ventures rather than a food substitute. The report frames Rice as a controversial figure amid policy actions affecting industry.
Chowell T. Douglas an Oregon pioneer born in 1820 in Columbus Ohio died July 29 at his Weston residence. He migrated with his parents to Linn County in 1834 then moved to Umatilla and settled in Weston 1887. Survived by wife Elizabeth Storey and children A L Douglas John Douglas and siblings. Funeral held at United Brethren church with Weston Lodge No 58 conducting graveside rites.
W B Ayer explains excerpts from a federal summary on the U S Food Administration aims methods and results. The voluntary system is praised as effective with projections of wheat savings and deliveries to Allies, contrasting with rationing or high prices as unsuitable for the United States.
The piece discusses meat and beet exports during wartime, noting a rise in monthly beet exports to 190 million pounds and efforts to conserve food for Allied needs. It cites the American Labor Mission in London urging greater conservation and outlines French wheat and meat shortages and rationing, plus a note on an inventor finding a sugar based fuel method.
The text asserts sacrifices are needed to end the war quickly. It mocks German plundering of Belgian kitchenware as evidence of superiority over animals, then suggests corvet factories should switch to powder production for the army and navy.
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