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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
4
Harvest begins with strong grain prospects in the Weston area as cooler weather and recent showers aid crops. Locals note numerous family moves, travels, and deployments, including soldiers from Camp Lewis bound for France, and residents visiting relatives in Vancouver and Seattle.
Weston Livestock Association invites all range users and interested parties to a Saturday meeting in this city. Topics include improvement of range land and cattle care. Attending will be Supervisor L. E. McDaniele of the Weneha reserve, Jameson of Walla Walla banks, Shrock Umatilla county agent, and Rangers Bottcher and Jeffreys.
H. M. Woolman of Oregon Agricultural College leads a field effort in Umatilla County to install several smut traps on local farms including A. R. Coppock in Athena T. P. Gilliland in Pilot Rock and a site in Cold Springs Canyon. The project aims to measure soil infection levels by smut spores during the threshing season amid windborne spread from threshing machines.
Washington officials report 251000 American troops real in European fighting as of July 1 per General March and war council. Western front shows steady allied nibbling with notable success. The Vaux raid by the 9th and 23d Infantry aided by artillery from the 2d division under Major General Omar Bundy achieved objective, with German counterattacks failing to push them back.
Obscure wartime prose argues the patriotic role of housewives and married men, noting draft evasion risks and labor shifts. It claims single men entered the workhouse more than married men, and moralizes about sacrifice, meatless days, and fortitude in tough times.
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