Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-03-13
STATE NEWS.
Southern Oregon farmers are be-
ginning to cultivate rice.

WV ioI euueatioHal purposes ouTlDg
1885.
The United States Electric Light
Company has contract to light the
city of Portland for year for sl6,-
900.
Gideon A. Schofsld, carpenter
aged 81 years, was run over and
killed by locomotive in East Port
land Wednesday afternoon.
From the Willamette valley
come complaints about counterfeit
silver coin. The fourbit pieces are
said to be the most largely initiated.
While in the Legislature the
Hon. Veatch, of ] ane, was taken
with the measles. His wife went
to Salem to nurse him. He recov-
cred, but she contracted the disease
and died last Saturday.
About fifty employees of the o.
R. u n. Co. at The Dalles were dis
charged last Monday evening. 1t
is not known whether this is per-
manent, or whether they were SIM
ply laid off for a few days.
One firm in Portland last year
sold | 100000 pounds of wool to
State manufacturers and 100000
pounds for the Eastern market.
1t is expected the clip this season
will reach 100000 pounds.
Prof. N. P. Blaine, a brother Of
the celebrated Jim of Maine, has
been employed to teach in one of
the public schools of Salem. The
queer part of the business was that
Prof. Cleveland resigned the posi-
tion to which Blaine was elected.
During February foreign exports
across the Columbia bar aggregated
l6 cargoes, comprising 6l9,735 bu-
shells wheat, worth s475,230; 49,
G57 barrels of -four, worth $152,-
/, 900; 1880 cases salmon, worth
$50, $50; and 55S NJ lumber, worth
$59,S73-total, $747, l43.
The Legislature designated that
, the following shall be legal holidays
Every Sunday, the first day of Jan
, uary, 22d of February, 3Oth OF
y May, 4th of July, 25th of Decem
I ber, every day on which an election
/ is held throughout the State, ant
= every day appointed by the presi
y dentAr governor as day Of publ
u Thanksgiving, fast or holiday.
n Baker county can boast-if it
it any credit-of having the TOUCHES
d town on the coast, viz, Huntington
9, An old resident of the county n
1t Gently had some business there, an
Or while in town was induced to bt
Of on some confidence game; it CO.
n. him $50. A few days after Oh
,r nese "boss" was "held up" for $S6
|,e Such occurrences there are cemmo
nd Governor Moody is now wres
ling, officially, with petitions fro
on the citizens of the newly Great,
TX counties of Gillian and Mdrro
%, who are not only willing but are a
an parently anxious to sacrifice thel
RS, selves upon the altar of their cou
NJ try and faithfully discharge the d
re- ties of the Offices they respective
see banker after. The aspirants are
ler usual much more numerous tn;
ed are the offices to be filled, and a
en- lection becomes necessary.
George Collins, superintendent
the penitsntiary, has begun the ms
ufacture of the brick to build W
around the prison buildings a
tbe yards. The convicts will make
brick, while the best brickmase
will be employed to build the sto'
his ade. This with the large numl
of business houses of brick that v
ois. be built in Salem this summer
sures plenty Of work for mast
,, and carpenters, who are happy O.
',i, the outlook.
rid.
A bill which has passed and bs
lSn m signed by the governor to Prev
way carrying concealed weapons, prot
its anyone outside Of an officer
'ose the law to carry a dirk, slungsh
his dagger, pistol, knife, or any inst
ment by use of which bodily inj'
49, may be done. 1t provides that
~. ~ anyone disobeys the provision!
' the act, that they be fined not
than $40 cor more than 5000,
cen Imprisoned in the county Jail
the less than FIVE nor more than
;e. days. Justices of the peace b.
ba jurisdiction over such cases.
lea Senate bill No. 81, entitled I"
Mic act securing liens for mechanics,
borsrs, material men and 9th.
nm. and prescribing the manner of til
of enforcement" was passed by
,ese Legislature. The act provides t
,er not only the contractors engaged
the construction of buildings 6
TPt' improvements, but the owners
ule. the land on which such buildings
lDss Improvements are being erected
ilsh made responsible for the paym
of the mechanics wages, and s
by wages shall be lawful lien VI
to SUCH land.
him The following is the full text
md, House Bill No. l02, entitled g
Act to Mako Valid Certain. C
ain tracts" which is now a law of
the State:
and SECTION |. That all contra
mn. made and entered into IN this St
ers by and between borrower and lie
. er, debtor and creditor, or mort
:ins sor and mortgage, on which
ish !: rate of interest is eli ght per cent.
,iiei under, whereby one party sh
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