The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-12-22

10 nav an average OF more than tsVsN
= year per county. beginning with
1911, for the publication OF the della
auent tar lists.
Members Of the Hood River com
merc,al club unanimously indorse ?
proposed tar OF 81 q horsepower on
automobiles. The club further rec
ommends that the fund 80 raised be
used toward matching federal appro-
priations for state road work under
the schakelfcrd road bill.
la report issued by state Labor
Commissioner o. r. Hoft. he states
that capital Of sas.sis,ssi is Invested
In plants and eauipmen, in the um'
ber industry Of the state. this being
exclusive of timber holdings and werk'
inr capital. Including only buildings,
machinery and other equipment.
senator Chamberlain has been for,
mally notified by the secretary OF
war that. after referring the matter
To the local military authorities. u
has been decided 10 be highly inadv's'
able TO return for muster GU. battery
A. artillery. and troop A. cavalry, OF
the Oregon national guard. a. there
are no troops available to replace
them.
In its closing sessions st Hood RI
ver the sist annual convention OF the
Oregon State horticultural society
won't on record as decidedly opposed
TO proposals that have been advanced
a, different northwestern fruit cen'srs
10 lower the standard OF gradins
rules. A resolution adopted recon-
mended that the strict rules that have
heretofore prevailed be maintained.
Although the army engineers have
not vet sent to Congress the report
called for last session on the advisa'
biIi,y Of further improving the en-
trance to Yaquina bay, Representative
Hawley has received unofficial noti'
fication that the local engineers have
recommended an appropriation OF
sass 600. half to be appropriated By
congress and half by the local commu.
nifty.
For a consideration reported In the
neirhborhood Of i2s.oeo. the en-.
tire sheep plant Of the J. Z. Smith
Livestock company. at Barnhart has
been sold to A. X. Smythe. Of Port.
land, and Dan P. Smythe, OF Pendls-
ton. members of the firm OF Smyths
Bros. who already own plants at Ar
1inSton. by this deal the Smythes
become the largest breeders in the
northwest.
Three thousand acres Of raw land
IN the west end Of Umatilla county
will be brought under irrigation and
cultivation next season according to
L. A. Rineman. county watermastsr.
The land consists Of 1000 acres un'
der the Furnish project. 1000 acres
under the Western Land and Irriga'
tion project. 500 acres under the Una
tiila project and 500 acres under the
west extension.
A larger and more complete NOR
NAL school is the programme OF tbs
oregon normal at Monmouth. which
is planning on q big expansion In
training school activities. the begin
ming of regular extension work. larger
dormitory space. an addition to the
main building. and minor campus I'm.
provements, to be embodied In q bill
for an appropriation for $ss.oeo when
the legislature meets.
Although Secretary Of State olccts
urged cancellation OF contract
whereby Jason Moore Is to be allowed
to remove salts from Summer and
Albert lakes. in Lake county, the stats
land board has refused to take thai
action and the matter remains In
status quo. The question Of the lease
and contract on the lakes has been
hanging fire since 1914 and six ex'
tensions OF time have been granted.
Announcement Of plans for the con
struction OF q three-story. 30 By 1Sc
feet, reinforced concrete addition "a
the plant OF the Oregon City Maunfac'
turing company at Oregon City. and
the complete re-arrangement Of the
plant--improvements which will In
crease the capacity Of the mill 80 PEI
cent and make 1t the largest woolen
mill west OF the Mississippi river
was made by Adolph Jacobs. presi'
dent OF the company.
With the money In the state school
fund piling up and loans being paid
up practically twice as fast as the
money is loaned out, the state land
board has decided to increase the
amount allowed to be leaned from the
school fund to any individual from
$500 TO $4,000. At the same time II
was tentatively decided that the board
will ask the next legislature 10 reduce