The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-11-17


district. en- ~ eastern nregon \
!. sinnn't. incumbent has hren rr-eiec
ed by an ovcrwhelmine majority owe
Rarkley. his socialist opponent u
has a lead ol about ls.oO0 soses
4 Orders have been lrseea ~ ,hs ~
sopsautoi aeisyans ,lseleaant.ccl
onel o'hsiiss !. Potter from Ssly q
snsiucw 0iIiocr ~ Portland, aud send
lns hlm 90 Noston. Mass. llls sdeoe.
sor q, Portland has nel been chesen
ExaminallOn Of majority Of ths
olucerr oi he c,ssl arsalsss branch
OF che state troeas vas hela in Ee
gene his vSck, fnls eNsiainatlea
Is reQnirsd by tbs war department
scmisnuaal.y. uu,er the rev afay
bnL
The Portland Railway I.ishl 8
Power company has ii.od vita tae
pahllc service conisission pstltloa
ssklns Tor a rehssrins ii, me case 70.
crnNy decided hy the combustion. iix.
INK the valuation Of the oompany's
properties.
one ot the largest ranch deals con.
su'Rma,cd ia Baker Tor SOME tiise Is
the recen, purchase ior sso,o09 os
the r,>W. Talmadge seo-aere ranch
by Y. n, NvarnocA. of rort,and The
raaca q locatsd uyaf sls.g,a. g milrs
from Rskor,
There WAS a balance 10 the state
Industrial accident .und oetohor a
o. ss75.3fsST. Receipts irpm the
tme Che commission commenced its
work, November 3. 1918. 10 October
81. period Of three years, tntaied
si,5ss.SSa6l,
A. q. Anderson 8 Go, Ltd, %
Copenhagen. Denmark have puFehas-
ed a large interest in the McEaehern-
S,sndifer-ClsrSson Ship company OF
Astoria. The company is building
seven auxiliary five-masfc,l schoonerE
al the yards In Astoria,
John Mills. OF Talent. won The title
Of the banner sugar beet grower A.
the beet growers celebration held IN
Grants Pass. lie reported crop o;
IS tons per acre, yielding gross re
turn Of sisi per acre, the cash outlay
being only S2s.5o per acre
The official report Tor sbe fifth an.
nual egg.layine contest al Mountain
Grove. Mo. shows that the pen OF
oregons entered BY the Oregon Agri,
cultural college. finished in second
place with the high record OF 25is
eggs per hen and a total Of ilss.
AT the recent election. Naseo coun-
y voted bonds TO the amount Of s2S0.-
100 for the construction OF trunk
road leading from Mosier TO The
Dalies and thence south via Dufar.
Kingsley. Tygh valley. Maupin, shan ]
ko and Antelope to the jefferson
county line.
The city OF Grants Pass. through
Is municipal. commercial. civic and
hurch organizations. and the officials
4 the utah-Idsho Sugar company. /
Fas host Saturday to 500 sugar beet
rowers and their wives from points !,
etween Oakland and sutherlin and
lshland. the occasion being the cele- |
ration OF Grants Pass Sugar Beet {
ay"
Figures collected BY O. P. HofE d
tate labor commission. from, Oregon !
md offices show that Jaiy j. 1910 !,
le.t were ls,Ssf,sos acres og vacant '
aliic lands ID Oregon open to settle q
leRt ard entry under the provisions d
the homestead laws. ct this II
mount 1s.s42.s4s acres are surveyed. /,
his acreage Is decrease tn the year !
184,sss acres and 6s2.1s7 acres
nee July /. 1914
with snows deepening on the sur ii
nnding range tops and q deeided :.
inter nip to the atmosphere. orchard.
Is Of the Hood river valley who, ac-
riding to estimates. have al the pres.
/ time 100000 boxes OF fruit unpro-
cted from excessive frost. are wor-
ID Because of the shortage OF re
gerator cars. the storage plants OF
E valley. holding an approximate
1000 boxes OF fruit. we're closed
ainst further delivery
Oregon viii 30 totally dry Dscem-
r j. II means are found whereby
,lators Of the new prohibition
eudment TO the state constitution
j be punished. Governor Witty.
nbe has announced. II 1t Is found,
Tever, that the TboBe-dry" amend
nt cannot be enforced because II
ks q penalty clause, Governor
thycombe viii not issue proclaim
1n putting the amendment Into of.
I until the legislature meets and
ses an enabling act, fixing a penal
for violations.
he vote on the initiative and refer
um amendments with most OF the
mites complete, together with In
ipIete returns from the remainder,
rs follows: Single item Feto-yes
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