The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-06-22


ont good road association.
Attorney General Brown has adyiG
cd District Attorney 0ehlhar. Of Mar
ion county. tina, the county may ~
ahead and advertise for bids on th'
construction OF new intsrcountl
bridge over tho willamette river a
Salem. aud that the contract bctweoI
Polk and Marion counties as to thu
payment for tho bridge holds good.
During the past wock 2s2 accidents,
OF which ono was fatal. were reported
10 the state industrial accident com.
mission. The fatal accident resulted
In the death Of J. ManDuhoff. u log.
ger who was killed At Blind Slough.
Decision 10 erect and maintain
Masonic home IN cooperation with
the Eastern Star was reached at tho
business session OF the Grand Lodge
Of tho Ancient Free and Accepted
MasonA for the Jurisdiction of Oregon.
Three hundred members Of the Girls
Honor Guard OF Oregon. representing
most OF tho 6s organizations and t3bt
members In the state. assembled In
Portland during the Foso festival last
week for the first annual convention.
The Pacific synod OF tho Evangelical
Lutheran church will hold lis annual
convention In Portland from June 10
10 20, Delegates. ministers and laymen
will bo present from Oregon. Cali
tornla. Washington and British Colum.
bia, Can,
Present indications point 10 record
strawberry prices for the Hood River
and White sllmon valley this season.
Tho ruling quotations remain al from
$3.50 to 81 a crate. aud local shipping
agencies are not able 10 meet the
demand.
The first arrest. Of alleged slaokers
In Benton county was made when
Deputy Sheriff o. II. HoidormRn
brought IN Charles TasBell anl clar.
encc Es,ecp from Alpine and lodged
them in jail pending advice from fed.
eral authorities,
A survey OF the proposed road from
Eugene TO the coast an provided in the
state highways commissions plan for
road Improvement In the state will be
made ct once. according TO an an
nouncemeEt made by Il. J. Adams.
state highway commissioner,
Dr. J. Howard Miller. n well known
Portland and Astoria dentist, died at
~, vinecnt'H hospital IN Portland 10
minutes after he had fallen from
fourth story window OF the Morgan
building. The police express The be-
lief that he committed suicide,
John N. Mann. member OF the
house OF the last Legislature. and re-
Gently elected city commissioner OF
Portland. has filed his resignation as
legislator with Governor Witty
eombc. as the city charter prohibits
him from holding the two offices,
The April results of the first Cen.
trail oregon Cow Testing association
show steady increase in the produc-
ton OF butterfat and II is hoped that,
with the improved methods adopted
by the association this increase in
butterfat production will steadily ad.
vance,
County Agent Blanchard OF Crook
and Desohutes counties, reports that
1907 worth OF poison has killed about
IL 400 iackrabbits. at a cost OF about
one half cent per rabbit. which is one
tenth OF the amount paid by Crook
county as bounty for each rabbit
killed.
United States Senator Charles l.,
McNary. justice OF the Oregon su.
preme court. former dean of the law
college OF willamette university, and
senator George Il. Chamberlain, form.
sr governor Of Oregon, received the
degrees OF doctor OF laws, at the com.
exercises,
Oregon schools have responded no
bly, to the call to arms. Statistics
gathered by ]. A. Churchill, superin.
endent OF public instruction, show
hat up to the time of the closing Of
Ichool a total OF l121 students have
Enlisted either in the national guard,
he regular army or the navy out of
he high schools, colleges and univer'
titles OF the state.
The state highway commission, at a
meeting In Portland attended by Com.
nissioners Benson and Thompson, de-
ided to defer any action looking to-
ward definite road-building pro-
,rame until after the state supreme
curt decides whether the state board
L control can issue bonds under the
lean. Barrett law to match the $780,
90 of Federal money available, ,
That the rodent poisoning campaign