The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-04-13

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been prepared
A statement issued by the industria
accident commission says that ther,
Was u decrease of ~ per cent In III,
number ot personal injury eases wher,
tho relation Of employer and employ,
existed. heard before the oregoF
supreme court In 1915. from the mum
ber In 1914 Tho total number oI
cases. however. decreased but Iot
per cent,
Reports from the upper McKensis
river territory state that there 10
from 10 10 10 feet OF snow In the
mountains and that serious high water
In tho Willamette aud Mckenzie
rivers Ia probable In the event Of
ont continued spring rains.
Convinced that gold. platinum and
other valuable minerals ere TO be
found In the Deschuteu basin deposits
near Tcrrebonne. Desehutes county.
central Oregon. q number Of Portland
men have incorporated tho Deschutos
Mining and MiliinE company.
The financial statement OF the in.
duS,rlal accident commission. issued
FOR tho close OF business on March
~, this year. shows o total balance
Nith the State Treasurer OF taa?.esi..
%. Receipts from November s. 1914
10 March 81. 1917. totaisd s2.o02. 1896.
70. and disbursements ,2s2. 2.t776s
Determined to gain access TO Marion
county's free ferry. the road 10 which
has been blocked on the Polk county
sidc by fence along tho rightofway
going to tho old private ferry landing.
about $50 Polk county farmers. living
In the vicinity of West Salem. sawed
down the fence and did away with
the barrier.
Should = special session OF the leg.
lGlAture be called by Governor Witty.
eombe to make provisions for depend.
Fnt families Of soldiers called into ser.
vicc. the per cent Limitation amend.
ment will have no binding effect on
any bond issue that might be provided,
according 20 lawyers who have studied
the situation.
Information coming from several
directions leads TO the belief the
Southern Pacific Railway company
eon,empiates railroad extensions in
the Marshfleid vicinity. probably from
Beaver Hill junction. IL miles from
Coos bay. 10 Randon. by way OF
Beaver slough and down the Coquillo
river 10 tho coast,
w. =. Wilson and his son. J. l..
Wilson. OF olalla claimed the largest
varmint bounty ever paid In Douglas
county for the capture OF varmints
from one family. when they presented
eight coyote puppies about two weeks
Did 10 the county clerk NJ RoscburE
Tor bounty. The total amount paid
was SEQ. being $50 each,
Attorneys General Brown received
notice that he had won another OF the
r. a. Hyde land fraud cases. Deci.
zion In favor of the state has been
rendered by Circuit Judge q, +. Skip
worth OF Lane, This Ia the fifth out
u seven Hyde land fraud cases.
which have been won by the state,
rhe other two are undecided. 4
Seventeen bricks Of gold, weigh. .
ng 1891 ounces and valued at $2S.. /
90. said by milling men TO be tho /
argeat cleanup ever yielded by a a
outhern Oregon gold mine. were =
,rought 10 Grants Pass by James |.
.ogan, owner OF the Simmonds.Logan
laecr mine at Waldo, about 10 miles
outhwest OF Grants Pass. The mass
I gold was the result OF Today
un.
The legislative road bond commit.
90 has decided TO hold statewide 4
ally In Portland, April 2s. This will II
OF be In the nature OF n convention, II
ut will be q rally to which are in. NJ
tied delegates from all organiZa.
ons IN Oregon interested In the road n
Iovement. Governor Withycombe n
Ill be invited and the three state n
Ighway commissioners win be In at =,
m
Insurance business In the state is n
by leaps and bounds. &C. n,
,rding to figures complied by In. m
france Commissioner Harvey Wells,
urlng the first three months OF this y
,ar the fees OF his office amounted 4,
$l21,sl0.9s, as compared to $97,. n,
'443 for similar period last year, n,
hen the new insurance code goes n,
to effect the amount OF the fees Of 4,
at office also will be greatly aug.
ented. ds
The first two weeks the rural m
edits amendment has been actually ~
operation show that 67 applica- m
ms have been made for loans from NJ
at fund, and out of this number ~
have been approved. The loans ar
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