The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-06-01

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government food administrator and
Secretary ~ Agriculture Houston.
placing apples ~ the llst ot food
necessities. and rsauflnE the fruit dis.
tricis that ears would BE- supplied as
soon As the crop Is ready for market.
saved TO the Hood river valley fully
1880, 900 this season Growers are
jubilanl on account Of The decision
Bids for tho construction OF a "
brAry building on the Oregon Agri'
cultural college campus were opened
by a committee Of the board ot re-
gents and the contract was awarded
10 Shook 4 Trayor. OF Salem. at
$500.
The sherman county school field
meet aud deelamatory conteat at Was
co attracted over 1000 persons from
the different dlhtrleta OF the county.
Tho Moro school won both first aud
second place In athletics aud In the
deelamat0ry contest
The public service commission has
ordered reduction 10 the light and
power rates OF tho Portland Railway,
Light Power company. ON the com.
paBya present volume OF husinoss the
reductions will amount to approx,
mately 10000 10 $4,000 year
That students may be permitted TO
remain In the fields to harvest crops,
and that the faculty may have a long.
or time to further the food prepared
ness campaign. the Oregon Agricul'
iural college will not opyn for mex,
years work untii October =, three
weeks later than the regularly sched
uled date.
e. Il, Coc. superintendent Of the
RoseburE Indian agency has an'
n0unced that sale OF Indian allot'
menia would DO held on June -. Tho
tracts TO be- sold arc situated In north
cru California. southern Oregon aud
IN ilarney valley. Much Of the land
Ia said TO be well adapted 10 agFleul'
tural purposes,
Az q meeting Of Sarah Chlldreas
Folk chapter. Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution. OF Dallas. reSolu.
iion was adopted iayoriug the cree
ton OF a monument on the site Of the
frat court house IN Polk county, II
was located somewhere In North Dal'
Ian and suitable marker for the spot
will be secured,
Peter Zollncr placed is sticks o.
dynamite under his brothers motion
picture theatre at Nj. Angel and blew
the side OF the building out, besides
breaking many windows IN the neigh.
borhood, Zoliner declares he did II
for revenge on his brother George,
with whom he has had trouble over
family property righta
Dissatisfaction which has aricen
among some employees Of state insti'l
tutIous because they alloRe that other
employees doing the same work as
themselves In other institutions are
receiving higher wages, Ii presenting
q problem TO institution heads, who
probably will ask that the state board
OF control standardixe all wagea at
the various institutions
That Kendall Bros. OF Pittsburgh,
Pa. have abandoned all hope OF con,
strueting railroad from Roseburg
to their timber holdings In Douglas
county In the near future was attested
when Judge Hamilton at Rosehurg
was asked TO dismiss all OF the con
demnntlon suits brought tn the name
OF the city OF Roseburg against own.
ers OF land situated along the pro.
posed route OF the line.
A number of timber cruisers have
arrived In Rosehurg and have begun
preparations for rcsumlng the cruis,
ing OF the o, u G, grant lands IN
Douglas county, Tho work had OK.
tended as far as portion OF the
county Inst fall. when tho winter
weather sot In and the funds for the
hruislne were exhausted, All that
portion Of the lapds In the southern
part OF the state are already classi'
fled.
IN kilograms to President Wilson,
members of congress and TO the pub
lie service commissions, OF Washing
ton, Idaho, California and Nevada.
the public service commission OF Orc
gon is urging the appointment Of
Clyde u, Aitchison rs member OF
the interstate commerce commission.
MT Aitchlson formerly was chairman
OF the Oregon commission and now is
solicitor for the National Association
Of Railway Commissioners.
While realizing the gravity of the
problem created by the shortage OF