The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09

to ~. Paul. II Ia reported.
Admission day. tho anniversary a
the admission Of Oregon Ra a stat,
viii be celebrated Wednesday. Febru
AIRY II. by tho sons aud Daughters o
Pioneers a. a meeting IN Portland.
a feeling that IN ease Of war witt
Germany the naval organizations vii
be- tho flrs, called Into active servlo,
has caused great excitement amonS
members Of the oregon naval militia
Growers OF broccoli near Riddle
have made a thorough examination OF
their plants since the cold weather
and have decided that the damage was
much greater than at first supposed.
Efforts 10 raise funds necessary for
the construction OF n new building for
tho old peoples home. OF Salem, have
started In earnest and there IL every
Indication that the efforts will provo
successful.
J. G. warner. whose place IL 10
miles east Of Harrisburg, last week
shipped $4,000 pounds OF beans to the
Murphy Seed company OF Albany. Ths
present market price for beans IL about
cents per pound.
while apparently a unit IN agreeing
upon the necessity OF constructing .
new penitentiary. members OF tho
state board OF control have a diyerg.
ence Of opinion as to where such
new penitentlaTy shall be located.
Representative Hawley has appoint.
Cd Adolph 0rcenbaum. OF Salem. as
midshIpman 1T the Annapolis naval
academy and named Roger Simpson.
OF EuKene: Irwin stcArns. Of West
Lynn. and BENJAMIN Fairhurat Of
Tualatin. ~ aiternates.
Fred II. Meliis. a Baker ore and
bullion dealer. has received from Pine
creek tho largest nugget seon there
since tho famous Armstrong nugget
found 10 years aEo. II was found by
a placer miner and Ia worth $500.
y hieh price Mr.. Mellis paid.
February. 1917. has been declared
poison month" by the executive com.
mlttec OF tho National Wool Growers
association sheepmen IN all parts OF
Tho United stAtea viii wage a cam.
paign during the month against coy
,tcn and other predatory animals by
them.
John Hammersloy. thought TO have
'cen eaten By 4 pack OF timber wolves
n the wilds Of jackson county, IL safe.
rhc skeleton found near Gold iIili.
md at first thought to be that OF
iammersley. has been identified as
hat OF John Duranda. a progpector OF
he Grants Pass country. 1
The senate has passed Senator Lanes d
III repeating sections 1855. 2ss9 and !,
500. OF tho revised statutes, no that !
csaels bound In tho Columbia river !,
,r Portland noed no longer stop at Il
storia 10 exhibit their papers. nor r
ced vessels bound outward from Port. .
md stop at Astoria TO file copies OF
ieir manlfcsta.
Many delegations Of representative
tlxens OF Gillian. Wheeler. Grant
nd other eastern Oregon counties
ave visited the legislature within the
vt few weeks TO present the merits
the John Day highway. which they
-cpose as an important link in the
.incipal east and west highway
rough the state,
During the month of January "a N
sseis loaded lumber nj the mills In al
. lower Columbia river district and oi
cir combined cargoes amounted TO p'
,t63.67s feet OF lumber. In tho same =, =,
riod nine vessels carried 7,l0i.S9i ~
VI from up.rlvcr mills, making be
and total OF 3i,66b.069 feet OF lum. co
r that left tho Columbia river In y
rgoes during the month OF January, ~ ~,
The box factory. dry kilns and hs
Her rooms OF tho Clatsop mill ut ef
toria. one of the largest numbering co
lcerns IN the lover Columbia river 70
itrict. was destroyed by fire with ~ H.
q approximatlng sl5O,00o Pero st,
vola. a young Russian Finn, started in
fire. Loss Is covered by insurance an
zen thousand doors were burned In an
factory devoted 10 their manufact. W,
j. and hundreds of thousands of ter
/ OF valuable lumber In the kiln by
8 lost. OF
si.oO0.O0O will be spent ,ai
ring the coming season In building I
Ids in Oregon. under the terms OF Fu
federal good roads law, II the state be
islaturo viii put up dollar for dol. foi
to match the allotmcnts that have pa' ~
n made from the federal appropria-
4. Four distinct allotments have
n made for road building In Ore cI1
j. the total amount allotted being ]
l ,966. Before this federal money "
ONES available the state must en-. nro @
into satisfactory agreement with