The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31

rcrldonta Of Aurora. Hubbard and
Woodburn, s Benson, chairman Of the
state highway commission, aud Off,
clsls OF tho Southern Pacific railroad.
tho location Of tho 10 miles of pave.
mcnl 10 be laid nioHg th' paolhc high.
way IN Clackamas aud Marion coun'
ties may bo changed to points on the
highway In Tho same counties wher-
rock IL available
Edna Gregory. wife o! earl Gregory,
an employn OF ono Of the sheep coe.
panios at Poudlaton vas arFested on
the charge of sending polronrd candy
through the mails. The candy. a small
boH. was received by Mra May CLARK,
of Pendlsion. February 0. by special
delivery
Declaring tho stlcctive draft Ia
working q great hardship on the wool.
growing industry, by taking away ox.
port hrrdrrs. a number of prominent
eastern Oregon sheepmsn toleEraphed
To Senator Chamberlain 10 uae his In.
fluenor 10 securo exemption Cor bona
iida horders.
Car shortage and btrinRtney IN tho
labor market are 80 hindering con
tractors on state highway work that
the state highway commission ordered
State Highway Engineer Nunu to
make reduction In his forces 70 cor
respond to the slackenod pacS in high.
way construction,
Tho United States war department.
through the military atiaehc of the
British embassy In Washington, has
asked for the release Of Lieutenant
Colonel Leader. Of the British army.
from service in England, that he may
become military instructor In the uni
Vcrsity Of Oregon.
The public service commission has
ordered IA number OF safeguards in-
stalled AZ the road crossing OF the
Portland Railway, Light 4 Power
company tracks at Hogan, near Port
land. where an accident occurred June
rs causing the death OF SIR and Mira.
{. Y. Lindsey and Miss Helen MctE
ger. ......-..... ....- . ....-.
H. P. BarsH. head Of ths plant path
ology department at the Oregon Aeri'
cultural college. has been appointed
chief collaboration OF the national plant
disease survey for Oregon. lie Is
asking for volunteers 10 asSiss In
gathering and reporting information
on plant dlreases IN evey part Of the
state.
Secretary Lea has made final an
nouncemont OF the following livestock
judgoa for the Oregon state fair this
year: c. A. Saunders, Manila, ia;
Thomas W. Rrunk. Eola, Or; Carlos
W. Hall, Denver, La,imer Wilson.
cres,on. la; Harry Wilson, Downers
Grove. III. and r. u. johnson. of La
Grande.
by deed filed for record at Astoria
the Dubois Lumber company sells.to
the Oregon American Lumber com
pany large tracts Of timber land In
Columbia. Clatsop and Tillameok
The consideration was sS,
$4,000 This deed ls the eonsumma
tion OF the purchase Of vast timber
holdings In this section by the Eccles
interests OF Salt Lake.
All old officers and employees OF the
industrial accident commission, with
the exception of the commissioners
are to receive increases in
salaries, beginning August /, by an Z.
order Just issued by the commission.
The order affects 80 employees, and
TO approximately $i0o
month In additional pny.
Tho last legislature appropriated
l0.b5s.5s toward handling the FLAX
Industry OF the state with The express
provision attached that the same IL
10 be returned from the receipts for
sales of flax during 19l7.lS, Present
make Il appear that It viii
&c impossible to meet this legislative
provision, Apparently there will be a
allure of the flax crop, owing to bad
weather conditions.
All records Tor industrial accidents
n one week were broken by reports
o the state industrial accident com
mission for the week ending August
u. The number of accidents reached
I55. of which six were fatal The fatal
accidents were: a. J. Kibba. Shedd,
Rohy Floyd Shull, Myr'
le Point, logging James Mccanna,
klamath Falls, logging; Henry Niomi,
astoria, light and power; G. A, Hardy,
rreewater. threshing; James Mccoy,
construction.