The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-03-30
agricultural agent

FtHult W NNN hHlif "'h'f' ''''N''f
IN hia side by Kulghi,
Not since Ciyll war times has flour
been 20 high In the Portland market
M Il In now. An advance Of 20 cents
a barrel announced by local mlll"rb
nut the Wholesale quotation Of family
patents at $500 a barrel,
The Northwest DlHtrie, convention
OF tho Christian church viii be held
In Forest Grove March 20. 30 and al'
The 18th annual meeting Of the Uni'
ted Metal Trades association OF the
Pacific coast will be held In Seaside
April 6 TO y. inclusive.
The ports of Sluslaw. Coos. umpqua
and Handon will contribute financially
To tho campaign. the object Of which II
Ia mt tho Oregon and California grant
lands on the tax rolls IN the various
counties of the state OF oregon.
Representatives Of seven northwest
colleges. the Muitnomah amateur "th
Irtir club and a large number OF high
schools will par,ieipat" In tho hrH'
annual indoor relay carnival TO b"
held At Eugene next Saturday evening
Tho Hcrmis,on postoffico safe was
blown and about $50 in cash, 500 IN
siamps and = gold watch belonging To
J, n. Williams. former postmaster
taken. This ia the third safe robbery
In umatiila County during the past
month
The state board Of control has taken
under adVlsement the selection Of a
committee of five to investigate 'h"
status OF all dependent. delinquent aud
minor children In institutions. either
public or private, Of which the state
has charge.
An argument against the s6,ooe'ooo
road bond bill. which will be submit
ted 20 the voters at the special cleo
ton In June, was filed by G. Il, Spence.
master Of the state grange. The arEu'
ment will cover three pages In the
voters pamphlet
Frank Powers. OF Madras, was dis
charged from u hospital at Portland
as completely cured after having un'
dcr,one treatment for rabies In It's
most violent form. Physicians say
few recovcries In similar clrcum'
stances are recorded.
The CIackamRs County Anglers
association has appealed to Master
Fish Warden Shoemaker. OF Portland
for the protection OF the fish that have
been planted In the Molalla and Clack'
amas rivers and MIX creek and Clear
creek by the association.
Another Hydc'Benson case has been
decided In favor OF the state. Attorney
General Brown receiving word from
Circuit Judge Calklns, OF jackson
county. that he has 10 disposed OF Tho
cause In that county. involving about
?3Oe acres OF school land,
Three big areas Of government land
are 10 be opened to the public within
the next two months at klamath Falls.
Two OF these tracts are OF land In the
klamath Indian reservation The
other il the land prepared by the gov
ernment In the Tulo lake reclamation
project,
The Oregon Electric railway Is pre-
pairing to rebuild the big trestles that
form the approaches TO the bridge
across the willamette at WilsonVille.
The work viii require 100000 feot
OF timber. II Ia said the estimate
made by the company's engineer
shows the cost to be around $6b,O0o'
-Four Of the 2s2 accidents reported
10 the state Industrial accident COM
mission during the week ending March
% were fatal. They were Harry fost,
Portland. killed In stove manutactur'
ing operation. ]. w. Strang, Powers,
killed In logging operations; d, 5,
McElligott. residence unknown, ana
]. NJ. Davidson. Modesto, Cal, hoth
killed while trespassing on railroad
property.
Importance of the great railroad
bridges leading to Portland In the mil
itary transportation system OF the
country led to tho calling out of the
Eighth company, coast artillery Ore
gon national guard, to serve as Il
guard over the Spokane, Portland y
Seattle bridge over the Columbia river
al Vancouver, Wash, and the o'W' H.
a N. bridge over the Willamette river
In Portland.
Citizens in tho vicinity of Agnesa
have recently completed q wire sus'
pension footbridge across Rogue river
which is one of the longest, II not the
longest, bridge of the kind In the
world. The main span OF the bridge
is s76 feet long, with an approach on
the north side of the river OF s2S feet
The whole bridge Is built OF renee
wire. the bottom being three feet wide
and the sides five feet capable OF sus
taining a weight of 5000 pounds,