The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-10-19

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The law NaH enacted IN order that
friaimautH could enter the G0vrrnmcni
service or devote their tine 10 war
sustaining vocntiOnH.
A. tho regular meeting " the state
highway commission In November
contracts probably viii b" lrt for
100000 worth Of construction which
will extend over into neat year This
amount added 10 what has been con
tractod for already this year Will brlnr
tho Grand total up to approximately
$4,000 600
Operating revenues Of the o.'W, n
q n company for the year ending
December a.. 1915. we're tls,ss0. .?5s,
which In an increase of t?ssl.2G2 over
the previous year. according 10 III"
railroad compnny'R report flied with
the public service commission.
Owing 10 the fact that the liberty
loan bond campaign continues until
October ~. and is of paramount i'm
portance. PRESIDENT Wilson requested
Herbert G. Hoover federal food ad'
ministrator to postpone tho food ron
beryation drive. scheduled for this
week. until ncIt week Mr.. Hoover
Issued orders to that effect
a Jury In Federal Judge beanS court
nt Portland convicted Jefferson New.
NJ Jennings Lodge, Of attempting 10
ovadc the draft by failing 'wlllfully"
60 register June for the army. As
provided by law and n proclamation OF
President Wilson. He was sentenced
TO 80 days in jail He Is tho first
Stacker" 10 he convicted in oregon.
Negotiations have been completed
for the purchase by the HrookH'Scan'
lon Lumber company from the Shelbin'
Iii1on company OF tract Of $4,000
acres OF timber cast of tho Paailina
mountains. Included in the transac.
ton are 5000 acres belonging TO John
J. Rupp. Of Saginaw. Mich. The total
stumpaEo involved is a70.Ooo.0oo feet.
Owing 10 the shortage of feed on the
hish desert and dry iand sections OF
Crook aud neachutes counties. large
numbers of jackrabbits are collecting
about the ranches IN the irrigated
i apd are fecdlnF On lhe grain
fields. County Agricultural r A,
Ward has planned the third annual
jackrabbit campaign 10 commence
next month.
Petitions 10 tho governor of oregon
praying that tho hunting season for
deer ho extended in the first district
from October Is TO October 81 were
generally signed in Lincoln county,
Hunters argue that. owing 10 forest
fires. much OF the season was closed
By gubernatorial orders, and that the
cstenpion prayed for will hc in the In
tcresta Of food conservation.
Because they have failed TO comply
with a law passed ny the 1917 lesis.
lature imposing upon them the duty
NJ filing certain data with the secre
tary Of state. no less than II Oregon
county clerks are subject to removal
from office hy the governor. The
counties in which the clerks are de-
linouent are; Benton. Claokamas.
Clatsop. Crook. Curry. DcschutoS, tiar'
ney. Jackson. Jefferson. Morrow, Till
Amook, umatilia and Wheeler,
Farmers OF western Oregon whose
land In in need Of agricultural lime can
have but little hope for early relief
from the state lime board, according
to Warden Charles Il, Murphy Of the
state penitentiary, who Is secretary OF
the board. Nothing definite has been
accomplished by the board since It's
creation by the 1917 legislature, which
appropriated $4,000 to be used in
acquiring a lime deposit and preparing
the product for agricultural use
Six post road projects In eastern
Oregon viii he submitted 10 the fed
eral government by the state highway
commission for joint construction.
They are the following: From Pendle'
ton TO Dcadman hill. on the pendleton'
La Grande highway; from Union to
Telocasset; from Elgin to Minim, ON
the La Grande.Joseph highway; from
Shaniko TO Hay Creek; from Fossil
to Service. and from payville to
Prairie City. on the John Day hish.
way.
Morris Room OF Junction City. in a
letter TO the attorney general, says
dogs are killing his sheep and he is
poisoning the dogs with very good
success. hut ho wants TO know II there
Ia any law authorizing stockman to
put out poison for dogs under such
circumstances. Room says some OF
tho dogs he has poisoned were pets
and he has been threatened with dire
trouble, but so far no one has filed
suit against him. He has lost about
$3.50 worth of sheep and has poisoned
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