The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-05-18
efMetlve July L

the Increase has gone far beyond the
expectations OF the sheepmcn. The
Increase will average about so per
cent OF breed ewes.
The first complete referendum peti'
iion to be filed with Secretary OF State
Olcott was presented BY sanderson
Reed. Of Portland. and. II found prop.
erly signed. will hold In abeyanoe the
operation OF the Rogue river, fish bill
until the November. 1918. election.
George Forty. a nsted deep sea flsh.
NmAn Of the Port orfOrd district.
wants to help combat the soaring cost
OF living by marketing the eggs Of
murres. shsgs and other birds which
are numerous along the coast
The strike which has been in prog.
ress at the two mills OF the c. A.
Smith Lumber company at MarshfieId
was settled When the company and
men agreed on a minimum wage Of
g2.9l1s a day for common labor.
The Oregon Fruit company will
build plants in Eugene and Salem for
polishing. grading andocIeaning Ore
son beans In connection with the
enormous crop to be grown in the
state during the coming summer.
J. B. Messick. county Judge Of Ba-
ker county. has flied suit against IL
leading members OF the recall com
mittee for $4,000 damages. charging
conspiracy with intent OF slandering.
defamiug him and destroying his rep
ntation.
Free chickens are to be distributed
10 boys and girls OF Lane county by
the Eugene chamber Of commerce. as
a part OF statewide campaign to be
launched by the Oregon State Poul-
try association to increase the meat
production In the state.
Lectures and demonstrations at In.
dependence and Monmouth closed the
Southern Pacific.oregon Agricultural
college campaign OF preparedness.
after a trip OF practically three weeks.
covering most Of the points along the
Southern Pacific lines in western Ore
gon.
Both eastern and western Oregon
are Included In the itineraries that
have been arranged for extensive
speech making tours by oregon's three
state highway commissioners. Ben
son. Z. ]. Adams and w. l.. Thomp-
son-for the week of May 21.26, irclu-
sive.
The first sales that have been made
OF 1917 pack Columbia river salmon
have been at prices about 40 per cent
higher than those ruling last year,
and there is every reason to believe
that the total valuation of the pack
win average that much over the out
put OF 1915
Voices OF the farmers are being lifted
in protest against further search OF the
rural districts of the state for recruits
for the army and navy. They say the
limit has been reached and il Oregon Is
to have a food crop of any proportions.
men must be available to help till the
soil and to harvest the products.
Lane county agricultural council
adopted resolution fayoring the late
opening of schools throughout the
county next fall in an effort to meet
the labor problem. which, 1t Is an
ticlpated, will develop in connection
with the harvesting of the increased
acreage OF food crops now being plant.
ed.
Engineer U. S. Hansen and Frank
Hablett, of Heppner, section foreman,
were drowned in the turbulent waters
OF Willow creek. near Morgan, when
the engine pulling o.-W, r, & N. mix
ed passenger and freight train No.
% dropped through a bridge, weak
ened by high water following a cloud
burst,
Fifteen-year-old Carl Tuell. COM
mitted to the boys training school be-
cause OF rohberies of beach cottages
in Lincoln county, in which he had par
ticipatea with the notorious convict,
Jess Hall, confessed to Sheriff Bert
Geer, OF that county, and to employees
Of the state training school, that he
shot and killed Hall about month
ago at their lonely camp on the beach
near Seal Rock. Halls body was dis
covered by his brother at the camp.
Alumni of the Oregon Agricultural
college are being called into service
to assist the food production cam
paign. Assistant State Engineer Percy
Cupper, who is acting president of the
association, and T. b, Lemon, It's seere-
tary, are sending out letters enlist
Ing all OF the alumni in the work that
the Oregon Patriotic Service league
a -. AZ a.. n.