The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-09-07

form.
In response to numerous inquiries
reaching tho office Of the governor
aud ~ thr state forester. Governor
wl,hycombc explained that his recent
proclamation closing the hunting sea
son indefinitely In oregon applIcS only
10 the timbcrcd areas aud not to tho
open country The season n closed
~ u precaullon agaiubt further foreat
fires
Hood River county Officials. inhp0ot
Ing timber on which they were 10
levy assessments. were cut OFF BY
fires in tho Green mountain district.
but managed TO escape by making
long dotour through tho woods.
Discussion OF measures 10 stop cat
tie rustling. numerous complaints of
which have come In from ranchorS Of
the upper Dehohutes river. featured
a meeting held At Bend by stockmen
op the Invitation af county officials.
Tho survey OF irrigation and power
projects In the Hood River valley
which will DO used ss a basis tnr the
adjudication Of water righib by the
state water board. IL nov completed.
according TO State Engineer Lewis
A. the request OF Representative
white. Of the United states geological
survey. has agreed 10 send a field
representative 10 western oregon TO
look over the prospects Of striking
oil aud gas In that section Of the state.
Farmers must increase the Oregon
whea, yield SO per cent and rye must
he Jumped up ~ per cent IN winter
croph That 10 the states apportion'
mont as worked out by calculations
formulated By the department, of agri'
culture,
A bill passed by the last legislature
forblddinE the sale Of milk or cream
for human consumption from cows
that have not passed the tuberculin
test. unlesR such cream or milk has
been pastouriEed. became effective
Saturday.
Tho Portland Railway. Light a
Power company. which operates all
tho trolley. cars iu Portland. has asked
permission OF the state public service
commission 10 be allowed TO charge
cents carfare instead Of cents. as
At present.
According to Miss Cornelia Marvin.
state librarian. Pendle;ou has contrib
utsd tho most books for the war H.
bTary, IL having furnished 1S2 vol
umes and 1000 magazines. Baker Is
second. Corvallis third. Eugene fourth
aud Salem fifth.
To see how the fallsown wheat
compares in yield and quality with the
sprlng sown. q. X, Hyslop, head OF
farm crops at the Oregon Agricultural
college. has made study ~ crop con
di,ionS in Douglas. Josephine and
Jackson counties.
approximately 36.t5O books have
bocp ordered for the county school
libraries for all the school districts
In the state according 10 Miss Corne
liza Marvin. state librarian. The books
cost $4,000. They will bo ready for
delivery on or before october 27.
Governor withycombe appointed u
V. Littleneld and George W. staple
ton. Of Portland. as circuit judges foi
Multnomah county TO succeed c, U
Gantenbein and George n, Davis. who
resigned as judges to accept commits
sions In the United States reserve
army,
Land Commissioner Tallman hat
advised Senator Chamberlain that per
sons buying timber on oregon a Cali
lornla grant lands cannot homestead
the land until the secretary OF the
interior formally announces that tht
merohantable timber has been re
moved,
Because not one car can be had
from the Southern Pacific to haul
rock, the pavins contract awarded to
the Oregon Asssam company for five
miles north and south of the Marion
Clackamas county line on the Pacific
highway, is to be cancelled BY the I
state highway commission,
According to n report of the seere' ]
tary Of the interior, furnished to Rep |
resontative sinnott, the total amount {
10 be paid to land.grant counties OF |
oregon BY way of back taxes. penal !
ties. costs and accrued interest is ST.
6s4 ,sO6. OF which amount s1,S46,fs2 I
represents accrued taxes to June . /
1916.
Believing that q federal grain in c
apector should be stationed at Pen d
dlcton. farmers of the district have q
petitioned the Oregon public service /
to that end. They con
an1nnui