The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-01-26

L presidents nave accepted places ~
" the Oregon summer school faculty. ac
cording to an announcement made BY
Dean Joseph Sohafer They are q
Stanley Hall OF CLARK university aud
Henry Churchill King OF oherliu.
!. Members OF the eight farm loan as
sociations OF Jackson county met at
/, Mcdford and perfected permanent
> organization which has for It's primo
object the uniformity Of valuations OF
r farm lands in their districts under the
!. classifications Of alfalfa, fruit grain
and stock
Governor Wi,hycomhc has annonnc'
oil that all appointments To boards.
commissions, etc, that might b. made
during the present legislative session
will he held In aheyance until after the
session, when II will be determined
just what offices are to remain pro.
vided by statue
Many problems for tho development
Of oregon's mineral resources are to
be undertaken during the comiaE year
by the state bureau OF mines and geol,
oey These Investigations arc to be
continued as rapidly aud as far as
the appropriation allotted by the leg.
islature will permit.
Markets In Portland and Willamctts
valley points are thrown open to east
ern Oregon plaster dealers by an or.
der of the public service commission,
which allows a rate OF 10 cents per
100 pounds on plaster carloads, mini,
mum weight $4,000 pounds, from Gyp.
sum to terminals at Portland.
Members of the Hood River county
court have announced that they will
build half mile OF experimental hard.
surfaced road on the East Side the
coming spring. The road will be con.
structed In district in which il is dc.
clared the traffic is heavier than at
any other place in the valley.
The county courts Of Polk and
Marion counties IN joint session &C.
cepted a report from the State High.
way commission recommending that
the proposed new lntcrcounty bridge
over the Willamette river at Salem '
be Of steel aud that IL be built at the I
location OF the present structure =
Continuation OF its program OF re-
its main line with heavier
steel. the Strengthening OF curves and
filling trcstles is contemplated by the c
O'w. r. & ~ for the coming year. h
according TO the budget prepared by f.
President ], II. Farrell. Between 81.
100000 and 100000 is included.
Theodore II. Scheffer, Of the federal
,ureau OF agriculture, has been de.
allied TO conduct a publicity and dem v
campaign in Multnomah d
ounty on methods Of dealing with the
nole and gopher pest. but particularly
D regard to the mole, which has a =.
elt with value OF from 10 cents to !"
cents.
The Oregon normal school is con-
idering the establishment OF an ex. ri
,nsion department to care for numer. M
US inquiries that have been made or
lring the past two years on school
and methods. and to sat.
fy the demands made upon the fac.
ty members to give talks in various II
regon towns. fir
BY a vote OF II u s the farmers OF ia
e Gold Hill and Foots Greek dis o.,
lets sanctioned the creation of the
I'D Hill irrigation district. The land y"
ming within the district embraces ma
out 1900 acres lying along the south ed
lie of Rogue river. in what is known
the Riverside Colony and Foots
eek district.
Through the efforts Of the Oregon "a
'olgrowers association an amend. thC
mt to the constitution will be intro ar.
red In the legislature at this session 81
'yiding for a special tax on livestock "
that stockmen. who are the big
ferers from predatory animals,
her than the whole body OF tax.
rers, will contribute the money for 4
bounty fund. po,
fen and women ranging in age from
TO 90 staged free vaudeville and o"''
sic show at Portland as part OF uuc
exploitation program adopted by ing
Forty.fAe Efficiency club. a new Eas
anizstion Of men past IS years Of n,
, who are out to discredit the mid.
age theory and to get the removal "o
age limits on national and local gen
service rules. vie,
wenty-seven head of fine pureblood nor
ham, Shorthorn and Hereford ,ou
lie, consigned 10 Metz g. Son, Of -
dleton. were suffocsted while en- .'ie
e TO Pendleton. The animals we're IN q
ed at from $3.50 to $500 a head, they
total loss being estimated at be. kee,
m $4,000 and $4,000. While the hin
! was In yard at some point this ~
OF Chicago, It is said, a railroad vi d