The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-09-14

ward the construction 0f the tornu
copia road and 1000 toward the con.
sIructlon pf the Unity road
The ~ correspondence rpurR"s ~ the
University NJ Oregon In hiEh school
and college HubjrciH hatr been oprncd
10 soldiers who nrr citizens NJ OREGON
Ktatloned IN any part ~ The world ~
the result of q ruling by Attorney.
General Brown that tn" extension
courses may be- offered To ri'igens b."
yond the boz irrSf Of the stai"
A petition numctouSly signed was
presented n the Lincoln county court
asking that special election he held
for the purpoho ~ voting on pfnpo'
altlnn 10 bond the county lot 300.
OOO TO build roads
The chief of engineers Instructed
the district engineer nj Portland 10
proceed at once with the work ~
deepening the lookH at Oregon City'
for which work couErcAB recently ap'
propriatcd $4,000
That the fire which hah been just
halted In the Fort Rock section after
burning over 10000 acres Of yellow
pine. was undoubtedly Of inccndlary
oriEtn, is the decision OF c, J. buck.
assistant chief forester,
Al . o'clock Tuesday 7400 acres OF
land known as the Bcnham Falls
segregation and located IN the Bend.
Alfalfa and Powell Butte vicInltice. In
Crook and Dcnchutea counties, was
opened for homestead filing.
Admiral CappS has informed scna'
tor Chamberlain that the shipping
board IL considering the proposal OF
Robert A Miller. OF Portland. 10 build
ships Of concrete but Is not yet ready
20 enter into any contracts
pr. =. NJ Brooks. OF Portland. form
crly OF SlIyerton. was appointed by
Governor withycombc 10 succeed Dr
NJ n. MareelluB ~ n member OF the
state board OF health. Or. Maroclius
resigned 10 enter military service.
Pcndlaton lcadB the cities Of the
state In contributions Of books 10 the
war library according 10 statement
made by Mas cornelIa Marvin, state
librarian. That city has given t6s
volumes and about 1000 magazines.
No more commitments 10 tho state
school for fecblcminded will BE- rccciv'
cd from the state at large until all
feeble.mindcd wards OF the state now
In other Institutions are cared for,
the state board Of control has ruled,
President Wilson has sent to the
senate the following nominations:
Collector OF customa, Oregon district,
Portland. VIII Moore Of Pendleton.
Or: United States marshal. district
of Oregon. George F. Alexander Of
Portland,
W, u. FINER. for nearly IL years
adMtant general Of the Oregon Ma
tionRl guard. has been appointed
major in the United States army and
ordered TO report at once TO Camp
Lewis, American Lake. for service
with the now national army,
This years Pcndlcton Roundup.
September 20. ci and % is expected TO
break all records, both in attendance
and in the quality Of the contests and
exhibition The people OF pchdleton
are making arrangements 10 entertain
rs, 900 people for the three days
Circuit Judge n. V, Kuykcndall Of
Klamath Falls has decided In favor
Of the state In the last Of seven cases
against +. A. Hyde and his associates
to recover lands which the state
claimed were acquired fraudulently.
Tho seven cases involved approximate.
~ 10000 acres. All but one were decid.
ed in favor of the state.
Wheat that grows over five feet high
and produces from 100 TO $50 bushels
to the acre Is on exhibition at the
Medford commercial club. II is the
property of u, P, Hughes, OF Josephine
county. According to Mr., Hughes,
this is Russip wheat of unknown
name. originally sent to farmer at
Holland, Josephine county, by Con
gressman Hawley. four years ago.
Lane county Is building twice the
amount Of road this year expected
when estimates were made this spring
but expenditures for roads have not
The cost of construction
has been reduced by replacing teams
and wagons with great caterpillar
tractor and trains of cars, The 20
horsepower engine, In a single load, {
hauls 80 square yards of gravel, equal
to average loads for 20 teams OF ,
horses. and travels over the road at ,
about the same speed
The ten men selected for commits ,
sions as second lieutenants in the