The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-01-05

ton eeaR,y court $1,000 was appropri
aicd for . building for military pur
poses Tor the Corvallis company Of na
,ionai guard. with the provlso tina, m.
riiy appropriate like sum and IN.
state sttfoprlate n sum equal 10 III,
combined appropriations. plus the val
ue of the hand on which II Ia 10 be
located.
Authority has been given the sTse
utiye committee Of the Oregon Butter
q Cheese Makers association 10 CO
operate With the secretary Of the state
fair. A. ~ Lea. In interesting more
Oregon dalrymcn 60 exhibit at the
slate fair.
Because bis wife had started suit
for divorce. W. j. Horton. q logger.
wailacd into the store AZ Rainier where
she Was employed. shot and killed her
and turned the weapon on himself.
Horton died Instantly. his wife lin.
Eered four hours.
The state highway commission. un.
dsF the direction Of John u. Lewis.
state highway engineer, has prepared
tao manuals In poeks,t W form in
an effort to standnrdirs tate and
county practice in construction aad
maintenance Of bridEes
Rsports are that the annual con.
yrntion Of the Oregon state federation
of labor VIII be the most interesting
and best attended In the history Of
the organization. The federation
meets in salem January 20. and will
be in session for a week.
state Treasurer's KAy's biennial re-
port shows that the inheritance tar
fund has accumulated during the past
two years for the treasury general
fund In excess Of siTb.o 900. and that OF
this amount none has been expended
for the cost Of administration.
Representative IlAwiey has asked
the chief Of army engineers that a
recommendation be sent 20 congress
favoring the appropriation OF $4,000
10 deepen the water in tho locks at
Oregon city. IN order that boats draw
inE np 20 six feet may pass at all
neanons.
Milton a, Morgan. convict paroled
from the oregon state pcnitentiary
December II. and waiter BY occr
patton. was arrested by United States
At Portland ON o charge Of
having sent an Internal machine
through the mail 10 James 4, MlKner,
cf Albany,
Lane county corn has won first
prize nt the 81. Paul corn show held
under the auspices OF the First Ma,
lionai bank OF that city. The prize
was for the western division Of ore
gon. The award is a silver loving cup.
The corn was grown by G. ]. sluyter,
II Irving
on the ground that instructions 10 /,
he jury had hecn erroneous. the state /,
lnprrmc court set aside the verdicts +,
against William Branson and Mrs /,
.nna Booth. convicted In Yamhill !
county on charges of having slain the !,
Voman's husband. William Booth. oc \
ober 9. 1918. 4
Members Of the Yamhlll county tax a
ayers league and others In confer :
nee with the county court at Nc
iinnyille TO discuss the budget for i
si7. recommended the elimination OF 4
he county roadmaster and county ag \
icultnrai agent from the appropria !,
lon. saving $4,000.
A law which viii require the brand =,
ig OF all cold storage food products J,
o as 70 show the date they we're =,
laced In storage and the date taken !,
ut, will be recommended by the reso.
ltlons committee of the seventh an !,
ual convention OF the Oregon Butter y
nd Cheese Makers association, IN !.
sssion at Salem last week "
Secretary OF State olcott says he
SLEEVES that the Q per cent tax limt
'tion amendment passed a. the las, ~
,nersl election was enacted especial v
10 limit the expenditures OF public u
oneys, and that, In his opinion, no p'
'rious obstacle will be met by the ~
coming legislature In providing for re
'ery necessary state requirement
Thin the limitation, OF
Judge Galloway In circuit court ., %
llem, signed the final decree in the ei
-st of the seven Hyde. Benson cases ~
be adjudicated The decree Is posi- Sc
70 that the state land board must AZ
pay out OF the school fund ti,25 an an
re for the 500 acres involved in the ma
It, but does not compel the board 10 or
pay the interest accrued from school
nd loans since about 1898.
portland--The Albina Engine q re
lchine Works has contracts for two N,