The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-17

festival 10 he held dufinF the week Of
September ~
Robert ovens. engineer of logging
locomotive. WAS fatally burned and
, logging equipment and two bridges
~ n loggnr road Of the oregon Lum'
her company was destroyed, when
Hood River county experienced one Of
the worst forest tirsa lu the valleys
recent history, last pcck
Attorney General nroWn has been
requested by The smlth.FGWera logging
company to investigate the falc OF
jamaica FinErr extract by grocery
stores as the company SAYS iiH men
are uhlng tho stuff for booze.
The first instnlimoni ot the half
million trout Try that VIII he dis
,rlbuted thls season In tho waters of
umatllla county. was placed M tho
north fork OF the umatilla, near
Meaeham. and az bingham Springs.
Captain l.. l., pcudlo,on Of Naneouv'
or Barracks has announced the names
Of Iai Oregon mon who are HuccoHh'
ful applicants for the second reserve
ofiicerh' training camp Ia open at tho
prosidio. San Francisco. August ~.
A marked Increase In the number Of
pupils who entered high school after
completing the elementary gradrA Is
shown in annual reports Of county
school HupcrintondeDIa Of Oregon now
being filed with state superintendent
Churchill.
In the belief that their fcllow'ooun'
trymon cannot rest IN peace lh their
present graves In Lone Fir cemetery
Portland Chinese are having the bodies
of 500 deceased brothers and sisters
e4humed. preparatory TO acnding them
back to China.
The biennial reorganization meet
ing Of the state livestock sanitary
board WAS held In Salem The follow
ing officers were elected; J. NJ. Dick
son. shedd. president. Walter X. Tay'
lor. Corvallis, yico.president. DR.. Lyle
Is cH,offleio socrciary.
To prevent the spread Of calf cholera
throughout oregon, the state livestock
sanitary board ordered that ealyee In
eli coast counties be yaccinatod for tho
dlseasc before being shipped TO eastern
Oregon points, The disease is preVa'
lent IN Tlllamook and Coos counties.
by saving hole through the roof
OF the state pcuitontiary, dropping by
a rope down the front wall OF the
building and calmly walking out OF
the front gate, Robert Burns aud J, II.
Burg, both serving from two to 20
years for forgery, effected their es'
cape
The department Of the interior has
issued it's Crater Lake hand book for
the season of 1917, II contains direo'
tionb for reaching the lake, descrip-
ton of the wonderful body af water in
southern Oregon, the Indian myths
about IL and the Crater Lake national
park regulations.
Two fatal accidents were reported
10 the state industrial accident com.
mission during tho past week. accord
ing 10 the weekly statement The
fatalities were: John Bodara, Astoria.
logging, and Gerald Hunt White Pine.
sawmil There was total Of 4l6
accidents reported
Although he is past 81 years Of age,
Laurin u, Redifcr, OF Redmond. never
knew that his heart was located ON the
right side of his body until "a physical
examination for the draft revealed the
curious fact. Redifer was rejected,
but for defects other than the mis-
placement OF his heart,
10 consider the emergency require
mcnts OF poultry instruction and In
yestigation and the character of
changes neeessitated by the war
sectional meeting of the American as'
ISOLATION OF Instructors and lnvesti'
gators OF Poultry llusbandry was held
at the Oregon Agricultural college
August Is aud Il,
That cattle dying in various Oregon
places recently are not poisoned by
crlminally inclined persons, but pro.
badly died from contaminated water
holes. is the conclusion Of Dr. G, IL.
Schultz. a veterinarian of the Seattle
department of health and sanitation.
Ho has made an extensive investiga'
tion In the klamath Falls region,
A large truck belonging to the Math.
ews Transfer company OF Eugene,
was cemonted securely to, the bottom
of the mill race when the truck loaded
with several tons of molten asphalt,
broke through bridge over the mill
racr. lighting on end The cold water