The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-12-28
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L.. q Allen. leader of piE club work
Under the conditions arranged by MI
Allen the hanks agree 10 lehd the chill
dr,n money Tor purchasing piTB or
brood RawH At per cent interest
only purebr,d stock mhl b. raised Dy
the club members. The children have
meetings and demonstrations and are
organized through The aid Of school
officials
William Alberu, G. G Chapman and
W u. Dodhon. Of Portland, we're named
by Governor WlthyCumbr IN members
of commission to investigate cream.
cry aud dhiryinE conditions IN the
state Thrtr mrn viii act with Dairy
and Food commissioner Mlcklc and
W Il. Ncwcll,
" X Newell. Of Portland. assistant
federal food administrator Tor oregon.
will 80 to Washington, u. e., TO Jr
present at n conference of state td'
mlnlslratorB to be- held there January
8 and .. lie viii represent " u Aver
state administrator. Who but recently
returned from similar session.
Monmouth high school has the honor
OF having raised more money per ga
pila for the y N c. 4. fund than any
other high school Ia the state. accord
ing to figures Just made public by the
state organization. with an apportion'
ment Of $50 the school raised $3.50, or
35t per cent OF the quota asked for.
Durin. the past week SOC industrial
accidents we're reported 10 the state
Industrial accident commission OF
thia number four we're fatal. aa
follows Adolph Asplund. ScappooSe.
logging; Alfred I.eiscl. Powers. log
sing; Carl Everest. Portland. steel
works. aud NJ Hansen. wcstport. saw.
mill
Oregon will promise Chairman
Hurley. of the United States shipping
board that i50 wooden hulls can be
completed IN 1918 for government pur'
poses In yards aloug the willamette
and Columbia rivers and those al ore.
Eon coast ports, On u basis of $500
tons, dsadwoight for each ship. that
will mean $4,000 tons.
Captain ", 4. Arnold. who has been
organizing the logEcrs and lumber
workers of Coos county. has Visited ~
but one logglnR camp IN the county
and has signed approximately 1850
members IN tho Loyal Legion Of Log
gcra aud Lumber Workers, All camps
returned practically 100 per cent OF
the employees as members,
The state board Of cugrnirs, which
comprises members OF the state board
OF health and superintendent Of both
insane aaylumS, warden OF the pcnt'
tontiary and superintendent OF the In.
stitution for feeble minded. has ap'
proved for sterilization several cases
at the Oregon state hospital for tho
insane and at the state pcnItcntiary.
State Highway Engineer Num- has
started assembling n force of men to
resume work on the Syenscn and Clat'
nkanlc jobs on the lower Columbia
river highway, Mr., Num- has served
notice ON the Warren Construction
company OF the termination OF their
contracts on thcse jobs because OF al
legged discrepancies In handling the
work,
The Valley 4 Siletz railway com.
pany which has just completed Its
line as far as ValetE, in the SiletE
basin. will begin the operation of reg
ular passenger and freight trains on
January /. The road will operate be-
tween Independence and Valetz, and
will tap some OF the richest agricul'
tural and timber lands in western
Oregon.
Hood River valley produced only
about two-thirds OF It's 1916 apple crop.
according to special apple report,
just issued by the bureau OF crop os.
Inmates. A better showing In the rest
Of the state tends to make up for this
decrease, although the state rs whole
will fall little short Of last year,
producing $4,000 barrels, or l,950,Oo0
boxes, In 1917,
Governor Withycomhe has an
nounced that AT the request Of Mayor
Hackett, of Oregon City, and Sheriff
Wilson. of Clackamas county, about
half OF the force OF special agents that
have been stationed In that county 10
watch for troubles which might arise
because OF differences between paper.
mill employers and employees will be
retained for time at least
Oregon students will visit and speak
Mt nearly every high school In the
state during the university Christmas
holidays and encourage the pupils TO