The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-16
Mar DUCK. a saey sins tonsman,

Row I.eong tongmen on the one hand.
aud suey slnE gunmen on the other
Ia Portland.
Only 81 cars OF onions are left un'
sold In oregon. Except for a car or
two that may be held over the stock
viii doubtless be exhausted by the
end Of the month, The market Is un'
changed at $3.50 TO erower. but prices
are very firm, aud another advance
can be expected
President WILSON, on recommends
tlon OF Secretary of Agriculture
Houston, has lssucd an order adding
$4,000 acres 10 the Whitman national
forest IN Oregon. much of which IL
privately owned lands, mainly ON tho
divide between the John Day. Powder
aud lurnt rivers
The Pacific National Dairy show
has been organized by dairymcn ana
stockhrecdcrs OF Oregon for the pur'
pose OF holding In Portland an annual
exhibition OF dairy cattle OF all breeds
as we'll a. dairy products Including
milk. butter, cheese and lee cream and
also dairy machinery and equipment
Thomas W. lawson, Boston flnsn'
cicr. author ot "frenSlcd Finance,
whose charges gave rise to the leak
inquiry hy congress which has been
furnishing sensation for the nation,
Is In Oregon on his annual visit for
rest and recreation lie Is visiting
his son, Douglas Lawson, at the lat
ters prineville ranch.
Stookmon OF Paisley have Joined
with the Chcwaucan Land 4 Cattle
company in their fight against tho
state water board and its dccrce In the
adjudication OF the waters OF the Che
waucan river to prevent, II possible
the passage OF the Forbes bill appro'
priating $4,000 with which to carry
this case 10 the supreme court.
Important orders were handed down
hy the public service commission last
week. including the establishing OF
rates for the Consolidated Electric
Light company in formal complaint
brought by John Day and Canyon City
and also grade crossing order on
the Astoria division OF the Spokane.
Portland 4 Seattle Railway company.
The following fourth-class postmas.
ters have been appointed in Oregon;
Jennie Gienger Cottonwood. vice A. I.
Wright, resigned; Alley J. Pullen,
Louerock. vice J, W. Carrice, resign.
ed: ELLA NJ, Cree, Pleasant Hin. vice
o, J. Hull. resigned: Ed |. Southworth.
Seneca, vice NJ, Southworth. resigned;
Isaac Blumauer, Cake. MaIheur eoun.
~. new office.
Following n conference with 8. o,
correll. OF Baker secretary Of the Ore
gon Cattle aud lIorsenlen's associa-
tion, to convene late In April. the
executive committee on arrangements
reports three Governors are booked
to speak at the convention at In
Grande. April 24.25. Governors Witty.
comhe OF Oregon; Lister. of Washing
ton. and Alexander. OF Idaho. are the
three.
In a brief sent TO the five circuit
judges OF the state still having under
consideration Hyde Benson land fraud
cases. Attorney General Brown takes
exception to the ruling OF Judge Camp.
bell. of ciaekamas county. In that
ruling. IN one OF the IIydc-Benson
cases. the courts holds thar a statute
Of 1901 validated transactions by the
state land board up to thar time
tiRctured by fraud or not
The Utah Quicksilver company.
located In the Meadows district near
Gold Hill. was sold last week to X.
f. Doane and G, +. Harney. a mining
man from California. II Is promised
that operations viii start as soon as
the snow leaves. The management
has a retort on the property and ex-
poets to start with crew OF 10 men.
As soon as the amount OF ore war
rants, several more retorts viii be
added.
johnson Porter. of the firm OF
Porter Brothers. general contractors.
stands ready 10 invest siSa.oao In q
plant at Florence, at the
mouth Of the Sinslaw river. The little
town OF Florence is ready to invest
slo,ea0 in the protest aud to make an
effort to set the site selected b. Mr..
Porter. Eugene has been asked TO
raise the remaining $4,000 required TO
put in sh.p-buiidins plant such as
was suggested as feasible by Mr..
Porter,
The senate commerce. committee has
the consideration Of tbs
rivers and harhors bill and all oregcn
Isens carried in the house bill were
In addition the spprcpria-
ion for TiIiamook hay vas increased
ron sseoa TO sISe0o. Surveys were
,,,thorfsrS frorr VoungsS haF near tho