The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-07-13

the state registered up TO June W TINS
year ls greatly In excess OF the NUM-
ber registered for the first six months
OF last year. the number OF motorcycles
has dropped off, according to state
ment issued by Secretary olcott'
Moving with expedition In Its efforts
10 promote the state highway work.
the state highway commission has adj
ycrtised for proposals ON larss
amount OF road work. the proposals TO
be opened July 20, at the office OF s
Benson, chairman Of the commission
IN Portland.
Net profit in total shipment OF ore
from the Blue Ledge mine near Med
ford during the last three months Is
between $4,000 and 100000 In copper
alone. The ore yields from s. to S''sO
a ton in gold aud silver the net re-
suits in those metals being $4,000 In
the same period,
Since the workmen's compensation
law went into effect on November ;,
1914, up to June 30. 1917. the receipts
OF the state industrial accident com
mission have been ss.ss3,5SS,a6, while
the disbursements have been Ssoi,Sss.'
o.. according to financial statement
issued by the commission.
-Four fatal accidents and SSs non
fatal accidents were reported to the
state industrial accident commission
during the past week, The fatal acct
dents were: Joseph Streimer, Portland.
department store; James Adkins. ore
gon City. trespasser; J. +. Cuddeback'
Portland. construction; Paul Corchan.
Clifton. logging.
Eighty tons of the 1916 crop of flaI
is now being put through the water
retting process at the state peniten
tiary by Flax Manager II. Crawford.
The 20 tons Of flax which was retted
last fall has been scutched aud rors'
cd up into fiber of good quality. The
1917 crop. which is still growing, lie
reported TO be in good condition.
n. Campbell. registrar OF the Port
land United States land office. has 70
ceived a bulletin from Washington an
nouncing tentative plans for the sale
of five sections OF SiletE Indian reser
walton land in Lincoln county. The
sale will be held some time In August
and will be public. The timber 10
mostly Douglas fir. and government
cruisers gave an estimate of i70,62o.
600 feet.
Scores of men. women and children
will be needed to harvest the crops OF
Polk county this summer, and unless
this demand is supplied, fully so per
cent OF the fruit and grain yield will
be lost Women, girls and boys to
pick the heavy berry crop now fast
ripening are especially wanted at this
time, but steady work for an unlimit
ed number OF men from now until the
middle OF October or November is also
offered.
Attorney General Brown advises J
o. Erickson, district attorney for Clat
sop county. that the theory upon which
a justice of the peace in that county
recently dismissed liquor cases against
o. Sund and A. White 10 unsound. This
encouragement holds that all the
state needs TO prove is that the liquor
came into the defendants hands and
that the burden Is then shifted to
them to prove that they secured such
liquor In lawful manner.
Dissatisfaction Of the klamath In
dams eliminated in a tribal meeting
at which Clayton Kirk, Charles Hood,
Abraham Charley. Drumer David, Har'
rison Brown, Samuel Clinton and Sup
erintendent Asbery we're speakers.
The Indians declared themselves cap.
able OF self-government and asked that
some OF their vast resources be made
available for immediate use. CRITICISM
Of the present practice OF the Govern
ment in dealing with the Indians was
made and resolutions were adopted
asking the government to give the
Indians chance.
Work of opening the central Ore.
gon highway, which will extend from
the Idaho state line to the sea, was
begun last week, when crew Of
engineers working under the direc
ton of the state engineering depart
mont, pitched camp and started work
on survey OF the portion Of the pro
posed road from Eugene to Deadwood,
in the coast mountains. The three
links Of this highway will be the pro-
posed road from Florence TO Eugene,
the road from Eugene through the
Mckenzie pass to Mitchell and tho
John Day highway from Mitchell to