The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-07-06

have been reported from lngginl
camps. TheBe fires were small. how
ever, and did but little damage,
Secretary Olcott has sent out notices
20 all OF the banks IN the state call
Ing their attention 10 the new law
relative TO bank deposits that cscheat
20 tho state. Under the new law. saw
inss deposits do not eschcat 10 the
state until after tho expiration Of IL
years
Tho coming session Of the vii.
lamettc valley ohautauaua, which
opens July 10 at Gladstone park. will
mark tho passing OF one Of Oregons
famous landmarks, The old audi
torium. erected ~ years ago. is TO be
abandoned. aud the big programmes
are to be held in new $4,000 ediiice.
Miss Helen Mctzger. age Is. died
at Portland from injuries received
when an electric train hit an auto she
was learning TO drive near Gresham.
Miss Metxger was the third Of the oc'
eupants OF the machine 20 die. y, u,
Lindsey. her grandfather. having been
killed instantly and his wife having
died two hours later.
In view Of the fact that nearly G40O
Oregon men have voluntarily entered
the national guard and the regular
army. Oregon will feel the effect Of
the aeleetlye draft hut lightly. II Is
probable on the basia Of present esti'
mates that not more than 2oo0 oregon
men OF military age out Of the $1,000
who registered will be drafted,
Damage running into the hundreds
OF thousands VI dollars was caused
when the reservoir 0f the kilmague
irrigation company. near liaIHeS, went
out and the released waters rushed
In Wild torrent through the village
OF Rock Greek. destroying I, and de-
vaatAiing thousands Of acres Of farm
inE territory In the adjacent valley.
Purchase OF the first inHiallmcnt OF
Q consignment of fir lumber to build
80 wooden ships. obtained By tho
Emergency fleet corporation, obtained
at $50 u thousand, was announced by
Chairman nonman. OF tho shipping
board The lumber WAS bought from
the Coos hay Lumber company OF Orc
gon and the contract calls for delivery
nj seaboard,
Tho old military highway, between
Eugene and Klamath Falls, now Of
ficially designed aa the willamette
road because II follows tho river OF
that name for great part of the dis
tance. will be opened for the frat time
20 automobile travel the latter part of
August according TO an announcement
made by Clyde X. Scitz. supervisor
OF tho Cascade national forest
A contract for 10 miles OF hard sur
face pavement, the first TO be let url'
der tho road bonding measure, ap,
proved ut the June election. was
awarded by the state highway com
misalou and the Umatilla county court
10 the Warren Construction company
for siie.i20.i?. Tho section OF the
road 10 be surfaced Is the first 10
miles between Pondleton and the
state line.
As result of the decision OF the In
tcrstato commerce commission In the
Is per cent freight rate increase cases
Chairman Frank J. Miller OF the ore
gon public service commission expects
the railroads in Oregon which have
asked for 1b per cent Increase on all
intrastate freight rates TO abandon
their general applications and endeav'
or TO got increases In the rates on Ger
tain classes and commodities, which
might be able to stand higher rates,
Nine fatal accidents, out of total
OF lss. were reported TO the state In
dustriai accident commission this
week, The fatal accidents were as
follows: John Lanto, Astoria, sawmill;
FuI ID. bUlHtnt huStNhb aNN"'" fhNR
Miller. Powers, logging; Charles R9
plea, Sheridan, sawmill; Marion l.,
Bend. logging, Carl Carlson,
Firwood. logging Indian George,
Hood River, railroad trespasser; d,
Correll, Pendleton, railroad trespas'
ser; Charles Walker. CoQuille, rail-
road trespasser.
On their return from an inspection
Of the payette' Oregon slope irrigation
project on the Snake river, Attorney
General Brown and superintendent OF
Banks Sargent were enthusiastic
about the project They went as mem
bers of the state bonding board to In
restigate the land relative to the GER
tification of s225,OOO worth of bonds
he district proposes to issue. Find
ngs will not be drawn up for q few
lays, but the board, II is understood,
will indorse the proposed issue, The
project includes $4,000 acres, all water
"a by pumping, the pumping power DO,