The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-12-21

gram for the coming Farmers ant
Home Makers week. Ia be- held nj Cor
Wallis December n 10 January 8, Con
NentionH viii be- held ~ that time by
the Oregon State Dairy association
Oregon iiolD'cin Caltlo club. oregon
Jersey Cattle club, oregon Guernsey
Cattle club. Nut Growers association,
Vegetable Growers association and the
fruit products men.
Approximately six tons of aut0mo'
bile tags went out from Secretary Of
State Olc0lt'H office In the mail last
week. Tho shipment included iI.O3s
auto ,aEa, i75 motorcycle tags. 266
chauffeur tags aud iis dealers tags.
The postage on the shipment Was
, The work ~ determining physical
valuations af all steam railroads In
the state Of Oregon has been com.
pleted and the force of engineers Of
tho interstate commerce commission
which has been making its headquar.
tsn In Eugene will be- transferred 10
the south for the winter
out of t39 accidents reported to the
industrial accident commission for the
week ending December ~. four were
fatal, The fatalities were l., H. f1eich.
or. Linnton. &, J. before. wauna. aud
Sam Payne. wcslport. nIl sawmill en-
ployes. and Robert Foster. Portland.
engaged OH construction work
Tho possible modification OF existing
federal standards for wheat and shelled
corn. for tho purpose Of rrctifying
any Injustice that may exist in the
present system OF grading. was dis.
ousaed nj conference at Portland OF
oregon producers. warehousemen and
milleru with federal representatives.
The chief army engineer. on request
OF Senators Chamberlain and McNary.
has suspended an order Of the district
officer for the removal Of temporary
piers Of the new bridge at Salem. The
Salem Commercial club protested the
removal. saying that such removal
would stop work on the bridge until
spring,
county, which have previously been
confined To a large cNten, 10 eight or
nine months OF the year, will probably
be- ycarround industry from this
time on. an winter logging work viii
be undertaken on n scale that VIII
utilize all the laborcrE when the mills
hayr closed,
Work under way or contemplated by
the sta,e highway commission on the
Columbia and Pacific highways Will
cost s.. .366. .ss6.2i. according To state
mont completed by G. Ed Ross, audi
tor Of the commission. This will cover
a mileage OF l63.a miles. and will open
up TO heavy truck travel 1856 miles OF
road In the state.
Alta meeting OF the interstate bridge
commission the final report Of the en-
sfnoers on the construction of the
Vancouver bridge was approved, Ac.
cordlng TO tho final and complete esti'
mate oG John Lyle Harrington and
Ernest f. Howard, consulting cngin'
GERS. the total cost OF the bridge In
cludlng all approaches. was si.6ss.656.
The estimated cost was si,750.ooo.
After carefully weighing all features
entering into the offer from Kansas
Agricultural college and his present
position as head OF the Oregon Agri'
cultural college. Dr W. ], Kerr an
nounced that he will remain here and
devote bis undivided attention to q
continuation OF the development OF this
state. DIR. Kerr's salary has been ad.
vanced from $1,000 to $4,000 year.
Bulk grain handling will be one OF
the big issues OF the second annual
northwest grain convention TO be held
In Corvallis January a5, According to
George Y, Hyslop, of the Oregon Agri'
cultural college farm crops depart
ment, the shipment OF grain in bulk
In the only possible solution for north
western grain farmers and they should
begin at once to get equipment for
next years crop.
Governor withycombe, in response
TO request from Adjutant'General
Mccain. has issued an appeal to county
officials not to destroy alcoholso
liquors which are seized In compliance
with law. inasmuoh as pure alcohol
may he redlstllled from these spirits
and utilized by the war department.
The governor asks that the confiscated
liquors. wherever safe and feasible, be
turned over to the federal authorities
for tho uses mentioned,
Il is evident rom the annual report
Of the commissioner OF the general
land office that the sale Of the timber
on the Oregon & California land grant
Is to he held back, awaiting action by
congress on bill introduced last ses'
sion, permitting the consolidation OF
private holdings within the grant
limits, and the exchange of private
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