The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-05-25


Smyiho. prominent pondlolon ahcc
man
orders 10 recruit all units Of N
oregon national guard to full wa
strength Immediately by direction ,
tho Secretary Of war wcre receive
by George A. white adlutantgencri
Of the Oregon national guard. froI
BriEadier.Genernl Mann. chief OF N
bureau % militia affairs ~ Washing
ton.
Major Elliott j. Dent. united stAtei
engineers corps NJ Portland. II trans
fcrrcd 90 Seattle and VIII be succeeded
By Colonel George A, zInn. noB CON
uandins the second reKiment o.
engineers
Father ~ Y oliara. chslfman 81
the state industrial woilgfc commits
aIon which administers the Womcn'p
minimum wage Law. has rendered his
resignation 10 Governor witbycombe,
effective June |.
Out OF 3s5 accidents reported 10 the
industrial accident commission for the
week from May II 10 IL inclusive,
but one was fatal. the fatally injured
workman beinE Joseph Gordon. log
gins cmploye. ef Gravel Ford.
v u. MaeNauRhton. an architect Of
Portland. WA named b. Governor
wlthycombe as a member OF the In
dustrlai welfare commission 20 aue.
coed Father T.. v. o'Hara Of Portland.
who has submitted his resignation.
Bids for contracts for paving the
Riaklyou highway from the summit Of
tho mountain TO the California line
are being advertised for, Work Is TO
be- started Immediately and finished
this summer II the money holds out.
One OF the most importan, mining
deals in the history OF southern Ore
gon was closed with the giving of
bond on tho 20 claims comprising the
Greyback copper mIne on Grcyhaca
about 10 miloa east Of Sci.
ma.
With the business Htreaia OF the city
gaily decorated with carnival colorH
and patriotic emhlemg.-the citizens OF
Rosoburg entertained several ,housand
people at the toaliyitlcs attendant on
The celebration of tho ninth annual
strawberry festival
so great Ia the demand this year
'or canned fruits and vegetables that
he Eugene Fruit Growers association
iae loascd tho cannery al creswcll and
will operate Il as an auxiliary 10 the
arge plant In Eugene and the smaller
mo at Junction City this year.
The entire extension division Of the
University Of Oregon has been turned
'yor to the Red Cross and will be
Iscd by the government relief agency
q organization and information cen.
er for all war activities In the state
( Oregon for The duration Of the war;
The food survey campaign being
In Hood River, sherman.
lillian aud Morrow counties by the
xtension department az the Oregon
college. under the direo-
lon OF the United States department
agriculture. Is progrcssing rapidly
Tho government Ia an ondeayor TO
II ~ much land us possible under
lltivatiou within the klamath and
matllla irrigation projects has come
,rward with an offer 10 landowners
ithin these projects 10 supply water
actual cost under threeSear lease, 1
Special premiums viii be offered In
Ic sheep department OF the state fair 1
! the American Shropshire Registry !
ls0riatlon. the American Hampshire !.
hecp association, the American Ok. :
rd Down Record association and the a
Cotswold Registry assocIa. !
on. 4
The referendum petition directed
,ainat the GIN bin OF the last legls.
liye session was filed with Secretary
state olcott by the clackamas Fish !.
mems union. The petition contains
100 names The GIN bill would !,
,se tho Willamette river between I I.
egon City and oswego to commercial :,
hing. !,
J. u. Bristow. probably Lane coun- !,
8 Oldest native son and one OF the
st white children born In Oregon.
"a at his homo on the farm near
lgeno where ho was born 6s years ).
o. He was son Of A. X. Bristow, :,
10 headed one OF the early immi. :.
ant trains and who settled on this Y
IN in 1898.
Every unmarried man between the
ss OF 81 and 80. inclusive, who lives
Port oxford, Curry county. the west.
most town OF the United States. :,
eady has volunteered for service In
her the army or the navy branch.
Q volunteers from the little town OF sc
people number one.third OF the
lit male population.