The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-03-16


com" effective prior TO the levy anf
collection OF taxes on assessment,
made March I. 1917 Taxes for all
purposes, lowed on assessments Of
such ships and vessels a. Of March ].
1919. arc subject 10 collection as here
tofors.
Insurance Commissioner Harvey
Wells has reported that during tho
month Of February there were 80 fires.
Ia 20 towns Of the state. with a loSs
aEErcgating t3?iiOo. The greatest
fire losH during the month was a $3.50.
900 box factory nj Astoria
Representative Macarthur has writ
ten 10 the secretary Of the treasury
urging that a branch OF the san Fran
cisco federal reserve bank be- estab
lishcd al Portland, liusinehB interests
OF Portland are urging thia project
upon the Oregon delegation
AZ u mass meeting ht Hood River.
With Representatives present from
every rural community. n campaign
90 aid thc passage Of tho $4,000. 900
bonding act was launched By the or
saniERtion Of the Hood River County
Good Roads association.
II. A. Ward. OF tho United statcs bio
logical survey. department Of agricui'
turc. has been In Josephine county
working with County Agent e, u.
Thompson In organizing a campaign
against squirrels and other rodents
that are destructive OF farm crops. q
Or David N. RoborE. state health
officer. has been named Que Of com
nlttec OF six TO conduct Investigations
into intRntilo paralysis for prcsontA'
.ion before the conference Of state aud
provincial health officers OF North
America Ut Washington early IN June.
A footbridEc. said 10 bo the longest
of Its Kind ON tho Pacific coast, II not
In the country. Ia being built across
the Rogue river at Agncss. II ia of
woven wire supported on pillars. The
main span In se6 feet Ia length. and
the two anchors OF the bridge are 65S
feet apart.
At joint meeting OF the Grant
County Good Roads association and
the county court II was decided TO sub
MI, TO tho voters OF the county. at the
state special election In June, the prop ,
cation OF a bond issue ~ $4,000, 10 .
bc used In the construction OF tho ,
John Day highway.
As Oregon has received from the
government indemnity lands amount. I
Ing 10 66t2 acres moro than the valid 4
base given by the state. Attorney Gen. 1
prai Brown has advised the clerk OF [
tho state land board 10 comply with
The request OF the department OF the
Interior to make up the deficiency.
Professor q, II. ayslop, chief In
'arm crops at the Oregon Agricultural
'ollegc. has returned TO Corvallis az
er two weeks spent In eastern Oregon
n promoting the system Of bulk hand
Ing OF grain. Professor Hyslop re
,orta that everywhere tho bulk'hand
Ing idea was received with open arms.
Mayor u. l., Swartzlander, OF the
Jmatilla Indian reservation, has re.
eived word that the Indian appropria'
ion bill has passed congress and pro.
ision will soon be made for allotting
he tribal lands on the reservation TO
he members Of the tribe Each un-
llotted Indian will get land not ex.
eeding so acres In the spring.
Governor Withycombe has appoint.
d the following as delegates to the
nnual meeting OF tho American Acad.
my Of Political and Social Sciences
, meet In Philadelphia; +, l.. Camp
ell, president Of the University of
rcgon: W. j. Kerr, president of the
regon Agricultural college; w, 7,
oster, president of Reed college;
Irs. a. c. Newill, Portland; Mrs. l..
i. Alderman. Portland.
With the contention that the lands
NHt iuWPT NtdIliNH HhNh'o N'iN i
sded by tho state 10 the federal gov.
.nment for the purpose OF reclama-
on, and that they cannot be dealt 3
ith except in accordance with the fr
'clamation law, Representative Sin 50
DIT Ia working for the exclusion Of A
10 national bird reserve near Klam- n
h Falls, The bird reserve occupies
territory OF moro than $4,000 acres.
Standing on point OF land over
okIng the Pacific highway and the
influence OF the coast fork and the
iddle fork OF the Willamette river. wi
arwin Brlstow, OF Eugene son of eli
Ie OF tho. earliest pioneer families of ca
me county. recited some little known te
story OF early days, as he made the tn
incipal address In the dedication of m,
bronze marker at CoryelI Point no
coted by the Lewis and Clark chap ca
r OF the Daughters OF the American
'volution. re