The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-09-13

tion. Hympathy and condolences OF the
members OF the state board OF control
have been adopted BY that board In
connection with the death recently Of
". r. Mooroa. superintendent OF the
Oregon school for the blind; A. E.
atranE. chief engineer Ri the state hos
pitAi; c. NJ. wilcox. head Of the poul.
Try department at the state hospital.
and Fred W. Hcndlcy. chief book.
keeper at the eastern Oregon state hos.
pitai
The state Industrial accident com.
mission reports that during the week
ending September @ Il was informed
Of n total Of b3G accidents. two Of them
fatal George Leteh. OF Dee. was IA.
tally injured while numbering. and
Bcrt Jones. OF Portland. was hurt a.
tally while engaged In public service.
Ira iIutchinn. manager Of the
brownsville cannery. has been forced
to call upon women for volunteer work.
err. The housewives OF Brownsville
have responded In large numbers and
are now working alongHidc Of the girls.
children and the very few men In the
effort to pack the heavy offering OF
fruit.
A party OF seven timber cruisers
have spent tho past two months max.
Ing cruise OF the s7,O0O-acre tract OF
the Dooth,Kclly company which lies In
northern Klamath and Lake counties.
II 10 understood that the estimate ls
being made by the Long Bell company
with u view TO the purchase OF tho
tract
General matters affecting taxation
will be conhidered at the annual meet.
Ing OF the State Taxpayers league.
which has been set for Saturday. Sep
tombcr IS. at 10 a. m. by Walter NJ.
Pierce. Of La Grande, president OF the
league A large attendance Is expect.
ed at the session. which win be held
In Portland.
U. 8. Grant, OF Dallas. president OF
the National Mohair Growers associa.
tIon. has received tclegraphIc notice
OF the action on mohair by the war In.
dustrics board. Secretary +. o. Ian.
drum. OF the association. wired that
mohair can be sold In the open mar.
ket, prices ranging above s5 cents per
pound. Recent aales In New York are
verified at s5 cents.
Chc Oregon Agricultural college viii
put special stress upon football and
other athletics this year. Because OF
war conditions. Il Ia even more I'm
portant than usual TO have every man
physically fit. In the opinion OF Presi'
dent Kerr. Intramural contests are
being planned which are expected to :
develop each man In college from a
physical standpoint.
Highway work In Oregon will pro-
coed regardless of the recent order OF
the fuel administration requiring ap.
proval by the federal highways council
before further work be done. Secrc.
tary Pennyhaker, of the council. tele-
graphcd 10 the state highway commits
slon granting the right 10 so ahead on
all work now under way, providing
for such work are available.
Oregon hopgrowors with yards
throughout the hop.growing area OF the
valley. forcsee sudden
end to the industry as a result of the
decision to prohibit the
OF beer after December
next with picking under way In
most OF the yards. growers are unde-
sided whether TO continue to harvest
the crop or 10 abandon the yards at
once.
Al a conference of bankers held In
Portland resolution was adopted rec
to the American Bankers
action TO maintain gold
production OF the country at the pre-.
war volume. The conference was held
under auspices OF the executive COM
mittee Of the oregon Bankers associa'
lion. and q number Of bankers OF
Oregon and California
we're present.
Plans have been practically com.
pleted for training at least 200 and
400 young men for special
purposes at Albany college
his winter. The men viii receive
special instruction in army band mu' !.
,ic, preparatory training In other milis
AIRY work and also in certain college
courses. II 10 planned to send the first
lass October IL and continue tho
course OF instruction until June.