The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-18

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pany and farmers of Wallowa county
by which the ranchers will be allowed
to transport their wheat to market
over the logging road Of the former.
The cost will be about cents hun
dred pounds. Heretofore, 1t has been
necessary for the farmers to haul their
grain by team for distances Of from
20 to 40 miles, the cost In many cases
amounting to more than 80 cents a
hundred The road extends from En-.
terprise to Flora. There is in the
neighborhood of 10000 bushels Of
wheat to be taken to market.
Prune growers Of the Forest Grove
locality have practically finished pick.
ing the crop. The season has been un.
usually favorable for work and the
crop exceeds former records.
The cruising and appraising Of pri
vately-owned land in the Bull Run
watershed district by the government
foresters is under way. 1t is expected
that the owners will exchange their
rights In this district for timber not
In government reserve section. The
| Bull Run watershed Is the source OF
Portland's water supply.
At meeting of the Portland boiler.
makers union 1t was voted that the
44-hour working week shall be put in.
to effect by members working in ship.
yards by the taking of Saturday half.
holidays. The union voted two weeks
ago to work 48 hours weekly, after
having taken Saturday half-holidays
for two successive weeks.
An educational campaign is being
launched by the Tillamook Creamery
association to make their products bet.
ter known. The output of Tillamook
cheese this year will, 1t is expected.
exceed $1,50O00O. In 1917 the "a fac.
tories handled 44,9O1,30 pounds OF
milk, and from 1t manufactured 4,974,.
1928 pounds of Tillamook cheese, valued
at $1,1SS,S45.
A shipment of 40 gallons OF brandy
and 65 gallons of whisky that was
masquerading as cylinder oil, med
ium," and arrived on the steamer Rose
City from San Francisco, was seized
at Astoria by the police and federal
authorities The liquor was in kegs
packed In boxes and was consigned to
the "Wendling Vaughn Logging com.
pany, Grays River, Wash"
Frantic kilograms have been receiv-
ed by Senator Chamberlain from rep
resentatives of prune growers In the
vicinity Of Salem saying that notwith-
standing the announcements that the
food administration has given orders
for the purchase of 38,000.000 pounds
of Oregon prunes, the orders have not
been received by Oregon packers and
the packing houses are still idle.
The new circular road around the
rim of Crater Lake has been complet-
ed. Tie road later probably will be
hard-surfaced, but the dirt grade Cir.
cling the lake at an average height
of about 1000 feet is entirely finished.
1t Is 3S miles long and completes rs
miles of road work now in Crater Lake Z
national park. The road around the
rim has been under construction for
three years.
Oregon draftees are being rejected at
army camps and cantonments In excess
OF the national average, reports just
given out from Washington indicate.
In recent months, under new stand
ards, the average percentage Of rejec-
tions Of inducted men has jumped from
4.S3 per cent to 7.6 per cent, for the
nation at large. oregon's percentage
Of unfit Is 5 as against Washington
states record of per cent.
Roland Andre has returned from
Corvallis.