The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-23

anu HuAb'At
The schools at crcsweIl. Lane ooun.
y. will not open until one month later
han usual. TO permit the boys and
sirln 10 assist IN the harvesting OF
ropa aud especially the prune crop In
dho orchard owned by l.. u, Bcarbor.
,uEh. which covers 100 acres and IL
he largest Of its Kind In the upper
willamette valley
All the shipbullding firms save one.
all OF the paper and woolen mills and
% per cent Of the firms engaged In
the lumber industry will BE- under the
provisions OF the workmcn's eompenHa'
,ion act after September I. according
10 statement issued BY the Industrial
Accident commission.
The number OF Industrial accidents
reported 10 the state accident commits
sion during the past week exceeds all
previous records. The total number IL
gsI. OF which four were fatal. m fol.
lows; Joe DE Mario. Cochran. logging;
Carl barnard. Buxton. brakeman;
George Mall. Portland. shipbuIldins;
X. shibala, Cochran. logging.
Tho Columbia 4 Nehalem River rail.
road. which runs from Kerry into the
Nehalcm valley. wants 10 advance iis
rates for forest products. Statements
OF the oticiAis OF the company have
been submitted TO the Public Service
commission OF Oregon. showing that
tho business II being handled at a
loas. due 10 the Increased cost OF oper'
alton.
In response TO demand from edu.
Gators In many parts OF the country.
DR.. y. q. Franklin. dean OF Albany
college. 10 preparing to write another
volume OF HIS work. "The Legislative
History OF Naturalization in the Uni.
ted States" and bring Il down TO date.
Though Il requires . great deal OF
research work and probably will take
a long time. Or. Franklin will under
take the task.
Although estimates for the various
institutions and state activities are
practically all In. the state Tax COM
mission postponed final consideration
Of them until Angus, %. II Ia believed
the estimates will reach u total of
nearly si0.000.o0o. about ss.0oo,oo0
above the appropriations OF two years
ago. Il 10 no, believed that tho com.
mission will so before the people and
aak for such sum,
Squaw Greek irrigation district. In
Crook county. has applied to the state
securities commission for cerufication
OF sas.0o0 OF bonds which the district
wishes to sell to provide funds to pur.
chase the canals and water rights OF
the squaw Greek Irrigation company.
Considerable controversy iras existed
between the district and the company
and the district desires TO take over
tho existing canals and operate them,
First.hand investigation Of the dairy
situation throughout the United States
has convinced d. II, Rawl. chief OF the
dairy division OF the department OF
agriculture. with headquarters In
Washington, that tho industry 10 In q
serious plight In many places. The
situation In Oregon is none too favor
able TO the dairymen, he said on COM
pleting a two.day survey which cover.
cd points In Washington, Yamhill,
Clackamas and Multnomah counties.
Two suits TO recover an aggregate OF
Sl2o, 900 were filed In the Lane county
circuit court by w. b, Dennis, against
the Black Butte Quicksilver Mining
company. owning mines In southern
Lane county. Mr., Dennis 10 manager
OF the Carlton Lumber company at
Carlton. One suit 10 to foreclose q
mortgage dating from April. 1901. for
$4,000, and the other 10 recover on
notes In the sum OF sS60.000, The
mortgage covers a tract Of $50 acres
OF land.
The insect which has been causins
damage to airplane spruce has been
definitely identified as the ambrosia
beetle. and the bureau Of entomology
OF the United States forest service has
made recommendation TO the spruce
division for the control OF the danger.
The beetle bores into the wood, weak.
ening the natural resistance OF the
spruce. II does not attack the green
timber only the felled trees being at.
fected, and these only during the sum.
mar months,