The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-19

900 and $4,000.
Owing 10 the fact that but $500. 900
~ the bond Issue Of gI.600.0O0 asked
of the capital issues committee by tho
state highway commission has been
authorized. little II any new road con.
atruotlon will be- undertaken In Kiain.
ath county this year.
Fishing on Rogue river Ia increasing
IN volume and . fleet Of gasoline
Hchooncrs. including tho RuStlcr.
Tramp and Della. are transporting tho
pack to Coos hay for rchhipmcni, The
run will be- heavy until the close Of
the season In August
Ralph Horton. aged 20. Of Prairie
city. Grant county. whh accidentally
shot and killed near that place by
lease Graham. Graham saw Horton
In tho brush and miHtook him for
bear. firing with high power rifle
and killing him instantly.
Drilling for petroleum will start at
Waldport soon A company. which
has options on 5000 acres Of land in
the vicinity OF waldpoTi, has erected
derrick at a point one and one half
mile houth Of the city. and Ia prepared
to drill TO depth OF 1900 feet or more.
Tho state highway department has
hegun grAvellng tho section OF tho Co.
lumbia river highway between Cas-.
cade Locks and Hood River. A dis.
tance Of about 20 mlleB In 20 be grav.
eled at an estimated cost Of $4,000.
Tho work was begun at the Cascade
Locks end.
Sergeant Porter ". Benedict and
Corporal Henry r. Temple. OF the
Fourth company. Oregon military po.
lice. assisted by federal and klamath
Falls police officials. arrested 20 men
for violations OF tho liquor laws dur.
ing 4 Today period in and about
klamath Falls.
Confident that Il can pave the
ssiem.A1rora highway with . cheaper
and better pavement than the paving
companies. the highway commission Is
considering moving its paving plant
TO the project. and commencing oper.
s,ions in the spring. according to
state Highway Engineer Mum,
Governor Withycombo called the
state tax commission together Mon.
day for the purpose Of taking up the
question OF how much extra money
viii he needed 20 conduct the state
during tho coming biennium over and
above the amount that will bo allowed
under the per cent Limitation amend.
ment.
Two trainmcn were killed. one was
injured seriously and the fourth had
a marvellous escape from death when
the bridge over the reservoir at River
Mil. on the Estacada line OF the Port.
land Railway. Lisht-& Power com.
pany. collapsed as a section OF a
freight train was being moved across
the structure.
Oregon has the lowest fire loss ratio
Of any state In the Union. In 1918
Oregon stood In sixth place in this re.
gard and in comparatively few years
has jumped from the 42d to the first
place OF all the states, This is ono
II the outstanding statements in the
annual report OF Insurance Commits.
'ioncr Wells just being issued,
Four persons we're killed and three
persons were injured when fast live
'tock train on the o.W. r, a N. crash
ID into an automobile driven by Earl
iunn at the government crossing at
1ascade Locks on the Columbia river q
highway. Tho dead are Earl Mum, 4
drs. Margaret Num-. Frank Num-, OF J
aud Wallace Price, Of Eu. 4
.eno .
During the past week there were re. q
,orted TO the state industrial accident r
e26 accidents, OF which
our were fatal, as follows: Henry q
Walter, Portland, construction; Chas. o
iItchell, North Portland, meat com.
any: NJ. Moriya, Baker, numbering; II
|. Brooks, near Hillsboro, non.tres. A
asser, attempted TO board moving
rain. 7
Promise that II the waters OF Sum,
Ter lake contain valuable mineral de- o.
osits they will be worked to their II
tmost is held out In communications a
eceived by Governor Withyoombe fc
-om II, c, Pendleton. OF Oakland, Cal, ic
nd referred by the governor to the D,
tate land board, Mr., Pendleton is
ow experimenting with samples OF
ie waters. n
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