The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-09

The salmon EGG take At the uppe
willr'r"iIe. Mckenzie ana santiAu
stations Of the OreFon fish and gam,
commission Will be- greater this year
than ever before. according to Carl d
Shoemaker. state game warden.
A disease or poison ID killing hun
dredS Of sheep In Grant county. nc
cordlng to word received at Baker
Growers going 10 Prairie 20 ship sheen
found many dead In loading pens. The
cause Of their death has not yet been
determined. but indications point 10
poison.
Wheat harvest Ia In full blast ia
Morrow county and farmers report
very satisfactory yields and cIcollen;
quality. No serious complaints are
heard about scarcity Of labor. although
every available man IL At work
Trout raising TO incrcagc the food
supply Of oregon 10 being urged by
State Biologist William l.. Finley. who
says that the propagation of this game
fish 10 easier than raising chickens.
and II put on 4 commercial basis, more
profitable.
II. \. Shelley. supervisor Of the slus.
law national forest. has announced the
employment OF the first woman look.
out In that forest Miss Jennie Walk.
er. q school teacher. has been assigned
10 q post on Deans mountain. south OF
the Umpqua.
A carload OF mohAir containing
more than $4,000 pounds and valued At
$4,000. was shipped from Albany by
N. Sender a Co. II included the Leb-
anon and seio pool and was one OF tho
iarEcS, shipments OF mohair ever made
from that city,
According to statistics complied, a..
7o3.329 feet OF lumber and LOGS were
shipped from tho lower Columbia riv.
cr district during the month OF July.
In the same period the up.river mills
shipped s.226.s50 feet, making q grand
total OF 30.s2s.s76 feet
Oregon mohair growers will be AZ.
fected By an order soon 10 DO made
fixing q price on their product. Under
normal conditions mohAir sells at
little less than wool. but since the
price OF wool was fixed the price OF
mohair has been booming.
A number OF daIryman OF clsckamas
county met NJ Oregon City for the pur.
pose OF considering a method for co.
operative buying OF feed. The extreme
shortage OF hay and mill feed has made
II advisable to form an association 10
look after the dairymen's interest.
The NTH annual reunion OF the de-
OF Eben Dlachly and Alex.
andcr seayey was held on the bid
seaycy donation claim on the Mcken.
Eie river ak miles from Eugene, About
so persons, many OF them descendants
OF these Lane county pioneers, were
present
Attorney General Brown has advised
", II. Bennett. superintendent OF
banks, that under the laws OF oregon
state banks are not permitted TO bor'
row money In excess OF their paidin
,apitai and surplus. irrespective OF the
collateral which may be deposited as
Ieeurity.
A. n result OF an increase Of 80 per
,ent In labor costs since April ! OF
hia year and the governments freight
ate elevation OF 25 per cent. Fuel Ad.
Holmes has allowed wood
Iealers OF Portland a straight increase
4 so cents q cord on slabwood, and an
Increase OF 81 a cord for eordwood.
II n person borrows money from the
tate rural credits fund, giving mort.
age en- his farm property, that does
ot prevent such borrower from leas-
ng or selling the place which 10 mort.
aged TO the state. according 10 an 1
pinion given by the attorney general |
, the clerk OF the state land board. {
Receipts OF the motor vehicle regis I
ration department OF Secretary Of
tate olcott's office from January to
uly 81 OF this year total $4Sa,4S0,5o, /
hich Is considered more than twice y
! much al was received during the
itire year OF 1917. The total receipts Q
the department for last year was
ls6. 1880. a
Out OF a total OF sos accidents re. Il
,rted to the state industrial accident G
,mmission for the week ending Au.
ist /. three were fatal. The persons
jured fatally were: Arthur Bennett, G
,rvallis. construction; Darius Bright, Il
llem. travelling on highway and Il
ruck by street car; Erwin McNully te
storia, trespasser. fr
That the average yield per acre Of in
Il wheat In the Willamette valley
II be about Is bushels Is the estimate cI
an Albany grain dealer This ID said