The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-09-06

city water systems 10 chaplinh springs
now under way
Between 400 and 400 patients AT ,hc
oregon state hospital were put TO work
for the oregon Packing company
Mringing beans for canning at the rata
~ cents per pound. Necessity for
quick action on the beans m Q con.
seryation measure gained tho use OF
the patients. who did the work at the
hospital. where the beans were deliy,
cred for biringlnE.
Til. oregon Association for the Pro
Veniion Of Tuberculosis has secured
the appointment OF public health
nurse for Coos county. which county
Ia tho second ons In oregon 10 take
this step. Jackson county already has
the services of public health nurse.
Supervisor crydcr of the Umatilia
national forest has returned from
tour Of Two weeks over the forest and
reports the summer range In the west.
ern part of the forest IL NO dry that
already several bands Of sheep hnyo
been driven off ths forest 10 the win
ter pasture.
A board OF instruction" whose bus
mess Il Ia 10 see that conscripted men
leave for cantonmonts in proper men.
tai and physical condition. fully hd'
vlaed a. to their duties toward tho
government and their families, has
been appointed BY tho oregon City
draft board.
District Attorney Gale 3. Hlil. OF
Linn county. submitted 10 the public
service commission an application on
behalf OF the Linn county court for
pcrmihsion OF tho commission TO con-
rtruct n grade crossing over the track
Of the Southern Pacific company In
road district No. 3.
Out Of y total Of 572 accidents 70
ported 10 the state Industrial commits.
sion for the week ending August 30.
there were four fatalities. They were:
John Ryder. Portland. shIpbuilding;
william Bishop. near Scappoose. los.
glng; ". c. Nelson. Columbia City.
shipbuilding: Fred W. Bradshaw.
Gooch. numbering.
Big Butte creek NJ the source Of sup.
ply and si,5O0.00o bond Issue. TO bc
voted upon September rs, are the rec.
concentrations OF the directors Of the
Mediord irrigation district, after II
months study OF the entire water situ'
alton OF the Rogue river valley. The
Medford irrigation district was formed
September i5. 1917.
To be used In improvements on
Camp Custer. near battle Greek. Mich.
100000 fee, OF Douglas flr has Just
been ordered by the war department.
The orders are 10 be distributed. as
usual. through the fir production
board. which maintains headquarters
In Portland. They so to mills OF Ore
gon and Washington.
J. N. Caok, OF Junction City. 10 out
more than $500 and Linn county ahead
almost that sum as the result OF the
importation OF six suitcases full Of
whisky into Harrisburg. Cook paid a
fine OF $500 and costs. and o. e. Trout,
OF Corvallis, paid fine OF $3.50 and
costs. In addition to the fine Cook 10
ont sso7.6o which he paid for the
booze.
Chrome and manganese mining In
eastern and southern oregon is one
OF the newest industries OF the state
arising out OF wartime needs. Second
In output of chrome of any state. and
with n production of more than one
third the output OF the entire country,
Oregon In the last few months has
been making still bigger preparations
to meet the wartime emergency.
Sale OF 4Ss.0o0,oO feet OF timber. 10.
Gated on territory covering an area OF
approximately $500 acres In Alsea and
Lake creek valleys in Lane, Lincoln
and western Benton counties, to Alfred
Thomas and u. u, Kingman Of Colum'
bus, Mont. was completed by D. s. r.
Walker and J, Darling of Eugene. The
Is reported to be In the
neighborhood OF 100000. The timber
runs almost clear fir.
The Buehner Lumber company. OF
North Bend, has made application
through Colonel Disaue OF the spruce
production division, and Colonel zinn,
government engineer, to have the chan
mel OF South Inlet. is miles west OF
North Bend, dredged and improved In
order that n large tract OF fine quality
spruce and FIR timber owned by the
may be opened up and util'
zed for airplane and ship material.