The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-12

ton, according TO the food adnlnlAtra.
ton. unless he returns the excess
amount Ia his grocer
Miss Helen McCormick. daughter Of
Mr., aud Mrs, J. J Mccormick. Of Eu.
gene. has been engaged by tho forestry
department NJ fire patrol In the upper
Mckenzie country and will begin her
duties within n few days She will
have horse and her duties will be
to traverse the roads In the upper
country. principally between Blue
River village and the mines. To- look
for fires and. when Sho discovers one.
report to headquarters.
Under a tentative plan worked out
between Captain cullison. chief Of the
war census bureau Of Oregon. and
George PerrinEsr. the latter Of Pen
dieton and one OF tho largest wheat
growers In UmAtillA county. men sub.
Ject 10 the draft or already In camp
under the seicctiye draft act. may be
sent 10 tho wheat fields In eastern
Oregon TO save the crop.
An official ilst OF additional rail.
roads taken over by the government
includes tho Oregon Electric. correct
inE n previous announcement 10 the
contrary. The list also includes the
Northern Pacific Terminal company.
tho Oregon Trunk and the camas
Prairie. whose employees are thus as.
sursd OF the wage increase ordered on
lines under government control.
Int; est In pig club work In Ore.
Eon has increased $50 per cent this
year. according 10 l., J. Allen. pig club
agent at the Oregon Agricultural col.
lese. The total enrolment 10 1900.
Sevon,y.five banks have co-operated
by lending money 81 9 per cent 10 boys
and sirls wishing 10 enter the con-
test The largest club in the state is
that al Salem. consisting Of approx.
mately 800 members,
Statistics compiled by Lloyd J.
Wentworth. director OF wooden ship
construction In the iith district. Port.
land and the Columbia river. show
that the Grant smith.Porter Ship
company at Portland 10 the winner
again OF tho pennAnts best progress"
for the Is days from June Is 10 June
30. inclusive, Tho same company also
Was at the top Of the list In the dis
trict for the Is days ending June is.
Until further notice all insane pa
tients committed from Multnomah
county will be sent to the eastern
Oregon hospital AZ Pcndleton. rather
than TO the main institution at Salem.
This was ordered by tho state board
OF control. Superintendent Steiner do.
ciarcd that there had been an amazing
influx OF population into his institu.
ton during the past month or so, the
larses, In history. and that the hos
pltai 10 literally swamped.
Fish At the state salmon egg stations
are found In larger numbers than in
any year since operations we're start.
cd according 10 q report which has
Just been filed with Governor Witty.
eomse by Master Fish Warden n. T..
Clanton. III no bad luck Ia experienc.
ed" reports Mr., clanton, "our egg take
Of the royal chinook salmon should
be much larger than ever before.
while II 10 hard to estimate. I think
we will be safe In saying we will take
In the neighborhood OF 100000 to
100000 eggs."
People from Harney county and
other interior points report that the
hay crop OF that section will be very
small and In many sections total
loss a. the result OF combination OF
dry weather and grasshoppers. In
many sections there has been no rain
for months and in the Harney valley
the grasshopper plague is reported
the worst In years, The business men
OF Burns have closed their stores for
days at time, the merchants and EN-.
ployes going to the assistance of the
ranchers In putting out poison to kill
the insects, which have made . clean
sweep OF crops In many places,
Out OF sos accidents reported to the
state industrial accident commission
during the past week, nine we're fatal.
rs follows: e. N, Petit near Hugo,
tunnel foreman; r. L. Dodge, Portland.
Ray Noel, Marshfield.
ogging: Gus stinson, klamath Falls,
electrician; Mrs, Z, L, Aurd, near Med.
'ord, traveller on public highway. auto
struck by train; Peter Stream, near
auto struck by train; Samuel
!, McMahon. Portland. trespasser,
Itruck by train; 8. Grant Smith, near
fcMinnvilia. traveller on public high.