The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-01-11

association Ia have dairy rmployel
within the draft axe exempted or pu
In deferred classification.
I The metal production for Bake
county during 1916 tolRlcd a little IN
excess Of i3.00o. 900. according 10 IN.
report of Charles o. Yale. director ol
IN" federal bureau ~ mines. aud ths
1917 production will come close 10 tha,
figure. although II probably will fall a
httle short
A. G., q. berry. of the Miami Con
siruelion company Of Portland. vas
the successful bidder for the construc.
ton ~ the south Jeiiy ot the proposed
iaqulna bar project, Ills bid WAS tssa.
600 for the work complete. including
all construction material
Eight more government contracts
for wood ships have been awarded
Oregon Hhiryards The yards are those
OF Somarstrom brothers at Columbia
City and the Wilson Brothers Ship
building company Of Astoria. Each
will receive four These contracts
represent about tIOOn. .00O
Oregon will furnish zo5i men for
the second draft soon 10 be called.
Approximate figures only are avail
able. but they indicate that the state
viii no, suffer serious loss OF man
power This estimate IL based upon
the supposition tina, 6S7 900 men will
again be called in the whole nation.
Pcndleton has new industry which
Ia now pretty well established. Dr,
McNabb has started a fox farm In the
eastern end Of tho city for the pur.
pose Of raising foxes on a commercial
bahla. He has four pair OF silver
gray foxes and one female red for az
q nucleus for developing a profitable
fur bearing business.
Officers elected by the irrigation
congress held In Portland last week
were as followE: J, II Upton OF
Prlnevillc. president. II W. Gard OF
Madras. frat vice president Il. D.
Joslin of Jordan Valley. second vice
president. Porter ]. Nen ot Medford,
third vice president. Fred n. Wallace
OF Tumsia. secretary.
Ciatsop county Ia TO open bids on
January 81 for the laying Of three
miles of hardHuriAced road. complet
InE the permanen, Improvement OF
The highway from Astoria to Fort
stevens The improvement will in
'iudc about 10000 yards Of grading
sud 20. 600 yards Of pavement and will
,ost from sT5,0 900 to $50. 900.
Robert Paulus secretary OF the =
Salem Fruit Union. has announced the |,
IispoSal of lToo,0oo pounds OF north.
vest prunes TO the government. The
ale practically cleaned up packing :
ousea Of the northwest Of thoae sizes
nd leaves about 1000, 600 pounds oil ;,
thcr sizes In their hands. The prunes =.
Ecrc sold al approximately si25.000, y y
Division of the atate ia proposed by
William Hanley. wealthy stockman OF
turns, Harney county. attending tho =
regon Irrigation congress. as the only
ractical solution by which eastern Vi
nd central Oregon can work out their
aviation and develop their interests
, divergent from those OF that section
the state lying west OF the Cascades.
One hundred and nine permits to .-
water and 10 permits tc :.
instruct reservoirs, including the ir =,
cation Of land aggregating i0.6ss -,
res, and water supply for three mu =,
cipalities, with an estimated cost OF -,
totaling Sa94.SS7. were Is ~
ed by State Engineer John II. Lewis -,
ring the last quarter OF the year u,o
II.
With the open season 20 date. goat ~.
isers in Douglas county have been n,a
perimenting with fall shearing OF ~
,hair, II is believed the process can -
carried on successfully, so far as -.
D goats getting through the winter is -
noerned, In Douglas county at least :
d probably also in Polk county. .n.
'athcr conditions in Lincoln county 40,
uld not make fall shearing practi 49,
Die there, ~.
Nctlng AdJutantGeneral Williams ~.
! submitted the following figures to !,
vernon withycombe, showing the /.
sent status Of enlistmcnts in Ore,
i Third Oregon, 2O55; Oregon coas, az, M
lllorS l7o0; field artillery, 400; cav, 60
y 400; hospital units, 500; officers 49,
ervo corps, 256; medical officers, -,
zoo; navy and marine corps. 1859; w.,
'etive service, ILL., infantry service, :.
er draft 700, enlisted 1890. Total =,
lO0 ... ....
ogginE, lumber and construction -.
Ipanics must keep their dynamite -.
other blasting explosives under