The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-08

In Just about double that Of the coun.
try AZ large. basel on the treasury
departments report that sales in the
nation have now passed the $4,000.
900 mark. representing per capita IN
vostmcnt OF 10 cents. Sales In Oregon
90 date total over il.i2O.00O. a per
capita Of titO.
A maximum price Of 90 cents each
for grain bags for the 1913 harvest
has been tentatively fixed by the
United States food administration,
This price was agreed TO by Pacific
coast bag dealers at a conference held
In Washington with the officials Of
tho food administration.
bakers may continue 10 use rye
flour Ra 4 substitute for wheat flour
In Victory bread only until March 81.
In making this announcement the food
administration advised bakers USING
tho rye substitute 10 secure other sub
stitutes at once. as there would be no
further extension OF time.
Umatiila county viii no, make a
drive to secure the $1,000 which is ask-
cd Of the county for the Y. W. C. a.
work. but Instead will borrow the
amount for the time bo!ns and send
Il Ia Immediately. planning 20 collect
the money at some future time by
combining this with some other drive
The oregon Potato Dealers assoela
ton has made petition TO the public
service commission TO adept standard
grades and provide for inspection OF
onions. The association also asks for
compulsory inspection and grading Of
potatoes. as the assertion ia made that
some OF the growers are shipping
their product without being graded,
Supplies Of cheese held by Oregon
factories In storage must be sold by
June i5. unless there are conditions
which warrant Issuance OF special
permit by the federal food admins.
tration granting an extension OF the
time 1917 cheese may be held. Rules
covering these points have just been
received by State Food Administrator
Aver.
The winter fishing season ended at
noon March /. and no more fishing for
salmon In the Columbia river will be
permitted until May /. An effort was
made TO have tho food administration
suspend the spring closed period. that
people could have fish 10 eat, and thus
cut down tho consumption OF meat as
the government requests, The effort
brought no results and all fishing in
tho river is prohibited.
The invention Of a Baker man. r. @,
Neldcr. u German subject. designed
10 render ineffective the attack o.
submarine on ship. has been ap'
proved by o. II. Babcoek OF the naval
advisory board at San Francisco and
the drawing and plans have been for.
warded by him 10 tho navy department
and naval board at Washington. With
few changes which he suggested,
Me. Babcoek stated that the invention =
would prove very efficient.
According 10 word Just received by
Superintendent J. NJ, Johnson, OF
Klamath Indian agency Commissioner
OF indian Affairs Sells, at Washington.
has notified Senator Chamberlain that
timber sales have been authorized on
behalf OF the Klamath indians, calling
for payments which average over $780,
900 annually for period OF is years,
These sales viii be largely for tribal
timber. and the rest will bo taken from
the lands OF individual aged and do
ceased Indians.
Governor Withycombe deplores the
tendency OF Oregon farmers to cut
down tho acreage being planted TO
crops because OF fear that shortage
OF labor will exist at the harvest period
and In q statement urged that the
farmers increase rather than diminish
the crop acreage. To help meet the
OF labor the governor aug
sests that city residents who are &C.
to taking their vacations in
The country so into the fields this year
10 harvest hands.
An inventory Of the Sitka spruce
ltumpage OF Washington and Oregon.
recently made by the forest service,
that there is about II billion
eet OF this timber within the spruce
,elt" of these two states This inven.
ory was undertaken under the direo.
ion OF District Forester Cecil for the
Use OF the spruce production division
Il the signal corps, that there might
70 available positive data rs to the J