The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-13

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Fgry qualifications for recommends
ton TO the ubitcd States naval acad'
omy at Annapolis. following a request
received from Congressman W. c.
Iiawlcy.
One Of the biggest hauls of bootleg
whinkoy ever captured In Clacknmas
county was seized by Sheriff Wilson
and Deputy Sheriff Joiner, when two
Seattle men driving n large auto car.
rying a Washington license attempted
10 get through the county with about
700 quarts Of liquor.
Professor q. r. Hyulop. Of Oregon
Agricultural college. viii conduct q
three days' grain.grading school at
Dufur December ~. I3 and II. under
the auspices OF wasco county farm
bureau. oregon Agricultural college
and the United States department OF
agriculture cooperating,
During the biennium OF 1917 and
1918 the state highway department
has constructed t5.2 miles OF concrete
pavement. 79.6 miles OF broken stone
macadam. 32.2 mileS OF gravel macad'
am and i345 miles Of grading. accord
ins 10 figures compiled for the bien'
NAL report OF the department
II Il 10 found 10 be for the best In
terests OF enforcing the factory In.
Hpection law the state labor commits
sioner may establish a branch office
in Portland and pay the expenses for
II out OF the factory inspection fund.
Attorney. General Brown has advised
Labor CommIaKionereicct Gram.
During the last two years the re-
celp,s OF tho state from all sources
have amounted TO i?o,i3s.s7o, which
Ia moro than ts.ooo.oo0 above the re.
eeip,n Of any previous biennium in
the history OF the state. according TO
figures being complied for the bisn'
NAL report Of State Treasurer Kay.
Irrigation and drainage OF s2.5to
acres OF land east OF Eugene is con-
templated by the Benham Falls irri'
cation company, OF San Francisco.
which has completed SO filing for
using waters of the Mckenzie river,
An estimated cost OF Si.2s6,0oo 10
placed on the proposed development
work.
Tho Oregon Horticultural society
closed It's meeting at Roseburg after
otccting officers and deciding TO hold
next years session at Astoria. The
officers elected were; BENJAMIN 8,
worsley. of Astoria. president; J. o.
Holt, Eugene, vice president; G. D.
Mln,on. Portland. secretary; Charles
i. McSary. Salem. trustee.
Baker county Is proud OF lis record
on the war stamp drive. II having al
ready exceeded It's quota OF 100000
by 100000. All indications point to
the fact that the county win exceed
its quota by 100000 before January /.
Baker county has the honor OF being
the first county In the state TO have
It's quota paid a month ahead of time
with q large oversubscription.
Al the instance OF lumbermen In
eastern Oregon, Representative SIN
mott has asked the railroad admins
tratlon 10 restore the privilege OF ship
ping pine lumber In closed freight
cars. owing to the scarcity OF hoxcars
for shipping perishablc commodities,
the regulations have required use OF
omen cars for lumber, but Il 10 alleged
that pine lumber 10 injured by ship
ment In the open,
Twenty.nine cities and towns In
Oregon each have 0 bank deposit OF
si,0OO,0oO or more, and the aggregate
is sls2.2is, ,662.5i, a statement issued
by tho state banking department
shows. The deposits In the city OF
Portland total si25,sS4, ,To9,s5, and at-
ter Portland comes Salem with s6,s2o,'
b4s.6s. Pendleton 10 third with $685.
si2.42, and Astoria fourth with $6.Sbt,-
s52,Ss. The banking institutions In
the 20 cities and towns total 10s.
There has been eliminated from the
Deschutes national forest In west cen
trail oregon, ALSO acres Of land, all sur
veyed and a small portion reported to
be agriculturaE subject to entry only
under the homestead laws requiring
residence, at and after o'clock a. NJ
January Is, and to settlement and
other disposition on and after January
20, 1919, at the United States land Of
flces at Lakevlew and The Dalles. The
land ls IN scattered small tracts.
Four fatal accidents are included In
the B4i accident reports received last
week by the state industrial accident
commission. In addition the commits.
sion received the report that Nelson
Kendall, who was injured May Is at
Dee, while employed at lumbering'
died November "a. The fatal accidents
reported were: Earl Randall, Bandon.
stevedoring; @. W. Macley, Astoria.