The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-01-25
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ter system Tor the settlement ul hFfl
cultural aud ioEged on lauda ~ ia,
state. Governor wiihycumbo has ere
aicd nrH non ualaricd commission
To b. knovH an the Oregon Land Set
tlem,nt commission The commission
includes state Treasurer Kay. Salem:
q N. CLARK. Portland william iian,
icy. nurnn. Emery Olmalrad. Port
land. J. y Farrell. Portland. whitney
l.. Dciac. Portland, aud William Poll.
man. Baker,
Governor wilhycombe has declared
himself In sympathy With a movement
on foot to create some sort Of a board
ur commission 10 have general charge
Of raising donations for war needs. 10
avoid duplication In the work
Consumers are taken to task by Food
Administrator " . AVER for failure
to follow moro riuhoiy the food conser.
walton hugErbtinun Mr Ay"r Says that
the consumers can b. of great asalSt.
Rncc In rarryiu OUT the national cou.
scr,a,ion plan n thcy viii caercise
greater self dental
A biz timber deal WAS couHummatcd
last week. vhru the Clark s Wilson
Lumber company of i.lnnton. pur'
chased several thousand acres Of tim
bcf land IN columbia county. Oregon,
At price approNimatinR tS00.O00 The
Fir Tres Lumber company and the
Applicable Land company sold the prop
critics.
Governor Withyrombr viii be- asked
60 call a special state election 10 be-
held In conjunction with she primary
NOMINATING election Mas II. that ore
Rou voters BY ihr enactment oi Hppro'
PIRATE legislation under III" Initiative
may prnVidr a means by which soldiers
and satlorU cnliAtiug from this state
may participate In future elections IN
their home state.
Representative Sinnot, has brought
TO tho attention Of Railroad Director
McAdoo the need for federal assistance
In completing the railroad from Bend
20 klamath Fails There II now a
zap Of ~ or 90 milcb beyond Kirk.
n the government Is goinE to aid IN
financing new and importan, railroad
construction. Mr. Sinnott urges that
this road be- aided,
The secretary Of agriculture has nd
viAed Representative llawluy that no
accd can ho sent TO Cottage Grove for
the purpose OF rcaocdinK 10 suitable
grass q large area of land west Of tiiat
elty and east 81 the Sipsiaw valley,
which waa burned over by forest fires
last fall, Residents Of Cottage Grove
had agreed To SOW the seed II the gov.
ernmcn, would furnish II.
Several county stock inspectors In
various parts Of the state viii find
their official position knocked from
under them. State Veterinarian Lytle
sayp. na the result Of an opinion by
Attorney General Brown. The attorney
general holds that the old act provid'
Ing for county stock inspectors Is re-
poalod by implication by later statutes
providing for county veterinarians
Attorncy.General Gregory has issued
general Instructions for the informa'
Ilon OF German aliens who must reg
Ister either with the chief Of police
,r the postmaster between February
/ aud .. both inclusive. These instruc.
Ions arc designed 10 inform tSusc
covered In the registration that has
been ordered and are expected to
simplify that registration when II is
made,
Attorney, General Brown has held
hat candidates for the Bull Moose
,arty are not entitled to place on the
primary ballot In May, The attorney
,eneral holds that under tho law n
,arty. to secure II place on the ballot
nuat have at least 20 per cent of the
otc for presidential electors nj the
preceding election and that tho Pro.
rossiyc party failed to secure that
lumber.
Douglas county must pay II, NJ,
luttle, travelling salesman Of Des
iolncs, Ia, $1,000 az result of injuries
LEGGED to have been the result Of
ad road according to u mandate re-
civcd by the Lane county circuit court
rom the supreme court OF the state,
futile was passenger on stage
,hich upset while travelling over the
bad between Drain and Scottsbure
pril IL,
Chrome ore from Josephine county
bon will he shipped east In large guam m
tiles for use of the United States gov re
Tho Golconda chrome prop -
rty at Takilma, which has been lying m
lie for several months, will be placed nj
Immediate operation, and concen
'ating machinery will be installed, II
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