The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-27
rnsonne Jaw m far aS the gravity OF
tho rFra'lne is concerned.

Tao attorney general, aud with the eH'
ccption OF the bonds OF the treasurer
and secretary OF state should all be
kept on fila in the office OF the Bccre.
tary Of state These are recommends.
tions which will bo included as part
ot the forthcoming biennial report Of
Secretary OF State oleoit, witch in
nov IN the course OF preparation.
stats Treasurer Kay. in his biennial
report 10 the Legislature, expresses the
belief that added duties should be- giv'
en 10 the ncalcr OF weights and meas.
ures, or the sealer and his work should
be transferred TO the jurisdiction Of
the public service commission.
Complaint is being made regarding
the present train service between Al
bany aud Lebanon and petitions are
being circulated In Lebanon asking
for rcarrangcment OF the schedule.
People OF Lebanon assert that that
city has not had such an unSatlsfac.
tory train schedule for IS years.
La Grande again has gone into rig
orouE quarantine aa a result OF spread
INK OF the influenza A. no time has
the situation besn aS bad Rs now. Many
deaths have occurred and new cases
are developing rapidly Theaiers.
dances. churches. lodges and all public
gatherings are affected by the closing
order.
One OF the problems with which the
next state legislature will be confront.
ed will be u deficiency OF t43o.i6s, rep
rehontlng the difference In the amount
that can be levied BY the state tax
commission under the per cent limi.
tation amendment. and the requlIe-
menta OF the state institutions and de-
partmentR.
Thirty.tour delegates from II farm
ing communities OF Deschutes county
met at Redmond with the county agent
and state leader OF county agents and
organized the Dcschutes County Farm
Bureau The meeting was an enthuS
iastie one. and the organization will
take an active part In the development
OF central Oregon,
while the bill closing the William
lette river 10 commercial fishing south
of oswcgo Ia now in effect. Il does not
r, peal a law OF the 1917 legislature.
winch allows abut,ins property own
era along the stream to take salmon
for themselves and families. Attorney
Gcncrail Brown has advised the state
fIsh and game commission.
The expenditure OF state road funds
during ,hA last biennium amounted to
ss.2ss, $3.50. and so miles OF hard sur
face. Ills miles OF broken stone or
grayei, l3A6 miles OF graded roads
and 10 bridges were constructed. &C
cordlng 10 figures contained in the
advance sheets OF the biennial report
OF the state highway commission.
Fourth class postmasters have been
appointed in Oregon recently, as fol.
lows; Alfalfa, Deschutes county, Lucy
NJ. smock: Big Eddy. wasco county,
Harrictto d. Ward; Huber, Washing
ton county. Elizabeth II. Thompson;
Maplowood Multnomah county, Ida Il,
Crawford; Mohawk. Lane county,
Vance II. Seavey: willows. Gillian
county, Augusta o. Parker.
Disastrous fires occurring Just at
the close OF the 1918 season made the
forest loss In Oregon the greatest In
Its history, according TO the report Of
State Forester Elliott, now In course
OF preparation, The loss is estimated
at l.loL743,0o0 feet damaged or de-
stroyed representing monetary loss
OF s734,ea2,25. or this amount he es.
timates that 5a4.5sS.ooo feet may be
salvaged,
Between 100000 and 100000
pounds OF fruit u month, or about 10
carloads n week. In an evaporated con.
dition, are moving out of the Salem
Fruit Union, which expects to get Its
immense orders cleaned up by Febru'
AIRY / at the latest, according to an
announcement made by Manager Rob
ert Paulus OF the union Growers will
receive as high as $3.50 per ton for
their prunes this year,
Oregon will be entitled to receive
ss57.5S7 from the federal government
each year for educational purposes un-
der the provisions OF national edu.
cational bill introduced In congress by
Senator Hoke Smith, Of Georgia, &C.
cordlng to figures which have been
submitted to School Superintendent
Churchill, OF this state, by the Nation.
al Education association. The meas.
ure, In general way, has for its
purpose the elimination of illiteracy,
and the general development Of the
physical. mental and moral wellbeing
of young citizens.
The rivers and harbors bill will In.
clude Oregon projects that call for