The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-02-15

A farm survey 10 show kinds and
amounts Of crops and also farm lAboI
conditions In Linn county Ia 10 b.
made under tho direction OF the LinH
county council OF defense. II will
show how much the county will pro
ducs this year and tho facts are belna
compiled for the government The
work II In charge af committee con
siAtinE Of A. c. Miller. Of Albany: Rex
W. Davis, Of HarrisburE. and n. Son
ders. Of Albany.
Senator Chamberlain has rocci'"1
,fom the eh.ef ef me gnal tors =
cttcr indicating that e." ~ - aero.
aautical ngatiorA, Whir' re var DE-
pzrtmcnt proposes establishing N sea
toast stnicn. Will be- located somewhere
,n the lover Columbia river
Spruce production In oregon AMI
Washington will hereafter be n
aharge OF the Pacific couAt committee
u the aircraft board. which will con.
sist Of Colonel Diaque. w 81. Ladd
and Amos Benson. Of Portland. or.
aud J. H. BloedeiI. Of Bcllingham.
Mcdonald & Vaughan. who have q
three-yeaT con,Fao. for cutting spruce
aud white cedar on the Coos bay pc.
ninsula. In the interests OF the govern
meui Aeroplane programme. have
crew OF surveyors IN the field laying
out the logging road which IL TO tap
tho area. and will construct the camps
A. fast a. possible.
The use Of the euiachon. . valuable
but neglected fish Of the Pacific coast.
ls being advocated By the bureau OF
fisheries. department Of commerce, not
only on account OF ita intrinsic value
and excellence. but a. solution Of ths
problem OF finding supply OF sea
foods during the winter season whom
the catch 10 reduced.
The skeleton remains OF mastodon
or aome other prehistoric monster
were unear,hed near Helix when work.
men for the ligh, company were dig-
ging q hole. A tooth weighing ~
pounds waa taken out and tusk sey.
eral tlmen ~ large a. m ordinary
elephant tuak. Several other bones
we're found. The discovery has been
reported to Smithsonian Institution.
Val w. Tompkins, superintendent OF
Cascade Locke and cooperative OBJ.
server for the United States weather
bureau there. has received letter
from Professor Todd. director OF tho
observatory at Amherst college, who
says that numerous astronomers will
visit the northwest 10 observe the total
eclipse Of the sun that will bo visible
In southern Washington and northern /
Oregon this spring,
Elme,ta Bailey. superintendent OF /:
schools for Baker county, has written I
10 State Superintendent Churchill that /
The school at Bourne has set record. ,
Each OF the children In the school |,
has sold $50 worth Of war savings GER
'iflcatcs and ail are anxious to Join
he Junior Rainbow regiment being
'ormed by Mr., Churchill TO include tho
irst 1000 children OF the state who
Iell $50 worth OF thrift stamps apiece.
Prospects are good for new hatch.
'ry for silversidc salmon above tide.
vater on Smith river. tributary Of
ne umpqua. according 10 information
made public by Carl d. Shoemaker,
tate game warden. Fishermen on
imith river, says Mr.. Shoemaker,
ave petitioned Governor Withycombe /,
or tho establishment OF the hatchery :
ftering to tar themselves cents :
or fish through the season for the !
rcctlon aud maintenance OF the hatch.
ry. !,
State Treasurer Kay has returned
'om the east after an investigation { {
: the J, Sidney Startling linen factory =
/ TonnowAnda. N. r., for the Portland : :
iamber OF commerce He found all :
the mills In the east anxious 10 OBJ. :
In Oregon flax. declaring It was the r
sst produced In the country. He visit.
! mills at Lockport. North Andoyer |
I'd other points and all Of them ins n
Gated that Oregon flax is in big do
and and that there will - no scar
~ Of market for any mat Is pro.
lced
The government has abandoned 40
its original plan Of con.
ructing wagon roads into the Lewis
ID Clark river district to haul aero.
ane timber from the forests on motor II
icks. Instead Il win foster the build. N
: OF railroad by the Oregon Pacific III
N q Lumber company from stays u
II landing, on the Lewis and Clark
Ter, along the old Reid grade dis.
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