The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-10

l1g rop-hlv. ti5.2p6. .OOU, although II,
quota wan only 80 in0OoO
Oregon may yet rei an arronautlcal
school where birdmcn for the arm,
and navy will be trained 10 ny.
second government commission has
arrived In oregon TO look over sites
The commission IL now in eastern Ore
gon. Ilormlston. Bend and Medford
are among the cities which have asked
TO have sites inspected. and there are
several other towns principally along
tha o.,w H. q N. line In eastern Ore.
gon. which arc prepared 10 make
strong canes 20 the government
-Four public schools In Portland have
sold war savings stamps In excess OF
the $50 per capita. required OF every
man. woman aud child Ia Oregon II the
state IL 10 meet its $4,000. 900 quota
before January ]. 1918.
Oregon has 1855 selected fighting
men ready 10 answer calls 10 the
colorn. This Is tho total Of clasa ]
regiStrAniS remaining available for I'M
mediate active duty. according 10 com
pilations completed In the office OF
Captain ]. v. culllson. head OF the
Seleetiye service system In oregon.
The first shipment OF digitalls col.
iected IN Oregon for the government
has been shipped 10 the University OF
Minnesota. TO be made into tincture.
Dean Adolph zIefle. OF the oregon Az
ricultural college pharmacy school. had
charge OF the supply. Children sup.
piled 500 pounds OF the plant and OF
this amount s5 per cent was gathered
by the Astoria public school children.
George W. Klone. Of Albany, has
sent Senator Chamberlain n sample OF
manganese ore from n deposit discov.
cred by Hart Bros, near the village
OF Detroit in tho Elk Lake mining
district, The manganese is greatly
needed for war purposes and the al.
tention OF the proper government of.
ticials will be called 10 the matter with
a view to having tho same Investigated
and used II available,
Firms engaged In the fruit drying
industry have been ordered by the
government not to enter into contracts
for the sale OF their output prior TO
June l. After that date all quotations
on carload lots OF dried apples. pruneS.
peaches and raislns must be filed with
the national food administration. II
iB believed that these restrictions point
TO rather extensive orders for cyapor.
ated fruits from the government,
Lumber shipments from the colum.
hla river in April were unusually light
Statistics show that In the month Is
vessels loaded at the mills in the low.
er.riyer district and their combined
cargocs totaled 20.i2s.s50 feet OF lum.
ber. In the samo period four vessels
loaded i.T3S,935 feet at the up-rivcr
mills. making a grand total OF 1885,.
Ss5 feet Of lumber shipped from the
Columbia river in cargocs during
April,
r. A. Ballin OF Portland. designer
OF tho I,allln type OF wooden vessel.
was notified that the government ship.
ping board has adopted tho Ballin type
for use Jointly with the Dougherty
type In It's proposed enlarged wooden
ship program. The carrying capacity
OF the Baliin vessel 10 TO be brought
up 10 5000 tons dead weight and the
ships will be s23 feet In length over
NIL. Two vessels Of the Ballln type,
the Mount Hood and the Mount Shasta,
have recently been built at Portland.
The United States district court has
confined the sale OF the Rogue River
Public Service corporations properties
IN jackson and Josephine counties TO
Newton w. Roundtree. of Portland, for
sum Just sufficient TO cover the court
,harges and subject to the bonded In.
lcbtedncss. The holdings consist OF
arge acreage In the two counties and
he power plants at Grants Pass and
iold Hin, with power lines and fran
hises with the two cities. The bond.
lolders. aggregating the sum OF over
600,o0o forced the concern into the
Iands Of receivers last June.
Professor J. c. Hammond in charge
4 United States na,s observatory
arty, consisting OF Q Sslie. w.
I, Conrad and L. q. Ho4toi together
With Professor 8. A. Mitchell. director
I tho Leander Mccormick observatory
I the University Of Virginia, Char. =
,ttesvilie, Va, who will supervise the
pectroscopic work, have arrived In
Iaker and have begun their prep
rations for observance OF the eclipse
the sun on June s., They are the
rst OF a number Of parties expected