The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-06-21
quarters In Portland, The order Ia to
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quarters IN Portland Ths Order ~ 10
be- rff etlye July !.
A sweeping reduction IN fire insur.
Ancc rates on all commercial risks In
Portland which will effect an approx.
mate saving OF about 100000 n year
10 Portland property owners was an.
nounccd following u conference be.
tween Insurance Commissioner Harvey
Wells and J. NJ. Mccunc. manager OF
tho oregon insurance rating bureau.
with total Of premium income on
this class OF business amounting 10 ap-
proxlmateiy ti,t0O.OO0 aggregate. the
reduction will be In the neighborhood
Of 10 per cent.
According 10 q message 20 officers OF
the Columbia River LoEEerH' AHaoeia'
tiou. the prices which prevailed on FIR
logs prior 20 April have been restored
by the government price'fixing com
mittee at Washington. This means In
creasss OF 80 cents. 81 and 81 on sx-
is,ing prieea
During the past week 674 accidents
were reported 10 the state Industrial
accident commission. OF that number
four were fatal. No follows; &. H.
Mason. Portland. shipbui'dinE: A. Ly'
beck. Kerry. raiIroading: Y. Birnshon-
er, Portland. shipbuildlng: J. y. Can
non. Baker. light and power company.
County agents and representative
farmers OF umatilla, Sherman. Nor.
row. Gillian and wasoo counties met
at Pendleton Tuesday to Walt farms
where different experiments have
been successful. They will spend .
day each in Morrow. Gillian and shsr.
man counties and at the Moro expert.
ment station. following tho visit
A countrywide get together picnic"
to which everybody In the county 10
invited and IL expected to get acquaint-
cd with everybody else. will be a fca'
ture that will be pulled off Sunday.
June 20. under tho auspices OF the
Baker County Farmers union. Tho
event will take place at Poeohontas.
In the foothills OF the Blue mountains.
The general land office announced
that plans for opening 10000 acres OF
public lands In tho vicinity OF Portland
will not be abandoned. despite rec
concentrations OF Governor Witty
combe OF Oregon and others. The gov.
ernor suggested that the lands be held
until peace comes, when they could
be opened for the benefit Of returning
soldiers"
e. Kellogg. a retired farmer living
at Noun, Pleasant. near Oregon City.
was given a coat OF tar and feathers
by a crowd OF 25 men. Alleged remarks
by Kcllogg TO the effect that Red Cross
funds we're being squandered and that
Il was foolish TO buy Liberty bonds.
brought about the punishment, he was
told By members OF the party. kellogg
10 an American citizen.
The possible construction OF a rail-
road by the federal government from
Yaquina bay. through the waldport
country and into Lane county for the
purpose OF reaching valuable spruce
tracts, Ia indicated by tho presence OF
surveyors who are working on the
west coast OF Lane county near Heceta
Head lighthouse. The engineers have
been working between Yaquina bay
and Waidport for several weeks
A special bulletin. devoted almost ex'
clusively to the subject OF Fourth OF
July lemonade, was issued from the
Oregon food administration headquar
ters by Assistant Food Administrator
W. X. Newell. The privilege OF run.
ming lemonade stands will be withheld
over the state on tho glorious Fourth"
In the interests OF sugar conservation,
the bulletin explains orangeade and
other sweetened drinks are also to be
under the ban.
The state highway commission will
meet In Portland Tuesday, June 26. at
which time plans viii be outlined for
the coming year. Approval OF the
Ses0,Ooo worth Of bonds from the $s.'
100000 issue as given by the capital
issues committee contemplates com
pietion Of contracts awarded last year
only, and az . result the commission
10 practically In q position OF starting
In anew and preparing to arrange for
an entirely new programme on new
basis,
The sundry civil bill reported T. the
house OF representatives carries the
following northwestern appropriations:
Umatilla irrigation project, $4,000.
Klamath project. s42s,oOo, Crater lake
national park. $4,000 for construction
and maintenance Of roads and slS.2sb
tor adu,iniatration Ont of these an