The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-26

planted on land well drained and prop
orly cultivated In producing a good
crop. Due to lack of rain. the spring
grain In practically failure.
Tho University Of Oregon received
notice from the war department that
II will be- permitted TO send additional
Htudcn,a TO the cadet officers training
camp at Preside up to one half It's
present student quota In tho camp.
There are now 81 students and four
faculty members receiving instruction.
Eighteen additional students will be
appointed to attend.
Appropriations carried In tho rivers
and harbora bin for maintenance work
and improvements In the first district
Of Oregon consist Of $4,000 for the
coquille. Coos. siualaw and Yaquina
rivers and Coos. Tillamook and Ne
hAlem bays and I26O.O0O for tho Co.
iumbin river ahd lower Willamette.
County Agricultural II, II. Glaisyer.
Of klamath county. and J. u. Plitman.
Of tho department Of irrigation and
drainage. who have been conducting
experiments In this county. report
that the application OF 100 pounds OF
sulphur per acre on alfalfa lands has
increased tho yield about one ton per
acre.
Valuable fir timber on an area ap.
proximatoly two miles wide and four
miles long, the residence OF J. C. WI.
lihms. on Rogue river. In the western
part OF Jackson county. and many
buildings owned by farmers In tho
district badly burned. Ia the toll OF n
forest fire one mile south OF Rogue
river.
Al tho request Of shoepmon In Kiam.
ath county. Representative sinnoit
has submitted TO the wool division OF
the war industries board petitions for
lower freight rates on feed. and that
bureau has promised TO take the mat
ter up with the railroad administra.
tion and secure any relief that is
found proper.
The Pondleton water commission
has installed a chlorine plant at tho
intake OF the city water system TO
guard against any possible infection
from river water which was turned
Into the system some weeks ago TO
avoid q shortage during the time the
new extension TO chaplIah springs is ,
being completed
Prices for tho fall run OF salmon on
Oregon coast streams were announced
by W. H. Aver. federal food admins.
rator. following several conferences
md approval Of the prices by tho food ,
heads at Washington. ,
rhe approved price for chinooks is !,
,iaeed at ocnts. That for silycrsides !.
y set AT 6n cents. and that for chums !.
/ az cents. :
Secretary Lane has approved Con. n
ressmRn sinnotts bill granting the ;,
i,lEeas OF Malheur county the right
0 cut timber In Idaho for agricultural. !.
aiming or other domestic purposes. :,
he passage OF the bill will be of :,
reat assistance to citizens OF Malheur a,
ounty In Gordon valley. and Mr.. Sin. },
OFT will ondeavor TO have the same ;,
naeted on the reconvening OF con. >,
ress
Principals and superintendent OF n
regon schools In attendance az the n
niversity OF Oregon summer school "a
70 sending out letters to the school -,
,ards OF the state urging that the A.
stricts send some man OF their IA. "a
lity to the second summer camp at al
10 university, which opens on August a,
that they may be trained in military IN
ork and be able 10 teach the boys n,
the schools. =,
A reduction is shown this week in IN,
Q number OF accidents reported 10
0 state industrial accident. commits. :,
On. During the week there we're re- ha
rted 5S4 accidents, of which five
,re fatal. as follows: Louis Gjertsen, nj,
ney. logging; Lester Vaughn, Spring. lle
Id, numbering; s. Mathisen, Port M,
I'd. shipbuilding; Charles Eckort, tic
llamook, logging; William @. Muir. Ar,
Y, Portland, motorman. blo
rhe shortage OF harvest hands In {
} Prlneville community is becoming the
~ acute. Many Of the farmers are ee,
10 TO obtain only about one,half the nat
mber OF men required for harvest. the
! their crops, A number OF men 4
boys from the town, including Ma
re clerks and professional men. are for,
rking in the harvest fields. because tro,
the scarcity OF labor. The wages we,
d average from 80 to 81 day, In. bee