The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-01-18


willamette University. has been given
q Hlp mouths leave Of absence by the
trustees of that institution 10 20 "a
France. investigate the conditions
thcro aud return to America 10 anslHt
IN acqusintinE the public with such
conditions, During his absence Dean
George a. Alden viii act as president
OF the school
Representative ilawlcy has been ad.
yiped that preliminary examination
made IN Yamhill and Polk counties by
u 4 Gale. Of the United states gcolo.
Eical survey. showed numerous tndIca
llonS Of natural gaa. but no indicA
tionH Of oil
Estimates published NJ the san
Francisco office ~ The United States
geological survey. concerning the min
oral output of the state Of oregon. are
In many INSTANCES contradictory, un'
reliable and unfair. according 10 ". ~
Parks. OF the Oregon bureau ot mines.
A tract Of spruce in III" westlakc
diHtrict near Florence, which will
eruisH 90 per cent clear spruce and
produce from s0.ooo,0o0 Ia 900n0.ooo
feet Of spruce timber haS been dlseoV.
cred and HtepH are heinz made TO begin
ioEEinE operations In the near future.
William Chandler, 50. Was shot and
killed. aud Mrn. Amanda Bouner. ~,
was probably fatally wounded in Port
laud by ". H. Clark. 5i. an unsue,
ecasiuI suitor for the hand Of Mrs.
Bonner. clark then turned his pistol
on himself and fell dead with a bullet
In his brain
Grazing for $4,000 head Of Oregon
sheep In the national forests Of Idaho
II provided In an agreement reached
BY I =. Mackenzie. In charge OF graz
inE privileges Ia the national forests
OF oregon and Washington, and rep
rcRcntatlve Of forest district :, In q
conference at Miasoula. Mont
Engineers have completed a third
survey Of proposed route for the
Columbia river highway between Hood
River and Monier, The now survey.
referred 10 as the compromise route.
reaches "A maximum elevation Of 400
feet The total distance Of the pro
posod new route Ia approximately
seven miles.
Attorney General Brown has advised
Governor Withycomhr TO direct the
district attorney Of Multnomah county
10 institute proceedings Ia the name
OF the state. upon leave granted by tho
circuit court for Mul,nomah county, 10
annul the charter of the Portland
Stewards association because OF It's
many convictions for gambling.
H. p. schccl and William Macarthur.
OF Tcnino. Washington. have submitted
a proposal 10 the citizens of MarHhtield
TO establish coal brIquotting aud by
products plant with an initial capacity
Of 100 tons daily. 10 employ at the
start from so to 75 men and within a
year agree to have $?5O.o00 Industry
operating. The plant would operate
entirely on the slack coal which ls
wasted ut the various mines,
\ total of bi7 accidents were re.
ported to the industrial accident com.
mission for the week ending January
10, OF which number. six were fatal.
One OF the deaths reported was duo
to an accident sustained prior to the
week covered by the report The
fatalities were; Henry ]. Bauer, steel
worker. Portland; J. Johnson, Astoria;
=. n. Ellsworth, Min City, and J. o.
Brown. Harrisburg. loggors and Joe
Pappas, Astoria, passenger,
jackson county cannot be considered
M lying cast OF the Cascade mountains,
in the application of chapter 200.
laws OF 1915. which provides that no
bull, except pure bred hull of recog
niEed beef breed. can run nj large on
ranges of the counties east OF the
A small part of the coun'
ty lies east of the main divide of the
State Veterinarian Lytlc
asked the attorney general for an
opinion on the question. with the above
result.
Purchases and household supplies OF
flour are limited 20 one-fourth barrel;
definite limits are placed ON sugar
sales by Wholesale dealers, and full
of county chairmcn to aid
In enforcing food regulations are an [
nounced in a letter mailed to every ,
retail and Wholesale grocery dealer
IN Oregon by w, u. Aver, federal food
Administrator Aver
says In his letter that the more
stringent restrictions are not promul.
,ated because of existing shortage, but '