The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-01-04
tnnLs throughoul lbe winter roasbn.


suil 10 aurt little of .sT5.6si acre
NJ oregon California rrnnl lands Wal
filcd IN the federal court at Portland
by The government aEainst the Sputh
ucr Pacific company The govern
mcnt through the court seeks 4,
gulrt ullc Ia al lands the eompau,
sold prior 10 The forfeiture suit aud Il
compel n ~ arronnt fnr money ~
cured BY alleged Illegal sales where
uurchaaerH huuEhf morr than ~,
acres ~ paid more than e. 80 an acre
An appropriation of 100000 will bo
asked of congress by senator McNary
a. enable the government IN cOopern.
ton with tho city of Portland to Inn
prove Columbia slough from SANDY
river to the Willamette. IN ofdcf to
provide an outlet for sewerage aud
drainage
The COOS County Good Roads 1850.
citation al a meeting held IN Coquillo.
decided 90 ask the stat" highway com.
mission fnr the 20 miles oi asphaltcd
concrete highway ~ feet side b..
tween Coos Hay and Nlrllr Point the
same ~ WAS promised by the com
mission
Oregon grown potatoes are 10 DO
graded aud inspected officially just aa
soon as the public service commission.
through It's grain inspection depart.
mem. can establish the grades, dis.
Iricl the state Tor purponcB ot inspec,
ton and formulate a schedule Of in.
hpeetion charges,
The sHtipieketlnE ordinance Of the
city Of Portland NaB declared void by
the state uuprcmu court The court
hold the ordinance invalid because Il
prohibited HtTikes and boycoltk as well
A. pIekeilng, The decision declared
that strikes are eountenAnced by all
state and federal courts.
For consideration said TO bc In the
ncIghborhood Of $4,000. smytho
Brothers. prominent Oregon shcepnien.
have purchased the sheep ranch and
plant Of Horst wheclhouac. south.
WcRt Of Arlington. Included In tho
deal aro 1000 acres oi land. 1870 heal
OF cattle. 1000 sheep aud all equipment.
Three Of the aat accidents reported
Ia the state Industrial accidcn, com.
miAsIoa for tho week ondi1g December
81 were fatal Ihey were those Of y.
q. White. OF Candy. Killed m railroad
Louis Wincrt, Of Airlie.
killed In logging operations and James
A, Conway. ot Portland. killed In ship
building operations.
sixty eight soldiers from Vancouver
barracks, Wash, have arrived AT
TO work in the smith,pow.
ara logging esthps ut Powers. TO hast.
an the production Of airplane and ship
lumber, This is the frat detachment
sent out by Colonel Disquc, Several
hundred moro are expected 10 Join
he various camps soou,
The Malhour Irrigation company has
ilcd petition with the state water
ioard asking tor an extension of two
'eRrt. from January |. 1918. in which
o complete the works aud apply the
satCr in connection With lis irrigation
'rolert near lirogau, IN MRlhcur coun,
~ The rompanyR operations have
'eon delayed on account OF litigation.
Finding that the Central Oregon lr.
lgation company, which has large
'arry act project in central Oregon.
as been giving better water service
o some land holders than others. the !
ublie eeryice commission has issued .
II order directing the company to in. {
tall water measurement devices and
iakc other improvements before the
cginning of the 1918 irrigation sea.
m.
The federal authorities have begun
n investigation OF the report of an
rson plot, having for Its purpose the
estruction Of chain of mills and
rain warehouses extending from Gas.
N, Washington county. to Salem and 8
her Marion county towns. The exls- lo
nee OF such conspiracy has been OF
rongly suspected since the myster. 81
us burning OF a grain elevator at d'
lrlton. u
Oregon is looking forward 70 the
ggest harvest of winter wheat ever CT
Irnored in the history OF the state. Ia
lring the last fall farmers Of Oregon OF
I'VE sowu larger area of this grain 10
an those OF either Washington or
According to statistics of In
9 department of agriculture, Oregon OF
8 $4,000 acres seeded 10 winter sW
loat, or an increase over the pre- 10
Dus year or Go ner cent ta
In submitting the annual report OF ra
g state lime board to Governor so
Warden c, A. Murphy. ko
the state penitentiary, said that the we
ard would probably not be able to ta,
I any lime on the market until next
ne, The delivery OF the machinery PI
. hn,p 9.,I unl a Ft,r ,rut,.al