The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07

aot accommodate al tho pupils and
another wiz be added. The teacher
and the larger boy pupils OF the
school will do all the work.
Tho big nawmill OF the Booth Kelly
Lumber company At Springfield re-
umed operations Monday after hsv.
ne been closed for a month. During
his time repairs have been made 20
rarious units OF the plant The com.
,apy's mill at Vending has been ep.
,rated throughout the winter.
To furnish employment 10 returning
soldiers and stimulate activity along
constructive plans extensive Improve.
mont Of the docks and streets OF tho
city OF North Bend IA being advocated.
and Indications are that there will
probably be large amount Of work
done thero during the summer II ma.
terial can be secured at satisfactory
prices.
II will not be long before the prune
crop OF the northwest will bo 100000.
600 pounds. according 10 estimates
made by Robert c. Paulus. manager OF
tho Salem FruI, union. The total acre.
aEo In pruncs In this state Ia estIm.
ated at 3o.is2. Of which 1905 are
bearing and l4.i06 acres not yet In
bearing but due 70 bear within tho
next flyo years
Ranehers living on the branches Of
Coos river. the east side OF Coos bay,
on Catching inlet and Daniels creek.
and In small community villages. IN.
cludlng cooston. Sumner and ALE.
gany. have started q movement for
highways Eising them access 10 the
cities on Coos bay. The construction
OF these highways would neeessitate
about 2b miles OF new road.
Lumber shipments by water from
the Columbia river durlnE tho month
Of January were exceptionally light.
Records complied show that IS vessels
loaded nj lower river mills In that
month, their eargoes to,aling 1898.
ea6 feet. During the same period
seven vessels loaded 4.Ss0.73b feet Of
lumber at upriver mills. making q
grand total OF I7.7os.s6i feet shipped.
A bonding election for the new
Sparta irrigation project near Baker
took place Monday and carried BY
large majority. This election marks
the transition OF one tlmo famous
mining camp from q region OF desert
hills TO promising agricultural com.
Tho plan Ia to reclaim i2.OO0
aeroa by bringing water from Eagle
creek through the Sparta mining
ditch.
All restrictions, save those on prof.
teering, have been removed by the
Oregon food administration and the
'uitc OF offices formerly occupied by
.ho administration In Portland have
been closed. w. X. Newell. federal
'ood administrator for Oregon. will
.old his office until the slgning OF
,saee. whom the United States food
automatically loses ail
,ower.
Charles l.. Houston, OF Astoria, well.
inown contracting builder OF the low.
r Columbia river district. was almost
killed near Clatsop station
10 was directing the construction OF
new piledrivor and had climbed into
he donkey engine TO examine IL As
o grasped pipe TO balance himself,
gave way and no fell 10 the ground,
distance OF about Is feet, striking
Is head on railroad ito and frsc,
iring his skull
A perceptible impetus was given to !.
IarIon county's ever.growlng fruit in, :
ustry when the machinery OF the new
100, 900 plant OF the Northwest Fruit :
roducts company was set In motion
,r the manufacture OF jcllies, jams .
nd preserves from the fruits and ber. ].
es OF the Willamette valley The I
OF the new plant hopes :
manufacture 1i6,000 cases of jel. y
%, Jams and preserves within the =
sxt go 70 90 days. y
That the proposed great loop high.
ny around Mount Hood may become
| accomplished fact as soon as pos. G.
bic, Rufus c, Holman. president of II
o Oregon Association of County 81
Idges and Commissioners, has called o.
meeting to be held In Portland Sat. q
day, February s. To this meeting p'
we been invited the county courts Of u
ood River, Wasco. jefferson, Clacka. re
as and Multnomah counties, United 81
ates forestry officials and interested M
.ixens. OF
In a report made by the chief Of Sc
gineers to the senate committee on Dc
mmerco, the following available bal
ces for Oregon river and harbor ra
provements on December 81, 1918, ra
) shown: Columbia river at the a.