The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-03-14
) Ramp Of Portland was oino loss

phFOllluk lHN ihlNNiNtH fif'i hWWa
tho closed season. reports that thus
far there have boon practically no yio'
iatlons Of the law. but strict watch In
to be kept with view Of puniahIng
everyone who attempts 10 fish during
the closed season. That many salmon
are ro-enterlng the river il indicated
by tho fact that immense herds of
apals are seen in tho various sections
oI tho stream.
After a trial lasting four days James
Fullerton OF Eugene was found guilty
by jury Ia circuit court Of the charge
ai libel against tho University Of ore,
gon. It's president. y. l., Campbell. and
tho atudentB Mr., Fullerton had boen
indicted by the grand jury ON tho
charge Of liboi for uttoranoes in the
Oregon Hornet small monthly pub
llenllon printed by him.
That work viii be started In the
near future on three fishways at falls
below Bend In tho Deachutes river
was tho statement Of Master Fish
Warden Il. Il. Clanton. The concrete
ladders are provided Tor by a $4,000
appropriation made by tho last lcgtu.
lature. and when Installed VIII make
available hundreds OF miles Of spawn
Ing grounds for Columbia river salmon.
That the Smith industries on Coos
bay are likely 10 open again 10 admit.
tod generally since Il became known
A. II. Powers was ordering his fore
men 10 return 10 Powers by March Is.
Rumor says that activities there will
be Increased and the seven camps win
cut 100000 feet OF logs each day.
This 10 taken to mean that the mills
win be operated on scheme Of larger
output.
Laws enacted by tho 1919 iegisla.
ture viii become effective on May 20.
unless they carry tho emergency
clause or the referendum ia applied.
This statement was issued by secre-
tary OF State olcott lIo said that
the session laws viii bo available for
distribution by May 20, Laws not car.
ryIng the emergency clause are ctfec.
tive 90 days from the ond OF the
session.
Governor oicott has let Il be known
that in event an adjudication may bc
obtained OF the question of whether or
not he would still remain governor In
event he resigns as secretary OF state
and II Is determined by such adIudi.
cation that be win remain governor
and not automatically forfeit the office
by 80 roaignlng. he will surrender the
office OF secretary of state and name
o successor for that office.
A herd Of 90 registered Guernsey
cattle has been given the oregon agri.
cultural college by W. d, Aver OF Port
land, former federal food administra'
tor for Oregon. and owner OF the Foot.
hill farm at Carlton. The college herd
Is now one OF the largest among those
maintained by agricultural colleges Of
the country--i00 head, The value of
the gift "a estimated at between $1,000
and $4,000, but 10 the state Il Ia ex'
pectcd II viii be worth many times
that amount.
That two main branches OF cooper
atiye work among the farmers OF
Klamath county--the promotion OF
sulphuring OF the alfalfa lands and
OF the squirrel. under the
leadership OF the new county agrlcul
tural agent, Il. II. Thomas, win be i'm
launched, was decided ut q
meeting at klamath Falls OF the exec
utive council OF farmers. The fight
against tho ground squirrel is TO bo q {
strenuous one. Poison will be used in I
all sections of the county.
Twelve days were spent in covering q
q distance OF So miles by state EN-. {
ployes who arrived in Bend from Elk q
lake. bringing with them $4,000
freshly gathered brook trout eggs
which were Immediately taken to the
new hatchery six miles from Bend as
The first to be placed In the troughs
1t the new plant. Snow ranging In
lepth from two to 10 feet impeded the
progress OF tho egg carriers, and on
The last two days OF the trip they sub !.
sisted entirely on diet OF beans,
Central road projects, including The !
Dalies. California highway branch road
iorth through Bend, and the east and
vest road from klamath Falls to Lake.
Ylew, will be undertaken at once by !
he state highway commission, accord
ng to Commissioner r. A. Booth, who J
addressed q banquet at The Dalles, !.
attended by delegates from Wasco. I.
sherman, Crook and klamath coun'
les. Besides state and national ap'
,ropriatlons which already have been :
made available for these projects, Mr.. .
,ooth announced that the forest serv'