The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-01-03
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plHt division. which VAS organized nl
Camp Lewis. Wash. are not slated for
early return home. according 10 let
ter received by Governor wIthycombc
from Mai Gen. william n. Johnston,
commander OF the division. General
Johnston pointed out that the oils, had
been aelected ~ one OF thirty combat
divisions designated 10 remain In
France for further training and pos.
sIble service,
Industrial accidents reported 10 the
state industrial accident commission
during the past week totRlod t3s. OF
which three were fatal. as follows
Oryillc W. liolford, BAKER. MINING.
bert ~ Blvcns. Ontario. numbering.
cass A. Wood. Portland. 'trayelsr on
public highway tau,omobllo eolllslonl d.
Nearly 1000 applicants for work.
many Of them recently discharged sol.
diurs, arc being placed daily In oregon
by tho United States employment serv.
ice despite the surplus OF uBakillcd
labor aud Increasing scarcity OF posi-.
tiona. according 10 statements given
out BY wilircd s. Smith. state federal
employment director.
oregon poultry breeders are asked
10 send data on their breeding stock
10 U. l.. upson. o. A. c.. Corvallis, fed.
oral poultry representative. Breeders
are asked 10 give name OF breeds car.
ried. number Of breeders. incubator
capacity. estimated number OF hatch.
inE oggs for halc and total OF chicks
TO be hatehod next spring.
The new milk.condcnsing plant built
at Dandon last summer by CiebIAch 4
Joplin. and now owned BY the North
west Process company OF Portland.
will begin operating March !. The
plant has capacity OF 1000 cases
day. and win afford market for all
the milk produced In southern coos
and northern Curry counties.
Following an appeal from the Baker
commercial club. the public service
commission tclcgraphed TO Director
Prouiy. orthe railroad administration.
asking that some steps be taken TO
save the Sumpter Valley rhilropd from
n threatened strike and possible dis.
aStrous consequences 10 the section
which that railroad covers,
The state and local oranges and sew
cral womans clubb win be behind an
effort at tho coming session OF the
legislature 10 have repealed chapter
53i. laws OF 1917. establishing certain
dover and curtesy rights OF wife and
husband. The main argument against
the present law is the claim that Il
intcrferea with the right to make Wills.
Salem has been closed tight again
because OF the rapid spread OF Spanish
influenza since the ban was lifted a
few weeks ago. Schools, theaters,
churches. poolrooms and public places
of all kinds have been shut down, the
use OF pool aud card tables being pro.
hihlted entirely. In addition restric-
tiona are placed on the entire business
section.
r. L, Kiger, a Umapine rancher. was
fatally burned when flve-gallon can
OF distillatc which he was carrying In.
TO hIs house exploded setting fire TO
his clothing and TO the house. He
jumped through window and man
aged to reach an irrigation ditch,
where he was found by neighbor.
He was taken 10 a walla walla hos.
pital. where he died,
While the great majority OF the log.
ging camps In the Columbia river dis.
trict have closed down for several
weeks. the Palmer camp, on the Wal
luski. Ia still In operation. The com.
pany expects to finish cutting Its tract
there about the middle OF February
II the weather conditions permit, and
so will continue operating until then
without interruption.
Three Portland boys in the United
States army in France have been dec.
,rated simultaneously with the die
ineushed service cross for bravery In
action. according to information ro.
,eived. They are Major Serene L,
Brett, tank corps Major Karl ]. Sven.
ION. medical corps; Private Ernest Q,
Kyle, stretcher bearer, Two of them
we're born In Portland,
Wooden fivc.masted fore and aft
chooners are by far the best type of
'essel to be constructed for lumber
arrIers. contends Captain William !,
1yres, OF Astoria. inspector of hulls
or the emergency fleet corporation
10 urges that coast yards which are
Idle as the result OF the
OF government contracts
% utilized for the construction OF that
lass of vessels.
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