The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-03-07

! Telepnone company properties passed
Saturday to the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company for considera
ton of approximately $2,000,00O. Phys
ical consolidation of the properties js
expected to be completed within q
year.
The public service commission has
set March II as the date for the final
hearing on the application of the Pa
cific Telephone G. Telegraph company
for an increase in the exchange tele
phone rates in Oregon. 1t is estimated
If these increases are allowed, ap'
proximately 100000 year will be
added to the revenues of the company.
Early construction Of woman's 8
building on the campus of the univer-
| sity of Oregon is virtually assured, in
the minds of university people, by the
passage of the appropriation bill In
cluding 100000 toward this purpose.
Another part of the same bill was an
appropriation of s135,OO0 for mainten-
ance and current expenses of the in
stitution.
The Oregon Hardware Dealers as
sociations annual convention ad
journed at Portland after electing the
following officers: President, A. L..
jameson, McMinnvilIe; vice-president,
Charles R. Orchard, Salem; members
OF the executive committee, w. e.
Wadsworth, Harrisburg; U. G. Nc
Kinzie, Goldendale, Wash; F. e.
Chambers, Eugene; P. A. KeErum,
Prairie City.
Coos county farmers attended prac-
tical schools in dairying last week at
Marshfield, Myrtle Point and Coquille.
Lectures and demonstrations were
given by E. B. Fits and e. L. West.
over of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege extension service and ]. l.. Smith,
county agent. The breeding and feed
ing of dairy cattle, calf raising and
herd record keeping were some of the
subjects discussed. ."
Though the compulsory military
training bill providing for military in
struction in the high schools of the
state was defeated in the legislature,
the programme for military instruc-
ton under Lieutenant-C Colonel John
Leader of the University of Oregon,
will be carried on in the 20 high
schools over the state which have
accepted Colonel Leaders plan, ac.
cording to the colonel.
Lumber cargoes from the Columbia
river during the month Of February
were unusually light. During the
month 20 vessels loaded at the mills
in the lower Columbia river district
and their combined cargoes totaled
1885, ,1O2 feet of lumber. lii the same
period six vessels loaded 4,166,5S9 feet
+ r. l.. n
Of lumber at the up-river mills, max
ing a grand total OF 17752.641 feet of
lumber that left the Columbia river in
cargoes in the month of February.
Tentative plans for improvements in
the Klamath irrigation project we're
discussed at conference at Denver
a few days ago, from which Project
Manager ]. B. Bond has just returned.
Extensions on large scale will be
made in the local project, provided
the congressional appropriation is suf-
ficient for this purpose. The reclama-
tion officials hope that the appropria-
tion will be fixed before March 4, so
that they may go ahead with definite
plans for the year.
Instructions to send competent
man to make a thorough examination
of he watersheds and storage reser-
voir sites of the Desehutes irrigation
project have been given by Secretary
of the Interior Lane to the reclama-
ton bureau. Word Of the order was
brought from Washington by A. D.
Anderson, representative of the north
unit irrigation project in Jefferson
county, who has returned from the
national capital. Professor Crosby of
Boston has been authorized to make
the survey as soon as weather condi-
tons permit.
Broad concessions are granted to
the state commissions in regard to
railroad functions by the railroad ad-
ministration in an order by Director
General Hines, received by the public
service commission. Mr. Hines orders
that before rates of any importance
are granted, either interstate or in
trastate, they shall be submitted to
the state commissions interested for
suggestions and advice. He orders
also that state commissions shall have
control of police regulations over rail-
road lines, such as spur tracks. cross
ings, scales and physical condition of
track and equipment and station fa-
cilities.
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