The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-06-20


within 80 days. drilling for oil viii
be under way In Yamhill county. In
tho hope of developing n great supply
Of oil and natural gaB. which would
be Of incalculabic value 10 the rtate
and to Portland. a number Of Portland
men Of means have united In under
taking tho preliminary work which
will determine whether or not oil de.
poaits underly large areas IN the VIII.
iamette valley.
The application OF the public service
commission for a reduced rate on tho
transportation Of the Oregon fish car.
has been dcciincd by the federal rail.
road administration on the ground that
such preference In not Justified aud
could not be aeccptably explained un.
der centralized control.
Miss Fern Hobbs. formerly secretary
10 Governor Oswald West. has been
appointed chief Of the homo communi.
cation section Of the American Red
croSH In France. according TO the Red
croSs bulletin OF Paris under date OF
May H. Miss Hobbs entered the Red
Croas service last summer
William Rumlcy. colorcd. 50 years
old, who IL the oldest settler In Curry
county. has proved up on homestead
far W the Rogue river. Rumley was
born In slavery and came west with
his eleventh master In tho gold rush
Of 20 In California, He later came TO
Oregon and settled In Curry county In
1867.
Further difficulties encountered by
the PheE company In procuring logan.
berries enough for its various fruit
Juice products are disclosed In a new
suit filed at Salem against the Salem
Fruit union. In which the plaintiff
company seeks TO restrain the fruit
union from dlsposing OF It's loganberry
pool TO any others than the plaintiff.
MArshfield. North Bend. Eas. Side,
Coquille and Myrtle Point face con.
dition which may result In suspension
OF electric power and light. II the in.
tention Of the receivers OF the c. A.
Smith property 10 withdraw permis.
sion 10 the Oregon Power company 10
operate the electric plant At the main
Marshfieid mill is allowed TO be car.
ried out.
Courses OF study for public schools
and high schools OF Oregon will not
be ready for distribution until late in
August. according TO announcement by
J. A. Churchill. superintendent OF pub.
lie instruction. Tho change In text.
books for the coming six years mecca.
states a delay by the educational de-.
partmcnt In mapping out the courses
of study for the fall term. ,
No material change In the cost OF +,
living Ia 10 be found in a comparison ,
n the figures submitted on provisions
'or the state institutions in bids open.
ID by the state board OF control. as
with the figures OF six E,
months ago. While some items show /,
material reductions In price In the six :
months period. other items Offset this !,
,ain by Just ~ material increases. ;,
Gene Simpson. VINO mas been raising C
heasants for years and whose pleas.
nj farm recently was acquired by the b
tate, has been placed in charge OF n
heAsant production BY the state game
nd flsh commission. The commission G
ecided to close tho pheasant season p
n October IL this year MS means Of ID
rotecting the birds and TO purchase n
. many phoasants as possible, releas. c,
,g them after the season closes, The o.
farm at Corvallis will m
ave $500 birds this year II
At the close of the fourteenth busl. bi
css session In Portland, c, s. Hud. tr
IN, president of the First National al
lnk OF Bend, was elected president In
the Oregon State Bankers associa- at
on for the ensuing year. The asso- VI
alton voted approval of PROPOSE. as
on under which the banks are 10
'sess themselves one-twenty.titth Of
per cent Of capital and surplus to
cate q fund for organized effort di.
cted by the association toward on,
Of the breeding Of high.
ade stock and increased output Of
ops.
or the 4534 automobiles registered IN
Ith the secretary Of states office dur. J
& May, ssi7 were new cars. accord 2.
6 TO a report Just compiled. With Il
total Of 6s.6s3 cars registered up to nj
Inc II Is expected that the total
for 1919 viii reach and M
en- exceed the estimate OF $4,000 @I
lich has formed the basis for fig.
es In connection with anticipated
venues from this source for use In
proving and maintaining state high.
Tvs In Oregon. Revenues from II. lei