The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-09-05
,srn wsre in allcnaance.

WiutftNf NtifHtN NHN Hiafihoa 'NAeN
:ional aid Law have filed formal applI.
sAllon with the secretary 0f slate.
Central oregon housewives who had
mlied on the huoEleberry crop 10 aid
IN cutting down table expenses. are
doomed 10 dlaappolntmen this fall. for
Tho berry yield IL one Of the amallest
In years. being practically total fall
are. Late frosts arc believed 10 bo
responsible.
Citizens Of stanileld have voted 50
90 In favor Of bond issue OF $4,000
for the construction Of city wAtsr
system.
@. E. Hawkins has submitted 10 Gov
ernor oIoott hla resignation as dlstric,
attorney OF Lincoln county. and his
deputy. o. ". Meciuskoy. has been ap.
pointed by the governor In his place.
Demand for prune land. especially
bearing orchards. 10 Increasing Id. tho
Vicinity Of Dallas. Several offors OF
$3.50 and $500 an acre have beon 70
fused by growers who have first class
orchards.
Business conditions in Portland con-
tlnue healthfui. measured By the vol
umo OF bank clearinEs. which showed
large gains for Augustcomparsd with
July and with the corresponding month
Of last year.
by order Of tho Adiuiant General.
an election for colonel OF tho Third
Oregon will be held within the next
10 days. Majors aud captains win par.
ticipatc and tho election win be con.
dueted BY mail
Captain speier Portland harbor'
master and recently appointed mem
ber Of the board Of state pilot commits.
sioncrs. officially represented Gover
nor oicott Al the grand review Of the
Pacific fleet at San Francisco Monday.
While drilling . well ht the pruns
drier on tho Loyal Emery place In
coiss valley. is mllea west OF Rose
burg. the drill passed through q IS.
foot ledge OF hard rock and at q depth
Of i2s feet struck what appears 10 be
oil.
willamette university. OF Salem.
leads In the number Of applications re-
csiyed from service men who wish TO
take courses of study under the sol.
aiers'. sailors and marines education.
al aid enactment Of the 1919 legisla-
ture.
In order adequately 10 handle the
growing needs Of lower Columbia In.
austries. an expenditure Of $76olOOO in
the construction OF mammoth new
power. light and gas plant At Astoria,
Ia being planned by tho Pacific Power
a Light company,
There Ia every reason 10 believe
there win be no recurrence OF the In.
iluun1a epidemic which swept over the
country last year. taking Q heavy toll
of lives, according 70 pr David NJ.
i,oherg. secretary and executive off
cor Of the state board OF health
on Wednesday. September ~. the
Hood River County Pioneer society at
Its annual reunion will observe Cradle-i
baugh and Glacier day In respect tos
he memory or ]. II. cradlobaugh. first
sdltor of Go Hood River Glacier, the
'rult valleys pioneer newspaper
Elaborate preparations are being
made by Portland post, American Le-
zion. for the entertainment Of dele.
rates to the state convention OF the
10 be held In Portland
IL and iSs The convention
VIII be opened BY Theodore Roosevelt.
Tr.
A three.party agreement to form .
loIItical labor party In Oregon was
cached al meeting OF tho Portland
,entrai Labor Council. when resolu.;
ions were adopted calling for politis
al consolidation OF the council, the
followers and tho grange
10mberBs
Al a stormy session the Astoria Cen
raj Labor Council ordered that Clara
I. Irwin, oditress Of the News, be dis.
hargod. This action was the result
I demand made by the American
,egion on account Of articles publish.
d In the News abusing the legion and
% officers,
Severe criticism OF the service AZ
,rded BY the American Railway ex-
resa company. with particular refer.
nee to Portland and Willamette val.
" points, Is contained In letter sent
, the agent in charge Of the Portland
fflces OF the company, BY the Oregon
ubiic service commission.