The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-12-26

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Many birds poflahUd In the Harris
burg section during tho severe cold
due TO exposure. IN many instances
snow birds froEe In barn lots where
feed had been thrown out for them,
William l.. Finley has been removed
~ state biologist Of the Oregon fish
and game commission This action
was taken at meeting 0f tho com
mission held IN Portland December IL.
Tho lluwloy Pulp 4 Pager company
has placed an order with the Oregon
CITY Foundry company for .ae manu-
fncturc Of several ucw vet MACHINES,
which have always ig the. pgat been
manufactured iH the cast.
Rrpors from various SECTIONS Of the
stat" indicate that largo quantities. of
polalpcB were frozen during the r..
cent record breaking zero weather
Some farmers have suffered rather
heavy lossr6 Ia thia respect.
Senator McNary ia preparing Il bill
10 code RnSio ANA mountain TO the
city u Medrord Tor putlia park pur.
poses. and another bill appropriating
$4,000 To- ttc erection Of public
building at Klamath Fats,
Tho big mcctIug Of th, Linn County
Good Roads aaaoeIa, Ion, originally act
for Deccmber 10 Rnd then postponed
one week on aGcodat OF the aioTm. has
been pontponCp again aud viii be.held
some Eme after the holidays =.
Fire which ia taouFtt to have start
cd from IN cSplptjou ot chemicals IN
the laboratory Of froni stove ia the
social rooms on the floor above, dam
aged Waller hall at Willamette Uni.
vcrsity to thr. .sSleh, Of $4,000,
Aftsr llqpidating all indebtedness.
there remained ig the. surplus fund ot
the Oregon state fair beard on Dscetn,
her /. 1919. q total Of s2,40a o. accord
ms 10 .the annual'report prepared by
A, u. Zee secretary Of the board,
Contracts have been signed By off;
clals OF the Caarade national forest
and the Northwestern Turpcnline com
pany OF Portland, whereby this com.
pauy VIII be allowed 10 tap Douglas
FIR trees In the tofs, for lurpentine.
]. T. Williams ami family Of Eugene.
who were believed 20 have been lost In
tho deep SNOW at tho summit OF the
Cascade mountains while attempting TO
cross Into eastern oregon with four
horse team. are reported to be safe at
la Pine, -'. ...
Twelve aiieha have been depested
from OREGON during tho present month
and others arc expected 10 follow be.
fore tho first of the year. aceordiug,to
information made public ty II, +. Don
ham, chlet of the immigration service
Vt this district, ......
Officials 6f the Southern Pacific
Oregon hnoa received the banner
awarded 10 tho road for making the
beat record among roads employing
more than 1000 men'iu the northwest
'egon during the recent national ac''
'ldcnt prevention drive.
An Ice Jam ripped out the false
work on the new Columbia Highway
bridge over the Deschutes. river. in
'nurso Of construction, and sent ii ,
Iown the river, Tho false rk'rcpre-
cnted five month"; work and un outlay
# approximately $4,000
A meeting .oG the North Pacific Fair !
association will be held In Portland
January 30 aud 81, Representatives l
I all northwest fairs belong TO the I
rganization, Dates for the 1920 fairs s
fill be determined. and other business
at the meeting. s.As s
Bysoxeeutive order suip of land
wo miles long aud containing s27, d
cres, situated al The outer edge of /
'llInmook Head, is restored to entry. y
his land was withdrawn IN 1885 for 8
uarry purposes in connection with
ie improvement ,of sthe Columbia :,
yer, '
Mixing poison to kin jackrabbits In ',
io Tumalo district is progressing ard y
! sacks OF strychnlnoimpregnated al .
liza leaves already have heen dlstrib, !"
led. The first results noted were =
hen several hundred bunnies were s'
und dead after oating the poisoned =
avos,
Prices for commodities in Oregon :, "
i've advanced about 10 per cent IN =
e last six months, according to u =,
mparison of bids received at Salem -
r furnishing supplies to the various - -
ate institutions during the first six y
onths Of the year 1920, with those :.
ceived on June ie,'1919. ~
Fire that attacked the Palmolive OIL =,
mpany plant in Portland practically :,
ined the tliree,story structure and :"
reed score OF workmen to flee for y =
cir Hives. Ono omployc, Frank Rus. y