The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-07-11
A v. Groaawald hss been appointed

A v. CfOnewald hiss been appointed
y school superintendent OF Was.
~ eouai, ior tho unexplrod term
iaado vacant by the resignation Of
Clyde T. Donncy.
The Pondieton county council has
taken definite sction toward obtaining
a landing place for airplanoa. Tho
place selected will be Al the Sam Bit
nor place. three miies east Of the city.
Two hundred horses have been re-
placed by tractors IN Lane county
within the last year. Since the plant
Ing season Of 1915 began 60 machines
have been purchased In the county,
and tho larger number OF them were
bought this year
Farmora Of Lane county win soon
have borrowed 100000 under tho pro.
visions OF tho federal farm loan act.
Appraiscments are partially eomplat
Cd for loans Of 100000, aud 100000
already has been borrowed through
the federal hank AZ Spokane,
Tho Corvallis fire department sue
cecdcd In preventing further spread of
tho flames which threatened TO dc
stroy the town Of Peoria. Tho saw
mill was n complete Toss. II was
valued at $4,000. Half dozen pri'
yaie dwellings were also destroyed
Although II has been continuously
dry season so far around Baker. the
ranges are In fine shape. Abou, 80.
600 sheep are grazing on privately
owned land In sumpter and Austin.
and including those In the Whitman
forest district. the total viii run TO
10000.
Oregon ranks among the first OF
states OF the country engaged In club
work, reports 1. J. Allen, 10 charge Of
plE club work at the oregon Aricul.
tural college. who has returned from
Washington. d. c.. where he attended
. conference OF pig club agents and
swine specialists.
Russell Brooks. son OF Mrs. Mildred
Robinson Brooks, county recorder Of
Marion eeinty, whose appointment as
American vice consul TO Rotterdam.
Holland. has boen announced. 10 per
haps one Of the youngest members OF
the American diplomatic service. b..
Ing but 2s YEAR, old.
Government action in an effort 10 re-
cover 10 the state the remaining 10000
or iso00 acres OF land still In litisa.
tion in the notorious Hyde Benson land
fraud cases were initiated upon the
arrival IN Salem Of c. II. Arundel.
representative Of the federal land de.
partment and an expert In land fraud
litigation.
Because az the numerous complaints
Of property. overkrown with brush,
grass aud weeds, Of hanks thnt have
cayed down on sidewalks and covered
the paths. Mayor Baker Of Portland
has instructed Chief OF Police Johnson
that the police must begin = deter.
mined campaign 70 force property own.
ers 10 clean Up their promises.
Tho high price now being paid for
loganberries is the basis Of numerous
lawsuits now pending in the Salem
courts. Berries have risen In price
from cents two years ago to . cents
this year ana growers, who we're un.
der iong.tcrm contracts, are seeking
70 rcaclnd them In order 10 take nd.
vantage OF the present high prices.
Motor vehicle registrations In Ore.
ron totalcd 72.sls, according TO fis.
ures made public BY Sam A, Koser.
deputy secretary Of state. The total
registration for all Of 1918 was 6a,32S.
Motor vehicle fees for the first SIX
months Of the present year amount TO
sb42,sto. This ia nearly 100000 In
excess Of the total fees received oil
last year.
The OIL produced BY the mint grow.
ers OF tho. Willamette valley will be
pooled this year. accsRding to decision
Of the willamette Valley Mint Grow.
ers' association At q meeting held in
Eugene. by pooling II 10 expected a
price Of from 80 to $40 pound will be
obtained for the oil this year. II sold
Tor ~ a pound last year and % q
pound during 1917.
Nine hundred and thirty thousand
dollars In bonds Of the Teel irrigation
district are being issued BY the secre.
lary Of states office. following final
approval at a meeting Of the irrigation
securities commission Thursday II IL
expected that definite Development
work on. the project, which covers is,-
200 acres OF land In Umatilla county,