The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-03-21

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~ returned 20 Toledo from the wald.
port country and brought with him
samples OF paraffin. asphalt and other
oil indications. lie says the people
about waldport are much excited over
the prospects for OIL One well has
been drilled TO a depth OF about 5000
feet and II Is understood that the oper-
ators have struck a gas flow.
Aliens who did not make declaration
OF their intention to become citizens
prior 20 January OF this year cannot
be licensed to fish in this state at all.
while those who did make such dec
IaratIon may have their licenses re
newed for gill net and troll fishing.
but not for set net fishing. according
10 an opinion given BY the attorney
general to Master Fish Warden Clan
ton.
State Engineer Cupper returned FRI
day from inspecting four new lrriga-
tlon districts in the Rogue river val
ley. which. when the irrigation sys-
TENS are completed. will bring 39,5O0
acres OF rich land under irrigation.
The four districts are: Medford. COW.
ering 10000 acres; Talent covering
5000 acres: Gold Hill. covering 1900
acres. and Rogue river. covering TO-.
900 acres.
while Il Is unlikely that any per.
manent work can be started before
fall on the road between Pendleton and
Echo, the Umatilla county court has
crew Of men at work now scarifying
the grayeled portion and grading the
dirt road. This road. on the old Ore
gon trail. one OF the main routes from
Portland TO eastern Oregon, last year
was the source Of much complaint
from travellers:
The farmers OF eastern Clackamas
county attended a school in practical
dairying at Sandy. Lectures and dem
onstrations were given on breeding and
feeding dairy cattle, calf raising, herd
record keeping, silos and silage, Sc
lecting dairy sires and judging dairy
cattle. The instructors were e. B.
Fits and z. L. Westover Of the Ore
gon Agricultural college. and County
Agent r. G. Scott.
One measure that was intended to
20 on the ballot at the special election
on June 3. will not appear for the
reason that 1t was omitted from the
bin calling the special election, doubt
less by an oversight. The measure is
senate joint resolution No. II, intro
duced by Senators !. S. Smith and
Handley, and providing that the right
of eminent domain be extended to the
condemnation OF property for making
mine and forest roads.
According to an announcement just
made by the American Jersey Cattle
club, the COW Old Mans Darling II,
owned by Pickard Bros. of Marion,
Or, has broken the worlds official test
record for junior 4-year-olds OF the
Jersey breed. During her yearly test,
which ended on February /, this phe-
nomenal COW produced sS4.S6 pounds
Of butterfat, adding 1856 pounds to
the existing record and coming within
II pounds OF breaking the worlds REQ
ord for mature cows.
Eight fatalities, out Of total Of
SIS accidents, were reported to the
state industrial accident commission
for the week ending March Is, six Of
which were due to recent accidents and
two to accidents previously reported
to the commission. The fatal cases
we're: r. A. Stanley, Portland. steel
worker; Frank Wilson. Reedsport.
numbering; Ed Hiram Hardie, War
renton, numbering; Bozo Kalicac, Port
land, steel worker; George NJ. Towe,
Ashland. policeman; B. F. Luck,
Kroll, lineman, Deaths due to acci.
dents previously reported were e. a
7 .awrence. Astoria. Touring mills, A.