The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-21

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Hopgrowers OF the Sheridan section
are signing contracts for the hop crop
for three-year period at rs cents.
W. w. Poland OF shedd was elected
president OF the Linn county farm
bureau in the annual meeting held In
Albany.
The cranberry growers Of Clatsop
county have decided to increase the
amount OF their acreage 20 per cent
this year.
Students Of Oregon Agricultural col
iege who are entirely or partially self
supporting form II per cent OF the
student body.
The Victory Rose Festival VIII be
held in Portland Wednesday. Thurs
day and Friday. June IL. IL and Is, II
has been decided.
oregon's quota In the SS'OOV'Ovo
Victory drive. being conducted oy tne
national committee OF northern Bap-
lis, laymen. has been fixed at sSS.seS.
Work win start next week on q
seyen.mile extension Of the shevlin-
Hixon company's logging railway near
Bend. the improvement to cost $780,
900.
To succeed w. B. Aver, who resigned
from the soldiers and sailors relief
commission, Governor withycombe ap-
pointed Frederick W. Mulkey Of Port
land.
Astoria was selected as the next
meeting place and Charles Brown Of
Astoria was elected president OF the
Oregon Retailers association, which
held a successful three days conyen-
tion in Salem.
The employment situation In Port
land is steadily improving. according
to the federal employment bureau. Be
fore the middle OF Marcel. It il expect
ed. Jobs will be available to absorb the
surplus in the labor market.
To set dates. arrange the lists OF
events and standardize rules for the
annual central Oregon interscholastic
track and field meet. delegates from
Deschntes. Crook and jefferson coun-
ties met in PrinevilIe Saturday.
With total OF six points In its favor
and but two against. the Corvallis high
school has won the interscholastic de.
bate championship Of the west side
Willamette district. Beaverton is sec
ond. with five points in its favor.
Sheriff John w. Orr. of Polk county.
seized shipment OF about leO bot
ties OF whisky at Ballston, a little
hamlet in the northern part Of the
county. The liquor was packed In
steel vault and was shipped from
point In California.
Final hearing on the proposed In.
crease in telephone rates in Oregon.
approved by the postrnaster-general,
which were to have become effective
December s, will be held before the
Oregon public service commission on
Monday, February "a.
Two hundred delegates, representa-
tives Of 100000 employees of shipyards
and allied industries, met in Portland
Monday when the Pacific coast metal
trade workers convened for their an
nual session. The convention will
probably last about week.
Federal money secured on farm
loans through the Bandon-Curry Coun-
ty National Farm Loan association
during the past year totals s112,4Oo,
according to figures presented at the
annual meeting held in Bandon. The
entire amount is being used in devel-
oping the dairy industry.
Completing contract for supplying
the French government with 20 car
loads Of an evaporated material for
soup, the wittenberg-King company of
The Dalles shipped its last carload
Saturday. one,halt Of the big order
was filled by the The Dalles plant and
one-halt by the plant at Salem.
To prevent the district meeting OF
the Loyal Legion Of Loggers and Lum.
bermen, scheduled to be held at the
Bend Athletic club gymnasium, mem
bers OF the central labor council wait
ed on directors of the club. protesting
against the use OF the gymnasium for
that purpose. The labor representa-
tives contend that the Loyal Legion
Ia hastile TO union interests.
Unless restrictive conditions i'm
posed by the United States railroad
administration are removed from the
manufacture of ties practically all of
the small mills of oregon viii be
forced to suspend operation, according
to the widespread opinion among oper-
ators. At least one has done so al
ready. and others are apt TO follow
within a short time. 1t is predicted.
March 4 has been set by the Umas
a,ila county court as the date for