The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-01-31
Formal protest to the interstate

rormdi proteSI 10 tne Interstate
commerce cov7msrinn and director
general of ra st rates on
grain and s:a ~ .s not lased on
water e." est haul to tide
water, was a4,lota III meeting in
Pendleton for permanent organization
of the Inland Empire Shippers
League.
Relief from the prospect Of COM
| plete shutdown Of the Eugene and
Springfield flour mills in the near fu-
ture because of an accumulated stock
| Of their finished products in the ware
houses at Eugene, has been relieved
by the return of the government into
the flour MARKET which took the
greater part of the surplus stock
Contending that restrictions on the
free sale of fruit juices will kill the
fruit juice industry. now becoming
fairly well established in the north
west states, the Eugene chamber of
commerce has protested to the con-
gressional committee framing the 1918
tax bill against the proposed 10 per
cent tax on the sale price Of all fruit
juices.
Work for several hundred returned
soldiers will be available at Bend If
construction of an additional two-band
mill is started by the Brooks-S -Scanlon
Lumber company. ]. P. Keyes, man
ager of the company at Bend. an
nounced that the second plant is now
under consideration, and that plans
and specifications have been ordered
drawn.
Rains, approaching the torrential,
accompanied by strong winds, over
western Oregon last week caused
streams to rise and lowlands in many
sections were flooded. Railway COM
munication to points on Puget sound
was completely suspended, owing to
slides near Centralia, Wash. Tele-
graphic and telephone communication
in al directions was badly interrupted.
Prospects that the stunted juniper
tree, growing in immense numbers on
the unwatered lands of central Ore
gon, may assume real Importance as a
substitute for cedar in the manufac-
ture Of pencils, were extended in
letter received by the Bend CONNER
cial club from the Dolkena Lumber
company. Practically unlimited guam
titles of the wood can be used for this
purpose, it was stated.
The strike of the employees of" the
Sumpter Valley Railroad company was
settled when the management and the
employees signed contract whereby
the employees are to continue to draw
the old wage scale of Al cents per
hour for brakemen, 40 cents for con.
ductors, So cents for engineers and
60 cents for shopmen, and in addition
thereto an increase ,of 10 cents per
hour for day of 10 hours. se
Permit from the war department for
the construction of the necessary
dams for the reclamation Of Multno.
nah Drainage District No. has been
received. The project, it is expected,
will be completed during the present
year. II will afford employment to a
large number of men, involving an es-
timated expenditure of 100000. The
project will add to the intensive pro.
ducing area of Multnomah county 800
acres. The district extends from I'm
ion avenue to Fairview, distance Of
about IA miles, and adjoins the city
limits of Portland on the north.
E. ]. Adams, former state highway
commissioner launched at a meeting
of the Eugene chamber of commerce
campaign the ultimate end of which
is the creation of bureau in the ma
tional capital, having as its purpose
the procuring, preparing, compiling
and presenting to congress and the
individual members thereof data and
information concerning the forest re-
serves in Oregon and the necessity for
road construction through. them as
matter of development in the state,
and 10 secure material increase in
the appropriation by congress for the
f,rest roads"
A resolution demanding that con-
gress Immediately grant relief to dis.
charged soldiers and sailors was sent
to Washington b. the Portland city
commission. Oregon congressman
will be asked to use their efforts to
have the proposed aid granted. The
city commission suggests, instead OF |
30 days pay and five cents a mile
travelling expenses home, now being |
considered by congress, a clothing al.
lowance Of at least $50, one months
additional pay upon discharge and five
months additional pay to be paid
monthly. as more proper treatment
for returned fighters.
What He Wanted.