The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-11-21

tlht OF NoTtH bsnu, W'IHu"F VI thN
board OF education and prealdent oi
the chamber OF commerce, sustained n
fractured skull and In now lying In au
unconscious and procariouR condition
nj the Mercy hospital AN u consequence
OF an alteration aud fiatic encounter
with Mayor Henry Kern.
Governor olcott's recent action in
removing Thomas Nelson OF Astoria
ms member OF the state board Of pilot
commissioners was regular and aC
thoriEed by the oregon statutes, ac'
oordIng to legal opinion given by
Attorney General George NJ. Brown.
Tho Vale Commercial club has sent
eopica OF resolutions adopted BY that
body recently 10 tho Oregon public
service commission urging that an In
crease In rates bo granted the Nal.
hcur Home Telephone company which
operates In that section Of the state.
pufur citizens are becoming aroused
by incursions OF bloodthirsiy coyotes
into herds Of shoop and pigs and ilocks
Of chickens. County Agent Fluharty
has received an appeal TO help ranch
ers In that vicinity, The coyotes arc
reported unusually ravonous this year.
Acting on the petition submitted by
rs ranchers In the Tumalo section, the
Dcschutcs county court set December
20 as the date for an Irrigation district
organization election. The contem'
plated district includes the lands now
within tho boundaries OF the Tumalo
irrigation project.
The building Of a highway to tho
Josephine county caves is To proceed
without further delay, The forestry
department has approved the project
and issued instructions covering the
location survey preliminary 10 letting
the contract as soon as grading is pos.
Hlble In the spring.
A. c, Barbur. state insurance com
missioner. has started a search for
W. II. Jackson. alias J. +. Clark. who
IN wanted by officers In various parts
of the state for collecting insurance
premiums under the preianse that he
was authorized agent OF an eastern In.
aurance corporation,
A total OF Sil62s5 derived from
per cent of the sales Of public lands In
Oregon was apportioned among the
several counties OF the state. liarney
county. which has 6.3b7.la0 acres OF
these lands. received st3i4O. while
county. with 2SS,64o acres.
received only si9,59.
The work of preparing the state
ments certifying TO the various county
clerks OF Oregon the state and district
officers TO he nominated al the prl'
mary election to be held next May 10
rapidly under the diroc.
ton OF Sam a. Kozer. assistant secre'
,ary OF state, and should be completed
this week.
All officers and every agency at the
OF the state viii be used In
In Oregon an outbreak OF
radicals. according to statement is'
sued by Governor olcott All sheriffs.
district attorneys. mayors, chiefs of
police and other officers will be in.
structed to use every effort to stamp
,ut radical elements,
To insure the permanence OF the
Herman creek salmon feed grounds,
lnc OF the largest fish feeding points
by tho state, the state fish
md game commission at its last ses'
ZION requested tho state attorney.gen.
,rai to ask the state to begin condem-
,ation proceedings for the purchase OF
he property. which hitherto has been
inder lease,
By unanimous decision of special
,oard of arbitration considering
Gale OF wages for the Portland street :
ar men and other classified street rail
way employees. platform men were
aised from q maximum of SO cents an
Iour to maximum OF 90 cents an hour
nd those OF other classified employees
o a scale corresponding approximately
With that figure
A shipment of narcissus bulbs from
Imoy, China, consigned to Eugene
tore. was found to contain a number
{ Argentine ants, an insect much
readed by all agriculturlsts. The ants
ave never appeared In this state be- $
ore. according to c, E. Stewart
ounty fruit inspector, The inspector
aused IL crates Of these bulbs to be
ncinerated to prevent the spread of
nts.
To assure q naval base at the mouth .
{ the Columbia, site of $500 acres
/ Tongue Point, valued by Its own.
RS at 100000, must be donated to
he government. according to tele- Z
ram received from Representative G,
i. Macarthur by b. #, Stone, president .
I the Astoria port commission. A U