The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-01-17

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The death house Al ,he state pcnl
tsntlsry At Salem. where more than q
score OF mon have been shot through
the traps into eternity. IL 20 be chang.
ed into . kitchen. and fully 900 con.
ylclu will be served their food cafe.
terra style, instead Of the present
reach and grab" system which pre-.
walls. according 10 plans being worked
out now by Warden Stevens.
Seven Hood River valley mills.
headed by tho Mitchells Point Luin.
ber company. with q cut Of 100000.
last year turned out ll.S75.oO0 feet Of
lumber. with the 2i.oso.0oo feet pro
duced by the oregon Lumber com.
panya mill at Dee. the valleys total
lumber output for 1918 reached S5..
$4,000 feet
The Crooked River road. for the
construction OF which the state and
Crook county each appropriated tsb..
900 recently. Ia now being surveyed
and construction will probably begin
within 90 days. This thoroughfare
viii be ono OF tho most important post
roads as we'll as ono Of The best scenic
roads in the county.
Tho Astoria sanitary and reclama.
ton commission has sold 100000 In
bonds 10 Morris Bros. OF Portland.
The money Ia 10 be used for the con.
struction OF buikhead along the third
reclamation district. from the clatsop
mill 20 Thirty.soyenth street, and the
entire district Is to be filled with sand
pumped from the river.
Merger OF the Home telephone sys.
tenn In Portland with that OF the Pa.
eific States system was authorized in
the federal court when decree modi.
flying the decree OF March 70. 1914.
was filed Tho Pacific States com.
pany 10 permitted to acquire the Home
exchanges IN Portland. Albany. Cor.
wallis and Oregon City.
Seven standard Russell road graders
with scaFifying attachments we're last
week ordered BY tho Lane county
court and after their arrival will be
distributed about the county for, road
maintenance work These are con-
sidered TO be valuable additions 10
the already extensive road building
equipment Of Lane county.
A. conference between Portland
city officials and members OF the
school board tightening Of quaran.
tine regulations against Spanish in.
finenEa was decreed Reports nj the
meeting showed considerable In.
crease OF new cases. and II was said
that since October - last 1886 cases
and ols deaths have been reported.
Judge Anderson. OF Baker county
circuit court. has ruled that the city
authorities OF La Grandc were within
their legal rights when they ordered
the moving pictures TO close during
the influenza epidemic. The city or
Tered them closed. and the thcater
determined 10 take the mat.
ter 10 tho courts for q test decision.
About 20 members OF the Oregon
police who now are on duty
are taking chance at securing their
salary, II has developed. Tho def.
cheney appropriation made by the
emergency board 10 cover the ex-
penses OF that organization lapsed on
January !, and consequently the mem.
bers Of the force are at the mercy Of |
he legislature.
The Dalles undertakers report that
here were IS deaths from Influenza
n that city during the last three
months of 1915. A heavy toll has
,een taken by the second wave OF the 4
'pidemic, Schools, libraries. pool. B
rails, theaters. churches. lodges and !
lbrarles have been closed: public i
unerais are forbidden, and all houses .
where the disease exists are ouAran. 4
lned.
A deal OF considerable magnitude
vas closed at suthsrlin last week,
ghen the Sutherlin Inn, OF which
rank .. Waite 10 the principal owner,
ras sold TO the Seventh Day Adven.
let people OF southern Oregon. The
otel was built four years ago at
ost OF $4,000. The object Of the
.dyentist people is 10 establish an
oademy In tho building and move
heir school At Lorane to sutherlin
Secretary OF the Interior Lane indi.
ated Ia speech before members Of
10 house recently that he had adopt
d Representative Sinnott's sugges-
on OF having his requested appro-
Ration OF s1o0,oOo,ooo for reclamA-
on purposes Incorporated in the sun
~ civil bill to insure action in this
,ngress. II this appropriation Is
ranted Representative SInnott will
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