The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-12-05


( ON the Central oregon Irrigation
company was rejected by vote OF 352
10 ~.
Lane county teachers viii mako no
contracts to teach noSt year for less
than 500 u month. according to reso'
lutIons adopted NJ tho closing session
OF the annual teachers institute at
Eugene
With 6s, 7oo now enrolled In tho city
public schools. the estimated popula'
ton OF Portland. a. taken from the
school census. is 323, ,22s. according TO
tabulationa announced by School Clerk
Thomas,
Preliminary steps were taken nj a
meeting ut the county budget commit
tee and tho Lane county court TO pre-
sent 10 the voters of the county n prop
oaltion TO issue $1,000, 600 In bonds for
road work.
Umatilla county teachers. although
they advocate higher salaries for all
teachers IN tho county, arc not In favor
Of unions. according to resolutions
passed by 800 teachers Mt tho UmstIlla
county teachers institute,
when the big cannery built at Al
bany the past summer by the Puyal'
lup and Sumner Valley Frui,growcrs'
association closes i,s first seasons run
work will begin at once on the erection
OF new buildings for next season.
A proposed constitutional amend
mcnt extending tho highway indebted
ness limitation from to 4 or 5 per
cent will be filed in the offices Of the
secretary Of state this week, according
10 James Stewart. representative. OF
Corvallis.
Portland faces n coal shortage, with
not ycstigc of hope for relief. other
than strict conservation OF fuel By roa'
Idents Of the city. according 10 re-
port made by Deputy City Attorney
Maekay. In charge OF tho fuel situation
IN tho city.
The Rlaskanine river fish hatchery
II fast developing into one OF the prin'
cipal plants Of the kind operated by
the Oregon Fish and Game commits
sion. There are now 100000 chinook
salmon eggs at the Klankanine hatch
cry. while about 100000 young fry have
been ha,ched. Additional shipment OF
eggs are expected In the immediate tu'
ture and close TO 100000 fry viii be
turned out from that plant next hprips
Records Of iiic'teriners taken at ram
dom from the FLEA at tho state peni'
tcntlary indicate that the men sent TO
that institution to serve the extreme
penalty under the present lava have
served on an average triflc more than
five years,
At the request OF County Commits
rioner Holman. District Attorney
Evana Ia preparing n resolution offer
ing y standing reward OF $4,000 TO per
npna leading TO the apprehension OF
any man committing murder In Multi
nomah county,
Transporting eonvicts TO the oregon
penItentiary by airplane instead of by
train and automobile m ta the present
practice. 10 proposed In letter recciv'
cd by the governor from Chester G.
Murphy. secretary and attorney for an
airplane company.
The packing plant OF the McMinn'
vllln Fruit Growers association. now
finishing the seasons pack of more
than 80 carloads OF tirstgrade apples
has been obliged to curtail the work
OF caring for all the fruit produced In
the vicinity Of McMinnyille through
lack OF cars,
As q result Of the splendid prices
received the past two years for the
fruit, Gordon q. Brown, horticulturist
Of the Hood River experiment station
says no finds that many Hood River
orchardIsts, despite the high cost OF
the nursery stock, are planning heavy
paintings of cherries,
That no person. firm or corporation.
hiring another In this state, shall pay
q wage of less than 81 n day of eight
hours for any male cmploye or n vase
OF less than $50 week Of IS hour"
for any female cmploye is proposed In
n constitutional amendment filed with
the assistant secretary of state.
David Smith and Walter Banaster'
charged with murder In connection
with the shooting of J. n. Burgess and
George Peringer, eeastern oregon stock
men. during holdup OF the claremont
Tavern, near Portland, pleaded guilty.
Previously James 0gle, another men,
bcr, had pleaded guilty and all were
sentenced 10 life Imprisonment.
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