The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-01-09

present grand jury because Of many
complaints that have been made re-
EardlnE their management
Tho building Of the Warren coopcra.
tive warehouse store al Warren In
nearing completion, and will Wion be
ready for occupancy Tho association
will supply all lie members with goods
at cost prices.
The second train wreck within =
week occurred at Toledo, when
freight engine crashed into q ttrinE 90
freight cars. smashing the engin" und
throwing tho cars from the track,
Postmaster T. A. Reeves ~ Hood
River reports that tho mail handled at
that office during 1919 Tor on'solus
trains and for local delivery exceeded
that Of any past year By 90 per cent
While playing battle with gun
thought unloadod. Glen Fisher. b'ycar'
old son OF Horny Fisher Of l.eona, WAS
sho, and perhaps fatally wounded by
the i?.ycAr.old son OF william Currier.
Fruit and berries In the WilliHmolt"
valley we're not damaged seriously by
the recent cold weather IN opinion
Of W. II. Scott. manager Of the fuyal-
iup 4 Sumner Valley Fruit association
because OF tho clcvonth'hour rush It
will be- impossible for the secretary Ct
state TO mail all 1920 motor vehicle
license plates for which applications
have been received before January 10.
Work has been resumed at the
Ochoco dam after a short shutdown on
account OF the deep snow, There 10
reported deep anow in the mountains.
assuring plenty OF water for irrigaiins
In this section.
Lumbormen OF klamath county re-
port that more than s6,O00,oO0 worth
Of merchantable timber has been ruin
cd in that section By the western pine
beetle since they first made their ap'
pearanec three years ago.
A preliminary estimate OF the pro
duetion OF metals In oregon In 1919.
complied BY the United States geo
logical survey. shows decrease Ia tho
gold and lead produced. but an In
crease In the silver and copper,
@. Y. Shelton Of Corvallis, profcG'
aor Of highway engineering al Oregon
Agricultural college, Was elected pres''
dent of the Northwestern Society OF
Highway Engineers at the annual
meeting OF the society In Salem.
Howard ". letter Of Port orford. dep
u,y sheriff OF Curry county. lost his
life when surfboat In which four
men we're attempting TO reach the DO"
Of the wrecked steamer J. \. Chans'or
nj the mouth OF sixcs river. upset IN
the breakers.
cla,aop county has donated $500 to
the fund for paying the expenses OF
two delegates who are to be sent to
Washington 10 urge the enactment ut
this scsaIon OF congress OF a law Hp'
propriatlng S2.600.0O for the constrac'
ton Of the proposed Roosevelt high
way.
Preparatory TO installation of q mu'
niclpal light and water system, the
city OF RoSeburg. through It's officials
filed with the state engineer an SppIi'
cation for water rights and approNi'
mately 1000 feet per second OF water
from the North Umpqua at a point
known na Whistlcr's bend.
Contracts thus far awarded for fur
nishing supplies for the several state
institutions for the first six months
OF the year 1920 indicate that the
prices quoted for the various COM
modltles are from to 10 per cent
higher than when the previous bids
were opened in June. 1919,
Percy -Cupper OF Salem, state 'ensi'
ncer; whitney l.. Boise Of Portland
and third man to represent the In
terests OF eastern Oregon, viii leave
this week for Washington, where they
will attend n meeting OF the executive
committee OF the Western States Re-
clamation association, which will open
there on January H.
Senator McNary has urged the com
mnndant Of the United States coast
guard service to establish a life'sav'
ing station at Port orford. In a letter
10 Senator McNary, Willis 7, White OF
Port oxford asserted that the lives ot
the 81 men who went down with the
tank steamer J. C, Chanslor two weeks
ago might have been saved,