The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-02-13


Inc December ~. Stanley Jowett. IN
ppcclor In charge with headquarters a,
Pendlcton. announced.
In case all the mlllaFn tax measures
60 bo submitted 10 tho voters Of ore
gon at the special election TO be held
on May 81 are approved. the state
iax lazy next December will exceed
the levy nado In December. 1919. by
moro than 100 per cent according to
state officials who have given the pro
posed laws careful study and consider.
alton
Officials Of tho Grants Pass irrigA
ton district have filed with tho state
engineer resolutions outlining q plan
of reclamation. request for certifica'
tion OF approximately 100000 In bonds
voted for development work. and np'
plicatlon for state payment uf interest
on these bonds This district com
prines about sOn0 acres and is located
IN Jhhrphln" county
Hop buyers In the Salem district
have made several contracts recently
whereby they agree to take tho grow.
ors' product for n term of three years
al u stipulated price OF rs cents .
pound. ~ a result OF these conirastH
and the optimistic feeling over the
future prospects OF the hop industry
In Marion county the acreage will be
materially Increased this season.
II is estimated thoro will he approx.
mstciy sssa 400 2? OF state money avail
able for the construction Of market
roads In the various counties OF Orc
gon during the year 1920. according
10 . report prepared by members Of
the state highway commission. To
obtain this money for road construc'
ton Il will first be necessary for the
several counties TO match the state
appropriation.
Tho conference report on tho Indian
appropriation bill carries the following
amounts for Oregon klamath agency.
sS6T0. umatilla agency, $4,000; Che
mawa Indian school. $4,000. inelud'
Ing $4,000 for ropairu and improve.
ments and $4,000 for installing high.
pressure boilers aud steam heating ap'
paratus, sleu agency S25o0, Modoc
irrigation project within klamath res
erration. $4,000
over 600 orchardlsts Of Jackson
county gathered At Modford for the
purpose Of determinE how much dam
age was done the fruit trees BY tho
recent cold, A large number OF fruit
growers brought samples OF their trees.
exhibits Of bark and limbs and after
examination by County Agricultural
c. {, Cate Il was decided that the dam.
age In the valley was much less than
anticipated.
According TO the monthly report OF
tho weather bureau. January was the
dryest month In the history OF south
ern Oregon. less than half an inch OF
rain falling, Tho average for the
month was iee inches. As the pre-
clpitation has been deficient since the
Of the rainy season, farm.
ora and fruit raisers are becoming
worried and M added impetus has
been applied 10 the campaign for ir>
rigation,
approximately a million feet OF tim
her In the Siuslaw national forest, IN
the vicinity Of Yachaats and Cape
creek, on the coast. was destroyed by
insects during the past year, saccord'
ing to q special report just filed In the
office Of the SiusiRw forest, Tho
investigation was made by one Of the
rangers who found that the ravages OF
the insects, tho nature OF which hc
was unable to determine. covered
strip about a quarter Of u mile wide
and so acres In extent. near the coast.
ST. Bencdicts Abbey, with heedquar.
ters at Mount Angel, has filed suit In
the United States court in Portland 10
test the validity OF the law passed at
tho recent special session OF the state
legislature making It unlawful to print
publish, circulate. display, or sell or
offer for sale any newspaper or period.
Ical In any language other than Eng
|lsh unless the same contain n literal
translation In the English Language OF
he same type and as conspicuously
The plaintiff corporation
prints, publishes circulates and sells
|, weekly newspaper called st 10.
seph's Blatt," which has a weekly cir
,ulation OF approximately 24,700 copies
and Is printed In the German language
bonsKcc:lng IL now Nh e~.vlual 90
ligatlon In all branches of public econ.
nmy. ANY ncrson found, miSdating his