The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-01-30

Moro than li,lu0 weights were 10.
ocfah by tho deputy rate Eealer u
urlalla ad mramrcs during the year
1919. according to ts annual report Of
", A. Dunziel. Ia charge OF tho de-.
purlmont,
Tho combined convention of tho Pa,
clnc MIR Dealers association aud the
Pacific NorthwcHt Association Of MIX
ana Dairy Inspectors viii be- held Feb
ruary .. I and IN Portland
Construction work at the steam pow
cr plant Of the Bend Water & Light
company Is progressing rapidly and
the plant may be- ready for power pro
duc'lon by March a. Tho. cost Of the
plant viii b. In excess Of sl00ooJ,
IA application haB been flied wlth
The state engineer by II. u Hendricks
and W. H. Woodbup} Of waldo Tor an
appropriation of water from lhr wost
branch Of tho Illinois river for the lrri.
cation Of small tract ia Josephine
county,
Tho Hood River AHu .Asiatic asanris
tion has tHoRraphcd senator Chamber
lain aud McNary to support The Phelan
resolution calling for constitutional
amendment denying citizenship 10 al
Japanese barn IN the United Ststes or
ilA drpvadenrlcu.
State and federal funds epent Oh the
highways Of Oregon durlug the Years
1914 to lgiS. inclusive. aud 10 be- rS
pended In eomplotinR contracts for the
ycars 1919 and 1890, total S2i,37a..
53tS5, -Rccordlpg 20 a report prepared
by the state highway commission.
Drmurrago regulations put into ~
feet by the oregon public service com.
mlgaion some time aga have been temp.
orarliy suspended because OF thetr con.
fict With the demutrage reatrTctiou3
made operative By an order ot lns
federal railroad administration Of
uclnls
Charles Burden and Frank Davis
OF Salem. state agents empowered by
Governor 0Icuu lp enforce the prohibit.
ton law. wrrr arrested at Lakey!ew
on a warrant bworu 10 By Cily Marshal
han Gosil, charged with having In
their possession quantity OF tntoxical.
Ing liquor
ShrincrH attending the national con.
vcntion of their order at Portland next
June are warned not 90 expect any low.
or rate than the regular summer OK.
rurslon fares TO the Pacific coast. Ed.
ward Chambers. traffic director Of the
railroad administration. advised Scna.
tor McNary.
Winter damage to fruit trees ranged
MI the way from altsht damages to
winter Kill This is shown by ia *.
tended survey by the Oregon 4Agrlcui'
tural college experiment station diyi'
sion Of horticulture, The injury was
much heavier In some sections of the
state than In others.
The Dallas Commercial club has at .
last secured the location OF cannerv
pt Dallas, Many acres OF berries OF all .
kinds win be- set out In the vicinity and
4 campaign win be carried on by the /
'lub to interest farmers and fruit grow. :
IRA In cultIvating crops that can be I
handled by the eannery,
Deputy state fire marshals have !
pado survey at The paiTes. They s
Nlll also survey Hood River. During 1
he past few months fire surveys have 1
lren made Of 90 towns and cities In :
he state and In most instances new /
Ire equipment has been purchased and
nnny hazards removed
There were three fatalities In Oregon
luo to accidents during the week end z
ng January 22, according TO n re- \
,ort prepared by the state industrial /
lccldcnt commission. The victims {
we're william c. billings Of Bend, G
lanes A, CoIestock Of Salem and 7
ieorgo +. Dlcss Of Eugene. &
Frank f. Lischke of Milwaukee has g
He'd application with the state engi-
leor TO appropriate $500 second feet
Il water from the Deschutes river for
,ower development in n series OF I
,ower plants at the Metollus, Friedu, u
'olemau, Mecca, White Horse Rapids /
nd pelton power sites In Sherman, +
vasco and jefferson counties. Z
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