The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-01-28
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation Of Our Readers.

Vi8uHFh AAOtA IhtfFA AVhAANs HN
county court has appropriated $500
for the work and the Hood River Auto
motive Dealers association will coop
crate In placing the signs.
The teachers OF Portland sent petit
tion to the Oregon legislature Iast
week urging that no change be made
in the present tenure Of office Law.
The petition was signed by 1871 teach
ers OF the 1857 in the Portland school
force.
Land tests In Lake county as to
adaptabilIty for sugar beet growing.
conducted by the Neyada-california-
Oregon railroad company and the
spreckels Sugar company. have been
reported upon by the latter company
and the results we're declared satisfac-
tory.
Wool growers OF eight western Ore
gon counties organized the Oregon
Wool and Mohair Cooperative associ'
alton, at a meeting held In the COM
munity house in Albany. The plaa
is to enlist wool growers in pool and
sell the wool crop on q cooperative
basis.
- At the close Of a three-day trial,
George W. Howard, 23-year-old Nal
heur county boy, was convicted by .
trial jury at Vale OF murder in the
first degree for his confessed killing
OF George r. Sweeney, Vale tailor and
clothing salesman. The verdict car
ries the death penalty with it.
kilograms we're sent by E II. Guie,
speaker OF the lower house OF the
Washington legislature, asking that
Joint road and bridge subcommittee
OF the Oregon and Idaho legislatures
meet with a similar committee OF the
Washington legislature at Portland
Saturday TO discuss automobile license
fees and other subjects pertaining to
motor vehicle legislation.
During the year 1920 total Of 529.-
09s.s41 feet OF lumber was loaded on
vessels at the mills in the lower Co
lumbia river district for shipment to
various parts OF the world In the
same period 206.261,941 feet Of lumber
we're loaded at the up-river mills, max
ing total of 535.36o,7s2 feet of hum
ber that left the Columbia river in
cargoes during the last II months.
The Oregon supreme court has de-
MED a rehearing in the case brought
by the Union Fishermen's Co-opera-
tive Packing company and other SINH
lar corporations operating on the Co
lumbia river TO restrain Carl D. Shoe
maker. named in the complaint as mas
ter fish warden. from enforcing the
law prohibiting fishing with purse
seines within the threemile limit OF
the Pacific ocean.
A. II. Lea, who recently was elected
as secretary Of the state fair board.
will accept the position, according to
letters received in Salem. Mr. Lea
served as secretary Of the board for
five terms. but resigned last Septem-
ber to accept a position in Portland.
At the last meeting of the board. with
out Mr.. Lea's knowledge, he was re-
elected by the unanimous voice Of the
body,
More moisture is stored In the noun
tains of central Oregon now than at
any time during the last eight years.
The depth OF the snow is about normal
but the water content is unusually
high, due to alternate precipitation
of snow and rain. The outlet of little
Lava lake, headwaters Of the Des-
chutes river. is running 80 feet wide
and four feet deep, while last year at
this time the channel was dry.
The desert land board agreed to ap-
prove contract covering the sale Of
water by the central Oregon irrigation
district to reclaim lands included in
the Lone Pine irrigation district. The
water necessary for this reclamation
work win be carried through the CEN
tral Oregon canal system. The Lone
Pine district comprises approximately
1000 irrigable acres of land, which lies
north of Crooked river in Crook coun-
ty.
In October, November and December
sS permits were issued by State En-.
gineer Cupper covering appropriation
Of water from various streams and
other sources for the irrigation of as
Sss acres of land. the development OF
$50 horse power, domestic, mining,
lumber and various other pur-
poses at an estimated cost of approxi-
mately 100000, Seven reservoir per-
mits were issued covering the storage