The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-04-29
OREGON NEWS NOTES


ISOLATION now holds unshipped bu, a.
cars Of the 1890 apple crop
Preliminary plans are being formu
lated for the creation Of union high
school district to center In bend.
Tho 2iat annual convention OF the
Oregon Federation OF womens Clubs
will be held In Pendle,on May 81. June
to3.
Pre.wAr cafeteria prices now pre-.
vail In Rossburg. according to an.
nouncement by n prominent restaur.
Ateur IN that city.
Owing 10 the low prices ~ wheat.
wool and livestock. only about 10 per
cent Of the frat half taxes for Gillian
county have been paid
Tho committee on cit, parks OF
North Bend has set aside April 20 for
tho purpose Of clearing. cleaning up
and beautifying tho park
Many NJ the rural schools or Lane
county are Handicapped by epidemics
Of contagious diseases. according TO
y. J, Moore, county school superiB.
tsndcnt
Beavers In tine Dssohutss river are
becoming 30 numerous that household.
era on the river banks have complain.
ed Of frui, trees killed by the In.
dustrious rodents.
The Irrigon melon and potato grow.
ers have organized u selling and buy.
Ing agency known as the IrriEon Co
operative Melon and Potato Growers,
which will be operated on q co-opcra.
tive. non,proiit basis
Leading business mon of La 0rando.
~ well NJ the Central Labor council
has Joined in = demand that Governor
olcou and the state highway com.
mission use their Influence to tho end
that American labor and as far as
possible. local men. be employed on
the highway work in Union county,
The Linn county farm bureau. under
the direction OF County Agent Heyman.
has taken up the wool marketing pro.
jcct with the view Of having at least
s0 psr cont OF The wool growers Of
the country signed up as members OF
the Oregon Wool and Mohair assoois.
ton by the end OF the present drive.
The io2d anniversary of oddtcllow.
ship In tho United States was cclebrst
ed IN RoSehurg Tuesday by the Odd,
fellows association of Douglas county.
Members Of the order from Gardiner.
Drain. Elkton. Yoncalla, Oakland.
Sutherlin. Myrtle Creek. Riddle.
and Glendale attended the
Nlneiy.Hevon permits TO appropriate
water were issued by the state engi
neor at Salem during January. Feb
-uary and March. 1921. These permits
covered the irrigation OF approximate,
y $500 acres OF land. development OF
10 horsepower. and the construction
" $50 miles of canal The estimated
cost OF the construction work was
u 100000 Seven reservoir permits
we're issued. covering the storage OF
406 acre feet OF water at an esti
mated construction cost OF $4,000,
Tne tax OF two cents gallon on gas. a
line and one and one'half cents
allon on distillate. as approved at Ct
he recent session OF the legislature, n
e,urned TO the state for the month OF p
inrch, 1921. a total OF $64.37764.
Forest officials and range users In II
no graEing section tributary to Fort 81
ock have gone on record as intend.
az to rid the district OF unbranded p'
tock as well as Of cattle whose own. s'
RS have received no grazing permits.
The case brought by Colonel f. u
Iofer of Salem against Marion county -
fficials 10 test the constitutionality OF
,e dog license law enacted by the Di
no legislature will be carried TO the !"
lpreme court Of the state for final W
~
A mass meeting OF fishermen and
hers interested in the salmon indus 81
y will be held at Astoria during the W
,ming week TO discuss tho general
shinE situation and particularly some "e
the recently enacted legislation re. ~
ting to the fisheries. IA
Az a meeting held in Salem at the
II OF Governor olcott, Marion coun. be
flax growers who some time ago hi,
ntracted acreage to the state were no
ven to understand that II they went da
cad and sowed their fields for 1921
ey would do 30 on their own respon' tn,
Dility, This warning was necessary sci
was said, because OF the fact that
o state will not have sufficient funds bo,
pay for the flax upon It's delivery Oh
the prison plant. II was stated, no,
wever. that In case the flax grow. clu
5 deliver their crop every effort sill,
mid ha made 10 liouidate the finnn. L.,