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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
4
Reports from Weston area include alfalfa yields near record levels from Moscow Idaho dispatches, and farmers like Jon Key and Joseph Harbert contributing crop data. Local wildlife incidents include a bear shot by George Brace and Henry Thompson, while irrigation work progresses on the Teel project with Avery locating leaks. Community items cover poultry contests, club outings in Spokane, and business changes as Geo Elder purchases Weston Garage.
In Weston Oregon Mr and Mrs Loveridge celebrate a fifty year union with six children eight grandchildren and stories of the early Oregon country. The couple recalls their life from Knox County to the Willamette valley with neighbors and relatives sharing a special anniversary feast.
Columbus Ohio Governor James M Cox asks State Attorney General John G Price for a sweeping investigation of food prices in every county. The move aims to uncover price anomalies and ensure fair access to essentials across the state.
A proposed measure calls for a bonus equal to one year's pay for every soldier sailor and marine who fought in the war. The plan would apply to all veterans, with no bill yet introduced by Representative Foster of Ontario.
The official record of Grenin soldiers serving in the world war is being compiled in Salem under State Librarian Cornelia Martin. From these records, medals will be distributed on November 11.
A visitor notes the Joe Key threshing outfit includes a threshing machine, an automatic harvester, a Yuba tractor, two headers, and a large crew. Owned by Joe Key, Jean Schrimpf, and Ali Johnson, it uses sixty horses and twenty eight men plus a Ford jitney to operate. Key has worked twenty six years and aims to thresh two thousand acres west and northwest of Athena this summer.
Irrigation will be permitted at the usual hour each day during August until further notice. City reserves right to discontinue irrigation anytime with refunds. Water consumers urged to conserve. violations may result in immediate cut off, restored only by special order of the water committee. C. W. Avery, Superintendent.
The listing notes Saturday August 2 featuring William Hart in Riddle Gawne and Fatty at Coney Island as a Panama Production. Sunday August 8 shows George Beban in One More American a six reel Paramount feature with a large cast.
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