The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-12-01
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Complied fer
Cur Readers.

The southern Pacific car shortak'
Was sisT on Saturday.
Peudleion xill again have . muaicl
pal chrlutmas tree celebration thil
year.
shipments Of goats 10 the eastern
sections Of the United States Aavs
bekvh again In Polk county.
The turkey raisers OF Douglas coua
" have received approximately tto.'
600 for their product this year.
Clerks and unskilled workmen en-.
plpyed by the o..w. r. a N. company
Arp due for an increase In wages.
January 4. and are the dates
set.for the meeting OF the annual Ore
sOn irrigation congress. to convene at
Portland.
The car SHORTAGE 10 not only limit
ing the output Of the lumber mills OF
orcKm, but Is delaying the erection
of new mills.
Marion county win hold It's tAird
annual corn show at Salem. beginning
Monday, December II. and continuing
until Saturday. December 1e.
Identification OF the Southern Pa
cific line between whiteson and Cor
valliS VIII be complete and cars will
be in operation about March Is.
Lane county, with . population Of
ss.coo, Is without . prisoner in the
ooanty jail or . jailer. This condition
hes prevailed since October 30.
Charles A. Murphy. chief engineer
Of lhe hospital for the insane At PEN
dleton, was chosen a. warden OF the
Oregon prison BY the state board Of
control.
The food and dairy code. passed BY
the last Legislature. has been . sue
cess, according to the biennial report
Of Dairy and Food Commissioner
Aflckie.
With some Of the finest livestock
IN the United States on exhib lsion the
Pacific international Livestock sxhi-
bition will open st Portland Monday.
4.
Members of the Rogue River Fish
Protective association have vo.ed un-
for an unconditional stand
or the closing OF Rogue river ~ com
nercial fishing.
Oregon railroads are plannin 8 an
m the demnrrage charge ex.
cted Of shippers who keep eQuipi nent
ut Of use beyond the ls-hour free
ime" allowance.
The cornerstone Of the new federal
which Is under construction
{ Roseburs was laid Monday after
oou nnder the auspices of the N ason-
! lodges Of that city.
Everything from chich ems to guinea
lgs will be on exhibit In Portland at
lie eighth annual show OF the Oregon
oultry q Pet Stock association, De-
,mber 4 to .. inclusive.
There win be "a republicans. five
smccrats and one in dependent in the
mate, and IS repubI leans. four demo I
ats and one independent in the low
branch Of. the ie gislature this win !
r.
The Oregon State Teachers asso- Q
ation viii convene in Portland De- r
mber ~ for q three days, session, '
which several hundred teachers ~
,m all parts OF Oregon will be in =
tendance. q
The price bf forage In national for. u
Is ID to be raised gradually from v
: present price, about one-third OF
} kaarket valne OF such forage. TO Z
c-thirds Of the fee charged by pri- N
te owners. "
State Engineer Lewis has granted r
emission 10 the Hlne Mountasn Ia
tch company, Of Mount Vernon. TO p
Dropriate the waters ,of the John q
y river for the irrigation Of 1909 10
'es u land.
plan Whereby higf school stu. g
lie win be trained In social duties 81
responsibilities has been proposed 70
J. A. Churchill stat Z superintend- sy
Of public instructio j. in bulletin ot
led on the Subject o
Not guilty. was this verdict in the m
e Of John Allen. eI nrsed with the co
rder Of Lewis Bots: at the Allen
ie near Hereford, August 1& The NJ
dict was returned IN the Baker III
nty court al BAKE I. flo
wo new postoffie IS have been es- an
ished I'm Oregoal. one at Happy. Ii
ney county. with Mise Matsids Nc IN
dden as pcstmas ter. and the other "a
.ost Valley. Wheeler county. with II
,ph H. Cone as postmaster &C
be wasco CoLnzty Stockmen's as rel
alton has bee 3 organized at Tygh III
ey. a large inumber Of stockmen Co
esenting all. sections Of Wasco
~ attende A the meeting. and for
b interest siss shown IN fomasng Dii
county q. eoelation.. COZ
he to pro eide sor .compelling auto- wa
les to ONE TO full stop upon me