The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-04-13
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketohed for lnior.
nation OF Our Readers.

ucl1 lhht Weeh'
The Marion County Potato Growers
association held i,r annual meeting Q,
Salem,
The ttih convention Of oregon state
grange IL TO be held May 4 to ~. 1917,
at Astoria
There will be no immediate call
for u special keasion ot tho legiala'
tnre to consider war measures
Tho steam schooner johanna smith,
the larEcSt vessel constructed on Coos
hay, was launched at North Bend
The eoidest March In 81 years. was
the month just closed, according 10 the
report from the weather bureau
Tho Bcnd Water. LiEht & Power
company will begin at once on the
erection ot an addition 10 i,s plant.
Leonard SaSby. % years old. VAS
cleetrocutcd In the new generating
plant OF tho ilawiey Pulp & Paper
company u, Oregon city,
The Oregon state Federation OF
women's Clubs will star, fund imme.
dlAtely that shalt be known as the
Oregon Federation Hospital fund"
Tho Eugene chamber Of commerce
has taken up tho plan Of cultivation
OF all city lo,A TO aid the nation In
time Of war by keeping down the eost
OF living,
Preliminary slepa are being taken
In Douglas county to vote on a county
bond issue for road Improvement Tho
total amount OF the Issue has been
fixed =, $4,000.
Several OF the farmers OF the Gold
nm district have been shipping In
carloads Of hect pulp from tho Utah
Oregon sugar factory at Grants Pass
60 feed their stock.
The Coos county court. has Arrang.
cd for an appropriation Of $4,000 as
part OF tho fund for constructing an
armory In Marshfieid for the coast
artillery company,
Subjecm Of iutercs, 10 livestock
growers will be considered at the
fourth annual meeting Of the Cattle
and Horse RAisera' association 10 be
held at La 0rando on April ~ aud
rs.
The United States department OF
labor. with headquarters at Washing.
ton. H. C.. will hold lta second annual
convention at Portland for
three or four days this coming Sum.
mer
The next annual conference for
Oregon OF the United Evangelical
church will ho held IN Portland, be-
ginning March 20. 1918. according TO
action taken by the conference while
In session at Salem.
A new honor lodge" ut tho state
peni,entiary has perfected .orsaniEa.
lion, The lodge has 400 members
md 10 organized 10 promote better
ceiling between the prisoners and the
prison administration.
The number OF employers subject
% the workmen's compensation law
iurlng the second years operation
" the law was 1894. according TO tho
annual report OF the state industrial
Iccidcnt commission.
Assisting tho farmers Of tho state
n the production OF larger and bet.
er crops OF fiber flax. will be branch
4 the work taken up by the exten.
ion service OF the Oregon Agricul'
ural college this month.
" The Industrial accident commission
ecoived reports OF 277 accidents dur.
ng the week between March and I
.pfsl 8 inclusive. One Of the accidents y
eported was fatal, the victim being '
oseph Francis, OF Baker a railroad j
mploye.
With war clouds threatening the
ontlnuanco OF athletics In the coast Il
olleges later In the spring, the o. A. c
. relay carnival Of April 81 stands
3 the only major tract event of the ]
eason which Is sure to be held OH
10 coast this, year. q
In cooperation with similar depart 3
ents all over the country, the extern Y
on services OF the o. A. c. has II
nnounced that vigorous campaign u
III be started Immediately for the n
lrpese OF increasing the food pre-.
lredness OF the country. cl
There we're so fires In 81 towns II
ring the month Of March, according Il
figures issued by Insurance Com. u
isslonor Harvey Wells, The total q
sses amounted TO S7S,ttb. The al
rgcst loss for the month was a SiO,. II
% building IN Portland. 81
The people OF Oregon are to be ask. m
to subject to the referendum two b.
the school measures enacted by W
o last leglslature-the teachers
nura bill and tha hill ahortaninR tha az