The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-11-23
OREGON news NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sksichsd for lnfor-
malIon Of Our Readers.

INV Nuuuol NUHull' WIN '"'"'fN'
was held on November 10 and II.
Rstween 10000 and $4,000 msn are
smpleyed In the shipys ards In Portland
and Astoria, n 10 estimated.
All members Of tho bar Of Oregon
will he ssked 10 assist In handling tho
legal phases Of the nolt draft
rhres companies of the ID oregon.
companies A. n and &, have taken on,
ss.ss7.ooo IN ear life insurance,
A movement 10 on foo, 10 develop
the halibut banks of the wcu, coast
OF Lane county aud furnish cheap ftHh
10 the ei,irens Of Eugene.
The UniYcrsi,y Of California foot
bsil team vas defeated by tho univer'
city Of Oregon on Kincaid field 81
Eugene BY . score OF 81 TO Q.
I. c. Rebns,t. Of Central Point. cap
tured automobile license No, OF the
1878 Issue In a drawing held IN secre'
tsyy es State oleoit's office.
walter Thornton. rs. OF Amity. OF
family we'll known In Oregon and
washing,on. has been killed In action
duriuE Q gas attack In France.
with asven referendum measures
slsssAy ia sIsh, for 1913. prssen, ap
psasanesa indicate tina, Oregon VIII
again have . lengthy ballot next year.
pelssssss from Is lodges arr ~
pse,sA 10 meet In Salem In connection
wi,h the annual convention Of the DE
gree Of Honor. central Willamette die
tFIe,
wcykmss are pa,,ing the iinishins
touches on Hendricks hall q, the TINT
vsrsl,y OF Oregon. q three story brick
sulldine 70 be utilised a. the womsn's
dermitory. ....
YamhliI county has the isrEes, silo
In the state. n, W. Patton. of cheha'
lem valley. this year bull, Rllo 20
fee, IN diameter and 81 feet high.
holding 400 tons.
The hammond Lumber company has
purchased from the Minnesota a Orc
soa Land d Timber company a tract
Of isao acres OF fir timber lyins In
the eastern par, Of clatsop county,
Mrs. Eliza Spaldins Warren, Whit
man Indian massacre survivor and
aaid 20 be the first white child born
west OF the Rocky mountains, eele'
bra,sd her so,h birthday at Browns
willie.
With view sf heing prepared To
10 paving work on fore" account next
year, tho state highway commission
has called for bids on aHphaltic paving
plants. Tho bids are TO he opened
November 81.
About s6.ooo Chinook salmon esgS
from the central hatchery At Bonnie
Vile have been placed In the Oregon
Agricultural college hateheries, They
win be used TO help develop the fish
cries industries.
The city OF Portland has received
bid OF $3.50 n ton for waste foodstuffs
now being burned at the municipal
garbage incinerator. II In the purpose
10 sell these foodstuffs to feed hogs
and other animals.
Eight women are employed In the
plant Of the Springfield Planning Mil
company a, Springfield, and the pro
rrletors OF tho mill have found the
experiment such a success that II is
probable more will he employed,
A. q meeting OF delegates from the
various oranges In Cla,sop county a
resolution waa adopted anthorisins
the county Pomona srange to appoint
a buying and selling aecnt TO represent
the grange members
The Coos county court has decided
10 secure o true valuation OF the real
pyoperty and intends having a COM
plete survey made for readiness for
the 1918 budget, which will carry the
appropriations for 1919
y Two hundred tons OF lime fertilizer
= day will be the output Of tho Gold
Hili pronerty recently leased py tue
fstate lime board. The quarry 10 ex'
peeted 70 be In operation in time to
suppiy spring fertilizer.
The presidency Of Kansas Agricul'
tural college, paying salary of $4,000
A year, has been offered to President
william J. Kerr. Of the OREGON Asri
cultural college by members OF tho
Kansas beard Of regents,
1t 10 announced that 100000 foot
saw mill will he erected at PrinEle
falls, near Bend. this winter for the
purpcss OF cutting the white pine that
d 10 he found in that vicinity. The
Mill will be built by the White Pine
Lumber company
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