The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-03-30
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of Tho Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.

troop of cavalry In Lebanon.
The sIrlN Of Corvallis have formed
q branch of the Girls Honor guard
Tho western Lane county play fea'
tIyai viii be held nj ElmirA May H.
The bend Automobile club wAH
forisod recently with large member
ship Of auto owners.
A chapter Of the National kcd Cross
society was formed In the Rogue river
valley with = mcmbcrship OF 3d.
The o,w, u. 4 n. company has de-
termined 10 Institute motorcar h"r'
vice between ElEin aud la Grandc'
Tho klamath county lumber mills
are preparing for record run this
ueapon ~ noou m the weather permits
The Eugene rife club n, i,n annual
meeting decided upon n campaign to
increase iln membership 10 100 mc'n'
bcrS
Florence M Dunlop. ot Mrlic. was
tho first 10 make application for
loan under the rural credits amend
ment,
with 20 editors prrSen, from almost
all nsctlons OF the valley, thH william
otto Valley Editorial association met
at Albany.
William Piper. wealthy farmer.
aged s5. one OF tho oldest pioneers Of
Uma,ilia county. died at his HON"
near Helix.
Tho price Of common labor. II In
concluded, will be forced higher In the
Coca bay section. for there IL a scar
city Of men.
This week Ia Patriotic week" In
the state Of Oregon by virtue OF
proclamation issued By Governor
Withycombo.
More than 1850 has been raised
among tho merchants OF i,oseburs for
the strawberry tcHtivai TO be held
there In May,
Very little wheat will be planted
this spring In Douglas county. owing
10 the Indictment weather during the
early planting season.
silver gray squirrels have suffered
more than any other game animal In
southern oregon. according to Game
Warden Thompson OF Roseburg.
A meeting OF fruitgrowers at which
cooperative marketing and plans for
the establishment Of n canncry were
discussed, was held In Albany We'd
ncsday.
Total deposits IN tho ?6 banks and
trust companies OF Portland cqualed
ss7.326. .3s3.Gi on March 8. 1917, nc
cording 10 Superintendent OF Banks
Sargent,
The oregon Corn Show association
has been organized In Eugene and
steps have been taken to hold corn
exhibition IN that city December H.
I. and n,
Curry county officials have refused
10 contribute $50 month toward pay
Ing a man 10 patrol the state line 80
tina, LIQUOR could not he brought over
the border
Owing 10 disturbed conditions owing
10 the German crisis. all bridges on
the o,W, X. & N. between Huntington
md Portland are under double night
D,pnd day guard.
Where two measures on an election
ballot have conflicting provisions tho
measure receiving tho greatest num-
bcr OF affirmative votes prevails ac'
cording TO an opinion
Mrs. 8. A. Skaggs. pioneer OF ore
gon, died at Medford. Mrs, skaggs
crossed tho plains with her parents
In ls4s, and was one OF the first
settlers OF Lane County.
The Coos bay country as summer
resort and fishing ground Is to DO
given publicity In bulletins to be is'
sued blythe Southern Pacific company
during the coming summer
Application for permit to build a
storage reservoir on Bully creek has
been received by the state engineer
from the Wlllow'Alder Irrigation DIS
trict OF Vale, In Malheur county.
A class Of those desiring to take OK
aminatlons for the army officers re-
serve corps has been organized at
Salem with 80 members. 1t Is ex'
pected the membership will increase
to 40.
plans for e greater Oregon CITY,
through tho consolidation of Oregon
city, South Oregon City. Mount Pleas
ant, Canemah. Clacknmas Heights
Gladstone and Jennings Lodge, have
been announced.
Thirty.two thousand jackraobits de-
stroyed In a littlc more than month
is the record of which Malheur county
boasts, according to the report recent
u usuAd by W. w, EeNsEds eaSSsS