The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-04-27
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skeichsd for Infer
nation OF Our Readers.

day"
Astoria celebrated the Anniversary
OF the Battle Of Lexington with appro'
pirate exerciaea,
4 ban has been placed on the sale
Of stomach bltters" In Lebanon b.
the city officials,
l.umbcrmen IN klamath county are
predicting big season In thcir par
tieulsr iInc this year
The nomination Of George ~, fos
ter a. postmaster st Baker was con
ilrmed by the Senate,
The Good Roards association Of
Harvey county IL advocating t~o
main highways In that county.
The people Of Juntura have formed
q good roads association TO promote .
stAte highway from nurna to walls,
Circulation Of petitions TO call .
special election June I to bond Grant
County for tito0oo has been begun,
Mrs. Thomas Drogan Of The Dailca
has recently bought six sections oi
land from the Eastern oregon Land
company.
A patriotic day parade, which took
moro than two and half hours TO pass
q given point. was held In Portland
last week,
Brownsyille Prepbytcrlana eelebrat
ed their Goth anniversary last week.
the BrownHville church HAVING been
organised In 1857
The United States forest service
will rcplant t20 acres In the Mount
Hcbo district. siusiaw national forest,
the coming summer.
The Linn county Sunday schooia
held their annual convention In lie
bAnon last week with nearly 100 dele
gates In attendance.
The Radiators. EuEenea marching
organization. 10 which 100 Of the city's
business men are enrolled. has or
EAniIed = home guard.
Howard l.. Anmack. employed ~
ilneman by tho Portland Railway
Light a Power company. was cleo
trocuied at Mount Angel.
Organization OF an Oregon branch
OF the League to Enforce Peace. OF
which Ex.Presidcnt Taft Ia the head,
Was perfected at Portland,
The twelfth annual conference OF the
Woman'a Home Missionary society,
Salem district. OF the Methods, Epia'
eopai ch'A,h. was held at Salem.
The rivers and harbora board OF en
Elnccrn has reported adversely on the
proposed improvement OF the william
ette river between Corvallis and
Eugene,
The fitth annual state shoot OF the
Oregon State sportsmcn's association
will bO held under the auspices OF
the Capitol City Rod and Gun club at
Salem on May 9. and z,
Tho net risks written by fire insur
ance companies In Oregon during tho
year 1918 totaled s2s3.at4. .oot. accord
Ing TO d statement issued by insur
ance Commissioner Wells,
The forest service has recommend
cd 10 Senator Chamberlain that an ap
proprlation be made In the sundry
civil bill of $4,000 for fire protection
on tho Coos bay wagon road lands
Car shortage IN the acute form that
has prevailed during the last elk
months soon will be thing OF the
past, says J. II. Dyer, assistant gen
erai manager OF the Southern Pacific
Under tho administration army bill,
reported 10 the Senate by Senator
Chamberlain. Oregon probably will be
asked to contribute from $500 to 5000
men under the first call OF the presi'
dent.
Frank G. oxman, a Durkee stock
man. was arrested on felony charge
OF attempting to induce r. y. Rigall,
of GRANVILLE, H., 10 swear falsely In
the murder trial OF Thomas J. Mooney.
at San Francisco.
The state land board. by unanimous
vote, decided TO call meeting OF the
emergency board. TO consider Attorney
General Browns request for $4,000 for
continuing the Pacific Livestock com
pany land fraud case
Owing to the discouragIng outlook
for reasonable price for hops, some
Of the hopgrowers OF Forest Grove
are preparing to join the prepared
ness propaganda and turn their hop
yards into bean fields.
A drastic resolution against the sale
of the essence OF jamaica, bltters. aud
other socalled remedies which con.
tain a high percentage OF alcohol, was
adopted by the state board OF pharma'
cists at a meeting In Portland.
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