The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-11-16
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly skstohed for Infcr-
matlen Of Our Readers.

The salmon run In tho Umpqua
river IL heavier than for many years
The annual Columbia county sunday
school eouvsn,ion was held in Soap
poose.
The annual Linn Benton teachers
institute will be held IN Albany No
'vemser 20 TO ss.
II IL reported that forest fires In
the Tiago district OF Coos county have
done much damage.
The reconstructed Grace PTeabyicr.
len church IN Albany will be dedicated
sunday, November 10,
The state highway commission.
slaee December I. 1915. has expended
spsfszimstsly tst3.tU
The Oregon wool growers will hold
thslF 10th annual convention At Tho
Dsilss December Q and l.
!, 10 reported from Diamond that
Aaeks ere dying On BseA lake. near
tAsse, by hundreds each week.
The oregon state Horticultural so
eis,y vilI hold he annual meeting at
Salem December 90. inclusive.
The Pacific Northwest Ice Cream
Msnsfaetnssra eonvention will be
AssA IN Portland November 2o2a,
Governor wI,hycombe appointed
y, q, wallace. Of Prlnevills. TO succeed
County Judge Springer. Of Crook eoun.
y, vAs resigned.
". 8. Male. superintendent Of the
state industTlal school for boys. has
sisaiAsd his intention to Governor
withyeombs OF resianinG.
Apple growers Of the state are en-
eoun,srins area, difficulty In shipping
apples sas, without danger Of freezing
because ~ the scarcity Of cars
There 10 no present intention Of
estabiishing . rantonment In Oregon,
Gays Adiutant General Mccain. In o
letter 10 Senator chAmbetlAin's office.
The ciaekamas County Guernsey
Cattle club. organized in Clackamas
county In August. has purchased rs
head Of Thoroughbred Guernseys In
Wisconsin.
Many walnut growers from Oregon
and adjoining states attended tho
third annual session Of the Western
wslnu, association which was held at
MoAfinnyiIle,
Easineers representing the state
Highway commission are now viewing
and making n preliminary survey OF
the Pacific highway between Albany
and Jefferson,
Paving work OF tho Sheridan road.
which was hcing done by the state
highway department, has been closed
down because Of inability 10 get cars
for supplying gravel
Eastern orcgon's first annua
marksmcn's tournament will be held
at Enterprise November 2S and 20.
under the auspices OF the wallowa
County Rod and Gun club.
Dispatches from Ottawa include In
the list OF casualties the name OF
Captain q. l. Mitchell. an American
OF Portland. who died Of wounds
eeived on the front In France,
L. NJ Gilbert for the past min
months = teacher Al the state train
ing school for boys. is considered the
likely successor 10 WIN s. Hale as
OF that institution.
Definite announcement has been
made ny Southern Pacific officials
that q contract has been signed foI I
The construction Of new depot at
Salem. The structure will cost $50,
600.
Max Luckc, who was editor Of the
Deutsche Zeitung OF Portland, which !
recently suspended publication, was
arrested on a presidential warrant and
ordered interned for tho duration ol J
The war.
Charles Galloway, state tax cont
has left for Atlanta, Ga. {
where he will attend sessions Of the !
National Tax association and also q I
Of the congress Of states on .
taxation,
A EVIL service examination to MI 8
. vacsney In the sumpter postoffiee {
Fas held November l2 at Baker and I
was the t;.st In Oregon under the or 9
Ter placing presidential offices under s
,ivil service.
The total assessed vaulation Of the
,lntias Of Oregon. as compiled by the 5
.suaty assessors. Is tsoIeiT1s1, This d
Q an increase Of ite,ss2,os4 over last a
rear. when similar assessed yslu =
Itios was s1si,oaB,i2I. q
Thirty.one ships have been launched a
i nias Oregon shipyards during the a
'reseat boom in shipbuildinE. accord Il
M TO records. Twenty.seven have h
,een launched during this year, Four NJ
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