The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-12-28
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Woek
Briefly Skoiched for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.


There are $685. children between
the AEes of I and 20 yoafs In Mullno'
nah county
Mrs Rosailc MeMahan ~ years old,
died at Salem, sho creased the plains
10 Oregon IN isIG
The Douglas county court has ap.
propriA,ed $4,000 To buy liberty bonds
To bo held ~ court house fund
Every one of the n rcHidenta Of
the town Of lace. IN Grant county. has
Joined the Red Crous, II In reported,
Frank wlcnrri, young man. real
dent NJ AirIie. Nan drowned In the
i.uekiamuto while helping on drive
Of logs
N soon ~ the riRht of way between
Bend and For, Rock eau be- secured
tho strahorn railroad will begin con.
A,tuction,
Jason Machado pioneer merchant
OF Coos county. In dead, lie was n
resident OF Myrtle Point, where he had
accumulated a large fortune.
Petitions are being circulated In out
lying parts Of Lincoln county demand
ing recall ot County Judge Miller aud
Commissioners Hurt and Wakefield.
A barrsllng plant will be established
In Albany in time to handle neS, years
crop Of straw bcrtiea. logaubcrrles, phc'
nomenAi berries aud other small fruits.
NY vote Of iat IN favor 10 81
against. the Central Oregon Irrigation
dislric, was formed In Itcschutrs coun'
~ al the election held on tho project,
Ccos county dairymyn claim that
more thoroughbred dairy stock has
been purchased there In the las, thrc"
years than In any other section OF the
state,
The second aud third companies ~
the oregon coast artillery were carh
presented with - christmas silt Of
phonoEraph by the girls honor guari.
OF Eugene,
The federal government has sent
Miss Anna BarroMs IN It's rcprruontn'
tive In food conservation work 10 or"
Eon Agricultural college from prcem
bcr u To January &,
Members OF the Loyal order nf
Moose In Oregon will organize state
field day association nj III" time of
dedleatinE the how Moose temple In
Portland. January g.
State Game warden Shoemaker haS
issued an order to close commercial
fishing on Tailtcoos lake, nn the South
srn Pacific railway. between the ump.
qua and siualaw rivers.
The state highway department has
prepared for submission TO the gov
ernment for approval project for
hard surfacIne u miles Of the Pacific
highway IN Marion county from post
road funds
The heavy raInstorm of tho past
week did considerable damage In
Lincoln county. Two bridges were
damaged on the line OF the Corvallis
4 Eastern railroad near Harris on
Mary's river
After a long and remarkably bril-
liant career as n minister OF the goS'
pei. ten OF which he spent ms pastor
OF tho First Congregational church. Of
Portland. Or, Luther II. Dyott died 1T
his home In that city.
Attorney General Brown has inform
ed the state Industrial accident com
mission that pension awards mado to
citizens Of ria'Hungary are sus'
pended during the war on the ground
that they are alien enemies,
E, D. Cuaick. Of Albany, state sena'
tor from Lane and Linn counties mas
announced his candidacy for the re-
publican nomination for state treasur'
err Mr., CuAick il the first aspirant
for this office formally to declare his
candidacy.
Approximately $4,000 men are build
ing ships In Oregon, according to a
report which has been compiled by
r. r Bonhnm. United States immi'
grafton inspector In charge at Fort
land. for forwarding to the depart
ment of labor,
Discovering that the Southern
Pacific has ears in the firewood serv'
Ice with racks that will only hold from
sight to nine cords Of wood Public
Service Commissioner Buohtel wrote
The company asking that 1t immediate
ly remedy the situation
Farmers living near Harrisburg have
formed a cooperative association ani
propose to build 25.barrel mill at that
city. Plans for the structure nave
been ordered drawn up and the mill
will be financed BY . stock company