The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-03
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly sketched for lnfor
nation Of Our Readers.


days session.
The greatest irrigated crops in the
history OF Klamath county are now
being harvested.
Charles Hixon. Of Antelope. commit
ted suicide near Antelope by slash
ing his throat with a razor.
Thousands Of young sheep arc being
sold by Baker stockmen because OF
the high prices asked for hay.
The women's state solt champion
shin will begin at Gearhart. rt.by.thc-Sea
on Monday morning. August Is.
Several dairy cows belonging to
farmers OF Gresham have died recent
~ from the effects OF some poison.
The Coos county court is threatened
with recall proceedings by citizens OF
Myrtle Point. on q charge OF extrava.
gancc.
All forest fires are now under con-
troll. and most OF them have been ex-
tinguished. according to State Forest.
er Elliott.
Lottie and Esther Mcclure. aged Is
and .. daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
crt Mcclure. OF Siletz. drowned while
bathing in SiFetx river
Governor withycombe has reap
pointed J. NJ Cramer OF Portland. and
], T. Notz OF Baker. as members Of
the state veterinary board.
The Oregon State Baptist Young
Peoples union and summer assembly
opened at the state fairgrounds at
Salem for 10 days session.
Mum-Sow, the aged widow of Five
Crows. one OF the famous Indians OF
the Northwest. died at her home on
the reservation near Pendleton.
Fire put the Fremont plant of the
Eastern Oregon Light & Power com
pany plant out OF commission and put
small cities west Of Baker in darkness.
Work has been started on the con-
struction OF the horticultural by-prod.
ucts building and the veterinary hos
pital for the Oregon Agricultural col
lege at Corvallis
G. A. Harris, a years old. an en-
ploye Of the willamette Valley Lum-
Der company. At Black Rock. fell 40
feet from a bridge, receiving injuries
from which he died.
The excavation at the Port Of As
toria grounds for the new million
bushel bulk grain bins is about com
plete and work is in progress driving
The foundation piling.
Representative Hawley has urged
Secretary Lane to expedite issuance
,f patent to the state Of Oregon for
he Saddle Mountain park transferred
BY a recent act Of congress.
Oregon's new law governing auto
mobiles throughout the state. doub-
ing license fees and making several
,ther important changes, became eff
ectiye Wednesday, August /.
BY the middle Of August, at the
atest, all road work contemplated by
he state highway commission for this /
ear win be going ahead in full blast,
'tate Highway Engineer Num- an
Iounces. Il
The halibut sloop Spray returned to I
Iewport from two and half days !
ishing cruise with about IL tons OF Z
alibut and nearly three tons OF black
od This is the best catch reported i
his season. Z
Close to 12,000.oo0 pounds of wool,
he product Of spring clipping in the
orthwestern states, and equal to or I
reater than the entire clip for the 1
tate Of Oregon is stored in ware. 7
ouses in Portland !
Rugg Bros. chief owners Of the
Sheep 4 Land company, I
i've sold to Patrick Connell 5000 acres, t
land on Rhea creek, the considera,
on being $4,000. The land is located ii
miles southwest Of Heppner. a
Congressman Hawley is advised by s.
e Indian office that his request r
Is been granted for an early distribu- !;
On of the Siletz funds. The pay. c
ents to be made aggregate $4,000, 7
hich gives each Siletz Indian $50. a
One hundred and fifty thousand dol o
RS worth Of livestock has been killed h
poison in klamath county within
e last few months. according to the b
port OF federal investigator. and tC
e /. w. W. are blamed for the loss. VI
An auction sale Of monkeys, deer, 80
s, bear and other animals is in store W
: Portland. Plans have been formu- %
ed by Mayor Baker for thinning co
wn the number of animals at the il
0 because of the high cost OF Iiv- M
!. 70
Official announcement was made by 81
vernon Withycombe that on Novem-
t / Chester A. Moores. OF Portland, WI
i assume the duties of private sec pc
sry TO the governor, to succeed pc
orge Palmer Putnam, who resigned W
emily. Al