The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-06-29
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events OF The Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.

Tho Oregon state Medical aasocia
tion In TO hold itn tad annual meeting
In Portland June ~. 20 and 30.
one suicide. two fatal accldenla ant
another accident that may prove fata
we're one days coll OF death In Coo,
bay towns.
Percy Cnppcr, assistant state engi
necr. has been appointed by the desert
land board aa assistant secretary "a
that board.
Five hundred aud forly,throo stu,
dents are enrolled for the summer ReH,
sion or tho Oregon normal school "a,
Monmouth,
Tho lwenlyflfth annual session Of
Oregon yearly meeting OF the Friends
church held very successful gather.
ing at Nowbcrg.
Annual conventions of poHtoffiee
clerks. city letter carriers and rural
letter carriers will meet at Albany
Saturday June 30.
Portland's public auditorium Is with,
In two or three weeks OF entire com.
piciioa.- II will be formally opened
TO the public ON July T.
A shad hatchery In being establish.
cd by the state fisheries department
on the Adams ranch In the Young's
river district. near Astoria
Tho public service commission has
issued a digest. covering laws passed
by the recent legislature relative to
railroads and public utilities.
The United Spanish war veterans
and the womcnH auxiliary will hold
their annual cncampmont aud rcun.
ions In Ilillsboro June ~ and ~.
A number Of wool sales were re-.
ported at lieppncr when several
prominent shcepmen sold their aca'
sons clips at 80 cents per pound,
After being overcome by sudden
attack Of heart failure. William l..
bradshaw. circuit Judge OF the sey.
enth judicial district, died at Portland.
Thomas Jefferson Stitea. prominent
for many years In the public life of
Linn county. and past grand master
OF the oddfellows Of Oregon. died in
Albany at his home. aged II,
Attorney Fred W. Wilson has been
appointed by Governor withycombe
to the office OF circuit judge for Hood
River and waseo counties, to fill the
unoxpired term OF the late Judge Brad
shaw.
Figures made public by the war dc.
pariment disclose that oregon. In pro,
portion to population, has contributed
more men 10 the regular army than
any sthcr state, save Nevada and
Utah
Ralph D. iietxel who has been di.
rector OF the extension service at the
Oregon agricultural college for the =
last eight years. has accepted tho
Of tho agricultural college I
,f New Hampshire. q
Train baggagemen on the o,W. II. n
\ N. have complained 10 the public Il
service commission that they are EN-. II
,loyed too long hours and ask If steps Il
AN be taken to obtain shorter hours
II employment for them. p
The first number OF Oregon Ex p
hanges, newspaper for newspaper a
nen. published by tho school of jour "
Ialsm Of the University of Oregon, =
las been issued II 10 of magazine c
orm and contains 10 pages. =,
Word has been received that Charles b,
White, a former resident OF Ballston, d,
'Rs killed In battle In France recently.
The northwest photographers viii p,
old their seventh annual convention fr
/ Portland on July 10 and II. &C
One OF the new and interesting fen, al
Ires Of the Oregon blue book for Sc
Di7lS. which will be issued about fa
nly 10 by the secretary of state. Is vi
sectlon giving historical data relat. M
Ig to each county In the state. Ii,
According to reports given out by nj
10 United States forest service In
ugene thcre is now ten feet OF snow up
the Mckenzie pass and the road TO
III probably not be open to automo rel
le travel traffic for more than tel
onth sta
Out OF 416 accidents reported to the Gle
dustrial accident commission for the crC
EEK from June 10 to q, inclusive, CIR
Il two were fatal, these being VIII orC
I'M Trebbel, Astoria, logger and q. ere
Neel, Roseburg, cement factory I
iploye. cor
Governor Withycombe has an. ga,
unced the personnel of oregons ex. raj
lption boards, following announce. slo
mt from Washington that President els,
IlSon had In every case approved acc