The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-07-20
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events OF the Week
Briefly Sketched for lntor-
nation oil Our Readers.

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The Albany fruit juice factory be-
gan pressing loganberries Monday
The Oregon state pioneers annual
reunion is TO be held In Portland
Thursday.
Bank deposits in lamhill county
show an increase of nearly Si,ooe,ooo
for the year.
Albany employees In the fire and
street departments may be increased
$40 month,
Albany may soon employ a motor
cycle policeman to catch violators ol
the city speed laws.
The southern Oregon chautauqua
opened at Ashland last week with the
largest crowd in its history,
Fires burning In the brush above
Mabel. near rich timber region. have
been causing some concern.
The U. 5. senate has decided to hold
memorial services for the late Senator
Harry Lane OF Oregon on August IL.
Two forest fires last week threaten
cd valuable timber, one in Columbia
county and the other in Tillamook
county.
John LIVINGSTONE and his son Evert,
homesteaders near Estacada, are be-
lieved to have drowned in the Clacks'
mas river.
The body OF Mrs. Elise Widmer. OF
Silyerton. was found in the William
ette river at Albany. She had commit
ted suicide.
Coos Bay was selected as the next
place OF meeting OF the United Swedish
Singers of the Pacific coast at the
close of their convention at Tacoma.
All troops in the Oregon national
guard not now in federal service, with
the single exception of staff corps and
departments, will be modified on July
25.
Robert Booth. pioneer minister, last
OF those closely identified with early
religious work in Oregon, died at the
home OF his son. II. A. Booth, in
Eugene.
A company to be known as the Pa
oific Coast Linen Mills. with capital
stock OF $3.50, 900, has been organized
to manufacture flax and hemp products
in Portland.
Professor NJ. B. Mckay of the de-
partment of horticulture at the Oregon
Agricultural college has been called to
eastern Oregon to investigate serious
potato disease.
Organizing to cooperate with the
state officials in the conservation OF
the fish and game resources Of central
Oregon, Bend sportsmen will form a
rod and gun club.
At the next meeting of the state
highway commission Friday. July 20,
bids viii be received for paving work
involving the expenditure of over one
half million dollars.
Appeals to the supreme court will
be prosecuted in practically all the
Benson & Hyde cases, according to
Judge A. c. Shaw, of Portland, one
Of the attorneys in the case.
Application for permit for the ir-
rigation OF 270O acres Of land in lower
valley, Baker county, has been
made State Engineer Lewis by r. 4,
Phillips, Russell Ingle and A. N. Ingle,
Eastern Oregon has for the past two
weeks sweltered under hot sun, and
as a result wheat harvesting prepara-
lions have been hastened, and it Is
likely harvesting will begin within the
next few days.
Allnight fishing in the lower harbor
1t Astoria stopped Monday, under an
order OF the navy department prohibit
ng small craft, including fishing boats.
rom frequenting that portion of the
larbor at night
In compliance with the request of
he highway commission. the state
,oard OF control decided to issue bonds /,
otaiing 100000 to procure funds to +.
match the federal appropriation for
highway work in this state, !
Sea weeds and mussels may find !,
heir way to Oregon tables II inyesti- I
,ations now being conducted by Uni ,
'ersity OF Oregon faculty members dis
lose that these products of the Pacific !,
Northwest are valuable as food.
Many small dairymen In Linn coun- !
y who milk from three to half a doz. :
u cows expect to go out Of the busi- G
ess this fall owing to the heavy ex. a
ense in complying with the inspec-
on Law enacted with loss Of nearly 4
u, 900. :,
Six steel steamers, each of $500 tons 4
will be turned out at ;,
ortIand for the republic Of France, :,
ur contracts having been closed with !,
e Northwest Steel company and two :,
Ith the Columbia River Shipbuilding -
rporation. ~
The chamber of commerce Of Grants =
IS has arranged, subject TO the APP ~