The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-05-11
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketchsd for lnfor-
nation OF Our Readers.

held al Marshfieid
Coos bay aawmllls have raiacd th'
pay Of all their men.
Tho Western Walnut Growers hclt
. meeting at Eugene.
A company OF 30 grade school ladr
10 drilling at Hood River.
Scarcity Of labor on the iarma N
soUih Polk county ID becoming Heri
oua,
Delivery Of the 1917 session laws
has been started by Secretary oi
State oleotL
Ike annual convention ot thr Ore
gon state Editorial association will
be held al Peedlcton July -. II and
Is.
l.. v MArken. OF Monmouth. has
been appointed agricultural adviser for
Folk. Marion. Linn and Lincoln eoun.
tics,
A eanncry will be operated In
Albany this summer hy The recently
organized linn benton Fruit aauocia
tiua
Contrary 20 cartier reports from the
interior. aiock In Lake county came
through the winter In good condition.
u IL said,
Women Will work side By side with
men In the fields near baker this
season to help TO offset the shortage
OF farmhands
The broccoli season closed Ut Rose
burg following the Ahipment ot tho
eighty fourth carload oI the product TO
the Chicago markets,
The bend Rifles. an unofficial mill
tary organization ot bend. has mem.
bershlp of moro than so men aud
total Of 100 is expected soon.
With delegates present from ab
pArent,tracher circles. the Marion
county ParentTeacher association
held an ell day seasiou In Salem.
Tho eighth annual convention OF
,ho Hood River valley Sunday school
association viii be held Friday, Sat
uriay and Sunday ~ PaFkdaie.
The public service commission has
requested that 0awegn take some nc
tion In bettrrlng tho conditions In
connection with ia water supply.
The state board OF control let the
contract for the north wing OF the
Oregon state hospital receiving ward
10 pssker 4 Dantlcid Of Portland for
,s0.dit,
Work on the construction OF four
wooden shipa nj Florence on the Siue'
Law river will commence At once, &C,
coraing 20 announcement made ut
Eugene.
Secretary OF State olcott has for
warded TO the county clerks the elcc
tion blanks and supplies provided by
the state for holding the special olee
tlon June 4.
The Eugene Fruit Growers aasocia'
ton has been awarded single con
tract TO supply 100000 worth Of can.
ned turnips carrots. squash, cabbag.
and green beans.
Tho twenty.cishth annual communi
cation Of the Oregon grand chapter
Order OF Eastern star. has been set
for June i2. 10 and ~ and win be
held In Portland.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars Ia TO
be raised In campaign by members
of the Portland y N, G. A., 30 that
he work of the association may be
,arrled on in the army camps
The executive committee OF the
.ano County Fair association has
'otcd unanimously TO retain horse ,
'acIng m tho entertainment feature +,
II the fair to bc held October 3, 4 and Z
Jurors from Lake aud Klamath coun !
les, summoned az the federal term OF 4
ourt In Medford. have been excused
rom service that they might devote 4
heir time to planting and cultiyat d
ng crops. 1
Seven law atudcnts who have on d
listed In the army or are preparing a
o go to ttrc military training camps r
ave been admitted to the bar by the n
tate supreme court within the last a
ew weeks, a
A limited quantity OF sugar beet
eed has been received by II. J, Over c
lrf, manager Of the Bend CONNER /,
lal club, which he will distribute to h
.rmers willing to cooperate in en 8
erIments al Bend. d
Fishermen operating out of AZ. 4
,ria are being paid 10 and II cents 4
pound for raw Chinook salmon, q
,c highest price ever given for SIN Il
ar work iu the history of fishln
n the Columbia river. Al
Two hundred and sixty-six mea O
. psrole from the state penltcnt q