The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skeiched for lniOr'
matIen Of Our Readers.

~ Y. p. Scott. OF Phiismath. was
accidentally killed while door hunting
on Mary'e rrcak.
Hotels and private homes IN bend
are finding II almost Impossible To Se-
cure female hoip,
The STATE board oi cnnsiliation r.
Gently appointed by the governor held
i,s first meetins At Portland.
The Southern Pacific company re-
ported 10 the public service eommis'
sion 3 net car shortage in tho state Of
sss
The state EndaAvor union will hold
its third annual institute AT wichita.
Friday. Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day.
Cranberry rsisers OF MarShtIeld
report a probable average crop this
year. although the berries will be
small
Fires near the headWators Of Lake
creek. IN western Lane. hhvo destroy.
ed moro than 100000 feet OF green
timber,
Women IN wartime work are he.
coming common on Coos bay and
there arc many films places formerly
held by men.
With orders 10 shoo, TO kill, federal
troops have becu dispatched TO every
section OF western Oregon TO guard
the timber belt,
The Oregon Normal school At Mon.
mouth will be opened on September ~
instead Of September 10, rs previous.
~ announced.
The EverireAh plant. n, Suthorlln.
Ia Installing two huge watts holding
10000 gallons each. for the mAnufact'
ure Of cider vinegar
while kindiing . fire a, her home
near Hiilsboro. MrH, J. II, McNcw. aS,
was no severely burned that she died
within . few minutes
Reports received from Douglas eoan'
~ indicate that most Of tho forest
fires which have been raging for tho
past few weeks arc now under con
troll.
sui Kulik and Alex Aushlki. en-
ployes at the Big Creek Losging com.
pany's camp at kuappO. were burned
10 death while trying TO escape from u
forest fire.
The annual Hood River apple pack.
Ing school. hold under the auspices OF
the Apple Growers association. will
begin September II and continue for
five days.
Tho SHOWS that covered the Garth
during the most OF last winter and the
extremely low temperatures prevail
Ing dccimated grouse In tho Hood
River valley.
The Suttles lake irrigation district,
In Jefferson county. Is preparing To
apply 20 tho state securities commits
sion 10 certify proposed bond issue
for the district.
Polk coun,ys prune crop. which had
promised TO be one OF the best In sew
erai years. now appears TO be afflicted
With 4 mysterious disease which Is
causing tho fruit to drop seriously,
The desert land board has potitioned
the secretary OF the interior 10 OK
tend the time for the completion OF
what is known as the, Paisley Carey
act project, In Lake county, for fivo
years from September II, 1917
Willamette valley ioganberry crop
Ia very short this year. sutherlin
reports the local juice factory hand.
ling only 10000 pounds of berries this
season against 25O.OOo pounds in 1916
Lack Of raih is given % the reason for
the shortage.
George w France, postmaster at
Ten Mile. Douglas county, was lndlct'
cd by the federal grand Jury under the
federal espionage act, recently enact.
cd, on the specific charge of attempt
ing TO influence young mon not TO
enlist In the army or navy.
Several California operators In oil
have men In Coos county, securing
leases on lands situated about Coos
bay and ono company of Los Angeles
promoters Is signing contracts TO
start drilling within four months
from the time OF closing leases.
Water rights for irrigation, mining
and other beneficial uses that have
been acquired upon lands in the Ore.
son. Califoruia railroad land grant viii
be protected under the federal laws,
according to James T. Chinook su'
OF water division No. l.