The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-09
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of Tho Week
Briefly Sketohsd for Infer
nation Of Our Readers.

Monday marked the opening OF th
second semester at tho University o
Oregon.
Two elk have been delivered 10 thl
state and will bo placed ., the stat
fair grounds.
The heavy SHOWS IN the mountainI
arc causing n fear OF hish water II
umatilla county.
The newly elected womAn's admins
trallon OF the city Of Umatilla save an
inaugural ball last week.
Thrift day was observed In the Bond
schools BY talks on thrift and lessons
IN saving and investment
D. u. Miller was instantly killed q,
Gold Hill whom ho was struck by a
locomotive Of a Southern Pacific train
Tho land office a, The Dailes 10 s,iil
showed under with applications for
land under the siO.acrc homestead act.
Tho iilh annual convention OF tho
Oregon Retail Grocers' association
will be held In Portland February 10.
~.
Tho prune growers of Douglas eoun.
~ are contemplating the erection Of
their own processing aud packing
plants
&. y. Prather who escaped a year
ago from the Oregon penitehtlary. has
been captured and IL held by the police
at Kansas City.
An endowment fund OF $1,000 was
left 10 tho Eugene Bible University by
the will Of the late Mrs, HebeccA Cock.
burn. Of Milton,
Jackson eoun,y'a semiannual bal.
ance sheet for January shows tho
county indcp,cdncaa 10 be- tSoT.s2s.5s
above cash on hand,
Although the tins Ia still ak months
away, plans arc being formulated for
the third annual chanlauaua to bc
hold Rt Bend In July.
Eastern oregon's bis snow blockade
10 ended on tho main line. but several
OF tho principal branches arc still
blocked with snowdrifta,
Tho 5iat anniversary Of the organ.
iratiun OF Battery A. Oregon field ar.
tillery. was celebrated by the veterans
at banquet In Portland,
After ak yeara without thoa,er
suitable for travelling shows. La Grandc
viii have a modern building In tho
heart OF tho business district.
Chief No.Shirt. past 10 years OF agc.
the venerable head OF the wallA waiia
tribe Of Indians. died at Pcndleton
after an Illness Of several days.
Philomath won tho lead in the Con. !,
trail Willamette Valley Debating league ,
by defeating Albany . TO 0 at Albany,
and Eugene . 10 1 at Philomnth.
Farmers OF wapInitia. Tygh valley +,
and lower Tygh are making prcpara. /
tions for the construction Of large /,
warehouse at shearcr next Spring. 4
About 2B members Of the Western =
walnut association gathered at Port. !
land 20 discuss various phaaca OF the I,
Industry. including winter pruning
John Antilla. q student OF mechanic =
arts at the Oregon Agricultural college, !,
,ns received notice OF his appointment Il
10 mechanic IN a Siberian cannery. q
Contracts will be signed at once for n
no building OF over a000 feet Of new !,
'oad up tho north fork OF the Slaslaw y
liver. from It's mouth near Florence. h,
+. II. Iilll. trapper and miner, on thu =,
forth umpqua river. shot and killed
hree gray wolves recently while on h,
mo OF the mail trails OF that district. A
Announcement was made In Eugene =,
{ the formation OF the Western Broc. A,
oil association, which will have Its 10
place OF business In that city, vi
Tho highest price ever paid for po. n
atoes ut Albany was received by Har- 3,
y t. Mullen. He received SO hun. IN
red.wclght, figure equal to $3.50 ~
buBhel. "a
After an eightday session marked NJ,
y an aggregate attendance OF from
2, 900 TO $4,000, Portland's eighth an. a,
uai automobile show came TO an end ro
aturday. On
The placer miners Of the Grants IA,
ASS district are having much diff. IA,
llty In the operation Of their mines ha
lls winter because OF o shortage OF ~
10 water supply. bo
That the winter 10 waning and that go
,ring win appear early Is the pre-. "a
Iction of Long creek stockmen, noted be
i the Baker vicinity for the accuracy 10,
their predictions. m,
Nearly $4,000 acres Of new farm tai
nd. near Pcndleton. will be available
ION n congress passes the law pro
dlng for allotting the tribal land on
10 umatilla reservation. sp
Mara than an tnna of Fine ehranin hi,