The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-05-25
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketched for inior-
nation OF Our Readers.


Portland Ia 70 contribute IN Ambu
lsEso company for service in France
Ths biggest bean acreage In the hiH
tory Of Polk county In being PLANTED
this year.
u. y. Shuli. young rancher liylnI
near Myrtle Point was killed BY q
falllnE tree,
The Linootn county fair board has
sot the dates for the county fair for
September ~. ~ and 20.
Deposits in portland's sb banks aud
trust companies have Increased tit.'
ooa.o0o sinrH year ago,
Eastern Oregon farmers are work
? Ina every day aud part Of every night
TO set their spring planting done.
The past week has seen several mad
does In Laksview. aud |, l. feared that
an epidemic IL about TO break out.
Construction Of the last wing Of the
receiving ward OF the Oregon state
hospital q, salem IL well under way,
clay Burns. an Indian hoy aged II.
was found dead IN The woods near
Esnplrn. with builc, hole In the body.
The ninth annual commonwealth
conference closed ihrre'day session
NJ tho University Of Oregon at Eugene.
Troop y. second squadron. Oregon
national guard. sixteenth divisional
cavalry. viii be organised In pcndleton,
United States Senator Harry Lane.
OF Portland In III At San Francisco
hospital, and ID reported TO be very
low.
Marion County grade and high
schools held their annual festival aud
track aud field meet In Salem satur.
day.
Tho orcRan grand lodge ot the In.
dependent Order Of oddtclioWH held It's
annual meeting 10 Eugene. beginning
Monday.
A Ehrrc,day convention ot the East.
ern Oregon division OF the State Sun.
day School association was held at
Pcndlrton.
Hundreds Of delegates from all parts
OF the state gathered at Rosebnrg to
attend the Oregon state Sunday School
convention.
Charles " Galloway was appointed
tar commissioner BY tho state tar com.
mission. under the law passed by tho
recent legislature,
Tho fourteenth ahpuai convention ot
the Eugene District Enworsh league OF
the Methodist church held u three,
days session At Albany.
ErautnH Jones. 90 years old, com.
mI,tcd suicide at hia home Ia Euseno
by hanging himself with strap IN the
cowharn back OF his house
"Rcgislration day" In Oregon. under
the army bill. viii be- declared legal
holiday. according TO an announcement
made by Governor Withycombe.
u. NJ, Mci.cinore. d California stock.
man, has Just shipped ia 1900 head Of
HNtttF lIulu FuWhHNu AA4R1tHAW pNiHNa
TO feed on tho klamath ranges,
The flrst loan TO be made by the
land bank OF Spokane In tho state Of
Oregon VIII be made 70 the association |
organised by farmers near Molaiia.
Delegates from Oregon and Washing |
tou towns met In Monmouth at attend ]
the saith annual session of the Oregon
OF the Evangelical aasocla.
tlon. 4
Approximately ssO2,0s6,32 Of the mp. |
OF 1876, Il is estimated Q
by Secretary Of State olcott, remains Q
and will revert to the !
treasury. c
Tho central Oregon track meet and {
Held day was held AZ Bend Saturday I
Il which high school athletes from
Crook. jefferson and Deschutes ooun. l.
les competed 4
More than 5000 people Of Mcdford
md jackson county Joined at Medford Il
a the largest and most enthusiastic a
,atriotic demonatration ever seen In "
outhern Oregon. &
The fifth annual Buyers Week date d
las been set. The event marking the
18th anniversary Of the merchants Al
onclave viii be held during the week Ii
Il August 6-l at Portland ol
Midnight Sunday night all legisla- al
lon PASSED by the recent legislature, eI
ave bills carrying an emergency T
iause, or referred to a vote Of the 81
became effective. az
The first strawberries in Douglas
ounty, and perhaps the first native b,
rown in Oregon. were brought to 10
by J. J. Belts. who was st
warded prize of 81 for the box. Of
For the purpose Of stocking small be
lsms IN New York. Fred y. Thomas In