The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-10
OREGON News NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sksichsd for lnfer'
maiIon OF Our Readers.

Nv aHuu@t bhaulh 'NhHfF HstH'
and mule show will be held October
In Pendleton.
A eourse In dia,eilcs has been added
10 the department, Of homo eeonomle'
81 the Oregon Agricultural college.
The state highway commission hai
selected 10 feet as the standard width
Of pavement on tho primary roads
Bids we're opened Tuesday by ths
state highway commission for q hall
million dollar lsruc Of state road
bonds.
Substantial deposits Of chrome iron
cre In the John Day valley, sou,h oi
peudis,on. will be opened Up this
summer.
Edward os,randeT secretary OF tho
Oregon public service commission, has
sabHit,ed his resignation 10 the com.
saissionera,
A. q special election the vote car.
Tied for bonding for $4,000 the eou.
solidatsd school district recently form
I'd at Crane.
Total earnings OF 3Ss men on parole
from the Oregon penitantiaFy for July
was tls.i7ttS. according to Joseph =.
Keller. state parole officer
Pear growers OF Douglas county
have appealed 10 the Eugene Fruit.
growers association TO aid ,hem In
conserving their crop this year.
I'd Wright. Of La 0rande. has been
Appoiuted b. the Oregon public ser.
vice oommisslon a. secretary 10 sue
eaed Edward osuander. who resigned
August I,
The city OF Portland. with 3s banks.
holds 517 per cent OF tho total de.
pesitA OF Oregon. according TO atate.
msnt issued By g. O. Sargent. superin.
tsndeat Of haaks.
Out cf over 200 tubcrcuin tests
among the dairy herds OF Lane ooun.
". only five OF the cows reacted, &C.
eerdinE 10 pr. c. E. Gardiner. assistant
state veterinarian.
y. waiter Merton dean OF the school
Of commerce ct the university OF ore.
Eon. has been granted leave OF ab.
ssnes from the college for the school
year OF isi7isis,
Eleven out OF Is candidates for
pharmaceutical papers granted by the
Oregon state board of pharmacy
passed tho examination held in Port.
land July ~ and is.
Because Of q shortage Of fuel oil
for state institutions the state board
OF control has appointed a committee
10 investigate with view OF arrang'
InE for some other fuel,
Plans are being worked OH, In Lin.
nsin county for u bond election 10 be
held this fall for tho purpose OF
raising funds with which to improve
about 100 miles Of county highways,
With harvest we'll undor way In the
!ghter land sections aud starting on
he heavier lands near Pendloton.
Indications are tina, tho yields will bo
ost,er than anticipated a few weeks
lgo.
While, the crew OF IL men were
Il work on the steel bridge at Cotton
iill on the John Day river. part of the
aise work collapsed. dropping tho
rev TO rocks below. Everyone was
lurt.
Campers In the forests are very care.
eos this season, according TO reports
made 70 C. c. Hall. supervisor of tho
Iantiam national forest Rangers re.
'ort finding many unextingulshed
Tres.
Mayor Rice OF Roseburg has offered
cash reward Of $50 10 any person
rho will furnish evidence sufficient
0 bring about conviction Of those J
Tho have been rohbing gardens In I
bat city.
Bids we're opened Tuesday by the c
tate highway commission for the con.
truction OF 10 concrete bridges on the I
olufnbis river highway In Columbia
ounty at an estimated cost of ap' '
$4,000. \
The largest spportionment OF inter. r
II money on the irreduoible school |
ind ever made to the counties Of \
regon was reported by the office OF I
tate Treasurer Kay. The total u
mount 10 ssss.o12ss.
The Astoria police and Justice court NJ
spartmcnts wero more than seltsup- b
,rtinE In July, The receipts from s.
mes In the police department were q
osT5O. while the salaries OF the offi- 81
'rs amounted TO seas. n
A commission Of federal agents. ac- n
'mpanied by Representatives OF the "
lied governments, will visit Portlapd I
koadGy AuRust ls, 70 confer with 2