The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-11-30
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OR GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly skstchsd for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.

The IIslssy high school has organ.
ised q band OF 20 pieces.
Twelve thousand turkeys were ship.
ped from Douglas county last week.
n. n. Lloyd, Forest Grove. was list
cd 90 killed In action In Canadian
casualty list
The annual meeting Of the Oregon
sportsmsn's league will be held In
Portland December . and 10.
D. A. Churchill. state superintendent
Of public instruction. will be- q eAndl'
date for reelection. he has announced
The Hor,hwes, Hereford breeders
association was organized al ban.
que, Of Hereford breeders at Portland
Dangerous ~eed seeds not common
In oregon have becn found In Mime
so,a No. os,s shipped into the state
recently.
A thTss.day ehautauquA will be held
In Sherwood. beginning on Thursday,
November 20. and ending Saturday.
December I.
4 campaign has been started Ht
Lakeview by members of the 81 rat
rieks church 10 raise funds TO build
. modern hospital.
Identification cards viii be provided
al state officials entitled 10 cNemp.
ton under the Law from the present
transportation tal
Bruce Dennis, state director Of the
state council Of defense urges the
sppointu,en, Of . county agent In ev.
cry county In oregon,
Frank J. Miller. chairman Of the
public service commission. haB an
nouueed his candidacy for reelection
aA o member NJ that commission,
The Oregon state RwimmlnR and
diving championships will be held at
the Muitnomah Amateur Athletic club
10 Portland Saturday nisht. January
-,
The sale Of Red Cross Christmas
seals for the Oregon Association for
tho Prevention Of Tuberculosis will
be held from December until Christ
mas.
The work on tho Latham Divide
road near Cottage Grove. which takes
the place OF several miles of the worst
road on the Pacific highway. will bs
completed this week.
succumbing 20 stroke OF apopleXy.
J. L. stockton an oldtimo merchant
Of Salem and former president OF
the oregon Retail Merchants aSsocia'
tion. died At the age Of 10.
Mrs Mary Jane Hemenway, who
crossed the plains to Oregon with her
parents In 1859, died nj her home IN
Eugene a. the age Of ~ years after
an illness Of several months,
JabeE Wilkes. pioneer Of ist6. vet.
Gran OF tho Indian wara aud resident
Of washington county practically con
tinuousiy for 10 years. died at his
home In Hilisboro. aged s5 years
Flowing and sowing fall grain 10
stili progressing throughout Linn
county. with the result that the larg,
est acreage Of fall grain is now plant.
cd IN rseen, years In tho willamette
valley. ....... ...
A meeting Of the Pacific coast con.
ference has been called for December
3 by DR.. a. u. Brown, of Oregon Agri.
cultural college. secretary of the asso-
citation. The meeting win be held
Ia San Francisco.
Sherbets will soon so out OF the
market. for tho Pacific Northwest Ice
Cream Manufacturers association has
adopted q resolution 10 eliminate sher- 1
be, from the list Of frozen delicacies,
10 conserve sugar,
J. E. Cclgren. OF Wallace, Idaho, rep
rsasntlns the Bethlehem steel com.
pany. has gone TO Pistol river, Curry !
county, where he is TO inspect deposits
Of fcrYo.manganese said TO exist In I
large quantities In that district,
Hlackleg and rabies arc still preya.
lent on the central Oregon cattle
range. according TO r, a. Ward, agrI. 4
cvlturist Of Deschutes county. In the y
past week alone 20 head Of cattle
have died from one or the other cause.
g. C.. Morton, editor OF the st Hell
ems Mist and mayor Of 81. Helons. has
been appointed county Judge of Co
lumbis county to succeed Judge r. s, I
Hattah. Of ST. Helens, The vacancy
was caused by the death Of Judge Hat.
tan.
FeYty or 80 indiana Of the klamath
Indian reservation are TO become full
iisdged citizens ot the United States,
seeordiuE to Superintendent ], NJ.
Jehnstes. following meeting of the
oempstsaey commission at klamath