The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-02
ORECON NEWS NOTES
CT GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Skeichsd Tor Infer.
nation Of Our Readers.

week.
Tho Oregon State oroecrs' assocla
ton held i,A AnnrAi convention al
Ralem last week.
rralrle city has q diphtheria scare
because Of tho illness OF several pupill
II the public schools.
Tho Pacific University basketball
team holds the lead for the non con
ference championship OF Oregon.
With tho close Of the first semester
81 the oregon normal school at Mon'
mouth. bS students we're graduated,
The eighth annual automobile show
Of the Portland Dealers Motor Car
association began at Portland satur.
day.
The end Of the car shortage under
which tho cou,hern Pacific has labor.
ed for months past 10 declared 10 be
almost In sight
A crew Of iS men 10 engaged In sur.
veyinE the proposed fsderaiald hiEh.
way across umAtilia county between
Pendleton and Echo,
The wili of the late A. " Eaton of
la Grande remembers willamette
University. already endowed BY him.
TO the extent Of $4,000.
Work on the survey Of the proposed
Eugene to Coos Hay highway has bc'
sun under the direction OF Deputy
state Engineer Captine.
Farmers Of Yamhlll eorniy have un,
dcriaken TO raise money by private
subscription 20 retain their aErieul'
iural agent for another year.
Six thousand rose clippings. from
tho hedges tina, beautIty the campus.
arc read, for distribution By the Uni
,cFsiiy OF oregon over the state,
The i.ih annual convention Of the
Oregon Federation Of Labor closed iss
sessions NJ Salem. Astoria was chosen
~ the place Of the next meeting,
Work Of enrolling members ~ the
Oregon naval militia In the national
naval volunteers. AZ provided by
recen, act Of congrcAs. Was taken up
this week.
The secretary Of agriculture announ.
eed the second allotment ot funds nn.
der the good roads law Of last session.
Under this allotment Oregon will re.
ecivc sis7.s7t
Two carloads Of flax aecd bolls. In
which there Ia . small percentage OF
fisx seed. have been sold by the Eu.
gene flax committee 10 the Portland
Linseed on works,
Anglers and commercial fishermen
from all sections OF Douglas county
met ut Roseburg In an effort TO agree
upon legislation regulating fishing In
the umpqua river.
Tho secretary OF war has decided
definitely TO purchase . tract Of land
In the vicinity Of Linnton. for rifle
range for the use Of troops stationed
n Vancouver barracks.
Forest Supervisor cryder. Of the
umatilia national forest. announces
that commencing February l special
weather forecasts will DO sent out for
The benefit OF stockmen.
The Salem Hospital association has
. Salem architect 20
draw plans for proposed $4,000 hos.
pitai structure which may be erected
during the present year.
That all kind Of livestock are com.
ng through the unusually severe
winter in splendid condition 10 the re-
port from stockmen OF oil parts Of
Baker. Grant and adjoining counties.
Union county's jail, from which
'eyeral prisoners have mad. their es.
APE In recent years, was declared BY
he grand Jury to be unsafe, and ex.
ensIvs repairs and improvements are
lrged,
with only five votes registered
Igainst II, the project FOR the iorma.
Ion OF the South Side irrigation dis.
rlct for the irrigation OF 5000 acres
u land on the south side Of Rogue
liver was carried.
The directors Of the Mount Angel
,ank have offered $4,000 to the farm.
'rs OF the surrounding country with
Which to build siloa, The board has
announced that this sum will be loan.
d for this purpose at per cent
rlahs for draining French prairie.
q district embracing $4,000
cres, we're discussed at q meeting +,
eld at Gervais Saturday afternoon. /
Government surveys have been made
nd the officials say the land 10 easily
rainsble.
The report Of the laying contest at |
Wash, for the first two 1
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