The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-01-12
OREGON NEWS NOTES
CT GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Erletly Sketohed for lnfor.
nation Of Our Readers.

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The state poultry show is being
held in NcdJord this week, from Tues
day 20 Friday
S,nce January 1, is7 applications
for, land have been filed at the La
6rande land office
Edward bartholomew was declared
guilty Or tha murder OF John Lind by
a m-y at Portland.
The state Peppermint Growers as
soclauoa viii be'l its annual meeting
in Albany January ID
Approximately $4,000 acres of land
have been filed on at The palles land
office since January !,
portIands annual automobile show,
the eighth. viii be held at the armory
January - to February 5.
A total Of SllasS745 will be re-
turaed 20 i0e several counties of the
state from the motor vehicle fund,
cars q tbe insane Will cost the
state $sSg.Sl1 for the next two years
accordias t5-cstimafed requirements,
only one insurance company has SO
far failed 20 renew its annual license
10 do business in Oregon during 1917,
puring the past month death has
claimed seven OF the Old pioneers of
Coos county aud in most cases death
was due 10 Strip.
No fatal accidents were reported to
the state industrial accident commits
sion this week. 4 total Of lSS acct
dents were reported.
The Josephine County Bar associa-
tiou has launched and iUdurSed pro-
posal for separate judicial district
fer Josephine county
The tetai cost for the Oregon sol
dlcrs' horne for the neSt biennial per
iod is estimated at sl6J4Go in bud.
get prepared by the commaudant,
Between 100 and goa dairymen,
farmers and their wives attended the
formal opening Of the stanfIeld cheese
factory at its new plant in stantieid.
Bend has made a formal application
to congress for a new federal building.
basing its claims upon the postal re-
ceipts Of the tnwu aud the population.
Thirteen ana forly.four oue-hun-
dredths acres on Crooked creek IN
Klamath county has been decided to
Tie state OF oregon for a trout hatch
cry
Governor Withycombe has appoint
ed L. \. Blowers Of Hood River as
county Judge OF Hood River county,
succeeding z. E. Stanton, who re-
signed
The 10th annual winter short course
began Monday at the Oregon AgficuI-
tural college and win continue until
the close OF the second semester, Feb.
ruary ,
The state Of Oregon will receive
this year the sum ot sI2S,ll1 as IT'S
allotment Of the appropriation to aid
in the construction OF roads in nation
al forests
A federal commission Of naTal Of
ficers. headed by Rear Admiral James
NJ. Helm. Investigated proposed sites
for naval base on the Columbia river
last week
Wasco county is about ready to be.
gin construction work on its system
OF main highways, for which the peo-
pie of the county voted a bond issue
OF s360,000 last November
approximately 1000 iron sign posts,
directing tourists along the Pacific
highway in Oregon. will be placed just
as soon as a truck. loaded with the
signs, can get over the road.
Senator Lane will urge an amend
ment to the river and harbor bill APP
propriating s2500 600 for further i'm
proyement OF the entrance to Yaquina
bay to give a depth OF 20 feet
The deep snow now covering Klam-
atl county has made it extremely diff
ficult for the quail to exist, so the
klamath sportsmen's association is
taking steps to see that they are fed.
The Oregon naval militia has been
authorized to send one officer and
four men to the government aeronau.
tic station at Pensacola, Fla, for
three months course Of instruction ia
flying.
Officials of the Whitman national
forest report that government stakes
on the higher mountains Of the re.
serve show considerably more snow
on the ground now than at this time
last year
Combined, the requirements Of Ore
CONS higher institutions Of learning
the agricultural college, the university
and normal school-total S2,298,464 :
for the next two years, according to
the state budget
The most successful farmers and
week ever held at the
Oregon Agricultural college closed
Saturday after practically every
phase Of Industry Of direct interest to