The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-11-09
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
erlsiiy Sksiched for Infer.
msilsN Of Our Readers.

81 Dallas.
Oregon Agricultural college alumni
hes is per cent Of It's membership In
nsticaai service,
A severe earthquake fhoek war fel,
IN tho Lakevisw section Al b.i6 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Forty thousand young trou, have 70
Gently been planted In the northern
part Of klamath county
The Oregon Poultry and rcI stock
assccis,lcn will hold i,s annual show
Ia rortisnd December ios
Jsmss Jessph coyic. for Sc years
resident of Oregon. died ~ his homo
IN ~. paufs fe vas 10 yeaN old
oYesou's quota ot aireraf, flr that II
10 20 supply Tor governmcn. uscs has
hs~a announced As 100000 feet
The grain and provision storc OF
chafiss BuFkhslter at Grants Pass
was destroyed by fire With q loss Of
$50. 900.
A public meeting 10 organize a Ben
ton county agricultural council VIII
soon be called By the county agrlcul'
.uEai agent
Boys AZ the state training school for
boys contributed tiseo with which TO
buy chFistnaS packages for the sol
dlsru IN France
Earnings Of paroled men since July.
1915. total ts3b.tT5TT, according TO
report OF Parole officer Keller filed
wi,h the Governcr.
rcik county has dug the greater
psrt cf ste potato crop. and IN almost
every dis,sic, sbou, one half OF a nor
NAL yield Il reported
Charles ~ crosno died suddenly a,
Toieao lie vas - ,ears old and bad
been prominent In state and county
politics for many years
October was On exceptionally dry
month IN Astoria. The records show
ths, the total rainfall during the
month wss but i.e6 inches,
During the month Of October the
state Industrial accident commission
sent out ao2s pay warrants 70 injured
workmcn and for hospital fees,
During the month OF October 1898
automobiles were licensed by Seore'
tary OF state olcot,. and the total for
the ten months Of this year IL ts.a1s.
Governor wi,hycomhe han appointed
Thomas Nelson of Astoria member
OF the state board of pilot commission
era 10 succeed Edward e. Judd re
signed.
Work ON the fish dam 90 miles up
the north timpqua river from Rose
burg. has been abandoned by The state
owing to the inability 10 secure the
needed men,
Judge J, e. Morcland. clerk OF tho
supreme court. announced that out OF
is who took tho examination for ad
missIon 10 the bar ut Salem October
., ak failed.
Farm and garden and general pro
duce raised at the oregon state nos
pl,al for the 10 months from January
10 October ~ this year amounted
20 ss7.s4a.7s.
Mrs, A. NJ. La Toilette. wife OF state
senator La Toilette. OF Marion county
died nj the Salem hospital from the
effects OF q stroke OF paralysis. She
was 10 years old
The per capita cost at the state
penitentiary haR increased from s2i'JS
in January when there we're 1856 III
mates. 10 $3.50 In October, when
there we're sti inmates,
Plans for the immediate erection
OF q large plauing mill at Wendllns
and the gradual cicctrlflcaiion OF the
vending plant OF the Booth'kelly
Lumber company we're announced
State Fire Marshal Wells has issued
a warning about fires from defective
fiues and chimneys. He urges all
citizens TO make an Inspection OF
their flucs and chimneys and avoid
possible loss.
Through the office OF the wheeler
county agricultural agent. a carload
OF rye has been distributed among the
farmers near Fossil. A shortage OF
rye seed necessitated shipment from
outside points.
The second annual homecoming
weekend at oregon Agricultural col
lege, inaugurated as custom OF the
institution last fall, IL to be staged this
week, with program crowded with
athletic contests.
bids were opened by tho state high
way commission Tuesday for grading
the Wolf creek hill, In Josephine coun'
~, a distance Of approximately five
miles. This is one Of the worst hills
On. The Pacific highway,