The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-01-05
ORECON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly sksichst fer Infer.
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An 10 to- date hospital has beer
opened Al Lebanon.
A meeting Of the Northwest Tour
ists' association viii be held IN Fort
land January 20.
A proposal TO move the Lam county
fair from seio 10 Albany 10 now rs.
eeivlnE consideration.
Louis ". PUmals. aged about 90.
committed suicide at Medford By
alashinE his throat With . rsior
Dr. Dewitt A. Paine. physician.
banker and capitalist. one Of Eugens's
most pFomlnent citisena. 10 dead.
r. N. Morris. president OF the ore.
Eon Thresher Mems assoeiatIon. died
ct his home In Looking Glass valley.
nids have hsen received By the state
lard hoard on approximately 5000
acres Of stats ianda In Mslhsur esuu.
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An appropriation ~ $4,000 fer sn
additloH In the RaisW federal building
will he Incorporated In the omsibus
appropriation bill,
The Goa and Curry county cheese.
makers SaVe formed an organization
for the purpose ~ standarditinK the
Coos county product
Apple trees between four and five
years old. on the farm Of q. u. narnsy.
q. Eehodais. near Oregon City. are
buSstinE into leaves.
Random has started = new industry.
W. v crAlne and q. n. shanks arc
installing machinery for the manu-.
faeture Of white cedar chests.
Abon. $4,000 10 the estimated cost
for the coming biennium 70 pay ex.
penses and salaries OF field men for
the bureau OF mines and geology.
D. W, George. prosperous farmer
lIvinE few miles south Of klamath
Faila. IL second cousin of David
Lloyd George. premier of England.
An appropriation totAiinG si03..
oeso--an increase OF ss.ios.so over
the current blennlum--is asked for by
the supreme court In the state budget
An intercity basketball league. com.
ptising teams from Baker. La GFande.
Union and North Powder. was formed
At meeting held January At La
GFande.
A Plan for creation Of q retirement
and pension fund for teachers was
adopted by the Oregon State Teach.
era association at ita annual conven.
tIon at Portland.
Hop growers Of Polk county arc pes.
sirnlstic concerning the 1917 season.
Many are preparing TO plow ~ their
yards and have made plans on what
they will plant instead.
Wallace McCAman,. of Portland.
has heen appointed by Governor
Wlihyromhe 20 the state supreme ,
court. 10 succeed Justice Eakin. who ,
resigned on account OF continued III /
health,
Toni cerbcni. awaiting action by the /,
srand jury Al Oregon City on charge I
OF necond.deEree murder. brought his ,
troubles to an end BY hanging him /
self with . pair Of sunpenders In tho I
county Jail :
The Prlncvllic city council has /
awarded TO Keeler Bros, OF Denver,
The 100000 municipal bond Issue au. il
lhorixed by the voters for the con. q
struction Of = railway connecting limo \
10 the Oregon Trunk. o
The duck.shootipg season In Mutt. /,
nomah, Ciatsop. Columbia and Tilia, n
nook counties closed at sundown Sun. a
lay. In every other county Of tho q
Itate the season will remain open un.
n sundown January Is. b
Total receipts for the motor yehi.' /.
,ie department Of Secretary Of State q
)lcott's office for the year 1915 were /,
Ii4s.2a2. The total number Of auto. N
mobile registrations was ss.si7, while q,
motorcycles aggregated ases. IN
Agitation 10 under way In Hood q,
liver county with view 10 having "
he legislature change the laws OF the
tate so as TO make possible the ANAL 81
amation Of the governments Of the III
ity and county OF Hood River, 10
At the last meeting Of the Vale city n
ouncil. the office OF city marshal was re
there having been but two ac
rrests made in the last year, one for All
runkenness and the other was for re
ioIation OF the peace ordinance. In
Judge T. p. Duff at Culver decided
favor OF Madras and against Culver
pom the county seat question, and the ~ ~
sss will be immediately appealed TO oS'
se supreme court. The matter has s's
rem IN the court for several weeks.
BY the close vote Of iss for and it3 IL.
gainst the effort TO obtain an irriEs- -. y.
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