The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-03-16
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.

A move was Instituted IN RoaebuTI
recently 10 er,abllph u public library
Tho Tulc lake land drawing a
klamath Falls viii probably be- hclC
between April 6 aud 20
Tho third annual meeting OF the Ore
gon Clayworkrrn association will ID
held In Eugcne. March Is and Is.
The steam schooner iiorac" X. Bax
tor was launched from the Kruso
hanks shipyard al North Bend last
week
Lester &. Jones, ~ Pacinc uniyer.
nl,S. won tho annual contest ot tha
state oratoricai association held =,
Corvallis.
\ cougar entered the harnyArd a.
the Felix sparks farm, near nlus
river, few nights ago. and killed five
large hogs,
Fong wo. aged 50. Was Killed, and
another Chinese NRs shot through tho
Les IN a shooting aifray In Portland 8
Chinatown.
Tho Dut,crcup pAirl Products com
pany plans to build u milk eondcnsery
~ acme point IN tho Coquille VALLEY
in the near future,
The war department has granted
permission to the cities of Marshfleid
and North Bend 10 use the Coos head
military reservation for park pur'
poaes.
No president Of Pacific university
viii be- chosen for the coming school
year to succeed mr. Charles J. Bush
nell. resigned. who viii leave the In
s,itntion next September. q.
Declaring that he has been hamper
ed by Mayor J, A. Dcst rather than
supported IN his efforts 60 enforce
the law. Chief OF Police Tom Gurdans
OF Pcndlotoa has resigned.
ny a vote Of GO TO 70 the people Of
ciackamaA county school district No.
4. wcs, Linn. authorized tho sale OF
tis.00 school bonds for the construc'
ton OF n modern grammar school,
Plans for n big Community sing"
IN which hundreds Of voices will par
ticipate. either Rs an attraction during
the strawberry festival or as a sep
arate event have beon started at Rose
burg.
After spending the night In the city
Jail following his arrcat on charge
OF drunkenness. John =, Albright.
councilman from the first ward. was
expelled from hIa seat In the Oregon
City council,
Allan c. Hopkins, OF the school OF
commerce OF the University OF Oregon.
has been commissioned by tho United
States department OF agriculture TO
conduct survey OF the potato indus
try In Oregon.
The Polk county court has decided
70 fight the action for writ OF man
damus TO compel the county courts OF
Polk aud Marion counties to start the
Of the Salem bridge across
the Willamette,
No fatal accidents occurred IN the
industries OF Oregon last week. &C
cordlng to reports received by tho
state industrial accident commission.
A total Of $50 accidents were reported
during tho week.
Taxpayers Of several counties In the
state are contemplating awaiting them
selves Of the provisions OF a Law.
passed by the recent legislature. auth
,rixing the examination and audit OF
,ounty books and records.
with wheat and oats bringing a re-
,ord price last season Linn county
'armers are working hard for q big
acreage the coming harvest, and more
all grain has been planted In that I
county than for many years,
To encourage the industrial club
work. among the school children Of
Albany, tho First National bank OF '
hat city has agreed To lend the money !
q nny member Of an Industrial club !
Who wants TO take up pig raising.
Loyalty to country, support Of Presi.
lent Woodrow Wilson IN the present q
crisis, and preparedness
we're the themes OF tho session OF tho
oregon conference Of the Daughters G
I the American Revolution at Eugene. !
Unless there Ia an early change for |
he better In the weather, stockmen Q
4 Grant county will meet with a
eavy loss. The situation Ia already b
erlous. Many of the stockmen have p
My sufficient hay for another week a
r 10 days feeding. Q
Oregon boys between the age OF 20 q
nd 25 who desire TO become second n
In the marine corps will
ave opportunity to take compsti. i
ne examination July % -TkA o. q