The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-09-07
OREGON News NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly skstohsd for Infer
matIen Of Our Readers.

Tho prans outlook along thu San.
tam river h sood
Every wooden mill In oregon 10 now
WORKING on government orders,
Athletics ara 20 he continued 81
wIilsms,,e university Al Salem this
tall
a game preserve ot .oso acres has
been establishes In Jordan valley,
east Of Solo.
William q. Furnish, pioneer Of Una
tIlia county. retired farmer, died at
Pendieton. aged "a.
Twelve districts are without teach.
era In Douglas county with no Appli'
cations 10 MI them.
improvements 10 tho north umpana
hstehsry. involving an expenditure of
sppFoximsteiy tio.soo. have been bo'
Gun, -.....
The annual convention OF the Ore
Eon Tederation Of Women'A Clubs
vii Be held at Prinevills. october 10
10 10.
Logan Vernon ~as arrcsted At Pen
al.,on. charged with the murder Of
Newell Rippey in Noun, Airy. ~ G.,
April -. 1905
To accommodate those who wish 10
take September vacations, hotels at
Crater lake have decided TO stay open
until October.
Tho sugar beet crop In klamath
county. which 10 beins supervised by
the Utshidaho Sugar company. 10
very promising.
Astoria has jumped into tho lead Of
ail the oities In tho United States In
the amour, of postal saving deposits
pEorortions,e 10 population.
Chrome ore discovered on Badly
mountain In Grant county recently
has proven rich and indications are
tina, the deposit 10 extensive.
The Lower Powder Irrigation COM
pany has decided to rebuild At once
tho dam on lower Powder river. which
vent ou, In the flood last spring.
Recall petitions prepared In an at
tempt to Gus, tho Coos county court
have been put In circulation and are
bsinE signed In various parts Of the
county,
Troilers and puYseseiners who have
been fishing off the mouth Of the
river aimee the closed season a, noon
on August :s are meeting with fairly
good success,
rtre q, the Gresnbaek mina :?
mites north OF Grants Pass, destroyed
the transformer station and seven
large transformers and the mine tool
house adjoining.
G. J. iiurd. district agricultural
agent. who has been conducting a Bilo
campaign In northern Douglas county,
reports 20 new ones built In that sec
ton this season,
Governor Withyeomhe has Issued
q proclamation naming Saturday
September rs. a. the day for the
registration Of women In this state
for patriotic service.
A. v. Hoss. Of ontario, purchased
1900 head OF sheep Of William Nelson
aud william Mccormack Of Bend
They sold at Ia per head, making o
total Investment OF sa3.soo
A petition In being circulated IN
Lincoln county asking the county
court 10 call q special election for the
purpose of voting bond Issue OF
Saea. 900 for highway Improvement,
Leading Oregon mea and women
will talk 20 the eitiTens OF Oregon on
war issues and war problems AZ the
state fair at Salem, on request Of the
food administration OF the govern
ment
aumpter, Or, which was nearly
wiped out by fire recently, has sent
out an urgent appeal to tho people OF
Oregon to help rniHe fund for the
relief and rehabilitation Of the strick'
on town, #u.
The freshman class In attendance
At the University OF Oregon when
school opens October I, will number
between 800 and 500 students. ac'
cording to a statement made by John
Straub. dean Of men,
Rev. w f. Potwine. one OF the best
known and most beloved Episcopal
ministers of oregon. whose early re
iiEious activities at Pendleton won
him q high place In church and civic
affaiYs, died at Santa Rosa, Cal,
Pneumatic yalvegrinding machines
Invented and manufactured by Robert
y. yeltum. Of Eugene. have been
adopted by the quartermasters DO
parimert Of the United States army,
after tests made in Washington.