The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-02-23
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF CE.IERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Skotohsd for Infor
nation OF Our Readers.

show was held last week
In annual convention the GrAnde
Rondc Baptist association held q
three day session ~ Baker
Fire destroyed the general merchan.
disc st.=fe Of a. e. Clark NJ Flora
With loss Of about $1,000
Professor Land. OF the poultry and
piK department Of o, A. g.. held .
three days extension course IN Free.
water
The executive committee IN charge
Of the Roscburg strawberry festival
hAa decided 10 hold this years car
nivai May ". rs aud ~,
The governor appointed J., l., Multi.
OF Portland. and william ". uors. Of
MedfoFd. TO the board OF regents Of
the University Of Oregon.
A banquet was rendered 10 the Of.
fiecrs sad men Of the returning Ore
son and Washington troops from tho
Mexican border at Portland.
Tho potato growers OF benton coun.
~ held n meeting At irinh bend las,
week and organized the benton Coun'
~ Potato Growers association.
The ioggins camps In the vicinity
OF Black Rock are busy and . full
force OF men 10 employed In building
ncw roads and getting ready for the
spring work.
Miss Harriet Lane. second daughter
OF Senator aud Mrs. Harry Lane. OF
Oregon. was married In baltimore to
Dr, s. u. Hicks. q prae,ielng physIclan
OF Norfolk. Va,
Registration for the second scmcs'
ter at the University OF Oregon II now
practically completed. with the books
showing 1893 who have signed the
roll aince September
II 10 expected ,ha. the valuable pow
sr site near Salem recently purchased
by the c. X, spauldins Logging com.
pany. will bc used 10 develop power
for a large paper mill
With q view OF making possible tha
handling Of all small fruits produced
IN Douglas county. the bualuess men
Of Roseburg are considering tho cs,ab.
ilahment OF eannery.
Governor wlihyeombe appointed
Dr. c. 7. bacon. Of In orandc: Dr.
Robert J. Marsh. OF Portland. and DIR.
Harry u. Clay. OF Salem, aa members
Of the state board OF health.
Counting only general bonds, Port
land 10 within st.ooo.oco OF tho limit
OF lie indebtedness aa provided In the
city charter. Tho outstanding bonds
OF Portland aggregate si7oi3,0oo.
Dr. Frank Wood. OF Portland. was
appointed by Governor withycomhe
10 succeed DIR. Luther II. Hamilton.
also OF Portland. as member OF tho
state board OF medical examiners.
DIR. II. l.. steevcs. of Salem, was
elected president OF the board OF irus'
toes of willamette University to sue.
coed the late 4. s. Mcdaniel at a
meeting OF the board held In Portland.
Tho secretary OF the interior an.
nouncea the opening 70 entry ON
March 9. OF approximately 1900 acrca
In the second unit OF the west eSton'
Slon OF the umatIlla reclamation pro-
ject.
Dairy products OF all kinds Will be
displayed at tho Western Dairy Prod
ucts show TO be held In Portland
March / and under the auspices OF
the Western Dairy Instructors asso'
citation.
oreEon's fifty.olghth birthday, the
anniversary OF the states admission
TO the Union. which occurred In 1853,
was celebrated by the Sons and
Daughters OF Oregon ploneers with
banquet In Portland.
Machinery for recall election
against County Judge Messick and
Commissioner J. r. Ritter was sct In
motion NJ meeting OF several hun.
dred representative taxpayers Of Bn'
ker county at Baker,
Congressman Slnnott has received
notice that the secretary OF agrlcul.
turc has recommended the elimina.
tlou of a considerable body OF land
along Grow and Chcsnimns crooks. In
wallowa national forest.
At meeting OF Canyonville's wo-
man council held last week, Mrs. 7. c.
Shaw, a prominent resident Of that
city, was elected mayor. The mayor
OF Canyonvllle Is elected by the coun'
Gil and not by the voters.
IN the endeavor 10 further apricot
culture In The Dalles section, the two
local cannsries are offering as an.
Inducerent to sign contracts for all
The gfowsTs can produce at s9S .