The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-10-12
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skeiohed for Infer
msllen Of Our Readers.
We oregon Agricultural College
opased Monday morning

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opaseS Monday morning
The 0aston Gun club roorEaniIed q
few days ago with Is members
An eastern man. Mr.. Van HaEen. 10
st Msrshneld. arranging to drill for
oil nssr PsrkrrsbuTE
ny . vote ~ 81 In &. tho Gold Ilill
irriGstioo district has decided to issu"
bonds amounting Ia $4,000
The Uuited States government has
sEreed 10 make . survey of the coal
tislds tributary 20 Medtord
Installation Of new equipment In
the Pssdie,en power station has In
creased iis capacity onethlfd
The third annual convention Of the
Western Walnut association will he
held Ia MeMinnville November ~.
The thirtYsiIih annual convention
ei the Knights Of Pythlss Grand lodge
NJ ovsgcs convened Tuesday m Port.
isnd
seaster MeNsry has hcen admitted
U practice before the United States
supreme court on motion of Clyde D.
Aitehiaon.
The uaw drill hall built At the INT
'sTsity Of Oregon 10 - ny III feet,
and will permit, military instruction
at eli seasons,
During 1915 oregon sold lumber to
the amount OF i.sbLss7 600 feet Dur.
ing 1915 lumber sales amounted TO
I,iis.its.ooo fest
Vale groesrs have signed an agree
meat 10 carry no fruit over from Sat
urday 20 Monday. but TO sell out Sat
urdays ct half price.
Milton Sunderland. aged rs. and ono
~ oresons oldest and bsst.known
ricue~rs. died a, his home in Portland
stt.~ . shor, illness -~-..
Sire. frances swops Of Portland
yes elected president Of tho Oregon
state womsn's Christian Temperance
unica is convention a. Albany,
Extsssion courreS in engineering
vill be offered by the extension de,
pertinent of the Oregon Agricultural
college during the coming winter
Information Of the safe arrival In
rrguce n the Tenth regiment engi
neera, forestry. composed OF Portland
and Oregon men. has been received.
superintendent Churchill has an
nouueed the official program for Fran
els willard day IN the schools. The
day this year falls on October % under
the law.
Governor withycombe has made So
public addresses since tho firFt OF the
year aud has spoken to 65.sso people,
according TO an estimate which he
made.
The monthly report of the industrial
accident commission shows receipts
for September amounting 10 sl6e,iit'
~. tho largest In the commission's
history.
Captain Thomas r, MagInnis, United
States army, retired. has been chosen
OF cadets at the Oregon
Agricultural college for the coming
school year,
Following her disappearance after
leaving home TO go to moving pic
ture show. the body of Hazel Pudoss,
aye is, Of Portland. was found In the
willamette river.
The annual poultry and pet stock
show will be held by the Oregon
Poultry and Pc, Stock association at
the public auditorium in Portland, q
December . TO =,
SO many sheep we're brought to |
Baker for shipment that II was neces
ssry 10 bed more than 1000 head In I
nearby pastures at night until the ]
Yards could be cleared. n
Barrett's grain warehouse. -four Il
miles west OF Freewater, has been a
soinE such q rushing business in grain 4
md fruit shipping that another larger a
warehouse has 10 be built.
BY q vote Of As to 3 the landowners
indsr the Grants Pass irrigation dis y
net approved a proposal to bond the L
,istrIet In the sum Of s2so.O0o for the d
,ouspletion Of their canal system, v
The vaiuation OF the properties In i
Oregon for rate.making purposes oil p
he Pacific Telephone & Telegraph p
company Ia sl2,42o,5o7, according to t.
IN order OF the public service com
mission. u
a. Edward Ross. secretary OF the 81
Itate highway commission. has re h
urned from an inspection trip hi Al
ilsbway work all over the state He Il
sported ell work progressing salts al
aetorily.
To assist In the extensive work d.
planned for this winter In placine
,rayei IN county roads, the Linn c0un