The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-01-19
OREGON NEWS NOTES
CT GE.!ERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
erloily Sketched for lnior.
nation OF Our Readers.

mint growers Of the state was held Al
Albany.
The Linn county cow testing nssocia
ton Was formed at a meeting ~ breed
era and dAifymcn held IN Albany,
Emil J. ilaebsher. retired. has becn
ordered 10 Portland for duty a. assist
ant recruiting officer for tho Army,
The state federation of labor viii
hold its annual convention IN Salem
this year. eonyening on January ?;.
Portland Ia 10 have another ship
huildluE plant. mating II In all, built
or projected. within the city limits,
Tho oregon Retail Groecrs' Associa
tlou will hold its second annual meet
Ina January -. - and 20 al Salem
ot ?tS accidents reported 10 the
state Industrial accident commission
during the pssl week. none has been
fatal.
willamette university defeated OK
iAhoms normal school by score of
- TO is In . basketball game ~
Salem,
After lylnE idle for ~ years. the IA.
NOUS l.o,rnH Ledge gold mine. Si,uat'
I'd a few mites from Riddle. Nill 70,
sume activity.
Harvey Wells. State Insurance Com
missioner. waA reappoin,cd for a
four year term 10 that position by
Gaverhor withycombc,
Nra Agnca Theala Fair. a writer
and speaker IN social topics. was run
down and killed beneath an interur.
ban train near Portland,
Tho annual conference of the minis.
ieriAi Association Of Oregon Yearly
Meeting Of the Friends Church opened
Monday evening At Salem, .
The annual convention Of the ore.
Eon Retail Hardware and Implement
Dealers Association wili be held at
Portland January ~. 2S and ?s
4 large proportion Of the 1917 Una
tilla County grain crop 10 said to have
been contracted BY Pendlcton grain
dealers during the past few days.
In the first game OF the season the
University Of Oregon basketball team
vas defeated by the Oklahoma State
Normal School by a score Of ~ TO -.
Petitions arc being circulated
among the ranohcrs and atockmcn OF
Klamath county asking the county
coG:, 10 place a bounty OF $40 on coy.
otcs
Petitions are being circulated for
the calling Of new election for the
voting Of $4,000 water bonds for the !
bringing OF an additional water supply I
10 MeMimmsille,
Walter Griffin. OF Eugene. has been :
as Senator from Lane ,
County with o voice, but without
gote. by the County Court and Eugene |
Chamber OF Commerce, c
Tho Lane County Bar Association !
viii probably submit a bill 10 the s
state Legislature proviiing for the !
elimination OF certain expenses In con. 4
,ection with Justice Court cases. =
v. q. Johnson Of Baker. has purchas. :
n $500 head OF sheep from s. w, Faulk.
80, OF Enterprise. While the exact q
Imount .avolyed was not given out. o
/ Ia known 10 be more than 100000. Q
A bill revising the district irrigation n
NV has been drafted by committee c
Ippolnted for that purpose by the l.
,regon irrigation congress, and 10 In "
hapc 10 be presented to the legisla' Il
ure.
Petitions have been placed In cir. d
ulAtion at Roseburg by the Gardiner n
commercial Club protesting against Il
he proposed passage Of bill closing m
he Lower UmpQua River to CONNER. u
lnl fishing. Q,
The state Fish and Game Commits. ~
lon met at the Capitol Tuesday. at "
'hIch time II took up such legislation
. In before the fish and game com. n,
,ittees OF tho two houses Of the q
legislature. N
The w. r. Drager Fruit Company, G.
Roseburg, shipped a car containing HI
5000 pounds OF Douglas County u
runes TO Liverpool, England, from dl
here they will be distributed among dl
10 allied armies.
January 10 and 20 have been fixed m
J the dates for holding the llth an. tv
uai conference G presidents and 70. Va
llties OF privately supported colleges pc
Oregon This years conference will Al
Ike place In Albany. m
More salmon eggs will be taken at 80
lie South Coos River Hatchery this Il,
,ason than ever before In the history
tie establishment saa he sSumatS 10