The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-02-15
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly skeiched for Inior-
nation OF Our Readers.

week,
Tho John Day river IL tho highest
since 1904 and much damage in the
valley Ia reported
Thrift stamp aud war savings Ger
tiiioale sales In Oregon aggregate
tsit.Sso,02. according 10 the lateat 70
turns.
Crop prospects In the great central
Oregon wheat bolt are exceedingly
bright and growers arc glowing with
optimism over the promise OF record
breaking crops,
Arrangements are now being made
TO open 10 entry and settlement . con
siderable area Of Oregon a California
railroad grant lands classified as agrl.
cultural In southern Oregon.
Hereinafter physical examinations
will be made Of boys committed TO tho
state Industrial school for boys. and
parole violAtors, must report 20 tho
superintendent az least once a month,
Mru. Lena Bergmann. wife OF Cap.
tain Bergman. for years in charge
Of the llfesaying station al the mouth
Of the umpquA river near Gardiner.
died suddenly from heart trouble ~
Eugene.
For the first time in moro than two
years the Southern Pacific company
last week overeAme its car shortage
In Oregon and reported 10 the Oregon
public service commission q surplus
OF pi cars.
A drive for 1880 Ia being made
among the Linn county farmers 10 se.
cure county agricultural agent.
Should the $500 he raised II will
make . ttsoo fund available for hiring
on agricuiturisL
Passenger and freight traffic on the
line OF the Valley 9 SiletI railway.
running westward from Independence
20 vaiasts. haa increased 10 such "a
extent that $4,000 has been expended
In new equipment
A number OF Grass Valley Fanehers
will build an elevator for bulk hand.
ling Of grain. The elevator will have
q capacity Of 100000 bushels. Moro
and Hay Canyon people arc consider
Ina an s0.0oO.b .bushei elevator
Accidents reported TO the state in.
auatriai accident commission during
The past week total 4Bt. OF which two
we're fatal. 40 follows: William Lake.
Deer Island, logging. and d. A. l..
cornucopia. mining.
The state highway commission has
employed the firm OF Crandall &
Roberts. public accountants. TO expert
he books OF the state highway depart
nent and check w the system Of &C.
counting being used BY the depart
nent
There 10 no hope for state lime for
sis eropa. and what tho ohanees arc
or next year "all depends" Dean
sordley OF the Oregon Agricultural
oilego stated this 10 the state lime
ommittee meeting recently held at
corvallis.
The resignation Of J, w. Pomeroy !
I scappoose 10 member OF the I
.ate board OF horticulture for the first Q
isirict was accepted by the state
card OF control and Homer G. Atwell Q
Forest Grove was appointed 70 fill .
10 vacancy.
State Veterinarian Lytle says he has 4
,ceived reports OF a great outbreak
rabies In northern klamath county q
lusing heavy losses OF cattle. Rabld o
,yotes are said 10 be running ram. o
INT In the country there and attack. h
g cattle freely. b
Last year 1901 industrial club msiii. OF
,rs OF the boys and girls clubs pro. q
iced food materials valued at sal. d
2,e2, and they will exceed that this m
ar, according to . booklet on the ci
nb work Just issued BY the depart. dl
ent OF education.
The Carnegie hero fund commission IN
q recently awarded to Homer W. ct
lrson Of Eugene the sum OF $1,000 ar
d . medal for an act OF hetoism done pl
him in rescuing Lawrence =. Parks, tr
io.year.old lad, from drowning near. In
two years ago. NJ
According to Fire Chief Lawton's an be
al report. Mcdford, in the state fire ri'
lrshai's opinion, Ia zone Of the safest IA
les In the state from q fire stand tri
Int" There we're only 80 fires In I'M
II. at q total loss Of tsib1, entirely iu
vered by Insurance.,
Of the Grange. lai
rmers union and the Oregon State pa
derstion Of Labor ct q meeting in ga
rtIand decided TO affiliate with the Of
iinnai Nen.partiaan ieasua and - mC