The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-01
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly sksiched for lnfor'
nation Of Our Readers.

Thrift stamps 10 tho amount Of tii.'
ii7.ls have been sold in Benton eoun'
".
The Central willamette VALLEY Os'
tsopa,hlc association held . meeting
a Albany.
Luther Grounds. = pioneer citizen
u Monmouth. died IN . Salem hos
pitsl. aged 70 years.
a. J, Morton. with the United States
us,oms service IN Portland. has been
ippolnted inspector Of bakeries Tor the
Oregon food administration.
The twenty seventh annual conven'
Ion ef the Oregon Christian Endeav'
~ linton convened at Eugene with
over 500 delegates 10 attendance.
Tolsdo II 10 have smother uaNmlll
tsr alrplane spruce. Tho plant viii
aave 9 capacity Of 100000 feet each 10
hours, and viii operate two shifts-
J. ". nroweT. farm labor specialist
tor orsson. reports that waseo is the
tlrst county In Oregon from which ro
ports Of the farm survey have been
received.
The Interstate bridge between Port
knd ana vancouver produced net
toyenps OF siao.Tsi.9s during the first
year Of lin service and cost for opera
ton tso.oTa,ss.
The quartermasteF's department Of
the army signed 9 contract for 600
tons Of dehydratsd potatoes from ore.
snn. This represents about 5000 tons
of the fresh product
while Leonard Feltn was attempt
lng 10 cross the willamette near Butte.
v.lle. four miles from Ncweers. his
rowhoat capslEod IN the swiriing
waters and ne was drowned.
Plans have been made for = CAM
paign 10 raise money 10 employ an
agricultural agent In Linn county. A
COMMITTEES cf farmers viii cndeaycr 70
raise $500 for this purpose.
fritz RAIDER fatally shot Alex Mc0ue
near Long Greek in Grant county.
Mcuue. who was shot twice through
the head and once through the body,
did not die until Just about the time
the sheriff arrived % arrest RAIDER.
Because OF the extensive demand
for platinum In chemical laboratories
and industries connected with the war,
the United states government 10 max
ing special effort 70 develop the pia'i'
mum deposits in southern Oregon,
The report OF the cheese industry
IN Tfilamook county for tho year 1917
shows that last year was the banner
year for the industry, tt,e0i.sos
pounds OF milk being manufactured
into l.s7t.s2s pounds Of cheese. OF the
value OF si,iss,stb.7o.
Replies 10 q number Of telagraIfs
sent hy Senator McNAry show that
$4,000 tons OF potatoes are In the
hands OF oregon farmers. large GUAM
sI,les OF which viii spoil II not mosed,
Lack Of transportation facilities pre-
vent the marketing Of the stocks.
The position Of research assistant IN
the department Of horticulture nt Orc
ron Agricultural college has beon ac.
ceptcd by Dr. r. y. Denny, who VIII
assume his duties April !. DR. Denny
has been assistant in the United states
bureau OF chemistry ct Los Angeles.
The surgeon.general OF the army has
advised Representative Hawley that
he win send representative 20 Rose.
burg to ascertain the suitability Of
that location for q convaleacent army
hospital. No decision In the matter
ID 70 be made for At least two months
oregon is assured sufficient fuel OIL
for canneries and other essential IN.
dustries ID letter received BY Fred
j, Holmes, federal fuel administrator
for oregon. from D. N. Folsom. federal
petroleum administrator for the Pacific
coast, with headquarters ID San Fran
ciscc.
Al n. Lea. seerstary OF the state fair
hoard. announces that the premium
,ist,for the state fair this year viii DO
Hooyefixed to the extent that no pre-
miums will be offered for products Of
white flour. Awards viii Be. hung up
for products Of substitute fiouTs IN
stead.
The large spruce belt south Of wald'
port, In Lincoln county. Is to furnish
much airplane material for the gov
srnment A force Of about sS men is
q. york ciearlng roads into the forest
and one camp has already been estae'
lIshed at Bis Creek, q few miles south
Of waldport. .
senator Chamberlain has introduced
b,li-tc sdd certain lands 10 the
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