The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-13
OREGON NEWS NOTES
Of GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly sketched for lnfor'
nation OF Our Readers.

auEuratrd n campaign Tor wartime
deficiency fund OF $4,000.
Alexander NJ, Holmes. a pioneer
widely known throughout Marion. Polk
and Yamhill counties. died at Sublim'
i,y. AGED rs.
Tho Southern Oregon Poultry aHso
citation will hold It's annual show In
Medford on the 18th. 18th and goth
Of December,
]. II. Van winkic. assistant attorney
general Of Oregon. II confined In
hospital al Colorado Springs, Colo.
with an infected hand.
Despite adverse recommendations OF
the citizens advisory budget commit
tee, tho rose festival probably will be
resumed In Portland neS, June
County officials from throughout
Oregon arc meeting In Portland th.'
week for the annual convention OF the
Association Of County Judges ane
Commissioners.
An emergency hospital has been op'
ened at Adams with the cooperation
OF the Adams branch OF the umatilla
county Red Cross 10 care for Spanish
influenza cases,
W. ID. Aver. for is months federal
food administrator for oregon. has re-
signed his office and named W. X.
Newell. assistant food administrator,
TO act In hia stead.
Frank V. Pedro. wealthy sheepman
Of the Butter creek country. near
Echo, killed himself at his home In
pcndleton by swallowing large guam
tIty OF strychnlne.
Up 10 the beginning Of the week the
death toll in Portland from influenza
tntaied Coz since tho epidemic started
in October. The total number Of cases
reported was $500,
A large barn on the Jesa TraveF
farm, northwest OF Forca, Grove. was
burned, tha fire consuming 1000 tons
OF hay. all the farm machinery aud
other valuable property,
To bring. attention 10 pcndleton AZ
an ideal place TO spend the winter and
to make an ali.year home Ia the pur'
pose OF campaign jlrs, launched by
tac Pendle,on Commercial association.
The general strike threatened for
Monday, on behalf OF Thomas Mooney,
was abandoned 80 far a. Portland was
concerned. when the Central Labor
council adopted q resolution to this
effect.
Commercial power rates OF the
Portland Railway. Light q Power
company and the Northwestern Elee'
trio company. OF Portland, arc In
creased In ordcrs issued by the public
service commission.
After search extending throughout
tho entire United States since last
August, Mrs. Ethel NJ. Scott, wanted
In Eugene for forgery OF checks and
postal money orders. was arrested In
San Bernardlno, Cal.
The emergency board met Monday
at the request OF Governor Witty
combe, TO consider an application for
n deficiency appropriation OF $4,000 for
the public service commission to In,
yestigate telephone rates.
with only 5000 motor vehicle IL
ccnse applications received 10 date out
OF the e3.siT registered last year, Sec
retary oleott warns car owners to get
their applications In at once to avoid
trouble after the first OF the year,
A convention of the State Federation
OF Labor will be held in Salem on
January 8. The convention was schcd'
tiled 10 be held at Een6 in October,
but the prevalence Of influenza there
made It necessary to postpone the hes'
sion.
CYRUS Hamiln walker, OF Albany,
eldest living white man born west OF
the Rocky mountains, reached the Soth
year OF his life Saturday. Mr.. walker
was born December I, 1888. at the old
whitman mission, near Walln Walla,
Wash.
Formal protest against class freight
rates proposed under the Chambers
Prouty scale for railroads Of the coun'
try, has been made to Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Aitchison by
Chairman Miller OF the public service
commission.
warden Stevens, Of the state peni-
tentlary, has appointed John c, Talley
deputy warden, supplementing Charles
Burns, who will become turnkey to
succeed L. c. Brothertou. temporarily
relieved. Mr. Talley has been deputy
warden at McNeills island federal
prison.
The IIniyersity OF Oregon at Eugene