The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-01-11
OREGON NEWS NOTES
Of GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sksichsd for Infor.
mailen OF Our Readers.

War savings stamps 10 the amour
Of iiTas2sTi were sold In oregon u
10 aud including December ~.
fIoiuIu sU ~ uusuisna lVssInl agL
~ the Albany poatofflce IN shown 10
the month Of December just past
Work has started on the conslruc
tion of three mlies Of road In the sis
hlyou national forest near Port oxford
The secretary Of war sen, TO con
Ersss adverse reports on ,hs proposed
improvement Of YounHa bay. near
Astoria.
rortland's municipal employment
bureau so, work during 1917 for 1880
men and 1Tas women. according TO the
annual report
fire. believed to have heen Of in.
eendiary origin. destroyed a largo
warehouse at Junction City. belonging
70 Wilhelm & Sons
Eugene paid approximately 10 per
cen, oi her bonded Indebtedness the
past year, according TO tho report OF
fred q. stiekeis. city treasurer,
Twnn,y.Nir million feet Of lumber
vas shipped from the Columbia river
during December. according TO figures
compiled By Customs Collector HaddiI.
Mrs Sarah ] Inman. who WAS born
ip Portland IS years ago, and probably
one OF the frat white babies born In
that city. died Al her home in Eugene.
Over one.third OF the arrests made
sy the Astoria police department in
1917 were dFunks. according 10 figures
compiled BY Chief OF Police Saue
Gram,
Tho Columbia Telephone company
of Trou,dalc has petl,ioned tho public
aerricn commission for authority to
increase its rate for business telo.
phones from si.ss TO 8: n month.
The irr.gation.drainakc convention
~ Corvallia passed resolutions In favor
Of amending the 1915 drainage Law
10 give drainage districts authority
70 appropriate funds for irrigation pur.
poses
Governor James withycombe says
that reports from special agents In,
dicatc the sale of extracts ah beverages
In logging camps in Coos county 10
having a demoraliElns effect upon the
ioGEers.
The Oregon public service commits
slon has issued an order empowering
tho Portland Railway. Light a Power
company 20 increase It's cash fares 10
\ sum not TO exceed q cents for each
passenger.
NJ 8. Pi,tman. head OF the rural
school department Of the Oregon {
Normal school, has announced his In.
'cniions OF becoming candidate for Z
he democratic nomination for United :
states senator 4
Two hundred and sixty parolcd men q
rom the state penitentiary earned
o,al OF slb,?eT,sb during tho month OF a
November. or an average OF $685. c
ach, according TO the monthly report r
4 Parole officer Keller n
The county court Of Lincoln county n
made an order last week for the ap. G
ointment OF county Agricultural and q
appropriated $500 toward tho cost. d
ho balance TO be borne by the state 1,
nd tho federal government.
Nearly 200 freight and passenger r,
-affic solicitors In Portland are af. Q,
,cted by the recent order OF the dI. m
'otor general OF railroads eliminating b,
Of business and oompeti. II
on between railroad companies &C
The provision OF chapter 200. laws nj
1917, which provides that tho coun. W
court OF each county may employ ",
'admaster" In mandatory II any road en-
ork IL to be done IN the county. &C.
riding TO Attorney General Brown. hp
Residents OF the vicinity Of Dorena G,
I'VE formed an organization known pr
the Row River Coyote club. for the 20
rpose OF making war on coyotes. mr.
iich have been killing goats and all
her small livestock The club has re,
members Of,
Eight thousand stations for the sale sel
war savings stamps are TO be es. nm
,lished in Oregon during the week, 20,
rordinS to announcement by Charles
wonacott, associate state director col
the Oregon division OF the national an,
lit campaign. loo
rwo fatal accidents we're included pla
the 3ti reported TO the Industrial ma
'ident commission for the week end. bee
January ,, inclusive n. ]. Crock. Sta
Not, logger, and Gertrude New. pla
I. Astoria. cook. we're the victims OF per
fatal accidents. tra,
10 that the production OF milk and TO