The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-10-18
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Wssh
Briefly sketched for Ipfor
nation Of Our Readers.

In the state bar examinations that
were held at Salem under the direc-
tion OF the supreme court only IL ap-
plicants for certificates made their ap-
pearance.
Two draft calls for l3e class mea
to be sent to Fort Stevens, Or. and
Fort Macarthur. Cal. have been issued.
Entertainments under both calls are to
be effected in the nve-day period start
ing October 81.
Apples have begun to roll from Hood
River to eastern points in large quan-
titles. Average shipments now are IA
cars per day. The total crop will ap
proach 1900 carloads. To date 100 cars
have been sent out
Not since the Umatilla project was
established ten years ago has the In
terest in alfalfa lands been 90 great
as at the present time. During the
last 30 days cash sales have been nu-
merous and prices have been good
To place plainly before the house
wives OF Oregon once more the what
and why Of present food conservation
regulations, the state food administrn-
tion is preparing to conduct a big
pledge drive October 2s to November
2.
Clay Ulam. owner Of 40-acre pruns
orchard near Canyonville, has harvest
ed the record crop OF fruit from his
place this year. He secured s5 tons
Of dried prunes and sold the output
at cents a pound, securing s17,1oo
for his crop.
Oregon's banks deserve the credit for
putting the state first In the purchase
Of treasury certificates. Every bank
in the state took some Of the certifi-
Gates of the issue OF October I, and
this record was not duplicated in any
other commonwealth.
A total Of 500 Industrial accidents.
of which three were fatal. were report
ed to the state Industrial accident COM
mission during the past week. The
fatal accidents were: Walter Harvey
and o. L. Waters, Portland. shipbuild-
ing; John Confer. st. Helens, lumber.
ing.
In response to an inquiry from
klamath Falls as to whether persons
signing petitions for independent NOM
nations must be electors who are reg
istered without party affiliation, As
sistant Attorney-General Van Winkle
has advised that this is not required
by law.
The salmon fishing season on the
Siuslaw and Umpqua rivers and on
Coos bay IL now at Its height and
many carloads OF the fish are shipped
from these sections over the Coos bay
branch Of the Southern Pacific to out
side points, most Of them being billed
to New York.
Carl Crosland, representing the de-
partment, of commerce, Is In Salem to
gather state financial statistics which
are to be sent to Washington for COM
pilation. Mr.. Crosland expects to be
there about two weeks. working most
Of the time In the office Of Secretary
of State olcott
Thomas c. Taylor. past grand
commander OF the Knights Templar,
dropped dead In the Masonic temple at
Bend Just prior to the opening OF q
session of the grand commandery OF
the state. Mr.. Taylor was one Of east
ern oregon's best.known men. having
lived at Pendleton number Of years.
Twenty.four hundred common labor.
ers are needed Immediately by ship
yards In and about Portland II me
chanics are to be allowed to 80 ahead
and the production Of ships in this
district is not to be seriously crippled,
according to an announcement made
BY the United States employment hu'
reau.
As a torerunner OF extensive devel.
opments on the Klamath Indian reser.
walton, the United States government
Indian irrigation service has applied
to State Engineer Lewis for q permit
to appropriate sufficient water from
Williamson river and its tributaries to
irrigate 7S,sse acres on the klamath
swamp.