The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-02-01
.Cn:j1l NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho WseI
Briefly Sketohsd for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.

In Benton county.
e, y. Williams. Of Salem. has bee
elected president Of the Oregon BtAt
Poultry association.
orcgon'a Thrift campaign In Eainin
ground, salcs Of war savings stamp
have reached i6l3.75i.
Tho total payroll disbursements u
the two biz hawmiils at Bend for IN,
year 1917 we're 1885,. 900.
Assisted by BAKER school teachers
20 of Bakers prominent business mei
have formed . knitting class.
Two homo guard companies wcr'
orEAniEod In Manhfieid. one by th'
Moose lodge and tho other by tho Elhi
lodge.
Roy Campbell. 10, was shot and
killed by his companion. Roy Norris
near Mount Scott &c miles east OF
ftoHeburE.
Secretary Of State oloott has issued
. formal announcement Of his candi
dary for tho republican nomination foi
The govcrnorbhip
Special investigation Of capacity OF
all ShipyardS In the Portland district
will DO nAdo at once upon orders
from Vic" Chairman Plea.
The ahipknce industry 10 rapidly AS
suming biz proportions In ClaekamRs
county. The Moiaila country also has
become a big Shlp.knee center.
The sun Dial ranch. north OF
Troutdale 10 shipping turnlps by
the carload TO the wittcnberg King
company at The Dallos. TO be evap.
grated.
Efforts to locate Miss MiEnon Swan.
son. a young woman who was teaching
school near Halssy. and who disap-
pearcd myatcriousiy few days ago.
have been unsuccessful.
Cattle thieves have been operating In
Lane county on u Wholesale scale, nc.
cordinK TO Sheriff Parker. who will
offer a reward OF $500 for information
lcadin. to the arrest aud conviction of
the rustlers,
Auornoy.Gcnera Brown has pre-.
pared ballot tito for an initiative peti.
ton filed by Il. L. Walters. OF Oregon
City. which proposes to prohibit all
trap. seine or fish wheel fishing in all
tho rivers OF the state
Alfalfa produced sl05 per acre on
the umatilla project in 1917. according
TO figures collected by the United
States reclamation service officials.
Tho maximum yield was seven tons
and the average price was SIS per
ton.
The terms OF the district attorneys
ct Deschmes. Wheeler and Clatsop
expire at the end OF this year
and their successors are to be elected
In November. according to an opinion
given Secretary olcott by Attorney.
General Brown,
IN special effort to combat tho
spread Of blight, Jackson County
Pathologist c, c. Cate has established
/ class for instructing girls and
women In the Rogue river valley In
he art Of cutting out this dread
disease.
Tho Springfield FIGURING mill. owned
" the Eugene Mill & Elevator com. !
ANY. started It's machinery last week
Iaving been shut down several
months, during which 1t was thorough
y overhauled and put In thorough up ,
o-date shape inside.
A chronology of election dates as I
pplying TO the primary and general
lections coming up In the state this 1
ear, has just been compiled by Secre- I
ary of State olcott and will be pub a
shed for distribution within short {
me to those Interested, I
In written opinion given TO Adju. a
INT General Williams, Attorney Gen. I
raj Brown advises that the city OF
title 10 the block offered q
] site, for new armory is not 9
ear He suggests that a suit should d
, instituted to clear the title. 1,
Migratory birds have increased SO n
'r cent as result OF the new federal n
ws which now cover not only tho d
nited States, but Canada, according
statement made by District IN. "a
ector Cattron, who has charge of the n,
ates of Oregon, Washington and Il
aho. n
Organization for Oregon's part in II
o third Liberty Loan campaign is Al
Ider way with state executive Il
composed of Edward Cook is
CHAM, chairman; J. c. Ainsworth,
orge l.. Baker, Franklin 7. Grif- d,
b, William A. MaeRae, A. l.. Mills, ,cS
arx, nlvautnaa II ID Dtnn- .nA NJ. -