The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-26
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for lnfor
nation OF Our Readers.

Lebanon has good prospects Of ha'
Ink Touring mill established there
The run OF salmon III tho Columbl
river for the past week has been "a
coptIonally good.
A drastic measure forcing all idlor
TO go 10 work has been adopted b.
tho klamath city council.
Tho Columbia river highway bo
tween Hood River and Cascade Lock-
was opened Ia traffic Sunday,
Marion and Polk counties will cello
brato tho completion Of the ncw inter
county bridge over tho Willamette
river at Salem on July 10.
According 10 records. 10000 morr
automobiles are In operation In orc
gon already this year than we're In
operation during all OF 1917.
Attendance at tho summer school Of
the Oregon Normal a, Monmouth haa
now passed 400 and Ia a few in ad.
vance Of the attendance last year.
During tho month OF August tho
state supreme court will take the an
nuai summer reeess and most Of tho
Justices will leave on vacation trips.
Mrs, Mary Elizabeth Bryant. one OF
the oldest pioneers Of Oregon. who
crossed the plains In infancy. died a,
her homo in Portland at the age OF 81
years,
Fruit growers OF the northwest are
being urged 20 place their orders for
boxes as early In the season as pos.
siblo In anticipation Of a possible
shortage OF box shocks,
J. d, Mekennon. president Of the La
Grando city commission. has offered
publicly TO furnish a suitable site for
any reputable dehydratlng firm that
will install u plant there.
Farmers near Redmond are having
difficulty in obtaining help In their
haytlolds. Practically every hoy over
II years OF age IL out on the ranches
doing the work men usually do
A deadllno on YaquIna bay TO pro.
,eet tho oyster industry and conserve
tho supply ia being planned through
the co operation OF the oystermon and
the state fish and game commission,
The first annual convention OF the
Oregon State Eiks' association viii be
hold In Portland August 20. ~ and Is
when an attendance OF $4,000 Elks and
their friends will Join in a three days
patriotic celebration.
The body OF Ralph v Poindexter.
manager Of tho Owl Pharmacy nj
Bend. who. with Vernon A. Forbes,
was drowned In Crescent Lake. has
been recovered. Mr., Forbea' body had
been previously recovered.
Captain ". c. McNausht. we'll
known In marine circles in Portland.
has been appointed q member OF the
Oregon state board OF pilot commits.
sionors by Governor Withycombc, to I
succeed Captain J. speler, resigned,
An investigation OF the price OF sub. 4
stitutes for wheat flour sold In ore. !
son has been requested by the ma. d
.Ional food administration. according .
10 letter received from Senator I
by Attorney l.. Il. Bean. 4
Tho high coat OF living has invaded v
he University OF Oregon summer II
amp. Az a result men who attend
he second summer camp for the 80. II
lays period beginning August 5, will Il
ave their expenses increased rs per a
ont n
As q result OF investigations con. "
uctod In tho state by George T, Dal. O
on. special representative OF the fed. n
raj trade commission, prices OF coal Ia
re TO be Immediately lifted. according r
D Fred J. Holmes. state fuel admins, "a
rator.
That some OF the Indians on the N
.lamath reservation will not be able v,
, take stock. available this year un. nj
or tho 100000 congressional appro- n,
Ration, on account OF shortage or In
ny crops. is reported by some OF the at
rominent Indians. Al
A forest fire which has been burn. W,
q on the northern boundary OF the Of
lamath Indian reservation in Klam. pa
h county, now has entered the south. cl,
n portion OF the Desehutes national
rest and threatens great tracts of
anding white pine timber.
For the purpose Of educating the po
Iblic 10 the value Of dairy products do
q food and stimulating the almost an
orlbund state OF dairying In parts OF th,
'egon, Governor withycombe will be err
ked to set aside an entire week in Ad
igust as Dairy Products week, tut
outfits have begun work III,
Linn county threshing fall grain. sit
Ie fall grain generally is yielding Q ma