The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-04-19
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly sketchsd for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.

NumN kuNh NbWP@h9 vs. Ath "Ns'
was organized at Dallas,
Gold IIiil has taken over under lease
the management Of the city water sys.
TEN.
Portland Washington park 200 elk
are 10 bc liberated In tho wllds east
Of EntAcada.
Representatives Of the grand council
Of Oregon. Royal Areanum. convened
In Portland Tuesday.
Indications are that the primary
pamphlet for Multnomah county VIII
run up TO or over 10 pages
Total subscriptions IN OREGON 10 the
third i.lbarty loan were unofficially
estimated a, s22.ssTsSo Saturday
night
Mrs. Martha JAMS Yates. who crossed
tho plains to Oregon II years ago. died
ai her home IN Corvallis at the age
Of so years.
Linn county's total subscription 10
tho war savings and thrift stamps
durlnR thu month OF March amounted
to ssa.oss.s0
Tho 2s,h annual meeting OF the West
Willamette association Of Congrcga'
tional churches and ministers opened
al IIilinbora Wednesday
blanks returned In the federal farm
survey for Lane county show that the
farmers will increase their acreage OF
corn 100 per cent this year,
Forest Grove claims the distinction
Of being the first town In Oregon Of
ficiaily TO tilo its record In going
"over" IN the Liberty loan drive.
]. n. Dowlea. president OF the North
wee. Steel company. OF Portland. has
eloaed contracts with the shipping
board for eight additional steel steam.
ers OF $500 tons each.
All hotels and eating houses Of Orc
Rou arc TO serve bread only on request
Of patrons. and that served must be
war bread. containing not less than 80
per cent Of substitutes,
Beginning Tuesday. June II. women
workers IN shM state win receive an
increase In their minimum wage rang
Ing from 20 10 30 per cent and cover.
Ing various employments.
Hens are not to enjoy immunity
from the ehopping block much longer,
a. the food administration Rnnonnc'
cd that restrictions against their sale
would be lifted on April 20,
Every county IN Oregon has exceed.
ed its quota In subscriptions TO tho
Liberty loan. Jackson and Josephine
we're the las, counties to swing into
line Both went over the top Saturday
with liberal margin.
Frankly opposing national prohibit
,ion and declaring for the introduction
Of light wines and beer under state
regulation. Mayor r, c. Harley. Of As.
toria, announced his candidacy for gov.
ernor on the republican ticket.
The largest sheep deal reported so
far this season In Oregon was an
nounced at Baker By George pensley,
who had just returned from Echo.
where he bought 1000 sheep, involy.
Ing purchase price OF $4,000
To work on Independence day. July
4, aud donate tho wages received to
the Red Cross was proposed by repre-.
sehtatlveg OF the North Bend locals
Of the Loyal Legion OF Loggers and
Lumbermen at a patriotic meeting.
dobie claims the honor FLAG for tho
greatest oversubscription Of its ailot.
inent for tho third liberty loan, with
an allotment OF $1,000 subscriptions OF.
ficialIy we're announced as $4,000.
This 10 1900 per cent above the towns
quota.
Cochran, Washington county, sub
scribed sii,bo0 to the third Liberty
loan at an enthusiastic meeting IN tho
mess hall of the Wheeler Logging
company. The quota was $1,000.
This IL subscription OF iioo per cent
for Cochran.
Two hundred and six candidates FL
cd for office with Secretary Of State
olcott for the primary election, May
II. OF this number iss were republl.
cans and IS democrats. Out Of them
will be picked 90 men to ill the
many offices.
John s. Coke. republican Of March
Held, formally filed his declaration as
candidate to succeed Justice Wallace
Mccamant on the supreme bench, His
sntrance places three in the race
Judge Coke, Judge Percy R. Kelly, OF
Albany, and Charles A, Johns Of Port
and,