The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-31
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketched for ln'or-
nation OF Our Readers.

A large raWmill at uklah. In tho
mountains south oi Pcndlcton. burned
Saturday
A poalofilcc robbery at Alsea neltcd
the robbers little over $3.50 In cash
and thriu stamps
The department OF labor, United
States employment service, haH opened
an employment office In Mcdford,
over 40 miles Of telephone line and
trail In 10 be- built In the umpqna forsA,
this season by Supervisor y. e, Bart
rum
A conference OF Red Cross workers
from waAco. wheeler. Sherman and
Gillian counties was held nj Tho
Dallca
oregon citizens will pay between
$4,000. 900 nnc fit,000.00o 10 settling
their share OF the federal income tax.
which becomes duo on June 10.
Reports OF accidents for tho week
ended May %. filed by the state Indus
trial accident commission, show no
fatalities Accidents reported number
$50.
ny vote OF the state convention OF
the r. u. o, slnterhood In it's closing
session at Salem. Eugene was chosen
40 the meeting place OF the convention
next year,
Shortage Of so per cent In the cherry
crop OF Marion county and \ serious
shortage OF pears and applcs IL esti'
mated by s, II. Van Trump. county
fruit inspector.
Captain W II. Hardy. sole survivor
OF the Perry expedition to Japan. who
has spent the past several months in
the land OF Nippon. has returned TO his
home In Portland.
Arrangements are being made by the
Baker Commercial club 10 entertain
the annual convention OF oregon and
Idaho ostcopaths. which meets at
Baker May 81 and June !.
Tho farmers OF Baker county are
preparing for organized war asains,
rodents under the direction OF the
county farm agent. who Ia organizing
poison cluba' In every diStrie, In the
county.
Ablo.bodled men can idle no longer
In Portland. An ordinance requiring
all men physically III 20 engage In
some useful. recognized profession.
trade or occupation. was adopted by
tho city council.
Forty cars OF scedcorn from Oregon
and the Columbia river basin were
shipped across the Rocky mountains
this year TO aid tho farmers OF the
Mississippi valley and great plains re.
gion to plant tho crop OF 1918.
Loans for buying automobiles. except
for utility purposes, will be d!scour'
aged hereafter by banks OF western
Oregon, according 10 resolution
adopted at q meeting OF Group ? Of tho
Oregon state Bankers association held
In Salem.
Portland's population 10 31i,36l, &C.
cordlng 20 the estimate given by the
1918 city directory complied by II. l.
Polk 4 Co. The population given by
the same authority last year was 2s7,'
900. The gain within the year is ap.
proximateiy $4,000.
Mentally cnfeebled by trouble from
which he realized there was no re-
covery. Charles N. Meyers, longtime
resident and stoekman Of klamath
county. committed suicide at klamath
Falls by shooting himself In the right
temple with an automatic pistol.
The state food administration has
been advised that sale contracts on
dried fruit from the crop now coming
in must be deferred until July ib. Un.
der the original order such contracts
were forbidden before May 3. The or.
der later was extended until June l,
and now goes over until July Is.
No fireworks Of any kind will be per-
mitted TO be sold In the state for the
coming Fourth Of July and a request
has been made by the state fire marshal
to the mayorsand councils {
Df each city to pass an ordinance to
prohibit the sale, storage or handling
IN any manner Of fireworks Of any |
kind.
The preparations Of the government
party at Baker for the study OF the Z
great solar eclipse June are fast near. I
ng completion. The task of focusing &
he mammoth 65.foot camera, requir. .
ng many delicate adjustments, has I
been completed, and except for few I
minor details this instrument is ready c
or use.
One OF tho largest realty transactions
hat has been made at Corvallis for
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