The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-17
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.

Toledo will Increase ils water supply
by building a reservoir twice as larga
m the old ono.
The order OF Eagles will hold the
state convention In Marshfield. June
10. II and is,
More than 100000 trout egga will
be- taken from the streams of Klamath
county this season BY the state,
Mrs Sarah N. Davidson, one Of Linn
county'a oldest pioneers. died In
Lebanon at the age Of p5 years.
Approximately 5000 square yards OF
paving will be laid In The Dallos this
spring. work TO commence as soon as
possible,
The directors OF the Linn County
Pioneers association have decided 20
hold tho annual picnic and reunion as
usual this year at Brownsville
Albany citizens have started an agi.
tatlon TO have tho clerks and Judges
Of the coming primary election paid In
Thrift and War Savings stamps.
by order OF tho war department all
books dealing with tho subject OF ex'
plosiyeE arc 10 be removed from the
open shelves OF Oregon libraries,
orcsons war savings stamp naioS for
the month OF May to date amour, 10
s2sO. 900. the $4,000 mark In sales
for the campaign having been loft way
behind.
A total OF 30s.TTs voters arc regis.
tered In Oregon. according TO COM
pletc compilation OF the reports from
all county clerks prepared By Secretary
o: State hen W, oieott.
The county court OF Lincoln county
has applied 10 the state highway com
mission for permission 10 construct
wooden bridge over 1000 feet long. over
; tho Yaquina river at Toledo.
Commanders OF every homo guard
unit IN the state have been Invited TO
attend . special session In Portland.
May 20 and %. In connection with
orcRon's first war conference.
With iso delegates from Sherman.
Waaco and Hood River counties pres
ent,. the annual convention OF Union
No. 10 of the Oregon Christian En-
deayor was held at Hood River.
In the interest OF economy OF opera.
tlon the o..w. n, 4 N and the Northern
Pacific depo,s In Pendleton VIII be
combined, the Northern Pacific using
both depot and yard of tho other COM
pany.
There will be no rose festival In
Portland this year. II has definitely
been ruled that the holding OF tho
floral celebration would not be In keep.
Ing with the trappings Of Mars and
the press OF wartime. duties.
La Grande's new anti.I. W. W. ordl'
nance has stood the test In tho fret
OF series OF struggles In court. Mu.
nicipal Judge Eakin held the law valid
In the case OF John Dixon. accused
OF spreading scditious literature,
Robert W. Dewitt. Of Idaho. alleged
to be one OF the robbers who held up
r. Boswell and his son. Robert, Jr..
at their placer mine near Holland,
May .. has been caught and 10 con.
fined in the Josephine county jail.
Oregon is now shipping large quaint.
ties OF chrome ore to the automobile
centers OF the east. A
large deposit 10 being developed In
John Day canyon, at an elevation about
1000 feet higher than Canyon City, the
nearest postoiiIcc.
Several carloads OF wheat flour and !,
4 quantity OF small lots have have been
returned to the, food administration OF
Oregon. In compliance with recent
appeal BY Administrator W, D. Aver. !,
Tor ell consumers to turn in flour sup i,
plies in excess Of their needs.
Because Of the practical impossibility
81 securing assurance OF supply OF
,il for fuel during the coming winter, [
md since the price has almost doubled
,ince last winters supply was ordered.
he eastern Oregon state hospital ct ,
pendleton will burn coal this winter. I
In the latest official count of new I
wooden hulls in the water for the ship
,lng board there are shown to be 4S, Of |
which 20 are In the Oregon district. /
Manager Heyworth. chief of the wood. 1
IN construction division. has compli'
nented Oregon builders on their rec.
'rd.
The Oregon third liberty loan com, j
nittee honor cup for the greatest total .
inscriptions by employees of any ship. r
ard In the district was awarded to 0
he workers OF the Foundation COM 9
any OF Portland, which is building Q
essels for the French government. Il