The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-29
OREGON news NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for lnfor.
nation Of Our Readers.

lem December 2.
With loss estimated at more than
100000, the flour mills at Pilot Rock
were burned early Friday by fire
that started from unknown causes.
| Benton county held its first annual
corn show last week at Corvallis un.
der the direction of the county farm
bureau, with County Agent Kabel in
charge.
The assessed valuation of Clackamas
county's property is $23,572,515, ex-
elusive of the property Of public serv-
ice corporations. The increase amounts
to $343,O7O.
Oregon was the only state in the
western division to attain its quota Of
$50 per cent in the united war work
drive, according to State Director Or.
lando w. Davidson.
Victor ]. McCone, formerly secretary
for the state socialist party, was
drowned at Portland when he drove
his automobile off the approach to the
Sellwood ferry into the Willamette
river.
The residents of Evans Creek valley
in the north end of Jackson county,
have voted to incorporate the entire
valley into an irrigation district, and
an early survey will be made of the
project.
A statement issued by the Treasury
department shows that in total sales
of war savings and thrift stamps to
November l, Oregon stands sixth in
rank in sales per capita and also sixth
for the month of October. ...
Domestic use of powdered sugar, for
some time past restricted solely to
commercial manufacturing and baking,
is now permitted, according to official
advices received by W. B. Aver, food
administrator for Oregon.
The state text book commission will
make it's selection for books for
schools of the state next June, the
selections to continue for another six
years. Under the law the commission
selects these books each six years.
= Extension schools in dairying, which
will cover the subjects of breeding
and feeding dairy cattle, will be held
in Ontario, Malheur county, and at
Halfway and North Powder, Union
county, the first week in December.
In complete check made on wood
ships building in the United States a
statement from Washington shows
that of 243 hulls launched up to Octo-
ber 81, the Oregon district was first,
with 81, and of 90 ships completed
Oregon led with 26.
Present and prospective removal Of
soldiers from the mills and logging
camps is already creating a labor
shortage on Coos bay and w. j. Rust,
government agent, declared there was
call for between 800 and 400 men
for mills and camps.
Only two fatal accidents are includ-
ed in the 53S reported to the industrial
accident commission for the week end
ing. November q, inclusive. These
were F. Auterson, shipbuilder, Port
land; Henry Fromong, terminal IA
cility worker, Portland.
DR.. Marie Equi, woman physician
and member of the Industrial Workers
of the World, was found guilty at
Portland of violating the espionage
act by referring contemptuously to
American soldiers and by other alleged
Objectionable remarks in the l. W. W.
hall.
Three entrances for fish coming up
the Willamette river are now in exist
ence at the Oregon City fishways, ac-
cording to R. e. Clanton, general su-
perintendent of state hatcheries. This
Improvement VIII trepie propagation
OF spawn In the willamette river, 1t is
thought.
Saturday, December Z, was set as
Fire Prevention day and the week OF
December ~ as Fire prevention week
for Portland by the committee in
charge. The original day, October 9,
was delayed until November and
then again delayed by the influenza