The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-16
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketched for lnfor.
nation OF Our Readers.

The Oregon Interstate fair will b.
held In PrinevlIlc this year October
to 9. inclusive,
The sitka Spruce company. OF Co
guile, iE establishing II aow shingle
mill Ia tho Fiuhtrap diAtriet
Preparations are being made by the
labor council Of Coou bay for mann
moth celebration IN North Bcnd and
Marshfield on Labor day,
Sinty.ono members OF the Oregon
Agricultural college faculty have with
drawn TO enter government service
since the declaration Of war,
A Aawmill owned by John 81 Robins
at Swan Lake valley In klamath coun'
~ was destroyed BY fire with n ioSa
Of between $4,000 and $4,000.
The prune growers OF Polk county
have formed n green pruno pool The
minimum price paid for tho green fruit
will be az cents a pound delivered at
the Dallas warehouse,
The Iowa association OF Oregon will
hold It's annual picnic at the state fair
grounds a, Salem August II and II Ia
expected that former IowanH from all
over the state will be present
Tho George Perry sheep ranch on
Rock creek was purchased last week
by John J. Kelly OF Heppner. conald'
Grafton named beihg $4,000, Tho
ranch embraces $500 acres OF land in
Morrow and Gillian counties.
Oregon has been dis,rleted into %
divisions with community labor
board given Jurisdiction over each dis
trict 10 prepare for mobilization and
distribution Of labor. chiefly OF the nn'
skilled class. In war industries.
A new magazine for Sunday school
workers In oregon. TO be known as
tho Oregon Sunday School outlook.
will bc published In Portland under tho
auspices OF the Oregon Sunday School
Association. beginning In September.
An immense run OF Chinook salmon
In tho Columbia river. which began
several days ago and Is still con,inu'
Ing. has made II probable that this
seasons pack will exceed that OF last
year. Canneries are all working at
capacity,
Work has begun on the construction
OF fiii 10 replace much of the treatlc
work adjacent TO the big Oregon Elee'
trio railroad bridge over the Santiam
river between Dcver and Talbot, where
the railroad crosses from Linn into
Marion county.
In the mountain distrlc, about 20
miles south OF camas valley, n double
tragedy occurred when two men were
caught by a falling tree. They were
Melvin Murphy and Robert Benham.
Murphy was killed outright, and Ben.
ham seriously injured
Only one fatal accident, out OF
total OF SOL Industrial casualties, was
reported to the state accident commits.
sion for tho week ending August 8.
This was the case OF John NJ. Person.
who was accidentally killed In Port.
land while engaged In the shipyards,
Through Intervention Of Senator Nc
Nary n modification has been secured
OF the order OF the railroad admins.
tration prohibiting reduced rates on
shipments OF exhibits TO the state fair.
All exhibits sent 10 the next state fair
may be transported In one direction
free.
oregon's fourth liberty loan quota
probably viii be double that OF the
third loan, according to information
conveyed in letter to Governor
withycombe from James K. Lynch, OF
San Francisco. governor of the federal
reserve bank there. The quota Of the
last campaign was slS,4o5,000.
The Oregon Historical society estim'
ates It's expenses for the next two years
at s24,s00 and the department of public
instruction at s4l,0ss, In reports filed
with the state tax commission. Re-
ceipts for the historical society are
estimated at $500 and for the depart.
ment OF public instruction at $4,000.
shipyards Of the state expended sls,'
s1s,2l6.29 In salaries and wages during
the first six months Of 1918, for 1885,.
727 working days. or an average wage
for all classes of employment OF s5.44
per day. according to figures which
have Just been completed for State
Labor Commissioner Hoff's biennial
report.
Wherever practicable women will be
used on state highway work In the
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