The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-08
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skstched for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.

annual Polk County fair at Dallas,
Tho oregon Agricultural college has
Loaf several Of ith faculty members,
Tho Oregon clayworkera association
will hold It's fourth annual convention
In Portland March 7 and g.
The war prices for lumber have
caused a general revival Of tho timber
Industry In the Gold i'm district
E.o. Lamb. prominent retired sheep
owner OF Paisley. was shot and killed
by his wife, Bertha. following .
quarrel.
Tho formation OF the squaw Greek
Irritation district near Bend was as
sured when tho settlers last week
voted q 10 ? In favor OF tho plan.
Production Of nirplAne spruce may
be expedited by a riying machine that
has just been invented BY y. J. Cor
man. OF Portland. q practical lumber
man,
Fuel oil shortage in Oregon will com
pei aomo of the iarAe Industrial plants
10 close II relief Ia not given soon. ao'
cordlng 10 Fuel Administrator Fred J.
Holmes.
A platoon Of the tbad aero couS,rue'
ton regiment has arrived At Toledo
under command Of Lieutenant Trempie
from Vancouver barracks. The mon
will get out spruce,
Arnold Jeneri. Frenehman who
was employed In the logging camp
OF the Oregon Lumber Company. near
Batesville. was killed by being struck
by q ioEgins train.
An agreement has been closed with
A. ]. weltom. OF the United Con
tracing company. OF Portland. for
laying 1900 yards OF waterbound
macadam At Heppner
c, II. Gram. OF Portland. former
deputy atAte labor commissioner. has
filed q declaration OF his candidacy
for the republican nomination for the
office Of labor commissioner,
insurance Commissioner Harvey
Wells. In n statement issued. says the
10 per cent war tax on fire ipsnr'
ance premiums will not be charged
by insurance companies operating In
this state.
Vale chapter. American Red Cross.
claims TO have the champion knittcr OF
the state. Mrs. II. r, Farmer, chair
man OF the knitting department has
completed o sweater lr elght hours and
~ minutes.
Another 100 names have been added
TO the list OF those schopl children
who have sold $50 worth or more OF
thrift stamps. making 700 now all told
enrolled In tho Junior Rainbow rosi
mont OF tho state.
According TO . survey OF the wheat
acreage In E3akor county compiled by
County Agricultural Agent Henry
Tweed tho county has 80 per cent
more wheat under cultivation In 1918
that II had last year.
with barley quoted at 500 q ton.
umatllia county farmers are specu.
lating as 10 whether II 10 not a more
satisfactory crop to plant this spring
than wheat At the ruling price wheat
will bring about $50 ton.
Portland stands first In the north.
west In high standard OF milk as
result OF the awards made at the West
ern Dairy Products show at North
Yakima, WASH, where Portland won
IL out OF 10 prixes offered.
The Millionaire gold mine, three
miles east OF Gold Hill In the Black.
well hills, an old.time producer. which
has been in the care OF watchman
for q number Of years, has changed
hands and will be reopened at once.
New bulk grain elevators costing In
the aggregate hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars will be ready for the hand.
ling Of the 1918 wheat crop In oregon,
Some so new elevators will have been
within the next f0w weeks
OF 64s accidents reported to state
accident commission for the
week ending February 2S, two were
fatal. The dead men are Charles
Berwick, OF Milwaukee, and Harry
Moore, Of Mist, both killed while en- ,
yaged in logging. {
An engineering report outlining |
plans for the irrigstion OF 1866 acres 1
II land near Medfcrd BY tho Medford |
irrigation district, las been filed with
state Engineer Lewis. The estimated q
,ost Of the project Is ti,4b5,sss, or q I
little over s7A an acre. 6
Crews Of the Kern Contracting 1
,ompany successfully sxplodsd>R huge J