The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-06-21
OREGON news NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skstched for lnfor'
nation OF Our Readers.

Tho Prinevilie chautauqua session
will be- from July 10 10, inclusive.
The first western convention OF
optomcirlnts was held In Portland
June ~.
Total fire lons In the state outside OF
Portland for May In estimated ut s26i.'
900 by State Fire Marshal Wells.
Assisted by friends and relatives.
grandfather" TurBon. Of brownsville.
celcbatod his 1921 birthday annlyer'
hary last week
Under the direction OF the fish and
game commission. two carloads OF
young salmon were planted In oawego
lake. near Portland
The first ehAutauquA ever held In
North bend ID scheduled for six days.
July II TO 10. fortyslx citizens Of the
community pledged the $3.50 neces'
BAry.
Umatllla county. which claims 10 pro
duee per cen, OF all the wheat In tho
unlted Statoa. expects TO have n re.
cord crop this year Of 100000 or g.
00O. 900 bushels.
The state highway commission viii
meet In Portland on June 20 TO open
bids for tho paving Of Is miles OF the
Pacific highway. north Of Salem. In
Marion county.
The city of Prinavillc now has free
mall delivery. There are two carriers,
both girls. PTineville IL the first and
only town In central Oregon to have
the delivery system,
EiEhty,thrse women and 80 men. ils
In all. received their diplomas at the
final exercises OF the t2d annual com
msncemcnt OF the University OF Ore.
gon Monday morning.
Louis Groahems. q prominent farm
or aud atockman OF Hcppncr. commit
ted suicide by shooting himself IN tho
head on the county road. about ID
miles east OF Heppnsr,
Portland is to have another Touring
mill. The Globe Grain q Milling COM
pany VIII begin Immediately the con-
s,ruction OF i6oo.barrel flour mill,
The cost will be net less than $4,000.
Examinations for state teachers GER
lifleateH will be held In the county
scat OF every county In tho state from
June 20 10 20. inclusive, according TO
an announcement made BY State Bur
perintendent Churchill. ~
Electric storms OF the past week
set fire In four different places IN
the big shevlin'Hixon white pine belt
east OF La Pine. The heavy rains
which accompanied these storms were
not able TO qucneh the fires.
Tho Rainier Mercury company.
which recently acquired tho Utah and
Bertloson group Of oinnabar mines In
the Meadows district, 10 miles north
OF Gold Hill. has made Ito initial ship
ment Of 90 flasks OF quicksilver.
In looking for y copper ledge which
no carefully covered up 30 years ago.
a Mr.. Downy OF Grave Creek, near
Grants Pass, is reported to have found
q vein OF gold.bearing ore that prom
ises to make him wealthy man.
A. 8. CURE. Of eastern Oregon. who
has just crossed the Mckenzie pass
with team. the first 10 cross with any
kind Of vehicle this year. reports that
IN q few days time automobiles will
be able TO cross by their own power.
The flax crop at Salem this year will
be practically complete failure be-
cause OF the Ions dry spell. according
10 Robert Crawford. former superin'
tendent Of the state flax plant and who
this year has 100 acres planted to flax,
Organization Of eight battalions OF
state militia has been perfected by the
general staff, Oregon national guard,
and with officers commissioned the
work Of training is said to bs going
forward rapidly In all sections OF the
state.
There 10 likelihood that oresonians
will be put on limited fuel rations
this winter az part OF the govern
ment's plan to make up deficiency
of s00o0,O00 tons OF bituminous coal,
according to Fuel Administrator
Holmes.
Under a recommendation Of the wool
section OF the war industries board, II
was announced that wool clips OF three
eights and lower produced in Oregon.
Washington and In Idaho, west OF
Pocatello. will be shipped to Portland,
for manufacture,
Four grades of onions are established
by the public service commission In
an order placing onion handling, weigh.
Ing, inspecting and grading under con.
troll Of the commission. With head