The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-09-06
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for lnior.
nation OF Our Readers.

Douglas county mas about IVV NON
bers Of the boys and glrln' industrial
ciubA
The ftrp, public market TO h. rs,ab
ilshcd nj Maruhflcld viii be- bull, and
opened this month.
Tho state military police Ia costing
tho taxpayers Of tho state s2i 200 per
month for salaries
with a hot sun and dry wind pre-
vAiling IN western oregon. danger OF
forcp, fires returned last week.
Mrs. Joe cado killed feroclouE
wildcat with her bare hands on the
Cado ranch, Six miles east OF Crane.
Tho third annual field triala Of tho
Oregon State sportsmen'H league will
be held In Lebanon on September Is
aud i6.
The northwest Methodist Episcopal
conference. uniting the Columbia. cast
Columbia and Montana conferences.
was held at Milton,
War activities at the University Of
Oregon are not to be confined TO men.
An emergency nurses training course
has been announced.
The SD annual Astoria regatta,
which was held under tho auspices OF
the soldleru. Sailors and shipbuilders'
club. was formally opened Thursday.
Printers employed In the state print.
Ing office at Salem we're granted q
general increase OF SO cents day by
tho state printing board. Al war
bonus"
The net income OF the o.w, n. & N.
for tho year 1917 was ti.iti.337. 90.
cording TO the ANIMAL report tho com
pauy filed with the public service COM
mission.
The Brownsville public library. re-
juycnatcd and increased by the addi'
ton OF many new volumes. was tor.
maily dedicated aud opened TO the pub-
lie last week.
Tho plant OF the Eyertrcsh Fruit,
company at sutherlin. engaged In
work upon government contracts, waa
destroyed by fire. The loss IL cstIm'
ated at $4,000.
Wild pigeons arc more plentiful In
clatnop county than any season for
the past 10 years. Better protection
for this species OF wild fowl has re-
suited In tho increase.
Twenty.four. forest fires. caused by
lightning. are raging In the Cascade
national forest. according 20 report
received a, the district forest office
from Forest Supervisor Seilx.
The North Bend city council has set
October is an the date for the holding
o. a special election TO submit TO tho
voters OF the city number Of import.
ant amendments to the city charter.
There were between 600 and 700
hunters cut In uma,illa county Sep
tembcr /. for China pheasant shooting.
which 10 permitted during the week
under special permit from State Game
Warden Shoemaker.
In response to call issued by the
state librarian. Miss Cornelia Marvin,
a meeting was held In Albany 10 con.
slider the matter OF bringing before
tho people the importance OF estab.
fishing county library.
Appointments OF postmasters have
been made In oregon as follows: We.
naha, wallowa county. Miss Ruby Bul.
lard: Alberson, Harney county. Nick
II. vegtley; Ashwood. Jefferson coun-
". Mrs. Nenna q, Finnell.
The public service commission was
notified by II. HIrschborg. OF Indopend.
ence, that the Independence 4 Mon
mouth road would cease operation Sep.
tember !, the company dispcsing OF Its
equipment and rolling stock.
Clyde Rhodes, well'to'do farmer.
was found dead at the gate OF his farm
in Sans valley, six miles north OF Gold
Hill He 10 believed to have committed
suicide. Coffee was found by his side
containing crystals or cyanide.
A maximum OF 400 men will be CIV
en- intensive training at the Oregon
Agricultural college to III them for
United States army bands. They will
be selected by the government because
Of musical ability and previous train.
ing.
While plans are being made to carry
out the Polk county fair tho same as
usual this year. the dates being Sep
tember II. IS and 10, II has been do
clded not TO have fair in this county
next year nor again until after the
war
Approval OF a $4,000 water bond Is
sus viii be asked 0i .ies people q the