The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-01-18
eRECON NEWS NOTES
Of GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly skeiohsd for lniOr
nation OF Our Readers.

Eastern oregon Ia experiencing its
fret winter weather Of tho ipi7.is
season.
Military drill Ia u part Of the rrgu.
lar college work NJ Willamette Uni
v.rsi,y o, salem.
Mrs " Hudkins Of Albany has knit.
ted 20 sweaters for tho local chapter
oi the Red crosu.
Charles Lyman Barnes. one Of tho
most widely known citizens Of Polk
county. died In Dallas. aged o.
Tho drauta Pass hiEh school drbal,
Ina team won the triangular debate
between Medtord. Ashland and Grants
Pass.
Mid.yeAr commencement exercises Of
the Eugene high school. customary In
former years. were abandoned this
year,
Sheep rAiaing 10 to be- a feature ot
the Industrial club work among the
school children Of klamath county the
coming year.
Tho Washington County Patriotic
council was recently organized By
representative mou from rarlouh parts
Of tho county.
Tho first annual convention ~ tho
Oregon Grrstcru. hotel clerks orEani'
aetion. was held IN Portland Tuesday
and "Wednesday,
Fire which originated In the Odd
fellows building wiped out half OF the
business section Of lone. Tho loss
10 estimated at $4,000,
Thomas +. Ryan. assistant state
treasurer. has made toruIal announce
msnt Of HIS candidacy for the rcpub
iican nomination 40 state treasurer.
Retail hprd~are dealers from all
parts Of Oregon viii gather al Port
land January 10 to 20 for tho 18th
annual convention Of their association,
Dr. J. W. Meredith. Sc years old. and
for "a years a practicing dentist in
Salon. where he continued his prae.
tica during the entire time In one of
flee. 10 dead,
Applications for t?s0.QOo worth OF
inana have been made by SIS members
Of the Lnwib and CLARK Farm Loan
association Of rlatsop county alnr"
April ., 1917,
Polk county farmers are puzzled over
recent heavy losses Of sheep, While
II is known that dogK are doinE the
work. there has appeared no effective
way TO find the doEs.
Arnold Sandoz. In III nf anger.
sho, and killed his brotherdn.law.
Lewis Chase. at the ranch home Of
his father. Alfonxo Saudex, on Mil
creek. five miles south Of The Dallea
The building Of 40 miles Of track on
the Valley 4 sllr,E railway. between
Independence and the silelE basin, has
opened up the largest body of yellow
iir timber on any one watershed In
the state,
In a formal statement, ReproScnta'
tive c. N. Macarthur. OF Portland has
announced his candidacy for rcnomina'
ton upon a platform pledsing con.
tinued support Of the governments
war program,
The Oregon Association for tho Pre-
yention OF tuberculosis has exceeded
It's quota In the sale of Red Cross
Christmas aeals by more than $4,000,
the total returns being sla.l6i.S6, Tho
quota WAS $4,000,
Another big logging camp viii be
opened at once N the coast mountains
west OF Eugene. for the Booth'Kelly
Lumber company, adding largely to the
output OF logs for the company's big
plant at Springfield.
On the morning that the daily papers
told OF the worst blizzard of years In
the cast @. W. Mcfarland brought into
Cottage Grove n tomato which had RI
pened in his garden and which he had
found that morning,
Charles II. Gram, for six years presl.
dent OF the state federation or labor
and for ton years deputy state labor
commissioner. has announced his can.
didacy for the republican nomination
as state labor commissioner.
One hundred per cent organized In
logging camps and lumber mills is the
record for Coos county. It Is reported.
The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum-
bermen, patriotic organization, now
has a total Of 1921 members.
Never before In their history were
the factories of oregon in condition
as prosperous ma at present, In nearly
all cases they are running to capacity I
and many OF TEEN have orders booked /
which II will require months to FIJI. /
Under the probability that several {
Coos Bay sawmllls will 40 on double /