The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-11-29
OREGON News NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly skstchsd for lnfor'
nation Of Our Readers.

Tho adjourned annual meeting OF
the Grand commAndsry OF oregon OF
the Masonic order will be held In ga
lem December 3
with a loss estimated Al more than
$4,000. tho flour millu At PHO, Rock
we're burned early Friday by a fire
that started from unknown causea
' Benton county held i,s frat annual
corn show last week at Corvallis un'
der the direction of the county farm
bureau. with County AGENT kabel In
charge
The assessed valuation Of ciackamas
oounty's property 10 f3a.b77.bib. cx'
elusive Of thu property Of public SerT'
lea corporations, The increase amounts
TO tsta.oIo
Oregon was the only state In the
western division to attsin its quota OF
iSo per cent In the united war work
drive. according 10 State Director Or
lando ", Davidson.
Victor J. Mccone. formerly secretary
for tho state socialist party was
drowned at Portland when he drove
his automobile off the approach to the
ssliwood ferry into the Willamette
river.
The residents Of Evans Greek valley
IN the north end OF Jackson county.
have voted 10 incorporate the entire
valley into an irrigation district. and
sn early survey will be made OF the
project.
A statement Naued by the Treasury
department shows that In total aaiea
Of war savings and thrift stamps TO
November !. Oregon stands sixth In
rank in sAies per capita and also sixth
for the mouth Of October.
Domestic use OF powdered sugar, for
Rome time past restricted solely TO
commercial manufaciurIns and baking.
10 nov permitted. according TO official
Adylcea received By w u. Aver, food
administrator for oregon.
The state tezt book commission will
make ita selection for books for
schools OF the state mex, June. the
selections 10 continue for another six
years Under the law the commission
sslectn these books each elk years.
Extension schools in dairyinK. which
will cover the subjects OF breeding
and feeding dairy cattle. will be held
In Ontario. Malheur county. and at
Halfway and North Powder. Union
eounty. the flrs, week in December.
In a complete check made on wood
ahips building In tho united States Q
statement from Washington shows
that Of ?ts hulis launched up TO octo'
Der 81. tho oregon district was first
with 81. and Of % ships completed
Oregon led with 90.
Present and prospective removal OF
soldiers from tho mills and losing
camps 10 already creating q labor
shortage on Coos bay aud W. J, Rust,
government agent. declared there was
4 call for between 900 and 400 men
for mills and campo.
Only two fatal accidents are inelud'
Cd in the B3s reported TO the industrial
accident commlssion for the week end
Ing November II. inclusive These
we're r. Auterson, shipbuilder. Port
land: Henry Fromong. terminal IN
ellity worker, Portland.
Or. Marie Equi, woman physician
and member Of the Industrial Workers
OF the World. was found guilty at
Portland OF violating the espionage
act by referring contemptuously 70
American soldiers and by other alleged
Objectionable remarks In the l. W, W.
hall.
Three entrances for fish coming up
IN. Willamette river are now In exist.
ence at the Oregon City fishways. &C
eording TO r. u, clanton, general su'
perintendent Of state hatcheries. This
Improvement will treble propagation
Of spawn In the Willamette river " ~
thought.
Saturday. December Z, was set as
Fire Prevention day and the week OF
December 2.7 ne Fire Prevention week
for Portland by the committee In
charge. The original day. October D
was delayed until November . ana
then again delayed by the influenza
epidemic
90 excellent is the fuel situation IN
Dragon that dealers are complaining
tseause there is so little demand Tor
their stock on hand and mines are
complaining because the dealers ara
putting in 80 few orders, according 70
Fred J. Holmes federal fuel admins
traitor for Oregon.
Plans for re.estabiishing steam
boat line on the Willamette river BE-
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