The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-04-12
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly skeiched for lnfor.
nation Of Our Readers.


Ellis BcEEu. 90. Q pioneer Of Baker
and Grant counties. died a, Canyon
City.
A homo guard company was organ
iEed In heppner with about 60 nom
beru.
Time In which candidates for state
and dlatrlct otiees may file their de-
elarAtions with Secretary OF State ol,
colt ends Friday.
A contract for tho construction OF
q 10000. .buahcl concrete elevator at
The paiIea at tho approSiate cost OF
$4,000 was awarded.
Fifty citizens Of Vending forward
ed a petition TO Adjutan,.o General John
N. Williams asking for authorization
OF home guard NJ wendllng.
The annual convention Of the Ore
gon State Sunday School association
viii be held at La orando April 20 TO
Is. and at Salem. April 20 TO 81.
out OF iis7 phynlcians 10 Oregon
$40 have boen commissioned or been
recommended for commissions In the
medical reserve corps OF the army.
That tho recent heavy fros, has
practically destroyed the pear and
petite pruns prospect IN many locali'
ties OF Douglas county. 8 the opinion
OF orchArdlata.
Senator MeNary has introduced
bill 10 enlarge Crater Lake park BY
adding q tract on the north. Including
Mount bailey. Diamond Lake and
Mount Thielsen.
Mack HIhdman. % years old, one OF
the Oldest 10 not the Oldest pioneer cf
Baker county. died after q short W.
ness ai the homo OF his son. Albert
Hindman OF Durkeo.
Rails on The new Klamath Falls mu'
nicipai line. being constructed from
Klamath Fails 70 Dairy. 10 miles east.
BY Robar, n H,rahorn. have been laid
TOR distance OF seyen mlles.
Robert A. Booth. Of Eugene, one OF
tho states leading mon. was named
by Governor wlthyeombe as state
highway commissioner TO succeed u.
J. Adams. whose term has expired.
Members Of the Loyal Legion Of
Loggcra and Lumhormen tarred and
feathered two pro-German members
OF the l. W. w. at Knappa and then
headed them up the road with . warn
Ing not to return.
The Eugene Fruitgrowcrs' aaGoela'
ton 10 closing It's seasons run on hroc.
coli with record Of almost $500 cases
OF this canned product m compared
with 500 cases. the greatest output for
any previous season.
The postofficc In Berlin sold sais.s2
worth Of war savings stamps and
se2.7B worth Of thrift stamps during
the month OF March. This Berlin 10
not the capital Of Germany, however,
but pcstotfice In Linn county.
Portlands fife Losses for the first
four months OF the municipal fiscal
year ending March 81 were ts7.72s as
against loss OF si0s.6s4 FOR the cor.
responding four months Of the last
fiscal year, or decrease Of si2,s6s.
The Gold Hill Lumber company's
box factory at Gold fiill and its saw.
mill and logging railway on sardino
creek, six miles north Of Gold Hlil,
which has been Idle the past four
years. will resume operations at once.
The Eugene Committee Of 100" has
placed In circulation q warning TO the
effect that men who are physically III
and do not work will DO considered In
the same light az q slaeker or traitor
and will not be tolerated In the com.
munlty.
Fir manufacturers Of the northwest
are pleased with the prospect OF OBJ.
taining big orders for material TO be
used In the construction OF 100000 new
freight cars which the government 10
TO order through o series Of contracts
now under consideration,
A total OF sse accidents was report.
ID TO the state industrial accident com.
mission for the week ending April 4,
Of which two were fatal. Sam d.
Clarke. Of PhiIomath. was killed while
logging. and A, Emerson, q railroad
man, was killed at Kerry.
The Lane County grand Jury indicted
Elmer Palne, Jess Fox and Harry
Martin. charging them with burning
he Eugene Mill q Elevator company's
warehouse at Coburg and It's contents, =
including 1900 sacks Of potatoes, with
intent TO defraud insurance companies.
The state OF Oregon. for the year
Ieis on the 1917 assessment roll, has
evied t2s,aos.1toes for oil purposes
including state. county, school. road,
,Ities and towns and miscellaneous J