The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-10-25
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly skeichsd for Infor-
nation Of Our Readers.

sun near Carlton,
The flfth annual Marion eounty corn
show will be held In Salem tho second
week In December.
Tho plant of thu Cottage Grove Ice
company at Cottage Grove was com
plctoly destroyed by flre,
The forcs, service has closed con.
tract for construction OF the Canyon
vile Galesvilie link completing the Pa
cifio highway.
County judgos and commissioners Of
Oregon counties will meet In eonyen'
tion at tho MultnomAh county court.
house October 30.
Thirtyslx militia companies. inelud.
inE national Euard and Oregon guard.
have been mustered into state service.
aggregated In four regiments.
Lieutenant Leslis orihnd TooEe. one
Of tho TooHe twins. known throughout
the state. was killed by German nni.
per In France on September 2s.
Tho fall season for fishing nj Astoria
this year has been poor. Fairly good
catches OF silverpidea are made off tho
mouth OF tho river. but little 10 doing
on the inside.
ReFby Miller. OF Medtord. has re-
ccivcd appointment from Representa-
tive Hawley for admission ~ . cadet
TO tho United States military academy
At West Point,
Because OF the danger from Spanish
influenza. the hog and dairy ahow
which waa TO have acen held At Her.
mis,on last week was postponed. Tho
Ghow may be held later.
Tho public service commission has
granted n franchise under the boom
act 10 the Gresham Lumber company.
allowing I, 10 operate on Drift creek,
Alaea river and Alaea bay In Lincoln
county.
Hood River will have 20 so mayor.
lcss. according TO present Indications
IL l., Dumhio. who has been mayor.
declares that he viii not run for 70.
election. and thore are no prospective
candidates In sight.
A. J. fiolllngsworth, Of Portland. Ia
making an examination OF records for
the Oregon Forest Firo association 10
clear the records OF the state forestry
department from errors relative 70 the
ownership OF timber lands.
There are ss.Tss registered voters
IN Mal,nomah county qualified 20 exer.
clsc their franchise at the general elec.
tion next month. The total registra'
tion OF men 10 $3.50. while the regis
tratlon OF women totals t2.2As.
A survey OF umatilla county 10 be.
Ing made by Theodore Shater, director
OF rodent work for tho United States
biological survey. with view 70 OK.
termination OF jackrabbita. aquiErela
and gophers. which are doing much
damage
For the first time In the history OF
Coos bay there was a double launching
Saturday. The Burnside and the Fort
Lcavenworth. Ferris type S60o.ton
Emergency Fleet corporation vessels,
went into the water at MarshfIeld and
North Bend,
Owing 10 the death OF Malcolm Duni'
way, Senator Chamberlain viii be
called on TO nominate candidate for
appointment as midshipman 10 Annap.
oils. Applications may bo sent to Sen.
ator Chamberlain BY boys from 10 to
Is years Of age.
The state highway commission has
agreed with County Judge Anderson,
OF clackamas county. TO draw the
plans and do the preliminary engin.
eering for new bridge across the
Willamette river connecting Oregon
City and West Linn.
Details In preparation for the sur
vey OF labor and material resources Of
Oregon. TO be made at direction OF the
council OF national defense. are near
Ing completion. Questionnalres on
which the desired data viii be record.
I'd are being forwarded from Wash.
Ington.
Professor II. D. scndder viii 80 to
early in November to rep
resent the Oregon Land Settlement
commission and confer with the score
AIRY OF agriculture and the secretary
II the interior regarding the part this
tate may take in caring for returning
Ioldiers,
Exclusive Of permanent improve
nents at the eastern Oregon state hos
,ltal. and the estimate OF the biennial
expenses for the state training school
or boys. state institution heads have
prepared budgets showing that they
stimats their Axnsnaas ser ieih2o At