The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-07-12
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for lnfor.
nation OF Our Readers.

The price OF milk IN Eugene has
been advanced from 10 TO IL centa
a quart.
Wick Bros. Of Salem. have just pur'
chased 1000 OF the now "Fordson" Ford
tractors for uao In oregon.
The 18th annual reunion Of the
lienkic family. held near Corvallis.
was attended by ios members.
oregon'a tenth annual Common
wealth conference will convene this
year In Portland. July IL and 10.
Thomas II. Tongue Of llillsboro was
unanimously elected chairman OF the
republican state central committee.
The twenty, ninth annual state con
vsntlon Of Christian churches OF Ore
gon 10 being held this week At Turner.
Edward y. Ghohlaon. salem's fire,
fcrryman. died at the home Of his
daughter at zena. Polk county. Mr..
Ghohlson was 50 years old.
Cooler weather OF tho last few days
and absence Of high winds has re-
suited In considerable Improvement OF
the forest firo situation In Oregon.
Tho demand for residence property
In Marshfieid Ia acute. owing to tho
rapid Industrial expansion Of the cliJ,
and an extensive building program 10
under way.
A Is per cent increase in freight
rates on logs shipped over the snmp'
tor Valley railroad was approved 10
an order issued By the public service
commission.
Construction Of q sawmIll with q
capacity OF 10000 feet In eight hours
has been started at Garibaldi. by the
Cummings. .Aioborly Lumber company.
OF Louisiana.
Mrs. Charles L. MeSary. OF Salem.
wife Of United States Senator MeNary.
OF Oregon. was killed almost instantly
near Dundee. when an automobile In
which she was riding overturned.
Members Of tho executive commit
tee IN charge OF the entertainment for
the q, A. r. annual encampment at
Portland August 1898. are making ten.
tativo plans for the reception OF io..
900 visitors
Dr. Carl Grcgg poney. president OF
the willamette university. OF Salem.
has just arrived from Europe. where
he has been lecturing under the
auspices OF the army Y. NJ. G. a. for
several months.
Starting In the Palace Hotel block
at iieppnsr. fire destroyed that build.
Ing and swept four blocks Of business
and residence property. About 80
families arc homeless and the property
loss 10 estimated at ti50.o00.
Although forest fires are numerous
elsewhere In the state. Baker county
and eastern Oregon generally. except
Union county. have been fortunate this
season, having had but three fires to
date. and these of small extent.
Repairs have been completed on
the tunnel near ciatskanie, on the
Columbia a Nehalem River railroad.
and the road 10 again In operation. A
caveln OF the tunnel roof put the road
out OF commission about 90 days.
That the poultry situation In Oregon
10 more or less critical is the belief Of
many producers In the state. The pre-
vailing high prices OF feed In the
winter and spring months caused per.
sons to sell hens in large numbers, II
Ia said.
From to Is years In the psnlten.
tiary and costs Of the action was the
sentence Imposed at klamath Falls
on William Holbrook and ]. Z. Pad.
dock, convicted OF killing o, +, Nc.
Kondree, q prominent shCspman, on
April 20.
The emergency board, In meeting
at Salem. granted a deficiency appro- ,
priation Of $4,000 for the state peni.
and another OF $4,000 Tor the |
state lime board, Both these appro. ,
priations are subject to increase when |
the board meets again, probably early /
In October.
The oregon Forestry association at |
4 called meeting Saturday afternoon q
In the office Of District Forester \
George H. Cecil, held for the purpose '
Of considering the forest fire situation, {
adopted resolutions calling upon the q
government and the people OF the
state TO assiht In combating the fire