The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-04-05
CS-Joooa NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly sksiched for Inior-
nation Of Our Readers.

" wiz w Hoiu ~ Aiuanp MAY 1919
The German language has been
barred from the Albany public schools.
The annual meeting OF the Oregon
Retail jewelers. association will b.
held at Salem In June.
The farmers OF Warren have decided
10 build R>wArchouae for the standard.
iEatlon and handling Of all farm pro.
ducts.
The Southern Pacific company will
cooperate with Benton county in in
campaign for general poisoning OF
Gophsrn and ground squirrels.
The game department OF tho state
Of Ohio has ordered 5000 China pheas
an, eggs from Charles d. Alexander.
OF Albany. who conducts q pheasant
farm.
The Employed Boys brotherhood OF
Astoria was organized at mass meet
lag Of boys between the ages Of Is and
81 years. employed In the industries Of
Astoria.
Crews have begun work preparatory
10 sinking caiasons for the piers Of tho
new concrete bridge 10 be built across
Hood river jointly by tho state and
Hood River county.
Baker county farmers At a largely
attended meeting under the auspices Of
the county agricultural council. decid.
Cd on $50 q month aa tho farm wage
scale during the planting season,
Oregon patrons Of life insurance
companies are healthy risk. A state
ment lasued by Insurance Commission.
or Wells shows that losses were only
about / per cent OF the insurance In
1917.
The emergency board authorised the
creation OF deficiency In the sum Of
s2soooo for the purpose OF carrying
on the work OF protection Of shipyards
and other industries engaged In war
work.
According 10 Ira Hutchins. vice-
president OF the Oregon Gamers as.
ISOLATION and manager OF the Browns.
willie cannery. the Corvallis eannery
plant has been purchased by the
Brownsville institution.
Revised reports Of thrift stamp sales
In Oregon show that Union eountyr
with a population OF 10000. has total
OF iei in the Junior rainbow division.
compared with q total OF 1873 In Multi
nomah and 100 In Marion.
Pacific college at Newberg 10 giving
q short course for ministers this week.
March 26 to 20. This Ia being held In
connection with the annual confer.
ence OF the Ministerial association OF
Oregon Yearly Meeting OF Friends.
Porter a Connolly have again put
gang OF men on the grade OF the Gale
Creek 4 Wilson river railroad. south OF
Banks. II will take some time TO re.
pair the damage done TO the grade
BY the heavy rains Of last winter.
Two out Of 500 accidents reported
10 tho state industrial accident COM
for the week ending March
II were fatal. The men fatally lnjur.
ID were John Miller, Mill City. logger.
Ind Berton Sharpe. vending. lumber
nan
A third battalion Of the Oregon
laval militia has been authorized BY
Governor withycombe and immediate
ecruiting OF 1000 enlisted men and
II officers required on q regulation
United States battleship will begin at
nee.
Lane county farmers are not dis.
outraged by the short bean crop last
ear. the result OF the unusually dry
ioather. and will seed more than 1000
cres TO that crop this spring, accord.
ng to County Agricultural Agent N. s.
Iobb,
A military organization was created
Or the umpoua country at Reedsport.
he organization 10 to be called the
ort Of umpqua Home Guards, and is
omposed OF members from Gardiner,
eedsport, Scottsburs and Smith
liver.
Establishing a new worlds speed
scord In steel shipbuilding, the Co.
Imbia River shipbuildlng corporation
Portland launched the fabricated
ull Of an ssoo.ton government ship
Tednesday, Just 81 days after the keel
As laid.
Under the direction Of the agricul.
Iral council, the farmers Of Linn
'unty are holding a campaign to raise
oney TO secure the services OF coun.
agricultural agent The campaign
III close April /. The farmers expect
raise $500. 1
Another German drive ls looked for
the western front,