The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-05-03
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Skotohed for InfOr-
nation OF Our Readers.

Tho teaching of German viii 10
stopped at once IN all Of the schools
OF Linn county,
John SteycnA, pioneer farmer of
Josephine county. was killcd BY tho
accidental discharge of riflo,
over 100 drlrgaleS from many parts
Of western Oregon attended the con
yention of tho Oregon state Sunday
school at Salon,
Machinery iA nav bc!ng installed
by the Black Butte quicksilver mines
near Cottage Grove that viii double
tho output Of the property
One OF the duties OF the Oregon
military police will be tho enforcement
Of tho Oregon prohibition laws. Gov
ernor withycombo has announced
After lying at deaths door for over
is weeks. Earl withyeonbe, son Of
Governor withycombe. Is expected TO
recover. lie In In Washington. d. c.
district attorneys OF western Oregon
held u conference at Salem relative
TO ways and means Of nupprcaslng
violation Of the Oregon prohibition
law.
Representative slnno.L OF Oregon.
vas appointed member OF tho apo'
rlhl house waterways committee to
succeed irvine l.. Lcnroot, elected 10
tho senate.
4 bis slide in tho tunnel OF the
Columbia 4 Nchaiem River railroad
has practically suspended operations In
tho nine logging camps Of the Sohalem
valley for an indefinite time,
A largo delegation Of county farm
agents Of eastern Oregon, members OF
county agricultural councils and Orc
son Agricultural college faculty NOM
hers attended conference al Baker.
ny way OF keeping a more watchtul
oya on dealers in foodatuifp. the state
food administration haH appointed u
new price reporters In about score OF
different cities and towns OF Oregon.
Members Of ths Cattle and Horse
Ralserb' Association Of Oregon held
their annual meeting NJ Ontario. About
900 persona attended the convention.
Beud was aeiectod TO entertain the
next convention. .... -......
D. N, Cooper. resident OF Linn coun'
" for the past 60 years. died At his
home three miles north Of Albany.
aged rs years, He crossed the plains
10 Oregon in 1852 and had lived near
Albany ever since.
Lane county. with % companies OF
home guard oEganixed and In process
Of organisation. claims the distinction
Of leading the state In the training OF
civilians TO meet any emergency which
might develop IN connection with tho
war. ........-.
Portland leads the world In per
capita contributions for tho Armenian
aud Syrian relief fund. The news IN
this statement was received from New
York by ]. ]. Handsaker, state secro'
tary OF the Armenian and Syrian ro'
lief committee,
Two deaths were reported to the
state Industrial accident commission
for tho week ending April rs out OF
q total OF 4ss accidents, The fatali'
,les were. q. Makloskl, Hoskins, log
yer, and II. Campbell, Oakland, con
structlon worker.
BY the $3.50" policy adopted BY
tho state board OF control for the use
Of cereals and cereal products az the
state institutions during the coming
six months, the consumption OF wheat
flour will be cut from 400 barrels q
month to 200 barrels,
Acting upon authority Of the state
council OF defense, J. A. Churchill,
state superintendent Of schools, has
sent TO all Oregon school teachers an
insertion for tho textbooks In geo
Eraphy 10 contradict teaching relative
to the German empire.
Secretary OF State olcott has made
the apportionmcnt to the counties OF
sS666S7, being per cent OF the ro-
oeipts from the sales OF public lands
during the year ending June 80, 1917
as allotted, to the state Of Oregon by
the federal government
Forty interested mohalr and wool.
growers met at Eddyvlllo and organic ,
cd the Eddyville mohalr and wool
pool, Forty proxies were also repre-
sented by those present. organiEa'