The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-10-11
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Inior.
nation OF Our Readers.

Already 10 bushels Of peach and
prune pits have been collected Ia
Salem.
John Cary. aged 81 years. for n
years a resident q waHco county. died
ut The Dalica.
Winter wheat 10 making good prog
rcps In Oregon aud the indications are
favorable for an increased acreage.
Mrs Miranda Smith. a pioneer resi-
dent Of Oregon. died on her ranch. six
miles from NewberG. at tho age Of 80.
AstorlR's new Liberty temple. erect.
cd at the Courthouse square. was dedl'
Gated Friday with appropriate exer.
elacB,
Three hundred men entered the
Oregon reserve officers training camp
which opened Saturday ut the Univer.
atty OF Oregon,
Rain carried away a stretch Of flume
OF the Hood River Apple Growers as.
ISOLATION water power plant. and as .
result number OF the eity's industries
were made idle.
Organization OF q state association
OF county officials will be perfected at
meetings to be held In the Multnomah
county courthouse from October 80 to
November 2. Inclusive.
The house has passed Representative
Hawiey's bill authorizing the eonstruc-
lion Of n dam acroes Depot slough.
near Toledo, for the reclamation OF
several hundred acres OF tide land,
Because OF the governments slow
flour.buyinE policy In the northwest.
the flour mills are slowing down In
their operations until now they are
grinding TO less than so per cent OF
their capacity.
A. n. Lea. who will be general man
ager Of the North Pacific International
Livestock show at Portland this year.
has announced tentative dates for the
show, November Is to 81. inclusive.
subject to ratification at q meeting TO
be held In Portland
The s,atg board OF equalization.
which includes members OF the state
tax commission. will meet In Salem
October 81 to equalize properties coni'
Ink under the tax commission, These
include utilities which operate In
more than one county
Representative sinnott has intro.
duccd bill authorizing the secretary
OF the interior to extend for 10 years
the period of the contract with the
state OF Oregon covering the Tumalo
irrigation project. The present time
limit will expire January IL, 1919.
Meetings Of the IL. district councils
OF the Loyal Legion Of Loggcrs and
Lumbermcn. the body representing en-.
pioyers and more than 100000 work.
ers, will be held simultaneously over
the northwest. October 10. The call
was issued by Spruce Production Di.
vision headquarters at Portland.
The organizing Of Q stock company
by retail meat dealers 10 control the
meat trade Of the Coos bay district 10
reported to be under way, taking in all
shops In North Bend and Marshileld.
excepting the Union Meat company's
shop at Marshfield. The new company
10 TO have paid.up capital Of $4,000
Until October IL young men OF Ore.
gon may volunteer for induction and
entrance into the next class at the
Benson Polytechnic school In. Portland.
In preparation for war duties OF q
mechanical nature. Volunteers are &C
cepted only until given boards quota
10 filled. Entrainment will occur oc.
tober i6.
The freight rate on corn shipments
from Nebraska to oregon will be re-
duced from 81 cents hundred to IS
cents, according to information reach.
ing the Oregon public service commits.
sion from the railroad administration.
The Oregon commission protested tho
Increased rate some time ago when
complained.
oregon's quota of sss,7os.lso in the
Fourth Liberty loan was brought to
Thursday night when new
we're announced which
more than filled Portlands apportion'
ment Of sis,S23.421. The committee
announced that Portland win claim the
honor OF being the first city OF It's
class in the country to go over the top.
A cloudburst did heavy damage at
and vicinity, inundated
the tracks at one place between Hunt
lnston and the Snake river, hating all
railway traffic, and caused washouts
Of numerous highways and small
bridges. The deluge tore up streets In
flooded Easements and
carried tons OF earth and debris with
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