The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-23
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly skeiched for Inior.
nation OF Our Readers.

this fall IN the public schools of Linn
county.
Twenty Linn county school districts
are yet without teachers for the com
lnE school year
The Oregon state convention Of the
Brethren convened at Albany for a
acnalon Of five days. Almost 100 dele
gAtea we're present
Forty,two nominees for office nomi'
mated at the primaries last May have
failed to file the aeeoptanccu, according
to Secretary Of State oloot,.
Cottage Grove will have free mail
delivery, beginning September 2. the
poniofflce having received orders to
make the necessary preparations
Finding OF badly decompoacd body
near Powers is believed to solve tho
mystery OF william DletE' disappear
anoe from Marphfield two weeks ago.
Arrangements are being made for
the establishment OF a Red Cross balv.
age shop IN North Bend by representa-
tivca Of the various womcn'a orEani'
IAllons.
The advance guards OF the Indians
from the Warm Springs reservation.
who CONS every year to tho Willamette
valley 10 pick hops. has arrived In
Eugene.
Oregon hens from Oregon AErieul'
tural college arc holding first place
In each Of tho three great egg laying
contests. storrs. British Columbia aud
Pullman.
Joseph Monocco. wanted on charge
Of having slain Mary splna. aged Is. In
her homo at Portland. was arrested At
Vancouver u. C., aud returned TO
Portland.
Contracts for four more steel vessels
OF the asooton type have been awarded
by the Emergency Fleet corporation TO
tho AlhinA Engine Machine works,
OF Portland.
The Pacific Coast Norwegian Gins.
era' association viii hold ita annual
convention and sangcrfcst. with hall
concerts. In Portland. August 81 and
September and :.
The initiative and referendum pam
phlcts have been mailed TO the clec.
torata OF the state The pamphlets
went TO approximately $4,000 voters.
Secretary olcott stated.
Union and Wallowa counties have
more grouse this year than In many
previous years. hunters from ever the
two counties report. The percentage
of young ones Ia unusually heavy.
According 10 information received by
the Hood River county court the Co
lumbia river highway between Hood
River and Moaier will not be con.
structed during the period OF the war.
Establishment of a twinc industry
at the state pcnitentiary Ia a project
10 which Governor withycombe 10 giv.
Ing consideration and which probably
will be submitted 10 the legislature.
The Salem branch OF the Insurance
Federation OF Oregon passed resolu.
tions opposed 10 the governments TAX.
Ing over OF the insurance business, as
proposed in bills pending before con.
greAa.
The August report Of r. l.. Kent,
field agent OF the bureau OF crop es.
timates, shows tho onion prospects OF
Oregon at 10 per cent OF normal as 20
condition, In comparison with so per
cent OF a year ago.
At the request Of Secretary McAdoo,
State Fire Marshal Wells has changed
the date OF fire prevention day In this
state from October 0 TO November ?.
30 that II will not conflict with the
liberty loan campaign.
Under the budget OF the Hood River
Applegrowers' association, Just adopted
by the directors. maximum charge OF
90 cents per box for apples and 10
cents for pears may be made for han
ding the fruit the coming year.
Fire. caused either by short cir.
cult or break In the power line,
burned out three OF the large trans.
formers at the Link river power plant
Of the California Oregon Power com.
pany, with an estimated loss OF $4,000.
To offset the hay shortage, which
threatens the stoekmen OF the Klamath
district this coming winter. ranchers
operating along the shores OF the big
lpper klamath lake are putting up
thousands OF tons Of Wild hay which
aas never heretofore been cut
Immediate construction OF a coal
storage dock near the municipal eleva.
.or at st. Johns was decided upon at
meeting oi the Port Of Portland ecm'l