The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-29
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skeiched for lnfor-
nation OF Our Readers.

The state oncampment OF the q. A
n, will be held at Albany May 1915.
The German language has beer
barred from the Albany public schools
The annual meeting of the Oregon
Retail Jewellers association will b.
held at Salem In June,
The farmers OF Warren have decided
tn build warehouse for the standard
ration and handling Of all farm pro
ducts.
The Southern Pacific company will
cooperate With Denton county In Ia
campaign for a general poisoning Of
Gophors and Eround squirrels.
Tho game department, Of the state
OF Ohio has ordered 5000 China pheas.
ant eggs from Charles d, Alexander.
Of Albany. who conducts n pheasant
farm.
The Employed lleys' Brotherhood OF
Astoria was organized at masa meet.
inE OF boys between tho ages OF i6 and
81 years. employed In the Industries Of
Astoria.
Crews have begun work preparatory
TO sinking eAissona for tho piers Of tho
new concrete bridge 10 BE- built across
Hood river jointly by the state and
Hood River county.
Baker county farmers at q largely
attended meeting under tho auspices OF
the county agricultural council aceld.
I'd on $50 q month AZ tho farm wage
seais during tho planting season.
Oregon patrons Of lie insurance
companies are q healthy risk, A state
ment issued by Insurance Commission.
or Wells shows tha, losses were only
about per cent OF tho insurance in
1917.
The emergency board authorized the
creation OF q deficiency In the sum OF
t3So.0oo for the purpose OF carrying
on the work Of protection Of ahipyardn
and other Industries engaged In war
work.
According 10 Ira Hutehins. vice.
presiden, Of the Oregon Gamers ~.
ISOLATION and manager OF the Browns.
vile cannery. tho Corvallis canncry
plant has been purchased by tho
DrownAviilo Institution.
Revised reports Of thrift stamp sales
in Oregon show that Union county,
with d population OF 10000. has total
OF l6i In the Junior rainbow division.
compared with a total Of iss In Mutt.
nomah and 100 In Marion.
Pacific college at Newbcrg is giving
q short course for ministers this week.
March rs TO 30. This 10 being held in
connection With the annual confer.
encc OF the Ministerial association OF
Oregon Yearly Meeting OF Friends,
Porter q Connolly have again put
gang OF men on the grade OF the Gale
Crock 4 Wilson river railroad. south OF
Banks. II will take some time TO re.
pair the damage done TO the grade
by the heavy ralns OF last winter.
Two out OF 500 accidents reported
10 the state industrial accident com.
mission for the week ending March
II we're fatal. The men fatally injur.
ID we're John Miller. MIN City, logger, I
Ind Berton Sharpe. vending, lumber. I
nan.
A third battalion OF the Oregon I
laval militia has been authorized by
Governor withycomhc and immediate /
OF 1000 enlisted men and
II officers required on q regulation ,
United States battleship will begin at
nee. q
Lane county farmers are not dis.
outraged By the short bean crop last
ear, the result OF the unusually dry c
reather. and will seed more than 1000 Q
cres to that crop this spring, accord, q
ng to County Agricultural Agent n 8.
.obb. Q
A military organization was created r
" the tmpqua country at Reedsport. v
he organization 10 to be called the n
ort OF umpqua Home Guards, and is
imposed OF members from Gardiner. b
eedsport, scottsburs and Smith n
liver. n
Establishing q new worlds speed t,
cord In steel shipbuilding, the Co. Il
mbia River shipbuildlng corporation r,
Portland launched the fabricated p
Ill qt an ssoo.ton government ship pl
edntsday. Just 90 days after the keel m
40 laid. III
Under the direction Of the agricul. In
raj council, the farmers OF Linn ri
unity are holding q campaign to raise Ia
oney to secure the services Of coun.