The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-08-09
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketched for lnior-
nation OF Our Readers.

Temporary organization OF . saIeu
branch Of the Insurance Federation o
Urcgon has been effected.
Lane county growers are contracting
TO Hcll their hops on board cars a
local stations for 20 cents per pound
A detail of Oregon military pollc'
will be stationed In la Grando TO helI
protec, tho rapidly rlpenlnE gralt
fields.
Construction Of n cement drydocl
costing $4,000 will BE- commenced In
Portland January I. ncKt. by Joseph
Supple.
A loss OF $780, 900 Ia estimated as the
rcsul, Of fire which destroyed Il
warehouse at waeonda. nine miles
north OF Salem.
For the month OF July there passed
through the Pcndleton office Of the
federal employment service spproxi.
mately 500 hands.
Statistics for July indicate increased
Industrial activity, good business con
ditions and an unusual period OF pros.
perlty In Portland.
Oregon again took the lead in ship
iaanchlnEs for July, &c vessels having
LEFT tho ways having n combined dead.
weight capacity OF 10000 tons.
Edward Harris, OF the department,
Of agriculture. OF New South Wales.
10 In Pendietou for the purpose OF
studying methods OF bulkinE wheat.
In the last five years tho amount OF
revenue collected By the internal rev.
enue once In Portland has increased
from 100000 to more than $4,000.
900,
The disappearance OF Lew Barr. q
merchant at the Modoc Lumber com.
pany's mill on upper klamath lake. is
causing some excitement In klamath
Falls.
A convention OF delegates from all
the locals OF tho Loyal Legion OF Log.
GERS and Lumbermen west OF tho Cas-.
cadc mountains was held In Portland
Monday.
Fruit cAnneries In the Brownsville
section are prepared to pay 6 ccntS n
pound for evergreen blackberriea this
season and to take all tho frui, they
can get.
B Six women iookouts are now en-.
ployed In the Cascade national forest
and they have been making good. nc.
cordIns TO Supervisor c. n, seitz OF
that forest
SeventySevcn per cent OF the 1918
class OF selectivee In Umatllla county
are fitted for full military service, nc.
cording to a statement by the county
draft board.
Insurance clerks are not included in
tho work.or.fight order. according to
an advice received by Insurance Com.
missioner Harvey Wells from Provost
Marshal crowder.
A total OF s376.4oi.42 will be divided
among the counties for the school chill.
dren OF the state. according TO figures
by Superintendent Churchill,
The per capita will be si.sS.
Tho public service commission has
issued an order denying the applica.
tion OF the American Railway Express
company for a blanket increase OF 10
per cent In It's intra.state rates.
Mcsiinnville college has Just received
4 draft for $4,000 In payment of the
pledge Of the educational board OF the
Northern Baptist convention made In
Tho endowment campaign OF two years
lgo
The rainfall In the forest region
lround waldport has been 40 great
hat It will require 30 days for the I
,rush to dry. according to Supervisor Z
R. s Shelley. Of the siuslaw national q
crest.
Owing to too much automobile
peeding and danger OF accidents, and =
he damage to the gravel road, motor. Z
ycle oficer Ia TO be appointed TO police q
he road between Newberg and Nc. h
iinnville. {
Unless there is more rain In Oregon S
etween now and August Is, the open. 5
ne date for the hunting season, State A
'orester Elliott will be In favor Of
eeping the season closed until there I,
J further rainfall, v
The Pacific highway between Eu. o
enc and Junction City has been or. 4
cred closed for 80 days, This order m
as made TO prevent interference with ID
work at a point about Il
x miles north OF Eugene. CT
The railroad admlnistration,s order