The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-02-22
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly skstchsd for lnfor-
nation OF Our Readers.

James Y, faTkcF' thhfut oi hhh'
county has resigned.
Henry Clay Perkins. pioneer. Of 1853.
died at Grants Pass aged "a years.
Tho s7th annual state Christian
Endsayor convention was held at
Baker.
Tho total taxable value Of all prop
srty IN Multnomah county amounts 10
ssoS.ssi.stB.
II n practically assured tina, Joseph
viii have = new concrete grain eleva
cor thls spring.
Linn county poatofiices sold SIS
sssiT worth Of thrift and war savings
stamps In January.
The flFs. irrigation school ever held
IN Oregon opened at Redmond Monday
and will continue all week.
Contractor A. U. c. Berry IL assembl'
lng q part Of bis outfit at Toledo for
work on tho south iet,y OF the Yaquina
bar
The clalaop County Agricultural
council was organized a. Astoria nt q
meeting Of farmers from various sec
tons Of the county.
There are now s0,0eT registered vol.
ers In Mullnomah county eligible 70
vote at the primary election May II.
according 10 latest tabulauons.
UmAtllla county farmers are expect
ing 10 profit 10 considerable extent
from the crop and farm labor survey
which IL beInE taken BY County Assent
Ghrock.
Judge T. ,. Ryan. assistant state
treasurer. said that during last year
the state treasury department collect
ca ssa.gss.st IN interests upon state
deposits.
A party Of four soldiers. under com.
mand Of Lieutenant A. Gagnon. are In
Coos ccunty obtaining data on the
spruce areas and the best means Of
logging the timber.
Manganese. valuable ~ war caacn.
tiai 10 temper steel for BIG guns. prom
lses TO be one Of the leading products
of Jackson county. for the largcat and
pares, dspcT's are known to exist
there.
Mlaa Lillian Roahelm. aged 10.
daughter Of Mr., and Mira. g. y Res.
helm. OF ;Ilyerton lea in o sanitarium
In a serious condition as the result
OF an attack by an unknown masked
man who tried 10 steal her hair.
Governor withyeombe has accepted
the resignation Of Mrs. Bertha VIII
liams Griffith. Of La Grande. as
momber Of the state board OF examin'
alton OF graduate nurses, Miss Eliza,
beth Darling was appointed IN her
stead.
Jesse Myrl Jones. % years old. OF
Mulino. had his wife.chop part Of hia
index finger of IN order thar he would
bc exempted from military service. but
Mrs. Jones did not cleaye close
enough, 40 her husband was not ex.
empted.
with the statement that II the goods
are satisfactory ho can place an I'm.
mediate contract. General uoethals.
uuartermaster general Of tho United
states army. has wired the Salem com.
n,ercIai club for details concerning de.
hydrating plants In Oregon.
Filing OF deed by the Southern
Pacific Railway company for . largo
acreage Of tidelands in the vicinity OF
the Glasgow townsito, in Coos county,
gives rise TO the belief the company
has Intentions Of opening more coal
lands IN the Coos bay country
County courts have no authority TO
Increase salaries. OF deputy county
clerks and deputy sheriifs when such
salaries are fixed by law. according
to an opinion given by Attorney Gen.
erai Brown TO Edward G. Judd, dis.
trict attorney Tor ciataop county
Beginning February 20. all office
buildings In Oregon are to be heatless
at night. irrespective OF the source
from which heat IL derived, Il must be
turned OF IN office buildings at $3.50
o'clock each evening and not turned on
again until 7 o'clock In the morning.
Notwithstanding the fact that As
toria has recently completed the erec-
ton OF a new 20.room grade school
building. the number Of pupils Is In.
creasing so rapidly that the district
must build three more structures be-
fore the opening OF the coming school
year,
The boarding school at the Umatilla
Indian agency which has been Fix.
taro there almost as Ions as the agen.
Icy has been established, Is to be dis
sensInusd 1uxa %, Aeenrdins .Lo-woEd