The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-10-25
OREGON news NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor-
nation Of Our Readers.

The fifth annual Marion county corr
show will be held In Salem the secont
week in December
| The plant of the Cottage Grove Ice
company at Cottage Grove was com
pletely destroyed by fire.
The forest service has closed a con
tract for construction Of the Canyon
ville.Galesville link completing the Pa
cific highway.
County judges and commissioners OF
Oregon counties will meet in conven.
tion at the Multnomah county court.
house October 80.
Thirty-six militia companies, includ.
ing national guard and Oregon guard,
| have been mustered into state service,
aggregated in four regiments.
Lieutenant Leslie Orland Tooze, one
| of the Tooze twins, known throughout
the state, was killed by a German sni-
per in France on September 2S.
The fall season for fishing at Astoria
this year has been poor. Fairly good
catches Of silversides are made off the
mouth of the river, but little is doing
on the inside.
Kerby Miller, Of Medford, has re-
ceived appointment from Representa-
tive Hawley for admission as a cadet
to the United States military academy
at West Point. -'-
Because of the danger from Spanish
influenza, the hog and dairy show
which was to have been held at Her.
miston last week was postponed. The
show may be held later
The public service commission has
granted franchise under the boom
act to the Gresham Lumber company,
allowing it to operate on Drift creek,
Alsea river and Alsea bay in Lincoln
county. -.g..- ~
Hood River will have to go mayor
less, according to present indications.
H. L. Dumble, who has been mayor,
declares that he will not run for re-
election, and there are no prospective
candidates in sight.
A. ]. Hollingsworth, of Portland is
making an examination of records for
the Oregon Forest Fire association to
clear the records Of the state forestry
department from errors relative to the
ownership of timber lands.
There are 99,768 registered voters
in Multnomah county qualified to exer-
else their franchise at the general elec-
ton next month. The total registra-
tion of men is 57,526, while the regis
tration of women totals 42,242.
A survey of .Umatilla county is be-
ing made by Theodore Shafer, director
of rodent work for the United States
biological survey, with view to ex-
termination of jackrabbits, squirrels
and gophers, which are doing much
damage.
For the first time in the history of
Coos bay there was a double launching
Saturday The Burnside and the Fort
Leavenworth, Ferris type 3500.ton
Emergency Fleet corporation vessels,
went into the water at Marshfield and
North Bend.
Owing to the death of Malcolm Duni-
way, Senator Chamberlain will be
! called on to nominate candidate for
appointment as midshipman to Annap-
oils Applications may be sent to SEN
ator Chamberlain by boys from 16 to
Is years of age.
The state highway commission has
agreed with County Judge Anderson,
of Clackamas county, to draw the
plans and do the preliminary engin-
eering for a new bridge across the
Willamette river connecting Oregon
City and West Linn,
Details in preparation for the sur.
vey of labor and material resources OF
Oregon, to be made at direction of the
council of national defense, are near.
ing completion. Questionnaires on
which the desired data will be record
ed are being forwarded froI Wash
lngton,
Professor H. D. Scudder will go tc
Washington early in November to rep
resent the Oregon Land Settlement
commission and confer with the secre
tary of agriculture and the seeretar,
,f the interior regarding the part this
state may take In caring for returning
soldiers.
Exclusive OF permanent improve
meuts at the eastern Oregon state hos
pital, and the estimate of the biennia
expenses for the state training schoo
for boys, state institution heads hav,
prepared budgets showing that the!
estimate their expenses for 1920 a
E2,529, 1890.
Seven fatal accidents, besides 55,
aon.fatal accidents. were reported tt
he state industrial accident commits
sion during the past week. The fata
accidents were as follows; Richard
Minkenna, Homestead, miner; Klam
ith Billy, Siletz, numbering; Thoma
Enright, North Portland, flour mills
John Gefforos. Cornucopia. miner