The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-02-08
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly sksichsd for Inior
nation Of Our Readers.

county
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
Churchill has made formal announce
mont Of hia candidacy for reelection.
The sutherlIn Spray Manufacturing
company has been organized to manu-
iactnrc sprays for orehardiais NJ snth
erlln.
The executive board Of the Oregon
federation of womrn'p Clubs has De.
eided that the next ANNUAL meeting
will BE- held a. Portland.
Salem shippers have begun move
ment 10 force n physical connection at
that place between the lines Of tho
southern Pacific and the oreEen Flee.
tFie.
Groupings Of asphal,um aud dried
oil. which can be traced for over half
q mile. have been uncovered on gov
ernmeal land six miles east Of Aah.
land.
Senator McNary IL urging the pass.
age Of bill permitting the exchange
OF public lands for privately owned
lands, 80 public landa may be consoi.
dated.
Judge 4. Benson will succeed Judge
J. c. Mofcland a. clerk Of tho au'
preme court lie II nov deputy clerk.
and has served as such for tho las.
ie years.
one Of the most daTing robbcries IN
the history Of Yamhlll county postof'
ticea was that which netted the thieves
close 10 tiIo0 In currency and supplies
II Yamhill
Baker In reported TO be tho first
city IN the state 10 achieve 100 per
cent in the matter OF providing war
savings stamp selling stations. It's al.
ioted quota Of stations was 10.
Tho public service commission Il
notifying ~ public utilities that their
annual reports for the year ending
December 81. 1917. must be submitted
10 tho commission by April l.
judge J. G. MoFoland. one Of the old.
cot members OF the Oregon bar and
for the past 10 years clerk Of the
Oregon supreme court. died suddenly
Al Salem from heart trouble.
After serving for is years aa state
labor commissioner for Oregon. O. r.
Hoft has made formal announcement
of bis candidacy for the republican
nomination for state treasurer
In his annual report for the year
1917. Deputy Scaior of Weights and
Measures Spence Workman. shows
total Of 1857 scales examined. OF which
90 were condemned permanently.
After celebrating only ib minutes.
n Jury In the United States court AZ
Portland found Floyd Ramp. active 40
oIalist of Rosebnrg. guilty On each Of
two counts In an indictment chaFginK
him with violation of the espionage
act.
Fiahlng 10 now prohibited In mum.
Der OF Klamath county streams, Tho
warm. weather has caused tho ttsh to
30 upstream for the spawning time
much earlier this year. and these Ger.
tain points are closed to protect future
fishing.
Ono man was hurt and from $4,000 TO
10000 In damage was done when the ,
!hreestory trpmc hotel, recently con.
,tructcd by tho Sommarstrom ship
company at Columbia City. !
lwo and cne.half miies from ST. Helens.
sas completely destroyed BY fire. /
Two OF the 6i2 accldenta reported 10 1
he state industrial accident commits.
lion during tho week ending January /
i we're fatal. They were Fred H !
Alller, Portland. killed in shipbnildlng q
'porations. and Clarke corell, OF Sea i
ide, killed in losgfhg operations. I
The Farmers union Of umatilla 3
ounty has toIcHaphed tho Oregon q
delegation In congress- asking that the b
warehouse, where tho grain Is actually o
urned over lethe govSrnmenf. instead i
1 terminal city such aa Portland or
Ipokane, DO established as primary d
market. a
Articles OF incorporation, with stock h
laced at $i.O00.o00 have been filed /,
,r the Cold Hin Manganese company. d
10 incorporators being Tacoma part II
ss. The property Of the company was ,
aeentIy purchased by u. Mccoliey, Il
I Tacoma. and dis. locatedsdown Rogue Il
yer about 90 miles from Grants Pass, 9a
superintendent Churchill has receiv- I,
instructions from President Wilson oi
nd Provost MarshalGeneral Crowder, n
} call upon al school'teachsra Of the
ate to report 70 the local draft boards "
their respective districts and offer In
Ismsslyss Tor duty in copying por fs
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