The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-22
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketohed for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.


with iOs members.
Columbia county has just lot con
tracts for $4,000 worth OF improve
mantA on county roads
PortiandH Liberty Temple. built q
be- used ~ headquarters for Tho thirr
Liberty Loan. was dedicated Tuesday
Frank ~ Radoyan. Of San Francisco
has bceu In Roseburg soliciting sup
port for a fruit evaporating and can
,ninE plant.
Mrs. y. n. wilkins OF Eugene waS
unanimously elected rogen, Of tho orc
son state Chapter. Daughters OF the
American Revolution. ut the annual
conference held In Portland Saturday.
Lumbormen from all parts OF west
ern oregon and Western MAahington
vtli gather in Portland Friday, March
20. TO attend tho monthly meeting Of
tho West Coast Lunbermen's aasocia.
tion.
The Central Oregon woolgrowera
association was organized ct Bend Sat
urday az q meeting attended BY sheep.
men from the ranges bounded by Was
co on the north. klamath on tho south
and Malheur on tho east,
An hourly wage Of aih cents, on
an hourly basis. waa adopted BY the
public conference as tho minimum
wage for women workers throughout
the state In all employmenta except
mercantile occupations and office posi-
tlona.
Oregon mills made . substantial gain
IN the lumber cut In 1917 over 1916,
six,y.five mills In Oregon with 6eo.'
900 feet daily capacity or more pro.
dueed s.Oss .ssi 900 feet Of lumber in
1917. compared with i,Tt2.os2.ooo feet
IN 1918.
m. Rev. nlAhop Charles ]. o'Reilly.
head Of the Catholic diocese OF Baker
since 1908. has accepted the appoint
meut a. bishop OF the Lincoln. Neb.
diocese 10 succeed Bishop ]. Henry
Tiehn. named as bishop OF Denver.
Col. diocese
Farmers along tho new Ssrahorn rail-
way are preparing 10 ship this years
Grain crop in bulk 20 Pacific ports.
Plans are being drawn for n co'ope'
ratiyo grain elevator. OF 10000. o.bushei
capacity. 10 he erected about six miles
east Of klamath Falls.
The Miami Quarry company has
commenced work on It's contract with
the government to construct ictty
st YauuinA bay. The work Includes
the construction OF 10000 feet OF
tramway and tho hauling and placing
ct $4,000 tons OF rock,
The Pacific Coast Starch company'a
plant at Beaverton was opened Satur.
DAY and will begin Immediately the
OF potato starch, potato /
'lour. potato iarina and other products I
which formerly were imported In great 1
quantities from Germany,
On o bid OF st20.a2s the J. A. Nc. I
.achsrn company. OF Seattle. win con. a
srnct the first pier OF Portlanda new /
municipal terminal At So. Johns, where n
work. 10 also under way on the axca. q
alton and foundation piling for the
900 900. .bushei grain elevator. q
Less than three weeks remain In h
rhich candidates for state or district '
iiices may file with the secretary OF 1
tate their declaration Of candidacy 4
E nominating petition. The time for /,
Ilings pxpirea April is, yet but very a
sw candidates have filed for office, u
with view OF opening as many OF "
10 main highways Of tho state aa 10
ossible to traffic. the state highway d
,mmisBion will institute suit soon b
! tho supreme court TO determine Al
neither II 10 permissible under the ut
!, 100000 paving act to lay macadan. ct
The holdup man who had been ter. al
rising Portland streetoar operatives al
nee February 2s was killed at the m
Id OF the Fulton streetoar line by m
otorman P. @. Heath. formerly q 81
lard at the state penitentiary. The
,ad man was A. W. Blue, formerly M
Denver 81
As the first move In the campaign tn
secure greater production OF poul. OF
y, the department OF agriculture an. OF
unces the appointment of u. L. Up sh
n OF Grants Pass, as extension poul. pll
, husbandman, to cooperate with the fr,
eEon Agricultural college, and with wa
lice at Corvallis. wa
That there win be a scarcity OF water tea
! irrigation during the coming sea. fire
d In some sections Of Baker county
d eastern Oregon. 10 the belief OK afr
sssed BY those familiar with con- DEL