The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-07-18
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Wsss
Briefly sksichsd for lnior.
nation OF Our Readers.

thlrd'claas office,
Al Portland hog price records wcr
smashed Saturday when boss Wet
quoted At t3s q hundred pounds
The Lebanon canncry In taxed I,
ia utmost 10 care for the logsnbcrric
offered for canning al this time,
The Oregon state highway eomml,
slon has let contracts for ApproAima,,
ly 100 miles Of road paving. 10 cos
sb7is.iia.
Records al the Portland city heal,l
bureau show tina, births from Januar,
10 July have exceeded the number o
deaths by 57s
W A. Reid. secretary Of the Marsh
field chamber Of commerce, has 70
ceivcd an offcr OF tho sccretaryshiI
Of Tho Dailcs chamber.
David G. sanderson. publisher o.
the FrcewHtcr Times. died suddenl,
IN his room at tho Benson hotel "
Portland. supposedly from heart dis
ease.
Deputy Secretary Of state KozeI
announces tina, tho ipip.ip2o volume
OF the Oregon Blue book will BE- ready
FOR distribution the latter part Of this
month.
Governor olcctt appointed Arthur
Berridge, OF Portland. as member Of
tho state board OF accountancy 10 sue
coed w. n. Mckenzie. who has re.
signed.
Owners OF nearly 5000 acres Of
pruues ia Lane county became mem,
bers OF the Oregon Fruit Growers Co,
operative association at meeting held
10 Eugene.
Bend, McMlnnvillc. klamath Falls
and Astoria are the latest Oregon
towns to mako application for organl
zation Of local chapters Of the Ameri
can Legion.
Governor olcott and Mayor Baker
Of Portland have extended an invita-.
tIon 10 President Wilson 10 accom-.
pany the new Pacific fleet when Il Wis
ita Portland
Construction Of the Port OF Astoria's
ti.Ooo.o0o export pier No. > will be
started Immediately by tho Founda'
tion company, whose officials and staff
Of engineers are now ~ the city.
sheriff Anderson OF Baker has 70.
turned from San Francisco with
Charles Connors. the alleged iIalnes
bank robber, who 10 now locked up
In tho Baker county jail awaiting trial.
Senator !. L. Patterson OF Polk coun.
~. mentioned Ms possible selection
for warden OF the Oregon state penl.
tentiary, denied emphatlcaily that he
10 or ever had been candidate for
tho position.
Excavation has started for the $40.
900 engineering laboratory building NJ
the Oregon Agricultural college an.
thorlIed BY the legislature. tho con.
tract having been lot 70 Hoover & Nc.
Nell, OF Albany.
A group OF Scandinavian merchants,
financial men and traders visited In
Portland and placed contracts for big
quantities OF foodstuffs, manufactured
goods and raw products and for the
construction OF ships.
Fire losses In Oregon. outside Of
Portland, for tho month OF June ag.
grcgated sfl6,s5t, according 10 q
statement BY State Fire Marshal Har.
yey Wells. Albany, Hood River and
Marshtield suffered the heaviest loss.
ciatsop county is in need Of school
teachers and unless application are re-
ceived for existing vacancies soon.
several country schools will be with.
out instructors next fall, according TO
o. II. Byland, county superintendent.
seth l.. Roberts Of Portland was ap.
pointed by Goyernor. olcott TO succeed
J. w. Ferguson as o member Of the
state board OF accountancy. Mr. Fer.
guson resigned when he became
OF the industrial accident com.
The grain yield Of Clackamas coun-
ty for 1919 Is to be larger than for
many years. and the farmers. who
have planted much Of their land this
year 20 oats, wheat and other grain,
are optimistic oyer the outlook for
large harvest.
The war mineral relief committee
will arrive in Portland July "a and
will remain one day investigating tho
claims OF chrome mining interests In
Oregon for reimbursement OF losses
while producing ore for the
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According TO reports from Washing.
Ton the Pacific fleet and Secretary OK