The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-06-20
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly skstchsd for Inior'
nation OF Our Readers.
Newport pos,oiiies will bo second
elAna After IulY L

Mayor Albin OF Salem has an
nouneed HIS intention Of rcHigninE Ia
take up farming,
Sheridan was represented At the
Portland Victory Rono Festival by .
girls band Of - pieces
A chapter Of tho American Legion
has been formed by tho returned sol
dicrs OF klamath county.
The school board asks tho people
of Portland TO vote next Saturday on
q bond issue OF t?.6oo.oo0,
n. .. Jones. state representative
from Lincoln and Polk counties. has
resigned ~ mayor Of Newport,
The min OF the Hardwood Lumber
company At Albany was destroyed by
fire. entailing . loss OF $4,000.
The 9Th annual reunion Of the ore.
son Pioneer association was opened
In the Portland auditorium Thursday.
June 10.
Ralph Tudor OF sutehern. Or. was
appointed 10 West Point military acad.
envy BY Senator Chamberlain and will
enter Immediately.
A new deposit OF gold has been dis,
covered on the beach ct Newport near
the old life saving station and 10 eaus
ing much excitement
Influenza 10 reaching worrying pro,
portions at Hood River Scores Of
residents Of tho county have fallen
victims to tho epidemic.
Corvallis carpenters have recently
formed q union and honccforth will
ask for SO per day OF eight hours.
The wage was formerly IS.
Fifty business men and dairymen
met 1T Yamhill and took preliminary
steps toward organizing . cooperative
creamery and cheese factory.
Two fatalities are included In the
list Of $50 accidents reported TO the
state industrial accident commission
for tho week ending June ~.
The store OF the Hill Hardware
company at Harrisburg was broken
into and goods TO the value OF 5000
and 800 In cash were taken by the
robbcr
Two thousand outottown Victory
Rose Festival guests we're accommo-
dated In Portland private homes, &C.
eording 10 statistics complied at the
housing huFssI.
The Roach Timber company. holder
Of 5000 acres OF timber In Douglas
county. will soon begin the construc.
tlon OF 20 miles OF railroad and two
large sawmiils In Sutheriin valley.
The Dailes entertained delegates to
the @, A. II, convention which met
there Tuesday. The soldiers OF the
civil war were welcomed warmly by
Tho residents and an enjoyable pro.
gram arranged,
Colonel John l.. Leader, military
and instructor at the Uni.
Fernity Of Oregon. has rendered his
10 President Campbell and
will leave at the end OF the term for 9
British Columbia.
The oil possibilities Of Coos county Q
IRE TO be investigated thoroughly,
senator McNary has sent word TO the 9
North Bend chamber OF commerce .
hat ho hes arranged for government
nan 10 come 10 this locality for the n
purpose, 3
Marion MeClain Of Eugene has been 0
elected 40 successor 10 Dean II. Walk. 0
II as graduate manager OF student ac- U
ivities at the University Of oregon. G
dr. McClain 10 n graduate with the y
lass Of 1908 and has been In business q
D Eugene since.
The need for si25,00o worth Of re. @
airs, reconstruction and improve II
rents on the Central Oregon irriga' G.
lon project 10 given as the chief 3
sason for an advance from so cents CT
, 80 per acre In maintenance fees
harged settlers. "
The famous old battleshp Oregon u
as been taken out Of commission at u
10 Puget Sound navy yard and will
smain there pending decision by Orc. u
On as to whether that state desires n
, take over the vessel for the Ore. e'
On naval militia. "
Four more alien slackers we're for. III
yer barred from becoming American re
tixens by an order Of Circuit Judge IN
akin at Astoria. Approximately 20 W
reign born residents Of this section ce
i've been denied citizenship because dt
ey evsded the military draft. M
shortage OF creosote oil and other 10
sential material has caused the West al
,ast Lumbermen's association TO oN