The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-02-07
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly sketched for Inior
nation Of Our Readers.

hltmhth county ~ now tla2ssshsie'
A large attendance Of growers an,
others in expected At the fourth an
nual meeting Of tho Western Walnut
association 70 be held IN Portland Feb
ruafy and 7.
After Ions vacation. oooAHioned b,
the iniiuensa epidemic. the Monmouth
public schools opened again Monday
having been closed slnce = week be-
fore the Christmas holidays.
Win practically no new "flu" cases
for several days, the Albany health
authorities have removed the ban on
that city ssSS SLOWED public meetings
IN ehurchts and theatres. and schools
TO reopen.
Because several small school chill.
drsn have been run over and serious.
iy hurt by automobiles OF late. the
La orande ParvHss Teacher association
has launched : campaign against care.
less driving.
Representatives OF party Of French
Canadians. who deslre 10 secure farm.
ing land and locate In tho willamette
valley. have boon In the Albany sec.
ton tho past few days looking for de.
siFabls tracts.
The Oregon Congress OF Mothers
and PaFentTeachef associations will
hold a child welfare drive In Portland
February u for the purpose OF financ.
ing the work Of the parents eduea'
tlonai bureau.
An offer OF s27o.0oo has been made
BY A. l.. Hill and other business men
Of Medford for tho purchase Of tho
Pacific a Eastern railroad property.
The offer ID now under consideration
BY the bondholders.
One section Of the Mckenzie river
wagon road, construction OF which
waa halted by tho declaration OF war.
will be built this summer. according
to word received by Clyde n. seltE,
district forest supervisor.
Captain J. l.. Wood. Of Albany. 10
one OF 30 officers selected from the
Engineer corps OF the American Ex.
peditl6nary force 10 appraise tho prop.
erty damage caused by the German
army In iis operations In Belgium and
Franco.
The senate and house oonterees on
the revenue bill have been asked by
Senator McNRFy - place per gallon
tar OF 10 cents on ioganbcrry and
other fruit Juices instead OF the 20
per cent gross sales tax 40 approved
BY the house.
The taxpayers OF umatilla county
are getting behind tho movement 20
induce the county court to call for
special eioss:...en for submitting 10 the
voters tho plan OF issuing serial bonds
providing for permanent road con.
utruction In the county,
Construction on tbs depots for the
Prineville railroad. one at the juno.
tion and tho other at the terminus in
the city OF Prineville. has been start.
cd. and on the completion OF these
structures. regular passenger traffic
over the road will begin.
Motor vehicle registrations for Jan.
uary. 1919. exceeded those OF January.
1918. by nearly 10000. according to ,
for the month made public
at the office Of Secretary Of State Oh
cott. There we're &e.os2 motor We. |
hicIe registrations for the past month. q
Portland had the lowest monthly. !
fire loss during January since May, 1
1910, with the single exception Of one
December, 1917. The exact !
lire loas has not yet been tabulated, n
but Fire Marshal Grenfell estimates
the January loss at approximately v
5000. a
The fruit crop In Douglas county re. 8
urned over sl.oOo,oOo to growers in 4
e1s, and as labor and weather condi- ]
ions were unfavorable fruit men are a
highly pleased. u
Through deals closed last week at h
food River. J. r. NunamakeF and Il
ons, Don. Floyd and Neal Nunamaker. n
lready owners Of 76 acres Of full s
earring orchards, have increased their ci
oldinss by rs acres, The aggregate
I the sums paid will reach $4,000, 1t el
] said. OF
A total OF ti4,27o.5e was collected a
Or the Oregon soldiers and sailors IN
md, raised In Portland by various al
Entertainments for the benefit OF Ore m
on men overseas and Of this amount 10
total Of s542b.Os has been dinbursed. "
'aving balance OF sss45.47 intact in 81
ie fund, at
The attendance at the public school 81
Mott. 23 miles west OF Eugene on ct