The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-07-25
OREGON News NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of ths Week
Briefly sksichsd for Infer.
mailsn 0. Our Readers.


wsseo county has before II III
greatest program Of road eops,rue,lo'
IN ita history.
Al bids for Sherman couniy's 500,
oeo. issue Of road bouds were rcJecte'
by the county court.
Hut 10 tescherp IN . necessary forc'
~ "a have hcen secured for th.
Marsbfield city schools.
The Harrisburg chsmber OF Com
msrce viii hold q community fair dur
inG the week Of September ..
william w. Kellendopk. an old time
sesidsnt Of Es,saada. was found dead
iu bed. lie was 70 years old.
.. W. Bailey. pioneer Pendeton 81.
torney. died suaaaasnly in his office. Mr,
Bailey was about ~ years old.
0overner asss- Mrs. oloett begin.
blnE shout August !. viii leave Salem
on Q "trip 10 Yellowstone NatIoaal park,
That farm property 10 In demand In
,clseksmas county is evident from the
number Of sales ina. have been made
recently.
! The sswmili belonging 10 George
kiiian. . few miles from Silverton,
was destroyed by fire causing q loss
Of $500.
Under the direetion Of the Dallas
woman's club . swimming pool for
small children Ia being built In the bed
Of La Creole river.
Bids viii be received By the state
highway commission. August .. for
every mile Of highway between The
pailes and Pendle,on.
:. A. Churchill. state superintendent
Of public Instruction. he's jus, issued
the 1919 edition Of tho Oregon school
laws and copies are now being sent
out
Four steel steamships OF 5000 tons
will be built by the Aibins Engine aud
Machine works. Portland shlpyard.
for . group Of Scandinavian business
men.
The public service commission will
hold Q hearing IN Amity. July 20. on
lAe application Of the Ami.y Mutual
Telephone company for On increase In
rates.
Salem firsmen and policemen have
peti,ioned the city council 10 grant an
Increase In their wages 70 800 .
month. They are now receiving only
saA n aaE
Tho Pendls,on city council has or.
lercd the purchase OF new automo.
,ile street siusher ana sprinkler. 20 re.
'lace Tho present horse.drivcn equin.
nent In use.
ny the first OF August at the latest
'endle,on will bc entirely indcpcnd.
ut from the river for It's water sup.
'iy. aa new pipe line 10 being laid
0 Chapllsh springs,
There are now more men than Jobs
d Umatilia county. Tho free employ.
ient bureau AZ Pendleson finds that
here are about three hands available
pr every harvest Job.
With the employment Of . manager
, attend 70 its business for the com.
,s year. the Dcschutes Valley Potato
rowers' association win bc moro ac-
ve this year in the potato market.
Patients In Portland hospitals also
ave met the high cost Of living. Both
l. vlncent's hospital and the Good
amaritan hospital have increased /
leir rates since ante bellum days.
Virgil D. Earl, for the past II years
sad Of the department Of mathema. !
% and athletic coach at the Washing.
N high school In Portland, has been [
ected principal Of the Astoria high !
,hool.
Lane county's spirit Of cooperation !
10 illustrated when more than 1000 I
Fmora met with members Of the Eu. 4
mt Chamber OF Commerce In an ell I
" picnic on the University OF Ore .
N campus. {
The voting OF s5.000.000 bonds BY q
. North Unit irrigation district OF q
fferson county has been validated
ID IN all respects confirmed In de.
go by Circuit Judge Duffy In the !
unity clerks office,
A regulaR freight service from Port :
nd to Australia aud New Zealand,
In monthly saillngs, win be estab.
he'd soon. provided Portland can fur
Bh from 1000 TO 5000 tons Of cargo 9
Oh way for each sailing. 9
The June contribution of the Stand a
q oil company TO the good roads fund :
oregon under the fuel oil tax law
iounted to sa6,7ssi2. gain OF more y
IN five thousand dollars over the y
/ for the previous month. =
The Silverton Food Products COM =
~ has stsrtea eannery in the y