The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-03-14
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly Sketched for Inior-
nation OF Our Readers.

Negotiations have been closed for
the establishment Of nhinglo mill In
ReedSport.
South Umatllla county plans 10 erect
$4,000 school building for hlgh
school purposes only.
II has definitely boen decided by the
Graves Canning company 20 erect
$4,000 cannory at woodbuFn,
An epidemic Of smallpox has hit the
state school for the deaf, and 70 chill
dren are now under quarantine,
The state securities commission has
approved bond Issue Of $4,000 for
the Hood River irrigation district.
Plans for tho formation OF 4 Linn
county chamber OF commerce were
launched At q meeting OF tho Albany
chamber
Tho coquillo corn show had larger
line OF exhibits this year than had
been shown before. totsl OF 5000
ears having been offered fGs exhibit
ton.
Recent rains 80 saturated the
ground that a portion Of the paved
highway about milo south Of Rose
burg has been undermined aud made
unsafe for travel,
Charles d. Latouretto. prominent
Oregon City attorney. recently present
Cd TO Oregon City ten drinking soun'
taina. seven OF which already have
been installed In Main street.
Representative iawley hopes TO
complete his work with tho house
committee on committees IN time 70
leave for Oregon this week. lic will
bc accompanied by Mrs. iIawlcy.
A special school election TO author
lHo tho floating Of tss,0Oo in bonds for
tho construction OF new school build.
InK in Bend has been announced. The
election has been sot for March 20.
First Lieutenant Ralph NJ. Wilcox.
OF Portland. and Second Lieutenant
LOWS c. Baebe OF Cottage Grove, have
beon awarded distinguished service
crosses for extraordinary heroism in
action.
or 40 accidents reported last week
to the state industrial accident com
misaion. one WAS fatal. Tho victim OF
the fatal accident was James McColm.
who was killed In connection with
shipbullding In Portland,
Mrs. J. n. Norton OF Hood River was
drowned In tho Sandy river. about 20
miles east OF Portland, when an auto
mobile In which she was riding with
her husband left tho grade. crashed
down tho embankmcnt and into the
stream,
Nine million dollars II now available
for road and trail construction, main
tonance and survey work within the
forests OF Oregon and Wash
ington, according TO an announcement
made in Portland At the dlatrict forest
headquarters.
Branlcld zanatta, unnaturaliZed
italian, was arrested near prineyillo
by Deputy United States Marshal =, D.
Tlchenor. He Is accused OF threaten
Ing TO kin President Wilson II prevent.
cd from bringing his wife TO this coun.
try from Italy.
II Is costing s2ia thousand feet
more 10 produce lumber In western
Oregon and western Washington than
the mills are able to get for II. nc
cordlng to figures presented at meet
ing OF the West Coast Lumbermen'a
association In Portland.
The legislature Just closed exceeded
al records for bills passed. although
tagging behind the three preceding
sessions for tho number OF bills intro
auced. The number of bills finally
passed was 4Ss out Of S21 introduced,
Or over so per cent passed.
Ninety per cent OF the votes cast
II the special election in umatilla
county favored the issuance py tue
county Of $l.O50,OO0 In road bonds.
Less than 5000 votes were cast against
he proposal and only four OF the 81
precincts. all small ones, returned un'
favorable majorities.
The chambers OF commerce OF North
Bend and Marshfield have Jointly ap'
oealed TO the commissioners OF the
port Of Coos bay to take steps toward
for the harbor q powerful
narbor tug. The plan Is to have the
.ug for aiding in unloading large YES
,els and for towing over the bar,
Bids opened by the county court for
I277,O00 worth OF Douglas county road
ponds we're disappointing to the Off
,ials, and acceptance Of proposals was
deferred. Morris Bros. of Portland
I'D approximately s5 cents on the dol
ar. while the bid of Freeman. Smith