The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events o. the Week
Briefly skstched Tor Infer.
nation Of Our Readers.

have q new summer resort hotol repre-
sentinE an investment Of $4,000,
Tira starting In trash piled around
tho burner resulted In the destruction
Of the Mckinley sawmill near Bend
Al meeting ot Heppner lodge No.
ass. n. p. o. E.. II was definitely de-
oided TO erect lodge home In Hepp'
nsr
One thousand dollars or more In
jswsiry was stolen By burglars from
the Msdssn jewclry store at Cottage
Grove.
A ti.ooo.o0o bond Issue proposed In
Linn county for road construction may
be voted upon at the special election
IN June.
Such high prices are being offered
already by eanners and shippers for
strawberries tha, II 10 said there will
BE- very few berries for home con-
sumption,
An effort 10 secure for The Dalles
the Pacific coast manufacturing plant
planned BY Henry Ford. was launched
al . meeting Of the board OF directors
Of The palles chamber OF commerce.
Mrs. n. p. Boise. widow Of former
justice Of the Oregon supreme court
and member OF q widcly'known pioneer
family, died In Salem ., the home OF
her daughter at the age Of ei years,
A junkstinE trip through the Pacific
northwest as far ~ Seattle 10 under
contemplation by the cherrians, q
Salem boosters organization. which 10
nov arranging tentative plans for
GUNNER excursion,
On Thursday and Friday. al Eugene.
will be held . convention OF the Ma.
tlonal Farm Loan associations of this
stats for the purpose OF forming
state association and 10 discuss mat
.srs Of mutual interest
Tho i2,h annual convention OF the
Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective
society embracing Oregon. washing
ton. Idaho and California. was held
In Portland Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday OF this week.
Surveyors arc engaged In locating
the new highway between Pendieson
and rcho, Tho road will bc changed
TO ioilow the Umatilia river and will
be q part OF the coiumbis river high
way through the counsy.
Eugene and Lane county will bear
one.half OF the expense OF maintain
ing the federal labor bureau in Eu'
gene until such time as congress
provides for the maintenance OF the
service throughout the country.
No battleships, cruisers or sub
marines are available for the Rose
Festival at Portland in June. accord
ing 10 q communication forwarded by
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy Roose'
vslt. to Representative Macarthur.
Announcement Of the award OF
ss7Sooo contract 70 Fordham q Nc
Laughiin. Of La Pins, for the compile
tion Of the Morson irrigation project
between La Pine and Crescent. and
embracing 1880 acres, was made
Governor olcott has reappointed as
members OF the state board Of health
DR.. r. NJ. Brooks OF Portland and Dr.
Andrew c. Smith OF Portland. He
also has appointed Or. w. B. Morse
OF Salem 70 succeed Or. A. c. seeley
Of Roseburg.
The public service commission was
not able TO issue its order in the Pc
ciflc Telephone rate case by April !,
as II had expected, but an effort viii
be made TO get the order out before
April 20. The case 10 one Of the most
voluminous ever hoard by the public
service commission.
The big Job OF chartins the unsur'
yeyed marsh lands Of the lower klam.
ath lake, which has been going on for
the past three months under the d.
rection Of Fred Mench, United States
cadastral engineer from Portland. has
been completed so far a. can be done
at the present time.
Consumers Of gas and electricity
must pay an increased rate for these
commodities In the towns OF Rose
burg, Grants Pass. Medford, Ashland,
Talent and Phoenix. The public serv'
Ice commission entered an order grant
ing to the Oregon Gas q Electric COM
pany authority to increase It's rates.
the order being effective April I.
The referendum can not be invoked
BY the people of Oregon on the joint
resolution adopted BY the last legis-
laturs rstiiyins the rstional prohibi'