The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-04-25
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST

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have opened with fair catch.
The first semi-annual La Grande sale
of the Northwestern Shorthorn Breed
ers' association will be held on May /.
The fifth annual conference Of the
Marine Engineers Beneficial associa-
tion for the Pacific coast and Hawaii
was held at Astoria.
Efforts are being made at McMinn-
Vile toward the formation of company
A of the national guard, to take the
place of McMinnville's home troop Of
pre-war days.
Salem will be the first city in Ore
gon over the top in the Victory liberty
loan drive. The Salem banks have
agreed to take the full quota of $780,
$50 allotted the city.
Another big meeting of the farmers
Of Polk county has been called by the
Farmers union to take place at the
Artisan hall at Rickreall on the even
ing of Friday, April rs.
A vigorous campaign for cleaning up
Klamath Falls and making the sani-
tary conditions of the city what they
ought to be has been launched by City
Health Officer Soule and Mayor Stru-
BILE.
Spanish influenza has struck Pilot
Rock and vicinity for the second time.
Although the present visitation is light
the number of cases reached nearly
200. Schools were closed for two
weeks more
The position Of state highway bridge
engineer has been accepted by G. B.
Mccullough, head of the civil engi-
neering department of Oregon Agri-
cultural college He will take up his
work Immediately
The first contract in connection with
the erection of the Standard Oil COM
pany's big distributing plant at AS
toria has been awarded to the Port
land Bridge & Building company. The
cost is estimated at $4,000. se
The labor situation in Bend is bet
ter than in any other city in the state,
according to Frank e. Manning, as
sistant director of civilian relief for
the American Red Cross, after an in
vestigation of conditions there.
The first meeting of the state emer-
gency board for the present biennium
may be called in about two months to
provide money for indemnity claims
against the state for the slaughter of
cattle that have responded to the tu-
berculin test.
If the Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph company wins in its attempt to
increase its telephone rates, the Salem,
city council will put the municipal tel
ephone question up to the people of
Salem through the medium of spe-
cial bond election.
Petitions bearing the signatures of
many taxpayers have been presented
to the county court asking for sub
mission at special election Of the
question of issuing s360,0O0 bonds for
the construction of permanent roads
in Yamhill county.
Better prices for ties and a system
Of purchasing that will be fairer to
the manufacturers are promised by
former Governor West in a telegram
received from him by o. H. Ball, sec
retary of the Western Oregon Tie and
Lumber association.
For the first time In many months
there were no fatal accidents reported
to the Isdustrial Accident commission
during the past week, according to
the weekly accident report There
we're SIG accidents reported from
throughout The state.
H. e. Momyer, assistant superin-
tendent of Crater Lake park, reports
nine feet of snow at the lake. There
was twice this amount at this time
last year, he says, and from present
indications the park will be open to
auto travel about July /.
Despite the fact that the United
States railroad administration recent
ly ordered a decrease of 10 cents a
ton for freightage OF roadbuilding ma
teriais, the Oregon public service COM
mission will make every effort to pro-,
cure still lower reduction.
The executive committee of the Kla-
math Cattle and Horsemen's associa-
ton met with that Of the klamath
County Wool Growers association Sat
urday for conference regarding the
range difficulties and to work toward
an adjustment of these matters.
Governor olcott has posted a re-
ward Of 500 for the apprehension Of
Albert c. White. parole violator, who
has evaded the officers for the past
eight or nine months. A. C. Beals of
Tillamook, prominent business man
and former member Of the Legislature,