The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-01-03
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events OF the Week
Briefly Skeiched for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.


A. 7. BOnnett. wellknown oregon
pioneer. a member Of TIN third family
TO settle in Eugene, died there at tho
age Of 70.
Dnschntee county may spend ti3i.'
$50 durlng the coming year This was
the amount named 10 the budget ap'
proved by the county court,
Official compilation Of the Red
GROSS membership returns for Oregon.
M reported by the various chapters.
Eiyc tho state total OF 2so.ti7 annual
members.
A law that veterans OF the civil war
aud their widows be- exempted from
taxes Of all kinds Ii proposed by tho
members ot tho Albany post Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic
A. c. Hampton OF La Grande was
elected president OF the Oregon State
Teachers association for the ensuing
year at tho close OF tho annual Hesbion
OF the representative council In Port.
land.
An Increase of ,entoid IL the num-
Dor OF registered dairy cattle and
breeders OF registered dairy stock In
the last five years IL reported from
Tlllamook county by the county agri.
cultural agent
A a00paEe history es oregon by
j. n, Horner. professor Of history ut
the OREGON Agricultural college, 10 In
aype and viii be Eeady for distribution
soon. II 10 profuseiy illustrated aud
describes 900 events
usn. OF sulphur as fertilizer on 1000
acres Of land In Oregon this season
increased the alfalfa Yield one ton an
acre Al present prices the Increase ia
worth $4,000, Tho cost OF applica.
,lon ranged from 81 TO 50 an acre.
Lime corrects tho soil aeldIty 'hA,
in,erfcrcH With maximum crop produc'
,lon and a circular telling how 20 uso
I, to bcs, advantage has Just been 10.
sued for free distribution by the soila
department OF the Oregon Agricultural
college.
Captain Ivan D, Applegatc, widely
known octogcnarian, and a pioneer OF
southern Oregon. was fatally burned
while standing before an open fire at
his home IN Ashland. His nightrobc
ignited. burning the tlcah from his
shoulders TO his feet,
business men of North Bend and
Marehfield again arc discussing tho
plan OF consolidating the two clties,
by combining North Bend. Marshfieid.
EnElowood and Bunker nm. and pos.
sibly Eaataidc. there would be city
OF about $4,000 population,
Two days after celebrating the 57th
anniversary OF his marriage to Eliza
beth II. Butler Christmas day, 1851,
Lycurgus Davis. aged so years, died
on the donation land claim three miles
north OF Eugene that has been his
home continuously since isi7,
After more than two months OF com.
parative inactlon. during which tho
influenza held sway, klamath Falls
has again resumed its normal actlvl.
ties. A few cases Of the influenza are
still In quarantine, but the epidemic
is believed 10 have spent It's force.
One thousand employees OF the Stump.
ter Valley railroad, a narrow guago
line serving large numbering dis
trict contiguous TO Baker, decided 10
strike on December 81, following fall.
ure OF tho roads management and en-
ployes TO agree on new wage scale.
For the second time In two months
the Eugene city officials have lifted
the ban on public gatherings made
necessary by the recurrence OF the In
fluenza epidemic. Tho health authori'
ties say that danger that the disease
will spread TO any great extent 10 now
past,
The first car OF ground limestone
from the state lime plant, ordered co.
by Lincoln county farmers
through tho office of the county agri.
cultural agent. arrived at Toledo. ~
east half dozen cars OF lime will be
ordered for use In the county during
he coming year,
Burglars forced the rear door Of the ,
NcMlnnville postofiice and made an !
lttack on tho safe. After knocking
m the combination knob, they filled :
he safe with nltro-glycerine, but be- ,
ore dlschargIng the blast they were :
frightened away and left their tools
md the unfinished Job.