The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-06-13
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly sksichsd for Infer.
nation Of Our Readers.

The firbt annual rose snow was ncie
} In Springfield last week
!. Conrad r. Olson OF Portland. was
named code commissioner by Chief
Justice Mcbride.
The mcst successful wool sale in
years was held at Condor last week.
|, About 10000 pounds Of wool was
, sold.
. Grace Il. Garret has been appointed
postmlstress at Helix and Mrs. Betty
Miller at Holdman, both In UmatilIa
county.
The 18th annual meeting OF the Ore.
} gon Bankers association will be held
In Portland on Friday and Saturday Of
this week.
Brigadier General Brlce p. Disque.
former commander OF the spruce divI-
sion. has been decorated with the
distinguished service medal
Governor olcott appointed DR.. John
Besson OF Portland and Or. r. c. Nc
Daniel Of Portland, as members Of the
state board Of medical examiners.
More than so osteopaths from all
parts OF the state gathered At Portland
last week for the annual session OF
the Oregon osteopathic association.
At q meeting OF several hundred
former service men OF Lane county in
Eugene. Lane county post Of the Amer.
lean Legion was formally organized.
An increase from 81 to 80 an acre
foot is sought BY the Central Oregon
Irrigation company In an application
filed with the public service commits.
sion.
Nearly 100000 worth OF liquor has
been confiscRted and destroyed BY the
war emergency squad Of the Portland
police department since February !,
1918.
Harry Moore. is years old. Of Eugene.
won first prize on his bread at cook
Ing contest held In connection with an
achievement meeting Of ths Dunn
school club OF Eugene.
Petitions presented by the Oregon
Single Tax league for a constitutional
amendment to be voted on at the 1920
election were approved by Sam A.
Kozer. deputy secretary Of state.
C. NJ. knight. representing the fed
yeral bureau OF cereal diseases. has ar.
rived ut the Oregon Agricultural col
lege from Nevada to investigate the
cereal diseases In Oregon. Idaho and
Washington.
Mrs. Z. h. Andrews, OF La Grande.
mother OF Bert Andrews, who was the
first Oregon member OF the Rainbow
division TO meet his death in France.
has been named honorary president
OF the Oregon chapter of the Rain
bow division veterans, an organixa.
tion which embraces 81 states.
The klamath Indians Of Oregon viii
be permitted to sue In the court OF
claims to recover approximately 1o0..
900 acres Of land which. they say. was
omitted In fixing the boundaries OF the
klamath reservation, by the terms OF
o bill introduced In the house by Rep
resentative Sinnott
First Lieutenant Louis H. Compton
OF Salem. recently returned from over.
seas. bringing with him the croix de
guerre awarded BY Marshal Petain Of
France for bravery In action, will be
state parole officer 10 succeed Joseph
r, Keller, according to announcement
made by Governor olcott
A new irrigation project BY which
1900 acres Of land viii be brought
under water on the south side Of the
river, between Klamath Falls
Ind Keno 10 going rapidly forward.
The water has been diked from the
ands In that section and will be pump.
ID on again BY two large centrifugal
pumps.
Warning IL given by J. o. Holt,
manager Of the Eugene Fruit Growers
association, that owing 10 the tremsn.
ious peach crop In the willamette val. ,
ey this year the fruit will be market.
ess unless thinned to great extent.
Ie declared that otherwise all the
'eaches will be small and 1t will be
llificult to sell them.
A mandamus suit was filed In Ma.
ION county circuit court by s. A. Mul.
icy and others interested In the or.
'anisation Of bank for st. Johns. in
which the court Is asked to issue an
rider directing the state banking board
o issue charter to the new bank or
how cause for refusal. Petition for a
harter for the bank at st. Johns was
lied April is and was disapproved by
he state superintendent OF banks on
he ground that no need for 4 bank