The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-08-01
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly skstchsd for Inior.
nation OF Our Readers.


H. r. knos has returned 10 Albany
The recent electrical storm Is said
10 have started seven fires In the Cas-
eada national forest
Loyal Legion OF LoEEcrs and Lum'
bermon OF district No. will meet at
Eugene on August 10.
A list Of D. g. c, awards announced
by the war department included John
~, womaek. wallowa,
A fruit aud borry cannery company.
with a paidun capital Of s.sOoo. has
been organised at MRrshficld,
Oscar Newton Dasa. pioneer nf
Lebanon. aged ~ years, died At tho
homo Of his son In that city
There are i7.ib0 children Of school
aEe In Marion county. according to
the annual census, Just completed.
There are 6si7 persons OF school
Age In clatsop county. Tho enroll.
ment In tho county schools IL tieo
Medford schools VIII open sep,om.
Der 10. dolns away with tho necessity
Of extending the school year Into next
June.
Captain Walter L. Too1e. after
two-years' service IN the United States
army. has retarned 10 his home At
Dallas.
The Davis q webbcr sawmili two
miles south OF Airlic. was burned
down. The origin OF the fire is un.
known.
Building and other construction
work II At ita height III Marshficid
and idlcnesa 10 not found In any city
10 tho county,
With only two dissenting votes, the
citizens Of Helix at special election
adopted the new charter submitted by
the city council.
According TO word received In Al.
bany. most Of the buildings In the old
ouart1ylIie mining dis,rIc, have been
destroyed BY fire.
sparks carried from threshing ma.
chine by the wind started the big fire
that burned vonderhae brothers wheat
ranch near Milton.
Over 30 returned soldiers. sailors
and marines OF the late war met In
Corvallis and organised branch of
the American Legion.
Machinery and equipment for tar
ing care Of milk arc being Installed In
the dairy department at the agrlcul.
tural college "a Corvallis
OF 6is industrial casualties reported
10 the state Industrial accident com.
mission for the week ending July "a.
there were four fatal cases.
Excavation work IL now under way
for the erection OF the main building
Of the Oregon Pulp a Paper company's
100000 paper mill In Salem.
Governor olcott has rcappointed .
Robert H. Hunt OF Roseburg aa a
member Of tho Oregon state vcterin.
ary medical examining board,
Jetty work az the mouth OF the ump.
qua river has been ordered suspended j
by the Port Of umpqua commission. {
ers. owing to shortage OF funds,
while crossing the walln Wala rly. /
or near Milton on footlog. Claude !
Wallace, aged 81 years, slipped. fell !
Into the stream and was drowned.
The county court Of Coos county has d
raised the wages Of men and teams d
employed on county work TO n mini. i
mum OF $40 for men and 50 for teams, i
Winter wheat In Linn county is o
largely In the shock, and the largest 8
Yield OF winter wheat raised In tho i
county for many years Is practically /,
safe.
The Medford Red Cross chapter and d
War Community service have taken o
~ the work Of the Modtord federal G.
employment service office, which has y
,loseds ii
The taxpayers Of school district No. I,
II, Bay City. with but one dissenting a
'olce, voted to authorize the directors 4,
% erect a fourroom concrete school
A board Of directors for permanent
county fair to bo held In Albany an. 2
luallv was oiocted at meeting Of Z
tockmen. farmers and business men Y
n Albany. y
After wandering almlessly about In y
he mountains OF eastern Marion coun. q
" A. c. Barber. soon TO become state a
insurance commissioner, was found by 81
earchers. q
Ralph ]. Eyeleth Of Stanford, Mont, p
las closed 3 desl whereby he pur. q
hased the chenowith ranch Of 1895 81
.cres near Oakland for the sum Of aS