The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-10-24
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for IniOr.
nation OF Our Readers.

Tho assessed valuation OF all ptOt
erty In Lane county this year is tiO6
1bi less than last year
Tho paving OF tho Columbia rive
OhlEhwAy between Cascade Locks an,
wyoth has bccn completed
Teachers Of Coos county have or
sAnlEed for tho purpose OF demanding
minimum salary Of $1,000 per year
Approval Of Sunday. October 20. a,
"Eoto Sunday school day" Ia given IN
a proclamation ihauod by Governor oi
colt
Tho recently organized Albany Fair
association 10 planning TO rAiso $4,000
TO prepare grounds and purchase equip
menL
An unidentified cx.sorvico man was
Instantly killed at Tho Dallea while
attempting 10 board westbound
freight train.
Multnomah county faces the largest
tar delinquency in i,s history. unpaid
taxes on the 1918 roll totaling more
than ti.o00.000
Tho large mill on Coos bay OF c. A.
Smith. idle for over nine months. has
resumed cutting lumber with a small
force OF 200 men.
Tho clatSop County BAR association.
at a special meeting. decided to raise
all the fees for legal services approx.
mA,oly 90 per cent.
Mrs, Mary Catherine Mcqueen. sis.
ter of the late Robert Eakin. justice OF
the supreme court. died at the Salem
hospital at the ago OF 81 years,
John W. Gruner. gcologist from Min.
neHoIa. has arrived at the Oregon Az.
ricultural college TO take up his. duties
aS assistRn, professor OF geology In the
school Of minca,
Nine veteran forestcra OF Lebanon
and vicinity have left for tho Santiam
national forest. where they will plant
$4,000 FIR and white pine trees on
South Drcitcnbuah creek.
After burning over 500 acres OF yel.
low pine and second. growth timber.
fires which have been raging In tho
rringlo Butte section. 30 miles from
Bend. were brought under control.
Daniel Schncli OF Tigard was in.
stAntiy killed when the motorcycle on
which he was riding eolllded head.on
with a truck. about balt mile from
station on the Capital
highway.
Apple shippers In Oregon were de.
nicd commodity rate for the ship.
ment Of apples In bulk In refrigerator
cars. for use In manufacturing pur'
poses In the east by the railroad ad'
Tho special city election for tho
purpose Of submitting n charter amend
mont to tho voters. increasing the
annual city tax levy from to II mills,
will bo held In Portland on Wednesday,
November IL.
A fatal accident occurred at the Big
Creek Logging oompany's camp near
Snappa, when Charles Fulton was In.
Itantly killed and his companion, John
Warner. was so severely injured that
leath Is expected TO result. :
Profiting by the experience OF recent
'ears. when fall grain has yielded /,
much better than the crops planted In
no spring, farmers In tho Willamette
alley are rushing now TO got as much
rain az possible planted this fall
A warrant for si15,405.74 was re.
eived by Governor olcott from the y y
United States treasury, In payment OF
ho sum due the state Of Oregon from ' '
evenues collected by the government y
rom national forests OF the state. !.
An organization OF good roads advo' "
ates was effected at Coquille, Its aim
10 become an advisory committee to =
no county court, which requested as =,
Istance and advice from men ac' !
ualnted with the county's needs. . s.
The Hood River apple crop has even :,
lrpassed preseason estimates. both as ', ="
quality and quantity. The yield will = !"
xceed 100000 boxes, and the apples :, =
re running more than ever before to y
le extra fancy grade and desirable = :,
zes.
Creation Of a park on the summit of
pencer's Butte. a mountain 1000 feet
Igh, six miles south Of Eugene, to be e
'aehod by scenic road, is suggested pi
a number OF Eugene men as a suit ss
,le memorial for Lane county sol II
era, sailors and marines who gave hi
, their llyos during the great war. NJ
with several small flurries OF snow tu
ready encountered, II viii be only a In
Iort time before crows on the Old ai