The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-03-21
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation Of Our Readers.

P. P. Gouley, 73 years old, who has
lived in Marion county since 1859,
when he crossed the plains to Oregon
from Michigan, died at his home In
| Salem.
James Asher, George Udy and Claude
H. Huffman are dead as result of
an internal explosion of Scotch ma
rine boiler in the basement of the
Corbett building in Portland.
United States Senator McNary is
now visiting at Birmingham, Ala, and
will not return to Oregon until April,
according to letter received by the
senator's brother, John H. McNary.
Charles H. Green, United States
wool distributor and administrator for
the Pacific northwest, has forwarded
his resignation to Washington and
will close his Office in Portland April l.
Captain James P. Shaw of Milwau-
kie has been appointed by the board
of control as commandant of the Sol
diers' home at Roseburg to succeed
Commandant Markee, who has resign
ed.
Endorsements of R. A. Booth for
highway commissioner and appeals
that he be persuaded to remain on
the commission, are being received by
Governor Olcott from all parts of the
state.
An inspection of all the high schools
in the state to see If they comply with
the requirements for standard high
schools is now being made by ]. A.
Churchill, superintendent of public in
struction.
More than 40 of the farmers of the
Scholls neighborhood, south of Beaver
ton, attended a soils school, conducted
under the auspices of the Washington
County Farm bureau, in the Scholls
Grange hail.
The jersey breeders of Jackson
county have organized an association
to assist in promoting the breeding OF
high-class cattle, under the name of
the Rogue River Valley Jersey Breed
ers' association.
Farmers and homemakers' week and
rural life conferences at Oregon Agri-
cultural college, which were aban-
doned last winter because of war con-
ditions, will be held next winter, De-
cember 20 to January 8.
Sutherlin will have cannery the
coming season large enough to take
care of the present fruit crop. Two
buildings will be erected to take the
place Of the Sutherlin Everfresh plant,
destroyed by fire last summer.
1t has been announced that June II,
Is and 10 have been selected as the
dates for the department encampment
of the Woman's Relief Corps and the
Grand Army of the Republic. The en-
campment will be held in The Dalles.
Except for the final details, the Pen
dleton Golf club has completed the
purchase of its course, lying on the
hills north Of Pendleton. Forty acres
are in the tract and the club is now
planning for one of the best courses
in the northwest.
The new high service reservoir of
the Astoria water system will be ready
fer use on May 1. The big bowl is
located on the crest of hill about
two miles from the central portion of,
the city. and will have capacity of
2O,0Q0OO0 gallons.
The Western Oregon Tie G Lumber
association will hold meeting in
Portland Saturday, March 22, to take
further action toward having the pres
ent regulations for the purchase of
railroad lumber rescinded, so that
each rstlroad can buy its own, lumber.
The oregon State Bankers 'associa-
tion has assisted county agents in the
distribution of 1000 of lie first edi-
tion of 5000 Oregon farm record books
Fifty banks co-operated in thT distrib-
ution, placing copies in the hands of
the most progressive farmers many
parts of the state.
Chrome miners who suffered losses
because of the slump In the market
for their products at the close of the
war are urged to write to the secre-
tary of the interior at Washington
that proper blanks may be sent them
for filing claims for compensation
from the federal government.
Seven suits for damages aggregating
about $4,000, were filed at Prineville
against Twohy Brothers company, con
tractors, by large landowners under
the 0choco irrigation project, who
claim their crops were damaged by
the wilful diversion of the water fol
lowing the tearing up Of canals by
the contractors.
Two more highway improvement