The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-08-01
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly Sketched for lnfor-
nation Of Our Readers.

Eugene on August Is.
A list Of D. s. G. awards announced
by the war department included John
H. Womack, Wallowa.
A fruit and berry cannery company,
with paid-up capital of $4,000, has
been organized at Marshftsld.
Oscar Newton Bass, a pioneer Of
Lebanon, aged "a years, died at the
home Of his son in that city.
There are 1880 children Of school
age in Marion county, according to
the annual census, just completed.
There are 6617 persons of school
age in Clatsop county. The enroll
ment in the county schools is AGO.
Medford schools will open Septem-
ber 15, doing away with the necessity
of extending the school year into next
June.
Captain Walter L. Tooze, after O
two-years' service in the United States
army, has returned to his home at
Dallas
The Davis & Webber sawmill, two
miles south of Airlie, was burned
down. The origin Of the fire is un-
known.
Building and other construction
work is at its height in Marshfield
and idleness is not found in any city
in the 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
Quartzville mining district 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 organized branch Of
the American Legion.
Machinery and equipment for TAX
ing care of milk are being installed in
the dairy department at the agricul
tural college at Corvallis.
OF 51S industrial casualties reported
to the state industrial accident COM
mission for the week ending July "a,
there were four fatal cases.
Excavation work is now under way
for the erection of the main building
of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company's
100000 paper mill in Salem.
Governor Olcott has reappointed
Robert e. Hunt of Roseburg as
member of the Oregon state veterin-
ary medical examining board.
Jetty work at the mouth of the Ump-
qua river has been ordered suspended
by the Port of Umpqua commission
ers, owing to a shortage of funds.
While crossing the Walla Walla riv-
er near Milton on a footlog, Claude
Wallace, aged 81 years, slipped, fell
into the stream and was drowned.
The county court of Coos county has
raised the wages of men and teams
employed on county work to a mini
mum Of $3.50 for men and So for teams.
Winter wheat in Linn county is
largely in the shock, and the largest
yield of winter wheat raised In the
county for many years iss practically
safe.
The Medford Red Cross chapter and
War Community service have taken
up the work of the Medferd federal
employment service office, which has
closed.
The taxpayers Of school district No.
81, Bay City, with but one dissenting
voice, voted to authorize the directors
to erect four-room concrete school
building.
A board Of directors for permanent
county fair to be held in Albany an
nually was elected at meeting of
stockmen, farmers and business men
in Albany.
After wandering aimlessly about in
the mountains of eastern Marien conn 4
ty, A. c. Barber. soon to become state
insurance commissioner, was found byf
searchers. 81
Ralph ]. Eveleth of Stanford, Mo-
has closed a deal whereby he ~
chased the Chenowith ranch of
acres near Oakland for the sp.
$47,40O cash.
w. A. Wells, known in Corvalias anu
throughout Oregon as Red" Wells, is
dead. He was 81 years old and had
been familiar figure In Corvallis
since pioneer days.
Umatilla eounty's wheat crop, from
all appearances, will total at least H.
100000 bushels, In average yield Per
acre and weight it is better than last
year. The farmers have one com
plant; smut this year is worse than
for many years. Sections formerly ex-
empt are now affected. i.