The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-12-26
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of Tho Week
Briefly Skeiched for lnior.
mafiun oi0ur Readers.

N"NsN - lNHlHH Mhh I'ffl''N'u Pl't
idcnt ~ the Salem Commercial club nj
the anrual meeting. ...,t.
MIRA, Martha 4 Smith. aged % years
ono Of the oldest residonts uf Lane
county. died nj Eugene
The roof OF the gymnasium OF tho
Monmouth Algh school caycd IN undor
the weight Of tho heavy SHOWS
umatilla county's tax loyy for the
coming year will bc 10 mills. an In.
crease OF 81. mlIla over last year
Many hoFseS In the butter Creek re-.
Glon ot umAtilla county are dead be.
causeef cold aud insufficient feed,
intsrslhte. bridge receipts for Novcm.
bsr toisl6d tgt66655. according to a
report issued by tho commissioners
Following tho cancellation ot all coal
restrictions. r. y. Keek. coal ~
for orcgop, Cloeed his office at sa.sin.
Tho annual convention Of rhc ore
Eon slAln ,eacbcrE association viii be
held In Portland December 90. 30 and
81,
Hundreds Of peach. apricot aud
cherry trees we're killed ia wasco
county Iy- tho recent extreme cold
weather, s... D..
Tho regent zcro weather and heavy
fall Of anog did much damage TO con
ssrva,orIos owned by the florists near
Oregon CITY,
with teams Of three communities Yet
10 hear ir0m. tho Hood River Hed
CrobA chapter already hHa 1900 mem.
here foE 1890.
Eisht cents a pound for the Marion
county Yield Of loganborrics for the
year 1890 has been offered By a can.
merry at Alhaay.
Ashley H., JAucs. 49, rsnrhcr Of the
southern nnd ot umatIia county. WIS
fatally shot hy his hunting companion.
Edward Warner
A fire. 10 the basement OF NE Port.
land Store works at Portland caused
damage to the plant estimated st from
$4,000 to 100000
Henry nlAnke and O. c. Luccke. Of
Plymouth. Wis have announced that
they viii install n $4,000 hardwood
sAwmlli AZ liarrihburE.
A call haa been. issued for the sixth
annual conference OF the Oregon State
Drainage association TO convene at
Corvallis. January and z,
The. first case of Rmputatlon report.
cd at Tho Dalles as the result Of irecE.
ing was that OF u, closuen, sheep.
hsrder, who iiad his log taken off.
Damage by.brokcn water pipes hrok,
on trecs in tao orchards and death OF
stock on tho range In Modford and
the Rogue river valley 10 estimated at
100000
On ita own motion the public service (
commission has instituted an inycuti' {
cation OF the distance, class and com :
modify rates OF the sumptcr Valley {
railroad,
The committee In charge OF plans .
for tho ipnusuratlon OF A, NJ, willInmq !
as president OF Albany college has q
fixed January as the date OF tho q
.crcmony a&# v
Nine nllotmentg Of land In the Una. [
lila Indian reservation. lotaIing geo
iercs and appraised at sS0,aiO, orSlai I
m acre. are TO be offered for sale a
February l6, I
a protect algned,,by 100 parents Of I
lchooi children has been filed at Rose. a
,urg obiecting to compulsory oxamina. Il
ion OF their children by proposed r
'ounty nurse,
The Oregon Duroc Jersey Swine Il
association has completed Q
for swine show to hc II
Ield az tho state fair grounds In Salem u
N February l. W
Jack iIumphryE o.year.od son OF Il
Slck Humphrys of Oregon city, was lie
robably fatally injured when he was
hot by companion while playing h,
9th a 30 rifle, II
NThc Goth annual distrlct convention cc
I the knights Of Pythias was held Of 70
he DaIles during the official visit Of 81
harlas S. Davis, OF Denver Colo, su, m
RENE cbancellor re
The Christmas vacation tours Of the ,
len's and womons elee, clubs Of the co
OF Oregon have been in. RI
efinitcly .rostponed on account Of ia
cather conditions. "a
Tho state highway commission has Sc
artcd surveys on the IieppncrGraut "a
,unty road which was authorized by fk
le Morroy county taxpayers at sps- 90
al election last SIMMER,
The Portland Railway Llght 8 Pow m,