The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-06-06
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly Skeichsd for lnior.
nation OF Our Readers.

anon this week,
Carl whilloek. ~ years Of age. Of
Msdford. was drowned In the Rogue
river near Gold RRy,
Preparations for the erection oi q
new $4,000 Presbyterian church
building at Psndleton have been com
pinted,
The extension division of ihe t'nk
versi,y Of Oregon will hold i,n summer
school In Portland from June % to
August !, ..........
Lane county goat owners will real
lac about $4,000 on mohair this sea
son. according 10 n. &. I,obb. county
agricultural agent
The resignation OF Colonel John l.,
May a. adjutant general for the state
oi Oregon Nc. received by Governor
olcot,. effective June I,
The boys and EirlG clubs Of Coos
bay held q big meeting Wednesday In
Marnhneld. Exhibitions Of sewing BY
the girls and cooking demonstrations
we're given.
Following an attempt at recopcilia.
lion with his divorced wife. Ice Pat.
teFson. aged 80 years. q resident OF
Baker. shot himself through the head
with Q revolver.
Rosebura will celebrate tho national
holiday with y thrce'dAy program. July
~ The d. r. o. y. will sponsor the
biEses, celebration Of its kind In the
history OF Douglas county.
oFcgon's lumber production has In.
creased 90 per cent since 1918, accord
ins to figures compiled by r J. Stark
er. forest examiner. office Of products,
unitsd States forest service.
Through a system OF savings ac-
counts the Umatilia public school chill.
drcn have earned and invested In war
savings stamps and liberty bonds the
sum OF sTao during the school term.
Because OF tho belief that western
buyers are too cautious and that therc
10 greater competition In the eastern
market. n considerable amount OF Una.
tilla county wool is soins to Boston.
Governor 0icott has announced the
appointment of " II. vawter OF Med
ford as . member Of the board OF
regents o; the univeraIty OF oregon.
lie succeeds ". II. Gore, whose term
has expired.
The wool pool Of Ysphill county was
sold to Nisson Brothera OF Bellevue.
Competition In the sales was s,rons,
The entire clip IL estimated At about
$4,000 pounds, and the accepted bid
was 80 cents.
stockmen OF Lane county are plan.
ming a trip by automobile this week
from Eugene TO tho lower Willamette
valley points TO inspect herds OF pure
bred cattle. and study methods Of
handling herds.
umatilia county now has .s.67.oo0.
received from the sale OF road bonds.
for road work being done in the coun.
~ As fast 40 contracts can be let
the road construction planned 10 being
put under way.
J. NJ Thomas, deputy game warden
OF Coos county. has been informed that
Wild pigeons are 30 numerous on scv.
erai inlets OF Coos bay that ranchers
are destined to suffer heavy losses
from their depredations.
with the election Of delegates to the
supreme chapter which convenes at
Denver, Colo. from September 81 to.
October ., the fifth annual convention
of the p. u. o. sisterhood Of Oregon
came TO a close at Eugene.
Prosperity seems to have struck
number Of school districts OF Lane
county. New school houses are being
by some and improvements
will be made generally this summer.
according to u. J. Moore, county super
Willis Caldwell, q farmer living
about two miles from Brownsville,
Stalked and killed a huge bald eagle.
which he says he has been trying to
set for several years. The bird was a
male and measured 6 feet inches
from tip to tip.
School superlntendents and other
educators OF the state will meet In
series Of four educational conferences
1t the University Of Oregon, juno 2b,
20 and 81. according to announcement
by Or. II. d. Sheldon, dean OF tho
school OF education.
A heavy frost wiped out the entire
crop Of tomatoes. potatoes, beans and :
torn in Lane county last week. Re. |
planting will be necessary in every
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