The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-03-07

One negro was killed and another
wounded in a gunfIght In Portland.
Samuel c. Harrison was accidental
ly killed Monday while telling tree
south Of sodavllle.
The total precipitation at Portland
for the month OF February was s:3s
inches. or 263 inches above normal
for the month.
During the past week iis,industr!al
accidents were reported 10 the state
Industrial accident commission. but
none we're fatal.
More than four miles OF street i'm
proyements TO cost between 100000
and 100000 will be made by the city
Of Bend during the coming spring and
summer.
Emith French. pioneer merchant
OF The Dalles. who during a half cen
tury had figured prominently in the
business life OF the county. died at
the age Of 81.
Charles II. Jones, for 20 years editor
OF the Oregon Teachers Monthly and
. known to every educator in the state,
died at his home in Salem after an
illness Of 20 months.
February was an exceptionally wet
month in Astoria. The official records
in the weather Observers office show
that the precipitation during the
month was 11.2s inches.
The citizens OF Moialla have donated
a site OF 80 acres adjoining the north
western part OF town TO the Molalla
Fire Clay company. on which will be
erected a one-kiln pottery factory.
Plans are already being made for
the 1919 combined Multnomah county
fair and manufacturers and land prod
ucts show OF Oregon. which win be
held at Gresham September is to 20.
Approximately 1900 men are out
OF work in Oregon. and nearly all Of
them are in Portland. according 10
District Director Smith of the United
States employment service in Port
land.
Plans were made for the state synod
10 cooperate in raising fund OF si0,.
600 per year. which would give the
college $4,000 a year In addition TO
Its present income from an endow-
ment of over 100000.
Taxes to be raised in Multnomah
county this year total $s.79o.0O5.4o,
based on millage Of 30S on total
valuation Of $S2S,5SO.71o. This shows
an increase over last year OF s1,314.-
2S1.42. or 15.5 per cent.
The Sinnott bill reyesting title in
the federal government to $4,000 acres
of land in Douglas and Coos counties,
known as the Coos bay wagon road
land grant. has become Law through
the signature OF President Wilson.
An offer Of the national board Of
education of the Presbyterian churches
to donate one dollar for every two
raised by Albany college from other
sources was made to and accepted by
the board OF trustees of the college.
Charles A. Sears, who was reared in
Albany and began his career as an
electrician there. has been appointed
manager of the plant of the Mississip-
pl River Power company at Keokuk,
Ia. the largest hydro-electric plant in
the world.
Any plan for the annexation of the
Mosier fruit district to Hood River
county. according to G. N. Raylin. sec
retary OF the Hood River commercial
club, would probably have more OPP
position In Hood River county than in
the Mosier fruit district.
An immense pier jutting into the
Pacific ocean for 1000 feet is to be
built at Seaside. The pier is to be
100 feet wide, At the outer end there
will be a dance pavilion, and along
the pier will be amusement devices
and places for deepsea fishing.
Thirty inches of snow at Kirk, 40
miles north Of Klamath Falls, with
five feet at the Algoma Lumber com
panys logging camp some distance to
the west. is reported BY ], NJ. Bed
ford. who has charge Of the timber
on the klamath Indian reservation.
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The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Of
Umatslla county win celebrate the one
hundredth anniversary of the found
ing Of the Independent Order Of Odd
Fellows at Pendleton, April 26. The
of the order in umatilla
county alone exceeds 5000 members.
A meeting Of the state highway COM
mission viii be held in Portland March
), to open bids on four road projects.
and at the same time it is expected
Ehe commission win discuss plans for
he expenditure of the s10O0O.OOO pro-
gided in the bond issue authorized by
lha iagislafure