The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-05-09
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sksichsd Tor lnfor.
maiIon Of Our Readers.

WaWun " WV HchuoIs
A total Of $4,000 sheep will b. shear.
"a In central Oregon this year. u 10
estimated.
Members ef p.g clubs throughout
Coos county attended . convention at
ca,shins inis,.
ono thousand acres Of alfalfa will
he adaod 10 tho crops Of unicn county
this year a. . result Of farm burean
field demonstrations in that county.
Rapid development 10 the cranberry
industry 10 taking place In cla,sop
county and . considerable quantity OF
nav acreage 10 being set out this year.
Or. c. J. Smith Of por,iand and
Charles A. brand Of RoseburE. we're
appointed members Of the stats board
Of higher currieula BY Governor oil.
colt.
Considerable grading work ~ OIL.
ready under way 90 the section OF the
Pacific highway between Albany and
jefferson. whieh viii BE- paved this
summer.
John Walden. deputy warden OF La
Grands. reports 20 State Game Warden
Shoemaker that deer and phsssants
ars on the increase 10 Union and
wailews eouatlas.
Fses received By the ssats motor
vehicle registration department for
April total 5000 more than for April.
1914 Tho total received for las.
mcsth vas tts.sss. - against ssT.sis
for April. 1918.
Labor conditions eveFywhare on the
Pacific coast except 81 Los Angeles
have improved IN the last week. ac'
ecrding 10 the report Of the depart
men. Of labor PoFtlsnd's unemploy.
cd dropped from 2soo 10 1900,
Construction Of the is-mile paving
project near Brooks. on the Pacific
highway. has been started. The work
WIN cost approximately 100000. Of
which the state and government win
each pay half. THIS isa Q post road.
l.. o. Heyrcld. who was awarded the
eeatraet BY the state highway commits.
sion for the clearing and grading OF
the II miles Of highway between Soap
pooss and Deer Island. has assembled
a crew and 10 making good progress
on the contract
G. v. johnson, former mayor Of
Corvallis. 10 70 be 81 the head Of the
new state real estate department, &C
eordlng 10 announcement made BY
Harvey Wells. insurance eommissicn.
er. The new real estate Law becomes
effective on May 70.
A consignment shorthorn sale and
show which. a. an initial effort in
eastern Oregon. brought higher aver
age prices than the fret Shorthorn
sale IN Portland. was conducted at
La 0rande by the Pacific Northwest
shorthorn Breeders association.
Jay Stevens. former fire marshal for
Portland. now with the fire prevention
bureau Of the Pacific coast, with head.
quarters at San Francisco, 10 70 be In
Oregon Ia short time 70 conduct an
educational campaign for fire proven.
tiofi.
Es.abilshing O now record At ne own
plant, andN making what 10 claimed 70
be the best time ever achieved In the
construction Of steel huils In the Uni.
ted states. the Northwest steel com
pany OF Portland launched the West
chatala s7M days after the ships keel
had been laid.
Grading work costing approximately
SSoo,00o will BE- started In Grant and
wheeler countiss this summer, accord.
ing 10 announcement BY the state
highway commission. Contracts for
this extensive work will be award.
Cd when the commission meets In
Portland on May 10.
A review IL to be made OF oil oil
indlcaticns In Oregon. according 70
letssr from George Otis Smith,
director Of the United States geolo-
sicai survey, 10 Senator McNary. This
investigation IL 20 be made In CO
operation with the Oregon state
bureau OF mines and geology.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will be un'
able TO attend the state meeting Of
the Spanish war veterans In Salem
during June. He has so notified Har'
vey Wells. state commander. II was
first believed Roosevelt would visit
Oregon. but q sudden change OF plans
eliminates this state from his sum.