The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-01-10
OREGON NEWS NOTES
Of GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events oi Tho Week
Briefly sksiohsd for Infer
nation Of Our Readers.

senator Chamberlain. Of oregon. was
90 years old January l.
The Willamette river st Albany
reached q lower point In the year juht
passed than nt any time sinee 1851
A disastrous fire that occurred q
Ilalncs destroyed five buildings and
caused damage that 10 estimated Of
tit.s0o
Herbert speckhart. aGed 5s. eom'
mlt,ed suicide st the apeekhar, ranch
near Ia 0rands. Hs and his wife had
quarrsled.
A total Of 7toi cars ee;:=:sT.stely filled
with klamath county products were
exported from klamath Falls during
the year 1918.
Landowners In the vicinity Of West
s,ayton and TurnsF. u Marion eoun'
". ere plannIns the orEaniEasion Of
su irrigation district
Mira Roy Herriek an6 her two chill
dFen were fatally turned when their
home at silveFton EAs destroyed BY
fire. Al died shos.lx sftsrward.
December was . month Of exception.
ally wet weather IN Astoria. Accord
ius 10 the siaclAl records the rainfall
durlng the month was ii.33 inches,
instssd OF having the compensation
NUa
lev optional with employers. . bill
will probably be introduced 10 the
legislature making the law eompul'
sory. %
Harvey Wells, state Insurance. com
missioner, has been under quarantine.
suffering from an attack Of influenza.
In Los Angeles, where be spent the
holidays.
Publication Of retail prlees 40 .
check on food dealers hss been dis
continued by the feod administration
following advlces from washinEton
tha, this check 10 now considered un'
necessary,
In jus,ice court o. Astoria y y,
Bailey, ~ manager Of the Pacific Pow.
era Lish, company. was found guilty
on q charge OF permitting crude oil 10
flow into the waters Of the Columbia
river and fined ta6o,
Thirty guests escaped in thalr niEht
clothes when the brick building ocen.
MED by the Albert hotel and the op.
timist Puhlishing company at The
nalies. was destroyed by fire. Tho
loas 10 estimated at $4,000.
O. g. Blanchard. Of Grants Pass. has
been appointed by Governor Witty.
comhs a. a member Of the oregon hu'
reau OF mines and geology. Mr.. Blan'
ehard succeeds ]. r. Reddy. Of Med
ford. whose term has expired,
Warden stevens has proposed to the
state beard OF control 70 install light
Ing plant at the state penitentiary nt \
minor cost 10 provide $50 horsepower
and furnish night lighting for both
the psnitsntiary and asylum.
withdrawal OF the Spruce Produe'
tion division soldiers from fnills and
logging camps In the Coos bay district
has caused q marked shortage Of help,
and workmen can obtain work wher'
ever industries are operating
Much valuable war work was done
n Oregon by home demonstration
agents, according TO summary Just
completed. Beginning the year with
4 single worker the work has enlarged
until the close OF the year fluds u
workers In the field.
D. .. Mcknight Linn county Judge
who has had the distinction cf ofiici
ating at more weddings than any cthei
person ia the county for several ycaFs
past, maintained his record In 1918
lie performed 70 marriage ceremonies
In the year just ended.
All employees Of the Pendleton Wool
On mllls who have been on the pay
roll during the past year will partiei
pate In extra earnings amounting u
several thousand dollars. the manage
msnt has announced. rhs earningi
viii be based on wages.
The 2ith annual convention OF th'
oregon palrymsn's association win b
held January II and is In Hiilsboro
. The convention will take the place o
the regular farmers week and shor
course that usually 10 held at the Ore
ron Asricultursi4oollese.
Charles II, Gram, labor commission
sr.elect has announced the perscnne
of his deputies, with one exception
.. II. Hansen, Portland; ]. G, Brad
ford, Corvallis, and J, II. West Salem
are the three deputies named undel
inc factory inspection Law.
Attornsy.0eneral Brown was IN
s.rueted by the state bcard@of contro
10 start ejeetmsnt prccesa.aga asains
the Salem Hospital association, pro
yIdinE the building II now occupie