The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-11-21
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly Sketched for lnior.
nation OF Our Readers.

Ashland Ia suffering from 4 rather
serious fuel shortage.
Tho berry.growing propaganda has
taken hold In Coos county
Tho Bend lodge OF Elka will soon be.
sin tho erection OF u beautiful nov
$4,000 temple,
coun,crfolterp are flooding tho Coos
Hay district with spurious haif-doliar
and dollar coins,
Coos county taxable property. accord
ing TO tho board OF equalization. has a
value Of s23. .ts2.?t.
Tho Beaver Portland cement plant
At Gold I'm IL rushing preparations
for operation a. soon as possible.
More than 1870 aerca Of wheat has
been certified for seed purposes In
Sherman. Union and waseo counties.
Tho annual teachers institute Of
Lane county Is TO be held at tho Eu'
gene high school November -. 90
and &c.
Portland led the Pacific coaS, in tho
value OF sales a, its army quarter
master store for the week ending No.
Vembcr ].
Members OF tho Marion and Polk
county medical association have boost.
I'd their fees to meet the steadily nd.
yaneinE cost Of living.
A biz delegation OF commercial club
secretaries OF oregon met at Salem
Monday for tho Hemiannual conclavs
Of association secretaries
cannory companies cannot hold
growers to strict performance OF their
contracts. according to n decision rem
dercd by tho circuit court In Salem.
Aneroid lake. In wallowa county.
was thrown open 10 hook and line fish
Ing during the winter months by tho
Oregon fish and game commission.
Highest honors IN the national ao.
eideut prevention drive In the north.
west officially have been awarded TO
tho Southern Pacific lines north Of
Ashland.
Attorney General Brown gives notice
that no will proceed to prosecute any
ono known TO be guilty OF violating the
Law against proiltecring In foods and
other necessities.
Oregon has been selected as the
meeting place OF the next annual con
vention OF the oregon State Hotel
mons association. which will be held
on December 8 and o.
H. II. Hoetlor announced at Astoria
that within 30 days he will begin work
on tho construction OF n new candy
factory. The cost OF the plant will be
approximately $4,000.
Governor oleott announced he would
appoint George s. sizemore as district
attorney OF Harney county TO succeed
NJ. A. niggs, who has resigned. TO take
effect December 3i.ei9is,
Antonio Hsaigsman, son OF A. Han
igsman. Hood River orchardist has
attracted Indiana automobile acces'
sorry manufacturers by tho invention
OF map holder for motor tourists.
The klamath Falls box'makers' un'
ion has decided 10 ask the state con
board to conduct an investi'
CATION OF wage conditions and cost OF
living with Wow to raising their
wage scale.
Presbyterians OF Albany, Lebanon,
MIL City. shelburn, craw'
fordsyillo, Gates, Mehama and Mount
Pleasant will attend new era con-
ference In the First Presbyterian I
church OF Albany.
In case OF an l. W. w, uprising In
Oregon similar to that which occurred
At Centralla, Adjutant.Genora stafrin
of the o. N. @. says he would be able
10 recruit between 1900 and 1900 men
for immediate duty.
II. Lee Noe, of Vale. won the much
sought automobile license plate bear
ing figure one at the public drawing &
held In the office Of the secretary OF
state. License number 13 fell TO A. S.
Of 81, Helens.
J. 8. Howard. age 81, founder and I
lirst mayor OF Medtord. died in that G
,lty after a lingering illness. Known c
'or generation as tho Father OF l
Mr.. Howard first came to a
Jacksonville by oxteam in 1859,
J. O. Smith, proprietor OF a confec- o
louery store at Needy, short dis a
ance from oregon City, was fatally Q
burned when gasoline lamp exploited I
while he was filling 1t with air lie Z
lied later. The store was completely J
A deal entailing a consideration OF c
II 400 900 was closed at Astoria when D