The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-05-30

HNui' iHV u'H upt hoiN Weh w ~
at present employed by tho company
because of tho scarcity,
A resolution condemnlnE Oregon NJ
one OF tho worst states in the union
with regard 10 the divorce evil and
providing for tho appointment Of
committee 10 investigate conditions
and instisste legislation TO mitigate
tho growing tendency OF divorce. was
adopted at Portland by tho 3ist do
oeaan convention OF the Episcopal
church
Another of a series Of merchnndine
shoots, which have been attracting
sportHmen from many sections Of lho
willamette valley. was held by tho
Albany Gun club Friday. Sporlamen
from Amiiy on the north TO Eugene
on the south were In attendance. and
with q large crowd present eompe,i'
tlon was keen.
Crook County Superintendent J. u.
Myers In issuing sugar beet seed for
experimental purposes, Twoyear
test. show a quality Of ~ per cent
10 this years tsat holds out thc Ogden
refinery will build factory at Prime
willie. The ochoco irrigation project
10 expected 20 produce great quanli'
ties Of high grade becis.
Twenty.one csrgocs or si,Soo.ooo
feet Of railroad ties are to be shipped
out Of Portland. Columbia river ana
Puget sound points TO England, OF
this total a thlrd will be handled by
Portland shippers. II 10 said the ship
meuls will bo completed BY August 10,
The worth OF these ties TO millmen
will be approximately tse2.ooo.
The summer session at oregon Asri'
cultural college 10 expected to have q
large enrolment. according 70 the
number OF inquiries already received.
The big demand for teachers OF agri'
culture, homo economics and vocA-
tlonal courses viii probably increase
the number who will take these sub
jocts during tho summer months.
Harvey Wells. state commander OF
the Spanish war veterans. has rcceiv.
cd word that q rate OF fare and
third has been granted by tho railroad
administration for the state oncamp'
men. OF Spanish war veterans which
viii be held in Salem on July . and ..
Tho special rate win be given to all
members OF the organization and al
lied auxiliarias.
stops have been taken to form a gi'
gantio organization Of all the prunc
growers OF Oregon and OF Clarke coun'
ty. Washington. according TO J, Q.
Holt. manager OF the Eugene Fruit
Growers association. This 10 the first
move toward organizing oil fruit
growers OF oregon alons lines Of the
several fruit growers associations OF
California which have been In exist
ence for . number OF years
Notice was received by the state
highway commission from the United
States department OF agriculture that
~ army trucks. used during the war,
win be allotted 10 Oregon for use In
road work, the only stipulation being
that they be used In building state.
aided roads. including forest and post
roads. The trucks have total value
OF about 100000, They arc now in
Chicago awaiting delivery TO Oregon.
Thirty.seven days from the time her
keel was laid and 10 days from the
time she was launched the steel steam.
or City OF Eureka. built at Portland
by the Columbia River shipbuilding
corporation. left on her builders trial
trip. The builders claim worlds rec
ords both for the elapsed time be
tween the laying OF the keel and the
launching and between the launching
and the completion OF the vessels
equipment,
Appointment Of the members Of the
newly.created state vocational educa'
tionar board has been announced by
Governor oicott. The members In
ciude r. d. ingalls, Of Dufur, David NJ.
Dunno OF Portland, u, ]. Stack OF Port
land and Mrs. George McMath Of Port.
land. The board is designed to Co
operate with the federal government
In procuring vocational educational
facilities for public school children Of
the state.
Dean q. A. Covell, Of the Oregon
Agricultural college will represent the
engineering interests Of the northwest
in . national conference in Washing
ton, D. c., June 2s and "a, the main
purpose Of which 10 to discuss the
question Of turning out from such
technical institutions as the college
men trained in both commerce and
engineering, who can take charge OF
big industries and thus make II pos
sible 10 extend foreign trade,
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