The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-06-11
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly SketChed for Inior.
nation OF Our Readers.

Robert Fiorcr. Gs. committed hulcldo
in Baker by shooting Off the entire top
OF his head.
The Lane County lIolatcln Breeders
association wan organized at meet
Ing IN Eugene
The state fire marHhal VIII make an
investigation Of the recent fire at Ore
gon city. which destroyed property to
the value Of $4,000.
Oregon Duruc.Jcrary brccdcra from
all sections Of Marion county gathered
at Salem Saturday for the annual pic
nic Of the organization,
Tho public service commisHlon has
Increased from 10 70 20 per cent the
rates OF the Idaho Power company for
electric service Ia Oregon.
A force Of res men IL at work IN the
river bottoms Of Lane and Linn coun'
tics, cutting balm. or cottonwood. for
the manufacture Of excelsior.
Tho first forent fire Of the season
In the north end Of Jackson county has
started In the timber on the head Of
Kanc'a creek. south Of Gold Hill
Seven persons were injured and prop.
crty Talued at $4,000 dceIroyed In n
fire that swept Halfway. mining
town 81 miles southeast Of Baker.
Eight events will be contested In the
first Of n BeriCu OF three firemcn's tour
uamcuis TO bc held by the departments
Of Albany. Corvallis and Lebanon.
Sixteen cows registered In the Smith
umpqua cow testing association pro-
ducsd more than 40 pounds OF butter
fat each during the month OF March.
Marbhtelda armory. built with local.
county and state funds. was dedicated
Friday with II grand military ball given
by the second company. Coast Artillery,
The goth annual convention Of the
oregon Federation Of womcn'a clubs
closed at Enterprise. after one OF the
most delightful gatherings OF it's his
tory.
The annual Union livestock show Ia
pronounced the best one ever held In
Union county. A feature was daily
golf game between Boise aud Spokane
teams,
when inc various units OF the ore.
gon National Guard are recruited 10
their full strength there will be dia
tributcd annually 100000 OF federal
money,
On Saturday and Sunday. June 10
and 20. Salem will be host TO about 600
motorcycle enthusiasts. representing
practically every motorcycle club In
the northwest,
Lane county has 1857 farms. Of which
1889 ara occupied by the owners and
AIS are rented. according TO tho sum
mary OF assessments In the office OF
the county assessor.
Audit OF the books OF o. p, Hoft
state treasurer. In the recent grand
Jury investigation OF HIS office. cost
$4,000. according to figures presented
to the state emergency board.
with the exception OF short stretch
OF few yards where n sharp turn
was cut off, the pavement on tho Pa
cific highway between Eugene and
Junction City has been completed.
After four days and nights chiefly
chiefIy given over the transaction OF
business OF the organization. the Ore
gon Statu Grange concluded its t7th
annual convention at Bend Saturday,
George T. Baldwin, state senator and
delegate-elect 10 the democratic ma
tional convention. died at klamath
Falls. Ho had been III ten days, Death
was due to urcmic poisoning He was
eb years of age.
The taxpayers Of seven school die
tricts In tho western part OF Lanc
county will vote at the annual school
meeting in each district June 2l on
the question of establishing a union
high school at Florence.
George l.. Burtt, the California potar
to broker, has notified the Bend Com
mercial club that no effort will bo
made to develop lands until an Under
standing has been reached regarding
the employment of Japanese.
The hallbut banks off Yaquina bay,
discovered in 1919, are now laden with
hnlihut. The fishing schooner EN-
pirc, In charge of Captain Anderson,
arrived at Newport with $4,000 pounds
Of fish following two days fishing,
With view of exterminatIng coyotes
between the John Day and Deschutes
rivers by formation of trapping dis
trict, Professor o. N. Nelson, In charge
or the sheep department at Oregon
Agricultural college viii visit Antelope
June 10.