The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-08-06
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor.
nation oil Our Readers.

Mfhs minnie iHtll AHucIhhh Nha
drowned In tho Columbia river at As.
sCria.
Jackson cous,y cattle men are plan
ming to mRFEnt their cattle through
auction sales,
The Granite road extending from
Granite to the Baker county line has
boon completed
The manufacture Of tile will be q
now industry In Albany TO be cstab'
llnhed by the Albany Brick a Tile
company.
Lane county has population OF sa.'
1876 In 1890. as compared with n popu'
lation Of ss.Ts3 In 1910. according TO
a report issued BY the census bureau
Saypnty.on anrea ot land lying adJa'
cent TO the city Of Coquille was sold
by It's owner. Mr. Klstucr. TO y. N,
Smith. for a consideration Of $4,000.
With a per capita wealth Of ssa2.5S.
Albany Ia setting forth the claim that
few citlcs In the country can equal
tho slEo Of iIu bank deposits pro rata
to population.
Tho klamath County woolgrowers
association has decided to levy n tax
Of cents head on all sheep owned
by members to provide fund for cur
rent expenses,
Tho Washington County Automo.
tive association was organized at
meeting In HillBboro Monday night.
attended by rs dealers from all parts
OF the county.
The entire plan, Of the Alco Wood
Products company at Albany was do
Atroyed by fire. causing u loss Of he
tween $4,000 aud 100000. Tho In
Suranee was $4,000.
George carlllo was fined Sioo and
costs In Justice court at Cottage Grove
when no pleaded guilty to u charge OF
dynamlting trout In the Coast Fork
river on the morning OF juno 6.
Victor Beaurcgard. owner Of ranch
crossed several tlmoS by the colum'
bia river highway. east OF Hood River.
will remove the pIgpens which have
caused complaint from tourists,
William C. Cunningham. u private
In lat company. coast artillery CORPS.
stationed at Fort Stevens, was found
dead at the pos. and the military au'
thoritias believe he committed suicide,
Relics OF early days In Lane county
aud Oregon will be feature OF tho
exhibits at the county fair at Eugene
In September. according TO announce
ment OF W. c. yoran. secretary OF tho
fair association,
The Eugene city council has decided
10 go ahead with the purchase OF a
municipal aviation field. notwithStand'
ing the fact that ,horc are no bidders
for tho $4,000 bonds recently voted
for that purpose.
Tho county court Of Jackson county.
In conjunction with the state highway
is planning to put $4,000
worth OF gravel on the GreonSpring
mountain road, grading OF which is
now we'll under way,
A. p. Walker Of Oakland. Cal, was
killed In an automobile accident near
Wilbur. when an automobile occupied
by o. II. johnson and his wife aud
Mr.. Walker left the road and plunged
over the bank 10 feet.
In order TO finance the purchase Of
the site for the proposed naval base
site at Astoria TO be presented to the
the Clatsop county naval
base company. with capital stock OF
100000, has been organized
At least 500 tons OF evergreen black.
berries will bo handled at the Albany
cannery this season, Tho cannery will
begin or tho evergreens as soon as
the loganberry crop. with which II is
now crowded, Ia out OF the way.
Mrs. ]. @. Dennis, aged about 45,
wife Of a merchant at Charlottesville,
lost her life In fire which destroyed
her home In that town. The fire also
burned the building in which the
postoffice was situated
John D. McGilvary, q granite expert
Of San Francisco, was In Ashland re.
Gently and made an inspection OF the
granite quarries of this region. He
became so much interested that he
will return and make more extended
Representatives Of the Rogue River
Valley Fish and Game association will
start for the mouth OF the Rogue river
August s 10 make q thorough investi'