The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-08-13
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of Tho Week
Briefly Skeiched for Inior.
nation OF Our Readers.


land during the month Of June amount
cd 10 t9s0. $50.
Paving work has begun on the seven
mile section Of the Pacific highway
north ~ Jefferson.
Benton county now has 10 thrcshinE q
outfits. From present Indications the
crop will be the best In years
Increased rates arc allowed the New.
berg Telephone company BY an order
OF tho public borvico commission,
Forest fires reported by the air.
plano patrol ot tho forest service to-
tailed 81 during the latter half Of July,
Al u meeting of the state highway
commission In Portland. August 20.
bids will be- opened on 81 100000 state
highway boEdp,
J. G. Nelson. an Oregon pioneer. died
At his home In Newbcrg q, the age OF
30, with his parcnta he located In
the chehaicm valley IN isi5,
The first unit of the Langcil valley
irrigation diatric, In klamath county
has made application to the state TO
approve a bond issue OF $4,000,
Oregon has a population In 1890 Of
Tsa.2S6. according 10 census figures.
which 10 a gain Of il0,b2o or iJ1 per
cent over the 1910 figures OF 57s.1G5
Fred Peterson. TS. native Of Dem
mark. was burned to death when hIs
cabin on the Mohawk river, 10 mIles
northeast Of Eugene. was destroyed
by fire.
". l. Buffers OF Allogany has been
held 10 the Grand jury IN Coos county
on the charge OF selling rocks for
chlttlm bark to improve the weight OF
the bark.
Monday, September 9. Labor day.
has been selected by Hood River as
the date for formal celebration OF the
opening Of tho completely paved Co.
lumhia River highway.
Wheat harvest Is under way In Nor
row county and the grain is Of frat
claSH quality. Tho yicld In fair nv.
erago although many fields were In
jured by the hot weather.
Oregon is suffering from a shortage
Of librarians. according TO Misa Cor.
nciia Marvin. state librarian. who has
u list OF eight important posts In tho
state that should be filled,
Notwithstanding the gasoline short.
age. the number Of automobiles visit
Ing Crater lake 10 far this summer has
exceeded the number that visited the
resort during the entire season OF 1919.
Approximately $4,000 motor vehicles
are registered In Oregon. according 10
q statement made at the office OF tho
secretary of state. This Is ono car for
about every eight persons in Oregon.
The Fruit Growers league OF Med.
ford has opened an employment bur.
eau with the object OF cooperating
with other fruit growers In the allo.
cation OF pickera throughout tho val. ,
ley, !
Tho public service commission has ,
issued orders granting service rate In n
creascs TO the Desehutes Telephone
company OF clackanas county and G. !
A. Bradford telephone lines In Grant 4
county, n
During the fiscal year ending June y
30, $50 dentists were licensed to prac. .
tice In oregon. OF these. iS4 were l.
The licenses OF 81 dem n
lists were revoked because OF non'pay' c
ment OF fees.
July was an exceptionally dry month h
In Astoria and the lower Columbia q,
river district. according to the records I,
In the local weather observers office. "
The precipitation ior the month was "
0 OF an inch. h
The special committee OF state legis' ct
ators appointed to Investigate the V,
,tate game and fish commission will Il
meet In Portland August is to hear "
anyone who has complaint to make o.
against the commission,
While testing out forest service h'
'adio outfit at Eugene, human voices II
we're picked up by the instruments. G
I was learned that the voices came r
rom Portland through wireless tele- M
,hone apparatus In that city. X
Fire DESTROYED the Strange shingle bl
ompany's mill. four miles from the B'
lty limits OF Portland on the Linnton W
Dad. and burned four dwellings, four fu
,unkhouses and boarding house,
With total loss OF about 100000. to
The klamath Falls council has de- he
ided not TO remove dice and card at
ames from pool rooms and other pub pa
lc places but viii amend existing or tn