The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-01-02
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly skeiched for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.

The carrier delivery system for mail
will be started In Bend on April l.
Major James Bruce. Indian war vet
sran and pioneer Of oregon, ia dead A.
McMlnnyilio al the age OF ?? years.
Christmas business in Eugene this
season exceeded that OF last year BY
100 per cent
A fuel famine has been Ayerted tn
Hood River aud wood and coal are
fairly plentiful Al the present time
For tho improvement OF tho coast
guard service At siuslaw. a S5'tooi mo-
tor boat has been shipped 20 tha, point
The annual winter meeting Of the
Oregon Jersey Cattle club was held at
Oregon Agricultural college. December
~,
oregon has au approximate total ot
9sBTka Aeres In irrigated iands, ae'
eording to Percy A. cupper. state en'
slneer.
Albany voters. % 70 90. have ap'
proved an increased levy for school
purposes on the 1919 tAI roll Of Linn
county
Charles Hols,Fom. for more than 20
years night wa,ohman q, the state cap
i,ol. died after an illness Of abou, niue
months,
The Hood River county court has
adopted budget that will raise tax
OF iisi.ssI.ai. nearly $4,000 moro than
las, year.
Crews will begin work ON tho Hood
RlTerslosler stretch OF the Columbia
river hishway ss soon as the snow
clears away.
Robert ". sIantield and whitney
Boise. both OF Portland. were reap
pointed members Of the Oregon land
settlement commission.
Engineer u, II. Jones has completed
bis survey for the proposed Monmouth
gravity water syatem. which Il 10 esti.
mated viii COS, $4,000
Over $4,000 for produce and labor
was paid out by the Cottage Grove
eannery during tho 1919 season. The
total pack was $50 tons,
Salem automobile dealers have oy.
EanIred and plans are being made for
n show TO be given by the organization
on February 10. 20 and 81
Eugene win hold a special election
for the purpose OF voting $4,000 bonds
TO furnish funds for On aviation field
and additional tirc apparatus,
The Cottage Grove grange has jotn'
cd the Commercial club in going on
record az opposed TO the proposed issue
of $4,000, 900 in county road bonds.
X. q. Warner Of pcndlcton was ap.
pointed by Governor olcott as a mem.
ber OF tho state livestock sanitary
board to succeed the late J, n, Bur.
CESS.
There was one fatality due to acci.
dent In Oregon during the week end
Ing December 20. The victim WAS
Swan N. Swanson. construction work.
or OF Buxton,
Thirty Fllipinos. representing the
Filipino student body IN Salem. Philo.
math and Corvallis. assembled AZ sa.
lem December 30 to celebrate their na-
tional holiday,
s. r. KeHtcrsen, fireman on the Cal
ifornla. Oregon 4 Eastern railway, was
severely injured At klamath Falls
when he fell from his engine and was
dragged 30 feet.
Tony Lettis recently dlschargej
from the penltentiary after serving 20
months for alleged alien activities duf-
Ing the war, Ia again under arrest be-
lieved to be insane.
Johnson 8, Smith. deputy collector
of internal revenue at Portland. was
appointed federal prohibition director
for oregon. according to announce.
mont from Washington, d, C.
@. q. Brown. clerk Of the state land
board, has recommended to the board
hat 100000 OF the state school fund
,e invested In school district bonds
,caring at least per cent interest.
A hill to hold the attorney general
for the operation OF all leg.
station enacted In oregon viii be sub
nitted for the consideration of the
tate legislature at It's special session
n January.
The city OF scio has filed appllca.
Ion with the state engineer for tho
OF 20 second.feot OF wa.
or from Thomas creek for the deyel.
,pment OF 326 horsepower for munich
,al purposes.
Tho Phez company, with processing
plants and head offices IN Salem, has
'eceIved from q New York buyer an
,rder for 65 Carloads of apple cider
o be delivered at the eastern city as
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