The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-07-30
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.

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The city treasurer OF Salem repopts
q total OF ss4.54l In the city treasury.
The water supply OF Roseburg was
shown to be chemically pure when ins
spected.
Portland has been made western
headquarters for the Democratic ma
tional committee.
Rev. J. Groschupf, formerly OF spo-
kane, has been installed as pastor Of
the Lutheran church at Baker.
The fund being subscribed at Co
guile for a new Methodist church
has already passed the $4,000 goal.
Thirty-eight portable school build
ings are to be constructed Immediate
ly for use OF the Portland schools.
c. F. Hartwig OF Bend claims that
he can lure electricity sufficient 10
develop $4,000 horsepower from the
afr.
The Gale tract OF 10 acres adjoining
the University OF Oregon campus at
Eugene has been sold TO the univer.
sity.
Miss Celia Gavin. city attorney of
The Dalles, has been appointed a mem
Der of the Democratic state central
committee
The U. 8. s. Birmingham and a
division OF six destroyers paid a visit
to Astoria during the American Le-
gion convention.
Permanent headquarters Of the
American Legion's Pacific coast com;
mittee to combat radicalism have been
established In Portland.
Work has been begun on the three
story fruit packing plant Of the Ore
gon Growers association at Myrtle
Creek in Douglas county.
st. Helens shows a growth from 743
In 1910 to 222o in 1920, aud. Clatskanie
from 747 in 1910 to 1884 in 1890. ac-
cording to the census figures.
The state fish commission made an
investigation Of property near Rose
burg with a view to selecting a site
for an exclusive trout hatchery.
With the coming of the haying sea
son, the Bend lumber mills are losing
many employees who are leaving for
work on Oregon and Idaho ranches.
Portland railway officials report
there is some improvement in supply
of cars for loading lumber and other
products from the Pacific northwest.
Nearly one hundred young people
representing Presbyterian churches
throughout Oregon have met in Al
bany to attend the summer conference.
The city of Hood River has let q
contract for the construction of COM
bined city hall and firemen's head
quarters at an estimated cost OF $780,
174.
Manufacturers and public service
corporations in the Portland district
use sawmill refuse for fuel to great.
er extent than any other section of
the United States.
The Buehner Lumber company at
North Bend has begun construction OF
a monster smokestack. 1t will be OF
concrete 110 feet high with diameter
of 10 feet at the top.
The orchard OF George Webb at The
Dalles, one of the finest in the entire
state, has been leased to Japanese in.
terests. This orchard consists of about
$50 acres of bearing fruit.
The Roseburg city council unani'
mously voted to fight the new rates
granted by the Public service COM
mission to the Douglas County Light
& Water company of Roseburg.
Josephine and Grant counties both
show decreases, according to census
reports. Josephine county. 1856, de-
crease Of 1912 or 20 per cent; Grant
county, 1896, decrease Of Ill or per
cent.
Acknowledgement Brown has sub
mitted to the state land board a pro.
posal to transfer what are known as
Hyde Benson lands from the United
States government TO the state Of
Oregon.
Recent rains have damaged consid-
erable hay In Lincoln county, but the
loss is more than offset by the IN
creased yield of later crops. A bumper
crop of berries and potatoes is now
assured.
Property owners in Brownsville who
have property abutting ON Main street
and Spalding avenue in the district
which the city council proposed TO
rave have filed two petitions asking
me circuit court to grant iniunctions
against the contract entered into be-
.ween the council and L. e. Herold.
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