The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-04-02
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketched for lnior.
nation OF Our Readers.

/, lB proposed 10 locate q now trout
hatchery iust south u Hood ltigor
unsuld apple ftyclsB held At Hood
river VIII NOT cAcrrd ai Cnuoads.
rho ilaod illyeF County rubic
lieallli association has been organized,
Ihr atnly board ot control has ruid
tiiu00 Borih uf flax 10 sn t2aalrfu
iirm
4 bacon war b. on In Albany TN
price for side bacon 10 down TO 20 ecntA
q pound
Much ncr business In hring offered
the nuh,r militia ot Western oregon by
buyers fot the railroads,
Three crates ~ Chinese phcasants
have been shipped to Ilend for distri
button IN Drschutea county.
The annual bts,e convention " the
Oregon Association NJ Master Plumbers
will g. held at Salem May a.
4 largely attended meeting Of the
North willamette Valley Merchants
association was held Ia woodburn.
Bids are Se!ag asked for the leasing
at moro than zoo tracta Of wheat land
an the rmetiilA Indian reservation.
Machinery has been ordered for a
factory To MAKE swira chccse In Coos
county. THIS viii be the tIrnt factory
u Ito kind Ia oregon.
Tho county commissioners Of Val.
iowa county have authorized loan OF
$1,000 To Ehc farm bureau to be- used In
huying squirrel poison.
Ancr lying Idle Tor nearly two years
during litigation, The Graya HHrbor
Development company q copper mine At
Waldo IL now opening.
HuildluE activities In MrMiuhyille
have brsun Ia oarursl aud indications
nro for oac OF tho most prosperous
yeara In the history OF the city.
Lumber amounting 10 nearly ia,0op.'
Ooo feet VIII BE- shipped from tho 60
lambia river to Australia. China, Cuha
and South America this month,
Ata rrcen, meeting Of livestock pro-
duccrN Rt I'rjurYlile resolution was
PASSED demanding an Investigation ot
the mothpaa % the Portland Union
stockyardp, No specific charge "Ra
made ...........
Rosa Humphrey. AGED Is, daughter
nf Mira Mntlie Humphrey liying on
farm In the Meadow'View district
northwest of Eugene, died an a result
IT burns sustained when she fell into
Fireplace.
The issuance OF sS0n.ooo worth Of
bonds bearing per cent interest, for
the purpose oi erecting municipal
llaht aud water plall, will he voted
unon hy tho rcaldcn,s OF RoscburG at
the May election
Believing fssaburr should support
city bspd nt least during the sum
ner months tho Muelo club Is clrculal'
Ing a petition 10 tho city council ask
ing that body 10 assist in maintaining
such an organization.
The state highway win be onriehea
hy NIt46A601 received from motor
vehicle registrations between loRary
/ aud March iS, 1890. according TO
figures made public by sam A. koIer,
assistant secretary OF state.
There was one fatality In OREGON due
70 accidents during the week ended
March ls, according 10 a report pre-
pared by the state industrial accident
commission The victim was a, NJ
Berch, brakeman, OF knnppa,
The funeral OF Roger b. sinnott who
died In Portland Tuesday evening Toll
lowing q sudden attack OF heart fail
ure. was held at The palles Monday
following the arrival of his brother
Representative n, J, Stnnott
RESOURCES OF the 25 banks aud trust
companies In thc city OF Portland at
the close Of business on February a.
1890, totaled sl7s,7A9, ,oit,S6. according
to report prepared by WIN It, Beh'
nett. state superintendent of banks
W, II. Ledbetter of Alicol has sold
one of hla prlzewinning shire mares
to Frank Lewis of Mikkalo The pur'
chase price was $1,000, which is one
OF the highest prices ever paid IN
Union county and probably in eastern
Oregon,
Revenues of the Sumpter Valley
Railroad company, with headquartefs
at Baker. will be increased aprroS'
mately S54,OS5 annually as the result
Of new tariff approved IN an order
issued by the oregon public service
commission,
without further delay the presldeh'
tial campaign OF Senator Miles Pom
dexter win be put under way in Ore