The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-09-03
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skeiched for Infor.
nation oil Our Readers.
Fesmer residents Of Minnesota held
. basket picnic at Salem Tuesday,

q basket picnic at Salem Tuesday.
lrrlgon In To have new Bchoo
building. Bonds for $40 900 have been
voted and sold.
'fhe potato and wheat crops In Ihs
Deseau,es valley viii be- unusually
heavy this fall.
John ", Jones Of Portland has re,
ceiyed n recess appointment IN post
maAter At Portlahd-
Recent fires. with an aggregate lass
OF $4,000. caused citizens Of Maiin 20
call n meeting TO organize Il better
fire Department.
Tho Albany ohnncry viii be en-.
larged ht once by tho construction OF
now structure. G0E90 feet. for a
fruit and berry preparation room.
Henry y. MeIlwain. OF Eugene. who
has been seriously III for number
OF months. shot himself through tho
temple and death followed instantly.
vivian l.. Dun,en. aged 50. farmer OF
Camp creek. near Springfield. was
stabbed 10 death during an aiterca,
tioa with william H. Elliott. a neigh.
Dor.
Records OF tho submarine mine tar.
set practice Just completed al. Fort
Stevens indicate the phenomenaliy
high score OF ss per con, on the figure
OF merit
Nine boys and two girls. whose ages
range from eight to Is ycarp. we're
rounded up at Salem on charges OF
committing petty thetts In different
parts OF the city,
More than rs per cent Of the motor
vehicle operators licenses. based on
q total OF approximately Is6. 900 appli.
cations received. have been issued by
the aocre,Ary OF state.
For tho first time In the history OF
the Oregon City Manufacturing com.
paay OF oregon City Il closed for two
weeks TO allow employees and super.
intendenta n vacation.
The demand OF the Northwest Mill.
ora association for a As.0O0'pound car.
load minimum on grain products ship.
menta has been granted by the Oregon
public seryice commission.
First Lieutenant Maylon r. Scott.
nth field artillery. Camp Lewis.
Wash. has been detailed M assistant
military Instructor n, tho Oregon Ak.
rieultural college. Corvallis,
Application has been filed with the
state engineer requesting state guar.
anteo OF interest OH bonds In the sum
OF approximately $780, 900 voted by
the Talent irrigation district.
Coyotes are becoming common IN
some parts of Coos county and an
effort 10 10 be made by residents In
the pest.ridden districts to have the
county court establish a bounty for
the animals,
The photographic survey Of tho
umpQua river. which Ia being made
by United States coast and geodetic
survey party stationed At Gardiner in
charEa OF o. w. swanson. government
engineer. is nearing completion.
There are 400 insurance companies
operating In Oregon at present. while
the aggregate license fees and prem
Iums received by the state amount 70 /,
,276.ooo annually, according to A. c. i
Barber. state insurance commissioners /,
Approximately 400 out OF flock OF
700 sheep belonging 10 J, II. Hinton, ,
stockman OF Hamilton, Grant county, +,
iied recently as the result OF eating ,
upine. a poisonous weed according !
10 DR.. w, II, Lytle, state veterinarian.
Percy Cupper, state engineer has
about 25 photographs OF
Oregon reclamation projects which
viii be on display at Seattle during
he irrigation and development con-
yreas which convenes there September
10 and H. G
Refund OF approximately $1,000
covering shipments OF asphalt 10 the J
tate highway commission during the
,ast seven years will be asked in
,etition to be filed with the inter.
tate commerce commission within the J
lext few days. according to G. d. =
.ytle. traffic expert for the state
Highway department
To meet an emergency among lum' G
,er manufacturers on Coos bay an n
.greement has been reached between o
everal OF the mills and the Four LIS r
or a straight reduction of pay of so {
ents each man. this reduction to be c
emporary aud TO rule until the price 9
I lumber products increase so that b
he present wage can be put into |,
fleet again. .