The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-01-23
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of The Week
Briefly Sksiohed for InfOr.
nation OF Our Readers.


TO incorporate tho town was phancd.
A contract has been lot Tor All alSrt
mont house In Pendleton To cost ST..
900.
An extension school will bo held In
Alsea. Ben,on county. January 80. 30.
and 81.
The legislature passed the bill pro-
viding for tho licensing Of automobile
drivers.
The Oregon State Dalrymen's asHo.
cIAtiou will meet In Eugene January
u aud q?
More than 100 persons at Maplcton
we're vaccinated during tho past week
because OF a smallpox scare there.
E. c. Cole. official dos catcher for
the city OF Eugene made a profit OF
ti7i the past month catching dogs,
Tho oaeo Orchard company in pen'
ton county sold nearly $4,000 worth
OF fruit this year off lie toOAcre tract
waaco county II undertaking a uys'
tomauc squirrel poisoning campaign
under tho auspices OF tho agricultural
agent
July 2?. 20 aud "a are the dates 10
lec,od for the third annual convention
OF the Oregon State Elks association
10 be held In Salem"
Mrs. Mary L. Collins. 10. oregon pIo'
neer Of 1883. and widow Of tho late
Judge James l.. Collins, died at tho
family homo In Dallas,
Impressive ceremonies attending tho
laying OF the cornerstone for Bends
$4,000 Catholic church will bo held
Sunday afternoon. January 20.
A statewide movement, has been In
auguratrd by the Oregon Bankers
committee. TO interest tho children in
clubs for tho raising OF regiAtcrcd live
stock.
Land purchased q few weeks ago in
Dcpehutea county by the Dcsehutas
Valley Seed company Is being cleared
and 200 acres will bo planted TO pota'
toes this spring,
AZ . meeting OF the Lebanon Ma
tlonEi Farm Loan association It was
reported that federal land bank loans
had been made TO stockholders 10 the
amount OF ssao.oeo.
SilaH Williams. resident Of Linn
county continuously since no crossed
the plains to Oregon In 1859, died at
his farm eight miles southeast OF Al
bany. aged SS years.
Tho cltixena In and about knappn.
n farming district In clatsop county.
are planning 10 install u gravity water
system which will supply about rs
ranches aud families
Fruit growers from all over Polk
county report that aimee tho recent
heavy Anow rabbits In large numbers
have descended upon their orchards
and arc running the trees,
Tho car shortage. regarding which
lumOcIHeu HhNS pNoh SeAhF'"'Hf'b w.
some time. has caused the Albany
Lumber company to suspend opera
tlons at It's mill temporarily,
Authority 10 procure an oil painting
Of tho late James Wlthyeombe, former
governor OF Oregon. was given by tho
legislature. providing that up to 5000
be expended for painting OF the ex'
ecutive,
The cost OF trail work on the import.
ant projects In the Cascade national
forest during the year 1919 was from
s21s.69 q mile to sA7s.s9 a mile, ac-
cording to a report OF Forest Super
visor Macduff
A tract OF 100000 feet Of timber
on tho SIskiyou mountains and ad'
Jacent to tho Pacific highway has been
purchased by the Barham brothers OF
Ashland, who will begin logging op'
.eratlons at once.
A Joint meeting OF the dental socl.
cites Of Lane, Linn and Marion coun'
ties to be held In Eugene some time
during the month Of February is being
planned by the members of tho Lane
County Dental society,
George +. Delss was killed last week
on the Coast Range Lumber road
near Mabel. He was standing be-
tween two cars when they came to-
Rether, and was pinned between the
projecting ends OF logs.
An industrial survey of Linn county
will be made by the Albany Chamber
Of Commerce to be used In answering
injuries regarding the county's re-
sources and industries and In general
OF the county.
Severely frozen feet sustained dur
ing the storm In Decepber when he