The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1920-05-14
OREGON NEWS NOTES
Of GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events OF The Week
Briefly Sketchsd for Infor.
nation OF Our Readers.

Eillhh T. Jottcfes sV, IN VE"h"h NV
neer Of ist7. died at the family home
10 Astoria.
Tho UmpquA Academy association
will hold its fourth annual reunion at
wilbur Juno 3,
william Howard Taft may appear
In Hood River on Memorial day In a
lecture on the league OF nations.
The Fossil Telephone exchange hAa
filed application with tho Oregon pub
lie service commission TO Increase It's
TAtcs.
A S2i. 900 bond iAauo TO finance the
purchase Of a park sltc on tho banks
ot the Dosehutep will be voted on at
Bend.
Work on tho welcome arch 10 be
placed at tho main entrance to Baker
on the famous old oregon trail has
been started
Fire destroyed the opera house. two
stores and two other buildings at Meri
rilL In Lake county, The loss 10 eHti'
mated at $4,000.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson. believed to
have been the oldest woman In the
state OF Oregon. died In Portland at
the age OF io2 yeara
Tho seventh annual convention OF
tho Cattle and Horse Ralscrs' assoeia'
tlon OF Oregon will be held at Burns In
HArncy county May 2tas.
AZ the meeting OF tho Douglas coun'
" Sheep and Breeders association.
which was held In Roseburg. II was
decided to form n mohair pool.
Mrs, Elizabeth A. Van wtnklc. ".
Oregon pioneer OF 1851. died in Salem
at tho home OF her son. !. H. Van Win.
kIo. assistant a.torney'general OF Ore
gon. ....
Dorothy Cooper. the six'yeaF'oid
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cooper
OF wauna, about 25 milca east OF A.
toria. was fatally burned at the family
homo.
sixty.fiye bankers from lower VII
lamst,e and Columbia valley counties
attended the annual meeting OF group
No. / of tho State Bankers association
at Salem.
David N, Leach. 10 yeara old, pioneer
realdent OF the Lexington district. near
Heppner. committed suicide BY shoot
Ing himself through the head with Q
.sscaliber revolver.
Interes, on irredueibie school funds
OF the state from August ]. 1919. 70
May 1, 1920, amounted 10 s360,926.il.
according 10 a statement issued by the
treasury department,
Caught by the swift current OF the
Tumwater falls. near Celtic, Roy Dunn
maehlnist, and w. d, Darling. his help
or. In a small boat, we're swept over
tho falls TO the.r death.
Farmers from nil sections OF the
Morrow county wheat belt report wheat
showing n fine stand and, since the ad
vent OF warmer weather, Stooling out
well and making good growth,
While working alone In the gasoline
pumping station at Oakland that sup
plics water for the Southern Pacific
company water tank, Guy Martin wal
caught In tho shnfting and killed.
Steel workers have arrived at STAINS
field from Pittsburg, Pa, and work II
ander way on a 50.000.gallon steel wa
ter tank. the first step In the building
Of modern city water system for thai
city,
No further contracts for improve
ment work will be let by the STATE
highway commission until q recovery
OF the bond market assures the com
mission OF q higher return from III
issues.
Automobile tourists can easily mak'
the trip over the Pacific highway from
the California line to Portland at al
average speed Of Is 1.2 miles an hour
according to Herbert Mum, state high
way engineer.
Assistant Secretary OF the Nav!
Roosevelt has advised Senator McNar!
that Il will be impossible to detail an!
battieships OF the Pacific fleet to Port
land for the national Shrine conclays
June ~ to 20.
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