The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-04-01
OREGON NEWS Notes
lr GEnT-'l INTEREST
Principal Events OF Tho Week
Briefly SketChCd for iniOr-
nation OF Our Readers.

Merrill,
Hubbard Bilyru, e, a resident Of
Oregon mud Linn county for 90 yearH.
10 dead al Albany
a coast HrtiIltry culaplDy ot tn"
Oregon National Guard. witn 20 men
enlisted, was mustered a. Albany
W T. Ku,ch. ooe OF tho oldcE' pio-
ncrrs of oregon, celebrated hin nlG,iy'
nfth birthday at Carlton last wcg@
improvements to cost $4,000 havo
been started on the naval radio sta.
tion On YouueB bay south ot Astoria
Reduced rat6p on lumber and shin
glcs from tho Pacific northwest to
eastern markets arc effective March
81.
The Dnilor police have started n
coaat.widr ararch for ". J, one. local
merchant who disappeared las, Mon
day night.
wheat stocks naN held by umaiilla
county farmers will be asdcfscl nj GO
cents bushcL according TO X. o.
Hawke. assessor
The Mulhcur county farm bureau has
fixed the wages Of farm laborcrB Tor
the coming season at 20 cents an hour.
room and board
Daniel Lane. Twins eIfhi miles north
~ Ia GrauIe. wgs buratd 20 death In
his home when dameH completely de-
yourcd bic residenee.
Farmers from all SECTIONS ot Marion
county assembled Ia Salem and or
ganlzcd what viii be known aB the
Salem broccoli association.
Early construction Of the $4,000
municipal auditorium In The pallcs.
bonds for which were voted last sum
mcr. has been decided on,
g. C., Hewlett Who celebrated his
oighty,nln,h birthday at Eagle point
on March 10. is rounding out 60 years
40 a newspaper correspondent
Taxes levied on gasoline ana distil-
late sold In Oregon during the period
February &c. 1919. 10 February 2S.
1921, ncttcd the state $S5i.27?.
The Eugene office OF the United
States employment service sent 20 pco
pie out to jobs during the last week
uf this number II were farm handr
The Gald llill cement plant, which
suspended operations last December,
has resumed with a crew Of ITO men,
Tho output of the plant is 1900 barrels
daily
l.. II. McMahan Of Salem has filoa
with the state rng'uer'g office an ap.
plioallon TO appropriate l5o second
fee, Of water from Mill creek cnd the
North Fork of the sautIam river for
the development Of 3ta horsepower.
Joseph G. Pocschi, slayer Of Charles
j schuapel. prominent Portland al.
torncy. was found guilty of murder IN
the second degree by a jury which
recommended The maximum penalty
under the law OF life Imprisonment.
A committee from the E1gene cham.
Der OF commerce has been appointed
10 act with n like committee from the
University Of Oregon to arrange for Il
formal dedication of the woman's
building at the university of Oregon
early in May.
Director Davis OF tho reclamation
service Is expected to name the com
mission within few days which is
10 make an examination Of the Des'
chutca irrigation project in Oregon,
for which congress has made IN initial
appropriation OF 100000,
There are approximately 925,0o)
acres OF irrigated land in Oregon *
elusive of Dcschutes county, which has
about $4,000 acres under water, accord
Ing TO a report of the United States
census bureau received at the offices
of Percy a. Cupper, state engineer,
Examination OF stills seized in Dcs-
chutes county reveals the fact tllat the
man who drinks monnshino whisky
literally takca his llte In his hands,
Sheriff Roberts declares. Evidence
shows that 40 per cent OF Dtschutes
county distillers are rank amateurs,
The divorce action of Marjorie Haw.
ley against Willard p. Hawley Jr, of
Oregon City, appealed from Clackamas
county will be heard by the Oregon
supreme court early in June, according
to an announcement made by Arthur
Benson. clerk of the supreme court,
fley. Ernest N, smitn pastor o. the
Methodist Episcopal church OF Nc
Minnville died at the church parson'
age from blood poisoning. The intec'
ton came from poison oak in his eye
and small boil on the cheek.