The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-03-04
Oregon News Notes

creased the salary ~ tho fruit To-
spsetor 10 $500 Q year
An electric eaneeliins machine has
been received aad placed IN operation
By tho Bend postoffioe.
Total tax lsvien In Union county for
ne yesr 1850 shov sn Increase from
tste.fiLis 10 tsss.ststo.
Scarlet fever and messies have
reached the spidomio stage IN several
sections Of Douglas county.
The wool and usohair growers Of
Lane county mot 81 Eugene and or
gaaIsed . cooperative association.
Ths state irrigation srcuriiies com
mission has approved the sntirs Issue
Of N.iSo.oos Of usAfora irrigation dis.
trlet bonds.
The ciatsksnis kraut plant owned
b. the Oregon Packing company. has
closed the seaAon with . total output
OF 800 tons.
Ths road fund Of columbis county.
ineiadins some special taxes voted BY
several road districts. aniounts 10 al.
most 100000.
A 2S.ioot section Of the pavement on
the Columbia highway. Just west Of
oiatsksnie. was carried away Bun
day by = slide.
, Albert Petersen. government trap.
per al Uklsh, in Umatiila county. 70.
ports q mohth's catch Of 10 coyotes
ana three bobcats.
: Raymond D. Esheiman. former fer
expert u the oregon state psai,sn.
diary. died at ealem hospital after an
tllAess Of several weeks.
! tIfe. caused By the explosion OF
bot pafaffine. Quilted the interior Of
the wiilsmst,e, Valley Telephone com.
pAnys office st Talls City.
; TIE Pacific Power a Light company
Ass asked permission Of the public
service commission TO increase gas
rates and street car fares In Astoria.
Harry Wilson. Q iaborer OF Eugene,
has ieft for his old home In Boston.
Mass. declaring his intention OF walk.
ing the entire distance from coast Z
coast.
Tho taxpayers OF Astoria school di.
trict voted on the question OF authors.
Ing an Indebtedness OF $4,000 for the
OF an annex TO the high school
A new engine has been purchaser
by the Hood River fIre department at
\ coat sf $4,000. and q new fire hail
costing $4,000 has been finished and
equipped.
John Mecuc. an expert logger enc
,ioyed BY the Western Export q Log f,
ring company near Cottage Grove. was
instantly killed when he wss struck by
! falling tree.
The annual report Of the Noun,
Angel Creamery company shows that
Turing the last is months total sales
mounted TO $4,000 aud $4,000 was
aid 10 patrons for huiterfaL
with the exception Of measures I
aYryiug emergency clauses. all bills {
assed at the recent session Of the c
cgisiature and signed by the governor d
Ill become operative on May 25.
Farm bureau representatives from /
II parts Of the state have been at c
'ork the past week obtaining men, I
ers among the farmers OF Columbia S
ounty. A total OF ass was signed, o
A mass meeting OF the farmers Of b
ae county was held at Baker satur- n
ny for the purpose Of organising the n
heat growers Of the county into the n
regon Cooperative Grain Growers. o
Central oregon's first highway work D
the spring season commenced near U
end with the laying OF concrete cul. n
erts on 1.-The Bend,Horse Ridge road. y
,centiy authorized by the state coma Y
Iission,
The winchester hospital for the cure j.
tuberculosis. which was originally =
roposed 70 establish at Winchester, II
ouglas county, has filed notice Of dis. y
,lution with the state corporation q
y
Colts, calves and other livestock iE =
% Topsy vicinity Of klamath county, -
wing disappeared rapidly within the - :,
ct few weeks. w. L. Frain took the - !.
all OF mountain lion and after four !.
IVA aucceeded In killing Il,