The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1921-04-22
OREGON NEWS NOTES

Fourth 0f July
burglars visited Banks recently and
LOOTED the Banks Mercantile store and
sobroll'a ghrngc.
Work will begin before June l on
nov public school building to be
erected In Albany,
Methodislh Of Corvallis arc prepar'
Ing TO build n 100000 church. to bs
completed within year,
4 total OF 6?t coyotes we're trapped
and killed by government trappers In
Oregon during tho month of March
The Wheeler county fair board ia
making preparations for the annual
exhibition at Fossil. September 20 and
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One Pacific coast. onn trI-state and
seven state conventions are already
booked for Astoria for tho summer Of
1891.
Coos coun,y's paved highway be-
tween Marshfeld and coquille has
been completed and thrown open to
traffic.
The Southern Pacific plans 10 spend
100000 at Roseburg In extending the
railroad yards and increasing the
trackaEe.
The wool growers OF Coos county
met IN Myrtle Point Monday for the
purpose OF forming = pool 60 handle
their wool.
Oregon City complains Of a scarcity
Of houses People are leaving the city
because they can find no place In
which to live.
The Linn couRiy oil. Gas & Develop
mcnt company expects to have an oil
drill In operation near Albany by the
middle OF May,
Former residents Of Iowa viii meet
at Salem. June II. for the annual re.
union and picnic Of the Iowa State as.
ISOLATION OF Oregon.
Lester Hail. 90, IL dead nt Cor.
wallis hospital ns a result OF electrocu'
tion and fall from the top Of South
ern Pacific electric car.
A total OF $4,000 was expended dur
ing the month OF March in constnic.
tion. maintenance aud repair OF perm.
ancnt roads In Gillian county
". I. Reynolds. former city school
superintendent OF Polk county. 10 dead
at Dallas. Mr.. Reynolds had taught
school In Oregon for ~ wears.
rhe palles city council has ordered
thn issuance OF $4,000 In bonds for
street improvements, a septic tank and
the construction Of new water mains.
Governor olcott has announced the
reappointment OF william s. Gilbert of
Astoria as n member OF the board OF
regents Of the University OF Oregon.
Warrants drawn by the Linn county
court total s262.7i6,a4 In excess of the
potential resources OF the county. In
1880 the overdratts amounted 10 $751;
1915.
Troops No. l and No. ., Boy Scouts
OF America. OF Astoria, each will adopt
an Armenian orphan boy and appro'
pirate sb a month for the support Of
their respective wards,
AFTER travelling more than 5000 miles
by sea aud land. SO pure.bred Guerses
cattle. among them n number OF half
grown calves. arrived at the Pacific
stock.show building al
North Portland last week. The AMI.
mails came direct from the Isle of
Guernsey. off the coast OF England,
They will comprise the entries OF an
important auction sale OF Guernsey
breeding stock that will be held at the
atock.show building Tuesday, April 20.
Mute evidence OF n long'forgotten
tragedy enacted probably in days OF
early settlement OF The Dalles, was
brought TO light when workmen en-
gagged In the construction OF the Co
lumbia highway near the Deschutos
river. uUeuTNHSu hlA nhViVNVHst 'S'H
with the top Of the sQull crushed In.
With the skeletons were found an old
fashioned gold watch chain, rotted/s
Mcclellan army saddle. such as used
by cavalrymen stationed at old Fort !
Dalles, and a small copper campaign
kettle, used by soldiers tor cooking
while In the field.
The number of farms in Oregon and
he total acreage In agricultural and s
horticultural products combined In the Z
year 1920 showed decrease when COM
pared with similar statistics for the /
rear 1919. according to the latest az. /
.lcultural survey completed recently d
" the state tax commissioner, In the I
year 1919 there were 2,SS6,6s2,O5 acres
n agricultural and horticultural prod |
icts In Oregon, while In the year 1920 a
his had dwindled to 2,l5i 1859 acres. t
Farms reported in 1919 numbered &c.. /