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Newspaper
Weston Leader
Location
Weston, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
2
Eighth graders begin state exams Thursday amid a shortened school year and hard work. Senior class events shift with Memorial Hall unavailable, moving the play All-of-a-Sudden to May 22 and adding a Class Day program May 24. Eldon King to graduate, increasing the class size to seventeen.
Opinion notes two key bills the Irrigation Interest Guarantee and the Roosevelt Highway measure aim to boost western and eastern Oregon prosperity with no state cost. The irrigation bill would unlock hundreds of thousands of acres for development, while the highway plan would fund a north south coast route with federal aid. Aimed at uniting Eastern and Western Oregon, the pair are presented as essential for growth and regional cooperation.
A long catalog of new books arrives at the local library including Burroughs Locust and Wild Honey Chapman Bird Life Koester Electricity for the Farm and Home Stevenson Familiar Studies of Men and Books Kipling Second Jungle Book Longfellow Hiawatha and many other titles with varied subjects from science travel and biographies to children’s books and classics.
The town announces a united push to hold its annual reunion at a commodious Main Street opera house. The dedication will feature community gatherings and entertainment including motion pictures and a large get-together for locals. A light-hearted note adds respect for a Ford bug after a playful exchange.
The City of Weston Oregon invites sealed bids to remove 2000 feet of old water mains and install new steel mains at two feet depth. All joints and connections to be made by the city. Bids due May 22, 1919 with right to accept or reject any bid. Dated Weston May 18, 1919. City Recorder J. W. Porter.
Notice to creditors of the estate of Jesse in Court of the State invites claims. The will annexed is being administered and all creditors must file their claims by the specified time to be included in the settlement.
Weston’s public library opens Saturday afternoon May 10 in a donated former office building on Water Street. Dr and Mrs Watts provided the landmark gift with Miss Nason county librarian supervising interior alterations and book classification.
Will Russell of Athena was fined 15 dollars in Weaton police court after driving a Ford bug down Main street hill with no lights. He struck Clark Wood editor of the Leader as a crowd gathered near the fountain, then pushed him a short distance. Russell blamed brake failure for his inability to stop.
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