The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-09-03
EVENTS IN OUR STATE
OF MINOR IMPORTANCE

In this part of the state were In
Salem Sunday and Joined the Ger
man-American Society of Salem to
observe the Tooth anniversary of the
death of Andreas Hofer. the great
German soldier and patriot.
Albany.-Pacifc University must
contest In the State Supreme Court
for the bequest Il received from Rob-
ert Mccullough in 1892. Attorneys
for the defendants have filed In the
Circuit Court a notice of appeal to
the higher tribunal in the case of the
President and Trustees of the Pacific
University and TualatiD Academy va.
Emma A. Keene, ct nj. The value Of
the bequest is said to be between
$500 and $4,000.
klamath Falls.--Contendlng that
much of the land is worthless, II. r.
Rehneld. of Guthrie, Okla, is re-
ported to have said he would ask
United States Attorney McCourt to
prevent the allotment by the Oregon
Valley Land Company of about 3OO.-
600 acres OF agricultural land In
Lake and Malheur counties. The
award of the tracts To purchasing
settlers Is scheduled for Thursday,
September ., at Lakevlew.
Roseburg. Fire originating in @.
w. Rapp's livery stables and which
ragged four hours before controlled
destroyed $4,000 worth of property
In the business district. Seventeen
horses and two cows perished In the
stable. The Insurance covers about
onc-third of the loss. Two brick
and one cement block buildings were
guttcd.
Dcnd.-lt now seems probable
that the scene of railroad activities
may be shifted temporarily from the
DcJchutes Canyon TO the Bend
country. Two survey crews for the
Illll line have made their appear
ance In Bend. About 40 men are
included In the crew.
Salcm.-The tax-roll OF the Asses
sor of this county. recently COM
pleted. shows that there IL n material
increase In the valuation OF the
property OF railroad companies. The
Southern Pacific IN assessed s1.i50.-
475. as against s1,33S.o00, an In
crease of si11,b75. Tho assessment
OF the Oregon Electric II nearly
double that Of last year. the 1909
assessment being si2i,S00. COM
pared to s27S,775 In 1908. n differ
once OF SiiG,025. The Portland
Railway. Light and Power Company
In assessed sSb9.7i0, an increase OF
$4,000 over last year.
Eugene. Mathews. OF Co
burg. was shot and seriously wound
cd by Virgil Glover while hunting
IN tho mountains northwest of
Eugene. Glover mlstaklng him for n
deer.
Forest Grovc.-Thc dcposltors Of
the u. w. IIaincs Bank. at this place.
which closed during the panic OF
1907. are to be paid In full some
time after September I. The last
dividend is to be paid with interest.
The amount Mr.. lIaInes will pay to
his dopositors In about $4,000.
Teachers Institutes viii
he held In most OF the counties OF
the state this Fall, beginning with
the Lane County institute. at Eu-
gene. on September 27-e9. and end
Ing ON November ?2-2f at Portland.
with the Multnomah County institute
Also there will he School Board
convention at Eugene on October G
and an educational rally In Jackson
County. November 7-i3.
Independence Picking was COM
menced In the large Krobs Bros,
hopyard Saturday with crew OF
200. Krebs Bros. expect TO have at
least 400 more pickers by the first
of the week. One hundred pickers
came In this morning on the south
bound Corvallis passenger for Krebs
aud about 90 for Mclaughlin.
Dallas.-Miss c. u. Elton. OF Dali
las. has been appointed stenographer
In the internal revenue Office at San
Francisco.
POrtland.-After a gFilling by Po-
lice Judge Bennett In the Municipal
Court. Ray Travis. member OF the
fuel firm of Travis Bros, was fined
$50. T.. Bailey. alleged shortage
in a quantity Of fuel recently pur-
chased from the firm. After futile
EFFORT To make Travis Bros. rectlfy
the shortage Bailey swore to a COM
plant accusing the fuel dealers OF
swlndllng him out OF half cord OF
ir wood.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lines by
the farmers are being built in diff
ferent parts of the county. The
Kenwell Telephone Company has
Just been organized and will give
connections from farms on Haynes
and Willaneh lnlets and the town of
Cooston, across the bay TO Marsh
field and North Bend. A. q. Raab,
principal of the North Bend schools,
is president of the company. Another
company just formed is the Rural
Telephone Company to build from
points on Catching Inlet. A third
company Is putting In a toll line
from Roseburg and several farmer
lines are being built in the coquille
Valley.