The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-05-22
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

The Pan-Hellenic association at the
University of Oregon has ruled that
freshman girls living in sororities
must wear simple gowns, devoid Of all
finery, at dances and parties.
Thirty-two students will be gradual
cd from the Albany high school this
commencement. OF this number 21
are young women. June will be
graduation day.
Labor Commissioner Hoff has re-
ported that accidents in Oregon for
April totaled All. of which IA were
fatal. There were 146 accidents In
connection with railroad work and rs
in connection with sawmill work.
Judge Hamilton, in the circuit court
at Roseburg, dismissed the petition
for contest Of the Drain mayoralty
election filed by N. ID. Cool, who was
beaten by Charles r. Hasard by one
vote in an election recently held there.
The Anvil has worked herself off
the beach and was towed up and
beached opposite Florence for repairs
before going to Portland. The vessel
is IN excellent shape after month on
the beach. She is not leaking badly.
An advance proof OF the ballot on
which the people Of Portland will
choose mayor an auditor and four
commissioners from maze OF 80
names June 2. shows that II will be
two feet ten inches in length.
N. F. Thorne Of Ashland has been
taking DR.. Friedmann's turtle serum
treatment as a precautionary measure
against tuberculosis. He Is said to be
the first person In southern Oregon, "
not in the entire state. to try the new
cure.
The Polk County Fire Patrol asso-
citation has been organized at Dallas.
and is one OF chain that are being
organized In timbered regions through.
out the state. or the 100000 acres
OF timbered lands In Polk county, 140,-
900 were represented at the meeting.
According TO an ordinance introduc-
ed at the council meeting at Albany, II
is proposed to light the streets OF
the residence district Of Albany with
| 100 watt lamps at each corner and
three cluster lights at each corner in
the business district. Several blocks
OF new pavement have been ordered.
l.. s. Kelsey. so. n prominent resi-.
dent OF North Powder. was killed when
an automobile skidded and turned tur.
tie four miles south OF Haines. Miss
Nellie Slater. 16. suffered fractured
skull and internal injuries. and may
die. Three other occupants OF the
car we're slightly injured.
United States Senator Chamberlain
will introduce a bill providing that all
proceeds from leases and other rev.
enues OF Crater Lake Park shall be
available for the construction OF roads
and bridges within the park. These
proceeds now 20 into the general
treasury fund.
A Japanese mail carrier was attack
ed at La Grande by two unknown men
who held him up In q dark alley. One
threatened him with dirk. while the
other rifled the pouch OF registered
mail. They seemed to have been In
terrupted. and made hasty flight
without taking much OF value.
Commercial fishermen near Oregon
City drew from the willamette six
Japanese who had been trolling for
Chinook salmon. The orientals be-
came entangled In the eddies below
the falls and their boats we're capsized.
A number. OF Russian families are
expected to arrive soon 10 locate on
lands OF the Klamath country. The
leaders OF the colony took options on
several hundred acres. The first fam
| lies to locate have arrived and are
making an exhaustive investigation
Of the lands before making permanent
selections.
w. l.. Snider and son OF Stella,
Wash. have purchased the old Palm
mill property at Clatskanie, recently
burned. of the Rose City Lumber and
Shingle company, OF Portland, and
will at once begin the work of clearing
away the debris preparatory to erec-
ton OF a shingle mill. which II Is
planned TO have in operation in the
early fall.
Captain James Heating. one OF the
best known pilots on the Columbia
river. accidentally fell overheard from
launch at Astoria and was drowned,
He was 40 years old, and had resided
in Astoria practically all OF his life.
Attorney General Crawford has CIV
en- out an opinion at Salem 10 the
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