The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-04-17
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

the district of oregon.
The Mount Hood Railroad company
has begun the construction of an eNa
tension of its line from Dee. into the
| Lost Lake country
According to advices received by
Senator Lane from Secretary Tumup
| ty, President Wilson will not be abld
to accept various invitations to visit
Oregon this summer.
VIII II. King, national committees
man from Oregon, has been named
member of the board of appraisers
for New York, and will draw salary
of $4,000 year
Paisley authorities have secured
from the state water rights In Beaf
Creek and the Chewaucan river, and
will proceed with distribution sys-
TEN as soon as the time Is ripe.
The Pendleton roundup will be held
final decision made by the directors
after considering the request of the
Spokane Fair association officials NOT
TO have a conflict with their dates.
Senator Lane is being deluged with
kilograms from Oregon sheep and goat
raisers In protest against the proposed
tariff changes In these commoditieaI
They demand at least 20 per cent adj
valorem on wool and 40 on mohair. l
The mail transfer clerk at the Union
depot at Albany found gold nugget
In the craw OF chicken killed for his
Sunday dinner. from among his flock
He thinks the chicks picked up thc
nugget In a creek bed In the rear Of
his home
In reply to a query from the secre-
tary OF tho Oregon State Threshers
association, Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Van Wrinkle gave an opinion that
the workmen's compensation law does
not include threshing machines In ita
provisions.
Af'er using four charges OF dyna
mite. which shattered the safe. win
dows and fixtures OF the Rogue River
Mercantile company at Rogue River,
cracksman escaped with $3.50. using
Southern Pacific speeder TO mako
his getaway.
The Washington board OF engineers
agreed TO reduce from 100000 TO $40.
900 the bond required for maintaining
the nine.foot channel from Bay city
To Tillnmook and an order To this of
feet will be sent to the Portland office
Immediately.
Company A, oregon National Guard,
will be dlsbanded about May 10. Whlld
no official notice has been sent out Ivy
the department all indications are that
Baker win lose its militia The cause
IL due 20 lack OF efficiency and non
attendance of members.
Entailing loss OF $4,000. with In
surnnce OF $4,000. only on the build
ing. the ELK Creek hotel, at Cannon
Beach. the oldest summer resort ho
tel on that portion OF the Oregon coast
was destroyed by fire. owing TO de-
fectiye flue. Nothing was saved from
the burning building.
A movement that will be fostered by
the Portland Press Club and newspD
pormen throughout Oregon has been
started for the purpose OF raising by
public subscription funds for the cree
ton OF n monument over the grave OF
the late Homer Davenport. one oi
Americas greatest cartoonlsts.
The proprietor of the Stayton saw
mill. has "a crew putting In a 5O0.fooi
boom three miles above town for the
purpose OF turning logs from the main
channel Of the Santiam river into the
millraoe ol the Stayton Water Power
company aud the Salem FIGURING Mills
company which viii carry them "a
stayton.
Secretary OF the Interior Lane init
mated TO Senator Chamberlain that he
las been getting reports from Oregon
% the effect that the Hermiston re-
'lamntion project is a failure, and he
practically said that n such were the
,ase II would hardly be wise 10 lay
,ut more money in that vicinity In
.imilar manner.
The president OF the Desohutes Land
company, who has returned to Salem,
rom Washington, has announced that
lis application for "A right OF way 10
resent Lake has been granted by
he interior department. and that work
m the project will be resumed. The
pplication has been held up because
4 charges preferred with the depart.
nent against the company by Cover
or West
Women must tell their exact ages
'hen registering as voters, says Dep
ty District Attorney Mcguire at Port
md. To say that they are over "a
} not sufficient, he declares. and no
ays that II is incumbent upon tho
egistration clerk TO ask each voter