The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-30
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON


II. N. Foster. a well known citizen OF
Corvallis. committed suicide Saturday.
The third annual show of the Ore.
son Cat club was held in Portland last
week.
February IL has been designated az
Earth Education Day" for the schools
OF Oregon.
The state railroad commission has
ordered new railroad station for
Monmouth.
Charged with killing an aged trap
per in his cabin. 35 miles from Burns,
Robert Shieze was arrested.
Movement is under way in the treas
ury department to abolish the office
of tea inspector at Portland, transfer
ring this work to Tacoma
The best quality show yet held by
the Umatilla.Morrow county poultry
association was brought to close Sat
urday after running a week.
Representative Hawley has secured
an appropriation OF $4,000 in the river
and harbor bill for making a correct
survey of the Coquille river
Monroe celebrated Saturday because
of the actual laying of steel rails
through the city by the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern railway company.
William d. Haywood. former presi
dent OF the Western Federation OF
Miners, and at present one OF the big
organizers OF the l. w. w, was in
Portland Sunday.
The chamber of commerce OF the
United States has elected as director
for Washington, oregon and Callfor
MIA, A. H. Averll of the chamber OF
commerce, Portland.
The senate public lands committee
has reported favorably the house bill
to adjust conflicting claims to lands
within the Corvallis and Yaqulna Bay
Military Wagon Road grant.
The new year II only few weeks
along. but Klamath Falls already has
two elections in sight. The first will
be TO adopt a new charter and the next
TO vote on the wet and dry issue.
Daniel tIruhn. superintendent OF the
Porter Brothers railroad construction
gang az Mapleton, was beheaded by u
flying rope The body was hurled into
the Siuslaw river and carried away.
Hop.growing will be course OF
study 20 appear in the 1894 cataloe
OF Oregon Agricultural college for the
first time. The subject will be hand
led IN the department OF agronomy.
T. T.. York. an inmate OF the Oregon
penitentIary. has absolutely refused to
accept a pardon NJ the hands OF Cover
nor West. The refusal baffled federal
officers who were waiting TO arrest
him on a government charge.
All road supervisors OF Lane county
have been invited by the county court
TO attend a convention In Eugene Feb
ruary 8. when problems OF road con
s,ructlon and repair will be discussed
by men expert In road building.
one hundred and thirty business
men OF the state. who were attending
the seventh annual convention OF the
Oregon Retail Merchants association
at Albany. came 10 Corvallis Friday
mornirc on n special train 20 visit the
college.
The German Consolidated societies
of Oregon held their sixth annual con
vention In Portland Sunday. These
societies are composed OF II different
organizations located in various sec
tionS OF the state. with a membership
OF nearly 1000.
The f. p. Mining company OF Oak
land, Cal, holders OF an electric inter
urban franchise at Medford, has clos
ed deal for the purchase OF the F. N'
Waite tract. lte miles from Ashland
The tract consists OF 1000 acres and
the price paid was 100000.
With authority given by Attorney.
General Wickersham, District Attor
ney McCourt at Portland dismissed
the indictments against A. T. Downs
and Ed r. Downs. These were among
the indictments returned under the
direction of Francis j. Heney during
1905 in the famous land fraud cases,
c. G.. Hodes. a we'll known business
man OF Oregon city who has been
missing since January 10, was found
hundred yards off the public highway
leading 10 willamette, about a hali
mile from the willamette Falls rail
way depot, as West Oregon city lie
was lying face downward in crevice
between Two large boulders on a rocky
cliff. which oyerhangs the public high
way.
During the year 1912, according to
official figures made public by the de
partment Of commerce and labor, Port
land exported 6,s1o,206 bushels OF
wheat, valued at s6,273,S25, as com
nared with 7.7O3,061 bushels IN 1911,