The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-09
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

IL 5ohnson was elected mayor and the
town went dry by vote OF 4O5 for
license and 1856 against
A plan is on foot with the people OF
CoQuille and Bandon to form a Port
Of Bandon for the purpose of improv.
Ing the lower Coquille river.
Attorney General Crawford has held
that the eight hour law passed by the
people at the last general election 10
void because Of the absence of an
snacting clause.
The Oregon branch OF the American
Poultry Association was organised at
Eugene by the adoption OF q constitu.
ton and bylaws and by the nomination
Of set Of officers.
ID. c. Eccles OF Ogden. Utah. has
been elected president OF the Sumpter
Valley railroad and other Oregon in.
stitutions recently contrplled by his
father, the late David Eccles.
Mrs. Nancy whiteaker, wife OF the
first governor OF Oregon, died at Eu-
gene in her eighty.fifth year. Mrs.
Whiteaker crossed the plains from
Missouri with her husband In 1852.
Circuit Judge Calkins at Medford
sentenced Mike Spanos and Frank
Seymour, alias Parker. recently con-
victed OF numbering George Dedaska-
Ions. n Greek. to hang February II
next
Governor West has appointed Geo.
Cornwall, editor OF the Timberman.
OF Portland, as n member OF the Ore.
gon Agricultural college board OF re-
gents, to succeed w. w. Cotton, re-
signed.
What the farmers of the state are
doing in cooperative associations in
tho matter OF irrigating their lands.
will be the keynote TO the Irrigation
Congress meeting in Portland January
8. 10 and II.
Frank II. Forbes OF Spokane has
been appointed traffic manager OF the
Portland. Eugene & Eastern railroad
He will assume his new duties Janu.
ary and will have his headquarters
In Portland
There are 1856 school children in
Linn county, according TO the annual
enumeration just completed by Coun.
ty School superintendent Jackson.
This Is gain OF 902 over last years
enumeration.
Superintendent Alderman will urge
n change In the school textbook laws
at the next session OF the Legislature
which he believes viii work great
benefit 10 the school children OF ore.
gon II Il Is adopted.
Maggie Adams. known ms the moth.
er OF the Tillamook tribe of Indians.
died this week az her homo az East
GarIbuldi She was lo9 years old and
remembered the comm. of the first
white man 10 Tilamook Bay.
That 100000 boxes OF apples,
enough TO tIll a train OF 1900 ears, 10
mIlos Ions VIII be- shipped from the
Hood River valley through Portland
hy JIe way of the Panama canal TO
Er..oan markets next fan, Is pre-
de
L. mmnry completed hy the
state ,,.tH 81 tax commlssloHe.s OF
the aGsos.er valuation OF all the coun'
ties In tie tate as assessed by county
assessors ;Aa complete assessed yalu'
alton for 1912 is shown 10 be S79S,'
O95,lSl.
Miss Clara G. Munson. daughter OF
"A survivor OF the Whitman massacre
and graduate of ST. Iielen's Hall In
Portland. has been elected mayor OF
Warrenton by 10 majority over j. W.
DIETRICH. and thereby becomes the first
woman mayor in Oregon.
That the legislature should enact
laws to protect laboring men from
coming to the state in response to
misleading announcements that work
and wages await them, is the opinion
given by Labor Commissioner Hoff
in his fifth biennial report.
Governor and Mrs. Oswald West
have issued AN invitation TO the peo-
pie of the state OF Oregon 10 attend
reception at the state capitol on New
Years night, January l, in honor OF
the former governors OF oregon ana
their wives, or their widows.
BY vote of 1880 to 62, the largest
percentage majority in The history Oh
the state, the citizens OF Grants Pass
voted 100000 bonds 10 construct the
initial units OF the Pacific Interior
railroad, a band OF steel which is to
tie Grants Pass to Crescent City at
tidewater.
Governor West has completed tab
ulation showing the outline of his pro-
posed uniform salary plan for county
officials. This tabulotion shows the
percentages of area, population ana