The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-09-11
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

| formed an association to grow broc-
coli and winter cauliflower for ship
ment to Minneapolis in carload lots.
The Booth-Kelly Lumber company
has just received patent to over
| 10000 acres of timber land In the
Oregon & California railroad grant.
County clerks from at least 20 OF
the counties of Oregon are expected
to meet in Portland September Is in
convention.
Joseph Steinhardt, of New York,
has secured through the Hood River
Apple Growers association 200 car
loads OF the finest fruit to be grown
in the valley.
At Salem Judge Galloway has dis
missed the suit brought In the circuit
court by Ernest Ringo to enjoin Sec
retary of State olcott from referring
the workmens compensation act to
vote of the people
Two hundred cars of pears, princi-
pally Bartletts, have been shipped
from Medford already, and none of the
late pears have gone forward. The
bulk of the crop was sold at good
prices before shipment.
The Medford w. G. T. u. has adopt
ed resolutions condemning the X-ray
skirt and urging all members of the
organization to uphold public authori'
ties In preventing Its appearance on
public thoroughfares.
The Baker commercial club Is max.
ing every effort to have the architects
of the new federal building in Port
land consider the use of Baker county
building stone In at least part of the
structure.
The banner section of timber land
In Clatsop county, according to the
new county cruise, Is section 4 OF
township 4 north, range Q west, which
contains $3.50, 900 feet OF merchant.
able timber. the great bulk OF which
Is yellow fir.
The state printing board OF Oregon
has decided by an unanimous vote to
purchase the printing plant OF the late
state printer, w. s. Duniway, for $751;
470. IL was also decided TO adopt the
Salem scale OF wages for the printers
In the state printing office.
That there may be no chances OF
such disasters as befel the passengers
on the New Haven road the other day
on the new Portland, Eugene a East.
ern, all the cars to be used on this
line are to be OF steel. even the bag.
gage cars.
From various sections OF Polk coun.
~ come reports OF unusual shortage
In the potato crop. The acreage Is
small this season and so In the yield
In many cases. Early potatoes made
fair showing. but late varieties do
not present good appearance in the
field.
Benjamin Il. Perkins, who was late
ly appointed as district superlntend.
ent for the Prohibition party. has an.
nounced n 30-day campaign nj Eugene
TO enlist the women voters OF that city
In the party's cause, lie said that
similar campaigns are 10 be made all
over the state.
II has become known at Eugene
that University OF Oregon man won
the prize for highest standing offered
by oxford. England, university, and
mat he Is the first American TO win
this honor lie is Cecil Lyons. OF Eu-
gene. who was graduated frss the
University OF Oregon in 1910.
An experiment garden and farn for |
instructing Coos county ranchers in
intensive farming is proposed by the |
Marshfield chamber OF commerce, |
The plan is to establish an experiment
station OF 10 acres on which various |
vegetables and flowers will be grown,
This will demonstrate the best varie-
ties and furnish considerable of the
seed for the ranches around there,
Attorney General Crawford has filed
suit In the circuit court at Salem
against the governor, secretary OF
state and treasurer OF Oregon TO re-
cover To the state the sum of $l6.-
5lSSS, The action is said To be based
upon a purely technical Interpretation
OF the law governing the penitentiary
revolving fund"
The local land office at Vale has
been doing a rushing business in
and desert filings. 10000
acres of government reserve land in
Malheur county having been thrown
open to entry in August 1t is ex.
pected that 1000 families will be add
ed TO the population of Malheur coun-
ty
With 10 blocks of hard-surface pave
ment constructed and the necessity OF
installing street-cleaning depart
ment AZ once and of soon changing
he entire sewerage outlet system of |