The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-05-08
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

w piihS aoout tne eieCtlOn nave been
procured
The state board has authorized the
superintendents of the state peniten.
tiary and insane asylum to add to the
dairy herds Of those institutions by
purchasing "a head of Holsteins from
the Bagley herd at Hillsboro for $4,000.
Oregon school children to the mum.
Der OF $1,000 have signed petition
asking that President Wilson direct
that the battleship Oregon be delegat.
cd to head the first fleet to pass
through the Panama canal.
While the city OF Hood River is
ranked as dry" town, Rev. J. b.
Parson, pastor OF the United Brethren
church. In a sermon told his audience
that 1t Is mistake and urges prose.
cution OF the violators.
Petitions for the recall OF County
Judge r. b. Beatie and County Com.
missioner N. Blair Of Oregon City,
have made their appearance. The ac.
tion is the outgrowth of dissatisfaction
with the way in which some of the
bridge fund was spent.
A rigid ordinance making all places
where liquor is sold or kept for sale
In Albany nuisances and providing for
Furnishing not only the men conducting
such places but the owners of the
buildings in which they are situated
was passed by the city council.
For the first time In the history OF
klamath county an attorney has been
imprisoned for contempt of court. j..
II. Carnahan was detained In the coun-
ty Jail for three hours, while his at.
torneys prepared papers In n habeas
corpus proceeding.
More than SO electrical workers for
the Portland. Eugene & Eastern rail.
way and the Home Telephone com.
pany. OF Portland, went on strike.
They claim that fair wages are not
paid by the companies. and that the
requests of the union have been igDor.
ed.
Charles Matson, n tramp from Salt
Lake City, slipped beneath the wheels
OF passenger train at Baker on which
he was beating his way. Both feet
we're crushed and had to be amputat-
ed. Matson painfully dragged himself
on his hands for more than n block
until he could secure assistance.
While attempting to board an elec.
trio car at Salem. Conrad Krebs. hop
grower. leaped upon the platform just
as the gate closed. Unable to cling
to the railing he fell. and suffered n
cut on the head and number Of
bruises. He narrowly escaped being
hurled beneath the car wheels.
VIII II. King has accepted position
as chief law officer OF the reclamation
service at $4,000 a year. and will oc-
cupy an office Immediately adjoining
that OF Secretary Lane. MIR. Kings
failure to land job on the board OF
appraisers at New York Is ascribed to
the opposition OF Tammany.
At a meeting OF the Pleasant Home
grange at Pleasant Valley. resolution
was adopted opposing the leasing or
ownership OF oregon land by Japan
ese. IL will be submitted to the state
grange at It's mseting. IL was argued
that the yellow peril" is becoming a
reality In Multnomah county through
the activities OF Japanese farmers.
Judge Hamilton has handed down d
decision In the circuit court at Rose
burg TO the effect that veterinary or
ficial OF Oregon has legal right 10
examine stock shipped from another
state, but that he cannot compel the
owner of such stock to pay him Tor
his services. Under this decision the
state will be required to bear the ex'
pense of such inspection.
Robbers blew open the safe OF the
Springfield Wine company, at Spring
field. and took between $3.50 and $500
I'm cash. Blood was seen on the
ground, and led to the theory that
one of the robbers was hurt by the
explosion. Officers are securing the
country, looking for wounded man
The safe, weighing nearly 1000 pounds
was rolled into an alley,
The output of the logging camps IN
the Columbia river district has been
SO heavy that several logging con-
Germs are figuring on closing down
their camps June l5 for an indefinite
period. It is reported that the surplus
Of logs in the water has reached the
point that an overproduction may re-
sult unless operations be checked a
while.
over $50 Polk county school teach'
ars attended the teachers institute AT
Airlie. Sentiment was general against
the Parkison movement to refer 'he
r,..,,v Of Oregon appropriation.