The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-05-15
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

pal lighting plant.
Grants Pass city council has named
nine women to act as judges and
clerks of the city election.
When the next school year opens
Myrtle Point will have a fine new
schoolhouse, to cost In the neighbor.
hood of $4,000.
George Messenger, who has been on
trial In the circuit court OF Crook
county charged with larceny of cattle,
was found guilty by trial jury.
With the arrest OF Frank J. Allen,
with s540 worth Of opium on his per.
son. the Baker police have uncovered
a big smuggling business.
The proceeds OF Yoncalla's school
building bond issue Of $4,000 are held
up by reason of an injunction suit.
filed on the allegation of irregularities
In the bonding proceedings.
The trial of Marshfield Socialists
who were arrested recently for violat-
ing an ordinance prohibiting street
speaking was postponed. Meanwhile
the accused men are allowed their
freedom on their own recognizance.
The Portland city council passed an
ordinance appropriating $6102.50 for
the payment of the salaries and clerks
of the recent election and an additional
sum of 5000 for meals furnished the
officials.
County Judge w. 8. Worden of Kla-
math Falls has promised the hardest
kind of fight against the opponents
who are seeking his recall. He is 30
anxious for battle that NJ has offered
to aid them In getting the recall cleo
tion before the people.
Guilty" was the verdict brought In
by the Marshfield jury In the case
OF State Representative J. S. Barton.
OF Coquille, indicted on complaint Of
Miss Madge Yoakum. an employe In
his office. The jury was out only a
few hours.
Frank Matomi n Japanese. has In.
stalled plant at Independence for
the, purpose of making quassia chips.
used In spraying hops. He has re.
ceived 100 tons OF logs from japan at
cost In freight alone OF si700, and
will begin chipping them at once.
a cache OF dynamite bombs has been
discovered near the old immigrant
road mile west OF Echo. The bombs
were 10 in number. and each consisted
OF stick OF dynamite In n lead pipe.
They had been wrapped In an old
gunny sack and stuck in a badger hole,
evidently months ago.
An effort TO introduce disease that
will extermlnate rabbits In the western
portion OF Umatilla county. DIR. w. IL.
| Little, state sheep inspector. went TO
Echo armed with bottle OF culture
OF snuffles" with which he will inocu
late n number OF animals.
Declaring that rabies again has APP
peared In Oregon and that the situa'
tIon In Multnomah and adjoining coun'
ties Is grave, the state board OF health
In report issued for the quarter
ending In March, recommended that
all dogs be muzzled
The four representatives OF Rus
Sian colony In Saskatchewan, who
have been touring western Oregon for
| 10 days, have closed a deal for tho
purchase OF $500 acres. practically In
one body. In Linn county. They have
filed incorporation papers under the
name of the Society OF Independent
Doukhobors. with a capital OF 100000.
Ten families will come from Canada
at once, and others -'ill follow soon.
Timber owners OF Polk county have
organized for the purpose OF protecting
| the forests In this county from fire
during the coming dry season. w. v.
Fuller. of Dallas, a prominent timber
man OF the county. has advised all
owners concerning the work OF forest
protection. and all efforts by the own
ers viii be put forth to lessen the
extent OF the burned districts this
summer.
The homesteaders and timber claim
ants at Klamath Falls have been
awarded the final decision In the long
drawn out 1910 land case. The tim
ber lands were claimed by A. ID. Dan
iels and associates, who had placed
scrip on them. and also by number
of individuals who proved up on the
land under the homestead and timber
laws. The.litigation has been In prog
ress for about 10 years.
Two accidents were caused at The
Dalles by the explosion OF flashiight
powders. One Of them may cost Karl
Corson. II years old, the loss OF his
eyesight, as he looked directly into
the flash while attempting to take a
picture at a campfire picnic. The
kitchen range OF Mrs, u. X. Vickers
Ax, he awnInlinn of n