The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-07-24
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

lnaIcu Dy Jne pfeSluent 10 De OnlteO
States marshal for the district of Ore
gon.
with a $50 drying plant and a CHEAP
stove, Charles Bales of Dorena, has
solved the problem of marketing 10.
ganberries.
Governor West commuted the sen.
tence of death imposed upon Jackson
f. Adams, convicted Of killing Clinton
Chamberlain in Clatsop county, to life
Imprisonment
The bodies OF C. B. Smith and wife,
who perished in a blizzard on Mount
St. Ilelens, were both found after a
long search, and were brought to Port.
land for interment.
Senator Lane, of Oregon, has the ap-
pointment of another cadet at Annap.
oils, and has asked President Kerr, OF
the Oregon agricultural college, II he
will examine candidates for the place
Portland's wheat exports for the
| fiscal year ended June 80 show an in.
crease of more than 20 per cent over
those of the preceding year, accord
ing to figures made public by the de.
partment of commerce.
Having exhausted the supply OF cans
that, before the season opened. was
deemed amply sufficient, the Eugene
fruit growers cannery have started
evaporating loganberrles instead OF
putting them up In syrup.
The Al Kader Temple. Shriners, Of
Portland. has advised Secretary frank
Meredith of the state fair board that
the shriners will be glad to accept
Saturday, October 4, as their special
day at the state fair this year.
The most recent and approved min.
lng apparatus. designed after the pat.
terms now In use In the Massachusetts
Institute OF technology. will be install.
cd IN the oregon agricultural college
school Of mines.
A piece OF currency issued when the
United States was young is In the pos.
session OF q. II. Thomas OF Portland
II is n three dollar bill issued nearly |
a century ago by the Hudson State
bank, at Hudson. n. Y.
A number of new courses In forestry |
and mining. as well as "A reorganiza.
ton OF the work offered In animal hus.
bandry. are announced In the new cat.
alogue OF the Oregon agricultural col.
lcgc.
Tho mayor. board OF aldermen and
police at Medford made n raid on ev.
cry rooming house In that southern
Oregon city. with the result that no
evidence Of wrongdoing vas discover.
cd.
Annual reports from the county
school superintendents OF five coun.
ties. just received by the state school
show that In all OF
them there are more boys attending
the public schools than girls.
For the reason that he was 30
cialist. Police Sergeant Andrew Sor.
enson was reduced summarlly TO the
ranks by Police Chief Clark at Port.
land. aud was ordered to take an East
Side territory until he becomes pa.
trolman. July 20.
Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the life saving service,
ID. C.. for construction OF
ten 36fot self righting and self bail
iug lfeboats with gasoline engines.
three OF which are TO be delivered NJ
Astoria.
\ new machine for saving gold from
the black sands OF the beach is being
tried out In a cove near the entrance
OF Coos Bay. II works on the centri,
ugal wheel principle. and is some.
thing on the order OF cream separ'
ator
Harry Beard. formerly OF Linn coun,
49,, has been sentenced at Roseburg TO
ten years in the Oregon penitentiary.
Beard had been paroled by Governor
West aud went to Douglas county
where he was convicted OF stealing
horse while employed as ranch hand.
William l.. Finley, state game ward
ON OF Oregon is one OF 10 oruituolo'
gists and leaders in bird protection
who have been designated by the sec
rotary OF agriculture to advise him In
the framing regulations TO make the
new federal protection OF game e;tec-
tive.
The petition OF the squatters in the
vicinity OF Arrow. Lake county asking
hat the Portland business interests
assist them in their effort to have the
and in that section opened for home
stead entry, has been taken up by the
commercial club. and every
Effort will be made to hasten the relief
or which the settlers are asking.
Tassie Stewart. director OF the
Milton Ditch company. was tried In
Justice court and fined $40 and costs
or unlawfully opening the headgate I