The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-16
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

John E. Beesely has been appointed
postmaster at Falls City and William
M Brown at Lebanon
Peo, chief of the Umatilla Indians
died Friday at his home on the Una
tilla reservation, a few miles from
pendleton.
Governor West has appointed Chas.
Harding to be county Judge OF Lincoll
county, to succeed c. II. Gardner, who
recently resigned.
Representative Hawley has recon.
mended for appointment John r. Mil.
Ter as postmaster at Jacksonville. to
succeed Mrs. Miller, deceased.
The seventh annual convention OF
the oregon Retail Hardware & lmple.
ment Dealers association will be held
in Portland on January q. %, % and
"a.
Timber Cruiser Mccarthy, who has
just completed cruising the timber of
Coos county, reports 14,605, ,069 900
feet OF merchantable timber in that
county.
The seventh annual convention Of
the Oregon Retail Merchants associa
ton takes place at Albany January %
and 20 and promises TO be the largest
In their history.
Secretary OF War Stimson has ap.
proved General Bixby's recommenda.
tion for a bridge across Coos bay, at
Marshfield. The railroad has promis.
ed TO begin work Immediately.
The automobile bureau OF the Sec.
retary OF States department is swamp
ed with the task OF outfitting for the
new year the 10000 or more motor We
hicles OF the state with the new 1918
license tags.
l.. w. Wright, a janltor at Hood Riv.
er. craving cocaine, 10 which drug he
is a slave, entered the drug store OF
c. A. Plath and holding up the clerk,
Herman kresse, secured large quan
tity of the drug.
The state board Of tax commission
ers announced for 1913 the lowest
state tax levy In the history OF Ore
gon, i.2 mills. This levy will produce
81 ,0S6.Oi4 on an assessed valuation
placed at ssO5.oli.G79.
Representative Hawley has secured
an increase In the appropriation foi
the Chemawa Indian school from $4,000
TO Si2 900. with the understanding that
$4,000 OF this amount shall be applied
TO improving the water supply,
To celebrate securing the s250000
endowment fund for Albany college
the Albany Commercial club will give
a big banquet In honor OF II. NJ
Crooks, president OF the college, who
directed the successful campaign.
For the establishment OF the oregon
Caves National Park. TO include the
Oregon caves. Senator Bourne has In
troduced n bill setting aside township
40 south, range 6 west, Josephine coun
~. This tract, which includes the
caves. is a national monument.
Seven delegates TO the National pro
hibition party convention, which met
in Atlantic City last summer, will re
ceive no expense vouchers from the
state. The state already has paid the
expenses OF 10 delegates and that Is
the restriction which is placed by law.
Secretary OF State Olcott visited
Pendleton and on behalf OF the state
board accepted the new Eastern Ore |
gon State Mental hospital. The big
1000, 900 institution is now ready for
occupancy, some 80 or more patients
already being housed and cared for in
IT,
State Printer Duniway is preparing
an elaborate statement which he in
tends TO submit TO the members OF the
legislature showing in detail the ques |
tlons involved in the work OF state
printing and also urging that the law
passed by the 1911 session be repeal
ed,
Charles S. Whithill, OF Portland, has |
written to Secretary Olcott demand
ing that an investigation be made OF
the counting OF votes in Portland at
the last general election, Whltehill |
declares that 80 per cent OF the votes
were counted illegally. Olcott has no
titled him that the question is not |
coming under his jurisdiction.
Three hundred citizens of Redmond
and the surrounding country partici .
pated Friday in the opening OF the .
Redmond Union Warehouse company .