The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-03-13
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

hott nand when dynamite exploded pre-
maturely.
Much interest is being manifested in
the loganberry industry around JET
ferson. About 100 acres, adjoinins
town, are being cleared preparatory
to planting.
Almost without an exception farm.
srs In Umatilla county are compelled,
by reason Of recent heavy breeze, to
rcseed their barley crop, which
amounts to more than $4,000 bushels
each year.
The Charles X. Spaulding Logging
company has leased the plant and
property Of the Newberg Brick & Tile
company from the receiver in whose
hands they were placed several
months ago.
When the county court recently M
Pendleton made call for bids for
burying paupers. John 8. Baker. OF
that city, offered to enter into a con.
tract to bury the county's dead at 1
cent per head.
Governor West. Game Warden Fin.
ley and Game Commissioner Kelly
will hunt cougars and wildcats east
OF Eugene, to learn the extent OF dam.
age done by the animals. They will
be gone three weeks.
DIR. l.. Victoria Hampton is the first
woman to file a declaration OF inten.
tion to become a candidate for city
office In Portland. She will make the
race for the Republican nomination
for councilman-at.large
The city treasury of The Dalles was
swelled $1,000 by the failure OF the
Hydro-Electric company to comply
with Its agreement with that munici.
pality, and the concern likewise loses
It's franchise to furnish electric light
and power there.
Announcement TO the effect that a
railroad will be built from Albany into
the timber on the west slope OF the
Cascade mountains Is construed TO
mean construction OF the first link
OF an east and west line across the
state by the Hill system.
The Hood River Apple Growers un.
ION has taken Il In hand to supply it's
members with all kinds OF material
used on the farm at q Wholesale price.
Spray material. spraying machines.
hay. grain. and like things will be fur
nished the growers and tho retailers
profit will be saved TO the consumer.
Tho coroner's jury. investigating the
death Of John Van Slyke. who was
killed at Weston In saloon fight.
brought In a verdict stating that s. d.
Couch. with whom Van Slyke had the
fight. was responsible for the killing.
but did not charge him with murder.
and he has been held to the circuit
court In $4,000 bail.
Forty thousand dollars In gold,
sreenbacks. silver and checks tcer-
tified). were turned over TO County
Treasurer Dimmick at Coquille by
Sheriff Gage. This amount rel resent
ed taxes collected In the last week.
and Il was by far the largest amount
received since the recent rush TO pay
taxes has begun.
With the coming OF the railroad
Myrtle Pon.t has developed an unus-
ual thirst and now desires to possess
saloons OF It's own so that the dry
ones can be accommodated right at
home. At least so petition filed with
the county court states and the court
has set apart April 7 as the day on
which 10 vote on the question.
The greatest fruit crop the Rogue
river valley has yet experienced Is
predicted by all orchard men In that
locality. There remains but one ele-
ment to darken the prospect, frost.
but probably by continuous smudging
the growers will vanquish even that
foe. Some fruit men say they would
like to have few buds nipped as that
would do away with part OF the enor-
nous summer thinning.
The Dubois Lumber company, which
owns large bodies OF fine timber In
the Nehalem country, is making tenta'
tive plans for an outlet for the timber
by the construction OF railroad to
the Columbia river. The road will be |
built from the heart of the Nehalem
country to a point in the vicinity OF
st. Helens. 1t Is understood that IL
will be a standard road and thus made
available for general traffic.
As the result of a fight in which
large and ugly knife and an AK were
freely used, Frank Day occupies cell
in the county jail at Salem and Fred
oorbin lies at his home. The fight
occurred in a rooming-hou and the
men tell different stories. Day re-
..,v.a a had scalp wound from the