The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-07-03
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

- ivoeer Nurse racing ana the de-
velopment Of good horses, the Lone
Oak Driving Club of Oregon has been
organized at Salem.
Citizens and members of the Rose
burg school board are formulating
plans whereby manual training may
be added to the school courses.
The South Umpqua river is higher
than 1t was during the flood last Janu-
lary, and~the highest ever known in
June.
In fit Of anger at Corvallis, Mrs.
E. s. Tunell shot her husband and
daughter and then turned the gun on
herself. She is dead, but her victims
may recover.
All the logging camps in the lower
Columbia river district are now closed
for the midsummer shutdown. Some
OF the larger camps will not start up
until about August 1.
Astoria, the town to tie to-" that IA
the slogan which has been selected
by the special committee appointed
to select one to be used In advertising
Astoria.
George Frye Herbert, son OF Deputy
Sheriff and Mrs. George A. Herbert. of
Baker, has been appointed to the Unit.
ed States military academy at West
Point, by Congressman N. j. Sinnott.
At a meeting of the Willamette Val.
ley Prunegrowers' association II was
decided not to form a pool for this
season In securing prices for the crop,
as has been done heretofore.
Glass Eye" the chief mourner Of
the klamath Indians, is dead. For
more than half century the squaw
attended every Indian burial on the
Klamath reservation.
The registration totals 234 for the
summer term at the state normal at
Monmouth. A large percentage OF
these teachers come from Oregon.
though many register from other
states.
At a meeting OF the board OF control
held In Salem. Il was decided that no
Oregon convict will be worked at 9th.
er state institutions or on road work
hereafter except under the honor
system"
II is expected that approximately
1913 youngsters will take part In the
1913 exercises OF the Willamette Val.
ley Chautauqua at Gladstone. In
Supervised Play" to be directed by
Miss Grace Lamkin OF Chicago.
II IL announced ut Bay City that
work will begin soon on the jetty con.
struction at the mouth OF Tillamook
bay. The bonds. bearing Q per cent
interest. were sold at n premium OF
per cent.
The stockholders OF the Rogue Riv-
er Valley Fruit and Produce Associa.
tion voted unanimously at meeting
held In Medford to Issue $4,000 In
bonds for the erection OF storage and
preceding plant.
In the interests OF the farmers OF
the state. the Pendleton commercial
club and the Inland Grain Growers
association sent kilograms to the men,
bers OF the Oregon congressional dele
CATION protesting against the placing
of 10 per cent duty on grain bags.
James vittitoe. who left Eugene sew.
eral weeks ago. leaving over $1,000 In
bad bills. was arrested at Missouia.
Mont, and was recently brought back
for trial on charge OF larceny by
bailee. was acquitted by jury In the
circuit court.
The Lebanon creamery has been
awarded the contract by the state
board OF control for supplying the
state institutions with butter during
the month OF July. The contract price
Is 2s cents for cubes and 29 cents for
packs. About 5000 pounds will be
used during the month.
Special instructions from the treas
ury department received at Astoria
direct that the reports from the Astor'
la office are hereafter TO be forwarded
to the head office of the customs dis
trict OF Oregon. The local Astoria Of
flee is TO be turned over to deputy
by Collector Logan.
According TO the traffic manager
Of the O-W. r. & N. Co. several thous-
and acres of field corn will be grown
IN Oregon this summer. The COM
pany distributed 10000 pounds OF seed
corn, and this was all planted by the
farmers, together with much other
seed
Regardless of the fact that the pure
- Ian, anactad hv the last legisla-