The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-11-26
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

Tor i.t3 amounted to s13S,252.64.
win the Pacific Highway practical
ly coiaaieted between Ashland and
NodIor3 an automobile service has
tsen Installed between the towns.
Tho annual convention Of the Ore.
ron State Association of County
Judges and Commissioners will be
hold In PORTLAND December 9. 10 and
"a
1. old tippers are abandoning Lake
county ecause the bounty fund for
nae animals has been exhausted
/ -ons.s ntly coyotes, bob cats and
HI. re increasing rapidly.
hrg indictments against J. A.
fcuch Wallowa county Judge, were
te,ufnC1 by the grand jury at Enter
prise. They charge forgery and OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
improvements for the Chemawa In.
dian school to cost approximately $780,
900 will be recommended by Rev. Sam.
uel A. Eliot, of Boston. a member Of
the United States Board of Indian Az
| fairs.
The Willamette Valley Southern
railway, which is the z. r., l.. & p.
extension from Oregon City through
Moala to Mount Angel, will be com.
pleted by Thanksgiving day with the
exception of stringing the trolley wire.
Thirty.seven accidents. none fatal.
were reported TO Labor Commissioner
Hoff during the past week. Lumber.
ing activities caused the greatest num-
ber OF accidents. II being reported.
Most OF the accidents were OF minor
Importance.
Suit was brought In Linn county by
the state against +. A. Hyde and c. w.
Clarke. OF San Francisco. for the re-
covery of lands said TO have been
fraudulently obtained In 1883 by
Clarke. Approximately 1000 acres OF
land is involved. located In Linn coun.
".
With President Wharton, OF New.
berg. presiding. members OF group one
OF the State Bankers Association com.
posed OF Clatsop. Columbia, Clacka-
mas. Washington. Tillamook. Yamhill.
Multnomah and Hood River counties.
held their semiannual convention at
Hood River.
A special session OF the State Com.
monwealth Conference will be held In
Willard Hall. at the University OF ore.
gon. Eugene. on December 10. IL and
II, to discuss unemployment" great.
or economy and efficiency In state ad.
ministration" and "hydro-electric dis.
tricts." Governor.elect withycombe Is
TO open the conference.
In all probabilities 3s2 10000 feet
OF yellow pine timber will be placed
on sale at Klamath Falls. according
TO forest service officials In charge OF
the Crater National Forest. The tim.
ber Is In two tracts. one on the west
side OF Upper Klamath lake and the
other just east OF the Crater Lake
National Park boundaries.
While the members agreed that
there was no danger OF the malady
spreading 10 Oregon. the Livestock
Sanitary Board at a meeting held at
Salem took action TO safeguard the
state from the foot and mouth disease.
II was supplemental TO the proclama.
ton OF the governor several days ago.
providing that no stock be shipped
here from states that are infected.
Oreson soon will be In the unique
position OF having two governors on
the job at the statehouse. In accord.
ance with his promise made TO Gov
ernorelect Withycombe. Secretary OF
State Olcott. custodian OF the build.
ing. has begun furnishing room for
the use OF the new executive and his
office force at the capitol until Jan.
uary IL. when Governor Vests term
will expire.
Because OF comparatively quiet
real estate market the greater part
Of the year, the state tar commission
has fixed ratios somewhat higher than
last year for virtually all counties. The
higher ratios, however. do not neces-
sarily mean higher taxes. but mean
that the valuations for taxable pur.
poses are nearer the actual values
than last year. when property values
were higher
Road construction work under the
supervision OF the state highway com.
mission has practically closed down
for the year During the season there
were approximately PCS miles OF high
way under construction. The work
lay in Sherman. Wasco, Hood River.
Multnomah. Columbia, Clatsop. Wash.
ington and Jackson counties. The
commission also drew plans and su-
pervised the construction of 81 steel
and concrete bridges throughout the
state.