The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

culc expOsluOn at san francisco.
outlook for the walnut crop in the
McMinnville district is exceptionally
good this year, one tree which is IA
years Old having n crop which will
produce $40. .
Acknowledgement Crawford, in an
opinion, holds. that delinquency certi-
ficates could not be issued by county
tax collectors until the expiration of
six months after taxes became delin-
quent. uwoI1 Ip fr' |.
Manacled and chained, II. A. Miller,
mayor Of Bend, was marched through
the streets and later escorted to the
, stage of a moving picture theater and
there exhibited to q crowded house as
prospective bridegroom.
State Forester Elliott announces the
privately.owned stumpage Of the state
Ia 9,543,645- acres and that 4,300,130
acres are owned by non.residents. He
said thato94 per cent of the timber
owners have holding of about $40
acres each and that they amount to
80 per cent OF the total privately-own-
ed forest acreage of the state.
, The. poultry department Of the Ore
son Agricultural College shipped to
tho poultry department of the State
Insane asylum 100 pullets of the IA.
nous egg strain to be used partly for
demonstration work in poultry breed.
ingl These pullets have a pedigree
declared to be better than that OF any
other flock OF pullets in the world;
A. NJ, Gooch. "a Hood River orchard.
list. has obtained record returns from
his strawberry crop this year and
heWls' he lis, for production among
those shipping through the Apple
Growers association, From a. dye
acre trtctr with .berries planted be.
tween apple Rows. Mr.. Gooch shipped
1il7 crates, receiving $500. 'pS
state Forester Elliott has an.
nounced that the federal government
would cooperate this year with his de.
p9rtmept by appropriating $1,000 for
use in patrolipg timber lands at the
headwaters OF nayigable streams. Tho
forester said that the money would
be used when the danger from fire
appeared TO be greatest. II will pro
vf,e 'hbohr 60 fise.fiehters4
pt'rank Meredith, secretary OF the
Oregon State Fair, Announces that the
special .pylEes nfqr the, dairy exhibits
this year would be much more costly
and ,nuperpgs thpp eyer, before IN the
hist teiy ot lbS assdSdtipay sTbel lprites
were oBtiIned by'k3H. Lea, superin.
Nrynpb of7t 7theJ depar,meat1 who, has
&1en 70 Mn Neiodth thht'll OK.
poets TO add more prizes to the list
which already has been forwarded TO
hphr,l nm rr1 a.lsi1 ny
IiThe bosioffite Adcbartmthi' Mas AZ.
cepted the proposal OF ths- southern
Pacific company 10 caiity marcel post
by boat between Portland by North
Bend TO Marshfield and back as often
as the contractor may operate The
boats at the rate OF cents per pound
The proposal OF Oscar +. Jacobsen 10
transport mail by boat between New.
port and Yaqulna station has been nc.
cepted.
The Benton county court has au-
thorized Sam III, Moore, OF Corvallis.
10 represent the county AT the Good
Roads convention AT Medford the last
OF this month. Mr., Moore is the orig.
inator OF plan to use convict labor
in the manufacture of road materials,
state roads also to receive state aid
in materials and convict labor. so far
as available. He advocates the pur-
chase by the state OF a shale and rock
or cement deposit the building. of a
cement plant and the operation OF the
plant with convict labor. He believes
that the conyicts will be doing labor
not likely 10 be done by paid labor,
In addition to increasing by 5000
the cost limit Of the Pendleton post
office building, the senate has passed
the bin appropriating 100000 for two
fish culture stations on the Columbia
river in Oregon. The senate also
passed the bill appropriating $4,000
10 establish fishery experiment sta
tion at some point on the Pacific
coast TO be designated by the secrs-
tary OF commerce, and the bill appro-
priating $1,000 for Thomas Coyle on
account OF the death of his child Mar.
10, 1887, caused by blast of powder
at the Cascade Locks, incident to the
construction of the canal A bill was
passed authorizing officials of the
Olalla diking district in Olalla Slough,
lincoln county, Oregon.
All efforts OF the general assembly
of the Presbyterian church to wage
fiaht for -nrahibition in the narthwast