The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

city.
Labor Commissioner Hoff has mott.
fled logging companies that they must
install logging hunks on cars by jan
uary 1.
A three mile electric railroad con.
Meeting Glendale and Tsiltoos lake is
planned by capitalists of the Siuslaw
section.
Work Of grading has been resumed
by the willamette oacific railroad
near Springfield, and trains are haul.
ing gravel.
Portland now is one Of the five ST.
100000 postal savings banks in the
United States. The million mark was
passed Saturday.
A petition calling for an election
on the liquor issue has been signed
by the vets at Granada. At present
Lane county is dry.
Thousands of tacks were scattered
on the streets of Roseburg In order
to annoy drivers of automobiles, and
police are searching for the guilty
ones.
A bounty Of 25 cents q head having
been offered for all animals killed.
the farmers In numerous districts In
Polk county are waging war on go
piers.
Eric Anderson has been appointed
postmaster at Pleasant Home. vice
l.. A. shineman. resigned, and Carrie
II. otley has been appointed at Sum.
ner, vice H. o. Hall, deceased.
Professor Lewis. Of the Oregon Az.
ricultural college. advises Oregon fruit
growers TO use extreme care to select
only the best grades Of fruit for ship.
ment outside. keeping only the poorer
grades at home.
The beautiful now 100000 court.
house at The Dallcs. OF which Wasco
county is proud and which is the fin.
est county government home In Ore.
gon outside OF Portland. was formally
opehed Saturday.
An order permitting the Rogue
River Water company TO increase It's
rates about 3 per cent was issued by
the state railroad commission. Rates
fixed by the city were declared by
the commission to be unjust.
Portland contractors. Boyajohn.Ar.
mold. have commenced work on the
new administration building for the
university Of Oregon. and II is expect
ed that the building will be completed
within seven and "A half months.
More than 25.000.000 salmon eggs
have been taken for Matching pur
poses 30 far this year by the state
game and fish department. according
to Il. Il. Clanton. state hatchery sup.
erintendent, This marks the year as
record breaker.
The third crop of alfalfa In now be-
Ing cut on many OF the ranches In
the vicinity OF Baker. where condi-
tions have been better for large hay
crops than In many years. The third
crop is proving To be almost as large
as the first and second,
The best state fair In the history
OF Oregon. from the standpoint OF en-.
hibits. came 10 IA close Saturday at
Salem. Because OF rain two days. the
attendance was not 30 large as last
year. but II was sufficient, Il is be.
lieyed. for the proceeds TO meet all
expenses.
Secretary Lane has notified Senator
Chamberlain that he has designated
az nonirrigable more than 100000
acres OF land In Oregon. Persons hav.
ing entries OF 100 acres within the
designated area may apply to enlarge
their homesteads TO 320 acres by TAX
ing up designated vacant land adjoin-
ing their present entries.
All records for attendance at Crater
Lake national park were broken In
the season OF 1914. In 1913 the travel
to September ~ totaled 6S26 people
and in 1914 the total September 27
was 6947. During the season OF 1918
only 760 automobiles visited the park
and this year up to September 27,
1852 had visited the park.
The Fort Vannoy (Eismann) or
chard of s5 acres. four miles down
the Rogue river from Grants Pass.
was sold to J. r. Peurrung. OF Cincin-
natl, o.. the consideration being $780,
900. The orchard consists OF 10 acres
OF peach trees, four acres OF pears,
80 OF young apples and 35 OF older
apples in full bearing.
Five thousand men will be put TO
work through the resumption OF con-
struction OF government projects al. |
ready under way in the first and sec,
ond Oregon districts. In addition to
the 1000 men which the government
will employ on its own plants. the
Columbia contract and other sub-con.
tractors will il ia estimated emDloy !