The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-11-19
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

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The annual meeting OF the oregon
Bar Association was held In Portland
November II and Is.
Articles of incorporation for ciam'
fish and fruit cannery, to be loca'eu
in Seaside. have been filed with the
secretary of state.
The annual meeting of the oregon
Dairy Association will be held the flrs'
week in February at the oregon Az
ricultural College.
The date for the fourth annual irri'
CATION congress OF oregon Is january
TO The sessions will be held at the
Imperial Hotel in Portland.
Martin Bros. Milling Company oil
klamath Falls, is utilizing the parcel
post for the shipment of five tons Oh
seed oats to California customers
The taxable property In the city OF
Albany is valued at s3,364,7lO, accord
ing to figures completed by County
Assessor earl Fisher for the 1914 roll
Complete election returns from eV'
cry county except Malheur Indicate
that the measure TO ajo:.sn capital
punishment In this state has carried
The Monroe waterworks and the
home of the water master nearby were
destroyed by fire. The fire threaten
ed the business section of the town.
Under contract with the French
government to furnish 5000 cavalry
horses. Robert Jones of Weiser, Ida
ho opened buying headquarters at
Baker.
with some of the best cattle and
hogs in the state among the entries
and with SO babies In the eugenics
contest. the Hcrmiston Dairy and Hog
show is In progress. ....
Preliminary plans for the reprgani'
zation OF the Oregon branch OF the
American Poultry association were
made at the meeting OF the Oregon
poultrymen at the commercial club
In Eugene.
The. completion OF the assessment
roll for Baker county for the year
shows that the total property valua'
ton In the county Is now sls,o67, ,155
This In slightly under the assessed
valuation for 1913.
October vas the largest month for
auditing warrants In the history OF
the secretary Of states department.
A total OF $500 were issued, S62 OF
them going through the Industrial ac'
cident commission.
That corn as good as that produced
In any OF the states can be grown In
Marion county and. In fact, the entire
willamette Valley. was demonstrated
when the first corn show ever held In
Salem was opened.
Senators Chamberlain and Lane OK.
pressed themselves favorably on pro-
posal that congress enact a law pro
viding for the allotment OF 10000
acres OF tribal land belonging TO the
Umatilla Indians.
have been found In the petitions filed
to bring about the recent Portland
recall election and District Attorney
Evans has brought the subject before
the Multnomah county grand jury,
Ray Bunch. 10 years old. confessed
that he robbed Frank Kuhn. an aged
- 4 \ aE of
beating him severely and subjecting
him to torment In forcing him TO re-
veal the hiding place OF his money.
Next Saturday Portland city or.
dinance will 20 into effect which re-
quires that all rags used for wip.ng
purposes shall be sterilized before be.
ing given TO employees for use and be-
fore being sold as old rags after use.
J. l.. Winters OF Medford. an expert
violin maker. after extensive expert.
ments announces that Oregon white
fir properly treated makes an ideal
violin wood and he predicts 1t will re-
place the special woods heretofore
supplied by Germany.
Portland has landed the biggest job
OF ship repairing ever undertaken on
the Pacific Coast Repairs TO the
Grace liner Santa Catalina. badly dam.
aged by fire october Is while bound
up the Columbia river to Portland, are
to be made In this port.
The Consolidated Contract company
which is constructing the Columbia
Highway in Columbia county, was
temporarily enjoined by United States
Judge Bean from blasting, building |
any more walls, or dumping material |
on the right of way of the Spokane, |
Portland & Seattle railroad the COM
plainant.
w. A. T, Bushong, treasurer of the |
r. A. Booth campaign committee, has |
spent s2575,S0 in the recent state cam.
paign, according to statement filed
with Secretary of State Olcott. The