The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-04-09
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

In Portland during the rose festival
The Salem chautauqua, which was
feature during the cherry fair at that
place last year, will be given again
this year on larger scale than before.
Governor West has been asked to
appoint delegates to the American
Academy of Political and Social Serv-
ice convention, which will be held in
Philadelphia.
The railroad commission has sent
notice to the Newberg Telephone COM
pany that II will hold an inquiry into
its rates in Newberg April 10 at IL
a. m.
Mrs Edith Hill Booker, state pres.
ident of the Woman's Christian TEN.
perance Union, died at Portland fol-
lowing a weeks illness from an afflic-
tion of the heart.
Sixteen hundred pounds of potatoes
went through Albany by parcel post
They had been shipped from Lyons,
on the Corvallis & Eastern. 2S miles
east of Albany, to Fort Rock. in south.
ern Oregon. The potatoes were in As.
| pound sacks.
Correspondence received Mt the ad.
mnistration office of the oregon nor
NAL school indicates that large mum.
Der of teachers. experienced and mex.
perienced In the state. will be on hand
for the short course. which will begin
Monday, April 6.
The forestry building Of the Lewis
& Clark exposition of 1905 IL doomed
to total destruction within n coupls Of
years. Dark beetles and fungus
growths have made such progress that
the building Is almost unsafe for oc.
cupation now, II is said.
The first school In Coos county to
reach the required 96 credits to make
It standard A" school, under the
requirements OF n plan recently for.
mulated by County Superintendent
Baker, is the school at Bridge, Dis.
trict No. a, which has an enrolment
OF 60 pupils
Alleging that the Rose City Import
ing Company. of Portland, has violat.
ed the liquor laws of the state by ship
ping liquor into dry" territory with
out labelling II properly, Governor
West has asked Attorney.General
Crawford to bring suit TO have the
charter of the company revoked.
That cougars and wildcats are be
coming much less numerous In the
Cascade mountains adjacent 10 Eu
gene. and that there Is a noticeable
Increase In the number OF deer as u
consequence. is the statement OF
George Moody young hunter and
trapper of Mckenzie brldGe,
Two important days for Oregon at
the Panama.Pacific exposition next
year were decided on by the execu
tive committee OF the willamette Val
ley Exposition association In session
at Salem. The first Is July 10, 1910,
which will be cherry day, and the sec
ond Is October 10. which viii be apple
day.
Governor West has prepared an
amendment TO the constitution for In
itlation az the coming election EN-.
powering the executive 10 remove Dis
trlct attorneys. sheriffs and consta'
bles and TO appoint their successors,
The measure would give the governor
virtual control of law enforcement OF
the state.
The class rush has passed into his
tory at the Oregon normal school
Hereafter instead OF an open-handed
fight for supremacy the classes will
have their days when programmes will
be presented and athletic contests
carried out. BY mutual agreement the
flag OF the class which is performing
will fly unmolested.
Thomas b. Kay. state treasurer. has
just given notice that there are funds
in the state treasury with which 10
redeem outstanding state warrants
drawn on the general fund and en-
dorsed Presented and not paid for
want Of funds" prior 10 and including
November 10, 1913, The warrants will
now be honored at Mr. Kay's office
and interest on them will cease after
March 80.
Given man 81 years old. a birth
day cake glowing with 81 candles, a
stereopticon showing pictures of the
days when Oregon was young and the
man was much younger. and a chapel
full Of the friends of auld lang syne,
and you have a few of the high
lights" OF a remarkable birthday party
that was given at the TaylorStreet
Methodist Episcopal church at Port
land in honor OF Rev. John j.
("Father'D Finn. pioneer Methodist
pastor Of Oregon.
Measures seeking TO abolish the rur-