The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-29
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON


which started at IL O'Clock Friday
night and destroyed property valued
at $4,000.
Six Medford people are In Portland
undergoing the Pasteur treatment to
prevent hydropbobia as the result OF
strange epidemic OF rabies In that
city recently.
The senate committee on public
lands has reported out Representative
Snnott's bills permitting entrymen to
file on an enlarged homestead after
making final proof ..
with the footing Of steamboat and
factory whistles and the ringing OF
church and school bells, Astoria cello
brated the opening Of the Panama
canal.
Roseburg celebrated the opening Of
the Panama canal by an automobile
parade, blowing OF whistles and ring
ing of bells. The few firecrackers in
town also, we're fired.
That Frank ]. Rooney. whose body
was found near Troutdale last Tues
day. was murdered n week ago ap-
pears certain from developments. ac-
cording to Deputy Sheriff Beckman.
who is investigating the case. ...
Because Of the danger OF forest fires
as result of campfires carelessly left
by hunters. Governor West has issued
a proclamation closing the deer hunt
Ing season. II became effective Mon
day.
State Highway Engineer Bowlby
states that August 20 has been fixed
upon as the time for opening bids for
construction work to be performed
on the Columbia river highway In
Hood River county. This county re-
Gently voted $4,000 in bonds to build
its link OF the highway. ....
Through the efforts OF Represents
tive Hawley and Senator Lane. con-
gress recently passed n bill granting
a pension OF $50 a month to DIR. vii.
liam w. oglesby. OF Cottage Grove.
who served as captain OF company G.
Second Oregon state militia, In the
Bannock Indian war In 1878,
Representative Slnnott's bill. pre-
viously passed by tho house. permit.
ting homestead entrymen to divide
their five months annual leave OF
absence from their land into two per-
iods. passed the senate. Under tho
existing law the homesteader must
take his leave In one continuous per
Tod.
When the cadet regiment Of the
agricultural college visits the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco
next fall Il will be In the high ciassifi-
cation known as class G. This 10 .
technical rating adopted by the war
department 10 designate those cadet
regiments In which military interest
and proficiency is very high.
Practically every southern Idaho
and eastern Oregon city and town was
represented at a meeting held at Ba-
ker to further the movement to Sc
cure the routing OF the national high.
way from the Snake river through
Baker. Union and Umatilla counties
10 the Columbia river. rather than
through central Oregon. which Ia max.
II & strong effort TO get the road.
A special appropriation OF $4,000
has been granted by congress to i'm
prove the Clackamas fish hatchery
on the river below Clackamas station.
The government owns two sites on
the Clackamas. only one OF which 10
used. The present site is above the
site recently purchased, which will be-
come the new location for the build
ing. Plans are being completed at
After following his man for nearly
two years. during which time he trail-
cd him TO the Argentine republic on
the south and Edmonton. Alberta. on
the north, Charles T. Hass. OF the
Hass Detective Agency OF New York.
arrested Oslin N. Jackson at Grants
Pass on the charge OF embezzling $685.
900 In New York City. Jackson came
TO Grants Pass last spring and pur-
chased a ranch about eight miles from
that city and was erecting an $4,000
residence.
Announcing that the money could
be used TO better advantage. the state
fish and game commission has re-
moved the bounty on bobcats. The
bounty has been 81 scalp and tho
state has paid out about $4,000 so far
his year. Commissioner Duncan said
A large part OF the animals had been
caught In the southeastern part OF the
state and that the hunters benefited
other states as much as they did Ore
son. The removal OF the bounty on
bobcats has no effect on the bounties