The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-02-26
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON

Christensen Of Crook county some diff
ficulty In stocking his ranges.
Eighty.two Of the eighty.four nation
al banks Of Oregon have applied for
membership In the federal reserve
system.
oregon lumber will be used in the
construction of the Oregon building at
the San Francisco 1915 fair, transport.
ed from oregon mills in Oregon'built
vessels.
Senator Chamberlain asks that the
public lands committee be allowed to
continue its work in order that the
development of Alaska may not be re-
tarded
Professor G. I. Lewis Of the Oregon
Agricultural college says fruit men
should organize to protect the indus.
try and none but the best grade of
fruit should be canned or shipped.
A copy of olney's Geography, pub.
lished about 80 years ago. has been
lent to Superintendent of Public In
struction Churchill by William Swish.
er, Of Salem.
Representative Sinnott has introduc
ed bill for the relief of Joe Davis,
a Slav, who was injured at the Cello
canal The bill carries an allowance
OF $1,000.
Twenty petitions have been placed
I'm circulation for solicitation of sig
natures demanding the recall of Mayor
u. Il. Albee and City Commissioners
Il. G. Dieck and W. l.. BREWSTER OF
Portland
Sheep men OF Pendleton and vicinity
are asked by Deputy Supervisor Will
son OF the Clearwater reserve to pas
ture their flocks on the ranges. The
grass In the burnt over sections is said
to be plentiful.
Baker county wool growers antici'
pate better prices for their clip this
year than In 1913. Buyers represent.
Ing the big eastern houses are already
In the field and offers qs high M 10
Gems pound have been made.
State School Superintendent J. a.
Churchill has been requested by the
oregon Panama.PacifIc Exposition
commission to take charge OF the pre-
paration and installation OF the Ore.
gon educational exhibit at the San
Francisco fair next year.
An initiative bill will be placed In
circulation In Hood River county with
In n few days providing for the organi'
cation OF bonded districts for the pur'
pose OF Issuing bonds for the installa'
ton OF public utilities OF every char.
acter.
John II. Lewis, state engineer, has
received from the director OF the Unit
cd States geological survey a report
that since June last year, when the
last previous report was made. sO3
square miles have been surveyed. max
Ing total OF 2l,A5i square miles, or
22.3 per cent OF the state,
The plan to take the cadet regiment
OF the Oregon Agricultural college TO
the Panama, a,Pacific exposition in San
Francisco in 1915, received the unani'
nous approval OF the college council,
after the committee appointed TO han
die the matter reported fayorably on
the proposition.
Representative Sinnott has intro
duced bill which allows entrymen
to divide into two periods the five
months of each year which they are
allowed to spend away from their
homesteads, This would enable them
to take advantage OF work In the log
ging camps In the winter and In har-
vest fields in summer,
ON a platform indorsing statewide
prohibition, Ex-Governor 7, I. Geer
has announced his candidacy for the
republican nomination for governor,
lie is the l4th gubernatorial candidate
In the field, Eight republicans, four
democrats, one progressive and one
Independent, are now seeking the nom
ination for governor
Secretary OF State Olcott announces |
that, according TO the reports received |
by him, The republicans constitute |
6lO4 per cent OF the total registered |
voters, the democrats 1886, the Pro
gressiyes 364. prohlbitionists 1862. SO
cialists 9,55 and miscellaneous S,79, |
The total registration TO date is S.
500, of which S2,S99 are republicans, |
IL, ,669 are democrats, 1861 are pro
gressiNes. 1852 are prohibitionists, |
1874 are socialists and 2O+4 come un-
der the miscellaneous classification.
Announcement has been made that
approximately $4,000 acres OF land ad-
jacent TO Flora, Long Greek, Monu'
ment, Beech Creek, Pilot Rock. Enter
prise and Baker, have been set apart |
for homesteading This is classed as
semi-arid land and will be subject 10