The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-06-11
BRIEF NEWS Of OREGON

native haunts were taken in the vicin.
ity of Roseburg. Traps were set In
some instances.
The senate has passed the Cham.
berlain bill appropriating 100000 for
erecting aidsato navigation along tho
Alaska coast
The case. of Frank stetler of Port
land, to determine the validity Of the
new minimum wage law. has been
put on the docket OF the supreme
court of the United States.
Timber men and mill owners of La
Grande are planning to wage an ex-
tensive, fight on forest fires this sum-
mer, and II is expected 10000 acres
OF timber will be patrolled.
Three Portland boys entered plea
Of guilty in the circuit court at Ore
gon City to a charge Of burglary. and
each was sentenced to a term of from
two to five years In the state peniten-
tiary. All were paroled.
For violations OF sections OF the In.
terstate commerce law relating to the
working OF employees overtime. the o.
w. II. q N. company was fined total
of s3350 by Judge Bean In United
States district court ut Portland.
The department OF commerce has
notified Senator Chamberlain that II
has requested the treasury department
to detail a revenue cutter to patrol
the course OF the regatta at Astoria,
July 2 and 3.
State Forester Elliott announces
that he win appoint at once about $50
road supervisors and about 100 other
persons fire wardens to work In dis
tricts which are not patroled by regu.
lar wardens.
The Grants Pass commercial club
has asked for advice on how TO pro-
ceed In case the lands In the Oregon
q California grant suits revert to the
The persons interested
are appealed TO.
Despite threatening weather condi-
lions the crowds AT the Lebanon
festival were greater on
the closing day than on the first day.
Auto parades were better than ever
before.
Two Oregon items included In the
sundry civil bill which will be report
I'd TO the senate are 100000 for Cra-
ier Lake and $4,000 for the improve
nent OF the Clackamas salmon hatch
sry.
Professor V. I. safro, assistant In
he chronological department OF the
oregon agricultural college has ten.
atiyely accepted n position as ento-
at the college extension sta.
Ion In Monteyideo. South America.
The secretary OF the Interior has
awarded to W. T.. Mason. OF Klamath
Falls. the contract for the construe.
ion OF the Lost River diversion chan
lei OF the Klamath irrigation project.
Il n cost OF si9.922.
Revival OF the old wars between
attlemen aud sheepmen II indicated
" information received OF depreda.
ions. supposedly by owners OF cattle.
mong sheep on the government range
N Dixie creek. west OF Durkee
During the first years operation OF |
he corporation department. since the |
of the blue sky law. the |
eceipts OF the department amounted |
o S225.252,47. according to figures
.iven out by Corporation Commission
II II. A. Watson.
A Chinook salmon Weighing 81 |
ounds was caught In the lower Co
nmbla by II. y. Nelson. a gillnetter.
he fish mag capture the $50 prize /
ffored by Schmidt Co.. of Brookfield.
or the largest salmon which will be
ent to the fair at San Francisco next
ear.
Efforts will be made through the
)regon delegation In congress by the
'ortland chamber OF commerce to Sc
ure an amendment To the homestead
CT which will reduce the amount OF
Tearing necessary on the part OF the
ettler on homestead In the coast
ounties OF Oregon.
Determined to win for Portland the
si5 national convention of the Amer
IAN osteopathic association. members
( the Oregon association will con-
enc Friday and Saturday. osteo-
aths from all over the state will be
4 attendance and the Portland con.
ngent has arranged its affairs to be
resent at all the sessions,
On representations OF Senator Cham.
erlain, Major Boggs Of the isthmian
anal commission has ordered new
ids called for for canal supplies. OBJ
sction was made that the term su.
rene limited tenders TO a proprietary
attle food Portland millers said su,
rene was the name OF proprietary