The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-03-30

from Grant, Harney and Malhour
counties.
A good roads agitation has been BE-
gun in wallowa county. At meeting
OF the commercial clubs of wallowa,
Enterprise and Lostine, q resolution
was passed favoring bond Issue OF
5000, 900.
With the completion Of about one
mile and half Of macadam road be-
tween Weston and Milton In Umatilla
county there will be continuous ma
cadam road from Pendleton TO Waits
burg. Wash.
Representative Macarthur has intro
duced a bill to guarantee the purity
Of Portland's water supply by the OK.
change OF privately-owned lands with.
in the Bull Run reserve for other lands
in the state Of equal value.
All the railroads OF Oregon and rep
resentatives OF the organizations Of
railroad employees met at Salem to
attend the hearing on the matter OF
safeguarding the railroads by remov-
ing overhead and side distractions.
The state grange and farmers un.
ion, with the state federation OF labor
cooperating. have practically com.
pleted a rural credits bill for Oregon
which they plan to submit through the
initiative at the next general election.
Attorney.G General Brown. OF Oregon,
intends to file an appeal in the su-
preme court from the decision OF
Judge Wolverton In the Oregon trad.
ing.stamp case. Judge wolverton held
the Oregon tradingstamp tar TO be
unconstitutional.
Checking the depredations OF the
scores and hundreds OF beavers that
are destroying peach and other or
ohard trees In the lowlands along
Mary's river has become q serious
problem with farmers and fruit grow
err OF Phiiomath.
Tho public service commission has
received word from the Oregon. wash
ington Railway a Navigation company
that no shortage OF freight cars now
exists on that road. and that the com.
pany has = surplus Of 2is open cars
available for use.
The state fair board has decided to
increase the prize money offered in
the livestock department for the com.
ing state fair by $4,000. because OF tho
increasing interest which breeders
and the public generally are showing
In this feature OF the fair.
Extensive improvements and On.
largemonts In both building and ma
chinery capacity are TO be made In
the Oregon factories OF the Everfresh
Food company. The two oregon
plants OF the company are located at
Hillsboro and Sutherlin.
Two trainmen were killed and
third seriously soalded In a train
wreck ON the shaniko branch at the
Mud Hollow section-house, three miles
south OF Bigss. Tho dead are; l.. Kas.
ter. fireman, and Joe w. Simpson. a
brakeman. both OF Portland.
Two OF the 1873 accidents reported
TO the state industrial accident COM
mission during the week ending March
0 were fatal. They were: George
March. OF La Grande. killed in logging
operations. and Edgar Battye. OF Al.
media. killed In mining operations.
Representative Hawley has intro
duced a bill authorizing an advance
from forest receipts In Oregon OF s42..
900 10 build road connecting the
county road out OF Grants Pass with
the Oregon caves In Josephine county.
the entire road lying In the siskiyou
national forest.
Registration as reported TO Secretary |
OF State olcott totals s7.2i7. the per
iod covered being from January 10 |
March 4. The registration by parties
is as follows; Republicans. 5000;
democrats. 22.i67; progressives. 6b7;
prohibi.ionists. 1859; socialists. 2i99;
miscellaneous 2649.
With the consent OF Jackson coun
ty, the state highway commission has
decided to divert $4,000 from the
amount allotted to that county for
road work. for use in making a survey
of the proposed road from Crater Lake
10 point connecting with the Pacific
Highway near Medford.
Organization of the Oregon Farmers
league was completed at Salem by
representatives from the State Grange
and Farmers union. Officers elected
were: ]. b. Leedy. of Corvallis. presi.
dent; ]. ID. Brown. OF Arlington. vice
president. and w. X. Peery. Of Day
ton. secretary-treasurer
The Columbia River Fishermen's
Protective union has set the prices
for raw chinook salmon TO prevail dur.
ing the season. which will open at