The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-04-06
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Important Occurrences OF Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Cur Readers.

The 18th annual district convention,
Knights OF Pythias, was held at Sea.
side.
The Blewett Harvester company
has decided to move its plant from
spokane to Pendleton.
The principal office OF the oregon
Power company will be removed TO
Springfield from Eugene.
Work on the proposed forestry
building at oregon agricultural college
at Corvallis began Monday.
The public schools OF Junction city
are TO have a community industrial
school garden this spring.
There have been only two arrests
for drunkenness in Medford since the
passage OF the prohibition law.
The rise in the price OF sacks this |
year has made the grain handling 1
problem an acute one with the farm.
ers.
Nine editors OF Washington county |
met at Beaverton and organized the
Washington County Editorial assoela.
ton
oregon will contribute no less than
f350000 20 the federal government
this year In income and corporation
taxes.
A truce between the warning Port.
land branches OF the Hop Sing aud
Bing KongBow Leong tongs has been
declared.
Operations at the big Phoenix stone
quarry In Sutherlln have been com.
menced, The plant had been idle sew
eral years.
The Columbia river highway be. {
tween Astoria and westport was badly
damaged by the rains and freshets OF
last winter.
Excavation for the foundation OF the
new ,750OOO addition to the plant OF )
the Hawley Pulp 4 Paper company /
started Monday. I
The George Palmer mill at La
Grande voluntarily increased all its a
employees wages II per cent begin. a
ming with March /.
For the week ending February "a, h
l79 accidents were reported TO the "
state industrial accident insurance e
OF which three were fatal. y
Establishment OF a lumber aud ma. 81
rine exchange as an adjunct OF the Il
Portland chamber OF commerce will y
probably be accomplished by April l. 8;
Suggestion that the state and fed
sral government cooperate In finane, o
ng irrigation projects In oregon Is n
made by John II. Lewis. state engi. In
ieer. In
pelmar Colesroye, rancher living d
n the southern end Of Curry county. IN
loss OF 1900 sheep and more az
han 20 head OF cattle on account OF 81
he recent storms,
The Silver Falls Timber company Il,
'ill erect a 100000 plant on its prop. II
rty at silyerton, TO be operated in ell,
onjunctlon with the company's log, de
ins camps nearby. pa
Farmers In the eastern part OF Ben, ss
'n county are holding public meet, a
lgs in nearly all the precincts advo- All
iting the establishing OF public mar. an
et days In Corvallis. pa
James McComb was convicted by a ar,
iry In ths state circuit court at Ba,
sr OF murder In the second degree in PEI
'ving slain Leonard Goul. a black, gol
NTH, November rs last sta
The 18th convention OF the Western tin
etail Lumber Dealers association for
osed at Portland with banquet at an,
9 chamber OF commerce. The 1917 qui
Getting will be held In Spokane. anC
The first result OF Coos county's pra
owing at the San Francisco sxposi. sib
N was an inquiry from woodwork. leg
; firm In Ohio. asking for informa- c
N about myrtle wood and veneer. sin,
business men will conduct pr
excursion to Aarshneld and other con
Sns on Coos Bay In July In eelebra. Dun
n Of the completion OF the Southern incl
cifie's new line TO that territory. moi
n an effort to open the river at and
eson city from the suspension abl,
dge to the falls to net fishing, a bull
case was begun TO knock out the CON
act passed by the 1915 leglsla. the
e. ser'
'hiip Buehner, a wealthy Portland pen,
herman, and his son, Ii. c. Bueh. Nhi
are in Marshtield to look over ers.
big holdings OF the Simpson Lum II
company, for which a 1000, 900 OF S
is now pending. from
hree-fifths OF the voters of the last indi,
tion must sign a petition for the bett,
oval OF the county seat from Cul. gres
jefferson county. before the stll
'tion can go on the ballot. Attor, regi,
General Brown has ruled tai
he Oregon Agricultural college ex- whel
ion service will cooperate with this