The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-03-16
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Cur Readers.

The Polk County Fruitgrowers' as
sociatlon held it's annual meeting at
Dallas
Frank J. Humphrey was appointed
farmer at the state pcnitentlary to sue
ceed r. f. Cornelius.
Work on a proposed new $4,000 Cath.
ollc church building will be started
in Roseburg next week.
Fire damaged the electric plant of
the oregon Power company at North
Bend TO the extent OF about s50O0
a proposition to bond Walowa coun-
ty for highway improvement is meet.
ing with favor throughout the county.
Carlton x. Logan, an Albany young
man. has been appointed cadet at the
United States Naval academy at An
napolis.
Three men arrested and Ga quarts OF
liquor confiscated was the result OF
raids on two soft drink parlors at
Whitney.
Road and school districts Of Linn
county will cooperate this year in
Good Roads day" events for volunteer
road work.
Residents Of weddcrburn we're ter.
rotlzed when the hillside on which the
town Is located began sliding into
Rogue river.
At special election nc Bend the T.
proposed issue OF $4,000 In bonds to
aid the strahorn Central oregon rail. .
road carried
Approximately $4,000 will be OK.
pended by Multnomah county this .
year IN the construction OF concrete /
bridges and yiaducts.
or the 2S members OF the graduating .
class OF klamath high school this year,
only one has decided not to attend
college after graduation.
Portland has been awarded the Pa.
oiflo coast handicap shoot The tour.
namont will be held this spring. the
exact date to be fixed later.
The steam rigged schooner Fitleld
from Sau Franclsco was wrecked on
the south iot,y OF the Bandon bar at
the mouth OF tho Coquillc river.
The idea OF the farmers OF neigh.
borhood banding together for organic.
ed rodent determination work has
proved popular In klamath county
A pruning school was held at Day.
ton March 3. and 60 Turner March 4,
under the direction OF the extension
department OF the Oregon agricultural
college
During The month OF February, %
vessels carrying 2li75e23 feet OF lum.
Der and G7 tons OF box shocks loaded
at the mills In the lower Columbia riy-
or dlsirict
A "Pass'ItOn" convention. which IN
many ways Is similar 70 the Laymens
convention held In Port.
land three weeks ago, was held at {
Roseburg.
Work Is now beginning on the elce, I
trircatlon OF the Southern Paolfle's ,
west side line from Whiteson TO Cor I
Wallis. The cost OF this work will ox.
loed 100000
State Engineer Lewis has issued 10 I
The Warren Construction company OF 4
Portland a permit for the development I
,f 273 horsepower with the waters OF
Mil creek az Turner. )
The population OF all the state IN ;
ititutions. save the soldiers home at I
loseburg, has increased since the first {
II the year according TO the reports q
" the superintendent I
The executive committee OF the TN. 8
on County Good Roads association ,
Iecided 10 start a petition for a $42O,- 8
100 bond issue for the construction of
Iard surface roads In Union county. a
One OF the l9l accidents reported 2
o the state Industrial accident com 4
mission during the week ending March a
was fatal The fatal case was Fred 1
lcCardle, who was killed in Portland. a
Mining operations all over the state S
re beginning 10 take on new life, d
Upper. gold, silver, tungsten. CHINA C
ar and oil are being developed. both
D eastern Oregon and southern Ore r
on. z
Indictments win probably be re- o
urned by the grand jury at Portland c
gainst the various mail-order liquor e
ouses which are flooding Oregon with II
rice lists, in violation OF the prohibit b
Ion law. I
Lawrence l.. Darlington OF Baker, #
to the state prison October &
3, 1911, TO serve a term of from three
0 20 years and paroled May g. 1913, 2
vas given a full pardon by Governor
q
The Heilner c. & c. company OF +
laker has announced contracting for 4
,yer half million pounds of wool at L
10 to 2l cents, The lambing season is b
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