The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-04-13
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Important Occurrences Of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Cur Headers.

tween the TWO places.
A plan for an Oregon militia aux
Hilary corps for business men has beer
prepared by II. r. Duniway, chairman
OF special chamber Of commerce
committee OF pnr,i"~'
According TO an estimate OF the
United states forest service II will
cost $500, 900 TO build road 16 feet
wide from Gold Beach. Curry county,
10 Gallce, Leland or West Fork. three
routes that have been suggested.
Mrs. Geo McMath, president of the
Oregon Congress Of Mothers and OF
the State Parent Teachers association
left Portland Monday for Chicago and
Nashville to attend the annual con.
vention OF the National Congress Of
Mothers.
Plans have been formulated for n
four.team Blue Mountain baseball
league composed OF Pendleton. Wes
ton. Echo and Pilot Rock. The season
will start April with the teams play.
ing at Weston and Pendleton and is
to last ~ weeks.
one OF the 1870 accidents reported TO
the state industrial accident commits
sion during the week ending March
20. resulted fatally. II was the case
OF Reinhold weis. OF Portland, who
was killed while In the service OF u
telegraph company.
or 80 minerals that are described In
Minerals OF Oregon" u bulletin pub
lished by the department OF geology
OF the state university, 45 occur In
Josephine county. ~ In Baker, 33 In
Jackson. 2S In Grant, "a In Curry, 10
In Lane and rs In Coos.
A rich vein OF oinnabar ore has been
discovered In the upper end OF Suther'
lin valley. and near tho vein followed
by the old Nonpareil Mining company
more than 40 years ago. The now
vein In said to greatly exceed In rich
ness the ore OF the abandoned mine
Anticipating the biz railroad cele-
bratlon to be given on Coos Bay at the
completion OF the wIllamette.Paeific
railroad. now set for the last OF July
or the first OF August, the city ot
Marshfleld is urging citizens TO clean
up and make their premises present
able.
Relocation OF the Blue Bucket mine,
known in Oregon legend as the richest
gold prospect In the northwest, is ex'
pected by J. w. Buckley and X. C..
Harpan. OF Baker who believe they
have discovered the loction sought In
vain by prospectors for more than so
years.
seyenty.one parcels OF oregon In
dian lands ranging In size from 40 to
100 acres and appraised at from $4,000
To- S4O0 will be sold at auction by the
government. Thirty.three parcels Of
the land are In the Roseburg district
two In The Dalles district and SO In
the Burns district,
With a view 10 determining the va
riety OF walnut best adapted TO Ore
gon. the Western Walnut association
has commenced a campaign to locate
all the Seeding trees In the state. The
theory is that a tree will be located
that will produce better nut than any
that can be imported,
Declaring contracts entered into by
the city OF Roseburg. the Roseburg &
Eastern Railroad Co. and the Kendall
Lumber corporation void and uncon'
stitutonal. the supreme court has en-
Joined the enforcement thereof and
forbidden the issuance OF 100000 In
bonds 10 be applied TO the building OF
the railroad.
Owing 10 opposition to bond issue
II has been decided in Umatilla coun'
~ TO submit TO the voters at the May
primary the question as 10 whether
the county should issue bonds to the
amount OF ,sSO.OOO for highway i'm
provement or In lieu thereof levy a
direct special tax Of two mills for the
same purpose.
A tentative agreement was reached
at Medford with the Southern Oregon
Traction company to build a railroad
for the city OF Medford Is miles TO-
ward the Blue Ledge mining district,
the traction company TO build is miles
additional line. connecting the city's
section with the Blue Ledge mine on
the California line.
In connection with the proposed
state highway up the John Day valley
through Gillian, Wheeler, Grant and
Malheur counties to Ontario, a petit
tion will be presented to the Grant
county court for an appropriation for
a survey OF the route through Grant
county. II is estimated that the cost
OF survey will be about $4,000.
Bearing the greatest value in rev
enue stamps ever on any document In
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