The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-01-11

1916.
Salem to get 100000 addition to
federal postoffice building
vale-western Pacific Co. will
sink well here for oil and gas.
oregon legislators plan $4,000, 900
bond issue for rural loans.
Portland -- Si,75O,OOO Portland
Vancouver bridge complete over Co
lumbia river.
Pendleton--S $50. 200 road show
theatre planned here.
Marshficld- -Smith-Powers Co. ask
franchise for railroad from Bunker
Hill TO Summit.
silver Lake Loader--Since oregon
in the past few years has become
known as the incubator Of freak leg
islation, the grounds where every
willy-niliy idea is first tried out, II Is
to be hoped that the members OF the
1917 legislature will strive to cor
rect this evil and perform the duty
that a majority OF the people OF the
state have elected them to do.
Salem - Attorney General de-
mands s3s.32O TO conduct his de-
partment on account OF many laws
enacted.
. FIGURING mill at John Day to oper-
ate after February LIST.
Oregon City--Woolen mills here
shared profits with 900 employees.
Portland 49, Albina Engine Ma
chine Works has contracts for two
$500 ton and four $500 ton steel
steamships.
Medford defeated irrigation dis
trict foramtion to great detriment OF
sugar beet industry.
The proposed bill to XIII CONNER
cial fishing on the Rogue river should
get such defeat In the legislature
that no more Industry killing legis-
lation Of that kind will be proposed
North Bend - Large dredging im-
proyement to be undertaken on Pony
Slough.
North Bend 225 foot lumber
carrier florence Olson. launched here,
Roseburg Total tax eyy of Doug
las county for 1917 Sa76.32S, as
against .Sil3.2O3 for 1915.
Oregon valuations as edualized
S51.4S1,5l2 below 1915.
Cushman Logging railroad TO be
built up Bernhardt Creek,
Salem spauldlng Logging co.
purchases South Mill Greek water
power and site for manufacturing |
Land County budget cut by SAL
600 below estimates.
Silver Lake Leader -- II ls to be '
deyoutly wished when the Legisla-
ture conyenes ON January s. 1917,
that each member viii go to the State
capital with the gyowed purpose OF I
making this commonwealth Great
er Oregon" by promoting such laws
that will invite capita into the state.
thus bringing about the deyeopment
of lis wonderful resources.
Prairie city -- Four mill here 10
be operated next year.
Coos Ray coal mines being devel-
oped as 5. p. Cos. new line In here
has opened other markets.
Ieedsport --- s. =, co. making ex-
tensiye improvements here
Portland - to reduce high taxes,
city and county government to be
consolidated School district and
port district 10 be added to reduce
overhead.
La Grande has largest packing
plant In Eastern Oregon.
Ilaines - Work on chloride mine
ON Rich Greek To be resumed.
Bend, the boom town of Eastern
Oregon, now has two daily papers
Albany will seek 10 develop flax
industry
First railroad, then sugar factory,
now smelter. and the Grants Pass
SNOWFALL of progress rolls on.
Portland Oregon hotel tho be
raised tn 3 stories - cost $3.50, ,0OO.
salem erecting two brick stores.
Albany --- Furniture factory Is in
the market for so carloads OF Coast
alder, maple and ash, cut in the fol-
lowing lengths; Four feet inches,
and S feet aud s inches. cut In cord
wood stye,
Proposed Oregon freak lawbill TO
make lazy husbands work.
Brownsville Rep. Elmore re-
elected to the legislature, has never
introduced bill of his own and says
that he has none this time His idea
of service To his county is not In see n
ing how many bills he can get passed. ,
PRAISE GROWS IN VOLUME AND
DEGREE HOR THE NEW SERVICE ,
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