The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-01-11
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched fer lnfor.
nation Of Our Readers.

'Optntu ~ itDhhons
A meeting OF the Northwest Tour.
ists' association will be held In Port
land January 2s.
A proposal to move the Linn county
fair from Scio TO Albany is now re-
ceiving consideration.
Louis II. Plymale. aged about 20.
committed suicide at Medford by
slashing his throat with a razor.
DR.. Dewitt A. Paine. physician,
banker and capitalist, one OF Eugene's
most prominent citizens. is dead.
r. N. Morris. president OF the Ore.
gon Thresher Mems association. died
at his home In Looking Glass valley.
Bids have been received by the state
land board on approximately 1000
acres OF state lands In Malheur couu'
~.
An appropriation OF 100000 for an
addition TO the Salem federal building
will be incorporated In the omnibus
appropriation bill.
The Coos and Curry county cheese
makers have formed an organization
for the purpose OF standardzing the
Coos county product
Apple trees between four and five
years old. on the farm e. s. d. Barney.
AZ Echodalc. near oregon City. are
bursting into leaves.
Bandon has started a new Industry.
. w. H. Craine aud q. h. Shanks are
installing machinery Tor the manu-
faoture OF white cedar chests.
About s25 900 is the estimated cost
for the coming biennium to pay ex'
penses and salaries Of field men for
the bureau OF mines and geology.
ID. w George. a prosperous farmer
living few miles south OF klamath
Falls. is a second cousin OF David
Lloyd Georee. premier Of England.
An appropriation totsling si03,'
6OG.bO-an increase OF $5.iO6.5o over
the current biennium-is asked for by
the supreme court In the state budget
An inter.city basketball league, com
prislng teams from Baker. La Grande,
hHlOH anu kNNNAn Nae h'h''NH
at meeting held January at La
Grande.
A plan for creation OF a retirement
and pension fund for teachers was
adopted By the Oregon State Teach
ers' association at its annual conven'
tion at Portland.
Hop growers OF Polk county are pes
simistlc concerning the 1917 season.
Many are preparing TO plow up their
yards and have made plans on what
they will plant instead.
Wallace McCamant, OF Portland,
has been appointed by Governor
withycombe TO the state supreme
court. to succeed Justice Eakin, who
resigned ON account OF continued III
health
Toni Cerboni awaiting action by the
grand Jury at oregon city on a charge
OF second-degree murder, brought his
troubles to an end by hanging him
self with a pair OF suspenders in the
county jail.
The Prlneyille city council has
awarded TO keeler Bros, OF Denver,
the 100000 municipal bond issue au'
thorized by the voters for the con
struction OF railway connecting line
TO the Oregon Trunk.
The duok-shootIng season in Multi
nomah. Clatsop. Columbia and Tilla'
nook counties closed at sundown Sun
day. In every other county OF the
state the season will remain open un'
til sundoWn January Is.
Total receipts for the motor vehi-
Gle department OF Secretary Of State
Olcott's office Tor the year 1916 were
Sl46.2s2. The total number of auto
mobile registrations was s3,si7, while
motorcycles aggregated 1855.
Agitation is under way In Hood
River county with a view to having
the legislature change the laws OF the
state so as to make possible the ANAL
gamation OF the governments OF the
city and county of Hood River
At the last meeting OF the Vale city
council. the OFFICE OF city marshal was
abolished. there having been but two
arrests made IN the last year, one for
drunkenness and the other was for
violation OF the peace ordinance.
Judge T. T.. Duff at Culver decided
IN favor of Madras and against Culver
upon the county seat question, and the
case will be Immediately appealed to
the supreme court. The matter has
been in the court for several weeks.
BY the close vote of 1888 for and i4S
against the effort to obtain an irriga-
tion district in the territory contisu-
ous to Medford failed last week by 10
votes. An affirmative vote of so per
cent was necessary to carry the cleo
tion.
In the budget adopted by the Ben