The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-11-14
OREGON NEWS NOTES (
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Skstched for lnior-
nation Of Our Readers.

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mill Of Frank Cruaan. near Dexter, 10
miles east OF Eugene, cataillng a loss
Of $4,000.
Dates OF the Pacific International
livestock show. annually held In Port
land. have been announced ss Decem-
Der . 10 15.
All OF the schools OF Linn county
were closed Monday BY ordera itsued
by Mrs. Cummings. cou1' school sui
perintendent. !
Fire Prevention day In v.cson ns q
day of celebrations. mars meetings and
parade was indefinitely postponed
from November 2.
The farmers OF the Union section
are nearly through their fall plowing
and seeding and the apple crop. which
was very light. 10 practically all "a
thered.
superintendentr OF all state institu.
tions will receive increases In salaries
n tho legislature adopts a rccommen.
dation decided upon by the state board
OF control
Thomas Jefferson IIayter. one OF the
oldest surviving pioneers OF Polk coun.
~. passed away al hsa home IN Dallas
after an illness OF several months due
20 old age.
Basing his figures on census taken
Of sbi homes In the city. W. r. Ruther
ford. superintendent Of schools. estim.
ated that there are 500 cases OF influ'
enEa in Eugene.
james Oscar Rich. OF Eugene. who
suffered a fractured skull when a
speeder from which he fell ran over
him near Mapleton. died from the In
iuries he received.
Recent heavy rains. coupled with
rigid enforcement Of health regula.
tions. have produced marked Inn.
provemsnt In the Spanish influenzs
situation In North Bend.
Through Mayor Masnus Saxon. the
city OF st. Helens has presented 10
Mrs J. n. McISie a sllken service flss
bearing four stars. representing her
four sons In the service.
Senator Chamberlain appointed sla
tor Marcellus Miller. rs years old, Of
Roseburg. as his candidate from the
state at large for the United States
military academy at West Point.
Heavy onion losses. such as occurred
last year In Oregon. may be prevented
or 10 large extent minimlxsd by pro
yiding for adequate ventilation, sayt
n. r. Dafss. plant pathological al tho
oregon Agricultural college
Miss Lillian Tlnrle. of tho depart
ment Of home economies at the Uni
vereIty OF Oregon. has been appointed
vlce.presldsnt OF the National coun
ell OF Executive and Administrative
Women In Education Tor the state oi
oregon.
The average daily population for the
blennium at the Soldiers home has
been las. according 90 the report Of
commandant Markec Just issued, Oi
these it7 were engaged In the Civil
war. ~ IN Indian wars art four In thu
spanish war.
while the tug Pioneer Was attempt
Ing 20 enter cons bay. towing the lum'
berladsn barge wallHeut. with a crew
Of sin men. the TOW line broke aud tho
barge Was carried ON the soulh spii.
The sea was rough and tho hsrse lost
her mast Asd cargo.
Representative sinnott has desif.
mated ~ his appolntses 10 wcs' Polnt
Charles o. canhsm OF i,yssn. princl
pal. and Walter Marshall. OF voltsg'.
alternate. To Annapolis be desisna 90
Robert Emahisor. La Orunde. prlacl
pal, and Joseph p, Weller, MosIer al
tCrnate.
Lack OF accommodation for emer
geney cases and pressing need Of more
room. aeesniaateJ by The exisenciss of
war. are pointed out IN the biennial
report OF Dr. @. G. Beillneer. super
lntendent OF the state tuberculosis hos
pital. filed With this state board OF
control
An order auih0rizinr the sale OF
s,34s.o0O feet OF Port Orfcrd cedar on
the Coos Bay wagon grant lands Al
price Of no, lees ~ ss a tholssnd
feet WAS signed hs trl.od Stats Dis
trid Judge Woyf on. Tinn'r cu'
from the trse' WI. ao used FOR air
plane stock.
A secret iudictmf chsrslng hin1
With accepting $3.50 from ~ A Sat
son. former prisoner, caused the ar
lesi ~ Charles $. Sheridan. torme'
.rard ~ ihe state penitentiary sh,r
dan Is The first person 20 BE- tsten
'i,io .ris'ody as a result Of the prison
parole Investigation.
The great decrease Of the dairy In
dustry In Oregon and the bulcherinf
Of large numbers OF mileh cows durinf
the past year. which has been reported
IN a number OF press articles recently,
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