The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-08-08


quality No serious complaints are
heard about scarcity OF labor, although
every available man IL at work.
Trout raising TO increase the food
supply OF Oregon Is -being urged by
State Biologist William l.. Finley, who
says that the propagation OF this game
fish Is easier than raising chickens,
and n put on a commercial basis. moreI
profitable.
n. 8. Shelley, supervisor Of the Sius.
law national forest. has'announced the
employment OF the first woman look.
out in that forest Miss Jennie Walk.
or. a school teacher, has been assigned
to post on Deans mountain. south Of
the Umpqua
A carload OF mohalr containing
more than $4,000 pounds and valued at
S2s,OO0, was shipped from Albany by
NJ Sender Co. IL included the Lob
anon and scio pool and was one OF the
largest shipments OF mohair ever made
from that city. IA
According TO statistics compiled, a..
7O3.326 feet Of lumber and logs were
shipped from the lower Columbia riv'
er district during the month OF July,
In the same period the up.river mills
shipped s,226.65 feet, making a grand
total OF 3o,s2a,s76 feet.
Oregon mohair growers will be az
fected by an order soon TO be made
fixing a price on their product. Under
normal conditions mohair sells at
little less than wool. but since the
price Of wool was fixed the price Of
mohair has been booming.
A number Of dairymen OF clackamss
county met at Oregon City for the pur'
pose OF considering a method for CO
operative buying OF feed. The extreme
shortage OF hay and mill feed has made
Il advisable TO form an association 70
look after the dairymen's interest.
The NTH annual reunion Of the de.
gcendsnu OF Eben Biachiy and Alex.
andsr seavsy was held on tho ol
ssagsy donation claim on the McKen,
ale river six miles from Eugene. About
10 persons. many OF them descendants
OF these Lane county pioneers. we're
present. A
Attorney General Brown has advised
W. n. Bennett, superintendent Of
banks. that under the laws OF Oregon
state banks are not permitted 10 Dor.
row money in excess OF their paid.in
capital and surplus. irrespective OF the
collateral which may be deposited a.
security.
A result Of an increase Of 30 per
cent In labor costa since April Of
this year and the governments freight
rate elevation Of 20 per cent, Fuel Ad.
mInistrator Holmes has allowed wood
dealers OF Portland a straight Increase
OF 80 cents cord on slabwood. and an
increase OF 81 cord for cordwood.
II a person borrows money from the
state rurd credits fund. giving a mort
gage on his farm property. that does
not prevent such borrower from leas.
Ing or selling the place which Ia mort.
gagged 10 the state. according 10 an
opinion given by tho attorney general
10 the clerk OF the state land board.
Receipts OF the motor vehicle regis
tration department OF Secretary Of
State Olcott's office from January to
July 81 OF this year total t4ss. .ts050,
which IL considered more than twice
an much AZ was received during the
entire year OF 1917. The total receipts
OF the department for last year waS
s1e6. 1880.
Out OF total OF sos accidents re.
ported 10 the state Industrial accident
commission for the week ending Au.
gust 1. three were fatal The persons
injured fatally weres Arthur Bennett.
Corvallis. construction; Darius Bright.
Salem. travelling on highway and
struck by street car: Erwin McNully.
Astoria. trespaaser.
That the average yield per acre OF
fall wheat In the willamette valley
win be about is bushels Is the estimate
OF an Albany grain dealer This is said
10 be about rs per cent under the nor
NAL yield but this years aggregate
fall wheat crop will be much above
the average because Of the large In.
crease In the acreage.
The field setting OF broccoli In Ore.
gon Is nearly finished aud the plants
are making a good start In spite OF
dry weather Practically all OF the
crop is grown without irrigation. and
The production is dependent on the
rainfall. Present indications are that
The acreage has been reduced 80 per
cent In the Roseburg district.
The largest sum paid an individual
BY clatsop county for scalp bounty was
given TO W. NJ. Hunter. His warrant
amounted 10 tiO77. and was for s5s
,ealion scalps. Mr.. Hunter has beenI