The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-07-11
OREGON NEWS NOTES
or GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly sketched for Inior-
nation Of Our Readers.

commended that the county court pur
chase side arms for 75 deputy sherlffs
Destruction OF the johnson sawmlll
at Coqullle by fire threw 40 men out
Of employment and caused loss OF
$4,000.
Four serious fires which were burn.
ing near the klamath national forest
have been extinguished and two others
are under control.
Sales Of white flour may be resumed
by Oregon dealers beginning Friday,
July 6. under permission granted by
the food administration.
c. E. Richards was shot and instant.
ly killed by his divorced wife on the
Richards ranch. east Of The Dalles.
Mrs. Richards used a rifle.
Oregon ranks fourth among the
states in the percentage OF physicians
furnished to the medical reserve corps
OF the United States army and navy.
A census OF North Bend completed
recently by a directory concern shows
an increase in the population OF more
than 1900 during the last two years
Designated spruce camps under gov.
ernment supervision are 20 work 10
hours a day during July TO meet an
emergency need for airplanc materials.
The Astoria school board received a
letter from the capital issues com.
mittee OF Washington declining to
authorize the proposed ,i25.OOO issue
Of school district bonds for new school
buildings
The cranberry marshes In the vlcin.
ity OF Astoria are now In full bloom.
oldtime cranberry growers admit that
they have never seen anything like
the bloom on the marshes that IL seen
this year.
The eleventh annual convention OF
the oregon Chlropractic association
will BE- held Thursday. Friday and
Saturday. July 4. 6 and 6. at Portland.
with delegates present from all sec
tlons OF the state.
All men In attendance at the summer
school OF the University OF Oregon will
be required TO take part In track
meet TO be held on Klncaid field on
the afternoon OF July 4. The contest
will be between companies.
The little village OF Harbor which
nestled ON the south side OF the Chctco
river In Curry county. IL reported TO
have been practically wiped out by
fire which started In the q. a o. log.
ging camp In the neighborhood.
Approximately 200. OF 10 per cent OF
the 1000 selected men sent to Camp
Lewis from Oregon under the last call
are being turned back by the cxamin.
ers as rejects" The percentage has
risen so high that draft leaders are In
dismay.
State Fuel Administrator Fred J.
Holmes has announced that the govern.
ment viii not curtall supplies OF fuel
oil 10 steamers and railroads OF the
northwest. About one-half Of the oil
consumed In Oregon 10 said 10 80 20
these two classes Of users.
The first completed initiative peti.
tion providing for repeal OF laws OF
the last legislature fixing compensa.
tisn for publication OF legal notices
and requiring advertisement OF delin-
quent taxes In newspapers were filed
with the secretary OF state
The Lebanon Canning company has
Just completed a $4,000 addition 10 the
plant In Lebanon and have added about
$4,000 In new machinery and equipment
which viii about double the capacity
OF the plant for handling fruit and
vegetables for canning purposes,
A return to the manufacture and use
OF victory bread, with 25 per cent sub
stituie and rs per cent wheat flour. on
the part OF bakers and hotel and res
taurant men OF the s,ate for the sum
mer n authorized In notifications sent
from the state food administration.
The state highwey commission has
received Notice from the government
that Il has approved the project for
grading six miles OF the highway be-
tween Union and Telocaset. on the old
Oregon Trail This ID a post road
project. The estimated cost Is $4,000,
Prohibitionists OF Oregon. assembled
in convention At Portland Saturday,
sith J. r. Newell AZ chairman and
Mrs. Adah Wallace Unruh az secre-
lary. indorssd the candidacy OF Oswald
West for United States senator and
George NJ. Brown for attorney general
Representative sinnott has intro
iuced a bill authorizing citizens OF
county 10 90 over into Idaho
% cut timber for fencing and firewood.
Under the present law a settler living
IN one state cannot cut timber for do
nestle use on public lands Of another
,tate.
To provide for the welfare OF the
men employed In the production Of