The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-07-18
Fishing os Rogue river Is Increasing


City, Grant county, was accidental,
shot and killed near that place b,
Jesse Graham. Graham saw Horton
I'm the brush and mistook him for .
bear, firing with a high.power rifle
and killing him instantly.
Drilling for petroleum will start al
waIdport soon. A company, which
has options on 5000 acres Of land IN
the vicinity OF waldport. has erected
a derrick at a point one and onehali
mile south OF the city, and IL prepared
to drill to depth of 1900 feet or more
The state highway department has
begun sraveling the section OF the Co
lumbla river highway between Cas-.
cRde Locks and Hood River A dis.
tance OF about 20 miles Ia to be grav.
eled at an estimated cost OF $4,000.
The work was begun at the Cascade
Locks end.
Sergeant Porter w. Benedict and
Corporal Henry r. Temple. Of the
Fourth company. Oregon military po-
lice, assisted by federal and Klamath
Falls police officials. arrested 20 men
for violations OF the liquor laws dur.
ing a Today period I'm and about
klamath Falls.
Confident that II can pave the
Salem-Aurora highway with a cheaper
and better pavement than the paving
companies. the highway commission IL
considering moving It's paving plant
to the project, and commencing oper.
atlons in the spring. according to
State Highway Engineer Mum.
Governor wlthycombe called the
state tax commission together Mon.
day for the purpose of taking up tho
question OF how much extra money
VIII be needed TO conduct the state
during the coming biennium over and
above the amount that will be allowed
under the 6 per cent Limitation amand.
ment.
Two trainmen were killed. one was
injured seriously and the fourth had
q marvellous escape from death when
the bridge over the reservoir at River
Mill on the Estacada line OF the Port
land Railway. Light 4 Power com.
pany. collapsed a. section OF
freight train was being moved across
he structure.
Oregon has the lowest fire loss ratio
Df any state In the Union In ilsl6
Oregon stood In sixth place In this re-.
gard and In comparatively few years
has jumped from the t2d To the first
place OF all the states. This IL one
'f the outstanding statements In the
annual report OF Insurance Commits.
'ioner Wells just being issued.
Four persons were killed aud three
PERSONS were Injured when a fast live.
Itock train ON the o.w. II. A n. crash.
n into an automobile driven by Earl
lunn at the government crossing at
'ascade Locks ON the Columbis river
Highway, The dead are Earl Num-.
Hrs. Margaret Num-. Frank Num-. OF
cortland. and Wallace Price. OF Eu.
,ene
During the past week there were re.
orted 10 the state industrial accident 4
commission 626 accidents. OF which /
pur were fatal. a. follows; Henry |
Walter, Portland. construction; ChAs. /
iitchell North Portland. meat com.
any: NJ. MoriyA. Baker. numbering:
!, Brooks. near fiillsboro. non-tres.
ssssr, attempted to board moving
rain.
Promise that II the waters OF sum.
Ter lake contain valuable mineral de-
osits they will be worked To their
tmost Is held out In communicstions
sceived by Governor Withycombe
'om N. G. Pendleton. OF Oakland. Cal,
nd referred by the governor 10 the
ate land board. MIR. Pendleton IL
nv experimenting with samples OF
lie waters.
For the years 1919 aud 1920 Oregon
IN have available $4,000. 900 for the
sYelopment OF good roads. according
statement made to Governor
'lthycombe by State Highway Enei.
ser Num-, This total includes the
,lanoe OF the $4,000 O00 road fund
hich becomes available next year;
deral aid money Bean Barrett road
md money, the one-quarter OF a mill
4 for roads aud the money from the
ltomobile license lee fund
For this first time in the history OF
regon. and, as far as Is known. In
g history of the natlon. a woman
IS been Installed as lookout for the
rest service Mgs. Cora Leland. a
sident OF La Pine, has been appoint
10 this position on the Deschuies
tionsl forest, and has taken ny her
ties at Paulina peak station, one OF
. most isolated lookout points In
= whole OF central Oregon. Her
ly companion is her iS-year-old son.
Six months ago Lincoln county Was
Il beginning to emerge from a 30