The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1918-06-06
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Inior-
nation OF Our Readers.

at Salem with pneumonia.
The twelfth annual Clackamas coun-
ty fair is to be held at Candy septem.
Der 1920.
Military training will be part OF
the course at the Medford high school
next year.
A meeting Of the Oregon State
Drainage association convened at Port.
land Tuesday.
Pendleton is to be made the eastern
Oregon headquarters for a company
OF state police.
The annual convention Of the State
Bankers association will be held at
Bend June and 8.
The annual convention OF the Ore
gon Retail jewelers. meets In Salem
this week, June 5 and 8.
Sherman county held her ilth an.
nual field meet and declamatory con-
test at Grass Valley Friday.
The twenty.fifth annual assembly of
the Willamette Valley Chautauqua as
ISOLATION will begin at Gladstone on
July 3.
The Federation OF women's Clubs
OF Yamhill county will hold their an
nual meeting In Newberg on Saturday,
June 8.
with 45 delegates In attendance, the
Washington district OF the Evangelical
Lutheran church held its 2sth annual
convention In Portland
Purses totaling Si5,s5O are hung up
for the speed program for the fifty.
seventh oregon state fair. to be held
at Salem September 1928.
Harry West, of scappoose, was APP
pointed by Governor withycombe as
member OF the state livestock sani-
tary board to succeed the late ]. NJ.
Dickson.
The first section OF the ochoco pro
ject dam. which is about one.tenth OF
the size Il will be when completed,
has been finished and is now almost
filled with water
According to complete official re.
turns Labor Commissioner Hoff has
won the republican nomination for
state treasurer over Judge Thomas +.
Ryan by majority of lis votes.
The largest wool sale for the season
In the state OF Oregon was consum.
mated In Echo when $4,000 pounds
was delivered for Crimmins a Pelrce
Co. Boston. Mass, ON consignment
In headon collision between local
Southern Pacific freight trains al
Goodlng siding near oswego, Engineer
w. w. knight was killed and five
other trainmen were injured, two
seriously.
oregon must yet furnish 5i5S select
ed fighters under the second draft
Since the first draft, which took but
M Oregon boys, the state has fur.
nlshed for military service 1861 men.
official figures show.
Oregon is steadily progressing to
ward an entirely wheatless basis, ae.
cording TO reports from various coun.
ties In the state received AT the office
OF Arthur NJ. Churchill. chairman Of
the conservation committee.
Veterinarians from all parts OF Ore
gon and Washington are 10 gather at
Portland on June 10 for a three days
Joint session OF the Oregon and Wash.
ington Veterinary Medical associa.
tions. continuing June 10, IA and 10.
The Oregon Agricultural college
class OF 1918, with almost half It's num-
bers In the service In France aud the
United States. held It's graduation ex-
ercises Monday. Out Of a class Of 1S7,
80 were present TO. receive their de-
grees.
New business accepted by lumber
men OF western Oregon and western
Washington during the past week ag-
gregated S6.7s6.2S6 feet. This is the
greatest volume OF business transact
cd by lumbermen OF this territory for
a single week in more than six months.
For the purpose OF obtaining a sup
ply of suitable stone for macadamizing
adjacent stretches OF the Columbia
river highway. a charge OF 1900 pounds
Of explosives was used for dislodging
20 900 cubic yards from the side OF
Teppola's fIill. five miles east OF clat-
skanie.
Mrs. George w. MeMath Of Port
land, was temporarily appointed by
Governor Withycombe as a member Of
the woman's advisory board OF the
girls industrial school. She will act
during the absence Of Mrs. Lo,a &.
Baldwin. who has entered the federal
service.
Vice-President Piez, OF the fleet cor
pOration, told Senator McNary that
concrete shipyards will be established
at San Francisco and san Diego and
that other cities on the Pacific coas
will be passed up at present. II is III
plan OF the fleet corporation 10 en-
courage further building Of steel ships
on the Columbia river and 10 assist