The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-11-25
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.

Heppner's new 100000 hotel will
soon be open to the public.
The school house at Spray, Wheeler
county, was totally destroyed by fire
last week
The 1920 tax roll shows total valua.
tion Of S3I174.36O for taxable property
in Marion county.
Harney county at the recent election
posed an initiative bill placing a g.
cent bounty on rabbits.
Assessment rolls for Coos county
have been completed and show n total
valuation Of s23,442,352.
Out Of 361 students in n Salem school
examined by the school nurse, 40 were
found physically imperfect.
The total rainfall at Marshfleld dur.
ing the month OF October was 1914
inches, breaking all previous records.
with SiiO0 on hand and budget
OF only $4,000, Creswell will probably
have the lowest tax rate OF any town
I'm The state.
The annual school budget OF Med.
ford. an increase OF s10.13o over last
years budget was passed by a vote
OF 1873 to i3
The annual teachers institute OF
Marion county will be held in the high
school building In Salem. November
20. % and "a.
The Bend Commercial club closed its
three days membership campaign with
a total Of 366 members and pledges for
$500 service fund
All the sheep have been moved out
OF the wenaha forest reserve to lower
levels. There In about six inches OF
snow in the reserve.
Nearly $50 farmers In the section
south OF Myrtle Point have presented
petition to the county court asking
$50 bounty on coyote sealps.
The main building OF the Albany
Tanning company. one OF Albanys
leading Industries. was destroyed by
fire. The loss will exceed $4,000
Exseryice men attending the Ore
gon Agricultural college have rein.
stated their war risk insurance TO the
extent OF $4,000 since last April.
The second annual convention and
show OF .he Western Walnut associa.
tlon will be held in Portland on Wed.
nosday and Thursday OF this week.
Threshing machines are still running
on Basket mountain. east OF Weston.
II Is expected that all the grain will |
BE- threshed by the end Of the week
An official postal bulletin announces |
the restoration OF the postoffiee at
Riddle and sutherlln TO the preslden.
tial class effective as OF October I. this
year.
The Oregon Agricultural college stu,
dent livestock judging team won the
intercollegiate contest held at the
Northwest Livestock show at Lewiston.
Idaho.
The concrete pavement between
Pendleton and Walla Walla. with the
exception OF nine miles between Wes.
ton and Blue Mountain, has been com.
pleted.
The Oregon public service commits.
sion has issued an order granting an
increase In rates to the Calapooia Tele,
phone company. with headquarters at
Sutherlin.
], o. Holt. manager OF the Eugene
Fruit Growers association. left Fri.
day for Chicago as a delegate from
the northwest 20 the National Can
ners' association.
During a two weeks campaign the
Oregon Growers Cooperative associa'
tion. OF Salem. increased It's member
ship to 1854 and now controls more
than $4,000 acres.
Fifty-elght per cent OF the labor
union members who have reported on
AN inquiry by the state labor commits.
sloner. claim they saved no money dur
ing the years 1918 and 1919.
Leonard TrueaK. from the Pedet
school in Polk county. who is only IL
years old. passed the eighth grade ex.
aminations with the highest standing
OF any pupil In the county.
The pear crop OF the Medford dis
trict OF the Rogue river valley will
not 20 over 100 cars this year. OF
which 1877 cars have already gone 10
the eastern auction market.
Miss Grace Arnold. who is reported
in news dispatches as reaching the
United States after narrowing expert
ences In Russia, Is Lane county girl,
her home being at Pleasant Hill,
The annual convention OF the Older
Boys conference for western Oregon
will be held In Salem December 10,
IL and l2. More than 200 boys will
be in attendance at the conference.
Indications OF oil at the Point st.
George diggings near Crescent City are
better every day and recent develop