The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-08-05
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly SketChed for Infor-
nation OF Our Readers.

Linn county has begun
Mrs. Minnie Cecil Anderson was
drowned In the Columbia river at As
toria.
Jackson county cattle men are plan.
ming to market their cattle through
auction sales.
The Granite road extending from
Granite to the Baker county line has
been completed
The manufacture Of tile will be q
new industry in Albany to be estab
lished by the Albany Brick & Tile
company
Lane county has a population Of 49,.
l6G in 1920, as compared with a popu.
lation OF 33,7S3 in 1910, according to
a report issued by the census bureau
Seventy-one acres Of land lying ada
cent to the city Of Coquille was sold
by it's owner. Mr. Kistner. to II. r.
Smith, for consideration Of s35,0Qs.
With per capita wealth OF SS22.s6.
Albany is setting forth the claim that
few cities in the country can equal
the size Of It's bank deposits pro rata
TO population.
The Klamath County woolgrowers
association has decided to levy a tax
OF 2 cents head on all sheep owned
by members to protide a fund for cur.
rent expenses.
The Washington County Autcmo.
tive association was organized at a
meeting In Hillsboso Monday night,
attended by 2s dealers from all paris
OF the county.
The entire plant OF the Alec Wood |
Products company at Albany was dc |
stroyed by fire. causing a loss OF be. |
tween $4,000 and 100000. The In.
suranee was $4,000.
George Carllle was fined 500 and
costs in Justice court at Cottage Grove
when he pleaded guilty to a charge Of
dynamii!ng trout In the Coast Fork
river on the morning OF June q.
Victor Beauregard. owner OF a ranch
creased several times by the Colum.
MIA river highway. o"s, % Hood G.ys.,
viii remove the plgpens which have
caused complaint from tourists.
William c. Cunningham. a private
In ist company, coast artillery corps.
stationed at Fort Stevens. was found
dead at the post and the military au.
thorities believe he committed suicide
Roles Of early days In Lane county
and Oregon will be feature OF the
exhibits at the county fair at Eugene
In September, according TO announce. a
meat OF W. G. Moran. secretary OF the s
ia!r association. 4
The Eugene city council has decided ]
10 30 ahead with the purchase OF q
aviation field. notwithstand. q
Ing the fact that there are no bidders II
Tor the $4,000 bonds recently voted c
Tor that purpose,
The county court OF Jackson county.
IN conjunction With the state highway
commission, is planning TO put $4,000
so.th OF gravel on the Greenspring
mountain road, grading OF wa!eh is
low well under way.
A. p. Walker OF Oakland. Cat, was
lilled In an automobile accident near
Wilbur, when an automobile occupied
y o. II. Johnson and his wife aud
ir. Walker left the road and plunged
'yer the bank 70 feet.
In order TO finance the purchase CT &
he site for the proposed naval base \
lte at Astoria TO be presented TO the
overnment, the Clatsop county naval D
ase company, with a capital stock OF
100000, has been organized. Il
Az least 500 tons OF evergreen black. R
errles viii be handled at the Albany
annery this season. The cannery will \
egin On the eyergreens as soon as b
he loganberry crop. with which II is
ow crowded is out of the way. b
Mrs. J. C. Dennis. aged about 45, T.
lie OF merchant at Crawfordsyine,
~, her life in fire which destroyed q
er home In that town. The fire also b
nrned the building in which the
rawfordsville postoffice was situated
John ID. McGilvary. a granite expert
San Francisco. was in Ashland re-
entity and made an inspection of the ~
'anite quarrles OF this region lie #
seame so much interested that he
IN return and make more extended II
speetion. :
Representatives OF the Rogue River
alley Fish and Game association will
art for the mouth OF the Rogue river &
ugust 5 to make a thorough invest-
ition Of all matters growing out OF
e Rogue river fish controversy Of
at locality.
There we're four fatalities in Ore 81
n due to Industrial accidents during
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