The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-12-30
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of the Week
Briefly shetched for Infor-
nation of Our Readers

secure a free mail delivery service.
George W. Wright, Albany attorney,
is compiling q history Of Linn county.
The Lower Colum ola Oil q Gas com.
pany has begun operations at its wel
In Clstsop county.
An international mining convention
will be held in Portland during the
first wssk in April.
Breeding over family troubles, Rich
ard Moss, aged ~, committed suicide
at Ontario by shooting himself.
Barhley walker has purchased and
assumed control OF the wallowa Coun'
ly Reporter, published at Enterprise
John Smith. who crossed the plains
to Oregon In 1852, died near Cottage
Grove a few days ago at the ase OF %
years.
Legislation to compel farmers 10 de-
strey CEAsdlsn thistlss before they
iblcsn h desired by Pomona Grange
Of Lisn county.
En,erprisins sitlssns Of Bosrdman'
Morrow county. are nssotistins TO ss
tsbnsh q ferry across the Columbia
river at that city.
ON and sss OF . superior quality
have been discovered on the jay Man
ains ranch In Kismsth county at n
depth OF 1895 feet.
Tive hundred dairymsn OF the Banks
district have subscribed ils.eo0 TO-
the erection Of = creamery and chssss
factory IN that sity.
Nearly q Thousand dozen sEss were
marketed w the. Ashland Cooperative
ass ssiation N November. The piios BE-
lHE Ts cents per dozen.
More thaA 2s saunhls IN klamath
county have slssss devH ior the wiz
Ter. Oniy three are ssill rasnihE and
they nay suspend sOon.
-Four ssys vhsss ages range from 10
20 10 years are In the Lane county jail
sAsrs.a via the burglary Of ssVsral
stores st Cottage efevs
The fvusts sasvsl automobile show
si the rsssis,on Autonobils Dealers
association VIII bs ssid In Happy Can
yoa Nsssa 10. IL ana II.
Bobcats are having q hard life IN
Lane county tAh fall. soansy on ~ ol
their hides being claimed st the clerks
office In the last few days,
The slty Of Albany 10 tryinS TO ss
,ain q furniture factory TO rsplae'
The furniture manufacturing plan'
~hieh formsrly op,rstsd there.
More than $4,000 hssd OF beef cattle
hsv. been shipped from Klamath coun
" since September I, and 1000 hss'
I atm remain on the feeding grounds.
FEDERAL gaze authorities refuse u
. consider the suggestion OF Easter
i, Oregon sportsnsn that the ssen SOS
son for shootinI migratory birds b.
changed.
Msrjory Ellis. n pears old. was In
a stAntly killed two miles south 81 Hills
boro whsa . trueh driven by her step
father eapsissd In . collision with an
, other truck. .s.-
MInius mon OF Eastern Oregon. .
. conference at Baker to devise mean
OF meeting present conditions, sdopte
a new wage scale providinE for ger
eral reduction.
: There are tn feet OF snow al Ann
- spring camp In the Crater Nations
park, which 10 fssr feet more tina
= there wss at that point at ths sam
time last year,
= Sparks generated By friction Will
i cleaning q slk dssss In Bend laundr
u fired tie gasoline. set the building 0
y fire sad burned the clothing VI q. 4
Olsen. proprietor.
u The Delta aAinsls company at Flo
snos has shut down its mill and lol
d sing camp while the capacity Of ID
mill 10 being increased By the additio
OF AAothsr machine
snysTt0a wants an armory buAdinI
% A large delegation OF oitiIons went
y salem last week 10 arss Appropriate
l. Of tlo.OOe county tsnds. to add to II
l. 0ity's appropriation.
Is All gravel on the Old Oregon Ira
a. bstwssa Psna.st0n AID Echo has bee
I. laia and the read ls completed excel
% ,or a bridss Asar Eeho, which will hA'
J. 10 be built In the sprnG.
Among the various amounts asked
congress for improvements in orsEo
y u an appropriation Of aisS,esO 4
g making a survey Of the Coos Va
le Wagon road grant lands
10 II is rspsrtsa tsV the crown-w'
lanstts Pager company viii resuu
N its operations rear Seaside Within
r short timA TIE seasids camp o.
n ploys several hundred men
le water Two feet deep ran down Be
a sIds streets Friday when the sui
Is whipped By q Somils sale. dashed ov
N the board walk ana swept throui