The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-10-28
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events Of tho Week
Briefly Sketched for Inior.
nation OF Our Readers

tration or Clatsop county will be les
than 1000.
The Lorraine valley pear crop ha
been sold. the total being rs tons, al
Bartletts.
More than 100000 automobiles wer,
registered with the secretary OF stat,
up to October 1.
The total attendance OF the Alban,
public schools Ia 1908. n gain OF ~,
over last years enrolment.
Portland bank clearings for tn,
month OF September exceeded those o.
Seattle by nearly s5.O00.OoO.
The Columbia Basin Alfalfa Grow
ers' association has completed perma
nent organization at Hermiston.
Deputy State Treasurer Richardson
has resigned. James Crawford OF tn,
Inheritance tax department will sue
coed him.
According to the report OF the coun
ty superintendent. every school dis
trict in Crook county is supplied with
a teacher.
Experts have been trying TO open th,
safe In the Bend postoffice the pas
week, using everything but a drill oi
nitro. .Glycerine.
During the recent good weather on,
troller fishing close TO the mouth oI
the Columbia river caught 1900 pound,
OF fall chlnooks.
Space for exhibits at the wAsco
county fair 10 at premium. Work
men have started the construction Of
the main pavilion.
Seven carpenters are At worksllning
with timbers the twin tunnels between
Hood River and Mosier on the Colum
bia river highway.
Three Eugene public school build
ings are reported oyercrowded and the
others are filling up rapidly. The high
school ls also congeated.
Because OF the recent heavy rains
the Linn county fair. which was "a
have been held this week. beginning
Tuesday, was called Oft
Residents OF North Roseburg are
complaining Of the odor OF prune Juice
which comes from three prune pack
Ing plants In the vicinity.
Fire has destroyed the prune eVap
Grating plant OF r. A. Kurtz. four miles
from Salem. The loss Is estimated nj
$4,000 with $4,000 insurance.
Philomath college has opened with q
80 per cent increase over the first
days enrolment last year and nearly
100 per cent over two years ago,
The Umatilla agency will send q
delegation OF 40 children TO the Che.
mawa school this year the largest
number ever sent from the agency.
Erskine Wood. OF Portland, was ap
pointed legal head OF the admiralty
department OF the shipping board, to
succeed Charles y. Dutch. resigned.
Medford merchants have made Wed
nesday OF each week a bargain day Al
which goods will be offered At re-
duction 10 attract out OF town buyers
klamath Falls ministers have de-
termined on n moral clean up OF the
city and have announced an intention
TO put a municipal Il ct In the field
II. q. Hey .ug'ic. OF he peace at
Mckenzie bride. has plead utility
10 he cha. of -.'lus d-er ou; OF
SET son al Lcen ~ +. f.OO and costs,
Providing the ather continues
go i9r, ,SO weeks The Pacific high
way nor.E a / sou IA OF Roseburs will
be put In good condition for winter
travel.
The public service commission has
denied the request OF the city OF West
Salem for authority TO extend a street
over the tracks OF the Southern Pacific
railroad.
The municipal employment bureau
OF Salem has issued n call for prune
pickers. Although badly damaged,
much OF the crop can yet be saved II
pickers are secured,
A petition circulated at Medford to
remove the county seat OF Jackson
county from Jacksonville has received
1851 signatures. The question will be
voted on In November.
William Marshall, chairman OF the
state Industrial accident commission,
will lead the discussion ot accident
prevention at the Pacific logging con
gress At Vancouver. d. c.
Seven thousand acres OF timber were
bought Friday by the Deer Island Log
ging company. adjoining the present
holdings Of that concern At Deer isl
and. the deal involving tl.60O,0O0.
A total Of ts.4OO.2OO will have been
spent for dock improvements in Port
land under the Jurisdiction of the esm
missioA Of public docks by November
80. 1890. according to the annual re
port OF the commission.
Total deposits in the banks OF Ore
gon on September .. 1890, aggregated