The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1922-12-21
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The bodies of George D. Linn, pro-
prietor of the Eugene Sand C Gravel
company and Henry Nestle, an en-
ploye, were swept down the william
cite river when a boat capsized op-
posite the gravel plant. The two men
were stringing a cable across the
river.
Six small children and one woman,
Mrs. Ivor Johnson, died and three
grown persons and one child suffered
severe burns when a can of gasoline,
mistaken for kerosene, exploded when
the contents we're poured into a stove
to aid a smouldering fire set fire to
a two-family home in the west part of
Eugene.
The proposed paving of the 11-mile
section of road between Albany and
Corvallis on the Benton county side
will be put up to the state highway
commission at the next meeting with
full assurance of the support of the
two counties as the result of confer
ence of members of the Linn and Ben
ton county courts and the Corvallis
and Albany chamber of commerce.
Marked reduction in the salaries of
practically all state officials, both
elective and appointive, with the ex-
ception Of secretary of state and state
treasurer, will be proposed at the next
session of the Oregon legislature. The
bill setting out the proposed new
schedule of salaries is now being pre-
pared, it was said, and will be ready
for introduction on the second day of
the session.
William II. Klepper, president of the
Portland club of the Pacific Coast
league, was forever barred from furth-
er participation in the affairs of the
National Association of Professional
Baseball leagues, in resolution adopt
ed by the board Of arbitration of the
organization. Klepper was charged
with making and filling an alleged
false statement relative to the capital
stock of the Tacoma (Wash) club,
which he organized.
Real and personal property of the
Portland Flour Mills company in Multi
nomah county was bid in for an aggre-
gate of $1.172,870 at sheriff's sales
held in Portland. Wallace McCamant,
on behalf of committee holding $3,-
100000 of the company's outstanding
8 per cent mortgage bonds, acquired
title at the foreclosure sale, this be-
ing the first step in the plan for turn
ing the properties over to the Sperry
FIGURING compAny of San Francisco.
The Northwest Association of Sher-
ifs and Police, which convenes in
Portland January 18, 10 and 20 for it's
second annual convention, will pay
particular attention to the problem of
enforcing the prohibition laws, accord
ing to word received by Chief of Police
Jenkins of Portland, vice president of
the association, from L. s. May, presi-
dent, a noted crlminologist. The or
ganization, starting out with 100 MEM
bers, has increased its membership to
400. A clear-cut' resolution in favor of
strict enforcement of the dry laws Is
expected at the session.
Five state senators met In Pendle-
ton and agreed to continue to support
Senator Jay H. Upton of Prineville for
president of the state senate. The
senator's present were Ritner, Robert
son, Dennis, Taylor and Ellis. Senators
Upton and Strayer were not present. |
The senators comprise the Eastern
Oregon delegation who had met in
caucus before and agreed to support |
Upton. Senator Strayer of Baker, was
In communication with the sage |
brush" group by long distance tele-
phone, and is said to favor the agree
ment to support Upton.
Incendiarism was responsible for the
which destroyed the
business section of Astoria, according
10 both Mayor Bremmer and Chief Of
Police Carlson. and local radicals are
inder suspicion. Investigation proved
hat the fire at the outset began in two
places, simultaneously, ac.
,ording to Chief Carlson. At least
iozen citizens who were in the vioin-
ty Of the Bee Hive department store
when the conflagration started said
hey we're certain that two restaurants
-one at either side of the department
'tore-were rgaing furnaces. while the
store showed no sign Of fire.
The value OF taxable property in
zach county in Oregon. including that
squslized by county boards and that
'quslized and apportioned by the state
ak commission, is s1,OOs. .4ss. l6O.ss, ac-
,ording to report prepared by the
tate tax commission. The value OF
axsble property in each county as