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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1913)
I i ONI ARIO ARGUS gUBLlgUBD EVERY THURSDAY Entrnil in the rmsttdllce at Ontario, Oilmen for tWIUMllwlUl tlirnnph the mail ns second -class matter. M. K. BAIN. Editor and Proprietor ROMAN'S RESOLUTION PASSES A flotation intruded to lias ton the work of the bOVat, mid introduced Monday noon, with BBAOinoUl consent of the liouep, by W. 1'. Ni'iiiiin, of Harney, convulsed the house with laugh ter. Its content follows: Whereas. The impression seems to exist, nnd more especi nlly in the state of Oregon, that the legislature of Oregon is in session and under n full head of steam, and truly it seems to he the case, and Wlietcas, the legislature ac complished a flying start and consumed nearly two-thirds of the session limit, and thus far has passed comparatively few hills, therefore, he it Resolved, That in order to ex pedite necessary legislation, that the iueinl.it- of this house he divided, for the purpose of de bute and discussion, into classes with time limits as herewith set forth : 1. Constitutional lawyers, time limit of two minutes for first of fense, u direct and serious warn ing for second offense, with the dire consequence of the Lowell ing dill for the third offense. "1. Lawyers and preachers, time limit of five minutes for speeches, with an allowance of two minutes for repairs in case of blowout or puncture. 8. Business men shall ho al lowed live minutes' straight talk. I. Stuttering mouthers shall be allowed one minute, toward the closing remarks of the pre ceding sneaker, in which to ci iti.k up mill i. t i. fly i iiji -in' i. . The speaker of ihe house, being in a class hy himself, may in order to expedite husiness ami make t-vveet harmony, vio late house rule ''., without .ear of consequences. ' Brief News of the week The Missouri mute Henate passed a bill iBowtel traveling men to vote wherever they may be on election day. An the result of a rate war, It was announced In Uuiaburg that 30 will be the ateerage rate to New York on Germany's Dutch steamera. Clubwomen who recently conducted an egg sale went Into the apple bust neaa at Chicago and It wua announced that about 80,000 barrels had been dlapoaed of at a much less price than aaked by retailer. silver dollur sent by parcel post was received at the St. Louis post- office. The stamp was placed on one side of the coin and the address, writ ten on a piece of paper, waa glued on the other aide. The two bousea of congress met in Joint aeaaion lu the hall of the house on Mouday for the purpose of count ing the electoral votes and formally declaring the election of Woodrow Wilaon and Thomas It. Marshall as president and vice-president, respect ively. What la claimed to be one of the Strangest resolutions pasaed by any responsible body was adopted at a general meeting of the Chrlstchurch Labor Union when the citizens of New Zeulund were Mfli to do all In their power to lessen the birth rate. The oompulsory defense act Is being bit terly opposed and it is hoped thua to lessen the number of youths who must take compulsory training. If the federal prosecutors do not In sist on too severe a penalty it 1b po lble thut the 15 Portland commission men indicted by the United Stales grand jury for unlawful combination In violation of the Sherman antitrust law, will come into court within a few days and plead guilty, pay whatever fine the court aeeB fit to Impose and agree to "unmerge." Fourteen members of a hobo party stopped a pasbenger train on the des ert, overawed the crew, terrorized the passengers and took possession of tho train for the ride to Lob Angeles. When the train arrived at San Ber nardino a posse of constables covered the tramps with revolver. Six sur rendered, but eight managed to get way. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. AFTER TURNOW WITH DOGS Two Young Portlanders Take Blood hounds on Grim Errand. Portland. Equipped with two saw 1 "If shotKuns, Willi ammunition ind provisions to laat fnr months nn.i taking with them seven well trained Mooilhounds, Charles Smith and Buck "I, yuuiiK men living In this city, ire ruing Into Washington to get John Turnow, tho man who within n year has killed four deputy sheriffs and two other men The boys have do- lured their intention of getting Tur n.iu or neer coining back. For months Smith nnd Nngel have been training their bloodhounds, nnd now they nre going after tho reward in earnest. iexit, the fact that Tur now has n record as a dead shot and that no one whom ho over went after has gotten away. The Portland boys will secure deputy sheriffs' commis sions and will start Into the Washing Ion hills as soon ns arrangements can be completed, with the Intention of dogging the tracks of Turnow uutil they get him. Hood River Water Supply In Danger. Hood River. The protest of the local commercial club through its president, W. L. Clark, who Jiaa writ ten to the Portland wnter board de claring that the Hull Hun water re serve encroaches on the Hood River watershed, may lead to a conference between the local citizens and the I'oitland officials In an effort to ad lust the boundaries. It Is Drobahle that members of the Portland board will come here as soon as the weather i oines sufficiently mild and vlalt the Lost Lake region. COAL LAND BEING TAKEN UP Many Valuable Claims Have Already Been Filed On. Miirshfleld. Conl rights which It Is believed will later on be highly valua ble nre being taken up In what Is known as the Kden Rhine country, far town on the south fork of the Co lullle river and In the southern part .t Coos county. Conl of a very fine iii.ilnv Hlwaya has been known to xit there, hut the previous Inacces sibility of tho count v has canned It j ba overlooked. TUs Bin taPowti Logging company Is now building a railroad to that part of the count rv. ind the prospect of transportation ins directed attention to the valuable ;oul deposits. Anticipating a move of this kind, a prospector and locator has been In he coal country for a year or two ..iMt, and has opened veins and Inves tigated the coal on the government lands. He haa located Investors on these government lauds, and In such jaaes the lauds have been filed upon juder the mineral act. A S. P. Makes Offer Tor Terminal. Murshfleld. The Southern Pacific las made a proposition, the exact de tails of which are not known, to the -rinlnal company, with a view of se urliig the trucks and right of way of the terminal down the waterfront In Murshfleld. The Southern Pacific right of way Is secured through North n.-ii.i to the limits of Marahfield. It la stated that the railroad haa made a I. .iiiain I of the terminal to accept or refuse the proposition ao that the mut ter of uaing the waterfront in Marsh field can be settled finally. Lake County Deal Closed. Klamath Kalla. A deal which haa beeii pending two yeara waa closed when the deeda to the lands held by the Oregou Military Land Grant com pany were meti nere oy tue uretuu Land Corporation. This land was originally granted for the construction of the military wagon road across the Cascade mountains to Lakevlew, In Lake county. The grant lies north of the Klamath Indian res ervation, that within the reservation having been exchanged for lands out side. There are about 60,000 acres in Klamath county and the deeds call for a consideration of about 4 per icre. Much or me mini i " io " fine timber, some la good pasture uud some good for agriculture. What their plans are for hundliug the lands are not made public. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Hill Extension Wanted. Ki.mith Kails. Uufus R. Wlleon, director of the Humboldt Development lommlttee. haa been here from Eure ka, Cal., wlih u view to Interesting this sectiou in an attempt to indues the Oregon Trunk railway (Hill line) to build from thta point to Eureka. The country to be traversed is large ly without railroad facilities, and there is an immense amount of fine Umber on the proposed route. There Is also uiuch good placer mining along Uw i out. a awns tin. Wr - - Twenty-two cups, valued at $250, ii" off.red nR prizes at the Union poultry show, to be held February 13, 14 nnd 15. .TaineH S. Royal, Oregon ploner of 1852, Indian fighter and former owner Of a portion of Portland's east side, died at his home in Forest drove of acnt" kidney trouble. Under direction of T. F. Smith, of Talent, chief Inspector for the district, orchards In Ashland territory nre be ing overhauled by county hortlrMurnl offleinls for evidence of blight or scnle. The general merchandise store nnd hotel of J. W. Meyers & Son, at Hebo. were burned to the ground. The en tire stock nnd hotel furnishings were destroyed. The loss was $20,000, part ly Insured. A bank, to he known as the Bnnlt of Shcdd, will be established at Shedd. In Linn emmty, articles of Incorpora tion having been filed In the county clerk's office Friday. The bank will hnve a cnpltal stock of $15,000. Fire at Rend wiped out a row of frame buildings with a loss of about $10,000. The origin of the fire Is un known. Two saloons, barber shop, restaurant, pool hall and a bowling alley wero put out of business. The a me site was cleared by fire In No vember, 1910. With the end In view of establish Ing a cement plant at Vale, George S. Mills In developing the big gypsum deposit on the hill east of town, In on effort to ii.i. i. t outside capital. Should such a plant be established, It would be the only one or Its kind be tween Ogden nnd Portland. Judge Kelly of the circuit court at Albany, pronounced sentence In the liquor cases. J. D. Kennedy, on two convictions, was sentenced to pay a $605 fine and serve 60 days In Jail; Walter A. Marks, $400 fine and la lays; Ed Ackermnn, $160 fine. B. D, Henry, of Harrisburg, convicted on two counts, failed to appear. Apple trees which were plnnted f.i years ago by the late A. G. Marshall, i well-known Linn county pioneer, on lis farm seven miles east of Albany, ire ( bearing splendidly, There -i good crop on the trees Inst fall. Three different varieties of apples nre neluded In the old trees, Baldwin, SpltKcnhergs and Rellflowers. To pave at least ten blocks with iard miii fai i pa ciniMit during the com nig summer Is the object of a special 'oinmlttee appointed by the Pall. is ommcnlal club to Interview the prop erty owners to be affected by tho proposed Improvement. They report mien progress. The pr posed lm irovement will take in the satire land less district. Baudou Is assured a public library. mass meeting was held to discuss plans for the establishment and main (nance of a llbrury. A consli'.'-rable MM was raised as a nucleus and a .(licit ing committee was appointed to sontlnue the work until the sum of t500 was secured for the special pur pose of buying more books uud $o00 'or a maintenance fund. The commissioners of Jackson conn y have authorised preliminary Mir veys for an Improved road over the siskivoiis. south of Ashland. This movement Is really one result of the I'aclflc Highway agitation, and is In ine with other work in view, which tias for ita aim a connecting link uetween the Oregon and California iiibdlvlslons of this big interstate road The contract for the sale of 163,000, )00 teet of timber in the Umpqua iu loiutl forest to the United Statea Log ting company, a new corporation, with aeadquarters at Cottage Grove, was tigned Thursday and sent to Waah ngton for the approval of the interior lepartmeut. The company was the .ni) bidder. Most of the timber Is Douglas fir, which, with the red cedar ind sugar plue, sold at $1.26 for each 1000 feet. The hemlock was sold at in cents. Another Impetus to the dairying In iustry In central Oregon 1b the estab lshment of a cheese factory at Lald sw. John B. Wlmer, a Laldlaw mer chant and rancher, Is the promoter it the enterprise, the first in Crook ounty and the second in central Ore jon. Mr. Wimer has already placed irders for machinery and is now on a :rop to Corvallis and other Willamette alley points, purchasing cows which Mil be imported. Mr. Wimer will buy ic.irly 100 head, which will be distri buted among tho ranchers. Mr. Wlm , I Miniates that 300 pounds of cheese a ill be turned out dally. The bottling plant of the Eastern ;regou company at The Dalles, was Rutted by a fire. The bottling works were in a stone building, with shingle roof detached from the brewery pro per which made it possible for the riiemen to successfully cope with the fire though for a time It was thought the brewery was doomed. The wood n partitions and root were entirely ....ved. and the machinery badly lan.aged. causing a loss of probrtfrly . . . . . . . . . ,i i a 5000, but the wans in - juiy eltgWly dumagei jf the fire la not known company will rebuild tUs CORPORATION TAX UPHELD eing , -.. n br, .vinf bottstM Judge Renders Verdict In State's Fav or In Forty Cases. San Francisco. In 40 simultaneous decisions here Judge Sturtevant of the superior court upheld the constitution ality of the stnte corporation tax law of I'.UI. The court also found that the gOOd will and dividend arnlng capa city of a corporation conferred by the r.tate when It grnntB a franchise may I..- taM'il by the state. Tin corporations had argued that a franchise worth millions could be t.'X ed for only the actual amount It core the compnny to ohtnln It not more i than a few thousand dollnrs. lty agreement atl the fest cases In the state were gathered together and nrgucd before Judge Sturtevant. Tho companies were suing K. D. Roberts, the state treasurer, for taxes they had paid under the law, aggregating about $400,000. 40 Acre Fruit and Dairy Ranch for Sale 20 Bcres in one year old apple trees of a good commercial quality. 'J acres of hearing orchard, good stand of alfalfa an d blue grafts meadow. Full watre right In Owy hee ditch, aond house and ham together with nut buildiugs. Teams and stock go with ranch, aim farm lllll'li lllilltx Price AlflOd.OO. Terms half cash, I alnin c :i to 5 years time at H per cent Interest. One and one half miles from Ontario, Oregon. II preferred by purchaser would sell half of place, on terms to suit purchaser. W. H. CECIL, Ontario. Otregon. Transfer. 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