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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1916)
OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Important Occurrences of Past Weak Briefly Compiled for Cur Readers. A 1200,000 bond Issue for the Imp qua harbor Ik proponed High water hue AOM niiu li damage to road and fcrMgM '" OIlltMl county. The nth annual dlstrh t OOOrtBtlon, Knights of Pythlaa, waa hold at Sra aid. Tbs Blewelt HoriMirr cnmpanv haa dacldad to move Ita plant from Spokane to Pendleton. The principal office of the Oregon Power company will be removed l Springfield from Rugene Work on the proposed IMMtT building at Oregon agricultural golltge at forvalll began Monday The public achoola of Junction ritv are to have a community Industrie' school garden thla aprlng There have been only two arrest tor druokenneaa In Medfurd lure the passage of the prohibition law Tbe rlae In the price of nuclei this year haa made the grain handling problem an acute one with the farm era Nine editor of Waahlngton count met at Beaverton and organiied the Washington t'uun'y auditorial assocln Uon Oregon will contribute no leas than 6360.000 to the federal government thla year In Income and corporation taxea. A truce between the warring Port land branchei of the Mop Slug ami (Hug Koiik How l.vong tonga liua h. . m declared Operatlona at the M PfMMll MOM quarry In Huthcrlln hate been cum menced The plant had been Idle lev eral yeara. The Columbia river highway In tween Aatorla and Westport waa badly damaged by (he ralna ami In ihets of laat winter. Excavation for tin- foundation of the new I7r.ii.uuu u, I, Ilium to the plant of tbe Hawle I'ulp Paper company started Monday The Ueorge Palmer mill at La Urande voluntarily Increaaed all Iti employee' wagea II per cent begin lag with Man I. I Kor the week ending Kchruary 14, I7 accident wen reported t.. t he tale Industrial at l idem Igjgejri commission, of whiih thr.c "ere ratal EatahllshQlciil of a lumber and ma rlne exchange us ,ui mljun. t of the Portland chamber ot commerce will probably be acciuuidislied In April I Suggeatii.u thai the atale and fed eral government , ,,,,j rate in B lug trrtgallon ptojgggg in Union la made by John II I., wis state eogi neer. Delmar Colegrovc. ruueher living In the urn ,,, , nrl nf furry count' uffered a loss of Uoo aheep and more than To Iliad of rattle oil account of the recent storms The Hllvrr rails Timber company will erect a HiejM plant on Ita prop erty at Sllverton. to be operated In loiijuiu tl. in Hiib Hie company's log glng cailipa lieuiby farmer In the ueaieru pari of Den tun county are holding publh meet Ilia" in nearly all the precincts advu eating the stablislilng of public mar kel days in Coi vallls. .lamea Mct'omb waa conrloled by a Jury iu tfea tute circuit court at iia ker of murder In the second degree in having slain Leonard liuul. a black einllu, November II laat The 13th convention of the W eateru Hetall Lumber Dculere' association closed at Portland with a banquet at the chauih. i of commerce Thu li; Meeting will be held lu (Spokane The flrat result of Coos couuty'a showing at the San Kramlsco exjiosi tlou was an inquiry from a woodwork Ing firm In Ohio, asking for informa tlou about uiyrtlo wood and teueer Portiaud busluess meu will eoudud an exouralon to alershfiuld and other towns on Cooa Bay In July In celvbia Hon of ike cooipletlou of the Southern Pacifies new line to that territory In an effort to open the river at Oregou illy from the auapenslou bridge to the falls to net fishing, a test MM waa beguu to kuock out the Uill act, passed by the 1916 legists lure 1'htlip Hueuuer. a wealthy Portland lumberman ami his sou, 11 C Uueh ner. ate In Marshtteld to look ofr the big holdings of the Slmpaou l.um ber company, tor which a 1 1.000,000 deal la now pending 'lluee flftha of thu voters of the laat election must algn a petition for the removal of the county seal from t'ul ver. Jefieraon county, before the yueallon can go on the ballot, Attor ney Oeneral Brow u haa ruled The Oregon Agricultural college ex tension service will cooperate with (he officials of the t'hemawa Indian school in nutting on a special course in agriculture and home economics for the benefit of the Indian students. The comae is planned for the flrat two wevks lu August F I Taylor, president, and Peal I A ("pa gill, secretary, will represent the P. rtland realty board at the annu al convention of the National Aaaoela rlon of Heal Kstale Kxchangca to be behl In New Orleans. March 117 :ll I I 'ind c ntlmutcd at tint leas that! Ion innple attended the flrBt common Itv in. el ever held In IIiiIho) Sheild, Tangent. Brownsville, HarrlsburK. Pe orla, Lake Creek. I'lnc drove, Albany and other places were well represent d. Ind'T the authorization of the state highway commission State Engineer Lewis will employ a conmilting engi neer to check the work of the inn trading firm of I'ciersuii ft Johnson In Clatsop county on the Columbia river highway. Issuance of 4 per rent state bonds, and the tending of the proceeds direct to the farmer at the same rate of in terest and in the name manner na the Irreducible school fund is now lent, are advocated by Percy A. Cupper, aa latent state engineer. Moonshiner are doing business lu NYSSA-ARCADIA E An informal meeting of the olll MM of the Nyaaa-Arcadla Uralnaiv district wiih held yesterday afternoon nt the Hank of Nyaan Huporv i M Itoy William and J 0 Klemini:. Secretary I'lunk I) Mall and ON milting Knglneer Dodge were pies out The only huslneas to he Iran sacted mm the Hlgning of a petition to the county court by the upcrvl ore. Thla was duly done and the seal of the district attached by the necretnry. The petition auks the court to Include additional lands In the dlHtrlct that enn be taken in nd- vuntngeoiiKly and exclude lands that do not properly belong In the dla trlrt Knalneei Dodge went In Vnle today to (He the petition with the county court The court will nn dniiliteillv net mi carlv date for Oregon, and others are getting ready hpBrn( tlll. objection If any should develop land are figured on the same basin heretofore reported All waste wnys and Humes must he provided with an opening with n trap gate In the center Said open Ing must be full width of the Hume and four feet long And the en. in must be nl least three foot upon the solid ground. nnd constructed In "itch a manner na to be oaslh n moved for the passage of the tna i hine in donning the ditch All rights of way and bridges for private use must be provided for by the board of appraisers In making assessment for henellis and damage and a detailed statement thereof i must be contained In their repnii Respectfully submitted. OUY C ktoOKI, Chief Knglneer Approved C 0 DODOtJ, Asaoclnte Engineer tide .,,,,1 in,. .ir wait for to esiabllah hidden atllla, accordlug to Information that has come to L. W Elliott, special agent of the Internal rmeti'ie department for the Oregon and Washington district As a means of aiding In relieving tin car shortage lu Oregon, shippers have been notified by the Oregon pub lic service ci'iuuilssuui to unload all freight with the utmost promptness regardless of the 4S hour free time limit permitted by demurrage rules W .ill the diacoiery of two more cases of smallpox among Inmates of the Oregon penitentiary, officials of the Institution dei nil d to mu. male all of i he j(n prisoners and also the em vltiiKfthei three cases of atnallpot have broken out In the prison One thouKuud persona who have vuled IU im vi.uia elections In Olacka mas county will be barred this year bv iln initiative measure passed at the last election, providing (hat only citizens may vote 'the registration of Clackamas county will be cut from 16.- 000 to 14. One Right hundred acres Is to be planted to riax In the Willamette valley thla year if Joint erforta being put forward by the Portiaud chamber of commerce, the Southern Pacific and o W It a, N railways. Ibe L'uheralty of Oregon sud the Oregon Agricultural college are successful. According to the report of the state highway department (or the year 1015, which baa Juat been Issued, (here was expended through the department last year. December I. 1914, to November II l '16. the sum of $621.67140 or this amount $S6H.g46 4 Included coun ly fuuda and the remainder. fiH2. 9311 M, state fund. Present indications are that three ongnn cumin, a. at least, will vote on the umstnui or issuing bonds for road improvement at the primary election in Miv i I.. counties are W.mo. Ollllain and Cmalilla The amount of iln i hi. i MMI being considered are as follows Wasco, 340,o00, Ullllaoa, 6196. I matllla. 1910.000 Iln republican and democratic par tlea in Oregon must each nominate I ' dnla.es at the coming primary May IK. besides electing id tetagatM to their respective national party conventions Records of (he secretary of states office disclose that a total of trn persous have filed declur ations of th.ir candidacy for election and nomination by (heir respective parti. Of this number 71 aspliants are republican. With the louipletlou of the new car peine: and machine shops at the Ore gou stale training aihool at Salem the stale of Oregon u euabled for the first tliiio to provide profitable employment for the 160 boys (unlimited to Its tare and give them tho roundatlon for uc quiring kin..v ledge of useful trades and occupauons Establishment of a pracl.cal litjea school waa made pos Ible by the appropriuiion by the last legislutuie of llu.uuu On PM forest pron-ciloii agencies ince lau have waged a ampulgn of preiiaredueos," according to data compiled by State Por.ater Klllott During the period trom till to 1115 inclualve the atate rorealer auid that more man .luou miles of abandoned and ubairucted Halls were made pass- .-9 uillbs of strategic new trails HZ mile or toleohoue Iln,. i,.,. constructed and :'6 cabins erected for uae of lookout men in the forest This work called for an ... penditure of $6u.uu0 practically all ..f was borne by the timber own XVMHA in. ms t Nyssn Journal) llruco Duncan was walking on A map of the district as It is now rrutches this week as the result of an proposed was r Ive, yesterday and accident sustained while driving Ml It Is now nt the Hank of Nyssa where all can see It The new boun daries Include lauds both north and south of the old dlHtrlct and will M tend from the Duncan place on the south to a point north of Arcadia The engineers have tome over the ground carefully ami have planned a system (hut will drain every acre in the district and render productive hundreds of acres that are now worthless Tho regular meeting of the up ervlsors will he held at the Hank of Nyssa Saturday, April I, and all land owners are urged to attend It Is the desire or the supervisors that complete piildiciiv In civ.n their of llclul arts and the public be kept lu linmed of Ihe progress of the work Chief Engineer MeUee bus submit ted the following plans and estimates together with the lands to be I n el ml ed lu the district, to the board ol auperv Isera: Caldwell Idaho, March Is. 1 1; To the Hoard of Supervisors of tin Nyssa-Arca.lla Drainage District lielill.lii.n I ban. I Vim In lew lib an amended plan for reclamation together with additional maps that cover the additional territory covered by the revised system of drains, nisi profiles of the sain. In amending the plan for rcclamu lion we have embraced the entire tie for Pete Tenaen While going full tilt after an unruly animal the horse he waa riding turned suddenly, cms Ing a severe wrench to one of his I eel Prohibition a Omul Thing After three months experiment with prohibition in Nyssa Dick I n sen Is a thorough .ouveii to t In dry" side of the question Mr Ten en was one of the few who suffered .i direct pecuniary loss when the lid was clumped down ami for a time was unable to see the great benein . of a dry regime. However, after 'serving the results Mince Ihe tlrst "I the vear he anys II la the he I blng that ever hapeued to tin . ininlry "With u dry town," said Mr Tenant!, "and dry laud reclaimed by a good drulnagc system we will have u country that can't he h. gl Artisans' o.uii lit. . A special moling of the Artisan lodge was held Wednesday eveninK in. I four applicants were Initialed in to the mysteries of the order Large delegations from both the Ont.iin. ami Payette lodges were present an I as the goat belonging in the I... assembly la not very well train. I v.t the Payette goat was used in the Initiatory ceremonies lie prove, I io be a particularly active and frolic some beast, and the victims ,r in. worth, .i spectators Tho luitia tory ,. unes were followed by1 sumptuous refreshments The hu.il assembly now number ' bet wen :10 and 40 members and is in a most satisfactory and flourishing condition Supreme Organlier lieu nett and Supreme Medi.al Dn,,i . , water shed from the Owyhee Ditch stunts got their money io the Oregon Short Line Kuilrnu.l did ul-o Hu ns this territory drains through one outlet The territory between the Owyhee and the Shoestring Ditches waa embraced as a matter of prat Hon for the District and providing a means for thoae property ownera to dispose of I heir waste water. Attached hereto and made a pari hereof Is a copy of the description of the boundary line of the District as amended, also a list showing (he ac reage within t;.e District exclusive of that portion lying between Hie Owyhee and Shoestring ditches, a list of which will be furnished later An estimate of the cost of tl i tern aa amended is as follews: Mum Cunul ,.111,(41 4 cubic yards Lateral No 1. .29,800 0 cubic yards 15. 152. 6 cubic ends t.ieS.I cubic yards 10, ,118. H cubic yards i.0 11.4 cubic yurda 22,266.9 cubic ,,i I.IM.I cubic yards 8,548.4 cubic yards 9.464.0 cubic yards 14,:48.6 cubic yards Lateral No L' Lateral No :i . Lateral No 4 . . Lateral No. 4a Lateral No 5 . . Lateral No 6a Lateral No. 6 b Lateral No 6 . Lateral No. 7 fcshelman, who organized tin- bly, were preaent to view then pleled work and pronounced ll good. pleased with the result m their w,,th here Ambassador to Turkey Morgenlhau aaya he made an umbrella of the flag Which is a lot better than making a doormat of It. I t... , . .. mi Utility , I) ,( to go out ,,, 1 Tim. no man Yes, ulster. you hit) ""'''I' pence .'uiiMton'ii on lite loli Health, weullli ami i u cilnoss are modern irlplel . . . . .. ...I .. . To be Hiiro, we nnilil ileiegaie me i ney nutlet Mexican lank to I'.ml I limn I'poti second thought Kven one decline Hllle f worm a a netter town than vv. whole year of grouch I "' tO It llliirn get a iu ""Wl I '"'"" l does,, , " way. llla, fce J(1T r pause Io tak,. Mt,.k The Mitchell 6 of '16 Is the (.reatest Car Valu the World has ever Knowi ONTARIO KEAL ESTATE CO.. Alt 3 New Exchange Department One door east Ontai Furniture Co. Webui sell or trade any how hold article. SEE OUR Second Hand Lin FORMALDEHYDE 40c p.. 75c WATERGLASS, Ihe Egg Preserd 2.K- quart. $1 gallon. VV'e have all kinds of RtM bush and Flower Everhart Drug Co. able buili Hi, servn c from the illilu at. d will, h ers Ibe reports received by Secretai) of SUIc OitXMI during the past week vurioua counties of Oregon that, probably due to lh hcttei weal her registration was pro greasing more rapidlv. but there is still room for doubt that all will be registered for the primaries The to tal registration had reached til.lso when the rep.irtB were mailed, but this is only aboui one fifth of the Hum ber qualified to vote in Oregon The registration U pgrtir WIU divided aa follows Republican. 4U.590, demo 'rats, 15,457. progressives, 403, pr Jlbitiouists, 1337. socialists, 16V; miscellaneous 1664 Total cubic yarda 76,827 3 COST 276,827 3 cubic yards ' 10 627, 5i 73 10 per cent for possible ex tensions Highway bridges, 6 at 6225 Highway bridges, 7 at 6200 Flumes and wasteways Wood box Lateral No. 3. 1320 feet at 31 c Wood box Lateral No 4u, 2,000 feet at 36c Concrete Headers, 7 at 662 llrick heud ends, 8 at 620 leaning Kmersoii Wastewuy i lean up on ditch Hruiuago excavator machiue 10,000 00 d 2,768 27 1.126 00 1.400 00 3,950 00 416.80 71' n mi 434 00 200 uo 450 00 200 00 Total estimate of coat. .64U,L'35 00 The item of 10 per cent waa added to lake care of any additional later al, thai is the item of ,T(I 27, we do not believe will be necessary. but la put iu aa a matter of praoau turn If the board of annmisuru ,i..... -! UUUll the plun of assessment aa suggest ed, the cost per acre will be approx imately as follews: Class No. 1 jt llttB Mi 2 1 667 OiaW 3 2 50 Class No. 4 6 fi7 8iMi No. 6 610 00 The above figures aud classea of r Originality Appeals to all good Business men Qriginality in printing will always attract the eye of the particular customer we aim to please the most fastidious when printing stationery, cir culars, booklets and all work required by the business man ONTARIO ARGUS PRINTERY 3 '3 thin ! In X j I,,, i i Ita Ml tii I I