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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1913)
ONI ARIO ARGUS PUBLiHHKI) KVKUY THURSDAY Entf-rnl in the postoflien at. Ontario Owmon, for transmission through the niailH b seconl -class matter. M. E. RAIN, Puhllsher. MA l,H II K COUNTY FAIR Tho book, of tlio secretary of the County Knir show tiiero was practically double the aumbef of entries at tbl fait tfiiH year over that of one year ago. When tlie fair was started it was n rare thing to see a field of ciiin, now noil of llic fn i ti i i-i -are raising it and they are learn ing the varieties that do hest in this MOtion, 10 tliat an average of eighty hushels to the acre is harvsted. I'raetieally all the heans used in this territory wore shipped in a few years ago, while this Year the production is nearly -nllii nnl to meet the loci de mand, because the farmers have found they can raise heans here to good advantage. In the matter of cows and hogs it is the same story, their number has increased many fold and th grade has improved. Cheese ami hutter factories have been established and it should not fie long before the hog in duiHiy will reach such propor tions that a packing house will he a necessity and all thb hog products used in this section will be produced here This record of betterment in farm production could bo carried still farther. There is only one object in bidding a county fair and that is to benefit the producers of the country and show them what can be produced to the best advant age Tin directors of the fair i)tlitVt that it i pmeiblt to en large the QOM ol the lair and make every section ol (be county realize that the fair is OOttducted for :ts benefit, by turning the fair grounds over to Hir county and to &0COmplith till petition-. bra being circulated asking the County ourt to call a special ele (ion ind make, a levy of one mill on the dollar to take oyer (be grOQUdl and lln pi o eineiit- for the balance owing on tliein, I Vm m .ggaVgBH I V Sn S Bf fekl SHsif . mb 9 j SBaflSSssgggH 1:1 11 I When , on remember that gM is tucl. you realise hou much is laved if the gas doee not escape, but Is held in the stove and binned. This hot blast draft tl not found in other stoves. til ARAMKKD We Qaaraatee uvlng of one-third is fusi We (iuuruntcv thai the stove will hold tire 12 hours without at tcntiou. We (Guarantee that the rooms can be heated from one to thtve sours in the morning ith the fuel put in at night We (Guarantee uniform bent day ami night with wood, coal or briquets. InrtHtiyatt -It Ws you nothing Ontario Hardware Company I Xtt?2 pOndcd in lilting tip the grounds We believe the directors are right in Illuming that more interest will be shown if the grounds belong to the county and that all sections will then take advantage of the opportuni ties to learn all that is possible concerning the crops and con diti ns best suited for their production. It is stated by ollicials of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange that over-nnxioty on the part of growers to dispose of their fruit is costing them many thousands of dollars, as many of them BIYI sold their apples at prices '25 to .r0 cents below the actual mar ket value of the fruit. They State this is one year when the grower can practically name his own price for the better grades of apples and that a little care and patience in marketing will result in handsome additions to the hank account. According to the reports that are being puhlishrd the I'ort of Portland will soon have a thirty foot channel to the sea. This will be sull'icieut to permit the largest ships to visit Portland and will permit the Portland people to turn their attention to developing the interior water ways, the most important being the Columbia and Snake rivers. There are no serious obstruc tions in the Columbia or Snake up to I w i 1 1 . 1 1 ami a small ap propriation fioiu the national government and tin stales of Washington ami Oregon will have the waters navigable to l.tuiston. Now that Portland has a deep channel to the ocean we believe her people will work lor the opening of the upper Columbia and Sunk rivers. With tlie iiii incline, power to bu developed on the Columbia at Celilo there is an incentive, u that power is Deeded lor t'acloi e- Above Lewiston Inert ireplaoei vv In I lockl ale needed and llicv will develop power thai can be distributed throughout the in land empire and provide a good ic . mi. i. 00 II iiiici, -i on any bond i-Mie that might be Q miry. MtAP tUINOMl In tin Pnorost Kind of Ki-onomy. When buying u heater rJo not bi' influenced merely by the price. Ask yourself a few questions: Is the stove licavi i nsadsl How long ill the castings laat'.' Is the tus . economical in fuel':' Is it air tight'.' Or is it leaky'.' Ml V A HOWARD heater with a reputation a heater with a k ua ran t et I u i ic an fuel. WOOD ok GOAL IT III KNS TBI (JAS Now that the road is about completed to Juntura there should be a move started to run a train from Ontario to that point so that the business men of the two places can get better acquainted with each other and the conditions. There is a big trade from that section coming to Ontario and the merchants should be fully informed how to handle it to the best possible advantage. Hurrouglis, of the Caldwell News, is telling this one on himself: "It is said of an editor that he visited the insane asylum at Hlackfoot, recently, and was mistaken by a lunatic for a fel low sufferer just arrived. Being confidential, the inmate usked the editor what made him go crazy, and to humor him the editor replied, "trying to make money out of the newspaper business." "Rats!" said the lunatic, "you're not crazy, you're just a d n fool." Brief News of the Week Wilson men were victorious In the recent election! at New Jersey. The Spanish government derided finally to participate In the I'annmu Puclfle exposition In Baa Francisco In 1916. forty-two policeman and strike riot en were sent to the hoapltal aa a re ult of aerloua flghte In Dublin. At a secret conference of 600 nntl noma rulers at Belfaat, with Lord Lon donderry presiding. It waa agreed to form a provisional constitutional gov ernment to rule Ulster If home rule paaaes. stiii Controller Hchmeer of New York received a check for 12,600,000 In payment of the Inheritance tax on a part of the estate of the late J. Tier poat Morgan. A report line been rend at the fifth sonkIuii of the I'nclllc Logging 60a griHii at Spokane, recommending that loggers of the I'Hclflc northwest rulso a fund of $0(10,0(10 for the endowment of chairs of logging engineering In the universities of Oregon, Washington, ' 'iiiii.i nln Idaho, Montana and Hrlt-i- h Columtiln. (irrielnlh from the .principal rltle unit towns or the I'.n ip. northwest m tended the annual convention of the League of Northwest Municipalities, held In (he council chamber at the city hall la I'ortliuiil, Wediich.luy ami Thursday. People in the News The value of the estate of the lute Mayor lin.vnor of New York In est I- Hi i ;ii $:'. S. iiiitur I .a I'lillclte denies the ru mor emanating from I'oriland (hut lie intend JoIiiIiik the repulilli-aii parly Suit for ll.iiuii.iiiio for alienation of her liiihliaiid h affections has been lie gas sj Mis OsUmtsss klsSshaa Blaks iikhIiihI Hn Clareiuf II Mackay. VmliiiMHador Wilson does not Inteml i.' i. turn lo Mexico before his term expires. October 14. Ills recent vtt.lt to Washington wus lakou for private business reasons, he declare. It Is rumoieil i hat James Bryce, for in. r BHtisfe iimhassador to the failed State shortly will become lord lieu tenant of Ireland. Fifty six days of fasting to cure a menial itittonter has been resorted to I Mn li II Foks. wife of a wealthy Pslo Alto i 'a I i contractor tj a plurality of 63. Mrs. N. Davhlaou, superintendent of schools of KIiiks county, fill, Is victorious in the recall election. The election was the first of the kind held in the slate against a Woman official. John Purroy Mttchel. fusion candi date for mayor, has accepted the In dependence league Indorsement, after selecting Kobert Adauson, secretary to the late Mayor Qaynor, aa his cam paimi manager. iiiiiusel for Marry K. Thaw received teiiiial assurances freui Ooseruor Fel ker of New Hampshire thai the gov ernor would grant the rouuMt for an extension to October 6 of the time for filing briefs In the extradition pro ceedtngs. Falls Under Moving Car. Si Maries. Morris Tobln. a cable man, working for the Milwaukee rail road, slipped and bad his right leg -ut eft at the hip . mmi Mcintosh Given Term in Prison. ir d Alene In the district conn J l Mi -liiti.sh was aenteuced by JudKe John M Klynti to serve the in determinate icrin of from oue to four th the ptMtiteiiuar) at I Mcintosh entered a plea of guilty a few days ukv to the charge of assault with intent t,. murder Alice Je I Spek.u.. Imui he follew.. . ity o Hummer, M (he I d Alciie reservation OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Organize Protective Association. Eugene. The Lane county formers took the first steps for mutual pro tertlon from the ravages of the hunt ers during the approaching hunting season, when the Farmers Protective association of Lane county was organ ized here, scores of representative farmers, with Prof. John Bovard and Prof. C. F. Hodge of the university assisting, met and adopted a consti tution. The purposes of the organi zation as outlined Is to enforce and Improve bird and game laws of the tatn and protect the farmers against trespassers. Ashland Work Is to Start. Ashland. Mnterlal has arrived here ftir the preliminary work on the Foot hills Irrigation compaay'a project, and In a few days operations are planned to begin on the first unit of the Hyatt Prairie dam, northeast of Ashland, the breast of the dam will be nearly 60 feet high. It will be over 900 feet wide and will flood approximately 1000 arres to an average depth of 20 feet. The hnckwater created by this dam will reach nearly two miles. WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED Thousands Loss In Locating on Ore gon Lands. Roaeburg. That thousands or per sons throughout the United States have parted with various sums of cash through fraudulent locations on lands of the Oregon ft California railway, was the statement m.-ule by Register Jones of the Roseburg United BUtes land offlee "Hundreds of persons write to this office asking for Information regard ing these lauds," said Mr. Jones, "many of them after they have parted with their money. We have always sent out a circular letter to people making Inquiries about lands In this district, giving the amount of vacant lit u1 by counties, the character of the laud, a general description of the (lountry. and laat but not leaat, the climatic conditions (hat prevail. "A number of persons who were victimized by these locators have filed rerular homestead applications in this office, nil ol which we rejected. Some of I hem appealed from our decision to the general land office, claiming that they would win the land in the end." Free Wool Causes Salsa. 1 .11 (irnn.le. On account of the cImiukIiik ftf the tariff on wool many slii't'p are hem, marketed from this b. . lion, as the sheep men fear the all 1 m. Is- will not pay to BOSS for wool In the lust week two train bind .! sheep have been shipped out of flilnii nnd Wallowa counties, the first train loud from Joseph, in Wallowa county, mid one from Klgln, in f uioii couuty. Hsnssl Is Guilty. Astorln. Utility of murder In the first degree was the verdict rendered b i jury In the circuit court In the case of Oswald f. Hansel for the murder of Jude Taylor on Sunday morning. September 14 Man Shot for Wildcat. Roseburg Mistaken for a wildcat, Preston Wilson of Wlnstons waa shot through the left Ing Saturday by B. B Pludell, while hunting In the moun tains 30 miles from fuiuus valley. Stats to Trade Books. Salem. Or. -The state printing board has entered into a contract with the Bancroft Whitney company, of Sail FmnclKco. to publish (he supreme court reports for five years, it being tin- belief of the board that at least 0 will be saved annually. J f Moreland. clerk of the supreme court, aays there la about $40,000 of "dead k(oek," consisting of old reports, In poabeeeloit of the state which It can not dispose of These will be traded to the company for Hew books Canal May Make Beef .Cheaper. Washington A message uf hope for a reduction of the price of beef to less than one half of what It it lodav has been brought to the v. men i. n people by Augusto B. l.egula, for mer i resident of I'eru. uow In this iitv He made the declaration that with the opening of the Panama canal and a rediiitnui of 4000 miles in dis tance between the foiled Stati i.uild be delivered in New York for In cents a pound (SSSJ bis eoual Pope lo III Hssith Again. Rome, fin coudtl'ou of Pope Pius IS K'. to some aux.ety. Al though he ig in .my specific I tnal.uiv the -' ,te of his health is un- : however, I I he rvi here will retoit him. 200 Acres for Sale OR TRADE Fifty acres has been seeded to alfalfa. Some buildings. All under fence. Railroad line through tract. On Snake river. Well drained bench land. Elec tric pumping plant can be installed for $12 per acre. Will cut up to suit buyer. Address Box 128, Ontario, Oregon BUTTER WRAPPERS Must Be Printed We are printing more wrappers than any other two offices in this section. There is a reason. We have the machinery, type and workmen necessary and we take the same care with Butter wrappers that we do with wedding invitations. Take your next order of Butter Wrappers to the A Complete Line of Vriftittg tattmtrnj At the Argus Office ftVTi.. y NRY UNI)l?KWHAm MBNMMftWKAii PjLJSTg aaaViaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaLiV gggJs M gggflggtA HBlfl sH ggggV " M Bkltt W I Ir 1 1 am ! aaaal Ilk al I gggggggggK W& T H I LsWa am ttsiaaL M Bt-eJ llaSfl Vg4Sl gg gVfJ 1 For Men, Women and Children ONLY AT RADER'S Ontario, Oregon Argus Office j 4