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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1913)
t t Bi i NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Conferees Adjust All Differ- ences Except Cotton Future Tax. Washington. After mora than two weia of oonstant work behind closed doors, the elht democrats repreoent lag eenate aad bouse as members of the conference committee settled the lst of their other differences and reached the final decision that the? could not agree on the ootton future tax. The six republican members of the eonferenoe committee were summoned to meet at a full committee meeting at 10 o'clock Monday. The final differences In the bill were adjusted as follows: The house rsceded from Its rate of hiUf a cent a pound on lead ore and accepted the senate rate of three fourths of a cent a pound. The senate receded from Its rate of 12 H per cent ad valorem on the sine ore and accepted the houeo rate of 10 per cent The house nave up Its demand that ths woolen tariff rates go Into effect at once ngreod to the dates fixed by the Hcnnte. namely, woolen goods Jan uary 1. 1914; raw wool, tops and wasts December' 1. 1911. The house receded from Its provis ions as to cotton threads, yams and cloths, accepting the senate amend ments, which rsvlsed the schedules on a new baals of thread count. Income Tax Will Raise $82,298,000. According lo estlmatea by tressury experts, 425.000 American residents nuiHt report to the Income tHX collec tor next spring exactly how much they we the government under the new In some tax law, which Is embodied In the tariff bill. The first returns do not have to be made to the Internal revenue collec tors before March 1, 1914. When the returns are msde they will cover the Incomes of cltisons from March 1, 1918, to December 31, and the first payment of tax will be for money re ceived during this period. Every single person (cltlseu or for eigner) whose annual Incoms exceeds $3nini and every married person with an Income above $4000 Is expected to report his or her receipts In detull to the government agents March 1 of each veer The estimate completed Indicate that the income tax will pro duce $82,398,000. To this will be added the $35,000,000 or more pro duced by the present corporation tax, which Is continued um part of the law. Llterscy Test Up Agsln. An attempt will be made before the adjournment of the special session of congress to pass an Immigration bill with a literacy test as Its lead'ng fea ture, such as was vetoed by President Tatt. At a meeting of the house commit tee on Immigration the old Hurnett Dllllnchain bill, which met Mr. Taffs disapproval, was ordered reported to the houte Democrats back of the measure will get to work Immediately to have this legislation Indorsed by the caucuses, an action which is neces sary to Insure Its consideration at the present session. The bill came within seven votes of passage over Mr. Taft's veto and the complexion of the bouse has changed materially alnce then. National fc-pltal revltlec. Prealdent Wilson would be author lied to direct the construction of the government railroad In Alaska by a bill reported by the house Judiciary committee. A surplus of from $10,000,000 to $1. 000,000 over current ueeds of UM 8J8" ernmeut win be provided by the new tariff law, In the opinion of tfonator Simmons, chairman of the Joint con ference committee. Customs officials estimated that $160,000,000 worth of goods are in bonded warehouses at the country's ports of entry at present, waiting for the lower duties provided lu the tariff bill. Representative Clayton of Ala bama will remaiu in the field as a candidate for the senrte from that state, even If he has to contest against Oscar W. Underwood, the house lead er, for the nomination. Congress, at Its December session, will likely take up the matter of safe guarding lives of passengers on rail road trains. The interstate comnurce commission may be empower. 1 to treat with such questions as st. , I cars and safety equipments. The senate committee may not agree on the administration currency bill, so divergent are opinions of wit nesses examined. New England bank er, are protesting against the bill. The measure may Lo reported ... tli ate without recommendation. New came to the state department that the Chilean congress had ad journed without passing a pending bill o increase the tariff on lumber The proponed actio- would I ve affected Lenously t. , lumber trUe between Waablogtou aud Oregon aud i uno. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON i A definite movement has been made at Salem toward securing a manufac turing plant for flax products. While out halibut fishing Captain Carner of Newport captured a 14-foot man-eating shark. Mrs. c. S. Mcintosh, at the ago of $$ yean, has Just proved up on a homestead of 160 acres In the Upper Hood rlvor valley. The olty-a commissioners of Port land have decided that dogs running at large must remain mussled until at east January 1. Loss from fire In Nuwhorg oarly Saturday morning was estimated at $15,000, with approximately $10,000 of the loss covered by Insurance. Frank S. Grant, formerly city attor ney of Portland, declares he will seek the nomination for attorney general on the republican ticket. The board of education of Portland has denied the petition of the Minis tertal association that the Bible- to read in the public schools. Klamath county's srulii eron ! aatt mated at 1,200.000 bushels. Increas Is one-third greater than at any for mer year due In part to Increased' acreage. Claude McDonald of Portland, fresh man In the University or Oregon, died from a hemorrhage of the brain, the result of a fall In the shower bathroom of the gymnasium. A new variety of apple, which la a cross between a Newtown and a Splts enberg. Is said to have been found In the orchard of J. K. Kpplng of Hood River. l.oren Rvnus. aged SO, of Eugene, oommltted suicide by throwing him self beneath the wheels of a south bound local passenger train at Walker station. 111 miles south of Eugene. Through an arrangement with the University of Oregon conversational German, will be taught In the seventh and eighth grades of the public schools at Eugene. Governor West has received a check for $56,000 from Becretary of the Treasury McAdoo. which Is 25 per cent of the Income from the federal forest reserves ap la June $0, 191$. Moving pActarea. demonstrations and short lectures were used to In struct and entertain that part of the audience at the state fair that is in terested in problems of the household, farm and public schools. For the purpose of bringing to Ore gon the best possible information on highway engineering. Professor Skel ton of the agricultural college has been sent on a four months' tour of the United States. Charged with misapplication of funds of the Cltlseos National bank of Baker, of which he formerly was oashler. the trial of Guy L. Lindsay began in the United Slates district oourt at I'ortl.tnd on Thursday. The Standsrd garage of The Dalles wus destroyed by fire. In an hour the building with all Its contents was a total wreck. Thirty-five or forty au tomobllea were In the garage when the fire occurred and the spread waa so rapid that none were gotten out. C. C. Moore of the United States de partment of agriculture visited the Ag ricultural college and was given every assurance that the Institution would cooperate In fostertug ths movement to grow potatoes In Oregon for the manufacture of starch. Whether or not the Southern Ore gon State Normal college at Ashland shsll be reopened after being closed for five years will be an Issue to be voted upon by the electorate of Ore gon at the general election to be held November S. 1914. Jealous because shs paid attention to a young man of the community, James Barnes shot and seriously In jured his daughtsr Ruby, shot at an other daughter, and then committed buiclde. at his home 40 miles north of Wallowa. Seuator Chamberlain Is endeavor ing to have the laihnilau canal com mlsslou seud a seagoing dredge through the Pauama canal lu advance of the other boats, In order that the dredge may be used in work of deep ening the channel of the Columbia river at an early date. Hv weaving her stocking Into a rope. Miss Chrisllua Schlrmer. 81. unmar ried aud an Inmate of the insane asy lum at Salem, committed suicide by hanging herself. She fastened one end of the stocking to a window guard, and then, slipping the noose ovsr hsr head, leaped from a chair. The state highway oommlsalon has been authorised by the Multnomah county commissioners to draw on the $76 000 fund set wide for the oon auction of the highway down the Columbia river to the sea. The work will be confined to that portion of the county from Portland to the early line of the couaty 1 oss ef memory of everything that ., pened to .U. prior to I .ting all knowledge of what his real name may be. where he came from, nd who his relatives may be. was al ,Hd by J. J- Marvin, alias Mater. X was bound over to the federal rand Jury on a charge of having 1m ".rsonated a government office, and obtained on that basis money and loUeMu lu Portland. COLUMBUS DAY CELEBRATION The Knights of Columbus of Ontario Council will observe Columbus day, October 13th, by a special and appropriate pro gram at the Dreamland theatre which ba" been chartered for the evening. The beautiful 8. reel film, "The Landing of Columbus" has been obtained for the occasion and Hon A. A. Smith, of Baker, will deliver a lecture, taking for his subject, "Columbus and What we Owe Him." Other musical and scenic numbers will make the program of high quality and interest. Tickets on sale at 10 and 20 cents. If you want printing of the better class you get it at the Argus office the prise is right FRUflLAND IPS Theo Mayor, of Oklahoma, is visiting a few days with his duttghter, Mrs. J. W. Oilmore, while making a tour of the western states. Messrs. W. A. Colwell and Cris Meyer have returned from Mid vale where they have been working for several weeks. L. EL Griffith, of Bliss, Idaho, wus here Monday on business. The eacavation is being done for the C. K. Huntington resi dence which he will soon erect on the 10 acre tract recently purchased from John Itands. Messrs, C. H. Bargent, H. R. Boomer and J. O. 8critchfield were among those who atteuoed the Boise hair last Thursday. Kdeuft Vestal left Monday for Corvallis, where be will attend the O. A. C. this fall. Miss Florence Kinsoy who formerly lived here, came over from Boise hist week to work in the fruit packing this fall. The W LT. U. met this week in the Brethern church. They huve pluunrd to meet alternately in the Methodist, Baptist and Brethern ehurches. Mrs. Bowse was chosen as president. Mrs. Su.n Thomas is expect ing her mother from Dillon, Montana, soon to remain with her this wirter. Robert Bailey, who has been working for the Santa Rosa Or . iij i. ....i. cntrsj company, was caneu uw. to his home in Wilsou Sunday on business. Andreas Freiber and family whcformerly lived in this valley returned last week and are liv ing east of the J. N. Hills farm. t;us. Davis left last week for Mexico on a business trip. He expects to be gone about two mouths. Mr. und Mrs. Frost are hove visiting their son, H. R. Frost and family. CHANCE TO SECURE THE AUTO Continued from page I HOW THKV STANU Mabel Blanton 20,820 Fred Buttler 4,560 Ella Brosnau 138,100 Wihnoth Curry 17,150 C. 0 Dodge 2,735 Frank Dorman 13,520 Thurzie Erickson 27,510 C. A. Field 7420 Mrs. L. B. Fry ,375 V. V. Hickox -',740 H. W. Hoopes 27-H) Gretchen Hailey 180,441 Mrs J A llogan 7,525 Jennit Hodgkins 7480 John Hunt 2000 O. A. Koshnick 63,020 P. K. Koeuig 5540 H E Kester 2,200 Maude Kidd 540725 Ethel McNulty 70990 H. M. Metz 2,940 R. G. McAnnick 2,110 V. W. Mafsden 612,141 Elden Madden 30150 Mrs WinnJB Minster 945.769 Maggie Moody 76,322 D T Mansker 617,261 Florence O'Coner 677,297 Nettie Peterson 104,761 Mrs. W. H. Raver 379,628 Mrs A Stutzner 46,860 Mrs. Joe Staples 3,050 Betsy Taylor 82,815 Ruth Test 33,680 Mrs. Winnie Wisdom 118,338 F. Winston 11,330 Mrs. H. C. Whitworbb 162,382 Mrs. John Weaver 6,785 Dottie Ward 216376 Maude Walters 109,735 Mrs Harry Williams 26,120 Mrs. A. Zimmerman 33,591 Frank Van Petten 18667 NY88A. Georgia Dennis 59,090 Gertrude Pounds 12,005 PKWITLAKD. Erma Deal 19,470 Velva Grimes 122,056 Stella Hums 2410 Emma Johnson 23,680 A. C. Manemau 129,670 Ora Nott 208,099 Marion Robinson 10,800 VAI.K Mrs L Dell 18,400 Mrs. J. P. Houston 8,580 OWYHKR Miss Anna Robertson 7,080 PAYKTTK Aldula Gregory 11,050 May Myer 11,530 T. R. Neilson 4,232 Bee Roberts 2,800 Esther Russell 13,830 Mae Simon 5,750 M Alice Williams 5.850 NKW PLYMOUTH John B Fisher 2,000 Daioy Mason 4,050 HUNTWOTON Mrs. Frazier 4700 Buy your Meat at The ONTARIO MARKET and get the best the market affords . "bBisb, You'll Have No Kick Coming If you pay for an admission there. Our pictures are the lates and moat exciting to be had. If Yds Visit this Moving Picture Show with the whole family, you'll be more than delighted, and will certainly come again Moving Pictures Here Tells What's Going On Dreamland Theatre Choose Your Fall Suit and Overcoat Time to change to heav ier dothing. 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