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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1914)
, .'."a sssrn k Mm 13 mJmKLj :iVi7 , v r iTiFfiici,'r y ... '. ! -VJ EMI M ' Tl fc 7T I Jitfl Buy a Good Tool Cabinet Now You'll find lot! of repairing and odd jo!i to be done about the place during the coming winter. Jiuy n Keen KuttorTool Cabinet now and be prepared for all kinds of work. Km KUffiR finality it famoui. It applies to all tools and cutlery evcrv article which bears the Kwn Kutter trade mark. Men should know how superior the Keen Kutter Safety Rarors arc to all others. They have the natural "hang" that makes shaving a simple and eay matter. Always remember that the Keen Kutter trade mark fiiarantees money back from your dealer if you are not absolutely satisfied. Ontario Hardware Co. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Tim.! mrj of I I.O foekt rr?sui MSt M aw x There Is No Better Light , ror ine nome than the soft mellow glow of a good oil lamp. Scientists indorse it; com mon sense recommends it. The 'ayo Lamp gives the ideal lijjht for sewing and reading. Scientifically constructed. No glare. No flicker. Can be lighted without removing chimney or shade. Kasy to care for. A$h Your Dealer To Show Yon Standard Oil Company ( Calif oraia) PORTLAND A Complete Line of llffrirtttuj tattonrnj At the Argus Office 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. rMr.l.agfTPV1 Argus Office Portland pnstofticc H celpts for 1!U3 were $l,lS3.r. :..78, cr a gain of $75, HIM mcr 1912. "liclle Steiirccht," a bright pink rose of n li inly variety, may be chostn on the "Albany ros( ." Kalian National hank at Dalian bna filed application to become member of the new banking system. Congressional action looking toward election of United States senators In Oregon will be unnecessary, states 8enntor Chamberlain, who says the Oregon law on the case Is legal. The Coos County Good Roads asso ciation will renew its campaign for a county bond Issue for building per manent, hard-surface ronds in the near future. Unemployed men who come to Port land to seek work and free food at j the hands of thr city may lie sent to the rockplle, If the plans of the mayor are carried out. No importers will be permitted During the year 1913 the supreme court handed down 3f4 written opln Ions on motions and four dissenting opinions. S!' 09 the court was increas ed to seven !gi s the court has aver gCt nearly dnlons a month. In attempting to rearrange the star routes in Oregon the postofflce do partment has met with many protests from localities which are threatened Willi curtailment of the service to which they have been accustomed. Senator Chamberlain predicts that the country Is on the eve of a great business awakening, lie says that the tariff problems amr the currency QVM tlon, being out of the way, makes the future clear for commercial progress. The Increase or deposits for the Portland postal savings bank for lie comber over November was $11.7t;, or an average of $400 a day. The total deposits December 31 were $!lllti, 631. Colonel Charles II. Martin. U. 8. A.. retired, commander of the Third In fanlry, Oregon National Guard, held a New Year's reepellon to the officers under his command and the regiment, at the aiynot-y In Portland. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past IVeek. Deep Snow Fatal to Deer. Iiood River The deep snow In the mountains of Hood river has resulted In the killing of a number of deer that nre helpless nfter a short chase by the hunter. Instanci have oc curred where the hunters have run down the deer on snow shoes, nnd then cut their throats with pocket knives. As many as 14 deer hnve been butchered by a single hunter In one day by this method. FAIR CONFERCNCE IS HELP NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Organization Formed to Urge Educa tional Features. Salem. County school superintend ents, school supi r isers anil sccie t. tries of fnirs from many parts of the state at an enthusiastic meeting in Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill's office, organized the coiiii ty fair conference. The object la to make the educational feature an Im portant one at county fnirs. Mr. Chur chill was elected president and Frank Meredith, secretary of the state fair board, was made secretary. A resolution asking all the county courts to give financial aid to the children's Industrial fairs, and another providing for the appointment of com mittees to solicit Juvenile exhibits for the county fairs were adopted. Money Trust Mill Feared and Fight Against Interlocking Directories to Continue. 8llver Gray Fox Good Day's Work. John Day. Cobb brothers, the trap pers who secured a silver gray fox In Logan valley last week, sold the fur fo $450 In the local market Kast ern prices on these hides range from $200 to $1500. The fox was In prime condlt'on and of medium size. ' The trappers report good suc ss In Lo gan valley. Mink are plentiful and there are signs of more silver fox. Homeless to Get Care. Mnrshflehl The Men's Fellowship club, an organization of business men which has for Its aspiration the bet torment of the masses, is planning to establish a home and lodging place for the floating population this coun try Is now concerned about. Rate increase Denied. Salem. n application of the O V. R. & N. for an increase of rntos on Its branch lines was denied by the state railroad commission. The commis sion about a year ago reduced the rates of the company on distance, class and commodity service on tho main and branch lines. Toledo to Get Creamery. Toledo Directors of the Toledo Creamery as'oclation hnve signed n L"Var lease with the Toledo Port commission. The association, purely $25nn worth of stock and Intends to1 Diversified Farming Now Plea, a farmers' organization, has taken Ashland As an Iticenlhc to more li.ue the creamery In operation by diversified agriculture among south April 1. ern Oregon f.trmnr. an application CougreN'tnan W. C. Ilawley Is try- lug to Induce congress to follow out the suggestion of the Portland chain her of commerce to have an adequate Alaskan exhibit at the San Francisco exposition. Paul Ord, deaf and blind, deliberate ly smashed a big plate glass window In (lie Meier & Frank store, Portland, because of disgust with the world In general. He broke the glass with a hammer and waited for the police to arrest him. One of the largest Inheritance taxes collected In Oregon will lie that from the hairs of the late Asahel Hush, pioneer banker and Journalist of Sa lent. The estate has been vhlued at $2,000,000, and the Inheritance tax Will be about $1!0,000. On the Initiative of the county court, Jackson county Is overhauling Its Insurance policies. It has employ d an expert who will Investigate val ues on county property and seek to equalize the Indemnity carried thereon on a more equitable basis. At the request of Representative ilawley, tin chief of engineers has Instructed Major Morrow, engineer officer at Portland, to hasten his re port on the further Improvement of the mouth of the Siualaw river, and telegraphic advices have been receiv ed saying that the supplementary re port is on its way to Washington. Senator Lane says that the new de natured alcohol legislation embodied in the Underwood tariff law Is work ing satisfactorily. It annuls restric tions of tho former law prohibiting farmers from manufacturing denatur ed alcohol from farm products with out restriction. City Kngineer 1. (J. IIIcVs, of Rose burg, has been Instructed by R. K. Clanton, state game and fish warden, to remodel the flshway In the South i 'mpqua river. The work will entail quite an expenditure, but will be the means of saving thousands of salmon which perish under the present con dltions. W. H. Lytle, secretary of the Ore gon state livestock sanitary board, has notified Governor West that the board, alter a conference with Dr. Calvin 8. ' White, secretary of the state board ot health, hud voted to request the governor to issue a proclamation that rams and range bucks from other states be dipped twice after beiug brought into this state. The total number of motor vehicle licenses issued in this state In 1913, according to the annual report of Sec retary of State Olcott, was 13,957, and the number of chauffeurs receiving licenses was 147J The fees aggre gated $50,873. In 1912. 10,165 motor vehicle licenses were issued, the fees totaling $42,994 By a vote of two to one the state printing board decided not to try to have abrogated the contract made by State Print r Harris with the allied printing trades, providing that only union men should be employed In the stau printing department and that the union lube! be used upon state prlulsd mailer. Auto Law to Be Tested. Rosoburg. -A inoo ba - bflM Inau guru ted here by autoinoplle owners to, employ counsel and contest the col-1 lei Hon ot license fees by the state from persons owning motet chicles. iitomobll owners say the law li:is been declared Invalid In ' hlo snd oth er states where It has been conn led has been made to the Jackson county nun for an appropriation of $1500 to further the mm . ini-nt. Hewett Federal Commissioner. Kllgclle I I' llewell. for two rafs United States commissioner at Red- Wave Strips Man of Coat. Newport. An unusually high tide oeeiiiied here. An unidentified man was caught in the surf near Jumpoff Joe, bis overcoat was pulled off and with It he was washed high on the bank, escaping uninjured. Baker Has 110,000 Fire. Baker.- -The big storehouse of the mond, Crook county, has received an Sumpter Valley railroad was destroyed appointment t nun Portland making him the United States commissioner for this place, to fill the vacancy caus ed several months ago by the resigna tion of W. W. Calkins. Rosd Work is Planned. Oregon City. During the ensuing year, Clackamas county will spend $318,560 on roads. Of this amount, $244,170 Is raised by the eight mill general levy, and $74,390 from the spe cial levies that have been made by the 28 districts out or the total 59 In the county. by fire. The flames started from un known causes. The loss Is $10,000, covered by Insurance). A Qreat-great-grandmother. Mrs. Sarah A Dike of Plttsford, Vt., who was 100 years old last May, has i -i . en nl w mil from ;i grenl grand dangbter In Arizona announcing the birth of a daughter Mrs. Dike Is now a great great graudmnthqr. Want Michigan Strike Investigattd. Chicago. -An appeal to congress to Investigate conditions In the coppei country of Michigan was made by the Chicago Federation of Labor in reso hit Ions which directly charged owners of the mines and their agents with be lug responsible for the tragedy of Christmas eve, when 72 children atid adults lost their lives. Grave of Asahel Bush Guarded. HaJem. Fearing that ghouls would attempt to steal the body of the lata Asahel Hush, a millionaire banker, no. I hold It for ransom, relatives hare) caused a watch by day and nlgbt to be plated at the vault. KO&mT 7 A & Am it J ' -1 1 I )' fl M If 1 I ! 7 ' y ff' ' W I I m mm M ' w ul li Mf? wln J r ftJtm U iH KsSnaUF Am mmmmjjK I Copyright 1111. by the lan4i Pacific International Exposition Co. FIGURE OF ENTERPRISE CROWNS HUGE TRIUMPHAL GROUP AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. T illE above photograph represents "Enterprise," a detail of the seulptursl group, the "Nations of the West," which will crown the Arch of the Setting Hun at the Panama Pacific International Exposition, Han FraucUco. 1113. This srch will be on the onoo- elte sale of the Court of the Sun and Stars to the Arch of the Rising Sun, crowned by the composition "Nations of the East." The group "Nations of the West" la designed by Measre. A. Stirling Calder, Leo I.eiitfill and Frederick 0. R Koih. Washington. Official Washington Mimed to approve the action of J. V. Morgan & Co., in resigning from num erous corporation directorates, but It was not believed that it would prevent an attempt In congress at the present session to enact legislation to prohibit Interlocking directorates There was a general impression' r.at while the action was a step In the) right direction, It did not signalize the breakup of the so called money trust. Lawyers who followed the money trust Investigation by the house com mittee pointed out that while Morgan & Co. had given up directorships la several large banks and trust com panies the connections severed for the most part were with railroads. So fnr as these officials could see from the information at hand, the relations be tween some of the big financial Insti tutions In New York hnve not been broken, although this might follow. Representative Lindbergh, of Min nesota, author of a hill to prohibit Interlocking directorates, said: "I doubt If the action of Morgan ft Co. will have any effect on legislation It Is In line with the evident purpose of big business to try to meet the div mauds of the people and Is in antici pation or legislation." Education Test Pending. The house of representatives soon will take up and probably pass the educational test Immigration hill. The. hill that Is now on (lie house calendar Is similar to Hie measure which pass ed both houses a year ago and wan vetoed by President Taft. In effect, tbe pending measure, bare from the I'niied States all aliens over 1(1 years old who are unable to read their own language, eiition being made In the case of those who may MM to the I'nlted States seeking refuge from religious persecution at home aud la the case of certain Immi grants, tacmhers of whose families have already been admitted to the United States Higher Naval Rank Essential. Congress will be asked to create four vice admirals In the United States navy immediately after the holiday recess. Secretary Danlela said he had determined this course to avoid the possibility of embarrass merit to tho American navy In foreign service. Frequently. Mr. Daniels explained. In a field which rightly should he ilmn Inated by American Influence, a for eign officer might take first rank be cause of the failure of the United States to provide a grade above that of rear admiral. This subject bus been much discussed in connection with the situation in the gulf of Mex ico, where an Kngllsh naval officer, Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Crad dock, outranks Rear Admiral Fletcher, iiiniiiaiidlug the American squadron Msy Further Restrict Orientals. Kecoincmudatlona will be made by the bureau of Immigration for the fur ther restrictions of certain kinds of oriental Immigration A. ' '.i mi in 1 1 1. commissioner-general of Immigration, who recently returned to Washington from an extended of filial (rip to immigration stations on the Pacific coast, will submit some important recommendations, particu larly with regard to the tide of orien tal Immigration that Is tending iu the direction of the United States. "It is not ray purpose," he said, "to direct my recommendations to any particular people, but It Is manifest that many Orientals now are gelling Into iln. country unlawfully. This Is particularly true of the so called stu dents, who ostensibly come in this country to obtain an education, ox. National Capital Brevities. Out of an enlisted strength of 80,000 officers ami men the United States army passed through the yeur with but two cases of typhoid fever. December .11 there were 2760 na tional hunks in the United States, ac cording to a statement of the control ler of the currency Shipment by parcel post of the bod of any wild unlmal killed In violation of (lie stute or government game luws will be prohibited by Postmaster Gen era) Bttrlsnoa, Aircraft will hereafter form a largu part In the war program of the United States, according to Secretary of Uia Navy Daniels. Dr George Otis Smith, director of the federal geological survey, indorse the withdrawal of all lands having radium deposits. In the Interests of the general public, as made by Secre tary of the Interior Lane. Forty-five states, representing 767 banks of the country, having a com bined capital exclusive of surplus of about $300,000,000, have notified the authorities at Washington of their In (entlou of eutering the new currency system.