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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1914)
0 PU Ei Or ms lh t,8 til N. tr w m Uf I" di ai in P in 88 O' Ol ei r t! NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our State Night Cooking School Attracts. Wallace. Kxeellent progress Is be ing; made by the n i ' t clsss In cookltiK recently opened by "fs Caroline Kiel of tln liiK'i school. Eleven students are enrolled and the fifth lesson has JiiHt been completed. The work con IhIh largely In actual practice In mak Itii; funds and luindlinK the various utensils, which are supplemented by brief lectures on food vnlues, methods of preparation and reclpeti. Several married women nre In the claim. In the domcHtic Hclenre department of the high Hchool 130 Klrls are learn In to conk under the direction of MIkb Kiel. The department among othi'i things Iiiih 10 small and 10 large elec trie 1 1 1 s k h , two large stoves and two nviir . and the apparatus la In almost constant use during school hours. The loini'stlc science l'partmi'iit In popu lar. NEWS FROM 00R NATIONAL CAPITAL Senators Desiring to Speak on Woman Suffrage Question Will Delay Voting. Court Orders Retrial. BolRe. Dr. Charles ('. Hrnlth. osteo path, convicted of mannlaughter In the death r Clara t Key, a King Hill school teat hi-r, will be retried in tlM district court for Kltnore county. The supreme court In an opinion handed down reversed the conviction on the ground that tlu complaint agninst Dr. Hmlfb was not specific enough In Its charge. Converted, Says He Is Thief. Kellogg- J.J Mahnr was converted here recently and as a result is now on Ml u.i li;n It to Montana to face a chargi- of horse stealing, committed In 1 ! 1 Mahar, shortly after his con version, suffered remorse and he ITfOtaj UM Montana sin-riff setting out the i-rliiK' and acknowledging his guilt Postpone Hearing of Bankers. Naitipa The prHlmin.ii ) v.iiolua lion ol I liiMiis and (' I. Koblilus, tin in. i ofrictnl ol tin- bank ol Natnpa, rluirgi d with making a falsi WpOTt tfl the stall- bank ciiminlssliinir. was postponed until Saturda.x. MARQUIS WHEAT IMPORTED Company to Sell Seed to Farmers in District About Lewlston. I.i-wlhliill line tliiini ami bushels ot Marqui wheal Ik,:, in in received l (In- iiIIiiii-i ('leaiwaler compan am. i ' ' "" '""" ",:l1 opi-raliun. by BonlM will be illHtiltiil.il aiuouu farmers ol nHni by the Irrigation diatrtctl Washington. With their minds pre sccupied with Immigration problems, trust legislation, treaty obligations nnd President Wilson's determination for reversal of policy on the Panama tolls ,'iuestlon, administration leaders In r-ongress had almost forgotten that they were face to face with the equal suffrage question. Monday however, a resolution to provide for a constitutional amend ment extending suffrage to women was first on the calendar of business In the senate. Senator Ashurst, who Is guiding the destinies of the resolu tion, does not expect It to come to a vote because several Senators served him with notice that when the subject did come up they would like to dis cuss It. Action on the repeal of the section of the Panama Canal act exempting American coastwise ships from tolls is expected In the course of the week, the president's purpose In the subject now being thoroughly understood by administration leaders. Money Order Service Is Enlarged. Ily President Wilson's signature, the bill to regulate the payment of postal money orders became a law of the land. The new statute will not be come effective, however, until rules and regulations for Its operation ure promulgated by the postmaster gener al The bill provides for the Issuance of postal monc) orders payable at any money order office even though drawn on n specified office and will, accord Ing to the postmaster general, greatly Increase the postal money order bus iness and be a gnat convenience to business. Measure to Help Irrigation Sections. Representative Kitih i Ml of N'eliraska lias Inlioiliii ei , which provide- fof nop. ration bat a ma tba aaen tai "t tin- Interior ami Irrigation districts oil anl.eil under stale laws. This bill int ii 'i ie-. Hi,, ateit tnrj oi tee later ior to make ooatraeta with state inrt gallon districts to con mi net reaeTVOil .Hid canals and to Operate tin in im the purpose of furnishing water to such districts with power to terminate the operation ol such reservoirs and canals and turn them over to the Irrl gatlM districts on die DQjmonl to the hovi rumen) of the at lual t osi ol this district at practically the cost ol importing It. The oIIiihi -ei. ai water company has been investigating the dlfleient grade,, of wheat to Irani which an best adapted to the soil mid cllm.iic of this termors li was found the Marquis wheat is one of the I. i spring grains which Is put out b thr Canadian government It has a pro llflc vli-ld. the production in r.iu.ol.i ranging from t" to ,'iti bushels an acre. t In o Hi' b the levying of taxes on Hit lands of the water users, payment tc be m. elc in Installments Wilson Wants Warships. Unqualified Indorsement from Presi dent Wilson Is behind the two battle ship program proposed b) s.-i retar.v I .nlels for the coming naval approprl Nliou bill This was made known at the While House, when callers askeil .iiioiit Mi. Dnnlela' teetlaaon) reoentl) before the novae naval affali i i oai nnd government irata show it has high I mlttee milling values i matures at an earl) dale and does not shell when halves! fat School Lunches Urged. Moscow All exieusive bulletin on rural school lum lies has Is en pi.hlish ed In the department of linn colli. lilies ol the univeisil.v ami is now be lug distributed among the count r) ObOOl districts ol the state. The pur p. Of Hie bulletin Is to elicoiilagi' tl.e ii. i. .nation iii rural aehoolbouaet ot a complete equipment tor the prep illation ol hoi lunches at noon lu or ibr thai ever) young ti r In the school uiav in- provided with at least one hot article oi food lo supplement the ooM Iuih li vv huh he i ai i n . from home Eagleton Heads Engineers. Hoi , I he I, . ill, i sis lei ol ellgl n i In Ion In ic follow ing the colli, lellee ol II llgllleels ot the re . i.uiiai ioii service, elected the follow tug OfftOera tor the ensuing Ve.u Presiileiii Ian U KagleeOB). BOMtj vue president, it J White, Wallace; georetery. In f siiaifner. Bolae; n. iii.i. Pied ii Uct'ohnell, Cald well; executive committee, J. H Cong don. Iloise, Pred a Wtlkie, shtoa ami w Ueoi, Twin Pell Phone Operators Strike. Hcih", I lie lolephone girls of llfiii'h, . went M a strike here, but the manager soon had (heat back g theil places The trouble stalled over a phoae director) The business men of ,-e held a III,, In.;' .iii.l : that they would not call by imiubei and rwfuscd to use the books On ac count ot this the girls went on a strike Arrest Leads To Suit. Bolae otto Weal a gartaeal ftltei of this en v . has brou I ill I .mm i against the i" com pa ii) ol gall lai.e lot images lor mental an gulsb, humlllui li m uud lu ur) to character Caused hv talsi I) all,. -I i md kidnaping bin The geneial board of the nav) hi ad ad h) V.lnilral Hewey, advocated a more elaborate construction program While the opponents III iuiutim, of II "big uav.v are not inclined to approve even recommendations of the seen tarv. With the support ol the admin istiation. however. Ihose favoring pro vision for two dreadnought arc s.uis tied that the neceeaar) approptatlon will go through both houses without difficulty, Power Plan Is Offered. V. comprehensive plan tor the de veiopiueiit oi water power on pubip land, under government regulation . nihi, die, I in a lull introduced hi Senator .loues. ol Washington It Mould provide thai permits, for ooon living pOWer sites should be i-sind onlv to states, municipalities and pub in- service corporation which are sub ject lo regulation and control hv such governmental agencies as public s.-iv Ice commissions Where the develop tnejit is interstate the bill would pro vide that the federal government shall have supervision as to rates National Capital Brevities. The senate passed the agricultural extension lull It provides for govern men! aid to state college expemnent stations A threatened loss of 1300,000,000 in hog during the present vear from hOf cholera led the senate to agree uuan imoiisiv to a inii appropriating fsoo, IM tor the department ol agriculture to tight the disease That eOC rotaf) Ol State llrvan Is seeking the I'okio Kovernment's con sent to a ,laiatiesc exclusioii .u t stint lar to the Chinese exclusion law was stated on high authorit) Hearings on the Mclxellar cold stor age hill have In on indefiultcl.v post poncd Strong object tons vv.tv tiiadc to it hv trull in. ti .md salmon pachen loie than a hundred laciubcis ot the house are listed for speechi the Bhachelford good roads bUI Mm bin propoeea a maximum of 126,000, 000 in appropriations, allotments tc he bas.d on eipial local ii'i'iopiiatlons GOVERNORS WILL CONFER Secretary Lane Invites Discussion of Reclamation Work. Denver. Governor Amnions has re ceived a communication from Frank lin K. Lnne, secretary of the Interior. suggesting that a meeting of gover nors Of western states and Individuals Interested In reclamation projects be held soon to discuss In detail the ques tlonB of Irrigation nnd reclamation of arid lands of the west. Secretary Lane suggested that the meeting be held simultaneously with the Western Governors' Conference, which la to convene In Denver, probably In April. In accordance with the secretary's communication, Governor Ammons ent a statement to western governors setting forth his Idea of '.ho conference and suggesting the second week In April as a suitable date. Admiration of Bryan By Wilson. Baltimore. In a letter to Wllllnm L. Marbury, published In a Baltimore paper, President Wilson condemns free tolls through the Panama canal as clear violation of the Hay-Pnunce-fote treaty and Incidentally takes oc casion to pny a tribute to Secretnry of State William Jennings Hryan that shows the terms of intimate friendli ness and cooperation existing between them. Fall Kills Army Flyer. San Diego, Cal. Lieutenant Henry B. Post, of the First Aero Corps, con sldered one of the most skillful United Stntes army aviators, plunged to his death In San Diego hay when the right wing of his hydroaeroplane crumpled. He wns descending, after estnbllshlng an American altitude record of II IL'O feel. Post fell i;.h. fMi Jlllo bJmUIow water V. M. C. A. Meeting May be Repeated. Vancouver, Wash. The Trl-State convention of Young Men's Christian associations of Washington, Idaho an Oregon, which met here, was so In tructlve, harmonious and enthuslas tic that there Is every possibility that a Trl State convention will be held again next year. Trial Cost Is $250,000. San FranclBco. The cost of the Western Fuel Company conspiracy trial In the United States District Court here was estimated to have reached a total of $250,000. Bridge Bill Is Signed. Washington. President Wilson hns signed the hill authorizing construe Hon of the Portland-Vancouver bridge across the Columbia river. New Spring Goods We don't wait till the season is over to cut our prices in half and quarters. Look in our win dow at the new prices and goods made to your measure, and sat isfaction assured all thro. Cope & Dunnuck The Only Tailors Ontario, Ore. OUR PROFIT SHARING Why has our PROFIT SHARING SALE shown larger receipts than any four successive business days of the past year? Because those who have visited our sale acknowledge we are offering the best values ever offered in our line. Rocker for $ I Other Values in Rockers Just as Good A Good Comfort for $1.00 I I A Good, Big Blanket $1.00 We W ill Close Out All Bedding See Our 10 and 15c Counters Dish Specials, Pictures. 28x42 Quartered Oak Li- C ?p: brary table $).LJ A nice selection of Library Tables A number of Axminster C I 7 fifi Rugs, 9x12 I pUU Remember you can buy anything in the store from 20 to 50 per cent discount. Goods valued here up to 75c All Oak Dresser with (TO AA French plate mirror for mO.UU We have a number of Dressers that are drop patterns and we wish to close them out-they are bargains. Lace curtains, less than 3 pair of a kind, for one half price. Bed, Beds, Beds-all kinds of Good Iron Beds for $1.95, Guaranteed to you We make this offer because we must clear our floor for Spring Stock You will find Here a Selection of Household Furnishings at prices Worth While for you to Investigate Sale Ends Sat Feb. 21. Ontario Furniture Company - - - ,