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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1914)
Madame JalkTfiis Over wifh uour fiusband This is the Coa NEWS OF OREGON Til re 23 flour, grist and feed itlng In the state. ! i nt taxes of Douglas county imoiintert to $138,252.64. e Pacific Highway practical ptcd between Ashlnntl and an automobile service has i ailed between the towns. nual convention of the Ore te Association of County nd Commissioners will be 'ortland December 9. 10 and ; ipiicrs are abandoning Lake ecnuse the bounty fund for iinlinnls has been exhausted. I i That9 s taking the Country stormnorth, east, south ond west It's a Balmacan wherever you might go. Balmacans in all colors, in att weights. They are doubly serviceable- Both Storm and Rain Proof $12.50, $15.00 and $20.00 Better service for you than ever before. Practically everyday shipments. Whatever's new in New York today is .shown to us before the week end. hj Mackinaw Headquarters Mackinaws are still in popular demand. We've sold them by the hundreds this season and we've again replenished our stock. Men's and Boy's Mackinaws The all-wool kind $3.50 to $10.00 ALEXANDER i i' w . r -w fji m U' ar a -jni ONE PUCE CLOTHIER ONTARIO, OREGON Special Sweater Sale FOR TEN DAYS ONLY Prices that save you money One lot Men's Sweaters, sizes 38 to 42, $1.75 value at - - $1.40 One lot Men's Sweaters, sizes 40 to 42, $2.50 value at . - - 1.90 One lot Children's Sweaters $1.50 value at - - - - 1.20 One lot Baby Sweaters 75c val. at .50 Union Suits at greatly reduced prices Men's heavy wool shirts at less than cost Let Us Show You What We Have. Malheur Mercantile Co ONTARIO, OREGON ntly coyotes, bob cats and f. Increasing rapidly. indtoUDMti Mains) .1. A. Wallowa county Judge, were ,..,..!,.,. by the grand Jury at Knter They il.atxe lor;;ery ai.d ob taining money under false pretenses. Improveriienl.4 for the I'liemmm ln 'llan school tO cost approximately $50, 000 will he recommended by Kev. Sam uel ,, Kllot. of lloston. a member of i lie Cnlted States Hoard of Indian Af fairs. The Willamette Valley Southern railway, which Is the I'. II., U & f xtenslon from Oregon City through Molalla to Mount Anicel, will he com pleted by Thanksgiving day with the exception of stringing the trolley wire. Thirty-seven accidents, none fatnl, were reported o Labor Commissioner lloff during the past week. Lumber ing activities caused the greatest tium ber of Occidents, 17 being reported. Most of the accident were of minor Importance. Suit was brought In I. Inn county by the state against V. A. Hyde and C. W. Clarke, of San Francisco, for the re covery of lands ssld to have been fraudulently obtained In 1888 by Clarke Approximately 1000 acres of land Is Involved, located In l.lnn coun ty. With President Wharton, of New herg. presiding, members of group one of the State Hankers' Association com posed of Clstsop, Columbia, Clacka mas, Washington. Tillamook, Yamhill, Multnomah and Hood Itlver counties, to i.i their semiannual convention at ll.iod Klver. A special session of the State Com monwealth Conference will be held In Vlllard Hall, st the University of Ore gon. Kugene, on December 10, 11 and 12, to discuss "unemployment," "great ur economy aud efficiency In state ad ministration" and "hydro-electric dis tricts." Oovemor elect Wlthycoiube Is to open the conference. In sll probabilities 382,000,000 feet of yellow pine timber will be placed on sale at Klamath Kails, according to forest service officials In charge of l the Crater National I'orest. The tllll her Is In two tracts, one on the west ' side of Cpper Klamath lake and the , other Jusl east of the Crater Lake 1 National Park boundaries. While the members agreed that there wus no danger of the mal.nl 1 spreading to Oregon, the Livestock Sanitary Hoard at a meeting held at Salem took action to safeguard the state from the foot and mouth disease It was supplemental to the proclama tton of the governor severs! days ago, providing that no stock be shipped here from states that are Infected. Oregon soon will be In the unique position of having two governors on the Job at the staiehouse. In accord ance with his promise made to Gov ernor elect Wlthycombe, Secretary of State Oloott, custodian of the build ing, has begun furnishing a room for the use of the new executive and his office force at the capttol until Jan uary 11. when Governor Weal's term will esptre. Because of a comparatively quiet real estats market th greater part of the year, the atate tai commission haa fixed ratios somewhat higher than last year for virtually all counties. The higher ratios, however, do not neces sarily mean higher taxes, but mean thai the valuations for taxable pur poses are nearer the actual values than laat year, when property valuea were higher. Hoad construction work under the supervision of the slate highway com mission has practically closed down for the year. During the season there were approximately 268 miles of high way .aider construction The work lay in Sherman, Wasco. Hood Klver, Multnomah, Columbia. Clatsop, Wash ington and Jackson counties. The commission also drew plans aud su pervised the construction of 31 steel and concrete brldgss throughout the state. In his bleun'al report to State Treas hrer Kay, V O. Buchtel, assistant kittle sealer of weights and measures, recommends changes lo make the law providing for the department more mill workable He suggests that It he amended to conform as closely as poaatWO to I law advocated by the m eminent bureau of standards. 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