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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1914)
TRY A CUP of the Heliciously good HOT COFFEE we are serving It's exquisitely smooth flavor and appetizing aroma will re mind you of the coffee moth er used to make, and prompt ly forget the nickle that it costs Appetizing chocolat bouillions beef tea, oysters, sandwiches and genuine Mexican Chilli, at th: TEMPLE of SWEETS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS rM AilynrtlacmrnU Frco A nix jileco kitchen net Is be ing Riven awny by the Ontario market to their customer. Ask them to show It to you. They have greatly reduced their priccH .Hi i are now making after noon dellverloi. Sackty Deposit Hoxrh For Kknt Two sixes ami two prices; an absolutely safe method of keeping your valuable papers protected against Ions by lire or theft. Ontario National Hanr. My 20 acre tract for sale or trade. On Iii-iii li went of fair grounds. V. BTAPLM, Vale, Oregrn. Wk have a crmfortalde room lilted up especially for the ladiea where they can real, write check h and letter and not be crowded or intruded on; ladies am invited to call and open an account. Ontario National Hanr. Tiirkk Lots For Sai.k 2 blocka west of pii'duiliii', at a bargain. In iuire at Argux dice. Om Doen Photographs Make twelve Christmas preaenta. Mr.-.. Katheriii" Doland W-ilson respectfully aolicita your patronage. Home Por trait work. Children's I'liolograpliN a specialty. F. II. Hall reaideuce, phone 112 J. adv Church Service Unitki) I'kkshytkkian Hible Hi'hHl at 10 a. m. Preaching at II a. in. and TJO p. in. Voiine ps) plea meeting at ii 48 p. in. The church Is here to help the people iiihI tin tnmunity You can niuke a more potent force. OCMM to any or all of the . m and MO will find a wcl OHM, V N BgioWM, I'li.slnr. CATHOLIC CHI Kill M i -at I v M on W and ..i.l Sunday i i .oli iiinnlli. On all other Sunday at in AM. II. A. I 'aniM, Kei-tor MmoMn cm k a Sunday School, H:H a. in. Preach ing, morning, 11.00. in., evening 7:30 p. in You need the church the church needs you "Let's Ret together." ('. ('. PKATr, I'astor ONTARIO LAUNDRY Lvavo Huiullt's at Any Hotel or Barber Shop Prompt Attention (Jiven All ni.l.-i h. IMPORTANT EVENTS ISI4-II AT WINTFR SHORT COURSE JAN. 4-JO Agriculture, iiwlujiug Agronomy. Animal Husbandry, Dtlrylnt, Horti culture, Poulirv Husbandry, IntactSi Plant anJ Anita. ii DlMMMi t-.rsain-tiy Mau-igrinriil. Marketing, eu. Home licoiiuiiiica, Including Xac lag. Hotuf Nurtlng, Sanitation, Se c Ing Dratimak n and Millinriy. Commerce, in, luJing Business Y in- gtmanti kmii RconomLt, Busiutat Law . i. ttur 1 1 i ning, I urn Account ing, etc' Ingineerlng. in. Hiding ShouwotU ukI l ideiiilding. FARMERS WEEK EEBRIARY to A general , letting hous session of six J.tvs tot the sxchang of dynamic idrss Oil Hi in-'st pressing i'ioM. -. ot the lime I ec'tlMM by leading authorities. State confaraacaa. EXTENSION SERVICE Otters kKtUTWi movable vhools, in stitutes and numeious , oitespouJeiut ,euises on irvpir-.t. MUSIC: Piano, Strang, H.md, Voke. No tuition Reduced la', on all rail roads Pol I iilin int i m i 'a .uJiess, The Oreguo Agricultur... College. ,ti:iioll c,OK Alll-s. OUtiOON INCREASE SIZE OF DEPOSITS. Would Amtnd Postal Saving Ban Law to M Demand. Washington. One ' the Kills now In congress that lire lielng held il ty the press of bualueHN due largely to the war In Kurope and that are of teeulliir interest to all section of the country i the bill to amend the poHtai xiivinga bank law At present the Hill In III conference, and when It will come out can only be conjectured. Alexander M Docker, third aa sb M nt postmaster general, who haa taken great Interest in the meaaure. had this to any about It reeenUy, but that waa before the war clouds broke In Kurope and when the prospecta of n speedy passage Into law were brlglit er than now: "With the tin ii passage of thla bill ao that depositors may put In 11.000 at one time I anticipate a big jump In the total demslta under Uiia sys tem The deposits now aggregate ap proximately 94.1.0OO.O0II " I 'mler existing laws persons rsn de i".it not more than 9100 In any one month and are limited to a deposit of loOO. TO SELL PEACE BUTTONS. Boy Scouts to Hsvs Chary of Circu lating Petition Cleveland. O. " America Wants World Pence" Is the Inscription on small buttons circulated by Hoy Meniita of America Thomas O West, pro moter of the Mo ik fourth movement ntnl instigator of the peace ImiiIko which the members of the Cleveland Woman's club have I n making in tbeii club rooms. d.H'Ided to use hut-I'ni- Instead of the ribbon badges to create world pence xcntlinenL The ribbon badges are cbnnged from the form of a rross Into n rosette on which the button will be pinned These are sold to women, while the men are solicited with the iihilccorntci! button. In addition to the aale of buttons, Mr. West Is also pressing the boy scouts Into the service of circulating petitions deploring the Kurnpeiin war. Mr. West will have the petitions cir culated throughout the United State. GOLD OUTPUT IN AMERICA IS LARGE California Breaks nil Records Except One Since 1864, Washington -The value of the out put of r" oeinlile gold, silver, cupper, lead and sine Iroin mliiea In California In IUi:i. according to Charles U. Vale of the I'nlled Slates geological survey. was BBMlt, tW. an Increase of IJV M.l over the ll'U' pnsluctlou. All the metals except sine showed an Increas ed yield, although the ore treated was less III ipiautili. and there were fewer mines rcHiri!ug a piodm tl.ni than In 1913 I lie lotal recowrnlile value of gold Irom (allfoinia In lllld was I'.tMiSi, '.'.v or which lite deep mines pnsluced 91 1..Mii.7i. or bo . per ceni Hi,, total increase In the gold prisluciioii was i.'.i: imi. of which IMtfJMU was in iliu yield from deep mines The gold pro din lion was larger than in any other tear except one since I.HOI This great output waa due entirely lo the opera tions of the dredging companies sud the larger deep uilues. as the uuuiber of mines op.-i ii, -.1 lu I'Jl.i was io leas iiiuii lu I'd: Of the gold recovered from placer mines the gold dredges reported gti. SJ&Jtt which was nearly IK.' per cent or the total state yield m i n.i Sluce the commencement of gold dredging In Callforula. iliieeu years ago. Hie gold recovered from this source haa auiouut' ed to Sd3.aOo.4ria. Moat of Ibis large yield haa beuu derived froui grouud whltdi could not have been uilued prof itably niidei in) of the old m. Hi ls of glutei mining I'll 410 deep mince sold or treated 2,4Uo.0ft.H ua ot ore, a il.-. lease of lio.noO toils compared With r.uj Most of the elllceoua ore. whlcb i. mounted to 2.11111.411) i. ns, was in -i e. I at gold and silver mills, yielding an average recovery of ga.tll a ton lu gold aud silver The 448,4:10 toua of copper had a recoverable value of 91 H4 a ton lu gold aud allver aud 911.74 lu copper. I' ho I4.1HI7 toua of lead ore treated bad a recoverable value of 911 -'j lu gold and silver aud t '-'.I I I for all metals. The sine ore shipped lu lui-'i smouuted to 1.813 ions, which was considerably less than lu 11)12 RESTORE PRISONERS' RATING System of Lemenoy Works Well In United States Army Prieon. Leavenworth. Kau. Forty-one prte oners at the I'ulted States military prU. : have Is-en restorwl to the colore under the system now lu vogue at the Institution. The latest getierat pris oner to tte "graduated" from the dla clpllnary ttattallon la Arthur Oaa. who was serving a short term on a charge of descrtlou. The new eyeUQa of reetoHng minor oiTenders hack to duty, providing they desire to sjgejaa the black mark against them and sine the disgrace of disbou oral le discharge, ta proving a suo.es in every way. Units Ten Elopers In Day. Itrisi .I. T. -mi -fifteen marriage In three .I its is the record of the Kev A. It Ituirougtis of the Urlstol (iretua (iteen He married Ave couple of young elopers froiu Virginia lu una day. four with one ceremony He baa married nearly 5.000 COUUlea. CARSON RECRUITS ULSTER FOR WAR "England's Difficulty Not Our Opportunity," He Declares. TRADE SHOWS A BIG DROP. Decrease In Totals For August Amount to 1o5,000,000 Large Part of This Loss Falls on Germany Unemployed In England Decreased Since Outbreak of War. London. 8lr Kdwnrd Carson Is work Ing hard In elTorta to Induce his Ulster men to undertake some real tlghtlng Slr Kdwurd has been In l'i-ier ad dressing meetings of the Ulster colon teers in the interest of the recruiting r.iinpnlgh This has been Ills llrst pub lie appearance since the bcgliinlim of the war In speech at llelfast a few days ago he told the Ulster volunteer that If euotigh of them enlNted for ac tle service they would ijo to the front as a division of their own, under their old officers lie said: "Knglnnd's dllllciilty Is not Ulster's opportunity England's ditllculty Is our dlfTlculty. and Unglaiid's sorrow haa always been and always will be X Photo by American I'm. Assoclstton. aia bowabo oaaaoa. our Borrow Uej aud heif to aav your country aud your empire. Ho ami wlu honors for UlatM and for Ireland." Similar sennineuls have been the liurileii of setei-al othei speeches, but he has generally reiterated also his detestation of home rule aud hla opH- sltlou to the government aa a political puny So far the response of the Ulster vol unleer to the recruiting appeal haa uot bccti large, but It 1 generally held (hat they will be. The effect of the war on Urltlah trade la . i'ii lu the board of trade returus for August impoiis compared with (he coriesp. Holing month last year show a decrease of upward of 9U&.000V is1, while ep..u have falleu off near ly 91UO.0U0.0UU. Tb tuiporu of sugar have dropped more than 97.."xi.uuu. of which tii lis of S4.ou0.000 fsii oa Uermauy. Manufactured article show a decraae of S4-.&O0.UU0 Uj the siue of luiporta. lu esporU coal I down 910,000,000 and manufactured article t7u.00O.0O0. Of (he la iter 912.5uO.OUU waa loot on I Bf BJBrTfl. - y JK fcv,ly.. i eiJ hip and war inuulUoa aud gau.OOO,- (kJ oil on, m aud woolen fabrics. It is p.n,tcd out by the board of trade (bat (he il is -rease lu tip, a Is 1 due largely to the fact that certain claaee of eiporta ar prohibited during sir time. The return Issued by the board of trade show that tb growth of unem ployment haa virtually alopped. lu tbe trade where Uisurance against unem ployment to enforced the perceutaga of unemployment la 0.24 compared with 3 34 last year. The number of person eeklug em ployment at labor bureaua tuts actually falleu off. but It I still about double what It waa a year ago. lie. 1 1. a ing. which to priK t-ciiing at an amaslug rate, accouuta somewhat for this, particularly lu tb north aud In the mining districts. Kecrulta ar ap plying In such numbers that at aom place It has boeu decided to cloe tbe recruiting offices for a week. Prices of food show little chaug. and (bi is due uiure to increased freight aud Insurance rates than to shortage of supplies Meat and flab are arriving lu almost normal tuantlUe. The saloon of l.ouduu are closed hour earlier thau usual At Hull. Chatham aud other places, where many sailor are congregated they have been closed entirely, while lu other provlu cial towns the hours for remaining open have been abandoned. Colouel VV K ij.,i .ton of tbe Gordon hlgblauders I among the officers re IHirted missing In Urn nee Colonel tiordon gamed the Victoria Cruae in the Bsgff war by going out under heavy Are and attaching a rope to a gun which was In d.i tiger or heiug captured With his men lie was wounded In try lug to drag the gnu to safety. ':-'" ' . URGES CHEAPER POSTAGE. Plan For Two Cent Rat to South America as Aid to Commeree. Washington ,s a further stimulus to commerce. It Is proposed by several lenders In congress that steps be taken to obtain a 'I cent postage rate to coun tries of Souiii America that will con sent to an arrangement of this char acter. It requires at present a 5 cent stamp to carry a letter to South Amer ica, and the argument la made that It would foater closer commercial rela tionship If that part of the world could be placed on the aame baala with re spect to mall charges ns Unglnnd. Ger many. Canada. Mexico and Panama. Hepresentatlve James T. Lloyd of Missouri, for several years a member of the house postolflce committee, nld today that there waa a general senti ment among members of the house and senate In favor of reduced postage to South America. A change would Involve n aerlea of postal treaties to be negotiated be tween the United States nnd the coun tries which are willing to enter Into the new arrangement Each treaty would be made In ladialf of Hie United Rtntra by the postmaster general, act Itnt tinder the ndvlce of the president. The existing postal arrangement with the South Vtnerlcnn nations are under the regulations of the Universal Postal union A Joint resolution, the adoption of which would Indicate the sentiment of congress on the question of the lower rate. Is contemplated by some of the lenders. NUGGETS PAY FOR OUTING. California Fisherman Sssks Trout and Finds Gold. Nevada City, Colo. A. W. Johnson, malinger of an auto truck company, who is camping nt Koote crossing, to a lucky person, and Instead of digging down In his Jcnns for expenses he will probably go home abend of the game. Johnson Is llshlug along the Middle Yuba river, and a few days ago he picked up a line nugget. The llnd stimulated Johnson to great er efforts, aud surely he waa well re warded, for ha found another sps I men In the river that Is valued at 91-." It Is a pretty piece, with parti cles of ipinrU sticking out itetween the gold, and was evidently washed down from some rich claim In the mountains. TOY U. S. FLAGS WIN GERMAN KINDNESS Americans In Hamburg Pro tected by Emblems. Washington HoW little A mei lc.ui flags pinned to (heir coat lapels have aasured Americans in Hamburg of kindly treatment ut the haiida of every Heriuau was told lu u report from Cou sul (i cta-ra I Henry 11 Morgan to the state depart uich( The lepoil gate a graphic description of (he (tying days at (he ouOircak of (he war. when the consulate general was tided with Irantlc men and hys terica! wen, en clamoring fur menu to get home "As far aa the American lu this city are concerned." wrote Morgau, 'their friends aud relatives lu the lulled States can be reassured no burin will come to (hem, aud indeed It would be hard to Imagine Horn the pcic-tin as pect of the city that tbe whole country mas aflame .snail,- eiubarrassmeut was caused at flrst by (be refusal of the bauka to hon or American lettera of credit and check Issued by well known American haul.-, but sul... ijiieiitly tuouey w aa of fered fne lu any auiouut to rellev this situation Incidents were brought to my uttcuiiou when American bank notes were i hanged Into Herman cur rency at si cents ou the dollar, but these incidents were very rare. "I have had several Interview with the civil amir. Miles of Hamburg aud the military commander at Altoua, aud all have shown the most earnest desire to do all lu their power to relieve the stress and Inconvenience to doth Amer ican citizens aud ltrlttob subjects caus ed by the mobilization " Morgan waa Intrusted with Uritish Interests In Hamburg, and while there were sixty-two British vessels with upward of a thousand sailor aboard at anchor In the harbor when war was declined be teorted that not a single overt act against auy British resident of the city had been brought to his at tention. Ou the day the report was w niton a iacial train provided by tbe Uermau government wa leaving for Holland with Americana. "There will be a large number who will have to remain here for lack ot funds to return to the United State," said the report, "and amoug thto uuui ber are many wumeu aud children. In the meantime no special concern need be cnti rtulned on their behalf, for a number of A inert an firm in thto city, a well aa Herman firm, have con tributed to a charitable fund whlcb I have opened for their relief. "The price of living have only slightly Increased, aud many of the hotels aud pensions In the c.ty have decreased their price to aid those In distress." Never Drank Nor Swore. Tipton. Mo. Ueorge Schreck. who came here from Berlin. Oermany, flf tv m years ago, is dead at the age of ninety-one year. It Is said he never uttered an oath, never used intoxicant and paid every penny be owed. CHRISTMAS W The Easiest Thing in the World $ & You will find just the things you O m are looking for at: S I HILL'S i I All those dainty little things that& $j suggest so much and cost so little are on display at: A) HILL'S J PONT DREAD I . i Christ man Shopping Time M 1 -TTt IT'S HILL'S PHARMACY, SSS " "rffi 'r3tv 'tffii" tStr" 'dDT t . w w w w1. j t.'w'. -ni- w Opportunity The For Something to Eat Store You cannot eat better or feel better That afterwards than by titling our Makes special brands of groceries Christmas those groceries that appeal More to the stomach-that Than are exceptionally Merry wholesome For And easily digested-that leaves no You distressing after-effects. McCoy Brothers, Grocers Why Not Buy Substantial Christmas Presents Chaffing Dishes, Coffee Percolators, Electric Percolators, Electric Irons and Toasters, Pocket Knives, Scissors and Shears, Aluminum Ware, Safety Razors, Manicuring Sets, Tool Sets. We have everything in our line, from a Buck Saw to a Monarch Range. Ontario WILL IT PAY? We would like to know how many will profit from reading this notice. We have the goods in varied lines inclu ding Toys in great variety, in dolls, Choice pieces in China, Tableware in sets of your own choosing, the best and largest assortment in town. The question of Xmas. gifts is cal ling for attention now and we believe a visit to our store will solve the prob lem in most cases. Come and try this Proposition The Variety Store Ontario, SHOPPING! EASY AT 'Jti'! 't'T 1 VS' rNr rro JV a vS&'j Sj W .s3Pj SSSfs s55S?'. ,.'51', rw Awaits You Hardware Company Oregon