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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1915)
I M I I I It U M TIIF, ONTARIO ARGUS. THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1015. THRFF, Appointment Extraordinary! We have been selected a Representative of The Luther Burbank Company, of San Francisc i, the Sole Distributer of the Burbank Horticultural Productions, for the distribution of the plant creations of The Worirl's Greatest Look foi thla - i.imk Heal on nil m nullM iH her Burl ank creations GREECE i$ DIVIDED POLICY (Special to The Argus.) London. Dispatches from Athena say that Qrcc o Is divided over declar ln nr Bgalaat Turkey aud thut those bo fu r entering the conflict as against the party of the king, who in slsts on neutrality, have been openly demonstrative. King Constantino accepted the res lKtl,.tiin nf 1'romler Venlsxolos, who was In favor of war. The Turkish mlnistor, Snllh Bey, has declared openly that massacrca would take place In Turkey If Greece broke with the Forte, while Count Mir bu( h. tin' German mlnistor, informed Hie diplomatic corps that Austria and Qaraan would Immediately declare war on Greece the day that Greece moved aKalnat Turkey. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph compauy from Athena aaya that the Creek preaa, In Ita comments on the operaliona against the Dardanelles has declared Itself In favor of Greece'a taking part In the war. $155,000 IS LOST IN PORTLAND TIRE (Special to The Argus ) Portland, Or. Fire gutted the three xtnr brick building occupied by Jonea Cash store, a mailorder house, 80 Front street, corner of Oak. causing the entire loss of the stock, vulued at Xl:.'i,inill. LEAVES $15,000,000 (Special to The Argus.) Chicago The late William Deering. harvester manufacturer, left an estate of tl6.206.b73. after payment by his executors of all debts and expenses. according to a final accounting made In the probate court here. IDAHO LEGISLATURE (Special to The Argus.) Boise, Idaho The legislature ail ' Ju"ed sine die Monday at 10 o'clock u"tr clearlag away the general appro priation una general deficiency bills. "ie educational a,t charitable, penal '"atitutions and judicial courts' bud gets to meet the drain on the state treasury during the years 1916 and 111$, lo Pay the money so appropriated, "'i' advalorem tux act setting a maxt jnum hunt of ll.oi'u.uou was passed. It " believed that outside revenue from u" federal governa 1 and the sale lands, etc., when added to the mount raised by the advalorem tax 111 be sufflclaat to meet the expenses Uk' blnniusft. The saving over two )earb UK" Will be about $360,000. The total carried by the educational JMget as finally approved was $676. 1 050. The general appropriation D"'. to which the seuate made amend ments, carried $610,172.50; the Judicial ""dget $250,200, the general deficiency 1 $02,437.74 aud the charitable and JJOal InsUtuUous $363,000 and $310,- OVER WILLIAM DEERING ADJOURNED MONDAY Creator of New Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables. When you plant thin Spring "Burbank" your garden, -make it differ ent The coat of Luther Burbank seeds is no more than those of inferior quality. The assortment we carry is very complete. You will find just what you want flowers rare in colorings, sir.e and form vegetables of un usual earliness and quality and new and belter fruits and lerries. THE BURBANK DOLLAR GARDEN. For $1.00 you can secure Luther Burbank's own selection of his own flower seeds, 12 Varieties in 12 packets, having a separate retail value of $1.80 -Enough for a garden of Extraordinary Character and beauty. A Genuine Luther Burbank Garden. When in California visit the free Burbank Exhibit and Lectures, Bur bank Building, Beale and Market Streets. San Francisco, and the 40 Acre Burbank Demonstration Station, Meek Orchards Hayward. TIIK ONTARIO PHARMACY WANT FORTIFCATION OF COAST HARBORS. (Special to The Argus.) Salem. The need of fortifying Grays and Wlllapa harbors against foreign Invasion Is emphasised In a memorial adopted by the Washington state legislature, a copy of which was received by the secretary of state here, the matter to be submitted to tho next session of the Oregon legislature. The memorial calls upon congress to take action to protect these harbors, which It states are wholly without means of repelling an attack. C.A.SMITH1TIMBER HAS BEEN SOLD (Special to the Argus) Albany. Through a deed filed In the county recorder's office here the C. A. Smith Timber company, of Min neapolis, sold its entire holdings In Linn county, embracing 4J.4U& acres, to the Continental Timber Land com pauy, a Delaware corporation. This Is all Umber land, and Includes one of th finest bodies of timber in the state. The consideration Is glveu In the deed as $1, but the Instrument bore $147.50 worth of revenue stamps, which Indicates a purchase price of $147,600. i53 CHINEESE ACCUSED OF HOMESTEAD FRAUD "" er (Special to the Argus) La arande. Toy Young, probably the best known Chlneae in eastern Oregon, was arrested by a deputy United States marshal on a charge of making a false affidavit In connection with au application he recently made for a homestead near North Powder. The entry was made at the laud office In this city. In making It, he awore he did not have more than 160 acres of land In his own possession ut the time. It Is averred that be had a large tract of land near Telocaset. which would cancel his right to the claim. AMBASSADOR PAGE Photo st Aiuiricu Press Assorts Una W. H. Page, American Ambassador to Great Britain, who is placed In a trying diplomatic poaition owing to the war. BH BBBBBBSV MY iA A'l'-Bssssi L iiH I 1 : -:m?Ll H St ',; gjk J pP v !sfl Ba MHHa .jafj The Rexall Store WANT PRODUCE SOLD AT COST (Special to the Argus) Eugene. The socialists of Eugene have asked the city council to submit to tho voters at the April election a charter amendment empowering the city council to levy a small tax for the erection of a building for a public market and "welfare center." At the market foodstuffs will be sold at cost by the city plus the expense of con ducting the market. Provision Is to be made for a free medical and dental clinic for the poor of the city with offices In tho market building. "The Marked Woman" Barbara Tennant in a Powerful Role. The World Film Corporation's sec ond Barbara Tennant-Owen Davis re lease, "The Marked Womar." In the part of Olga Petcoff, a young Nihilist, has one of the strongest stories ever illustrated on the screen. "The Marked Woman" will be shown at the Dreamland, Saturday night, March 13th. The girl flees from Russia on a mission to China, with the object of denouncing the Russian Ambassador at Pekin. But, on the way she falls in love with a young American lieu tenant, a circumstance that alters the whole course of her subsequent ca reer. At Port Arthur she finds her way into the fold, not of her fellow Nihilists, but of the Russian police, and narrowly escapes being sent to Siberia. Shipwrecked in Chinese waters is her next adventure and she is fortunate in being rescued by her lover, Dare. A meeting with Prince Ching, the Chinese Prime Minister, follows. This powerful man falls in love with her, and discovering her love for Dare and her friendship for the Russian Ambassador, threatens to have the two men put to death unless she marries him. Four years later the Boxer Rebellion (that of 1900) breaks out. Dare at the head of a force of marines and soldiers attacks Prince Ching's palace and rescues' Olga. The latter's little boy is acci dentally killed by his father, the Prince, whose death unites the lovers: The Growth of the Country town (Continued from paire 2. ) blame because you aid nothing to keep him. - i i f j. Sett The wealthy rancher has earned the right to live wherever his inclination takes him. You can't blame Portland. She is going to get into her limits all the people she can. Especially the rich ones. It is her business to grow just as it is yours. You must adopt the same methods. Give them the things worth while. You cannot pre vent your retired farmers from going to the metropolis but you can make life so pleasant for him that he will not want to leave. The man who has lived for any length of time in a small town doe.s not like a large one. It takes him three yeans to get acquainted with his next door neighbor. Now how differ ent it is in the small town. If he should get up in the night to get a drink of water the people will ask next day if it wa: his wife who wa. sick and did he g t the doctor. You see they take a real interest. Yes, they will all stay if you make it wort) heir while. live them the things that seem orth while to them. (Jive them ; nice social club, not too goody-goody, .vheie they can congregate togethe ind have a real good time discussing the poorne. of the coining sjbqm ation s'ow th i also you can do bes' through your club. I think that some f the trouble is you are afraid thaf to kc. INTERSTATE BRIDGE HAS BEEN STARTED Occasion is Celebrated with Speeches by Repreaenta- tivh men of 2 States (Special to The Argus.) Portland. With hundreds of Port land and Vancouver citlxens massed around a roped off square marking the site of the first concrete pier of the interstate bridge, with an ex change of speeches of felicitation and prophecies of the future greatness of the "twin cities," actual work on the colossal viaduct that is to unite two states was begun at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The ceremony of celebration was held on the sandy beach of ilayden island, near the Oregon landing of the Vuncouver ferry. Ilrlef talks were made by members of the commercial clubs of Portland and Vancouver, who carried on the . :uiipa!gu that resulted in the Issu ance of bonds for the bridge, $1,260,000 worth by Multnomah county and $500, Out) worth by Clarke county, Wash ington. Mayor Milton Kvans, of Van couver; Commissioner W. L. Brewster, representing the city of Portland; President W. P. Connaway of the Van couver Commercial club; Commission ers Rufus C. Holman, YV. L. Llghtner and Pbllo Holbrook, of Multnomah county, and John Lyle Harrington, en gineer in charge of the bridge, also were among the speakers. Arrangements for the celebration were made by a committee of the Vancouver Commercial club composed of E. K Beard, chairman; W. C. Bates, J. P. Btapleton. A. J. Dorland and P. J. Flyun. Ironside Oregon. March 4, 1915. it M. and G. E. Rutherford re turned from Unity on Wednesday, .hcre they had been purchasing horses. Gladys Young returned from a week's visit with friends in Ontario on Tuesday. Miss Nannie Duncan went to Bon ita on Sunday to resume her school work again, which has been postponed since the middle of December, owing to the severe weather we have had. Mss Carrie Elms, daughter of Jonsc Kims, went to Huntington on Monday to start her journey from thero to Arkansas, where she will visit with relatives. News was received on Saturday that Julia Smith is not improving. Her son Elton is recovering, and Mrs. J. P. Smith is Ul with measles. A petition is being circulated in the neighborhood for the building of a new roatl to Hereford, Oregon, via E. J. Beam's, Chas Wise's and Johnson Boulder.. . .. - t Alvcy Law reme hud u dog to go mad of hydrophobia on Saturday, but he escaped before securing un oppor tunity to kill him, although he has not been seen in the neighborhood so) probably died. Charlie Boor made a business trip to Brogan the last of the week, de livering hogs. Services by Rev. Geo. W. Harrison were held on Sunday. Only a small attendan e, owing to bnd weather and roads. He returned to Unity on Mon day. Mrs. S. A. Lofton is ill with meas tos, her son, Earl, who has been quite ''.i the past two weeks, is slowly im proving. Mrs. Mae Beam is in at tendance during the sickness. Miss Effie Hall is making prepar ations to go to Payette this week for an extended visit. G. E. and H. M. Rutherford went to Brogan on Monday, enroute to Cald well, Idaho, on business matters. Gladys Young and little son, Free man, went to Ontario on Tuesday's stage, for a brief visit with relatives. Mrs. H. M. Rutherford left for Boise Iduho, on Monday, to visit with her sister for a Aort time. Mr. Southerland, representative of Basche Hdw. Co., and Mr. Dooley of Baker Grocery, were business visitors at Ironside the last of the week. Ray Wise of Malheur, was a week end visitor at the home of his parents, Charles Wise. Chas. Boor and family were visitors (Continued on page 4.) the return on the dollar is not secured Let me quote therefore in conclusior a verse on this subject: That necessary stuff culled gold g such A cold rude thing it needs the nicest touch Of thought and speech when it ap- 'oaches love, .' it will prove the cerain death h ceof. ML NEWS IRKS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE (Special to Mayor Johnson has designated the 15th of March as clean up day for Ash land. Fire, which started In the basement, almost completely gutted the hospital at Wasco. The annual convention of the Clay Workers' association will be held In Salem, March 23-24. Tho county court of Malheur county has voted to give $350 for the support of the county school children's fair. A concrete natatorlum that will cost about (10,000, will bo built Inimcdl ately in the Round Up park In Pendle ton. With the approval of 30 Influential business men of Eugene, a project was launched to raise $150,000 for tho erection of a lace factory In Kugene. Nearly 30 of the road supervisors of Yamhill county met at McMlnnvllle to discuss, at the request of the coun ty court, road mutters throughout the county. Gold to a value of moro than $2,000, 000 will bo produced from Oregon mines during I.Uii, according to A. II. (Immell, a well known Grants Pass mine owner. Andrew Hubbard, 48 years of ago, committed suicide at tho home of his son-in-law at Pendleton. Despondency caused by Illness, la thought to have caused the act. Medford Is to have a city band. With the endorsement of the Merchants as sociation and the commercial club $700 have been raised, a director en gaged and uniforms ordered. Charles Carrlgan, a stone cutler, for many years a resident of Spokane, Is held at the Portland city Jail as a sus pect as tho murderer of llttlo Barbara Holsman, r, years old, March 14, lsil. In the last hours of the session, con gress passed aud the president signed the bill authorising the appropriation of $11,000 for establishing a llfeeavtng station at the mouth of the Sluslaw river. The city council of Dallas has called a special election for May 10 to vote upon toe question or purcnasiog me City wator system, and the Issuing of 5J.ooo in oonas tor me payment o the same As a result of the light snowfall In s e mountains or uregon mis year. tho outlook Is that the fire menace win no luuy as great mis season last in the timber districts, according to Forester Elliott. That Charles V. GaHoway wll be fa - appointed tax commissioner at " next meeting of the commission It as- sured by the agreement on his reten - lion by all members or tho board nav- BRIEF WAR NEWS ef;,.n . Jul merest In the woi.u ar during the past week was divided between thu operations In the eastern theater, where fighting of a more or less vio lent nature Is proceeding throughout the territory- from northern Uusslau Poland to the Carpatblana, and the bombardment of the strongholds of the Dardanelles by the allied fleet. Reports from various sources Indi cate that the Russlaus have assumed the offensive In most of the operations In the general eastern territory. In the extreme north they are still hsm merlng away with the Idea of driving the Germans back to eaat Prusala, and the latest Pelrograd official statement asserts that Jhe RussTaiishave forced, the GermTns LaiTTou'iewnar" A German official statement says J . . that northeast of Przasmysz a Russian attack broke down with severe losses to the Titter, and that northwest of Plonsk a Russian attack was also re pulsed. Petrograd dispatches say that the Austriaus under Archduke Joseph have suffered defeat in eastern Galicia and are now In full flight toward the Carpathians. Vigorous fighting con tinued in the Carpathians The allied French and Kngllsh fleets are makln;; progreaa In their attack on tlu ! irtb of the Dardanelles, ac OOrdlBg to the liiitish admiralty and unoffic ml iii.o, IJ..UI the aj la i licet are (oniiiaiiiiK th.-ir aitu'-ls along the coast of .u Ifhsor treat Malta to latyrna, ami Vice Admiral Bif MossVtf has brought MM '''ast Indian fleet and undertaken the bombard niclit of the lortili. Jitions at Smina. In the west the l-'reuch assert they have lufllcted a serious check on the Germans to the north of Arras, In the regiou of Notre Dame de Lorette. In Champagne, northwest of Beausejour, a Germau counter attack has been re pulsed. The French war office says that the progress made by the allies In the Vosges, at Harttnanu-Weiler-kopf. extends over 325 yards of Ger man trenches. the Argus) Ing tho appointment power. J. W. Sherwood, of Portland, who has served continuously for 18 years as state commander of the Maccabees of Oregon, wan re-elected to that posi tion at the seventh quadrennial con vention of the organisation at Albany. At Its annual meeting at Portland the Oregon Forest lire association elected John W. Alexander, of Port land, president; W. C. Calder, of Ba ker, vice president; Wells Gilbert, of Portland, treasurer, and C. S. Chap man secretary and manager. Active work on the big springs proj ect at Ashland will soon commence. The project calls first for the construc tion of pipe lines to brlnn three miner al springs to a common spot. After ward It is planned to erect n big tour ist hotel and a sanitarium which will call for a heavy Investment. Because boys of lloker were taking ml vantage of an opportunity to stay on the streets when their parents thought them at the Y. M. C. A. build in?, notice was Issued that all boys under 14 years of ago must hereafter be out of the building for the night by 6 o'clock In the evening. The La Pine Commercial club has petitioned the United States geological survey to make the Newberry crater lake section a national park. The re gion Is said to contain one of the most Interesting volcanic fields In the world, Including nearly 100 craters, among them being the twin craters on the summit of Mount Newberry. As a result of the three recent fires that cost thousands of dollars to the city and In which seven men lost their lives, the Marshfleld city council Is taking drastic measures to secure the best fire protection possible within the city limits. Fire ordinances are being entirely revised, and will be mado to conform to the atate laws. That the average earning of Jitney bus drivers Is 1275 a day was the substance of a report mado to the Portland city council as the result of a tab kept bv traffic experts for sev- L dayt Tn. flcurM wr. compiled frojn 2; macblne, wnlch cro.sed the brldg-- NoU WM ulwn of ,on vv number of mmmm carried (or a period of eight hours each day. Money from the $100,000 bond Issue on the port of Sjuslaw will be avail able about April 1 and as soon as pos- ilbt afl-r that contracU for tn. . tenilon of the Jetty w5rT at Florenco ( - jeT TnXlfi'e woTTTo fr 1 mne9i. The" ToveVnnTont wtTl add j12.000 to the sum. There are 300 fwt t0 be ftdde4, ,0 the nor,h Jetty and 1 m) ffM)t to tne touUj Jetty to oompit, the project ROAD COMPLETED AT NT. ANGEL , (Specisl to The Argus.) Mount Angel. Fifteen hundred peo ple helped to drive the golden spike at the completion of the Willamette Valley Southern railroad electric at Mount Angel Saturday. Bev. ai hot Placid us, president of Mount Angel college, after driving the golden spike, was presented with a six-foot golden spike by the Mount Angel Commercial club. A BANK'S FIRST DUTY is to its depositors. The business of this bank is conducted on this basis, which is, in truth, SE CURITY AND CON SKKVATIKM. Safety is considered before profits). We feel juslilied in ask lOg iui your banking btttintMi assuring you aiwaye, courteous treat ment aud satisfactory service. EIRST NATIONAL BANK I i