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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1915)
THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. r Live News From Surrounding Towns And Country. Happenings of a Week NYSSA NKWS. FRUITLAND ITEMS. E (i. Johnson, the orchard man of Wmrnv. wan in town with hiH new au esaanbiU:. a Chalmers Six, last Mon- The jitney bus, which will run from Ontario to Nyssn, making two trips srarh ilnv. made its first trip Mon- Hjr iTMrm. Swan, accompanied by her lit- The election held Tuesday after MN Iron one to seven o'clock at the Mini school building to vote upon the question of issuing bonds for the construction of a new high school building, resulted in the majority of one more than the necessary two thirds vote to carry the election for the building. The board later dis- tfe daughter, is visiting at the home covered that some illegal votes were of her father, E. J. liurroughs. C. ft Wilson was a business visitor ta Boise last week. The first cutting of Alfalfa hay ariJJ be made by the first of May this year, by those who will make four ar more cuttings. This is the earliest Hcmson that we have seen for years. 7b crop promises to M a PM ord llinuiking one. Not only in alfalfa fml ulso in other crops, great gains aare expected. Large stretches of al falfa land have been plowed under a preparing for corn and grain fields ind prominent farmers prophecy that ,u be in the winning class of corn nwi'i this year, one must top one khundrcd and fifty bushels of corn per k delightful jungle picnic was en joynd Last Sunday by several of the ynung couples of Nyssa. The young 4enp)c, widl provided with good things i eat, "hiked" down the railroad tack to the cool shades of the JunglcM. IftcrunnU the picnicki i w nl for an auto ride. Those pri'sent were: r Alice Vncgelcin, (Seorgiu Den- Ixniisr Kobertson, (iertrude Wil Crete Childers, Edith and l.ucile flit che; MessrN. Krnest Wilson, liar ury Wilson, Sidney liurbrulge, Harry ticmhert, Obie Wilson and Will How ard Mi- Thomas Coward of Ontario visited her daughter, Mrs. C. Craw ford, last week. The (ioshert and Kinnaird families enolored to Kmmett in their new car oast Sunday. . (J. Merrick, who is suffering from ftieart troulil" and mineral breakdown, rauhed by old aw, wn sent to the ttViM i bo.spital, ai'iumpaiiled by Mr. Will. Mr. Merrick, during the lust ;sity years tuiN traveled widely, both ,,.M( in North and .South America, ami .omits among his friends und ac quaintances Abraham l.nuoln ami nan, ut her noted men of ins time. : I I outer is contemplating build ing in ilie near future a itrug store n Main street, between the Spier und tthheil buildings. Mrs. I.. Spa, visited in Valu last week. oniniunioii services were held in Die 1'uiish hall Sunday ut 11a. in., Iirv Powell olti. luting. A buMiu.is meeting of the Kpworth league was held last Friday at the liome of W. W. Foster. The officer. for the coming year were elected at follows; Dennis Hon, president; W. W. Poster, first vice president; Miss Lot tie Philips, second vice president; Mihs Mattie Dennis, third vice presi- lent , Mtss Maude l.urwut, fourth vice president; Miss Dora Hon. MON aary; Don Davis, tr a.-nr. r. After the liusnns.su social wus MJoyod ' tbOM pgoooat Frank Mill. her i- prectibl a new fcOjagalOO. on the sit, oi da old Nyon Inotel. .Mrs. I.ullu Canter is building house on the lot adjoining. Mr. Haxter. foreman oi t r i- palatini K"K Of the O. S. I ... bM a me violent!) lOaaM lust week and was taken to Irak Of Judw Mcaaigkl and Baotiff lliow II. M i.-.-c.s Fdith Iredale und Delia CaWI were I'arma visitor.- la-t we.k The agricultural claM ot the Nyssa lugli school made a trip to the cheesi faciei) Moiulay, where much know I ilge ami considerable cheese was con J mod. J. H. Wolf was in Hoise last week, itbi iv lie attended a banker.-' met tine.. -4i Inch w.i.s adtlressed b J. Uussei laurie, deputy governor of the re j-tf. bunk at Sun Francisco. J. Audrey Ward is suffering with ypboid fever. JMi.-.. Dorris Mitchell was taken to faytUe last Wednesduy, where she will eeceive treatment from Dr. Cut cast and the election has been de i loafOd off. Another election will be held soon. The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will meet Wednesday aft ernoon instead of Thursday on ac count of the Sunday school meeting to he held all day Thursday. The meet ing this week will be held at the home of Mrs. H. Whealdon. I'lummer Crimes started Wednes day evening for a visit with relatives in Oregon and California. Russell Hooker intends to meet him in Wheat land, Cul., und attend the world's fair at San Francisco together. They ex pect to be gone three or four weeks. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Fouts are the proud parents of a 11-pound boy born "to them Monday evening, April 2fi. Miss Call White has completed her term of school near Mountainhome und has returned to her home south of I'ruitland. A large crowd attended the union services held at the Methodist church Sunday night. Ernest (!. Taylor, na tional prohibition worker of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, was the speaker who addressed. A good crowd attended the Haptist church Sunday morning and listened to an address on missions by Miss Mary Ayers, field worker of the Bap tist Women's Missionary society. "Mr. Uob," the Senior class play given at Johnson's hall Friday even ing, was well attended and it is safe to say that the class did exceptionally widl considering the limited room in the hall. I lie Junior class is busy this week planning the Junior-Senior banquet for Friday night of this week. This will be a happy event for all who at KINGMAN KOLONY NEWS. Soaert Kelt, state mine insueetor of fidaho. accompanied by Mr Mediums cil northern Idaho, were visitors in Ipasa Monday. Moth gentlemen are jotarrvsted in land under the Shoe airing ditch, and in the Owyhee val ley. The great improvements und afeacral prospeio .s uppeuruiue of the ffarms. orchards and diur.- ot this ion were u revelation to tin in, and Mi-s Kutli Hraccwell who has spent the winter in limse with Florence hiiiscy and attended the tiregg busi ness college there, returned home last week for a visit before uccepting u position. The I'ruitland high school baseball team, who were to play Vale last Fri day afternoon for a practice gume, wus postponed on account of the ruin. The Christian Endeavor society will hold their monthly business and social evening next Saturday evening at the W. J. Russell home. E. E Hunter is not as well as he ha- been lately. He was stricken with paralysis last fall from which he has not fully recovered. A short time ago he was taken worse with heurt trou ble. Esther Kusscll had us her guest Sunday for dinner Miss elva Crimes. George Stephens was confined at home all la-t week with the mumps. The Alumni banquet will be held in the near tuture. The place has not been decided upon The Christian Endcavm , who bud planned a potato and weinerwurst supper la-t Saturday evening at the I. A. Crew' homestead near Whitney Height! school, wa.- postponed on ac count of the rain On Tuesday afternoon Hoise high school'., first baseball team will piny with the high .-chool tenin on the home grounds. Come out and help the boys and eiuouiaw them b your pres ence The boys have a scheduled game with New Ply mouth Friday after-!, noon. Mrs. 1.. M Ormsby, general Sunday -chool secretary and worker for Idaho. will bo here Thursday, May ti, to us sist the Sunday school workers in their work. There will be a morning and afternoon session at t u. in. and - p. m. belli at the Methodist church. She will speak in New Plymouth in the evening. All are invited to at tend. Messrs. K J. Miller, a brother-in-law, ami William and Robert Royston, brothers of J. M Royston, who at tended the funeral, left Wednesday for their home in Mainmort', Md. Mr. and Mrs. Ken G rover and chil dren left lust week for their shearing plant near Midvale. They will be gone about two weeks. J. F. Carnefix was in this vicinity inspecting the orchards and nurseries lust week. Three carloads of steel for the new Big Bend bridge came last week, and work will begin May 8. An appreciative audience listened to the concert which was given Fri day night by the Kolony orchestra. The attendance was not as large as had been expected owing to the in clement weather, but those who ven tured out in the Arctic blasts felt well repaid for their effort, as was shown by the prolonged applnus" after each number and by the fre quent encores. The high wind stop ped the Big Bend ferry, so that a number of Bend people who were ex pecting to take in the concert were unable to get across the river. There have been a number of requests from Big Bend and Nyssa people for the concert to be repeated and arrange ments have been made to give it the evening of Saturday, May 15, in the Wade school house in Big Bend and a date will bo set this week for an engagement in Nyssa. A. G. Kingman and C. E. Peck were business visitor to Nyssa last week. A. E. Wa.le, E. M. Blodgctt, C. Swatting nnd C. D. Forbes attended court in Vnle Wednesday. Miss Dorothy Pilcher returned hom BIC RIVER FETE OPENS AT LEWISTON (Special to The Argus.) Lewiston, Idaho. Distinguished men from throughout the northwest were here to participate Monday in the waterways celebration to com memorate the completion of The Dalles Celllo canal. Those In attend ance Included Governor Alexander, United States Senators Borah and Brady and ex-Governors Hawley and McConnell. of Idaho. Senator Jones and Representative Humphrey, of Washington, Oovernor Lister, of Washington, and Governor Withy combe, of Oregon. The celebration marked the first trip a steamer from Portland has ever marie through the new canal to Lew iston. Special trains over all lines running mto Lewiston brought large numbers from all points and the city was thronged with visitors. A feature of the day here was the firing of salutes along the river to herald the coming of steamers on their Balden trips to Lewiston. II USE I k OUR Have you mado that geranium bed? Call Ontario Floral Co. for your small geraniums to set out. several weeks with Miss Lillian Lang ley at New Plymouth. Miss Maxwell, who superintends our Sunday school, is making the music a prominent feature of the Sun day morning service, having organ ized a Sunday school orchestra of three violins and a cello among her last Thursday from a visit of music pupils. THIS grocery store believes in giving the public a fair deal. We have proved this many times. Just now, for instance, we are sell ing sugar, one of the most necessary of household staples, at figures that are very low considering conditions. We do not believe in jumping the prices of food stuffs under this or that pretext We dont think it pays to make the public "the goat" This store carries the finest line of groceries. WILSON BROS. w! MISSOURI VISITED BY HAIL STORM 8t i.ohIh nail stones as large as baseballs were hurled upon scattered sections of Missouri Sunday. The damage to crops and livestock will run Into thousands of dollars. FRUIT CROWERS CHANGE Spokane. The Spokane Fruit Orow rs' company announced withdrawal from the North PaclHo Fruit Dlstrlbu tors as the sub-central organisation for the Spoka'-p district. FsAveN . .' a Great Sale of White Beauty PAYXI $iq? .ONLY, Hoosier Cabinets Ends Saturday M&JfSji 9 I ft III saM aaaaaaassa 1 JHaiaVsfTl Wwt- 3il lli' l 5s&f"l o I jgEEPISJ ' .Cn The great sale of "WHITE BEAUTY" Hoosier Cabinet will end Satur day at the latest, perhaps tomorrow. If each of the 1000 towns where the Hoosier Company has permitted this sale does as well as we have here, there will be no trouble about the quick doubling of "White Beauty" Sales. Thre is every indication that the limited number alloted us for this sale will not last till Saturday night. We can obtain no more to sell at the present low price. Most liKeiy you will see tnese caoinents in the homes of some of your nearest and dear est friends. Why wait until then and regret that you missed the opportunity that is offered to you as freely as to them! Tomorrow Pay Only $1.00 Try the "White Beauty" in Your Own Kitchen This chance of a lifetime to secure a real Hoosier Cabinet at a $2.50 reduction from a low cash price, on terms of only $1.00 down and $1.00 weekly, may never occur again. The Hoosier Club plan of payment has proved amazingly popular with the foremost women in this community. Some of them tell us it is the same way that they have bought fine editions of rare books. Yet it cost you nothing extra to enroll in the Hoosier Club if you come tomorrow. No interest. No fees of any kind. Exclusive Features See the wonderful shaker flour sifter; the Hoosier accounting system, the cook book holder; the food guide: the want list; tne pencil holder; the money tray; the emergency shelf, and oher labor-saving devices, 17 of which are entirely new. Decide Now. Saturday may be too late. Other women are making up their minds tonight to come to morrow and select a Hoosier Cabinet while they can save $2.50. It won't take five minutes to decide when ou see it. Come early for when this lot is gone no power on earth could get you another "White Beauty" at this price. Ontario Furniture Company jrtBain- ' X raw Anowaii m-Mwu TO THE PUBLIC: We authorize this aale, limited to "White Efeauty" Hoosier cabinets, at $2.50 less than the fixed cash prioe of these cabinets, this week only. THE HOOSIER MFG. CO., New Castle, Ind. i 't 1 W HAnoaatT Jl 1 t. -. were highly pleased.