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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1915)
ill i V I r t V e F t o a THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1915 nz AT 10:00 P. M. SATURDAY, MAY 22, AND I I I I I HI I .,' H 1 1 H I M M M I H V L II For a fact. Don't put it off, not one minute, let everything go and come. Take a car or anything, but come, and be sure you get to The Golden Ruie Store. It's a sale in real earnest, where everybody goes. No disappointment here, the store is actually bubbling over with Bargains, and the sooner you get here the better. , BUY IT TODAY -- DON'T DELAY. BUT COME EARLY A1P h VADh For volets worth up to $1.25 a yard. Wl. A Irtnli All colors except black. 9 IP A VlDfi or velveteens worth up to G5c a yard. ZlU. H I MRU All colors except black. SPECIAL CO 10 A DAID For our entire stock of Ladies Pumps, $L0 h I Mill Mary Janes and Oxfords, value to $3.48 CO PAPH For chilqrens summer caps, worth up to 50c UU. Lnvll eacn, slightly soiled a and musted, a bargain. I IP I VADH or one ,ot soisettes and cotton poplins I IV n IHIU worth up to 25c, they won't last long. IP A DA IP or nants Cashmere hose, regular price IU. n Inlll 25c. Colors, red, tan and pink. $3.95 for any Ladies coat worth up to $12.50. 10P A VADH For new spring wash goods worth up to I ill. M I Mil :0e. a yard. See them. flNF HAI F PDIPF For cndrens whte dresses iust the UliL'IIHLI rilluL time your daughter will neeaonc SPECIAL M II I DAID or one 'ot mens ress snoes tans duii t)Z.10 H iHlll kid and patent leather, value up to $3. 50 THE RED SIGNS ARE COMING DOWNBE HERE SURE 98C. EACH For mens dress shirts worth up to $1.25 each. THE GOLDEN RILE Ontario Oregon I7C. A PAIR For mens lisle hose wor:h 25c a pair. IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE TOLD IN BRIEF MImk Justice Carter won riveted queen of the strawberry carnival at Jtoarburg. Cooa and Curry counties will hold their dairy show and annual lair at Jdyrtlo Point The 1'ulk county chuutauu.ua will be held In Pullus tii i. year from July 4 . to 10, Inclusive. Oue iii.ii, ..ii. j former atudenta of Al bany College an. expected to u Hi-ii. I a bin reunion In Albauy ou Juuv 16. Thv Seventh Auuual Live . Ux k Show will bo held at Union Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, June 2. i and 4. '1 bo twenty seventh aauual couven tlou of the Episcopal Ulocese of Ore gon 1. 1. u. i Weduceday lu Trinity church at 1'ortland. Ouwcrnoi Wllhycombe has Issued a proclamation dcclurlug June II, thv last day of the Kosv Festival at Port land, Oregon's holiday of roses Mm. W II hauoy of Salem, haa been appointed a member of. the ad vlaory board of the lndustrl.il school (or girls l ii'irruor Wllhycombe. Kur the purpose of perfecting an organization .iii.l mapping out plaua for the future, tlio ucw fish and .uine commission Mill hold a meeting at S.il. ni May N osteopaths, us well as other rvgu lurly Keen. . ,i physicians, can sign deuth ceriiiK ales, according to an oi tiilou of Attorney Geuural lirowu, for the statu board of health. I w second largest prune orchard in Oregon, wiui ii Is located near Glide, 1'ougtas county, lias been purchased . J. II Hond of Lluu county, from Mil Grace W. Maker of Hose burg. Johu C. Cudy, the flax expert em linyed by tin- stuto board of control to UiBtall a (lux plant at the penitenti ary, has been authorized lo go east mid piiulia.se the needed machinery. Seventy five ot Oregon's 107 loat masters ot presidential offices have accepted Postmaster Myers' Invitation to attend a convention In Portland Juno 9, 10 and 11, during the Hose Kasitval. ( nstructlon upon the 1230.000 Slus lw jetty project should be under way U July 1, giving employment lor ? wn more than two yvwin. according to l. ii. I'ushmau. chairman of the Blseiaw Port Commission. Salmon by the thousand are clog gtiiH the riuiitlllu river Just below Ho diversion dam for the West Umatilla project, unable to get above the .lain. owing to the fact Unit the fish ladder Is too short for the large slxe fish. The first futal incident of thv fish Ing season occurred at Astoria, when Harry Kamvalla, u bouipuller, was washed overboard as a lundlug was being made alongside the fish receiv ing scow ut Sand i .l.in. I He sank be fore aid could reach lit m . Secretary of Stale Olcott announced that the price of the session laws of the 28th legislative assembly, which are ready for dlstrlliullon earlier than usual, Is $1 It, delivered. Each mem ber of thv legislature will be supplied with a copy frta of charge. Fifty three accident, none of them fatal, were reported during the week to Labor CoiumlttHloner lloff. Hall road workers were the most unfor tunate, 16 or tin in being hurt, while uiuii v eiigugcd Hi logging ami employ ed in sawintlU were aln Injured. Oregon idling will lie utilised In recuiistruction work being curried ou at the big navy drydtn k at Pearl har bor, Hawaiian isliuids, die Cliurle It lloComUog coini my of Portland hav lllg otitaliicd a OMtTMl for (he deliv ery of 4060 ploces ol ldllug there Superintendent Stiiner ha I In eu no lifted that no men. patient! Irom the asylum (or the lu.sane would he ac cepted for deportation to belligerent countries Sleluer had Intended to deport three subjects of Ureal Hrltulu and had engaged passage lor tluui on the uext scheduled suiting of the un fortunate l.uattuutii At tlio annual ineeilug of the board of regents of the stale normal schools at Moi.tnouin. It was voted to turn the uonuul school BffOfgfttgf at Weston and Abhland over to Hie M hool dls trU-ls 111 which they are locuted to u.se for school purposes, until such time a the state or legislature makes some disposition of the buildings or may decide to r.'opcti lliein g (raining places for teachers. Qrant couuty is improving and short, nlug many of IU roada. The cv.unty court has approved the Canyon City liayville road through the gorge Of the John Day river, ah log haa cut Mtcral miles of travel between the FRUIT TREE BEARS A DOUBLE CROP (Scial to The Arg-u..) Collage drove. It la not unusual for fruit trees In the Willamette val ley to piodiu e two crops during a year, but it la unusual for trees to produce two crops at the same time, which Is true of some trees owned by i. N. Lindsay, of Creewell. The fruit In ijuesilou Is Hurbank prunes and cherries. The crop of prunea la about the site of puauuts, Irregular tn for mation ami appearing to have suffer ed some blight. i in- crop of cherries appears to be perfect. Part will mature about ten days ahead of the rvmaluder. EUGENE COUNCIL MAY RESIGN t ' i . tffril- iir. (Special to The Argus.) Kugeiie - Kver member of the Ku gene city council bus threatened to resign u the charter of the city, which has a pro vision (hat any one may sue the Individual numbers of the council for duiuages ou account of injuries received in a fall through a broken sidewalk or a defective street, la uot amended A recent supreme court de cision in a case w herein Mrs. Josle Pollen suJ 'he city for damages be cause she fell over a brokeu board In a walk, stated that the city could not be liable to the extent of more than 1100, but the Individual members of the council could be sued for dam ages for any amount PORTUGUESE REBELS NOW IN CONTROL (Special to The Argua.) Lisbon, via Parla. The success ol the revolutionary forces has been con firmed. The new government, which will be presided over by Joac Chagaa waa proclaimed from the wludows ol the city hall and the announcement was received with enthusiastic maul featatloua. The rebellion broke out at Lisbon aboard the cruiaer Adamaster, which bombarded the city. A band of 200 civilians stormed the Alcantara bar racks. They entered the barracks cheering the republic. Many were killed and wounded. Order haa been partly restored and the new government la taking meaa urea to re establish normal conditions The ex-minister of marine was arrest ed and taken aboard a warship fot having ordered a deatroyvr to sink the warships, which were bombarding the city. News from Oporto ludlcates that the disturbances there were similar to those In Llabon, but there were fewei casualties two places. The road was considered a gigantic undertaking because it had to be cut throiij'ti solid rock for nearly a mile The cost was 4000, much less than the estimate. (ioveruor Willi) combo appointed Mrs Clyde Apperson of McMlnnv llle, as a member of the Oregon Child Wei fare commission, to succeed Mrs J 11. Smith, of Astoria. Mrs. Smith rv signed not being able to devote suf ficient time to the work. The other members of the commission are Mrs Hubert 11 Tate, chairman, Portland, Or. Mas 11 Card well. Portland; Geo. Rebec. Pn I) . Medford. and L R Al del inaji. PotUand. GERMAN DECLARES LOYALTY TO U. S. Sioux City, la Hudolph Iteereud member of the city council, president of the Natioaal Orgauttatlou of For mer Members of the German Army declared that in case of war between the United States and Uermany, Ger man-Americans would he fouud stand lug solidly behind the president and fighting agatnat the Fatherland. 'There can be uo question aa to the attitude of the Gorman Americans." aald Mr. Beerend. "The Germans would organlxe In their own ranks regiments to defend this country, should the need arise, and would be fighting for this oouutry just aa waa the case wheu Germans organised their own troops during the civil wax." When you want pansy plants call the Ontario Floral company. Head quarters at the Argus office, tele phone P.' J NEW LAWS SOONi TO IE IN EfCECT (Special to The Arg'ua.) Salem. Approximately 265 luws and amendments passed by the -Mb legislative assembly, which adjourned February I'd lust, will become opera live Suiurday Measures making' up proprlations for state departments and institutions and ncccral others curry ing emergency clau.si i became effec tive when signed by to. governor. The prohibition law. regarded us the most Important measure of the session, will not go Into effect until the first of next year, the constitutional amend niv nt providing for statewide prohi billon not becomlnt; operative until that time The permanent registra tion law uih! the tux law also will uot be In force until then. Among Important measures which will take effect are those regulating employment agencies to protect em ployes, compelling trustees of educa ttoiuil and philanthropic funds to make reports to county courts, chaug Ing the railroad commissioner dis tricts so as to give the section east of the Caseaib- mountains representa tion on the commission, amending the workmen's compensation act, eiilarg ing classifications ami making fees more equitable, reorganizing the fish and game commission and providing that the governor shall be the head consolidating the office of state high way engineer with that the the state engineer, making sheriffs instead ot couuty treasurers tax collectors, re pealing all but a few continuing ap proprlations and. because of the aboil tlou of the death penalty, making the punishment for first degree homicide life Imprisonment. EUROPEAN DURING WAR HAPPENINGS THF LAST WEEK NEW ROAD BONDS HAVE BEEN SOLD (Special to The Argus) Portland. The entire Multnomah county road bond Issue of $1,250,000 waa awarded by the county commis sioner to Henry Teal, of Portland, who bid 11.270.625, a premium of 20. 626 This brings the coi.n'y 1.65 pel cent over the par value of the bond. In spite of deaperate resistance It Is i la. mod that the Turks have beeu forced back on the Galllpoll peninsula and that they have auffered losa of 45,0(10 men. It is estimated that up to noon May 10, 201 merchantmen, trawlers and other craft have been destroyed by German submarines since the war blockade went into effect and that the loss of Uvea totalled 1560. Confiscation of German owned prop erty In Great Urltain valued at more than $1,000,000,000, was demanded by Kngland'a moat Influential newapa pers. The in iiisb appear to have resisted successfully all German attacks on Ypres, while the Belgians have con tinued their attacks from the sea to Olxmude and the French have made further headway north of Arras. So far as Gallcla Is concerned, the Ansiio (ieriuun rush seems to have ex hausted Itself when the river San was reached and all the towns on the west bank of that river, Including Jaroslau, fell into their hands This compelled the Russians to full back in southern Poland, so that their line now runs from Plock, on the lower Vistula south and east through eastern Gall ciu and Uukowlua to the Roumanian border. . American sentiment with both vigor and tolerance. Goveruoi Llater, of Washington The protest of the president Is clear, dignified and forceful. In the closing paragraph he expressed thv position of the United States In language that cannot bu mlsundurst d. In this ex presslou the presidt m will have the united S'lujiort of the peoplv of the United States. Governor Alexander, of Idaho The people of Idaho are In full uccord with the prealdeut ami will give full up proval to his note to Germany. , Thi' German government expressed to the United Slates extreme regret for the loss of more than M American Uvea lu the Lusltaula tragedy, the message being delivered to the state department by German Ambassador Count von ticrustorff In person. If the United States and Germany should become involved in war the German Americans of the United will remain loyal to this country, de clared A. G. Koelble, president of the United German societies of New York. AMERICA AND GERMANY President Wilson submitted a note to Germany protesting agaluat Lusl lama and other similar incidents wherein American cltlxens lost theli lives and demanded that Germany cease such practices and compensate, so far aa possible, tor damage already caused. Governors and members of both brum lies of congress expressed them selves favorable ou the subject of the American uote to Oermauy. They pledged support to the administration. The desire for peace, If compatible with honor, was strongly expressed, but it waa agreed that politics would not be permitted to be a factor in aua taiiiing the president in his ultimate I action. (Expressions by western gov- ' ernors were In part as follows: Governor Wllhycombe, ot Oregon To my mind, President Wilson s com munlcation to Germany expresses American Marinas May Be Landed. Waahingtou. American marines will be lauded at Guuymas and sent to the aid ot Americans In danger be cause of Yaqui Indian outbreaks If the commanders of warships sent to the Mexicau port believe this to be necessary. POWER PROJECT HAS BEBN STARTED (Special to The Argus.) Eugene. A force of men is at wnrU at the Oregon Electrics $5,000,000 power project at Clear Lake at the head of the McKenile river in the summit of the Cascade mountains. Preliminary work is to be rushed. The McKenale power project, one of the largest in the state, Involving the tapping of one of the largest lakes at the summit of the Cascades, was com menced several years ago. ,