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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1920)
THE ONTAiUO AKUU8 ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920. Tiffi nwniiiniB ' Rex$ll Remedies Eastman Kodaks ? 1 V 'ONTARIO' PHARMACY j.i Prescription Specialists I'll IC UKXAI.I, . )UIC I'llONi: NO. J Nyai Remedies Will AUK SI UN ( Continued from Pntro C ) I'd IiIh mlerntloii to Oiitnrlo from DawHon City, Noljinkn, wlinrn liu wnn born In 1882. Four yonrn Inter found lilin with JiIh pnrentn In llnHln, A lllnli, whoro ho nttonded tbo common hcIiooIh until lie cnnio to enter nn ncademy at Salt l.nko City. From tbo nendemy lia entered (lie norvlccn of CoiiHolldnted Wiiboii & Maclilno company, mid over nlnco tliou bo linn boon liiindllnB mncblnery of nil kinds. IIIr nptltudo for tbo Ininlncnn war noon recognized and bo won mndn brunch miiiinKcr for bin firm nt Mur ray, Utah, which place ho left In 1910 to ko to Ilolno wbero hn Joined lllo force of Mitchell, I.owIr & Rtnvor liu remained with that firm until romliiR to Ontario. Mr. Troxell wnn mnrrled In IDOfi nt Murray to Sllnn IIIim I'ryor anil tlmy hnvo two hour Krowlnp. up to take rnrn of tbo Implement IhirIiicim In yearn to come. Audio from hit norvlco In tho Council, Mr. Troxoll hnn been n ill reiitor of tho C'nmtnorclal ' cttili and him taken nn nollvo Intermit In olvlc nud Inilcn affair, In fact In every lino of development that spells for j proiirotM In thin region. WII.I.IAM II, I.AXKO.V Novelty, Komothliu; different, Ih not the preroKntlvo of SInxir Jourx, iimmii: tho mombeni of bin official family', for tbo ho Ih well known to hundredR of cltlxonn of Mulbe.ir courtly, William II. I.asnon will loo' t; Iran co to thoHO who know him tuil iih "ToRKory lllll." Mr. (.axon, no IiIh iiIIiih liullmtr devolCH IiIh workliiR houm to tbn fnriilHliIni; trade, nud ho linn oilub llHbed IiIh ToRRery durliiR (ho punt nlno jfarH. durliiR which time he hiu onco had to mnvn to larger (uarlern Sir Uixhoii wan born In Iowa, n favorlto Htuto of many OnUrlin-i n Councilman W, II, Iixmmi neloctliiR a placet to como from Ho flrnt miw tho light or day In Clay county of that state nnd na a young man grow up In Harlvltle, whoro ho graduated from tho High School In tho class og '03. That year tie wont to Donvor, where he lived for several , yoars nnd caught tho Western fover. MM n.N'TAitio'H hxkcctivk liK(llHI.ATIVi: Oil MIAI.S HXI'KUIKNCHn IICHINK.SS lie wunt Imck to town In 1.910 to bo mmrled to Slhw Margaret ritrane. and together they returned Went, thlR time to Idaho, whoro they tool, a claim on the Hurley tract. Wlilio IIvIiir on thlR claim Mr. I.axnon nlHO tniiRht school. Life on n homestead, while IihvIiir Its nlluronicntn, wnH nut nble to bold Hill nftcr ho heard of Ontiirlo ko he canio hero nnd Immodlatoly wont Into business, Ho helped Ontario by tnkliiR nn Interest In public iifnlrn. nnd after prnnilncnco In Coniuiorclnl club work bo wnn selected on tho municipal ticket In tho fall of 1018, thiiR tin In holding offlco for the flrnt time, mid ho dochtron that It In Hie InHt for tho nrtlvltlon of four youthful I.axHoim ilomnnd bin nttontlon Mr. I.nxRon declarer be ban no par ticular hobby nave Hint of helping ' ....,. w - Ontario crow by promoting every torent that will miiko Malheur ly more populoun or will add to nio?'". "" r "'' ""' for the population of tho entire Sniiho river valley. AKTIIl'i; l SliDOWIXIi Whoii A. I.. SIoDowcll on in e to tho Hnako lllvor valley It wnn bin pur pone t bo out of Itn ram-horn. So tboroly did bo Intend to follow that calling Hint bo brought with him u carload of agricultural mmblnor from bin homo near Kurt CoIIIiin Colorado. Hut lie linn long nlnre left ugrlcillturo nn n direct pnrtlcl pant therein nnd is now 'one or Cn tnrlo'n uicrdinut" n membir of the jggyagrrg&j Coiiiicllnian A. I, M I t ' o r l i.' a iiuo.tt r k r go i i and nnytling "In tltr.t will .nut Mi i u bitter countrv In will h .o live lie I . the head or H SIcDove' Pxcliange Htore. M' McDowell, like' erl (.! birr turn of the City Council, wan born In Ml-Mturl. When Sir. nowell wnn fno )nnr old tho fnnill (ClMcl nerr Tort Collin . I'olorndo. wbero Sir SIcDowoll grow to, men hood, and uttouded tho ("olonulo Agrlculturnt Collego nnd then wont, to farming. In thin ho oontlnvted , until 1004. After looking the country ovor ho filed on u hnmontond on Doad Ox :i Plat Ho also I'ougbt ' i e.o ranch eant of WoUor nnd divldeif hl Hmo betweon It nnd bin homentoad In 1012 bo enmo to Ontario nnd pur- chased the oxchnngo business started hy O. A Koshnlck I'ndor his dlroc B "Li MtfVnBjRLlvl HB& ' JjtOttfw2ti vm MBBHMMMMHAn-jUIIIIIIIHIHE!llll)HHgflS!lllll)M t iMllBvsK& jtr faff'ffpVTi3j Hon the biiRlneR ban i:ron contlu UOiiHly. In 1014 ho wan compcllod to nook htrger qimrtern nud ngnlu In 1818 another move wnn uecuwnry to keep pnco'wlth the growth of On tario and tho Hiirrouiidlng country. While Sir. .McDowell came wont a bachelor, ha did not remain nlngto Ioiir nftor nettling in tho wont. In 1008 ho wan married to SIIm Lucre tin Jonofl of WolRor, Idaho. They have two children, it boy nnd a girl. Sir. McDowell tlecInroH he hnn no bobby, nt lonnt not one that rldon bard. nit. .i,i:.ANii:it (i. sioehi: I'erhnpM tho mom truvoled mom- bar of Ontnrlo'n city council In Dr. Alexander (Irnbnm Stooro. In bin Iltfifnuilnnn1 nntinnlt l n Milt nnlt . ..... ... I .,Jloinriuarinii in .Mainour county ir coim-f'""'0 niiinmlly trnveln thoiiMiidK of 'nnlmntti nf Hilu annllfin llhi nctlvlilon nro not nlone con fined to .Malheur county nor to tho enro of cattle nnd bornon or nhecp. Ito In tbo flrnt man willed upon when doRH fall III or cblckenn nbow India ponltlon. Ho Ir tho official relief ('oiiiit'lliuau A for tup peu of Hie oounty. bl UMrUttinee Ontario could I. jl ' no pnultrv Hhaw nnd the Slnlheur ( nn ty 1 air would iuIm one of It. un.1 A! mi v ' C. bnblt of ir vsl li t . itlv '- ft! boy he '( lit home In Mtaourl anil Jo urn 71 ivor rl-onu, New Slexleo, I'nll fornlw nntl old' Slexleo for -e rnl jearn. That : when ho wan mill a yuviig man. for bo wan born In I SSI nud moved to Kauwm In ISO". After bin sojourn ' i the Weei be, wont bnek to Kannw nud Into.' nt- (;. Mom c It out M-jtondoU Control Norn-l nt IWnn ,idn.J Oklahoma, whor liu g radii tod More It wnn be me, Slbs Oort udo Wolln, who later liec u, Sirs. I', oro. KnllowliiK bin normal .ournu be nt- tended tho Knnnei ( .ty Vetorlunry college, from which hi grndiiited I' i .tw clann of t JQ0, and In me diately thereufter ntan nl M'ent to "gro-7 up "vlth Hio ' ii'" y." Hu first Ioc.jU In I'orllnnn Uh votorlnnrlnn for tho Sweeney Con ntructlon company, with whom ho ro malnod for two yoarn. IIo camo to Ontario In 1911 nnd has lived hero continuously slnco then. If Doc ban it bobby It In Reed Mock, better cblobeiiR mid the bent county fair In Oregon. Ho In belpliiK to hrliiR nl.l thono to pann. II CCII MAMS HurIi Allen did not tnko Ioiir to break Into tbo official family known nn tbo City Council, for ho only onmo to Ontario In April, 1017, nud In lenn'tlinn two onro wnn wront IIiir with tho clvlii proliloniK of the city. At tho Hiimo time ho wnn norvliiglnn n director of tho Com mercial club. Tho fact of bin rapid rlne may bo explained in part from the fact that i bo wnn born In l'lko county, Stln- ( oiiiii'IIiiiiiii HiirIi Ulcn wo ii r I a ret: Ion fain d for It nn ren rlve tucn Anyway nfter nhxorblnK tho xplrlt of l'lko county Sir. Allen went to fit l.ouln nn u young uinii mid be camo ougMged In the moronntllo bintluoen, rlnliiR in the firm or (loo. Dlol & llroH. until he managed one or their chain or Moron Mr ten yoan 1'ollowlng thin he went to Toxmh, whore he umde hie htuulqiiurturH In Wnco while mi aiidltor for tho Cot ton Melt railroad, from whloh posi tion he rnnlgued to como to Ontario After becoming 'Hiornly convinced of Ontnrlo'n future thru the growth of the country round about It nnd In Hio Intorlor, Sir. Alton nud bin um elate purehnied Hie ntnuk mid biihi iiiw or the Nowjjon Shoo cnmpaii). ohnngliiK tho iinmo to the Alien Slim company, whloh continued In hunl uonn until Innt September when it cloned out. In Texun, during lit leisure time. Sir. Allen operated n nmnll r:..- !i nnd liked It. So much did be like Hie out or door lire that when lie dis posed or bin biisluean lulorentn ho Immediately bought a nmnll tract or land, n number of cown mid In now established In the dairy hunluoae ln Ontarlo. Sir. Allen Is mnrrled. Sim Allen bavliu boon SIIm Kdna A Cnpolle of .St. UiiIh prior to September 4. 1010 Sir llftii declnrPM that be Iihh no liobbj but U convinced that tliU section of the country l the proper ono In which to live nnnnnPC' STvAUHr nnnnL tfjn 'JHinF .nnnnS Van Petten Lumber Co. Ontario, Adrian, Pendleton Write for our catalogue of mill-cut house?. Wind Shield Glass of all sizes in stock. Wall Tints, all shades. Send for color card and get it by mail. 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