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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1920)
3 THE ONTARIO AUG US, ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920. I SUCCESS Of ONTARIO MERCHANTS BASED ON EXPERIENCE; INTEREST No Town Can Succeed Unless It Has Among Its Business Men, Men of Not Ability Alone, But Optimistic Faith in the Futuro of Their Community and a Willingness to Work, For Its AdvancementOntario Possesses That Type of Men. ,-r IIKItllKHT I,. TUNNY. Toronto, tlio niyit of government of tlin Dominion of Cnnnda, on tlia mighty St. lawrcnco river, nntl tlio prlnclpnl city of Hrltaln's greutnst province, wns wlicro Herbert II. Tunny, tlio senior member of tlio firm of tbreo that owiih tlio Ontnrlo Meat & Grocery Co, store, woh bom February 21, 1884. Shortly nftor going tbrougli school, Mr. Tunny and bin older brother pur chased a inent nnil provision ntmc In Toronto, In which biitlnesi II. II. TtN.W K -Htm sbsbB mII -Photo by Sollgmnn be wus engagoil until 1007, when bin health broko down, and most of the next four yearn time was mainly a fight to live. In 1007 ho wont di rectly from Toronto to Hutto, Mont., weakened mid discouraged, but, n nil or the Influence of the bracing mountain nlr, ho gradually com menced lo mend. After rogalulng IiIh health, bin first luminous vonturo wns ut Ilolso, Idaho, wlioro, In 1011, bo bought nut n meat irturkot. Soon after bin nrrlvnl there, however, he mot n Pennsylvania girl by tliirnntiie of Klleu McGnvcrn, u nurso In the Ilolso liOHpltal, and It wuh hIio who becamo Mm. Horbort Tunny on N'o vombor 4, 1012. Tbo npring follow ing their mnrrlngc they moved from HoIro to Ontario, bought thu City Meat Market and rcchrlnleiied It tbo "Oregon Packing Co." The growth of tbo business ban been substantial Uosldon owning n third Interest In thu Ktoro, Mr. Tunny ban u 20-arrc ranch a mllo nnd n half south of town wlioro In the pnst seven yearn ho ban bred soi..o of tbo bent Che t -White hogn In tbo Wont, together with n lioril of Short Horn cattle, a numbor of which liavo bceii prize wlnnorn at tlio big nhown. Ho ban alno partlclpntod nctlvcly In city and county nffalrn, Two wcokn ago be wan chosen vice-president of tlio On tario Commercial club, which, to gether with bin dutlcn an proiddcnt of tbo Malheur County Fair Assoclu tlon, rIiowa bow ho In regarded by tlio pooplo of till iiectlon. Mr. and Mm Tunny own u cozy bungalow on tlio corner of HIchardHon nnd Fifth avonuo, B Thoy bavo ono child, n daughter, Minn Catherlno, ago 0. Mr Tunny linn .Hovornl hobbles. One In lovo for tlio racing gnmo, for, since coming to Ontario, ho ban do volopod a number of npoedy running horses which hnvo broken rocordn at the Malheur County Pair and thu Twin Kul In Fair at Flfor, Idaho. Thin In n rocontly acquired hobby, for an n youngster ho followed tlio squared circle, and wan ono of tlio bent amatour puck chaser In the Upper Canadian country, and tutor a professional hockey player In that ro- glou wlioro hockey In played to per fection. Thoso who know that gumu know tlio npeed nnd skill that gamo dovolopcs. OCSAH II. UKAIIA.M. Haroly 31 yours of ago, and )ct by pluck, "pep" uud brnln.t winning the cr.fitfuico of (ho t'liHlnoM firm ' wnlch he In oonnvtod to inch tin lent (but for sovitii of th elev u yunrn he ban boon with the firm In bun l.oc.ii eutruntii with Mi- mamiK lnont of brnnrh oilRhllshmoiit In the Snnko river valley, In the iwroer nf Oscnr'H. Uraham, mnnnger of the Uoldon Utile Store In Ontario. (. II. m.u.M ssssr mm AvMbliI years ho remained In Payette, build ing tlio business dp bo successfully that It In considered 'by tbo firm nn ono of Its best stores. Mr. Ollkor soii, manager of tho Ooldon Utile Storo at New Plymouth resigning In 1018, to cngago In war work for tb V. M. C. A. In Franco, Mr. Graham was sent there to tnko ehnrgo. It was Apr!' i, 1010. that the On tnrlo Oolilon llule Store oponlng day occurred, not quite it year ago. The growth of tho bunlnonn during those eleven months 1mm Ihmii nothing nhort (if UiarvohllM. .Mr. nrnlintn uHsert. Mr. Clrnbnm wns murrli'il to Miss Ltturn Polbnmus of Port Angolos, wash., nt tho homo of hor parents In August. 1012. Thoy liavo one child, u son. For diversion from luminous enros Mr. arnhayi spends Heornl tiny annually hunting and fishing. He wnn n mombor of tbo Pnyotte Ouit and Ueol Club during the flvo yonni ho was In that city Ho Is also a ".real lover of tho canto of tennis nnd Js tmlto an export. Photo by Sollgmnn Mr. (Irahnm bus nlwayn lived In tho Pacific Northwest, scolng the light of dny first at Port Angeles, Wash., In July, 1880. Ills boyhood days spent In tho Washington town were typical of tho average happy, enro-freo American youth. Ho was only 18 years old when ho graduat ed from thu Port Angolos high school In tbo spring of 1007. On August 28 of that year of tho Inst financial panic, bo purchased a con fectionery storo there nnd continued In that business for two years, when bolng offorod ft position by tho Golden Itulo people nt tholr main storo In Ilolso, Idnho, bo sold out nnd loft for Hint city In tho fall of 1000. Whon n branch storo wan es tablished at Payolto In 101.1, be was sont thoro to mnnngo It For flvo Fifer's $1.00 Table d'Hofe Sunday Dinner ,i i 4 ,W, SERVED 5 P. M. TO 8 P. M, Q ,y . COCKTAIL " Grape Emit and Maraschino Cocktail' ,? v soup Ohiokon a la Printaniere Consomme de Volaillu 10LTSIL , Mammoth-Rip tflives California Celery ifQarta fish Sardines mi Parmesan ENTREES Roah't Young Oregon Turkey with Chostnut Prussing'und Cranberry Tarts j Grilled Chiekcn Cutlets with Saueo Suproinu M Roant Suckling Pig. Candied Yams SALAD Combination Salad Browned Potatoes en Glace Creamed French Pens Parkerhouso Rolls American Cream Cheese Bent's Water Crackers DESSERTS Vanilla Ice Cream, Marble Cake Lemon Meringue Pie DRINKS v Coffee GfeenTon Black Tea Milk Cafo Noir I.AKUI3 W,ACKAHV. Malheur county hns nlwnys been tho linjnu of I.nruo lllacknhy, pro prietor of tho ninokaby Jewelr storo, and son of Prcsldont 3, It Ulnokaby of tho Ontario National Hank. Mr, lllncknby wns horn In Jordan Valloy, In this county, on Juno il, 1805. Ills parents moved from Jor dan Vulloy to Ontnrlo when ho wax but ten years old and hero ho has nlnco llvod. (Irndtiatlng from the Ontnrlo High School In tho fall of 1013, ho entered tho Unlvorslty of Oregon In tho fall of that year, ob taining his degrco along with tho ret of tho mombers of tho clnstt of 'IS four yonrs Inter. For n'short period during tho enrly summer of 1018 he wns employed nt tbo Ontario Nation al bank, enlisting In tho army In July of Hint yonr, and wns discharged from tho officers' trnlnflig school In artillery at Camp Taylor, Ky . In lie- comber. Ho purchased tho Jewelry business of W. Wj Lotson In April, 1010, whoso storo wns then In the room now occupied by tbo lllue IHrd laiti'i: liiiACKAiiv SSSSSNSSSBi 2L SSSSSSSSSSBSJSSSBS. , fiuHir I W-3, iwBMBKSmmhM :)mi Kv 'Ywmieii .IfffiPH $ , inNmRmHTHBIi nnin,w.. f-' m mimmmmi warn -m, i $ Xti&zm SB Foot H msim -rr. su 3j flmm WJM) jauci a. iicre BB KBH A specialist from Chicago ?XHR Bl loaned lo tills store by B wmm ui win. ivi. Dcnosi imam HiHBlH&l ltll nr.fnlvj. I f.wf n.ilK.irtl. Ifi It.ir.. 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AWmQK" Ki IntiBi JvJMr v iu in. .jafTiHBMmBimJI LMtMMKlUJIlli 'l' ! Wtlllli.lilJlllAiaaHiTXaWJUraaVA jjMMI SHI Cio'WEiwPul iwH OriHlt Sll.in Photo by Sellgmun enfo At onco bo added cxtoicividv to tho stack, nid uovod Into hN pris on t oxcMlent irtora last October Ills Is tbo only Jewelry storo In Mal eour county, uud Is rated in mut of tho very bost In tho river valloy. Pnyotto, Idaho, woh whew the most momentous period in Mr Dlacknby's life occurred, on April 0 1010, his marriage to Mis Preddin Jlmorsoii of that city taking place on that day. Mrs. Uluakaby alto uuiln stands the Jewelry builiitun llior oughly, having beu omplnyixl In fie Ilautonkrant Jewelry store at Pav'tie for four years. "Yes, I like to fish and hunt." Mr Dlackaby said. "I muoUy go ever summor to Payetlo lake In the moun tains, 125 mlloa from Ontario, wiiero there U alwa)s good fishing We wore tliero for a few weoks last sum mer, and wo hopo our plans 'Oil ho matorlallzo that wo will he ublo to get uway this season Tltorc is ex cellent game hunting In the Payette Luke section, too." It did not take Mr. Ulacbuby Ionn to bocomo Interested la public uffnlrs afterf he started Into buslnoaM In On after bo started into business In Pil ot tho Commercial club and has taken an active part In tho good roads movemont and other matters of public Intoreat At the present tlmo ho Is anxious to boo Ontario lopro sented by a real base ball team, and the city will, it bo can halp make this a reality. Mr Dlackaby was one of the first to enter tho Ontario Home tlulldlhs campaign last fall, and thgy SJPSSt soon to uvo in ouo or mo nnosi uuio bungalows In the city. JOHKPII It. I OltTH It. Tlis extreme noriliern purl f Min nesota, the land of x.'rrely cold, Ioiik winters, where often tho tem perature Under around the -10 de grees below sera nmrk for dn). wnn tho sctlun In whluli Jottph It. Kor iler, a imrt owntr of tha ltndsr Pros ' store In Ontario, whs born and where ha lived until he whs SO years of niio. A pioneer farm, near Crookston, Minn., was the scene of Mr. Portler's birth, whloh took place on April S, 1876 Klghteen years he spent with his parents on the farm, when, In the summor of 1801, he started working In n genornl storo at Crookstou. Ho remained In tli mplo)inont of (hut merchant until 1005, marrying In tho .1, It. lOlt'l'll It BaWrirVinraiSPaaaaaW avrsr ,. rvsessajayaBayjj I Wk mk fiH . sJEk Wkk ' flaH LSBSBBsm BBSBB yaHHp family to Ontario In the spring of 1015 Shortly uftor his arrival hurt) ho bought nn Intorest In tho store, and, of course has bad clmrgo of the dry goods department, doing the buying, etc. Need loss to say, Mr. and Mrs. Fortlor and two sous are delighted with Ontario and this superb suntlon. They hognn Qrecllni; a handsome, modern home on geeoud stroot, 8. W.i' reeeuUy, and by mid Hummer they expect to ootupy it, looking forward to the yearn they hopo to Iho to enjoy It with tlio kqeuost ploasure. Mr. Fortlor possoMoa no hohhloa these days, other than n paslou for motoring, If that may bo termed ouo. Lust )twr during buying wqhK In I'orlland tbo family drove to t tin I city, uud nftortvurdH spent several weeks visiting Yakima valley friends Hut like most men whose boyhood days wore spent In one of the Middle states, Mr. Portlier will iivor frogot how that vast prairie land wiis yoars ago the home of mil lions of flocks of prairie oltlokeua. When I was a hoy luiok on the old farm In Minnesota," lie said, "I whs a good shot, uud I used to gat my f.liaro of tho prnlrlo olilokang aveiy fall I always shot them on the fly. too." 1 i irj i.N H, ligmuii mountlnie, MIm Icloria Paul at lied UkePnlls, Minn, on Auk M 1002 In '06. Mr. and Mrs.Kortler and their baby boy left Crookston for Seattle, whero Mr. I'ortler bad employmont In tho Frodgrlolt-Kulwii grant na partmont, store of that olty for tlirei) yoars. Thon the family moed to Pullman, Wash , the management of u dry goods department In the Whit-man-Wagitor storo tliero being bis occupation for tbo next few yoars. Following 1013, various cities in the WillamoUe valley In Oregon were tbo Boene of Mr. Kortler'a aetlVltlea during the next flvo years, Imvlna (Charge of dlffergu), stares AJbaiy liolng tbo lust Willanifltto olty In which ho lived boforo moving his Till! MIKSCS 'I'UltNKII IINTIIIITAIX The Masses Iloasle and Joyoa Turn er entertained the members of the rf W Class nt tha United Preeby- lerhiu Kunday School at tho home of (Mr and Mrs w. I Turner Mpnday veiling It was a real Irish event, I tbo not exactly according to traill- ' Hon, for the opening event wua a tia k meet between the green ami Oruugo, in which tbo later won by a half point It was no Donue'hrook fair, however, for no headg" were broken and u hilarious time wn had when tho green and orange rfifroali meiitH wero served. TO IIAVH lUK'I'KIt SAIiIj The mamhera of the (Jn.lholle Ladles' olub met this week nt the homo of "Mrs. I). V. Conway tft work on plans for an Master foQd and apron sale whloh will be light tho Saturday preceding Baster. l'OK 8AI.H by owner 10 nQro In Dig Ilond Oregon. Will out about 1G0 tons alfalfa, nearly all of balance tfuniui 868. Vale Orogou. 270 -1G-17 gen ku furiUQil thjg agJtlV . Prlco III.OOQ. ' Aililros Iio !