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THE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922 wmtmm ...a I J?1 T A m - v v I v & i i ' ! 1 OREGON SLOPE Tho program commlttco of Park Improvement club held their first mooting Thursday afternoon at tho homo of the chairman, Mrs. Walter Davis. Mesdames Sullens, Tomlln, Boals and Davis form tho commlttco to arrange tho program for tho year. Ernest Lauor returned home Fri day aftor having spent tho past threo i years In tho Panama canal zone. Mrs. John Bartslio is tho guest of Mrs. Belnap this week. Mr. and Mrs. Shellhouse, Mrs. Wallace Griffin and daughter Helen wero guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Boals. Homer Lauor of Boise, spent Wed nesday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Milton Laucr, leaving Wednes day evening for Portland. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Atterbury are enjoying an outing in tho hills. Mrs. Aaron Snydor and son, Al- vin, of Fairbury, Nobraska, arrived Friday for an extended viBit with the former's daughter Mrs. E. 1. Brown. Mrs. Snydor will remain' until Oc toger, whllo Mr. Snyder expects to attond school in Nampa tho coming year. Mrs. Lias spent Monday with Mrs. George Sullens. C. C. Wilcox, I. I. nnd L. L. Cul bertson spent soveral days in tho hills last week cutting and hauling poles. Messrs. Tom Ileslup and Ivan Nel son motorod down from Boise Satur day and spont tho -week end with Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hoslup. Mr. nnd Mrs. Gdodoll of Kearney, Nobraska, spent Monday looking af tor property lntorosts on the Flat. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Wilkin of Pay otto, and thoir guests Mrs. N. E. Wil kin nnd daughter Esther of Wostcr villo, Ohio, visited at the P, M. Boals and A. A. Gutteridgo homes Thursday. Kiss -Martha Newton of Payette, is spondlng a few days with Mrs. Nottlo BartBhe. Mrs. Clausen Andrus and son Wllliard wero guestB last week at tho former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sliophord of Payette. Mrs. Walter Davis was the guest of Mrs. II. K. Lattig Sunday. Jamos Ewing finished digging his spuds this wook and leports a yield on ono fiold of two hundred and olghty-sovon sacks per acre. Mrs. A. A. Gutturldgo spent Wed nesday with Mrs. E. Fiost. Gorald McKInloy of Brogan, a former pupil of Miss Mildred Frost, arrlvod this wook to spond tho win- tor nt tho Frost homo and attond Park school. Mrs. H. K. Lattig and Miss OHto Wiight woio guosts Friday of Mrs. George Sklppon. Mrs. E. Frost nnd Mrs. S. J. Simp son wore guests Wednesday of Mrs. J. L. Brown. E. Frost and Alvln Brletlmupt woro buslnoss visitors in Ontario Monday. Some of tho lottuco giowors nio mooting with discouragement In their lottuco growing on account of ravages bolng mndo by grasshoppers and Juno bugs. E. L. nnd J. L. Blown nro digging spuds this wook. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. K. Lattig and Miss Olive Wright woro guests Sun day of Mr. nnd Mis. J. W. Muhonojv Mr. nnd Mrs. George Thomas and Mr, nnd Mrs. J. L. Blown woro din ner guosts Sunday of Mr. and Mis. E. Frost. DANCES TO ENTICE HIS MATE In the Spider World the Male of the 8pecles Must Be a Master of "Jazz." There is n certain little spider, we are told by O. 0. Clark in his "Tin Tollers and Theli Work," who hns to exhibit his prollclencj as a master of nv. In order" to charm the creature with whom he would mate. If ho Is a bad dancer he goes ununited. He is called the 7ebru spider because of white stripes that run along bis black abdomen. In setting forth upon a matrimonial quest the rcbra spider does not anoint himself with the special perfume which some lnucts u-o In lllcu clicumstunees, uor does be, as the cricket is supposed to do, relj upon bis nbillty as a maker of music; he simply nppears before the object of his desire and begins to dance llrit a Jazz and then u waltz, alternating them, It would seem, with the Idea that one or the other must captivate Miss Spider, who bits aud watches him ciitlcaily with all her eight ejes. She frequently, It is s.ild, Is hard to please, mid a male rebrn has been known to repent bis Jazz nnd waltz as ninny as 111 times for the entertain ment of mi obdurate insect with which it would mnte. However, few "court ships" i no hs long ns this, the wooed one uMittfly niuMiig up her mind after n few minutes of bis dancing. If her decision be favorable, she soon Joins the suppllcnnt in a mad whirling waltz. If, on the other hmid, she Is not chin mod, she either turns nwny In con tempt, or savagely rushes upon him with Intent to mm'der. THE GHOST LAID By MILDRED WHITE INCIDENT POINTS A MORAL Happening of the Middle Ages Which Should Give Food for Thought Today. Because they chatter a greut deal, the people of ancient dajs snlil Hurt mngples were women changed into birds I That was not a very gallant thing to say, but mngples do not live In Cimndn, and there could have been no lellectiou on our Indies. They are pietty white nnd black birds, shaped like a crow, nnd nbout half as big. They are fond of ptcttj things, nnd sometimes pick up articles they fancy to bciiutifj their homes. In Tloience, Italy, there Is n lofty monument on top of which stands, or did stand, n statue of .Iiibtlcv with a pair of bcales In her hand. Once the Duke Cosmo I lost ii penil necklace which an unfor tunate little girl wes accused of steal ing. The put her to torture and racked her poor little limbs nlmost to pieces, until, tumble to bear the pain, she wild she would plend guilty to nn thing. Then she was hanged. Tbnt day a toirlhle storm islteil Florence. The lightning frttiiek the bcules In the monument nnd down fell u magpies' nest with tho peiuls In It! If you ever vMt Itnlj, be sine jou look for Stnzzl monument, with its bioken scales, uud icinenibei it Is ery wise to' be "slow to Judge." Montieal Fumlly Herald. To Honor Noted Frenchman. Tho Fieneh Academy of Sciences has been ollkiiilly Informed that Switzer land Is picpnilug to commemorate the centenary of the grent French me chmilrliin nnd wutchmaker, Abialuim Louis ltreguet. Born In Npufchntel in 174", member of the Inst Hut and Bu reau of Longitudes, he died In Pnris In 1S'J8. The iistiononilciil and nmitlcnl Instruments Invented by Bieguet were noted for the perfection of thler work manship. His Improvements In watches Included the use of uihles In pivot boles. Ho lied to London dur ing tle Itelgn of Teiror, but leturned after tho ninth Theiiuldor. On the oc casion of this centenary the Swiss council of state will hold next jenr an Inteiiintloniil competition for chrono meteis In the observatory of Neuf-chatcl. -jjumuaj DEKTS inrx mI! I w ESSES The real, substantial citizen does not come from the spendthrift class. Tho chances are ninety-nine to one that he started with a savings account, Each of us chooses the class to which he belongs. In the interest of good citizenship, to the end that your future may be happy and assured, we urge that you start an account with us now. tt ... Copyright. 1922. VVcitern-'Kewspaper Union The coupe cume to a stop ut the top of the bill. The driver turned, smiling resignedly to Cecily. "No gasoline," lie explained. "That Is tho result of leaving the entire care of the car to my chaulTeiir. I mil sorry. Will ou sit in the cur while I go in search of gas, or would jou prefer to wait on the veranda of that deserted house? I cun promise jou thut no ghost will trouble jou the place bus not that Interesting leputu tlon. I remember, however, when its inmates w ere prominent and happy res idents; a long line of successive Web steis. May I take jou over there the garden Is beautiful in the moonlight; und I will be buck shortly." "I will wult at the house," Cecily suid. Wondeilngll she gazed after the tull figure. "Why," she asked herself, "do I not love Stephen Ware? What does be (lnd to care'for in me? Or Is there, after all, no love such as the poets aud writers have prated of, through out the centuries? Father is right; I must keep Mr. Ware waiting no longer for his answer, nnd by all that Is reasonable, it should be the answer of his desire." The girl sighed. "Yet, If one might only have some sign by which to know " Her little slippers tapped the ve randa floor of .the old house, a sweet hone suckle vine sent ghostly shadows across it. Tluoiigh long French win dows she glimpsed desolated rooms; at a further end a white marble miin tel also gleamed out ghostly. Cecily pictured the rooms gaj with joung folk of u former time little happy children grouped nbout their mother's knee;, young women, these mothers, like herself, now gone on to their rest, or dreaming, perhaps, over some far fireside, of this same old home and dajs long past. , Something warm, caressing, presseu against her. Cecily bet down to touch a doc's furry head. "Why," she said, "you might have been savage, tbreat eiAng; nnd jou nro companionable,. In stend. Where did jou come from?" Madly the dog wagged his tall. , "He Is lonely for a woman's pres ence," remarked a pleasing voice near 1 "Don has had to camp with me for a few dnjs, and misses the women nt our apartment, who spoil him with petting." "I see," Cecily spoke doubtfully. Then, us the strunger remained, she added: "I nm watting here to be called for. Our cur run out of gusollne, and It wns neccssnry to go for moie." Cnlmly the man sank down on the step, while the friendly dog rested his bend on Cecily's hip. "Vou like this old home? Pretty, tangled garden, Isn't It?" "I was trjing to people the house In fancy, with those who have lived here," Cecily answeied dienmlly "the mothers nnd little chlldien " The man leaned tow aid her. "I was one of those little children," he said, '"and mine was a luippj child hood. So happy that the jenrs have In ought nothing to compensate. There was a IMiIng pond down by the hill side we used to spend hours there and n leafy grotto, where my mother used to give picnic suppeis to us chil dren." "Whj-," lie demanded, "am I pouring this all out to jou? a chance victim." Ho lnugbed sbortlj'. Cecily touched her face, to (lnd It wet with tears. "Why," she asked shakily, "am I cry ing about It?" Down (he mad enme an erect figure "I must go," Bhe snld breathlessly The man at her side gazed more In tently Into her sympathetic face. "Is that your husband?" he asked. Cecily shook her head. "I am not married," site answered Clinch'. "Mr. Ware, with whom I am driving, Is my father's frlend-nnd my own. I am stopping at White Towers for tho summer." "I have heard of Stephen Ware, of course, no Is as gifted In our pro fession ns I am humble. My name Is Paul Webster." "Wo will be ready to start Immedi ately, Cecily," called a voice; tho vines hid her. Paul Webster pjit out his hand. Cecllj's wns In bis clasp. "You are going back to the city?" she asked him. "Not if there Is a chance of seeing you here," he answered dnrlnglj'. "I thought," she said slowlj, "that I'd like to bring some of the children from White Towers, out to the fish ing pond and we might hnve a picnic supper In the grotto if jou would show us the way, and ' "Show jou?" cried Paul. "Why, If jou would Just come hero sometimes, the ghost of the old house would be laid. 1 will get old Hannah to keep house for me hero." (Vclly was gone. "I am sorry to have kept j-ou wait Int so long," Stephen Ware said, "Long?" Cclly questioned she looked at him conipnsslonatelj'. No Mystery. "How do ve hear?" asked a scien tist. That Is easily told. Somebody tells a filend nnd tells her not to tell, mul the friend of the teller tells u friend of ours itnd shn tells us. Aud o we bear. Darwinian. "Wit) dIJ Percj tiit Dubb give up trjing to truce his anccstrj?" "lie said that the farther back he went the harder It, wits, until at last lie found himself completely up a tree. THEN SHE AROSE SUDDENLY Elderly Lady Discovered She Had Made Wrong Choice of Her Resting Position. It Is bard sometimes for the old and Uie joung to arrive at a common point of understanding. The old lady an the Sunday school boy In tlds stor., did flnnlly arrive at an understanding but not until the boy hud suffeied damage to his feelings, if not to hie possessions. A picnic was In progress, and the Tenet olent and elderlj lady took much eiijojment In witnessing the delight of the children who were disporting them selves in lier grounds. She went from one to another, snj Ing a few kind words to each. Pros ently she seated herself on a grass plot beside Dickie, a little boy with golden curls undannugcllc expression. But us soon us lie observed her sitting beside him Dickie set up an ear-plerc-Ing howl. "Have jou the stomach-ache?" she asked, anxiously. "No, I ain't." snapped Dickie. "Perhaps jou would like some more cake." "Not" roared tho nngdlc child. "What I want is my fiog that 1 ketched." "Frog?" "Yes, my frog I You're sitting on him I" Philadelphia Ledger. IN THE LAND OF ROMANCE Commonplace Couple Only Joking When They Compared Their Dif ferent Preferences. They were sitting in the half-darkness of the pictuie theater, holding hands. They wero verj small, pale, and Insignificant. He was "something In the cltj'." she was the same thing In tho female "line." The stirring drama upon the screen was '"Die Queen and the Duke." . "Ain't he a wonderful ni.m?" ap plauded the girl. "I could die for n man like thut a tull, dark, hand-ome man, the .kind that Is boin to Mile. I don't see ho'w she can leslst lilml". Then be had his snj : "Ain't she a wonderful queen? That's the sort I like the tall, stately woman that can look you oer like a worm and go trailing them silk robes round and granting her favois with a cold, proud smllo upon her beautiful I lips." "Itenlly, Jack!" "No, Sue; I was only Joking I" And they held each othei's bonds a little tighter, and the screen lost Its Interest for nt least two moie inthe crowded picture house. FOR BOYS Increasing World's Food Supply. Col. It ,1. Stordy, who wns chief veteilnniy . surgeon ' of the British nrmles dining the wnr, has tnken to the pustoial life now but on a very large scale. He Is raising sheep and (little on the high pampas of south ern Peru, under (he aegis of the Peruvian government and the Peruvi an coi potation. His experimental and survey woik he tlnds absorbing, and he o.pi esses the opinion that some dis tills legion will become one of the lichest grazing territories In the world through expert breeding of the coun try's valuable nntlve wool-bearing ani mals, the vliima and guanaco. This well known brand of Boys' clothing is sold exclusively by the Alexander stores and has been long known for Style, Strength and Durability.' This year they are even better than before in both fabrics and tailoring, and best of all, the prices are more reasonable. AJAX BOYS SLITS One, two and three pair of Trousers $7.50 $8.50 $10 A few -at '.a little less and a few at a little more Boys, Shoes, Stockings, Waists, Sweaters and odd Trousers at same reason able prices. ALEXANDER One Price Clothier Ontario and Vale, Oregon Swifts Premium HAM Fresh stock every week, nothing better ' on the market. Let us send you. one, we know you will like it. Don't overlook our stock of Stone Jars while they last. 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