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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1909)
, a Contract is Let And the Carpenters are Waiting tn to Take Over the Building. OUR.- Rebuilding Sale ! Has been a wonder, greater than we have ever Anticipated. All during this month, and while we Are Making Alterations the Sale Goes on at Half Price on ALL MEN'S SUITS. i OREGON STATE NEWS Interesting Happenings From All Parts of the State. Oregon Day at A.-V.-P. Kpn,ltlon. Portland Hundreds of Oregon lana will participate in the exercises incident to Oregon day at the A.-Y -P. Fair Friday, July . An all-day programme baa been arranged, in eluding literary exercise In the (ore noon, reception In the afternoon and a promenade and dance In the evening. The commission has Issued over 3000 personal InvltHtlous to proml uent people of Oregon and have ar ranged for a large shipment of Oregon-grown rose for the attractive decoration of the state building During the day the commission will distribute at the Oregon building 10,000 souvenirs that have been pro vided for the occasion. The.ie souve nirs consist or miniature celluloid pennants, colors yellow and green, v.lth the lettering Oregon, A Y-P-, l loin " They are made to tit the buttonhole and are among the very latest novelties of their kind. Kills Would Help Carry Art. Portland - Hepreaentatlve Kills has Introduced a bill authorizing thu secretary of the Interior to temporar ily withdraw from entry any laud proposed by any Western state to be reclaimed under the Carey act Pending the filing of tlennltu mapi and application by the state, this bill Is Intended to cover such rases as recently arose In Crook county, where Secretary Hiilllnger declined to make withdrawn! because such ac tion was not sanctioned by law Kills has also reintroduced his bill changing the name of the Willam ette customs district to the Portland district. BIG REDUCTION In Ladies' Dresses Skirts & Waists. 2.f6and $2.8C tamptr Drc-aes, at $1.95 ".(() and 16.00 White Dresses, at. $3.00 $2..r0 and $8.00 White l.inen Skirts $i.r,) $2.M OiMek Wash Skirts $1.26 3.f 0 and $:i.0 Lingrru Wuists, henutifully trimmed! Ml $.'UHi White .Inpiinese Silk Wuists $1 )" ALL NEW GOODS. THE LARGEST LINK OF LITTLE HOYS BVMttf and BloUM Suits and Blouse Waists ever shown in Ontario. See our reduced prices on these sorviceahle goods. in i And Wonderful Reductions on every article the store. If you are going to Seattle, or if you are going to the coast, it will pay you to attend this sale. Efflf 3 CLOTHING COMPANY ONL PRICE CLOTHIERS. Ontario, Ore. n SHORT NKMN .NOT President Taft in signed the bill providing for the taking of ike 11th decunulal ceasus The una oiu- i .11 p-.eco bearing the head of Preel.i. u l.lutuln will be Issued from the mint at Philadelphia beginning August 1 next. That M Mart. n alleged Omaha tralnrobbor held In Uolae, ha some knowledge of or was coaoecud with the assaaaluatlon of Harvey Mrowu at Maker City, September 10, 191. bj the theory upon which deloctlve of (lie Plukerlon agency now lu ttou i loin Idaho are proceeding Messina, Italy, experienced two lei iiiic earth shocks Krlda inoru log. They were accompanied by u rouilug sound and aie said to have bad a stronger aud more uudulatory o. . .-UI.-I.' thun the uarlbquakn of last December, which hilled iOO.uoo peraous. Heury H. Ollfrey. el Portland, chief clerh of the lulled States sea ate, has occupied that position at Vry seasiou of congress for III year. Uov. Hughes, of New York, has appioved the requisition paper of (iov itadley of Missouri, for the re turn to St. Louts of Urougbtuu Bran denburg, the writer, on a charge of cutlciug hla stepson from his home The uionlhly stutemeul of the I iilttd State 1 1 ..;. in shows that at the close of the flecal year June 30, 10, the public debt amounted to f l,uM,ll,tll, a titer for lb mouth of $,!, 071. iii" automobile carrying Krautl J. Heoev aud parly atruck a aaud atreith on a curve a utile north of Casile Hock. Wash , Saturday and overturned, Injuring til ihe occu paula except Mr. Ilout) Prealdeut Taft has nouilnaled f, H. Abbott, of Nebiaska. to be aa slaiaut toutuilsalouer of Indian af fairs. One child Is dylug and about iv women aud children are auCerlug from Injutles received when a ury of "Are" caused a panic lu a Detroit lo taut store About UU wutueu wtie sear, mug for baigalua on ihe second flooi lien the panic started. At Nauipa, Idaho, Friday lire, which stalled In a cigar store lu which a liivvk was setlng oh flre 1 1 ackers, destroyed au eutlre bual MM block, wliu a luas of $250,000 1'itsldrui left was the principal speaker ..( the uuvelllug of a iao moiial ri.ituidat. lu Washiugtoa, D. C . lu Di . Urujamln Kiaukliu Bte 1'hensou, founder of the U. A H. ll Is fiared that K a! Calvin, vlce-prealdeul aud geueral manager of the Southern Pactnc Coupauy, may die aa a reeuli of an operallou for appendicitis performed Suuday by surgeons at the now railroad hoa pltul lu atau f'rauvleco. wattle. Wheat- xvlueaieui, i li oats -141- Barley Hay Kasteru Waahingtoa tlmw tby. ll 9 II P" ton; Pugel Huuad hay. 116 PM IM) -heat hay, $!( IS per ton. alfalfa, $lo II per tan. Butler Washington creanorj, Mi ranch. .: 0 26c WILL VISIT PACIFIC COAST loi.i.iui. t ..oho. i.. i omiulssloii Plana i. iii'iiiitti Tour. i ulcago, July I. The luterstata Commerce t'omiulaalou will begin October 1 a complete tour of the Pa cific Coast and the prludpul coiu nierulal centers west of the Rocky Mouutalus to get first hand Informa tion regardlug the transcontinental freight rate slluatluu. 'I'he Itinerary which baa beeu uiapped out lu a pre lluiluary way lucludea Spokane, Portlaud. Seattle. Man Kranclaco, l.ua Augeles and Salt Lake Clly, whera the comiulaalon will take tes llwony lu rate cases luvolvlug the entire structure of rates from the Eastern territory to the Pat lite Toast terminals aud Intermediate points. Taft Will tome Hint, Washington. July .- President Taft Is preparing his tllueiary for a Western till' He Is trying to make aa many of hla very numerous luvl lalloua fit Into It aa circumstances will permit Aside from the Seattle exposition, one of the moat Import ant and preeelug Imitations Is that to attend the Poi tola festival at San Krauclaco, and he uiuy do so He expects to start Wast gbaut the mid dle of September. Parmer aa a Holy Holler. Albany A religious fanutlc simi lar to Joshua Credit. Id, thu notorious Holy Holler apoMtle, except that hl'i operations were confined to his own household, aaa dl, overed Saturday In thu person of l! W. Norrls, u farmer residing near here He has been committed to the slate Insane, asylum. Nor .'la, who 1 1 01 years old, Impiessed his fanutlcul beliefs upon hla wife and also upon his niece. Amy Carter, 10 years old, who lived with them. He Inducod them to par ticipate In certain rites and gained absolute control of the youuger wo uiuu several months ago. May lie Moorr Muni. ivr. Salem - Floyd Chandler, of An keny llottoma, was sent Friday to the asylum, where he Is booked aa a "homicidal Insane'' patient. MM time ago Chandler wrote Sheriff Mlnio uu Incoherent letter, In which he i laluivd ili.ii he could throw some light on (he Ion l ii I murder of He becca Moore, an aged woman, whose head was crushed with an ux at hur home In Aukeny llultoms about two years ago. There are reasons to be lieve that Chandler Is the mau who killed Mrs Moor. GIRLS' DRESSES. Colored uihI White Sizes, infants to 1 years old Special Prices '.) Wash ('oat Suits, color white, tan and hlue, at f.'.'o $1.00 OhUnbrny hlue and tan Dresses, 0 to 14, only 1.00 Children's Head Wear. I'm'.1 reductions and pftltlltl should ii eo this deimrtineiit, all of the latest styles these goods hefore purchasing elsi'W'hore. THE PRICES ARE RIGHT. It TaxM to Trade Vitla Rader Bros. & Lampkin. Ontario. Oregon. LVENTS IN OUR STATE OF MINOR IMPORTANCE lu I', ii!.- ou Oregon Cases. Portland Francis J lleuey Ar rived In Porlland Friday lu his au tomobile en routa from Sail Fran cisco to Seattle. Jus( whether he will take up the Oregou land fraud piosffiittoiie In the fiiiure Is a ques tion Mr Henev waa uot prepared to auswur Much depends ou future developments In Hen FruucUto He aald (he aUornay-geuural has asked Mm to reuuw bis work lu Oregon, but thus far he hadn't beeu able lo glte a denude auswur. Woman io,,i ,,t Exposure. Marshfleld After a sean b of two months the body of Mrs. Stone, an aged woman of North Hend. who has been mlitblug, has been fouud In the woods where she had perished rioin starvation and exposure She had beeu no lug since she started to walk a fe mllea from her home In North H.iul to Marshfleld lo visit her sou. Helativea did everything possible to tin J her, but all efforts were fruitless until the body was discovered A Dollar a Pound Eor Bull Beef Is Offered l And no takers. This prlet is ottered for any old hull, fat or lean, that eau hreak through an Ameri can Fence properly constructed. We don't need the bulls, but will take them at the above price and under the conditions named. We have a big stock of American Fence. Don't make a mistake ami take the kind that "looks just like it," but buy the Old Hello' le mill Strong and Hog Tight American I 'dice. W are sole atrents in Ontario. THE MARKETS Fort laud. Vheat Truck prices: Club, $111. rel Kusslau, $115, bluesteui. fl.llf J 1 30. Valley. .ff, Uarley New California, 111 per ton. Oala No 1 white, $4U per ton Hay Timothy. Willamette Valley, faut), $i.'i.iiv do. ordluary, $lj, Kasit-rii Oiegou, mixed, $ I o I ; . do faucy. $180 10; alfalfa. $U, clovar, $12. Butter Fxtra, lie; fancy, ,io l&c; store, i ;iw Kggs Choice, JtnJJc. Hops lUv coutract. ltUc per lb . 108 crop. 10(0 lie- Slate Sues for Taxes. Salem Attoruey-Oeueral Craw ford for (be stata of Oregou has lit stltuted accurate actions In the Mm ion clrcijlt court to compel tin Wells Fargo and Standard Oil com paulea to pay the 3 per n-ui grosi Income tax required by the state las The period for which the tax remains uupuid la from June i'i.. 1000. to Junuary 1, 19UD. Hie total claim against the two corporations auiouu'lug to $38,846. Kx-Conl.i . .,i. Many. lone- As (he result of Charlen Earharl's elfoita to shoot up" the town Friday night three men are pa tients In a Heppuer hospllul, one ot wbom It Is reared will die, aud Ear hart, hlmsulf slight wouuded, Is In Mil. EuiIo.ii is g paruled convict, iiavlug served time lu the Oregou penitentiary for previous gun playa. The Year 1909 Will Show Won derful Development for Ontario. Ma.'.ieur Mercantile Co. an -.. J Walch Ontario Grow. MiirHlttlel.l The school board at Hun. Ion will Issue $15,000 In Inter- eal-beatlng warranta to defray a shot (ago In I lie rluttnces for (he year. I'orllund The first victim of Hi Kourth lu I'oiiland was Joe Uoaka, aged 14, A toy canon exploded and boiii Ills hands were almost blown off hi the wrlsla. Sub in vfiei pi actlcall) MMMJI lug that he murdered Hary Logan In I'oiIImuiI last winter, Joe Andeiso.i stepped upon the trap at the state penitential)' Friday afteruoun aud was hanged until dead Salem Wm. iiervti, who shot and killed Heni) Sulllmn lu a pistol duel at tiates some weeks ago. died Monday morning at the Salem Hos pital aa the result of wounds re ceived lu the battle. Abtoilu v a Mack, who has been deputy fish warden In the Low er Columbia liiv.-i dUtrlct durlug the present season, haa beeu appoint ed chief deputy wardeu to fill the vacancy caused by the reslguatlou ot F. C Hrown Wallowa Clark Burtou Downing, 14-y ears-old, was lustautly killed at 8 o'cltH'k Monday night by a thun derbolt l lie same bolt that killed DouiiIiik lightened a horse that his vouuger brother was riding, and It Mi"' near killing the smaller boy. Marshrielil William Wad aud Thomas Coodale have purchased a 30-hoisepower automobile, carrying six pussengerB, which they will oper ate ou the Coos llay-KoHeburg road. The trip from Koseburg Is mad lu 14 hours. I'orllund With View of show lug the development of aerial uavl gutlou lu the four eara aluce the Lewis and Clark exposition In 11106. (he dlreclors of (he Cortland Fair aud Livestock Assocladou has de cided lo bring here (he airships now maklug dully Itghia a( (he Seuule fair, for the week of the stuck aud race eho.v, September JO-1'5. Hums The Amerlcau Laud A Livestock Company of this county haa sold Its laud holding, consisting of 11,440 acres, lo Chicago capital ists, who will put the laud pu the market and sell It lu small tram to settler. It Is located In the south. em part of Haruey county, uear the Nevada lino and Is adapted for fruit, grain aud alfalfa growlug. Heppuer Junction In an attempt to get even wllh the O. R. A N. Co. for being thrown off a train, while beating hla way lo Portland, George bugllsh rrlda) ulght tried to de rail passenger train No. 8, bearing 200 passengers, uear Castle Rock. W'heu confronted with the evldeuoe he confttsaed aud begged for speed) trlfal. llui us Thu local I'nltud States land office has been notified that Ihe Harney Valley Improvement Com pany segregation, known as the fam ous Carey lands, haa been canceled; aud IhuHu lauds, fit.OUO acroa of which are located close to Hums, will be opened at once lo public en try It la thought thai 9vry acre of ibis laud will bo taken In a very Short Mine Hlllaboro- Mrs. ICd llenson, 31 years old, wife uf a local confection er, while tin nil. ,, on au electric light was electrocuted here Sunday ulght. dylug within a few uiluutea. lira llenson had grasped the brass of aa electric lamp with her left hand and the floor being wet from melted Ice, a short circuit was at once formed, the current being of sufficient force to cause electrocution. Portland Sol Ulumauer. a weal thy wholesale liquor dealer, of this city, was mulcted to the extent of $2300 for failure to dulare goodi lu New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Ulumauer arrived ou the Kalserln Augusta Victoria and when their trunks were opeuad fur and wear ing apparel to the value of $1500 were discovered which caueed Ih trunks to be taken into custody Collector Loeb decided that Mr. Ulu mauer could have hi trunks on pay ment of the duties aud a fine amounting to the full foreign value of the punhases. The lack of de claring lu- pun liases waa duo to an oversight ou hi part. WAHKANT t'tl.l.. Local News. Boon! for Ontario. Get buoy. All Wileon-Duffy Drug Co km. I- of drug. I very thing Imc iuJvaiioed io tin- Hour line, Imt we nre Mill filing Ht the old price. Order a mi. k of Imiifiiul IWnt. M. M. ('... Hriilili ig ton prtJtioM to lr tuinperetl wiih l. InCQMpJift vendors of drti",. 'J v the WiUon Duffy Ditia Co.. lor clean drugs, iiml expert nervice. Hlue I'rints of any Towiudiip in the Hum.- Land District, showing names of enliymen, kind of entry, date.s etc., and lapigripfcjr. nrwt fl.oo. j. ('. Tnnifv, Hurtle, Oregon. We have received a large hijnnent of Carpet Saei-pera, more than we can sell at regular pricen and have decided to cell at jobbers prices. Call and see what they are. M. f, Co. Notice is hereby given that I huve funds on hand to pay all warrants indorsed not paid for want of funds prior to Nov. 10, 1906, Interest ceases from this date. Dated at Vale, Oregou, May II, lyiJU. T. W Uai.i.idav, Countv Treasurer. To Freighter.- 'a large umount of goods to the interior and will good rates. Let na hear you if you me interested, heur Mercantile Co. HAY 'M0 tons of hay sale at $7 ptr ton in stack. at. Co. huve a lo shin pay from Mai- for M. EX( TltSIONS KAST via Oregon Short Lina. To Denver, Oinuha, Kansas Oily, Chicago, St. Louis and other points, June 4, 5, 11, 12, Hi and 2iilli. See agents for later dates, rates and further particulars. A-Y-F KxpoHlttou Kate via Oregon Short Line Kailroad. 92a. 25 from Ontario to Seattle and return. On sale daily, com mencing June 1st. Ask agents for further particulars. It is surely government irri gation. Keep boosting. D. M Tuttle has opened sep uoi in, ii, I store, two dopra north of the Aigus ohVee a?4 will buy uu, sell all kinds of goods in his line. He solit its your patronage and guuruuteea his patrons a square deal. Very choice seed wheat. Ab solutely clean. Only a limited (quantity left. M. M. Co. We have buyers for high dry deeded land. Imiuiie of Or -er A Pluiihoff, real estate dea't-ra Ontario, Ore. For Sale Two-year-old itaU lion; foal of Tarturus; sound in every particular; coal black io color; weight 1300 pounds; gen tle. Inquire of John T. Kay, R, F. D., Ontario, Ore., or at this hce. Look at our Alfalfa Renova tor. This will readjust the al falfa hems, det posted on thev are M. M. Co. .hat A K