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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1913)
V.' N The Ontario National Bank United States Depository State of Oregon Depository IB Our Bank Your Hank ? If not, we cordially invite you to make our bank your bank. We have the usual Safeguards of Fire Proof Vrault, Burglar Proof Safe, Bonded employees, and do business in a conservative manner. -:- -:- .;. .:. Capital and Surplus. $80,000 g IVr Ont Net on Time CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT B. S. COOK k COMPANY (INCORPORATED) J. H. COOK, Manager. Capital Stock 50,000.00 Choice Apple and Prune Lands Land and City Property Vale 01156, Burn 04008. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of tbe Interior. U. 8. Lund Office i.t Vale. Oregon. April 28th, I'M. Notice li hereby given that Charles Carter, of Ontario, Otegnn. who on December I3tb,l!00. made Homestead Application. No. 01156. for 8EJ, Seo tion 17. Township 10 &.. Range 40 E., Willamette Meridian, bnaflled notice of iutentlon to make final three -year proof, to patabllah claim to tbe land abure deaorlbod, before Harry B. Urnuel, U. 8. Commissioner, at Ontario, Oregon, on tbe 4th day of Jane, 1913. Claimant namea aa witnesses; F. R. Welch. John Lynch, Ontario, Oregon ; K. W. Davis. M. B. Ramaey. Welier. Idaho. Bruce R. Keater. Reglater. A Money Saver Is What the People Call Farley's Furniture Sale This is a forced sale to raise money and prices have been made so low that you can save money by buying now. Be sure and see the stock and prices. In the New Store Room J. H. Farley Furniture Co. Vale 0711, Burna 02524. H E 3454 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior. U. 8. Land Office at Vale. Oregon. April 25th, 1013. Notice la hereby given that Joanllna Major (formerly .Jnaalina McClelland) of Ontario. Oregon, who on April f!th, 100N, made Homeatead Applioation, No. 0711. for Si NKJ, NJ ski. Sao (on 20. Township 18 8.. Range 40 lv. Willamette Meridian, ha filed notice of Intention to make Unal Ave year proof to establish claim to tbe land above described, before th. Reglater and Receiver U. 8. Land Office, at Vale, Oregon, on the 0th day of June, 1013. Claimant namea as witnesses. John Waltera. Rex Manilla, Edwin Berry. William Butler, of Ontario, Oregon. Bruoa R. Kester. Register. lor Sale I motor. 3 II. P. 3 phase 1.700 R. P. M. No. 3 Krougb centrifugal pump. Pump and motor are on ona ii-. and have direct ahaft. tiauamla aioo. practically new and just the kind of au outfit for llftiug water for irrigating pin posea. TblN outfit must be sold aud will go at a bargain. Write or Inquire of R. W. Larson. Ontario, Oregon. Vale 07 CI Burn Iffitvi li E MO?. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior. U. 8. Land Office nt Vale. Oregon. April 25tb. 1013. Notice is hereby given that Isabella McClelland, of Ontario. Oregon who on .Line 1st, 1008, made Homestead Application, No. 0743, for 8 8, 8ectlon 20, Township 18 8., Range MA, Willamette Meridian, has Hied notice of intention to make final II vi year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Reglater and Receiver U. 8. Land Office at Vale. Oregon, on the Otb day of .lune. 101.1. Claimant names aa witnesses: John Walters, Rex Marquis. Edwin Berry. William Butler, of Ontario. Oregon. Bruce R. Kester. Reglater. EDUCATE CHILDREN IN REAL THINGS OE LIEE Field Worker Harrington Here to Induce School Children to Take Inter est in Industrial and Agri cultural Affairs. HARRIMAN Townsite Now Open Situated near the Malheur Lake, on a high, fine gentle sloping tract of land. This site offers exceptional opportunity for making a good city. Vast areas of ara ble territory spread out in all directions. Every valley and streamlet of the distant mountains has its ranches and flourishing livestock. . Considerable land in the valley is still subject to homestead entry, and with the advent of the Oregon-Eastern Railway Now building toward Harney Valley, this grand new empire will teem with land seekers and people seeking business opportunities and professional locations. GET IN EARLY Good opening for a newspaper, blacksmith shop, hotel drugstore, hardware and implement nouses, as well as other lines of business. A limited number of lots are now offered for sale at remarkably low prices either for cash or on easy terms, which prices will advance when the railroad ia built into the Harney Valley. REMEMBER, Harriman will be the first important point in the great Harney Valley to have a railroad. UTAH-OREGON LAND COMPANY C H. MOREHOUSE, Pres. Salt Lake City, Utah. H. M. HORTONSec. Burns, Oregon S. F. Taylor, Agent, Ontario, Oregon. L. P. Harrington of Salem, Field Worker for Industrial anil Agricultural affairs for the state was here Tuesday ami addressed the city schools. Mr. Harring ton in his talk to the schools of Ontario said in part: "A groat industrial, agricul tural, education movement was started last your in Oregon to encourage hoys and girls to do the things that count in life, to have a garden, to have the cure for chickens or stock in a word to he useful. The work started lust year was state wide and proved a great success. Oregon was talked ahout from the I'aci c to the Atlantic ocean. We are planning on more and hetter work this year. Shall the hoys and girls of Malheur county not he in this contest to show ami prove that they can do this work' 1 have not visited u school anywhere that shows u larger percentage of children who have gardens of their own The superintendent ami tenchcis in the Ontario schools are alive to the value of this praelnal work. The rooms in all tie grades show the hands have heeii busy. If Ontario and Malheur MMUV ly would make a display " the state lair, of the Inn- and girll' product, it would attract the at tention which this section of Oregon is trying to get. If the commercial dubs of Ontario ami Vale w ill gi ve the lov and u is then rapport by raising some money for prizes, and in fitting business men to contribute from their slocks of meicliamh-e, the county will be ussured of a tine exhibit. 1 know the boy and girls are interested. The soil will produce everything. Now the (jtiestiou is will you get it ready and send it in'.' To be sure Salem is I long way from Malheur county, but Ibe 0094 Ol sending will be no more than if it were to Huntington, li we do not get something from Mal heur county, I ihftU be disap pointed. The county superin teudent is u III in believer in the gospel of work. He will rapport this movement and give it the benelit of his ripe experience. You will soon U- thinking of taking U the '.opsin aud rug and will ueel u few hundred old imperii to place under llieui to nave the carpet aod deaden lit sound. Tbe Argus bus tbeiu tiad up iu huudles of loo each bleb we sell for 'l'i -fiitai. NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our State Higher Water la Predicted. St. Maries. Conditions prevailing In the mountain regions of northern Ida ho Indicate that the high water for the season Is to come yet, according to R. It Hammond of Oshkosh, Wis., timber Inspector for the Diamond Match company. "The entire 8t. Maries valley la ona immense lake, and the snow has not begun to move In the higher levels along the headwatera of the stream." said Mr. Hammond. "The beginning of operations by the sawmills in that locality will be retarded from six weeks to three months because of the floods, hut the cut will not be curtail ed, aa the plants will run later this fall and will increase the daily output to catch up with their schedules. Tho RprlngHton Lumber company's plant at Sprlngstnn, Idaho, Is the center of a lake, both the yards and the mill being several feet deep in water." MINES MAKE PROFIT RECORD Annual Statement Shows Sin Com panies Earned $3,305,000. Coeur d'Alftie. -The year ended D cember .11. 1912. was the most pros perous In history for the mining com panics operating In the Coeur d'Aletie district In Idaho, according to the an nual statements Just filed with the as sessor of Shoshone county by the six largest companies, showing net proflta of I3.3US.65I. as against $2,820,779 for seven companies In 1911. This Is up proximately $1.2(10,000 greater than the record for 1910. The total of ore extracted was 2.412.100 tona. The Hunker Hill and Sullivan com pany leads with $1,019,020 profits. Federal, which held second place .n 1911. Is surpassed by the Hercules, credited with $7ir..7fl3 The Morning is the only one of the Federal holdings to show an Increase, $:'.'.'.. e, ii The Wardner mine of the Federal decreased $107, 765, and the Mare properties $400,000. The Success Mining corn puny shows a gain of $122.4.r0, in the face of heavy expense for betterments. Among the companies reporting losses are the Caledonia, which was Idle the greater part of the year be cause of the litigation with the Hunker Hill and Sullivan company, the Oold Hunter and the Marsh, the two las' having turned their profits back Into the properties In development and equipment. Foes of Boise Mayor Active. Ilnis. Complaint v. us filed In dls trlct court here demanding removal from office of Mayor Arthur U HodgeH, under a state statute, which provides thiit refusal or neglect to enforce the laws of the state and the ordinances i the city shall lie cause for nummary renins. il from office by iln- .ti-iiii i iniirt The Information is signed by J. I. Mills, who, it Is iiudcisiond. Is acting in hi half of a committee. C. McGONAGILl ATTORNF.Y AT LAW Will Practice in all Courts Notary Public. Ofllce over Poetoftlce OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS Ph. II M1KII I SKAIH Pa. I'iiiim Sim,-. Graduates American School of Os teopathy, Kirksville, Mo. Wilson Block Telephone. IMJBlk. H. H. WHITNEY PHYSICIAN and RURUfiON Office In I. O. 0. F. Bid. Ontario, - . Orcron W. H. BROOKE R. W. SWAG, ER Attorneys at Law Rooms 13. 1 1, i:. 10, Wilson Bldg. Ontario, - Oregon DRS. PRINZIN6 & WEESE Ontario, Oregon OfiVc in New Wilson Block. C. C. GOLDSBcRRY PF.NTIHT Ua.s with K tractions Office Phone. No. 13K R in Wilson Block J W McCulloch R W KcMmnlt Mcculloch & eckhardt LAWYKRS Rooms I4M First Nat'l Bank Bldg Ontario, Oregon Transfer. BafMe and Hx press Meet All Trains JOHN iwihuium Dr. W. (.. Hrre DENTIST Telephone No. .:JL Firtit National Hank Hid. ONTARIO LAUNDRY l.tavc Bundles at Any Hotel or Hail XT Shop Prompt1Attention Oivcn All Order. WOULD TAX R. R. LANDS Shoshone County Commissioners Plan to Get Money From N. P. Wallace. Taking the position lliHt the Northern 1'iiclfic Hallway com puny is using dilatory methods in inakllij.-, applications for Hlirvc) mil securing paii-nis for its vast UN lieu ami grant lands In Shoi.hon. toon IV ami Ihal h reason (hereof tin- conn ty is losing tin- leM-nm (rum pra ii a. ly $1,001), ikiii worth of assessable prop ert) eui h ear, die count i oiniiilssloil er tune taken action which, if sue eesslul, will mill Ihese lands to the titr ""' rolls for taxation within a short dim- Government Secures Or. Aldrlch. Mi.m-dw lir Inhn M vlilrh h. In , I of the department of blolngv at the Piuversity of Idaho, who was not re employed at the last meeting of the regents for nexi year, received a leh graphic offer from the bureau of entc mology at Washington I' C tcmici lug him a position Dr. Ahlrich will wire his acceptance. lO take effect immediate! , ifl.-r i olll me:. i i-'iii-ui in Jvae ' tb university, ! ifer was (eiiilereil i... I. i) How ard. I'tuted OtAtM ciiloiiu : was sunt as soon us In- ; i v. Df Aldrlch was available. W. W. HINTON - tin iNspKi mi; in m villi- i i. OOUMTV DEPUTUaV' Rob'l i.le!l, intuitu. II II flltfh. Vale C C Morton, dlil's Ten v. John Mutllev- W'el-ei Krlilge. J K. Moil), Uivcrwcw I ikiDMT, .Ionian ulley. I- icil W nl.iiiMiii, Mi )i iniill T. A. Barion, Nyssn Would Pay For Water. W. ip!e In the .: lianno' k i-ouniy, Ida ho, in ilie u.-iiiitv ol liancroft ami Chublei Held, bave ina.. application to the juierlor ile),ii linenl for die purchase of sufficient wuler from tbe Blackiooi reservoir to Irrigate from dunlin it, .in, nun acres of land. 'I lie departments nfi-HI to he tavoru bly Impressed with the pri leotatlon of the muitci and au luvestlgatlon w ill te made at once. lit li Mdlkl'l Kt'hOrl. t'oilei-le.l Muy 7. loi the heuellt ot AHJPM rend. i. by the .Malheur Mer csntllH i . it. .i.i. v Kgga. per dozen. I a. Hotter, per pouo I, ,'oe. Outs, per boic I red. I1.&0 Wheat per hundred, $1.00. flay, per ton, 95. 1'otutoes, per bundled, ib. ' Onions, per bundled, 91. . 0 . Apples, per box, 91.00. to 91.") Chickens, diesaeil, per pound, 1 He. Pork, dressed, H to Inn. Cork, live, to 7 c. Veal, B to ii'o. Detf Uu to tli I rain Nervkt. West bOSBd. No. 17 Oregon W'a.h Hi. 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