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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1913)
1A. U1N 1 AKIO AKG U S I M,M " CaHwe" " ".m. thi. weea 10 Boise lit the Klnaey home. L. B. Manktoann entertained nMt Sunday at dinner the Mlatea Weateott, Crowthar. Robinson. Tnlbot. Rowana Rnbinion, and Steelman. PUBLISHED EVEKY THUK8DAT Entered in the postofHce at Ontario, Orr-jron, for tranmnissioa tltronghthe mails an second-class matter. M. E. BAIN. Editor and Proprietor FRUITLAND ITEMS Tho high aohool faculty andtetiiora were entertained by tho Chrtitlan Bodeavor aooiety laat Friday evening at tbo Epworth hall. Tho different rooms were beautifully deoorated with the olasa oolora, rajje and plants. During tho evening a claaa prophecy wna read to tho great amusement of all. Dninty refreshments wero aerved juet before the jolly crowd departed. G. N. Hill is. piite ill with pleurisy. Mlaa Florence Anderson vlalted ' Miae Jeppson. of Enmett, from Friday until Monday. Mr. Huntington and family recently moved into their new house. He bought the Mnnier place, north of Pleasant View school bouse lust, fall and has made a beautiful home. M lea Eather Klnaey. of Rolse vlalted Tuesday with Mm Mart KlnnJaon. A baaeball game wna played Friday afternoon between Ontario and Fruit land aohoola at Ontario. The eoore wae 1 1 to 22 in favor of the home team. The aeniora of the Ontario high achool invited the aenior claaa from here to attend their claaa day program given laat Wednesday afternoon. The olasa enjoyed an afternoon that will be long remembered. Mra. H. E. Robinaon and daimb ter, Marlon, have Invitatlona out for a party Friday night in honor of tbe enlut claaa. Several of tbe young people from here attended the Ontario high eobool play given at New Plymouth Ratur day nlgbt. Tbe play waa Interesting and tbe obaractera well acted. Clyde Manklnaoo loat a yearling oolt last week with pneumonia. Get the Argua and four other high claaa publications, all for 11.50 Big Bargains IN Ladies' Two Strap $1.00 Slippers $1.00 White, Kid and Patent $1.50 to $1.75 Values Saturday and Monday All Sizes Only $1.00 per Pair W. T. LAMPKIN I? 1 arm arid (jarden DO YOU LIKE "SWEETS 7" They're Fine With Gravy Here'a Hew You May Grow a Crop. Plant a few sweet potntoee In your gnrden this spring. They aren"t hard to grow, and what la richer to eat than brown aweet potatoes with gravy Besidea, this vine la very ornamental, and Ita thick, dark foliage help to mnke your vegetable garden more at tractive. Sweet potatoea are grown by means of aeta or aprouta which grow from the root buds. It la beat to get them from seed growers or gardener. They require warm, moderately rich, aandy land. If the land la too fertile there will be a large growth of top at the ei pense of the root The planta may be set out from the middle of May until the 1st of July or after tbe late froeta are over. The potatoes may be grown on tho level, but a ridge usually la preferred. In the garden ridging may be done with a hoe. iiimUiil- the Hri-rn ihnnt eighteen Inches broad a,nd six Inchea high. The rows should be from three and a half to four feet apart. Set tbe plants along tbe center of tbe ridge they should be about two feet apart and If the noil la motet It Is only necee sary to dip the roots In wnter before setting. Hut If It Is unusually dry at this time It will lie ndvnntngeoua to sprinkle the plants occasionally. When the olnnts nr II du ahould be cultivated often enough to kill the weens and keep n mellow eur face. Later on the vine themaelvee will cover the c re hi ml then rnlll... tlon la Impracticable as wall aa nude alrnble. After the vine are too large to cultivate they abould be lifted oc casionally or they are likely to take root at the joluta and keep on forming more vinea with no roota In tbe hill large enough for use. The vines abould be lifted once n week. Every vine ahould be loose from bill to tip. Tbia llftlnu may lie done very rapidly with a pitchfork, but boom care must be takeu. Kansas Industrialist. FOLKS OUT, STOCK IN. Horo'e a Simple Gate That Will Help te Solve tho Problem. It Is often Inconvenient to pause and unlatch n nil then hitch a gate between the liaruyard or some other place where etock Is kept and the garden or a Held from which It la desired to keep ani mals away. To obviate audi dlfflcultlee the plan Illustrated will in- found very conven ient As will In- -it'll, the fence la in. i.li- to end ut two alout mjU, In iym fTV aslT? T THE BATHROOM THAT PLEASES it one which completely satisfies the demand for sanitary security, dura bility and beauty of design. A 'Standard" Modern Bathroom installed by us with a careful regard for sanitary efficiency and the follow ing out of your instructions will please you. Ask for booklets. U. S. PLUMBING & HEATING CO. Ontario, Ore. JlmidsrJ" "Nirws" Uuiy .' Doors i:l of 1 1., Lit.. Kurnllur To Prom the Amsiican Agriculturist.) STOCK mi.. i I in.. OATS. twceii which Is a rather larger opeuiug than la uauully allowed for a footpath Ifitte From one of these poata tbe durum lines of fen. e are built to poets ao us to form u V shaped opening, each end ing at a post. On tbe other lurge Hue post is hung the gate, which swinge each uiiy and either comes aguluat the V shnped tildes when pushed or may continue ao aa to strike the amallei posts. In either case animals cannot get past, ami yet tbe gute la alweya M'.-n for human beluga American Ag li.-lllllll 1st gr''-:.':v-v III ONTARIO LIVERY Best Equipped Livery in the city. Headquarters for Stockmen. t Horses Bought and Sold. A. McWlLLFAMS, Proprietor. OLD AND TRUE. The old KiiKlisb farmers put t Inn- advice about keepiug barn yard manure into two lines: Keep ll inoLt uml troad II tight Ami ll will Well your earn najulto. That Is pretty much the whole htorj . - Uurul New Vorker. 0v4'" FARMING WITH BRAIS. Never venture iikui an old bridge with team oi machinery without see ag that It Is tlriu and safe, for heavy weights. If the fertility of the soil ia to tie maintained It must be supplied with vegetable matter. Turn uuder cover crops and Increase the humus supply. According to the Iowa I'reaa bulletin No. 12. sodium nraeiilte Is the only chemical that will entirely destroy the Canada thistle. It is applied at the rate i' one and a half pounds to fifty two fgllOM Of water. Do not expect the hired man to feel satisfied If yon leave him alone with all tbe chores while you are away vialtiug uules yon are wllllug to do the same for hlni occasionally. Hired men ure huinaii beings ami will, aa a rule, appic-lale fair treatment. A soil that dries out ipilckl.. Is looae and Matt) ami leaches is also In poor phyeleal condition fi.-tn too little water and oru'iinic matter Where I li gation is practicable this Is advlaaht pleitn of manure. kiwu munure. liun ng if there Is sourness aud thorough and persistent cultivation. SELLS-FIOTO SHOWS WILL ; BE IN PAYETTE HAY 27 Of rourae when the Sella Floto circus cornea to Payette on next Tues day, May 27, It will give a parade which will probably come down tbe atreet about eleven o'clock in tbe morning with bands playing 'and banners dying and (nil of all the joy and gladness that it will hold. Sella-Floto la the only big traveling organization tbat always givea Ita patrons tbe full fcenetit of tbla free spectacle, others cut out the atreet parade at one time or another, the real renaon being that they did not have exactly what they ndvertiaed. but when the Bel Is-Kioto circus comes twr.' It is especially reqneeted by the management tbat you go and see the street parade, because if you don't even care to go to tbe circua after wards, yen will see much that is In teresting, entertaining and educa tlonal. while watching the pageant. Some of the tblnga tbat you will seo and bear are tbe famous Royal Bcotch Kilty band from Toronto, Caoada, tin- greateat organ intion of ita kind In the world. You will hear tbe Hells Floto concert band under the direction of Para H. Prentlaa. Aa the Una of march proceeds you will notice Dev lin'a Champion Zouaves performing all kinds of Intricate and aenaational military movements. You will hear the Uornl Olant Sarenadum, tbe largest musical Instrument, over cini led on wheels and featured in a parade. You will alio notice tbat every cage and den Is open and each contains aome remarkable specimen from Jungle and plain. You will see Maruuerlte Keoardo aittlng, like Daniel of old. In an Immenae den of llnna and tigers, unterrlfled and un afraid, while tbey crouch fawning at her feet. You will notice tbe dls play of horse limit, tbe like of which you have never seen before and may never aee aunln. Every claaa aud species being represented from the sleek thorougbred to the lordly Pare he on. There will be clowns wlbout uum her. afoot, horseback and every otber ay. There will t ton liauda. toe famoua herd of tralued elepbanta, fol lowed by tbe racing camels hitched to tboir apewding wagon. There will be pretty women driving tandem and dare-devil oliMrloUera with tbeir awlft coursers. There will be sacred oxeo from India aud whole berda of Shet land ponies to amuse the little ouea; aoorea of champion riders mounted ou tbe best horaea tbat money can procure and a boat of otbar tblnga autflolent to make this wonderful spectacle nearly two miles long. Kven if you dou't want to pay tbe 2.'. cents admlaston fee which is just one half that levied by every otber circus of conaeipjenoe, you are wel come as the Mowers in May to oouie down on the street aud watch tbe circus pass by. r" t g c vaUsW vkt BVVioak dw ' -a-! a jT "SImIIMIBBPtm caw i ftVisL. j- ' OF ONTARIO. OHF "lo If you want printing of the better claaa you get it at the Argus office the price is right We will continue to give our sale prices ou shoes. We bare sold a good many to tbe satisfaction of purchasers, but have aome more tbat we wish to dispose of Try ua. Cash Variety Store. For Sale or Trade 160 acre desert claim un der Bully Creek project, will have water next year. One good 80 acre tract in Dead Ox Flat, four miles from Ontario, very cheap with terms. Also one good four room house on three lots with shade trees, deep well, barn and garden. Small payment down and good terms on Balance. See or Address N. P. MINSTER Phone S r Ontario, Oregon I GROWTH OF DEPOSITS April 4, 1909 $226,078.74 April 4, 1910 350,636.16 April 4, 1911 320,505.81 April 4, 1912 341,620.99 April 4, 1913 374,293.54 A Htronir, progressive, growing institution, conducted along absolutely safe lines, by men of more than ten years Western banking experience. IMM.I gggggg S II II I New Business Invited A. L. COCKRUM, President; T. TURNBULL, Vice President C. E. KENYON, Cashier, H. B. COCKRUM, Aast. Cashier C. W. PLATT. Ass't. Cashier Save Your Broken Castings We Weld Them Cylinders, Crank Cases, Implement Parts and al broken castings made new by Oxy-Acetelyne proces General Repairs McKIM & COMPANY Phone 24 Baker, Oregon New Grocery Store We have opened up a stock of new groceries in the Wilson Block and would be pleased to have you call and get acquainted. McCoy Bros. Wilson Block The Gayety Girls DREAMLAND THEATRE Friday, May 23 Presenting Their Great Musical Comedy Success "Adam the Second" AND "Playing the Races" Good Clean Comedy, Lots of Singing and Dancing. Pretty Girls, Pretty Costumes, Special Scenery. Laugh! Sing! Dance! And Be Merry. A Complete Line of WrtrtUtg tattmtmf At the Argus Office