The Ontario Argus., May 29, 1913, Image 8

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STATE BOARD OF HORTICUL
TURE PLACES QUARANTINE
W. K. Newell of the state Hoard
of Horticulture, baa declared a
quarautioe on all kinds of hay. and
atraw, including liny straw, gnus,
forage plants, weeda, or tnle used in
cattle care or used for packing nuraery
atook Of any kind, or In connection
with hivtB of bees, or In any other way,
Mi.! alfalfa seed from the atatea of
Utah, Wyoming Hinl I lie southern part
of Idaho until further notice.
NOW HAVE 17500 FEET OF PIPE
The Advancement oompany now
has some 17,000 feet of water pipe
laid and also three pumps lifting the
wnt. i m the latin's. Mayor Trow haa
a pntnp in that ia lifting water 00 feet
from tue Ontario-Nyaaa ditch and
doing it at ao small coat that it
leaves a nioe margin for him from the
crop retnrna. With the large amount
of water in thla aection there are thoua
anils of acres that should be Irrigated.
The streams will afford the power
aud water at a email expeoae and the
owuer haa only to do the cultivating.
Girls'
Dresses
All Sizes
3 years to 14
And a big variety of Styles
and colors. The Middy, Sail
ors and Bulgarian are most
prominent.
prices, all sizes
60c, 85c, 98c, $1.25
$1.50
Boys' Wash Suits
Sizes 3 to 8 years
Nice Patterns, Ginghams
and Galatea at
65c, 85c, and $ 1 .25
Two pair pants and Hat to Match
$1.98
You can do better at
LAMPKIN'S
CASH STORE
Excursions East
VIA
Union Pacific System
Very low round trip fares to DENVER,
K NSAS CITY. ST. LOUIS, OMAHA,
CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS and many
other points.
DATES OF SALE:
May 7, 8, 10, 17, 24 31; June
3, 7, 13, 14, 21, 28; July 2, 5,
10. 19, 23, 31; August 1,9, 10;
11, 16, 22, 28; Sept. 10, 11
Limit: October 31, 1913
See any OHDGON SHORT LINE Ag-ent
for further details
THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
Reaches Omaha and Points East
THE DIRECT WA Y
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FALLING PIER KILLS
34 MERRYMAKERS
Promenade to Auditorium Col
lapses Beneath Crowd at
Long Beach, Calif.
Loo Angeles, ("al. Thirty-four per
aons were killed and 117 Injured when
the promennde lending from the muni
cipal pier at Long Bench to the muni
cipal nudltorlum collnpaed under the
weight of n throng crowding Into the
nudltorlum for the exercises therein
cHtbriitlng Kniplre day, the miniver
Kiiry Of t)M birth of tjueen Victoria,
by British residents of aouthern Call
fornla.
The cause of the accident was the
overburdening of the pier. The over
crowding, according to an offlclnl
statement, was due to the delay In
unlocking the doors. If the doors had
been unlocked itt the proper time, It
wan averted, the crowds could have
got Into Ihe nudltorlum Instead of
massing nt the doors, where the weight
overwhelmed the pier supports.
The crowd massed about the audi
torium tOOtl was composed mostly of
WOMM and children. When the sec
tion about the ioors sank they went In
with It aud a halt dozen policemen
who had been vainly striving to hold
the throng In check went with thrin
Comparatively n small number of men
were caught in the trap, as most of
the male celi-brntors were taking part
In the parade.
! 'alien timbers and flooring were
Jammed among the limbs of those
caught in the trap .mil ropes were i
quired to pull back the Jagged edges
of the sunken flooring and broken
Joists before the dead and Injured
could be taken out.
PANAMA CANAL CUT THROUGH
Steam Shovels From East and West
Meet at Culebra.
New York. The first through cut
of the I'm. unit Canal from east to
West w:im completed when two iieiun
showls working from the opposite di
rections met at Culebra, according to
a special dispatch Mom Panama.
With the i dug of these great
steam shovels die canal was opened
ut grade from ocean to ocean.
Hundreds of workmen quit work and
cheered when the big shovels scooped
out the lust bit of earth that Joined
the two continents. There Is still to
be excavated In broadening the unul
about 8.tiii),uiH) cubic ards of earth.
Balloonist Land In Cascade!.
Roseburg. or. Reaching an altitude
of 1J.OO0 feet, from where the passen
ger viewed Mount Shasta. Mount
Hood and other fumoua coast peaks,
and dropping a distance of 3000 feet
In less than a minute and a hulf were
two of the principal features of the
cutaway trip of the big gas bag which
alighted In the Isolated districts of
the Cascade Range about 76 miles
northeust of Roseburg.
TEDDY'S SOBRIETY
IS MADE AN ISSUE
Marquette. Mich. -Monday the stage
was set here for the most Importunt
trlul. from the standpoint of national
Interest, In the history of the upper
Michigan country.
Theodore Roosevelt, plaintiff in a
110.000 libel suit against George A.
Newett. editor of the Iron Ore, pub
lished at Ishpeming, Mich., will at-
tempt to prove that he was grossly
libeled when Newett, In the heat of
the fall campaign, printed an editorial
attack upon the Progressive nominee,
lu which he said, among other things:
"Roosevelt lies and curses lu a moat
disgusting way; he gets drunk too, and
that uot Infrequently, and ull his inti
mates know about It."
Colonel Roosevelt and a purty of his
closest ussociates urrived in Murquette
Monduy morning. In the party were
Glfford Pinchot, Dr. Albert Shaw, edit
or of the K.ni.w Of Reiows, und u
uumbei of oihex pereous of promin
ence. Most of the evidence for both sides
will be in the form of depositions.
REPUBLICANJLEADERS MEET
Plan for 1914 Campaign and Agree on
Need of Reorganiiation.
Washington. Leaders of the repub
lican party -members of the executive
committee of the national committee
from 1- states -gathered here Satur
day aud laid preliminary plans for the
congressional campaign of 1914.
The conference wa the first formal
meeting of republican leaden aince
the 1912 campaign. It was harmonious
from the time Chuirman Hillee called
for order until the last motion was
adopted. The need for reform within
the party was not denied. The sug
gestion of the progressive element for
a national convention in the near fu
ture was heard and it was practically
unanimous that such a convention
should be called.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Armed Men Defy State.
Mnlheur. An armed force of water
Users of the Jamleson and Hrogan Ir
rigation districts gathered at reservoir
No. ;t of the Willow river, and prevent
ed Wnrren Reeder, stnte wnter master,
from raising the gntes and releasing
the water, ns hnd been ordered by the
Btnle board of control, in upholding
the undent riparian rights of early
etilers. The wnter users declared
the action would have meant Irrepar
able daninge and almost total ruin to
the lower country.
Fatal Auto Accident Near Pendleton.
Pendleton One wns killed and time
Wei,, badly Injured on lite AtlMM
Weston roid near the Dudley place,
when no automobile cnrrmu lour res
Idetits of Milton and Helix, or., kid
(led. crashed off the side of the road
nml turned a complete somersault.
The dead: Leslie M wards o, Mil
ton. The Injured : Carl Kngdahl. may
or of Helix; dny Smith, of Helix;
Clarence Hhuel, chnulfeur. of Helix.
LIMIT KLAMATH PROJECT
Government Expected to Complete
Present Work But Not Extend It.
Washington. There Is serious ques
tlon whether the government ever will
reincorporate in the Klamath Irrlga
tlon projoct about !i),(hhi acres of laud
that were eliminated after the project
was first 'dopted. eltlier because of
excessive cost of Irrigation or In N IV I
of the doubtful success of Irrigation
due to peculiar soil conditions. The
probabilities are that the project will
he completed according to present
plans, and then stopped, at least until
ihe dccopiiictit of the country Justl
fles an expenditure of about $tlo an
,e i. tor Irrigation.
At the hearings had before Net-re
t.iry Lane, It developed that the go
eminent went Into the Klamath coun
try with the Intention of building a
project thnt would reclaim In the
neighborhood of ltfO.000 acres. After
the work was well under way. the high
:ands. where the cost of Irrigation will
lie tn iAHh,il the .1. .,.r!:ni::! I lev. I .
were dropped out aud about the same
time the lower Klamalh lake mil' wan
dropped because of Ihe dlscoer o(
M prevalence of blink alkali, which
made thai portion of the land suitable
only for (he growing of grasses.
Oregon Lands Restored to Entry.
Portland President Wilson restor
ed to entry 75.000 acres In eastern
try 76.000 acres of land in eastern
Oregon that had been withdrawu on
tin- presumption that it contained valu
able deposits of oil. Investigations by
the geological survey showed that
while small quantities of gas exist, It
is not of commercial importance and
only slight traces of oil have teen
found.
Captives Beat Sheriff.
Roseburg Attacked by three pris
oners as he entered the county jail to
feed the Inmates, Sheriff George guiue
was struck over the head with a stick
of stove wood and painfully injured.
According to Sheriff Qulne. be was
handing a basket oi tood to the prison
ers through a partly opened door of
the jail, when John Mclei;i grubbed
him by the hand and pulled him with
in the cuge. Kugene Smith then TMf
ed the officer from behind and held
him while Stanley Gilbert struck him
a violent blow over the head.
OCEAN RESCUE THRILLING
Port Orford Men Saved Seven Miles
Out to Sea.
Marshfleld. Atter their boat had
turned completely over four times ou
ROfUe Hlrtf hai SBsl they had been
washed out to sea, where their water
logged ct ait was rolling over like a
barrel, Fred Silver. M, und W. D.
Welnegar, 24, of Port Orford, were the
prlucipals In a thrilling rescue off the
mouth of the Rogue river. Sliver was
nearly overcome from cold and ex
posure and would have been uble to
have held on only a short time longer
when Captain Johnsou aud the Baudou
life-saving crew reached them and
brought them to safety.
Silver and Weiuegar built an impro
vised sailboat for fishing aud started
from Port Orford to Cold Bench, off
Rogue river reet. The had sand for
ballast and the little craft had a heavy
list that caused her to turn over three
times, the single mast breaking wheu
ihe capsize: the last time. This left
the fishermen at the mercy of the
dde and they drifted out to sea.
The telephone line was down and
parlies ou shore who had witnessed
their disaster were unable to send
word to (he Bandon life saving station,
their oul hope. Finally, by getting
word to Crescent City, the wireless
was use and the life-saving crew
called.
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I. H. C.
Gasoline Engines
For Irrigating, Pumping, Spraying
sawing, hoisting, etc. You should buy
the I. H. C. for Strength, Simplicity,
Economy, and Reliability.
Let us demonstrate this engine to you
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McCormick
Binders, Mowers, Rakes.
In the McCormick line we offer the
farmer the best there is both in con
struction and service.
Now is the time to be looking up hay
ing tools and you want the best.
Malheur Mercantile
Company
200 Acres for Sale
OR TRADE
Fifty acres has been seeded to alfalfa.
Sop? buildings. All under fence.
Railroad line through tract. On Snake
river. Well drained bench land. Elec
tric pumping plant can be installed for
12 per acre. Will cut up to suit buyer.
Address Box 128, Ontario, Oregon