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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1913)
Rosebush Eighty Year Old. Mnryviii.-. Mo. A rosebush that baa IWn In one family for eighty years la owned by A. Souers of thla city. The orlarf tinl sprout wua4irnuirht from Penn ylvanla tn Ohio by Boner's grand mother. Then the family moved to Inrllnnn. nnd the old rosebush wrtit long Mra. Souera recently went on a visit to Indiana nnd while there got a sprout on the buah and brought It home The buah here la thriving and baa reached a height of ten feet. Llfa'a Stag. Patience Do you believe thla llfa'a a atagaT Patrice Sure, nnd all the women want to be leading ladles. Tonkera Statesman. The man of bralna aeea difficulties, anrmounta or nvolda them. The fool knowa no dlfflcultlea. La Rruysra, No Fancy Shaves For Him. The wenther waa warm, and Pat de cided to aha vi' on the buck porch. Mra. Ciihv.v. iii-m. the whv. observed thla "Pat." she nllwl. nhure an' Ol ace ye air htivln' iHttiMoV." 'Hegorra." lie rtiiiiiiled. "nnd did ya think Ol waa fur lined '"-Judge Oeing tha Limit. .Tones if Mr OUtboy makea any aucb assertion I will denounce him aa a llnr. Preeldent Mr. .lonea. I will call you to order. Our bylawa do not allow yon to go that far. .lonea Then I fall Mr Oldboy a liar aa far aa It la per mitted by the bylnwa of thla aaaocla tlon. London Telegraph. Tha Othar Side. "You shouldn't be dlaaatiafled." aatd the optlmlat "Look at all yon have.'' "Yea." naaented the pesalmlat. "hot look at all I haven't." Judge. Mrs. Cornwallis-West Wins Right to Resume Old Name i 4a al aaaaTaraui Ji JBfr al BttwV'iA B ass aw V aW BBNk aw sJHkaBBp.. asl LssV tats 1st J ay'' I 114 B, m T' & W DISCUSS WORKMEN'S LAW I Committee on Compenaatlen Meateat Sandpolnt. Sandpolnt. The membera of the workmen" eompenaatlon committee appointed by Governor Halnea to draft a eompenaatlon measure to be Intro duced at the next aeaalon of the lesjls lature, met here In the offlcea of A. H. Connor. The membera of tha com mittee are J. C. H. MrReynolda of Spirit Lake, who waa elected chair man. A. H. Connor of Sandpolnt, . M. Hoover of Bolae. Walter H. Ha, aon of Wallace, J. P. Nicholas of Wardner and T. W. Rlckard of Pooa tello. Mr. Connor waa elected eeere cary of the committee and Mr. Hoover treasurer. The subject waa dtecuaaad at length and general plana laid out for the work to be done. Data will be gather ed among the Induatrtea of the num ber of men employed, average wages. the number of accldenta and what they have coat tha employera and tha number of caaea that have gone to trial. Alao the coat to the atate and counties for damage aulta will be ascertained HKIt name will now axar In (ho aoclety columns aa Lnil.v Hnmlolph Churchill. Mrs. Oeorge t'ornwnllla-Wi'st, daughter of the late Leonard termite of New York won her AlVOfM from her )oung bus bund. George Frederick M.xlleton Cornwiillla Went, ntnl will reaume her former married name. She la the mother of Winston Churchill, first lord of the Hi Itlah iiAlnlriilty. She Is one of the lenders of American society women In London, and her marital troubles recently led to the nxirt that she would aue for divorce She charged her husliiiud with misconduct and with desertion. Bag of .Hoppers Trapped. Lewlaton.-A grain bag, arranged on the pilot of a locomotive, proved an effective I. ip for grasshoppers and when the train on the Celnrwuter brunch reached Lewlaton, the aack waa filled with the peata. The trainmen say the catch waa ef fected by the grasshoppers flying In the bag aa the train speeded Ita way from Stiles to thla city. Attended to Beforehand. When .ludge stew mt of Vermont presided nt the trial of n negro chnrg ed with the murder of another of his nne be nduiittisl afterward to friends Ih it he hud serious doubts of the prls oner's guilt until ho begun to pro lion nee sentence. The negro hud pl led not entity lllid tcc;itcilly on being questioned had asserted with much emphasis, "I didn't do It"' The evidence una not com In lag, nnd the bulge waa surprised when the Jury li'iuglit In a verdict of guilty Ills doubts vanished when, after reminding the negro that he hid been duly trhsl by a Jury of twelve men. etc . he mild "It la my duly to vvnrn you Unit vuiir dnys mi earth are numbered, and It behooves you to avail yourself of the little remnant of time allotted to you to iniilce your pence with God." .lust there the negro broke In with the exclamation, "Ah done tint nl ready. Jedge. befo' Ah went out ter kill il it lilggiib:" New York Sun. Excursions East VI A Union Pacific System Vm low round trip fares to DKNVKR, KANSAS CITY, ST. LOUIS, OMAHA, CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS and many other points. DATES OF SALE: September 10 and 11 Limit: October 31, 1913 See any OREGON SHORT LINE Agent for further details THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Reaches Omaha ami Points East TUB DIRECT WAY The Ontario National Bank United States Depository State of Oregon Depository i 0r I'nuik Your Bank f if nod tardUU" Invito you to make our tank your bank. W have tin.- usual Safcpianls of Fin- Proof Vault, Hurglar Proof Bala, Boodad mplnj .n.i .! busiuess in a oontervativa maimer. -;- -:- -:- --.- Capital and Surplus. $80,000 5 Per Cent Net on Time CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT According to Paeiport. Prince Mecherky. win. In a Journal lal hj profot ' n vv ;is coiuiulailoueil by M BSSI to InveHtlgate certain agrarian t pin bleu. The prince Weill to Itouuin li 1 it mi. I there obtained one of the per mlti ii.ee- ajrj for lakliu,' live atoi k serosa Iba frontlet Then he went to i l: s!mii frontier DOSt 'Hid picselitcil the l.i. ii in. nt t.i the l!l. Ill aa hla war rant to ii-v The olllcl.il COUld reilil but little in Russian I'll. I Knew n. . Itoti ii mi n Im li. but the blu do iiuient. vv . I J i .oil of aruix mid siniT greatly I in ad liliu. and he lieerfull.v put the ku-.xl.in otllcl.il ht.iuip on it 1 1 Ih luvcs USatlOflM ell. led. I lie pi line Went back to M md at tiie iir-i opportunity i te.l the passport to Ilia govonof, aav Iny "With thl diiinineiit I entered Itua -I i Md ll'iivcled about rm the tiuiutha. yet you iiniHt admit thai the ilcscrip Ibui uf me kj Hcarcely corn-ci r Mat terlug " The auniced governor read that the prince waa "one black bow, full grown, with ouo ear partlv torn uwny." Modern Witchee. CelitlsrieH have ihi.xsc.1 Miice "witch aa" were aasjasajaa In Kngland. hut In veiv re.. nf tltiuw they have allfferetl ph) sleal hiirtn Mr. JeMsopp knew a Norfolk man wh.. died In lvvl. und In the Mlxtleit had Joiuetl with hla two brother 111 u night expedition to Ihe Iioiim- of iiu old vvoiiniii They tcx.k her nut nf (nil. nnd In the pre ciuv .,f half a dozen other people t in cw ber Into u H.ud. -vvliere aim would Infnlll bl have been drown. d but tiiut aasjas v ho vvele I...I - i , ii, , out that hhe waa ninUlir,' to thu Imt- foin mid niiihi I.- v,. ' 'J h,. e,,ii c uiasv . igntnaj h. i m ti..it -!. k.-d u bin. k ...I i.i.d won- it black niWi dies on Sunduya. In isv' there 'ill alive, and tin -,!,- In uii ele uient..iv .. ti.x.l. mm who aa a jming num. nail acratciieu a "wltrna arin-. till the 1.1 1 p..iii. d down. bw:iue she had ovcrl.Mke!" hlui. and OaU mt could bia boa tb bo restored London I'hioiikle. Work Commenced on Play Grounds. Wallace -A large fori e of men la now at work Inatalllng uppaiiituu for the ( hildr. ii pla groui.dn which la to h. -d here. It i , that I da will be thrown open to Iba le of a week. PACIFIC LET IN CANAL Waters Pour in and for First Time Lap Masonry of Miraflurca Locks M r tnalBiag bar , eras Wot , l;. nuniile bun day ii. i rnlng. eiz.d a shovel and I ir..ui. . a 35 foot fall, p. : .! Um caual beiween Osui- Uu ... ....J 'he M. failures locks. Malheur Mercantile Company Our Special Sale On Table Linens Will continue another week On our whole stock of Table Lin ens and Napkins we will allow for one more week at 10 per Cent Off for Cash Malheur Mercantile Go. 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