ONTARIO ARGUS COLOMBIA DEALS
WITH GREAT BRITAIN
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M. K. UAIN.
Publisher.
Brief News of the Week
Hpaln may not participate In the.
Panama Pacific exposition because of
lack of funds caused by the drain from
the African war.
The turkey trot will not Iip permit
tad In the future at the Philadelphia
navy yard lllucJnrkctH who break
the rule will he subject to dlHclplln.
The sovereign grud MM I'i'l''
ppndrnt Order of odd Follows, voted
down M proposition of the Itehnkiih
JJruticl, to ( u blibli a general uasenv
bly
i The mlnp mnnngors rejected propos-
ahl of tha fi-di nil department of liihor
for arbitration of thp Michigan BBBBf
minors' alrlkp
The nssosscd valuation of real ea
Mt In N-w York city thin year la
tH.niii.fifio.niio This la an Increase
ovpr Inst year of $&h.nfin,h(ih
A BUM OMfM In gardening, open
to all. to he conducted In cine of the
City high hi IkioI buildings, wiih nuthur
l.pd If thn KiMM city board of edu
cat Inn
liwrencp. Mann , haa been choapn
a Hip next meeting pine of Herman h
Bona, ut the session In Sun Francisco
C. .1 Von ItoHcnherK of La (Jrniigc,
Tai , was choaen preHldent.
Tha death of tho lata Pranrlarn I.
Madero and Vice President Jose Marin
I'lno Hunrex wpre not brought iiliout
by n punishable crime, tin -online to a
decision pronounced by the Mexican
Dilllinry court
Washington. The report that Pear
son 4V Hon, the great English firm of
contractors and exploiters, with It
tlgnlflcant relation. to the tirltlah
government Itself, had obtained a gi
gantic conceaalon for the exploitation
of Colombia's natural resources, In
volving the right lo construct docks,
quays, railways and canals, arouses
Intense Interest, not to aay keen con
cern, baft
The matter Involves the acquisition
by Kngllah concessionaries of tracts
of hind and harbor works In the Gulf
of Marten, a stones throw from the
Panama canal, and special Interests
along the Atrato river, I waterway
which forms n pnrt of the site of the
Colombian route for an Isthmian ca
nal.
The question would not be so sig
nlflcnnt were It not for the fact that
li conceaalon also Includes the con
struct Ion of railways, docks, quays
and "canals," the lout named being of
MM greatest significance. That fea
ture of the concession might be con
aldered England a answer to the Pan
sma canal tolls question, the Amerl
can attitude concerning which haa
caused keen dli satisfaction In Ureut
Britain.
NEWS OF GENERAL
INTEREST IN IDAHO
Important Occurrences Of The
Past Week From Cities
In Our Statt
"Rollers" Ready to Dla.
Caldwell. Membera of the Holy
Rollers are holding camp meetings In
aouthweateru Idaho in preparation for
their pilgrimage to Southern Califor
nia, where they will assemble shortly
for Judgment day. Many of them,
owners of farms, have abandoned
their holdings In the belief that they
no longer can be of use to them be
cause It will be Impossible to tnke
worldly goods with them when they
go to their Judgment.
The
Emigrants
A Story For Labor
Day
By EVELYN C. GOODRICH
People in the News
Frederick Wlnthroy Thayer, Invent
Or of baseball catchers' musks, la
dead
Joseph W Polk, formerly governor
of Mis mirl, has been appointed nolle
llor fol the Mtati' department
Maury I Migus ami K Drew (ami
net 1 1 have I f 1 1 1 1 1 l denied to take
their while slavery cases to the f d
eral court of appeals.
A statue to former Governor John
A. Johnson of Minnesota, erected by
public subscriptions of the ill liens of
St Peter, was iiuvidled Hunday.
I he closing business session at the
G A It encampment at Chattanooga
elected ( n Washington
i.ildin-i of Albion, Mich, i oiiiiti.uidci
III chief
It la reported that Miss Marie Peary,
daughter id Hear Admiral i'eary. la eu
gaged to marry Honald MiicMlllun,
wlio in comiMtii. d I'e.iry on hu i
to the tiorili pole Miss Peary was
born fiitlhci north than any white
child, and Ksklmos call her Snow
bird
Instructions hate been sent by
l lent 1 1 iit-t tit to lien Felix Urn.,
who nun Is In Kutope. to return Ik
Mexico luiuicdllllclv
Trnv cling lucognllii aa Wong Kwok
Y lit lr Sun Vat Sen. former presl
itciil ol the I'hlucse ii'iuibllc and lend
er of the tcwiliitltm.ii forces In the
great rebellion that has disturbed
china recently, li raBortod to be in
hiding III Vancouver II c
Imergency Board Will Maet.
Hnlein Complvlhg with the request
or (inventor West a meeting of the
emergen.! ho. lid has been tailed In
Bocrclarv of State Men W Olcolt. sec
rotary ot the h, hi id The meeting la
culled to act on a ropiest of the gov
eriior ror funds to continue In- law
enforcement activities The Ilium
appropriated In (lie legislature has
bat xhaiislod. anil the giiMTtlor
elates hla law eiiforceincui work can
nut continue unless his emergency
hoard which was created b the last
legislature aulliorlies his office to In
cur a dclii lenc)
Two Meet Death on Snake Bridge.
Ontario --On her way to Payette to
pass the night with friends after at
tending the fair here, Mrs. John Kr
win, living one and one half miles
from llrognn, Or. and her son met
deatli when a westbound freight train,
crossing the Snake river bridge, ran
down the woman and her two chil
dren. The daughter, Malay, axed 7,
waa aerlously Injured.
North Bend Identlflea Man.
North Mend Chief of Police An
derson has Identified Charles .
Htone, wlio was arrested In San Fran
Cisco recently on a while slavery
charge, aa I,. A Prey, a former north
end councilman and clothing dealer
SMOOTH BUNCO OPERATOR
Man Contracta to Buy Hones, Cashes
Many Chacka and Then Disappears.
The I hi Ilea Hi f the smoothest
bunco men who ever operated ht-re left
this city with Siiu. which be Is alleged
to have fraudulently secured from
prominent local business men by
means of worthless checks, lie also
left BJ of the finest horses that could
be found in Ittta ami Klickitat Bounty.
Washington, at a feed yard, lie or-
dcied the horses delivered to hlui lit
the f 1 ynrd, and some of the ranch
era went to the trouble ami expense
of dining li, mill's, tli, it they might
deliver tin- annuals and consummate
tl peeled snlis
il Mi-era say the stranger never had
any intention of buvlug the horses,
hut negotiated for them In order to
gain the confidence of local business
men whom In- Induced to cash his
Worthless checks
liver Tea Bet la Trophy.
Salem Isaac I Staples of Port
land bus offered a silver lea set to
the exhibitor of the best equipped and
neatest appearing herd of five Jersey
cuttle exhibited at the Oregon State
fall September L'il to October 4 The
exhibit must Include the herdsman,
blankets and geneiul appearance, both
in tin- latrn and In the show ring
IDAHO PASTOR ARRESTED
Effort to Move Church Building le
Reaented.
Itolse. Conflict that threatened to
disrupt the peace and dignity of both
towna nnd cause a wide breach be
tween their respective cltlxenH reached
a high pitch In Soldier and Fairfield,
central Idaho, when Uev. Max Heln
hardt of Fairfield was nrreated for
Healing the Haptlst church In Soldier.
The Baptist denomination built a
church In Soldier several years ago,
which was deeded to the society, and
as there Is no church house In Fair
field, Itev. Mr. ftclnhardt was author
Ixi-d to remove the building to Fair
field, which is only a mile and u half
from Soldier.
There has been n lively fight waged
to prevent the removal of the church
to the railroad town at Fairfield and
when tin- building waa being stripped
for removal some of the Soldier cltl
lens m. oh out a deed to the property
to one of the local merchants In Sol
dlor. who promptly had Mr Itelnhardt
arrested, alleging that the house was
hla and that the church authorities
could not remove It.
Month's Pay for Three Daye.
Moscow AID gh Carl ('line had
worked less than three days for the
Mini Mciideiihall Paving company, lie
ohtntned judgment Tor 7& as a com
mon laborer because the company
failed to pay ('line the Iti.LTi It owed
him at tin- time he quit work, (.'line
brought suit under n new statute for
Mo days' wages which the court held
tin- company was liable for as a pen
alty for not paying ('line when he
quit work for the company. .
"Cyclone" Fails to Uneeat Hiwn,
Grangevllle Jack Dawn's senaa
t ltiii.it ride of Cyclone, one of the
world's most famous outlaw burkers,
was (lie feature act on an excellent
program at the "Border Mays" arena
before all audience that taxed the
lU.llOU seating capacity of the park
O'NEIL APPEAL DENIED
Idaho Banker Must Serve a Jail Sen
tence. Iliuse It. F. (Marney) O Nell, for
uier president of the defunct State
Hank of Commerce of Wallace, must
MCTa an Indeterminate term of from
two to ten years In the Idaho state
penitential') , for the supreme court
has affirmed the Judgment of the dls
trict court for Kootenai county The
opinion Is written by Justice Sullivan for tiictchen It BMBBl thut she must
In what la called the Blnck forest In
Germany Ihed a poor-couple, Jacob
Out! and his wife, who had hut one
child, a daughter, Orctchcn, who waa
the main comfort of her parents She
Mini Ifatis Mro-kcl, the son of a black
smith, were brought up together, each
Ix'lng the other's only companion, for
the region in which they lived was
Sparsely settled,, and no other family
ll eil near them.
Jacob Onatr waa a woodcutter.
When Gretchcn was nineteen years
old there came a grent commotion In
the family. Ilniw Mreckel one day
nut Gretchcn on the road carrying a
bundle of fagots and -aid to her;
"UretehPii, I have come to nn linpor
t" hi decision. I ii in young and strong
and mil not satisfied to remain hero
In the forest, where there la nothing
for a man to do but cut wood. One
can enm only money enough by so
doing to keep body and soul together,
for If we ask n better price our em
pkiyem any to us: 'There are plenty
Of men wlio would like tho work nt
the siime price. If you nro not satis
fied we will employ others In your
pliue.' I shall ifo where there nre la
hot- unions, and, elnce I hear that
there arc- better pil es paid In the
In I ted States of America, I shall go
there."
Hans kept hla eyes on Gretchcn
while he was speaking' and saw hers
gradually fall till they rested on the
ground and were wet with tears. Till
this moment linns had never thought
of Gretchcn other than aa n play
mate mid. after they were grown, as
.1 friend. Hut now. when he saw the
tears gather In her eyes Ism-huso he
was to leave her. a new sensation was
born In his heart, a tenderness for the
maiden with whom he bud licen reared,
and. taking her In his arms, he kissed
I" u.v her tears.
When Grclt-hcD reached her home
ami threw the fagots beside the lire
place s(. sat down In a chair mid cov
ereil her face with her bauds Her
mother, who was washing the break
fa-t dishes, paused and sulil:
"What la the matter. G rote hen f
It was a Ioiik while before the moth
er could draw from her daughter thai
Hans was going to that far country. I
America. Hut Greb lieu did not tell
her what was of far more Importance
to nil ol t heui thut bo had uskod her
l go with him as Ids wife. It was
h nd for the poor girl to lose her com
p.inion ami. since the announcement of
bis Intended departure, her lover
There would have la-ell no cause for
sorrow, but reason for rejoicing, if she
could have yielded to his wlsli This
she could not do, for It would have
been cruel for her tc loaxe her old fa
ther and mother, who would now need
her more and more every day She
only said that llaus was going to
Auicrha. knowing that I' her parents
Uticw they were keeping her fMUi go
ing with lit in It would trouble them
greatly
When Hans found that Grot, lien
would not go with til in he asked her to
IM-oiulao ill ail Hut It her patents dn d
she would come to him Hut this was
net much lomfort to linn, for on that
I'lulltiiui his sweetheart was iijd likely
t Join lit tit for many yours And. as
200 Acres for Sale
OR TRADE
Fifty acres has been seeded to alfalfa.
Some 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
BUTTER WRAPPERS
Must Be Printed
We are printing more wrappers than any other two
offices in this section. There is a reason. We have
the machinery, type and workmen necessary and we
take the same care with Butter wrappers that we do
with wedding invitations.
Take your next order of Arcrnc OflfiWn
Butter Wrappers to the & VJ1IILC
flfllfe ilal afc -
OT ONTARIO. ORE
A Good Bank
In a Good Country
Confining our business strictly to L E G I T I M A T E
banking, and with ample resources for the needs of
our customers, we invite the banking business of
ranchers, fruitgrowers, stockmen and individuals,
Resources Over Half Million Dollars
OrHlhhS AM) DlkM-TOKM
' J.",ov.),V.1.K.l'M.V pridnt; H. B. COCKRUM. Caahier
T Tl KMUI.r.. Vi.el're.ident C. W.PI.ATT Asst. Cashier
Montie B. owinn,
L. B. Cock rum:
C. E. KKNYON
Coos Potato Crop a Bumper.
M.iisbrii-hl loos count rain hers
Bay that they will haw one ot (lie
Israest crops of potatoes (be) b.ne
i'o-i had The potato harvest here la
How ai t(s height and I he ranchers
ate hBTlafl dirth tilty In (MtlBf ciuuish
in.-ii to nattier the bumper crop of
spuds ot only is the crop Inrcc hut
the iimlit b much better than the
awr.ifcc
WOMAN KILLS INTRUDER
Victim in Unui Mtffe t ounu With
Head Pillowed on Pan
Hctid Toiuo Si..l..,i.i .i-. aBOl and
kill, i B) Mi I' i. i R .1 under clr
cuuistauces which are mmmwIuiI pua
iuik- to i BUthorttlee iti. il i.
tinned to dlnuet md found Seaip.ua
d. .id on ihe fluui in breast i.
shot and In. In ad pillowed on a Uu
p.. I.
lira Hlui said she had etaot Seal
l I mpropcr remark lo
I s.iid sh. took her
bali and tl. d 1!;. . i!.. uu pan
Mas iin.br Ihi slain num. hi ol hen
In . t
fclo . llulO
BRYAN ANSWERS CRITICS
So. ratary Declares He Will Lecture
Whenever He PieVaee.
.I.imestown a line of the largest
crowds this i i mi in unit has ever aMh
gathered here In heal Serelar lit i, it
deliver his last i-hautauijua lecture ol
the season A previous statement ot
tha secret, irv in WusliiiiKton answer
In crlllclsins of his appear. uu .- on
the lecture platform and declaring bis
purpose to lecture In the fuluie when
ever be deemed It desirable or i
s.u v. had aroused ureal Interest and
when he was announced ihe audience
heajM a tleiiiousiralluu thai those tu
clinic., hud trouble uuletins On tho
platform itli Mr Itrv.tn were Sena
lOrl llurtoii and New lauds.
and Is concurred in bv Chief Justit-e
Allshle and Justice Sullivan
O Nell was convicted uf the . hatRo
of uiakliiR false reports lo the state
hunk examiner on the financial condi
t loll of the Wallace hank The fljjht
tu eitradlle him from Vancouver. H
0H to Idaho, formed an Interesting
chapter In a U-khI cout roversv that
was w lined lor several months lie
appealed from the conviction, but by
the opinion he loses hla ease
Gen. Milaa May Run For Congreea
h'ttchhurK. Muss Speakllia of the
itlinouucoiiieiit made h friends that
he would be a candidate for (be lie
publlc.ui nomination for congress from
ihe third Mus-.icl.uscMs dlstru-l. lieu
Nelson A Mile.- s.nd
I have noi aflBB IBO published an
lioiiucemeiit Inn I will s.,v (but while
I am inl scckliiK tile office. If (he
people of ihe district want uie I will
.ci v. tin in if thev bBU me "
V cuthful Oolfer Tics Britain's Beat.
Iirookllm V . t ., Vmcrlc.in
youth a striplniK sc.u.elv out of hja
lived a niclic for hlmseir in
iiiiern.uioniil aBBatlBJ hi(oi lure
' I Millie! lied v Kb Kiigl.tnd s
I is. II. , i
..i.l,ui BU4 lilvvard Kav. In (he tin.. I
' of the ii.ituiiial ofeu champion
sluu. . .4 .
Enginaar Held to Blame.
Nam pa Kuaiucor V C Kcr waa
to Id.tiin- for the wreca of Oreaon
Short I. Inc. on the Idaho Northern
extension, neur Smiths Kerr). August
.il. at-cordlng to the findings of the
hoard of nupilrv which has Just been
ui.ole public The accident resulted
111 the death of Ktreman William
llelts, Hraketncii Scott slid M ''er, s.
ran injuries to Conductor T H Mof
fatt and alight injuries to HBfaBBN
The bourd of liigulry was
composed of live Oregon Sborl Line
employes and one represeulutive of
the public. Ned Jt'llliess
Bill to Aid Worklngmen.
I'ocutello ccotdltis- lo dvtors
d by T V Kli'kartl. a uiember
of the woiknien s vollipells.il loll colli
laatoa appointed by the gvweruor in
July, the first formal meetinc of the
couitulsMo' -, i ihe purpose of draft
lull fot presentation to the next
iture tl h. '!' i in m ifc,., ti,-
toher 1
To Teach Sewing, Cooking.
Wall .m' I'ho . lauoa
I for the higl
installed and within a . v.
hf r. ,.v for use The equipuieni i
of tbi last type and clecuic siovcs
rill - .i for the sludeuta.
1 her parents In order to join her
lover
The day Hans departed he said to
liielcheu "Vou know that my father
Is old and cannot live loin; ami my
niollier Is n.. I my own mother, but my
itepaiotber Father will never come
lo in- ill America, and when he dies
unit her will go to live with one of her
own children Hut there will la- noth
lug lo prevent your luiiigliii; your par
ents with you to my new home They
say money Is made very easily there
A skilled laborer get -j marks a day
out of that I can save il marks a day
at least and can semi (his inonev to
vou so that you may all Join mo la"
"Oh, Mans. " exclatiiutl the girl, "jrtiu
ni-f so gisal ao hopeful, hut you luiist
.arn to do something that will enable
yiKl to earn so much money, and in
those count i lea where hUh wiikoh are
paid they say It costs more to live
HlK " she added. "I will cuno to you
if 1 can ever Ui so without bringing
sorrow to my ,oar father and mother"
Huns kiss. si her again and again,
then strode aw a;, without once looking
hark, lest he should show the moisture
in bts eyes, vv Id. h he considered un
in. inly
Klght years passed during which the
overs reiii.iinisl true to ea. li other In
ill tills Utile there was never an in
t.nal of more than a month that
llaus did not Write to his sweetheart
an. I she always replied lo bis leflei
with her whole heart Hans proupar
sl and offered to sond her uionev
bung over her parent, but she i.. . e.
evei inontioiiis.1 the matter f.. tbciii
N'nr did they know that v..
kis.- ing apart two young ikusous win
bill for them might Isy liappy togetb
er and rearing a family of children
In all tin- i ;r,.f hen n.v
I er lue-tl.ol a w..id to her p.itc
II making for (her:
d bm Jueab was cuttlns
-term cauie up and blew
BU tr. in a tree, burying hln
u. tie live raw ,
A Complete Line of
At the Argus Office
MMMMf
PRUNE AND SPRAY.
Ths ailed book says lo watch and
pray;
Tis good aitlcs. aa all will ear;
Hut pray ci won't stop tha buss
and bllghl.
Do in.iWu up your mind you'll have
to ngtit.
If you rsisa B'shI trult and maka
It pay.
Vou must fsrtllls. pruna and
spray.
-rarni l'ieu
It probably auffera worae from the
lack of fertlllxation than from any
other causo It la Indeed a rare caaa
where the fanner or perhapa even the
orcliardlsi manures or fertillaea hla
orehartl as thoroughly and aa coiiadeu
tiuusly as he dives ids corn and wheat
around, says the Fanner's Guide.
I
Por Pilling tha Appla Barral.
How to pg k apples in barrels Two
layers of fruit should be placed In the
bottom of lairrel with stems dowu aud
aa cb ther aa ivoaslbje. Tbeae
n-lll ..... .1... u.. I
..... I'tlll uir ifli
Kaffir a Good as Corn.
Knfnr Is as g.sid a feel aa corn. Be
cause farmers are learning this Kaffir
has become one of the moat Important
crops grow n In Kanaaa today Tha
grain Is valued highly aa a feed for all
ej)Baaaa of live stock In feeding five
; niisiiels ..r Knfflr se,si nre
considered aa
four bushela of
tj f. f
being eipilvalent to
shelled corn.
Indiana Put on Shaw.
Falla City John Williama and hla
Fill In with the
same grade,
hake the barrel
often and when
near the top put In two mure layers
with stems up. lotting the laat layer
aland a full Inch ulsiva the chine of
barrel. Now put on lid and alowly
pre-ss Into place, shaking the barrel m
i Ihe stores sell very-
ex. e. ei.i iiurrei tic nlera or p
lng. for this end ot Sileti Indian gave a real ln-
wlll be the top l';h show in Wagner hail to a large
hen opened audience The performance consisted
of a number of characteristic Indian
dames, songs, and other stunts In por
trayal of tha Indiun in his native itate.
Bears Bothar Bay City.
Bay City. Five beara in eight days
la the record capture made by Sal
Shiftman on his place, lees than one
quarter mile from the cenier of this
town. Traps d hi an orchard a ahort
Hut one .an be rigg.si very iiulckly by distance from the house were the
IgflBfl a plank or scautiing with one -sauae for brulus undoing.
end under a atud reaching to the shed
plate and nulled temporarily In place
!et' ''"( liot to presj the
anols ..., hi.r.1 i- ,r. i :. Kkiiroau offuiaia ar
8F
e on the Track.
- Railroad offuiaia
looking for th- prson or persons who
Fertdne Vour Orchard. placed a six -Inch ipike on the railroad
As as ibc average farm trlk elnt miles from here tor the
..c.r, particular PPrent pur;se of wrecking a u aln
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