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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1913)
MAUDE KIDD WINS THE SPECIAL FAIR WEEK PRIZE A Consolation Prize-a Pair of Shoes Will Be Given Next Thursday to the Candidate Making the Largest Gain for the Week, Who Has not Won a Weekly Prize. MRS. WINNIE MINSTER IS LEADING THE RACE. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Which is to say that they are going to break the records for voted cast. A lazy person finds the easiest way to break a record is to take a phonograph and drop it. The energetic person drops nothing he or hIio cannot take up to advantage. Suppose that yon go out and pick up ome of those subscriptions that are lying around loose. Make a record for yourself this week and come out a winner. Timo for action! You candi dates! Time for loyal support, you friends of candidate' Thero will positively be some thing doing when the yelling breaks loose to cheer the win ners. Your name belongs to the winning list. Will it be then ' Ft ih now 1 1 1 to you and your friend. This is just to let you know that now is the opportune time to win the big pri.e in this con test, which the Argus has in augurated to ini.l out who are the active and consistent work ers in this county. Today is the day of all days. When to morrow and the next day counts they will be the same only more so, as you will then lie DOOfOf to the close of the content. Kver moment counts something now. If the enthtiMia.-m of the t'oiite.-t Manager can be transmitted to I lie eandidales there lerlitih t" le a wave of genuine aiohi tion (hat will deluge llie citiuli- i ih - i ; . mi body who uot in the no i to win is not in it at all. There is not a person in it who ha not a hope of liiiishin rot. There is no need of telling you where you will finish if there is no effort put forth You must know that this is a competitive affair in which your ingenuity and ability to hustle is placed in direct OOtsV ; niion w lb the siuulai ability 0 your rivals. Will ftttjfOM who has entered the race admit that their skill and ingeiuiitv as a vote getter ami possible aui- ner is Interior to that of ihi other oonlootoBti he on trying for the eriief You certainly Mill not, and the way the can didates ere going after new ul- II nations lead us to believe that il v.. n want to stay in the rim ing you have lobe up and go ing. Today's standing indicate- a i intereet growing wider and tnor emphatic. The close i- Ottly lour mouths distant. YOU ihould bi ahle to must i a large trrOJ Ol votes and acl eve mm h in tbOM last few DSOnlbO. In odvisiug inc oonteetenti to turn in then subscriptions and llie oli or tli. in as early as possible before the close the Contavl tlsuagar lias m mind their OOlttfort and the OOiok adv iee bioh will bi some what liainpen.1 in the l'..-!i ol the liual b .us tin. i .1 egeinel uiiv poeeil ity of having to sit day by turning in subscriptions you have now. It will take you a shorter time than when the closing day comes. Contestants may aid the workers in the con test department greatly by an observance of tbeso simple re quests and in turn the attention to candidutes can be quicker and more satisfactory. Watch closely and see that every pre caution is taken not to lose a subscription if by culling on u friend mav secure it. Make the final days count and call on the Contest Manager for any desired information. lltW THEY STAND Mabel Wanton l're.l Bottler Klla Brostian Wiltnoth Curry C. C Dodge Frank Dortnau Thome Krickaon C. A. Field Mrs. L It. Fry V. V. Hickox II. W. Iloopea Crete hen Hailay Mrs J A llogiin Juiiuit llodgkius John Hunt (). A. k" I-in. W !'. k Koeiiig II 10 K ester Maude knid Bthol M.'Nnlty II. M. Met. I; Q M. Aiiuick V W. Marsdeu Kltlen Madden Mrs Winnie Minster Maggie Moody 1) T Mansker Florence O'Conor Nettie Peterson Mrs. W II Haver Mrs A Slutnor Mrs. Joe Staples Betsy Taylor Ruth Test Mrs. Winnie Wisdom F. Winston Mrs. II. (' Whitworth Mrs. John Weaver Dottit Ward Maude Walters Mrs Harry Williams Mrs. A Zimmerman Frank Van I'etten Qoorgis Dennis Usrtruds founds I III I II M. Brine Heal VolVO ! lines Stella II. mi-. Kinma Johnson A. & Manetnun Dra Nott Marion Itobioooti v v i K Mrs 1. Dell Mrs. J. P, HoOOtOO ow i mi Mi-s Anna KoherUon PAVMfl AUiula Oregon Mav Mver T. It Neileon B s Roberts Km lie. Rueawll M.t. Simon M Alice Williams HI M I! M.'l I II John B I- isktf Deis) Meseo III S I l..l."N 18,210 4,f50 1S1.160 10,750 1,788 18fB80 87,810 7420 ,:7r 2,740 2720 175,241 o.tir.o 7 110 2000 40,1 J( r.r)4o 2,'JOtt B48788 BS080 -',! Id J.I 10 664,87l 30160 140,748 70,117 874,188 671,07 108,461 377,o7K 46,860 .H.050 78,618 as.tioO 118,888 11,380 108,148 8,065 111540 101, Kill 86,190 88,116 16667 ..1.000 18,006 ISt, 170 1 16,766 8410 23,680 117,448 207,208 10,800 Is. too 8.580 sround oi i wan on the tiual Mis. Krs i 7,080 11,060 10,060 1,232 2,800 18,830 2,600 I 008 1,060 4700 Th Oregon Bute fair at Salem will open September 29. Crook county and the forest service have united In the effort to Improve roads In Crook county reserves. The Josephine county fair opened on Wednesday, September 14, to con tinue for three days. Farmers of eastern Oregon are plan ning to pasture sheep on the wheat fields for the purpose of destroying the weeds. All gas and electric meters will be tented by the Oregon state railroad commission before they are used try the public service corporations. If plans of the commission carry. The attorney general has rendered an opinion that an osteopath cannot practice optometry without securing a license from the state board of optometry. There were 362 accidents In the state during the month of August, of which eight were fatal, according te the monthly report just Issued by La bor Commissioner O. P. Hoff. Wilson Bros, of Astoria have been awarded the contract to build a cruis er launch for the United States gov emment. The boat will have a length of H2 feet and beam of 47 feet, with 176 horsepower engines. Inline county potato growers report a stiffening of the price for tubers of Isle, 11 ruling now. where 76 cents was the prevailing price a short time ago. Shortage In California is given here as the cause of the Increase. Salem will vote on a tentative com mission form of government plan at the primary election to be held No vember 3. A committee wilt be named to make a tentative draft of the char ter. Two I'ortlsnd men. V. and A. Wl ii. in . have discovered a suhterrnnean reservoir on their place In Marren valley. They eipect to Irrigate 40 acres of land from the new supply. I'rof. I'. O. Holden will make a tour of Oregon with his "alfalfa special" train to educate the farmers In diver sified farming and dairying on culti vated lands, la spite of the previous unnouneement that he would be un able to arrange his Itinerary. Canneries of the lower Columbia were blocked by the receipts of fall fish within 24 hours after the season opened Enormous loss of fish will result if the big run continues, as can ners will be unable to handle all the fish offered An electric pumping plant to cost 11.000.000 and to furnish water to Ir rigate 27,964 acres of the high bench lands of Dead Os flat, Is the eastern pun of Malheur county, la the latest of the big Irrigation enterprises pro Jeeted In eastern Oregon. The tariff conferees have agreed to Senator line's proposal to make more liberal the regulations concerning the mioiiifacture of denatured alcohol, with a view lo facilitate its inauufac mt-f by tSHMM from their waste prod mis v recent Investigation by the state l.'Partiaeiit of education has disclosed the fuel thai certain tell books used III the schools of the state huve been sold by booksellers at a price In ex cess of what Is charged for the same book In ChlcuKo tin the eve of his departure for Washington. Will It. King, chief coun sel for the rutted States reclamation service, said that, in his opinion. Sec retary of the Interior l.aue will order work started on the first 10.000 acre unit of the West finutiliu extension before January 1. The new paper pulp mill which has been in course of construction for the past year adjoining the sawmill of the l' Smith Lumber and Manufactur ttiK company In Marahfield, la now completed and It Is announced (hat tli. 1. 1. mt will beglu operations about Octet"! I Hop growers in Oregou this year are enjoying the rare combination of big crops and high prices The yield is one of llie heaviest the state has ever hu.l. iiu.l the market is going up at the rate of a ceut a da) Ktgurei compiled show the yield will be 130. 000 bales, the biggest since 1907. A great deal of Interest Is being taken by sportsmen lu vurlous parts 01 the state in organizing clubs and BjMM pu.i.cuou. A general conven tion of sportsmen will be held in Port Ian. I In November b delegates from a number of counties to form a state association. i ..iporatlon Commissioner Watson announces that only a few stock broW ers had complied with the provisions of the blue sky law and that he would t.tke legal actlou Immediately against the dcliiuiuenta The law provides ili.it til brokers must obtain penults sunk and file lists of ta st oiks l hey sell. In hir- annual report to the secre tar) of state. W A Hell, district St tornev of The Dalles, reeoiniuenda that the legislature should enact a law provldlug tor a secret bureau for the ferreting out of crime. He says that r gulai officers do not accomplish the r. Milts (hat could be secured with si r u s men. beeause the offl cers are too well known and haven't the time to follow up cases as taej should be followed. AT DREAMUND TUESDAY NIGHT After playing to splendid bus iness in Portland, Seattle, Pen dleton and Baker the Frank Rich Co., with twenty people, nearly a car load of scenery and effects, will open for a two night engagement Tuesday, Sept. 30, in what promises to be the -11119- ienl treat of the season. The first night's bill will be the Beauty Doctor, featuring Mr Hert Bell, that ever popular comedian and his Sunshine Oirls, eight pretty and dainty girlies, who sing and dance and put over their numbers in a way that makes one forget their woes. Miss Dora Gardiner is more than comical as the old maid as also Lew Koee, who is fast gain ing a reputation in the west as an entertainer of merit. Miss Kilith Wiliua is the prima donna a clever and smart actress who possesses a rich contralto voice. Mr. Frank Karle as the dude is a scream, last but not least, Mr. Aubry Carr the tenor singer who possesses a very rare voice, makes a bit at once. The Sun shine girls do the rest. Wednesday's bill is another scream. Hert Bell und Lew Hose, principal comedians, are a riot. Many new and popular songs, put over with a dash ami vim, new scenery, wardrobe, electrical effects. Special music as the company has a matter musical director in Mr. I'.rtiie Wolff. Two shows nightly. Watch for bills as there is no doubt that this is the cleverest popular priced musical comedy it the west today. 1)1,1 mriiK aft tha. tram nfftnA- 1F cents per hundred. Just what oa need to line your cabins and Place under the carpet Rebels in Mexico Blew Up Two Trains Laredo.Tez Fifty persons were kill ed when rebels dynamited a passeng er train on the Mexican National rail way 60 miles south of Saltlllo, Mm, according to official reports to Mexi can federal headquarters In Nuevo Laredo. The train was then looted and the surviving passengers robbed, It Is said. British Coiumbis Team Wins Sheet. Vancouver, B. C. The British Co lumbia team won the northwest In ' larnatlnnsl aKrhftff with I Tftl nnlnts IhS. Ing a lead of ten over the Oregon team. The Washington state team scored 1(04. The victory of the local shooters was in doubt ap to the last) stages of the match. SON OFTriiCE DIES AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS On Reptember 22, Herbert, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Noeoe. tiled after an illness extending over several months, aged 8 years. The funeral was ooodooted by Rev. Meyer from the Baptist ohnreh aotf In tern.ent was made In the Ontario eemeteri. MACHINE FOR DIGGING THE SEWER ARRIVES THIS WEEK The machine for digging the sewer is on the ground soil the wora of digging the big sewer through the west part of the oity will be ruibsd as ttie contractors have to complete the oontraot io ninety days and the weatber may turn bad before tbey can iln 1 1 1 the work. You'll Have No Kick Coming If you pay for an admission there. Our pictures are the latea and most exciting to be had. 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