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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1913)
ROUND THE WORLD A SURPRIZE AWAITS It's a conquering price for a great car! At the new cost to consumers, Ford cars will be still more in evidence on every highway. Stop! Look! Listen! Watch the Fords go by you can scarcely hear them. 1575 is the new price of the Ford Runabout; the Touring car is $82r, Town Car, $825 -f. o. b. Ontario, with all equipment. Get cat alogue and all particulars from Ford Auto Company Ontario, Ore. Buy your Meat at The ONTARIO MARKET and get the best the market affords There's none so blind as those who will not seef There is always one best Grocery Store in each town. While we do not wish to throw boquets at ourselves, we do think that we have the best one in Ontario. It is our policy to not advertise prices, but if you are interested enough to come in and ask the prices of our Groceries you will understand why we say, "There is none so blind as those who will not see. Our Store is to Ontario as Sterling is to Silver. Wilson Bros. & Co. The Grocers St. Loula hotel! now employ onlj negro wn Iters. Rents In Hongkong have advanced 21 per cent since tne Chinese revolution. New Orleans refuses to employ mar ried women as public school teachers. Duluth has put Into service a combi nation automobile patrol and emer gency ambulance. Chicago health board offers free ty phoid fever serum Inoculation to l.oo cltltena to popularise the Idea. "Treaty tree," twenty feet In ctr cumference. near To try town, N. Y., f mmiM In history, has Just died. Draining the Zulder Zee of Holland will be uudertnkeii In parts. The Ant dam will reclaim GO0.000 acres. According to the Canadian Forestry association, BO per cent of Canada Is capable of growing nothing but timber crops. The old cathedral of 8t Lonln, New Orleans, has leen closed aa un iifc. owing to the sinking of the east wall. It was built In 1721. Known us the kleptograph, a burglar alarm Invented by an Italian Ignites a flashlight nnd photographs the in truder who Invades the room In which It la set Dogwood, the principal source of shuttles for use In cotton mills, la growing scarcer year by year, and vari ous substitutes are being tried, but with no great success. One of the German navy's dlrlglhls balloons Is being fitted wltb a 40,000 candle power searchlight capable of Itltimlnnttng the surface of the sea from a height of ft.000 feet. Missing his mlHtress when she earns out, a Boston dog waltd forty -eight hours at a church door for her an p4nro in-41 and could only be Induced to leave when she came after hiss. For tCHtlng the germinating qualities of seeds quickly an Iowa man has patented a cabinet something like an Incubator, warm moisture rising through the walls and dropping on the scHd trnya. An ultra modern German institution, the purpose of which Is to counteract thu ovll of haste In the modern bust ness world. Is the "slumber saloon," where sixty bunks for noonday imps are provided The chief Industries of northern Khodeslu are cuttle ranching, general fanning, tobacco and cotton raising. Citrus fnilta ulso do well. Up b Ihs present there has been but tittle nin eral development The Integrity of afternoon tea In England has been threatened by some unscrupulous uiciubera of. the beats of commons, who have ordered steaks and heavy food Ht the hour when the aroma of tea should bold Ita own. A machine bus leen perfected which pours un.v dry imwder Into a paper bag. folds the bug. mnki's a paper boi and places bug and a folded clrcnlar within It. pastes on a label und Meals the box at a rate of 1.500 boxes an hour. To Hid a pollceinon In controlling a prisoner U I'hllitdelphlan has patented gloves with cUitrodee In the palms which send it powerful current through un unruly man from a storage Imticry forming a part of the pdaWBMAl equipment An automatic tire alarm hihI ex tinguisher Invented in Germany em ploys n thermostat to ring a bell and liberal.- lurge quantities of carbonic acid gaa lu a room In which It U placed wheu the temperature rises above the danger point A bride's dressing rooin Is to be pro vided at a church In Madison avenue, Now York. The organ loft over tb church entrance will be removed, and In Its place a henutiroiiy equipowi room will be built Here tho bride will be able to put the nulablng touches to her attire after the drive to the church. The coke Industry In the United States hus now reached In gqpd yeara the $100,000,000 mark, end, moreover, there Is u steadily growing Increase in th. pi nlon of coke made In by- product retort ovens whereby the val imMe b.M'ioducts of gas. tar, uniuionlii. etc are saved to the value of tens of millions of dollars aunuAlly. A life buoy for aejlal navigation hus been Invented by a Nova Scotia man The pHruchute Is folded In u horlxon tul position on H tail of the flying machine und uttHched to the aviator by harness It is folded by straps connected to electromagnetic releases and on the pressure of a button will open aud lift the aviator out of his seat. The new Chlneso dictionary publish ed recently at Shanghai represents live years' lulwr of many of China's great est scholars und supersedes as the stiui.lurd the famous dictionary pub lish. d In 1710 by the authority of the Kuiperor Kluinghal. Many scientific words are Included In the uew diction ary, and muuy obsolete characters have been dropped. Alfred Austin, the late poet laureate, was lucky In his work as a journalist. For iiuiuv years he did his dally task Ht home with the assistance of a tele graph wire run Into his study alxty miles fn.tn the I.on.lou Stnudurd of nYe Ills ln-tnieitons came over the wire, and hU editorial article went to town by train Sometimes he would telegraph the whole article. Venice is confronted by a serious problem The city is rapidly gaining In population, and so fur no place has been found to lucoininodilte the III crease There are now MAOO Inhabl tants In Venice In excess of suitable Quarter. Anmoi t"e many plans dls cussed Is the building 0 new quarters on the l-ldo Island Another plan con templates an additional town at tne muutu of Hie Ureutu river. O IF ' W9 IF ' 1 every visitor to our store, but it is a pleasant surprise. We are offering new and vast assort ments of goods at most alluring prices and we know that a visit of inspection will convince you that there is no store like ours for genuine bargains. Your as tonishment will increase when you compare qualities artd prices. Here is the greatest place in town to save hard earned money. The Toggery Popular Priced Clothes for Men 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 You'll Have No Kick Coming If you pay for an admission there. Our pictures are the lates and most exciting to be had. If You Visit this Moving Picture Show with the whole family, you'll be more than delighted, and will certainly come again Moving Pictures Here Tells What's Going On Dreamland Theatre ALEXANDER The Clothier ONTARIO, OREGON THE FALL SEASON IS ON IN FILL BLAST It has taken a long time to make sure of real fall weather but our fall stock has been a sure thing with Ontario, for sev al weeks. It is complete in every detail. HIGH ART Suits and Overcoats The best ready-to-wear Clothing that Money Can Buy $ 1 6.00 to $25.00 Imported Valour Nats $5.00 Stetson Hats in New Shapes and New Colors $3.50 Ajax Boy's Suits and Overcoats Boys Suits with 2 pairs of Pants in heavy all wool Cassimere $5.00 and $6.00 Alexander's Famous Shoe $2.50 It's a shoe that wears like a $3.50 shoe and with aU the style. I you have never tried them it will pay you to do so. ALEXANDER One Price Clothier, Ontario, Oregon