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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1913)
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS East and West Via Very low round trip fares from Oregon Short Line points to Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, Omaha, Chicago, St Paul, San Fransisco, Los Angeles 0. S. L. & U. P. and many other points. Remember- The Union Pacific System is the Direct Route East THROUGH CARS AUTOMATIC Electric Block SAFETY SIGNALS Tickets on Sale November 22, 24 and December 20, 22, 1913 Long Limits; Diverse Routes. See any 0. S. L. Agent for rates and further particulars or write D. E. BURLEY, General Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City, Utah. For Good Rigs and Prompt Service The Eagle Livery G. L SMITI!, Proprietor Horses Boarded By the Day or Week The Ontario National Bank United States Depository State of Oregon Depository S Our Hunk Your Hank ? If not, we eorliull- invito you to rank our bank your hunk Wt liuvtt tlio umiuI tefngttrdi f Kin- Hroof Vuult, Burglar Proof Kaft Bonded omplnyMt, and do b'isiiu'Hs in a conservative manner. -- -:- -:- -:- Capital and Surplus. $80,000 Per Ont Net on Time ChKl'IFICATtiS OK DKPOSIT If You Value Your Child's Eyesight You will provide him with a good oil lamp. Scientists agree that an oil light is best for study ing and reading. The A?or beit r'uHs k use mj'cMrl Kil HMmm I Ra&OLamp 6 gives a soft mellow Iiuht. An idea) light (or the home circle. Si tcntirictlly cohm meted. No glllt I no hVker. Kay to In: In an J care for. Ask to sec it .u ui dealers. Standard Oil Company i i.i .....i. PORTLAND WW BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Son Fright, presumably from being held up or accosted, caused the death of Mr. R. J. Prince, of F'ortland. Thp assessed valuation of the pub lic service corporations doing busl-nt-HH In Hood Hlver county amounts to nearly $2,072,000. Governor Went has named Floyd Bllyeu, of Portland, and H. H. Clfford of linker, as members of the state fish and game commission to fill va cancies caused by resignations. Indians are said to be killing off the deer that cross the Klamath reserva tion and are taking all wild fowl eggs. Senator Lane Is asked to report the matter to the Indian bureau. Frank Simmons Is suspected of hav ing killed his mother, cousin and him elf, In a cottage In Portland. The bodies were found by a 12-year-old girl of the family. Oovernor West is considering the plan of providing unemployed men with work clearing logged off land. Housing accommodation! would be in the form of tent cities. Fruit growers of Oregon, meeting at Portland, declare that limiting of working hours may prove a menace to the pickers and packers of the state. As an attrncton which Bakerltcs be lieve will b a rival to Portland's fa mous Christmas swim, the Maker coun try club plans for nn open golf tour nnment, medal play, to be staged on linker links Christmas day. Marvel Lowrey, aged IS, of Alsea, committed suicide by drinking car bolic acid while in a fit of despond ency over the fact that she could not have pleasures the same as other girls. Mrs. J. II Koherg, who resides on a farm oast of Hood River, held up two suspects with a revolver as they were trying to enter the house of a Japanese near her home, and detain ed them until the arrival of the sher iff. State dairy and food commissioner Mlekle has started n war on all deal ers who are said to he selling import ed New Zealand butter, branded as the home product. Kldencn of nl leged violations has been laid before the grand Jury. The annual meeting of the Polk County School Officers' Assoclntlo i will be held at Monmouth Saturday. December I'll. The first school offl '! association in the state was formed in Polk county about eight years ago, and meetings have been held each year since. State Rnglneer Lewis announces that :i?('i..'l would Le ;ue the state January I for power development un der permits Issued by his department. The fees represent a chsrge of 26 cents for each theoretical horsepower a year, assuming f0 per cnt 1 1 int t f fleencj . It Is claimed that I rgttf power de velopment Is being retard I i :Vi state through the uncertal' I w'a.t the annual fee charged by the state will be and the revocable permit Is sued by the government for power sites on government laud, according to State Knglueer Lewis. Corporation Commissioner Watson has Instituted in the supreme court mandHiuus proceedings against Statu Treasurer Kay to compel blin to pay a warrant for legal strvUcs Issued to Claude McCulloch, state senator and assistant of the corporation commu nion The Pacific Coast Rescue mission of Portland has filed a reiiuest with the Pendleton Commercial club for (lie I carcasses of loon of the Jnckrabblts to he killed during the rabbit drhes in Umatilla county, and these will he used for food in the mission stations in the ei'les of the coast The Pemlle too club has promised to bhip the rah bits after each drive. The Com county liood Koad asso ciation has decided to petition the county court to call a special election to vote on a $400,000 bond issue for road huildlug Of the amount It Is agreed that $100,000 shall be used from Handon to the Curry county line, $70,000 for the road to Ten Mile lakes, and $L' To.uoo on the road through Myr tle I'oiut to Douglas county It is the plan to make hard surface roads. At Salem Judge Uallow;-. I . grant ed permanent injunctions PgnlMt the authorities, in which he upholds the contentious of the "wets" that the elections, that in November and the city election in December, were In valid, so far as the local option issue as concerned If the supreme court upholds Judge Calloway it will mean that all cities where the "drys" won at the November election will remain 'wet until another election. I'niess the existing statutes relating to the registration of oters for the primary and general elections in No vemher next year ca i be harmonised, the count' clerks and other officials! will encounter difficulties, according to Sim Koxer, deputy secretury of I st.de. who has made an extensive Mildy of elcettou laws "r Koer say - the altUAtlOM is the n renin derision of ihe supr ..u- court dn hiring invalid i hapter M of the! ' 1911 laws, providing (or pcruiaueut , registration ol toiur. DOLLS! TOYS! A General Line of Christmas Goods We Have the Variety. Don't buy the first thing you see. Come to us. We have the variety to choose from, a store full of toys. Dolls from 1 cent to $6.00 each; Elegant pieces in handpainted and other decorated china, glassware in variety, etc. Our Windows are only intended as an in vitation to you, the real show is on the inside. Come and Bring the Kids. Open in the Evening. Cash Variety Store Wigwam Flour Is Satisfaction. Absolutely Guaranteed Don't miss seeing the BIG BAG of High Patent Wig wam Flour now on display in the window next door to the Light & Power Co. There is a winter's supply in that bag and it's yours if you beat the other fellow guessing its weight. A guessing ticket goes with every 48-lb sack. Fill it out and leave it in the sealed Wigwam box at your grocers Be sure and ask your Grocer for "Wigwam" and Don't Forget Your "TICKET." REMEMBER! If perfectly satisfactory results are not obtained after a fair baking test with 'Wigwam " the full purchase price will be refunded upon return of the partially used flour. Caldwell Milling & Elevator Co. Caldwell, Idaho.