LAUD ARMY ENGINEERS
IN PHILIPPINE SERVICE.
Hitherto Unsung Heroes In Unci
Sam's Pay Highly Praised.
Hitherto (mating hero in Unci
Hum's ervlce wtTf dlacloaed In N
port l.v I I U I'stciliuii-i'. acting ill
rector of tin' bllWM of jnilillo works
of tlio I ti ; I i i ( it ii c. recently iniitlo
public iiy the ImraM of Inanlar affalra
in Waanlngton Tiny am the dletrtcl
engineer! In rberfe of the ImpfOTo-
mi'iits lii thr Kl.uidn. Officiant uriMoti
f liieed by Director Weeterhoaee'i d
wri;itiiiii of their dlitli'S Hint the liil
necn must lie of heroic mold, or Hhp
wedded to their pwfe Ion beondtbo
poaatblllty of dlront
'Were lhe iiiirii't engineer, to glTe
mil nrojeri the time required f"r in
eeatlgntlon end HMpectioii in keeping
with good enirltienrlng prnctlce," sniil
Mr Wi'siiTii'iiisi', in renewing the!
their nctlvltlee extended ovei nitty is
land, nini BTntipa of labinda, "the I area
t.v 1'inr bmira of tba day would bo
more timn curded,
"Their reepoaalbtNty not only in
roleea rurreel location, luflldent de
hIl'h nini economical proaecutlon of
eonntrtiftlon worn, bnt alao Inclndea
'oi accounting property acennnta
blllty in Hi eemreet form, and mni
iiiinii' of iiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiioii mattera."
in audition, Mr tveaterftouae do
dared, the district engineer wns forced
to deal witii native and not too honest
labor, and wrap bald "peraonally r
ponaiblo" for all anppllea and expend
Itnrn Re added alao tii.-it tba la
proremcnl work in the labinda una
hampered by the lack of fttnda.
BOMB IN DEAD LETTER MAIL
Deadly Nitroglycerin Contrivance Was
f'ostsd at Cincmnti.
a receiving dlrlaloa clarfc'a maplcior
niiont n package be ns handling in
tba dead letter ofneo in vVaahlngtnn in
all probability tared Ma Ufa and tbnaa
of tin- nii'ti mi iiitn Tbe package
eu mi infernal machine deelgned to
explode on Ih'Ihk opened
MuiiihI in Cincinnati enteral day be
fore and addrwwed "fmnk Goldberg,
Wellington, Mew Renlnntf." tba pack
age araa anl to tba dead latter office
becniiaa it did not carry anfJIi lent poel
ago To learn the name and nddrea
of tin- Bonder the clerk unwrapped it
and dlacloaad n pnatnhoard boa six
in" lies long, four wide and Iwo deep,
rnntalnlng n wnnditn box with i cop
per a Ira Rttachmenl on i it wna
tin' wtfa timt warned the clerk
r n. Vandetneter, chief of tba re
calving division, took the box to Major
Sylvester, raperlntettdenl f pollen,
nml lie tool; it to the WiishitiL't'in Imr-
racka, There Captain T M Roberta
had the box placed In n hole hehlinl
the w.ir college and n itgbt charge of
trltmi pat under It nnd detontited li.v
electricity, the upectatora Rtandfng 100
feet away. Tlie trlton merely Maw
the box apart mid the rlinrire In the
bomb burned Inatead of exploding. It
wa found to be nn Ingenlooa nnd very
iieidiv contiirnnce containing nitro
giycetin The ioatal autborltlea nre
trying to find the sender in Cincinnati,
Idaho Rates Protested.
rtoh' A sweeping lavaettgattofl of
the oonl frnlgbl rntaa that nre ebargad
by common oarrlen in this stntp, pnr-
tiinl.irly thoBf of Southern Iilnho. In-
oludlng the Oregon short Line, win
be made
An exiimlnntlon of the tnrlff sched
ules on file nr" sulci to show thnt these
rntes nre In many InnUUaOM unrenson
nhle. Kor some short hauls It is snhl
that the tariffa abow as high na $1 a
ton tor a 60 mile limil.
LAST SHOT KILLS BEAR.
Final Bullet Fatal to Charging Bruin
Thirty Feet From Lad.
Poi'lliind. ore. Percy, the twenty-
yeiirnlil son or C. S. 111)1 of Boko
Point. Wnsh.. In Cowlitz county, shot
what is believed to be tba largoot hear
IT killed III til it section.
The young man Imd to lira seven
ibntJ with his :;u:;ii rifle to end the
life of the monster liruln. which churn
d him from ii distance of 800 feet
lfter his (Irst shot had wounded It.
1'iie seventh Imllet lit'okr its hack and
laid the animal low when It was with
in thirty feet
Perry. In grant excitement, ran two
tulles In seventeen minutes to his fa
ther's home with word that lie had
killed "the largest Mack hear In crea
tion " After the lintte had heen skin
lied and dfaaaad the meal of Its careass
nlotie welched Itfl pounds.
Giant Ledge Is I
Wallace Articles
of tba Olanl Lodge
John I, Taylor, D, I.
Johnaon and Jamaa
kane, Incorporators.
filed The oompany
der the Inwi of Was
kana ii dealgnatad
place of bualnena,
for 1,600,000 shares,
ncorporated.
of Incorporation
Mining eeapnny,
ilurkhart, W. W.
Crickson, Hpo-
have just been
is ofgnnlnnd aa
hitiKioti and Spo
ns the principal
It is capitalized
par $1.
Oregon Is Well Represented
At United States Land Show
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Cnii (.ii 11. 1 Uregi Maud cut pruuiiiietitl) al the I ulted state ljtud show durlnu the tnraa wvks it waa
held el tho I'ullaeuui Son at) b laj H Aatfle feaan the bountiful tflaulaya of the atntVa prodnctn In tbn Ote
giHI Uuuth and tin- inn intuoth ilnli eg the Hiviit Northern Kallwa on the main floor, the (tretit Northern
itiiiiwu' cxciush 1 lecture kail uruvnd a lafllng nrndlnm irf aniualntlng land abun rhUtoea with the state
wuuikrful ichouivc. buth agrkultural and horticultural Tbla kuHure kail, conaletlnn of one half of the t'oiueum
annex, had a aaallng cauai t) eujual t i (hut of n gaud iei ibenlee MuUoa iVturea and ateeeupttcun view were
uc,i to Uluatrate ih laeturea of the Uuni Nnrtbara Kallwny'a expoftA nnd hMklaa 0 0 Cbnnannn of the Portland
c'ouniuu' i.ii ciuh ,'thci Oregtm man 'cre given the ana of tbla Us t . kail a tbeougb tin- conrlany ' Louis v
Hill
Ne ef boflota ha thei , i'. en am ii a i ti a miaaaonar) work .tone ananng aonaaaekefa for the state of Oregon
Si.'ii'N ,f jms of fiuii- kirge section of trnuaiaareuctee aboarlua etvuee m the fruu growlug dlatrtcta of Oregon
tin. i great raHellea "f fruita in ibeii natural state ware exhibited " tbe bugobooth of the Qrenl Nnatbern ttaiiway
The dr) fartulug anctlona of uregun were not nvarluubad either, nwnj antcnlahlng varletlea of K'nis.si and oth-
or IhhiI pnagnrta badna exhibited The) nm it.it much itteottnn
CMonel IUII Unnle) lltsl the show nng Ontnplai tba platform of the iSreat Northern Hallway' lecture ball on
Orvgou lij I'oloiiel I liinluy Blwmya Is i Mtt drawlnii card In ChkngO and ttaudlun room wan al a piemluin when
bl .ai' i charaCterUtle talk on the i.-ivt poaattillttles til home slate holds ittll to the honiestx'ker l.eiil V
Hill ar illlipanleg Mr, Uanloj from St Paul to CbaaagO to attend ih laud stiow.
LOSES FEET AND WATCH.
Surgeons Cut Off First and Thief
Takes the Other.
Philadelphia. While rargnona of a
boapltal in this city were nmpntnttng
(lie feet of John liuest. who was run
over hy a train at BattgOf, Pa., his (fold
watch was stolen from his pocket
when he recoTarod oonncionauaaa from
the annesthetle he missed the time
Die c. and the loss caused a hurried
seanh. hut nothing could lie found to
explain Hie loss.
Suspicion fell on Piiul Helker. an or
derly at the Institution lie was nr
rested, confess",! mid was held f'.r
trial This led to the dhwoeufy that
nothef patient Prank Price, was roh
lied of ii dlmtioi 1 Itll li'ln w lille niider
the Inlliicii f ether in the BnfgtcUl
ward, nnd llelkcr also c.itifessed that
theft
EOY'S DIVE AT LAST FATAL.
Lnd Who Brok Ntk Year Ago 9ue
cunil.'S In Hospital.
Daliylon, N -i h Wecka la
de d In the hnapltnl here
!' mi tic c, !n of mi ncclilent July ".
1013 lie dove into shoal water nnd
situ, b Ibn bottom 1 1 ant ii P
t,i break bJa i. Ha would bare
drowned bad H noi been tor the alert'
neaB "t Jueefifa Dorall, a friend, who
pulled hiui aal
Week-' mind remained bright to ton
Mt, hut he lii'irl was nhle to i.'i'nlll
lie ij, e of Ills bOdj Me Wis llf) i s
' beerful nml hopeful) mni no patient in
the boapltal received mora attention
I' loin rfadton, tin MVenl occasions he
wns wheeled about tba village, and he
even attnndnd bull gamaa in his reclin
ing chnlr.
BLOW UP WARSHIPS
BY WIRELESS NOW
Now Invention Is Secretly
Tesied In El::!
London. An Invention whkb, when
fullj developed, prumlaaa i" raform
war has bean given a Bucceeaful ten)
.11 Portsmouth. Altl lb the ad
iiiir.iit.x his attempted t km p tba mat
mr ii e,ret. It is no dellnitcl kttOWH
thai n mine attached to die bottom ol
the llrltleb crulaer Terpalcbora was
exploded at dl tanca of algbl mile
bj Ireieefl Impulae
S wc.l.s ago the Terpsichore, a
.third class cruiser of kVoOO tUM dls
i l m cincnt. 800 feet long and fort
'., feat beam, wns tut. en into try
iio.k. where dockyard hinds attached
a tiiciai h" i" her bottom Tbe crulaer
wis tow id 0 Stoi.es bUJ, Her wnter
Itlllllt colllplirtlilcllts were then closed
and nil aaauibera of Ibn oran kefl tba
sill
a few momenta nitnr tba Tar pelt hora
'half man out of the watar amidst a
vast upheaval of water She ;it OMa
mob a heavy list to port an.l the dock
I rnrd lUKs came t" her assistance, kts p
In.- her ntlo.it with their pumps while
Ithej towed the linking ernlaar lain
I'liitsinoiith
BOY EARNS $40,000.
Hu Skirt of Profits Coming From His
Expert Knowledge of Farming.
follet. in - Werner Kralmer, nine-
teen car old son ,.f .1 P Krcliiier, a
farmer of Jackson township, w i it
ounty, has bought 100 aera farm far
siiiimn. nil Of which he has icilled
myself from his ibnra of tba pruflta
of 111 father's farm.
The lad Is a student of scientific
Bgrienltera and has taken kmgeonna
f home study from the I'ldxerslty of
Mi'ii--ts. Be has applied his knowl-
due In the man Igemenl of Ilia father'
farm and tins In lease,! the eal'liint; of
the farm 40 per Matt
The lxrelmer farm la said to lie the
most prorttnhle lu Will county as a re
sult of the hoy's modern method.
PEARL FRAUD IN PARIS.
Enamaling of Defective Gam Deceive
Even Experts.
Paris.-The I'ari police are luveetl
-ntliitf a remarkable pearl affair. An
individual, whose mime Is timllvultfed.
i. is iIIscovhi sl a means of hiding1 de
:'cts In pearls by a process of en
amellng Many pearls prepared for
the market have kgN seired liy the
police.
Hue pearl valued at IQyaaa) franc by
an expert Is declared to have a real
value of only U.iHK' francs.
SAVING TIME h TELEPHONE
sVcintt
Means Not Only Time But Money.
Do you ever consider how long it takes to travel the distance
from your house to the Doctor and MerchanT and what time
you save by telephoning? If your time is worth anything, you
cannot afford to be without a Telephone.
Malheur Home Telephone Co.
Buy your Meat at
The ONTARIO MARKET
and get
the best the market affords
A Souvenir
Spoon
is ajvery inexpen
sive yet a very
appropiate Gift
mi many uccasions. n you
want tn please a once resident
ut' our Dommunitjr, or simply
surprize a Friend, look over
our stock of Souvenir Spoons,
send tlii'iu niie or a Set of Six.
Hcsidi's luitiK InttMSting they are useful and ornamental, you
cannot fail to please the recipient
Think of some Friend and DO IT NOW!
W. W. LETSON
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Your Jeweler
ONTARIO.
OREGON
Ul ' i JL)
ONTARIO LIVERY
Best Equipped Livery in
the city. Headquarters for
Stockmen.
Horn Bought and Sold.
J. G. WALKER. Proprietor.
JAKE WALL LAUNDRY
Now open and ready for business. Can do
Vtrything in starch clothes. Shirts and
Collars sptrialty.
Good Work Gua ran teed
Millinery Announcement
Rawing had several years experience in
handling millinery, and believing that
there is an opening here for such a bus
iness as we shall conduct. We have
decided to bring for your inspection, the
very latest and best in Spring Millinery.
We shall also place at your disposal the
services of an artistic trimmer.
Mrs. Let&on.