Ontario Pharmacy Eastman Kodaks Rexall Remedies LOCAL NEWS FRUITLAND HEMS LOCAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS Do Not lie Mrs. I. F. Arnold is visiting relatives at LaGrande this week. Pearl Doane Las sold his place and will leave in a lew day for southern California, where he expects tg make his home. M. N. Fegtlv, editor of the Jordau Valley Express, has been here several days this week se curing endorsements for the position of receiver of the Vale land oflice. The Hotel Moore will continue to serve Table de Hote dinners Sunday evenings from 5:30 to 3. Dinner 75 cents. The Ontario Commission com pany shipped a ton of oats to Harney county this week by parcel post. D. Pt Dearborn has been ap pointed register for this city and can be found at the city hall from 0 a. m. to ! p. m. every day during the week and on Saturday's he will be there from 7 to 0 p. m. Do not delay, but register now before the rush starts. L. G. Olsen, of the U. S IMumbing company, left last Thursday for o trip to Portland and down the coast to San Diego, taking in all the princi pal points. Ho will be gone several weeks. Hot bed saeh for sale by the Empire Lumber company. Mrs. Boyer is in Portland this week selecting her spring stock of millinery. Robert Duncan, the Vule at torney, was here Friday on legal business. District Attorney C. T. Godwin, of Baker, was here a few hours on Friday. Mr. Godwin is the man whom Governor West slurred because he had only one arm. Randall Sage was a Boise visitor last week. Dr. Bartlett was here Friday from Vale looking after a pati ent in the hospital. K. E. Slugle, who was here several days visitiug with his sister, Mrs. Wm. McBratney, left for his home in Lewiston, Tuesday. W. F. Goldbacber is now in the railway mail service with a run from Portland to I'ocatello1 How to Detect the Alum Baking Powder "Which are the alum baking powders; how can 1 avoid them unless they are named)' asks a housekeeper. Here is one way: take the can of a low priced powder in your hand and read the ingredient clause upon the back label. The law requires that if the powder contains alum that (act must be there stated. If you find one of the ingredients named alum, or sul phate of aluminum, you have found an alum baking powder. There is another and a better way. You don't have to know the names of the alum powders. Use Royal Baking Powder only; that assures you a cream of tartar powder, and the purest and most healthful baking powder beyond question. See McBratney's ad in this issue. The morning Pony out of Boise is now .a handsome train composed entirely of Bteel coaches, several feet, longer than the former wooden ones and equipped with both gas and electric lights and a smoking compartment. The coaches are lighter, more sanitary and will accommodate 12 more people. This it the first move on the part of the Oregon Short Line to substitute steel coaches on all of its trains. There is an active campaign on in Payette raising funds for the rebuilding of the Y. M. C. A., recently destroyed by fire. Wm. Jones bought 15 head of thnioughbrod Hereford bulls from the Chandler herd at Baker, last week. He will have them driven across the moun tains and will receive them some time in March. Mr. Jones bought yearlings so that they might become used to this cli mate before growing up. We understand that he had to pay rather a fancy price in order to get these animals as they were the pick of that famous ranch. Juntura Times. Mr. Jones is the kind of man who builds up a country. Mrs. C. 0. Farrady and Miss Kllen Brady, of Mountainlinme, Idaho, were guests of their sister, Mrs. E. F Goddard, this week. You'll long to be a farmer with such gardening imple ments as Mi Gr.it ni-v handles. Subject for Sunday morning at the Methodist cliurch "True and False Religion." Evening subject, "The Lord Delighteth in Mercy." There will be spe ciul music by the choir at both services. All the people of On tario are cordially invited to attend. Thomas Johns, Pastor. Work in private family wanted by competent girl. Apply at Argus oflice A bargain lot of box paper and envelopes, linen finish, at 15c a box. An extra good value. Cash Variety Store. A "Lenten tea" will be given by the ladies of the Episcopal Guild on Thursday afternoon, February 25, at the home of Mrs. Harry Chapman. Every- body invited. For first class painting, paper hanging and tinting see B. Ben son. All work guaranteed. Phone 75-J. Among those who attended the Irrigation Congress at Port land from this county were noted: G. L. King, J. II, Dun can, C. W. Mallett, T. W. Halli day, J. R. Blackaby, C. E. Beld ing, Henry Blackwell and Judge Biggs. Miss Hazel Record was operat ed on at the hospital last week for appendicitis and i8 getting along nicely. Born To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rice, Tuesday, January 10, a daughter. We still have a number of pairs of shoes, mens, womens and child reus, on hand. Come in and if you can find sizes wanted there will be no "kirk" on the price. Cash Variety Store. Have you read in the Ladies Home Journal, Saturday Even ing Post or Wnmaus' Home Companion about the free dis tribution of Home Journal pat terns? We are distributors for these patterns and have a limited supply to give away "Home Journal week," beginning Mon day, Feb. '.'::. Cash Variety store. A fat woman is willing to do almost anything to reduce her weight, but eat less and exercise more. See our ", 10 ami 18 cent bar gains McBratney. Quite a noticeable improve ment in the copdition of A. B. Macpherson is reported. The Homedale Lin pi re Ex press lins been launched by Frank Trotter, a well known newspaper man of this section. It is a very creditable issue and should prove a success with the porty families settled in the large area of irrigated land Homedale section last week. An around it and the back country otner colony is expected in a few to draw from. days. E. V. (ioddard has arranged February 24 the directors of for the sale of his buffet to D. the Commercial Club and man Keeney and A. E. Price, of hers of all the committees will Pocatello, who will take posses- hold a meeting, sion on the first of the month. Febr u the stockholders The new proprietors come well o faU A880ciutjon wil l()(1 endorsed bv the business men a meeting. of Pocatello. On Friday and Saturday, Feb. W. W. LottOB has been ap- 27 ull, js, a fare of 70 cents for pointed local watch inspector tne romi tri, to Wotatr will by the Short Line to cover all prevaji M u trains, for the il their lines in this section. Thll histrated lectin l.y Charles B. will cover the runs to Home- anj,,r)i ,, Captain Scott's K dale, Juntura and Brogan. pedition to the South Pole. Dr. Whitney was called to! Mr. and Mrs Ralph W. Kck- Boise today on professional bus iness. Horn, at Paette, to Mr and Mrs J. S. Tharp, a son. A. J. Blakely is home from Jordan Valley, where he has been looking after work on the irrigation plant. Harry Stine, who has been looking after the business of the Eastern Oregon Land Company, is taking a vacation in the val ley for a mouth. Letters and post cards when mailed without stamps will be forwarded and double postage collected of the addressee, if it is a case of carelessness. The employes in the postottice have installed an automatic can celing machine, with a speed of 220 a minute, which will tave them much labor. The State Bankers association recently named a committee to appraise all lands offered for sale and appointed J. I." Black aby as one of the committee. This was deemed advisable be cause some men had sold lands under misrepresentation and caused dissatisfaction. Elmer Chapman and wife, of Ontario, were Payette visitors on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Chapman says that she is able to secure better bargains here than can be found in Ontario. I'm ' Mr Enterprise. That is a good boost item even if there are no such people living in Ontario. I L King is home from Port land where he attended the Irri gation congress and visited with his daughter. He has a new gas wagon. J. R. Blackaby arrived home Sunday evening from Portland where ho spout a couple of weeks on business. George W. Chambers left for Portland the first of the week for a short visit with his son. Hayfor sale A. B. Cain, 2 miles west of Ontario Mrs. Gertrude Grove returned this week from Portlond where she had been to select her spring stock of millinery. II. c. Boyer i.n for Portland last evening to purchase stock for the spring trade. Sheriff Kerfoot returned this week from Wyoming with C. G. Holt, who is wanted for embez zlement. Ball and Kenyon shipped two cars of cattle to Portland and II Eldndge one car, R K W'vant two cars of hogs. Mr and Mrs Rogers are in Weiser this week. hardt left for Boise today and are located at l.ll ami u ;i i. iugton streets. E. II. Test is down from Jun tura visitiug with his family. He says they are laying track and building bridges beyond Juntura. John Fairmtn, the Westfall banker and merchant, was in the city this week. There were fourteen opera tious at the hospital last week and about half that uuiubei this week, and all patients do ing well, showing that the hos pital Is drawing cases from all directions and doing a world i good. Thos Clagett is home from Boise, where he hah botfl looking after boainMI fOI lbt Balitun- Outbria paopla i . . . t . i i in i A. K.ir in i . of this place and Miss Nellie Record, of Boise, were married Saturday evening, February 14, at the home of the bride's parents, the pastor of the Christian church officiating. About thirty relatives and friends were present. They will be at home to their friends here after March 1st. Clyde Harrv and family mov ed to Pocatello Monday, where he is employod as mail clerk. Chas. Boor had his arm brok en last week working around the feed chopper at Mr. Melcher's. Mr. Melcber met an accident Monday of this week working at the same machine. In putting the belt on it slipped off and hit him, bruising him severely about the head. Mr. Gardner will have a sale March 2. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tussing have a daughter, born Feb. 4 E. A. Blair has purchased the C. Lackey property south of the bank. Rev. Fulkersou, a returned missionary, preached a very im pressivo sermon Sunday morn ing at the Methodist chun h At the close an offering of $IMi was given for foreign missions. No pledge asked for over 10. Miss Mildred Steelman is en joying I visit from her sister nl Caldwell. Miss Lillian Winter is qoiU sick with pneumonia. Mrs. S. M. ThoniHS ami hei mother left last Thursday foi Dillon, Montana. Mrs. Fred McCarty, of Sand poiul, Idaho, is here visiting old friends and neighbors. J. G. Nelson, formerly of tin place, died of paralysis at hi home in Iowa, February IS. QoiftJ I number of the W. (' T. U. members attended tin I1' ranees Willanl memorial Her vices at Payette Tuesday. Miss LoftM Greenfield DM resigned her position as teachei at the iSuuuyside school. Guy Graham returned Wt I uesday from Missouri, when I was called by the illness of fell father. Dr. Wright is the owner nl Ford auto. Messrs Jones and Conklin spoke to the schools Thuida concerning the corn club of tins community. Mr. Jones tgptetf to go to San Francisco mxi month and arrange to take charge of the corn exhibit at tin Panama exposition, lie intendt to have about 76 per cent of the corn that is put on exhibit to be pri.e corn raised by the boy's and girl's clubs throughout the United States. Uncle Dick Rutherford and A. Hi McGregor, who voted for Lincoln in 1840, were among those who attended the Lincoln banquet at Vale last Meek and they speak very highly of the manner in which they were en tertained. J. W. McCulloeh made a talk on the irresponsi bility ol the present system )' men not being bound to partit - Dr. I'rin.iug was also present If in Webb, ol Seattle, is vis. jiting witb Mr. ami Mis alk. i RESPONSIBLE for sending into your home mat tresses laden with germs of disease, endangering the lives of your loved ones. Our Mattresses are guaranted pure Cotton Felt in layers not shredded rags saturated with filth, germ laden and unfit for use. Reg. $I5.000:Q AA Reg. $12.00 values now Reg. $8.50 values now 8.00 5.75 Bed Springs Replace those old worn out bed springs with a pair of those new springs that are guaranteed for 20 years. $9.50 "LeKKott" Springy now tfiO.OU $7.00 Iron Frame ItiiHt Proofs $0.00 A beautiful as sortment of Pic ture Frames at less than cost. Our 5, 10 & 15c are going fast. Better hurry and get what you need Saturday Only 200 yds. Window Curtain Scrim at Cost. AHHortcd Colon. McBratney-McNulty Company