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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1914)
MEXICO A FOURTH AS LARGE AS U. S. Interesting Facts About Repub lic In the South. POPULATION IS 15,000,000. Nation Covers 767,000 Square Milaa. City of Mexico 264 Milaa by Rail Waat of Vara Crux and la 7,400 Feet Abova 8a Laval Raached by Two Diffarant Railway Lin... VnnMiiKt'"'- The following Infonna j,,n o'ln i'i iiIiir Mexico was given out in (In' National - i .i i 1 1 i - aocletjr In Wmdiliiutmi the other day: It Is InleivHtliiK to note thnt the urea 0( Mixta) la practically mm groat aa yint "i i he United States between the , Ifjajaaaippl rlwr and the Atlantic cv.i-t. the (Trent lukci and the Kiilf of ' lei ii. :i r i nar In altitude from Hen l,vrl in laVOQO Wt Hh climate Im ar ferti'il hy thexe elevation and hy a rniik'i' el eighteen decrees of latitude. I TwiIm' hundred nllw (lie distance trnwisi In pMataf MWtt ti'oin .Inn rr. mi the northern liouiilary. to the rni'H d. ami 1"' miles more to the nonti k latern boandtiy, The guir oi Htileo and ( 'urlM'euii aajfl const line nl la lnr I. Too mill's, while the I'll- I clll cm and t'lilf of ('.illfin nla touch 4.INMI miles of Myl an fuauafc Prior ! ll'i Melci, as a Spanish colon: , and the Cnlteil State covered a 1 1 1 i i 1 1 1 : 1 1 I ' eiiial mens, hut the Texas Mcccstdoti and the result of the M,'l an war mhled nearly LQMUOOO aaaaWa miles to our territory, and the rxteiit of Mci'o now la lesa than one feiuiii thnt of ci'iitliiental United Mclco has at 111 territorial ex panse eUal to the aKKri-Kte of Ana trln lliinunry, (iermany. France, (Sreat lint ii ;nid IicImiiiI The total area of tbe republic, 7H7.IKM) sipiare mllea. la Iras t ! ti ii that of Texas. California. Montana, New Mexico and Arl.iua Ciunhliifd. The average density of population of Mcli apimixlinateM twenty per aaajarfj mile, the most thickly populated parttaM outside of the ftsleral ill ti his nUaJ the states of ThlXeala and Mexl en. the former being less than I'ela a .ii i- In alxe and or about the same density of population, and the latter being nearly an large na New llamp ablre. but with more than twice the iiiiiaber of iniiMi. ii. mis The IMajnl dim let modeled after the llatrlet of Cuhimbln. but of eight times greater area, la suironnibsl li the state of MeVlcii. the large Hipillnlion of the raininl. -Jiii.i.ni. materially abllug In bringing the a erago to more than l.'JOO per Nipiare utile. Inirlng nearly IWNi years snliM-ipieut to I he conquest by 'ortes Spain doml tinted Mexico A century ago a bold effort for freedom waa atnrfetl. which eveutuiilly reaulted In the republic of Mexico of today. Moae than half of tbe firat century of Mexican MftfMeV i deuce wna abortive, one coterie after another coining Into temporary power and a nuiitlier of those acclaimed nil ers, after brief regimes, meeting Igno minious death at the hands of tbe pen pie they sought to govern The form of government adopted by Mexico follows lu general that of the t i, lied States, having executive. Judi cial and legislative divisions. Kui-li of the twenty seven states Is represent ed In two houses of congress, compos ed of . n. it. ,is and deputies Congrea holds two sessions each year for limit ed periods. Km h atate baa lit gov ei nor and legislature uud la sub divided Into districts or counties, over each of which a "Jefe politico" la plansl. the districts having subsidiary muni' Ipalltles, with magistrates, pre siding ottblala and councils. Tbe ao culled autocratic feature of the gov ernment may be largely due to the fie t that governors hold office with up : of the president, lb.it Jefe K) llti. os have similar relations with the paverunr and that the officer of the Uiuidi ipalilics are generally controlled b) the jefe pollllcos The church ami state are independ ear. and emigre cannot pass laws prohibiting r aafabllahllH any roll flou. i if the IlLOOOjBOO inhabitants two-fjftha claim descent from auclent tribes or families which are uccepted ii- the basis of Mexican history, two Htlhs are ol native and foreign blood. UH n ui.ilnder being classed under the Common appellation of "foreign" I In I'ity of Mexico. -'tW miles by rail aaat ,,t Vera Cruz and 7.40O feet altl ttnle. is re.iebed by two rail routes. Climbing through the hot lands through difficult mountain passes, one of which closely follows the trull taken by Cor tes In i:,l!i. by Cencral Wintield Scott with American tnsips in 1S47 and over "liivh. tifteeu yeurs later, the Invad ing French troops passed. It U the most iHipulous city Sparrow Seta Fire to a Barn. St Paul, Minu A sparrow that die covered a way to warm Its toea dur in u recent cold sn. p is blamed for the destruction of a bum belonging to L. O Wulden of Wilmington. Houa ton county. A report on the Are ra rived by state Fire Marshal C. E. IvilUr says thut tbe sparrow plucked a live ember from a Isinllre and car MM it to Its nest in the envea of the W'nldeii barn The ember set Ore to the nest, and the dre destroyed the burn with u loaa of $1,300. People in the News McKee Kank.n, veteran actor, died at Sim Francisco. George Alfred Towimend, well known aa a Journalist, died at New York. He wrote under the pen name of "Oath." Application for the parole of Aba Ruef probably will he presented to i the California prison board at the May meeting. Mayor H. II. Rose of I,os Angelea engaged In a flat fight on the street aa n reault of an alleged Insult offered Mrs. Rose when she declined to algn a petition for her hushand'a recall. Charlea 8. Mellen, ex president of the New York, New Haven & Hart ford railroad, may become the active head of a federated body supreme among the vuilous organlxatlona of the United States with which 2,000,000 employes are nrftllnt d Important changes among the high est offlcera of the army took plnco Wednesday, when Major Genernl Leonard Wood s term of duty a chief of stnff expired. General Wood waa Hiirir-edeil as chief of stnff by Major Genernl William Wotherspoon, and Rrlgadler Gem nil Hugh la Scott be c.itni' assistant chief of stnff. General Wood will hav command of the east orn department. Brief Nevs of the Week The 1'ngllsh BOIUN of lords rejected woman Mllllai by a vote ol 1U4 to tin. Sirrilary I. .ne will nppcnr at Tn conn June 1.1 to 17 to meet delea tlons of the Indians for the purpose of considering ihelr condition. Abe Ruef, new serving sentence In San (jiicntin, r.il, has made another application for a pardon. Former ee quest had been denied. The lla.tlen government paid the claim of tttyMf to a llritlah sublrct. whose sawmill had been destroyed during the Leeonte revolution. Itrlt ailii had delivered nn ultimatum. Anthony Camlnettl, commissioner general of Immigration at Washing ton, has decided to be a candidate for the democratic nomination for gover nor of California. The fan, nou hronite statue erected In Franklin park In the national capi tal In honor of the memory of Com modore John Harry, one of the early heroea of the Culled States navy, la to be unveiled Saturday with elaborate exercise. More than 700 Methodlat pastors will be employed by the church In the prohibition campaign in California, Oregon and Washington, according to plans completed and announced at Topeka. Kan., b) Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of th Tem perance society of the Methodlat Kpi eopal church. MEXICAN NEWS NOTES Oil men have asked the department at Washington to furnish protection for their Interests In the Tamplco dls trlct. Ity order or lluerta, lighthouae aerv Ice on tbe west coast of Mexico has been abandoned, uud the coast la In darkueaa at night Dictator lluerta i . said to have pro teated against the extension of Gen eral Funston's lines at Vera Crux. Services In honor of the American bluejucketa and marines who were killed at Vera Cnu were held at New York Sunday. 1'resldent Wilson at tended the aervlcea and delivered an addreaa. The Uraxlllan ambassador In Mexico notified the state department at Wash ington that American Acting Consul tionney and wife have arrived safely at Mexico City Irom San l.uis l'otosi. Mujor Manuel Cublllero, paymaster of the constitutionalist army of the Itio Grande, was aught below LupmIo by the Cnited State bonier patrol and Interned at Fort Mcintosh. Vln lution of the neutrality luws are claim e,l The hospital iklff Solace, with wounded marines on board, has been ordered b Seiretnv o: the Navy Han iels to sail Irom vv-ra Cnu to New York. CtbMtlC !. inges, it !s exp.ct ed, will hasten the recovery of the p..iicn(a. Speaking b fore a i hecring crowd (hat u tad lllh ,'""'"1"' '",0 Tor rcon. tjcmral l'an.in..i declared the .success of the constitutionalists bad due in a Urge measure to the friendly attitude of the I'nitcd Stutea. Tl.c tension over the Mexican situa tion was relieved by the action of ft German steaim-hip compaiiy in refua Ing to land at I'u.rto Mexico a cargo of munitions consigned to General Huerta. Lockout Ordered in San Franclico. San Francisco A deadlock exiata between organised labor and the Building Trades Employers' assocla- ' tion, and it is predicted, all building I .1 i uo vn. neiscn will cease. with the exception of work on the Panama-Pacific Exposition structures. The general lockout waa ordered by the associated employera on the re fusal of union painter to call off the atrlke for higher wagea In effect for a month. Hetween U',000 and 15,000 trade artisans are involved. ATTACKED BY WILDCAT. Animal Killed In Air aa It Leaped en 8houldere of Warden. Rnngor, Me.-The life of Game Ward en 10. S. Hodgklns wns saved recently In the woods nenr here by the quick nesa and unerring aim of William Ryer, proprietor of a set of sporting camps at Hound Itrnnk lake. Tho two men bad licen hunting wildcats with dogs and had killed two of tho mil mala. They were standing under a tree when Mr. Itycr c hanced to look up ward. Perched on a branch directly above the (tunic warden was another cnt. as large ngaln as eliliet of those that had been killed. The nriitnnl wna creeping alowly forward, his lips drawn back over his glittering teeth and the look of a demon on his s.naue face. Just as Ryer'M eye cauuht the cat tho animal gave n start nml leaped full for War den Rodgklna, Still BOCSMbJoM of his danger, liver. ibMttof a hasty cry of warning, whipped his M caliber re o,.- from Ids bolster and tired while the cat was In the air. The bullet 'truck the : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 between the e. and he dropped dead. "It wns the closest cnll I ever had mid I never want another like It." Warden Hodgklns said In telling of the nlTalr. SURGEONS MAKE AN EYELID. Patient Had Been Burned About the Head When n Child. Italtlmore. - A rare operation In optl ml surgery was performed, at n lm-.pl till here when Ihlee large pieces of skin were tal. en from Hie am of Miss Sarah Trego to i :. I e a MW lid for her left eye. It Is thought the llgbl of the eye. which was rapidly falling on no count of exposure, will be sax o by the operation. Already tin- grafted akin has started p, take root, ami t In patient can partly open and close the eyelid After the sl.ln was taken from Miss Trego's arm the ftOffftd tissue sur rounding the eye and the membrnne Of the lid were removed In the denuded area the akin of the patient's arm was grafted. BROKE LAST YEAR, NOW WORTH $83,000 Borrows $6, Gobs to Alaska and Makes Fortune. Portland. Ore-Head broke leaa than a year ago and working at odd Jobs Cleaulng basements and yards lu this city and now worth SK1.UU0. all or which was secured through his own ef forts. Is the experleuce of W II Con ucii. an Alaska miner. To A. 1-lavle. deputy city 1 1 1 1 1 1 n of this city, la lurut'ly due much of the credit for the good fortune vvln.li has befallen the lucky miner Council came to Iale lust July with the story that he knew Judge llavle. the local attorney's father, who was foiiuerly u Judge In British Columbia. He had a hard luck story and pleaded for work I'avie gave lilm some tald Jobs (lean Ing the yard and basement lu bis home, for which lie paid the man H After the work was completed tbe stranger askisl for ! for railway fare to Seattle, from which place he lu tended to go to Alaska The man ap pealed to be honest, and ho gave (on nell Stt That was tbe last heard of the man until a few days ago, win u be received a letter written from tho White BOfM river. Yukon teiritory Council said that he had reached Alaska and had gone to tbe Clilsaun gold Held and there had located on three claims "I have sold the ihree claims." vviltes Coiinell. "to New York syndicate for !SKI,M !::.INHI cash. 1404)00 IB three months and the remainder lu six mouths. So. taking everything i lit i on-ideratlon. 1 have not done so aw fully bad bhice last July, when I was tint broke. 1 shull certainly make It my business to visit Portland and see you and your family. I hive m notion to ipilt the minim; fa ma, as ft&i.O l.eep me If I MM It as it should I I "By the wav. I h..vo a coup.e of uug ets to send you and your wile and also one for your sister. I ottcn thought of you and Mrs Davie She was vetv Ian 1 to me when I was (leaning out your basement This la a real liappciiin : III a miner's Ufa broke otic day and plenty of money the next " COOClOdlBf his letter, Council said the i MaaM country was no phue for a poor man. because all the claims were staked and prices of everything are "sky high " HAS KEY TO ALL LANGUAGES. French Teacher Inventa 8yetem of In ternational Correepondence. Paris.-A teacher named J. Orat has invented au Ingenloua system of Inter national correspondence. Every word in the French language Is referred to by a uuuiber. and u corresponding num ber Is given to the same word lu all other lungiiagee. Thus a merchant desiring to write to a foreigu customer need only turn tbe words of bis own language into num bers, and the customer cau retranslate tbe numbers Into the words of his lan guage Dictionaries based on this aya tern In all tongues are being prepared. M David, the minister of commerce has given his approbation to the Idea M OlWll does uot behove lu the prac tlcabl'lty of a spokeu universal Ian guagc. Jfotlcr of Sale of Slnle I.nnd. -Notice la hereby given that the Stnte Innd Board of the Stale of Ore gon will receive sealed bide until 1') o'clock a. m. July 14, 1914, for the following deacrlbed lands, to-wit: Sectln 36, T. 13 S- It 42 E. 8V6 of NIK, MfeH of NWV4, NH of SFV4, S of SWK nnd lots 1, 2 and 4 of .Section 16, T. 16 S. B. 40 E. 8ectlona 16 and 36, T. 32 S. 143 K- Sections 16 and 36, T. 32 S- It 44 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 33 8. R. II K Sections 16 and 36, T. 33 3. R. 45 E. Sectione 16 and 36, T. 34 S- R. 45 E. .S'cctlona 16 and 36, T- 36 S. R. 44 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 36 8. R. 46 E. .' of nectlon 16, all of section 36, T. 36 8- R 46 E. Sectione If and 36, T. 36 8. R. 47 E- Sections 1G nnd 36, T. 36 8. R. 48 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 37 8- R. 44 E- Sectione 16 and 36, T. 37 8. R. 45 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 37 8. R. 46 E. Sei tlona 16 and 36, T. 37 8- B 48 E. ll bids most be accomponled by a regularly executed application to pur chase and check or draft for at least one-fifth of the amount of tho hid. The right to reject any and til bids I . ti served. Application and bids should be ad dressed to ;. G. Iltown, clerk stnto land toa'rd, Silem. Oregon, Bfid mark ed 'Application nnd bid to purchase, lands." Q ; BROWN, Clerk K M l-i "I Ho.irl. D tl 1 '1 I. 1014. 8t 01311 NOTICK FOR Pl'PUCATION Depiirtni-nt of tho Interior, C 8. Land Office at Vale, Oregon, April .".n. :;in. Notice Is hereby given that Rowlev Robinson, of Ontario, Oregon, who on May 13, 1910 made homestead entry No. 01311. for SW4 NWi. NW'i swi; sei 2i, ni: si:',. si: l.', Section -'.:. Township 17 S, Rnnge 46 E. Wlllanu Ite Meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make final three year proof, to establish claim to the land abovo described, before DM Register and Receiver of the United States Uud Office at Vale. Oregon, on the llth day of June, 1914. Claimant names as witnesses: 8. I). Moore, H. 8 Sutton, of On tario, Oregon; John T. Taylor, Rolen Hall, of Payette. Idaho. Bruce R. Keeter, Register. 015S7 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of tbe Interior. O S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon. April 30, 1914 Notice Is hereby given that Stephen D. Moore, of Ontario, Oregon, who o i August 30, 1910, made Homestead En try No. 01MT, for sk4 si:1. SWK 8WU afM -I. inm NW Be-. 26 and NE MH4 Section 26. Town shlp 17 8.. Range 46 E.. Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of ti.:entloi to make final three year proof, to MtaMish claim to the land above des. crlbed, before the Register and Re ceiver Of the United States Iind Of flee at Vale, Oregon, on the llth day of Jiim 191 I Claimant names ns witnesses: Bowl.;. Bobiuson, A l.mulsh. II W. Clemeiii, a d (' Trousdale, of Ontario, on. Bruce B. Keeter. Ri I ever. The Most Qualified Judges Pronounce Taylor & Williams Straight Yellow Stone Whiskey the BEST FOR SALE in quantities from One gallon up, and many other Good brands, bv L. B. FEITR. Wholesaler ONTARIO, OREGON For Kent Two room house, two blocks north of school house. Phone 20i-K-3. Always on the Job If you have a job of bauliuK you want done, lame or small, you cau alwava ilt-peiid on John Laudiuiiham beluK ready for you. Call him at the Moore Motel. DON m aef BBfcV ar-BH JJSS7 1ft Mr l!;ff V ffffei M fel feW ffffel yj m I Itm Wm jkH ifffffffffffffffffl IMPRESS on the young man who is. burning: the Cftndle at both end and who is spending his big salary as fast as he makes it the VALUE OF A BANK ACCOUNT. Start him on the RIGHT ROAD today. If he is not hopeless he at once will sec the error of his ways. The open ing of a bpnk account has put a stP2 to many a youth's wild desire to be a HIQH FLIER. The Ontario BUTTER WRAPPERS Must Be Printed We are printing more wrappers than any other two offices in this section. There is a reason. We have the machinery, type and workmen necessary and we take the same care with Butter w ; appns that we do with wedding invitations. Take your next order of Arriio Off..--Butter Wrappers to the rVrgUh VIIIte 1 Mm tU&A k! ' J XUMat'i L ZVkW iff r m IMI B r Economy in Painting; Your House does not mean buying the paint sold at the lowest price per gallon. It means getting the paint that covers tho most surface per gallon and gives the greatest number of years of service in other words, the best vaue tor your dollar. ACMEQUAUIf in ii . I. PAINT costs less because it taKcs lcss'arul lasts longer. Let us show M hr.iliii.v HdrJvuri' diii) A. McWILLIAMS Proprietor. Transfer, Baggage and Express Meet All Trains JOHN LANDINCiHAM Local Market Report. Corrected .v. '10, for tli tt-uellt Of ArtfUM Kl'li'K tiy till' 'luilleiil .-l T LET YOUR MONEY BURN A HOLE JNWURPOCKET! r heSS' ramrt SPteK- 5, O National Bank A you pleasing color combinations, esti mate quantity needed, or be of any other service we can, whether you buy or noL Com in im an Acm QuaUty Painting Cbiil Hint and Juki ;uiir Jujfaftfjrtorut lurnllun - Co.. Ilnurlu. I.'i.iinii 0NTAKI0 LIVfcRV Be : Eq lipped Livery in city. Headquarten for Stockman. I forms Lioiifjhl it ltd Sold. cautlla CJiniaiiy. Kkk. Ir duzeu. 17 10. Uuttur, pur I'Miu.l, a. .ii. Oata, per tiuiulrad. 11.50 Wheat, per buiidrod, $1.7.r. Hay, par tuu, I -. 1'utnliii'B, per liiiinlitiil, 1.0U Ouiuua, pur huudred, $2.00, Apples, per box, fl.OO. toil. 50 ClileUeua, ill erne, I. per pound, 1 8c. Fork, dreaaed. I j to '. ' o. I'orW, live, ti.oO to 7 Veal, 'J to lOo. Itef lie to l-2o