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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1914)
Ontario Pharmacy Eastman Kodaks Rexall Remedies LOCAL NEWS Seashore Excursion, July US, 1!U I. Pair, round trip, $11 16. On sale .July 1(1. Return limit August 1. A eon was born to Mr. and A. (J. Brook on the 28th of July. D. 11. hinder, the man who raised ll" bushels of corn from an acre and 886 hushels of po tatoes, was here Monday looking for u potato rnnch. He says this is an ideal potuto section. Mr. and Mrs. Con Kyan are borne from Juntura where they were visiting with relatives and friends for ten days. Dick DeArmond was here Monday from the ranch for machine repairs. C. T. Prall made a trip to Boise on Saturday. Dr. Howe is home from Pilot Kock whero he went to see li is wife and son. J. D. Billingsley aud family and C. E. Kenyon ami family have gone to the coast with their machines for an outing. 0. S. Smith has gone to his ranch in (irant county. He took along about sixty head of young horses, which In will place on the range. Thomas Kahout came over from Jordan Valley Saturday, having s passengers Miss Clark and Miss Kader, who bad been visiting with the Kahouts. The young ladies report having a splendid outing. The ice house of the Pacilic Fruit Express Couiuiny at Waslnr caught fire Saturday, but was put out before seriously damaged. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Murphy of H. ill. ih. at Sumpter. Ore., a daughter. Miss (Jrace Davi of Weiser, who has beeu visiting Miss Myrtle Lewis ot this city left Wednesday morning for a visit to fiiends in Boise. Miss Lillian Johns is attend ing Summer Bcltaol in Baiie. G. W. Hayes of Vale, was a business visitor in Ontario last Tuesday. Misses Wilmouth and Estelle Curry left last week for a visit to their old home in Indiana. Mrs. B. Reynolds returned Tuesday from Cow Valley after an extended visit with her daughter, Mr. Frank Weaver. Mrs. Wells, mother of Mrs. A (J. Moore of this city, left Tues day for a visit in Boise. S. D. Dnmaii und family and Dr. and Mr H. B. Whitney will leave Friday in their ears, for a lew week outing at the l'.i . tie Lake-. Mrs. D.M.Taggorl and iliUr, M Anna Still well, left Wednes day for a visit U) their lather at Dayton, Orogon. Jewelry Should be purchased from your home jew eler who stands ready at all times to make it good. We have the late pat terns and standard makes to select from. Official watch man for the railroads of tin section. W. W. LETSON, ONTARIO, OREGON. LOCAL NEWS Seashore Kxcursion, July 1'!, 1014. Fare, round trip, H l.". On sale July 1S. Weturn limit August 1. Mrs. Hill of the Hill Pharmacy was an Ontario visitor Sunday Jess W. Milligan and Mrs. Mollie L. Scefliington were mar ried at the Baptist parsonage July 9. The Methodist Sunday School held their annual picnic last Thursday on the church lawn. Fvery one reported a good time aud plenty of good things to eat. (Jen. Wiley and Tom Long of Prineville, who are on their wav to Texas, stopped off for a day's visit in Ontario last week Mr. Wilcv is a hrother-indaw of Mis. A. E. Rutherford. II. A. Booth fell exhausted as result of heat last Sunday. Other than a few scratches on his face Mr. Booth is as well as ever. The K. P. Lodge will give its annual picnic at the MeOregor (ilrove n"xt Sunday Transporta tion will be provided from the ball. Judge Biggs is in Baker this week bearing a case. Mrs. Hiley and family wish to express their apppreciatiou of the favors extended the fami ly during the illness and death of Mr. Riley. Win. Raver was here for a few days last weik from l'oca tello. He expects to move back to Ontario in a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Rambo were registered at the Owyhee on Friday. You just can't keep track of these newly weds. Donald Macdonald and D. McKenzie came in Friday from Juntura. On Monday Adam and Alex Murray came in. Alex Mini. iv lives at Dayville, but formerly resided here. He and Donald McDonald came over from Scotland in the same ship in lH'lit and they have always been warm friends. The John Day valley is having a good year, good prices and good prospects. Mrs. Mary Welch is confined to her home this week on account of III POM As this paper goes to Mrs. Welch is very much impi Of ad, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Arnold left early Wednesday morning in their car for a lew week's fish ing at the l.ockhart. The infant child of Veru De Foe is very sick this wet k. Mrs. Boa Rom ol Combridgo' Idaho, is visiting friends in and around Ontario. ll I.. Ko and John Odoll loft a week for the Upper I in: country. Mr. No li looking after the lurds ol that MCtloD, while John tO BUpply the camp M ith iish. Two car loads of goods arrived in Ontario Tuesdiiy for ("has. H. Barnett. One car contained household goods and the other fixtures for the new (iolden-Rule Store. Arthur Magill returned Mon day from John Doy, where he has been visiting relatives. The home of Joe Wallace near Area dia was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. A lamp which was being used for fumigating was turned over and the flame spread rapidly, by the time aid waa auminoned it waa impoa sible to aave only a few thin", among them the cook stove. If there is going to be a government deficit how would it do to plaee a tax on grape juice. LOCAL NEWS For excellence and promptness, see Cope The 1'reawiry." 'Phone IWW. Ami ihiw "Teddy is dubbed a faki explorer by members of Ihe Geograph ical Society of London. One promi nent speaker says Home has the right name for Roosevelt. They call him "Paltonafo", meaning literally "one who inflates toy balloons with gas." Creamery butter 2fi centi a psjODtJ nt the Ontario market. If silver is stored away for some time, pack it wilh dry flour, and it will remain untarnished, For sale, young turkeys, at the On tario Market, "Swat the fly" season is again up mi us and alertness means a lessening of the pest. Let every one be on guard. K. Cope is still doing luisiness in the Moore Hotel Itlk. Cleaning, Pressing and Tailoring. 'Phone 105 W. "You can say this much for the av erage man he doesn't care to have his pastor catch him looking at a pair of silk stockings climbing up the street car steps. (If course not, but we have an idea that the pastor would be so busy looking himself that there would not be much danger of the average man getting -aught. LADIES NOTICK Mall dresses, end all kinds of cleaning and renovating at Cope'a,"The I'reaaary. '"Phone liHrw Our old friend Vic Iluerta aeya he will be ready to tender hia resignation "just as soon aa Mexico is pacified" and the wicked Louisville Courier Journal remarks that he makes use of nice diplomatic language to amy that he will get out when hell freezes over. Creamery butter, made under most eanitary conditiona possible, 2 cent a pound, same price as ranch butter, at the Ontario Market. Wilh some folks becauac they can not do great things they hesitate to do the little but uaeful things they can do, with the result that too often noth ing is done. TDK I ll.sl NATIONAL BANK OK ONTARIO UAH INSTALLED A M'MIIKK OF HAFK'IV DKPOHIT BOXES. EACH BOX HAH A DOU BLE LOCK AND THEY AFFORD A HAFE FIRKPROOF PLACE TO KEEP DEEDS, LIFE 1NHUHANCE POLICIES AND OTHKR VALU ABLEH. THE RENTAL KATE ON M BOXEH IH VEKV REASON ABLE. tf. I in dl M.irki l Report. Corrected Apr. .'10, for the benefit of Argua readers by tbe Malbeur Mer flilillle I ll. itll Egg, per dozetl. 17 to. Butter, per pouud, 25o. Oeta, per hundred, 91. 60 Wheat, par hundred, 91. To. Hay per ton, r . Potatoev, per I lied, 1.00 Oniony, per bundled, 92.00. Apple, per box, 91.00. to 91. "0 CtilekeiiH, dienaed, per pouud, I He, Pork, dreaaed, H ' , to '. 'j0. Pork, life, o:.0 to 7 Veal, '.i to lOo. Heef llo to til CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Money tu '"iul tail iowd iff gated tarui.. W. 11. Ho. -little Co. Lots for Sale -J in Kiverald i addition, doom rob ototion. in quire ut Argus. You can get four hplendid magazines one year for 18 cents txtra hy renewing your miI sciiption to the Argus. Heooud Hand Hay WaKon for aale cheap At Van Fatten Lbr. 'o. FOR RENT: Two large rooms, fur nished, North Main St , three blocks from Foat Offiee. J. M. Steward. 3t For rent, neat four room house, with ham, chicken park, two hlocks north of school house. Win. Beagle, phoue 806 K 8. ANNUAL REPORT OF M. P. FRUIT DISTRIBUTORS Among t!e feature revealed liv the tnntM report of the N. P. Krnit DistrilnitorH are that in less than a year after heing Anally OrgOQisod and opening permanent O0CO0, the IMstrihu tOT9 received a total priee for t h e products marketed 0 f $8,088,985.51, selling 88 pe r cent of the fruit handled on an F. I). H. Iais and operating at a total selling cost, Including the expense of maintaining the central otlice of DfokorOgtJ and exchange, of legal, claim and traffic departments and of exten sion and organization, only n fraction over five per cent of the net returns and approxi mately four per cent of the gross returns to the central, realizing an average price per DM for apple?, all varieties, nil districts, h 11 grades and all sizes, of 11.88 K. O. R , ship ping point, and that the DlO trihiHors shipped fruit to 848 cities in .'!S stales in the United States, .'W cities in six Canadian provinces and K cities in 10 European countrirs and to South America, South Africa, Australia and the I'hillipines. Home From EuHtern Trip. Dr. ami Mrs. Weese are lioino from their trip east. The Doc tor reports the army worm and drouth are doing up the corn ami hay crop of southern Illi nois anil eastern Missouri while Kansas is jut one hig wheat field. In Pennsylvania the crops are poor. Over one third of the engines of the Pennsyl vania railroad are idle ami the aid-tracks are filled with miles of dump cars, with intensely hot weather. Many of the other eastern railroads are also run ning on short schedule. It is thought that the railroads are waiting for a favorahle decision in the rate cases. The Doctor took a special course at John Hopkins, Baltimore. Ontario Might Try It. Vale has fired all of her paid hall players and is putting up a hetter grade of hall with the home talent than the paid players gave them. What is the matter of Ontario trying the same thing' The home hoys at least eould not do any poorer than tin- lurol players. Payette has a lead for the league pennant and can hardly 0M "Ul now. ONTARIO STUDENT AT STATE UNIVERSITY J. Will Prater, ol Ontario, i- hold! lit up the li. inner of Mai In-ill county, it tlo' lumim i -, nion ol the University "i Or ; e'on tllil J 901 Mr Pi '' I : a pei iallixing in .i oourae uudor Huporintandenl I. R Aldarroan, Dr. II. i- Hnel. l, ii, Dr. Qoorgo Rebao, and Prof, f, C. Ay.-r. The prooonl looaion ol tbo ouoninar wbool QOJ the largest attendanee in the history of the institution, ritundards have DOOO roiaod,4il credits now taking as uniili work to each as was formerly roquirod for seven. No orodil is now given for attemlance at aOOOnbly lectures, vet tbOM have proven popular enough to till the lurgest hall on the campus every day at eleven without any other reward than the lecture itself. Among the students this year is an unusu ally lartre proportion of older men and women, who go at the work in a serious and dotor mined way and ure setting a pace in study that it is not air, ton ea.-y loi the young people to follow. im OBCQOJIJ I :)W When in these warm sum mer days you do not wish to be over the stove all day we can help you out with Fresh Foods already cooked and fresh berries and fruits. Also these hot days when your flour has not strength enough to overcome the warmth, remember we have FLOUR that tests 34 and better which would enable you to make light flaky bread while flour that tests around 20 is very hard to handle and also lacks making as many loaves to the sack. (ood flour makes good bread und many more loaveB tu the Hack. Try It BIG R. or LARVEST KING. ONIIKNSKI) FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ONTARIO, OREGON Ah made to the Comptroller of the Currency at the clone of luisiness June 30, 1914. Government Call KKSoi i: i:s l.oaiih and Ditii-nunU ' I vi nil ;il I Remix anil YVurrantH l'. Ituntjit i uir Realty Furniture ami Fixlun Kedempti-.n Fund t'anli and Sight Exchange KKSKKVK KNOWN FOR ITS BTBBNGTH A itrong . ninsi'ivativi' institution, which has slice fully passi'd through many financial storms gnd "stood liv" its customers at such times. V are alwavs ureDared to take carr ol' tin- proper invito desirable new luisiness. OITICKRS iV A. L ( Ot KKI M, Preuidenl T. 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