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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1914)
ONTARiOS BOY WRITES NAVY EXPERIENCES By the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Landingham, we have the pleasure of publishing a letter from Earl, their son, which we believe will be of interest to many of his Ontario friends. Earl joined the navy the first of the year and was in Han Francisco until June, when he was sent to Seattle. He attended the Hose Festival in Portland this year with his company. It is well to add here that he has taken up the study of Elec trical engineering in the Naval school. The first of July he was trans ferred from the cruiser, OhtflaV ton, to the cruiser, Milwaukee, on board of which he has re cently visited Honolulu. The Milwaukee is one of the navy's largest cruisers. On leaving Seattle it took 18,000 tons of coal to last until Hmo lulu was reached. As staleil later in the letter we are told that the big hoat weighs about 1,000,000 tons. The following is a letter written in typical, plain, boyish fashion, which makes the de scription of his trip all the more interesting. Dear Folks: I will arrive in Honolulu early in the morning and we will coal the ship IDC take a few hours liberty and theif return to the good old U. S. A. Seven days without see ing land and never got si k nl all! Coming over the breaker" somu of the fellows bOttl croak ed, li is mighty rough, though. Have seen hundred of schools of flying fish and por- (toises, the last few days i MM been some trip, luliove me, and it is worth money to make it. I saw the leper's island from quite a distance. It dotlt sound good to me The ocean out here is as pretty a blue as imv blue I e i saw I never imni'incd it could be so pretty, but when you get within about To or 100 iniles of and it gets a darker color. The ocean is about the color of the blue sky in paintings This ship weighs 1,000,000 toiH and the waves tess ll like u cork on water. Well, I will be able to tell you something about Honolulu when 1 write again As ever, Earl We hope to be aide to let our readers know of Earl's experien ces on the island. Free Canadian Homesteads Why pay ."() 00 to be located ' We give you free information where the best lands are in western Canada and British Columbia that are close to rail road and town; name of guide on ground; full directions to get maps and plats free; how to get hoineseekers tickets; everything you need to know and locftti yourself, all for 18.00 Remit amount by P, O. money old. i ami we will send you the com plete information at once. CANADIAN HOMESTEAD 00, 78 8th Bl, Portland, Oregon AMONG THE OREGON MINES At Lostine Oregon the annual meeting of the Contact Mining and Milling Co. was held. New oiluer8 were elected and plans for the future development of the mines were discussed. President E. S. Herman, in speaking of the railroad plans, said the O. W. K. A W. had agreed to build branch lines to the iniiifs as soon as the com pany could show an average of five cars daily. President Hei iuan clasms that this can easily be done. Wallowa Sun. The Baker Democrat tells of great activity at Cornucopia, where an a rial tramway of one mile is being built from Last Chance mine to ihe mill. The largest span of this tramway is 3,81 '0 teet. The coinpanv ex pects to have ttie entire equip ment constructed by October 15. NEWS FROM OUR NATI3NAL GAPITAL President Wilson to Pass Peace Treaties With Twenty For eign Nations. Washington. President Wilson, through Secretary Hryan, has notified the senate foreign relations commit tee he wishes to press for ratification hefdVe adjournment of this session of congress the new peace treaties sign ed with 20 foreign powers. Secretary Bryan set forth the fol lowing annlysls of the general pur poses of the treaties: "That InvestlRntlon shall be resort ed to In all cases where the ordinary resources of diplomacy fall. "That the contracting parties re serve the right to act Independently on the subject muter after the sub mission of the report. "That thnre shall be no appeal to force until the Investigation Is com pleted. Treaties nlready hnve been signed with Salvador, Uutitetiiiilii, I'aniumi, iloniluriis. Nlciirnnun, the Nether Hollvla. Portugal. I'ersln, Denmark, Swltterland, ('osta Hlca, Dominican Republic. Venezuela. Italy. Norwn) and Peru. A trenty with t'niKUay will b' Hlgni'd next week. "The text of Ihe lnnty with Frame has been ngriM'il upon." Mr. Hryan said, "and iilnu the treaty with Ureal Britain, which Is being snliniltt.il to her various colonies." Federal Court Clerks Put On Salary. The conference committee on the sundry civil bill agreed to the Cham I -1 : . 1 1 t anieiuliiHiit, abolishing double lees In the federal courts of Oregon and fixing the salary of the clerk of Ihe riilii.il court at $3604 per ionium A similar amendment b Senator I'olmlcxtcr. aliening die fcli lai court h of Washington, was also agr I to. I In the deflcletu appropriation bill, as passed by the senate, arc tin t ' lowing appuiprlnlloiiH for public build Hik sites; Pasco. Wash . JIo.imiii; Col lax. Wash., 79t0i CsMwtll, Malm. Iio.oou; Nnmpu, Idaho, MM Fixture Probe Is Ended. Investigation by the depaitmetit of Justice of Ihe United (las Improve ment compaiiN. probably tin- largest fa tot III il' country in the sale of gas lighting fixtures, Is complete, but whether the government will bring suit against the company under the Sherman antitrust act has not been determined. No i.eclsion In the case i-, expected tot reveral vvi-i-l.. ah a supplemental report Is expected he fore Attorn v (ienei.il Mi Reynold personally t ikes up the case. The Investigation of the improve ment company Is said to have devel oped that It does business In nearly Nl cities and towns in tin- t'uited Si. ilex The company was chartered In 1882 by the state of Pennsylvania wilh the broadest powers. At tin close of 1912 lis outstanding slock amounted to UMMJMi and It Is In terested In various companies In 17 tutes. Prisoners May Be Set Free. A suggestion that the t!(U) Mexl oiiiih, principal!) soldier.--, Interned at Ports Hosecrans, Brown. MolltOSh, Bliss and ingate, be released, pro vlded definite assuralii N STS that they will not take up arms ag.iin, was received by the war department trout (iener.il Bliss. The development.- of the past week and Ihe collapse of Hie Hue, la leginte hive materially ttTSBCUMIMd tl lief of officials here that tin- DBltd States might now dispose f lit, ex pensive charges, provided the consti tutionalist authorities will prumise them fair treatment. It is estimated that, in addition to the large sum already spent, It will cost the United Statin approximately $;,iai null for the maintenance of the Mexican Internes within a short time, (ii-m-ral Bliss suggests that the more important officers, such as (ieneral Salaar and Castillo, be detained, at least for the present National Capital Brevities. The senate confirmed the nomina tion ot N l-ou Morris, of Chicago, to be 1'nlied States minister to Sweden President Wilson has recovered from his recent attack of Indigestion. The trade commission bill, framed in the first instance to meet the views of President Wilson, and passed by the house of representatives as an administration measure, soon will pass the senate under the presidential influence. It Is believed. Zapata, according to reliable reports to the state department, has 24,000 men. and though most of them are poorly equipped they would constitute a serious menace to a new govern ment at Mexico City if they remained In resolution. A favoraolc report was made to the senate on the bill adopting the Oregon box as the standard apple container for the United States. A similar bill Is now on the house calendar. WHEN IT WAS HOT IN GEORGIA Geological Survey Reports en State's Climate In Ancient Days. Washington. That the climate of South Carolina and Oeorgln was once almost tropical Is one of the Interest ing coiicIumIoii announced by experts of the geoloiflcnl survey after an ex hattHtlve study of the flora of those states. This vegetation grew during upper cretnci'otis and eocene time, or, ss geologists say, at least, several mil lion years ago. A study of this flora, which has been preserved In fossil form In the rocks, Indicates also that shallow sens extend ed inland over 100 miles from the present sen hoard, that there wss con siderable elevation of the Piedmont area to the west, that the river gradi ents were high and the streams nu merous nnd more or less torrential In character nnd that there were swamps along the lower aoursos of the streams. The report stntes that the fossil plant Indicate there wss a mild though not strictly tropical climate without sensonnl changes. There wss no evidence that frost occurred and that the rainfall was abundant Indi cation are. It Is said, that In middle eocene time the climate of Oeorgla was much warmer thau during the up per cretaceous SJMSsai JUST WON'T BE A M0T0RMAN. So Casein, Engineer of Empire State Exprese, Quite His Job at 8eventy. New York.- Dennis .1. Cnssln. who, olthiitigh seventy years old. still runs the Umpire State cxprex on the New York Central railroad from Croton to Albany and back two out of every three days, said that be would put In his application for retirement at mice. CiihmIii got hi- first Job with the Cen tral In IStll, when the old wood burn ers were the highest type of engine. He has hud the Umpire State express for several years, ami during that time tins pot had an accident. He has seen the real driven locomotive developed, ami It Is because of the encroachment of the electric engine that be Is getting out lie xnlil that be wouldn't give up his throttle t'i he ii "iimtiirmaii" for $!. it week Several years ago In a con test conducted by a railroad magazine he wiiu a diamond ring ss the must popular engine driver in lbs c itry. YEARS Gf SILENCE ENDED BY CHANGE Under Vow Not to Speak to Each Other, Accident Opens Lips. 8t. Joseph, Mo.-itobert and Joseph Miller, brotbets. spoke to each other the other day lot the llrst lime 111 fif teen years All of this time they lnive lived In the same bouse, eaten at the same table, slept lit the same room Slid been part tiers lo the prisluce farm w lili li they ov u They are well to do. Fifteen years ago. when their stock In trade consisted of a rundown little tiiul. garden, the bad a falling out over who did tin ist Work, and Jo seph vowed Ih. ii he would never speak to Ills broths nyiln until Hubert spoke InH prliie prevented each frotu be ing tin- lii-l to lueak over. When they hud an.vtlilug to say to each other tliev illd It through the me dium of ii I Blfd I'l-rsoii "Ass Joe II he l going to town to ,.i ot whether I shall go," Hubert would suv to ii hi id baud, eveu though Joseph weie within a few feet of him "Tcli Itoll I .i.n I i ng iiccause there Is Mum- private bU m sa I want to see about,' Joseph would reply through the same medium I luring their resting hours and through the long winter evenings the two played curds together, but each sat stolidly StUOklUg a pipe, ami ml ther spoke to the other With other people about UstJ would talk freely and euslly, but never lo each othei. The silence between t belli was broken when Hubert WHS hulled till iterneatb a slide of cordwood which be was piling up. Joseph rushed up "Ob. Bob. are you badly hurt'" he asked. Afterward he said that be did not realize that he was breaking his vow "No, Joe," was the reply, "but this wood Is holding me so that 1 can't get out without help." Then the two men laughed, shook hands and began to converse about getting Hubert out of his unpleasant captivity. Jinx Wss on His Trsil. Minneapolis, Minn. -John Woods of Chicugo recently left bis home city for II 111 SSS polls. -Old here is what has hap pencil to him In Milwaukee he fell off a box car and fruclui ed his -hi mm In Lacrosse be had pneumonia. In (iolish. Wis., he was "duped" sod robbed of $14ii In Minneapolis be was sentenced to Ave days In the workhouse for va grancy "Maybe this wll lie the end of It." said Wood. "I ttilnk some old Jinx has been mi my nail." Wooden Leg Hides Money. siiein.ii. Tes -H Q, Wise, dead In Iienvei i'oIo with M.OOu In certitl e.,i, - dep"-K bidden in one of his artihcial legs was a resident of Sher man He ciiiue here In HUM from Kan sas i'lt). where a brother and sister reside. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST , Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Qrape Juice Hss Rival. Fugene. Loganberry Juice, a new product, to he put up In bottles and sold as a beverage at the soda foun tains or In the grocery store In com petition with grape Juice Is being manufactured at the Eugene Fruit growers' cannery. It Is a novelty, there being none on the market, but Its popularity Is anticipated. The Juice Is tort, but exceedingly rich nnd heavy. It Is diluted half with water before being used. If the new product Is accepted by the market, the manufacture will be Important, for in the Willamette val ley ore thousands of acres set out, which are coming Into bearing faster than the market can be adjusted to meet the Increased supply. 8lxty Schools Standard. Albany. Sixty schools of I. Inn cottntv are now standardized. They have properlv heated, lighted and ven tllatcd school buildings; they hnve nt tractive schoolrooms; they display the flag above the schoolhouse; they hnve good drinking water and well-kept schoolgroutids, regular spelling con tests, and perform satisfactory school work generally; they kep library books and have nil requirements as to attendance ami reports. Exhibit to Bs Collected. The Dalles George M. Hylnnd, di rector for iie.:on oi exploitation and publicity for the I'ltniima I'aclflc ex position, met with the business tin n ' association directors to urge them to galllir Immediately grains, vegetables and fruits for the Wasco couni) ex blbll at tie 19J6 fair. May Not Contest Oemurraga Claims. Sali m 'i bat the Southern I'm Iflc railroad due BO! propose to contest ! the rccliroi.il demurrage act passed by the hud legislature Is indicated In a letter Jti. i r ived by the state railroad commission In which the com puny Mtates that It has paid Travis & aieasou, of Cortland, for its failure lo furnish, within the stated period, wood curs for use at Mlddletoti. PLAN TO DRAIN TULE LAKE Reclaiming of Some 100,000 Acres of Land is Goal of Project. , Klamath fulls. -Ihe reclaiming ot a lake covering approximately lno.onn acres of land by draining off the water through umlorgrouiiu pin sages, Is u project which Knglneer J. K. Camp. Of the reclamation service, Is now working on and which he hopes to complete. The lake Is Tide lake, located on the boundatv Hue between Oregon and Calllotuia a few miles south ol this city close to the famous lava beds and Ice caves of that section. This section of the country came Into prominence during the historical Mo doc war and Captain Jack's last stand The bed of Ibis lake has been found to be composed of two lava crusts, one underneath the other. Under these crusts It la believed by Camp will be found underground channels leading lo the nearby lava beds which arc permeated with deep ravines, crevices and fissures The present plan is to dig into these channels and HUM connect up the lake so that it will drain Into the lava beds. Ballot Title Declared Not Fair. Saleiti -In a petition to the circuit court of Minion county filed Saturday. Miss Kern Hobbs. secretarv to Covet nor West, vigorously attacks the feaj lot title chosen bv Attoinev Ceneial Craw ni. I r i ' Initiative measure tor . -e desert land board. and asks that the title be amended so as to more clearly express what is com. 1. 1, ! 111 the measure. Unworked Land Listed. Salem Announcement was made by the Salt in i oiinncrcla,! club that it would list 'veral thousand acres of unimproved land lo be sold al from $30 lo $50 an acre. George I' Hod pr.-iieni ol the hoard of gover nors, said that the plan was to have available information for persons coining hOTS '" MM aii- Child Discovers Loot Albany - vear old daughter of James Harry saw an end of bright red ribbon protruding from a sack in an old barn and pulled It out Het act led to the discovery of about $75 worth of goods taken from tin- Hob bison general merchandise si ore at Turner the night of July 1. Rossburg Wants Railway. Hose burg With a view of furnish ing an incentive whereby capital can be induced lo OODStrucI a railroad SS lwe n Hosehurg und Marslifield it has been leotdtd to call a special SMOtlOB h. I. i:, Oiloher to issue bonds 111 lbs sum ot MUVJJM, The Clothes Gleaning Question XJLT e are better equipped than ever before for handling your work, having: in stalled some new Tanks, Dusting Tables and other cleaning devices. We have the best of light in our spotting room, allowing no spots to escape us. After your clothes are pressed which has been greatly improved on they are inclosed from the dust until called for or delivered. 11T e handle Fancy work, Dyeing:, Clean ing and Blocking Hats and do kinds of repairing and busheling. Give us a call. Promptness is our motto. Opposite Dreamland Theater. Our Phone, 84 J. ONTARIO PRESSARY ART DUNNUCK, Proprietor SAVING TIME V'SBBBBBB-BB'BB'a'aS 'FX Means Not Only Time But Money. Do you i'vit 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. A Complete Line of fMutij tatuntmj At the Argus Office wL-. s ! , JU A. McWILLIAMS Proprietor. Anything in the way of Automobile Supplies Such as Casings or Tubes, Blow Out Patches, Chains. Ford Extras of all kinds. Best of Service. Reasonable Prices for Livery. The Ford Garage, North of the Moore Hotel. h TELEPHONE ONTARIO LIVERY Best Equipped Livery ii. J the city. Headquarters for Stockmen. Hm si s lioil (fit (Illd Sottl.