Pre-HolMay
Reduction Sale
An Event Worth Your While
Sell the Stocks Down
These are Our Orders
Commencing Friday Morning, Dec. 4th, at 9 o'clock
We Offer This Entire Stock
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Men's and Young Men's Suits, Overcoats, Fur Coats,
Chinchillas, Friezes, Cravenetts and all Rain and
Storm Coats
Prices at which you can afford to buy
$8.75, 11.50, I3.Z5, 18.50
These prices cover our entire stock.
Suits and Overcoats ranging in price from
$10.00 to $30.00 and simply means a
saving of from $3.00 to $10.00 on your
Winter Clothes.
All Furnishing Goods at proportionate re
ductions. This Stock must be reduced. You know
the Store, you know the Stock, you know
we mean what we say.
ALEXANDER
ONE PRICE CLOTHIER
ONTARIO, OREGON
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
A Few Heminders:
Erectors, (iamrs. Hooks, Children's Books, Stationery,
Vanity CaseH, Hand Dags, Traveler's Sets, Toilet Sets.
The Arlington Co. Pyralin Set and Separate iieces
Ivory Platinoid Picture Frames
Christ man Decorations:
l'apcr Novelties, Cards, Booklets, Candles, Garland
Tinsel Cord, Tags, Holly Paper, Seals, Tissue Paper.
The Everhart Drug Company
doors South of Post other
ONTARIO. OREGON
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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Drawing Plant Valued at 12.000.000
Salem According to figures com
piled by Labor Commissioner Hoff, 11
malt tin' inn aj tnta In Oregon, oper
ating an average of S12 days, em
ployed an average of 172 killed work
men who received $4.02 a day or
215,729; 78 unekllled men who re
I Ivfii $2 .83 a day of eight hours or
1 1 13.789. 25 men In office at S4.69 a
liiy of $35,802, and four female clerks
receiving $3 a day or $3,744; total,
277 people receiving $369,044.
Hants are vnlued at $1,895,000. A
total or 187,000 barrela of beer at an
average pries of $7.16, 'or $1,327,050
ii.il 10,634 tone of ice at nn nvernge
vnlue of $7.80 a ton or $82,939 com
prised the output. Total output.
$1,409,989 Three plants used 688
electric horsepower, and nine 1605
team, total, 23N2 horsepower.
Qovernor-Elset Names Secretary.
Portland. George Palmer Putnam
of Bend Iihh been named, by Governor-elect
Wlthycombe to be hla
private secretary. Announcement of
the selection was made by Dr. Withy
combe In Portland and at the snme
time the selection waa made public of
MIhs Ksther K. Caraon of Salem as
usslstant secretary.
Mr. I'utnnm Is editor and owner of
the llend Bulletin. Miss Carson la the
daughter of John A. Caraon of Salem,
and a senior In the law school of Wil
lamette University.
Mr Putnam's aelectlon aa private
secretary waa made from a field of
more than 20 applicants Or. Wlthy
combe had the matter under consideration-for
nev.-r.ii weeks and arrived at
bis decision after a thorough canvass
of the available material.
' HANKING
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USINESS
CONSIDER what business would be WITHOUT BANKS No man
should think of starting an enterprise before he arranged to OPEN
AN ACCOUNT. HOW D0E8 HE STAND AT THE BANK? is a
question asked at some time about every business man.
A good WORKABLE BANK BALANCE it essential to
every successful business man.
The Ontario National Bank
DRY LEADER OPPOSES PLAN
J. I. Wheeler, Chairman of Committee
of 100, Opposed to Drastic Law.
Portland. J. B. Wheeler, chairman
of the Committee of One Hundred, an
nounced In a statement that be would
vlgoroualy oppoae any attempt to enact
a law to prohibit the use of liquor
In the home or to put unreasonable
obstacles In the way of obtaining It.
He said he would do this In order to
"keep faith with the people."
His statement wua given out In the
nature of a reply to the announcement
by the Oregon Antl Suluuii league of
tentative provisions for Inclusion In
the measure to be submitted to the
next legislature for enactment so us
to make the prohibition amendment
thoroughly effective).
One of tlu-ne tentative provisions
war that It should be unlawful to pub
llsh liquor advert Isemonta In news
papers or on blllbourds or otherwise
It Is known thut members of the
Committee of One Hundred strongly
I objected to this provision und others
on the ground that they were Intend
el to Interfere with persons obtaining
liquor for use In their homes.
In the announcement made by the
Antl Suloon league, It was stated that
George M. Brown, attorney general
elect, hud been asked to make the
final druft of the proposed measure
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FUNERAL DIRECTOR And I It I NM I) I MliAl Ml R 2
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Calls Answered Promptly Day or Night
Licensed In Idaho & Oregon
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Treapaaa Law Favored.
Portland. An average of 30 persons
are killed every year In Oregon while
trespusstng on railroad property, and
to prevent. In a measure, these act
dents, the Public Safety Commission
has gone on record as favoring
the passage of a law by the legislature
strictly prohibiting such trespass.
J. H. FARLEY
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND ENBALMER
LADY ASSISTANT
I'kkhonai Attention Given To All Funerals
Promptly Day Or Night
Phone 64w
Calls Answkked
Ontario, Oregon
Best Job Work at The Argus Office
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Douglss County at War With Small
Pox. Roseburg. An epidemic of small
pox Is threatening Douglas county, and
strenuous watching and quarantining
by In- K I. Miller, the county health
officer, Is all that has kept the dis
ease within limits thus far. In Hoae
burg there have been two cases, now
convalescent.
Unemployment Law Topic.
Corvallls. The discussion of unem
ployment legislation that la to be a
conspicuous part of the special ses
sion of the Commonwealth Conference
at the University of Oregon December
10, 11 and 12 apparently will be of
coast wide scope. A. H. Grout, labor
commissioner of the city of Seattle,
has been authorised by the Seattle
city couucll to attend. Mr. Grout will
have a paper oil "I'nemployment Leg
islation for Washington." E. W. Ol
son, state labor commissioner of Wash
ington, also has been Invited.
K. Q. Young, professor of sociology
at the University of Oregon, who Is a
mem her of the legislative committee
on unemployment named by the last
commonwealth conference, says close
relationship should exlat between Ore
gon and Washington In the hand Hag
of unemployment.
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No time wasted in wait
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Livery. Our service is
promptness itself, and our
horses and carriages are
equal in appearance to the
lust private outfits. Vehic
les clean, comfortable and
easy going, and horses of
the kind that get there.
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