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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1914)
nTT a mri wane Republican VfXl XTLXVXV JTLX,JKJU 0 PUBLISHED EVEKY Entered in the postoflloe at Ontario Oretron, for trnnRniixnioa throngh the mail an second-class matter. W. C. MAKHI1 The Itanker'H Meeting. Ontario will bo hostoso, on Saturday of this work, to the bankers of East ern Oregon. The regular urmi-annual meeting of Group Six bankers, com prising all of Eastern Oregon, has brrn called for Ontario, and this city taken pleasure in welcoming and en tertaining the men who handle the finances of the vast territory compris ing Group Six. In addition to transacting the pri vate business of the association, the meeting affords the bankers an oppor tunity to become acquainted with one Politics, however, shall be secondajy consideration, as the chief aim shall be to handle all the local news, THUK8DAY all the time, and politics, other than that of news value, will not be largely emphisized. Special features, of interest to Ontar io, and the county at lare, shall be ad ded as fast as possible, and due an nouncement of them will be made as they appear. The new editor respectfnlly solicits your patronage and your friendship, and will endeavor to merit both. W. C. MARSH. FRU1TLAND NEWS BY OUR CORRESPONDENT Mr. II. R. Flack has purchased from Mr. C. H. Sargent his quarter Interest in the Oregon eighty acre ranch on Ontario-Nyssa boulevard four and one fourth miles southeast of Ontario. It another in a social way, and informal i well improved. It is all in orchard discussions and "shop talk" make the and alfalfa, from which was harvested occasion both pleasant and beneficial.; this year more than three hundred The bankers, in choosing their meet ing place, have so far exhibited a very keen discrimination in picking out pleasant places. The meeting laat summer, held during the extremely hot weather was staged at the beauti ful Wallowa Lake summer resort. This tiful Wallowa Lake resort. This meeting, coming at a time of extreme ly cold weather, has been very appro priately called at Ontario. For during the winter months, this section of Malheur county, boasts the mildest climate of any section In Eastern Oregon. Iiet us endeavor to make this meet ing one to be long remembered by the visiting financiers, and may they all return to their homes with a warm spot in their hearts for Ontario. tons of hay and a good crop of apples There is a railroad loading station on the corner of the place. Ina Carter died Friday, December 11, at the home of Mr. Williams east of town. She has been an invalid since eight months of age when she fell and hurt her spine, so that she has never been able to walk. She died at the age of 27. She leaves a father and mother, four brothers and two sisters, and many friends who will miss her greatly. Mr. Shamberger preached the funeral sermon at the house at 10:30 Sunday morning, after which she was taken to the Ontario cemetery for burial. The teachers' and trustees' meeting held in Fayette Saturday was well at tended und u very good attendance from here. All the teachers except Miss Kesler and all the trustees but Mr. Felthouse were present. An in teresting meeting is reported. Quite a number of the hristian Endi-uvor members enjoyed a skating party Monduy evening on the 1'uyette river. The Pour Farm. The proposed establishment of a county pr farm and experiment stat ion nt Nyssa i now before the County Court, and is the subject of much com ment throughout the county. A peti tion l)HH brcii circulated by Nvhhii pen pie askuiK the county to purchase forty acre of lit 1 1 1 for tlilH purHmc, the bind to be selected in the Nyssu section, and to establish the necessary buildings und improvements. There im little qileHtinn that Nyssa is entitled to the experiment station and HHir farm, and Ontario people have liberally signed the etitioii and are in fn..i of it. Am Ontario nt not mdebt- by Mrs. Waldron's sister, Ma) Myer of Mrs. Ilernurd Young arrived Satur day from linker City to visit at the home of her parent , Mr. und Mrs. S. A. I. I'urdum. She will stay until after the holidays. Mi and Mrs. Wnldron left Fridnv A Relic of Early flay In Silver City. DcLamar NugKett. The Nuwrctt office was presented this week, by Wes Ororer, with a well preserved leaf from a day book, which had been the property of a Silver City merchant, and Is dated January 24th, 1866. It Is Interesting because the Items charged show the price then prevailing, and several of the persons, running accounts at the store are well remembered, and some of them still residing In this county. Mere are some o f the Items charg ed: N. Y. A O. O. 8. ft M. Co. Dr. To 2 Ilrooms $ 6.00 J. Hulet. Dr. To 1 Bar Soap 1.00 Urii-iiam A Week, Dr. To lib. Tea 6.00 Dunkltt A Moore, per Raskin, Dr. To 91b Sledge Hammer 9.90 J. V. Barkley, Dr. To 1 Box Soap 16.00 J. K. Eastman, Dr. To .11 lis Nails 1.60 To 106 lbs Sugar 62.60 Wasson A Co. Dr. To 3 lbs Sugar 1.S0 Reynolds Creek Road Co. J. Jordan. To 10 lbs Sugar 6.00 To 1 II. T.-a 1.00 To 1 Sack Salt, 6 lbs 1.00 To 1 lb Pepper 76 Moore A Eogui, Cr. Ry 8 Oi Oust 102.00 Fred Rruniell, Dr. To 1 Back Flour 10.00 E. vaiin. Dr. To 1 Can Lard 7.60 To 3 lbs Cheese 1.60 To , Dot. Olasses Jellies 9.00 Thus we can see where the miners In 1H66 Indulged In such luxuries as soap and sugar they had to pay well for them. The Mr. Moore mentioned Is now a Rolse Ranker; Fred llritnsell is still known here and Is prosperous; Robert Wicks Is a hardware merchant In Portland, Wasson ft Son established the Avalanche, third paper published In this, then territory. Nearly all the other names ore still well remember ed here. Assistant Engineer Young and his I entire office and field force have com ' pleted their labors on the road between this place and Riverton and have mov ed. The greater part of the force has gone to Portland. Mr. Young will re I mair. in Vale for a short time attending . to matters around tho material yards I after which time he will go to Portland ! for the winter. Mr. Young stated that he expected to be back in the early spring to com plete the line into Harney valley. Juntura Times. 1 1 You will not dread getting into Your Corset If the corset is a 0 A UK. II SCHOOL NOTES. ed in any manner to Nyssa, and has liotlimn to i', on directly by the entab lisbmeiit of the institution there, it nut lirally follow that tin' loral favorable Sent linen t collies purely from a sense of justice, an. I not from all) Hellish motive. Ontario would receive benelit only in the same manner that any other section of the county, not adjacent to Nyssu, would be luiuliled. As u matter of fact, Ontario displays a very generous attitude toward Nyssa, when a much ilillii.nl attitude could be taken were local ieople so disposed. On two recent occasions Nyssa lias banded Ontario rather decisive slaps. The first was on the voteof the location of the county fair grounds when precinct nave Ontario only I votes out of Ifsl. The other occasion was in the county seat election when Nyssa -up potted Vale two to one. There appears to he a general de inaiul for a county cpci uncut station und poor farm. The new institution, however, should be started on a small scale and k r a.lujtlly Unproved and de velops!, so as to insure a minimum cost ut the outset and an easy burden on the ta payers as the institution grows. The Ontario high school now has the largest enrollment of its history, the total being 1U2 of which 70 ure girls ami the remaining f are boys, in ud- ditiou to having its largest registra tion, it is now offering a greutor van. ty of subjects than formerly, coninlete coi'rsei beint? offered in both for their home in Midvale accompanied o s, ., ,. ,, eomm,.rt. in addition to the regular course of the To The i v n- Readers :- Owing to ill health we have been compelled to give up the newspaper work and have disposed of the Argus to W. C. Marsh, an ept i leui . . .i news paper man who will give you a belter paper than )uii have been leeeiying and will always keep the Argus in the lead as a clean, reliable ucwspuH-r. To the thousands of readers who have been with us for years we wish to ex tend our thanks for a generous patron age. Very truly, M E. RAIN. Announcement. This week's edition of the Argus comes to you from the bands of a new editor. A deal was closed Monday whereby tho undersigned become.- the new publisher. Entering the Ontario field, it is the object of the editor to publish as modern a weekly paper as is possible, and we shall endeavor to give our readers a upcr carry ing all the local news, together with an exploita tion of the vast resources of Ontario and Malheur county. Reiug new in the community, l follows that we have no prejudices, siaj it is the intention, and we shall earnestly endeavor, to avoid any in the futuro In politics the ArgtU shall remain Weiscr. The friends of Mrs. Murkinson guve her a delightful birthduy surprise Fri day. Mrs. J. II. Hostetter and Miss Mug gie Ueakley left Monday evening for Marklejsburg, Pu., where they were i.ulcd on uttouiil ol the serious illness oi their mother who is past oO yeurs old. Miss Ivu Cockron and Eugene Mc Coy were married last Friday, De cember 11, ut Raker i ity. They are formerly of this place und their friends here wish for tbeni u happy married life. Thcv will make their home in Ontario where Mr. McCoy is in the grocery business. Mr. and Mrs. Miller, from north of Payette, were guests lit the Iv E. Hunter home Sunday. Mr. Hunter is getting some better, but slowly. The girls of the Queen Esther Cir cle got $-0 proceeds from their bu uar held Friduy afternoon und evening. Mr. Carrier came Friday for a visit with his old friend, Mr. E. E. Hunter, returning Tuesday to his home in Salem, Oregon. Mrs. Will Rudsall spent Friday and Saturday in Vale, returning Saturduy. The Crover Bros , shipped two cur loads of hogs from Nyssa und one from New Plymouth the first of the month und one from Payette the fourth to Seattle. Mr. Crighton Symes one cur loud the second, and Messrs. Wbealdon und Mukinson one the third to Portland. All bringing good prices. Mr. E. R. Nichols, lawyer und lec turer of Roise, will give an address in the Methodist church Sunday even ing. Mr. Nichols has made a special study of the liquor business and its re lation to society and is able to speak on the subject. He takes the position that the liquor traffic is and always bus been a violation of the constitution of the C. S. Everybody invited. laiid.ir.l high school. The Moore Hotel barber shop has changed hands recently . C. A. Smith having purchased the fixtures from W. 1'. Sanderson of the Moore Hotel The shop is one of the best in Kostern Ore gon and is giving excellent service. The change in intrest, it is said, oc cured several weeks ago. The second six weeks exuin was held last week und report curds will be in the bauds of the student- for their parents' signuture the early pari of next week. Parents ure urged to study the card- and note the progn - of their children und the number of times thev have been absent und turdy. The cold weather hus a tendency to in crease the number of tardinesses und the teachers would like to have the co operation of both students and parents in over, oming this evil. Attention has now turned from foot ball to basketball un.l the operu house i the -cine of cla.-s rivalry each even ing. The plan is to have the class gullies ull played and the i las.- chum-pion-lup settled before the regular sea sou with outside high schools open-. A pi. .a on game hus been urrunged for both boys and girls teams, with the Nyssa teams, for tomorrow even ing. The Dramatic Club has chosen a play und hits begun regular practice under the supervision of Supt. Railey. The pi. iv selected is u modern popu lar play with plenty of life and in terest. It will be produced the curly part of next semester. A debate on the protective tariff question has been arranged to be par ticipated in by members of the V history class und will be given in the assembly room tomorrow afternoon. The statement of the question is, "Re solved. That the I. S. Should Abolish its Protective Tariff Policy." The af firmative side of the debate will be upheld by Ephriam Herriot and Rob ert Render, while the negative side will be argued by Jean Conklin and Arthur Holland The Freshniun class team played the Fruitland high school team last Mon duy evening and succeeded in holding the Idaho boys to a " '-'.' score with out previous practice. The following Freshmen played: Arthur Cockrum and Howard H olden, forwards; Arthur Moore and (Ren Rrown, centers; Ray Uerwin, Harry Rrown and Dave Kersh tier alternated us guurds. B. Reynolds, who was working on the rail road bridge, received a frac tured arm Wednesday evening, when some of the scaffolding fell, striking him on the arm. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed administratrix of the estate of Gidman I. Dingman, deceased, by order of the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Malheur. Any and all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified to present them, duly verified as by law required, to the said administratrix at her home near Onatrio, Oregon, or to her attorneys, McCulloch A Wood, in said city, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. Done and dated and first published this 17 day of December, 1914. HAZEL LAVERN DINGMAN, Administratrix. sssssissssssssssssssssssssss-ss- c . Because the J. C. C. designers have not overlo oked the importance of Comfort THE MILLINERY & ART STORE M Ui J&6& PRICES: $1.00 to $5.00 HULL ft HARRELL Opposite P. O. ONTARIO. OREGON Sl China at 50 Per Cent Discount. Desiring to close out our entire stock of hand painted china. We have placed on sale at 50 per-cent discount, all of Stouffer's and Buchanan's hand painted china, also a large assortment of Bavarian china. Just the Thing -'FOR HIM" Just the Thing "FOR HER" W. W. LETSON t jr rWW 'rl Nt aft 9 rfB wWB Jr JWHW JrK y.r'B' 1 ! 1uk 9tJI $tK Imbk J ' ( Jtw aaL . 9m-K & 1 T J? j2":v Giffe forMmit ancrEriei Do Your Christmas Shopping Early A Few Reminders: Erectors, Games, Books, Children's Books, Stationery, Vanity Cases, Hand Bags, Traveler's Sets, Toilet Sets. The Arlington Co. Pyralin Sets and Separate Pieces Ivory Platinoid Picture Frames Christmas Decorations: Paper Novelties, Cards, Booklets, Candles, Garland Tinsel Cord, Tags, Holly Paper, Seals, Tissue Paper. The Everhart Drug Company J doors South of PostofiUce ONTARIO, OREGON Phone 131 J