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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1914)
Ontario Pharmacy Eastman Kodaks THE CORNER DRUG STORE Rexall Remedies ONTARIO, OREGON ( V LOCAL NEWS Outside room for rent 48-J. L. Adam made a trip to Vale Thurs day. Miss Betsy Taylor went to Boise Tuesday. Orvill Nichols spent; Christmas at Ironsides. Childers wants to see you at the Moore Hotel. Wm. Reed of Westfall is visitinjr On tario this week. V. W. Brookover from Weiser spent Christmas here. Miss Crystal West will spend her va cation at Weatfall. The Moose are coming. See their an nouncement on page 3. Dr. Carl J. Bartlett of Vale wan an Ontario visitor Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E.Kenyon of Weiaer apent Christmas in Ontario. Mrs. Andrew Brock was operated on for chronic trouble Monday. W. H. Laxon of The Toggery, was a business visitor to Boise Tuesday. Mrs. Thos. Jones and two daughters of Vale spent Christmas in Ontario. Theo. Moore is home from Portland where he is attending Reed College Paul Jones of Hermiston spent Christ mas visiting friends and relatives here. Kelson Newman of Shoshone is vis iting relatives and friends over Christ- Mrs. Racine from Drewsey is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Thos. Arnold this week. Miss Jessie Hicks from Weiser at tended the Oregon Club dance Christmas night. Mr. Elmer Orcutt of Weiser sent Christmas with his relatives of this place. Miss Rosina Clement has invitations out for a 1 1 v hundred party Tuesday the 29th. The Oregon Club hiive invitations out for a Manque Ball to be given Decem ber 31st. . Miss Murgaret Dunbar, who is teach ing at Vale, spent the week with her parents. Mr. and Mm. Carl Morton of Obta Ferry spent Christmas hero with tb ir parents. Mrs. W. B. Van Dyke left last week for a visit to her old home at Marshall, Missouri. Miss Kllen leary underwent an oper ation this morning at the Holy Rosary Hospital. C. U. Stove, was successfully oper ated on for appendicitis at the hospital Wednesday. I '.. A. Fraser of the Malheur Mercan tile Co., was in Boive Monday, transact ing business. Fred Piatt and wife from Parma spent ( hristmas with relatives ami friends here. Mrs. C. K. Stewart is seriously ill at the hospital with chronic kidney and heart disease. Miss Ruth Doane was down from Nampa the past week spending her va cation at home. Misses Essie and FfTie Orcutt have invitations out for a five hundred partv Friday Jan., 1st -. Mrs. Ixuie JoTie.s left for I.os An geles, California, Tuesday noon to spend the winter. Mrs. H. H. Whitney entertained the Bndg Club Tuesday Mrs John Wood received high score. Mr' and Mrs. Chas. Crawford return ed to Ontario last Saturday from their honeymoon in Boise. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weaver of Vale spent Christmas with rs. Weaver's parents at this place. A. F. Tonningsen came in from the sheep camp to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. The Misses Tonningsen from San Francisco are visiting with their aunt, Mrs. H. C. Whitworth. S. M. Moulthan is visiting with his daughter Lulu Howard of Ironsides for the Christmas holidays. W. E. Lees visited Vale Saturdav. W. W. Wood went to Baker Sunday night to spend a few days. Elton and Thelma Smith, who are at tending school here, have gone to Iron sides to spend the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy of Payette spent Christina with Mrs. Murphy's sister, Mrs. Dr. R. O. Payne. Mis June Gray served refreshments to a number of her friends Christmas night after the Oregon Club party. The Moose are coming. See their an nouncement on page '6. Arthur Moody and Mrs. Moody from Vale, spent Christmas with Mrs. Moody ' mother, Mrs. A. A. Brown. H. M. Rutherford of Ironsides, was in Ontario Monday, returning from a trip to Caldwell where he has been sell ing horses. The Ontario Musical Club gave a postponed program at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Johnson in Villa Park Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Billingoley and Miss Neva went to Weiser to spend New Years with Mr. and Mra. C. E. K enyon. of that place. Messrs. Prater, Williams, and Clemo went to Boise for a few days visit. While there they expect to attend the Idaho teachers' institute. A surprise party was given Mr. and Mra. H. C. Whitworth on Tuesday evening. Mrs. K A. Fraser and K C. Van Patten received prices. Mr. and Mrs. O' A. Megi-rdan pass ed through here Tuesday to Homedale where Mr. Megordan nas charge of the Home Lumber and Coal Co. Ben Crummett, a prominent real es tate man of Ontario, it here for the purpose of looking after some business matters. Midvale Reporter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis, who have been viaiting friends and relatives here the past week returned to their home at Olds Ferry TUesday. H. L Peterson and family are viait ing in Council Grove, Kansas, with their friends and relatives. They are expected to be back in Ontario about January 10. Miss Rosina Clement entertained four tables of Five Hundred Tuesday night, with dancing later in the evening. Rena Adam and Eddie Fraser received high scores. Mr. iithI Mrs. Rambo and Miss Ethel McNulty entertained with six tablet of Five Unruled Tuesday night Marie Pinney and Don Piatt receiving high scorea. Obie Wilson and Wm. Howard, both in the employ of Wilson Bros., of Nyssa, started Christmas An for THE SUPPLY OF BABIES. What In a ProcMicon of Thos Born One Year Would Mean. It has in-eii i (imputed that about 8(1.000.000 babies are born Into the world each year. The rnte of produc tion Is, therefore, about seventy per minute, or more tlnin one for every boat of the clock. With the "in- ii Hi-. (Hid calculation very reader Is fn miliar, but it la not every one who stopa to calcnlate what this means when It cornea to a year's aupply. It will, therefore, probably startle a good many persons to find, on the authority of a well known etatls tlclan. that, could the Infanta of a vir be ranged In a line in cradlea, the cradles would extend around the globe. The same writer looks at the matter In a mora picturesque light lie Im agines the babies being carried put a given point bi their mothers' arms, one by one, and the processkm being kept up night and day until the laat hour In the twelfth month bad passed by. A sufficiently liberal rate Is al lowed. Imt even In going past at the rate of twenty n minute, 1.200 an hour, during the entire year, the reviewer at his post would have seen only the Hili part of the Infantile host. In other words, tlie babe tb.n had to be carried when the tramp liegiin would hi- able to walk when but a mere fraction of Its comrades bad reached the reviewer's post, anil when the year's supply of babies was draw Ing to a clone there would be a rear guard, not of Infnnta. but of ramping li v-iii ..id boys and glrla.- !ndnn Tit Hits THE RURAL PRESS The Local Paper a Most Useful Agency on the Farm Tha Press, Pulpit and School a Trinity of Influence That Must Be Utilized in Building Agriculture. By Peter Radford. Lecturer Nations! Formers' Vnlon. HANGING PICTURES. in attendance at the Moore Hull Several couples II. ..ii. Kentuckey, on a 60 day visit to their old home. Mr, A. A. ClayiMilo was down from his ranch above Vale Monday. He re turned home with his wife, who has been in the Holy Rosary Hospital re covering from an operation of a few weeks agi1. Mr. ami Mrs. O. A. Megordon and little son, of Homedale, Idaho, arrived yesterday to spend Christmas with Mrs. Megordon 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown, and sister, Mrs. T. M. Gough. Midvale Reporter. Miss Juan McDonald wus married Christina day in Portland to Dr. Addi son Atwater of Junction City, Oregon. Miss McDonald spent last summer and fall in Ontario and Riverside. She is a nii-rc of Mrs. J. D. Billingsby. Dr. L. C. Melvin and bride from Portland passed through here Sunday on their way to Drewsey, where the former is now practicing. Dr. Mel vin has been practicing here and his friends wish him much happiness. Clarence Hager from Bridal Veil is here for a short time visiting friends and relatives. Mr. Hager is employed in the lumber business and on account of the extreme cold weather freezing the Humes, work will not be resumed until early spring. A large crowd was the dance given at Christmas evening. from Weiser and Fayette were in at tendance. On Saturday night a hard time dance wus very successful. Mrs. R. Dondo and Mr. Page received the prizes. George l.yells will open up a black smith shop at the corner of Oregon street and Montana avenue, in the building formerly occupied by the old Ontario creamery. Tne shop will open as soon as the equipment arrives, which will be during the first part of January. FoK Sale Second Hand l.udwig Pi ano, good as new, (235.00, on easy terms; originally coat $460.00. Also one I vers Poisi piano, used one year, original cost 426.00, for sale at $290.00 on easy terms. Hill's Pharmacy. h. Was a Stayer. Two millionaire business man were lunching In Fifth avenue when aa old greybeard etumped by. 'That's Brown. He works for me." said the first bualneaa man. "tie's an honest looking chap. Haa ha got ataylug power?" aaked the sec ond buslneas man. "He bua that," sold the first. "Ha began at the bottom of the ladder twenty years ago, and he's stayed there ever since. "New York Tribune. Early Rising. Bibbs I believe In early rising, don't you? Globe Well, there's no abstract excellence In early rising. It all de pends on what you do after you rise. It would be better fur the world If some people never got upl London Telegraph The Old Rule end Origin of ths Term "On the Line." People still speak 'of picture being hung "on the line" at the lloyal Acade my, but very few Indeed, even among the present in em bees themselves, know the origin of the term The common belief that It Implies a place mi the walla on the level with a spectator's eye Is inure or less correct. But when the exhibitions were held In Somerset House and Trafalgar square the term meant something far mure dellnlfe. In those days people not only sMike of pictures being bung 'mi the line." but "uboe the line" and "below the line." "The line" was then a regular and per ma lien t fixture It was a horizontal line exactly eight feet from the diMr, marked by a pndix-tlng ledu'e that left the surface of the wall below It two Inches In advance of that which wus II 1. 1 Hi- It A picture w-i suld to lie hung "on the Hue" when the top or Its frame was level with this ledge. "Hung thus," says (i I .-.'n- It. A , In "The Inner Lift of the Royal Academy." "the picture, unless a very -mull one Indeed, was exactly ut the height to be viewed comfortably by a sjiecu tor." The rule in old times was that all very large pictures, as well as whole (couth and half length poriralls. had to be placid alsive the line, the hot loins of their fi antes resting on the ledge which marked the Hue, but no lower The line was thus preserved level, no pictures breaking through It either from above or below. Origin of "Navvy" Workers. The seventeenth century canals or navigations gave rise to the "navvy," u term very slowly evolved from "uuv lgator." There are many country pub lic houses In Kugland still existing thut testify to the navvy's early dcstgim tlou on their sign. "The Navigators' Arms," which depicts a brawny lalsir er with a spade In oiie hand am', a foaming pot of beer lu the other. But you may seurcb Knglaud tbrougb and through and you will not tlud a "Nav vy's Arms." Curiously enough, while the navvy who makes our roads uow obtained his designation from digging out caiials, the canals were all legally classified as roads In a greut body of statutes- the "road acts." But what would have been hla nickname If rail ways bad come before waterwaya? IXHldon I J lo he Ths Judge's Misgivings. A serious case of highway robbery, tried some years ago before t'blef Baron Green on the last day of the Kinds assizes, resulted lu an a. .initial The chief barou. addressing the sheriff, aald, "Mr. Sheriff, Is there any other Indictment sgalnat this Innocent msn?" "No, my lord," was the reply "Then you'll grea,tly oblige me If you don't let blm out until I have hslf sn hour's start of blm on my way to Mmerick!"-London Mail Your Ha.yht and Foot. The height of the human figure la six times the length of the human foot Whether the form Is slender or plump, the rule holds good on the average; any deviation froui the rule Is a de parture from the beauty of proportion. It la claimed that the Greeks made all their statues accordlug to this rule. Contrsry. "My husband thinks I'm extrava gant sud gets wild every time he sees me with new clothes." "Does he?" "Yes. He never sees me dressing up without "giving me a dressing down." London Telegraph. A broad campaign of publicity 00. the subject of rural life Is needed In this state today to bring the problems of the farmers to ths forefront. The city problems are blazoned upon the front pages of the metropolitan dall ies and echoed In the country press, but the troubles of the farmers are seldom told, except by those who seek to profit by the story, and the glitter of the package ofttlmes ob scures the substance. A searching in vestigation Into the needs of the farmers will reveal many Inherent de fects In our economic system that can be easily remedied when properly un derstood and I H u initialed by the pow er of the press. The rural press, the pulpit and the school are a trinity of powetful In fluences Mr the farmer must utllWs to their fiilhat capacity before he can -cciinv a i-pii in Muling position In public sjfplrs. These gigantic agencies ara organized In every rural community and only await the patronage and co operation of the farmers to fully de velop their energy and usefulness They are local forces working for the best Interests of their respective communities Their work Is to build and their oblect Is to serve. They prosper onlv through the development and prosperltv of the community, Every farmer In this stats should subscribe for the local paper, as well as farm periodicals and such other publications as he may find profitable, but lis should, by all means, subscribe for hla local paper, and no home should be Ithout It. The local paper Is part of the communltv life and the editor understands the farmer's prob lems It Is the local press that will studv the Iocs! problems and through Its columns deal with subjects of most vital Importance to local life of the community. A Nobis Task. In too ninn.v Instances the country papers mimic the city press by giv ing prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation The new ru ral civilization has placed upon the rural pre: s renewed responsibilities, und enlarged possibilities for useful ncss It uiiii.it p.-itirm Its mission to agriculture by recording the frail lies, the mjshaps and Innrdlua!" am Ki t Ii hi h of I'limanlty. or hv filling Its columns with the echoes of i... sfrug gles of bus) streets, or hv em huiiling -ii os of .in life which lure our children from the farm It has a higher and nobler task Too often the panes of the cily dallu I bristle with the snuggle of ambitious men In (heir wild lust for power, und many times the flumes of personal conflict sear the lender buds of new civilization und Illuminate tin- path way to desirucilon. The rural press Is the governing power of public SS)M ment und must bold steadfast to principle and keep the ship of state In the roadstead of progress. The rural press ran best serve the Inter ests of the farmers by applying Its snsrglea to the solution of problems affecting the local community. It must atom the mighty life current that Is moving from the farm to ths cities, sweeping before It a thousand boys and glrla per day. It has to deal with the fundamental problems of civilization at their fountain head. Its mission Is to direct growth, teach ef ficiency and mold the Intellectual life of the country, placing before tbe pub lic the dallv problems of the farmers and giving first attention to the leg islative, cooperative educational and social needs of the agricultural classes within Its respective community. Ths Power of Advertising. The influence or advertising Is clsar ly visible In the homes and habits of the lurmeis. and the udvertlslug col 'IBM of the press are making their Imprint upon the Uvea of our people The farmer possesses ths things that are best advertised. The farmer Is entitled to all the advantages and deserves all the lux urles of life. We need more art. acl suce sad useful facilities on the farms, and many homes and farms ara well balanced lu this respect, but the advertiser can render a service by teaching the advantages of modern equipment throughout the columns of the rural press supplanted the rude methods of break, ing up diamond bearing blue earth ami rotectlng the valuable finds employed twenty years ago In the South African diamond mines. The depths of the strange, crater shaped hole In which the peculiar dia mond bearing earth Is confined are now penetrated by shafts, reaching hundreds of feet down Into the earth, with forty foot levels. The broken earth Is removed In cloned trucks to the surface, where, after n season of exposure to sun and atmosphere atrewn on the ground. It Is hauled to the mills Here pulaatnrs finally locate the dla ciionds on grease covered Inclined ta- sbles, to which the dlamnnda adhere, while loose sand, earth and gravel are wnshed away by water. Acres of ground covered by broken sjarth brought tip from the mines con teln possibly millions of dollars' worth 'of gems, and those treaanre troves are protected by high fences of barbed wire, with Intricate arrangements nt the corners and at the gatea. About 4,000 miles of wire nre used In the do fetises about the Ktmberley mines. iew York Press gained boundless credit Dy doling ont the cowries one by one until only six remained. These he divided lulu thro lots of two each and gave a lot to each; son The king lo this day II tributes this very satisfactory outcome to con juring -Independent Pood of ths Chlokades. The food of the chickadee Is made up of Insects and vegetable mat let In the prosutlon of seven of the former to three of the latter. Moths nod est erplllars are favorites and farm about one third of Its food, while beetle, ants, wasps, bugs, grasshoppers and spiders make up Hie rest The vege table food consumed Is composed of seeds, largely those of pine. po.soa Ivy and weeds. It Plane Trees of Csnness. Not least among trees which have be come celebrated Bre two giant plane tret at t'anuosn, near Itagusn. that "pearl of Hie Adriatic." Within three hours' walk of Ituguaa. on an elevation shine the titleless sea. lies (he famous garden of Count Gozse. From a prim itive landing place a path leads up be tween olives and pomegranates, myr tles and oleanders to the level spot where the two colossul trees have stood from lime Immemorial. The effect of Die linger tree Usm a spectator Standing beneath It Is positively over whelming It takes twenty Ave paces merely to walk closely round the trunk, while the -i-icioliiig branches reach horizontally fur from thirty to forty paces and then bend upward and fork. vA good sized public meeting could be held In the shade of either of these immense trees. Wide World Magazine. Sky Effseta, "This scenery Isn't whst complslncd the artist "I can't see a bit of difference," de clared the old farmer. "WNat do yon miss?" "I'm looking for a cloud like the one I painted last v ear " Seattle Post-In telllgencer. Work Thet Blinds. Many of the workmen In the Tene tlan glass factories imgln to lone their sight after they have passed their for tieth year anil soon become totally blind This la caused by the excsssjtve heat and also hv the glare of the flames from tbe glass fnrnsces. The uiifortnsiite resolutions Is Hint made too late. thing shunt they ara so often Got Awsy Prom ths Odd Ons. A curious story comes from the h pie of the Mgei ' A very rhh man died, leaving the vast fortune (for Ni geria i of '.'until cowries It fell to the lot of tin- i in.- to divide them among three sons, ami be was at Ills wits' end to knoii what to do with the one cowrie. A wizard was ailed In who Ideal Fsminlns Form. Tbe Medlcewn Veuus Is five foot Bve Inches In Height, and this Is held by many sculptors ami srtlsts to bo the mont admirable feminine stature. Tor a woman of Ave feet Ave Inches 138 pounds Is the proper weight, and If ahe lie well foruiod she can stand another ten pounds without greatly showing It Shopping In Brssil. In Brazil it Is considered undignified for a lady to go shopping Ususlly a servant I seni for samples, and If It Is a hit the si norlta wants to buy a box t l in-. Kit I. lining several of the latest styles Is sent for her tnsHcttou. Nt I Is llepubllc Here's Good Luck L All the way 'round UCK for us because we're in a position to clear these suits and overcoats at these low prices Luck for you because you've never hud a chance to buy Hart SchafTnvr & Marx and Clothcraft Suitn and over coat for bo little money. You men who know value and style won't be able to find a better thing II IK I Aid UKTAILH: The farmers are In need of pereon al leadership They have political lead era, but they need local industrial community and educational leadsrs. GUARDING THE DIAMONDS. Thousands of Milii of Barbed Wire Incloss Kimbsrlsy's Mines. Macbiuert jnd i.ihi.mI wire have 1 ft 7 l)uys anr $10. ID Suit that formerly sold for $25.00 $15.00 &j? ,1,'iTt formerly sold for $20.00 plleJ Suit that formerly sold for 15.00 $7.50 Sfi s any Suit that formerly sold for $10.00 $1.10 Wool Shirt that formerly sold for $1.50 buys the 2.50 kind buys the 13.00 kind $1.90 $2.25 Sweeping Reductions i n SWEATER COATS, ODD TROUSERS, MUFFLERS, BATH ROBES, SMOKING JACKETS THE TOGGERY