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Rubber Boots
For Irrigating
We have them in several
Grades. We can fill your
phone or mail order the
hour received, and the cor
rect size, too.
Riding Boots
Boots of this kind are so in demand
at this season of the year, and at this
store you will find just tfee pattern,
color, size and price you are looking
for. Our boot department has long had
a record for the best shapes.
The Quality Store of
ONTARIO
This Months
New McCall
Patterns
Are In
All the new patterns for
both the plain and dainty
spring and summer frocks
are here for your selection
New Palm
Beach Cloths
Just received some of
the new Palm Beach
cloths.
Priced, 25c, 35c,
50c, 75c and $1.00
They Have Just Arrived
Those
New Chiffon
Veils
$1.00 to $2.00
Extra large in size, with
hemstitched border all a
round. Charming new col
ors never befpre shown
and also staples.
Mens
Night Shirts
Splendid values every
one of them and ach in
light weight fabrics and
full length, trimmed with
fast colors, high and low
cut necks.
Priced, 75c. to
$1.50, all sizes.
At Home or Away From Home,
You Always Want
Good Hosiery For
All The Family
For the sake of your feet, your looks and your
temper. This store's years experience has taught us
the brands that really give satisfaction, for men, wo
men and children. You give our hosiery department
a trial and if you are not already a warm friend of our
hosiery you will be.
New Art Denims
And Burlaps
A large assortment to select from
of the new spring patterns that can
be used in so many ways in rearran
ging the house for spring and sum
mer. We now have these on display
for a week and would be pleased to
have you visit this showing.
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK
MEET AT LA GRANDE
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The Ontario high school will tend
five contestant to the Eastern Ore
gon track meet, which will be held at
La Grande next Saturday, May 8.
Koenig will enter the dashes. Hutted
the dah and broad jump. Maddux
the weight. Weaver the hurdles and
Van Petten the half mile. It will be
remembered that Van Petten won the
half mile in the track meet here witn
Payette two weeks ago. The boys are
in good training and feel confident of
bringing home some honors for the
Ontario school. The winners of this
meet will go to the meet at the uni
versity in the near future.
Twenty-eight high schools of east
ern Oregon are expected to partici
pate in the 10th annual Eastern Ore
gon Interscholastic which will be
staged in La Crande next Saturday,
May 8, says the l.u Grande Observer.
Those invited, and majority are ex
pected to send representatives to
either the scholastic meet or the orat
orical contest that night, include: Ad
ams, Athena, Baker, Canyon City,
Cove, Elgin, Enterprise, Haines, Hun
tington, Heppner, lmbler, Joseph, La
Grande, Lostine, Milton, North Pow
der, Nyssa, Ontario, Pendleton, Prine
ville, Sumpter, Union, Vale, Wallowa,
Condon, Fossil, Hermiston and Bend.
Fully 125 entries are expected, in com
parison with the Eugene interschol
astic which usually has about 100.
Silver loving cups will be awarded
to the winners of the first place, a
new venture, in that medals have al
ways been given in the past. Silver
medals will be awarded for the sec
onds and bronze medals for thirds.
This has been given by merchants of
La Grande.
The half mile fairground track, re
ported to be one of the fastest in the
state when conditions are favorable,
will be used and that the 2000-person
capacity grandstand will be taxed
id indicated from the fact that special
coaches are being ordered from both
east, west and north.
The annual Eastern Oregon orator
ical contest will itself draw a big at
tendance, and will be held that night.
With favorable weather, it is pre-
MISS BROSMAN GOES
TO BIG CELEBRATION
Miaa Maud Brotmln, who was se--lected
by the Ontario Commercial club
to represent the Malheur river at the
dedication of the Celilo canal, left
Tuesday morning.
A series of formal festivities has
been arranged for the principal towns
along the Columbia river and its
principal tributary the Snake. The
climax of these events will be reached
Wednesday afternoon at Big Eddy
where the great waterway will be ded
icated and the canal formally opened
to traffic.
An interesting ceremony in connec
tion with the dedication at the Big
Eddy will be performed by a group
of pretty girls, each representing a
river tributary to the Columbia. Two
of them will serve the Columbia it
self. Each will bear a bottle of wa-ti-r
from the river that she repre-'
sents and as the dedicatory words are
spoken she will pour the fluid into t
the head channel of the canal, typify-1
ing the union of the Columbia and
its tributaries.
Robert Maddox, connected with the
Malheur Telephone company, has
taken charge of the Farley rooms.
Mr. Maddox opened up for business
the first of May.
dieted that several records are going
to be stretched, for competition is go
ing to be extremely keen. All the
high schools are tutoring sprinters
to beat Conkey of La Grande and the
youngster may have to put new
speed in his legs to win. He swept
the sprints a year ago. Judging from
the entries that are already in, each
contest will be well filled.
Archie Hohn, Michigan sprinter and
of late athletic director at Whitman,
will officiate as starter and referee.
Charles Reynolds, O. A. C. athlete,
and now physical director of La
Grande high, will attend to the busi
ness management of the meet and
has already given a tremendous
amount of time to it with the result
that every iota of detail will have
had careful attention.
CORN COMMITTEE
WANTS CO-OPERATION
Through the columns of the Argus
the Grange Corn Committee is mak
ing a strong appeal this week for the
co-operation of all the farmers of the
county to make the corn show this
fall a great success. The communica
tion is in the form of an open letter
and follows:
To the Farmers of Malheur County:
The "Grange Corn Committee"
makes this appeal to the farmers of
Malheaur county, and ask every pa
per in the county to publish it.
We ask every farmer in Malheur
county to enter the corn contest. It
makes no difference whether you ex
pect to win a premium or not, though
of course that is an obje. t to strive
for. The real object is to show the
outside world that it is a widespread
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industry in una mumj uiki ' " .
back yard hobby of a few promoters.
You can readily see that if a hun
dred farmers enter this contest, and
make an average yield of 80 bushels,
that it will mean much more than if
only ten fanners entered it and have
a high average yield of 100 bushels
or more. It will mean little or noth
ing if only a few picked ones enter
this contest, for it will not show prog
ress.
Now, fellow farmers, the committee
cannot carry on this contest alone.
"The Grange Corn Committee' and the
"County Agriculturist" will give every
assistance possible, but it is up to
the farmers to enter the contest and
grow the corn.
Farmers, this is our contest, and if
we will show as much public spirit in
this work as the press of our county
has done, we will make a sure enough
"Inter Mountain Corn Belt," and a
wonderful addition la the resources of
our county.
If farmers can plant corn as late
as June 1, and make a good crop, we
want to know it, and so we extend the
time to that date for entering the con
test. "CORN COMMITTEE."
SUPREME COURT IN
SESSION THIS WEEK
The Eastern Oregon session of the
state supreme court opened in Pen
dleton Monday with some thirty cases
aet for hearing. Seven cases from
Malheur county will come up. A list
of them and the probable date of the
hearing follows:
R. A. Stewart, respondent, vs. John
J. Erpelding et al., appellants; Mal
heur county; Thursday, May 6.
Union Credit association, respon
dent, vs. J. M. Corson et al., appel
lants, Malheur county; Thursday,
May 6.
State of Oregon, respondent, vs.
George F. Moyer, appellant; Malheur
county; Thursday, May 6.
Allen Kilkey et al., respondents, vs.
Alexander Murray et al., appellants;
Malheur county; Wednesday, May 5.
W. R. Mascall et al., respondents,
vs. Alexander Murray et al., ippaj
lants; Malheur county; Thursday,
May 6.
D. W. tathfou, respondent, vs.
Payette Oregon Slope Irrigation Dis
trict et al., appellant.-.; Malheur
county; Thursday, May 6.
Peter Hobson, respondent, vs.
Florenre O'Connor et al., appellants;
Malheur county; Thursday, May 6.
A. E. Price, a well known saloon
man of this city, left for Pocatello
Monday night. Mr. Price owns a
large livery stable in that city. He
expects to be gone three or four days.
IS
OPENED AT ASTORIA
(Special to The Arus.)
Astoria. Scores of gllluetlers were
on the river ttaturday and the entire
bay from the bar up was dotted with
boat as a result of tin opening of the
irtu risking season at noon. All
fishing was stopped at o'clock on
accouut of the Sunday closing law
Some fairly good hauls were made
by those fortunate enough to run
across the little bum hes of salmon
playing about in the lower river. TtiU
week Quite a number of traps and
seines began operations and by the
middle of the month probably more
gear will be in the water than for
years so aarly in Ue season.
NORTH POWDER EIRE
DOES BIG DAMAGE
(Special to The Argus.)
Dker. On aid of tha main busl
naas street of North Powder was an
ttraly destroyed by fir, with a loss
estimated at from 976.000 to I1OO.000
and possibly more. The blase origin
ated In the Koraatrom building and a
high wind carried It through tin block
which waa awept away In a short time.
The chemical fire apparatus failed to
work, water carried by hand being the
only means of Aghtlug tha fir.
TWO MEN KILLED
IN AUTO WRECK
(Special to The Argus.)
Portland. Two men ware killed
and two women Injured whea a power
ful raring machine bound for the Itoee
City speedway grasad a small pleus
ure automobile with sufficient force
to send the smaller oar spinning a
distance of 35 feet, turning over twice
In transit and ending with wheals In
tha air. The two man killed ware:
Theodore C. Hyde, aga 26. and Harry
S. Millar, aga 28.
"I never had a
mattress so easy
to turn as the
Slumberite. "
"'Xi ' mattress so easy M q .
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Turning a mattress is easy if it's a Slumberite.
A woman need not be strong to move it, because it
is fitted with handles.
Two of these handles are sewn firmly into the
edges on each side, just far edough apart to reach
comfortably. Each handle is wida enough to give
the hand a good grip.
The 52 pounds of pure, elastic cotton in this
mattress seems like 35 pounds the handles help so
much.
See this 'Vasy-to-turn" Slumberite at your
furniture store.
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