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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1915)
xmtrm.,, - 9i-rw THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, HUB SlA NEWS NOTES The State penitentiary has the larg eet population In He history, the num ber of convicts being 41)8. Governor Wttfejrconibt reappointed J. Lee Drown, of Mnrnhflnld. a mem ber of the state board of pharmacy. The seventh arm mil Commonwealth Conference wns hold In the halli of the University of Oregon at Kugcne. At a recent election at Powers, an 918,000 bond Inane for the construction of a school biilliling wbh panned by a big majority. Merchants of Spring J leld have or ganized the Springfield MiTehunta' as sociation for the purpose of promoting the trade of the town. Governor Wlthyconihe appointed Leslie M Batter, of Hood tltor, loll gate to the pence and preparation con gress at New York, .lune 14. 18 The Dallas City band, which dis banded loot fnll, has reorganized with nearly 40 members, making It one of the largest organizations of i kind In llm state. State Tax Commissioner Calloway holds that Htoek held by a national bank In a federal reserve bank Is simi lar to United Htates bonds, and ex mpt from taxation. Antnne Hluwncy. aged SI, of llux ton, was killed when a stick of dynu mite explodi 'I. throwing Htuwncv far Into the air and severing part of bin head from (lie body. Oearbart Is the place officially se lected for tin' mnnuuvera of the Third regiment, ). N. (i , at Its annual en campment Tlie ramp will be made close to where It was held last year. Morn duty on foreign Imports was collected at Portland during May than during any other like period since July, 1014. The rccclptH of Uiat sort for the month will amount to a trifle less than UMH, Ernest O. Ilopson, supervising en gineer of the lovcriiment reclamation service, has Just been nidified official ly that the orilce of the reclamation servlie at Portland Is to be closed and the western heudipinrturs transferred to Denver. Hating received numerous com plaiutH of berry boxes partially filled belli-, sold for full measure. Deputy State Sealer of Weights and Measures Buchtel has notified the district ilepu ties to prosecute all persons found violating the law In this manner The stale laud board appointed W. L. I'utterson laud agent of Maker coun ty, succeeding C. II. Mi ( ullocli , Thomas II. Tongue, Jr., land agent of Washington county, succeeding John M. Wall, anil Arthur Luugguth, hind agent of Multnomah county, succeed lug Warren : Thomas. HAPIIM CHI BCII. Speciul services next Sunday, 0th, 11 u. ni. Miss Mury Ayres will give the report of the Northern Huptist Convent ion which just closed at Lot. Angeles. K p. m. Topic, 'The StafT of Life." H. V. P. I). .; 7 p. m. Topic, "The Body Kept Subordinate." Leader, Miss Views of Places of ""lSl" .m IJlBSBKsKftKBMBsSBBBflBB "a m tS ' 'I'ittst 3H sit SB "!& JViIi5Si 2tsBk nS mm eML A km tflrfcr. r JbVW) 7B R " B B gWsMH a, H B J 4i'm -Hi aeefltel ' frg"-" " v.''",l. aWt4"MCJP4 Tunnel Near It -U & J$ S 4 4fc-ji w. FA jaa4oVrBgeTJ&k Tjfll -LB m? B gVv Lst CsV Br W A sBl fc -JP IgegeBgMggA rl BUJgill Lklfl BgBl ..igsl B ifl LBLdBLB J" . Hf '4 gemgeBgeaeg)! gehgefl LkKL H g)iBau.geB BoV tH gHi likiBfl iBI' sTT bkH Lkh iiiBB LBh m B IbmBjsI I ' ' ' . - Bee OE OREGON Behsllustlng of the O.-W. It, A N. company's main line between Hood Klver and The Dalles, a distance of lOVs miles, has been authorized by President J. I). Karrell. The work will begin Immediately and will be done by the company's forces. The esti mated tost Is $7:',H0(l. Governor Wlthycombe appointed Kdward C. Judd, Astoria; C (J Wll son, l.lmiton, and Captain .?. iBOSOfi Portland, members of the state pilot commission. They succeed James Monks, Portland; John Kopp, .Seaside, and S. M. (lallagher, Astoria, and are named for a term of two years. Jn an effort to save Thomas U. Sheridan, former Buscburg banker, from the penitentiary, to which he wui iieiiteticed on conviction of minus Ini: funds of the First National bank when he was Its president petitions for his pardon by President Wilson are being circulated In Hoseburg and Marshfleld. Plans and specifications for re-let ling the contract for the construction of the Pacific highway In Columbia county have been forwarded by State lllihway Ktiginccr Lewis to the conn ty court or that county with Instruc thins that It advertise for bids. The proposed action probably will be re slated by the Consolidated Contract company, which had a contract to do the work, and Is now trying to collect from the county court. There were 95 accidents, throe of them fatal, reported to the state Indus trial accident commission during the week, and four of these accidents were to employes of public utilities and em ployers not subject to the workmen's compensation act. This Is the first week In which the law requiring that all accidents he reported to the state accident commission, Instead of to the state labor commissioner, has been ef fective. Twenty six of those Injured wore employed In sawmills and 18 wore employed by logging firms. Ten were engaged In construction work. Under the terms of a contract enter ad Into recently between the federal reclamation service and State Rngl tieer Lewis the slate will be able to avail Itself or data with relation to Ir rlgatlon projects In the state, which la valued at fZft.OOO. Provision la made in the contract that If the pro jects Involved me developed the gov ernment shall be reimbursed for the expenditures made The data relatea to tie- Malheur Owyhee, the Harney, the Sliver I. uke, the Anna creek, the Powder river, the Chewaucan, the 'rook-. I river, the Deschutes ami the John Day projecta. My rile Sewurt. This is a consecration meeting and the members are urged to be present. The public is invited to ull these sor- lie, . Topis for liii'lc Bonding' next Wed nesday evening. "The Christlun Sol dicr." Lit ull come. D. K. BAKKU. Juntura Culture is a Profitable Industrti The Vale Garage and Machine Company re ceived Tuesday a telegram from the Buick Motor Car Company announcing the new 1916 model. The new model '45' five passenger touring car will be as follows: six cylinder, 3 1-4 inch bore by 4 1-2 inch stroke, 115 inch wheel base, cantilever spring, full floating rear axle, one man top. The price of this car will be $985.00 F. 0. B. Flint Michigan. Demonstration car will be shown in On tario about June 10. Delivery will commence about June 30. Vale Garage & Machine Co. VALE, Agents ORE. Notice of Sale of State Lands. Notice Is hereby given that the State Lund Hoard of the State of Ore gon will receive sealed bids until 10:00 o'clock a- m., August 2, It'll, for the following described lauds: Sections 10 and 30, T. 21 S., B. 45 E. Fractional SV, being Lots 1, 2, 3. I, Sec. 30, T. 20 S B. 30 K., North of Malheur Lake. Sections hi and 30, T. 27 S., B. 43 K. Sections Hi and 30, T. 30 S., B. 43 1 Section 10. T. 31 S., B. 44 E. Sections 10 and 30, T. 33 S., B. 30 K. Section 30. T. 34 S B. 34 E. Seel ion 10. T. 34 S., B. 30 K. Interest in O. "'' 4jfcv" J ' ' " T v 'Eg .jgOv I kU ' 1 ' c -dPlBWMKaMBBMJk, .1 I .Ijm.tk-A. &,H33V9gn2 .jJgagagagagagaB All bids must be uccompunied by a regularly executed application to pur chase and check or draft for at least one-lifth of the amount bid. The Board reserves the right to re ject any and ull bids. Applications und bids should be ad dressed to G. G. Brown, Clerk Stute Land Board, Salem, Oregon, and marked "Application and bid to pur chase state lands." G. G. BBOWN, Clerk Slate I41111I Board. Dated May 28, 1U15. Lust publication July 29th. LIBBABY NOTES Thirty-two new volumes of Action have been purchased to replace books Ontario S. L. Depot in Ontario that are worn out. The children's Suturday morning story hour hus been discontinued until school re-opens. The Stundard Dictionary and stand for same huve been recently purchas ed. Two bulletin boards one in the children's room and the other in the mam reading room have ulso been ad ded during the year. Ninety-six volumes have been bor rowed from the State Library during the lust nine months by the teach ers und students of the high school und other readers, and the Surrounding Country !s,3A1bm - laOl MIS' iB f Vfsfl Rnl V ul BKityrVH j I i B LOCAL NEWS When you want pickles call No. 0. Oregon Packing Co. 21-2t. Dr. Weese made a business trip to Juntura Friday. Forrest Jones, of Jonesboro, was in Ontario Sunday on business. Mrs. Printing was hostess to the Tuesday Bridge this week. Mrs. E. H. Test won the prize. Mrs. C. E. Kenyon and Miss Jessie Hicks were Ontario visitors from Wei ser Monday. Dr. W. E. Hedges, of Juntura, was a guest in Ontario Sunday, having brought n pntient to the hospital. Mrs. H. H. Tunny left Tuesday night for New Albany, Penn., where she will spend the summer visiting relatives. Mrs. Edward Fifer and little daugh ter returned from Weiser Monday evening, where they spent Memorial Day. Tho many friends of little Jimmy Brooke are rejoiced to hear that he is gaining from his operation and will soon be able to be moved home. The Oregon Packing Co. has added to their stock a nice line of canned pickles, sauer kraut, horse reddish catsup, etc. 21-2L Mrs. Lucy Biggs und duughtcr, Be na, of Bowling (Jrocn, Mo have come to spend the summer with her son, Judge Biggs, and daughter, Mrs. Weese. Tho committee that had charge of the Decoration Day program wish to extend thoir thanks to the clubs and individuals who helped to make the day u success. E. Cope waa out to his farm, 2 1-2 miles east of Houicdalc, on the Idaho side of tbe Snake, Tuesday. He has HO acres there second to none, 75 acres in orcnard, alfalfa, clover, corn and peas. Dr. Melvin, formerly of this city, waa in Ontario last Thursduy to meet his wife, who has been visiting in Portland for a month. Both returned to Drewsey Friday, by way of Juntu ra. On Tuesday, June 1st, Leslie J. Aker attorney, of this city, was admitted to practice in the state of Idaho by the Supreme Court of that state. This uiakes the fourth state in which Mr. Akei is licensed to practice. He was first admitted to tbe Bar in New York state, after having pursued a cours of study in the Law School Division of New York University. Tom Kahout and wife and daughter, Catherine, of Jordan Valley, came in Monday. Mrs. Kahout and daughter tsoW'M. A M SgeWgeBMgal ,--g---JKjjM ?W Hi B eejjfiHBI HvflAjBfl kagsgefl 1 mm iil I i Scene on Ontario-Nyssa Ditch IBsBF ! BRBMmil BW East Side School in Ontario remained for a visit with Miss La vine Smith and Mr. Kahout went out to Juntura. Arthur Dunnuck and H. L. Peterson, champions of the Biverside Tennis Court and B. W. Hwagler and Lee Cockrum, from the Oregon Club Court played for honors Monday nftcrnoon. Swagler and Cockrum won 0-2-0 3. The Oregon Club Court is in fine condition and Mr. Peterson and Mr. Dunnuck were accustomed to playing on a dirt court, which hiindicappciL. p them to a great extent. Mr. and Mrs. Jens. Peterson, of Mil nor, North Dakota, stopped in Onta rio Saturday for a short visit with their daughter, Mrs. A. W. Athey, of this city. Mr. ond Mrs. Peterson are en route to Portland where they will visit for a short time with their duughter there. They will attend the Fair at San Francisco, after which they will visit in Seattle for a time returning to their home in the fall. II. C. Schuppcl has resigned his po sition with the First National Bank, and will devote his entire time in tho interest of the Oregon State Life In surance Company, of which he has lieen local agent for some time. Mr. Schuppcl will have charge of the bus iness of the company in Malheur, Han., ney, Grant and Baker counties. Miss Jessie Billiard who has been stenog rapher for Brooke & Swagler, has ac cepted a position at the bank. HOSPITAL NOTES. Mr. Frank Kohler hud a slight op eration Saturday afternoon. He is recovering and is expected to leuvc n a few days. Mrs. Broderick returned to her home in Vale Thursday. The many friends of Mrs. Blakcsly will be glad to hear that she is im proving. Little Katie Kime, of We if. ill. hud her tonsils removed Sunday morning. She lett the hospital the same day. Mr. Holm, of New Plymouth, who was brought to the hospilul. suffering from a stroke of paralysis, died Thurs day afternoon. He was seventy-three years old. Mrs. Hadley left the hospital s!!n day evening accompanied by her hus band and little boy, to return to her home in Vale. Mr. and Mrs. Shimp have gone to their ranch to spend a few days. Mrs. Shimp is expected buck to take on the night duty again und Mr. Slump will remain for u few weeks longer. Little Dorothy Printing was up vis iting Jimmiu Brooke Munduy after noon with her mother and the doctor. Mr. Corlright hus not been well this week but ll is hoped he will soon be able to be around in his wheel chair again. Mrs. Goodman, of Junturu, former ly Miss Mattie Hoffman, hus been in town for a few days and payed a vis it to the hospitul. Mr. and Mrs. Bader were cullers at the hospital this week. Little Jimmie Brooke is gaining ev ery day and will soon be uble to be moved home. 4 1 .