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THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, JUNK 17, 101 1
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JULY!
Department Store
Ks
A number of places are
going to celebrate this sea
son and so many people
find there is so many things
needed for the family be
fore they are ready and it
is only a little over two
weeks off too.
It is often better to visit
a good sized department
store if possible when you
can find just what you
want and at the price you
wish to pay, be it Dresses,
Suits, Skirts or Millinery,
we have some very special
prices.
Be it dress goods by the
yarn or any Kma oursiocK
is the largest and best to
select from, Be it Neck
wear, Gloves or Hose we
have the largest stocks to
select from in fact in every
department, we have seen
that our stocks are well
filled for any selection you
may wish to make.
Are You Ready?
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All the new shapes in
summer snoes tnai in
well, look well and wear
well. You must never
overlook our shoe de
partment as it saves all
money, that pal ionize it,
priced $2.00 and up.
Department Store
JULY!
Are You Ready?
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Department Store
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A few discontinued patterns
in Corsets, Rood style, well fit
ing, .$;.r() models $1.95. and
$5.00 models $2.95. A chance
to save while they last.
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Do you want a parasol
that is exclusive-something
entirely different
If so dont delay as we have
a new shipment not I wo
alike. Priced t 00 to IS. 00
Big Saving
in
Ladies' Vests
and
Union Suits
We have them in all
qualities from a good knit
10c vest for every day
wear to fine silks.
Suit of very fine quality
light weight, pretty silk
taped yoke, low neckaleeve
less tight or loose trimm
ed knee,
JULY!
Are You Ready?
OUT-OF-TOWN
MAIL ORDERS
Killed the day received
We give our out of town
Icustomers the same privi
Itgeai those that come
in uiemseivcs. moreover!
bur method is not a "n tai
order system," it is rather
la systematized shonmnur
service, which gives the
personal attention ot a
trained shopper to the fili
ng of every mail order.
Your order is studied
and filled with as much
"intelligent interest" as
if you were here yourself.
Should you come in per
son we will be glad to have
ane of experience assist
vou in every department
and make your visit prof it J
able and enjoyable to you
BIG ARMIES ARE
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AT
(Special to The Argis.)
Hi.-
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London. Artillery action of
nil .i t. rrin character, initial. I
mediately following the French sue
cess In bending the German line In
ward southeast of Heburlenc, half
wuy i i a i . n Arraa aud tin Alsne, bus
rendered movementa of Infantry Im
possible and neither army Iiuh hi
able to progress un Inch, uccordlng to
Official reports received from Paris.
lu rlln claims the French were
checked with heavy loeses In the close
range fighting to the north of K urn
and the French were driven out of the
trein bea they previously had captured
from the Germans, eveu after twice
brine iiig up fresh troopa to brace the
positions. Southeast of lleburtene
the Germans claim to have advuueed.
SOCIETY
IS FORMED
(SK!clal to The Argua.)
Sllvert'-n An association of tiie
Bona and Daughters of the I'loneera
of Oregon wan formed In thin city,
the purpoHe of which Im to perpetuate
the memory of tboae who made It pus
hlhlc for the early aettlera of the mute
' to build up homes In (IiIh valley. Thla
la the flrat move of the kind ever
made, and the encouragement the pro
mntera are receiving la Indicative of
I success.
There la no way of determining
what the en 'luherHhlp will be. There
are hundreds of ellglblea In thla vi
cinity and, aa the aaaoclation la stale
wide In acope, It la expected that it
will be the atrongeat organisation lu
B v. itlilii a short time.
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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
The state O. A. H. encampment
opened at McMlnnville Suuduy.
Kluhty five seniors were graduated
from the University of Oregon Wed
nesday. Henry Woodward, author of the
"Lyrics of the Cmpipta," und other
works, died at Hoscburg at the age ol
KK years.
Ninety-four per cent of the pupils
of r Ik county achoola, who took the
n . nt eighth grade exuminalioua,
passed auccesafully.
"Lie 19th annual lnstltcte conven
lion of the Kpwortb leagues Si The
Dalles district held a four days' sus
alon at The Dalles.
The Clatapp couuty fair board has
'HI September 21. 22 and 23 as the
dates for this year's county fair, to
bt held at Gcarhart l'urk.
I In M annual session of Oregou
yearly meeting of the Frit ads' Church
was held at New berg with a large at
tendance from Pacific coast states.
Twenty-five hundred persona were
fed at an open-air Larbecue served at
Corvallis by Corvallls merchants to
farmers of llentou and Llnu counties
In tin vicinity of Corvallls.
Forty seven out of a total of 66 ap
plicants for admission to practice den
tistry successfully paased the examin
ation held at Salem the paat week by
On Oregon State board of Dental Kx
aminers. M.iubera of Moose lodgea in every
tnviii iu the north Willamette valley,
U.' Imiing Oren City and Molaila,
wr4 gather at Aurora June 22. when
the Aurora lodge will give a carnival
and picnic.
la another woek the administration
building of the Uuiveraity of Oregon
will be completed The concrete work
la already fiulshad, plasterer ara
pultluf on ftuiahfug touches aud the
marble walla, hall and atalrcasea are
In plai i-
Cluikuniiis couuty won 41) ot the 128
gold, silver und bronze medals award
ed for exhibits of the Willamette val
ley exposition :i:no-lutlou, or more
than onetlnnl ot the total. Fight
counties hail entriee in the valley aa
sociutlou's display.
Coii.ie.sKnian W C. Iluwli v has re
ceiveil wnnl trim W that
the aecretai) of Cn inietior had ap
proved U :- IV i- l-atenls cov
Hag i! ' '"'Ltl Ore
gon Intention vr",. U MOM being lists
numbers U und 8, with the exception
of 4U acrea.
Attorney (Jeneral llrown has ren
dered an opinion that the atate board
of control can expend u part of the
f.'.i'iiMi anjirnprlated by the legtsla
ture for the promotion of flax retlint
und other work at the state penlten
tiu.- for the purchase of road material
aud machiii' rv.
Additionul Klamath county acreage
is to be brought under irrigation this
season. R. Kiumitt is installing a
pumping outfit to irrigate 12o(i acres
i of land on the Keuo road. Flpes are
now being laid and the pumps will be
electrically operated on powyr fur-
nlahed from Keno.
Secretary of State Olcott says that
numerous notaries throughout the
state are not compling with the law
paaaed at the recent seasion of the
legislature providing that every lime
their seal la used they must write or
stamp on the document when their
commission expires.
Work will be resumed in a few days
on Columbia count) s unit of u
lumbia highuy. Tin controversy with
the Consolidated Contract company
, was formally settled by the payment
SUTTEES LAKE IS
FEASIBLE PROJECT
iSieiial to The Argua. )
Snlem. According to a report made
by F.nglncer John S. Young to Stute
ICnglueer Lewis there are between in.
ono and IMH irrigable acres In the
proposed S'liii.s Lake irrigation dis
trict ami the project Is entirely feasi
ble. Tho district is located at Grandvlew,
Jefferson county, and water for It ran
bo obtained from Sullies lake. Hlue
lal. and Clear creek. The engineer
estimates that coat of completing the
project would be $517,500.
Judge Llndscy on Contempt Charge.
Denver, Colo. On charges of con
tempt of court and connlvlug to com
mil perjury, Judge Hen Lludsey of the
Juvenile court waa arrested on com
plaints by District Attorney Hush and
Judge John l'erry. He refused to tell
the court what Neal Wright, 12, sou
of a womau on trial for the killing of
her husband, told lilm privately Hush
alleges the buy committed perjury lu
In half of his mother.
of $65,000 and a ucw contract was
awarded to the Stan. liter. Clarkaon
company of Portland to complete the
construction at unit prices a little un
der thoae paid the Consolidated Con
tract company.
At the request of Governor Johnson,
of California, Governor Wlthycombe
has appointed three delegatea to at
ti ml the ninth unnuul coulereii of
the National Tax association, to be
held at San Kranclaco, August lo 14.
The (Ulegates are: lit nry Heed, Aa
sessor of Multnomah county, I'ort
land; Charles V (iulloway, member of
the tax commluslou, Salem; and F. A.
Hoss, Portland.
At the reiiuest of the National Top
Notch Farmers' club, Oowruor Withy
(ombe has announced the appoint
mint of three boys from each county
of Oregon as delegates to the Culver
sul Corn convt ntion to be held in San
Francisco, August 5 and 0. These boys
have been selected upon re ommenda
lion of the county superintendents of
the stale because of the interest they
have manifested In agricultural work,
either lu school or on the farm.
During the week 168 accidents, four
fatal, were reported to the state in
d. i trial accident commission. 114 be
ing subject to the workmen's coiniien
sutlon act. while 31 were from public
utility corporations and 23 from firms
or corporation:! not under the act. An
unknown man waa killed by a train at
Drain; L. K Sheppard waa killed at
Falls City while logging, Iso Grznda
mis, logger, was crushed to death at
Marshfleld. aud Ole Olson was siml
larly killed at Banks. Thirty-six of
the Injured were hurt In sawmills,
and 87 la construction work.
WILSON'S MESSAGE
(snUiv am "I PM)
Washington Venustaluo Carranzu'a
answer to the practical mandate
which President Wilson sent to all
the Mexican revolutionary leadera to
get together and save the country
from starvation, was made public by
the stute department.
The statement la regarded as a bid
for recognition. Carraiua asserts that
opposition to his government pradb
oally has been overthrown and that
nine-tenths of the population of the
whole couutry la now under his au
thority, lie expects, he says. In a short time
to regain control of Mexico City and
promises that when he docs he will
convoke elections for tho selection of
a national congress. The congress so
elected will (hen Issue a call for the
election of a president aud to the pres
ident so chosen he will resign his au
thority as first chief of iln- r. solution.
Mcauwhile he calls upon all factions
to submit to his authority. He docs
not promise that he will not be a can
didate for election lo the prealdency.
TRACTION EMPIOES
Special to the Argus)
Chicago Chicago's business life,
already running ut low ebb because of
the prolonged carpenters', painters',
lathers', aud other building trades'
strikes, Is to suffer still further by a
strike of all street car unions.
W I) Malum, the International pres
ideal, Mayor Thompson and tin
puny officials were working out a aal
islactory solution of the entire trouble
uli.ii iln local officials took the enure
mutter out of the bauds ot Million and
called the strike
A final eonicrenie was held In the
mayors oltue Sunday night. Tin
mayor summon. I th.- offlMfl of the
i'hli ago local unions and laid I
tin in the tentative proposition untile
by the companies, which was to he .u
efrect during uibilintiun. 'I he ms)or
told them bluntly that this vas a fair
proposition, miii .11. a h iln- press
and public of Ihe illy, .mil they could
take It or leave It, bui he warned them
that il they would not consider tin
proposition tin enllre police strength
ot the city would be used to maintulli
order.
Bk'd
BRIEF WAR NEWS
An official statement from the Aus
trlan war office admitted that Italian
troops crossed the Isouzo, five miles
northwest of Gorlti, after a threeday
battle.
Iu the north the Germans are mak
ing a new move In the direction of
Warsaw and have gained a s'leceas of
some proportions on the Hawkd.
, Heavy flgbliug continues lu the entire
' Baltic littoral.
Ihe capture of Gradlsca by the Hal
iana Is the beginning of the second
stage of the lampaigu upon Trieste
and la assuming the proportions of
Italy's major offensive. The culmina
Con of the first phase was the capture
of lioufalcotie
An Anglo Indian victory at Amara,
on the Tigris river, in Mesopotamia,
means that tin- l.arden ol I den v. ill
be annexed to the British empire ut
the etid of tin- war. Amara Is 1C0
miles north of the Persian gulf and 60
.niles north of Kurua. 'ihe lat: -
towu, at the junction of the I l
aud Euphrates, la regarded as the
southern gateway Into the Garden of
Edeu
The greatest fleet of German sub
marines assembled since the hj
nlng of the war Is now opof ting
arouud the Itntish Isles. In the pui.i
week 48 vessels are known to h; .
been sunk lu Uie "war zone'' proclaim
ed by the Ocrman admiralty.
Although no big forward movemaut
has beeu made, the fighting Is almoat
continuous along the wenieru line
from the sea to i'!iuiii.uKni und iu the
nei,. The British and Belgians,
although they are not doing much ut
tin king, are pluying un important rob
In these opcraiin.ia, lor to them falls
the task of holding lui - German
lories on their front by tin eatc -ning
an offensive-
Germany in reply to the latent note
of the lulled States 'concerning Iln
sinking of the Bftlp William I', i'rye by
the I'rinz Fltel Findi ric h d- units her
right to destroy any vessel currying
contraband. At the same time willing
ness lo pay damages la asserted. Ret
ereuce of the caec to a prize court
insisted on
Seamen's Act Pots Tieaties at Stake.
Wushlugtou. - - 'I went., o ,. of the
principal nations oi tin- . id hi..
boen uotlfli.il by the United MsU
that it lot
of agisting ir lie in
tries biOl a u conflict with the
seameu's act passed by the last con
gress.
EFENDS HIS
POSITION ON NOTE
(Special to The. Argus.)
Washington format Secretary oi
State Bryan denied all sllsssttou
th it ho was coi .i iu slgnin) Lfj -original
not - , Qsnaany, tin- l.iniitan
iu . iniii,... iii i ... In to
Sign the li I -i now I 01 tin1 kali,
i liis i oeinineiil.
In- carefully i tl. it a lu -n gl
I tile IV. o nisi I .1. . ,n ..US IX
pt.ntlK that the I '.iti'S would
i. tips which would BULBS It easy
. I lu.inv lo i ouipl) The step
he desired were acciptanii of the ar
bit rut liu plan; agreement to warn
American caucus to keep off steam
urylng munitions, aud sending a
note to Great Britain protesting
against her restricting the freedom of
aa. He stuck to his Ideas up to
Hie last, he said, ami whin tiny final
ly were rejected there was nothing tor
li 1 in lo do, and remain consistent, but
to refuse to slgu the final note.
Incidentally, Bryau confirmed the
report that the latest note was modi
ricd after he had tendered bis reslg
nation, but he explained thai tin mod
Ificntions were not suiflcieiil (Of lnm
to have withdrawn his resignation
The chler modification lu tin- note
it uus learned, was to ..pin u loophole
lor Germany in i ounce mm with tin
I ... .ituuiu. As orlglnully drawn tin
i. 'oiiiilcr in disposing of all QsflBM
contentions that the limr waa an
arm sj auxiliary cruiser, carrying inu
unions Illegally and transporting OsV
int. linn ri st Mints, churac leimed them
as Irrevelaut At Bryan's sugg-
If understood, tlieie wus finally
will leu Into the BOSS the following
,iph
"If the Imperial Herman govei iiuieiil
BBOttM deem Itself to he hi I
mincing einlencc llial Urn Bill
t nils of the government ot the I int.
did not perform these duties
(Inspection of oe. an teumera to en
fun. Hi. ir nBtSTTItlon oj n. ntrality I
V, Hi Miorollghliesb. the in . I ninciil of
tin ' lilted Slutes siiu i -rely hopes that
it v ill subinit (hal SVsSSBOf Iff SOS
slderatloii "
hlla this v.ni u distinct OSMSf '""
i man.' mn.iiurh as It saved lur
pi nlc i.ni lly sUtes lhal the
noli- did no. t;o i.ir enough at au tune
to warrant blBl signing it.
Oregon Exhibit Wins Gold Medsl.
Sail Fraut-isco. The Oregon luuti
cultural exhibit won the gold medal at
the Panama l'aciin International n
position. This medal was won in
competition with many of tin- states,
foreign countries aud the famous Cali
fornia fruit aud flowers.
i i, n H i- V1MITORb
Mr, I Mrs, K. B. BsroUU, of Kim
were the gue.-t of Mr, and Mr.-,
K. Cobs bars last l ridsy. They essst
iu on liie morning train, BSViog ''ecu
in Weisei visiting u lu other ..t' Mri
Baiiitnll. They were old friends of
the Cope's ten year.- u.'ii when both
familiss Hvsd bi Ihsnsndosh, lows.
! icsh sailed ulinoiui.-i tlii week ut
the "Temple of Sweets." t.
(SpscfsJ to Hi
LOS ; :i .- Th.. Aii. drn German wing
under Qsasrsl Linsiiiirn Iihs rallieil
from the sttinnlug blow struck by the
HiinhIiiii counter offensive on the
Dnlesler, ami a battlo of great propor
tlons is now raging along the wide and
marshy expanse of that crooked river.
The Teutons, according to tin '.ile
im-nt received here from Berlin, have
elici ke,l the Hiiti'iian offetislve and
line i-.-i iptiired iirawami from which
tin weie driven several days ago.
'I he Hermans now control the cross
lug of Hi., river at .uruwuna, it Is re
polled, und the UiihkIuuh have been
driven from their last positions on the
I'ruttl, llukowlua having been cleared
of the Invaders. General Pflanxers'
iirtiiy advancing against theae defeat
ed Slavs, are reported by Vienna to
Iihc eflected another crossing of the
Dniester eaat of tin li. lodetika. The
Kusslaim admit Uie loss of Stanlslau
ami the Vm.triHtis assert that their at
tempt to regain the city have all met
with failure.
The QsfMSSS renter around Mosrls
k. of in eessltyt Is waiting on tho suc
cess or lallure of LlnRongen's efforts
further south If the Germans can
nw.ip the Kiissinns bark from their
strong positions on the Dnelster, Lorn
berg's fall In assured. Military critics
in I'l'tronrsd. however, believe that
the German's efforts on this front will
meet with the same failure that their
drlvo on the Hawka lines defending
Warsaw did last winter.
NEARING TRENT
! i Special to The Argus)
Koine The Italian advance on tho
Tyron Trentlno frontier has arrived
within l.i unii-s of Trent In tbe BBSS
lal operations against Trieste the
kings troops have ussumud command
of both banks of the iaouso at Bradl
sca, and strong forces operatlug from
this new base have occupied Sagrado
along the mad to Houchl. Meanwhile
iln column battering at the Montenero
. s und the other Austrian
strongliol Is lu the Tolmlno line, are
carryiiiK out a strong offensive move
ment along Ihe river as far as Tol
mlno, which they are attempting to
outflank.
Italian artillery bombarded the for
tifications ot Hunts Marlel, San Pletro,
San Marco. San Lucia aud the other
us defending Gors, the capital
of the i rowtiland of Gors and Gradlsca
.'J miles noithwest of Trieste and to
miles east of the Ituliau frontier. Ostl
is regarded as of great strategic tin
portance.
BIG WOOL SALE
AT TOP PRICES
(Special to The Argus.)
IVmtlcinii. At prices iu advance of
utivtliiio' paid in eastern Oregou this
1,000,000 pounds of wool
changed hands ut I'llot Hock at tho
:n. ,i lu -tie iii tlie state this spring.
Tin highest price paid for course wool
was M a 8 cents for the Patrick Do
licit i clip and the highest for fine
wool 10 M cents for the Andy Rust
clip. '1 BBSS prices averuge about ten
cents a pound more than paid for
coarse wool last year aud five cents
a pound more for fine.
ADMIRAL DE R0BECK
mmmwflmrMm,
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Admiral de Robsck, commander ef
the British fleet attempting to force
the Dardanelles.
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