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TUB ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, JULY 8, lsll WW LOCAL NEWS Dr. McKvvnn of I'HrmH. tnrto Sunday. wan in On- E. B. Goudy went to Mm last Sat unlay. Mr. nndMrs. B.C. Vhh I'eUen left Tuesday fur Piirtland. Mr. Naptnn. of Clover Creek, Ontario visitor thin week. ih an Mi " ClHiulia llarton, of Hoise, was visiting friends here oyer the Kourlh. 1. I'. Karl, hotelman of WeMtfall, who whh here for several ilaya, return ed to hiN home Tuesday. Hen McKlroy, of ('iiinhrigc, Idaho, ciimc in Inst Thursday, and is here for it visit of several day. Miss l.efn M'lstard, of Westfall, re turned to her home Saturday, after hm-iiiIiiii several weeks in Ontario. Wilmer Hoyer returned home Satur day from Sun r'rfnciseo where he via ited the I'anatna-I'acihV I : v i nm. C. CL Zwcigart left Tueaday for Cortland where he wdl spend a vaea lion of aeveral weeka. Spruguc Adam, of the Ontario Na tional hank, left Sunday for a vacation ut I'nyette Lakes. Kev l. B. Maker will preach at the Owyhee achuol hoUMe Tueatlay evening of next week. Nathan Alexander, hi.ii of Coventor Alexander, of Hoise, waa in Ontario over the fourth. Kev. C. II. I'owell will hold Kpiaeo pal services in tho I. O. 0. f, hall Sunday evening, 1 ul II, at K i. til. Mm Mary C Ayera, Baptist Mission- ary in Huh locality, will viait Arcadia, Friday of Hum week in the interval of the work. I.. Adam left for Cortland Tueaday where lie will join hut family, ami all will go to San Francisco to the exposi tion. W. S. Callin, of Newton's Shoe atore left wedinwl.iN trenlng for (lutline, Oklahoma, wherein will n main on a aeveral week vacation. Mrs. II. I.. Ilolcnmlic, aaaislcil liy the Mihea Anna and Margaret Mcliiv eru enlei tamed in honor of Mis lu I .nolle) gg Friday evening. Mr. and Mra. W. K. Shinii retuined Slaturday from VVhIIii Walla and other Wa.--liinv.ton .omls where they have liecn visiting Iwlntivi Kn. I. Iv linker, of llie tUptial church in tin.- eity( will preach g Um Valley Vide H'hool house next Sunday at S p. in. lopic: "Ir. it Well With The Soul'.'" Mr. and Mr. Bred I'latt. of Carina. Iiroui'.ht tlieir lliu-e war old haby to the Holy Ko.-ary hospital Sunday for a surgical operation. The hahy is recov tfimc nicely. Mr W. M. U.oker, of the Owyhee aeclion. underwent a serious operation at the Holy Rosary hospital Monda. Mrs. Looker was formerly Mra. Tiet aort and is well known in Ontario. The local liaptist church held its reg ular quarterly Covenant and business meeting laat Saturttay afteruoou. A fairly gixsi attendance was present considering the busy season. A splend id spirit waa manifested in the nerving ami much business was transacted per taining to the advancement of the work in this locality. 99&&99&&&9&S The Kodaks and Supplies assesses GERMANS BEATEN IN BALTIC SEA BATTLE Berlin Tells of Defeat of Light Naval Fleet by Russian Warships. Berlin, via, London A atatement la ued by the German admiralty relative to en engagement I the Baltic eee confirms tbe report that tke German mine-layer Albatroaa waa forced te run aground ou the coeat of the Island of Gothland, and aaya that 20 ef her crow were hilled In the fight and IT were wounded. The Albatroaa ran aground In a alnklng condition after two houra' heavy fighting with four Russian cruisers The teit of the etatement follewe: "The admiralty reporta that a por tion of light Baltic naval forcee, re turning from outpoat duty, met at about 6 o'clock on the morning of July tbe Huaalan armored oruleere petroling between Gothland and Win dau (Ruaala) laolated flghtlug devel oped, our week forces attempting to draw the Ruealaa veaaela within range of the othvi Qerraaa ablpe. "In the couree of the fighting the Albatroae waa unable to regain touch with her own forces After two houra ef heavy fighting agnlnat four armor ed orulaera, whloh continued firing within Swedlah territory watere. the Albatroaa waa compelled te ge aground In a alnktug condition near Oeatgnrna. In Oothlaud. Twenty men were killed and IT wouaded. Tbe wounded were well treated by the Swedish officials" Recer en Tacoma Spssdsvsy Killed. Tacoma- -Taking the lead at the atari and holding It, eicept for a brief visit to tbe pita In the 114th mile. Guy Rurkatell won the 1(0 mile Monte marathon automobile rere at the Ta coma speedwey- The race waa marred by tbe death of Paul rranaen, inecfc anlclan for Hilly Carlson, and the In Jurlng of Carlaon, when a lire blowout on a eteep curve hurled the car from the treck. throwing rranaen agalnat a atump and breaking hla back. Oenerel Oreiee Hae Dleeppeared. i i Paao, 'I'ei - General I'aacual Orotco. Huerta'a chief lleutenaut. baa disappeared, eluding all aecrel sort Ice men guarding bla apertnieute. It la feared thai he lias Jumped hla ball bond of IVMill and la now safe lu Mell co. Prssldsrrt Wlleen'e Guard Increeeed. Cornish, N II Kxtra precautlona were taken by the secret aervlce mea here to guard the president The at tack on Mr Morgau. and tbe explosion In Washington, aerved to make the president's body guarda very alert Holt Wae Cernell Oermen instructor Ithaca. N Y -Prauk Moll, the for um Cornell lustrurtor who shot J IV Morgun, finished hie eerie el the uni versity two weeka ago and had accept ed the chair of French history In ins Southern Methodist college at Dalles, Texas Holt wae a atudloue. bard working tan of nearly 40 years At times, bla colleaKues say, he was morose Britlsh-Amaricsn Pent Celebrated, Hi-.iiiu-ii.4iii Waah Tinder the aus pices of the I'actftc Highway assocta Hon. the 1(h) years of peace recently reached between the I'nlted States ami C.reat liiii.iin was celebrated Sun day on the Intel national bottudary near tilalne. lnl MARKETS Portland. Wheat -Club, fl U3 blueatein ft UK. red Huaalan. 96c, forty fold, $104, led fife. Mr Hay Kastern Oregon timothy. 17 grain hay ; alfalfa, $13 60, valley tlniolh), JO Hutter t'reauicry Mo. Kggs Ranch, 14c Wool Kastern Oregon, '.'8c; valley, 30c Mohair -Sic. Seattle. Wheat Illueslem. $1 01; elub $1 03; red Huaslau. Jc. forty fold, $lt)6, fir- y7c barley -:i per toil Hay Timothy, 116 per ton; alfalfa. 14 per ton Butter Creamery, ic. Egga Z4c. Ontario Pharmacy POISON FOR WEEDS. An Areenio Spray Used With Sueoeea In Hawaii. Officials of the department of agricul ture nre greatly Interested lu reporta received from Ilnwull to the effect that one of the big sugar eompanlee ban adopted riH n regular field practice tbe nyatero of destroying weeds by use of nn nrsentc poison spray Instead of by boelng. Experts who hnve conducted eiperi- ii 'h on Ilnwull sugar lnnda estimate that by tbe aprnylng method a aavlng can I"- mndo In Inbor of 1G to $90 per acre per annum. Tbe latest development! along thin line In ilawnll nre discussed In n letter received from Professor II. I. Agee. director of the cxrlmeiit station Hiaff of tho 1 1 it k n tin n Sugar 1 'In liters' nsso clntlon. Before going to Ilawnll I'ro feaaor Altec roopenited with Mie de partment lu experimenta on Loulalana augnr land. Tho Milue of this method In Hawaii hi very Kre.it lieeaiiMe of the fact that, like most tropical reglona, the Maude are nuIiJi" t to torrential rnlna. The leaa the surface of aiignr ami other lnnda U disturbed h.v iiilllviitlnn tho leaa chance, there Is that heavy rnlna will wash off tin- top soil or Immediately bent It Into compact form. A few years ii!o tho department of agriculture Isam-d a bulletin dealing with the weed fnotor In tho cultivation of corn, following a series of experi menta extending over aeveral yearn, which apparently established (he prin ciple that It Is the removal of the weeda rut her than tho cultivation proMT that contribute moat of the priHliirtii.il of the com i"i A norlee of l'J.'i experiments were conducted, covering many states, tin some plota the inoet approved methods of cultiva tion were employ ell, while on other plots there was no cultivation what ever, the weeds being eliminated by surface svnipltig with n boe. A general aw-rago of all ibeee expert-mint- abowcil Hint the plota that were elmply weedisd produced 115. 1 ier cent ae much fodiler and IMj.iOH per cent aa much gruln us thoao that were aub-j4-ctol to the most approved methoda of cultivation. 1 lie arsenic -pi.iy method will be given a trial on i-orn l.unl In IxuUlana ihls year by exporta of tho office of farm inanagemeut lu co-operation with local iniiiioi tin -. with a view to deter mining whether It Is not available for uee lu that region, where climatic con ditions to some extent approach those In Hum ill In Hawaii the spray la applied to the weeds with great care, aluce If It touches the leave on the enne they are Immediately destroyed. When care fully applied, however, either by a band spray or by u spray consisting of an oil barrel attaclusl to a atone aled eapei-tnlly constructed for tbe purpose and pulled by one mule there la uodau ger to the cane. Frequently It Is necessary to follow the sled apniy with a hand spray In order to kill the few wt-eds that are not readied. The resulta of tho spray ing met hod huvo boeii ao satisfactory that exMiitnents are lielug connected with a view lo Improving the some what ( rmle linpleuieuta now lu use. Kugeue EugenS will have a publio market day. ou which the farmers may brtug to the city produce, probably otu-e a week, and offer It for sale, ac cording to the plana of 8 l Hooper, manager of the prouiottou department of the i oiniiieiiiai Club M. VENIZEL0S 1 ' r ansnPSeS m a V&MHBnnnlnnnnnnnnnBss! nsnW tftnH n ' ni bp essnnw M. Vsninnkie, former premier ef reese. " - Rexall S WEEK'S NEWS IN WAR ZONE Renter's Petrograd correspondent says the Russian military critics eetl mate the total Auatro German forcee operating against the Ktiaslans aa no leaa than 45 German and ! Austrian army corps, or about 2.800,000 men. Introducing the iniinltlona bill In the House of Lords Lord Curson an nounced that the first week of the campaign made to speed up the man ufacture of arms ami munitions result ed In the eiiiollmeiit of MjNI volun leer munition workers A liiisslau submarine In ths Black Sea sank two Turkish steamers and a sailing ship carrying provisions and coal, and liter engaged and drove aground three armed st linonera near the mouth of the Boaphorus. Hi the Italian theater of npsratlons the Italians assert they ars making slow but steady galna, though the Aua tro Hungarians are aiigineullug their forcee and the counter attacks are be coming more resolute Unofficial re porta say that Tolmluo, on lbs Isonio river, has been occupied by the Hel lene righting on the weetern front baa been especially ssvere In the Argonne forest, where the Germsn crown prince Is in command of ths Teutoule forces The French assert that they have Inrilcted heavy loaaee on the Gentians In the romhsis In this re gion. I'ioiii in Mln comes the s.lmls ITEMS OF NEWS OVER THE STATE The twenty fifth annual convention ef the churches of Christ In Oregon will meet nt Turner July 614. At a meeting of automobile owners recently Jackson county'a flrat auto mobile club waa organised at Medford. John Cos, a blackamlth of Medford, Is dead from the effects of a blow on the head. The police are searching for K Jackson. The twenty-alxth annual convention of the Oregou State Pharmaceutical aaaoclatlon will be held at Gearhart Tuesday, July 6, to Friday, July 9, In clusive. Miss Anna Castleberry of Clinton, Okla, and Miss Grace Glllett of St Pnul hnve been selected as Instructors of domestic science nt the Oregon Ag ricultural college. The Marlon county grand Jury In a report to Circuit Judge Kelly has de dared that It had found numerous frauds In connection with the expeu , dlture of road funds In 4 i-i..in present indications, this will , be the year of heaviest traffic Crater j Lake has experienced. At this early date travel has been practically twice what it was thus far last year. In the butter contest for the state of Oregon, conducted by the Oregon Agricultural college, the Junction City orearoery was an easy winner tor the month of June with a score of 95. The visit of I'nlted States Commie sioner P. P. Claxton to Oregou Tuss- day was made tbe occasion of a round table conference of county school su perintendents at the Oregon Agricul tural college. W. L. Johnson, of Portland: Leslie D. Howell, of Salem, and G V Lint ner. of Portlaud, have been appointed field euglueers In the interstate com merce commission and assigned to railway valuatlou work A conference of all the commercial bodies In western Oregon will be held at Salem within the uext few weeks to couslder the federal supreme court's recent decision lu the Oregou A Cali fornia land grant case The forest service Is advertising for aale 2.410,000 feet, board measure, of wfatern yellow pine. The real is sugar pine, Douglas fir and white fir all located upou the Crater national forest lu southern Oregon. A crew of men from the federal rec lamation service at Tule lake. Mam alb couuty, are making some borlugs and excavations around the lake to determine whethjsr it would be feasi ble lo reclaim Hie district. Slating that a case of rabies had neen discovered In Yamhill county, and another our lu Polk, State Veter inarian Lytle has Issued an order pro hiUUng dogs from running at large In and Nyal Goods sinti that the Germans have been forc ed to give up the gains made by them on the llllgen ridge of the Vosgea mountains The armies of Kmperore William and Krnucls Joseph continue their Im petuous drive against the forties of Emperor Nicholas along a front meas uring approximately 150 miles In southern Poland and In Gallcla. The Teutonic troopa. according to the Ger man statement, have gained posses sion of the lowlands of Labunke, In the Russian province of Lublin, de aplte stubborn reslatance, and alao have advanced In purault of Uie flee ing Russlana In tho Zlota Llpa aeclion or Gallcla. The status of the liner Armenian, sunk by a German submarine while carrying a cargo of mules to Kngland. waa established aa that of a Hrltlah government boat A consular dla patch to the state department from Liverpool said that the Armenian had been requisitioned by the admiralty prior to her last vnynge. U. 8. Loses Coal Cass. Philadelphia. The federal district court denied the application of the government to dissolve the alleged "anthracite coal trust." The case waa decided lu fuvor of all of the defend anta. zones within five miles of where these casus were found. Six Oregou cows won honors In the Register of Merit butterfat tests for 1V14, according to an announcement made In New York by the American Jersey Cattle club. The unlmala were owned by l-Mwanl Carey of Carlton; W. 8. I. ml. I Portlaud. and C. N. Mc Arthur of Portland. Announcement has been msde by tin. state Industrial accident controls siou that all employers and employes who have been under the workmen's compensation act for six months or more will be exempt from the July contribution, and It is estiiuati-d that the exemption will aggregate 160,000 A campaign has been launched to eradicate the Canada thistle from Linn county. Gale 8. Hill, district attor ney, has sent out notices to 148 land owners ou whose property thistles are growing advising them that if they do not cut the thistles themselves the work will be done by county road su- pervlsors and the expense made a Hen on their laud, as provided by law, until tin- county Is reimbursed The interstate commerce commis sion has held that the through trans continental carload and less than car load commodity rates to the Wlllaro ette valley ami south of Portland points, made by adding to Portlaud rates the local class rates from Port land to the points of destination, were not unduly preferential to points be tweeu Portlaud and Tacoma, but ruled that they must be abolished. Members of the state fish and game commission are couslderiug the advis ability of 'emoiug the state game farm from Corvullls, where Chinese pheasants and other game birds are raised each year for distribution through the state, to some other local ity on laud owned by the state The present state game farm, comprising SO acres, Is not owned by the state. It Is operated under a lease, which ex pires next fail. '1 he report of State Treasurer Kay for six mouths ending June 30, shows a balance of Sl,dti5,429 66 for the gen eral fund Mr. Kay said the big bal Slice was an assurance that the state wo. ild not have to pay Interest ou any w at rants this year. Disbursements for the six mouths totaled $3.773.344 , ami receipts. Ulf.M1 22. Tbe bal MM January 1 was $1.411,145 49. A law passed by the recent legislature me.ged all funds In the general fund, .ind made it possible for the state o 'sioniluut paying iuterest on war ants The Argus, 1.00 the year. GERMANS CROSS FRONTIER Macksnasn's Army, Within Few Mllss ef Lublin, Pressing on Warsaw. Berlin, via wireless to London. General von Macksnten'e army has penetrated Russian soil from tbe (Jail nan frontier to within 37 miles of Lub lin. Vangorod, tbe fortress guarding the southern approach to Warsaw, ths Polish capital, la but 40 miles north west of Lublin, and the steady swing of von Ifnokenaen's left wing into the Russian tsrrltory Is advancing toward the railroad, which runs from Warsaw through Vangorod and eastward through Lublin. Southeast of Lemberg, Oenernl von Llnalngen'a forces continue to ad vance. They stormed the heights held by tbe Russians southeast of Kuroto wlce, it was announced. General von Mackenten's front In side the Russian froutler now extends through Turobln, Krasnlk and Jose fow. Krasnlk and Stonsa were easily captured, It waa stated. Vice-President Msrshsll Is Thrsstsnsd St Louis. Thomas R. Msrshsll. vice president of the United States, has been threatened with death In more than a doten anonymous letters which he has received during ths last six weeks. Vice-President Marshall made this statement to newspaper men here. Mr. Marshall said ' tbe threats came to him while be was In Washington. Liberty Bell Weiser, Idaho Monday, July 12th, at 10:45 a. m. Rate of one fare for round trip. Tickets sold July 12th. Good to return following day. NO. isu Kr unci OK lHfc CONDITION in nil FIRS1 NATIONAL BANK At Ontario, in ths Stale of Oregon, at thv clow of uusineaa Jmw 23rd. 115 RESOURCES l.oana and Discounts I note, l.ol.l in iiaiik) S334i.lll.itt Ownlrafu unsucurad , U. 8. bond, to secure circulalUMI li.ii.l-. uther than 0. S. bond, pladired to ecure postal aavinaa ilepuaila lloiiil.. aeeuntiea pledseU a. i-oilateial for State or other deposits or bill. payabW (poatal excluded) Securities ulnar than LI. S. bonds (not includius .luck.) owned unpledged Total bonda. aacuritiea. etc Subscription to stock of Federal Hcserve Bank fS.UUU.lu Less amount unpaid 3.UUU.UU r uiinture and Fixtures 1 Other real estate owned Due i nun I- literal Kaaerve Bank Due from approved reserve saci.i. in New Yurk.Chaiaso.Sl.Louia 1 Due from approved reserve aseutx in other reserve c it lee IgSSl B W.ZM.I.' Due from banks and bankers iS.7S7.IS Kxi-tianges for i-learma bouse ... -lift ! Outside cheeks and other cash it saw SI. ml Fractional curancy. nickels and cents Wtl.sl M2.VI Notes of other National banks 1 .(..;, m Lawful money reserve In bank: Petal coin and certificate 1 . . I . -. l-irsl tender notes l.UU) ou Kcih-uiption luiid with t: S. Ireasuier luo imxe ihan 0 per eeut on i-irculaUoo) I.l2e.uu TOTAL &b.t.u LIABILITIES Capital stuck past ia Sat) .UUU. u - Supius fund Undivided profits I 4 .a uUm.a notes Due u banks ami bankers Individual Deposits subject lo check t ertincatea of deposit due in leas than .' days CernOed checks Puetal savin-, depoaiu , Stair county, or ulnar municipal depoaiu secured I erlincatea of deposit, due on or after ) day. Deposits subject to So or more day s aotiea UM Al .nt Or OKJCOUN. COUNTY Or MALMgUR. .. 1. II U. luckrum Cashier of lays above named bank do lsniy swear that lavs above .tale meiit i. true to Uw beat ol my knowied ai-d swiier. U B. COCSKUal i .l.i . ..ivhi, I Allalal A. L. Cuckriun i. D. Ui.lmg.W) T. 1 uri.Luil L. IS. Cockruoi C K gseyan Diraciors Subscribed and swoca to before me Ukta 7U day of July ISUk W. W. Wood Nulary fuSUc. Pete9 8 Bargains For Sale One 1914 Ford; Bash mag neto, leak -proof rings, lota of extras. $350.00. Terms. For Sale One 1914 Indian twin cylinder motorcycle with side car, electric head light, fully equipped, cost over $400.00. With extras, goes Bt $275.00. Terma. For Sale One 1914 twin cylinder Indian motorcycle, fully equipped, at nearly half price, as good as new. $150.00. These were taken in exchange on cars and we are cleaning up the 915 season. Some one will get bargains. Come in. Ontaro Auto Co. To trade Good residence property in a tine Idaho town for land or town property at Ontario. Box (13.1, Ontario Oregon. 4-tf FOR SALE One Duroc Jersey brood sow with aix pigs three week old. J. J. Dillard, four miles wett of Ontario. 25tf. WANTED Horses to pasture $1.25 per month. Nothing tuken for les.i than a month. C. II. Trouslale 2(ltf LOST Dog, part shepherd, color jet black, had on heavy leather collar with chain attached. Reward offered for return to A. J. (Hover, Ontario, Ore. WANTED -Best bargain improved $2,500 cash will buy. Sibley, 4760 Langley Ave., Chicago. LOST: Tueaday, near Raders store, g small, old fashioned, enameled Kold breast pin. Finer please leave at Ar gus uince and receive reward. iiw . SJ ftuo.ue I I.IUU.UU . V.Guu.uu n.on.ss ti-'o.. a J um i U .BeafU. MaUl IJM.I 6U.UUU on Mel : t'Suu-l ii.. - il. liJS'JS 11, uu. to lU.SMt.uu aW.Sl by ilea. 4d of Resources S4.17t.17 Sa.104.oS IO,47.U Sli.4kA.ttv 1U Sol SJ SaSk.owi.44 BUSINESS LOCALS