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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1916)
OREGOi: NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Important Occurrences of Past Week Briefly Compiled for Our Readers. A good roads association hu boon orgaiilMwl In I'nlon rounty to promote highway Improvement. The synod of the Presbyterian church of Oregon, will he tioM In Eu gene again this summer. The report of the manager of the Salem Fruit Union shown a business of BON than $260,000 lor the paat year. II. (1. Wilson. In charge of the gov eminent Indian uuency ofttoes at Rose burg. Iwi he ti trnnslerrod to Okla l,lii.l A movable school wo hob I at Du fur by the extension department In structure of the Oregon Agricultural MHp Oregon ichoola will observe the birthday of Luther Uurbnnk. plant wlsard. March 7. with appropriate ex erclset. The University of Washington de fcatod Willamette University la a anrappy game of bnikctbull ut Salem, 30 to 24. A government rifle club to be afflll ated with the National Rifle club of Auierlea m formed at Hood River with 22 membera. Clackamas county ban 1.10.1 mites of road of which 806 mlb are dirt road. Thirty-two mlb' of new road were opened up last yer. Cbartee lllarkwell. the firm man ar retted tor drnnbcniteMi In Itukwr since prohibition became effective, waa m tenced to 100 dayt In Jail The Western Milk Condenser of Newberg haa aobl all It product to French buyer and ha an order tor three additional carload. Further delay In advertising for bid for the Portland poatofflce build log will be canned by difficultly met In tecurlng atlfrtory foundation Steel rail are being laid on the Os wego, Dallat Koaeburg railroad, which will connect the Roberta creek cement quarries with the Southern Pacific The following Oregon postmaster have been appeinted: John K. Carlaon. Elgarosc, Douglaa county, new office, William II. Flood. Qalena. vice Daisy lieaton. removed. committee have been named and arrangement are In progres for the annual mooting of the grand lodge of Oddfellow and Hebokshs In Koaeburg May It!. 17 and II. Pretldont Campbell haa appointed a committee from tbe board of regent to consider whether or not aome form of military training hould be adopted by tin I" I Oregon. " ' m4 Hep Sh. auhoola 302 stud-iu were graduated at tbe cloae of the flrat aemeatur, and 1112 pupil were graduated from tbe ele menlary or grammar school The supreme court ha upheld tbe I-. ii flu ml meat inspection ordtusiico conditioned upon certain modification tn . Iiuilnate discriminations In favor of government Inspected plant. Mrs. Carrie Wright, an American born woiiiun. wua refused a seat III tin iltv council or Fast Hide, near Mai nlit ii Ul, to ahull she was elected, ! i hii.-huiul 1 a Canadian Tile llurli Mason cumpuuy, guuer .1 contractor of Porllaud, was award ed tin . tiutruct for roustruvtlug the great plant to be built In Oregon City In Ike Iittwlc I'ulp Paper company. So ivtary or Stute olcott ha re-n-ii.'.l word from the progreaalve na tional cnuiiiillti e that Oregon progrus sive are eutltled to tlve delegate at the national muwinion of the party. Kepn seiu.iiivi s of 31 cooperative i-rcuiuerics met lu Portland Monday ut tlie call of J. I). Mlckle, statu dairy uud food i ummlssloner, to organize an Oregon Cooperative Creumery as aociatlou. The Hydro EU . trie company ot Used Hiver sold it holding to the Pa cine Power & Light company at a price Hani to be $18H,000, an advance estimated at $160,000 over the original cost of the plant Representative McArthur has intro duced a bill grunting $6000 to Joseph ftolch of Portiaud, a compuusallou for lujurie received In 1114 while working aa a laborer lu constructlou of the Celllo canal. The Klamath country la again the int'ccu for horse uud mule buyers, and in I lie week just elided several hun drill head of horses and mules have lion purchased lroni Klamath couuty stockmen and rum hers Wliu! is re rdi .1 .is one of the big gest contra. t (of ti Wight traffic Stag ed for Quit i while is tin' onler re cently si'cun d h Hie North ll.iiikrnil road to nunc .ipproMiu.ilch in.i'OO bales of hops Iroin various points in the Willamette talkt to the Atlantic hi aboard. BRIKF WAR NOTES ! house of lord passed tbe mill tary sorvlor hill nt It third reading. The kaiser ha given all the booty captured in Serbia by tbe Hermans to tlulgoria. General Joffre haa boon given su premo power In direction of all mili tary activities of Franco. David Lloyd George., minister of mu ultloiiB, says that by spring the allle will have more munition than their enemies. The allied forces on the western front have loet S3 aeroplanes sinew October 1 last, according to a report Issued by the German war office. Restriction of imports, proposed by the government will bring the war home to the people of (Irent Iirltnln, M Die London papers. Prohibition of tobacco Is looked upou as uuueces sary hardship by tome. In the 0MMMH the Russians assort further successes lor their arms and the capture of in rut, quantities of arm and ammunition Iletweon Erzonim ami Mush they have occnplod the terwa or Khyuyskak. lu addition, south of Lake Urumioh, In Persia, tho krtrut of large Turkish forces Is re ported by IVtrogrud, together with the onpt ure of prisoners and snjtpflaa. All along the eastern line, from Riga to llukowlna. there have been artil lery bombardment and occasional In fantry attacks by the Russians and Gorman ami Auetro Hungarians I'et rognul report a iiirprlso attack near lluozacz, Uiili. ia. by tho Russians. In which a large party of Teutons was put to flight after having suffered heavy losses, nnd also the capture of three mine critters by the Russian! north ot Boyan. SHORT NEWS NUGGETS It Is expected that $3,000,000 will be raised by the Jewish relief fund. Seventh-Day Advontlsts of North America contributed nearly $780,000 to the church last year. Pension totaling $469,389.42 wsrt) paid to retired employes of the United States Steel corporation In 1916. American dyoatuff manufacturer have agreed to export to Canada a reasonabls amount of products, so Greet llrltaln will lift the i-iulstrgo on export of logwood from ths West In dies. Attornsys for ths White Stsr line announced that agreements had been reached with more than 200 claimants whereby about $'oo,000 will lie psld In claims arising out of ths Titanic dlaaater. Denial Hint Japan hail revived the tlve demands made on China early. In 1916, which were not Included In tho final treaty between the countries, were made by l-.'kl lllko, Japanese minister to Chins, aud Ducbeng Hal ang, Chinese foreign minister. Vain search has beeu made ot the country for 1700 ounce of quinine for American marine In Haiti, according ' Surgeon Goners! Ilralsted of tbe navy, who asks that $76,000 be appro ted for reserve supplies In addl i to $700,000 for current supplies Because a mob lu l.auanno tors uuwn a German flag raised by ths Ger man consul in honor of the kaiser's birthday, the federal council of Swlta ii land the atate couuctl of the canton If Vaud and the city council of Lau aanne will apoioglxe to Germany for tbs Insult. 24 KILLED IN PARIS Zsppslin Drop Three Tons of Ix plosivs in Air Raid. Paris. Twenty-four person were Kill d and 27 injured when a Zeppelin airship Saturday night dropped some ..'. ions ot explosives on Hie clt) and escaped lu the fog. Many of those killed uud Injured were woiueu and children Another Zeppelin raid v.us threat ened Siiudu) night, warning being sounded throughout the cit, hut the German airships withdrew when a fleet of French aeroplane uiouutod lu pursuit of t lit in POLICE ACCUSED OF PLOT Importation of Crooks to Start Crims Wsvs Alleged. Chicago. Four New York gunmen who robbed the Wusluugtou Park Na tional bunk of $13,600, were indicted. By tola action States Atloruey Hoyne made secure hi hold on the criminals, who admit they were imported to Chi cago by politicians and crooked police lo commit a aerie ot crimes which touid get the state's attorney and Chief of Detectives Hunt "lu bad." Fifteen iiieuitiers of the police de partment have been involved lu graft charges by "Kddie" Mai k, confessed leader of the robbers, according to tho announcement ot Stati s Attorney Muclay Ho) i ' Mack, sbi Hid to haw conn- here from New ..id to huw been the leader of ti Implicated, four Albanian Join Italians. Payul Adlspatoa to Hie .Mann from Koine I'aiha with an army .r Mb. nit i fected a ji viilh tin. Italian force lu Albania DEMAND FOR 8 HOURS SURE lau Involves 400,000 Men and All Railroads In the Country. New York. It Is taken lor granted In railroad circles bore that the refer endum vote bow being taken by myn bets of the soar great asUioad anions will certainly rsaitlt in a decision to present .n March 1 a demand for au eight-hour day wttb time and a half pay for overtime. Preliminary returns ludkmlo that ths majority In favor of the demands will be heavy. In ens ritotsir Urn truimneu have voted 10 to one rsr antton. The sttuetten wtll tuvopse about 400,000 man. II wltl InwiNe owery raUraod In tht oountry and some In Canada, having a total in aapftaxl ao rtrrlttos of more than $30,000,000,000. It will threaten the rullriaiil with a tremendous increuse In operating ox l Jsps Get Around California Land Law SaerajMBto, i il That Jie.rKwe have dog np s schema to elreirmvcnt the rullfnrelH a I tee land awt is stums in an opinion by Attorney Oeneral Webb It appears that Japanese who are alien subject ef ths ssauvrar of Japan have bees puiwbawitog real entats Is the Dams of their ottlnu o.VMre.' ..d Rlnce ths law prohibits them from having any Interest In real estate, are having guardians named for their children. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wbcst Club $100; blucstcm $-1 .11; tsd Russian. $1.00; forty-fold, $1.00; red rtfs. $1 "0 Hay Basterti Oregon timothy, $18 60; alfalfa. $19. Hotter Creamery. 29c. Fggs Rsnch. 10c Wool Kastern Oregon, 9e; vslloy, Mc. Hope 1916 crop. 9H012Vcper lb. ssttls. Wheal Uluestem $1.11: club 1103; red Rusilan, $1.92; forty-fold, $1.06. fife, 11.03. Barley $28.76 per ton. Hay Timothy, $1S per ton; alfalfa, f 19 per ton. Putter Creamery, 29c. Bggs 0c. Antiquity ef Seep. In spits ot i he antiquity of soap, as evidenced by a soap shop still to be sen la toe nilus of PotnpeU, the chemistry of soapnuiklng was not un derstood by u until about a century ago. Sluco then soap and anuauiouta have become Intimately associated with each other. For a long time soap makers tiiinio no profit out of their "lyes." Now thsy extract from those byproduct glycerin, which, besides being a dnig, food end "toilet requi site," enters Into the manufacture of nitroglycerin and Is the basis of dyna mite nnd other high explosives Lou- I. a Spectator. , Mucllsas to Stick on Tin. Whosoever bss tried to -stick a pa per label on a piece of tin knows bow difficult It Is. Here, however, ia a recipe for a mucilage espeattUy de signed for this purpose end published by Nature: lu 130 cubic centimeter of boiling water dissolve twenty grsms of gum trugseuiitli uud udd s paste made of sixty grams of flour and teu grsms of dextrine dissolved In forty cubic centimeter of water. Dilute tbe whole with '-"' cubic centimeters of boiling water and add teu gn.uie of gh.crln uud ten gram of sulleyllc add. Bell fur tlve minute, stlrrlug iiuiMlaiitlv Mann Defend Wilson. Washington -Representative Mann of Illinois, leader ot the republican mini i ii, in the house, Igorously de feuded President Wilson's prepared nes program following a general at tack on Hie president by Representa tive Dies, democrat, of Texas. Cspitsl Honors McKlnlsy. Washington All official Washing ton wore carnation blossoms Satur day in honor of the late President MtKlnley a birthday. ARCADIA NOTKH. At our last Parent-Teacher meet ing a new heating plant for the school was discussed; also the -using of home credit cards. Many of the parents think these cards should be introduced into our school as soon a possible. Our pupils were very much pleas ed that there were no failures in the State exam. nations. The high est grade, 99, was made by Robert Long. TIhh was the highest grade guiMi in this subject in the entire county Since i he i aiiiinations we have as frc.-dimcu, ;i,ids Kigguu, Cody and Kdmiind Butler So. man families hue moved into the district recently thut the hoard is trying to buy some extra desks iroin the Nyssu district These will be used in the lower grade room. LOel Large screw water plug from top of man railiaio'- Finder loata it .a Ontario (lam get rewaid 6-tf. BOY DIES FROM EF FECT OF SHOOTING. What wns alleged to he an ac cidental donth from shooting occurred 26 miles west of Riverside last Thurs day, when Melvln Roberts, aged 16, son of Mrs. Ira Bend, died from the result of a bullet wound inflicted by his step-father, Ira Bend Mr Bonil was nick nnd lying up on tho bed and became angry nt the boys because they wore unnrrellng In tho house, nnd Bend told them If they didn't keep quiet he would punish them. Mrs. Bend cautioned ) i i in about making threat: of ann ual lire nnd ho reached for his gun which was on a shelf near the bed. The gun wan discharged, shooting through the partition, hut not hitting anyone. Thin the hoys and Mrs. Bend tried to take the gun away from him and the gun wns nooldetitly discharged, the bullet striking Roberts In the groin. The sheriff and coroner from Burns vtre notified and they nrrlved Frl div an iriouoHt was hold and the Juty rendered a verdict of Involti'ita-v manslaughter Bend lias not been ar rested yet on account of being sick. Bend claims he was temporarily In sane at the time of the accident. BOUQUET EOR OUR NVINCIBLE PAT The candidacy or P J. Gallagher for the Republican noL.lnstlon tor District Attorney for M Hheur county I tell supported by the different newspapers In the country. The Vale Enterprise says: Mr. Gallagher Is one of the prom inent attorneys of the county, now located at Ontario. He i an ener getic and aggressive advocate of any cause he favors, ad promises, If nominated and elected, to devote his entire sttentlon to the duties of his office, always keeping In mind the In terests of the taxpayers who foot the bills. Pat has only one blemish on his reputation, so far as the Enter prise ha been able to learn He wa once a newspaper man, but having reformed It Is believed by his friend that he will be able to overcome this handicap lu the course ot time. NYSSA CHEESE IN GREAT DEMAND The Nyssa Cheese company is now in the most prosperous condition In it history. It psys all Its patrons each month between the tlrst and the tenth It December bill are paid, and its January bill will he puld dur ing the flrat 10 days of February. There I a strong demand for Nyssa cheese which lately ha been topping Hie market, at good price. This fac tory Is u co-operative Institution When the cheese made here sells at good prices, then Hie patrons who a II their milk to this factory get good prices, on u butter fut basis. In December the patrous of this factory were paid II cents per pound ut the factory for butter fat It Is In the patrons will reccne a better price for their butter fut delivered ut the factory during January, because Nys a cheese now is being sold ut the best prioes since the openlug of Hits plant An average of 4500 pounds or milk is being received dully At this sea son of the year the flow of milk is usually ut its minimum It Is confi dently believed that by May or June, w hen the flow of milk is at Its height, the milk receipts will run up to lo.ooo pouuds dally. The Purity Oakery and ' ilson Bros. Orocery Store both now bundle Doollttle Sanitary Jersey Dairy Milk and Cream. When you want a bot tle call for this milk uud cream You will find it the best milk sold in Ontario Every cow Is tested for tuberculosis and the milk is clean and sanitary. 6-6 Doollttle' Sanitary Dairy milk and ream is now handled by Wilson Hros. aud the Purity Bakery. When you want a bottle, of cream or milk cull for Doolittle's Sanitary Dairy Milk 6-6. Mr. Groundhog vus out of luck WediiiMlav The deep snow kept him at lion.e ull day, no chance at that shadow. If the old tradition holds good spring is due Mr and Mrs. Jus laiwnnce were trillion from Vale, Satur.lav. A. L Sproul anil Deputy Sheritf u- i-Hois to Boise Wednesday. COMMERCIAL CLUB IN SPECIAL SESSION A special mooting of tho Commer cial Club wns held Thursday evening to discuss needs and opportunities of Ontario and vicinity. A committee wns appointed to sn- oure plans for the establishing of a fruit nnd vegetable cannery here. The commute 1 A. W. Trow, H. C. Dover and A. Oramse. The secretary was Instructed to notify the Vale Chamber of Com merce thnt the local Chnmber was ready nnd willing .to co-operate In il ' ecurlng of federal and state aid for the Warm Springs Irrigation project. Messrs. Clngott, Wood nnd Cock rum were appointed a rommlttee to negotiate with the State highway commission relative to the building of the State highway down Willow Creek and also to bring the matter of gravelling the Vnlo-Ontarlo road I., fun the County Court and ask thut the same bo done. The chair appointed Messrs Lamp kin. Tnggart and Doyer to secure the establishment of wholesale houses here. Messrs Gallagher, Bailey and Gooilfellow were appointed as a pub licity committee. In order to stimulate work for tho club, W. T. Ijinipkin offered to give the best shirt in his store and E. C. Van Petten offered to give BOO pounds of coal to the memlier who succeeded in getting the most candi dates for membership by the next regular meeting. The following were taken In as new members: W. L Turner. P. J. Gallagher, Edwin O. Chrlstenson, F. A. Stewart. W. C. Spencer, J. E. Oood- fellow and P. J. Spencer. BIBLE CUSS GIVE BANQUET FRIDAY On last Friday evening occurred a very pleasant gathering of men In the Interest of Bible study Mr. Pratt secured the co-operation of the Friendly Men's claa of Parma, all of their number coming to Ontnrio to help in thl work or lllble study. At about 8 p. in the company sat down to a banquet prepared by the ladles of the M. E. church and any one who waa there could tell by the devlstatlon manifested on every hand that It wa appreciated to the fullest extent After this part of the program was finished the company repaired to the very , pleasant lodge room of the Oddfellows and listened to the addresses of welcome by may or Human and "Uncle Tommy" Bar ton. Then the Hon. Judge Russell took charge and after a few well chosen remarks Introduced Senator llaldrldge, who spoke forcibly on the good that could be accomplished by a body of men working together for tho Interest of the community. Oth ers ot the visitors spoke earnestly urging the men to take up such work here At the close of the program a call waa made for members to form a class, which resulted in quite n niiinher of men signing, and to-nly all of them wore present on Sunday morning. The Pastois of the Presby terian and lluptist churches wen present and a meeting of these men was plunned to further work along this line in the several churches. As It was quite Impossible to eat at one sitting ull the good things pro pared, It was decided to return Sun day aiicr the morning service and enjoy another good time together w Inch was done. DREAMLAND HAS A BILL EOR MONDAY At the Dreamland next Monday wning, Feb. 7, the Royal actress Betty Nansen will assume Hie leading role iu Count Tolstoi's masterpiece, "Anna Karenina." A heart gilpping story of a love- starved woman's struggle for piness Anna Karenina. the heroine ... ... ., of this remarkable drama, lathe wife n -isii.il diplomat high In the councils of Ins cmuury. This mun cold. rMirvsd and wholly w rapped ap in bis duties gives neither time nor attentiou to his young uud beautiful wife. Anuu, though she ratfttss her husband and udores her little son ues the love which she feels kj li.e right of .Miy woman, and uhen Count Wronsky, a handsome M-UIig cavalry ollicer, enters her life and oners h.r the admiration and de.olion wliicli are deuied her in her i ou.i , ..i r i ...mi tor happiness. WAR DECLARED ON THE JACK RABBITS Mr. Howard, the farm adviser, Is a busy man these days. In several sections ho tins started the farmers after the Jack rabbits and they art) being exterminated. Ho says If the farmers will rem em her that one Jack killed now will mean several score loss to contend with the next soaaoa that they will get busy It is an easy and cheap matter for nil having hay stacks to fence them with rabbit wire, leaving an opening for the rabbits to get In. When the slack yard Is full get busy with duffs or 22s and you will soon hnvn nil Hie rabbits In your neighborhood. Another method is to dissolve an ounce of strychnine In 1 gallons of water and sprinkle It over 16 pound of cut alfalfa. This Is strong enougb to kill stock and when It la spread for rabbits should he fenced la a that stock cannot reach It. in the Bonlta section a government man has boon working with the far mers and In the Willow Valley the farmers had a drive, killing hundreds of the pest. There Is a general move being made throughout the country, the farmers realising that while tbe snow Is deep Is the time to get busy. JANUARY REPORT OE THE SCHOOLS Report ending Jsnusry i, 1916, of our City Schools, by O Bally, Superintendent Number or pupils remaining last month Boys 266, Girls 191, Total 64. Number of new pupil registered Boys 6, Girls 4, Total 10. Number of pupils readmitted Boys 18, Girls 9. Tots I 17. Total Boys 280. Olrls 306, final total 686. Decreaae for month Boys 20, Olrls 11, Total 31. Number of pupil remaining at date Doys 380, Olrls 394 Totsl 644. Number of pupils on register dur ing school year -Boys 368, Olrls 399, Total 666. Number of days taught .during month 20. Whole number of attendance 9604. S. Whole number of abiences 413. B. Whole number of times late 66. Number of pupil neither absent or late 297. Average number of pupils belong ing 600. Per cent of attendance II. Number of visits by parents 20. That the attendance of the High school for the month of Jsnusry was 131 pupils, or nearly twice the num ber of the ssiue month four years af0. when E. O Bslly took ehsrge of the City school, speaks well for him aud the other teachers a ed ucators of the younger generation At the present rate ot growth, the present buildings will not be large enough to accommodate the pupils for two more years GERMANS MAKE GAIN ON WESTERN FRONT London -The western war front has been tin scene of really heavy lighting, the German having launch ed a determined offensive there. Af ter making, In recent days, several dentt in the entente allies' line which had been straightened out again in whole or in part by counter uttacks, the Teutons after heavy jbolnb'"'dmeuU' "' " "Mod iHjamoiin nioiig a irout or several kilometers south of the River Soni nie and to the northeast of Neuville in the Artois region The attacks resulted, according to Berlin, in sweeping gains in both hap-:"" ,ne " f Frlse aud 1000 lfa'd" "f tfe","8 utl. ' M being itaken In the more southerly sector. wh,e , , Nwi,e reglou ,60) yards of trenches were stormed, the gains amounting io nesriy a mile 'and u half of front Incidentally more than 1100 prlsouers aud fl inuchine guns were taken. The French account of the lighting in the south of the Soinme differs materially from thut given by Berlin. It Is declared that the German ed in their alt Mas I -vcept on the 'bunk of the Bomme, where thai were aide to di lOhmeUl Of French troops out ot the village of l'i ise I'm: i!;at the attack !, ajtd tl 'ihe trenches lost were recovered. t