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rnrR8rAY, drckmhkh 14. 191c THE ONTARIO AROUS PAOB BKVBN Condenned Statement of the Ontario National Bank ONTARIO, OKKOON an reported to the Comptroller Nov. 17. 191fi RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts Bonds and Securities Overdraft! U. S. Bondi Stuck in Reserve Bank Realty and Fixtures Cash - Capital StOCk Surplus Undivided Profit! Circulation Deposits LIABILITIES: 1260,895.27 12,648.86 None 60,00000 2,860.00 49,181.00 179,867.69 1664.287782 (M),i KM). 00 20,000.00 . 6,48 58,900.00 41S.949.27 564,287i82 DepositR Nov. 17, 1912. I.'.M.M.H7 DcpoHilH Nov. 17, lll. 1220,616.42 Deposits Nov. 17, 1916, $418,949.27 "We give service thai serve." Ballarat Sam Br M. QUAD Copyright, Itlii, by th Mci'lur New papet B) ti'lli-ntr TheGooseThat Laid the Golden Egg By P. A. MITCHEL HAWAI f Christmas, 1916. Your friends can buy anything you can give them except your photograph. The Burrell Studio Tin- ilny I arrived In Adelaide. Aits tfgllS, I MM twenty vent-; ,,ld and my pocket i niitiiliii'il ii ilnllnr for I'li'ii jeur I hail lived. I linil exnclly M in begin Ufa n in thai colonjr, bM mm h liiillliy yiMinnliM, with M fenr Of ii, r inline. I. ink MM llli BM from MM start. ln the MOMd ilny nflcr landing from the ttaaaee i hired ,ut to i beep ralatr, wbe bad i nuefe m the Murray river, Ml It h Junction with tin' Diirllnir, and on (In- tlilnl Ml Sill It, l ,i(T 1 I till' , minti i in,' truing I wee liulldlng n lire to coot mpper bj , a bile M i 'nil. the 01 er Mr, a iMi 1 toeecn lever wltb which in ralao 11 wagon "IT Ita wheats, I hum iIiiim ni"i .! for 11 few Dionenti guddcnl) n ih.iii bun) mil "I I be iiml. i't iiml ' nun' 11 lag Bp I" mi'. i,,i dad's Mke, young feller, give mi' 1 bite in Ml !" in' mm) ii- be 1 1 before bm "1 1 be afraid f BM, I'm 11 aheap herder who an 1 n lost hi the ihihIi for tana dajre and 1 half." 1 tapped 1,1 tin' arafon ami handed him 11 piece "f Inn mi. BBaM hnril 1 in, I, ii'i iiml 11 limniriil i,r Inn. iiml after ln Iiml placed llii'iu III III mk k i' In continued "Young fi'llnr. il" tne n greater fn vnr nt 111 l.i'iiil BM J"iir pistol and I.Mli- lllllll l"Illlil". Wlll'll 1.11 will furthermore, il" I MM ban Do iiii" bm vim iii ni'i'T ii- gret II " 'linn In. linn linl iim .in-t hi UeCaU aaaa i-u with tin ii'M'r there mm h ' in 11 rr nf hoofa, mid I Imiki'il up I" sec live iiiininti',1 men rlili- Inl" 1 nini' They were In the mil fnrin nf the nitrnl, nml the ji- rn n of the men 11 ml horse shoned that they Iiml lnnl n l"iik' I hie "' ln my station, nml nut iih-iiIImii In liny inie thnt I imve board thai rag im raai .ii, fiinii Hie In. I Hint FM "ere I Kin , earful amber," mU Dawaon to hie friend hWdevaat "if " MWta W win u wiiimin lie must raise himself above hat iviiow men by doing bmm thing thai guttata, Ta "MM gaudy iinlinrin In IBB easiest wny wllh the ordinary tyi'e Of ""num. Itnl I em imt Mrprtaad thai it required a differ 1 ni Miri uf prominence to secure Mr turdevent. She is 1 rerj brlgbl aro mnu and arouW naturally looh ni to ,i 1 1 1 . 1 1 , , 1 ) .nil' liber." Bturdcranl glm 1 at tfa Iltagi then ni the Boor, tbon out through the arlmlow. ,... he replied, "my arlfe is n smnii , .mini. 1. m sin- baa im iM "ii i" iilinln- BM " That' Bodeet) for roti " ,m ii'ini know anything about era men loam 1 "ii aaf a weajoB lo tore mini ni'M I""k up I" liim S" tar, , mi ( I, Kill she Is Just H like!) tO lOVe lllni I"" 'lllise she l,."l,s ll"ll "II liim The troth 1. the sex is not i" l,e iimihiil This story that I won m wife "ii at mil "f laMMIf etaadtng Is Imlilordnsh. I'll tell you the baabt "f it if y "" "I'lense 1" "." "I lnie nlwn.vn lieen mther ImiirRi tlrnl, nml Murii Is the. very reveree. When I met her I WW iiinl'lll"" t" write n Nin ressful novel. She llsteneil to my tnlk. BtaggtMaad with me. tint 1 I.I BM lint he innshlered me In the lonils -Vmi ilon t seem t" think I'm up tn tbe wart "f sin , I'ssfui seriiiiiihnr?' I Mid I" her "lie ilny. mllTed lit her wnt of enlliiiHlnsni. "'I think w.nie ml il"n t" It." eho replied. ht do Mm meniiV "iih. thnt ""iilil take too long to m y if V x J t aL. v '1 X!s if fr H I ,X Y A Not. 7, 27; iS. I v" iw y iieniit' !V I W Hi l deia-rilied In v i v X l' l""""' " .X.o N. " til Roaad a ' I VaaV wpjaTj 'hMBBafegaiS5' -v J CARE-AWAY LAND Four ami One-half Days From California Short by the Floating Palace S.S. GREAT NORTHERN InirthK,-, feet, wklll' I -' 14 knoll, l.lceni WO l,rnir". HILO and HONOLULU Via Iami Angelen SMIIMiS FROM SAN FRANCISfO, PIER 7 Dec. 15; Jan. 4, 83; Feb. 12; March 6, 23 I ntii 'I'1' aa fold) 1 . n "! lot ili-tii ,t.i ..itiics, in npon mnu H Trips fW mul up, trout Sin 1 i.uiciaoo. Ai'i'liiii k-l rsllwsy sionl.. nr sd clrrar It II. Crlri A.l lli I'.I aegaadi On II. A. Jacks. Trslltr Msr. Mfctuk-t SI . " VrslMH". HIiNlil.HLI' BIHV KIIIKR IV. .11 I'm, lulu While III Is 117 BBfcM MH'-II. who BMMM I" km.w , "."mlght hn,e .ru.hfully ndde,.. 'I wouldn't mi tempi to try to Are It Into HOME VISITORS EXCURSIONS To Points East VIA (INIOS PACIFIC SVSTI Ml 'I'll kill- Bold. Oct. 21; Nov. 8, IS, II; Dec. 20 and 21. Limit 0 daya. Aik O. S. U AgenU for further detaiU Following roundt trip fares apply from Ontario To Denver 138.60. omaba or K. C. 154.00. St. Louts 165.10. Memphis 74.00. Chicago, 173.76. Minneapolis or St. Paul 170.44. Proportionately low rates to many other points. "Let's go back east to old scenes and old friends for a good old faabloned holiday visit." "The Cope Pressary Phone 105-W Do vou wish your coat pressed in a workman like manner? "COPE PRESSARY". Imagine a ladies' coat mashed between two boards and steamed like a pudding and call it "up-to-date". . . MORAL-Let your cleaning and pressing be done by a mechanic, the "Cope Pressary" the only place, phone lu5-W. hitv one or l tie live "Keen after llallarat Ram again." was the reply as the captain dl unteil. "And lost him. 1 1 '.' ' Ves. eurae the lurk! We Mlmrk his trail near Dolmey's yeaterday mornliiu. and he ted ua a ebaae nf fifty mile during the dky. We killed Ida horse alxiut dusk lH"l night and had him aur rounded In the serub. He got out. how ever, and we did not get hla traek un til aliout noon today We followed to the rreek two miles ahove and there loaf It" We continued on tip tbe country and finally arrived at the raneh. and tor tbe next six month I ws bard at i work as a sheep herder ami neither saw nor heard mil. h of tbe outside world. Then one dey I wwa ealled to reinirl at headquarters and Uwn my arrival found a couple of visitors there -two gentlemen who had lately arriv ed fi.uu F.ngland. They had come out to Australia to go lot" the sheep hual Ilea, hut would leave It In car of an Bggejt They hired me and a niimU'r nf ethers, and we Is'gau work with Il 1 line evening we hail finished supper nml were Rrnuped al'.iill the i-Mtnptlre tthc e uf the dues hnrkeil mid we Linked up to rind ourselves covered by live rltl.s "Hand up nr you are deml men!" boated eaten, ami avarj bm "f ipilrkly "he.M'.l the ."llllllulul The live H.hnii.isl. eu. h knepluK his rifle levehsl. iiml when I rnuld see the man who hud spoken I at "lire l.lelilllle.l him a IIHIIIirill isaili. the mini wlmtii I hud liefrleinle I muiiths liefnre. He rerognUed me nl must a iulckly and. taking a step for ward, he said. Well, boy. you did me a gissl turn that day and I'll not forget it M..ve over t" the left N". llien. gent who are you?" All our erms were in the w.igou, end we were helpless to offer any resist ance. Tbe Drat thing they did was to .iesp.,ii their captive. After they had r., til.cd the two geutleuien of every thing they had of value and helped themselves lllierally to our t 'tea In the wagona Hallarat Ham shook ..muls with me and said: "Ho yuu didn't Inform the police you bad seen me that day'.'" "No. sir." "Well, you were mighty kind to me. end 1 am going to return the favor Take thla hundred iound note and save It for a rainy day. and here's the Huest pistol and kulfe In Australia lT.itmhly some dey you will see un hanged, hut whatever la said of me you can vouch for the fact that Itallarat Ham never forgot a favor or failed to get even with an enemy." Column of matter were printed In the Auatrallan uewspaier concerning Ballarat Ham and hla crew of outlaw during the next year, and bis picture was p. si.. I everywhere and a large re ward offered fur his capture dea.l ..r nil.e The authorities were bound to get It I in . hut he seemed to hear s charmed life fur awhile, and. altlmii-U snooted several times, he always man uued t.. escnpe liy some ruse or other finally he uu aurrouuded by a putm! aUMheftgg Torty ollcemcn mid taken prisoner, and when drought handcuff. ! t" Adelaide the entire popuiattun nf the t"Wli luinisl out to view the fa moil I'lishrn tiger. I hapix-ned to he tn the ettj at the time und witnessed the bangim.', and probably I was the 1 1 1 one In tbe vast efowd that felt a BMg of NglM He went to hi iliniiu with a smile, und after It was over tbe timid ones In Australia breathed a sigb of relief. as Ntupld a drain a your.' "I wa engnged at that time on my story. -The OMM That Laid the Oolden F.aa.' " "I l.elleve 2OO.01S) coplea were aold7" I is w s..n hroke In. "Three hundred thousand." "And sll tbe while," Interrupted 1 DawRon, "It wmr you who" "Don't be In Much a hurry. I'm tell lug this story. I put H.0 Into tue viiliire 1 Intended to eiid It ell on the printing snd binding. M Dora pcrsiiRded me to have It Illustrated. Ho l iiaid ei of the amount for pic tures The book was published through Lampblack Co. who put their Im print on the title iage. "Three months psssed. end I got a ebMh from them for $V7 60. The pob- He didn't clamor for ibe goose that laid the golden egg worth a cent One reviewer ssld thst it was easy to pick out the goose thst didn't lay the golden ! egg. which cuinpllmenlMry remark evl- I i detitly refernsl to the suthor. Another I time in. mill ptMBBd, Mini I got Mnother ebort r.r i;.t:. WhMt wm my unrlse when the n. t ipiarterly piijnienl was made to i.i'll.'ili After that one da when j I was Introduced lo a man he looked at me curiously and askiil. 'Author of -The OMM 'list I -a Id "" Oolden I Kgg-' " ' Suipilsed. I ndinllte.l that 1 nml with a heart llutter The mil day I was tnlil kg a friend that im lH.uk was lielm; talked admit, ami. topping at u I k and m-ws stand, the dealer hM me thai he wus selling It like hot cakes I asked him t what In- attributed the sudden increase of sulci, and he replied: " The public wants It.' Thla satisfied me that 1 hsd at least struck a isipulur velu. and I hoped to cllmii tbe ladder of literary lame. "To make a long atory short, my uutel ws talked about by everybody, rich and poor, high nml low. In six months I hud cleared a small fortune; l hen Hie sales fell to nothing. I hsd i made some money, hut no literary rep 1 utatlon "Iora aud 1 were mauled Mud went to Kuiupe mi a drhlal trip One day while on the voyage over I wa twit- ting her ou her want of appreciation . of my ability to succeed a an author, when he aaid: ' Tlte reviewed who aaid that It was easy to pl'k out the goose thai didn't lay the gajoflffg aW "'"' half light. Now listen to me. "'One day afler your no el had full en fist.' she went ou. I concluded lo try a BtBT up an luleiest In It I went I to all my friends ami told Idem there we n hidden meaning In the title aud I asked them to gues nliut II was They iuii weal uisiut propoondlng tin- qvan j to theli friends It gut BOeaed about that there wa a mystery In ihe boos I that did not appear on the surface I I re enforced Ihe position h propound i tng tbe query whether the gnoee was i a goose or a gamier. This set people I to quarreling as t" Whether the hero. Tun I'hiiun.t feller, or the heroine. : Miriam Twaddled.v. was the Btratery To luif my n lends 1 enggjBBtad thai the iHHik was wrllleii to .tdtocuie lie- 1 cause "f rates i.u aumen; to the nth er half thst It wua au uttack mi the ulilllties "f "in se That's all. I di'ln'l tune t do BM mole The pud lie pot hungry for Ihe goose, ami we ' got the gulden egg.' " Hturdevuiit pausnl. "Why haven t you followed up your success'" asked Dawson. "Because my wile would not per mit me to kill the goose thst laid the HAVE YOUR CLOTHES PRESS ED THE UP TO DATE WAY NO Scorching Burning or Glossing Bring your suit and see how it is done or phone and III get it. YES Lasting Creases Uniform Finish and Perfect Shaping ONTARIO PRESSARY W. C. BEAMGUARD. Prop. PHONE 147 J -V Who Wins the Battle? All other thhigM being equal, it 'h the man behind the gnu thnt wins the ficht. And it's true in other iil'fuirs besides battles. In bunking or in business, sneeess is tine to the men behind the muster. W take priafa In the statement that even employee of our bank is instructed to lie courteous to the public, und to rentier even rongonhtlfl service possible. We take pride in the fact that the officer, direct. -i and shareholders, the men behind this bank tic among the leading men of this community, men who ean be depended upon, men who make this bank what it is tmlav, a stroii-.. reliable, secure financial institution. First National Bank Ontario, Oregon A GOOD BANK IN A GOOD COUNTRY 14 Range and Alfalfa Land at reasonable prices and on 10 years time at 6 per cent interest. We have 500,000 acres for you to select from. Write or call on A. W. Trow, Agent Oregon Western Colonization Company A. W. TROW, Agent ONTARIO OUBGOM Music on Ubrtlfn morning lot POD HAl.fc OH I'llADK Wor Edlbon Diamond ranch property, wen eaiuniisiieu piv ots at Tie Kill-'fltahle huHiues. in Oils city Ontario It come .rou au Disc. Kur payn;- Try The Argus for Want Ads Ballarat Ham was a had man, but he golden rgg ' sal Ebtute Co DHJ sou Shop. had played fair with bm.