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THE ONTARIO ARC US, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1919 A r 0, Ontario Mdat& Grocery Co. Ontario, - - Oregon Phone 3 A Wholesalers nnd Retailers oi' Meat Products Hetail Groceries, fruits, Etc. Everything Good to Eat THE OSBORN MILUNERY RUMMAGE SALE In order to make room for my Immense Stock of Fall Millinery I urn having A Rummago Sale to clean up odds nnd ends of my sum in or stock at $1.00, $2.00 and $3.00 THE OSBORN MILLINERY Tlio scenes of Norma Tnlmndgo's latest Select Picture, "Tlio Safety Curtain," which wilt bo bIiowii nt tlio Dreamland on Wed., Aug. 20, aro laid In two distinctly opposlto ntmosphoros, bohlnd tlio curtain of n cheap London music-hall, nnd Its antipodes, social llfo In an army post In India. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH ONIiV FOHTV MILLION DOLLAUS7 Bupposa you wore a young man and Hiipposo you had forty million dollars. Then supposo Bomcouo Htolo tlio money from you, And suppobo you wcra caught In a Dro with a girl you loved, and supposo that you nnd tlio girl escaped with your lives, but without much clothes. What would you do noxt?, Dreamland, Friday, August 22. o Wouldn't it break your heart, If you wore a girl, and thought you had to sell a treasured shawl from your hopo chest? Sheila Mooro Kiiffercd that pfiig with n grin. It wasn't a smile thcro was too much pain In It but tlio grin revealed tlio Hplcnd'd Hplrlt t lint could not bo crushed. H you woro a salesgirl and tlio proprietor's son asked you to marry him would you do It? And If you did, and then wcro caught in tlio arms of his best friend, wouldn't you havo a ttmo of It explaining? Hliolla Mooro was In thin quandary, but sho was innocent and u victim of nppenr- anccs. What If you woro married; and your husband's family didn't approvo; nnd ho had to go to work; nnd you woro passed off as his father's ward; and his friend fell In lovo with you wouldn't that glvo you something to think nbout? Sheila Mooro had these troubles, but It was not all trouble Hint cnino out of her "Hope Cheat." Drcnmlnud, Saturday, August Sri. MAit;i'i:mTi: claim; i.v niiMdirri'Tii nei.i: MnrgucrMo Clark, tlio popular llt tlu Paramount star who recently bo camo tlio wlfo of Cnpt. II. Pnlmcrson Williams, after spending her honey moon In Washington, complctod tier new Paramount picture, "Mrs. Wlggs of tho Cabbage Patch," which will bo shown nt tho Dreamland theatre next Sunday and Monday. In this famous subject Miss Clark plays tho part of I.ovoy Mary, that Immortal character which is familiar to every child as well us to tho grown lips. Vwset; Z 1 y THE POACHER MILDRED WHITE DO AWAY WITH CHURCHES? SAVE Y0LR MONEY by Building a Home U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. B. WILSON, Secretary of Labor. Van Petten Lumber Co. Ohe power chain , e Gasoline Quality Red Crown" has a contin. nous, uniform chain of boil Jng points which gives easy starting, power ana mileage. Mixtures have "holes" in the chain. Look for the Red Crown sign before you (ill. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (C4iugtuij HA. A. IM H 40" SQ3 O. I). TEST, Special Agent Standard Oil Company, Ontario, Oregon, aaUOBWHIBH Home Comfort. "I understand Mr. Orubcoln Is good to hla family." "Yes. He spends not loss than ?'A 000 a yt'ur on his wife und daughters." "And what does ho get out of It, I wonder?" "Why, a place to ent and sleep when business permits, u, dressing-gown, an easy chair and a pulr of house slip pers. What more does n man wuutf Ulrmlnghniu Age-Herald. Jap Industry Stimulated. The war has greu.ly s limiiatcd tho Japaiieso to uudertuke the mnuurac lure of leather, mid several largo fac tories bine been established In Tokyo and other districts. Owing to the un developed condition or the the stock ludustry In Japan, practlrully ull the leather used In the manufacture of boots and shoes had heretofore been Imported. 4 Tho Literary Digest, August 2 carried tho following comment; "I10LSIIKVI8.M AND CI1I118TI ANITV "llolehevlsm and tho Chris. thin religion can not both survive," affirms tho report of tho Senate Ju diciary Commlttco on Ilolshovlsm. An examination of this report, says tho Minneapolis Trlhuno, will con vince tho' Amorlcnn Christian that "ItiiHs:nn Uolshovlsm triumphant in this country would bo followed by tho confiscation of 203,432 church edl llces; by the suppression of all dononi. (national Sundny-aclioolH, seminaries, and colleges; nnd by uthclst dicta torshlp dominion over 1,920,854 church mombors." What the Hoi- sliovlk government hns dono to show Its hostility to tho Christian rollglou Is thus summarized from tho Senate report by tho Minneapolis paper: "It has conllscuted all church prop. orly, real nnd porional. "It has established Jho rlgliUif iintlrellgloiiH propngandn as a con stltutlonnlly recognized Instltut'on. "It has supprost Siinday-schoolH nnd has oxpressly forhlilden the teaching of all religious doctrines In public, cither In schools or In educa tional Institutions of any. kind. "It prohibits rollglou from being tnught or studied except In private. "It lias nbollshod all recognition of a supromo bolng In governmental nnd judicial oaths. "It has disfranchised expressly ull clergy and servants nnd employees of church bodies und has doprlvcd thorn of nllrlglit to hold public positions. unuur tno out imperialistic re glnto sinner that it was It boennio tho pructlco by both contain and do. croo that ovory nowsp.por and ovory periodical published on Enstor Sun. day throughout tho Itusslan Kmplro carried tho conimemorutlvo hoad-llno, 'Christ Is risen.' On Easier Sunday of 1918 tho Ilolshovik publications substituted tho legend: " 'One hundred years ago to-day Karl Marx was bom.' " Should wo as Americans discourage or cucourngo tho building of modern church buildings? When a now church project is started in any com. munlty you will always hoar some ono say, "wo nro over-churched now" or "Thoy do not (111 the buildings wo now havo." Men who havo chunged their com- pleto buslnoss equipment In tho last ten-years in order to meet the do mands of modrn business, criticise tho church If It falls to do efficient work and be u power In u community ovou tho the church Is equipped for n program of twenty-five years ago. Theso samo people find fault If a church attempts to build adequately for tho next ton years. Past oxperlonco wurrunts us In say. 'ng that usually when a person ar gues) wo ure "over-churched," thoy will want to "explain" If nskod how much thoy have given to tho cliurchos now horol In some cases In narrow sectarianism prompts a few to bo. little any now project not of their own denomination, but this Is not so common as It was a few years ago. Christian people today lia'l with de light any forward step of any church. Citizens of Ontario will nil appre ciate the offer of the Methodist church Extension Board to appropriate flvo thousand dollars to onablo tho local Methodist church to erect a modern structure to equip them for efficient Sunday-school and social work. JAMES C. ERWI.N Adv. 'NOTHING DOING" IN COTTON Kitchen Maids of Sultnn of Morocco Entitled to Nether Garments of Expensive Stuff. The saltan nf Morocco was nlwnys nu absolute monarch, und In that on pnclly the revintifri of the. couuirj were IiIk. There had never been mi) dlNllnclluu between public fundi nnd private funds till belonged In the sill Ian. It un therefore no eny tusk to nrrlvo nt nn agreement us to which were stale and which private debts, mi luoxirlcuhly mixed had they been In lhe past. There wns, for liislnnee, u bill for soiiiu hundreds of jnrds of very expensive nnd very line crimson cloth. Naturally the protectorate nu thorltles scheduled this among the pri vate ildiK Tin- Miltnu protested. The cloth, he said, had been purchased for governmental purposes In fact (for the liiutsir of the Imperial kitchen mnldMj lor there lire sooml hundred sluvo-wwncn employed In preparing the piunce rooii. 'iiiU protectorate govern ment refined to be responsible for this debt. The cx-sultiiu drew up u liltorlnil treatise to prove that Im perial kitchen nmldi were part und parcel of the state, and passed, like uie painco itself, from sultan to sul tan. Tho principle wns accepted, but the debt was disallowed on the ground that theso good ladles did not require such expensive stuff for their nether garment. A cotton material, thoy ar gued, would have eqiiully well served tho pin pose. The nulluii's reply was unanswerable mid crushing. "In Ku rope." he said, "It may be tho custom for lhe Imperial kitchen maids to wear cotton trousers, but In Morocco we have more appreciation of the dignity of (heir position." There was nothing more (o bo said. Tho debt was paid by (he proteclorato government. .mm "the Liquidation of nSiilluimte," by W. II. Han Is. In "Asia" mngaxlne. Odd'FlllpIno Cuitom. Of (he Inherited rover spirit of the wild people of Dm no nnd their belief that the ilniili of u member of the fnmlly Is Indicative of lllo will of Allah for tin-in n chnngo their homes, the bureau of forestry s.ijs: "When someone dies In tho house built on the hind or homestead given to the bend of the family, the entire family will move to 'some other place, nnd In most oases- the house Is either binned or loin down nnd the bind on which it wan Imiit u abandoned for Mine yenrs. A bird of tho pigeon fam ily, locally known us Allmukon. Is the common god or fortune teller of the wild people of Davnn, Unless this bird uiuners fnvoiiibly to thelrsuppll. cations to go back lo tho old pluce, their old abode or abodes nro either forever nlmudoned or loft untouched for many years." slant eall to other things. And ua If '"""" ". aminor rieiu, Hue Delhi brought her car lo n stop, nnd sat up with n gasp of surprise. There before her lit the bend of the road was the iiiIl'IiuiI nf Imp fiivfirii.i picture. Shu hud not fancied, as she obtained ourn iiiinuringly gazed at tho beauti ful water color or a quaint old houe, Hint the house could possibly be real. More wns It like nn Idealization of an nrtlst. The plctiiro had drawn her from Its lli'M hanging on the walls or the art slore. Klncu then, It occupied the Oust wall space In Delia's own room. She had ridden fur, lost In her dis appointed thought, far beyond the well-kept slule road Into the rough I one of the outskirts, its iiuovcnness ' had passed by unnoticed, ns she won- I dered Tor (he hundredth time, why her latest story hail failed lo please. , Delhi liinl counted much upon Hint story. Heretofore she hud been for (untile In selling, what did Ibis story ' lack? If she might go over It iigulu. ' wholly eoiieeiilrntlns her thoughts. Delia smiled e.nlcnlly; where In the huhuh of her society home might she Hud concentration) Now sho know what had caused her fallure.ilhu eon In answer to her conclusion hefinoior suggestively loomed the Isolated house. She was out or tho our In n bnii.4l, it shrewd old Scotswoman coining to open Hie deep set door, waited to loam Delia's errand. "It Is so restful here," she explain, ed breathlessly. "I wonder If joii might be persuaded to take mo for u few weeks ns n boarder?" The neat Scotswoman considered. "Well now," she wild, "I'll usk Sandy." Sandy, hor'klndly old husband, was quickly HKieenble. "What harm," he asked, "when wo lire nloneV" So iirrangomcnts were inmle for Delhi to eomo upon the following day. Installed In her hammock Imek along the boll) hocks, tho Scotswoman left the girl with one Injunctien: "If joii sou nny trespassers," she rami I, "whistle for Sandy. There's been many lately, coming t,o filch our fruit or lo llsh In our stream. The stream mustn't he disturbed." "I'll whlslle," Delia promised, nml she left her hummock to examine tho stream, I The wnter color had given no prom- Iso or lids strenm. It went rippling merrily on beyond the furthest trees. I AltltA.VfW TO KKKI AVIATOIW I.V TIII.M I'Olt INSTANT C M, Tho Director of Air Service la nr rnnging n plan (o provide an oppor tunity for the rosorvo ortlcors or tho Air Service to keep up Hying practice so thnt they will be or value to the govominont should nn oniergeno ! rise. Otherwise the country will loso the oxporlonro those nvlntori hn - nnd thus the money uncut on tholr training would bo wa-tcd Mnny reserve offlcors have mndo known their doslre to obtnln llylnn Iprnct'.co nnd the government Is In pos session of qmiiitlllos of flying equip ment, planes of nil types, hanger , ropalr outrun, etc, which will InoW tably bo scrapped unless some menu Is provided for their use by the lljlni. men who havo gono Into tho reterve It Is coutomplHted to organ zo re servo units within the dlffer'nt lo enlltles. ltoservo Hying officer" rcild ,111k In tlio Sacramento Valley 1)1 ; trlct, ns far south as Fresno, In the Sim Joanqii:u Valley, nnd ns far nurtn 'ns Seattle, Wash., who desire to be long to this reserve unit and re culvert n certain amount of training ouch )car In tho different tpes or machines, nre requested to send their ' name, rank mid nddress to Cnpt Chinaman Rude Joy In Work. While nature has been kind to Chips In the girt or natural resources, "the nature and quality -of her people jus tify high expectations of their ability to utilize theso resources for the bene (It of nil mankind. Tho Chinese have wrought out u standard of living which for elllclency In (ho realm nf labor challenges tho world. When tho state ment Is tnnde that n Chlneso laborer con work for 12 hours of tho 21 for 15 cents n day nnd board himself, tho suggestion will naturally come to mind, but what of tho quality of tho work) Tho Chluamnn has not yet raised the question of tho number of hours which constitutes a day's work. He tolls un complainingly from break of day until (he evening star Is clearly In sight, nnd this ho will do cu-ry day of the week. Holidays aro not frequent, und work Is tho sourco of his Joy, A Toothsome Thing. "I see where a poet claims to have Interpreted tho soul of a mushroom." "Ahl" "In association with a thick, Juicy teakftl am understand how a niusht room might lift u bard on the wings of song." It looked Invitingly cool on this hid summer day. Delhi was possessed of an unruly desire herself lo dangle u Hue mid to lllch tho lino fruit. Sho sat still Instead, watching a "tirlxo cnlch" which camo neiuer und neuier. And Just us It came very near, a man's voice whispered reughly: "Don't startle him, I'm going to throw u Hue." The man himself Immediately CMine Into low j Ids khnkl trousers were covered with mud, an old felt hat shaded Ids bold, dark eyes. "Don't joii iliuul" cried Delia; she clapped her hiiiiiW to frighten tho llsh. Tho man turned on her Impatiently, then seeing her Hushed cheeks and In dignantly glowing eyes, he smiled. "Well" ho begHii, "what do you mean by that " "I mean," Dcllu answered steadily, "Unit you ure trespassing and that you must have rend tho forbidding signs outside tho wall." "I did," the limn ndmltted. "And yet you deliberately enmo to llsh." Hho decided to whistle for Sandy, "Did you Intend," she added sar castically, "to ulso help yourself to the fruit)" "To n few of those choice plums perhaps," the mun leplled. Ho calmly suited tho action to tho word. "Whnf right hnvo you to object Y' (he poacher questioned, ho was smil ing. "I live here," Delia unswored brief ly. It wai tho man's (urn to stare. He did so unreservedly, while tlio per plnxlty of his gszo gave way to frunk admiration. "Live hero)" he repeated. Sand j 's burly figure camo crashing through (he brumbies. "Olrl!'' ho mutlered, "what n fccaro yo gave mo ; f thought yo needed help. Hut If master's hero " "Hello Sandy," pleasantly greeted Iho man, "who may I usk, Is this young ludy who Informs mo thnt my house Is her place of resldeuce)" Sandy (lushed. "She's Just u bit of a hoarder," ho said, "tho wlfo nnd I thought It no harm to tuko hor In for u while sir, you not being expected home so soon an' ull," "All right," tho man unswercd with a briisquo gesturo of dismissal. Delia camo closo to hlui, raising to Ids, her lovely, embarrassed face. "You culled It your house)" she questioned. The man bowed, Ids suillo wns strangely reassuring. "I'm an artist," ho explained. The old place took my fancy and I bought It so that I might come out sometimes (o pulnt. Sandy and his wife nre my faithful curciakcrs. "Muy I tell you," Delia asked, "how I happened to como hero) It Is really quite wonderfull" And Inter when the two went suuni tcrlng, up tho garden path together, tho sunflowers nodding their golden heads nt each other, seemed to smile. (Copyrlskt, J!, Wtitirn Ntvissvir Union) rnmoiito, Cal., who has been deslg. nutod by tho Department Air Ser , vlco OfTlcor to list tho officers for tho Sacramento unit. Tliono residing In t tho Day District would commuulcato ! with 1st I. lout, (leorgo II. l'redell, I 711 Snuln I'o llldg., San Francisco, Cnl. Those In tho I.os Angoles Dl s , trlct, to Col. U. J. Mygatt, Hum Field, AroHdln, Cnl. The District Include i , tho aron between Venice und San llornndliio nnd hs fur south to In elude Santa Aim. Those In tho Sim MInifii ntilrlitlln f'.il Haul,,,, Il,i1r. ( ........, ... ,.- I well Field, Ran Dlerto, Cal., this dl . trlct to Include all (owns In Cullfor ' n In south of Santa Ann. I It Is ulso requested thnt nil dl charged enlisted men In the Air Ser vlco wlio desire to become member of a reserve unit to oominuiilntt ' with thu officers designated above A plnii whereby tho above scheme can ho nffoeled, Is now being nr ranged by the Director of Air Service At prOMtiiil no plan Is In existence ex copt (lint tehools mid colleges for lt( sorvo Ofrieors' Training Corps unit i und college giving coarsen In mil Itury training prescribed by Secretary or War. It Is believed (hut under this plan authority will be given whereby those reserve nulls can ull! Ixo surplus storuM of clothing, equip iiiout und material. T. 8. FOS8, Cnpt. I. M. A. , U. 8. A Commsnd.ii f Kim. nml Mou, Aug. I". IK. M.it(;ii:itrn: ciaitu in "MltS. WHUJS OF Till CAItllACK PATCH" I'ntlio News Tuns Aug. 10: ii:oit(iu WALSH in "W'TTINO IT OVKIt" .NoMriT.V.HCIV Wed. Auk. NOIt.MA till TAI.MAIX.I: In "TIIH HAFUTV CUKTUV I'ntlio Xhwn Thins, Aug-! i'.ujum: !l: "THK VllW l'llKIi:it(( K In :oi' ito.Mt- l.NO IJlVHIt" AImi Keilal ".MAN OF MIOIIT" I'll. Aug. 2'Ji WAU,.('i; Illtlll In "TOO MAW MILLIONS" also Hnrolil l.lojd Coined) Hal. Aug. tilt: Mndueo anil Kwiiilng DOItOTIIV CISH III "TIIH IIOI'l. CHIT" nml I'onl N'oww Weel.1) ii n