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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1919)
i. ju- a"4 " fK - iy(tea. -JL3iJcM.,wcMgar.atj3x. THE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11' 1919 -&.?' uVOtM Ontario Meat & Grocery Co. Ontario, - - Oregon Phone 3 Wholesalers nnd Retailers of Meat Products Hetail Groceries, Fruits, Etc. Everything Good to Eat r-acnrrc A FAIR store for FAIR people FAIR prices FAIR weights FAIR adjustments FAIR treatment FAIR measure Have a FAIR time in our FAIR city Among FAIR people at the FAIR MMMW Taggart Hardware Co. OIT A'tfin On A'tfin Gone A 'gin Kinnitfun. That's the kind of service you'll get when you want Gas or Oil if you stop at THE GLOBE Oil and Gas Service STATION on the principal corner in Ontario E. C. PROPST, Prop. ORIGIN OF DOUR-h NCCKERS Ample Prosf Thst They Antedate Weittrn Civilization by Many Hundreds of Years. Tlio mlglu of door-knockers Is nl limit lost In obscurity, mill their (level of'iuont from mere articles of utility to objects of ii rt lias lieeti u long, slow process nf evolution, covering centu rleo nnd nutcdntliig western clvlllrn tlou liy ninny hundreds of yenrs. The first general use of knockers tlmt Is positively known wns among tin' nricl-viit Greeks, who prohnhly adopted tliein from tho Kgyptlnns. Wo nro told (lint tli Greeks considered It a lirencli of good tnnnuers to enter n homo without warning the Inmntcs, nnd Hint the gpnrtnns gave this notice by shouting their arrlvnl, while the Athenians nnnounccd themselves hy uslug the knocker. Its Introduction doubtless ciimo ot the time when doors superseded hnnglngj, for the purpose of Insuring greater safety or privacy. In the Greek houses of tho better clnss a porter uns In constant attend mice nt tho door to ndmlt visitors. Slaves were usunlly employed In this mpnclty, mill were rhnlned to the door posts to prevent their wandering and shirking the mmlotony of the duty, nnd In order to nwnken them n short bar of Iron wns fastened to the door by n chain, to tin used ns n rapper by those desiring entrance to the house. It Is said that this strictly utilitari an rapper, us It was tlrst culled, was 1 often wrenched from the door to be , used as a weapon of offense by visitors who were not friendly disposed toward , the householder. A Inter development I wns a direct coiieiiicncc of this mis use, tho next type being In the form of n heavy ring fastened by n strong clamp or pinto to the door, thus serv ing tho double purpose of knocker and handle. Prom Greece iho custom was trans ferred to the Itomnns, and with tho western trend of early clvlllratlon to lieiirly every country of Ihirnpe. Tho Introduction nf knockers to KiiKlnml, where together with Italy and Ger many they have attained the greatest artistic development, was no doubt due to the Ilomiiu i-nnn,iii'st of western llu rnpn nnd Ilrlliiln. Architecture. CAMPING IN OLD MOROCCO Travel by Caravan, the Chief Means of Transportation, Has Many Pleasant Features, Tho Moroccan enenmpment, whether It Is military or that of some trnvellng bnnd, Is nlwnys picturesque, ICIsle V. Well writes In Asia Magazine. Tho tents of persons of-dlstlnctlon nro oft en surmounted with copper bnlls nnd decorated with arabesques of cloth. Camping Is a lino art In Morocco, where the roads nre nlmost linposs nble, nnd llru chief menus of trans portation Is by caravan. All day ono rides across tho great plains, prodigally covered with Iris, daffodils, daisies, buttercups nnd wild lavender. Perhaps a wild band of horsemen will gallop by, their robes, ten gveen, salmon colored and blue, streaming In the wind, their horses richly caparisoned like those of some crusading king. Occasionally one skirts a little village built of mud and wattle and surrounded by fields of whent and hurley. Hero nnd thcro tho white domed shrlno of some saint rises se renely nbovo the plnln. And nt sun down the shepherds playing on their reed Mutes drive their flocks of sheep nnd gouts home from pnsturc. Then It Is time to pitch tho tents near n grove of ornngo trees or on a fairy carpet of red nncmnnes. Ono dines on ronsted sheep nnd eous-cnus nnd Is lulled to sleep by the songs of tho gunrd under Iho Intenso hi no of the Afrlcnn skv. SIGHT WELL WORTH SEEING Canyons of Southern California' at Times Furnish Spectacles Nothing 8hort of Remarkable. The spectacle or rain, fire and flood nil occurring at the same time, Is not an unusual sight In same of the can yons near I.os Angeles, says the Scien tific Amerlcnn. The most notable ex ample Is near Santa Monica, which Is on tho southern coast of California. The precipitous sides of tho canyons debauching Into the Pacific ocean In that vicinity nro composed of clay and shale. Whenever rnln falls on these rocks, great clouds of steam rise from the canyons. The canyon crests and faces aro crowned hy vitrified rock burned n dull red. It Is reported by the early histo rians that when the Mission fathers visited this region 100 years ago the t atlves avoided these places. They clnlmcd that these msterlous canyons wero the abode of evil spirits nnd the Indians could not be Induced to guide tho priests to their vicinity. Actual Hume has also been reported In one of these canyons. Ilenco the occasional newspaper accounts of no tlvo "volcanoes" near tho const of Cal ifornia, The phenomonn nro evident ly due to fires In the pelrolcum-bcnr-Ins. shales which crop out In theso re gions, Tho cnuso of the fires Is un certain. They mny be started by light ning or they mny be a case of sponta neous combustion. FLOUR RE-SALE The United Htntes Grain Corporation Announces that It will soil "Straight" grado Iltur to nil purrlUBors, lit carload lota. In 140 lh. Jute oncks, gross wolght.dollvercd lo any Hull. prlstaK tho States of Oregon, Wrshlnclon, nnd Idnho, nt not tooxeced $10.00 por bbl. net cnBh. I'ufcliiiBors will eh supplied from nearest nvnjl able milt, which may result In slight saving for buyers' account. Wholesale nd Jobbing profits on such flour must not oxcecd 7Co por bbl. nnd irctnllor'a profltB must not exceed $1.2G por bbl. Address all communlen (Ioiih to I'MTUI) HTATKH (IHA1.V C'Oltl'OHATION r.10 llonrd of Trado IlulldliiR Portland, Oregon VIOLIN ALWAYS THE SAME For Centuries Shape and Substance of That Tuneful Instrument Have Not Deen Altered. liven In this ngu of hustle nnd chungo, snmo few of tho old standby remain unchanged, but nt that It U ruther stnrtllug to realize that tho vio lin, probably the best loved of nil mil- Meal luiitruiiifutH, has renmlned virtu ally unchanged In shupo or Mihxtunco for three centuries. In that time tho I luu-plcliurd, lute nnd spinet have pass ed iiwuy, the harp has been Improved, tht- pluno ha been Invented and de veloped, but tho violin, which took a bundled yearn to assume Its present form, Nlnce tho days of the greutStra dlvurl, tho world's most famous vio lin maker, has remulned unchungi'il. Tho Tliilln In popularly supposed to dalu from the diis of tho ancient In dians, hut the present Instrument had ltn beginning back In tho days of Iho troubadours, who used musical boxes called vlole or gullal llddles. Ami ns tho years went by the little vlolen were Improved. The khupo was altered; hit by bit the Instrument changed. Now n bridge was added; now n wnlxt; oprnlng on either side nf the bridge were mlded. And from 1000 to 1700 tho violin In dustry rokO to Kit greatest achieve ments In tho developments of Amatl, Giurnerl, and Stradivari, Italian vio lin makers living In tho town of Cre mona. Since their tlmo there has been no cbunge, and the fluent nnd most priceless musical Instrument of today Is ii .Slmdlvillllis violin, mado three centuries ugo hy tho muster craftsman Stradivari In Cremona. Poetry and Plagiarism. After Longfellow's (em "IJsrelslor," first uppeured It wns copied nil over the country In tho various Journals. It was not long In reaching Kuglund, where It met with tho same enthusiast ic reception. Longfellow, In his diary of September 1, 1871, notes; "I jecelved from Mr. Henry Gersonl t day u Hebrew translation of 'Kxeel slor.' " In the writing of "Kxcclslor," Long fellow was churged by a number of critics with plagiarism. Ono of theso claimed that the poet had adopted Hues from Ilraluard'ri poem, "The Mocking Hlrd," but to this the poet replied: "Now, when In 'Excelsior' I said 'A voice fell like a fulling star Drain nrd's poem was not In my mind nor had I ever read It, Of u truth, one cunnot strike a spade Into the soil of Parnassus without disturbing the bones of some dead poet." Petrol! I'rea Press. Had Wide Use. Unlike the diamond ami the ruby, the emerald uppeured to have been widely used, according to ancient nnd medieval writers, for useful us well ns for ornamental receptueles. Drink ing cups cut from tho gem appeared to be the popular forms. Of some of these receptueles It was claimed that they possessed the magic quality of turning water poured Into them Into n pleuslng drink with an exhilarating kick, perhaps a mint Julep, that would doubtless, If they could be found, give them priceless value In tho Lund of the Tree and the Home of tho Urine, and Instead of being a June Jewel, the emerald wou!dbe tho peerless gem of every month In the year. TWENTY ROUNDS BOXING Thursday, Sept. 11,8 o'clock New Carter Garage, Ontario v !? 'tTBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSw 10 Rounds for the Championship of the Northwest Frank Barriaue Of Boise, Idaho. CANADIAN MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION vs. Gordon McKay LATE OP U. S. ARMY FRANK BARRIEAU , Champion of Canada Woight lf0 Pounds Ten Rounds Preliminaries Five Rounds Between Kid Max of Nampa and Kid Barrows of Boise ! i - , ssfai BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBW GORDON McKAY Late of U. S. Army, Portland Weight 150 Pounds Five Rounds between Two Local Boys, under the auspices of the Ontario Athletic Club H. H. TUNNY, Promotor NICK COLLIN, Referee General Admission $2 Ringside $3 Including War Tax Including War Tax -