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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1919)
-5 THE ONTARIO AUG US, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11' 10.19 See It I It's a Wonder The Universal Light and Water Paul System In operation at the Exhibition Hall on the Fair Grounds doing the work you have wanted done to give your ranch home all the advantages of a city residence See It ! IV s a Wonder A. S. Brown, Auto Co., Ontario Vale Machine and Welding Works, Vale, Ore. AGENTS and a washout swept nwAy a lot of our chops. The two I nm talking nbout NtruKRled on nnd found some sort of shelter, and tlicro they pat down to rest. Thu younger could hnvo got nwny, and como to vninp, hut he wouldn't lenvo Ills pal nlono In the storm nnd darkness and snow. "The next morning they were found together, asleep for good frozen stiff. Tho younger had his arms round his pal. He held n bit of broken biscuit In each hand nnd thuro wcro biscuit crumbs frozen Into tho mustncho of tho older man. "That's tho whole story. I don't know what their regimental numbers nnd names were, but there's a Hook whero their mimes tiro put down nil right nnd forever." New York Sun. Snail Operated Plane. Tho celebrated French nlnnnn, Georges Dombrlviil, hns utilized the welt-known Instinct which scientists hnve long observed Is possessed by snnlls. For somo unknown reason, a muill when placed on an Inclined piano crawls toward the highest part. When M. Dombrlvnl was Informed of this he placed on tho upper piano of his Mnurlcc-Farmnn mnchlno 8-9 pounds of snails, two-thirds of which were tho large, slow snails of Hour gogne, beloved hy epicures, tho remain der of smaller nnd mote ngllo variety. After rising to ubout l.r.00 feet ho was nblo to take his linmli off the controls for the rest of his two hours' flight. The snails moved In n mnss towunl the upper part nnd ru-cstnbllshed tho cuMlllbtlmn, Vlienctcr tho machlno dipped, cither laterally or longitudinal ly, thus keeping tho airplane In per fect line of night. HUNS MADE A CLEAN SWEEP What They Couldn't Steal In the French City of Doual They Ruthlessly Destroyed. My homo was In Dminl, writes Jrnn I'rolz In everybody's. When I visited tho town, soon uftcr tho (lermans left It, I found It untouched by shell lire. Htrnngo ns It may vcem, thu liutisni uro standing nnd the roof nro on the houses. Hut every place has been ransacked; so much ho Hint In my houso the only nrtlclo of furniture left nro two stools, one of which Is of no value. The other, u light gill foot stool In the drawing-room, Is smtished. i:very other nrtlclo of furniture has been stolen. , Tho valueless contents of every drawer were thrown on tho floor nnd soiled. Somo vulunblo paintings hy Corot were hanging In onu of the rooms. They were curefully selected, the canvas was cut out of the frames In the cleanest possible way mid re moved by tho (lermans, whereas n hole wns kindly kicked through the others. This Is n precise tnxtnuce of their methodical thefts. When tho tteotilo who lived in tho house wcro turned out by tho (lermans they took nwny the few paper (lint wcro In tho safe which was fast to tho wall; they left the key on the safe door nnd the door ajar, iik much ns to say that there was no need to break It open. Oiv the snfe I found n short hatchet, by mean of which the door hail been tminshcd. Is this destruction for Its own snkol No, this Is methodical destruction. Tho safe would eventually hnvo to bo replnced, nnd very likely hy ono of Ueriunu make. INSCRIBED ON GOLDEN BOOK Deed of 8elf-8cr:flce Not Recorded on Carth, but It Will Do Found Elsewhere. A Hrltlsh sergeant major, In ad dressing thu recruits nt a training station, xpoko of the soldierly duties that they would be called upon to per form, nnd concluded hy saying: "He proud of your regiment. It's your home for tho war. So stick to It nnd stick to your comrades, I never tiro of telling recruits n story of two men of our Second battalion In the D&rduucllc eXDcdlllou. A MliwO Hot One for Lawyers. Here Is n hot one on lawyers nnd n certain sort of sportsman. An attorney was nrresled for vlolnt Ing the gnmo laws catching 10 flsh out of season. He pleaded guilty, but when $-'10 per (1th was the line Im posed he withdrew his plen and got n brother lawyer to defend him. The Jury, In spite of the plea of guilty, brought In a verdict llndlng him guilty of catching one flsh only, and fixed tho fine nt 910. Onu of the Jurors ex plained to tho angry game warden ns follews: "Yes, wo knew he pleaded guilty nnd admitted catching 10 flsh. Hut tho Jury, you know, wcro nit of tho same mind. Ho was it lawyer AND a fUhcrmnn." Prohibition In Lithuania, rrohlbltlon, wblcti grew up over night In America, has long been an Is sue. In Lithuania, the small Hultlc re public Hint Is nsklng for a self-government that It hns long demonstrated Its ability to use. Lithuania has n small browcry nnd n still In almost every home. It hns little Intoxication. And It has n prohibition society wltfi172 brandies nnd I'O.OOO members through out thu country. Aerial Surveying. An expedition of six men traveling on motorcycles Is engaged In making a survey of a route for un aerial mall line from Sydney, Australia, to Lon don. It Is hoped to locate suitable landing places at Intervals or 300 miles, making use of mauy South 1'uctflc (lands. Turner Music Store Phonographs and Records ivr. . ' -V. Latest Hits in Sheet Music Ontario, Oregon fc.UV'. .i- JU I IMEMJM PLENBNT SJMSnsVsaMVS Motive Power Is Taking The Place Of Man Power on all Progressive Farms Bring your Power or Implement Problems to us. Your Power Problem is Our Oppor tunity, We want to help you solve it, and solve it correctly. 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