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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1920)
THE ONTARIO ABOUS. ONTARIO, OREGON, THl'KSDAY, PEBHUAKY 12, 1920 tin: crrv iiaii l iiimi.imno THING 111 HiIh Htructuru erected nt n ro t of $10,000 Is housed tlio city go riimoiit with tlio Council Chamber. Recorder's office, MnrHlinl'H office, nnil offlco of tlio wnter supcrlntontloiit. Tlio Coniincrclnl club occupies quurtcrfl on tlio second floor nnil tlio fire (IcpnrtniPtit linn n portion of tlio owcr loor. V 0 T.T DEPARTMENT STORE BOYER' S for 1920 Dry Goods, Shoes, Ladies' Suits,. Coats, Dresses, Gossard Corsets, Centemeri Kid Gloves Millinery, Notions, Everything to he found in an fi.i up-to-date Department Store i tx Sfrvi For Automobile Starting Batteries We Recharge and Repair . All Makes of Batteries Call for a free battery test , Service Batteries for rent Electric Service & Battery Go. "For Real Battery Service" Opposite Moore Hotel Ontario, Phone 15 AL Every Saturday at Our Store For Saturday, February 14: Grocery Department Sugar, '8 pounds for $1.00 One dollar's worth to a customer High Patent Flour, per sack, 49 pounds, $2.90 High Patent Flour, per bbl., $11.80 Rolled Oats, 9 pound sack, 70 cents Bulk Coffee, a good one, per pound, 40 cents Florida Grape Fruit, 2 for 25 cents California Grape Fruit, each 10 cents Delicious Apples, per box, $1,25 Mill Run Feed, per 100 pound sack, $2.40 IVieat Specials Pork Steak, per pound, 25c Beef Steak, shoulder per lb., 20c Beef Pot Roast, per lb, 18 to 20c Boiling Beef, per lb, 12 1-2 to 18c Pork Sausage, per lb, 25c Bologna Sausage, per lb, 18c Weiner Sausage, per lb, 20c Veal Pot Roasl, per lb, 20 to 25c Veal Slew, per lb, 15c We Pay 63 cents Net for Butter Fat Indepen dent Market 1 ll t mmm . I LEGION WILL HONOR T( 1.1'uiiiu Mill to ld.l Speed J'losti.in iiikI Will Distill. ulc (I'ltllU'iac. to lt'I.H li's of Men Wliu l)iii In heulii'. With modal exercises on Wgsh Ington's Wrthday, post of the, Amr i.Hi Legion thruout the oonntry will assist In conveying to two uejtt of kin of the American soldier, tailor and marines who died In the war. an HXpremdon oi appreciation on tit part of the French government In the form of engraved certificate Ontario I'oit to to keep In line with this movement and hold a meet ing at which certificate will be proeonted to relative fit Ontario men who made the supreme snerifise. Franklin D'Olier, national com mander of the Amwiwn Legion. hs made arrangements with the adju tant general of the army for the dis tribution of approximately 1 18,40 certificates through posts of the Le gion HI ill 1 1 1 - .illl tottJI vsIkn ii t- l.f.Mi nrialili'i In t inst illing lii out I) lug bttrlloiiH the ctTti llful'b Hill lie mailed 'I li Lrtifl(-ates for relative of ie- eust'il Muldlers who reside lu foreign .countries will he presented through I tlie military attaches of the allied oo ii it tries, while those for I'orto KIo, Alaxka. Mauiln and Hawaii will be distributed under the dlieeiion of the several department commanders of the American I .eg to u. The certificate shows a group fig ure from the eoiiUitanh In the Avprtu dea Cham lis Klysee. I'srlx. In the scroll above are the deles "I'jU-MlV." Above the group U a quotation from Victor Hugo wbhb freely translated reads, "The people should eoine to pray at the graves of those who died for their country " The Inscription reads "To the memory of af the I'nlted States of America, won died .for lib erty during the great war, the tloni age of Pranee." and the engraved signature uf the President of the Preweh Republic, lUyutoed Holncare The honor roll hi made up uf 17,- 913 soldier. sailors and HIT marluef. The' Marin Corps reeeived IU full allotment of testimonials too late to address and sent them to ill trlit i-1 miting iirfuiK fin i.llvor In Infill pusU fur pri'M'iiluiniii and all Murine Corps leNtlinoiilul Hill Nfi-orilliigl) be mulled direct to the next of kin e In a letter of Instruction to the various iostn, I'rniikllw D'Olier, Na tional CommsHder of the American legion, said: "Iteferrlug to the prnitosed pre sentation or Honorary Certificates by the Preach hlg rommlsslou at the di rection of the I'rench government to the next of kin or the men of this country who msde the supreme aacrlfltH In this World War. your hearty rooitaration is sought lu order that every preitsratlflH may he made through your efforts not only to a raus that command our deepest respect but also to a oeromoity that will establish nnre and for all uhat this great brotherhood Is doing lu the Interest of those lees fortunate than iHimolvea." I a urogram rnrmsneu uy me com munity Serrte Incorporated has been distributed to American Legion i post thruout the country suggest lug the form of exercise. u Include ad dresses and musiaal flumkers Includ ing both Prenh and American com posltlons peetal seetloiw will be reserved for the relative! of the ilcail. to . hoiu tln H'rilfnuti'' m hu dlxtiiliutfil follovUlig the rert iiiouy. CAN"!' KKUI' IIOI'KK WITIIOI'T'IIIIC 4IIIIIS HuhxciilMti- Kiiiiiiiii l n llililiiut nt Oiituihi WiiiiIm to llimi rnMi (intliiiiiw- Will, Tiki, In the mall today the Argus n oeivod the followliiK letter from sir It. W. MoCormlok, daughter of Mi ami Mrs L II Itawls of this clt who now IIes in DsjUtu. WnnbluK ton. Mrs McCormiek says'. I'lea suud ua a hill and we will seuil cheok and continue tho Argus, fur 1 can't koop house without It. end 1 you havo some haak numbers seim them for I would like to read nbou tho flu situation lu Ontario. IS. i. SStnlloy. who has hesu 111 for thrco weuks, is ulilu to be out am around ugaln, tho nut yet able U r. turn to work. Mr. and Mr. H. A. Vrtmt. who havo heqn III, are bbtter. Mr. FWmmm whb nblo to return to bis hnsta on Monday for part of the day, fcM Urn lVuser Is still aoiupellwd to rSBin ut homo.