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iL THE ONTARIO ARGUS ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920 dMvM i-l-iiKw4iJ.Jt -4xJ.tllHi-i-.vt i-4--l--! &&4-4l&4-&4t-M-frt4' p B li HH luHnl H mII 1 11 Ml I till I fl B i. B Hill tllji lilfllllilljllll LlulmlliliUiUrHBfe IHW Hilil ulli 111 H SOTrWffl iWl HfiLiI Uflli Kji H hILtTIIJJI Kill Sin lNUJ a vlll VnTCTr imiiiiiMiBkiB MJjHilwflwIllliIliWIWNW "ON WITH TIIK DANCE" AT D11EA.MIj.VND THEATUE Mao Mutiny mul Dald Powell nic lVntuml In mi IntoiiMcly Drnniiitlc (Iitirgo Fltzniniiilco Production of Now York Life Sonlu Vnrlnoff, young, beautiful, mid money-loving, cornea to America to polti her father, Dlmltrl Vurlnoff, librarian to tlio Wealthy Schuyler Van Vechtan, wlio lives In the tower of ono of Now York's skyscrapers which his business success has built. Lady Joauo Tromolyn, daughter of an English countess, has boon brot to this country by her mother for tho purposo of making n rich marriage Tho favored suitor In Jlmmlo Suther land, a Wcstomor, with too much monoy and too llttto brooding. Peter Dorwynt, Van Vcchtan'B secretary, Is In lovo with Iady Joano and hla em ployer agrees to help them. When Sonla makes hor appearance Schuyler gives hor over to Potor to look nftor. Tho girl becomes attach ed to Potor and very Jealous of Joano. Dlmltrl, hor fathor, Is accl dontly killed by a car. This tragedy coms to draw tho protty orphan still closer to tho socrotnry and In n scono that Is dollborntoly framed by 8onla to win Potor'B lovo, Joano becomes convinced that ho no longer cares for hor and breaks off their engage ment. Shortly nftor ho marrlos Jimmy Sutherland. Tho union Is very unhappy. Potor, still In lovo with Joano, works harder than over to forgot. Hut tho devotion of Sonla for him Is so Innocent and passlouato that ho bIvoh In nnd marrlos hor. To bring Joano nnd Potor togothor as frlonds, Bchuylor gives a dlnnor par ty, at which Sonla nnd Jlmmlo Suth erland start u flirtation. Thoy fre quently attend paries togothor aftor that. Como to tho Dreamland on Tuos duy or Wednesday night and sco how plot Ih rovoaled. "ItV THE HEA" OllEAT VEHICLE FOK CHAPLIN Whon "ly Tho Soa" comos to tho Dreamland thcatro Friday, Septem ber 2. Charllo Chaplin will cavort In what has boon termed his "funni est ono-reol comody. In tho course of this thousand foot subject tho exponent of laughtu crams moro act ion than Is usually tho caso In two part comedlos starring his many Im itators Ho has plcko dtho beach at tho son short this tlmo ns tho scono of his nctlvltlos. As a fllrtn tlmiH young man out for a good tlmo ho gets his wish. Aftor many laugh nlilo adventures which bring discom fort to his companions and Joy to his nffectlonnto disposition. Sho forgots to mention that hor sweothonrd, a hoavy sot gontloman carrying n heavy punch In olthor hand, Is also loltor Ing In tho vicinity of tho boach. Noodloss to say, said sweothoart bobs up at tho wrong moment (for Chap lin), Thoro follows ono of tho most upronrlouH chaBOB In which Chaplin linn ovor boon tho loading flguro (whon wo sny loading wo monn Just that). Ho loads aweothoard, Edna and a motloy crowd down tho boath, upBotlng chairs and umbrollas. thonoc to tho board walk whoro tho vnrlous Htands offor n tomptlng tar get. IIAIlllY OAHEY IN "HUMAN HTUFF" MAJESTIC HATUHDAY FIvo years of globo trotting nftor leaving collego has mado Jim Pierce nversa to settling down and conduct lug his father's prosperous manufac turing plant In tho East. Aftor con vincing both himself and his father that ho Is a futluro as a business man ho decides to go West and manago n ranch which his fathor owns. Tho foreman of tho ranch and tho owner of tho neighboring land aro conspiring to got control of tho pro porty and tho arrival of the son spoils tholr plans Thoy sohemo towards his failure. Jim circumvents thorn and, In a . lottor to his fattier, humorously sug gests that ho has everything ho wants but n wtfo and would appreciate a nice eastern girl to shnro his llfo on tho ranch. A fow weeks lutor schoolmate of his slstor arrives to homoatcal somo land. Jim believes sho has boon sent by his fathor, His romance Is nipped In tho bud by the Jealousy of Hoka n Spanish girl tho sister of ono of his ouomloa. How Jim Plorco finally decides to end tho machinations of his foes and win freedom to enjoy llfo aud hap piness, la told In "Human Stuff," the nowost Harry Carey production, which Is coming to tho Majestic next Saturday. CANDIDATE FOK HENATOU ATTENDS COUNTY FAIH Among tlio out-of-town visitors nt tho Fair on Wcdnosdny was It. N. Stanflcld, republican cnndlduto for United States Senator. Thru out tho stato politics arc Just beginning to line up and the movement for a llepubllcou senator thru tho Sennto cnmpnlgn commlttco header by Sonntor Miles Polndcctcr of Washington has taken an nctlvo hold of tho campaign to mnko Ore gon's dolegatlon unanimously repub lican. Whllo over horo Mr. Stanflcld, al ready famllar with tho problems of tho stockman and rancher thru his own holdings In both thoso Indus tries, Is getting nddod details of what tho mon want dono In tho way of legislation to mako their consumma tion moro spocdy. POPULAH IUDEH INJUUED IN IjABT EVENT OF DAY Harllo McCulloch ono of tho popu lar rltlcra In tho bucknroo events nt tho fair was Injured lato this after noon whon his horso reared nnd foil on Its back pinning him beneath It. McCulloch was picked up by other riders nt tho track and rushed to n doctor's office for modlcal attention At this writing tho naturo of his In juries was not known. FINAL ALLOTMENT OF ROAD FUNDS IS MADE Monoy to Bo Avallablo to Statos During Noxt Two Yoars. Washington. Hnal nllotmont of the fodernl road fund was announced fot uio In tho various states during the coming two years. Of the allotment Oregon's portion will bo fl.C78.lC2 Washington 91.444,028 and Idaho $1, 226.050. Thrso allotments aro all subject to each stato matching tho sums appor tioned to them to be spont on tho sam projects as aro the fudornl funds. Tho apportionment Is under tho road nets of 1918 nnd 1010, and Is all that tho states will rccelvo unlets the con Kress makes further provision. Allotmonts Just announced are lnrg er than any previously mado out ol tho federal treasury, as tho lawecon tomplntod, nnd tho states In conso quenco aro called upon to appropriate moro liberally for roads than ever loforo in ordor to rocolve benefits under this nllotmont, but the depart ment reports that to dato no state hns failed to moot, If not surpass, tho federal nllotmont, and In conso quenco no stato allotment of past years has over been forfolted. 5,600,000 IN U. S. PAYING INCOME TAX Washington. Mora than 6,600,000 flrnsri and Individuals are paying In come taxes this year, according to figures mndo public by the bureau of Internal revenue Theso figures also racal that practically 3,000,000 tux payors already have paid their Incomo taxes in full. The bureau's statement shows that 4,900,000 persons ars paying income tnxos on Incomes of 15000 or less and that fewer than 600,000 of this mimber have not paid their taxes In full, choosing tho method of payment by Installments. Individual returns for Incomes In excess of 15000, in cluding thoso of Individuals aud firms, numbered 700,000. Nourly 350,000 corporations havo filed Income tax returns, but only 65, 000 havo paid In full, MEXICO IS U. S. OIL HOPE 12 Per Cent of Potential Capacity Now Being Produced. Washington. Mexico promises to become the oil reservoir of tho west ern hemlsphoro, the department of commerce declared In a review of the petroleum Industry. With Increased consumption In tho United States like ly to exhaust producing fields here within 20 or 25 years, Mexico, the statement said, "offers the most en couragement to the American oil In dustry, both for present production and geographical situattou," Exhaustion of 40 per cent of tho producing fields of tho United States, tho department's rovlew stated, has causod Mexico to take second place in oil production, although only about 12 per cont of the potential capacity of Mexican wells is being produced. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Evonts of tho Week Briofly Skotchod for Infor mation of Our Roadors. Tho dates tor tho annual Ilodmond potato show have been announced as October 14, 15 and 16. A sale of Holsteln cattto held In Marshflcld brought excellent prices. Nineteen head sold for $16,000. Tho Alsca form bureau Is planning to havo n comploto community fair during tho week of September 20. Cnto Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs, with headquarters at Wash ington, inspected the Indian school at Chemawn. Petitions nro bolng circulated to havo placed On tho battot In November the question of Sundny plcturo shows for Corvallls. So serious has tlio housing problem becorao In Albany that tho chamber of commerce will call a meeting to con sider tho situation. Henry W. Kramer was electrocuted when ho came In contact with an elec tric wlro at the comer of Fifth and Hlnlne streets In N'cwbcrg. Moro than 100 dolcgatcs from nit over Oregon assembled nt tho Ilaptlst church In Corvallls to attend tho Oro gon Daptlst state convention. The Oregon annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opens In Mc.Mlnnvlllo on September 29, Ills hop W. O. Shcpard presiding. Tho fall fishing season on tho Co lumbia river npoued nt noon Friday and tho Indications aro that only a small amount of flth will bo packed. Hobbera singed a hold-up In the Ore gon Electric Hallway station at the foot of Jefferson strcot, In Portland, obtulnlng $91.27 from W. J. Walton, agent. It. II, Ooodln, secretary of tho stnte board of control, left Thursday for New York City where ho will pats several days making an Investigation of tho flax markets. An appropriation aggregating at least $50,000 will bo sought by tho stato fair board at the noxt session of tho legislature with which to orcct n new building on tho fair grounds. Loyal Legion of Loggers nnd Lum bermen of district No. 2 hold tholr annual convention In Salem Tuesday. This district oxtonds from Portland to Eugouo and along the Tillamook coast. Two new postolflcos havo boon es tablished In Oregon, one known ns Dourno, Uakor county, with Margaret 8. Tnbon ns postmistress, and tho other, Klrkford, Klamuth county, Charles W. Slmonson, postmaster. The annual tournament of tho Na tional' Fly and Halt Casters for 1921 has been awarded to tho Multnomah Anglers' club of Portland. This Is said to bo tho first meeting given n city west of Chicago by this organization. Since tho opening of the norlal forest patrol at Medford July 1 patrols In airplanes havo been In tho nlr 110 hours, nnd In that Umo have patroled 345,180 'squnro miles, according to a report received by the war dopart meut. Members of tho Salem Automobile Dealers' association havo under con sideration Institution of a friendly suit In the courts to test out the motor vehicle law and determine for what purposes u dealer's license plate may bo used. Tho 45 aero loganberry tract of Druce Cunningham In tho Liberty dis trict near Salem returned to Its grower gross earnings of $45,113 for tho 1920 seaaou. Net returns from tho tract aggregated above 13 cents a pound for his product. In the absence of any buyers, Salem prune growers estimate that they will receive a minimum of 10 cents a pound. Ilased on tho anticipated crop of 16,000,000 pounds In Marlon county, this figure would bring the growers $1,600,000. The 1920. apple and pear harvest at Hood ltlver has been launched. Pack ing of Uartlett pears and Oraveusteln aud King apples Is under way. The first carload of Graveustclns was ship ped Tuesday by the Hood Hlver Fruit company to New York. The dehydrating plant and the can nery at The Dalles uro both appeal ing to the women of Oregon for as sistance In putting up the pear and prune crops of this season. Doth plants are short moro than 200 women em ployes, and It Is feared by tho man agers that tho crops may rot before they can bo taken caro of. Tho United Railways of Portland has filed an application with the Inter state commerce commission to dis continue service on that part of its lines botVeeu Llnnton and Wilkes boro, covering approximately 112 miles. At the same tlmo an applica tion was received by the interstate commerce commission asking that pop mission bo -granted the Portland, Astoria St Paclflo Hallway company to take ovor aud oporate the line to bo abaudoned by the United Railways corporation. 'TVVW'W - Wf'T - 4WH - t"Wt Dreamland Tues. and Wed. Sept. 28, 29 Adolph Zukor presents a George Fitzmaurice production "(hi With the Dance" with MAE MURRAY and DAVID POWELL Faster! Faster! Slaves of Pleasure, lost in the spell of Broadway's lights and laughter. Driven by the lash of unfulfilled desires on and on dancing, loving, thirsting for new. sensations bey ond the law beyond virtue into the abyss. A vivid, lavish drama of human souls who drank of too much "life" on New York's Great White Way. Every Scene a Sensation n n tt :::: ii i. , i Coast to Coast Mall Otartcd. Chicago. An cxtonslvo dally coast to coast mall sorvlco was begun whon planes loft flvo cities. One piano will lenvo ench morning from Now York with mall to San Francisco, ono from San Francisco for New York, one from Choyonno, Wyo to San Francisco, ono from Salt Lake City to Can Francisco, ono from Chicago to San Francisco every dny except Sunday nnd ono from Chicago to Now York ovory day ox copt Monday, First Woman Named Commissioner. Washington. Prosldont Wilson ap pointed Mabel T. Doardmau, for many years a member of tho executlvo com mittee of tho Amorlcnn Red' Cross, to be a commissioner of tho District of Columbia. Tho appolntmont makes Miss Doardmnn tho first woman to be a member of tho commission which dlrocts tho ontlro government of tho district. 300 Known Dead In Italian Earthquake. Flvlzznno, Italy. Throo hundroa dead already have boon counted In tho Italian towns and villages devastated by tho earth shocks of tho past few da) j, but many rnoro missing un doubtedly will be udded to the tolls as the chocking up process proceeds. Navy Becomes Bone Dry, Washington Spirituous liquors re ceived tholr final and comploto divorce from the United States navy In an order made public by the bureau 'of medicine and surgery prohibiting tholr Issuo to naval vessels for medicinal purposes. PEARL OIL (KEROSENE) An ideal home fuel for oil cookstoves, oil heaters and oil lamps. Get it at your dealer's, STANDARD OIL COMPANY (OALironniA IMPROVED WHEAT LAND For Salo by owner, 4 miles from Enter prise, Oregon. Would exchange for Irrleated land in Southern. Idaho or rtrneon. Would assume Indebtedness if trado Is made. Address John W. Ashby, Clorkston, Washington. 42-4$ Pd. - 1 - tW - it"m - ! 9WWWWWW9W1 Wear your Clothes out on your Back Don't Rub them away in the Washtub -EEBaSJpSMiUtmSfSfiL. MULE - BORAX SOAP CHIPS PENETRATE THE FABRIC AND LOOSEN THE DIRT, WHILE PRESERVING THE TEXTURE. "DIRT CAN NOT fflPifi m 5$$$ 4 m .rtl" ft) "IT'S THE BORAX IN THE SOAP THAT DOES THE WORK" THf ARGUS PRINTS -$rp4&&'t 4 H n TEAM RESIST THEM" BUTIERWRAPS m sx-i-brr .r w . ft .