The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1909-08-27

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Prosecutor Js6ry has hled suit
against s5 insurance companies DO
ing business In Arkansas. askins
penalties amounting to esS,0oe.oo0
fot alleged violation Of the Arksn-
sas antitrust law.
During the present hot days In
Oklahoma the owners Of farms with
food swimming holes are charging
10 cents admission TO persons who
desire to take q plunge.
The British Admiralty has lent to
Canada . number Of naval omcers
who will advise on the work Of or
sanising the new Canadian navy.
Since the death OF Representative
Cushman. OF Washington. there has
been much haGsling among senators
and members ~ to who now becomes
the "homeliest man In congress.
Litigation has been renewed ir
New York over the Hamsrslsy o.
tate. said to amount to e6.0oo.soo,
after q lapse OF 2b years.
With . large representation from
Oregon and Idaho. the oreGon-Idaho
development Congress convened st
Marshneid, Oregon.
The police Of Budapest. Austria.
have captured as anarchists who re-
gently arrived to attend the forth
coming anarchists congress.
Failing 30 feet, s-yesr-oid Iris
hill. Of Portland. Ore. sustained
only slight injuries; 10 months ago
. man topping on the same Ore g.
cape was Instantly killed.
Gen. VIM. Booth. commsndsr-is-
chief OF the salvation Army. has
Essn operated upon for septic poison
Ing Of the eye. and may loss his
sight.
A company 10 being organised In
North Yakima for the purpose Of
fumisatinG fruit trees.
The famous stable Of show horses.
considered the best on the Coast. and
owned by John w. Considtns. Of
Seattle. was sold at public auction.
After . lengthy debate. the annual
convention Of the Montana Fedora
SION OF Labor went on record ~
favoring woman suffrage.
by piungins into the Lewis river
10 save the life OF bis little friend
at the risk Of his own. Freddie Bry-
ant. aged IL. made himself the hero
81 Woodland. Wash.
The names Of the two boys &C.
cused OF robbing 5000 from the
Santa Clara Valley tcai.) Bank, .
week ago. are Leo Nevins and Frank
smith. both Of Seattle.
John Christie. q deep-sea diver.
has been engaged by Il. r. Earl. the
millionaire publisher Of Los Angeles.
TO search the bottom Of the saa
Pedro hsrbor for the $4,000 strias
Of pearls lost by Mrs. Earl.
N. ID. Wisdom. one of the bsst-
known horssmep Of the Pacific
Coast. died At his homo In Portland.
Oregon. last week.
IL 10 said that enough pitehbisnds
has been discovered on the hecioud
river. In California. 10 supply the
world with rsdium for ell time.
In q battle between troopers ana
strikers at Pittsburs. Pa. following
q wild riot. six were killed. ten per-
haps fatally wounded and nearly .
score hurt
ouray. Colo. was visited by . dis
astrous cloudburst. water being
three feet deep In the streets. Ne
fatalities are reported.
An epidemic OF homicide crimes
swept British Columbia last week. no
fewer than seven murders In all be-
Ing reported.
Two lives were lost and two saved
- the result Of . rowboat accident
IN the middle OF Liberty Lake. one
,f spoksns's summer rssorts.
The United States cruiser 81,
Louis made = record run OF four
lays and 20 hours between Honolulu |
md San Francisco.
In the movement u stamp out
evolutionary tendencies. the span
sh government has closed % day
'ehools In Barcelona. On the ground
hat they are ssditiously iaeiiasd.