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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
Brief News of the Week


The much discussed order issued by
Secretary Daniels last April banishing
all intoxicating liquors from the
American navy became effective We'd
nesday.
Thousands of school teachers from
every section of the country will be.
gin to assemble in st. Paul at the end
of the week in anticipation of the
opening of the annual convention of
the National Educational association.
The centennial anniversary of the
battle Of Horseshoe Bend. In which
General Andrew Jackson broke the
power Of the Creek Indians and saved
the great southwest from British dom.
ination, will be celebrated Saturday
with exercises on the battlefield in
Alabama.
one Of the most drastic prohibition
laws ever adopted by any Of the states
went into effect Wednesday In West
Virginia. The law not only prohibits
the manufacture, sale and importation
of intoxicating liquors, but forbids the
sale of any newspapers or periodicals
containing liquor advertisements.
The biggest mercantile failure in
the history of the United States was
precipitated when receivers were ap.
pointed for the II. u. Claflin Company,
OF New York. The company. II Is es.
timated. owes more than 100000, 600,
which at the present time It is unable
to pay. Its assets are said to be
S44,000,000.
Nearly half the "old Witch City,
of Salem. Mass. rich In historic build.
ings and traditions, was devastated
by fire that caused an estimated
loss of S2O,O0O,O00 destroyed 1000
buildings, including n score Of man.
ufacturing establishments and made
10000 OF the $4,000 residents home.
less.
The hundreds of Norweglan.Ameri.
cans who have returned to attend the
festivities In commemoratlon of the
centenary OF Norway's independence
will hold n big celebration In Chris.
tiania Saturday In honor OF the lndc.
pendence day OF the United states
The feature Of the celebration will be
the unyeIlIng of a bust Of Lincoln, q
gift TO the Norwegian nation from
Governor Hanna OF North Dakota.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
New eovill Fire Ordinance.

Bovill.--Thc council, because of the
recent fire entailng a sl25,O0O loss,
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
erection OF any building except II be
of stone. cement or brick with given
specifications of thickness of walls,
cts, within certain prescribed area,
inclOdinc the main business section
and also a large area which is likely
to become so. Frame buildings within
these fire limits can not be repaired
enlarged nor altered in any manner
without permit from city council.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
MONKEY CATCHES MEASLES.
Romped With Human chum Who Al
ready Had Disease,

Romped With Human chum Who Al
ready Had Disease.
birmingham, Ala,-Pat. one OF the
biz monkeys at the Avondale zoo here.
has the measles.
Pats keeper has prescribed dose OF
castor oil. ana the monkey Is expect
ed to get well in short time,
Pat caught tho measles from his
friend. lurb Nr.n, a nephew or the
ker,ur payiuu Allen. Fat and the
boy are great friends. The boy caught
the measles and was confined 10 bed.
Pat got lonesome and insisted on see
ing his friend He didn't show his In
sistence in the usual way. but Mr.. Al
len says he could not misinterpret the
monkeys despondence and lack OF APP
petite. He took the monkey TO see the
boy
AS soon as Pat got In the door he
broke away from the keeper, jumped
on the bed and began 10 frolic with
Jack. Two days later Pat was all
broken out with the measles and very
sick.
Mr.. Allen didn't conhne the two
friends to the same bed. but he did
take Pat home for treatment and says
the monkey is doing well.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
orcutt Aoain Sued for Libel.

Orofino.-James w. Blake, president
of the Orofno State bank, has filed
suit for libel against p. l.. Orcutt, pub
Usher OF the Republican, asking $685.
OOO damages. The complaint practi-
cally covers the same ground as that
OF p. II, Blake. filed on July Sth.
P. ii. Blake alleged an article in Or
cuffs paper was defamatory. This is
the third suit against orcutt based on
the article.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Plan for Mere Autonomous Gov
ernment in Philippines Is
Laid Before Congress.

Washington. An administration.
approved plan for more autonomous
government in the Philippines as an
other step toward independence was
laid before congress, in a bill intro
duced by Congressman Jones OF Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. Jones is chairman OF the house
insular committee, and his measure
declaring the purpose of the people Of
the country as to the future political
status of Fllipinos, follows long ser.
les of conferences with the president,
Secretary Garrison, Manuel Quezon,
the Philippine resident commission to
the United States, and democratic
members of the insular committee, all
of whom have approved 1t informally.
The bill makes no attempt to fix n
date for Philippine independence. Its
preamble recites that It was never the
intention OF tie people in the incipi-
ency of war with Spain to make 1t a
war of conquest or territorial aggran-
dizement. 1t asserts that II always
has been their purpose to recognize
the independence of the islands "as
soon as a stable government could be
established therein" II declares IL to
be desirable to place in the hands of
the Filipinos as large control of their
domestic affairs as may be consistent
with The exercise in the meantime of
the right of sovereignty Of the United
gtntpg
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16

Ktllogg.-Word has been received
that Frank Il. Goodlng. former COVER.
nor, will appear here at political
rally July 2S. The local committee
has made arrangements 20 have the
meeting In the Industrial union audi
toripm. While Gooding is q candidate
for the senate. the committee will ar.
range for public meetings Tor any can.
dldatcs who visit the Coour d'Alcnes.
Goodng II slated to speak In Wallace
july %.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
Frelaht Rate centested.

Boise Examiner Pugh, OF the IN.
torstatc commerce commission, open.
ed 4 hearing IN this city In the case
OF the Boise Lumber company against
the Pacific a. Idaho Northern Railroad
company and the oregon Short Line.
In which the lumber company asks
for n reduction In rates for hauling
sawlogs over these roads ana the re-
ooyery OF alleged excessive freight
rates.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
culdesae Votes Water Bonds.

Culdesac.-The taxpayers of Guide
sac. at a special election, voted bonds
10 the amount OF $4,000 to purchase
the present water system, the vote
standing 55 for the bonds and 8
against, AS soon as the necessary
steps have been completed the muni-
cipal authorities will take over the
plant and make extensive improve
ments.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
news Of GENERAL
/ INTEREST IN IDAHO
Important Occurrences OF The
Past Week From Cities
In Our State
Plan to Build a Railroad.

Wallace.--Another railroad is to be
constructed in Shoshone county to be
known as the Emerald Creek railway
accofding to articles of incorporation
filed in the. office of the county re.
cordsr. The new company is an Idaho
corpbration, with its principal place
of business at st. Maries, and is In.
corpbrated to locate, build, equip and
operate a railroad by steam or elec.
tricity, starting at connection with
the Milwaukee railroad, in the south.
west corner of Shoshone county, and
running in a southerly direction fol-
lowing Emerald creek for about 25
miles.
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be desirable to place in the hands of
the Filipinos as large control of their
domestic affairs as may be consistent
with the exercise In the meantime of
the right of Bovereignty OF the United
States.
Wilson viii Stand by Warburs.
The administration met defeat in
the first stage OF It's fight to have the
senate confirm the nominations OF
Thomas d. Jones. OF Chicago and Paul
NJ Warburg. OF New York, ms mem.
bcrs of the Federal reserve board.
The banking and currency commit.
tee voted I to TO report the nomina.
ton OF Mr.. Jones TO the senate with
an .unfavorablo RECOMMENDATION. and
agreed to postpone indefinitely fur.
ther consideration of the nomination
OF Mr.. Warburg.
THE senate must. take the respon.
slbility for an incomplete federal re-
serve board. The president Is deter
mined to stand or fall by Warburs.
lie will not nominate a substitute for
him"
This was the declaration given out
unofficlally as the White Houses last
word on the controversy between
President Wilson and the senate com.
mittee on banking and currency over
the confirmation of Paul Warburg and
Thomas Jones ms reserve board mem
bers.
No attempt was made In admins.
tration circles to conceal the fact that
the issue had caused an almost com
plete split between the president and
some OF the leading democratic mem
bers OF the upper house,
Bryan Defends Columbian Treaty
Secretary Bryan issued a statement
vigorously defending the proposed
treaty TO settle differences between
the United States and Colombia over
the separation OF Panama. The treaty
has met vigorous opposition in the
senate, and eX,President Roosevelt
has attacked il as vehicle for the
payment OF "blackmail,"
Mr. Bryan declared II was necessary
TO discuss only the fact that an es-
arrangement existed and not the events
which gave rise to the differences;
aud that, regardless OF whether Co
lombia has just grievance against
her more powerful neighbor, no one
would deny that the former country
sustained great financial loss, consid-
eraby more than the S25OOO,OOO
which the United States would pay
under the treaty, through the separa-
tion OF Panama.
As to the expression of regret on the
part OF the American government, 20
which opponents OF the pending con-
vention offer their bitterest objection,
the secretary said this was almost
Identical with a similar expression in
the Dubois memorandum on the basis
OF which the Taft administration un'
successfully sought to placate Colon
bia.
National Capital Brevities.
A delegation OF Chicago business
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
National Capital Brevities.

A delegation OF Chicago business
men called on the president to protest
against certain antitrust legislation
which has been proposed.
The house passed the bill which the
senate had approved providing that
homesteaders might dispose of the
surface rights TO lands which contain
ed minerals.
Secretary Wilson, of the department
OF labor. is pleased at reports he is
receiving which ipiicate that the num-
ber OF american citizens emigratipg
to Canada is decreasing.
President Wi,,on believes that bust
ness men are coming around to the
administratioo view OF antitrust leg
islatiOa and re willing and ready that
the program laid out be put through
at the present session OF congress. He
made this plain to callers, following
a talk with Henry Ford, the million
aire auto manufacturer. and other rep
resentatives of business.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16

Mrs. Margaret Anderson, widow OF
Colonel Edward Clifford Anderson,
and a great granddaughter of Thomas
jefferson, died at Savannah. She was
. native OF Virginia.
A donation of s2,55O,O0O from John
ID. Rockefeller TO the Rockefeller In
stitute OF Medical Research was an
nounced by Henry James. manager OF
the institute. This gift brings the
sum total OF Mr.. Rockefeller's contr''
button to the institute up to sl2,559.-
900.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-07-16
Twin Falls Man Out.

Twin Falls.-M. j. Sweeley, Of this
city, has made formal announcement
thai he will be candidate for the
republican nomination for the office
of heutenant-goyer Leaders OF the
republican party in this part OF the
state are reported TO have pledged
their united support.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
Sounds Fish Make.

The horse mackerel, or scad, is
said to grunt. Purring noises are
heard from the cuckoo gurnard
when it is being removed from the
water. The herring, again, is said
to emit faint squeak when the
net has been drawn over it, and
there are other fishes which are
credited with vocal powers.
Most certain of all is the case Of
the little creature known to many
a shrimper and fsherboy as the
hummer, or hardhead (Cottus scor-
pius), the sea bullhead, which, when
held in the hand near to the ear,
produces so distinct buzzing noise
that it cannot only be heard, but
felt, since the vibration caused by
the sound is perceptible by the
hand. 1t seems to be the result of
fear and comes apparently from the
inside of the huge head.-London
Globe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
Skating.

Skating is believed to have been
invented in northern Europe in pre-
historic times. William Fitz-Ste-
phen speaks of it in London toward
the end of the twelfth century, but
it did not really catch hold until the
cavaliers who had been in exile with
Charles II. brought it with them
from Holland. On Dec. l, 1862, Mr..
Pepys, having occasion to cross the
park, "frst in my life, it being
great frost, did see people sliding
with their skates, which is a very
pretty art" On the Sth he went
purposely to see the sight and again
found it "yery pretty" = London
Chronicle.
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START A BANK ACCOUNT.
Then Your Money Won't Be Burning
Hole In Your Pocket.

"a bank is built to keep money
in--and your pockets are so ar
ranged that you spend it." To this
effect spoke a farmer who was be-
ing interviewed by a writer for a
banking magazine. Before the farm
er made his discovery that it's easier
to spend money out of your pockets
than money in a bank account, he
followed this plan Qet him tell it):
81 made money. A lot of it l
carried around with me and the rest
l left at home. Somehow or other
| never got ahead. l couldn't I'M
derstand it. | blamed the weather,
the crops, the markets, the tariff
blamed everything but myself"
Then this farmer got his idea. At
the time he had just $50 above his
immediate needs. He started the
bank account with $40. That $40
stuck, and he began to add to the
account. He said to the interviewer:
"With cash in the bank | was
able to take advantage Of opportu-
nifty when it came my way. 0ppor-
tunity takes off its hat to the man
with cash. The more money you
have the more opportunities you
have. | notice opportunity doesn't
hang around the poorhouse.
81 got that field over there cheap
because l had the cash in the bank
to pay for it. Pretty, isn't it? And
it pays tool"
There is a definite moral effect
produced by starting bank account.
You feel under obligations both to
the bank and to yourself to make
that account grow. 1t is like under
taking some bit of work in which
you take a pride-you don't want
to fail. There is a positive stimula-
ton of success. If you make that
bank account grow normally you are
not only going to be richer, but you
are also going to be stronger and
more capable.
Opportunities which open out to
the owner of a bank account mean
two things to him. First, they show
him the way to make more money. |
That may or may not be a good
thing. Better, they show him a way
TO become more active, more alert.
more useful. If he can take adj
rantage of opportunity to make his
bank account enlarge his field of
work and interests he will help to
yet up higher standards of achieve
nent in his community.
So your bank account becomes a
moral bracer.-Chicago News.
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Do as Suicide.

French veterinary surgeons are say
Ing that Lepreux's dog deliberately
committed suicide. "Dyck," as his
name is spelled, had been as attached
to his master as his master was to
him, and he whiMed by day and night,
refusing every atom of food. The dog
was taken out one day, but he was
hardly in the street when he ran in
front of a tramcar. The driver was
able to stop in time, and "Dyck" es-
capped without a scratch. But as soon
as the vehicle moved on he repeated
the performance and was crushed.
Veterinary surgeons who have hos
pitfalls for animals consider this no
novel case, and quote many cases of
dogs suicide.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
WATERVILLE

Schools in town began Sept. s.
Mrs. B. Button is visiting in st. AL
bans.
Lee c. Tillotson was in town last week
from Morrisville.
Miss Mona Locke is home from st. AL
bans for week.
Benjamin Como and wife are visiting
relatives in Proctor.
Mrs. Ethel Lyon and children have re
turned from Lowell.
Miss Maud Darrah was home from
Hyde Park over Sunday.
Mrs. Maria Beach of New York is Wis
iting Mrs. E. H. Shattuck.
Mrs. Oscar Davis of Westford is visit
ing her son, Clarence Davis.
Mrs. Maud Kelley of Burlington is the
guest of Mrs. Helene Shattuck.
Mrs. R. A. Wiley visited Mr.. and Mrs.
B. ]. Kelley in Morrisyille last week.
Mr.. Armstrong of Burlington was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Darrah over
Sunday.
David Smith is very i'll with rheuma-
tism. A trained nurse from Burlington
is caring for him.
DR.. Beecher of Burlington was called
in consultation with DR.. Maurice at Da-
vid Smiths Wednesday.
Rev. George Wescott of Isle La Mott
was the guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. B. Wescott, last week.
At the Progressive caucus G. II. Beard
was elected chairman and II. F. Beard
secretary and the following delegates
were chosen:-State, II. F. Beard; Dis
trict. E. J. Leach; County, Ami Leach.
d. B. Cakes, o. g. Kelley. The Nation
al Progressive Town Con mittee is made
up of G. III. Beard, g. V. Thomas, II. L.
Cakes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
STOWE

Don't miss Hills lecture at Morrisville
Friday evening.
Miss Diantha Stoddard, who has passe d
ten days in Waitsfield, returned home on
Thursday.
Miss Pettibone, who has spent the
summer at ''Seven Springs" has returned
to Brooklyn, N. Y.
At the regular meeting of Sickle Chap.
ter, o. E. S.. last Wednesday evening,
Miss Belle Buzzell was initiated into the
rider.
The usual meeting of Harmony Pomo-
ma Grange, P. of H., in October, will be
omitted. The next meeting will be held
in Decem Der at Stowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Perry and daugh-
ter. Gertrude, who have spent the sum-
mer with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C..
o. Jelliff, at Lookout Farm, have It.
turned by automobile to their home in
Southport, Conn. Mr.. and Mrs. Jelliff
VIII ioiHdiu d suoll Iiiue iouBtT.
Miss Ruth Mcmahon gave tea party
last Wednesday afternoon in honor of
her cousin, Miss Mildred Mcmahon, of
Minneapolis, Mimi, who is visiting her.
Among those present were, Miss Hamil-
ton, Miss st. Julian, Miss Dorothy Her
ron, Mrs. G. o Burt, Miss Rebecca Burt
and Miss Minnie Smith.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
He Ouqht to Know.

1t is said that the late Professor
Coin of Breslau, the famous bota-
mist, thus opened his course of lee
lures on botany: "The four chief
constituents of plants are: Carbon,
c; oxygen, o; hydrogen, H, and
nitrogen, n" Then, writing down
these four letters, with apparent
carelessness, on the blackboard
COHN-he smiled, observing, at is
clear that | ought to know some
thing about botany"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
Steam Power,

The name of the first man to dis
cover the power of steam will never
be known. AS early as $50 B. c., at
Alexandria. Egypt, we hear of "Hero's
engine" a sort of steam using engine.
From the time of Hero to the seven
teenth century the subject is unheard
Of. About 1901, Giovanni Battista del
la Porta wrote a treatise on the steam
engine. The great name in the his
tory of steam and its application is
James Watt, 1853.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
PUBLIC RlDlCULE.
At One Time 1t Was the Common Pun
ishment For Criminals.

It is the problem Of all ages to
make the punishment fit the crime,
but they seem to have come nearer
its solution in Plantagenet times
than they ever were after the intro
duction of fogging.
When burglary meant the total
ruin Of the man who kept his whole
fortune in the house the burglar
was hanged. But in the same period
public ridicule served as a punish
ment for most crimes, and the man
who sold bad meat was placed in
the pillory and his bad meat burn
ed to windward of him; the vintner
who sold bad wine was forced to
drink some of it, and the rest was
poured over his head. For more seri-
GUS ofenses the criminal had to
walk along Cheapside bareheaded,
dressed only in IA shirt and carrying
a wax taper, escorted by the may
or's sergeants.
The result was that law and or
der were maintained far better than
when men became brutalized by the
horrible tloggings Of Georgian times.
Punishments became worse with
religious prosecutions, and after the
reformation the pillory, with its ter
rible accompaniment of slit ears,
whippings, ETC., became popular, to
say nothing of torturing, burning at
the stake, and so on. At St. Thorn
as hospital one of the female nurses
"for a grave offense, contrarie to
We lave Of God and according to the
profile Of three WITNESSES, was or
dered to ''be punished and have xii
stripes well laid on
But all this, bad as it was, was
less demoralizing than the terrible
criminal code of George IFS reign,
when there were forty-eight crimes
punishable by death and forty pun
ishable by whipping, transportation
or pillory. Flogglng for mere va
grancy began with Henry VIII, and
as late as 1904 six women were pub
licly whipped at Gloucester for this
unavoidable offense. And never did |
public morality sink so low
In those good old days we fogged
our sailormen ''to encourage the 9th
ers," and there were many trussed
at the triangles who would now be
simply admonished. A pleasant
form of punishment was "fogging
through the fleet" 1t was given
o the ignorant sailorman who struck
l superior officer. And when he
lad been carried from one ship to
mother and ffegged in each he sur
yived-if he was unfortunate-for
TX months. The lucky man died ac-
neutrality-suspicious. Chronicle.
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The VOGUE of Braid.

Colored braid is popular trimming
for suits. Usually braid of the color of
the suit is used. but sometimes braid
In dark blue or black or green is used.
Braid sashes are one of the notes for
the season. They are generally formed
of two strips of braid stitched together
lengthwise TO form Sirdle or sash five
or six inches long They are made of
braid woven in various combinations
Of deep red. dark blue and green and
black
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-09-16
a Wonderful Goroe-

Yosemite valley. in the southern part
of the Yosemite National park, is a
great gorge about seven miles long and
three-fourths of a mile wide. with
level park like meadow in its center.
The great cliffs which form the wall
of the valley rise almost vertically to
a height of about 5000 feet, and in
many places are beautiful waterfalls
which have vertical drop of from
GOO to 900 feet