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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

THE ARGUs-PHONE ls-J
IL us Job Priatips. rou wiah-ws
viii please yoa. We are ready at all
times 70 quote prices oa all rear
priatiks.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

PRNTINa-@t sls riEhi piss a.
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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

They de aVt spesd . dollar Of theil
nsasy sish tas fstnAse & ess.amsr.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

Tksy DO not bay zaythlas fren ths
f<s~s~ es eoasamss trss = piotsrs
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

Thsy % aot bug your srsis. bssssr
eAssss sas siock frs@ pictures an,
pay In advance ths ssnt - you ~.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

1hsy O. ast. 70 rstssa fsr the rsra-
r censznsrs ftads-tAs turner who
ssss thsir eicthisE. hoasskVIs goods.
casn i4pieasosts. ete.--buy ths fsrHs,
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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

rhsy asssr spsaa a aolisr With yeu
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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

neg 10 sst sppsss u, esatrAii.
uss u bpsiassa "a ths lsr1s causA
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

Thsy DO nor fsraish enpl0ymeas -
. single resident Of your community.
They'll Not Give You crsait
They 40 not extsnd 10 you credit. as
does tho local mssehsnI when y0u are
hard 70.
Tier DO D0i sympat tbizo With y0u az
. tials wiieu you have Sickness Ia your
family.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-12-06

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os-ansuriaies = kssa o~ss~ Nssess
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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

aside and spake with him lowly az
mysteriously. He nodded decisively
and then said aloud to Whistling Dick:
Listen, sonny, 10 some plain talky
talk. We five are on lay. I've guar
anteed you to he square and you're to
come In on the profits equal with the
boys, and you've got to help. Two hun
dred hands on this plantation are ex-
pecting to be paid weeks wages to-
morrow morning. Tomorrow's Christ
mas and they want to lay off. Says
the boss, Work from five to nine in
the morning TO get trainload of sugar
off and I'll pay every man cash down
for the week and day extra They
say: Hooray for the boss 1t goes
lie drives to Moo Orleans today and
fetches back the cold dollars. Two
thousand and seventy-four fifty is the
amount l got the figures from a man
who talks too much, who got 'em from
the bookkceper. Now, half of this
haul goes to me and the other half the
rest of you may divide. Why the diff
ference? / represent the brains. It's
my scheme. Here's the way we're going
to get II. There's some company at sup
per in the house, but they'll leave
about nine. They have just happened
In for an hour or so. If they don't go
| pretty soon Wen work the scheme any
how. We want all night to get away
good with the dollars. They're heavy.
| About nine o'clock Deaf Pete and
Blinky II go down the road a quarter
mile beyond the house and set fire to
n big canefleld there that the cutters
haven't touched yet. The winds just
right to have it roaring in two minutes
The alarm II he given, and every man
Jack about the place will be down
there In ten minutes fighting fire. That
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

II leave the money sacks and the
women alone In the house for us to
handle"
Boston" interrupted Whlstling
Dick rising to his feet, thanks for de
grub yous fellers has given me, but I'll
be movn' on now. Burglary is no
good. I'll say good night and many
tanks fer"
Whistllng Dick had moved away a
few steps rs he spoke, but he stopped
very suddenly. Boston had covert d
hkn with short revolver of roony
callber.
"Take your seat" said the tramp
leader. "Td feel mighty proud of my
self If / let you go and spoil the game.
You'll stick right in this camp until
we finish the job. The end of that
brick pile Is your limit. You go two
inches beyond that and I'll have to
shoot Better take ii easy, now"
ITS my way of doin'," said Wits
ting Dick. EASY goes. You can de-
press de muzzle of dat twelve incher
and run 'er back on de trucks. l re-
mains"
"All right" said Boston, lowering his
piece, as the other returned and took
his seat again on n projecting plank in
pile of timber. II don't want to hurt
anybody specially, but this thousand
dollars I'm going to get will fix me for
fair. I'm going to drop the road and
start saloon in little town know
about. I'm tired of being kicked
around"
Boston Harry took from his pocket q
cheap silver watch and held it neal
| the fire.
ITS quarter to nine he said
'Pete, you and Bllnky start Go dow
the road past the house and fire thC
cane in dozen places. Then strike fol
the levee and come back on II instead
Of the road, so you won't meet any
body. by the time you get back thu
men will all be striking out for the fire
and wen break for the house and col
lar the dollars. Everybody cough III
what matches he's got"
OF the three remaining vagrats, two
Goggles and Indiana Tom, recllne'
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

lazily upon convenient lumber and re-
garded Whistling Dick with undis-
gulsed dsfavor.
"Dls planter chap" Dick said, "w'ot
makes yer t'ink he's got de tin in de
house WI mn"
s"Tm advised of the facts In the
case" said Boston. "He drove to Moo
Orleans and got it, say, today. Want
to change your mind now and come
INF"
"Naw, was just askin'. Wot kind
o. team did de boss driver
"Pair of grays."
''Double surrey7"
"Yep.".
"Women folks along"
"Wife and kid. Say, what morning
paper are you trying to pump news
.for2"
II was just conversin' to pass de time
away. ! guess dat team passed me In
de road dis evenin. OATS ALL"
Dinner, two hours late, was being
served In the Bellemeade plantation
dining room.
The talk of the diners was too desul
tory, too evanescent to follow, but al
last they came to the subject of the
tramp nuisance, one that had of late
vexed the plantations for many miles
around. The planter seized the occa
sion to direct his good-natured fire Of
ralllery at the mistress, accusing bel
of encouraging the plague.
81 don't believe they are all bad
she said. 1--WE passed one this evening
as we were driving home who had ,
face as good as it was incompetent
He was whistling the intermezzo iron
'Cavalleria' and blowing the spirit o
Mascagni himself into it,"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

eral times before on the levee at night,
Tor the officer, himself lover of mu-
sic, had been attracted by the exqui-
site whlstllng of the shiftless vaga-
bond. Still he did not care under the
present circumstances to renew the ac-
,Iuaintance. So Dick waited and be-
fore long "Blg Fritz" disappeared.
Whistllng Dick waited as long as his
Judgment advised and then slid swiftly
to the ground. AS he picked his way
where night still fingered among the
big, reeklng, musty warehouses he
gave way to the habit that had won
for him his title. Subdued yet clear,
with each note as true and liquid as q
bobolink's, his whistle tinkled about
drops of rain falling into hidden pool.
Rounding corner, the whistler col
lided with big Fritz"
$50" observed the mountain calmly,
''you are already pack. IND dere viii
not pc frost before two weeks yet. Und
you hat forgotten how to vistle. Dere
was valse note In dot last bar"
Big Fritz's heavy mustache rounded
into circle ana from its depths came
o sound deep and mellow as that from
flute. He repeated IL few bars of the
air the tramp had been whistling.
"Dot p Is natural und not p vlat.
Ply der way, YOU peter pc glad | meet
you. Won hour later, ind | would half
TO put you In gage to vlstle nit der
chall pirds. Der orders are to bull all
der pums after sunrise. Goot pye."
After the big policeman had depart
ed Whistling Dick stood for an irreso-
lutte minute, feeling all the outraged
Indignation of delinquent tenant who
is ordered to vacate mis- premises. He
had pictured to himself day of
dreamful ease, but here was stern
order to exile and one that he knew
must be obeyed. SO, with wary eye
open for the CLEAN of brass buttons, he
began his retreat toward rural
refuge. A few days i'm the country
need not necessarily prove disastrous.
However, it was with IA depressed
spirit that Whisting Dick passed the
old French market on his chosen route
down the river. For Safety's sake he
still presented to the world his por-
trayal of the part Of the worthy arts
an on his way to labor. A stall keeper
in the market, undeceived hailed him
by the generic name of his ilk, and
"Jack" halted, taken by surprise. The
vender melted by this proof Of hl'
own acuteness, bestowed n foot o
frankfurter and half a loaf, and thus
the problem of breakfast was solved.
BY noon he had reached the countr!
of the plantations, the great, sad, 81
lent levels bordering the mighty river
He overlooked fields OF sugar cane s,
vast that their farthest limits melte'
into the sky. The sugar-maklng season
was well advanced, and the cutter
were at work.
At certain point Whistling Dick
unerrlng nose caught the scent Of fry
ing fish. Like pointer to quail, h
made his way down the levee side
straight to the camp of credulou
and ancient fisherman, whom h
charmed with song ana story, so tina
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

A bright-eyed young girl who sat AT
the left of the mistress leaned over
and said in confidential undcrtone:
II wonder, mamma, If that tramp we
passed on the road found my stocking.
And do you think he will hang 1t up
tonightT
The words of the young girl were
interrupted by startling thing
Like the wrath of some burncd-out
shooting star, black streak came
crashing through the wndowpane and
upon the table, where it shivered into
fragments u dozen pieces of crystal
and china ware.
The woman screamed in many keys,
and the men sprang to their feet.
The planter was the first to act. He
sprang to the intruding missile and
held II up to view. ITS loaded" he
announced.
AS he spoke he reversed long, black
stocking, holding 1t by the toe, and
down from 1t dropped Il roundish stone
wrapped about by Il piece of yellowish
paper. "Now for the first interstellar
| llltSSuSt VI the Cclltuiy llV Nii'u anu
nodding To the company, who had
crowded about him, he adjusted his
! glasses with provoking deliberation
and examined il closely. When he
finished he had changed from the jolly
host to the practical, decisive man of
business. He Immediately struck a
bell and said to the silentfooted mu-
latto man who responded; "Go and tell
Mr.. Wesley to get Reeves and Maurice
and about ten stout hands they can
rely upon and come to the hall door
at once. Tell him to have the men
arm themselves and bring plenty of
ropes and pillow lines. Tell him to
hurry" And then he read aloud from
the paper these words:
To de Gent OF de Hous:
Dere Is Ave tuff hoboes kept meself In
de vaken lot near de road war de old brick
piles is. Dey got me stuck up Wild gur
srs and l taken dis means OF communi'
katen. Of der lads is gone down to sci
fire 10 de cain field below de hous and
when yous fellers goes TO turn dc hoes or
It de hole gang is goln to rob de hous OF
de money 700 gotto pay of wit say git q
move on we say de kid dropt dis sock In
der rode tel her merry crismus de same as
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

Ibis, for a terror urged him such as
lifts the gazelle over the thorn bush
when the lion pursueS. A crash through
the dew drenched weeds on the road
side, clutchlng, slippery rush up the
grassy side of the levee TO the foot
path at the summit, and he was free
A small, rufied, brown-breasted bird
sitting upon a dogwood sapllng began
soft throaty, tender little piping in
praise of the dew which entlces foolish
worms from their holes but suddenly
il stopped and sat with its head turned
sidewise, listening, And the little
brown bird sat with its head on one
side until the sound of whistllng died
away,
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28
Whistling Dicks
Christmas Stocking
By o. HENRY
copyrlrht boz poubIeday, Pogo q 90.

TT was with much caution that
Whistllng Dick slid back the door
of the box car, for article 5716, city
ordinances, authorized (perhaps I'M
constltutonally) arrest on suspicion.
He saw no change since his last visit
80 this big almsgiving, long-sufferlng
city Of the South, the cold weather
paradise of the tramps. Whistling
Dicks red head popped suddenly back
into the car. A sight too imposing and
magnificent for his gaze had been add
ed to the scene. A vast, incompatible
policeman rounded a pile of rice sacks
and stood within 20 yards of the car.
Whistling Dick, professional tramp,
possessed "A half friendly acquaintance
with this officer. They had met sew
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

Pursuant to our promise made to
the "kiddies" we have sent for the
medals to be given to those who have
not missed a Sunday during the past
six months in their Sunday School at
tendance. Our Sunday School is hold
ing it's own valiantly in spite of the
haidicap of so many going out for
the winter.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-12-28

About all the people left at Sahara
and the repair gang of E. Butts went
on holiday trip Wednesday. We
took rifles and shot guns and went
three miles north of Sahara after
rabbits. Killed outright 191 Jacks
and crippled possibly as many more
Had delightful time which also in
cluded an excellent luncheon After
the hunt we had an evenings enjoy
ment dancing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Time of Second
Draft in Doubt
Results of First To Be
Studied Before Call
Is Issued

WASHINGTON, Aug. pa full
statistical report on the operations of
the draft law will be prepared by the
provost marshal generals Office as
soon as the mobilization of the first
increment of $1,000 men of the Ma
tional Army has been completed. some
time early in October.
Pending the preparation Of the re-
port and careful analysis Of the con-
ditions it discloses, no steps toward
calling q second increment to the
colors will be taken.
General Crowder said to-day that the
call for the second increment never
had been considered at any conference
at which he was present and that he
had no indication that IL had been
taken up by President Wilson or Sec
rotary Baker.
The first increment will fill all the
training areas-sixteen national guard
camps and sixteen National Army can
tonments-to capacity, and there will
be a surplus Of men besides those as
signed TO the regular army.
Regulars Over Strength
The regulars are now 10000 above
| full authorized war strength by volun-
tary enlistment, and the National
| Guard is in a similar situation.
Training facilities already are taxed
to make ready for the front men now
available, and 1t Is regarded as very
unlikely that organization of an addi-
tional 100000 men of the National
Army can be begun until the early
spring Of 1918. Neither quarters nor
personnel to train the force will be
available before that time.
Inequities of an unavoidable nature
will be shown in the statistical report.
There probably will be come amended
regulations, based on actual experience
with the first increment, and some
amendments in the law may be thought
desirable by Congress.
Problem of Married Men
II Is possible that some provision
will be made whereby all the sons of
/ one family will not be taken. A new
/ definition of the status of married men
may be one Of the things acted upon.
Still another is the status of men
who have passed beyond draft age
since being drafted and that of those
who have become Of draft age in the
meantime.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
69th Is Impatient
To Join Pershing
But Patience Learned on
Border Stands Camp Mills
Men in Good Stead
Istsr Correspondsneel

ts,sr Correspondence
CAMP MILLS, L. l., Aug. 22.-Wait-
ing is the hardest kind Of work that
can be laid out for an Irishman when
there's fight in prospect-particular-
ly when you have put that Irishman
into uniform and put weapons OF Of
Tense into his hand.
But the wait, which the 165th U. $:
Infantry finds itself in for now, thanks
to the Latin enterprise of Pancho Villa,
isn't likely TO prove nearly so hard as
il might be. Recruits are many
among the 2,400 early arrivals at the
Rainbow Division" camp, but the
backbone of the organization is made
up of men who were with the regiment
when it was tbs Fighting Sixty-ninth"
men who learned the great war game
of patience on the Border last summer.
Friendly council from these comes
speedily to the rookie" who complains
of the inactive period ahead. And the
"rookies" already have come to the con-
clusion that the war they will see is
one worth waiting fora war, more
over, that isn't the kind TO fade away
and leave them stranded twenty-five
hundred miles from home.
Lonely in Big Camp
II is impossible for a whole regiment,
recruited up TO the new war strength,
to be altogether lonely. Yet lonely the
165th appears. True, they have the
company of the thousand laborers who
are completing the construction work,
but theirs is a camp built to house
$4,000 men-ready at this minute for
$1,000 men to step into.
The solitude of the advance guard
was bit relieved to-day by the arrival
of detachment of the 23d Infantry, of
Brooklyn, and the 200 men of the old
seth who had been left behind TO put
the armory in order Just as the popu-
lation of Painted Post turns out to
greet the rare visitor from civilization,
so the 165th turned out en- masse to
greet the arrivals with band music and
cheers.
On Sunday and Monday there will be
still more strange faces to inspect.
Those of the Rainbow Division" units
which have been modified within the
jurisdiction of the Department Of the
East will begin to move toward Camp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Movie Star Must Join Army
Wife an Actress, Bryant Wash
burn Is Denied Exemption

CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-Bryant Wash
burn, a widely known motion picture
actor, must serve in the National Army,
Major b. NJ. Chipperield, representing
the provost marshal general, ruled to-
day.
Washburn, who had passed the
physical examination. claimed exemp-
ton on the ground that he had q wife
and child dependent upon him. Secret
service agents learned, Major Clipper
field said, that Washburn had bank
account OF $1,000 and that his wife,
who was Mabel Forrest, an actress, had
appeared In pictures before and after
the birth Of their child.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

Is member Of the Federal exemption
board of the district, over the use Of
chamber in the Paterson Courthouse on
August 8.
On that day Vice-Chaneellor Steven
son arrived at the courthouse and was
informed that his room was occupied.
He directed the custodian to notify Mr..
Schmidt and the other members Of the
board to vacate it. This they failed TO
TO and returned on the following day.
the Vice Chancellor being forced TO
move to another chamber to try cases.
"This incident must not be magni-
fed into clash between the state and
Federal governments" said Chancellor
Walker last night. "It Is simply the re-
suit Of the boards perverseness. There
were other rooms In the courthouse
which the board might have used"
The members of the board character
lied the trouble yesterday as a item.
pest in a teapot" The board has laid
the matter before Governor Edge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

Mills late Saturday night. They IN
clude the third battalion OF the Attn
Pennsylvania Infantry, which becomes
the l49th Machine Gun Battalion; the
Third and Fourth Companies OF the
Maryland Coast Artillery, soon to DC
the 117th Trench Mortar Battery;
company Of Virginia coast artillery
which goes TO France as the il1tn
Headquarters Troop and Military
Police, and an ambulance company each
from the New Jersey and District OF
Columbia National Guard. =,
Officers call, sounded at 5:lb o'clock
this afternoon, brought officers OF the
regiment to Colonel Hines tent TO
make the acquaintance OF their ne"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

&C. o." Following the introductio, u.
company proceeded 20 the headqusr.s,..
Of Brigadier General Lenihan. W..
the formslities were repeated. WV
Hundreds Of friends and relative, :,
the soldiers who have come 10 inso....
Camp Mills since Sunday have -.
disappointed. Colonel dine snaouns..
that, probably beginning next w.
visitors will be permitted in clnn \.
tween / o'clock and 8 on Sunday 90
Moons. A new order directs tia, WI
for the men Of the l65th shoulS =.
the time being be addressed with .. n0'
pany and regimental designation, ~
lowing the name, TO Camp Nil,
Hampstead, L. ].
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Court Ousted, Draft
Board Must Explain
Contempt Order Is Result of
Refusal to Vacate Pater-
son Chambers

TRENTON, n. j., Aug. 22.-George
F. Schmidt, Auditor Of Passaic County,
has been ordered to appear In the
Chancery Chambers at Paterson on
September 8 TO show cause why he
should not be adjudged in contempt Of
court. This order, which was issued by
Chancellor Walker, Is the result Of an
alteration between Vice-Chancellor
Eugene Stevenson and Mr.. Schmidt. who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

recruiting Office at $50 Broadway, said
that in nearly every case the applicants
desired to have the records show that
:hey had volunteered instead of being
drafted.
"The slump in recruiting Is, Of course,
due to the fact that the draft has
TAPPED the human reservoir from which
we obtained most of our men, said
Captain Hu.hes. NOW we are bending
all our energies to secure cooks, bakers
and mechsnicians for the aviation
service"
Apparently there is a great shortage
of cooks and bakers in the land, for
very few have appeared at the recruit
ing stations. This is believed to be
due to the fact that large percentage
of cooks and bakers in the United
States are German and Austrians, now
listed as alien enemies and aliens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Many Drafted Men
Now Seek to Volunteer
Recruiting Officers Reject APP
plications-Army Cooks and
Bakers Scarce

Many men who have been drafted
now want TO volunteer.
Applications for volunteer service in
the army have smashed all records dur
ing the past few days. During the
same time, actual recruiting figures
have dropped. The young men who
flock 10 the recruiting stations get no
further than the door OF the outermost
ante-room, where the soldier clerk asks
the visitors:
Have you been drafted7"
YES"
"NothIn' doing"
Major J, II. Hughes. In charge Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
More Pay for Guard.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Offcers
and men of the National Guard, the
Controller of the Treasury ruled to-
day, are entitled to pay in the Federal
service at the rate of their service in
the Guard. A third enlistment man in
the Guard, for instance, is entitled to
third enlistment pay from the govern
ment. Thousands of officers and men
will by this ruling receive more pay
than they expected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23

The looking glass is ever q
silent, forceful salesman, es-
pecially for Army Officers
uniforms-they fit!
Officers stetson hats. "westpoint.
or" shoes. Leggins. Wrist watches
The Rogers-Peet Camp Toilet Case.
Our Clothing Man says we
may now talk a little louder
about the civilian suits re-
duced to $40 and SIS. More
reinforcements from tn e
higher prices at both these
figures.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
Broadway Broadway
at 18th St "The at 34th ST.
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
AZ Warren at flst st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Conkling Presents Draft Figures
OfCity to Crowder in Washington

Deputy Attorney Conkng director Of the draft in
City, night for Washington present to Provost
the of the ecve
has been possible to gather
Them With from twenthree of the 1S9 local boards missing
the c1,rcs How.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-17

The first almanac was printed in
Hungary in 1870.