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fHfc ONf AfttO ARdtifl, THURSDAY JULY 1. 1916 i- -i- A 1 Lire iVeiiw From Surrounding Towns And Country. Happenings of a Week NYSHA NFWS. Misses Florence and Marion Mc Donald returned home Friday from Monmouth where Mis Florence at tended school. Mr. and Mrs. J. ('. Ileum and two children attended the ('hautuuijua at I'nyette Friday. A Twilight Hasehall game between Fruitiand and Nyssa wan played at the Nyssn bnll pork Friday evening. The acore wus ! to (1 in favor of the home team. The team'1 was exceeding ly enjoyable until the Inst inning when on of the visiting team wan injured. Mr. Nedry returned from Jordan Valley where he has been visiting the past week. J. la I.argent nnd family left for Silverton, Oregon, Tuesday, where they will nrike their future home. Mrs. Minion and children, of Seat tle, arrived in Nyssa last week and expect to spend the summer here. The ladies guild of the Kpiscopal church will give a Patriotic Social on the lioydcll lawn Wednesday evening A parade on Main street at H p. m. will he an interesting feature. Mis Storts, of the Owyhee, wan in Nyssa Friday. Mian Josie Forbes is visiting in Par ma this week. Miss Naomi Parsons who has been visiting jVlrs. M. Johnson, returned to Payette Inst week. Mr. and Mrs. S. I). (inrhert are the proud patents of a baby daughter, which arrived last week. ('. ft Wilson and L Spier were lioise visitors last week. Miss Ftta Stewart, who has been visiting Miss Lola Forbes, returned to Parma last week. Mrs. K. II. McDonald ami hoys, who attended the Chautauqua at Caldwell, have returned home. T. Odair and 0, I... well, of Rig Bend, were Nyssa visitors last week. H. Walters, of the Owyhee, was in Nyssa Thursday. At the annual school election held Monday Mr. Pete Teusen was elected director to succeed Mr. W. I,. (Jib son and Mr. K. J. Davis was elected clerk to succeed Mr. II. It. Sherwood. The Nyssa baseball team was de feated by the Payette players Sunday, the score being 17 to 0. The children's day exercises of the Mi-tliu.il. t church were held Sunday. Miss Kvelyn t'heeley was an On tario visitor last week. Miss (J. Kva Moydell went to Vale Tuesday morning where she will take i be teachers' examination. I mill. i ITEMS. Mr. and Mrs. Hulbrook, accompan ied by Mrs. ('. K. Deal, motored to r.iiinictt Sunday afternoon and at tended the services at the Methodist church in the evening. Rev. Deal re turned home with them. Many of the Fruitiand people at tended the Chautauqua at Payette last week, at least part of the time and were well pleased with the en tertainments. There have already leen enough pledges signed for tick ets for next year to insure having a Chautauqua again next year. The Fruit tirowers Association has ieceived returns for their first car of cherries shipped Crura here this season. The growers netted $l.2o er i i. ite. There is a large crop of all vanetii ll of cbeiiie.s and u lug number lire kept busy picking and packing. Lurge .liiinu ui . .iii' being made daily. II. F. lictehenuer left Monday to make a tup to the coust. He will vis it Portland, San Francisco, l.os Ange les ami other points of interest. Mi-. I II. Hum left Wednesday for ii .vol. i. Iowa, for n visit with rela tives and fi lends. Mr Md Mra. P. N. Van Ihir Kar are tli.- parents of a fine boy born June ftl, Mrs. 0 B. Deal and daughter, Kr ma, delightfully entertained for din ner Sunday Irene ( 'ottou, Velva (iriine, Ksther Russell and Rex . Walker. Kmil Branthoover. The .sacie.l coin ert given Sunday veiling at the Utctheiu church by the young people's clus. was well attend ed and enjoyed by all. This clast, de serves commendation for the work it is doing. Mr. and Mrs. H. Wliealdon and fam ily were entertained Sunday at Supt. Cotton', home. ('. C. Powell had hi.s poich remodel ed last week. Hubert Kutch and his sister, Mrs. ('has. Pathael left Sunday for Mrs. Patheal's home at Priest River. Hu bert expects to go to Washington af ter a short visit at his sister's home to work in the grain harvest. He ex pect to visit the exposition beore returning home. Mr. Hieland, of Montana, was in this vicinity the first of the week vis iting friends and looking at the country. Rev. C. E.Deol and Rev. Walker, of Fmmett, exchanged pulpits Sunday morning and evening. It has been announced that July 4 at the Brethern church the local Sun day School convention will be held. The fidlowing program wil be given: Devotional. Song by Sunshine and Little Build ers. Report of State Sunday School Con vention, Adah Baker. Discussion. Mixed quartet. Fivi minute talks on class organi zation: 1. What is the aim? G. G. Bollinger. 2. How keep the organiz ed class in proper relation to the Sun day School. Grant Fisher. :. How maintain a friendly spirit between classes? Emma Kesler. Discussion. Recitation, Maggie Eldredge. Short intermission. Quartet from Elite class. Address, "A Nobler Patriotism," C. M Nhsmherger. Recitation, Wilma Bollinger. Round Table. 1. Soul winning in the Sunday School. 2. How can we vary the opening ex ercises ? 1. How can the Sunday School best observe the Nation's birthday? 4. Is a teachers' meeting necessary for the success ef the Sunday School? r. How ran we get the spirit of wor ship in our music" Special music. KINGMAN KOLONY NEWS. Work on the new Big Bend bridge is progressing rapidly. B. A. McClain, the superintendent expects it to be completed about July In. The Bend people are planning a big celebration in honor of the event. An open meeting of the Grange was held at the Kolony school house Sat urday night. Mr. Howard was expect ed to Ite present and make a talk. but he was detained unexpectedly and therefore the meeting was very in formal. Mr. Kingman told of his trip to the state grange and the meeting ended with a "sing" in which every one joined. Miss Florence Kingman entertain ed a party of eighteen young people the evening of June lVth in honor of Mies Martha Overstreet. The lawn was lighted by lanterns with rose colored shades and the decorations in the house were of pink clover blos soms. I he refreshments of cherry ice and cake also helHil to carry out the pink color scheme. The dance given by Kendnck Blod gett at Adrian was well attended. The Kolony orchestra furnished the music, and a delicious lunch was serv ed by Mrs. McCreary and Mrs. Pom eroy. Mr. and Mrs. Walts, of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived here Saturday and will make an extended visit with their son, W. C. Walt and wife. Mrs. A. E. Wade entertaned the Kingman and Peck families Thursday evening in honor of Mr. Kingman s birthday anniversary. A son was horn to Mr. and Mrs. N. Smith on June 17. Oscar Selle, who formerly lived here, but who is at present on a big cattle ranch near Drewsey, was a guest of the Overstreet family Mon- day. HM I t tlili ITEMS. Mrs. Amidon, from Michigan, is visiting at the borne of her son, C. E. Ampdon, and her grandaughter, Mrs. Ed. Ingram and expects to remain all summer. Mra. J. O. s. i,t. biiel.l visited Sat urday with Mrs. Sam Seiley. Mrs. ('. U. Stover returned Satur day from Payette and (Say Stover left for a week's visit with relatives near Payette. Mis Terressa Cox returned last Monday from Eugene where she has been attending the University of Ore gon the last year. Miss Cox will re main this summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Conueil Cox. Mi .ii., I Mis. Jacekes, of the Boule vard were Sunday visitors at the home of Ed. Berry in Ontario. Misses Charlotte Claggeit and Ed ith Raver, of Ontario, were visiting Tuesday with Miss Rose Bender on the Boulevard. Wm. Cecil was taken vary ill with appendicitis Monday and became so much worse Thursday that he was re moved to the hospital where he un derwent an operation. For awhile little hopes were given for his recov ery but at this writing he is improv- ing. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, of the Boulevard, visited Sunday at the home of Marion Jones in Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Butler and Miss Jean Conklin visited Wednesday ev ening with Elbert Butler Sr. near Ar cadia. Mr. and Mrs. Connell Cox had a runaway Saturday afternoon. The horses became frightened at an auto mobile and threw Mr. Cox from the wagon injuring his leg. Mrs. Cox jumped from the wagon and though not hurt very much was very badly shaken up. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McCarty were Sunday visitors at the Capron home near Fruitiand. Mrs. A. E. Sargent, of Fruitiand, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Oli ver Bingaman, and Mrs. Eldredge, re turned to her home in Fruitiand Tues day. Ira Dale and family, of Arcadia, visited Monday at the home of O. F. Neecc on the Boulevard. J. M. Butler and family visited Sun day at Vale, guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Dell. Hon Conklin returned Tuesday from Birch Creek after a three months' ab sence. Charlie Harris, of Ontario, is vis iting at the home of his sister, Mrs. Andy McGregor and Miss Annie Har ris returned to her home in Ontario. Mr. Sam Seeley and family, Mr. J. E. Rose and family visited Sunday evening with J. M. Butler. Mrs. Wylie Frakes and Mrs. Ben Rose called Monday evening at the home of John Richardson. Mrs. John Weaver left last Satur day for a week's visit near Hunting ton. DEAD OX FLAT. e e e e Mrs. Bell, of Payette, was again a visitor at the home of Mrs. Aug. Senkbeil last week. Mr. Bell ia a miner and owns some mines in the mountains east of Boise on which he expects tine results the coming sea son. Mrs. Bell expects to join him at the mines as soon as the snow is gone, which will be about the last of July. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Langley were business callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. McDonald the early part of last week Dry land grain ia not going to be the success we "hollored" so loud about during the "rainy season." The rain was immediately followed by strong cold winds which continued day and night for a number of days, just as rye was blooming, which sap ped the ground of its moisture and the gram that was thick enough to have made a big crop began to "tire" before natural time for ripening. This is the complaint coming from all di rections. The thin rye weathered through and will till good. Mrs. Aug. Senkbeil called on Mrs. McDonald Monday. A serious accident happened at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Senkbeil early Sunday morning, June 20th. They had been to Payette Saturday exeunt.; remaining quite late and on returning home, as the little boy, about IN mouths old had been ailing, they thought to give him some med icine, and by mistake in the dim light, Mr. Senkhel got the wrong bottle and gave the child a dose of "Lice-O." Fortunately the child did not swallow much if any of it but spurted it out over his face and neck causing severe burns. They t n.-lte.l him to the doc tor with all dispatch after administer ing home in -i aid remedies and the little fellow is getting on as well as could be expected. Mr. and Mrs. Senk beil felt quite broken up over the acci dent and they have the sympathy of their friends. Aug. Senkbeil has purchased a new engine and separator and the same have arrived in Payette and he is quite busy of late getting them in running older. He will run two thresh ing outfits this season. Many people on the Hat began cut ting rye Monday. About a week ear lier than harvest was expected to be gin. Guy Morgan has received a well drilling outfit for Mr. Carroll, ot Port land, who has a desert claim consist ing of the S 10-17-46, and after drilling a well for himself will begin a well for Mr. Carroll. The directors of school district No. 58 met at the school house Sunday and overhauled the desks. It seems the (desks were put up with out using (screws and were getting rickety L AGITATORS (POLITICIANS WHO CAPITALIZE STRIFE A MENACE TO GOVERNMENT. Neglect of Agricultural and Industrial Opportunities a National Crime. y Peter Radford. There never was a time in the his tory of this aatlon when we needed statesmen more or agitators less than at the present moment. The oppor tunities now afforded us on land and sea demand the best there is In state craft ami the possibilities that are con fronting us call for national Issues that unite the people, build Industry and expand trade. The agricultural and Industrial development of this nation baa suffered severely at the hands of agitators wbo have aant torpedoea crashing Into the port side of business and whose neglect of the Interests of the farmer makes them little less than political criminals. We want no more of these evil spirits to predominate In government. Too long their hysterical cry has sent a shiver down the spinal column of Industry. Too long have the political agitators capitalised strife, pillaged progress and murdered opportunity. Aa Indus trial corpse Is not a desirable thing, a crippled business an achievement or nealeci an accomplishment about which any representative of the gov ernment has a right to boast. Issuee that Bread Agitators Should be llmlnated. The political agitator must be elim inated from public life before thought ful consideration can be given to a constructive program in government. The liquor question Is the most pro lific breeding ground for agitators and whether pro or antl, the hatch Is equally as undesirable. This article la In no sense a discussion of the li quor question but deals solely and by way of Illustration with the political products of that Issue. Other sub jecls will bo dealt with In the order of their Importance. In the history of our government the liquor Issue has never produced a constructive statesman worth men Honing and It never will. It has sent more freaks to Congress, Lilliputians to the Senate and Incompetents to oOce thVi any other political laaue under the aun. i The recent experience of the Eng lish Parliament which lashed Itself Into a fury over the liquor question baa a leason that It Is well for the farmers of tnls nation to observe; for the subject in some form or other Is constantly before the public for solu 'ton and efttlmee to the exclusion of more Important problems to tba Amer ican plowmen Tee Many Political Drunkards. Lloyd-George, the Prohibition leader of Europe wbo led the prohibition fight in Euglaud. has declared that be will never again taka a drink politically and there are many American politi cians pro and antl who would render their couutry a service by climbing on the water wagon or algulng a pledge of political temperance. Too often bur legislative halls are turned into political bar-rooius and many of the members become lutoxlcaled on liquor discussions. We have too many polit ical druukards pro and auti -In our public affairs. No one who Is a slave to the political liquor habit is quite so capable of deallug with the bust uess affairs of government as the sober and industrious We have few public meu in this day who are atrong enough to resist the temptation of strong drink politically and wheu the demon Rum once becomes firmly en trenched In the mind of a politician. be la less capable of meeting the de uiauds for constructive statesmanship now coufroutlug this nation. We have lu this couutry too inau red-nosed politicians both pro and anil. A candidate lth political deli rium tremens, a preacher with politi cal snakee In his boots and an agitator drunk oa the liquor question are the saddest sights In clvllUatlou and they should all be foreed to take the polit ical Keeley Cure. It Is far more Important lu govern ment to make it easier for those who loll to eat than to make It more dif ficult for a few topers to drink There Is not one person lu one hundred of our rural population that ever touches liquor but vie all eat three times a day THE LAYMAN'S OUTY There nexer was a time when preachers and politicians formed an unholy alliance that civilisation did not shriek out and Christianity grf aloud. Since the beginning of gov ernment, politicians have sought to decoy the ministry tuto the meshes of politics and make them carry bauner In political processions They have taken the mluistry to the mountain top of power and offered to make them monarch of all they surveyed, and while most of them have aald. "Get the behind me Satan." a few have fallen with a crash that baa Wary pulpit In Christendom. mnu CHANCE MADE IN LOCAL FORD AGENCY A change in the Ford agency in"()nt ario was made this week when Chas. L Dunham and A. A. Bailey, Jr.. both of Portland, took over the agency, Wrighr & Coward retiring. Whether or not the headquarters of the agency will continue at the old place lias not yet been announced, but will probably be determined within the next few days. Both Mr. Dunham aid Mr. Bniley are well experienced in the automobile business, and Mr. Bailey comes with the reputation of a fine marhinest. The Ford agency in Ontario, which includes all of Malheur county, has always been considered valuable, a the field here for automobiles is exten sive, and the Ford is a very popular car. STORES TO CLOSE. We, the undersigned, hereby agree to close our respective places of busi ness at 11 a. m. July the 5th, and re main closed for the remainder of the day. (Signed) W. T. Umpkin Ontario Hardware Co. McCoy Bros. Ruder Bros. Co. Boyer Bros, dt Co. Toggery Bill (iolden Rule Wilson Bros. A Co. Ontario Furniture Co. M. M. Company Alexander Co. McNulty & Co. C. P. Cummings Wm. McBratncy A. L McDowell Newton Shoe Store Pete9 8 Bargains For Sale One 1914 Ford; Bash mag neto, leak -proof rings, Iota of extras. $.150.00. Terms. For Sale -One 1914 Indian twin cylinder motorcycle with side car. electric head light, fully equipped, cost over $400.00. With extras, goes at $276.00. Terms. For Sale One 1914 twin cylinder Italian motorcycle, fully equipped, at nearly half price, as good as new. $160.00. These were taken in exchange on cars and we are cleaning up the 1916 season. Some one will get bargains. Come in. Ontario Auto Co. CELEBRATE IN ONTARIO MONDAY, JULY 5TH Tog Yourself Out at Our Suit Sale and you'll Celebrate Right and Economically Our complete stocks of Summer suits for men and young men at the above price. Former1 prices $20.00 $25.00 and $30.00 Panama Hats $5.00 A new shipment just opened a little late getting here and to close them out before the Fifth of July cele bration, they ali go at $5.00. Values from $6 to $7.50 - Eclipse Shirts 85c. to $1.15. The largest stock of shirts for men in town, without a doubt. Values $1.25 to $2.00. ALEXANDER ONE PRICE CLOTHIER ONTARIO. ORE. DR. MEYER-GERHARD 14 MLi 'aJ 1 mX tfm It f m ' i W Dr. Meyer Gerhard, whs a sent by the German Embassy at Washington to Bsrlln with Information about the German American situation. WAR ORDERS TOTAL BILLION IN AMERICA New York Within the past few weeks gold coin to the smount of $32, 600.000 has been moved from Ottawa to New York and deposited In the sub treasury for the account of J. P. Mor gan Sl Co. This Is only a small In stallment on iircut Britain's war debt, whose purchases of ammunition and other supplies In the United States al ready mounts Into hundreds of mil lions. It Is estimated that American manu facturers have contracted for some thing like 26,000.000 shrapnel shells, at a total cost of about $400,000,000. A portion of this enormous amount of shrapnel has been delivered, and Or ders are now pending for $100,000,000 worth of shells, both shrapnel and high explosive. Authorities In a position to have first-hand Information say that the requirements of the allies have re sulted lu orders being plsced with American manufacturers for not than,! 1. 000,000.000 The Argus, $1.00 the year. $17.85 ' Off lee Porta or Sehoel Head Quits Olytnpla, Waah.-Th tranquility of the administration of Mrs. joeepnine Preston, state superintendent of pub He Instruction, was marred Saturday by announcement of the resignation sn masse of the major portion of her office force. Those who have resign ed are C. A. Sprague, assistant super intendent; Miss Martha A. Sherwood, deputy superintendent; Miss Hannah Cordy, chief clerk; Miss Edith Roe, Mrs. Preston's secretary, and Mrs. Viola French, clerk. Villa's Artillery Chief Leaves Him. Washington. Oeneral Felipe An geles, artillery expert and right-hand man of General Francisco Villa, has left his chief and Is now in the United States en route to Boston to visit bis family. Telephone Company (Continued From Pag- 1) guaranteed, and the rental for rurul telephones was fixed. When an attempt was made last April to enforce a toll charge to Nys sa and Fruitiand, the Ontario Com mercial club took up the matter at n mass meeting and took preliminary steps toward a legal attempt to force the company to follow out the letter of its old contract. Brooke & Swag ler were the attorneys appointed to handle the matter, and it was derided to first prefer charges with the Oregon Railroad Commission, beljeving it was possible to secure an adjustment of the rates along the lines desired by the residents of Nyssa, Fruitlnnd and .Ontario. The commission took up the matter, held a preliminary hearing in Ontario, and ordered inventories of the proper ty taken, after which it would be pos sible for the commission to hold Kg final hearing in the matter uml then render a decision. And until the final hearing could be held, the commission ordered that the old rates Ih put back into effect, which was done, uml which allows for free tolls with Nys sa and with Fruitlund. The final hearing was to have been held in May, but was postponed. And now the telephone company usks that n further postponement be granted. If the postponement is granted, there will be no further change in the telephone situation until the lut Ur part of l!U0. And it is the local opinion that now there is a probability of ettling the matter with the tele phone company in such a manner that the case can be entirely dismissed, and that the tolls will remain us at present.