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(Bnfwno t$n VOL. ONTAItlO, MAI, Ml lit COUNTY, ItKGON, Tlirit.Sll.tr, I KB. 10, cm No.8. TRANSFER OF L A linlf Interest In approximately 1 in, i m 1 1 "i !""' Im-atcd ill I lur- nev county Iiiih I I purchased liy (In. Swill Ititcrerts of Chicago Tin' land include Hi"' CorliPlI Cortland mill Wlllliini llnnlcv. TIh' ini" r'v 'i .1 fun. i' rl.v owned by till' Hlltcti Valley I.iiimI company, for which Mr Ilnnloy net .1 I. mi-. I) III tin- capacity nf manager With the entrance nl tin' Swifts, tin- IhIicIh arc taken i i r li Hi,' F.iinlorn OfagM ('attic cnmpnnv . II"- Incorporation of which was recently announced. Wlllllllll IlllllleV Will HI'VIT llll Coll nectlmi with lli' new cnmpnnv. lifter Juh I, when he will retire In I . ;i n 1 1 - IiIh own i eastern Oregon propel i i' ' ' i - Mate '" ' '"nil- erly owned by the Blitzeu Valley Land ciimpniiv i IIh' "I'" riiiicli frnin w lin h radiate a "I M or so ii ii 1 1 m comprising thouaand of .hum. Thsaa imi i,i lin' Smi Houm roach, Baaaa VIkIii lunch, Grim 'amp i. in ' lHiimmid ranch. Hupp: V.i'lvv ranch. Rlddlfl tatic'.i. Iliii'k Creel ranch, KnarliiK HprliiKM ninth and Home Creek ranch. new owners of 1 1 i lands have UK their ultimate pui In OOlODlM to I In- i'x I 'ii I ma '!' p .i I Mi- l -v I 'ii mi- rullru.nl lli'Vi'ln hi It In proposed tn extend Irrigation canals now mi III". property mill tn drain tint swampy anil marshy land., using tin' aamo canal where possible (M ltli Irrigation ami ilralnaKK pur- pnscs The property nritilriil liy the Beat rn Oregon I'attli' rnmpany llol alinllt 60 mlli'H south of IliiniH. It extend tin mllna hi-hI from Mallii'iir lake, Hn width varying from thro- "iua t i.-i -. i.r a mil" to flvo and mIx mllna. Tin prnpnHi'il Htrnliorn rullroad to central Oregon will traverse purt of tin" property and with the extension westward from Vale, the lauds will be nerved fmm tin' east Including ntock on the several runchen the 140,000 acres In the hlx tr.nl are estimated (o In- uorlh 1'lo.se to f3.OU0.00O. D,IV YOUR BOOK FOR THE LIBRARY TO.' There II be no library bull thin year The Woman' club In having that book nodal tomorrow night In atead The bookn chonen for that purpone, and on aale at Iataon'a Jewelry More have not nold very rapi dly, hut the women are hoping every Ontario pemon will yet do bin uolil aat by the enterprlne, and iinnM them to put a large number of bookn on the library' nhelven. The aoclal at the library tomorrow night I or the entire public, and all frleuda of the library are cor dlally invited. Of the more than nlue hundred reader who are unlng the library, at leant half ahould pre hent a hook, kail that a fair pro portion? WILL BE THRILLER MONDAY NIGHT "The I'lunderer" will be pulled off at The Dreamland Theatre next Mon day night, February 14. The drama Includes 500 wonderful scene of ro hiM'. hute, trial and auccen. The I'lunderer afford for William Kamiim. the htur actor a real "Far- nuiii I'art" big Hill Mathews of the Croix d'Or mine, a doughty, aplindid islecl-kiiit fellow, with u big, warm heart aud a punch In each hand. Bill and hi partner are harasMed by a aecret enemy who iinprinoiix them in a mine shaft, causes a strike ufHhe workmen and blow up the reervolr upon which the power of t he mine de aaaaa Thee are only a few of the thrill that keep you breathless huuglng on to the arms of your seat. The tinal climax, a here Big Bill and hi partner discover their BBaMBjr, ti the most stirring of all A pulse-stirring buttle with hare flats in which Big Bill beats a score of drink-craed miners in a flgh,t, that for sheer thrills aud heart-catching excitement has never been ex celled 00 the . tUKe nr, screen, Is one of the big features of this super-picture HARNEY AND WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT Vi curding to I'lllllllH lll"""l with State Knglneer Lew-Is for the year mifl, rights have been Initiated Tor the ileveloptnenl ol 181,41 0 hnr piiHer in many lastaaesa lhaaa elainiH rapreaonl rights to i power hut which have not, u yet, heen lirluull) ib-v. k ti '-' I claims ' have heen llled covering ! t'l,i pn . nl nr poWMr the latter being the claim nl' the Portland Hallway, I. Ik' hi anil Power i'iiiiii any. covering Its rights nil the Will.; n"tte Itlvcr at Oregon i it: i I n kamiiH County leadK in the hiiiiiIiit of nenaaawaf for waled claims are tiled. having 3411,71 II horsepower The only count the state In which lin claim tOf povvel have heen filed, are t'l 1 1 1 1 Hit Ml and 'heeler The niimher of horsepower claim ed in Malawi I'nnnty Ik 464, llurtiev 111, Grant 1,111, and t'rnok I 1,1 I :i WAS RUN OVER BY STREET CAR Jne Brooks, llfteen year old mn "i Mr. anil Ufa, Brooks of llnrin who Iiiih been going to school at la hi HiIk winter, met with a ner- Ioiih ai'ildi'iit IiikI week, when hi' nteppeil ntr a Htrent cur Juat In time to lie run nver by another car " M Iiik behind 1 1 Ik leg- were cut off Juat above the ankle and only prompt medical attention waved hln Ufa. Mm Brook panned throUKh On tario Thurnday on her way to Tuc oma, where alte will npend a tew woekn with her non. aftor which nhe will hrltiK him aaafe to their home In Harney. She came to Itlvernlde by auto and took the train from there. She aaya that mont of the wet weather In the valley ban b n In the form of rain, nml that there In but little mow In Harney county In the ' lection nhe ban aeen. CATTLE SHIPPED BY EXPRESS ROUTE Tuaaday evening the 6:33 east train hauled in to Ontario two full blooded cow of the Jersey apaelaa, also a yellow haired calf of the name braad. They were boxed in crate i Junt large enough for their bodies and wara acconipanled by a bale of hay. M. U. Jones formerly of Brook. Ore., but lately having moved to llm gun, was the shipper and it wuh for that place the live stock was hound. Ontario beiug their home for one night only It In a rather rare sight to aaa audi large animals as cows shipped by express and if the prnper care I taken In hauliug audi live tock there I a decided advantuge in that the speed la so much greater in shipping. l.l li-OU KI KIHFH. The averuge Oregon farmer with only a few pure bred animal hurdly afford to keep puie bred pinles and yet he cunnot at all afford to use scrubs One solution of ihe problem suggested liy the Oregon .v -tii uluirul College Is that Heverul of the neigh bors club together aud secure n pure bred sire as needed. Tula will make the cost of the pure bred airo con siderably less to each o.nr than would be the coat it eucii Hire was separately owned ami (,'ive ..n. member the advantage of using high priced, pure-bred -tock. K. P. GRAND OEEICERS PAY OEEEICIAL VISIT The local K I lodge had a splen did time Tuesday evening, the oc casion beiug the official visit of the grand lodge olticers The Grand ( hancellor and Grand Secretary with the local dl-trht deputy re.ieived all the honor uud were eutertalned with a banquet and speech making The Knights always invite in all the old timers when they have a love feast and they know how tn entertain The otlUer.-, reported t.n- order hi very prosperous condition through out the state. MALHEUR RIVER LANDS YIELD LARGE RETURNS Reports From Farmers Indicate That Lands are Paying Big Dividends i:. porta from wM r.ii trai new land ara baglnlni to oobm in, now thai II ftaj i"i ''I 'id the farmer have had an 1 1 1 1 .i rt ti ii it .. to figure up the mst nf prnilu I 00, nml the net resnli Paraapa laa baa) figure 01 net ri'imllM are thnse furni'-heil D) Ml flugctt, iigeut fnr III I dre- (jaa l.aml t'nnipany, for th"ir branch ni'iir K) Mi " lari'H rOBOrU that tlnir Ns mu ranch wnn rb'.ired of BBBO hrunli mid plOWOd during ' l!i:i. part nf tin- land being neodsd to alfalfa that year, the balaaai In 'i 1 4. Thin year they had a good stand on 160 acres, and ffjgart " -rop "in that acreaga. at ami -nld nil that 160 aaraa 12K2 and n hall toea oi nifaifn .hi early and obtalBO I a price of $. .".ii per Inn, making ii gftina re turn of $14.00 per acre, the hay av eraging Juki s tnun to the at In arriving ut the net returnn Mr. Clagett chargen th land with evary item of expenne. allowing fl 50 per UN (Of haivc ting the hay, and after allowing every cent of maintenance and expense, the land show a net return of $2 1. OR per acre, or an In come of belter than 10 per cent on mi Investment of $200.00 per acre. Thin doen not allow for the pastur age crop which Is always very valu able, but which wan not figured Into the oat returns, a it wan used h the ranch people for their own stock We also have the report of W J l'lnney. Mr. I'lnney harvested and aold 327 tons of alfalfa from 34 acre, this hay selling at a good round figure. Three cropn were oat and a good paaturago crop left Thai la also new land, thin being the second crop year I'nlmproved land Immediately adjoining this tract can bo bought, at $76 00 per acre, while this tract la paying a handsome divi dend on a $200.00 valuation In the same neighborhood, and not more than a half mile away I the tract owned by Klbler at Hona, of Woodbine, Iowa. Kllbler have i.i'wr teen their hind Mime It wuh plowed up, It being farmed by Chan Thinnpsoi). who cut and aold 835 tons of flue alfalfa hay from 105 acraa. Thin land a bought by the Kih ts for a mere pittance, hut sine purchasing ii II ., Sum' Siring ditch has been bull', Ball Bfl this laud produce the amount), above Hat ed. Small Tract Produce Well. Among the small owners the best result learned of are those obtained by Bchlyer Bull, on the Blukeley tract adjoining Ontario. Mr Bull farmed tills little tract of 6 acraa this year, paying all the expenses, uml turned over to Mr Blukeley for hia net share of the crop, the sum of $123.00 Mr. Bull sold $266.00 worth of alfalfa hay from his own tract of five acres wnich adjoins the Blukeley tract. M i n BJ think that this land can he bought in it rough state for from $76 00 to $100 00 per acre, six or seven miles from town, and higher closer in under the ditch, uml with a good water contract, and liy u little labor can hi' made to produce these wonderful returns, then we can tru ly say that Malheur County afaafl liiti.r inducements to the home mak er tliun imi other county in the west. There are something like 2500 acre of these flue lands lying with in a radius of 6 mile of Ontario which if put under cultivation would produce Intold wealth for their own er. However, the alfalfa produciioiis are by no menus our greatest asset We might relate here an experience of one of our old timers in the country, which will prove to the skeptic that our land are among the best fruit land in the weat to day. AppicK a Cm in. ,i.i, Crop. C W Mullen was about the first muu to locate upon lands in the Mal heur valley. After becoming firmly established iu his funning opera! inns lie plumed u family orchard. He Is a firm In In-wr in large famili. therefore plunted a lurj;e orchard, about two acres However, of lute years he failed to give the orchard much attention, occupying his time , In seeing how math alfalfa h cniilil .n a certain ana Cooaaqaaatly his orchard waa mil kept up to standard, ami at the jheglnniii: Ol tha pruning BM L9 . tin-re wan a good sled job of pruning on hand on tin' Italia! so larno In fact that Mr Mallctt was Inclined tn allow the trees to grow at will, iih they would piiidini nr apples for tin' tagall al Bay rata At this stage of I l.e Baata, Mhs . Mr Malh'tt's dank-liter, tnnk th' nld orchard In hmiil. BBOB the that if she had It pruned. I and i-aii'd fOf t hat mild have iill the returns intii i! family wants v ere attended to I.Ike most Malheur county m. id-. MIkk Mallett Ik ii good worker and I good thinker She I .r i; ed the nld it up Iti luipe, and along iihnii, the time when BBJt r looklBf for apples aha had them for Kitle They wen nliafe BOOd apples that there was coin Iderahl petition among the buyers, ho tiiucl; no that Adolpli Gramne paid hat I $448 00 on the trees, and picked them himself Miss Mallett had made $400 clear oa tha raatart and demonstrated to her father that the old trees still had a few dollars left In thetn It might iie mention ed that this was an oft eai on apples, as the vim wan much below normal Similar yellds and returns are re ported from all over the country. but we take this example on m ml of the fact that thin is an old family orchard, and contains none nf t In late and more popular varieties. Other KetK. In the corn world Malheur County ha ael a now pace for every oilier corn growing country iu the I mied mutes. We are head and shoulder, ovar avery other state west of the limky Mountains, and In tiallty and yelld per acre are right up among the top notcher In the whole country We are not speaking about wool, mutton, beef, horse and oi. er live stock Industries, aa every one knows that we lead the state In those pro ductions. Wa simply are calling our i ..I. is attention to a few of the yeild obtained from new land, and to 'he fact that tills land is now down to a rock bottom price, and that there la a lot of It that should be bought und developed ut this time. This laud is going up, uml that very soon. People want this claaa of land, and with the installation of the Warm Springs project, there won't be a foot of thin laud that can be touched for less than $150 00 per acre Iu Its raw state. California, Washington, Idaho uml British Col;.;.,blu are asking and get ting tin mil il I, i -.- I. ir land . that when ranked witli ours from tile stand point of yellds, and net re.iirns, BIB not to be compared with Malheur County lands The Argus is going to continue culling ihee facts tn minds of our readers, us we want i. available acre of furui land iu Mal heur Cnuiitv supporting u good hie funiily. We liuve the lands, the. will produce, and we need the funnl.. - HARPER TO HAVE STATION AGENT Anticipating a spring impetus in the frieght and passenger (rathe the Oregon & Eastern will establish a rail road station at Harper, 15 nnh at -of Vale, with A II Mutson us ugent The citizens of Harper und surround ing country iiuve seen the need of aa ugent iustalled there for some time, and the new that their wish is be ing realized brings joy to that com munity. Chief Kngineer Voung of the BOB struction work OB the Ofasofl I I ern railroad now upprouchinK II. urn 'county, was in the city last Friday Ion his wuy to Portland Mr YOBBl I declared that pi the lajrlafl ! of steel for the new mud BBI BStaj pushed rapidly, uml that weall. ditions did not hamper the work to any great extent. MOTOR BOAT tiAY RUN ON SNAKE It . rtad h ii- In know that there are lair pn paotl that a taraa motor boat Will Da pi) in' old St 1 1 ka river this v- I lOOtl ' I " n- t OpoaUlOB BBCl I'C v.oillil pn i ' ii '. 'ii h freight lh.it im-v - I OnUld h" in i d cheaply and t he i-..- WfflKBT tX inn nl. 1 1 bl It nil 1 lie particularly useful In bring n,: 'i ilk to the cheese factorv. No doubt -. t, aidarabla raraaaa would alao ba .e from axouralon partli Jt Ij helleved hnat suitable tnr ell pnr poses would not ml OTW S1U0O, iiiniit tha i b ' ni in i atoBxobllo, aatl It h proprletnr wniih! have the hnnnr nf being called rnptaln, in wlilch re- -lii-i t he wnllbl ha .e lb" l.e t of the owners of benzine buggies It's u nun! thing Push I al il . Journal, CHURCH IS ADVER TISED FOR SALE A unique ami novel methiid nf pav ing the wu Inr a new cburcli edifice Is being adopted by the in. in hern of the M. i: fburch of thin city. The present church building in advertl. ed for sale t)f BBBVBBi the buyer can dn as he pleases with the building. Move It on to a lot for a rc-ddence, pull it out to a ranch for a farm I -, or tear It to pieces and ship the lumber to a wet state ami build a warehini The present M K Church Is Inade quate for the growing congregation of that denomination, und a larger and more hcuutifulhui Idlng Is the dream of the members. Tho price that the old structure will bring Is hoped to be sufficient to commence the erection of an edifice that will he the pride of church goer of Onturlo. IDAHO PRUNE ! 1 PROFITABLE CROP Tho Idaho prune I profitable Take the experience ol state Senator Kd K Hayes of Ktniuett, Gem count) . Idaho Ills prune orchard consists of 1 U ucres hearing From It he took for the 1015 crop 646,617 pounds of prune. The chock ha received In payment was for $6466.17 or $287 70 per acre. It cost Senator Hayes for cultivation, picking uml hauling $46 per acre. Ills net return from the II aorea of prunes for tin- imp of 1915 was $242.70 per acre on the square isn't that a peuch of u prune BtOf) a net Income of $:I0 11.30 from lit acle . Speaking of prunes I am reminded of upplcs There Is Unit 20-acn m chard belonging to I f . i 1 - Ii CoUB out b Weiser Whut about it" Oh, nothing much only lie ha. been in lis- h.il.n ni taking i'ii'i I '! a i acre pi-i n-iir ill profits from it What ' li.nii miu believe u.' Alright, don I then' But It's tho truth Just I hi BUM Thirleeii t liiii-.and three hundred ami thirty si dollai N .n i - M i:i;ii i. in i isi:it. K U Bluckman and tflai ictnt.a Machos cuine to I hi clt Molnlav morning and wen married in the parlors of the Hotel Washington hv Justice Cheater Taylor The youai couple were accompanied BJ the fnl lowing m Barton) aa W i- Blaokaiao, F. iiurtmun, iv ii Wlaagar, vVaraer Stone uml I I. Wahlon, all of On turlo The groom Is from Ontario and the bride troi.i Nauipu Thev will reside m Ontario Weiser Signal HFI.H.II II I I. SI.KKiM BIBi:. a party of ubout llfteen oung pen pie gathered ut Hie Cost Otlicc Moo l.i v i veiling, where tiny were met b Wulter Grunise with a team uml sleigh. One and all found out the depth unit softne-,s nt the snow, ami lin. ill miind up ut the home ol Ml Wood Thompaoa Tha avaaioi spent iii mu.Mc and BBBUBi and a de ii. i. r 'i'l" I I ad by I- ThB Il n at a lale l.nnr, daolarli I , for a good time, and Walter the one to give tlieui tiie ride. HOGS BRING GOOD MONEY The prediction nf I' S Govern- i I nlhcialM that Ihe ling market of the cniinlry was i.nre to signs length ut an early date ha- cmne llll. lings am 11,1 vv bt.llglllg I7.7S In the I'nget Sniitid markei and It la general!.', cniiceded that shipments '. limited that It will he necea- isnty in mint her fnrtv nr list) daya in shipping from MlBeoBli Klv er Batata, Freight and shrinkage will add about 1 II tn the price with the re-nlt that Is il I'd u -led lin irlca will be 11,91 or even more b early prmg I'lie Governnii'iil Is going to ewrv b nr! 1 1 in Induce t he gmwers tn renew their activities and there la every Indicallou that they are taking kindly to the advice The Govern ment ha always Boataadad that it in a serious mistake lot growers to even tempiirat'ilv abandon tiie raining of hogs notw ith'.tamllng that wheat l- BM were soaring mid hogs were not bringing the prtaM they should. This cniiditiiiii tin- tlnverniiien' con tended was ntily leuipnrary unci that II viiuld be ntily a short time wln-ii w heut would go down In price ami hogs would go up. Thin predict Inn is certainly mining true as tn the ad- - In hog pricen and students of market condltlonn are sure that the wheat prices are liable to take a lump mint any lline War alone. It la contended la largely responsi ble for the high grain pricen. But even Kurope ban stopped buying our ..!.,-. it and In depending on It own cropn and those that can lie purchaa- d friiiu nearby countries. It I an admitted fact that Itunsla ban no much wheat on hand that nhe doe not know vv hat to do w Itli II I bice the Allies succeed In coming to her rescue und releasing tills wheat, American prices are sure to go back to normnl or even below normal. And with the close of the war or even earlier, If they can get It, F.u ropaan countries will he very anxious to get our pork. There I a pork famine In Kurope todu, and It will ho even greater for a time, at leaul, after the war comes to a cloe Hut even now, leaving European demands out of consideration, the American hog market Is getting In line shape and growers are annured of tine price for the future. BOOSTERS EROM IDAHO VISIT ONTARIO P. E. Flak, of Part-in and R I' Scutterday, of Caldwell, were Tuesday attending tn so in In, in. liters. Mr. Hcatten'iv n returned Irotn a trip to Chicago, where he found buslm-.- ooadlltuua good, he also says thai there In nunc a noticeable Improvement in tin Caldwell sectinn, lin re being a few real estate aale and quite a large number of Inquiries so that the pro ii very bright for a year of good bii-iness. Mr. Fisk Is a i in of Carina, which he is the best little town Iu the west. Business conditions me good at Carina, the crops lust year wero guild w, re all i i- ht with the except ion oi aoaaj and aaothar sear Ihe lariini.. will kunw how to nt I hat BUU 1 'I and have their -tutt rcadv w ben II., i. i of Ihu counti. v li.m DOthlOl U ollei. STEPHEN CARVER SUED FOR OVER $200,000 I ; above heudlilie , appeared in tin- I'm Hand p.ipei - lin., week It appi .ii thai Hi Qwaj had bobm dealings witli people tlnre and hud agn-.-d lo advance $7".U(MI tn liiilld a ruilroud for which lie was to re OBiVe bonds, that after BOBM $-'1,000 and J:I,iiihi worth ol had been udvaiiced Carver broke hi contract by refusing to advance any more money. There was ulso a mix up In Hie bond deal aud u cross suit tiled The older residents of Onturlo will remember Mr Craver aa having or ganized the liauk nl On.arlo. which is now lin- Ontario National Hank and bIBO nig been connect. .1 with the biiildiiii. of the railroad from Ontario In vale at!) be getting iu big com puny i when they talk of -mi