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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1916)
IRRIGATION ACTIVITY Early Development of The Warm Springs Project is Assured Tho flrHt definite MtlOfl looking to ward tlir early development of tlm 'Warm Spring projOOl HH commenc ed till h week, a hen a well known rop resoiitntlvc of the Vale Chamber of Commerce started a petition iiHklng for net Ion on the part of tin' roiinty Court In the orKnnlzutlon of un Irri gation District under our state law. Tho A reus Iiiih canvassed tin1 ltu tlon very thoroughly and find tho people enthusiastic over t lie possibil ity of getting tho Malheur Warm spring dam constructed. I' J. Oallagher, a prominent at torney at law In Ontario and now a candidate for the office of Prosecuting Attorney on the republican primary ticket was Interviewed hy the Argun roproHcntatlvo and expressed hlm i.eif 'i follewi: "The times are excellent for the conHtrurtlon of the great Malheur project. The new district law has made It poHHlhle to offer Investors audi Hecurlty a tliey wish Thin law has been many ycara In the making, and ha now advanced to the point Of real co-operation and permit the owner to manage their affair aa a municipality like Ontario. No graft can get hy and no huge promotion profit can he loaded on the land. Every dollar raled hy the people goea directly to the work. No money can be rui I without their consent and every dollar la account ed for and made public. The present election petitioned for I merely for organization and carrle no financial proposition with M Upon (hi election depend the organization and getting In position to do business with either the govern ment, the state or bids from trust companies for securities. Should we be able to enlist the government In the enterprise the dis trict will he able to deal with them at once. The organization must be made before anyone will consider our af i. in at all. I understand the steps so far tak en are for the purpose of acquainting the people with the requirement of the district law. While I huve not I. is n retained to assist in the organ- i-ut ion of the d'uliict, Mill vl di everything In my power the project ." to further FOK SAI.K M Church for sale. Inuulre of 0, 0. Pratt. C-l .PPI.H ATIONH MM i.ll.l(. PI ItMIIS Notice Is hereby given that all ap plications for permit to graze cat'le horses. and sheep within the Malheur National Forest during the season of 1916, must be filed in my office at John Day, Oregon, on or before Feb ruary :&. 1D16. Full Information In regard to the grazing fees to be charged and blank forms to be used In making applications will be fur nished upon request. Cy J llingham, Supervisor. 5-8 Doolittle'a Sanitary Dairy milk and ream I now handled by Wilson Pro and the Purity llakery. When you want a bottle of cream or milk call for Doollttle's Sanitary Dairy Mils 5-6. ALL ABOUT LAMBS AND LAMBING Frank Ounah, the 1 ing ot lamb buyers, says there is danger of over doing the early lamb game, and folks must not overlook the fact that c.ulv Suinbing means winter feeding, close herding and less wool. He figures that handling a ewe flock for early lambs adds u round dollar to the ex pense. Naturally Mr. Oxmaii speaks for western conditions for he Is a western mun and deals In western lambs. However, he Is the largest and one of the shrewdest lamb deal era In America. An Oregon sheep feeder plays a clever trick on hi oviues, turning night into day via the electricity route. The pens are wired and lights turned on from 4 P. M. to 9 I. M The woolies continue to feed until the circuit is abut off. At 4 A. M. the tungstens are turned on and the sheep Iced till daylight. This give the bah lambs plenty of time to court Morpl eus, at the same time adding three-quarters of a pound to the daily gain. Compared to the iucreuscd weight the cos' of lighting Is insigni ficant. 8tock Reporter, Portland. COUNTY SCHOOL NOTKH T l following pupil have eut In l he hct specimens of writing during the paHt three wceka; Dlatrlct No. 60, Kliner Houho, Itnlph Age; Pltrlct Nil 11, Dollle Chandler, Mac Mur phy, l.une McDonald, DlHtrlrt No. 13, Irene Dotson, (ibidys Howard, Vada Mollltt; District No 19, Hoy Harding, Itose Harding! Dltrict NO, 4ii, Clarn Anderson, l,yda Johnston, Kdylho Swlgort, District No. 38, Mary Wal lace, .loo Wallace; Dlatrlct No. 62. Area Moore. Mrs i.'rlllln, one of thO olgrht'i grade teacher In the Ontario sclio-ils, encourage the pupil In her room to bring to school pictures of people w ho are prominent In the current affairs ni the nation. Those are clipped from magazine and placed on a bulletin board. They are referred to again and again a current event are dis cussed and the pupil soon become familiar with the face of the people who are making history The Orove and the White Ktar schols were cloned a part of last week on account of bad weather. The teacher. Miss Thompson and Miss Welbourn pent the enforced vncntlon at their respective homea In Nyta and l ".i rm.i White Settlement Note-.. Notwithstanding the deep enow our enthusiastic Parent-Teacher Club met at No. :t;t In regular session ot the afternoon of February 4. Dr Wnh of Ontario who waa to have made the principal address did not arrive. Nevertheless a splendid pro gram waa rendered. After the pro gram a bountiful lunch consisting of sandwiches, pickles, cake and cof fee was served to about forty persona. The association has purchased a Hah cock milk tester and placed It In the school to be used by the school l.i connection with the agriculture club and class work. Several new memb ers were present at the meeting Fri day. The Phllotaxlan Literary Society which meata avery two weeks on Thursday evening at the White Bat tlement school house la doing some good work. Thla society putting forth a strong effort for tho uplift of the community. Ceclle llagood of the eighth grade took the Stale examination in Janu ary and secured her exemptions in physiology and geography. We have been suffering from an epidemic of measles but Just as soon aa a victim can possibly return to school he I found at III post of duty The following pupil were neither absent or tardy during the n Hi of January, I. canard Fairbanks, and Maurice Dunster, Hurry lli'Tn' Smith. Thomas Hnllcus, Myrtle Wnun, Ara and Joe Marshall, Clark Wlnslow, Stanley Harper. Carl Drown, Korlc lllckey, Marie and l.eah Smith. Vic tor, (ills and Tout link-nod and Hugh LOfgh. The school children are feeding the birds and trying to save them during the stormy weather. Wade Sell. Mil tP.ig llend). The following pupils were neither absent nor tardy during the month of January, l.ol and Walter Hcholes, Maurice and I. yds Johnston, Hex llrumbacb, Averltt lllckox and Myron Drown. These pupils are all In the upper grades. The final examination in history was given last week The grades re ceived are, Hex Hruinhch 99. I. win Jolinston 95. Averitt lllckox 90 and Wayne Hoblnson 86. Clara Anderson, an eighth grade pupil has given up her school work for the present but will resume her studies before the next final examin ation. Owing to Hie deep snow during the past week, a bird lunch counter was opened Thl was supplied with scraps from the children' llgttltl Our feathered friends were not the least backward about helping them- .-.elvcs. Klicishlc Votes. January 21 we organized a Lib erty Hell Hird Club and the follow inv were elected Ice Director. Tlieron Levee; Treasurer, (iladys Poe and Secretary, Bevel Orrell We have held two very enthusiastic meet- lugs and the boys have built some good bird houses The girls bring donations of food for the feathered friends. The other day one of the little five year old boy found an In jured snow bird and Is caring for it. Those receiving prize packages of Colgate's Dental Cream for the best compositions on "Hood Teeth and Good Health" are: Rhoda Armstrong, Leuli Armstrong, Chriasie Seibert and Tlieron Levee. We are planning a short program for Washington's Birthday. II. ut. ill Notes liepoiii-.l by Hie Pupil-. We are glad to hear such good re ports from our graduates who are Nettie McDonald now a i.tudent m the ltoi.se High school and Margaret Murphy who is attending the St. Francis Academy In Baker. Hood coasting Is being enjoyed by the boys. Letter Writing Week has boon ob served by the Beulah pupils. We are glad to receive tie THE ALDERMEN HOLD A The city council met In regular session Monday evening at the city hull nhd transacted routine liuslnes The city recorder Hied his report showini; he received $:t,S!7 29 during the month and tin- treasurer showed the city bnlanre to he 12, 699 L't; The city tnarsbnll reported there were no arrests for the month, busi ness In hi line being very quiet The fire marshiill reported all the appnratii In good condition nnd all the hydrant working. The matter of the city ceni'tary was threshed over, a report showing some of the tangle being submitted The matter wa ordered adjusted. The recorder reported a list of de linquents for the assessments due for Trunk newer No. 2 nnd Lateral No. 1. An ordinance wa passed or dering the proper officers to proceed and collect by due process. D. P. Dearborn filed his report aa auditor of the city records, showing everything was balanced He was requested to make a further report covering the outstanding city war rants. Hills amounting to f 1,01 1.10 were audited and ordered paid. They In cluded :ififi 4.'. to the F.lectrlc Com pany for lights and water, SI56 for coal and $228 for salaries. The recorder reported having heard from a number of cities regard ing what they were paying for city hydrants, varying from 1.19.50 a month for thirty hydrants at Prlne vllle to 26 hydrants at Parma at $130 a month. A petition was presented asking for a light at the cornor of block 25. The recorder was Instructed to collect one dollar for all doga re claimed. IMPORTANT FOR THE LOCAL FRUIT GROWERS Assurances have been received by the state department of the govern ment office of markets that the feder al trade commission are on their way to Holse to attend the state-wide farmer's conference which will con vene In the hall of representatives ni t In- tat.- capitol next Monday for a three days' session I'pon the request of fruitgrowers, shipper and hud men of the lurge fruit districts of the Pacific northwest these government n-pre sentatlves visited the principal fruit Otl0ni a mouth ago to investigate in. uteis, after which t!ev ottlci.illv called the principal shipper together in conference the middle of January. In view of the chaotic situation ex isting at present In the marketing of apples in the Pacific northwest, and the serious outlook for the coining season unless all Interests can unite on a plan, this proposal hy the feder al authorities Is timely and of such vital Interest to all growers that a large attendance from all Lull dls districts should be present. A special railroad rate of fare and one-third for Hie round trip has bow granted by the railroads, on the cer tificate plan, which requires the pur chasing of a one-way ticket and the securing of a receipt fur fare paid; the receipt Is then turned in at Hols.-. together with one-third of (he regular fare back, when a return ticket will be Issued Statesman The Purity llakery and Wil-im l.i..- i.'i.nirv Stole both now handle Doolittle Sanitary Jersey Dairy Milk and Cream When you want a hot-(1.- call for this milk and ci.am You will Hud it the best milk sold in Ontario. Kvery cow is tested tor tuberculosis anil the milk is clean and sanitary. 6-6 library hooks. TI;o pupils are en joying reading them. The pupils were busy taking tests Un U8t week. The following names appear on Hie roll of honor this menth: James Mc Donald, Claire Pearson, Murgar. I Mc- Donald, Kverett Pearson, Frank Scott David McDonald, Wanda Templeton, Lane McDonald, Raymond Chandler and Dollle Chandler. Ovrthee Notes. At the lust meeting of the Indus trial Club a number of important things were discussed and after the business meeting a short program wa given. This was arranged by I In- pupils and wa a surprise to the (00 OB 01 and the advisors. The ho.vs ai. to meet with their udvisor, Mr. Bradley, for the purpose of getting help with their proji ThO Sewing Club girls have taken possession of u lurge box which they expect to fill with unities to be t..l, en to tin County Fair next full. "The Hillside School" is the name recently given to the hill school in District No :!9 across from Weiser. The other school in this district is known us "The Annex School". A SHOW STORM HITS ENTIRE NORTHWEST The snow (dorm which raged throughout the northwest lat week proved the worst In year and Iihk many of tho old timer guessing. With the wnrm weather of the past few days many of the streams are running bank full and no doubt some damage will he done. There was Home slight damage to the exhibition bull at the Fair ground from the heavy snow. Part of tho county bridge near Thos. Hrosnan's place on the Mal heur river is reported out. Ip the valley they nre having some trouble but not very serious. At Riverside the had rain instead of snow, so the railroad suffered wry little. In a few places the water was over the railroad, and a few slides occurred. On the Homednle branch there was no trouble, the frost being out of the ground. There are many rumors of damage but nothing definite could be learned The Big Willow was reported out of bank and some of Van Dusen's sheep lost. OITI.AIt LKCTIRKR COMING. Kinnilt D. Nichols Author of the Second Declaration of Independence and popular lecturer of the north west will deliver his noted lecture entitled. "The One of the Hour." at the Baptist Church, Ontario, Oregon, next Sunday evening, Feb. 13th at 7:30. Thla Is considered one of the most Interesting and instructive lec tures that has been delivered on the all Important up to date matters that concern the worlds Interests. It la a lecture that Interests the non church goers as well as the church communicants. The public is there fore cordially invited. Boats frea. D. E. Baker, Pastor. 4"ONOIIF.;.TIONAI, NOTK8. . Tho Impossible condition of the roads made it expedient for Rev. Koenlg to abandon the Journey he begun last week to Kverett, Washing ton, and to return to Ontario and take charge of his own work here. Because of thl Dr. Wright will not be In Ontario a announced until conditions are more promising for special meetings than they are at the present time. The pastor expects to occupy the pulpit ut both services next Sunday. In the morning the theme will be, "Attending Drawbacks", In the oven lug, "l.lucoli !:. llglon". piiii.ip KOEINd, i I MTKH MtKHHVTKItl.tX Ml IK H Our special meetings will begin n.-vt M,, i ..I... n .!.i. I' tn uary 1-tth, ut 8 p. ni. Hev. J. H. Story of Parma. will preach five nights anil Rfll M K. Dunn of Spokane. Wash., will continue the series. Music and :cr moils will be good. Services ure Ire.- gnd .very body Is in Ited W. N. HKOWN, Pastor Don't r.-ad this unless you are In terested Don't come It you do not want to live better. Special meet lugs begin next Monday every night at 8 p. in . in the I'nited Presbyter ian Church. Hood seats, music, and Dunn will preach. IIU'TIKT t III IB II OII H The pustor will spend tour duys in Portion il no ludwig next Sunday Ilea con ii I-. Neece will speak at 11 A. M. next Sunila. . and Hon 11 Nlch ola of Hoi-, will deliver an addr. at 7::;u ..a Co- topic, "Tho Om ol the Hour." Scats ure free ami an Invitation Is extended to the public to at .. ii I I bespeak a good bOOriOl lor both of these BOO, D. K DAKKR, i'. Hi i D l.oree w ill h.vl'i ., ol n-vivul .-or vices ut Carlo aboii, H . middle of next week. He ductini-' a meiting now at Arcadia, which bj resulting in much good Rev l K. Il.ik.-i will go to Pori nd Friday to attend a Tour .sys Layman's missionary Coui,-ren.s- al that place, which begins Sunday morning. There will be h.iwi.n three and four lliousund l.uymaii and auinislers attending the me.iin, MOfltm Dr. W (1. dental office Ing. Howe lias moved his to the Wilson build- 16 tf Paioless Dentestry in Reality NKKVi: lil.OCklSH is Hie SI ami Sclent lib Method of elimin ating pain Hi llelitesliv. lit (Ills inelbod I extinct teeth, remove nerve, prepare teeth tor filling anil bridge work absolutely ultli out p. un V, I.-. NuCcftin OK. CKTI. ill II I II I'mllk building Ml. ami Mam. Moi.. Idaho JAMES R. MANN ,-si obbsw , njnjnjnjjB James R. Mann, Republican leader In Congress, who defended President Wilson's preparedness program. BRIEF WAR NEWS Iron currency Is Issued by tho Aus trian government, It Is reported. Kaiser W'llhelm Is said to be on the western front and bas been there for some time. Tbo Herman government has con fiscated all products of Herman tex tile factories, dispatches say. Persistent reports come from Dutch source that the Hermans are about to begin a great offensive smash against the Anglo-French lines. Tbe long looked for offensive of the Teutonic allies against Salonlkl may now be on or near at hand. An agency dlapatch from Salonlkl reports that an artillery duel haa been In progress near Dolriin. where strong forces of the centrsl powers for some time have been facing the positions of the en tente allies. Such a bombardment might well be the prelude to an ad vance movement by tho Teutons and their allies Along the many fighting lines of the widespread war field, few opera tions of Importance have been report ed the past week. On the Franco Belgian front, the French bombard men! intense In the Champagne and the Argonue Berlin reports cases of sporudlc activity by Infuntry, one In stance being so ith of Lit Ihiskc. If, a! wh.tr Um British are declared to have been r pulsed when on.- nl lie Ir in; led an advance I he llrltish h.i .-Ives a list of the dam. i I kj Hi. pelin raid, di i taring no mintage was done to dock, granaries or munition f. 1. I.. lies. In all llii m. Ii. :'s women and seven children vv . re kill. that 48 men, M women ami seven dill dren were injured. In the H i. u.lv great and small that have taken place over (ireat llritalu since the war be gan, Ut in. n of which 17 were sol diers, M women and 4:i cltlhlicn huve been killed. SHORT NEWS NUGGETS Storms awei-piug the coast of Alus ka took 11 lives and did IIUOOOO dam age. The Wisconsin tlemwratlc confer erne indorsed "resident Wilson for re election. Mnrv v Hie, Mn Joined the "dry" forces by a vote of 894 to IM in a local option election. Floods In il.u. .is, Kentucky and Mississippi hOVO been responsible lor I 1 .1. . 1 1 Si.-, approximate ( I S and ma; u homed SI The Methodist church paid out $1,- 100, I In I" i. slon:; fl POttl I 'I BlBl ters and ministers' widows In rl. Tin pension luiiil needs $16,1 ,000, of srhil h M.000, i is on hand. I., ii raj muiidant at I'auaiii.i I. a . recommend ed the piili bis ..! i . i. I i dnfv lit eai h entrain . In II .il of (ho pin p.. entrunces. lien, ral OoothOlO uys it will not tuke more (ban eight months to i, move lb.- slides from the I'anuina canal, and it may take hall I H.it time Tbe slides wen- not caused In turninn In the wuttt I. mi. tin- canal was Completed Th. executive cop. lull tee of the as sociatiou of western railway, a turinal stutein.nl Hi answer to the demands of railroad employ I eigiit hour dats ami time and a half overtime, with a statement thut It would cost $1011,(111(1, nun a jroor Allies Expect Attack. London There appears to be a growing belle! both in Porta, ami boo don, thut the demons are preparing to luum h some important mlliior) movement on im nootonj front Poi nearly a fortnight Ini Uermeu activity has bc-un reported klong thla line. J. W. I'alton cun. ;;i ir-n Tuesday to visit with lila frlcud Mr. Moody for a short time- BIG SHIPMENTS OF FRUIT FROM PARNA Approximately $.15,000 worth of fruit, pi un.-! and apple, wa ship ped I r. in Hie PartM fruit warehouse during the past fruit season. Seventy cars of fruit wa shipped from there and It brought to tho growers an average oi $ .mi per car. Tho apples were sold al price ranging from 75 cent to $1.25 per box, f. o. b. Parma, and the prune brought an average of 50 cents per crate, I o b. Parma. This fruit wa partly bundled through the Idaho-Oregon branch of tho Keith Pacific Fruit Distributors, and Deuney & Co. Approximately $300,000 has been distributed among tho Parma-ltoswell farmers during the last season for tho following three items: Hogs, 121 cars, $136,000: 750,000 pounds of red clover and alfalfa seed, $126,000: fruit, 70 car. $35,000. Many more thousands of dollars have been distributed there during tho year Just closed for such farm products as hay and grain, and for cream, and for livestock of various clusseH such as horses, dairy and beef cattle, otc. ; also honey. M A PIONEER OF THEfGREAToWEST James Kdward Reedy was born at Sullivan, Moullry Coutitv, Illinois, on the 10th day of December 1870, and died In Ontario, Ore., January 22, 1916, being 45 years, one month and three day's old, at time of death. "Jimiuie" as ho was known hy hi host of friend came over the plains with his parents when he waa six years and stopped at what was then known us Fort Boise. From this place tho family moved to Utah and thence to Snake River, where the deceased remained tho greater por tion of his life In 1805 Mr. Reedy was married to Mrs. Ida Slsley, a widow with two children, Lena and Lets. To this union was born a son Kdward. These children survive him , the step daughters residing In this city and l-ahv ard ut Huntington. In July of 1007. Mr. Reedy hurled his wife In Buker, by whose side his body was placed In It's last resting place Besides hi children, u mother, brother and slater in coluiuhu, Ohio and u sister III ll.ilne-. Oregon, sur vive him. used was a member of Tho Woodmen of the World, lamp 363. r. Idaho. WHITMAN IS FOR HUGHES New York Gov. nor Is Candidate for Re (lection. New York Covernor Ubltinuii re idu. tor the r. (nihil cuii nomination lor fOTOfMI. HI an nouncement wa. coupled with a dental that lie had agreed tu seek tbe iiouilii atloii lor second place at tho republi CUII liiltloliul lonveutlou on u ticket to be headed by Theodore K. liurton, William U. Iloruh or Alben H Cum mins. I um for lu-ii.e HukIii-s to. presi dent, lie would sweep the country,'' Old Mr Wbitiiiuu. Fifty flv Million Fset of Timber gold. Corvallls, Or. A tin. t. r has be. n completed in Benton count) srhoft tin ( hail, s K Ipouldlng interests i II. . I 'i feet of standing umber and u lej: ;iug rail- to tin edgo ..I thu pi Hv ai ..-ut with the loathi m eon any will Ing lumber n. in ami tho other at Ni . TMF MARKETS I Portland. Wheel Clol m, $1.08; red Russian, :".i fort) ft d, i(7c; red file. I lav l.a.tiiii Ori on timothy, altalla, $20. Mutter (realm r C'e. i s Ranch, Wool L.. i- i.. ii. valley, L'lle Hops tin:, crop l p.-r lb. For Sale 30 Kootl thrifty Shouts. These can he finished to top market in short time. J. J. DILLAItl) loin milts saet of Ontario