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Buimi0 tkm. fe vol, XXI. ONTARIO, MAUJffri, COUNTY, OKKOON. I lUHSD.W . JULY 19, 1917. & NO. 28 ACROCATIC SMS LISHD FOR f AIR k. of a Has v COMMERCIAL CLUB 10 MALHEUR'S QUOTA IS Family Picnic Day ruTtDTIIU DAAn UFU I ADPPCT IM ODPPAM Big Crowd Enjoys STANFIELD ADDS NEW RANCH TO HOLDINGS Sunday Excursion niRMTORH OKTKRMINK TO OKT III IIMI AHIH CARNIV.!, TO ONTARIO snow HA8 TWKNTY -TWO ARb) SOMETHING DOING ALL TIME IMrrrtor Determine lo Knrnlah IMI Minute of fun for Kvery Hour llurtng Kvrry Afternoon if the big Knir. Twenty-two carload of atlrarllona emhraolng the Bernhardl Carnival company atunta and oonceaalona will be In Ontario for the week of the Mal heur county fair. Arrangements were made by the director of the fair at a meeting Monday night to have the company here. One of the object of the liourd In .....I r. iln. f.ir llm ll.-rnliar.lt mini p.ny. waa that they might be able!""-' ' " ho J lo J" to provide a ink of unaual at- "',r lhl,c "'"" traction at tha Fair ground dur- wardnaai. Vlewedfrom every ingle ing MM afternoon racing m.tlnaa. ' w. a plaaaat day. The Barahnrdl company oarrue a large. iiuakar of unaual acrobat and ether athletic apeellflea which arc Jual the right thing to command the att.iitkM nf tha people betwoen race Km if them In fact will prove head line attraction for tha fair. High IMver sps ,. iilar. in.' of the blggeat evanta lo be farad will be a high diving art that I alwaya a winner and tho not a new one naver falla lo "gat Uie crowd " A t roup of high wire and ladder balancer and all thai wirt of thing I another of the grandstand crdH, M that with the asygf Metal lamin. buckaroo -tun, and . Ircu ridlUK the afternooli at the ralr tlilx y-ar m ...... " tertalning tne people n" r ' treated to ... . . . ... .. t v.... ,7;,. ;':;; ;,; wmci. .. i..M.i.le of the cltv can make tha fair, ' In.,,.; th.ayt-r .?". atari Mk Now that the vacation aaaaon la on and many Ontarlan are I ring out in,., ,l,e country they should urge thcr friend In the outlying ectlon.e Carry the to come to tha fair. ninasuge now and a It I repealed l..ru varloua mnaua and by rapeat ed invltatloaa paraoually ext. nd.-.l the deatre to attend wHI need little urging at tha approon of tha open ing day. OVER0I.W.W. RUMORS Ken KHior Kald lo Try to lu induce Men to Oult Work Near Nyaaa W.k i,ic la Ida ho Hole of Kit" a ... ami .aiaala M t . uuuiora ay a, M w. a-"-" is.,,,.. ... i...,... ...ii lo eave Hie k au.. k..JU il.lu week a,c iic. us near njo .- - - aaacara to a number of Malheur cun 1) rancbora. H is reported f. on. Nyasg that a .mall group of the inal- content, appeared below thai cn and, utter a abort time reaidents or tna. t lu se-n ...X. n.wtiMra in their ow baud, unit sent them s. urring o'r to the Idaho side Ou Weduaaday another report cauie from that seetlon that more I W V ere about and aiinilur action oateuipiated li known UmI I'tMraut worker, have eudev...-, fc .- -.. ...i.tj .n, siiue' -V uieu IOB1 le i.e...- a' thoae have lubabited th '' la'l lor weak paat have refused to work unlaw glvau higher wages than UM going acale No oomplflnl have aaaa made to Um au.borltle. aad it at no I defluitely kuown whet mi 01 "'i the iroublo-maker. are member a' Bill Hayward'a fraternltr or mere . ..dent .eaklng to make trouble on thair own ac. ..nut . RO tW "It INks Wl wi.h to theuk our friend for U'fclr klndnaas to u for the do war eot for our mo 8 Hutherford, Bona and fauiilir Two grain binder, at a bargain - them three block aouth of the noapitaj. Hajifoid Mam, Weather In City Rnew Not Ker, K of r. In TYivra Huudav Kind KJrr Bank Oaal Kbouii Kor Sport While Ontnrlan weltrcd In th heat Sunday, the mmbfri of the Knight of Columhu and their rum mllei found a cool ipot on the Pay ette river over In Idaho and there they had a Joyful picnic. More than a hundred plcnlcera were In the firing of auto that left UM city daring the morning hourit and gathered at the rendeivooa. There war. In the various ear, plenty of the tilings that make plcnlce aceaaa ful from the ullnary view point Thin w epcclally true for the kid who found MM that for unco the Ice cream wai going to hold out. Then there waa a nloa cool river handy r.r thoae who wanted to awlm. In the afternoon there waa a program -of aporta that amuaatl ihoaa who did not take part anil make wire muacie lor BLANKET SQUARES ll 771 111) AAI AflC IQ 1 Iflll lil II I IK A t-vlill... o( Honor Haard knitting la Itcd Ctawa Uliuktvtnt Mlarlllng to Hay the let eKaa Kreji i : . p.lng the aorth dlnplay win- dow. where the exhibition of Wnm. , ,. ., , ,ra .tinnluv the Itcd Cross room Ih '" oiapiay, one or the cooicm pi... en .. I)ieBa ,yu The reaaon tor tut" i ,l,a, ,,( ,,BB than fotll fan ... . .,... rm t """ " , V w,,r"w" ,H"- ', 7, "l ""'' "" "" ''" Ih- "UinlK-r or worr .....-. a. - '"" "cit "'"7 """"" U la altogether probable (ha. ...any """ "'" an who has remained at home durum the warm aftemoona, just trying to keep coo, w..u... .,. the compr-Mi folder, about th. white table, .o the windward of the fan.. hViuarr NolaUy lud. In the north wtnoow o, m ....... I. i. . illaplay that with It. riot of. . ... .l.i" no little att'-ui i". " theae da-a ! " - I, Iln. I .... .... n..i see the startling woo u - assort.... ... of color, every ahade in ll'c spwlruiii I"" 'M-ict int.. the heme which deftea deaerlpilon '", noisy aggregation la made up of aquare.." each U Incbea long, and JuhI that wlda. Theae aquare which . ... i.a .mil, nf odd hits are auppoaeu ,o . ... r colored yarn, left over rrou. Hta ,pleoaaree..t to the New York head .,-. for the Honor duard the.f made up into hlankela for the i ..iaait ildler. Tha aaaort- , , ,a 0uti,rui ,ted CroM room men, iu t '" '" wera made by the glrla of UM nMWar . . , vv. t.uard. It Ih I o.h that M NW aJ iu,Ull all hi. glory uvr draped h( m(in,y ,lKurB with . more coin . aabC,tment of r.iuhow hues a- UWl exhibited In UM display .I"'" (hi week. HO.NKNOI Ms.THN)Nr.tt Kt ATTMAtTH Mil H ATTENTION. h a Awl. of We.tfall.le an ... ..-- .k lie Ontario riaiior ." -.-- . . aa. among a nuu.... - dent, of the Interior who si -.p I ped at tha Argu. ofh. - Ml ' week to get Information con- ...iug the great boae of the Matadouauiu- which . , . the window of the omce j. relic of tha preblatorlc real.Unt . ,lf tM Daj Ox Plat region i. la dally th auhject of Inquiry by !. visitor to tbo city. There l aps no igl " tnUrio w hick aeaaaion mora interaat- ,1 ad ape, ulatlon und the explana- n.l 0"' curio.lty glv aome of 111" -paotators laaa informed freinda aatoniah a lent let moat mm- pletely. IVUK.HKKV llh.MWW tMMkVT- KltH TO VIKIT tTTY JIXV M OMMITTKK TO MKKT THKJI T PAVKTTK. PROGRAM OF SPEECHES PUNED IV.ihik Highway . Woulil Hut. Mountain Stale, on Road Open Veer Round Captain Howell WIH, Party Ontario will entertain the Kvr- green Highway Scouting party on the afternoon of July 16 In UM party . I (apt I M Howell, Secretnty State for Washington, who with Hiir ,,,tl numh.r being 6. Tha draw ry J. Rldredge of Paaco. Washington. ,K wm prnhally take place tomorrow la endeavoring to promote and -1 n waahlngtnn Both nr the preced tereat In the eontrucllon or N'ortl , ,,aimni are unofflclal. hut oonte Rnd 8ou,,, nhway ,hru m mount aln plateau atate. . nlataao atatea. According to the advice aheeta H. have been aenl out by tha promoter papari, rarrler thl announceiii.'M tha road 1 to lay over a rout lliat Wednemlay. for It I generally ho- . will he open all year. It will atari H)re1 tn,t tna county waa cloe to ir.nn N..pi.rl. Vahllilon, oil kjuqu In all there have been 81 Canadian houndry and following DMwnoM home are In the county who tjentral Waahlngton Highway. "HI have enllated. of theae II are pro- i go to Walla Walla, from that point " "'" '" ,'wl"(n' ' and " "r llir "orth -l"1 H,l"n l(Uho r"1 raaxh Walaar. Payetta. Ontario, cram-,, Ing the river here the road Xli fo to Nyaaa. Parma, Caldwell, Nam and on to the Idaho line, where It will ...nneot with the IHah ayatagi, croaaluK the Rat und Weal roads inini Teiu to Calltornla. The proniotor pf courtm Um a power to detllie route and are mere- trm M ..,..., g. , l ,w - - J - - --- - ,. - ... atatea have been made ami the rcder- al road ilaalon of the depairt- I of the Interior lit working out a jacheme for taatNue'il dilicvar- ,lnlll,nion of t leparl " s,,, " "',. .n.i ... ... !. which are to recatva fadaral aid A,..,nK Of Highway Commajomr for Ki.atern ..reKon, I. TI P ., . r. ,i,U...o the .,,,, (n-ulad U, Hrl-g that tl.'- Oregon plans Include (.xtt.nslim of ,,,. prop,IHKj road from ,,,.,,., , Huntington. M m .. glve M alter- rmaa dur(n , ,lulu(r froul ()m ,.,,,,, rlv,.r , u,arlo along w(U th propj fcvorgioen route. commercial Club Mood I luo paooaay I ...... . .,-... evenmg. , re.,., v.-..-... , HU,,orUed to Ina.ruct the good road. ... . .,.. ,h- i oiiiiultlec prepaie ... ... .u.u ...-( t(urUt uu lo pri)ie for tha call M ,f , angHjajg; gf gHlggJ , lv ,oura,. a number of car will ,1iy-Ue to ,Iiaat alld eeeort lha trgVBlers ,,, utt,,o In tha aveo- liri wH (e a )lg , ...... ....... .. -tuiK at Naiupa conciuuiua wm. banquet al th Df I ' ' 'lW lo which the local .ill' 'I aa Invited to and delegate. The baa ,Ui. is to be given by the Nutnpa coiniucrclal b. H probabla mat a nmiiher of Ontarlan IH U(l- CASE AGAINST ZELLER DROPPED BY ATTORNEY t allure ol Klales Wltlie Keull la IMsioissal of Charge Against Peel II. II Proprietor. When the oae against Frank .ell ar, member of the hrm of Mo lath pool hall proprietors calL-d Fri day alternoou before Judge C M. I Steam it wa dlmled on the mot ion of Proatwatlng Attorney It W. rtwatler Thia waa due, the aulh-1 -- .1...1...J k the rr.un of tht iiiiiiwi. ..- .... " tui-t that a wltneaa for the .late l.t ..... t.. iiro.iu, ed Maaara. Moea Zeller aaerted that fa. i i hat Mr Mos pled guilty , the ..r i,.dui liouor iu hi. aoaarsslou and ,id a .ubetaiuial nne does not .......u that they have been guilty of boot legging In fad tboy tak. objection to rged with that crime, -.aylng tliat they have uol been: auiltv Mr Mos nay Ilia, the liquor received from the men with whom he . h urged, waa for hi par .una I l.l-OCtTION OK MKX CMIKRTIIK SKI.KtTlVK SKH ICK HYNTMI CAMJM FOR URN FROM (XHNTY 1234 NEN ON SELECTIVE LIST Many Cttlrrn Hellene County Im not Keen Properly frrvlltari With pr vloua Ki.n .iincnla 14 comic Kxenipt Malheur county haa to furnlah tiie iHrKfml number of men to be called fron, ny county In the Klate .i,t()i- the aelectlve aervlea law. tha fro- tna B aulhorltle of the ate and of the bureau of estimate Ontario waa aurprlaed when dally tmMy ,.rHtl dallnltely to other atatea or eountle For exanple Malheur probably In not credited with na 12 irfmilier of noaa Uuard whoa the Idaho Na home are In Nyaaa, Ontario and Head Ox Flat, neither la the county credited with tha Mllatment of William Hlackahy and WIIIIhiii PI gf who enllMted Ironi the tiiilvc rnltle en rounling all of thoae wwaaP1 Kin loglcully be credit! aaMfj ml the county haa 2 name on t ncic Bain' roll for which It xhould ! tad and with tnoie than BAV , par cent of the population. It I ,arva, about town that the i ,y )MH ,,, r,,.v..,i ,re,lt rroiu the government for tha man who Ml , ..nllate.l. hut tl.ee l .... wv r Hlrmhl)ll(( ,. While Malheur .oiuily has the moat moil to rurnlsh the state, Oregon has the amalleel nun. her lo he furnish by , any atate In the union Ho nearly complete ha Oregon'a iiuoto that a New York paper cdltorally suggested VoU"" .. . . .i. iu .., n. r imnsni o, me ..... .m...i. gon, and the gRj ot I'ortland, which , . .....,. .lUirl,. in I .... ., .. -lf hMLu i. rsa.iv i.roviiie.i n.uin .......,,. n, re.nlar1 - "' - '...",. . .,. Army ami auoiia. ..,... ..." ..iiotas required of them In Hie in n. a draft, and will not have lo furnish a man. The It eountle are Benton, OaaW. r.mk. Itouglaa. Iltm.l IHvhi . Jack ou, Josephine I.iin. I. inn, Marlon Multuomlia, tout si. I. tBg city ol I'oi t land i l-olp, TUIan.U' k and Yamlilll, 111 addition to the .11 ol I'oitlalul. .Continued on Tage Two I ONTARIO BOYS WANT TO SEE FRANCE SOON liMiice for Karl j t lion ao.l a IM- oC- coiniolsslo,, Piefrcl lo Cl.aa.r at Itesei-xe IMtlc-r Hlgnal Corp. lu a letter from Harold Hproule ' raoetvml by lit. molhur. Mra. A I.. 8proule, from amp Kelly .South 8a n Antonio. Texas there la a gllinpaa j at the attitude wlilcl. i lie Ontario boy are taking toward the opportunity I to ae aervioa in France, ami (hat vlaaa. tha, they are anxious le bxwi the Poilu and gel after the k"rli The same deire to get into the raal game haa been espraaaad by otbar members of the Aero Squadron lu letters lo uieir noute ioi.b. "I he following Is wT.at Mr Sprn:!- bd ay hirty forth Aero Squadron. Cu Kelly, South San AaliuO, T. xas Ju 11, 117 "reaieroay wa a -xoicn.-i, m degree In the .hade, and very Uttla ... Page Six. Klfthty ttnfarlnn Meek Itellef I r..n, Torrlil Temperature In Idaho Mountain Return Tired, Rut Happy The Oregon Short Line railroad company furnlnhed the mean where with noma two hundred reeldent of the Snake River Valley eacaped the lieat of Sunday and enjoyed a trip thru the beautiful mountain to Hmitii'M Kerry. ' In tha excursion party there ware tl Ontarlan. and Judging by tha report the brought home with them waa a happy day The apeclal left Ontario at 30 h. 111 , while It waa Mt III comfortable, and after gathering a big crowd at Payette, more at Prultland, and New Ptynoath reach) Rmmeit. tha aaw mill town, took on ST) of the Rolee excurlonlt and proceeded to the picnic around, which whore reached at I o'clock. It did not take a great deal to milke the crowd happy after reaching lne mountain, for thoae who did 1( lUnrl, -t tnfl pvllon cllmad (he Mlim mnli ,nrally disported them BTM kn kd out of nchool Aalda froIll i, beautiful weather the trav aara wara a eitravagenl In their ralae of the beau tie of tha ecenery, anj many f ihem are hoping that tha nsouraun will lie repeated later, ae- piaDy if the warm apell continue. FINAL SUMMONS HEARD BY MRS. RUTHERFORD 'I. in. -ci lieslilrm ..f III. lull.. I,le aft. . . l.lnu.iiiiu III,,,- 1-aveM llnsnaii.l anil II. ice wins. SIXV llerlllg elided lor Mrs Klliabet.i Inrii.T It ill herford when ah. ,m, er tmm her.. , . uo ...lock Moudy eenlug The and waa peaceful for the Ion I lines ha. I., k.n Its toll ol her stlelialh ..l.d the spirit, which In the early day waa active In the work .r tin- f ' ler set, lenient .oul.l prolong lite no longer Ita work waa ended. The lllueaa which caused her MU Hi Wednesday afl.riio.in from die luiu .laioil rroiu a parale.lc stroke, which ahe sufTerml l year ago whl' liUk la 'alirornla .She uevar re- lovercd from u:t uotia a.iu uaa tmmu .,,, .n,i .....r show. Kor more than a year before lor death she naver -f, h ,, I tie funeral .crvlec were SuriO rugutloual church under Hi" direction Of AM Herbert Livingston. Th" i ul.eis of Star Chapter No UK I i. ml of the II. I. ekahs, ... I of wi.lch Mr. It.ulierloi.l was i barter mem ,n ndid Hie "frvl..' in a I while a host of friends in. lu. ling many of the firt s.-uleis In this rUdalt) mmm la asy Uu Jj raaaaatg to i, ,, in iiiue.l on Page Six ) UVIWtIO M tN IvNKW NKW ,11 IM KI.UHt IN UKHMAW 1 1 lis i.i Kercher now i 1. 1, ..I of Ontaiio. who left Ills old home iu Colonge, Germany 17 year ago, I well acqua.... ed with lir lieorge Mlcha. I. the new tier, nan Cliancollor w tin Is the first Coinliier to reach thai position "0 MJc.heall I a tighter, of I lie old Herman school Now llie war will go ou and on Hind cuhrg and l.u.len.lorf will have no Interference," said Mr . her lo the Argus Tue.day ev.-i. Ing. 'Tin . Crown Prince ,i. ed the appointment ot Mich aelia, aad the peace parly wilt ml. tha pow. r of llptliinnnn lioliweg. who waa a batter Chancellor than mo.t Auierl can think ho waa Mr Kercher bellnve It pos- Ihat the war will Willi the iivi-i i i.iow oi il, -of the preatmt German govern ha say most t; i man want. Ho alao declare- i is no' tiie Herman Vmar Icaa who arc- behind th. 1 W none meat. iwoi ci: rim it si: ok MOR. HTTHI.MII M-.lt MMHHUR tTTV OKA I IWIII.m I 10,000 SAVS HI 1-ullT LEGISLRTOR IS SHEEP KING Owner of Nearly Quarter of Mlllloai lamb aald to Have Itefuned Kabuloa Price for Tliem According to tho Baker Herald, the Stan field company laat weak pur ebaaad the Jame Mordtt ranch aoar Malheur City, and alt the atoek om tha place nnd would take Imraadlata poaoaaelon of tao property. Tha deal according to tbo Baker papar la vnlved 1 110.000 Mr. Morfltt. wao I one of the beat known cattle maa In that region ha, a yet; no plea for future actlvltlea. With the addition of the Morfttt ranch the Mtanflold company baoaaMM tha Urgent operator In Malheur coun ty. While Ita acreage la not a great a tha road land companies It la ov eratlng mora ,.xlnlve tract I -act year when the company began aa quiring holding, here It purcbaaad tha Mallicui I gad l.lveatook hold ing from tha O'Null. Including II, nun aore In which waa S.&00 Im , with on of the best hay flelda In the country. Morfltt rimrti U a cattlrrnnrli In the hi.ari M a cllle country whera few sheep have been ralaad. Wbeth- Staiifleld .onipany l to COB- i Into a aheep rain h It I Imt known The fact thai the purchaaa In, In,!.-. Hi.' k as well lead aoina of tin, local .lock men lo liellei that M.inheltls will i" ralaa iicti la would not aa mi Ilium n Ion will, the Htan III. I.I company, I." Iho It la known tho blggeat hwep ...mpaiiy lu UM Culled Hlule It ha considerable cattle among It holding. IHiMui ' t'W iiionlh tho Hlaiilleld .oinpaliv of wlihli It N. stanfieiit, ajjaifcM ot the laat iiouaa of Hep ...live, I the bead, haa piinhus.'.l several ranrbe In thl aao Hon Tfeaaa purchases in. luded .in bolu .1 I I"'1 u.arllunt Inglnu. With the of tha Marti N'' n field further , s hi right t.. lha in I slock king ol the peclally I this true respecting sheep, fo, n was report' 'I iBal ba refused nearly two millions for hi lamb alone tbla spring. ROUGH ROADS DO NOT FEAZE BABY TOURIST iv Mooili old Itob.Tl mol.rilefleM lake-. Vol" flip i ,'alifornla, , oteiiiiu I.7IMI Mlsel, and f S.one lloouli to. tog a Mr and Mra ti. Btubblafleld r. i, ni,,, .,, OUMTia Sunday from a 1, 7n. . mile nip .l.ir.iiK which they trai eled by um, iron Oatarla . i. ii. nil. Calilon.i ..nd ratUTI II. ei, iv in, ,ul ,,s old jii accompanied them .i. pita Hi baking aui Jolting of day. aval luiii.utiitn and uctonk the i ll.e . huiiky Hltl.' traveler ed sir.'i.L'lli ami accompli Led a Ivpl ..1 Ion. i -I i..n I no i'out;l,e I road,- w, , p,i,a . .1 ... ail Hie trip wa Iron. Iircwaey lo Ontario. ' said Mr Siubhletield. I I,.,. ,,,,, i i. w i.e. ., ,.-ar- ing oullil lo.., th lop al Ben. her UKiuulalu. lol there evidently haa has bean a lot of freighting over tho This hk revolted in Innumer able i buck lo i aha the goiag rough. 1. was not on Ibl sorting of lha trip, howl wl th' ,i ,...,k place, but la Califoraal fortunately right mar a telepi one of Ihi the uxle broke ...ik wa dla- covered Jus' in time to save a aerioua