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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1918)
vA1 S' t$n The Ontario Democrat wwbxxw XX IT,' LANDS Htht, :,.tln SURPASSED ANYWiiERE KKRT1IJTY OV SOU, DKCLARKI) KQUAL TO ANY IN WKHT RXPeJUKNCKl) MRN DIS CUSS IRHIUATIOH rnoBuowH COUNTY SEEKING DCVELOPHENT Dtaaer Uivao by Commercial (lab Aea Program Prge HtarUng At on Kffort to Hwuro ryhar Projwvt, That Malheur county land are not surpassed In any of the weal In fertility, that horn the c mi, r r.i.. add proof th'at chemical analysis are1 correot In the results whlrh dhow high piTr.ntiiirea of necessary ele- ' niems tor piam rrowtn. thaaa are hut m iww ui nil- mHieiuenil mime nj X" pert to the Irrigation ami Drainage school held In lie nut ii r i I lllg hill (ini' fin nlutlon til pi ' facts Ml foi I -, h) ; were , i for i I lM I I n il" .liitdiiu Vallct . Jnliti lie wni k Wnimsurlnga. end il ,iini In Oreg-rg, today. I there a grant a development on ta In Mnl- heur niuHty. I'lofensor W. M. Powern declared that linking made a noil analysis of porttona of nearly every coanty In Kaatern Oregon, that It wi hla be list that Malheur county land wai unsurpaased II aald thr.t he oft wished that he could himself own 1 cr tract over her, for lie de clared, "von people are not getting nearly aa much out of the sol ai , Ml b secured by rotation of crops nd other methods. ' Thomas W (lasstl. likawiaa d-: . larad hi Jxllaf that ll.la suclloa wai j not yielding Its potential poaalbll itlas. and Inspired the gatnering y a hri; ai count of what bad been ac complished la Itv year oa oe of th Eastern Orgn Land coropa nles ranchaa during lha paat flv . i arnil tha making of the ..... .k...i .m akitiik.l avant . lirigul.1011 Wliuui " - j which be declared would lmmaty tenellt th ranebra of tbl ragion ten (lovnmment Aid. wr CRPr. tt Bngln. outlined at a lecture Saturday - lug tb propoad bllla for gov.rnment . - Tr.; .,. u. -.id tat the Una bill wiucn coniem plate the purchase of land la gieal bodies by tb alst sad thelr 0,,l" up,,,,,,,, I. not feasible for Oregon alaee tbe tax limitation would not ,. . ...k .n Minendlture. In an pvruiK. mvw w ... .,.... p i um i i tirrner ZZ L s niViiamberlainthU m.sr, and may bU, wlluh would SrnH th. nation- wk ar. a.kte to..,, ., ,h. bd- overniuent to absorb Irrigate, u I quarters and enroll dL.r let TuO ie. Mr Cupper Mld , l'.pi. from tte country dl.tric . o , -hTe no familiar ett. that ..re lltewl- requ-l.d to lake ,. deull "ucn plan would membership dollar, to th. aollc-.r, mura in deull. rste a p o Tu provide uulcker u.uou " - .. itavaloniiient la concerned Waal the Oaylif Projeii. At the l.anuuel aeversl spkr. lueludlng P J. OalUgher, J K Black ahy. K H Teat and others, urged co operatsou between tk mmlttea of this county to the eud thai efforts Iy i the eua nisi ""- . ju.,i..es he lU.nlje , ureaeni "- -; -- .. tl.lM Meet lull for tue ruii of Oie development work cootampUt ... Nuilonal government In It, efforts to provide farms for return ing eoldier. - II was the '" ""- ""lM ,ua. the Commcr. LU l proveed U. taUtat a osi luu lag toward thai 'U.l Haj.lu.i-- Mea l u R, B. Conkllu who prfiudsd at meetings of "r i--. 1s-lsr.i l If ).. Bge gehool when caiieo -P sBonet said l !UD have buw ,,,ug dan , ,rn....ou am. drain I'Al.iu ' ' IITfRHARK Me Tl I.I CHONR.S TO ST PAI l. When President W. P. Davidson of tha Oregon Waatarn Colonisation oompany reached Ontario today from tha Interior of tba aUt te loud walttog bin a message telling of tba dangerous II I new 0f ona of hi daughters and tha eartoaa eondiUon of aaothar. H at one called Mrs. Davidson, y long distance, and learned defin itely of their coadltlea and changed hla plana which contemplated a atay bar for several daya aad loft on No for hla bona. Tho tba distant oorarad by tba wlrea need In hla talk to hla St. Pan! homa la par hap z, too mile He had do difficulty In bearing Mra. Davidson's voice plainly. RTJT W.S.S. Linif RED BUTTONS ,,, ijl;W uy nvrutitVH in-. Ill v mi MBRJVNUP l URKIT Ml 'i tilt. tl.1TIO WliMI A ItlMMtTIV. iMPAICIX HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLS 83 Mffrlt - 'l t 'oniill Inns tin. Raj Roll mi Have Ii'miIkI Into .a are w in tba lilti' mil below the rroa on tho Held. It I the tnoHt popular iluc mm present at tka CbrtatasH aa and l gaining In numbers every day. Mrs. W. J. Plnnay. ganoral chalr- man of the drive whlrh I he'ng eon- ducted by the woman o tha city re port that every day tin- nnunlttee are Inrreaalng the roll and everywhere thy ar meeting with prompt ami ganerou aupport. it ha bn Impossible to bold n drlv In tb Nyaaa branch owing to the fact tb Nyaaa '.a still cloaad, and that Is iho Hie condition lu eome of the outlying dlatrlcta. To tb Ontario High (school go tb honor of having th hlggeal - rollmaat In v institution ao for. Tha Senior girl had urv.- of ii..- drive there ana or tue hwimh who wr in school an Wdnedy. lky enrolled tl. th utnN exeact to ota tb woh ao that tb etudeal body win te 10 pr ent Had cross I its membership . ... lloolh have been nisluulusd in .1.- o... fmi n.l at ihi Hrlva m I vm m. -w QU,rtera In th Builaoa A Adm sTtea 0potll tb P oSto At thu plaeea and at th botl many mem bsjrabip tev tewa Uks. Since the .-onmlttawi h.v. ovrl the l.usln.. dl.UkU. sad .0 fr bSVe Bt been turnd down by ny of i ihe business men. nd few of tba men found on the streets, the work tba' remains to b done Is among outly ing sections nd In tb resttdeiKe die irln I he loinmllteee did not eall al homes where slckaeas prvlls, aad s lle.J law uirwiijr0 ntw ... -- ,. of . who wlH want to Jolu It may be necaae. iuiiuue th effort over Into the cow ing weeks, bat as many as possible should send their dollar In tbl week ill v W.S8 uiu Crvsul West, formerly of - - teaching rmi.rlo aad who ha oean leacning -" N . ,, -""" " . . w Mrs. Kdua Griffin .ok and wiiii BUY w as - Krod Grama returned from train Ing in the . A T C. last week. in;-. 8 8 HltOTHKK WUTARKJ U.TIM HP Kit " ' U.BWIS1.I. Psnwtck af the public reoepred word Moadav .f hor hi Mlaa Kuhy , .m.,.!! -nd the ery aertou eon- - M(ir rolh.r ,he ,, . , . ,,,. .ais time aeeV aord gb- rt on th. r r.in ;' .. , , n, , jie bar aaethar: 'r tte idajjo f ruruLAKUtUUKAMUFIb MAIJIEUK C)U1T4 OREGON, THURSDAY DKCKMBER 19 1918 SEEK UNITED EFFORT FOR GREAT PROJECTS MRN INTIOUNrTKB IN DRVRIAM- M SUIT OK MALM BUR RVMOOUf IMMURjr TYMGNmn TO UBT AOtvON S, ATOBCB BL1IEVT TBfS OPPORTUNE TIME Owryhe aad WiBow "r Pro) ecto B ined Worthy of tvhrsr atlon la (.ovrmmeat'e Rsmtwatmrt-' lonPrvajgroiBi . t'alted Kffort Nerd. A th rult of mooUog In con nectlon with the drainage aad Irri gation school held here laal k. tho long 1 lierlHlied faith In.' n aire for tlie oinati mtlun of the Owy-' hn and Willow ci lent in mnt) i.'u n a dw- Mlre Hint I Ii n ihe i."l il thai aria u wall an In Hi'' rum'uunitlea l Nyaan and Ontario. 1'" fleveral Nyaa men, well aa sv i al rauchora owning land on Ik Owyhao have in the paat week iniin- IfMtsd tutorest In revhing that proj-j ect llualneaa iii.-n of Ontario have aeaured thorn ef whol hartd eo operation. Th Owyhee project haa been - mined and aurveyed by government nglnaar. t'omplete dsta 01 available for an eihaualtve1 report wai pabllahvd aa lb reeukt of lb) eo oprtivsurvy of tb atate and nat ional uglneara. Thus all tb prelim Inary atepa has bo taken Likewise the Wllow creak d alrlct ha boon axamiacd and la In a posi tion to b pl4 before the ofllclsla. Tb Intereata of each of Iheae eoald b sdsquafely preaentsd by on coi mltta aariactcd from tbl aartlou. and Dear Reader, kBHaaHHasHaxaaxama iaBfl BifffHHSagHHaJRRRRRRjH(BHB an i ifJsVj 5fl la 'I 'aBxea fl Ml HBHB..IIIP HBEBBBHBBBBgR - CmBfTS1 - ' rfTMsxawffixexWMeraaw!BUnB I ' jy 'iVjTlxaaaatt ' J&tj ! 1 I rj axICa . ,nWHsxaaaaniTOiBi ssxBTaVisTxBwaxBXB9Ls ' UK9Bt!f BaxatrTswI V I ' UlaF Ii s c tmwji J iMrl fiVB . am aLSflafaJ RsV etsaCSBaVasxaaa. LxaxaaT .sBaLasaaassxa. -- axaxi ' IRlSlxswIIISllllllaxlll. r I F SJ!11bhV CbWVB ' lawRL nilMllsxax U bHP'':! n 'lir R? Eats iE B SSifxaJ i X. I BB xKBj M ' jRjk ".'' BBVB " n INCREASES FORCE TO SELL LAND HOLDINGS ORROON.WKNTKRN OOLON1XA. HON OOMPANV BRINGS AD DITIONAL RKPRJKRHTA TTVRN TO P1KLD OV KtCR) AT VALH TOO EXPECT BiGDEMAND TOR LAND Aftp Vew of lasartlvRy Mow Again Plareal la KbrM to I ran Patrhaa Of Malheur tV.aaty ada. Indicating emphatically that there la to b a big movement in land In this sec Hon In th near future, th Oragon-Weatern Colonisation foroa In I hla aectlon hae hin Increased by tliree additional reproaentatlv. Likewise an otll" Ih to he DOeMd at Vale, wltli Ii 1 lolinaon. who Ikih Raaf rdpreientd th f nevllle, In 1 harg. land aeukers. There Is already a demand '" thia land and muny iiuil cut Ion for pui, liuie ar In tie ha company iigenta It h) Hie firm Ion of th officials thst all of t'i' company' holding will be sold with in th nest fw months th ekpena te dlvldad so to he aa burdenaom tha If each were to aend man to Wsahlaglon. To bring tUia matter lu a foe, at the reqasit. men In treated In not Ii la, a tall for a meeting will b loaned soon for a meeting to be held a sgsan after Chilatmas aa posadal ways suit Itee projects te si Washington and methods nancing the effort 1 You 're Wanted UOMRH TO mil HIS RAM II AND DM'LARKH III HINRHH i.imiIi Morton O. Barrow, of St Paul who owns a big ranch under th Shoe string ditch southwest of the city (topped in Ontario Wednesday en roate from th Minnesota capital to I'aaadena where he will speed Chrlnt ma with hla daughter Mr. Walter Hill. After Inspecting hi rsnch Mr. Bar row declared that th trees show In dlnatloai of a wonderful crop for next year, aad la more convinced than ever of th richness of Malhaur county land. H declared that on car load of apples from th ranch found a ready market la St. Paul this year at good price. Speaking of bualneaa conditions In th Middle Wert, Mr. Barrow ld that nvr wr prospect better nor money mor plentiful. He eipects a great agricultural development In I th next few yearn not only will th" returned soldier aee the country for. lint many urban residents, men en gaged In munitions making and other matvufact urlng lines will turn to Hi farm In this niomanl tha west will greatly profit, he Imllves. nrv was A. BEELER KILLED BY FAILING EARTH I I l on I 1 Hi V A. Beelsr, ag"i 1 f in a short nun . niii had ion i" ill-inn' i The 1. Just few um .rind up 011 i' Dead Ox t-'iui hctneo'vail wl.lili to- took up -moril, after lie Atlar p up he mnvt.l to Oniarlo win," I I, udiI wink on the dralnsge i in ' Kdwurd A lllr was Isirn at Hi Carroll. Illlnola. April ID. I He iiiow-d 10 1. ruland. Ill In lllvl Bhi. to Malhtur I'limty. Oregon. In I'll In IkVK he was married to Mh I Hen Uaumierly, and to them thr' ehlldrea Were burn. Prances It of m llllimls. William A who l n tinned on Pig CI on the Phone NO. 3 RED CROSS CHAPTER RECORD IS INSPIRING NRARIiV SI. OOO PKR MONTH VSI TO KINANCK ACTIVITIHS OV WHICH NVHHA AND AVXIIilARJPH PLAY BIO IMRT TOTAL 0UTPUT82.I16 PIECES Total Output SR,t In iter for Yea Oreet Work Tat to Ho done In Aa sistlMK la the ( lothlnu yf Ikeatf. tote Mea, Women aad (lilhlraa of Allied Natioa. In the winning of the war th work was not all don by th man who fought To the women who worked will bs meaaumd thalr ahr of credit, and among them the woman or the ed Crw will b entitled to a lion's ahnre nl Ih hosar and glo iv, 1 ini tii" 01 ked for ih'Ii Ho h larlo uii'i Multear 1 has lenaon to In link ' .li.'lr ., n in 1 g ill activities Um hut a very .pens was iiacea 1 sary aside frost aupplh 11 bar hIiouIiI read this repoti and 11 ,1 lu-i now mui I, 1 n "I funds for mi mliershlp Mini othei work ha il I'lie reirt Ih Insp ring: llnamlal ltei,iri. ikat I. 117 to Dec. 1. IM Dal on haad Oct. 1, 117 I I It 'ash received from all sour res Oct. 1. 1917 to II.-. 1, 111! 4l.II SSS77.41 Disbursed: Cash Kxpended ad Paid for materia and supplies . Paid freight, express and parcels post on materials and supplies Incidental expends insurance on supplies at work riMim 7SU.I4 44.14 tt 14 10. 44 T444) iJS.dsj ! BO.lTi 1 Kxpanses of delegsi Ha It la conference Bmerganry fund fur Home Service Section Keiultled rteatlle lol mewtersh pa Itemltlod Sestlle one- half pnaeeds Tbestre Dsy Psld for awning si work room work roonj Ksmlttrd N ' h for memberships Hemmed Big Read Hrsm Ii for hip Tntul dlsbui -Ilalsin" cash on kaj 1WIK . . . N.M ..70 i 1 7S ' l M I 24C.II II i Of Kill M. Treasurer. MSSt III .mill i null received, sll -ources . . 1 7 th 44 t'ssh expended and disbursed I's d materials and BR) plies II laoidealsl expense It.O'. Kemltled fin li .em' i n.hlps .. 411. 41 Ha lain i- on hai t. Dai I If U Mill 111) i. I'tlHll I, CmsIi i- i i4.l4 .,, I IC 1 t IK JOMNI at legal dift ' ich it 'i 'i dollars siid ,nni thr . rw r- ,i,r it We are In, UK In I ,, mi ill li', i in in ed ol . i" ,, I-I li , uiinued B -- - ' Paaa 14. , oar , I m ..l . r ipW' 'iiiuniw-'ttii I ,,.--.-1Jf,1,aaaaaaaaaaaaaa " Bsafwis"