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6b nteiti t$m The Ontario Democrat xxm ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNT Y.OUK i ON. PHITR8DAY; MAItril 13,1919 NO. 16 PETITION DRAWN TOR T III HINESS MKN WHO ARE HENT- EKH AKE ASKED T) ACCEPT IIKilll l( IIENTH IN HE- TVHX Mill PAVEMENT. PAVING MEN VISIT THE CITY It N Ontario's I-1HM..II, Duty to laic Hrrlumi J. It. Hlarkahy tinr Way T I uinlsb I ii 1 1 1 1 i t i i i ( fur IjiIhh !! help Work f It'Niiiistrin lion Word that Ontario In considering I in- laying of pavement In portlonN of lit city nan nerved to draw attention to the wmmunUy already. Thin week the city was Invmleil hy represents! tlvee of paving drum who are scouting around to learn Just what Ih going on. and to find out If possible whcth it or not Ontario really means It g" ahead. The IIthI of Hie paving contingent to reach the rlty wan M. W. Wood ward of Hpokane, representing the Warren Hro inanufai'turerN of hlfn lllhlc paving lie arrived here Ha' urday night of lust" week and can vaseed the altuatlon Sunday and Mod day, leaving Monday night with Ui impression that Ontario wax "rarlti In go." Petition Drawn During the week two petltlonN have been drawn and will he elrrulateil for signatures. The firm I in tin- form of an agreement and request on th part of the huNlneHM men renting property on Oregon and other l us I noun atreetH. to and with owners of the property. In thla agreement ami petition the renter declare their will Ingneaa to Increaae the rents the pay, In consideration of the laying of pavement In the dlatrlct, and re queat the property ownem to petition the Council for the formatloa of paving dlatrlct The second petition I the formal on by the property owner to 1 1 1 Council aHklng for the formation M the dlatrlct aaklng for a public hear Ing, etc Public Duty Hay lllackahy "Ontario Hhould proceed to pave Hald J It lllackahy, the orlglnatoi of thla movement "It In our patrl otic duty an a community to do some thing to cauae the employment of la bor If every town ami city nve the country that need paving e: other public Improvement would proceed with II now. It would io Ml than anything elae to get buslne .. eatabllahed on a firm baala. and lld the nation over the reconstruction period. "Iteconslructton la an empty word and will be turned Into a sad fallun If the communities of the land dc not go ahead and do their part II we ware mill at war thla communis would be subject to call after call upon ita resources for fund thv would never return In thla paving ( Continued on Page Ten I IRRIGATION PROBLEM 'PUZZLING CITIZENS W'aUar 1'mV AaiMM-Latlon Meeting l I-- H4d I ii.h.v Evening to De termine W'heilier Irrlgalluii llll. he. Most to. To determine whether or not to abandon the Irrigation ditches and to depend entirely upon watering lawus aud garden from Ho- inutile lira I water system Is the problem which the member of the Water I'aera' association will try to solve ul a meeting to be held at the cnv Hall Friday evening t'OUUCll Places tut. At a meeting of the City Council Wednesday evening that body adopt ed the report of the Water Committee which recommended thai for this teaaon the rate for water for irri gation purposes be placed at 10 cents pur thousand gallons This was done for the purpoae ol determining what can be accomplish ed at this rate, and to laarn the coat of service, which will serve as a guide for future rates l,) Kit I l.T ItAN'CIIEIiH CtN ill veil w I isclt 1 1 OOOD ROAD ('unly Engineer II F Fanner passed through Onturlo Monday M route for the lower Dead Ox Flat country where he hud I crew nt work cutting down a grade anil otherwise mnklng II ponnlhle for the ranchcr-i of that section to reacli their trading point. Thla work wan finished Hum week and Mr Farmer returned to Vale to get ready to stun work on (lie Hoiilevaril which la to he grav eled from Cairo to the Nyaaa corner MomI of the work thai has to he I done In the Dead v Flat I ountry !h the reRUlt of the cfTorl of Ihe people of that ifertlon In voting a special road tax for the districts, which, with their portion of the county road taxes ban made possible the Improvemenl of their to nd WILL BUILD MODERN UNDERTAKING CHAPEL . W. turnover Announces I'luns for Erection of lliilhllng on Itlcli arilsoti Street, Contract to lie I .el MOOII. A. W Conover announced ll week thai he had had plunK prepared for the Immediate erection of n mod em undertaking parlors and funeral chapel lllds will lie i ulled for ul ome and work started as Ible. Aicordlng to Mi Conmei s pint Ilia new building will occupy Ihe site of the preaent parlora. but will he four Hiiicm uk large. The new litllir- B(ded he Im of the opinion that hi lin ing will be erected of concrete HllcMM) Judge. Im aome joh a preaaed brick front, and will h. f L.ri feel wide and fill feet long, oil' Htorv and full linaemeiit laneath llaalde Ihe chapel there will he an office, show room and work room and Hie Inatltutlon will he ctiulpp'di with every modern convenience Originally Mr Conover Intended to have the building erected lam ' year, but on M count of war ionn thins laiMtponeil uctlon until now E WILL BE I a of I lark of OHMM Stale IuiiiiIhi looioicnc lo AaMNM Mass Meeihig of t'ltlxens ErliU) Evrnlug Eor the purpoae of placing direcllv before the business men of Onturlo, the object of the Oregon State Cham bar of Coiumcii-e A. U Clark of I'ortlund, field manager of the or ganisation, will uddrea u mua meet ing at the Commercial In I. room i Erlday evening Mr Clark la In Eaatern Oregon and spent thla week In Harney count v. He will add rem a ma meeting at Vale Saturday when the county cam paign will be luuiicned Having an extra day at hi dlapoaal he conaented to apeak In Ontario Friday night. Krank Itader la the chairman of Hie Ontario dlatrlct for the drive, and Mince thla ectlon with a quota of 95 haa the large! number in aecure in the county, It I Important that every buluea and professional man In the city attend the meeting Erlday eve nlng SI IK i WCH OE DlltKCTOKM CHONK.V I nit NEVADA HI H 11 At a apeclul meeting of the atocl- holders of the Nevada Ditch company held at the office of the Secretary. Q 1. King, last Saturday afternoon Hie1 following were elected to the bourn i of director A I. Sproule, (i Slaufieid, II it Wood. C W Mai let Montie II Hwlnu J W McCullocl. and John Wood The meeting waa called to conaider any proposition thut the Warmsprlnga Hoard might have to offer in comic. Hon with a settlement fur the exi: Ing rights of the Nevada ditch stock holders No proposition was of fere Dan Gallagher, Juntura. big im-r chant, chaperoned a bunch of inierpu men lo Ontario last Saturday lo at tend the K of C ica-tivities Had tin roads been belter in the Western end of the county Mr Uallaj(ber says the number would huve been increased COMMISSIONERS WILL GO OVER ROADS TODAY County Court Plans Division or lovhoi lor Ntreniioiis Season lodge Test Hum Willi lc"gal Matters. For the purpose of determining i how to proceed. Immediately, to gel (lie iioulevnrd road In Nlmpe accord ing to the plans outllneil to the dele gation which attended Ihe ses nm Ol the i ounty Court at Vnle lam Wtt neaday, Counly CnmmlsHloneis J Weaver and Frank Vines will make a trip over the roads In this end of the County today Judge E II Test planned to go with them but a num her of legal matter to he attended to prevent eil To expedite the IniKlnesH of the County Court, Judge Teat and the CoinmlHHioners are planing dividing j the work Into departments under U I supervlslop of Hie Individual ineii' hers. no far aw thla la possible "The plan, as tentatively fornie'i , , explained the Judge Io the Argus ft . .... ni.. i.,.. i... .........iui.. """). i iiiiirniiiiiifis i nr i.iir. . mil, i of road work hy fnmniisHlnm i Vim I and Weaver, while Ihe financial phns es of the county m biiNlnesa will be hinked after h me The detail. .1 the plan have not hi worked Ml for Commissioner Weaver iiim a greai deal of work on his ranch this ran mer. nnd does not know, now hov. much time he ran give to the grerl JiihI now Judge Teat aaya Hint the legal HUM coming before him ... Counly Judge la keeping him hu and with the detail of counly buhliu "OLD CLOTHES WEEK" IS MARCH 24 TO 31 One Million lU-lgian Itefugees suflci lug I i Want of I hxlilng t merle a Must Clothe I hem; Ontario's oimtii Thrii Tons. "In a much u ye did ll unto on of the leaat of Iheae my brethren, ye did It unto me " Sermons, eloquent, uppeuling, com pelting have I ll written from that text, but never wa there greater need ' of appeal than now, when u million man, women and children, returning to their destroyed home In Northern Erance and lielglum ure suffering I from want of clothing These sufferers must li clothed and America, thru It angel of m.i. the Ited fro, la going to do it on turlo chapter ha been aaalgned Hie tak of vending three ton., of clottiiuc. or double that sent forwurd laat fall The drive for thl material will be i held during the week beginning March 24 and will end Mnml.it March 31 Scan h Closet anil Atllc Ontario houaewlve who are "clean Ing house" now cannot do more Chris Han duty than to search carefullv every uook and corner of every closet and attic for discarded clothing ami shoes There la no site limit on this material for their are men: women and children of ery age lo be sup .,11,., I sum suirih iruiu ine .-yssa ami n The Ited Cros bulletin give ih.hil,,,e MUUIsWtM U that M.tioi, m graphic account of the ulUl.t of tl . ' "lw 0MtWaf'i lurladlctlon the work- sufferers to be cared for Now that the coufllci Is over and the occupied territories of France and Belgium have been liberated, refugee are hastening buck to th'ii former home In large numbers Thev have no thought of the ruins ih, i ,!. weather, or their condition as regar.'- sufficient clothing, only the longing to get back to their homes ,-, ,,p (hell mm. Is in passing their ruined villages and towns they call be seen standing la the diMirwuy of house which have for ' their roof nothing but u sheet of can vase which sags under the weight of the snow Smoke curls up from a hole In the ground and investigation of Ita source dtaeloees a family of four huddled about a lire in the .ellar ol a completely wrecked lion. dren wear old bluukeis ami ' ' AnlH u.,,rkf ui.il uluui. In ruuu.i.l via.. I, work of costume To the Red Croat i Continued on Page Ten ADDITIONAL BUSINESS HOUSES COMING HERE , paj i;m.1 Store, New llakrrv . New inner v. nil hi Sight for Opening of lliislucss tprll I. Humors of iiildllloniil liuslnens houses, for Ontario have linen floating about for "iuiiv weeks anil Ht lait -'-ill to M hIioiiI In inntcrlallJ'.e The lntest IniHlueHK change I Diet which II II Tunny ol Ihe Oregon racking company announced this week which Ih Hint on April 1 lie will open a grocery depart men! , and hi , nugurnlc a new delivery mi III! i Mr Tunny a plans are not i ompieie, only so far as the grocery stock !i concerned The Hidden Utile company of Hols", i and other Idaho towns Ik soon to have a branch In Ontario .1 A Draper and Ids crew of carpenters are Imslly engaged now in remodeling the Can Held building on the corner of Ore gon street and Idaho avenue for the occupancy of this firm Aicordlng in the plans being del eloped a modern ,'.... .... . . , mDr(i in every reaped is io lie eatao-i Mshed v r; ,(.H i.mH 1B( , ,,r,,w r ,,.., at work completing Interior work ll ,, f ,,(. building lie owns M Wemslile ui tirci-on circt iiei ; Nevadu and Calliornln avenue This1 ,udliig Is t,, I cuplcd hy a KM hakery and ileiu-, atcsi.cn shop i ,i,., t,, vice s,m ni r important clinnge I n,i t , made by Ed Klfer who : i,, ,, IM ,, ,,,ri. ,,,,,,,, former . upleil l. the l.aiiipkln ..tore Mr El far Im arranging for a big rextan- rant and caudv store, as well as for in he cream manufacturing plant I'Im' hullding In being plumbed, and u refrigerating plant In being hull! and every thing In being done io make the Inatltutlon the largest of Its kin I ullug Hie main line from I'm a I alio to llakc RED GROSS TO HOLD QUILTING BEES NOW Kingman kolouv ami lllg llco I Send Nlilpnieiils ol Kiillted imms Mole itiu Mire for Work ers Nvssa iiiiiI Ow v In-. Ililsv . (;1Mi , fashioned quilting be are to be icturncd to tyle by Ho ted Crona chapter A part of Hie work to ilotlio the refugee and keep i hem from freeiing the organization im making quilts Here in OutarUi the Chapter 1 to marl work on quilts ' next Thursday and Erlday Kv it Ontario woman w ho wants to help in j thl great good cause should be at I the Chapter worl.roouiH on lliene days next week There I still pound of yarn io ,. knitted iuio niugcc gurments which Onturio worker liould call for. Either Mr I C Van I'eticn N Mrs Era u k Kud i will disirilinic alotmenls of tin- it - ..ll.-.l upon tlltllial'ies llus) The local work room thla week re celved a big shipment ol eMBplte4 knitted goods liom Hie workers of the Kingman Kolony and lllg 10 nl auxiliaries, and also shipments men I .- .. .. M ...,. .... era are carrying on with uliiiol Mr '""" ',,rvor l tN, WOMAN AND IIII.D HA I N A It HOW KS( APE IN IHVItttl aalsl Hie team behind wlii.li th -r'- driving got out of control Tues ,,,) ,w"liig Mr and Mr Ad.r ant ""U a '"''" escape irom u. J"r' The horses started to run ''"'' ""'"" ''"" ,l,' '"" ,l,n' ''" ' '" l''1"" "' "' r'vl"r 'aced acrio '" "'"a u,'(l ul' "le "'"" leuuing to the city I in: (iuerin A they reaciicd ih wagon ovci rum h Hie throwing ull Hiree to Hie ground, but free of the vehh h Aside from bruises none ol them T i,,'ur'"1 C I ' .Hy sold I.', ruuch on the boulevard Is now a MM Ident ol Werner Mr Adam was 'n Ontario Tuesday calling on old u qualntancea TIIHEE M tl.HEl It COUNTY ACHES WtKEs OWNKH M PEIl. NOT When A Von Iteailen ol the lloulmaril district read what the ram MM 111 Hie Dig llend produc ed from their rropa last year. lie thot, at lenat lie might hav" Hiol. Ilicy are not the only one In HiU part of Malheur count can claim records Juat to show what this part of Malheur conn ty can do he told the Argua the following experience he hud laat year "I planted three acre In eor ghum cane, and from that small piece of ground secured 460'gal loiis of excellent sorghuin, and gathered seed which I Hold for $400 I also Hold 400 gallon of the sorghum nl 1 1 per gallon and had 60 gallons left If I had had a alio I could have saved the pulp for Meed, hut uk it was the land, I figure netted me per acre " Who Im next? The Argus would like to gather more Infor mat Ion of thl nature to let the public know Juat what kind of A country thla In. CANDIDATES RIDE ON K OF C LODGE GOAT lllg lliili'iocl hollows Successful III Illation of Large (lass Promin ent Mi'iiiIhis rioni 1'oHlanil anil llukei Present Sunday afternoon the Snake Klvei Conn. II. Knights of folunihu 1 ferred the Elrat, Second, and Third Degree upon a claaa of eighteen can I didalea The Elrat ami Second Do grees were conferred b P J Ha! lapher l 11. K and J It Foil mi. tl K of the local Council The Third Degree was conferred hy Krank l.onergan, of Portland. State Depot fraud Knight, and A A Smith, ol ' llaker. Dlatrlct Deputy (Irand Knlgli' At aevan o'clm k In the evening I Ihe Knights retired to the M.. . n Hall, where a moat dellclula hnnqui" ! wu Ki-rved by the Catholic ladies The table were laatefully decorate! In green ami white, the shimmies emblem being curried out throughout ' the ineui To Mlaa l.eonu Itader. i ably asalaled by Mr D E Conway, ' 1 dun the credit for the sumptuous bun quel. P. J Uallagher provided aa Toaat i master After the Invocation, which 1 wu pronounced by Hie Itev II A Caiiipo, Ml Catherine Conway ile lighted her audience, especially those who come illicitly, ur Indirectly from the Emerald lle, with Nome Irish Melodies Frank l-ongcrgan. Sta'i Deputy, gave a stirring address on the Kuig)itH ol ColuiuhiiH War Art lvltle After which A A Smith District Deputy, responded aplemlldlv io the loant ' Knights of Coluiuliii and Iteconmrui Hon " Eor twenty minutes, (Jeorge llm. neaey convulaeh his audience with humorous songs, to which he played his own uccoinpuiiyiineiil Allci M' Henneaey songs. Hie Ih v I' J Stack, of Juntura. responded to tl, toast "Impression' After which I J Uallagher gave the toast "Ire laud lor the Irish " James SmlC then tanned hi fellow Knights will, a few I'alriolii melodies and wa en thumuHtlcally received. The evening waa fittingly loMd with the Hinging of the Star Spangled llunner n I lltln imv I K.I ItEs IN IN II IIS ATION l HUM tNI I Ihe following taken Irom Hie On goniun tells the story of the uiurriage of Tom Junes, formerly of Ontario who left here to enter Ihe Instead of being station agent, us Hi. Oregonluu saya, Mr Jones was on ..! I In- i.p.latolM hele Tlie follow ing is the storv us it appeared in n. city paper Another matrimonial casualty ba oo-urred In the rank of Oregon ovi seas men, according to a if. -i,i i i. ot Hie Mpiker, publlslied by Hie A K p railway engineer, whiili publish km au item om-ernlng the marriage of Sergeant Turn Q Joues, formerly station agent at Ontario. Oregon Sergeant Jones wa wedded .i Mr. Augusta Uugun-t at l.orinont, Erum-e on January I'V Ile will bring his bride home within Hie next lew week. They expect to make iheir home elth- er at Ontario or Portland Si I Joues went overseas with the 18th euglneera CITIZENS AT MEETING FAVOR DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO I.A I IN tNt lAL PltOPOSITION Bat EOltE THE COM Ml NITV Tt MIKE PIKMHtEHS POSHIIH.E EVIDENCE Of WEALTH TOED II. C. Ib.v.i. H. II. CiMkruin ami W II. I.nxon ApMilniel lo Make I'm Ho l IlivesllgiiHolis anil Suggest Plans for ProceeOurr. H II Corkrutn II c lloyer and W II I. axon were appointed aa it committee to Investigate method of pi. dure to carry on Hie Invcml gallon relative to the desirability of ui tempt ing to develope a dimmer clnl ga well In thla vicinity, ut Hie tniiHs meeting held last Friday eve nlng The meeting was largely attended nnd displayed marked enthusiasm, witli no uncertain expression of faith on the part of those prenenl that till., territory will some day poaaeaa a commercial gas well, while inony cv pressed their belief that an oil wll will he developed also Judge W W Wood wiim Ihe chair man of the meeting and II 1) Cock rum was secretary Many of Ihe men present, moHt of whom were connect ed with ihe company which tried to develop Hie well In the Kouth end ot town years ago, expreed their will ingness to assist In lltiiinclng another effort. It waa evident, however, that while possessing faith In the proposition, the gathering had no desire to ruli Into the undertaking without firm making a Ilium investigation and securing competent men to hand'n the ni ten title phases of the Inveallgn Hon During the discussion almost every one present took occasion to tell evl deuce he had neen many lime show Ing the presence of gus In thl sec Hon, and ull look purt In Ihe round table discussion ol the possibilities here extant E. 0. L CO. PLANS MANY IMPROVEMENTS laillgli'l llns.kes. In Charge of the Nyssa tgfin y tilves Hi l,t Out line of Development Plans Eor tear. Continuing it policv ol ! Ing Km holdings In tins OMteM Eastern Oregon, Hie Eastern Oreg . i I .iiii.l iiimpuny bus udoplnd a coinpr. heusive program for Hie 1HI9 season according to l.angley llrookes, who Is agent for Hie company In the N. district which cover all Hie I'OlllpUllv holdings south of Vale and In the . i tatty of Nyssa Mr llrookes wa in Ontario Satin day on business and briefly outline i to the Argus what the company Is lo do In Ills territory this year, and P Is all the kind of development Hut will employ meu and better Hm country Firm or ull Hie company I l.i erect two new ruuch house, sevci.il burns on the various ram lies, i tractor sheds, likewise are to go up. and olhei needed building ure plan ned for It la not generally known, but H la a fait, never-the les, thut Ihe Eustein Oregon I. and company no lias nine furm In the Nyssa section all under the i barge ol the N agency, us the work is now divided These ram inn in all uggregai. uppioxlmately 1400 acres. 900 ot which were developed last year TL largest single unit Is known us Hoi Pipe Line Kami tbla baa 608 acr. and 1 the pride of the holdings, One that Is considered u model instil u Hon It was developed lust year, and Hum year will be In full crop The second largest furm la Hie No 3 farm, with its f acre. The - i farms vary from the Old II:,-. lurill Willi lis (J at It- in. l tract known us furm No 7 Tiies. farms stretch from Kingman Kolony on the south to this side of Nyaaa I