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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1919)
trori0 jr ,Wh r t .. '" xxm ONTARIO, MALTlEUft COUNTY, OlflSCION, TIIUWSDA Y, AlKIUST II, 1M9 NO. 'M arfitt. 'MP? If u m d : o. STREET VACATION IS ORDERED BY COUNCIL A. UOI1INSON PKTITION I'OIt TI'N IT'KT OP WASHINGTON KTItl'I'.T GltANTI'D AM) lit! MAKKH DONATION Oh" Vision TO WATI.lt FUND WOULD SEDUCE PAVING WIDTH Contract With (.'. A. Knit, or Port, land Signed mill lie will lie City KuBliiptr Now Motor for Wnler IMmit Onleml ir Found Xecossnry. After hnvlng boon beforo tho City Council for thrco months tho pot! tlott of A, Itoblnson for tliu vacation of ten feet of tlio Houth sldo of Wash. liiRton Htrcot from Oregon rtroet to tlio nlloy wns finnlly approved liy that boil) nl ii special meeting Tucs. ilny evening. Thin net Ion will por mlt tlio erection of building 35 by MO for tlio Indopondont Muni company nml tlio Ontario leu &. cold Storage. Tlio voter which mndo possible title work wnH that of Mayor It. W. Jonwi who ik'Holvcd tlio tlo reuniting from tlio fuvorublu voton .of Counclliuen McDowoll nml Mooro nnd tlio ncgii tlvo votes of Councllmon Troxoll nnd Allen. - Tlio Council dotorniluod Hint hIiico It could not hoII tlio proporty It could nccupt a donntlon fund which Mr. ItobliiKou might unino, whllo Ilecord or C. M. BtcuriiH HUggcNtod Hint thoro wnH n bill against tlio wator depart iiionPfnr $1209 which ho would like to seo paid nt onco. Mr, Itoblnson gnvo bin chock accordingly to tlio wntcr tlopartmont nt tlio rnto paid for tlio balnnco of tlio proporty. T. II. Moore, following tlio illspo Hltlon tit tlio Itoblnnon petit on, linked tlio Council to tnko tlio name (Continued on Page S) E ALL LOVE PORTLAND ItiihliiohN Men of Metropolis I dot I Hosts Food nml Klin on Tup ' .'lorjiiliero Columbia Hlu'i- Dilvo UusurpiiKMil Trout V Ilronkfiist ii lilt. ., Extravagant phrases aro oxhnusted In, an nttompt to describe tlio hospl tnllty which tlio business moil of Portland extended Inst week to tlio IluyerH of the State of Oregon ond tho mombers of tho National Editorial Association and tho Oregon State Pious association which met In con vention there. In splto of tho fact that Portland nlready had enterta'nod tho buyers to tho very limit earlier In tho weok, bIiu had her best bib and tuckor on for tho scribes when thoy blew Into town on Thursday nnd Friday. No amount of wear seemed to fray the garments of tho city and smiling still sbo bid tho opinion-moulders nd'ou Sunday after showing thorn "tho tlmo of their lives." "I'll never forgot this ifciy as long as I live," tho wrltor heard a "back Kast" editor declare, as he gazed on the wonderful panorama that unreols Itself In all dlroctlouK from Vista Houso on tho Columbia highway, the road supromo on the American continent. "Neither will I," anotbor said, and tho men from the sago brush agreed with thorn. It would be Impossible, and unfair to say that one part of the entertain ment was better than another each was complementary to the ret. but that Trout and Dear Breakfast given by the Progressive Business Men wns n wonder, Wlion 40 business men and profess, lonal men will,, to show their hosp' tallty, stay up all night to prepare a feed for 600 hungry guests, we be lieve the zenith of hospitality has been reached. With tho finest tonic In tho world a"rlde over the Colum bl'a (high way to put an edge on their appetites; the scribes demonstrated their appreciation. What happened to the two thousand or more trout and tho barbecued bear, the reader can Imagine, II. S. GIIU.K TO AI-PIV.I. IN NIAV TVI'K OF I'NIFOItM Dltl'.H.S So tatlHfiictory was tho Idea of n uniform for all tho girls of tliu Ontario High School that the girls UiIh your have continued tho ciittom, tho u clmngo han been mndo In tho antcilal, col or nnd stylo of dross. This year tho uniform will bo navy blue storm sorgo, plain skirts with middle IiIousoh.' In early full nnd Into spring the girls mny wear whlto middled Instead of blue Tho material nnd the patterns for tho uniforms havo been ro co'.icd by Ontario morchnntH nnd , ninny of tho glrln already havo their uniforms mndo, nnd others Hliould do bo soon to bo ready for tho Fnlr nnd tho opening of school. Tho first uniform mndo was that of Misses Alum nnd Huth I Ionian nnd tlicio mny bo (icon by other girls who dcslro to "get polntors," on how to proceed. RACE PROGRAM WILL THRILL DEAD ONES Nothing I.IUo I'xcltoiuonl Producer H-iicduliil for I'nli- ler Tlmt or Tlili Hide of Pendleton Or Thoro I'll her. Patrons of tho Malheur County I'alr will ImvQ nu opportunity of see ing somo of tho clawlest race horsoM In tho Intormountaln country per form at tho coming show beginning tho weok of September 0. Already somo of tha fastest strings In tho country nro training on tliu local track, nnd us 'our I'alr Is tho first meet of tho season, tho horsas, rldors, and owners are "rnrln' o go." Fair goorrt will rumembor tlie'beuu tlful sorrel mnro, "Desert (laid," who had such ou.eniy tlmo getting nwuy with tho pitrso last year, but this season tho desert beauty will have to look to her luurols, fur from tho snmo dotorl country comes "Junnlta Prcdorlcks," wlinio owners claim is tfio fastest pleco of horse Hush Hint over crossed tho Novuda line. They aro willing to back their Judgment lu a very substantial amount, and (bono on tho Inside predict n "llos Ituco." Tho featuro ruco of the moot will bo tho Ontario MorchnntH Derby, a free for all, with u puruo Hint will attract all of tho speedy ones. Tho relay rnco promisee to ho a humdinger, two strings nro In train ing now, nnd more to como. Added featuros this year will bo the bull dogging nnd roping of steers, bronco riding will bo strongly fc tured, mid tho wild horso and mulo raco will continue to Interest tho old timers, and to hold tho now comers as In n trnnco, as thoy watch with absorbing Interest a couple of doiou wild horsos nnd moil struggle for mastery in tho open. Director Gallagher Is looking around for a bunch of motor eyclo riders who want to bet their nook against n good fat purso that thoy can lower the half milo truck record established sovoral years ago when "Olio" OUeif won tho handicap ruco against a lot of professional. Tho bird mon will bo on hand with n thrilling exhibit or all tho tricks known to tho air mon, and the more hardy spirits ctn take a ride in the air for so much u minute. Itin'UUNS FHOM LONG TH1P THltC CAMFOH.MA CITIKS Miss Georgia Hull or the Stylo Shop returned homo Friday morning from a sovon week's combined bus iness and pleasure trip to San Frun cisco, Los Angoles and many other cities In Southern California. While In Oakland she spent u very pleasant afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Cope, formerly of Ontario. She found them much improved In health and doing well. Mr. and Mrs. Cope sent greetings to their many Ontario friends. 'Miss Hull returned on boat by way of Seattle arriving' in Port land for Buyers' Week, so that she could prepare for the coming season. Dr. and Mrs. H. tl. Whitney re turned home Mondey night from a week's sojourn In tho Payette lakes region. ,.- Mrs, Euf Aj"I?rascr and son left tills week for an auto trip to DoUo, ESCAPE FROM PRISON Ml'ltHKItl.l. OF It. C. GOODWIN TAKES I'KKNCH I.I.AVI FltOM INSANE A.HYI.l'M TO WHICH III! HAD lll'I'N TltANSFKIt. i:d kkckntlv PAL ALSO LEAVES CONFINEMENT Pair llcllcvcil to lime lleeu Aided li JtWntlva of Cnttlo Thief MjHto i hum Auto T'Ikiiixn lu Kcnpo Mon Htlll nt ljue. Under n Sulcm date lino the fol lowing story of the cscapo of 1). C. llrlchoux, from tho Insnuo hospital, whoro ho was recently transfcrud, nppenrod In tho Portland Telegram or August 13; 1). C. llrlchoux and n.n.Soutbwlck, dangerous Iniuuto of tho stnto hospl till for tho Insane, who wero trans ferred to that Institution from tho stnto ponltuntlnry sovoral months' ago, mndo their oscapu todny whllo bolug tnkou to tho Max fields, and nro believed to have had outside iuMdnt a n co. Southwlck's slstor had hee'n about tho hospital for several Wcoks attempting to obtain his release nnd was nt tliu Institution yesterday. A mysterious nuto wns lu tho road ut t'o tlmo. llrlchoux was convicted for mur der. Whlto roturnlng with u prom: ncnt stockman named It. C. (loodwlu from Andrews to Ontario, In Mulhour county, ho killed (Joodwln, tlod a weight to his corpso and throw tho body Into Snnku river. Tho noxt morning llrlchoux forged Goodwin's nnmo on n check for $100 and obtu'.n od tho monoy. Ho went to Wlntie muccn, Nov., nnd got K'OO moro on relatives or (loodwlu over tho slgnn turo of tho dead man that Goodwin bnd gono Kast.a lUm. Southwick wns sorvlng 10 yotirs for stealing cnttlo, nnd G to 10 years for assault with Intont to kill. Ho wns convlctod or tho theft or thrco cows rrom Chnrlos Drown lu Wallo wa county, and thon ho shot Drown, but failed to kill lilm. NEW CHURCH BUILDING IS Campaign During Which Funds will Ho ItalMil In Progressing Ituplilly A'Uy Ono or Thoso Chosrii lis HittliiK Grout I'nliiiv. Tho preparation for n llnanelul campaign to socuro funds for n now Methodist church building goes on with Increasing Interest. Tho com. mltteomen aro mooting with enthu siasm as thoy approach othor to dis cus tho matter. Aiea Kvangollst Erwln who represents tho Mothodlst Centenary Is hero making a survey and Interviewing various mon who uro Interested and advising with tho committees'.. It Is oxpsctod to organ Izo tho workers for tho drive beforo Iter. Erwln leavos noxt woek. Tho general commlttco of tlio Centenary who aro offering tho live thousand dollar gift to Ontario have made a careful survey or tho fiold. Taking Into consideration the population or tho community, the prospects or do volopmont, the number and equip, nient of othor churches lu this Held and many other items to make cer tain that tho community warrants such an expenditure without over lapping with tho work of other In stltutlonu or going beyond the needs of the certain future of tho town. Tho actual solicitation for funds may be made tho early part of noxt week so that a roport can bo made nt tho annual conference which meots at Wolsor the 27th or August. No solicitation will bo niudo at the com munity service and evangelistic meet ings hold at tho' church this week. Somehow wo have como to think or a big drive and a large collection whan an evangelist come to town and It Is one or the evidences or tho realizations or the benefit or the Methodist Centenary to local commu nities when we can havo an exper ienced evangelist and organizer whoso (Continued on Page 8) SUCCEEDH.R.DOUGLASS ii. p. i, i:vis i:.j.(Ji:i) nv iioahd wiiiii ketikn to citv nv Hi:PTi:.Miti:it t itoucni'it AND THOMAS ItETUHN TO CITV SCHOOLS OFFER NEWCOURSES Many New .Member on Public .School Fnrult) HuuhIiik of Touchers nml FiimlllCH of Prospect lie Pupils Is Serious Problem Now. When the Ontario Public Schools open on Monday, September Id, for tho form of 1019.20, the pupils will bo greotcd by ninny strnnga teucherx, first of whom will bo II. P. Louis, who will bo superintendent or schools. Mr. I.awls rnino to Outnrlu hut Thursday ovonlng nnd after u personal Interview with members or tho hoard signed tho contract which makes him tho successor of II. It. Douglass. Mr, Lewis who Is u graduate of tho University or Michigan with tho chut or 101C. Previous to Hint ho gradu ated from tho Ypsllantl Normal Slnco 101C ho has bon Superintend ent of Schools at Kast Lansing, Mich igan, from which plnco he wont to Dillon, Montana, for summer school work, having had charge of tho math ematics taught thoro. Tho High School pupllf, however, will not ho strnngors to their princi pal,, 8. M. Ilouchor, nor to their sclcnco teacher, M. I). Thomas, both or whom reached Ontario yesterday after two-year's sorvlco In tho nimy and navy respectively, Mr. Ilouchor will again bo princi pal of tho High school which posit on ho loft in 1917 to cntor the army. Ho will also bo commandant ot tho Cndot Corp. Mr. Thomas will again bo" lir charge or tho science depart ment. Now Couix's to bo Gh on. Music nnd nrt will for tho first tlmo bo taught by supervisor for the ontlro school system, so that tho children In tho grail oh us well us lu tho High School will havo this work. Miss Pearl Cranloy or Dwell, N. I), has been elected to tlio position. Dosldos having taught at lloach, she has held a similar position In the Johnston, Colorado, schools. She Is a grnduuto or tho Unlversty or North (Contlnuod on Page 8) ONTARIO FLYER WILL BE HOME THIS WEEK I, lout. I.oo Muddiu Has llcen In Her- lro Moro Thau Tim Voars Won Oiiiini'sslon Sailor Home on I'm lough. Lieut. I.oo D. Maddux, sou of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Maddux ot this city, expocts to arrive In Ontario Sunday from Camp Lewis whom ho was ills, charged from tho sorvlco Wodnosday. I'.tout. Maddux, who won his commiss ion as a fiyer loft Ontario April 10, 1917, with tho first dologatlou of ro cru'.ts and has boon lu the Hying sor vlco over since. Lieut. Maddux reached Portland last Sunday ovenlug and wont tho noxt day to Camp I.oivls nnd to Seat tle to visit his brother Hob beforo ro turning to Ontario. Ho is now con nected with an oil company In Okla homa und expects to return to that soctlon to mako his homo. So ho told tho writer in Portland Sunuuy evoulng. George Maddux, his brother, who baa been with the marines In tho army of occupation landed In Now York last week and ho, too, Is ex pected homo soon. Kullor Itctiiriis Earl Dlngman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dlngman, Is In Ontario, has been In fact for mora than a week Ho made 13 trips across tho brlnny deep carrying Uncle Sam's soldiers. During his long service In tlio navy bo lias grown so much that Ills On tarlo friends hardly knew him. His term of enlistment had expired when the war broke out but ho ro-iullsted. DOG CATCIlim GHAHS MAVOIt I'OIt VIOLATING HOAD 1WH Friends or Mayor It. W. Jonos nro having lots of run with Ills Honor, thoso days, Joshing him nbout bolng "pinched" ror vio lating truffle regulations, Thoy nro prosrtlng home tho fact tlmt while it Is bad onotigh to full foul of tho trade cops It Is so much worso to bo landed by tho dog catcher. Tho . Mayor's predicament Is nil due to his vacation. Ho hud just returned to town from Ida ho Falls, Tuesday and did not know that Marshal II C. Fnrmor had Instructed Frod Urcniion, dog catcher, to wntch for speed fiends nnd thoi-a who drive on tho loft sldo of tho street. So whon tho Mayor droio up the loft sldo ot Oregon street ho was "grabbed." Tim protostH ho made that; "I am tho Mayor," woro unavailing. He npponrml beforo Judgo Stonrr.s, was fined C nnd tho sum remitted, pend ing good hohnvlor. Tho Mnor Is enjoying tho Joko; nml Inci dentally ho Is keeping hi own oyo ponied for loft hand driv ers. 0. A. C. I'xpotlM I'lnd Itnugo is Dadly t'el llolloio Ito-Secdlug; Will Acconi pi Mi Much G.mmI KIiiiJj Poison Plants, Too. For tho purposo of studying rango conditions In Enstoru Oregon to de termine what can bo done to Improin condition n party or (. A. C profess ors nro In Malheur county this week. They camo to Ontario from Jordan Valley today and nro going north to linker county nftor travorslng DahiI Ox Flnt und the range beyond. The members of tho party nre: K. L. Pot tor, department of animal husbandry; G, It. Hyslop, field crop expert; W. K. Lawrence, of tho hotunleul depart ir.ont who Is making a study of poi sonous plants. "Wo havo found on tlio trip from Klamath eastward that tho rang Is in very bad shape. It has Intuit over stocked in many rns nnd only iu-see-Hug will wivu It," mid Prof. Hys lop to tho Argus. "Tho facts nro that tho only good range we round was that which Is In private ownership und I fuiicotl off; thul under tho control of tho forest service; or that which I so far rrom tho wator hole that It ouii hardly bo used. "Our plan Is to secure fur exper imental purposes arons of govern ment rungo. Th'H wo will rs-twod. nnd at tho same tlmo wo oan advise with tho mon who hnvu their rouge fenced. "Wo have found too many of tho ran go cattle Hint have died this year have oaten tho larkspur, Hand Chiiihh. loco and water hemlock. "Wo bolUiio from what we have so u In Jordan Valley, where that big projoct Is going lu, und 'where the rangers will face many new prob lem Hint .Mulhour county should huvo the sorvlco or nu agricultural agent. Thoro Is u wondsrful Hold hero ror tho Improvement or condi tions. This Is a wonderful valley, but thoro Is much oan h dnuo to Improve It." ANIMALS NOT IH'LII'Vltl) TO HAVi: lll'I'N ANTIU'A.V VICTIMS Iu a roport to Dr. A. O. Monro who sout samples takon from tho unliuaU which died on tlio ranch of Pear! CrniiQ on Dead Ox Flat W. II. l.ytlo. state veterinarian, declared that no uvidouco Hint tho animals died of Anthrax could bo found, bill that the oxporlmenU woro being continued. The stato official oxpreeved the belief that tho animals could not have died from either Anthrax or ot Dlackleg. A rabbit which whs given an Injection cultivated rrom tlio oars or the dead animals sont to tho state officials was roported to havo shown no effeots of tho treatment. Dr. Mooro bollovos that the ani mals died from eating some. poUon ous weed, Mr. and Mrs. S, I). Dormun and family returned Monday form Hje Payette tako whoro they Ipenjl the Hummer. T TO RULE 1919 FAIR PHOGHAMTOHtltPXSS ANVI'IIIM. HITHI'llTO ATTKMPTHD IN UN- THI.TAINMI.NT 1.INH III.AH OltATi: PitOOItAM I'OIt CD UCATIONAIi DAV OUTLAW HORSES ARE COMING Spoil of Kings to ho ut Host Any old Kln-x Doing ICIngllng In Kuiiipo Now .Should ('oiiio In Outnrlu to bo I'ulcrtiilnotl Sept. I) to lu. At u mooting of the Fair board hold TitctHlny ovonlng .tho hjggcnt program In tho history of tho Mal heur County Fair was outlined and gotten under way. Mm. Fay Clnrk-llurley, Dlrivlor, wns preMiit, nnd iIImiimkhI tho c-lu-eutloiiHl featuro nnd school work It wns decided to rnnke September 0th, tho first day of tho Fair, educa tloiml day, and w. very olihornto pro gram wn outlined for Hint dsy The fuel Hint this day will bn featured n educational day docpn I mean (list It will be given over eu tlrely to school fMturst., hut rutucr that the school features will bo ad ded to the regular Unit day program, lu nu uttempt to make tho first d;t, tho biggest day of the weok. Liberal prUon uro being offorod nnd It Is hoped Hint h tin go number or tho school; ot tliu county will par ticipate iu tho parados, dances nnd othor feature. Iliickuiito I'VnliiioM I'KMloiulnant, Steer roping and bull dogging wilt ha n now fenturo this year, and al ready somo forty bond ot wild steer Imve boon arranged for to furnlsii tho up county buoknroo with an np portunlty to demonstrate Hint the old gamoM ot tho cow country aro till lu vogue. A vary libers I purso has been appropriated for this f-j turo, nnd entrlot from wmtern Ore gon and western Idaho are ulrondy coming lu. Wild lloios Coming. The boys that olrole the old trade this year lu the wild horse rn ' will know tlmt ho has been through a rog uhir race. The little fiun talU Hint used to play out ut the iiusrh r poft hno boeu relegated to the 1 scard, and big wild mart from the Interior, nlready contracted for, will miiko the fight or the wild niilmul iigulimt the turning approaches or the seduc tive huokaroo, and Hoy! It . Ill bo somo show. The twenty b-ad or buokartt that nro to perform iu tho riding contest are horse that liuie u rooord, und will be fresh fn n the rim rooks und win brush. Kpooil I'lonls Attrm-tlio U horso racing I the hi rt or (Continued on Page 8) TO REALIZE FUTURE Poojdo or Hiiiuit) Valley liolc to On tmlo us Natural Outlet ( l(i Should Hum Wholesale House H;i)n Weston, J. 14. Weston, loyul booster for Hums nnd Hie Harney Valley urrhed lu Ontario todny for u short vMt JIo Is htlll opllmlsllu out tho fuliiiv of tho Ilarnoy Valley In spito of tho fnol that for three urceivo eurn It hast suffered from dry range oarb lu the kensou. "Harney luuuty folk have been keeping trerk of what Ontario ban been doing during the past fow mouths Wo like to hour about your paving pronrnm ami your lucroased wulor supply ami all that. You folks limy not appreciate It, but never the leH It true that Harney county res idents look upon Ontario as their natural outlet and trading point. You should huvo wholesale houeos Ikto that could supply the needs or nil that region. "No wo have not given up our plans ror irrigating Harney valley or developing the timber Industry lu tho mountains ubovo Hums. That will come, tho It may toko tlmo." Mr, Wiigton will bo In Ontario for sovoral days. Ho Ii registered at tho Mooro,