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tttoi0 m iljj II If 4 C XXIV IITTEE PREPARING TO WELCOME PORTLAND TKADU KXCUHHIONISTS TO UK MADK FAMIMAK WITH POHHN HIMTIKH OF TIIIJ OWVHBH I'lIOIKrr Wllll.K IN THIS SUCTION ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER U, 1923 C HYSSA IS CO-OPERATING VInIIiiim Will Itrnrli City At (I A. SI. nml Will l)i he Fri.ui Hero to X)nn Arrmdlmr In latest Ail- Iitn llnuqurt In Ki ruing Portland's trmlo missionaries, to tlio numbor of nonrly, ir not moio limn, ono hundred will lio tho guests of Mnlliour County next Tucmlny. Tlio vcl)-foolcil business men from tlio Hlntu'fl metropolis arc going to bo tnnilo tlioroly ncqunlnitid with what thoy nro missing because tho Owyhee I'rojoct linn novor boon built tho object bolng of courso to lin-' jiroHH upon them tha vital Importnnco of seeing to It that thoy do not con tlnuo to mlxfl business opportunities thru Its further neglect. Ontario nml Nyssn lmvo determin ed Hint slnco tho Interests of both communities I'om In tho promotion of tho Owylico I'rojoct thoy will com- blno their efforts In ontortnlnlng tho I vlMltorH. UKAI.TV MKN TO 1I00ST FOIt COUNTY DKVHLOI'MKNT Tho Mnlhour County ltcnlty As- soclnllon held ItH first regular moot ing In tho Clinmbor of Commorco room nt Vnlo, Oregon, on tlio ovon lng of Octobor 12, 1920. On ac count of rainy woathor and had rends only a smnll numbor of mombern woro prcBont. Tho Ontario mom- iiura rupon 11101 1110 meeting wns full of onthuslnsm nnd trnnsnclod tho necessary business to start tho as sociation on n courso that ought to mako It n success. Tho next moot ing will bo hold In Nyssa, on tho second Tuesday In November nt 7:30 P. in. All business men and realty own ors nro especially Invited to attend, ns It Is tho endeavor of tho Mnlhour County Henlty Association to rightly advortlso Mnlhour County nnd to work for tho bottormonts of Its grow ing communities. 'MALHEUR COUN I'M Year of Club Woik Hmwtsfiil I'rlo Won lly Violet Leo of lloiillu Other lYojcrf IMilbltorn Place TY BOYS AVALANCHE OF SCORES BURRIES LOCAL TEAM New Men Pin) lug On O. II. H. Unnhle to Stem Mnrrli of lloi WlciniiH Hcmo .11 to 0 t'iihW. In Auto Accident No Ono Unit HIGH SCHOOL GIVEN SCITH-HUGHES COURSE I.ocnl IiiMltiitloii Selected its Suitable Tor IVilcnil nml State Alii In" .Agriculture Only IH Schools Mated In Hlnle. Miss Mnzlo Wilson, county club leador, returned to Ontario this week from Scattlo whoro sho visited fol lowing tho closing of tho Slato Fair. Miss Wilson roports thnt tho Mnl hour county did not win nil n,n plnces contested for nt thp stnto nx posltlon, tho plnclng of Miss Violet Lees ns first In Division I of sowing, nnd tho other nwnrds mndo tho boys and girls of tho county constituted a most favorable showing. Dy winning first In sowing Miss Minus tho services of Mitchell Mooro, captain, who wn III, tho Ontario High School iPotbnK team 'out down tp dofent In lt first game r-f Mi. suisou nt IIoIbo U cJnlurdiiy. Tho noro wu C4 to rt md tells tlio "r of tho gnmo. Whllo making no nllbls tho locnls, with An nlmost cntlroly now team, tho boys found themselves hosted by tho nolso votornns who pummelled tho lino, hut mnko most of tholr vnrrififfA nfAiiH.1 tUn i..ih ... .i SJi..fn"!!!f..!.0 "-.a wcek. fectlvo uso of tho forward rrss which 1'L'i'i.H in .schools phactici: niti: dihi.ks hehi: m;nai;i Tho now flro escape on tho (Irnin- mor School building woro used for mo rirst iimo this wook In first drill. Tho no speed record wns nttomptcd nil tho pupils of tlio grnilos woro out of tho building In two nud a linlf minutes. Over nt tho High School tho pupils thoro clipped n minute off mo grnmmor school record. At tho grnmmor school nil the pupils of tho upper rooms uso tho flro escapo and spoclnl attention on tho pnrt of tho teachers wns glvon to orderly procosslons rnthor than speed Ilcsldo drilling tho pupils tho bciiooi board had nil tho bono In tho buildings roplnccd whoro nt nil do fectlvo nnd tested tho tnps. Those woro found In good working order. Thoso tests nnd drills will bo hold regularly thru tho year. NO. 45. Tho Ontario High School has been Cnrs from both towns will approved ns capnblo of presenting enrry tho visitors over tho project .vocntlonal qgrlculturo under tho por nnd thru tho Wilder region, nnd back hero so thoy can get tholr train for Vnlo nnd ronch thcro nt 11, A. M, visions of tho Smith-Hughes net for tho oncourngomont of agricultural study In tho High Schools of tho In tho ovonliig tho visitors will bo.counlry tho hosts nt n banquet horo In On-1 B- E- Elliott. Htato supervisor wns tnrlo nnd this ngaln will bo usod as ,n Ontario Tuosday nnd ostnbllshod n domnnHtrntlon of whnt this conn-,,ho courso nnd npprovod of tho school try Is ns n producor of grains, fruit, i "oord's soloctlou of M. I). Thomns ns nnd liny, nnd not n llvo stock country Instructor. Mr. Thomns has been only, ns Pnrtlunderfl nro prono to rollovod of a portion of his sclonco think of It. classes so ho cun toko chnrge of tho W. II. Doollttlo Is chairman of tho work- gonorol nrrnngnmnnts commlttco nnd II. I.. Potorson, J. A. Lnknoss nnd H. C. Smith nro In chnrgo of tlio or rnngoments for tho bankuet, Ivnn B. Onkos, L, It. Drolthnupt, A. Ilult qulst nnd 0. K. Alkon of tho docor ntlons of the banquet room and S, II. Clay Is arranging for tho nrs for tho trip over tho project. At Vnlo tho visitors will have tl olr lunchoon and will bo shown tho pro ducts of (ho Wnrmsprlngs irrigation district which rultod Hit flrt-l rip this yum. Tho locnl commit io l plnnn I ; on mnblng tho banquet he n dem onstration of whnt Malheur county ii.n do n n i'ooiI producer. Kvrry thlhi; on tho mciu will bo the pro duct of Mnll'.ti" county oxcopt tho sugnr nnd tho coffeo-nml cljinrH and wo can rnl-H tobacco too. OREGON CLUB OPENS YEAR WITH BIG TIME ..jftlriii'it OrnniNo Iirlilpnt of Young ,Mfii'H Korhil Club, Clmciioo Cron tM Vict Prcsldi'iit, Joy Iliistml, Hpcivtnry-Trvni.in't'r. Tlio ninth succosbful year r( the Orogon Club wns launched Tuosday ii'i-'ht of this week when thi mom 1 'iirt rfttherol for n big Hproud.iud arranged for the launching of their c..mpalei: for members, and a gocC Hmc. At tl.o election of of'cM't M h viif held some time il io Hmest GianiBQ wns named prosldent; Clar ence Crouter, vlco presldont nud Joy Dusted, secretary and treasurer The club has determined this year to raise tho limit on memberahlp to GO and has prospective candidates sufficient to complete that number. Tho flrbt blg'party will bo tho'annual H.tllo'ou number which has long been a feature of the club's program. The club has taken a ,slx month's lonse on the quarters It has occupied In tho Wilson building and will have . a formal and an Informal party ovory other week from now until AirU Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dlngman who liavo long been residents of the Or Ziard tracts west of town left this wcok for Portland and other west s'.de points, Among tho 18 High Schools In tho stnto npprovod for fodoral aid undor tho provision of tho act, Mr. Hlllott, declared thnt Mr. Thomas wns nmong tha best prepnrod tench- ers, since ho has his dogreo In agri culture from tho agricultural collogo of tho University or Missouri bosldo his dogreo from tho toaclior's college or tho same Institution. Two thirds of tlio snlnry of tho toachor Is paid ror by tho fodoral nnd stato departments and a Ford Is pro vided ror his uso. This Is done be cause or tho ract that most or tho touching takes placo In tho country at tlio ranches whore tho boys tnklug tho courso nro required to actual work. Each pupil Is required to tako up ono special project and us ually do the work on the rnrm. Somo or tho boys who havo roglstorod ror oxamplo uro studying stock rals'ng and nro raising stock, othors rnlso poultry and so on. Tho courso In overy case covers six months nnd tho purposo or tho course Is to present tho buslnoss sldo or farming and to teach methods that have becu provon succosstul rrom n business as woll as n scientific standpoint. Thoro nro only 18 High Schools In Oregon bo far that have qualified for the Installation of the courso und one umy mciiuoi in eacn county is np proved for tho course. As teacher of agrlculturo Pi of i nomas was engaged at a salary of 2,000 por year and .the Ford car and Incidental expenses In connec tion therowlth are provided. The teacher In this deportment Is requir ed to work 12 months and carry on Instruction during the summer vaca tion on tho ranches where the boys enrolled aro actually doing tho work. nunniun at uorvauis noxt summer Hor slstor Doris Loos won fourth ploco nnd Knthorlno Hon well of Vnlo fifth. In division II Mlldrod Conk lln or Cnlro won rourth plnco. Douglnss county won Hrst In corn oxhlblts, whllo Avorltt Illckox or uniro won fifth j In potntocs Frank Sherwood of Nyssa won fourth. Miss Wilson roportM thnt much In terest wns "shown In tho pig oxhlblted by Olonn Iloso or Ontario which won third In tho Poland Chlnn spoclnl clnss. In tho cooking class Miss Rvndlno Cochran or Ontario raced the dif ficulty of having her product which wns Imkod hero on tho Friday bororo tho fair scored on tho Wednesday following whllo moat of tho othor contestants woro ablo to bako tholr broad on Monday nnd bring It to Salem. Howover oven with this hnndlcnp tho product of tho local Miss scored high, tho It did not plnco In tho first flvo. tho buck rielil did not solve Conrlic-t Tuni Cur Tin tie On tho wny back from llolso Sat urday ovonlng Coaches II. H. Wood nnd 8. M. Douches woro tho victims of nn nuto accident. Mr. Wood wns driving his high poworod enr nud, wiiim tlio details nro not known, somohow It turned turtle Tho top wns smashed but othor wlsatho enr wna not bndy Injured. I.uck wns with tho occupuntn ror thoy surfer cd only minor bruises nnd n shutting VETERAN SPEAKSHERE Walter Ii. 1.00X0, Kr. of Hnlciii Ojioiim Oiiiiialn Willi AildiThM At Clly Hull Would Sfriip I'iiguo of NntloiiN, DliwtoiH flucfitM nt llliinrr Socrotnry nnd Mrs. 8. II. Clay were tho hosts for n dinner In honor of tho directors of tho Commercial club nt tholr homo Inst Tuesday ovonlng. Tho ovenlng wns spent In n mlxturo of soclnl nnd business conforoncos nil or which tho director doclnrod n do llghtrul rinalo ror tho big dinner. T OF FOURTH ROLL CALL Onliiilo Chapter To Knmil foot) MciiiIm'in In Hod Ciihi Number lltli Ti) i!."Jtli Hnrolliiieut Honunn NOMINEE FOR MAYOR laitGKHT CAUCUS IN HICCIJ yi:aiw iii:m monday kvkn in hmi.kots candidatkh IOIt MUNICII'AI, AD. MINIHTHATION MY NOMINEES VOTED UPON Hly Mm Selected For COinmoii Ouiii. HI Aro II. It. iMrk, w fc TMrllpi.t Dr. V. .1. W(ve, Ivnn Ii onke, Frank Under nml K, M. Ori-ltf Following tho caucus nt tho City Hall last Monday ovonlnir Waller I. Toozo, 8r. or Salem ono or tho vet- tno "ceo,ul P"kor E SPEAKS HERE MONDAY lyongiio or Nniloim mid Other Isuvh of the Day Will llo Dlsrii.sed lly ICnitcrn Oickoii'n Con- KI(.nmiiiii Plnco to lie Aiiiioiinci'd letter John Hrosnan was down rrom Wil low Creek this week on business. Think Ontario "JIi'kuIiii- CUt" Mr. and Mrs. c. M. Knight of Guthrie, Oklahoma ere In Ontario last week on their war to Port. Innd where they nre sclng to mnke their home, Whlle4hero they were tho guests of Miss Luella CaWn That tho Oklahomans were Impres.ed with Ontario may bo Indicated by the following sentiment thoy cxprmed : "This Is a real city, und so far ahead, In a business way, of many larger towns thru which we hnvravelled Your paving and water tlystem nro credits to thejiustlo of tho commun ity, that we would not mind living here." Mrs. Thos Drosnan and daughter Miss Ella returned Wednesday from California where they spent several weeks. oran campaign orators or Oregon ror tho past 30 years dellvorod a stirring address on tho Issues or tho day. Mr. Toozo spoko as a republican nnd oponod tho campaign In this county. Mr. Toozo Is wolknown on tho wotssldo or tho stato. Ho was a delegato to tho National Hepubllcan convention this year and Is tho rath er or I.08II0 t. Toozo, ono or tho Toozo twins ramous In tho nnnals or tho Unlvorslty or Orogon who was killed In the battle or the Argonno. In his oddross Mr. Toozo paid his rospocts to tho League or Nations In no uncortnln terms. Ho declared that rrom lettors In his possession written by his sons nnd other soldlor boya ho know that tho A. B. F. rought not to establish a super gov- ornmont ror tho world but to savo American llborttes which were bolng attackod by tho Oorman government. Mr. Toozo dwelt ut longth on tho admlnlstratlvo record or tho present administration and declared that Its policy or free trado was responsible ror the deriatlon or prices or rami products. In particular ho called attontlon to tho Importation or Argentine beor and held up a can or that product ror the edification or tho audlenco. This beer he declared Is compotlng with the beer or eastern Oregon and Is the Indirect cause or the railing off of hay prices. Mr. I.oozo made an eloquont ap peal for the election of tho republi can ticket all ilown tho lino and par ticularly mentioned the candidacy or It. N. StanHeld, who he declared will carry tho Wllametto valley next month. , Following his address hero Mr. Toozo spoke at Nyssa on Tuesday morning and at Vale Tuesday ovonlng. Congressman N. J. Slnnott will bo to addrowi an .1. C. McCrelght or Ontario has boon appointed Fourth Itnll Call olinlrninn ror tl o locnl chnptor or tho Amorlcnn lUd Cross, nccordlng to nnnouncomont Just mndo by the run botwoen tho dates or November lltli nnd 2r.th, tho minimum unnl set by tho locnl chnptor bolng a member ship or 1000. "The Itoll Cnll Is nclthor n drive nor n campaign," explained Mr. Mo- Crolght niter ncceptlim tho position ns chnlrmnn. "It meroly Is nn oirort by tho orgnnlzntlon to mnke pnymont or duos by monition n ninpli mntter, nnd to orrer tho opportunity ror per sons not now mombtrh to enroll. nml.. i . . inu iiirui gnni Hiiouni no com paratively easy, nnd wo should go considerably beyond It. It ropro sonts only n row moro momhors than nro now cnrollod, nnd greatly less than tho war-time momborBblp, Half or ovory dollar socurod stays nt homo to right disease, to touch onion goncy nld, to save ImblAs mid guard family health. Tlio record of tho Hod CroM during tho lust two years r. W. J. Wocso, B. M. drolg, T). W. With tho Council Chnmbor of tho City Hull pnekod to cnpnclty, tho nomlnntlng cnucus for tho city wns held Inst Monday ovenlng. It wns tho Inrgcst cnucus In many years, tho crowd hnvlng been drawn by rumors or "slntes" which provndod tho city during tho dny. whllo thoro was n Inrgo crowd prcsont thoro was no dominating slnto, so Mr ns could bo lonrnod, and tho soloctlou or a tlckot ovldonced by tho voting Indlcntod thnt nil tho nomlnoos woro populnr nnd tho Iml lots woro cast with nil kinds of combination showing that tho vol- ors woro cnstlng Individual bnllots. B. A. Frnsor wns soloctod ns chnlr mnn ot tho caucus and W. I Turner was named dork with Iuls Kroos Bin, Jr. nnd Hoishull Ilrown tollers, rollowlng the calling or the meeting Io ordor by Mayor It. W. Jones and tho roadlng or tho cnll ror tho meet lug by City Itocordor Clay M. Stearns. For Mayor thoro woro n numbor or nomlnoos mnny or whom declined Instnnter, until tho two remaining nnmos woro W. W. Woo.I nnd W. II. Doollttlo. Tho voto or thoso two r... sultod In tho soloctlou or Judgo Wood. For tho position or tronsuror thorn was hut ono nomination, thnt or C. W. Plntt, whoso soloctlou wns made unnnlmous. Then rollownd tho Councllm'nnlc nomlnntlons with tho rollowlng nnmos voted upen: II. n. Udlrk. J. M. 'Patterson, Frank Itader, O. F. Cox, C. A. Powoll, A. B. Christiansen, Ivnn B. Onkos, Cnrl Mold, Bd Firor, miuh iiunriy no nrent vaiuo nx n poaco-tlmo roller organization. The mnnagomont cost or National Hend- Ontnrio nudlonco to present tha ro-inimrtorn nnd tho fourteon dlvlntons publican sldo or tho contot tor nn- I" I088 '"" four pnr cont or tho to- tlonnl honors, whllo ns yet tho dem- ' expenditure a surprisingly low ocrntlo view or tho Issuos hnvo not boeu chnmplonod by nny spoakor, savo Its candidate, Oovornor Jns. M. Cox. Congressman Slnnott will bo In Ontario Monday ovenlng hut the plnco ror holding his mooting has not been determined as yot. According to tho announcements Mr. Slnnott will devoto u mnjor por tion or his nddress to n discussion of tho Longuo of Nation's issuo, tho or courso, sluco he Is chairman ot tho IIouso commlttco on public Innds ho will undoubtedly havo something to say concerning ponding nnd pro bnblo reclamation regulation. J. It. Cottlngham or Oklahoma City and Thos, Smith or Denver were guests or Mr. and Mrs. II. n. Cock rum on Monday, They went to Crane ror a days hunting and had exceptional luck. On tho trip thoy were piloted by J. d, Dllllngsloy and Thos Arnold. MAI.HKUIt.MAKIK I'lNH KIIOWINO AT KTATi: 1'AIIt ' Cuo ot the best, It not tho ' best agricultural dlsplny nt the ' Stnto Fnlr this jear camo rrom. '.Mnlhour County. Tho display ' was In chnrgo or C. M. Deaumont or Klngmon Kolony and Mrs J. D, Smith or Nyssa, both ot whom dosorvo much credit ror tholr faithful work In placing the ills- play and keeping It intact thru out tho week, Mnlliour county took first In tho fi-uuty displays for tho div ision of the stnto It placed In. Alto ,2'hor, eleven first prom lurnt; -,ero taken nnd tlire teo onds on agricultural products. First and sweepstakes wore tak en on threshed barloy. Doth first and socond was taken on Irriga ted potatoes, which Is a prlzo woll worth whllo. Mrst was taken on both yellow and white dent corn. Tho Malheur honey display was tho best seen, while the big watermolon sent down was a revelation to many. ' A groat deal of ravorablo com mont was hoard on tho genoral quality or products grown In this county nnd Malheur received much valuablo advertising. riguro "Slnco demobilization tho organi zation has kept In touch with tho ramlllos of 800,000 wrvlco men, do ing ovorythlng rrom supplying rirst aid to soolng a man through to a bet tor Job. In nn nvorogo month this year tho Itod Cross nldod 23.888 adults and lOIJCS children In Bur- opo; pooplo who otherwise would bo without oven tho slmplo nocessarlos or Illo. I.nst yoni 'n this country tho Itod Cross aided moro than 30.- 000 victims or riood, or othor un avoidable disaster. "This Is n pnrt or what was dono with tho hair or tho momborshlp dol lar which went Into tho national treasury, Not nil tho stntlstlclnns or tho country could totnl tho good dono with tho hair which stayod nt homo. And this Is vny I'm devoting my tlmo for tho noxt few wooks to Rod Cross Itoll Cnll work. Powers nud Frank P. Tlan. Tho count or tho ballot resulted In tho nomination or tho follewing: II. it. Udlck, W. I,. Tumor, Dr. W. J. Wooso, Ivan B. Onkos, B. M Orolg nnd Frank Itndor. The two noxt In lino woro D. W. Powers nnd Bd. Flf- er. ivYw Slnco tho nominations It has be'on rumored thnt ono or two or tho men nnmnd will docllno to servo but this could not bo verified. Just bororo tho adjournment of tho mooting J. n. niackaby movod that tho tlckot soloctod by placod on mo ballot ns "Tho Cltlzons Ticket" Thnt provallod. Tho city olcctlon tnkos plnco on tho samo day as tho gonoml olocllon, Tuesday, Novombor 2, and besides selecting tho ndmlnlstratlvo ofricors tho votors will bo culled upon to pass upon an nmondmont to tho cltv chartor and on n special lovy ror tho support or tho public library. BAD CHECK ARTIST HELD TO GRAND JURY foo Gray Aimsted ut Welxcr Declines Ho thot lie liml Funds In Nj-hhu Itund When Checks Woro Druvtu. Leo Oroy, u crlpplo who workod on ranches south or Nyssa ror somo time came to Ontario last wook and rur nlshed a numbor or local merchuuts samples or his ponmanshlp In tho shapo or checks on ono or tho Nyesa banks. When tho chocks reached Nyssa tho bank thoro refused to honor thorn and n torch was Instituted to locato Mr. Oroy. Ho was fouud at Wolsor and Marshal II. C. Farmer und Shor Ur Leo Noe brot him back to Ontario. Ho was given n hearing boforo Just Ico of the Poaco C M Stearns who held In to tho grand Jury In tho sum of $500 ball. This was furnished STOPPAGE OF WHEAT SALES IS PLANNED Wichita, Kan. Tho WheatR' association of the United States, with a momborshlp of 70,000 In Kansas; Okluhoma, Texas, Nobruskn und South Dakota, has Issued from Its office beru u proclamation to nil Its nwuiuurs urg Ing thorn to refrain from soiling any wheat aftor 6 p. in., Octuber 25, until such tlmo as tho prlco of good wheat Is raised to $3 a bushel ut growers' terminal mnrkot. Agricultural colleges, rami bureaus, stato boards or agrlculturo nnd similar organizations are urged to cooperate with tho association In Its effort to ralBo the prlco of wheat. Tho proclamation la signed by V. F. McMlchael. national president, and W. II. McUroovy, national secretary. J. W, McCulloch returnod today rrom nurus where ho attendod tho session or tho Harney County Court. Judgo Dalton Ulggs returned rrom Hums today whoro ho has been at tending Court.