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irumriA .WWlEIW "& ttmritf .UJ.-i.JUJlJ! XXV 0NTA1U0. MALHEUR COUNTY, OKEUON, TIIUREDAY, JANUARY 20, 1921 NO. 7 fBJ 0 2tlT0ttS9 ARENT TEACHERS TO (,iVL OAND BENEFIT (inn Cliil to rifjteiit Piny, "Tim VmK'(l Slim," Under Direction of MInm'm Cuilron mul All hot ( Program I))' Iliinil Tho Ontario Pnront-Tonchiir'B Ah- elation Iihm plmuioil u entertain- ont in honor of tlio High School titd nnil OrchcBtru to lio glron nt o High School AHHomlily llooin on uirsdny uvonlng, Jnnimry 27, un- r tho illroctlon of l'rof, M. I). minim, Tho iitctnliorn or tlio imnil Li' hocn timctlcltiK two iilghtH n uk iilncu tho opening ot school nnd great itt'ul of tlntu nnil cnorgy Iiiih en put Into ninkltig n Btrong mua- il organization. In appreciation of tho work that being ilono nnil of tho ndvnntngeii ho derived hy Btudontn nnil coni- milty. tlio Pnront-Tcarhur h Ahho illnn Iiiih nrrnnged for tho proiluc- ,11 uf "Thu Wonilci! Man," n play John Hendricks llango, to he tin hy thoSlKinn Club of O. II. 8 hrnrwits for tho piny bcgnn on irmlay nnil. uro being directed hy Hti Caboon nnil MIhb Abbott, ndvls- of tho Club. rnllnwItiK Ib the cast of charilC- S o Worsted Mini ...MIbb Huth Cnliccn tli'iico Wllloughby Dorothy Edward hollndn DoWItt Alinn iloninn lirtto lliiwklim Albo Ilorvln irlnnnn Huth lloiimn Iscllln Uln (Irntnno uilenco IIopo Cochrnn uniiim Holm Hood nclto Kvolyn Stewart II Hoy Mnrgarotto Potior Tho Imnil will also entertain with number ot Melodious. An admission or 2Sc will ho turn over to tho Sigma Club to ilufrny lenses for tho piny. MomborH of i Ilnnil nml Orrhcstrn will bo glv cnmpllmtmtnry tickets. .NTAL POULTRY SHOW IX) III: HELD SOON DAt tbo next mooting nt tho Ontnrlo Immorclnl Club n commlttoo will appointed to assist In i.rrnngln? tho Annual I'oultry 8how. It In hoped to Hocuro tho Btoro Ihllng formorly occupied by Doyor 01. which Ih roomy and n flno loco- Ho Tho poultry lnduatry la font ho ming ouo of tho greatest In tlio U. In 1019 tbo vnluo ot It oxcoodod i billion ono hundrod nml fifty lllou dollars and It In growing rop- each yoar. This Hcctlon Is Bplontlldly adnptod poultry anil egg production and Miy pooplo nro making n flno pro- from their flocks. I tils year's bIiow should bo hotter I mi any hold In tho pout as tho In Mry hnn dnuhlod In tho past two and many birds of high stand- will bo shown. riio dato of tho show will bo de led next w.eok, but It will probably noiii m tho first wook In Fobru- I.UNTIFF AWARDER DAMAGES IIV Jl'HV IN DIHTHIOT COIIHT (noth plaintiffs In casoa tit-id dur- tho Inst ot Inst wook and tbo r if this wook boforo Judge Oil- I Kgc nt Vale woro uwHUltd fM-,cy Tho first cu. I'nit of Iflor Arnwlno vs. R. V. Stnnflold derlarod to bo ono of tho tunst torly foupht casos trlod bofnra tl o irt In sovoral torms. resulted In a diet for tho plaintiff. A similar ult was tho result of tho case of i. J M, Paterson vs. Dr, V. 0, wo To try thoso casos tho court d night sessions. , 0 POISONER IS AOAIN AT WOHK HERE IN ONTAHIO rho annual appearance of i dog inor In Ontario was maVUM "lay whon. "Ducon" tho voluablo Ito rolllo belonging to F. J. Clomo no homo dylnK from tho offocta itrychnlno Dr. A. O. Mooro was led and though evory effort was no to Bavo tho dog he died. A lo dog bolonglng to Frank Mc MopIi who llvos across tho street m Mr Clomo Iiob disappeared 1 It Is bolloved that ho too was a tlm of tho poisoner. Mrs, n, A. Grady and son left esdar for a vIhII with hnr RtRtnrn. I. Win, Plughoff nt Huntington ft mrs. i-rank McQeo at Lowlston, bo From Lowlston she will go Dillon, Montana to visit with Mr. lady's mothor. D C Anderborg and wlfo returned turday from a visit with Mr. An- "norg's mother at Salt Lake City. y stoppod off at Pocatello and 'so on their way home for a few y visit. HOOKVILLE-WATSON MAIL ROU1E AGAIN OPENED Tho mall routo batwoon Hock vlllo and WntBon, which has boon illBcontluuil for a lone tluio, hnu boon put In opurntlon again tlio first trip bolng mndo by II. U. Symo, of Wnt boii, who hn tho contract for carry ing tho mall, January 13. Senator Chamberlain n Bhort tlmo ago pro Bontoil a petition from' tho pooplo In tho vicinity of Ontnrlo, nntl Wntoon to tho pOHtoftlca department nBklng for tho ro-OBtabllshmont of tliln mail I routo with tho result ntntcd nbovo. iiio poopio or wntBon nnvo boon In convenienced by tho discontinuance ot this routo bolng without "their mnll for a month nt n tlmo. CAIRO FARM BUREAU ('omiiilttco Outllncn Proponed Pro- Kriiiii of Woik for Now Ycnr Urgt Co-operation with Com- nii'rt'Jiil llodb'H lUiovt I'ouUry At tho Cairo Grange Hall today tho mombon ot tho Cairo Farm Ilu reau nro holding an nil day kcbbIoii for tho ro-orgnnlrntlon of tho burcna for tho yoar. llenldo tlio program of huslncBs thuro will bo n dinner to which tho various mombors nro con tributing tho onto, and In tho even ing tho Orange will glvo n-dnnco. TuvHday morning at tho city ball tho program of work commlttoo con hinting of E. II. Conklln, A. Uramso, P, Countrjmnn, Seymour Hosa, 8. I). Dniinnn and Ouo. K. Alkon consldor id proposnln to bo submitted foi tho activity of Jho vii'Ioub commlttoes foi the yoar. Ilosldo tho program outlined by tho county oxocutlvo cammltlco thu Cairo commlttoo decided to add there to n commlttoo whoso business It will bo to promoto tho poultry Industry 'n thlr section bo that tho builnoss will roach n point whoro an adequate mnrkot will bo Justtflod It was al so dorldod that nn oxocutlvo commit too ho formed which will bo om pnwored to romovo commlttoes which do not function, uud this executlx commlttoo will bo urgod to co-opor-nto with tho proper commlttoes of tho Cnmmorclnl Club of Ontario to promoto tbo advancement of mutual probloms. Tho commlttoo also urgod that ef forts bo mado to lmprovo tho market roads In tbo Cairo district, particu larly tho Valley Vlaw road, and that a study bo mado of school probloms to uncertain whothor or not school busos might not bo Installed to tako chlldron of thai soctlon to tho Hchuols of Ontario, IXJILMKU ONTAHIO WOMAN PA881C8 AT ICMMUTT Mrs. Eloanor Jamlcson pnssod,to hor reward but Saturday night hav ing roachod tho rlpo ngo ot eighty nlno years. Sha had rocontly movod from Ontario to Emmott, Idaho, hav ing lived In Ontario for somo sovon or eight years. Sorvlcos woro hold at Emmott Monday and sbo was laid to rest In the comotory thoro. Hor Immodlntn rolatlvos aro hor husband Jas. F, Jamloson, a votoran of tho Civil war, hor daughtor, Mm. Joan otto Evans omplorod with Dn. Wtcvi and Fnrtnor, and Mr. and Mrs. I, J. Dickson, hor son-in-law and daugh tor who a short tlmo slnco movod to Kmmett to tnko r.dvantjigo of a now business opportunity. Sho wns born nonr Pittsburg, Ponna., movod to Iowa, thon to Cal ifornia and lat'or to Ontario. Hor doparturo Is a distinct loss to hor lovod ones and frlonda bo ciiubo to each yoar of hor llfo was nddod tiwcatnoss, boauty and frag ranco. Hor example of pattont faithfulness Is a loss; her oxample of un80lflBb devotion to duty Is n loss; hor oxnmplo of regular nttond nnco nt public worship In tho house of prayer, even tho tho Impaired hoarlng forbid hor hearing n Bor mon, Is a loss. Ono of tho most valuable assotH for youth Is tho example ot rlpo ox perlonco and tho testimony to tho truth of otornnl verities by the aged. Sho drank dally from tho rlvor of tho Lord's pleasures and was roady for hor crowning. She waB a lifelong mombor of the United Prosbytorlan Church. HOWARD FOUND OHIITV OF FIRST DEOHKK MURDER After an exciting case in tho dis trict court, Geo. Howard was found guilty of the murder of Ooorgo W. Swoonoy. At 7:30 p. m. this evonlng tho Jury returned a vordlct ot first dogroo murdor, which may mean a doath penalty. , He will recolvo his Bontenco Saturday at 1:30 p. m. R. W. Jonos left Monday on a business trip through tho Interior. County Agent L. If. Dreithuupt who has been 111 tor more than a weok Is vory. much Improved and able to bit about again. Miss Pauline Sellgman left Satur day for Qoodlgg, Idaho whore she will attend Gooding Colloge. UNION PACIFIC MAN WOULD AID SHIPPERS Agricultural Department Huud Hep. rtwntnllve Hero to Htuily Mar ket Hlttintlon In Optimistic C. C. (Ilguoux, assistant fluporvlsor of ugrlculturo rf tho Union Pacific .ystum wns In Ontario laBt Saturday to sccuro Inlormntlon rolntlvo to the amount of hay jet unsold In this tcr rltory. Though ho dcclnrod that tho re duced hay rato had not yot ncblovod tho bonofltB which tho pooplo ot Ida ho ii rid ot Mnlhour county had hopod from It no yot, ho dcclarod that In bin opinion judging from tho data collected In various sections that the bonoflts would bo mnnlfost In this region In tho noxt two or throo months whon thq liny ot Colorado and Nobrnska woro movod to market. Tho low rato ban nffoctod thoao re gions already and thoy bolng nonror Bccurod tbo first advantage. I. Iko every other student ot farm probloms who has been In this ro glon Mr. Olgnour Is an advocato ot iltvnrtdtlod farming nn tho propor sol ution of tho markotlng difficulties of tho pooplo ot this soctlon. In tholr effort to bo of lmmodlnto assistance tbo Union Pacific official lire gatborlng data among tho buyer. of bay an wall aH tho shlpporn nnd-j linvo added tho County Agent or Mnl hour County nn tholr list ot Hiobo who will rrcnlvo tho bullotln IbbuoiI wuokly fhow'ni, thoso who nro In tho market for hay and other farm pro duco. ALFALFA I'ltODUCTTS COMPANY MAKES INITIAL SHIPMENT O. II. Hobs shipped tho first throo cnrloads of alfalfa meal, January 13, from tho Alfalfa Products Company mill of Ontario. Two carloads woro ahlppod to Momphls, Touuossco and ono to St. Joseph, Missouri. Ordors for moal hnvo boon rocolvod all win ter, and bad tho weather boon such an to permit grinding and hauling, sovoral moro enrs would havo boon placed on tho mnrkot. LOCAL PERSONALS It. W, Jonca mado a business trip to Ilakor Inst Thursday. W. F. Roman Is In Portland on business. J. A. LaknoBS was In Dakar on bus Inoss last wook. J. F. Joyco, county ruaft runstor, roturnod tho first ot tho woek from Watson whoro ho has boon looking after road work. Mlis Lucllo Rollins, accompanied by tho two young daughters ot Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Cox, Marguorlta and Clomontlno, havo roturnod from a flvo months visit to tholr former homo nt Grlnnoll, Iowa. Thoy woro accompanied homo by Mr. Cox's Mothor, Mrs, Anna Cox, ot Iow.i Falls, who camo to visit hor son and family. Miss Rollins Is spending tho wook ond In HoUo, Mrs, II. L. Fox Is roported nutto 111 again. Mrs. 8. F. Taylor Is on tho sick list this weok, Mrs. Cora Roaglo and llttlo grand daughter, Miss Laura Grogg, return ed Frldny from a visit to relatives at Cnldwoll. Miss Elinor Randall who has boen ill for sovoral days at the home ot Dr. and Mrs. II, H. Whltnoy Is able to bo up and about again. Tho Robokah Lodgo Initiated two candidates Wednesday night, tho work bolng conducted by tho Pay otto Lodgo. Mrs. J, R. Kldd, of Hunttngtop, who Is vory 111 was brought to Holy Rosary Hospital Tuoaday ovenlng. V ftR- fll.tA.l t?m vIbIIa,! .villi 4UIDO JUIIUIUU i1 IUB, T1BIIVH ...... hor sisters, Mrs. Lee Drown and Miss Mario Frost at Payette Saturday and Sunday. Sho was accompanlod by Miss Gladys Franklin, Frod Rice wns In Payette Satur day. Mrs. J. R. Grogg vlsltod Payette Friday. Mrs. Helen Struthers Is visiting In Dolso. Mr. and Mrs. Ardon Reed ot Dro gan nro In Ontario for a short time. George Wayt was a DoIbo visitor Saturday. R. T. McIIaley of Prairie City was an Ontario visitor Friday and Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Drown of nar ren Valloy were In Ontario ovor Sun day. Mrs. Charles Perkins ot Canyon City stopped In Ontario, a few hours Saturday on her way homo from Drogan where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs, 8. D. Staley of Montpeller ar rived ttylay for an extondod visit with her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rasmusgon. iSTANDARD OIL WILL New Tank Will Hnvo Cninrlty of 110,000 OiiIIoiih of OiiNiiIine Lubricating OH to Oomo in Hulk Now Oftlco Too Tho capacity of tho Btorago tnnkb of tho Standard Oil company In On tario will bo moro than quadrupled whnn tho lmprovcmontB contomplnt od for lmmodlnto construction art1 completed. Tim company has purchased four additional lots adjacent to tho pres ent plnnt, doubling tho ground Bpnco owned by It, and 1b already ansoni bllng tho moterlal to start tho orec tlon of a gnBolIno tank which will boCO foot In dlnmotor nnd 30 foot high. It will havo n capacity of 440,000 gallons of gasollno. At ptetcnt tho Btorago Bpaco of tho plant hero Is but 80,000. With this IncroaBo In capacity for Kauilno tho company will uso ioiiio of tho present gasollno tanks for thn Btorngo of lubricating oil whlcti it bus hitherto handled hero In barruls cult. Ili'Bldo Incronslng tho tank stor age tho company Is to Increaso Itn warehouse spaco.robulld Its offlci and innke tho local station ono of tho largest distributing plants In tho BllUU. With this additional Btorngo ca pacity tho days of gas Bhortago aro ovor in this Boctlon Is tho bollof of J. If. Test, local agent for tho com pany. "Wo hnvo somo of tho matorial on hand now for tho conBtructlon of tho tnnkB nnd I oxpect to boo tho work Btnrtod very soon. Whon this build ing Is completed Is will bo pors'blo to plant n lawn, lay- out drlvoways and otherwlHo lmprovo tho appear anco of tho plant," said Mr. Test. WOMAN'S AUXILIARY OF LEGION TO HOLD MEETING JANUARY 2a Tho auxiliary unit ot tho Ontnrlo Post No. 07 of tho Amorlcan Legion will moot In tho auditorium ot tho City Hall on Saturday January 22 at 3 p. m, A full attondanco Is urged as Important business is to bo considered. LOCAL PERSONALS John Lawronco from tho uppor John Day Valloy stopped In Ontario a fow days in his way to Drogan whoro he is feeding cattlo this win tor. C. E. Dlbblo of Payette was nn Ontario business visitor last Satur day. Mr. Dlbblo enmo ovor to loam what had boon dono toward tho holding ot a poultry show horo this yoar. P. M. Doals ot Oregon Slopo was In Ontario Tuesday to nttond tho mooting of tho orchard mon. F. M. Northrop of Oregon Slopo nnd his son woro In Ontario Monday. Mr. Northrop loft on No. 19 for Salem. Miss Lucllo Hlggn who has boon III for sevornl days bo far recovorod as to bit nble to return to Eugene to tako up her work at tho Unlvor slty. Homor Maddux made a trip around the Dolse-Caldwoll loop on Tuesday. City Recorder, C. M. Steams left Tuesday morning for Dolse and re turned today. Whllo he was gono Mayor W. If. Doollttlo was In charge of the office. United Sohator-oloct R. N. Stan flold Vas an Ontario visitor last Fri day evening roturnlng from Vale whoro ho was a witness In tho Am- jwlno vs. Stanfleld caso, 1 Col. William Hanloy loft last Sat I unlay for his homo In Durns after Interviewing tho hay men of tho val ley rolattvo to tho formation a hay growers association in Eastern Ore gon, L. O. Olson o! noise, formorly of this city was a business visitor bore last Saturday. Sonator Druco Donnts of Union county and his son John, and Judgo Phy of La Grando woro in Ontario Sunday onroute from Vale whoro thoy wont on business. Dr. O, E. Howo, formorly of On tario spent tho groator portion of last week and the first ot this in Ontario and Vale. Mrs. Elmo Poarson of Wolser was In Ontario Monday to spend tho day with hor parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rader. A. A. Reed of Drogan spont tho first of tho week In Ontario on bus iness' In connection with the forma tion of a growers organization among tho fruit men of the county, Mr, Reed is chairman of tho Farm Rureau's horticultural committee which Is at work in an effort to solve the markotlng problem of the irult man. It O Y A Ij N 11 1 O II It O It H INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Tho Royal Neighbors will Inatnll tho following offlcerB Monday even ing, January 24. Oracle Nolghbor Lulu A. Ilrown Vlco Oraclo Nolghbor Alma C. Dlngham. Past Oraclo Nolghbor Graco Llngol Chnncollor Nolghbor Mngglo Howo Hccordor Neighbor Mnmlo Socoy Receiver Neighbor Alvn Dufflold Manlial Nolghbor Myrl Hlnghnm Inner Sontlnal Neighbor Emma Gramao Outer Sontlnnl Neighbor Clarn Studobakor Manager 3 years Neighbor Kato Ilrcckon Manager 2 years Nolghbor Graco IJ. Turner. HORTICULTURIST HERE TO ( Consider Proposition to'joln in Idaho ANKOcintlon for Marketing nt Products of Malheur Orchards A. A. Reed, chairman of tho Hor ticultural commlttoo of tho Malheur Farm Durcau Is holding a mooting horo this afternoon ot tho mombors ot his commlttoo tor tho purposo of discussing tho proposal mado tho or chardUts ot this county Joining with tho Idaho frultmen to mnrkot their crops co-oporatlvoly. A number of orchard men from NyBsn, Oregon-Slopo, Drogan and Jamlcson nro horo nnd tho plan will bo thoroughly discussed boforo ac tion Is taken. Mr. Reed Inst weok attondod d mooting ot tho Idaho association In Dolso and bollovcs that by co-operating with tho mon on thnothorsldoot tho rlvor results bonoflclnl to Mat hut county mon can ho obtalnod. VETERANS OF O. A. It. MEET THOUGH NUMDER DECREASING Veterans of tho a. A. R. In tho valloy aro not so numerous now ns thoy woro In yoara gono hy. This wns omphnslzod at a meeting of Sherman Post at tho Y. M. C. A. In Pnyotto Mondny, January 17, at which G. L. King of Ontnrlo was oloctod and Installed commandor of tho Post. Thoro woro only nlno old soldiers In tho party, but at the" W. R. C. which met nt tho samo tlmo there woro 40 present nnd thoy gnvo tlio old Boldlers a happy party. Among thoso who went from Ontario to attond tho mooting wore: Judgo and Mrs. a. L. King, R. 8, Ruthor ford, Mrs, M. E. Oaborno and Mrs, Noll O. Dodford, TELEPHONE SERVICE IS I I S It U I T E I) Tolophono servlco botween Ontnr lo and Nyssa is demolished. A farm- or cutting down a large troo on the boulevard Monday let It fall across tho lino. Rural linos and toll lines connecting Ontario with points east ward, and Ontarlo-Nyssa linos aro all out. A crow Is repairing linos today, All toll service from Ontario Is rautod thru Payette. - Nyssa Is now cut off from tolophono com munication with outsldo points. NEW MANAGER IN CHARGE OF -RANCH OWNED IIV ST PAUL MEN A, R. Albee, formorly state frlut Inspoctor for the Payette district of Idaho has succcodod E. D. Sargoant as managor of tho Darrows-Ordway ranch six miles southwest of tho city, Mr. Sargont has returned to his own ranch on tlio Frultland Donch, Mr. Albco moved from Pay oteo to tho ranch last week and Is now In chargo of tho property. A son was born to Mr, and Mrs, II, E. Stowart Tuesday, January 18, Mrs. II. T, Smith ot Payette visit ed last weok with Mrs. Kittle Wal ker. S. D, Llndsoy has Just roturnod to Ontario from an oxtended trip In tho upper country. Mrs. Llnchjey is making hor homo In Ontario. Miss Holort Dlggs arrived Satur day morning from Baker to spend sovoral wooks tho guest ot hor unclos and aunts, Dr. and Mrs. W. J, Woeso and Judgo and Mrs. Dalton niggs. Mrs. R. A. Griffith is at Holy Hosary Hospital and will undergo an operation. Mrs. I, E. Oakos attonded a moot ing of tho P. E. O, society Tuesday at tho homo of Mrs. II. E, Young in Vale , Miss Jessie Ownboy ot Dakor was a weok end guest at tho home of Mr, and Mrs. Goo. K. Alkon. The small daughter ot I, D, Minks who has boen very ill is convalescent. DEFEATS VALE RIVALS Flmt Gaiiio of Hnskct Hall l'l)cd juhs BdAon H.HUB in Victory For Ontario Tho Vnlo High School basket ball team mot tho Ontario High School team horo Friday ovonlng nt the op era house, nnd received a vory sub stantial drubbing from tho local team by allowing a final ocore of 29 to 18 to bo piled upon thorn. ThlB wnn Ontario' first gnm ot tho tcason nnd many of the ' fans turnod out, Coach Luthrup oxprcsicd satisfac tion In tho mannor by which his pro teges ncqultted themselves but be lieves thoro will bo decided Im provement In tho team boforo tin next gamo. . Ontario High had a slight advan tage ovor Vnlo by playing on th homo floor whllo Vnlo had the ad vantago of moro practice. Tho gamo was full of thrills and at tho last gavo ovldonco of a close score Vale started tho scoring whon a foul gavo thorn a froo throw and a basket. This was soon tlod how ever, whon Sullivan throw a basket on a foul and Dean brought th crowd to tholr fcot whon he added two points to tho local's scoro in tho noxt play. Tho Ontario boys having onco gnlnod tho load maintained It, to th end ot tho game. In all fair noes however, It must be raid that tho Vale team held tholr own very wol! In tho first part of tho game and trrnntly rodcomod thom?olves In thu last few minutes ot play thus over coming somo of Ontnrlo' load and tho battles ondod with acora ot 29 to 18 In favor ot tho locals. Tho lino up was as follews: VALB C. Agor F 4 points, Williams F. 4 points, P. Agor C 10 points, Pur vis G, Doawell O. ONTARIO H. Noose F 6 points,, L. Weaver F 8 points, O. Dean C 19 points, J. Weaver O, J. Sullivan O S points. COMMUNITIES TO CO-OPERATE IN ENDEAVOR TO FIND OIL A number of business mon ot the communities of Wolsor, Payette and Ontnrlo nro forming n co-oporntlve organization for the purposo of drill ing four tost wolls, for oil., ono on each of tho .four most likely struc tures or domes adjacent to the throe towns. Tho sltos aro to bo selected by compotont oil geologists. It Is tho plnn ot tho organization to scientifically and economically test this field for oil and commercial r.aB, which aro known to exist her Tho quantities can bo determined on ly by tho drill, llocont geological Investigations and reports havs given thts field u high rating making It worthy of n thorough test. Develop monts In other Molds who.-o similar geological conditions oxUt havo be como proven oil fields nt great value. Wolser, Payette and Onturlo will each furnish acroago for this venture and tho uumbor ot acroj bolocted will run Into tho thousands. It will bo situated on both Bides of the Snako rlvor oxtondlpg through the valloy from Nyssa to Wolssr. Whllo tho vrnturo may seem lo -omo to be a now Idoa it is not to others and tho Idea if community development, which i orlflnal and logical, is meotlnK with enthusiasm and applniiBu on ovory hand. It Is ovldont to (luxe who Imm fnmlllarlzod themselves with th plan that It In tho moat fair snd logi cal proposition yot proposed fo proving nnd dovilopug this field A comparatively .recent Industry which hnB add'id raairially to ths vaiue of natunl gas la tho extraction of gasollno without deprecating Its value for healing and lighting pur poses. Stock will bo subscribed for the purpose of raising monoy to bo us ed for tho drilling nnd testing. There will bo no promotion stock, and all monoy raised will be used for actual development. RAILROAD RETRENCHMENT POLICY FINALLY HITS HKHK Tho retrenchment policy of tho Short Lino hit Ontario durlou the paBt woek with tho result that five men umployed about tho stations have boon Inyod off, ono Is to be "bumped", ond -the soctlon crew ha bean pructlcally cut In two, Among the mon let OJt In tho retrenchment program' nro the follewing: Painen &er Agent-J. 0 Lauder: Dill Ctetk J E. Phent'y! James Stump, John Sherman and V E. tlvram wr I ouso men end nhftckers Frol Nl son, warehouse man Is to be bumped by one of the employes from th Nyssa station. II. O. Drane Is again both freight and passenger agent. Mrs. Henry Griffin has gone to Seattle to represent tho local Chap tor of tho Red Cross at the Red Cross convention In that city. Sha will be gono three weeks. Mrs, Don Fowlor, of Olenns Ferry, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. R Grelp. L m '