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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1921)
TnE ONTARIO ABQUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, .SEPTEMBER 22, 1921. MONTHLY REPORTOFCOUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT For (In poilod Align! I toinber it, li!l. to Hep- Tho ninjor projoct glvoti atten tion during tlit! period of thin report wnij along crop Improvement linos. Other projects given tlmo were Livestock improvement, llortloul turo anil Bell Improvement. Crop Improvement Work In UiIb department constated ot locating clover need, securing testa of It niid forming n pool of nrdors nmotig farmers In districts whoro tho crop ling not boon Rrown heretofore. Assistance wns glvon In getting the Hooding work started otc. Altogether approximately 300 acres of now seeding . wan accom plished, prlnlpally In tho Vnlo and Oregon Slopo communities. Two demonstrations of potato din cages and tho roguo gltiR of need potato fields woro Klvun. A nows lotter was addressed to tho potato Krowors of tho county ending atten tion to tho provnlonco of certain di seases In tho potatoes this yunr, par ticularly "leaf mosaic" or "curly dwarf" giving siiRROHtlons for tho control of theso potato diseases. Ono mooting was hold to nrrnitRU for tho purchnso of cortlflod seed pntntoes, and annthor such meet ing scheduled. Arrangements woro inado with rounty agont Ilcnnlon of Umatilla county for tho purchaso ot Hybrid 128 winter wheat sood by tho farm ers of tho county. A nowslottcr was addressed to tho grain growers call ing attention to this wheat and tho jnothod ot placing orders with tho Krowors In Umntllla. Orilors began to bo placed toward tho closo of the month and thorn will bo a Reed iiumbor of demonstration ot this variety of wheal In tho county next year as a result, there novor hav ing been any of It grown heretofore. Mvextnrk Improvement Work undor this hood consisted chiefly ot widespread publicity Riven to a now foodliiR contract prepared by livestock specialist Llndgron of tho Extonslou Sorvlco, to servo n u oasis or agreement noiwcon nay men and livestock mon for feeding livestock for market. Nowslottors woro addressed to thu sheepmen, tho cattle mon and tho hay growers of tho county to call attention to tho matter. Copies of tho contract wore furnished to all ot tho banks and to tho nttoruoyH ot the county to Rothor with explanatory matorlal. Front pago articles woro published by tho Ontario Argus and tho Mnl hoiir Enterprise, prepnrod from ma terial furnished to tho editors. This work resulted In a considerable In terest being takou and thorn was an npparont movement toward Increas ed foodliiR operations toward the close of tho month. This matter Is of Importance because ot tho largo amount ot food on the farms for which thero seems to bo no direct market and tho farmers are fared with heavy losses unless It can bo fed to llvostock profitably, llnrllcutiiirtt A news letter was nddressod to tho orchardlsts of tho county calling attention to tho oarly Soptombor rover spray date. Also to tho mat ter ot covnr crops. AKslstnnco was given three orchardlsts In locating winter vetch seed for rover crop planting; Innnculatton wns secured from tho department of bacteriology to be furnished for theso demonstra tion plantings ot vetch. Threo days woro spent In com pany with horticultural specialist Long of tho extension service mak Iiik u general survey of tho orchards of the county preparatory to holding a series ot pruning schooU during tho month of November. Demon stration orchards were selected and thu preliminary arrangements made. Other Projects Two days time was given to pest control. Tho appointment of Win. Makeiulo ot Nyssn us pormanont gopher oradlcator where tho compul sory Inw Is Involved was secure hofore tho county court and assist ance given tho appointee In starting work on two tracts of laud In tho neighborhood of Nyssa. lloth ot theso tracts wero completed during tho mouth. Tho usual poison dis tribution work wns continued. Two days tlmo was devoted to as sisting county club Leader Weill muu with his com club work thro thu giving of demonstrations for the selection of exhibits to tho members and In estimating yields of corn fields grown by the boys. One day was spout In connection with tho formation ot a rate association to handle traffic matters for Mainour county and certain Idaho i utilities adjoining, thu movement having been Initiated by ono or more rounty agents In Idaho. Plans wero laid for tho organization ot the associa tion at a mooting of county agents, A commercial club secretaries and rep resentatives of farm bureaus anil commercial clubs in Caldwell. Pre liminary arrangements woro mnde during tho month tor a dratnago and alkali experiment station establish ed earlier In tho year and n now method of drnlnngo canal construc tion by n sluicing method which wns roported formorly. MNrollaneoim Approximately soventy-flvo per sons called at tho otflco for consul tation during tho tlmo of this re port; twenty-six farm visits wero made by thu agent; thirteen visits wero mndo to demonstrations; two project mooting!) and threo other meetings woro hold; ono press nrtl clo and ton articles for tho Farm llureuu News woro written; and 223 personal letters, 29 circular letters of 2033 copies; sovonteen dnys worn spont In tho field, twelve In tho ot flco and two on vacation. PAID LOCAL ADS Oregon Journal delivered by oar rlor Daily nud Sunday. OGc per mo. Luavo order ut Turner's Nnws Staud. FOU SALE Warohouso 40x80, opposllo depot on railway tracks. Apply II. It. Udlck. 33-tt. FOR TRADE Houso and fI7o lots for good Ford Car. Must be In first class condition. Inquire at tho Second Hand Store. Ontario, Oregon. LOST Pockot book botwoen Vale and Ontario, brown lonthor, Finder plenso loavo at Argug oftlco. Iden tification ot property can bo mado. Howard will bo paid. 37-p. KOK KENT or sale Ilvo room houso, easy torms, two blocks North west ot Qrado School. W. Korcher. A GREAT LIVE STOCK SHOW AT PORTLAND IN NOVEMBER The preliminary classification for tho Pacific International Llvo Stock Exposition hns Just rcachud this of fice. It is to bo hold In North Port laud, November 6 to 12. Thu expo sition management ban Increased tho prlr.o money in almost every classification. Tho total money of fered by tho exposition nnd stock association Is moro than $70,000 for the winnors down to tenth place In Home Instances. Among tho now features ot the show this year Is tho Wlntor Poul try Show ot tho Oregon Poultry nnd Pot Stock Association, which Is to bo hold In conjunction with tho other livestock. Milk goats form a now class, with $600 offered' as prizes. Tho Angora goat pooplo glvo n thousand dollars for champions nlono this year. Ono of the most Interesting nnd Important features Is tho dairy pro ducts exhibit, under charge of J, E. Dormnn, connected with thu dairy extension of tho fodoral Department of Agriculture Tho display and competition In butter, rbceso nnd other dnlry products this year will bo bettor nnd kconor than cvor ho- for. Tho horso show is always thrill lug nud attractive, and moro horses ami n livelier tlmo Is anticipated this fall than over. Tho Pacific International Llvo Stock Exposition Is tho largest llvo stock nud dairy show In America today. When eastern brooders cnuio out last year they woro Inclined to bu n little patronizing until thoy saw what wo had. Then they wore amazed, not only nt tho number of entries, but nt tho romnrknbln qual ity nt tho stock As a mntter ot fart, the west coast has as flno ex amples us ran ho tound ot tho throe grent beef breeds, tho tour Rreat dairy breeds, tho sheep of nil classes, tho flvo commonly recog nized American breeds of swluo nnd tho four heavy horso breeds. Last year thero woro over 300 In dividual animals, each tho pick ot tho west, at tho. show. This yenr indications aro that thero will be many more. Everybody In this hoc lion is Intorestod In livestock. This Is nu opportunity to sco nnd study your favnrlto breed, and n wondorful chauco thoro will ho to romparo dozens of tho best with each other ICE 110X FOR SALE Is iu good condition. Call 2C-R. C. F. J. p. FOIl SALE 4 houso. P. O. Dox room 417. plastered Pcoplo's Socond Hnnd Sloro. rlsh, Prop. E. Par-20-tf. FOU SALE Dotrolt Vapor Oil Stovo. Phono 151-J. 32-tt. STOCK TO PASTURE Aftor Juno 1st Prlco $1.60 per bead yoarllnga $1.26 Good Pasture Plonty of wator. C. II. Trousdale, tt STItAYED Oil STOLEN Ono black horso, flvo years old, weight 1160 lbs. llus white star on faco. Ladder brand on loft shoulder. Ono sorrel yonrllng, whlto taco, wlro cut on loft front log, no brand; $10.00 roward for Information or return of samo. Phono 201-H. Ontario. 32-tf. T Found Auto casing. Owner may havo samo by paying for this ad. Call nt Hub Storo. FOIl SALE Flvo Plenty ot shade nnd tonus. Phono 30-M. room houso. lawn. Easy 40-44 FOIl KENT Two furnished housos, ono a flvo room house, thoroughly modern, othor th'ruo room, both completely furnished. Call 48-J. Ontario, or Frultland Co to. WANTED Position as houso kcepo r roforonccs. Addrcu Dox 382, or call Argus otflco. tf. Do you know you can roll SO &od cigarettes for lOcts from one bag of GENUINE BULfDllRHAM TOBACCO We want you to have tho bast paper for "BULL." So now you can reoetvo wltheaoh paekaaoabook el 24 leaves ol lUU-fc-tho very finest cigarette paper In tho world. Aifuf.tjCy r " n jive CI Courtesy, promptness mill efficiency essential factors of all transactions at tho Ontario National Bank. Hank with us and have full measure of service. SrN. " ,QNipiefcioNAi Bankj i4UK.o x' JUiVNiv irv f93HANT, HAUNEYj? MALHEUR COUNTIES 77" yjlj. yr.i HEATING No basement required; your homo heated hotter, safer and moro economically. Wo havo u package prlco, II. R. Udlck, Plbg. & lite. FOIl KENT Modern flvo room houso, furnished. Also ono threo room houso furnished. Call Fruit laud Cafe, 3fi-tf. FOU KENT Largo comfortable front bodroora In qulot, modern homo, suitable for ono or two gen tlemen. Mrs. C. Scholes. WANTED Sowing nt homo or by the day. Mrs. L. Harper tf. FOIl SALE Itomlugton typowrlt or, practically now. Inqulro at Ar gus Office. WANTED Two, threo or four housekeeping rooms. Call Gl-WV tf TO TIIADE A truck to trndo for touring car. Call 183. PICKLINO Cucumbors 2Cc; phono 46-12 Frultland. 30-4 Op LOST Delta Gamma Pin. Has name Alfretta Sngo on back. Finder please return to Argus Office. 2tp PEACHES At Dr. Smith's Orchard, three nilleg South of Pnrmn, nnd three miles duo West of Ho.iwell. llrlng your boxes. FOIl RENT Two largo comfort ablo bedrooms In quiet modern homo Phono 80-M. ' 37-tf. C. W. Piatt, Insuranco Agency, First National Dank Building. Flro and Automobile Insurance tf. OREGON STATE FAIIt: Balora, Sopt. 20 to Oct. 1 A wealth ot agricultural, llvostock and Industrial displays, an oxcollont racing pro gram, high class amUBomont nnd attractions, nnd Ideal camping grounds. A. II. Lea, Manager, Salem, Or. . 38-43. IDEAL AltOOIU'.S FOIl HOME Wo havo tho best farm pumping systems on tho market. No cuoss Ing nt your needs. Absoluto satis faction guaranteed and tho right pump In tho right place. It. 11. Udlck, Plbg. & Htg. FOU SALE Throe room houso. Inqulro Mrs. O. W. Anderson. 3tp NOTICE OF EQUALIZATION Notlcs Is horoby given that the Doard of Directors ot tho ,1'ayotto Oregon Slopo Irrigation District will moot beginning, on Tuesday, Octobor 4th, 1921, at ttio hour of 2 !00 o'clock P. M. at tho otflco of tho Hoard which Is at tho pumping plant within tho District, for tho purpose of equalizing tho regular 1021 aBscssmont on tho lands with in tho District which nssossment is levied for tho purposo ot meeting tho expenses for 1922. Copy of as sessed acrcaga may bo seen at tho otflco of tbo Socrotary at any tlmo. P. M. DOALS, Secretary, Payotto-Orogon Slopo Irrigation District. Sept. 16, 1921. Sopt. 29, 1021. FOIl SALE Ooodt flvo room houso, shade, trcoo, lawn. $900.00 worth ot good furniture. Good lo cality, prlco $2060. Oregg & Doo-little. Mrs. A. S. Drown wcok In Uolso. spont tho Inst ANNOUNCEMENT Mra. A. Stewart Drown dostros to announco that sho has boon appoint ed Cosotloro for tbo Splrolla Com pany. For appointments, phono 2 8-J. 38 tf. ORIGINAL ESTIMATE AND ACCOUNTING SHEET, C1TV OF ONTAltIO, OllKGO.V This original estlmnto Is made In compliance with tho provisions of Chaptor 118, Qonoral Laws of tho Stnto of Oregon, onnctcd ot the Legislature Session of tho year ot A. D. 1021, and shows in parallel columns tho unit costs of tho Bovcral sorviccs, matorlal and supplies for tho throe fiscal years naxt proceeding tho current yenr, tho dotalled expenditures for tho last ono of said threo preceding fiscal years nnd tho budgot nllowanrcs for tho current year and expenditures for six months of tho current year. Also In detail tho estimated receipts of tho City of Ontario, from nil sources except taxation for tho ensuing year. Expenditures and Dud got allowances for 1st six months of tho pros- ont your. IlECOltDEIl'S OFFICE Estimated expenditures for tho onsu- In year sorvlco $ 900.00 $ 180.00 Personal Deputy . Stenographer .... TilEASUItElt Personal sorvlco Uond ., Stamps , ATTOKNEV Personal sorvlco Stenographer POLICE DEPT. Porsonnl sorvlco Marshnl , 1,600,00 Pollco 200.00 Extra pollco Tolophono Jail Ilopalrs Meals for Prisoners Otflco switch ............. Supplies MUU DEPT. Porsonnl sorvlco Chtof ot Dopt Foremen, pay-roll supplies HEALTH OFMCEH Personal sorvlco POUND nnd DOGS Porsonnl sorvlco . WATKK SYSTEM Porsonnl sorvlco Water Supt 1,600,00 I'umpor 1,200.00 Accountant .. 900.00 Labor 360.00 Supt. Auto. ............ 000.00 Fuel 100.00 Powor 2,000.00 300.00'' 100,00 180.00 20.00 240.00 1,000.00 00.00 00.00 200.00 Expendi tures In detail 476.00 00.00 4.00 87.60 160.00 776.00 760.00 Expenditures for threo years noxt proceeding first six months of tho prcsont yoar. Iludgot for year Last year In detail 2nd year totals 3rd year totals- $ 1,200.00 $ 1,200.00 180.00 2,000.00 3,600.00 $ 1,286.37 $ 1,236.46 100.00 400.00 300.00 370.00 120.00 300.00 426.00 100.00 126.00 100.00 300.00 600.00 100.00 60.00 70.36 10.80 3.60 1.00 120.00 410.00, 704.40 30.00 70.00 700.00 000,00 460.00 207.08 300.00 117.86 867.30 41.24 379.62 147.79 185.60 60.00 1,000.00 100.00 160.00 8,000.00 750.00 160.00 26.00 .40 300.00 14.10 1,800.00 1,500.00 354.00 104.10 7IT.87 ' 40.30 240.00 1,040.20 351.38 00.00 186.48 1.020.00 1,200.00 886.00 348.16 478.35 73.33 2,383.80 93.03 1,852.43 707.33 733.04 104.00 1,170.70 180.46 309.80 173.03 323.26 3,698.00 2,140.40 1,674.64 00.00 133.00 670.00 188.30 01.15 760.00 000.00 300.00 132,00 600.00 360.00 100.00 720.00 240.00 75.00 15.00 30.00 175.00 60,00 346.00 100.00 50.00 166.00 34,20 64.20 148.16 251.25 50.00 40.50 600.00 1,034.00 460.00 440.03 1,727.78 1,650,00 300.00 300.00 45.20 279.65 27.00 410.83 12.80 250,00 140.00' 60.86 360,00 130.00 49.17 7.60 17,55 30.30 17.95 23,65 15.26 0,750.00 300.00 650.00 3,600.00 3,300.00 3,800.00 250.00 960.00 900.00 200.15 436.90 20.80 124.19 366.97 340.05 036.00 90.00 10.76 1,200.00 294.46 825.00 3,432.46 750.00 491.21 3,730.00 8,300.00 300.00 16.90 107.09 117.03 16,038.08 1,031.06 214.60 398.00 8,502.69 476.05 630.60 677.18 3,696.30 3,139.13 8,207.60 3,997.39 3,018.36 2,223.07 Freight Motors Ilopalrs ..., Supplies .... Wnrohouso Dwolllng ., CITV HALL Porsonnl, sorvlco Janitor ... Fuol Ilopalrs .... Supplloa .... Insuranco Furnlturo PIHNTINO CEMETERY Personal sorvlco Labor ................ Wator ...... Suppllos STREETS Personal sorvlco Commissioner 1,200,00 Labor 2,000.00 Team ..... 900.00 Opening now streets 3,000.00 Supplies .................... 1,000.00 Itlv. Add. DisL ... Detour road LIGHTS j.................. 3,600.00 WATEH 3,300.00 MIIUGATION Personal sorvlco Irrigator Water Supplies SEWERS Personal sorvlco Labor Power Tools Supplies ... ..... CITY GOVEUNMENT Personal service Mayor Six Councilman ......... CITY SANITATION Personal service Labor ......................... PU1ILIO UnitARY Personal sorvlco Librarian , Janitor Lights Water Fuel .... Telephone .......... Books Repairs .............. Stationery .......... supplies . INTEREST ON HONIW.... 15,200.00 0,760.00 12,720.00 EMERGENCY MJND 1,000.00 Total'of all Items 60.742.00 Estimated receipts Water System .$12,000,00 Fines and Llcensos -...,,.. 1,600.00 Pound and Dogs .. .............. ' 300.00 . Interest on Deposit ...,. 600.00 ' - Irrigation ...................w.w... 1,000.00 Cemetery ................................... 650.0Q Road Tax ,................... ....., 4,600.00 Delinquent Taxes 9,409.00 39,759.00 To ba raised by taxation . .,.. .. . .. $30,983 00 i . l'.9 M B,earn8 d hereby certify that the above estimate ot expenditures for the year of A. D. 1922 was prepared by me and that the budget allowances for the current year and th ex penditures for six months of the current year and the expenditures of the three fiscal year next oro ceedlng the current year as shown above havo been complied from the records In my charze and nro true nnd correct copies thereof. 7 ."!- " ,,... , CLAY M. STEARNS, (SEAL) city KmrdK, 1 27.6,3 S4.697.2& 311,53 396.40 83.83 43.13 8.76 7.15 30.00 18.76 78.15 13.26 371.86 306.40 36.60 11,700.00 11,700.00 $50,742.00 10,020.00 i