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ONTARIO-The Pivotal Point of the Great Interior of Eastern Oregon
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Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County.
VOLUME XVI
ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 101H.
NO. 11
MALHEUR CITY MINES
MAKE GOOD SHOWING
gome Rich Ore is Being
Taken Out Many Im
provements Planned
n S. Verbeek was in tbe city from
Malbeur City thii week. He In diId
(II id that thriving camp and bad
am of Hi goons with him to show
lb, gride '""' character f !- are
MktDK out.
Hi Ii i i i t t-mI -1 in the Ventura
rliiro. ghii'H ii mile mid a hall north
lid writ of the city, where ha is
tiling out miiie rich ore and with
rf sppssi ''''" l,ml '"' baa a mine.
,-, more - j i 1 1 v Id the camp
lli Hun ni any lima aiuce the early
ilmr days, hut now tbe work la of a
ion permanent character and the
till will 'niii nine to tfrlml out the
Egaf dikIhI lor moy yenra.
i K. Wnrihum, who has the I :! ,
Wblte Hnd ill" mine, practically in
hi loan, wan down wltba nice clean
pinna their mill a few daya ago aud
mttd tli.il the mine was showing up
ism mmIImI ore uud that the mill
Mtnaklug a good MTiag of tbe
mm
At tbe DmmI they are preparing to
dik toeo si the annw Is olf tbe ground.
Tba Kulmxiw Mini the llumlmlt mills
at roiiniug full time.
WILL GET BOTH
ORCHARDS AND DAIRIES
.u axcbuiiiic in commenting on
M paople of Ontario going after the
Uirr industry aaid that a few years
Ifutbay were all after the orchard lata,
blob ia true. The Ontario people
lltiji net u hat they go after They
(ot tb orchard itta nod uow they urn
I 91 to u-i tbe i'iiwi. with the bogs
rbiikena that will naturally go
n'.b tlmin, iiiukiug ii uomhlnatlou that
ill! alwayi be successful.
RECALL MOVEMENT
redericks Opposed for Sec
ond Trial of Clarence
Harrow.
kMAtii: Plana of labor unions
trt it movement for the recull of
Strict Attorney John D. Fredericks
of his attitude toward labor
tosuni Clarence 8. Harrow, the
whoso second trial on a jury
inted Saturday In a
Ureeim -tit wore announced by A.
L Mooui-y. secretary of the Los An-
I- Couiit Building Trades Council,
aooney -,ul the movement was
"xtd not miiy hy the organization
'bich hi is secretary, hut alao by
"Us Am. ' County Central Labor
C'l- II .1, elun-d that Fredericks,
ww bis last election, had promised
'"guar,- deal lo n,,- worktapMaV
,lhat aim , ,.,, ,iiL)U he nttd "wfcU
(sf lh, in.
GOMEZ WILL VETO BILL
lridtnt Changes Mind Regarding
Amnesty Measure.
una. Aft.-r u long conference
tlmemhi ri of his cabinet, congress
n sad ituyers, President Qomex
wei to ,to the amnesty bill, to
Mtmge ." which the American
J,cr- i has declared 1U atroug
'"idem (lomex had previously
I11 the ' ill in spite of the protest
i minister, but he now
mnature is Ineffective
public uiou of the bill In th
and that therefore he
'" ' right to use the power
to
Ta general amnesty bill provides
r tae lit. ration of more than 1000
"tog, including uegroes who took
n to the rebellion last year.
'you want printing of the better
you get it at the Argus otfice-tha
U right.
EM IN LOS ANGELES
FIRST TRADER'S DAY ON
SATURDAY, MARCH 22ND
Tbe first of a series of regular
monthly public anotlnn anles will be
beld at Ontario, Oregon, Saturday,
March 22nd. In this laiue will be
found an advertisement giving tbe
particulars. These sales nre along
the line of the old eaitern market day
and will be conducted on tbe broadest
scale possible. Anyone having any
thing to sell Is Invited to hring It to
the aale. All sale- will be for casb
unless the party selling desires to ex
tend time to the purchaser
Everything from live stock down
to farm Implement!, poultry, house
hold gnodsand miscellaneous articles
will be sold.
Nearly every farmer has something
be does not need, hut yet not enough
to have a aale alone. If a person has
but one animal or article bring It
along.
Col. James Barnard, who has been
In tbe auction ring for twenty years,
will officiate as auctioneer and tbe
int. ii in Commercial club will con
duct the sale free for tbe people.
Head tbe advertisement for particu
lars or write to the secretary of the
Commercial olub st Ontario.
FEEDING HORSES AND CATTLE
INSURES GOOD PRICEFOR HAY
A few days ago we heard of a man
selling bis hay for 'l.fiO a ton in the
stack. Another man showed figures
to prove bis bay Metted him a little
btter than lift 50 per ton by feeding
it to borses aud cattle It Is tbe same
in all lines of liusiuesa, one man sue
oeeds and aootber, with equal oppor
tuoitlea, falls, drains and energy are
alwaya with the lucky fellow.
SAYS CONDITIONS IN
THE EA5TARE GOOD
Eastern Oregon Promoter
Visits City Looking Over
Local Field.
Mr. Davidson, of tbe Oreaon and
Western Colonization oompaoy. was
iu Outarlo looking over tbe local
agency. He was on Lis way east from
Portland, where he aud Mr. Hill,
who is joint owner iu tbe lands, cum
plated a sale of 40,000,000 worth
of timber to tile Porter Rios.
This Mule will close out all the
boldiugs of the company west of the
Cascades and enable them to devote
all tbelr attention to then lauds in
I . a-I 111 ' 'li VOL
The efforts of tbe Commercial club
to estsblisb the dairy Industry iu tbis
aeotiou was heartily approved uud it
was predicted tLut it would mean the
tilling up of tbe oouutry with a very
desirable class of settlers wbo would
always have the money to pay for
what tbey wuuled.
fcMr. Davidson stated that busiueaa
conditions iu the east were good.
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FRANKLIN K. LANE
Franklin K. Lane, of California, who
ia Secretary of the Interior In Presi
dent Wilson's Cabinet.
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RESUME OF STATE LEGISLATURE
The Recent Session Places 377 Laws
On the Statute Books.
THIRTY VETOES
Workmen's Compensation Good Roads Laws Agricul
tural Extension Work Widow's Pensions Mini
mum Wage for Women and Minors Survey of
State Resources Investigation of Celilo Project.
Salem. The Inborn of the legisla
tive assembly of 1913 have added 377
new taws to the Oregon codes. Of
the new laws 10 are due to the pas
sage of bills of the 1911 session and
30 of the recent session over the veto
of the governor, including the general
appropriation bill, while 3S7 were eith
er aproved by the governor or filed
without his signature.
Three features marked the final ses
slon of the legislative assembly prior
lo sine die adjournment. One was the
eaae with which bills were passed over
the veto whenever desired; another
the consideration of vetoed measures
on their merits, and the third the
speed shown In the transaction of bus
iness. Unquestionably many of the meas
ures passed were of first importance,
the list Including the workmen's com
pensation act, good roads legislation,
the agricultural college extension
work bill, the minimum wage measure
for women and minors, the wldowe'
pension bUI, laws affecting judicial
procedure and the aproprlatlona for
the Panama Pacific Exposition, the Co
lumbia Southern Irrigation project, de
tail Harvey of state resources and In
vestigation of water power at Oslllo.
Bill Opening Rogue River Passed
Abbott's printing measure was de
cisively defeated, but the bill opening
Hogue river passed easily.
The bill abolishing the office of
State Printing Eipert Harris waa not
sent to the governor after temporary
adjournment.
Just before final adjournment, when
tbe bill finally reached West he veto
ed It. making no report of the veto
until after the legislature bad adjourn
ed. As regards bills Increasing salaries
In counties, one argument aufflced to
cause passage over tbe vetoes that In
every case the amounts to which auch
salaries were raised were less than
the cues given In the Olll bill, the pas
sage of which the govsruor said In
every veto message would make auch
Increases unuecessary.
A Few Measures Killed
A few measures were klUed, the
vetoe being sustained, by request of
the authors, because of amendments
which made them worthless Parrel 1,
for Instance, asked that the Morals
Court bill veto be sustained; Joseph,
tbe recall amendment; Latourette, the
superior court measure, and Carson,
the bill relatlnK to judgments and da
Financial Statement of
Malheur County Jan. 1
The Following Table Shows
the County and the Several Funds, Liabilities,
Resources, Etc.
KESol'KCES.
Cash in hand treasurer, gen. fund $18,967.22
Cash in hand officer, general fund ... 13,432.91
Cash in various funds applicable to
general fund
Migratory stock fund 517.80
Contingent fund
State Tax Fuud 4,an.i n,.JO.o
Amount due from State for one-half
S-alp bounty 1,415.60
Uncollected Taxe $50,401.16, est'd... 6,000.00
LIABILITIES
In redeemed General Fund Warrants $H6,782.53
Interest due Estimated 3,000.00
Excess Liabilities over Resources 44,597 J3
189,782.53 $89,782.53
ARE REVERSED
I crei" The arguments against the Day
bill to Investigate Celilo water resour
ces were nullified by the showing that
the Mat,, engineer hnd recommended
an appropriation of 150,000 and the
governor one of $26,000, while this
measure called for only 116.000.
In relation to appropriations, when
the standing appropriations of more
than ll.ZOO.000 are deducted from the
approximately $6,000,000 appropriation
the ', tui amount of drainage from the
state treasury is reduced to a figure
more nearly commensurate with the
growth of the atate and Ita Inatltu
tlous. There were also certain unuau
al features calling for large approprt
atlons. It should be home In mind
also, that the legislators did not pile
up the ezpenaea of tbe taxpayers ap
preclshly by extending tbe aesslon be
yond regular 0-day limit, aa they
draw no sklary for the additional per
iod worked and had to pay their own
expensea.
Women Important Factor
The part played by women at this
legislative session was remarkable.
Thai the lawmakers have taken them
Into oeataidermUon as a political factor
la shown hy the consideration dlsplsy
ed .n the oasa of measures peculiarly
affecting their Interests. At the 1111
session such bills as now have become
laws ware thrown Into the scrap heap
without compunction.
Aa a rule tbe Investigations" mads
by the legislature were perfunctory
Relative to killing bad bills, two are
worthy of special mention one which
would have created a plumbers' trust,
and another which would have created
an eleotrtolans' trust With very few
exceptions the record of this legists
ture aa to e-aJled "hold-up meas
urea" la excellent
The following Is a list of the lm
.riant man i as which will become
lawa:
Important Rills ef the 1911 Session
Rseeee Over ths Veto.
8. B. 6 Requiring local agents of
railway oompanlee to report accurate
ly the time of arrival of trains.
S. B. 43 Creating a livestock sani
tary board and appropriating 1(0,000
therefor.
S. B. 117 Prohibits ths auditing by
the secretary of atate of claims of In
debtednees against funda tbe appro
priation for which has been exhausted.
8 B. 139 Creates an emergenagr
hoard to deal with deflcienclee neces
sitated under the provisions of the
preceding bill
Continued on page 3
the Financial Standing of
37.84
ROSE PLANTING DAY SHOULD
BE EARLIER THIS YEAR
Rose day waa a great snecess In
Ontario last year, several hundred
residents getting the habit and ntnrted
to beautify their homes by the addi
tion of a few rose bushes. With tbe
rose will iiitni ill come the well kept
lawn uud jard, adding pleasure to the
owner and every reaidentof the city.
The rose la at Imntc in the Snake river
valley and can be grown here with
the sniiie auccesa as at Portland, If
the proper preparation of the soil and
tbe tmefi la Rifanj careful attention.
Many of the growera believe the
date for the rose planting was n little
late last year ami augaeat that the
Inst Saturday In March be designated
as Hose Dny this year, when all are
urged to planta s mauy roses us their
yards need and cure given to them.
When possible get home grown
stock as tbey nre acclimated.
BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS"
AT THE WHEATON TUESDAY
Hills are out announcing an ex
cursion to Welser on Tuesday even
log. when "Munty Pulls the Strings. "
n very clever comedy will be produced.
The play bas been ut Portland all
this week and the critics have been
loud In in, ir praise of the play aud
the plnyera.
It la a Scotch play with Scotnh
actors, using the dialect, but It la not
too broad for the nverage person to
understand and appreciate. Th
costumes are those of some sixty
years ago.
Krniu beginning to snd the play
abounds iu terse epigrams and there
era no tears, juat coe laugh.
SHORT LINE BEGINS
Contracts Let for Work
Between Pocatello and
Huntington.
The double trucking of tbe Oregon
Short Line weat of Pouatello was
rti.-t, i.in i week at I'M in- mi, 1 1 . and
will li- continued to Huntington hy
the Utah Construction oompuuy. wbo
have tbe contract from (Jranger west.
With the exoeptiou of a few short
stretches the road Is uow double
tracked east of Pocatello.
There are two loug bridges west of
here aud two eust of Nyssu that will
take some time to have uew abutmeuta
built. The Pavette bridge took over
six mouths to have ubutmeiits built
uud tbe bridge Iu place.
A flow of hot water in the tunnel
uear Harpers, is delaying the work
materially on the Oregou and Kast
em.
WM. C. REDFIELD
William C. Redfleid, of New York,
who ia Secretary of Commerce In
Prsaidsnt Wilton's Cabinst.
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PUMPING PLANTS FOR
Cheaper Than Gravity Sys
tem Many More to be
Installed This Year
That irrigation by pumping plants
is much cheaper and more certain in
the end than the aruvity nystem, hna
been proven to the entire sat infliction
of a number of land owners through
out this valley says a Welser man.
A number of these plants were put
into successful operation Inst year,
supplying thousands of acres and as a
result the number will be increased
largely this year. Tbis, of course.
ineaiiM the expenditure of thousanda
of dollars and a vast increase in the
productive area of this section.
Already a number of land owners
have hi rum." I to Install plants and
aa aoon aa weather conditions permit
construction operations will be In toll
blast. The larger number of these
planta will be installed along the
Snake river to reclaim rich lands on
both sides of the river.
Among those who will Install planta
this year are: J. W. Stnneman, to
supply HO acres on Dead Ox Flat In
Oregon. Tbe water will be raised HO
feet with a four inch oentrilugal pump.
Allen Kvte. to supply 20 aores, on
tba Idsho side, near Welser. Pump
will be Inch direct connection.
I coiil Urns .will Install a plant or
sufficient i i n n to cover tbeif
Rlveralde orchard tracts.
J. T. Thompson will lustall a 5
Incb centrifugal system to supply 10
acres along tbe Welasr river east of
town.
Arthur Van Sicklln will lustall a
plant to supply a rich tract on Welser
flat west of town. This tiaot Ilea
above the big ouual of the Welser
Irrigation district,
1). T. Ham. of Hpokaoe, will aupply
his tract ou Dead Ox Flat.
Ira Reed, whose tract Is near Crys
tal, east of Weieer, will pump water
from iluttermllk slough for 40 aores.
A. II. Clark, C II. Libby and
t'ni mi l Dsy are arrauglug to supply
their trsots along the Suaks river
west of ths oity. In addltlou to tba
above mentioned a number of others
are "gelling the habit. "
GOVERNMENT TESTS
FRIEDMAN'S "CURE"
German Scientist Inoculates 7
Uuder Supervision of
Federal Officials
New York In a 30 minute clinic
Dr Krlederich K. Krledinauu'a vaccina
which he i cited Is a cure for tuber
culosis, was tested In the presence of
luiie.l Stales government offlctala.
The seven cases treuteil are to remain
under government Inspection and up
on their development will depend ths
offh oil report.
It wus aiiioiiiii'i-d that Dr. Fried
Miami hml furnished the federal repre
sentatives with pi H..-UB of his ba
cilli culture aud that the clinical ob
siTMilioas woulil lonu.iue to be made
by theiu.
T'ie in in 'illation followed a long con
soli t:n. uiiwccu Dr. Krieilniann and
tin e,ijs( iiiineut surgeons ami more
thuu uu hour of study of the history
of the prospective patients.
The MVSU persons to bo treutcd, all
adults, were brought In from various
wards of the hospital where they were
patients, and one hy one ghygsj Injec
tions of the vat cine. Two of them
were suffer; . fiom pulmonary tuber
culosis ami the others, respectively,
from da of the knee, elbow,
i tract und the
, his consent to the
il.ll uu,.
Vhito House to Be "Dry."
log II Is Hani that tha
II u'iiiiiuit.traliou will be
a "wliii, ribbon" affair, with no wines
or liquors nerved at any entertainment.
Not only do the president and Mrs.
Wilson ami their daughters bar the
sparhiiiik; cup, but so also do vice
Prealdeut and Mrs. Marnall, Mr. aud
Mrs. liryau aud other members of tht
sabiiiel.