i ONTARIO-The Pivotal Point of the Great Interior of Eastern Oregon i ntei0 The Ontario Argus . I... .. o 1 i .r ,. u- 2irait& The Produce from 15,000,000 acres is marketed from On tario each year W lends in i -f merit, and Circula tion. Watch us grow Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County. VOLUME XVI ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. MAY 1, 1913. NO. 18 CLOSING DAYS OF HIGH SCHOOLDRAWINGNEAR Excellent Entertainments Being Prepared by Pupils Class Day May 15th. la 1 -' than three weeks tbe Ontario k1im.i1 yeiir of I91tll will have gone into btatOCf uud from b historic stand point 11 "HI compare favorably with anything ot former years All In terait la uow centering around the teoinr class, at it la the largest clan aver leaving the high aohuol The .!.. a ' 1 1 follows: Lejua Kader, president and aalu tstorlan; Gharli', Uriimse, him y tree ; Uoldu Medea, vulldlcforlnu. Hheila Lackey, Lva Vauderboof. Cbaiincey Slsimberger, Enrl Thompson, A lax yM'hcrsou, Tbonius Hurdmao. Fred Lackey. Loulae UtlHln, Villa Carter. Larue lilacknby, Sprague Adnm. Mnrj Joy. Uiilh Teit, Huth Doane. Karl Purcfll. Villa Butler. Thvienior'progrniu cover, morn than one week. Kvery clUzer of the town i iuvlted to participate and we can assure those who refuse to accept the Invitation, that they will miss n pro grsui hi BON thiin ordiuaiy Interest. All hill the llrat, that if May Nth. will be tree. The piogiam ha been aratigotl at fnllowa: (in May Hth at Dreniland. at 8:30 p ni, "A College I'dwo." Thin Ian strong character comedy. Admission fee of M aud 2h omits will le charged. Tbe usual Dreiiuiluud pictures will be put on Just preocdlug the play. Ou Suuday oveulug, May 11th. at 8 p. m. the liaeoalaureatn sermon will be preached lu tbe Mctbodlst obuieb by Kav. It. J. Duvldsou. A saaciaj pmgrsin of muslo has tccu srrmitfnil by lint. Thomus John. At the hull aobool an lii'.iiniii ou In ii- I .v. May 15th. commencing at 1:30 pjai.. the ssnlnr will glfe tbalr annual ('Unas day exercises. These sxercl.i is.huuld be of iii tcrctl to every patron of the hitch ecbool and wa hope to see seatlug capacity at a premium Ou Kmlay eveuing, May Uttb. com tii-ii. int.' at- H :3U, the senior class of ) I : will receive tbelr diplomat. 8ii.t. J. 11. Ackerinau, for II years stste .iip.M inteudent of Oregon, and t pre-i'nt presldeut of tbe Normal eh ol in .'.Lii.i.nuth. will ilrllMrtlm sddre of the evening nod in addl tlon to tlii. the eliiss bin. selected four representative as follows: Alex MoPbersou "The Latest Great DUcovery.'' Leonu Ku ler. " Au.rilc.ui Ideals." Cbauncey Sham heign "Stepplun Htouea." Eva 1 rl f "The New Education." Tin' ptagrMI will ba Interspersed with miihio by tbe Joues orubestra. fl. W. R. & N. WIEE FUR NISilfREESEED FOR FARMERS Farmers who are interested in growing corn are lovited to try seed furuinl. , free by the O. W. H. I H. eoapaoy, Twelve pound lots will be this beliitf about enough .11 fanner ap plying tor It Ibis is audi mated seed Su.itli. agrijulturali.t tor tii I Hue, uaainuius that Oregon cuu L inu. le oue of tbe foremast corn states. WEISER AND VAEE HAVE EXCITING BALL GAME SUNDAY Follow iug is taken from .be Weiser lafMll WuUor grabbed tbe balloon In the tbird luuiug aud aeut up Vale's piteher while tbey reached aruuud the diamond for fourscores, iu tbe fourth tbey corraled two more and fJuisbed with one more in the nftb. the seven funs was a barricade over wbioh tbe Vale boys oouldu't get a look-in and they wore held to oue score until tba first half of tba uiutb when Higgina gat cureless aud moved too close to second base and a loug drive, wbich came uiit-peotad at tba critical moment aud two runs loped in aud io a niooient more tbe tbird was eased over. With thai condition Weiser tighten " ' op aud tbe iiuisk came suddenly, closing with a grand total of 7 to . Spencer ot boise umpired. 0. F. STROBEL DECLARES HE WIEE PROSECUTE BEAULIEU Ontario. Cal.. April '11. Declar ing that it financial settlement does not Interest him; that ho bns sufficient to provide for blmselt and family nd that he will see Jack Heiiulleu punish ed if he Is obliged to stay here six mouths, O. F. Strobel, of Welser, Idaho, father of Fay Htrobel, tbe al leged wife No. 2. of tbe alleged bigamist, who arrived in Ontario Fri day night, Is puhlng proceedings against the man he claims caused the downfall of bis daughter. It the blgamv charge falls tn hold it Is probable that a white Mare charge will be lodged. Htroble has not yet seen Ueaulleii, who is In jail, and judging from tbe remarks of the father It la just as well for the alleged bigamist. BALKAN SITUATION PUZZLES EUROPE London. The mystery surrounding events In the Human Is becoming deepened. Word comes from Austria that the crown prince of Montenegro, Danllo, and his troops have marched out of Scutari toward the north, and that only five batteries of artillery remain In the fortress. Kssud Pasha's exploit In Albania Is still clouded, and the. situation In Ha lonlkl Is difficult to understand. A dispatch from Hnlonlkl of current date confirms the report that orders were given for the Hulgars to evacuate all placaa occupied by the Oreeks. but that Inter these orders were counter ninnded and that official attempts wart made to pretend they war navar given. A Ilucharcht dispatch, dated April 20, to the Dally Telegraph, expresses the conviction that Immediately peace la algnud between the allies and Turk ay, a new war will commence between Bervlu, lltilgar. and Ureece. ;! i y:wt) Jamss M. Lynch, head of the Inter national Typographical Union, who was named public printsr by President Wilson. MONTE GWINN WILL COM MENCE SHEARING SOON Monte B. Uwinu was here Tuesday on bis way to the ranch. He says tbey bave not started abeai lug It being bard to get shearers with tbe heart to look a sheep lu tbe face with free wool in sight, but tbey hope to bave a crew busy in a few daya. REORGANIZATION WOULD BEN EFTT LANDS UNDER OWYHEE Up to data the stockholder bave taken out water iu tbe Owyhte dltcb for only 3743 acres of land. There Is some 12000 acre under tbe ditch aud when tbe stockholders get to gether aud chauge tbeir by-lawa ao tbe atockbolders will bave to pay for water whether thev use it or not. lhao the 1200U acres will be oolt ivaWd. JAMES M. LYNCH aasmaaMsaB jaasSBBBWMBjsjBBMBBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa " aVS ' I 0!ft--' i ' v A. ' 1 Short Line Official Announces Only One Extension for Idaho this Year. Homedale Line Inspected Intent ions--0. W. R. & Odell West Manager lianoroft. of the Short Line, aud other officials were over the road as far west in Nyssa thin week. While In Uoise they nnoouced that the only extensions lo Idaho this yenr would be the cut olf from 'twin Falls to the Outral Pacific. The road from Nyssa to I lotus I n 1 was Inspected, but no announcement made ne to when the line would be completed to Huhl or when tralu eer vice would be started. Tbe O. W l. an I N. people bave definitely docldcd to connect with the ni'ith and aoutb road west of here at Odell and all orders are now being issued accordingly. Two construction trains will be started about the 15 of the month, which Indicate that they expect to have the tunnel open by that date and will ba ready for tbe completion of tbe line to Riverside, where the grade BRYAN'S MISSION NOT SUCCESSFUL Majority In California Legisla ture Still in Favor of Alion Laws Sacramento. California lu the full ness ot her right as a state, may enact a rigid land law burring Orlsassla from ownership, but such actlou would be against the earnest wish of Presi dent Wilson unU tbe national adminis tration. This la th substance of the message from Washington which W. J. Ilryan secretary of atate and personal repre sentative of the president, delivered to a Ki'crel I'oiilitfiice utteuded only by Governor Johnson, Lieutenant-Oov-ernor Wallace aud tbe 120 memlniH of the Male leglblaluru. B'-cretar) Bryan's mission, however, aeems to have failed, Insofar us pre venting actlou by the California leglH lature, as gleaned from a review of t Ii - -proceedings. Uoveruoi Johuooa ouml ed the keynote of the position of tin majority party lu u brief hut Id speech lu defense of California's poal tmii at the end of an ull day discussion with Secretar) llryun. He told Secre tai llrwui that the right of California to follow tin- lead of oilier stutis wus unquestioned, and declured llml such a course uow seems assured. The uddreaa was brief, but It Indl cat. il plainly thut the opinion of tin Komiiioi remained unchaiitUMl ly the arguuieuta put forwurd by .Mr. Miaii. TaVQfSI who expected Si-cre'a I t an to expound a new theoiy ol states' rlghtb were dlsuppointed, u were tlioa.- who expected thrcutb of war or other sluister pieUictious. Ailv ice In the uume of Presid. ut Wll aon was all Unit Sn.-retai llrau hail to offer, aud the paramount question here is whether such advice will over come the previously aiiuouuced In teutlon of the Republican majority to euact an alien laud-boldlug law along Hues already agreed upou. Frlsdmann Said to Have Sold Rights. New York. Dr. Frederick Pruui Prtedmaun Is reported to hav sold the American rights for the sale of bis turtle serum for $1,925,000 to the Kisiu-r Meiid.-li-uii company of this city. He received $125,000 in cash aud the balance in stock in the 38 Fried manu lusUtutes which will ba estab llahed In aa many states, with a total capitalization ot $5,400,000. Th first state to receive th Friedman lnati- ... . sua t' t, I Vtli A i tuiions will oe ew mi, x.w.-, Arlzoua. New Mexico and California, where there art thousands of tuber culosis uatlent. WORK ON NEW CITY HAU GOING AHEAD VERY NICELY Tbe work oo tb city ball ta pro greasiog rapidly and tba walla will aooo loom op. Tba foundutiona are all lo and toe walla started. But Nothing: Known as to N. People to Connect at off Ontario. is all ready for tbe rails when the bridges arc built, some thirteen of them. The engineers are no cross sectioning the road west of mile pnt HO and grading Is expected to start In a short time. The Crane creek cut is the only benvy construction be tween Odell and Riverside. SHEEP SHEARERS LEAVE FOR SKULL SPRINGS MONDAY A half dozen sbeep shearers were taken to Skull Springs Monday in auto and tbey will start work at ouoe. Huyer have been around and tbey llgure on paying from four to Ave cents n pound less for wool than Inst year. This Is to olfset tbe proposed reduction lu the duty ou fnrcigu wool. ORDERED TO MOVE ON BY PAYETTE MARSHAL Old Burns Residents Come to Ontario and Buy a Home. L. A. Parkar, of Burns, a thirty year ploneei of that section, drove to Payette Wednesday and camped on aoino vie ant Iota. Tbe city marshal ordered tbem out of town and tbey came to OnUtrio and bought tba Krtokson house . They were seek iug a lower altltnae and had gone to that city with tbe inteutiou of I. .eating there if given an opportunity. Mr. Slier, a brother in law. la with Mr. Parker und will also purchase a bom here. GOOD CROWDS ATTEND THE HOLSTEIN COW SALE HERE Saturday was Sale day iu Ontario aud there was u crowd ou hand wltb pleuty to hi II aud many bid. ler. Tbe HoUt.iu cattle as the princi pal attraction aud many of the animals I were purchased and will muu be adding to the wealth of this sec tion. The cattle were higher grude than tbe people here are accustomed to, tiut some of the mw i in. i aaaaWi to kuow their merit an I ..ut after tbeiu, There Is room let i tbOOayjd head ol cos in the buuke river valley and when they are here there will be a muil. more kjltfcj buaiuei, c. i.ditinn aud tbe farmers will be in the creditor class, rather tliau the dsMof Tbe cow aud hog are great mortgage lifters aud they can kg handled In re at greater prolit thau auy other place. SOMPTER VALLEY PLACERS NINES HAKE GOOD SHOWING Kd Butze. of Uaker.Jrtpraenting tbe McKim 4 oompaoy macbiuery bouse waa lu Ontario this week look ing up business lu this section. Ha receutly visited Humpter. the mining camp near baker, where u large dredge was iustalled last year. Th dredge has mauv hundred aorea of rub ground to work on and so far baa heeu turning out about a dollar a minute. Last week they .truck som exoep tional ground and took out 30.U00 iu three boor thut bad i.eeu washed dowu from the b.l ... Other dredges are to be installed this season. Donf fail to bear tbe new songs at tbe Diaamluud hiouday uigbt. $15,000 OBTAINED THROUGH SWINDLE Portland. Charged with dressing a dead body, the source of which Is shroaded In mystery, In his clothing, having passed It off aa his dend body and thereafter collecting through his wife a total of aproxlmately $16,000 from the Portland offices of an In surance company, the Postal Life, and two fraternal organizations, the Mod ern Woodmen of America and the Uni ted ArtlHiinn, Jnmes C. La France was pliued under nrrest at Coqullle, Or., nnd Is held ns an ncccpsory on n charge of obtaining money by fnlste priii'iises. His wife and the mother of his four children, the youiiKcat less than six months old, was arrested with him nnd is being held ns a priucipal. She It was, It Is alleged, who collected the Insurance money after the finding of whnt wns supposed to he the dead body of her husband July 1, 1012. by a party of fishermen along the Clackn mas river above Kstacadn. La Prance's Identity was first con cluslvcly proved when, during the ex -lt.-ni.iit of nrrest. the children gath ered around him nnd kept cnlllng him "papa, papa," Instead of "uncle," ns Mrs. La Prance had declared Perger wns her brother In law. The trail was taken up nfter th" lusuruuce people had satisfied them selves, by the evidence of acquaint ances of La Prance who declared that they had seen him on the streets of Portland after his supposed death, that the alleged dead man was still In tbe bind of the living. RAILROAD LABORER FOOND DEAD THIS WEEK NEAR NYSSA I.'.i.i.U .luiiua. lin wit t'lirmi rlv a oook in oua of tba rullroad aWafe)CS lf , ... . , Kessler cf out or .yim,, was piuacii hioiik tho rullroad uaar Nyssa a few days ago. Tba coroner Investigated and called It a case of too much whiskey and too little fool. C0RDELL HULL S) by liarrla & l.vtlng Cordell Hull, congressman from Tsnneesee, who wrote ths Incoms tax section of the tariff bill. WOMEN TRAPPED IN RAID Gambling Establishment Uncovered in Residence District of Oakland, Cal. Oaklaia! ial.--'llie police lllu ed a poolroom for women lu a raid ou a n u an hoiihe In tin- In-art of a inn. Mrs. Julia Acker man, the alleged proprietress; Mij Adelia Uurnett, Mt. Joseph Hoeblln and Hodolph Abraham were arrested Half a dosen other women aud several men were trapped, but the police re leased tbem owing. It was explained, to la.k of sufficient evidence. For two weeks, according to the po lice, numbers of women had bee.n en tering the Ackeriuuu reaidauce. In i:iurs Thomas Wood aud Ut. (lair Hodgklns stole up to tbe front door and forced au entrance. Mrs. Acker man, Wood reported, leaped at him and clutched bis throat. H aald he shook her off aud with Hodgklna ran into a room fully equipped as a pool Idaho, room. Itesults of the Alan, race were being received over a tele phone wire from Ban Francisco. Hear tbe vaudeville at Dreamland Monday night. FIRST BALL GAME OF SEASON LAST SUNDAY Results in Victory For The Payette Team With a Score of 3to0. The open iug games of the local base ball league were played Hunday. Vale was nt Weiser and It was a sur prise to the other teams in the league to have Weiser walk away with tho game as tho dopcstrs Lad llgured It nil out that tbe Vale team waa the strongest iu tbe league. Tin. Ontario team played at Payette to a small crowd, most of them On tntio fans. Tbey bave new grounsls there neat the city and when worked down a Intl.. will he good. The On tario team was ilissppoinctil in two players not slunviug up, still tbey made a good showing with the Payette team nnd tbe bomtors beliero they are as good as the be.t lu thn league. Ho far they have had no oaptiilu or manager and little practice and when straightened out ill be all to tne good. The pitching of Urunnlug waa the fi'iitnie of ttie game. Tin MMV hardly show tho evoncea of the game, a few ccitly errors by the Ontario boy made the difference. On Sunday next tho Weiser team goe to Vale and the Payette team comes here The pluv mould be greeted with a big crowd Ibe admit- foil. Including gland liiii.l, having been planed at llfi uuut Following was the line up last Hominy. Ontario Mrunning, Payette Kusign, P Q Darnell, 0 Murphy, lat It I la. I. ell. 2nd Shnke, 3rd I. all. , . If Jenkins, cf P Smith. ( Minimum, Ut A Ci'ldsmith, tnd .1 Goldauiltb. 8rd J Keanlur, rf lluiilerfrl llriinuliig H strike outat Mntlgu 4 strikeouts; Payette (1 hits; Ontario Si Umpire, W. C. Heamgurd, New Plymouth. ONTARIO SUPPLIES TOR FLOOD SDFFERERS RECEIVED Mount Veruoi., Ind.. inil -r., 1911, Mr. II. ll.Whlluey. Ontario. Ore. My Dear Mrs. Whitney A whole our loads of up lie from the people of your vlclulty, through A Ijntant i neial McCoy, of this state reached il till a. iu, ami now, t. might hoii'lic'l. j - thini.auil, ureeiijuyiug the cm. tent. Hungry people at east ing of your good thing ami kiubleuetl heart-) in a hgppy, all due in the mug nilli .nt .'Hi . lu Hie tti.it, of th tli o I until ni I thank y.u. Million hi. I t, nut a kind, lo iug 0.iilaoe me huht. nlug our liiinleus. Assuring ..il niir greatest appreciation aud again th. inking you I am i-ry Truly s mir. .iio'iiii !onbwsh, l. in t i'loi.il Snifi rers. JAKES LACKEY DIES IN THIS CITY TUESDAY NIGHT Jhiih Namll La. k y. son of Mr. and .Mr. Jam. i Ls. k v, die I at the ti.iuily real. leu. I lay altruooo and wa. buried in I . Igf till. allBIUO.i, , K.,MiU OtliCUtlug. Hussell won burn in Outsiiu NotwaV ber 9, 1H'J7 and peut his sboit lit bare ivberu In manly i haractir made bim a grt-ut favorite umoug hi ac quaintances. COUNTY BUYS GRADERS FOR IHPROVMENT OF ROADS The county hsa been purcbuslug some graders for the road districts of tbe county aud tbey propose making oui good mad and keeping them lo repair at a mall eot. Tbe problem of caring for tbe pOOT ot the county la a big oue and it is prooable that it will end up witt tbe purchase of a poor farm that may be made self sup porting. ,,