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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1913)
ONTARIO: The Pivotal Point of the Great Interior of: EASTERN OREGON The Ontario Argus leads in Prestige, merit, and Circula tion. Watch us grow nfctrio m m torn The Produce from 15,000,000 acres is marketed from On tario each year Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County VOLUME XVI saw . ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1913. NO. 41 WORK HAS STARTED ON IK BIG SEWER One Section of City Has Asked to Connect -Others Should do Likewise. ' Ths (work baa been ttsrted on tbe trunk sewsr and dralnge ditch and will ti msbed along at fitat at potsi bli' as tbe oontraotor bat hut few weeks In which to enmolete the work. Tbara are several carload; of the eewer pipe on the grounds end there will be no delay on that score. The big machine hna not leen tttrted up at It la not adapted to the tlze ditch neceeasnry for tbe mnln tower, but It can be uaed to good edvsntsgs oo tbe Isttrsls. One Motion of tbe olty bat ttarted In for a connection with tbe his aewer and tbe othera thould get in line to that all can bu connected up hefoie another iiimmi'r and all tbe cett poola and llltb bolea nhnlithed. There will be no hi for fliet lo Ontario whan tbia aawor It finished and oon nectlooa made and an effort will he made to have every parson realize tbat be baa oo hiitineti to bate a pett breeder ou hla premltea. A little team work It all that will Ik- ueoesssry. , SUMMARY OF THE NEW TARIFF BILL A brief eummary of the new tariff law as prepared for the aenate followt: Average percentage of tariff rates as compared with the value of all Im ported merchandise: Old law, 37 per oent; new law, 27 per cent. Value of annual lmporta added to the free Hat, $147,000,000. Kstlmated revenuea from all import rates : Old law, f 306,000,000; new law, 1249,000,000. Estimated revenue from corporation and income Uses: Old law, 137.000, 000; new law. $122,000,000. Altogether, contumera In tbe United States probably will receive from abroad, free from all tariff, more thun $1,000,000,000 worth of merchandlae during tbe next year. During 1912 the amount of "free Imported" waa more than $880,000,000, and when tbe tariff It entirely removed from wool, augar, Iron ore and cheap Iron and other Im portant itema, the total la expeoted to Increaae notably. Under the old law more than 63 per cent of all goods brought to the United Statee from all parte of the world paid no tariff, and tbat proportion will be Increased by tbe new law. The free woo) provialoiv of tbe new law takes effect December 1, 1813, and the free augar provision May 1, 1916. Congreae at Work Nine Mentha. The new tariff law, paaaed four yaara after Prealdent Taft signed the existing Payne-Aldrlch law. la tbe re sult of more than nine months of work In congress. Hearings were started January 6 by the house ways and meane committee. Chairman Under wood Introduced the tariff bill April 7, Immediately after I'realdent Wllaon bad convened tbe new congress. It Pssaed tbe house May 8, and tbe ssu ate September 9. CANYON COUNTY FAIR DRAWS OBI PLEASED CROWD The Canyon County fair was held ' week- at Osldwell and they bad treat crowds there oo Friday, tbe Krounda being covered wltb tbe visi tors. The display of staff from Kmmett took tbe community prize aod there at a large display of cattle uod bogs tbat would be a credit to any fair. Tbe bucksrooa who gave such a Mtisfaotory program at tbe Ontario "ii were the prineifsl entertainers d the race burses were about tbe me. t eaturea were also introduced T the school children. Msny psople from Ontario sttendsd. Probably double tbe number, tbat ut to boise snd they were sll "ell Messed. Among those Kridsy were ewUcww Mr. sud Mrs. L. Adam. I Fraser, H. B (iiauel. Msrebal d)l. Lee Noe and others. walls of the new library mm mm l The contractors on the library building bave the brick wells well under wsy snd It will not be long now before tbe buMdins will i. nnH. cover. Tbe secretary has received s re mittance from the library commission to cover tbe costs of the building up to date snd st tbe building progresses other remittances will be received. Tbe building is oow assuming thape and gives some Idea of the imposing structure It will be when completed. NEW TRAIN SERVICE L Means Increased Trade for Ontario Merchants-Many Between Trains. The uew train service went Into effect Mondsy morning snd s good increae In tbe number ot (lassengera from Vale Is noticeable end about all of them have good sized bundles wbeo they go home .and there Is a reason. Tbe stores of Ontario are equal to those generally found la tbe larger cities and the prices sre the lowest la this ssotlon by quite a large per cent snd if Hi" r. hunts will oaly go after tbe butluess sud tell tbe peoplw of tbe Malheur vallsv what thsy bave to sell snd the prices tin y will don tile ths business tbsy sre at present doing wltb tbe outside people. There Is quite it msll order business being dooe from some of tbe store, bat others bare not goue after It. Let those people kaow thai they oan get tbe nsrrow sud wlds lasts in aboas. the last word la mlliaery, ooata aod amis ami they will be Interested as they appreciate these tblugs as well ss our home peopis. The grocers snd hardware men oan also serve lueiu at u savlug over what tiey ate in tbe ha hit ot pay my, but you iisre got to sbow tliem befoie you run expect tbeir busiuesa. Tbe Juutura people are eotitled to a better traiu service tban they are gettiuga t present at un connection la made to the roaio lioe. it being neoes ury to Isy ovsr oigbt In Vsle or hire an auto to make the cosoectlou At present tbe tralu is operated by tbe conttrurtioa company department ami It is buowo tbey sre oot frieodly with the people of Ontario so we oan do nothing to belp tbe Juntura people, but wbeo ths operatlog de psrtmetit gets control tbeu the railroad commissiou will be advlaed aud tbe service cbsnged for tbe benefit of tbe people living lo the ioterlor. ONTARIO WOMAN'S CLUB HOLDS FIRST MEETING The Woman's Club held its first meeting of tbe fall on October 2 at tbe home of Mrs. M. E Newton, the president. Mrs. 11. 11. Whitney. Id tbe chair. Mrs S. D. Dorman read s most interesting paper upon civic improve inent. which contained many prsotlcsl ideas of value in beautifying oar olty. It vas voted to send Mrs. Whitney as a lelegate to the federation or Women's clubs now In Mil at Hood Kiver. Committees were sppolnted to make arrangements for the annual library ball. Great entbutiaam Is being manifested in tbe sffsir snd no effort will be spsred to mske it tbe most trllllsot event of the social season. These efforts deserve the support of everyone as tbe proceeeds of tbe hail will be used 10 tbe benefit of tbe new Carnegie llbiery now being erect ed. This splendid structure will be s ouro of pleasure aud protit to tbe olty of Ontario aud everyone should be interested In making l too beat equipped of sny library for a towu of its size in tbe state. La Grande Choesss Been. L Graude Tbe charter electtes. provided for an election of commie tloners within 20 days. October 89 has been . I an the time for the elec tion of three commissioners, tae sols elective bod under new government PROVES PROF. SHAW SPEAKS ON AGRICULTURE Together With Prof. French and D. C. Freeman at High School Building Tbe meetirg lo tbe school house Friday evening for tbe reception of the teachers and to bear remarks from l'rof Tboa. Shaw, Prof. Frenob and I). C Freeman waa well attended. After tbe reception for tbeteaobers the students gave an Interesting pro gram ami then Mr. Hhaw gavi a talk along agricultural linen. He Is a very conservative apeaker nod thoroughly posted, having been an ex pert in tout line for many yeara He la familiar wltb this section, bsviog visited here several timea and each visit he Is more Impressed wltb tbe possibilities here for the man who will rales corn, slfslfs, osttle snd bogt. There la no sect loo of tbe world where tbey osn be raised to better advantage. Here are a few thiugs he gave tbe people to think about : "Tbe area devoted to grazing land has hen reduced MOO. 000.000 aoras during i he pest ten years Tbs num ber ot csttle it eight million less, of sheep ten million less and of peopis there sre twenty million more." winch shows wbat oan be expected of the csttle markst. Alfalfa la worth at lsstt $12.50 a ton when fed to beef or dslry oows and It le a crime to sell It for IS or 80 a ton. Tbe dual purpose animal Is tbe one for tbe best results In Kuglaud HO psi cent of the milk is produced by these cows and a fair average la (1000 pouoda ot milk a year, wbloh will make 200 pouoila of butter, making tbe owner over f 100 a year, hseldee a calf tbat Is worth 1100 when a year old. This Is a wouderful fruit section, tbere Is no bstter. but tbe moet pros perous communities are those who are in diversiHed farmlug, as they si ways hsve s imetbiog to msrket uijiair prlos. l'rof. Frsocb, who bss besa here s oumber of times, epoke of tbe teach Ing of domestic eolsnos aod agricul ture lu tbe publio scnools and of tbe small per cent of the pupils who ever attend sny col legs snd must get tbeir educations in tbs publio schools snd tbe object of tbe schools to Ot tbs boys sud girls for prsotlcsl work wben thsy stsrt in life. Tbere will be 500.000 Immigrsuta CHRISTY MATHEWSON Christy Mathewaon, veteran pitchsr of the New York Giants, s prominsnt factor In the world's baeeball cham pionship games which opened In New York Tuesday. ' -JsewawawK "'.&: -ftafv I PHILADELPHIA HAS BEST OF THE WORLD SERIES By virnino; to-day the Philadelphia team now haa the ijeat of NfrW York in the world's scries. In Tuesday's game Philadel phia won 4 to 6. Wednesday, with Mathewson in the box New York won a hard fought victory in the tenth-neither team scoring up to that time, when the (JianU drove in two runs. Today Phila delphia fairly wamptd NVw York 8 to 2. ndi..l on the PaciUo coast In 1PIG. when tbe caual will open and those people will be joined annually by many more, all of whom will have to have homes. This means tbat all the millions of acres of Isnd tbst are now Idle will he brought lot) use. The Oorvsllls school Is divided into three clsssea of work, teaching, Inves tlgation and extension. Tbe exten slon work le csrrled to tbe people through Instltutss snd the experiment statiooa and there abould be a dsmousrstor In tbls county to gsthsr information from tbe men wbo are successful In their lines nnd csrvy it to tbe less Informsd onss, so thst sll nisy have the best methods. Tbs stste will pay for half of this work snd the rest can be met by tbe oounty court. D. O. Freeman, publicity man for the Hill eyttem'told of tbe growth of the Interior of the etate and bow tbe people are making good snd It will be op to Mr. Hill to rsdeeni his pledges sad give tosm trsasportstloti for tbslr crops la tbs very near future. One uf tbe party stated thst oos farmer In tbs Harney valley bad ten tbouaand bushels of grain and no way of dlapoalog of It and Mr Hill will not long allow aoob condition to exist when It Is through bis efforts tbst tbsse men raised this grain. The gentlemen were taken over tbe country around Ontario and wars free iii sdmlt tbey bad never seen a better fruit or dairy section. MURDERS VICTIM AND ' IS ARRESTED AT NYSSA Aootber murder wss committed at one ol tbe construction camps on the railroad west of hers Isst Wsdoesday. Tbls was a coldblondsd slfsir. tbe murderer shootlug his victim aa be lay In bis oot, over some trivial matter. The vlctim'a usme wsa Jske .upaii, ths murdarsr's Louis Ovlcb. Alter tbe shooting Ovlch roils off on a borss sod showed tip st Nytsa on Mouday, where be was recognized sod later confessed to ths murdsr. He wss taken to Vsls. Tbls oounty Is paying heavily for the building of tbe railroad. CONNIE MACK Connie Msck, manager of ths Phlls dslphls Athletics, whoes team le con testing for the world's baseball cham-pionahlp. KsssW en9CH - ' 1K0T' asW KINGMAN KOLONY SECTION IS PROSPEROUS THIS YEAR Ed Hlodgett, of the Kingman Kolony section, was here Mouday, re turning from a trip to Pendleton. The Kolony has beeu aucoessful this year wltb tbeir crops and Irrigation plant The water baa coat about 82 an aore and many of tbe farmers have raised I extensive Melds of beans, one bsvlng five, another ten and another thirty aorea and all report nst yields better than 85 0 an aore. The alfalfa aeed wat only a fair crop. Many more Mines were cultivated tbau the previ ous year. FIRE AND BLIZZARD DEVASTATING NOME Fire Fighting Apparatus Oc troyed and Water Works Out of Commission. Nome. Alaska. Fire haa completed tbe destruction of billiard wrecked Nome. Following a night and day of terror, 24 houra of the worst Arctic storm that ever visited Alaaka's moat fa mous rolnliiK camp, flames started in the ruins of wrecked bulldliiKs snd swept ths city. It was Impossible to cope with the flames. All of the fire fighting ap paratus waa dsetroyed by the storm and the waterworks also la out of commission. The flrehousea and tbeir contents were swept away by the gale. Hundreda of homeless persons struggled agalnat wind and wave In an effort to oollect enough food from the debrla to sustain Ufa for them selves and famlllee for a day or two. It Is eetlmsted that the loss wUI reach 11,(00,000. Bo great waa the destruction of provlalona that It Is feared that a famine will follow. NEW COMMISSION COMPANY LOCATED ON IDAHO STREET The I 'sad drain company has opened up for business in tbe rnout formerly occupied by tin Poormen Plumbing shop, on Idaho street, a few doors csst of the Ontario Kurnlturs store. Tbe nsw Arm Is H. A. McKobsrts, for several years with T. - H. Moors ss manager of bis business snd t. W. ilowland, fereoeue time with the Ou term Commission company. These gsntlsmsn will carry s stock of hsy, bran, aborts mill feed, seeds and grain and make a speclslty of oar lota of grain. x Tbere lean opsnlng tor snch a bust in and tbe new Arm la entitled to your patrouage. WANN BROTHERS START UP THEIR FRUIT EVAP0RA10R The Wni. evaporator on the bench bus linen started up for tbe inn un apples. Kiuereou Wauu la In obarge this season. There la room for several evaporators ou the bench and u this side of tbe river to cure for the vege tables and fruit tbat bave n wurket at I. -r n! MOST DENDDE HATS OF FOREIGN PLUMAGE New York. With the passage of the uew tariff, the customs officer bus bad thrust upon lilm a new and dls agreeable office. He must tear out the algrettea and plumage of foreign birds that womeu passengers are wearing In their hats wben they ar rive in American ports When the I'nderwood bill went in to effect a score of women on Ufa French liner l-orratne were subjerii i to this treatment. Tbeir Indignation waa so great tbey could not contain themselves. The plumage seized will be turned over to the appiulaere, who will set a price of euch piece and send word to the owners, who will be permitted lo return them to the dealer from whom they were bought, , , f FIRSTTRAINOFCATTLE Last Saturday Entire Ship ment Will Amount to About 100 Cars. mi iiHi in .my .1 i, murpnv anippsa .. u i t . .. . .. 1000 lsmbs to Buhl to feed. Charles Kenyon and Baker Bsll shipped lu r.on osttls to feed for tbe msrket. The nrst trsln load of the Hunley osttle were shipped out Saturday from Juntura and mn followed by others, the entire shipment amounting to about 100 oars, 'the price received for theas csttle shows the trend ot the ontle tionlneie. Ths yearlings brought 840 snd tbe others In proport loo, Thsy were shipped ont to lead al though thsy hsvs over 3000 tons of old hay on tbe ranches but It would not pay to feed It as ths drive to the rsllrosd la too long and tbe shrink ags too heavy. When tbe railroad rraohss llarnsy vallsy thsn they will be sbje to use their thoussnds of tons of hsy snd grsln to liettsr advantage. Three cat load of horses wsrs ln i i ied to Csldwsll by McVVII llama and others lor ths ssle there. COUNCIL HOLDS BUSINESS SESSION MONDAY NIGHT Council meeting wst hsld Monday night with all pressnt but Mr. Ken IIU. Fire chief reaommended draluage for bydranta be Used. Dr. Whitney and Mrs. L. Adam wers appolntsd library trusts for two J. HI. A petition fur the establishment of a lateral sewer district No. 1 wss pre sented covering the lots fiom Mmllti to Klnhardsoii strsets snd ludlitua sveuue to old south Hue of olty. Petition granted and urcestsry ordi nance ordsred drawn. Petition of Morgan Carl lie for side wslk on touth side of block 1 - waa grautsd. The bond of the sswer contractor was spproved. lln utusl liquor llcsnses wers gisuted. The tegulsr grist of hills were pre sstitsd and allowsd. Ordinance No. 'l I grautlng t the Western Colon Telegraph uompnoy psrmiasioti for poles on streets and alleys of Outsrlo wss read first tims. APPLE GROWERS GETTING GOOD PRICES EOR CROP J. O. Hcritchtleld. tbe Frultland hanker, waa u pesenger to Boise Mon dsy. Whils here he ststed that the spple markst was satisfsctury aud many of the growera were selling their entire crop ut good prices aud all are selltug ou a ean basis, having had all tbe ooininlasiou prices they oare for. 'The pttwsn range from 81. 'lb to l.."0. Sargent and Burnett are shipping u few cm I'.ad-i of extra fsucv Jouathaue from Ontailii thst are certainly line, miming IsSsI '-" In the box, well colored and smooth, for the south eastern market. PIONEER JUNTURA RESIDENT DIES AT ONTARIO HOSPITAL M. A. Woodrulfdied at the hospital on Friday alter a short illuess. He came down to attend the fair aud when his physician saw him he l. led to induce him to go to the hnltul, but It warj several de t before he would gie up and ll.'U the lever could not In- (in Mi. in. Mr. Woodruwtf v. as s resldeut of tbe Juntura uiintrv for many years aud was looked ilpou a uiin.iig ths substxlitlal i illen nt that stctlou. The funeial was held from the Math dist church here ou Huicl n, liev. Johns i lusting tic swfvlwSf aud tbe bjl waa in I lie local cemetery. Ihi. i wife aud -mn of the Imini distt- family. Mr Woodiulf we torn lu Indiana ')! years sgo.