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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1913)
:The Pivotal Point of the Great Interior o EASTERN OREGON (fhttoio vixm. The Ontario Argus leads in Prestige, merit, and Circula tion. Watch us grow ONTARIO: m The Produce from 15,000,000 acres is marketed from On tario each year Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County. VOLUME XVI ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1913. NO. 60 CARTER HOUSE IS DAMAGED BY EIRE Workmen Allow Tar to Ig nite and New Annex Is Partly Burned, A Are In tbe new addition to the Carter boose oa Hsturdsy afternoon caused quite a commotion nnd it looked (or a while aa though the old landmark wss doomed. The workman were heating aotna tur for the roof and In aome manner it caught fire and In a moment the whole room, with pllea of roofing lying over thi floor waa a man of flnmai, aooom panled by denae amoke. The flremea reaponded promptly and bad water on It in a abort time but tbla only tended to Increase tba fury of the flamea aa the material Imd sufficient naphtha In It to apread Then the chemical angina got buay and did effective work. The Are Imd worked Into the roof and It waa necea aiiry to chop in mv hole to reach the flamea. There waa aome loaa in tba hotel from the water and amokc, hut none of the furniture MM moved Tba loaa to the annex will be a few hundred dollara. SEWER TO BE COMPLETED SOON IE WEATHER ALLOWS Tba aawer la oearlng ootnpletlon. Tba lateral to tbe graveyard alougb will be flnlahed thla week and then they will tap tba Boyer pond. Tbe catch baalna are about all in nnd thu job will I completed before tbe flrat ni tbe year. Hide will ba reoelved for the lateral dlatrl(t aewar in a faw daya and tba people lo tba other sections of tba oily are getting huay and filing petitions for other laterala to ac commodate them ao tbut all aaotioua of i In city will ba able to oonuect with tbe sewer in tbe culv aprlng if the open weather continue and tba work nan be proeeouted all through the winter moutba. Washington Express Tax Law Falla. Olyrupia. Waah The atate aupreme court affirmed th decision of the Thurston county superior court, de claring iiniMiiiMininnii.il the law pass ed in l'.ni7 im putting a b per cent gross revenue tax on the. slate business done by express companies operating in Washington. WALLACE POSTOFFIGE ROBBED OF $17,000 Wallace, Idaho. Without leaving aa much aa a finger print aa a clew, bur glars robbed the local poetofflce of a little more than $17,000 and appar ently made good their escape. When the postmaster and clerks ar rived In the mornlug nothing unusual was noticeable around the office. The eafe being locked apparently the same as It had been left the night before. Poatmaater Presley quickly noted the disappearance of the three registered pack a go and a hurried Investigation followed, revealing the faot that they were missing and robbery bad been committed. A thorough search of the office' and all doors and wlndowa did not reveal a single clew, aa apparent ly they had not been moleated. The aafe had been opened without a scratch being made and had been aa carefully relocked, the only thing no ticeable being that the inner door had cot been locked. Outlaw Not Thought Donnelly. Walla Walla, Wash. Guards return ing to the state orison with the blood hounds used to trace the Chehalls out law aay they believe the man Is not Mike Donnelley, tbe escaped muiderer from the local prison. Canada To Exclude All Japaneee. Loudon.-- A dispatch from the Timea from Toklo saya that the Japanese government has been notified that Canada intends to prohibit all Immi gration to British Columbia tor three mouths. PARMA HOGS TAKE PRIZES. Parma boga made the Northwest Llveatook ahow at Portland ait up and take notice. One car of hogs shipped last Friday by J. II Trout waa placed on exhibition, with the result that Mr. Trout brought hnme the sliver cup, tbe sweepstakes prize of 9150 and another of 176 together with others. It was said to be tbe finest bnncb of hoga ever seen io tbe north wett and waa of tbe Polttnd China breed. J. P. Welboiirn also shipped one carload of porkers to tbe Portland msrket along with Mr. Trout . Fiank Urlce shipped two and L. II. Lawaon a mixed car of cattle and hogs. Herald. VILLA HOSTILE TO FOREIGN RESIDENTS Mexican Rebel Leader Seizes Property and Makes Un reasonable Demands. Rl Paso. Tex Americans, Germans and Spaniards, who arrived from Chi huahua. Mex., report that Francisco Villa, the rebel leader, virtually had constituted himself dictator there and that he refused to heed the requnsta of representatives of foreign govern ments. They aaaerted that the rebel leader had aelied 98.000,000 worth of prop erty belonging to foreigners; had put to death about twenty Mexican civil ians, and had commanded the Amerl ran. German and Britlah consuls to obey rebel orders. Villa seised a large deparement atore valued at 91.S00.000 and owned by French, Oerman. English and Span ish Interests He also seised a brewery, a cloth ing factory and all the grocery and other stores owned by Spanlurda, val ued at 98,600,000. He called a meet ing of merchants of all nationalities and told them they must pay him sums of money, aggregating several million di llurs, to support the revo lution. Villa's expulaton of cltlsena or Spain all of whom were progressive mer chants, waa on pain of death. r- DR. MARIA M0NTESS0RI Dr. Maria Monteaaori, originator of the famous Montsssori method of teaching email children, who recently arrived In America from Italy. INDIAN HELD AS BURGLAR ants of Robberies Alleged to Have Been Committed In Portland. Portland --Richard Mills, a Carllale Indian school graduate, one-fourth Sioux, and the owner of a 64o acre farm In Nebraska . was arrested here for the alleged robbery of five houses. These are about one-half the house burglaries In Portland alnce Mills came here, December 9. Mllla, the police charge. Is finan cially well fixed, but steals for the love of the game. He has served a year In Deer Lodge, Mont, for bur glary, It ia alleged, and, it la also a! leged, that he served some time In tbe Washington state penitentiary In Wal la Walla for the same offense. VOTE TO TAKE OVER THE FAIR Spirited Election Results in a Small Plurality for Proposed Malheur County Fair Measure. There was an election held lo thla county on Mondsy to detsrtnlne whether the fair at Ontario should be taken over by the county and con tinued aa a oouoty fair or allowed to drop. Up to the time of writing the vote Indicates that a (majority of the people favor holding a county fair. The people of Ontario and vicinity were very much Interested in seslng tbs fair continue i as they bava watched It grow each year aluoe It was started as a srasll street fair, until It Is today recognized as among the best fsirs held anywhere. Tba people of Vale and also Nysea so psreotly do nut consider a fair of any benefit and therefore voted almost to a peraon to oloee tbe fair and deprive tbe residents of tbe nintv of the opportunity thus sfforded to guln In formation. However, tbe claim ia made by many of the reatdents of tbsse towns that they did not under stand tba proposition or tbey would bava supported It. Among other things, it slso brought out tbe exteot of the voting strength of tbe Cairo, OnUrlo, Big Beod. .Jameson and Juntura precincts and established the fact that whatever those plants favor will be adopted. When tbe elections ma bald next fall tbe county will probably cast 4000 votes and 1500 of them will ba In the Cairo aud Ontario precincts. aa there were fully 'J00 voters who did not get to tbe polls on Monday, tbe committee belug short of autooio lies to haul them. It' alao ahowa what can be done by organisation aud systematic work, hew people realised bow much fatter Ontario aud violnitr waa growing than other sections of tbe county. There were many laughable things occurred Tbey are telling one on Dr. Whitney about bow be talked two hours to U. C. Wilson aud Dr. Hum. in. trying lo convert them In favor of coui .lining tbe fair. When all tbe arguraeuta were In, the geutlcmen informed tbe doctor that tbey had voted early In tbe day. Mr. Slimier sou bad forty aevtn Nysaa voters promised to support tbe measure aud theu J. IC. tilackaby got busy and secured promises trotu some tweuty others. Tbe count showed eight, about sixty abort aud the ques tion is, what happened to those people ami their votes. We presume they will all declare that tbey supported the measure. It ia not difficult to figure out who the t h n teen ut Vale I that was certain I v an uuluoky number for Vale) were who favored tbe fair but that one. TO RESUME WORK ON ONTARIO OIL WELL Work is to be resumed on tbe Ontario oil and gas well ut ouce by an experienced driller from Mexico, whj was driven from the fields by tbe insurgeots. Bhriner, tbs last driller who worked a tbe well, baa alwaya been sanguine of the suooess of tbe well and be wrote to his frisod in Mexioo to come bare and take up the work. Tbe friend sent a aoout here and hia report was even better tban Bbrlner bad repre sen ted aud theu Mason oame and made bla examination aud olaima that both men have been too oonaervative and that be it ready to atart work at once and will tiring in a commercial oil or gat well. In esse be cannot do so be will not expect anything for bis work or expeueea, on the other baud when be doet make it u commercial propo sition he it to have a one half interest In tbe well The stockholders are requested to briog or send their stock to the First National bank at ouoeso that tbe com loos, stalwart at Harper, be Is cer tainly entitled to a medal. The people ot Cairo and Ootnrlo are much gratified over tbe results and wish to thank tbe kind friends of progreas throughout the county who assisted tbem lo making It possible to continue tbe fair. For Junturn, Big Bend and Jameion, well they can name whnt they want and wn will do th.- rest It wss really cruel tbe distress that was canted by tbe dslay necesasry to extend tbe tally sheets before tbe count started at Ontario, aa maoy of tba smaller precincts bad completed tbalr counts aud ebowsd over 800 votet against tbe proposition and the Vale people were fully warranted lo starting their celebration. Next time tbe clerk will ssnd supplies sufficient and avoid theee Interruptions. While there Is souis sora spots around Vale tbey fared better than i hey planned and may not realise how fortuoate tbey urn that the fair carried. Wlthtuoness comes responsibility. While tbe fair will hereafter ba county institution snd will have the Interest Of every i esiden t of tbe count y In Its suooeass. tbe hard work, the detail work, will ba for tbe people of Ontario and vicinity to carry out snd we feel that tbt taxpayers can rely on tbe fair for 1014 being better than any previous one held here and a suooess in every way. Tbe vote follows: Maj Mm Precincts For Agnet For Agnst Arcadia 83 68 26 Basin 14 8 Barren Valley S 14 11 Big Bend 84 SO 4 Knmia 4 84 80 Brogan It H 7 Bully 6 76 71 Cairo 476 67 419 Carlile 16 68 37 Castle Rock 8 9 1 Crowley 4 16 11 Grange 12 131 11" Harper 1 18 17 Jameson 26 91 4 Ionian Valley 20 29 i Juniper 4 13 9 Junction 78 14 64 Malheur 3 64 .11 Nysaa 8 165 147 Ontario 668 16 637 Owyhee 15 60 35 Bed Butte 1 38 Snake River 31 89 M Skull Springs 17 Summit 4 6 1 Star 2 kl I9 Three Forks 0 13 13 Westfall 2 34 32 Vale 18 361 MM Totals 1476 1380 1128 1022 Majority for 96 Total vote 286ti. mittee can complete tbe details of th' contract. Tbe machinery and grounds ara being got in shape so that the work can be started at once. LOUIS HURTLE MOVESBARBER SHOP INTO NEW QUARTERS Louis Hurtle baa moved bla barber abop to the first door north of the barueas shop, opposite the M. M. Co 1 store. Tbe room has been enlarged and made over iuto one of the oolet shops Imaginable. There are two bath rooms snd a lavatory aod new fixtures are to be installed. He will call it tbe O. K. barber shop and bopea for a ooutiuuance of petrouage from tbe people mho appreciate good 1 work. WOMEN RECEIVE MUCH PRAISE Many warm tributes nrs heard these days for the women, girls and bora who labored on election day to have tbe fair continued. At each of tbe fairs held the departments given over to the schools god Indies hsve beeo replete with exhibits that were a credit to the exhibitors and of much Interest and profit to those who at tended the 1 fairs and tbe girls and boys fully renliznd the great educa tional value of It to tbe community Their hearts worn la it and tbey did effective work. WORK PLANNED FOR IDLE OREGON MEN Salem, Or Governor West called a meeting of the state emergency board for Thuraday morning, at which he auggested that a deficiency of 980, 000 be created to give employment on public roads for the next two months to men now out of work. He figures that the money will provide employ ment for 1300 men at 92 a day and that the work will be of advantage to tbe atate by hastening Improvement of thoroughfares. The decision to call the meeting waa reached by the governor after C. C. McColloch, atate aenator, Mr. Weat'a representative at the meeting of the unemployed in Portland, had made bla report. Senator McColloch aald that the meeting waa orderly and he waa convinced tligt the men actually de sired work. The governor said If th proposed road work la undertaken It would have to be dona In the regular way through the Mate highway com mission. Reubln O. Nevlus Diss. Tacoma Keiibeu D. Nevlus, 1). Il , who founded more than 90 Rplscopal churches In the Pacific Northwest, died In tbla city at the age of 94. He came to the coaat 41 years ago and settled at Portland aa rector of Trin ity Church, later becoming general missionary for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. GENERAL VILLA General Villa, rebel leader In North ern Mexico, who is sccused of confis cation of property snd demands for sxhorbltant sums of money on enter Ing Chihuahua. VUYAGE PROVES EFFICIENCY moo Mile European Trip Mads On Supplies Csrried. New York The battleships Wo mlng, Arkansas, Utah and Florida came Into port here after passiug through a five-day gale which marked the end of their voyage of 9000 miles. These vessels were part of the fleet which left Hampton Roads October 2b for the Mediterranean on a voyage or courtesy and to demonstrate that a squadron of United States battleships could cross the Atlantic aud return without being forced to depend on for elgii ports for supplies. Nine battleships composed the fleet, and not an ounce of coal, oil or pro visions was purchased In the seven weeks or more they were absent from American shores. V -asssksssslaw L' '''mm I SB assssssssB sstawF 9JKT--7". . l, . ,'. FIELD OP POP CORN iWK YIELD Ninety Bushel to The Acre Will Bring Him About $200 Per Acre. Fred Pllltbury who 1 1 ret en tbs Hlg Bond, but 17 acres of pop com thla season thst will torn nut ftO bushels to the acre and shoold tell for enough to meke him at lent 9300 totbeaort Thn corn Is of the Pesrl variety, sight nnd too rows. Mnoy of the stalks bava six aod seven ears 00 them. This corn was planted 00 sod and Mr. Plllsbury has several acres more of sod broken for the crop next spring There is s good market for this pop corn at about four cents a pouod. Mr. Plllsbury alto haa some peach and apple trees thst turned out big yields of choice fruit. He now haa flue Wiios. Northern Bpy and other apples In linn condition. The Snow apples are of tbe kind that the Jnioe tiles all over when you press your teeth into them. CORN SHOW AT PENDLETON IS A GREAT SUCCESS That the northwest has become t ha rival of the ' 'mini alataa" haa .-.. I demonstrated by tbe flrat Corn .Show held at Peodleton, December 5. The people of Umatilla county had tbalr first view of rsal Oregon Held corn. There waa corn of every description. Corn 00 tbe cob, in rows and piles 1 corn on talk), tons of them maaaur ing 12 teat high. There wss ooru In bulk, yellow com, white corn, red rn and aevaral shsdes between. Prizes given by tbe O. W. K A N. and others sum in tad to 91,000. Kutrlaa from 200 Individual exhi bitors wsre represented. The exhibit was judgsd by Proleasors Houddsr. Hyslop snd Freuoh. of the Oregon Agrlcultursl collea-e. after which tha entire exhibit was shipped to Portland and displayed for a whole week by the lallroad. In Portland. tLouseuda were astonished to see the corn exhibited In tbe shook, on tbesars. lu tbe suck, lu tbe silo aod ground Into meal, this being tbe product of the state of Ore gon, where all was spretd out in oon vinclng profusion and now Oregou comes into the ranks of corn growing states. WANN BROS. EVAPORATOR FINISHES UP SEASON RUN The Wunn Bros, have completed their work with the evaporator uesr Frultlund for this season. Mr. Wanu saya there la room here for several evaporators and tbers is no reason wby they 1 Mulct be operated throughout the year. The plant near ! run Inn. I cost about .1111111 and haa a oapaclty of 1,500 pounds of dried product lu every tweuty four hours. This year they turned out about 50,0uu pounds of dried apples aud a few potatoes. There should lie tons of pess, beans aod other vegetaldea turned out here every year aud tbe fn.il aud rage tablea that go to waste would keep several such plants goiog aud the re turns to the grower would more than justify the trouble. The payrolls that would go with a string of these plsnts would he a faotor in tbe bulldlug up Of tbe 01111111111 y. UBRARY TO BE FINISHED BY FIRST OF THE NEW YEAR The force of carpenters snd psinters smployed In tbe library huildiog are finishing up tbe iuterior work as rapidly as possible There Is much to do In tbe wsy of building shelves for tbe books aud the oouuters and partitions, but tba oou tractor believes iliat it will all be tluishsd ami ready to turu over to tbe llbraiy comuiiaslou by 1 he first of tbe year.