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VOLUME XVII
ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY. APRIL 28, 1914
NO. 17
IDAHO NORTHERN TO
BE COMPLETED
To Payette Lakes at Once
Slides Being Re-
moved.
FEW HUES TRACK TO BE LAID
Work will commence this week on
the clearing and reopening of the
track on the Idaho Northern exten
sion or Payetta valley brunch of the
Oregon Short Line between Tlankn.
Hi.' present train service terminal,
and Donnelly, the station near the
Long valley metropollH of Roseberry,
where steel laying win discontinued
lost rail.
Due to heavy Htoritis, mm drifts
and dirt slides through the Fayette
(in on. (he railroad company found
II imp usslhle In keep tin- track op n
'! past winter rImvo Honks, the
first station above Horseshoe Hen. I
Ah soon an the track is cleared and
repaired to Donnelly, the laying of
steel for the remaining II Will
stretch from tliut point to McCull on
tlii- I'ayette lakes will be started.
The construction of tho grude as
far as thv terminus of the brunch at
Met 'all was completed last fall. Hulls
were laid as fur us Donnelly, oppo
site Roseberry, and the laying of the
remaining 11! miles of steel will be
... iiievi i within two weeko uftt r the
tho opening of the truck to Donnelly
This achievement wltl mean the
it.!... lion of the l"l mile extension
from Bunnell tu Pay ate lukes. winch
In. been under construction for the
past two years. It Is anticipated that
icgulur train service to accommodate
minis! and vacation (riffle to (lie
r.,,in lakes resort will be iuaugti
rates by July 1 Numpa Heemd.
MEXICAN PORTS
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Principal Ports on east coast of
Mexico, including Tamplco, where ar-
reet of American sailors brought on
a crisis.
COL. PUCE WILL HAVE
SOME DEFINITE NEWS SOON
Col. E. R. Place, H H. Sheldon and
C W. Kershaw camu In from liolse
Tuesday evening and left for Winne
mucca Wedueadar. morning on their
return trip owr the Winnemucoa
Northwestern survey. At present the
Colonel has uot railroad news to give
out but reported progress, and stated
that they hoped to be abl to give
out something definite In the near
future.
CROVER BROTHERS SHIP HOCS
QfOVW Brothers shipped an
ear loa-d of h-s la ( Friday ami re
port that tho h:i tWO more car
.hi r. r shipment this
The last car was an especially good
lot
iCOMMERCIAL CLUB
IN REGULAR SESSION
Important Matters Before
the Committees for
i Consideration
CELEBRATION OF FOURTH IIP
At the regular meeting or the Com
mercial club on Monday evening
there was a good cttcidance.
Tho secretary reported the receipt
of a letter regarding the Introduction
of a bill by Senator Chnmberliiln, up
I'u printing $60,000 for the surveying
of all unsurveyed government lauds
In this counly.
The sociability committee reported
that they had called on 71 new faml
lles, who huvo settled here recently.
The club tendered them a vote or
ih. inks ror their co-operutlon.
Mi . I''ruser lor the tin; mmit
tee reported the funds of the club In
good condition.
Tho membership committee present
ed the names of II. C. Schuppel. A-I-:.
Price, D. U. Kenny, L. It Cock
i ii ii i . A II C.illln .mil the) were duly
elected.
10. ti Mulley reporte ilthe results
o. Ins one ;. .mil iico u i; Ilea. I of the
publicity coiiimlfltee :yid asked for
fiimlM to carry on the work, lie was
voted llfty dollars.
Chairman Van Retell, of the good
mail, committee reported on the
work of the Idaho goo 1 road WOliWn
The matter of u roud from Ontario
to Hrog.n wus I ef. Tied to thin emu
mil tee-
A coniiniiiil. . tlon fniiil the I'm ette
Driving club relative to the holding
of a com i.itlou Fourth of Jtih k
brat Ion . . I race meet was referred
to the rl l.iilinielll committee
A. W. Trow reported for the Irrl
vatii n committee and stated that
good headway wis bilng made with
the Owyheu Irrigation project ami
that K.'Vernineut Mttstunce was al
moMt assured.
A coiiimiinleatloii wus presented
tiom Charles He. ker rclutlv m the
leisllig i( public I. mils: lor gr.il'ic,
pin poses.
WHAT TARIFF DOES
10 THE WOOL MEN
A Few Things to Think Of
About Prices
That Oregon wool m n are losing
heavily, despite the advances In
prices of wool, was the statement
made here .u.i by J. M. Burgess,
stute seuator and muuuger of the
Cunningham Sheep & Laud company,
among ih" state's biggest wool pro
ducers. "This loss" Mr Burgees declared,
"is due to free trade. If given the
piolectlon due the wool producer,
and with the foreign market advan
cing the price in view of the great
world shortage of wool, the price ot
wool iu Oregou would be 21 and -'-ceuts,
instead of 15 to 17 cents, the
pieseui price.
"The price this year is rrom 10
to 17 cents, which is au advance of
fiom one- to two cents over las' year
but this year the markets at Uostou
Philadelphia and other places are
cleaned up mole thoroughly than hub
been the case for M years. This also
is true of the foreign market, where
the price has advanced two cents ov
er last year, which was au advance of
three cents over the year previous
"There are few shcepmeu in Oregou
so situated thai they can realise a
profit in producing wool if the- price
is less than M cents a pound- If
they were protect1 by the tariff,
as thty .-h i .1 ..-, they would re
ceive from 21 to cunts a pound this
year.
MEXICANS UNITE AGAINST
THE UNITED STATES
The Taking of Vera Cruz Objected to
by Carranza and His Army
MEXICAN AND UNITED
Twelve Americans
wounded, Many
The continued insults to the United States reached a
climax when some marines were assaulted.
The demand for an apology met with evasion, then
refusal by Huerta.
The marines were ordered to take possession of Santa
Cruz. In the first day's fighting four marines were slain
and in subsequent skirmishes eight more perish.
Carranza claims all Mexico is wronged by the action
and demands withdrawal of troops. His troops are join
ing with the federals to oppose the invasion.
California troops have been ordered to the border.
Importation of arms from this country stopped.
ONTARIO MUSICIANS
HAVE ORGANIZATION
As the outcome ot a very enthua
i "die meet lug ill the . ill. . of th.
.M'h. nl Library hot Wednesday even
lag, a l) itiitn i' of ladles organ t.eil
Into what is dediued to fill u long
i.ii want In tbla vicinity. An or
Kin .i. hi to lie kin.wn as the On
h.riu Mimical Club The otttcert
.luted were Mrs. Wm. J. West as
pi vn.leiit. Mr II. I. lYtcrtnn vice
pretident. Miss Amy Odell BMN
tury ami Minn lltel Lackey tmtt
in hi. Mhiiv plant wars )lsouacd
or wnr.v aud the meeting adj.iiirued
Hill tie following MouiIh.v. Other
Humbert . i the club are; Miss
Lillimi Turner Mr Win. MrHrstney.
MM J. W. McCilllncb. Mik R. ( ).
l' no. Mis J A. Lackey. Mr. W,
II. Uro.ike. Mm, L. ). VHiilVtteu,
Mr. K. Condy. Mrs. H. I). Dor
ma, Mra.J. I'l'iiizin. Mrs.li. Uouike,
and the Mioses I inn... M'(ilveru,
Kclnl aud .-IU McNuRy. Kini-rtliii)
Rllllugaley, Larose Uulley. Stella
Oii.Iiih, Lei. i llerline ami Katella
aud Wiluiotb Currey.
WATER TURNED ON TO
LOWER DEAD OX FLAT
Water has beeu turned to the land-
or the Snake River District Improve
mint Association, which covers -lino
acre or the Dead Ox tint near Wei
ser. Most or the laud Is ready ror
crops this year. Water Is pumped
hroH the Suake.
THE GRAND JURY IS IN
SESSION THIS WEEK AT VALE
The grand jury met at Vale Mon
day and has a number ot proposi
tions to investigate- The jury con
sists or W S R.. s, Ueorge W. Cox,
J. N Thoman l, H. C Cleveland,
Arthur Nichols. !1. Neese and Q O.
Drown.
Mr C. C. Ibil ;.. n was badly injur
id inesd . morning by a piece of
steel flying from the anvil and strik
ing him tlM race, inflluing an if
ly i utKl bOVS and below his ce.
He is able to be up today but lii
left eye is severely injured.
STATES MINISTERS QUIT
Killed and Tw enty
Mexicans Killed.
REGISTRATION BOOKS
WILL CLOSE MAY 1
The registration hooks will clime
May 1 iiili. mile., you are registered
do not expect to Vi'to at the prl
maries. O .e ii cation that It fre.iuinlv
asked in bow can a voter vote lor
. nominees out on their ticket. It ia
la Impossible ror a deimcriitM ti
i.le for republican nominee, so
that the vote will count In the total
number of votes end tor the nomi
! nee as a re.u Id lean Nlllllea call
be itteii in the ballotf, but tin are
ciiintid oily ii the totals of the
i party uniiiiiiei.i. It is inipoKslbla
for a ctli.ll. late to be liotnliitae.l by
two parties, it the majority of the
inrtiet vote for hint.
Votes for your faTorit count only
. ben they are ou your party ticket
The registration of tin- hlnle is
small, the reiul)liciins btiDg
largely in tl Icntl uml tlio pre
gressives nlonj; with tho soctul
ist-, the prohihitinniHtH w II
i.ilmlilv huve third place. He
-in uml ii-ni-t, r toil ay at tin
city hall.
1HIS COUNTY ADDED TO
0. W. R. & N. CORN SHOW
Traffic manager R. R Miller, of
the O. W. R. aud N., when he waa
here last week stated that he wniild
ai range It so that the corn growers
of this section oau complete iu the
'corn contest to be held st Walla
Walla oext fall. Last yeur tbey were
shutout as It waa n it known th tt
this was a corn growing seotlon.
When the com grown here Is coin
pared to the best iu the other pi r;s
ot the state it leads us to believe that
it will be easy for this country to
carry away the prizes.
BOY HAS LEG BADLY MANGLED
Mr. and Mrs Oscar Hill, of Drewseyf
ae.-.iinpanied by Dr. Hedges, brought
in their Ill-year old son on Menday, to
have his lev amputated
On Friday evening while returi ing
fri.m school, in climbing over the back
Heat of the had. , he slipped and ait foot
I got caught in the wheel Refore the
rig could be stopped the leg was badly
lacerated at the knee and amputation
wis necessary,
While the buy was badly .-.hocked t
n- thought the will lecover.
MALHEUR COUNTY
E
The Corn Contest Up For
Discussion Amon? the
Members
DELEGATE TO STATE MEETING
I be regular meeting or the Mai
heur County Pomona mange, held
last Friday at the Uoiilevar.i Orange
ball, proved to be a moat interest ing
fiisMoii, coming at it did jiut prior
tt the State convent Ion ot the no
nlety. which Is te la) held at Mon
mouth next month, and alio offering
C. unity Agricultural Advisor Shinti
one of the best opportunities to meet
with aud advise the farmers along his
Huts. Delegate Conklin, who will
represent the county at the state con
vent Inn, wna given a number of reao
lull. ilia to carry to the convention,
icanltitlnua rnpreteutlng the opinions
of the lenjilanti ot this te. lion.
Corn at utual MM in tor a large
share or dlii'iiiilun, the Com cum
iniltee of the Fomoua Count) grange
making it rrpnrt and adding much
to the information already i nbii i .!
in these columns. The movemsut
It threading rapidly, having al'eady
crotanl the liver tutu Idaho, where a
corn entiled will btcaiiled on Iu
Canyon county, timet fioin the
minted here, but dill working with
the Pomona committee on thit title.
In addition to the InaO.UU Iu oath
.ii.m already aiiuouiice.l it was
staletl that pr7.es Of larm imple
incuts aud utner articles wnulii be
oll'tred Hist would make the total
nine of (in prlet coutlilerabl v
IMMNI of .-I. luin .in Hu great it
the luterett In the coutJtt that the
i. on em report tbey are riiuning abort
of .1 i.i , en uia n y or their nei bliort
are making liemanda on them for
teetl. That none of I he value of the
Malawi may tie lost tu the ctiininiiully
the I'onitiiia autiiori7.nl the clients
tlon of records for a report from
each aire of ground entered iu the
ooutest, II blankt Mill be mail
able In a few day, ami at the u
purtt (i.iiiiit a very coiitiileralilh per
..ill. IU the rating or tin. couteatlllils, i
It la believed that they will dio
audi acciiraoy that an aiinlytla ot
the records will Its of great benefit
to the tent ion.
(Continued on page U)
ONTARIO HIGH HOLDS
THEIR EIELD MEET
The Hitch Scorers to Meet
llnisc's HeHt Athletes
The High .School Held meet last
Friday diew a large crowd and there
weie some hot skirmishes between
the boys for the honor of place.
The aeuiors made 77 poluts with
the fretbmeu Li. .juniors f aid
sophomores 9.
The wluuers were: TtU yard dath.
I lot 1 1. 1, i ii. iii . t. Piatt.
shot put: Piatt, blackaby, Wil
liama. ion yard dash. Hutted, Rleokehy,
Oramea.
Hammer throw, Maddux. Myers,
Piatt
Hurdles, brown, Weaver.
Diaciis, Maddux, lilackaby.
1 2 mile run, Koenig. lioyer.
Javelin, Myers. William
Low hurdles, Weavsr, ' lirown.
Poo vault lilackaby. Hutted.
The three high men were Hutted
with II p. nuts Rlackaby '1 ami My
ers IH.
Judge liiggs went to Vale Monday
when he will hold a Heath. ii of the
iicuii MM It, tbe rogulftf M'Sdlon not
oiiening until the 7tfc, but a number
. f cases v, ill he h" .id bj linn this
week- Th- .1- iniinher ol
iu i uiuu up an 1 ihe .unit will lie in
session about three weeks.
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
Ordinances Passed for Im-
provement of Two
More Streets
ORDINANCE FOR SEWER JOB
An adjourned meeting of the city
tuiincll wnt held Krldny evening.
An affidavit was preaent d from
Harry K. Stewart, Mt;itlim that he wna
In I'ayette, applied to Dr- Woodward
for treatment ami was told that he
bad sinaJI pox. The doctor called
up some tine on the telephone and
then told him Unit I 'ay lie did not
have a pesthouiie and told him to go
to Ontario, where they had a pest
house and would care for him. The
afildivlt will be scut to the Idaho
board of health.
d I io .i strip ol land ti.nn
..lolih (iraiiiHii ami wife to th cllo.
of Ontario for a street was presented
The bund of Contrail. ir Cochran
waa ordered re! iaed.
(li lln.ince No. .'.'.(! provldlm: for the
Improvement of Idaho avenue was
pat d
Ordinance No. HI providing for tho
Improvement of Indiana avium wua
passed
Onllniince No. L'.".S Mitlunl.liig the
m iM'i to enter Int. i cntract for
the coiistriictloii of the WWW later
als was passed.
C nil adjourned to ibe IMtt-
4 III:1 i.v Ai.iril.Mi. Prttt Atmiclallun
President Husrta, who was given an
ultimatum to salute the American
flag aa reparation law the arrest of
American sailors at Tampiei.
NEW DEPOT BUILDING
FOR CITY OF JUNTURA
There are tome si thousand shee.
at Ihe Jiinlnra slinariug pi nit where
tbey iiiinmeiiced ahnarlng this week
Work la expected to Sllllt oil the new
depot at once, the contractor h.nni.
been lier. last week Tile plaits show
I hulhliliK much sllnlini to the d. -pol
at (iiii.iin.
The O W. R ii N. Co . have mov. d
all their office force here fioin Vale
MOVING THE GRANGE TO
HOPE RAILROAD STATION
Q, W. Routh or Ontario Ih moving
liuilding MxM leel, formerly used as
a Kial.ge h.ili, rrom it B tonn r lina
lion to Hope station, west o Vale M
the new line of the Ohkoii K Kiibt
.111. wlleie it lo p liaod for
ei al store. Th.- bulldlOl helongi to
M.ul llansun, who I. asel ii to otlni
Ii is h.ill . mill li 'n tin
former OC itlofl ol the ImlldlBI to the
bite to which li is bolO move. I.
PRESIDENT HUERTA
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