ONTARIO-Thc Future Metropolis of Eastern Oregon
The Ontario Ai-rub
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V r.UME XVII
SCOOP BY THE
Is Captured and Tied I ;sl
By The Fair Young
God.
MUSICAL RECEPTION MONDAY
Last Snturiliiv J. R. Ur egg, pub
Usher of tiw Ontario Democrat made
a trip tn Vale and eceured a mar
riage license from the county clerk,
the BOt :n - v 1 1 1 1 I premeditated
mii Kit. Jolini was wniiiiin for him at
hit borne, an vvhh alnii a few li lends
of th" I Mini I v and Mill I ...urn Hi'Bgle
I'll"' f.-r i-'ii' in v WU 1 1 1 i ' k I v per
formed and the couple went on tlielr
way to Nytta, where they caught the
pony for Boise, cleverly oiitwl'tlng
their inun ti ii ml j who were waiting
for them.
After a ahort honeymoon la Uolse
ttiey returned and are now ut tbeir
home on the cast i I
On Mnii'lni evening the iiiual re
oeptlou urn hold, in nt of the callers
having a iiiiikIi'iiI Instrument, to he
ore the host would know they ware
tlii're.
Mr. Mini Mm Orcgg hare the best
wlabea of thtlr boats of friends here,
holli being known by moat of our
people.
SAYS FREE TRADE HAS CUT
WOOL PRICE FIVE CENTS
M. H. Owinn wai brio between
train Monday, lie aaya the wool
i- about nil told and ia luting shipped
out a fa.t aa clipped. The sheep j John c Rockefeller, Jr., against
. ,. . .. . whom tl.. -'.ate of paraonal violence
in. n figure that the .rice wmild be .
I ware made in connection with the Col
about Hie nt a i .... I batter if j ordo U6C. troub,,
there waa a traiff on wool, hut thiy :
are plessed with the i r --.-n t price as
It la better tbau expected. The email
wiuter Imih and the good price for
wool will enable the abeep men to
more tbau break even this year.
ONTARIO WILL HAVE LEC
TURE COURSE THIS SEASON
Tbe ladiea Aid Sooletiee of tbe
Methodist ami Fresbyteriau oburobea
have arrauged with the Kedpatb liu
reau tor the appeuranoa here of u ser
lee of eutei i.n.iii.i .ii.. for the tall and
wiuter. Tbay were aiound T u. ..lay
and met witb eoeptloual auooesa in
svlliug tickets.
There are ineuy excellent uumbera
In the Hat. including auob ae the
KHlerueye, acieutltlo Denionstra
tious, liar wood K. Manlove, Tbe
Collegians ljuartett and Uov. Blial
leuberger, tbe man wlfV defeated
Hryau tor Governor of Nebraska.
Tbe voting pi...'.- are ttret ard.
Ktveraide additiou, lu tbe yellow
Imuae one blook north and east of tbe
oity laundry, eeooud ward at tbe City
Hall iiml tbe tb ii .1 ward iu tbe atore
room north of tbe Ontario Hotel.
At Cairo iu tbe Grange ball. Fair
grounda In the exposition building,
nortb weat corner.
William blackaby returned .Mm.
day from Eugene, where be waa a
oonteataut for tbe honors iu tbe high
jump. Tbe winner jumped live
loot ten and a bait iocbee. Blackaby
tied for tbiui place witb five foot
nine and In the jump off lost. That
is certainly aou.e jumping fer a
seventeen year old boy end be la aure
to be in tbe leed witli auotber seat
"n training In the Javelin throw
if Myers had goue he would have bud
in. trouble in getting secuud place aa
be eHaily throws mote tbau was scor
ed there.
She
THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE
IS FIXING UP THE GROUNDS
The i- '11111 Ittee having the Ceme
tery in charge are m - to raise a
little money to keep up the work of
beautifying tne plaoe. There li
plenty of water t" keep things grow
InR. but it it necessary to have a
mail thejrc to look after tbe weeda
and tend to the imputing. A little
money fiotn thoie who hare relatives
there will enable them to make It a
beautiful plaoe In a ahort time.
Over two hundred trees have been
i I m ti t . i . 1 1 - btiabea and other shrube
have alio been placed, many of the
lota have been lmpmrd mid n mull
park ban been laid nut. Annul the
committee and they r i 1 1 see that the
money Is well expended.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.
WOMAN FALLS FROM LAD
DER AND BREAKS 1ER HIP
Mrs. W. A. 'Iurenn.il fell from a
ladder mi Friday morning and sus
tained a broken hip.
Mr Tnri'iiinii waaaw.iv nt the time,
a six yeai old iuu belug the only ......
home at the time of the accident
Mrs. Ttiermun crawled aud rolled to
the house and got into lied, where ber
lin.,li.in. I f.tqad her Iu the evenlug
when (.(. returned home.
It was Mouday befure Mrs Ture
in. in would oonaeut to baviug a doc
tor. Dr. Weese was summoned aud
arrived there Monday evening, going
to .Ironsides in an auto and then TO
miles over tbe mountains In a rig.
Tbe f lecture waa reduced aud the
doctor returned Tuesday.
REGISTRATION OF THE
COUNTY AND STATE VOTERS
The complete registration for tbe
oouuty shows IMS, witb 152b repub
lican, U76 democrat. 81 progreaeive,
93 social Hu, 88 prohibitionists, '.ill
independent and aome acettertng.
Ibe registration two yeara ago was
2174 for the county in October. It
ia estimated that not over sixty per
ft ii t of tbe voters bare registered and
iu si.nie pieniucia omit- registered.
Tbe registration for tbe etaie j
abowa that the progressives bete goue
beck to tbe old parties aud if good,
clean men are nominated by tbe re
publicans tbey will be elected
Some men oan be beard talking
tliout the big democratic victory of:
two yeara ago aa a laud slide, but i
tbey abould remember that the ma i
jority of tbe voters did uot vote the
democratic ticket and did uot favor !
a free trade platform, that it was
brought ai.i.ut solely by tbe split iu
the republican party and now that
tbe party ia agaiu united they will
return to power aud restore coutl
dence.
IVbV.' JM m
BmUti0
Representative Newspaner of Ontario and Malheur County.
ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. MAY 14, 1914.
ONTARIO TEAM WINS
GAME WITH VALE
Now Leading the League
By a Good Per
Centage.
VALE WILL PLAY HERE SUNDAY
About three hundred people eaw a
game of good hall at Vale on Holi
day, the score being 0 to 1 In favor
of Ontario,
The Vale team was handicapped hv
their catcher and llrst bhaeman being
out and substitutes playing. ITiey
got alx hits and the pitcher truck
mil :i.
The Ontario team played a good
1 1 In game and made some excellent
piers The long drive of LeKeau
over the fence waa ouc of the fea
turns A throw by Holstrnm from
l i center to third, catching hia
in. in was another. Toe tnn double
playa by Knupal. LnKsau and Dai
ni'll was what kept the Vale team
f i nm scoring.
Miller hail good control and struck
mil l( n.i-ii
The team showed tbe elfsct of good
practicn through the week.
The game Holiday will be mi the
home gn nude batwi on tbe same
teems and It la expected to he an
'(her good one a both teams will do
i ln.i heat tn w In mid will pnihehlv
bave unfile stronger pleycre lined up.
Tbe game at Fayette resulted In a
victory for I "ay etc, score one tn
untiling.
TI atsn.liuf of tin, teams m ne
follows:
Win I. -I per ceut
Ontario .'I 1 750
Fayrtta 3 I Old)
Vale 3 S 4iO
Welaer 1 .1 IM
(in.- of the Ontario Welaer games
waa i i nt. 1,1. I and thrown out.
THE CLOSING
Splendid Entertainment Given by the
Graduates on Tuesday
Evening.
THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES THIS EVENINC
1 1, is bas loon a busy week with
tbe schools, being the last week.
Tbe gradea are baviug tbeir exam
illations and tbe graduating class of
the High School I. ..s been baviug
apeoial exercises.
Ou Sunday Kav. Myera preached
the Baocalaureate sermon iu the Frea
byterian church to a large audieuce.
Ou Tuesday evening tbey held tbe
Claae Uay exercise iu tbe High
School auditorium. There waa a
very large crowd present aud tbe
several members of the class tvho
participated in the program acquitted
themselves in a most creditihle uiau
ner.'
Miss Jessie Hicks welcomed the
guests ill a few appropriate remarks.
Then. Moore favored witb a piano
selection
A "ery pretty I ttle playlet. The
unfi -d.-ai les. di played tbe ability
of the young n u and lady, aud
many worda of praise were beard of
tbe u.oi. r th v bandied Hie eeveral
I'sil.. i.stis Mmtnu. took tbe part of
n n obi man. Will Htraue that of a
rouah n'lldi.r. I 'urns Myers ut the
ljver with Miss Terressa Cox to as
sist him ami Virgil Letuuiou as the
o tlicer.
iWARM
RESERVOIR SITE
Being Inspected By Gov
ernment Engineers
for Data.
TO MAKE SOUNDINGS EOR DAM
John T. Wblstler, U"' eminent en
glneer. who le in the employ of the
1 government in thla state, waa here
I laat week looking ir tin. Warm
' Hprings resetvoir site and said that
later soundings would probably he
' made to determine tbe feaalhlllty of
1 building a dam there ami impound
ing tbe watera of the Malheur.
Thla work does not mean that t Ik-
government is going to take up the
Malheur project at tbla time but
simply that tbey want the Informs
, Hon regerdlng tho reservoir site to
I that It may be uaed If wanted at
j some future time.
At one time It wes suggested that
the site be used and the watera I m
..'iili. led lor the Unite to the Heed
Ox Flat, but It waa found that tbe
expenae was hravy and since much of
the lower lauds of the Flat have
htmii oovered with other projecte
there would not be enough lends
aviillaba at this time to make a feaa
il.li project along the original Hues
However there ere eeveral thousand
acres In the Harper baeln and
along tho Mainour not covered now
that could be reached aud the pres
ent water rights could he Improve. I
hv holding the flood waters for the
lull- aason lrrlutlng.
II . rj" no more than a hundred
thousaiiil acres of land on this aide of
the Huake river iu this vicinity that
should lie watered and will tie some
day, then we will have not ouly the
-i country iu the west but tbe most
extensive.
DAYS OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR
llersobel lirowu delivered tbe
Halutatoiy In a bumomua veiu. win
ning the plaudits of tbe audience.
The aolo by Doria Myera was a
pleasing number, bringiug out tbe
rl.-b louea of hia voice to good advan
tage.
Then. Monro was the valedictoriau.
llt-.ri-iii-l lirowu rendered a aolo.
Ibe'claas prophecy by Mlaa Maud
Fool waa full of pleasantries aud sur
prises. Tbe class poem by Mtsa Terreasa
Cox waa a gem, wall received.
The will by Mlaa Dorotby Cox.
drawn iu legal phraseology disposed
of all tb belongings of the olaaa,
and tbau eome.
Witii toaata. olaas song and tbe
yell tbe entertainment waa closed, all
feeling tbat tbey bad spent a pleasaut
ereulng.
This evenlug the couiuiencemcut
.Nt-iei-.es will be held iu tbe same
place, bringiug tbe school year to a
close.
Tbe Alumni will give a party to
tbe graduated ou Monday evening.
Tbe Juuiors gave a reception to tin
seniors Wednesday evening at tbe
I.. mi. i- of Miss Hage.
The Banner Wool Market for the Interior of Oregon
vsn.
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
OE SUCCESSEUL WORK
In the year 1008. In the United
States. 115,000 people died of typhoid
fever.
The value of aotl typhoid vaclna
Hon fur tne prevention of typoold
fever may be seen, when hi the year
1(108, out of an army of 40,000,
there were l.'IO cases of tyi hold fever,
and 11 deaths: and In the year 101,'t,
when vaccination against typhoid be
came compulsory, out of an army of
HO.OOO only tine., casrs of typhoid
fever developed, and no deatba. 8o
efficient is the vaccine, that among
the 30,000 men serving abroad, only
one case of typbol.1 occurred, and
that in Cblna.
1 he vaccine seems to be ol little
value iu treating the dlaease
once contracted; its eltlciency
after
Ilea
chiefly in Its power to prevent the
disease, if used in time: aud when
given. It usii.il iv protecte from one
to three years.
i.KAli APaOTUL vi. i..i. i i.i a.
HICK LOCKETT MUST
PAY THE PENALTY
Hick liockctt must serve bis term
of one to tea years lu tbe stale pent
teuiiaiy for cattle rustllug. accord
ing M tbe mandates of the supreme
court received by County Clerk
Combs and tiled Monday The
court sustained tha mutiou of Die
triut Attorney (io.lwiirto affirm tbe
verdict of tbe local circuit court,
whlob tn i.i.l Loukett aud bis brother
Marshall guilty. Tbe case was ap
pealed by Hick Locket's attorneys
and tbey were glveu uulil March 1
last to Hie transcript aud bill uf ex
ceptions, which waa done. Maker
Democrat.
WEISER CONTEST CUP GOES
TO THE CALDWELL GIRL
In tbe Oratorioal Contest at Wil
ser tbe cup went to Caldwell, Mis
Oapnue (iowau, racitiug Tbe Htep
uiotl.er. Th lepreseiitatlve from On
tarlo, Miaa Weat got secoud place
Tin n were a u umber of ounteaUnt
aud tbe judges bad a hard time lu
makiug tbeir decision. The i i i. .
was a ill voi loving cup given by
HuperiuUudent Hoadley, of Weiaer
schools.
THE CITY PEST HOUSE IS
DESTROYED RY A FIRE BUG
The pest bouse was burned Wed
uesday evening ahuut uiue o'clock.
When It was about gone, some of tbe
people phoned lu ahoill It. It will
be leplaced by a brick or concrete
building at oucc.
t - B
at
The Produce from
15,000,000 acres is
marketed from On
tario each year
NO. 20
WITH THE BUILDERS
Sewer Work Being Pushed
Along in Nevada
Avenue.
LIDRARY GROUNDS ARE GRADED
The contractor on the aewer are
making exceptional head way in
their work this week, etriklng good
ground with little wntcr. Tho main
pipe to tbe hill aectloa la laid and
tl.i. linn. u ..rt..,( mint .,. tl... V . . . . I ..
' ' ' -" "" "' " 'ssi
v"n,,c I""'.
These men have all the pipe on the
ground and are pushing tbe work
right along.
The water level aeema to be eev
eral feet lower thau when the main
trunk aewer waa placed, making it
much easier for tbe men aud coutrao
tora.
The atone maanns have their work
on the new home for the Ontmlo Na
tional hank about completed. The
I plumbers and carpentera have their
work i.l. .nit completed, leaving the
marble floor and witlra.'otlug to be
placed and tie plastering to be done.
JUNTURA STONE
EASY TO WORK
1 1 'nun Juntura Times)
The Oregon llrllge uud Construc
tion Co. wired for fifty extra men
this week and will linvo then, at
work in a few days rushing the truth
crossing ..li ii c Inward coiupl. tlon.
The railroad people have dlsehargsd
their Austrian laborers aud will put
ou it full crew of white men to take
their place, aud will double the sl.e
of fheir crews as soon aa they can get
tbe in. ii
For the lie. i. III of some of Hie f. i
imi journal ista In tbe east end of the
oouuty who were making a merry
noise lu tbeir sleeve a short time
since when w spoke of .luiitura na
a wnol ceutei, we might nieutlon
tbat John Johnson was In the utber
day and picked up a few sacks am
muting tn a total of something over
('.(in, nun pounds, ami still left a mil
i Imi pounds or more for wnol sale
duy. Thla shipment witb the im
in. iii. amount th., I la yet to go out
will .I. something toward BOfte
the center of wool production a little
distance iu tbe direction of tbia lo
cality. Couirscioi Moore bas work well
along ou the depot fouudatlon, and
bas a crow of men busy cutting ruck.
Mr. Moore tried a uew experiment
lu the way uf atone cutting, aud
found that It worked out very satis
factorlly. He employs a coioinmi
cross cut saw and now the rock like
ao mauy blocks of wood, even cut
ting the lock n little faster than the
average wood cau la. cut. This lit
He discovery will save buildere
thuiisauds of dollars aud will make
It possible to us rock for construc
tion purposes her to the exclusion
of about every other building mater
ial. RAILROAD NEARING THE
RIVERSIDE TOWNSITE
The rin I mail people have been Mill.
etitutiug white help on the work be
tween Ionium and Kiverside ami are
making good headway, lieiug on It
s.ueii imlus from Hiverslde, which
point they expect to reach hy July
It is geueially thought that Mm
graders will bo put to work soon ax
they can get steam shovels to the
front to woik mi the Craiic Cr.ck
summit. With it icptim. of this
stunt cut, the light ut way is over
smooth country to the Cascades ou
the wet.
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