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ONTARIO-The Future Metropolis of Eastern Oregon
The Banner Wool Market for the Interior of Oregon
(wfcwri "Aram.
The Ontario Arjriis
leads in Prestige,
merit, and Circula
tion. Watch us grow
II
The Produce from
15.000,000 acre is
marketed from On
tario each year
Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County.
VOLUME XVII
ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 25. 1914.
NO. 26
OLSEN WINS THE
120 NILE CYCLE RACE
LaGrand to Baker and Re
turn in 2 Hrs. 49 Min.
MANY Of THE RIDERS DITCHED
With hnlr iinnifflol, unscratched
nml ax unconcerned a though h
were taking nn afternoon spin, 0. C
Olnen, r Ontario, dashed into Li
Grande Sunday afternoon the win
ner by six minutes of the annual I.i
Orande to llakrr and return road
rice.
Behind him were a long line of
pilled rarer, damnged machine and
damaged rider. Olsen made the run
of 120 mile in two hour and forty
nine minute, breaking the rerorl of
three h"iir and forty-two minute es
tnbllhi'd last year.
William, a professional, lost hi
mat lii mi. it got on fire from a leak
ing ga tank nud hurnod up.
I nil Yeager of Haker, strurk a
chuck hole and win thrown again! i
fetire, he finished third.
Tlllson. of Ontario, had a bad spill
at Union, but was able to continue and
finished fifth.
1 h prl.eH wire $K.n for first; $7.'
for second. $50 for third and $- for
fourth.
HILL PHARMACY HAS
A EORNAL OPENING
To Acquaint People With
the New Store Methods
HANDSOME FOUNTAIN IN PLACE
The Hill Pharmacy was formally
op.. :,-, on Saturday when thfi ha !
an orchestra and gave souvenirs to
the guests who called to get acquaint
ed and sample the product of the new
fountain.
Mr. Mill has a string of drug stores
and Intends making this his head
iiuaitcrs, because It Is in the mid lie
of the string. 'r the present tho
store will be in charge of L K. Ty
son, Jr.
Many changes h:tve been made in
the arrangement of the store and tha
additloii of the fountain has Improved
the appearance of the store very
much.
The stock will be enlarged and
male complete a- d the new men hope
to eirn a fair share of the patronage
of the people by can- In every ib -tail
of the business.
VALE GETS VICTORY
FROM'ITARIO TEAM
A Game of Good Ball-Alexander
Was Crippled.
The Ontario ball team and a large
crowd of rooters went to Vale Sun
day to play ball, but Alexander got
hurt early in the game and the Vale
team iiusel out winners, Harmon
pitching for Ontario
There was tbo usual wrangling by
the Vale bunch. Hurley going behind
a board and tryng to make the um
pire believe that he caught a t'.y and
other similar stunts were tried
The rooters say it was a good game
even If they did get beaten and make
a few errors.
The 1914 wool clip brought Oregon
2,080,000.
BUTTE MINERS FORM
INDEPENDENT UNION
llutte, Mont Seceder from the
Western Fcedratlon of Miner have
launched an Independent miner' un
ion, rejecting peace overture of Pres
ident Moyer and associate and elect
ing nn temporary president M. Mc
Donald. A mass meeting wa attended by
Bonn miners. The report of the exec
utive committee, In whose hands had
been left the drafting of the Insurg
ents' policy, wa adopted without
change.
No official recognition wn taken of
the Western Federation. President
Moyer had no representatives present
to offer compromise and his apparent
advances In nsklng for the resignation
of all local miners' union officials did
not win even consideration from the
Insurgents.
Unofficially It wns declared that the
soceders' reason for not accepting
advances from the federation officials
wns determined opposition to the na
tional as well as local officers and a
strong desire not to be affiliated with
any national organisation.
Baseball Star Arrested.
Detroit, Mich. Tyru Cobb, base
ball hero and outfielder of the Tigers,
was arrested for drawing a revolver
on a butcher who, Cobb declares, had
Insulted his wife.
J. J. Hill I Doctor of Law.
St. Paul, Minn. James J. Hill was
honored wllh the degree of doctor cf
laws by Macalester college at the
commencement exercl es of the col
lege. Joseph B Foraker, former United
States senator from Ohio, who is seek
ing the senatorial nomination at the
primaries.
ANOTHER MAN SHOT BY HIS
OWN REVOEVER DROPPING
W. M. Hooten, an employe of Jane s
MfjHrl. an Mentally shot himself wiih
I iiiolver at one of the Malum camps
Tuesday evening. He wis preparing
his evening meal in camp and stooped
over to pick up a kettle of rice when
the revolver dropped out of the scib
t . .i.i and struck on a rock vhlob
I it to discharge I he ball pas
sed through the right hand tttfnil'y
in such a manner as to cut Ml
tendons and also shut'er the bote bj
the fore fln-er- Dr. Griffith drcsi-ed
the wound and Mr. Hooten is getting
along very well since being brought
in by his MBployi but his physicia s
fears that he may lose the use of ins
band. Burns Herald.
If Noah had swatted those two files
that started up the Ark's gang plank,
he would have saved us a lot of trouble-Hard
facts In the shape of silver
dollars are always appreciated.
It takes only a few hours and a suf
fragette to burn dowu an English
church 400 years old.
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FREE TRADE FORCES I
CUT IN MILL WAGES!
Or Close Down of American
Shingle Mills on Coast
TO MEET FOREIGN COMPETITION
A revision of the wage scale In the
shingle manufacturing Industry 1 an
ticipated a the result of a meeting of
IM shingle manufacturers held here
Saturday to consider ways and means
of competing with Hrltlsh Columbia
mill. At the meeting Charles E. Pat
ten of Seattle. E. E. Case of Raymond
and S C. Muniby of Bordeaux were ap
pointed a committee to submit rec
ommendations to the manufacturers.
This committee, although not rernm
mendln a reduction In wave, started
In Its report that the only way In
which the competition of the Hrltlsh
Columbia mills could be met was nv
reducing wnge Action on the rec
ommendation was left to the Individ
ual msnufacturers, but It Is predicted
a new wage ncnle will be put into af
fect 1 1 mint of the mill July 1.
SHOPS TO 8E MOVED
FROM HUNTINGTON
Says a Story Started From
Huntington Last Week
ONTARIO THE OBJECTIVE POINT
It ha been aeveral months since
the following was pulbished last. It
is due about every six mouths:
A Huntington report Is current that
the division Is to be moved. It It
said this time that Ontario ia to lie
made the new railroad division point
That there imp lie some such intention
in the minds of railroad officials is
supported by the fact tbut all improve
menu which were under way by the
railroad company at Huntington have
been stopped. It Is felt that no defl-nitf-
action may lie expected until the
results of the meeting Of the directors
ot ilie I'. p. coaip.my are anmu:cel
In the meantime property owners at
Huntington are on the anxious seat
Demacrat. Haker City.
CONTEST EIEED ON SCHOOL
ELECTION HEED EAST WEEK
There has been a move ma.iA to
have the votes cast at the school elec
tion recounted and a hearing will be
had before Judge Hi-'us on the 7th of
July It Is siatej that there were
about twenty illegal votes cast id
this will probably be brought up at the
same time. If it is necessary to hold
another e'eeiion the board should be
provided with a list of the ununified
voters so there can lie no question
about it- The property nualiifie ii Ion
is what fools them. Many bt)l
they are voters when they are not tix
RAILROAD WORK BEING
RUSHED TOWARD RIVERSIDE
Kditr Uallag ,er. of the .lut.tura
Times, was l.ere several days this
week He savs the contractor are
rushin the Stork "a tno railroad and
aie 1,1 w ne r Itiverslde, about tlm-e
mile Th re are three more bridges
to build, but the men have been ord
ered to work double time and the)
are making good headway.
IDAHO CANDIDATES
ARE IN THE FIELD
Making Efforts to Secure
1 the Nominations
ALEXANDER OUTFOR GOVERNOR
Political meetings were held In New
Plymouth and Payette last week, the
speakers being Ex-Governor Haw ley
who 1 an aspirant for the senate nn 1
M Alexander, who wishes to be gov
ernor of Idnho. Mr. Alexander Is
making hi campaign on the lue of
lower U'xes. He has made nn exhaiis
tlvo study of the tnx question and the
manner In which the money of the
people Ii being squandered for useless
offices and boards and promises If
elected 10 reduce the expense of run
ning the stale at lenst a million dol
lars a year. That will mean quite a
reduction In taxes for the people and
Is sure a strong appeal for their votes.
So one questions Mr Alexander's
ability us a business man and his abil
ity to make a sweeping reduction In
the taxes.
PAYETTE YALLEY HAS
6,000 ACRES CORN
Which Will lie Fed to Cows
and Hogs Later
BRINGING BACK MANY DOLLARS
There Is fiOOO acres of corn In the
Payette valley between Etntnett, New
Plymouth, Payette and Crystal. This
statement Is based upon a conserva
tive estimate recently made by Mi
Kern, the deputy fruit Inspector for
the Payette valley, who is in a posi
tion to know whereof he talks as he
get all over this valley In his Inspec
tion work. Six thousand acres of sjoffl
means a large Increase in the jiiodnc
tlou of hog in this valley.
In a.tlclputlon f the (MfMM Of
hog shipments from this vall.v t in
Payette Valley ltalliti.nl lias rccentl
completed a four car Block yard at
e I'lvmouib and a three car Mmk
yard at Letha. Both yards are sup
plied with pumps ami standard chutes.
ARTESIAN WATER STRUCK
ON LITTLE WILLOW CREEK
A. McWilllams and Mr Coot weie up
the Little Willow last Friday, above
tin Xliimp place when the men who
were drilling for water struck an ar-
1. 1 flow. The well is Up on the
side hill and is flowm. nlxnit twentv
im hes of water This Is n very Im
portant find f'.r that section as they
are short of water and a few of these
ill SB ih.'e tin m to irrigate the
whole valley nt alight rapsfl
CHILDREN MEET DEATH IN
ACCIDENTS AROUND PAVI I II
On Monday the 11 year old SOU of
Eiwaid Miller, of Boise, was drowned
in the Payette riw-i near Calks.
He tried to wade across the river at
the old ff rd and got beyond his depth
On Sunday last an auto was struck
by a train at Payette and wrecked.
Howard Duncan, a.'cd II, was so bad
ly injured that he died next day.
The driver, a boy of in, ami Lena
Chapin, were only slightly injured.
RAiLHUADS LOSE THE
SPOKANE RATE CASE
Washington. The Interstate com
merce commission's so-called "Inter
mountaln or Spokane" rate orders
were sustained as valid by the su
preme court, which held, nt the snme
time, that the long and short haul
clause of the Interstate commerce
law wn constitutional. Both had
I n attacked by the transcontinent
al rallronds.
A to the Intermountnln rate or
ders themselves, their effect Is that
such western cities west of the
Rocky mountains as Iteno, Spokane
and Phoenix will not be forced to
pay upon their freight from (he east
the regular rate through to the Pa
cific coast and then also another
rate from the Pacific back to their
Hint Ions, because the railroads are
competing with water-borne traffic
around Cape Horn or through the
Panama canal
"Health Sundsy" in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. "Health Sunday'
was observed In more than BO
churches In this city when prominent
medical men from all sections of the
country addressed the congregation
on the fundamental principles of pub
lie health.
Judge Benson Is Tied With McNsry.
Salem, or. According to official
returns received by Secretary of
StsHT Olcotl Justice Charles I. Me
Nary and Judge Henry I. Benson, or
Klamath Pulls, are now tied for the
supreme court nomination on the re
'in 1.1 ii ; i- ticket.
SAMUEL G0MPERS
Samuel Gore, peri, the famous labor
leader, who is said to be planning a
school teachers' union.
THEY ARE ALL CELEBRATING
THE CREAT 4TH THIS YEAR
Ontario will be deserted on the Fourth
the people all heme; away for tbut day
The railroad to the Payette lake is
completed ami they will have rates
ami lug dumps up there to celebrate
the completion of the TQMA
New Plymouth has extended an in
vitation for all to come there and enp.y
the day with them.
Weiscr has made extensive pi,
entertain all who will favor her with
their presence on that date.
Nyssa has a picnic in the (iibson
grove and and the usual games and
sports to amuse and entertain her via
itors.
Jordon Valley will have a regular
frontier celebration, with the horse
racing ami ether sorts to attract
I unt 111 a has been planning for a
large crowd and they will have some
thing doing all the day.
Vale is figuring on a celebration also.
Kxcursion rates on all isilroads
If congress Is going to sit forever
Wa hington will have to equip Itself
with a few iiioniitai: s and a seashore.
EvJsiKE CsW slMsaskflllsil
IDAHO NORTHERN HAS
REACHED THE LAKES
Road to He Formally Open
ed on 4th by Excursion
CELEBRATION AT THE LAKES
The main track of the Idaho North
Ml extension was completed to I'ny
tte lake last Saturday. The Idaho
Northern for some time has been op
erating as far north as Donnelly, In
Long Valley. Donnelly being the new
railroad town near Uoseberry. Tho
new trnrk Just put down was l.inT this
spring from Donnelly to Payette lake.
Ten tulles of the new track Is yet to
be surfaced, which means the filling
in between the ties with dirt, and
tamping (lie dirt. All the sidetracks
between Donnelly and the lake are yet
to be put In.
Two hundred and sixty men nro at
present employed on the Idaho North
ern extensions, 110 of whom are on
the track laying crew One hundred
and fifty men are employed on bridge
and construction, surlaclng. on the
fence gang and lii the material yards.
It Is expected that the hack clear
t the Payette lake will he In first
class condition within the next two
weeks, aid that there will be a big
Fourth of .Inly celebration at the lake
this year.
HEAVY SHIPMENTS
OF SHEEP TO EAST
Mostly Februury Lambs for
Omaha Market
MARKET CONDITIONS ARE GOOD
The shipment of sheep and lambs
during the past week hus been heavy.
Twenty -tu i car loads were slllppi d
fr, in BrOSJM l hwuiii ami Anderson.
Thirty-five cars were shipped from
llillitliiKlon by Bixby and Oxuian, and
thirty two ears Were shipped from
I ! in Monday In I In- Touiilugsc.i
lliolheis and Itow man The Tounilig
seu Brother.s had INI I'Vlnuary lumh
tbut will aw 10e about sixty HOlMl
and tins expect , Ket about four dol
lars 11 head net lor them at Omaha
Homer Itamho went 10 .luiitiira Mon
day to look alter some sheep
Itm Itamho has JOM to Coloi.ulo for
lllrkliel.
John Jenkins, Ham Itiowu a' I Ad
am Mm 1 1. 1 aine in Tuesday to look
all' r Hull w 1 ol
John lolni- 11 ami Jo.) I'lalsl.d weiu
hem Im-. day looking 1II11 wool.
NEW PLYMOUTH WIL
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0N4TH
Sends Out boosters to Tell
the People About It.
BdltOI M.i 1 111 tod W. B linker, the
(jolibn Kule 11. an, or New IM mouth
were 1.. in Monday polling the town
for their !' urth of .J 11 1 reli-hi-atlon.
The. . -xpccl a Mt ci.w.l there, spec
ial trains will 1 1111 fi'in ill Hie adjoin
ing tOW SI k( lOtl taies For eiilei
taiumeut lie will haw something
Wolng all the tune aid the aiiaiite
iiieuts are lor a 11 led program In
cluding hall Karnes. Inn r hM
for men. fcajrg .rd gtrU nnd many
(her forms of amusement Talks will
be made by Hon Joseph ii reteison,
with coinei 1 'In ban I.