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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1914)
ONTARIO-The Future Metropolis of Eastern Oregon The Banner Wool Market for the Interior of Oregon ttfttrio m Strong. 1 "' ' "' The Produce from 15,000,000 acres ia marketed from On tario each year The Ontario Argu leads in Prestige, merit, and Circula tion. Watch us jrrow Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County. VOLUME XVIII ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY. JULY 9, 1914. NO. 28 REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL Officers Report, Licenses Granted, Bills Allowed. SEWER CONTRACT WOUND UP The regular session of the council wm held Monday evening with all present. Acknowledgment from Secretary of State of receipt of charter and pro ceedings of it adoption placed on file Reports from fire chief, recorder and city treasurer received and filed. Relative to sewer assessment on city hall property recorder ordered to place it under the Bancroft act Complete and final report of Engin eer Jaquish on the sewer was present ed and accepted and total of balance due contractor of $6,tK7 4H was ordered paid by warrants. Applications for class It liquor licen ses were received and granted to Whit worth, Howard, Nicely, Kessler, Price and Sanderson. A wholesale malt license was granted to Sanderson The city attorney was instructed to draft and present an ordinance specify ing a penalty for the non payment of overdue improvement assessments Al so instructed to enjoin the Nevada Ditch Company and all others from dumping waste water upon the town site. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Express Company is Indicted. Salem. An Indictment wus return ed by tin Marlon county grand Jury against the (J real Northern Express company on the charK of violating the law regulating the shipment of liquor properly labeled into dry terri tory. This Indictment Is prob; bly the first one returned ill the state for violation or this luw. It resulted from the ship mini of a gallon of wine by the Rose City Importing company to J. A. Hen jiunin. nsslstant attorney general. Be cause i be package wus not properly labeled Salem police officers seized It. It Is alleged that Investigation showed that the importing company had properly labeled the package. showing its true contents, but that the express company had covered the Importing company's label with Its shipping label, thus causing the pack age to be shipped in violation of the label requirements of the luw. Msdford Guardsmen Plan Club. Medford Mccause there Is no Y. II. C. A. at Medford members of the Seventh company, Oregon national guard, have decided to Incorporate club features In their organization, establishing bowling alleys, a library and reading room for the young men Of the city who are members. Later a swimming pool In the natatoriutn where the company rooms are located Will be rented by the company on cer tain days in the week and a i-ruaU gymnasium installed. Polk Display Planned. Rlckreall. Preparations are under way in various sections of Polk coun ty for eilublts at the I'anama-Paclflc exposition at San Francisco In 1915. Prune and hog samples, grains, sheep, goats, hogs, cows and poultry will be exhibited. The fine flocks of sheep and goats of William Riddell Sons, of Monmouth, and T. A. Kozer, of Rickreall. are to be represented. w Lane Woman "FrslQhtsr" Eugene. Mrs. Charles Croner has the distinction of being the only wo man "freighter" on the McKenzle riv er. She makes regular weekly trips over the 6n miles between Kugene and McKenzle bridge, hauling supplies fo the summer resort, her load averag tng lvo pouuds HUERTA IS AGAIN "ELECTED" PRESIDENT Mexico City. Elections for presl dent, vice-president, deputies and sen ators were held Sunday In that por tion of the republic controlled by the Huerta government. Indifference was manifested everywhere. General Huerta appeared to be the favorite candidate for the presidency President Huerta. It Is reported, re c.clved a virtually unanimous vote of confidence. The returns Indicate the reelection of all present members of the chamber and senate. The lightest vote In mnny years was cast, both In the capital and near by towns. Vera Crui. It Is rumored here that an alliance between Provisional Presi dent Huerta and Emlllano Zapata, the revolutionary leader, Is to be formed soon. Mexicans from the Interior and Just, beyond the American lines do not re gard seriously the elections. It la pointed out such electlona could scarcoly have any conciliatory effect on the constitutionalists and never could be regarded as legal, since the government Is powerless to . ..i,,,,;. with the provisions of the law that the votes be cast freely throughout the territory. MISS MARGARET WILSON. President's Daughter to com Socisl Msgsilns Editor. I i. ..i.. I...4. by Aniarlcaii 1'iui Au lion. EGGS BY MAIL UNSCRAMBLED. Only Small Par Cant of Braakaga In Racant Exparimenta. Washington -Tli at eggs can ie mar keted successfully tiy parcel post Is the conclusion reached liy Hie depart ment of ngriciUture as the result of extended experiments It was deui on-liaicil to the satisfaction of the de- j part incut that tills untie! or shipment frequently secured a lietter price for (be producer ami a fresher article tor the consumer The c Ilinelit. it la stated, fur ther showed that the parcel post was or particular value to the man whose flock was too small or who lives loo far iroui express service to permit tilui to ship tils eggs In ic-ular commercial taa Ml In the course of the experiments, which extended over a period or rtve Months, the department shipped HUM tSJBJB m 4tn; lata by mail limn various point under varying condition null In different type or containers, or these :v'7. or slightly less man j ier ceni .-re broken, tint only JtKl, or a little less i ha u KJ per rent, were ab solutely wasted The others, though broken could still he used The percentage of breakage will be greatly reduced. It Is said, when postal employees liecoine more accustomed to bundling such fragile matter Prof. Petrle was here Tuesday cal ling on friends. Ralph Weaver and wife were here Thursday visiting with relatives. Kay Wilson and family were regis tered in Ikiise over the fourth Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Williams are vis iting with M E. Dunten, near Drewsey Awm mWM ----------I Mm tf m jL T? asJ I Jim r?R5i t aJBmr WHAT THE RAILROADS ARE DOING IN 11$ SECTION i Work Started on the Bridges Across the Snake River Near Here. WORKING DOUBLE SHIFT WEST OF JUNTO II. W Young, engineer in charge of the construction work on the lines west of here, and .1 C. Clarkson, general riiitn.i . i of the piin. with the bridge on thin Oregon Rridga Corrt contract for all the line and others near Home, were here Wednesday morning. Mr. Young said they arc now work ing day and night on the bridges be tween Juntura and Riverside and will have the line open for business IMMJ i inn' 111 August. There are seven large bridges, aver aging '" feet lolik' between these two points, together with several smaller ones. The concrete piers are being bu.lt under the firs', three bridges and the false ork under the last two. These bridges are all of heavy main lino coivtructiyn and the steel being laid is H pounds. At pre-etit the pay roll Is running a thousand dollars u day. This stretch of work presents many engineering and construction ditlicul ties and is about the most expensive in the state The grade has been built several miles beyond Riverside and it seems to be the general impression that the grade will be extended to Dog Moun - t.noUch for ,wo irc eHch .luSr,ng tain soon as they can get steam shovels 1()00 yr,lH of conc,ete et in ,,edrock in to work on the cut through. The old steel will be taken down and ( rane (reek gap. , mui.) neavjer ,rjjKe erected. The lirst bridge is 240 feet long and The Payette Valley line was taken the other h6o feet, over by the Short Line the first of the j The large pay roll will have a benen month, but no changes have been made ' cial effect on local busiue.s. SOME OE THE HEN WHO ARE LOCATING ON LANDS S.M-u cil .ens Of Haines one ot I c lOOtaal and one el Maker have re turned from Malheur county near the new railroad which Is building into I li.it section whcic they all took up 320 acre homesteads. Following were In the pirty: D ('. Itrlchoux 0 gorge Taylor. W, I I'hillips, Pre I V. Spence, W. A. Sowanl 8. C. Haines and I'M Taylor, names c p.Brooka, Tolo- caset and P. 10. Whitman, Maker. - Maker lleruld. JORDAN VALLEY HAS A SHALL EIRE-RAGE HORSES Jordan Valley Kxprc, Randall ti.im- came in from Ontario :.ist Kridav nl . Ml on his way to hi 400k ranch near McDei mitt. He w is accompanied by h:s daughter and Miss l Hicks. Miss Hicks leinaiinl on a visit to relatives, ami Mi. Sage and daughter proceeded on their in loturday morning. The home ot Mrs. Mn. kiuan fire Sunday from all oil stove, but was file Siilil.i from an oil sl'.ve. but the neighbors lOOal bad It under control. The h "Use belOBgS. to the Parks estate Blmer Dor) it hore with a string o; 1 ,n e hot ses. Km met I irowet have ...ntracted for IM falV loads i iieaches at about ISM a car. A sou was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sanfoid on ibo 3rd. A daughter was born to Mr. an I Mrs. Henry Noire, on the first A son wa borii ( Mr and Mrs N A. Pa rso: s, on the 3rd. in the management or operating of trains. Manager Dunn says he expects to go to Salt Lake and drive a hack, but he may change hia mind. The granting of main line freight ratea la one reault of the change A heavier grade will have to be built and heavier a tee I laid before standard equipment can be used. There is I well defined rumor that this line will be built direct to the main line from Fruiliand, but as this would necessitate a bridge across the Simkn river, it probably will not Im made until money la easier. p.or bout vt,ar it ,, ,, umor I ,.,, thll thl, work f ri.,,Hi,inr ,,. rHJ. ron,, bri(Rt.R ,.,,, Ua, ajkHyn ,., about a mile north of Ontario was go- mg to bo started, but the actual start was not made until this week and it will require some time to build bunk houses snd assemble the necessary material. Several of the men have rented houses m tow n for a year and it ia ex pected t!at a crew of ISO to 2o0 will he employed for eighteen months. The change will necessitate the buil I- lit-. f (ivi Ni-uw fmiil niitfM v. ..(.. STATE FRUIT INSPECTORS TO VISIT LOCAL ORCHARDS II. 11 Wcthei'spoon, the dlstiict fruit inspector and Mr. Robinson, the atate wide Inspector, will be here the latter part of the week to lo,.k over 1! chards of the county. It Is generally 1 once. b-d that iMfJMOtar LOOKO) has I" en doing good work and that ihe fruit crop Is going to he of a b'gh grade as a rOMll t bis ri'frl liispc tion. HORSES, SHEEP AND CATTIE BEING SHIPPED TO MARKET Robert staniieid shipped toartON lOeOfj Irom llrogan Satuidm F. (' (Jxmaii ihlppod le iy-five cars of horses from Mro an on Sun day These were from the John Day set lions. afaglll shippi .1 a - if of cattle to Poi '.and Ciidaw Rob sianiieid shipped Mre ears of keop '" Omaha Tuesday thai be pur- 1 -ha.-, d from 1'rank Port. 1 ONTARIO NYSSA DITCH COMPANY ANNUAL HEETINC The annual meeting 01 the OOUrlo Nyssa ditch coiupaio was boM Hal -day and it was decided to add another unit t the pumping plant for emer gencies The officers are A. W. TrOSJ president: Peter Tensen, vice prOtJ dent; E. M. Oreig, secretary and treas urer, H D. Dorinan W. .1 Pinne, W. Clagett and Dr. Whitney directors Lee C'K'krum to Oklahoma Is home from a trip DEATH DEALING BOMB WRECKS TENEMENT New York. In the ruins of the tene ment wrecked by the explosion of a bomb, which It Is believed was Intend ed for use against John P. Rockefel ler or his son, the authorities found evidence that Arthur Caron. who was killed with three others, had used his npartment as a center for the dlstrl billion of Inflammatory literature, and that It was filled with death dealing explosives. A small printing press, revolution ary' pamphlets and circulars, an elec tric dynamo, two electric batteries, cartridges and bits of steel were among the articles uncovered, which tend, In the opinion ot the police, to show an anarchist plot. Thai the demonstration, halted by the bungling of some one who was preparing an Infernal marhlne for Its mission, was planned against the Rockefeller fain lly In Tarrytown, Is the theory on which the authorities are working. Two of those killed In the wrecked apartment were prominent agitators who were to he placed on trial at Tarrytown on the charges of disorder ly conduct In connection with the mourning Inaugurated against John l. Rockefeller, Jr., as a protest against his attitude In the Colorado mine stilkc 1 W. J. BURNS. Famous Datactiva Dropped by Slsuths' Association. I'hnio l,y Aineii. in Prrsa Association People in the News Joseph chamberlain, former leader of the Mlitish parliament, died at tril lion al Ihe gsjf, ol 7H years. (ii in 1.1I Villa, the rebel ccmuiander, ban bought a bathtub 111 Chicago at a tries said lo be i, 'J'he Height (barges on the tub will amount lo $1 Dr. My rou Miller of Portland was nominated t.ir president ot the Amerl can Institute ot Homeopath) at tin twentieth annual session held at At lanlic City. Hear Admiral Charles P Moml has been named chairman tit the board of lurvej M huh w ill pill thi' bat) (im on in sbnpg to bad tin natal pro ',11 through the Panama canal, I dloliel llinihii eh .ne, 1 from the Outlook to flghl for pn I. in and incidentally lo oppo s Presi ilenl Wilson's policies, vshnb he hl Criticised severer, Marconi, the inventor of the wire bbs telegraph, hopes to be abb- to have wireless telephones In use i,, 1 ween New Vork and Wales soon lie UpeCtfl thai the system will accoinmo date ;;u0 words a minute At the end of u rounds. Death Cross, the Moo Vork dentist, was giv en ihe decision over Hid" Watsou, of Kan Diego, In a fast fight Mrs. Louise Malley, wife of a Mrook lyu manufacturer, was shot and killed by an assassin in the office of Dr Kdward Carman, at Kreeport, N. V. Police are working on the taOOf) 'hat the bullet was meant for the physi clan. Ll v7 . BF 0 ' ' " :Jt eBpas-, j ' - THE POMONA GRANGE WILL HOLD MEETING An Address by Mrs. Rob bins on Domestic Science OPEN MEETING IN AFTERNOON The afternoon aesslott of the regu lar meeting nr the Malheur County Pomona grange, which Is to be held at Nyssa. I'Tlday. July 17, will be thrown open tn the public that all may be permitted 10 hear Mrs. Robbins. who will speak on Domestic Science Mrs. Robbing, who Is connected with the extension work of the agricultural college. Is one of th best speakers on her subject who has ever been heard In the state and it Is hoped that a large number will lake advantage of the opportunity- In the iimmlng at t ho bulnasa meet-Ing.-K. II. Conkllr, delgatc to (he state coumhiIoii will give his report. I'll" ''iiiiinHiti' pro.-ram f"r the af ternoon is as follows: Vocal Duet -Mrs. MCarty and Mian Porhe. Recitation Ruby Mnrehead. Domestic Science oiir Mrs. Hob- lllllS, i OREGON ROBBERS MAKE CONFESSION Two of Three Men Who Held Up 0.-W. R. & N. Train Cap tured Near La Grande, i n - Pendleton, Or Mhert Meadors and Clarence Stoner, two of the three train robbers who held up 0 W. It At N. train No. near Meacham thn morning of July 2, were arrested Hat unlay ulghi about !l o'clock by Deputy Sin nil ll.ii'lnloi. or l,a (irande. The leader of the gang, who was shot and kilbd h Deputy Sheriff '. e Mr-Duff) at the time of tho holdup Is Charles Manning, a profes Mlonal gambler and not Hugh Willi lie), the notorious outlaw. All tlirei ot the robbers Were from t'okevllle. Wyo Manning has u wife and four children 111 Cokewllc He was a close I" 1 ii.il tii'inl of both Hugh and Chariot whiiuc-,, uinie sinner Is a cousin of the Whitney boys. . - ' When arrested the two train rob bers were walking along the railroad track In the direction of I .a (ira: and l ss than 1'u miles from the so of the holdup. Neither man was a ed and they ottered no reslslan when placed under arrest Tin bad I M I in 1 ash ami the TM diamond ring taken from II M. Hoyce, Ihe Walla Walla brewer, who was a pas Sanger on the train, and a smaller din tnoiiii, but the diamonds were throws WO when they were arrested lo pre Venl I heir In lilt' Used to conned them With Ihe holdup The (apt lie o; Ihe , utile gang ol robbers within throe dnjra alter Ihe holdup sets a record for the apprehea BUM ot train robbers in the west. It Is said. GRAIN YIELD WILL BE LARGE Wheat Crop of Pacific Northwest Es timated at 63,000.000 Bushels. I'm 1 ! md, Or The eai on Is now tar enough ail need to in 1 a. 1 i-rl.iln tl il the ' real cro the Paolflc northweel win be safely gathered, The progrees also is sm- fb lent to enable grain men to esti- inai a ii '1 a dei 1 ot 1 lost 111 1 .s the yields 01 iln- leading grains. 'Ihat the wheal crop of the three slates will In ak .ill previous records is 1 oneeil.il by nearly over) gram an thorny in the northwest The general estimate now la 11,040,000 bushels for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The crop in these states last year was almost .",1;, nun, nun bushels, Karlier in the season grain dealers believed iln northwest would produce 70,000, 000 bushels of wheat, but It is thought they overestiiuaied Ihe crop, as is fre quently done in seasons of gieat prom Us