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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1914)
f Ip ONTARIO-The Future Metropolis of Eastern Oregon The Banner Wool Market for the Interior of Oregon 0ntati xw& m The ntario Arftts leads in Prestige, merit, and Circula tion. Watch us grow The Produce from 15,000,000 acres is marketed from On tario each year Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County. VOLUME XVIII ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 23, 1914. NO. 30 Ontario Girl Weds. On Wednesday. July 32, at high noon at thp homo of the bride's parents nnd In the presence of immediate rela tives and many friends, was solemniz ed the marriage of Miss Myrtle Lewis of Riverside, Ontario .Oregon ami Mr fleorge Hunsaker of Idaho Kails. Ida ho.. Rev. Phillip Koenlg officiating. The bride Is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs. T- W. Ilrown and Is one of Ontario's moat beautiful and ac complished young ladles. Mr. Hutisnker Is one of the rising young business men of 1 Inho Kails. The home was beautifully decorated with sweet peas, roses and green fol nge During the ceremony the bride and frOMI stood under a bridal arch made of green foliage and sweet pens. The bride wore a beautiful lace dress nrer white satin and carried a bou quet of bride's roses Miss Betsy Taylor played the wed ding horus from Wagner's Ixihengr In Orlego "Wedding Day," nnd as the bride and groom came In and took their places Mendeljohn's "Wedding March" Immediately following the marriage ceremony the bridal party and repaired to the dining mom where a dainty wedding breakfast was served. The dining room and tables were beau tifully decorated in yellow. After a short honeymoon In art land and (be coast. Mr and Mrs Hun saker will make their home In Idaho Kails The many friends of Miss Lewis In Ontario will deeply rogret her depart ure and she has the well wishes of all who knew her. I E. Paullson and wife, a brother In law to Chan. It Segul e. are visit ing In this cltv anl expect to be here several months. Mr. and Mrs. I'aulls on have traveled extensively over the Vnltcd iftates during the last few months and are very favoruhls Im pressed with Ontario. It Is hop.. I that they will decide to invest here and become permanent residents. NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our State Decision Makes Ten Counties Wat. Boise. Hy a decision of the Idaho supreme ourl ten Idaho counties which are now without saloons are made wet territory. The court holds that all counties created since the county local option law was passed In 1909 are under the license system unless thn have held local option elections, regardless of whether the couutles out of which they were cre ated were wet or dry Tho ten coun ties which were created out of dry counties by division bills which go under the license system by the court's decision are Bonneville, Adam. Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Power, Clearwater, Lewis, Minidoka and Gooding. VICT0RIAN0 HUERTA rf" "1 i JL t- ; asV 41 sfcS&w LbbbW '$ ' ."BJBaW BBl-Wja''BBi BBS A lilt by American Pros Association VictorUno Hutrta, former dictator of Mexico, who resigned and departed from ths country. ! WIRELESS MUSIC 200 MILES. Strains From a Gramophone Pioked Up by a Ship at 8s. Fondon. Htrnlns from a gramophone playing "Tho Merry Widow Walts" and "(Sod Save the King" were heard lately by wireless In the Nelson line stenmshlp Highland Scot during a voy sge to Huenos Aires, by the third offl cer. The boat was passing Vigo st the time, and sfterward it was found th.it the ship from which the wireless came was n private yacht 'JOli miles away. Mr. Marconi, commenting on this re port, said: "They were probably experimenting with a gramophone and a wireless tel ephone transmitter aboard the private yacht Tunes are transmitted and caught up In this way. I never heard of Its being done over such a long dis tance, but It Is finite possible. Urn mo phone tunes hsve been sent by wire less telephony from Marconi House to my house at Fswley, near (Southamp ton." WOMAN CANS GARDEN TRUCK. She Makes a Oood Profit and the Re sults Are Sure. Hodge City. Kan. Two thousand quarts of beets and Usi quarts of pic calilli have been sold by Mrs Will Uoblns to the Hodge City Wholesale Urocery company during the past few weeks-byproduct of the itoblns truck farm, south of the river. Mrs lloblus puts up these products In pint glass Jars attractively labeled with words something as follows "Fancy homemade piccalilli No pre servatives used No factory made prod uet Put up by Mrs. Will Itnhlu. rimnrron. Kan." Mrs Itoblns also had a contract with nil I road eating houses to furnish them with onions during the season, Jus) pust. Her garden products are as val uable as the wheat crop on the aver age farm, and more Certain. WHALERS MAKE RICH HAUL Off Ceast of Lowe California Get Fif teen TIiouiji.i Bsrrsls of Oil. Han Diego. I'ai The whaling fleet, comprising the tender Cupellu I. and wh.ilers J nine. Morelos and Hidalgo, has arrived here from Mngdalcua hny after an rtgM mouths' successful sea son off the lower California coast. According to Captain F.ngcbretson if the CapsUl I the Illdillgo I'ltpturcd 210 whales, the Morelos '.MP and the Jim rex I..1 All of the mammals were taken within twelve miles of Magda leun bay and were principally of the humpback and blue aHcles. The Capella I. entered rt with l.V SOS barrels of oil. valued at S'J'JA.iKM). The tender will steam to ChrKtlanla. Norway, by way of the Panama canal. to discharge, leavlug the whalers to continue the trade. CHECKS ARE SIGNED WITH A MACHINE Clerks In Pension Office Sign 820,000 Papers Each Year. Washington. J. 8. Jones and Wil liam Adreon each year slgu in tin neighborhood of SJSJSS cheeks, of an aggregate faee value of llattjOOOuSSS, Jones and Adreon are clerks In the psasSsS odtic. and the checks are drawn to the order of penslonera. Tcvhulcally tbts money Is disbursed .over the signature of tjuy 0 Taylor. the disbursing clerk of the bureau III fait, however, It SSf 8M over the signature of j 8. Joass ami WUMiai ill eoll a serin of oucblnei designed asps chilly for It tills out the h .ink checks I Wltll the n. line of tile .-n- inner, the ainoiifit ilue him or her ami the name of i.uy l Taylor, printed. Hut Die checks ciinnot ba raaasd until they lure oiintersighcd with an actual Big1 nature in ink. This Is where JoaM 'and Adreon ..me In But ew-n two j men could not do thK and so machines are again utilized signagrapbs. as they are called Kaeh man goes through the mot ion of Blgnlng hi-, name, using a wooden pen like arrangement on wlil'li then Is really no polUl ami no ink. This. boeer. saasai is awvaajsa iaal Ism tain pens, which actually Inscribe the name on ten checks placed tieiieath. At each machine an assistant feeds in the hloeks of 'he. ks. tell to a block Instead of actually signing SSSJ86 separate checks the two men together 'make only 82.020 signatures 41,010 I each. 1 Deputy Sheriff Ben Brown came down from Vale Wednesday evening MORRISON-LEWIS STAVER WHOLESALE COMPANY May Lrocate in Ontario. Recently Burned Out in Boise COMMERCIAL CLUB HAS IMPORTANT MEETING The meeting of the Ontario Commer cial club was called to order Monday evening by President J. A. Lackey. The first matter discussed was the condition of the Vale road west f the city. After some discussion this was turned over to the good roads com mlttee, who will take the matter up with the county road superintendent. W. II Doollttle gave a very favora ble report th.it would likely be the re sults of a personal visit of a delegation from the club with Mr. Morrison, a member of Morrlson-Lewls-8taver EASTERN OREGON AT SUMMER NORMAL Instead of the usual societies which I give the entertainments during the regulur session, the summer uoimal was divided Into eleven county groups The Kastern Oregon group consisted of forty live - intents from I'matlllu. I' ii. Baker. Harney and Malheur counties. Miss Florence Moffett and Miss Irene DeAiiuond, both of Vale. were clci i. it chairman and secretan Tho two lug days of the souson were j .lulv Fourth ad Stunt" day On July Fourth the celebration was un der the direction of the normal. In the parade K istel n Oregon t) pitied i her locality by appearing on horse back in cowboy costume, and forming the most spectacular and ui usual fea ture. On 'stunt" day, July 18th. the students of this division again typified their localltv by representing the dlf ferent products Kven the 'Jack rab bits and coyotes were not left out. Kven though ma of these students came from the farthest corner of t In state. Ihe feel repaid because of the great inspirations and benefits they have received from the efficient and enthusiastic facultv of the QraflN state normal school. At the regular meeting of the Houlc vard grange held at their hall Satin day evening, it was decided to begin at the ixt meeting to take up the bills that will he referred to the people at the election this fall. The bill abol ishing the state senate will be the first ami will be taken up at the meet lug to be held August I, when it Is hoped a large number of tl e members will be present to express their opin ions on what is perhaps one of the most radical measures ever brought hefoie the people of the state. cci.rding to the llan.ey News giv ing an account of the recount by Judge Higgs, in the egM Of IBS VOtSf cast in rlaraajr aoaali for Jaages HaNarj ,"1 Bsaaea shows ptalh si tag votes in l.iun of Mcar from kWO piecim ts It is ISSSltSi 'hat this change brings both men bash to tit, valai win be titled b) AS leeouiil ot the Miilno mah canal) rotas. Tata ill bom '" how ba 'archil the judges ami clerks of election hoards ihogM I"'- K. P Punic Tin- k. p baits held its aasaal i"4-- uic lat Sunday at I e home .,f A II MeOragoi Ul SBrtl of transports t'ons wen- piovldc! for those wishing to aileuil- About iii' hundred friends enj.yel the ho I lit) of the Kni-hts. At gaoB a sii uptttOai picnic dinner was spread w! ich consisted of ever' -thing auwjtie . old desire the ;,'.uic, i r.-tiirned late Sunday evening and everyone reported a most e Jo. .ihle till B, What has become of the old fashioned fourth of July Orator? Wholesale Co, who were recently burned out in Boise. Mr. Morrison HSsiu-ed the delegates that Ontnrlo would be thoroughly looked over be fore the company decided Uton a lo cation. A ti.insiioii.iin.il committee wsb ap pointed by the president which con ststs of II. C. Boyer, H. O. Hrane. W. H. Doollttle, K A. l-Vo.. i snd 1). M Taggart. The meeting was sdjoumed after a very profitable evening. ALBERT TOZIER WRITES ABOUT ONTARIO Kdltor Statesman: The cltlsen or the Willamette vullet who rejoices In what natuii- has loM for that section and imagines that It Is the most beautiful spot on earth should take time to visit this locality and see how water has tr.iusfonne I the deseit ut.. a thing of beauty that III the summer lime eclipses the Wil lamette valley. While In hen- h.oi Ing for the Oregon state fair il Vgg my privilege to be taken In an auto through the irrigation district, nnd here found thousands of a res of corn. alfalfa and fruit trees. Was over ..ne ranch today that has 17.000 fruit trees, the oldest trees being twelve ears. Dairy herds and fat bogs are seen on every hand. Hogs are fatten ed on alfalfa und corn, a I lunation thai the grower ami buyer like To Harry B Orutiel, secretary of the Mnl hem county fair association, a: I James A lackey, fruit Inspectoi of Malheur county, my thanks are dti" ror each of their time t . motor me about loo miles. Prof. V. 0 llailey. of the public schools, accompanied me Within a radius of thlrtv miles of On tario there ure ItSiSSt acres of html under irrigation or under projects to water it Twenty acres will keep :'u cows the year roll lid tl; mi in Is on the Snske river, tho dividing line here between Oregon and Idaho. Klve rivers enter the Snake river within fifteen miles of Ontario. These rivers an the Mal heur, Owyhee, Payette, Welser and Holse. Kuch has a separate valley containing thousands of acres ..f land under irrigation, with Onlai lo city of iatSi n '"' rental of the six Rail roaiU run into SI b valley and the .list ... s Horn I'oitiand to Ontario is 444 miles Some of the farmers aie cutting then second crop of alfalfa hay this veil From five to eight tons In the a.i. ., ear is an averai-'e Within u radius of tweutv miles ol Ontario 1 66.000 ions annually Of this hay is harvested. While alfalfa ba) avei- ttges $5 a ton when -old II ba) diii firman claim thai II !" ingi laam (-' Ion when Id to milch co.. is PS alfalfa pasture Horn M..nh lo Noveinhei For dairvinn i.utposes the alfaBa is cut four limes a v.-ar Aasraa M Laaaay tsa SSI laai as thirti-slx acres. While A. K lliown irgsj an average of XV tons to the MM for four years Malheur county will send I MM county exhibit to the state fair Albeit Tofler How Ioiik has ii been since you took a walk over Outarlo. Take one this . wiling and lOtlM the appcaiance of the city. The flowei gardens are fai more nuiueious this year than any preceeding year, and the rMSI VgU Oniaiio can hold a rose show In an other year. PLAN GAMBLING AT PANAMA. Earl ef ahrswsbury Proposes 8cond Monts Carlo st Csnsl. London. The Casino Nsclonal de Panama company, limited, with the Karl of Shrewsbury and Talbot as chairman, which proposes to start a second Monte Carlo at Panama, gives su alluring description of the wonder ful gambling and amusement resort It Intends to launch. The company Is to acquire 250 acres of hind anil to operate under a charter "Insuring absolute freedom frm sll Interference for a erlod of twenty live yenrs," according to the promises of Its prosMetus. but no statement la made of what authority Is to give the charter and to Insure the freedom from Interference. The casino Is to Include most of the attractions of Monte Csr h a big hotel, an orchid garden, which will lie one of the wonders of the world: a bathing pavilion, pigeon shoot ing, tennis grounds, golf courses snd, principally, the gambling hall. Panama Is advertised as a splendid IttAM ......., .. l.t... iaaMAaMi .. oi ' w.ni.-i I iii.'I I, .....- ..in. mri. Will have twenty-four hours to spend on land while the steamers traverse the csnsl. thus Insuring a constant patron age Prntlts to the stock holders must he large, hci'ittiac the roulette tables will be run on a system giving the bank a much larger percentage of prof Its than the Monte Curio company get from the piny there forty per cetit dividends on the t4 shares are predicted by the prosaH-ti. MODEL CHILD LABOR LAW. Industrial Board Would Put Littls Workors Under Ststs Burssus. Philadelphia. The members of the Pulled States commission on industrial relations are discussing a plan for state bureaus In look after the welfare of working Children of school age The commission Intends to present It at all the bearings It holds throughout the country with a view of recom mending a model law for the states. The proposed bureau would main tain a school census and enforce regu larity of attendance, Issue licenses to minors eligageil in street trades. Issue employment certificates and look after the child during the first two years In Industry, establish vocational guidance work to til Industrial conditions of a community, help the child to get placed In Its chosen Industry, look after ttie delluiuenl. defective and dependent and take charge of the medical Inspec tion service of the schoola. HE DIED IN PRISON, WITH PARDON ON WAY Vatoran Wis Reading "Hone ttard Bound" When End Came. Kausss City. Mo. - Dsvld Truss, eighty two years old, a life termer in the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing, did while a par.li. c was ou the way to hi in Truss served in the Ninety Itrst New Vork In the civil war. Huvlug grub bed a competency from a little farm In Meade county, he left his taiolly for a few mouths and went lo the Kansas Did Soldiers' home at )sge City Oil his return from a visit to town BBS day Truux brought with him a pint of whisky. He put the bottle in bin .oat IHieket, hung the coat In il l mi- and went luto the barracks While he was gone two of bis cronies drank all the whisky and replaced (he empty bottle. When he discover!! the duply bottle lie became mad with rage He got ail old army pistol and killed one anil wi .on. led the other. One of IBS "" " was killed instantly and the other crip pled lor life TrtUI was tried for mur der, conyl.ted ami sentenced, to the Kiiiis.i--. penitentiary foi i llfl term When Major IV, L Urowi M ap uoiuti d to ihc I....U.I ot control ba o"k a special batereal Is tan Mavlsts who Mm bans BOeileM sad mbm Is know Truax Intimately Through Ills Inter M Ion I pardon was granted. The pa ier veic inaih-d to the governor, and Truas was taken from the eellrooui and given the freedom of the office He hud he, -ii BSklBg big plans for Ids trip bom.- out r his pen-ion be had saved S1SS '" BBBBIB burial out side the prison cemetery and sent the rest to bis family. Major Brown called In the warden's office to see Truax and found lilui sit ting in an easy chair, apparently dos ing He was dead Ii. Ills lap was I book, "Homeward Bound Col. Koosevelt refused to talk, says a London dispatch. That correspond cut is a liar. Grange Discuases Taxation. Taxation was again the principal subject of discussion ot the meeting of the Malheur County p. .inona grange held Friday at Nyssa, when It wss dec-led to appoint a committee to keep In touch with the expenditure! of the taxpayers' money Such a large mea sure of success has resulted from ten work of the committee that v as ap pointed to secure an equalization of the taxes in this county and It was hoped the same committee would takt up the work, but the members of the old committee pleaded that II would be impossible for them to assume further duties, although pleased with the ap preciation show ii by the grangers for the work already accomplished. The establishing of a county farm also came up again for discussion and I committee appointed to take such measures as should stem necessary to make a county farm a reality In the near future. Compul sory extermination of gophers was il bo brought up and the grange went on record as desiring to do what it could to secure the passage of a law to re quire every farmer to exterminate the gophers on his palce. Mrs. Bobbins of, the extension dr paittuelit of the agi leultilt il college of the state, was the principal speaker during Hie 1st Hirers hour, taking for her snbieet "Domestic Science." a top Ic much appreciated In the large udience. This with the fine liter. m ai.d musical program provide I, made one of the best lecturer's hours that has ever been held at the Pomona, and Mrs. P.. S Dean, who bad char n reived many ougratulatious on the success of her efforts. About twenty-five friends gathered at the home of .lodge and Mrs. (J. l King Tuesday to assure the bride of a hearty welcome to the city. Mr. King and bride arrived TBSBaB) morn ing from Kansas City, und will make their home at the King residence in the northern part of the cty. Tho ArgtiB Joins In wishing them u happy Journey through life TREES CAUSE FRATRICIDE. Forty Year Qusrrsl ef Brothers Ends Fatally. North Beading. Mass.-A forty ywsr ipianel over Umbel in ml came to climax here when Charles Samuel Har ris, a farmer, was shot and Instantly killed by his brother, James, who gave himself up to the BSNMi He said his brothel hud alia. i.e. I him with ail as during an argument iilsnit culling the timber on their laud anil that he shot III self defense According to the statement of .lames Hands to the m.I!.o, the brother, though they bad lived together f" eais, always hud been at odds m . r the disposition of Ihc timber 'hs' went to the lot and felled several an i IMS--, When be returned to the BBBM James met him In the kitchen, and the ancient ipiarrel was renewed. MME. CAILLAUX Photu Mint French trial M by Aii.arlcan I'ruie Anci4ttoat Caillaux, wife of a former minister of finance, placed on ondsy for killing s notsd Paris editor A '-MBjAhh ' . C-4ff --Ito ) k? Jfa