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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1914)
ON TARIO The Future Metropolis of Eastern Oregon The Banner Wool Market for the Interior of Oregon wfet i& t$m. The Ontario Argus leads in Prestige, merit, and Circula tion. Watch us grow The Produce from 15,000,000 acres is marketed from On tario each year e Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County. VOLUME XVIII ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1914. NO. 38 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Thraugntut the State During the Patt Week. Fall Fishing Season On. Astoria. The fall tinning season an the Columbia river baa opened and every cannery on the lower rlrer, with the eicepUon of thoae at Altoena and Pillar Rook, will be In operation, while the cold storage plants will handle flah also, but probably on a limited acale. The prlrea which are to bo paid for raw riah are aa foltowa: Bllvorala'es S cents a pound, dog aalmon I conta each, ateelheada 8 renin a pound, tul llea and fall chlnooka 1 Vs cents a pound. Demented as Result of Exposure. Koaeburg. Edward Peudura, an employ of a telephone company In Portland, la hero la a demented con dition. Peudura waa on a hunting trip In the Camae valley district, with aome rompanlona. when ono night, be coming 111, he aroae from hla bed and wandered Into the wooda. Mia com panions searched for blm all night, and found him aome time the next day In a aerlous condition, due to expos ure. Immigration Will Be Pushed. Salem. With a view to Inducing 1m migration from the oaat and middle went, the Salem Commercial Club la making arrangementa to launch a let terwrltlng campaign. The plan la to have rasldenta In the city and sur rounding country writ lettars to their relatives and frlenda, describing the country's climate, resources and ad vantages, and urging luvut to visit uus section with a view of locating. Cage Laid en Sunday Pay Pastor. Dallas The woman of the Baptist church of this city have laaugurated a novel plan to assist In the payment of the pastor's aalary. Bach woman member of the church having chick ens will contribute sll the eggs her hens lay on Sunday These will be turned over to a committee who will aell them, turning the caab Into the church treaaury to be applied on the minister's salary. BY-PRODUCTS PUN ASSURED Northwest Delegates at PertlsncTMsst and Indorse Recommendation. Portland. A central organisation of a cooperative characater for the by products lnduatry In the northwest Is now assured. Representatives from practically nil of the fruit and vege table producing districts of Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, to gether with representatlvea of a ma jority of the canneries and evaporat ors in operation In thoae states, at a meeting held In the Portland Comaaer ciul Club rooms. Indorsed, without a dissenting vote, the plan of the by product committee appointed by the lubt National Apple show. The final report of ths committee was In effect that regularly appointed delegates should moot In Spokane dar ing the National Appl ahow thla fall, and at that time abould form a con tra! organisation which would act In an advisory capacity to districts seek ing the establishment of plants, em ploying experts in thla work, and would provide a common selling agency for all auch institutions Includ ed In the association. It weald nave among its functions the slaadssaillin of the grade and pack of by-products and would plny an Import at pert In establishing the lnduatry in wnya. One Idaho Race In Doubt. Boise Failure on the part of coun ties to report the complete prlaaary election returns, In most Instances' be cause election officials locked up the ballots and records before posting them for the convenience of the pub lic, practically tiea up the definite re sult of the race between Jonea, Mc Cracken, Johnson snd Kerl for the re publican nomination for congress. Addison T. Smith undoubtedly gets one of the nominations for this posi tion snd Jones la now in the lead for the other. BERLIN OBJECTIVE OF 20 ARMY CORPS 800,000 Russitns, Under Grind Duke Nicholas, Started for German Capital. Petrogmd. Declaring that Austria In no longer a factor In the war. Lieu tenant Oenoral Yanushkovltch, chief of the Russian general staff an nounced that the main object of the Russian offensive, the capture of Ber lin, has been laltlated. While ha refused Information re gardlng the plana, he atated that the armies selected for the Invasion of the Herman empire, under the direct personal oommand of the Orand Duke Nicholas, hsv already started on their march. They will number 20 army corps of the ftret regular line of the active army, about 100,000 men. With all rt eaatern Qallcla domlnat ed by the Ruaalans, and the Austiian Oerman Invasion of Russian-Poland checked, It Is expected that the Rus sian armlee will move In a solid line toward the first chain of the defenaes along the Oder river, where It la ex pected the Oermana will make their first real atand. Of the total Auatrlan forcea In Oall ela probably IK army corps at leaat four army corps of 200.000 men have been practically put out of action, any how for some time, and 160 of their 00 guna captured. Ruaala la now able to detach con alderable forcea to Lublin and the prospect la that thla will probably force the Auatrlan main army to fall back on the atrong fortreeaea of Pry seanysi, Jaroalau and Cracow, where by the Russians will recover those parts of Poland occupied by the Au striatic and the fertile eastern part of Uaik-la up to ibe reruetuutue. ' Contracts at U. of O. Are Let. Bugono. The contract for the frac tion of the new administration build ing at the University of Oregon waa let to the Boyajohn-Arnoid company, of Portland, for l760 The contract for the rebuilding of the heating eye tern on the oampua waa let to the Kendall Heating company of Portland, and that for the plumbing In the new building to Flegsl, hong a Co., of Springfield, for IS1W Evaporator at Hood River. Hood River. The Hood River Vine gar company, that now manufacturea about 100 curloada of elder and vine gar each year, will erect a large apple evaporating plant in connection with the vinegar factory. It la expected to build the evaporator with enough ca pacity to care for all tin- apples of the cooking and Q grades us well as the regular elder apples. Baker Pioneers Celsbrate. Baker. The flrat Pioneer day cele bration ever held In Baker county was held at Halfway, In Pine Valley, at a largely attended and notable gathering of pioneers, many of whom came to Baker county In the early 60'a, when the lure of gold caused cities of from (000 to 10.000 to spring up in a day and to wither almost aa quickly. RUSSIAN COMMANDER Orand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the Russian armies, oper ating agalnat Austria and Germany. (r B L-f Jfr r MALHEUR COUNTY FAIR SHOWS GREAT IMPROVEMENT Is Being Made in All Lines Since the Fairs Were Started. MORE CORN THIS YEAR Years Combined State Officials Speak Highly of Ex hibits in all Departments. ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS (From Tueaday's Daily) Malheur County's Fifth Annual Fair opened today with the brightest pros pects of any ever held. The weather is ideal and the track in ftne ahape. In the big pavillion there is an educa tional cxhibtion that would be a credit to a atate fair. It ia not only a targe exhibit, but it is a very meritorious one and the schools are receiving much praise for the interest shown. The community exhibits are more than double that of any previoua year and the quality of the products is the best ever shown. For decorationa the interior of the main building ia covered with stalks of corn in all ahapea and aisea and it ia certainly very appropriate when one consider the vaat amount of corn that waa grown in thia aection this season. Some of the com shown here will take prizes at Salem, as no other part of the state can equal it. For fruits there is by far the best and moat varied exhibit of any year and it certainly makes one swell with pride to know they are living in a aec tion capable of producing such erfect specimens. In the horse department all of the old exhibitors are there with animals that will pleaae all who see them. Frank Howardis there with a string of big and little ones that are certainly good. The chickens and pets are of a better grade than usual, showing the owners are profiting by the experience gained in previous years. The unusual number of hogs shows the greatly increased interest in that kind of stock and the quality ia up to Htandard. The sheep men are here with the best they have and it is easy to see why the sheep of this section always command top prices. The cattle are attracting much at tention, especially that 28 pound butter cow. Have you seen her? As an educator there is nothing like a county fair, where there ia auch a lui).'. collection of the best, with men in charge who are proud of their euc ce and pleased to tell all who are in terested how they obtained the results. (From Wednesday's Daily) The first day at the fair was full of entertainment for those who were there. The starters were fortunate in get ting the horses "IT without any tedious waits ami the finishes were closa, com ing in in a bunch and they made good time. The way the bunch from Cheyenne jini:.i-il in and kept things going show ed what can be expected during the fair. They have men with them who are capable in any of the wild west acts and they are always ready to put them on and prevent any waits. Whin you look over the events for today ) OH will ee that the managers are going to give you something better today and for tomorrow there is a still better bill. The wild horses are there and they will try to ride some of them today and more will ride tomorrow, Thursday. II, at main'buildiiig ia a treat to any one who taken an interest in any of : rtmenU, as it is full of good i- to look at and eat. '1 ! tir.,t impression rie Kets on cn liie builuti.g is lavorable ami the THAN IN ALL PREVIOUS IMPROVING EACH DAY OF MEET longer you stsy there the more interest- : ing it becomes. In the children department we linil pleanty of intereat. The exhibit of about everything raised on the farm or in the garden by the ThompNon boy i certainly an eye opener for some of these who never raiae anything on the farms. These boys are grand-children of Wood Thompson, who lives on the edge of town and they have a very ftne lot of stuff and auch a variety as is sel dom seen in the average garden. There i the in. ill houae, fully furnished built by the children, the hay derrick, with full equipment and a score of others just aa intereating and ahowing how the little ones are being prepared to make the next generation better than the preeent. (From Thursday's Daily) The weather man has not been very kind to the people who are trying to hold a fair here thia week, but he has promised to do better and the managera are confident they will have a few daya of good weather so that the people can get here and take advantage of the un usually fine lot of exhibits in the sever al departments. While the track was sloppy Wednes day it did not inter fere with the Wild West stunts snd the crowd was well re paid for the time they spent at the track. The promiae that the wild horses were all buckers was redeemed wit)) interest, becsuse every one of them put up a fight that was epusl to anything ever seen at any wild west show. The rop ing and trick riding were esiecially good. There is another tine Miring of wild horses to be tried out Thursday and they can be depended upon to make the riders work some before they will sub mit to the saddle. If the track will permit there will be some good harness race and also sad dle races. W. T. Clement and assistants have made a splendid improvement in the chicken house. The judges are working on the cake and pastries and nay that they are find ing some awfully good eats and the way they take generous samples carries con viction with their estimate. There is one plate of perfect Jonath an- there, exhibited by Mr. Curnetix the nurseryman, and in the Boulevard exhibit there is a plate of Grime Colil en that are perfect. The Sonathans would be entitled to the sweepstakes for the beat plate on exhibition. The judges have been busy at the fair ajie many of the deparments have been judged and the ribbons placed. The horses are being judged this morning and the judges have a job on their hands aa there ia keen competition for the honors of the ribbons. CATTLE DEPARTMENT The cattle are also being judged to day and we wish to call attention to some of the especially good stuff being shown. M D. Kelly has 17 head of his range herd there, they are Hereford, with a registered bull and several cow a the parent stock and the young stuff show that the Oregon climate and native grasses is doing much for the imported blood. Mr. Stone has a polled Durham bull that is a line animal. (Continued on Page s) NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO I Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Citlea In Our State War Halts Rsllwsy Desl. Boise. The European war tempor srlly has delsyed closing negotiations for the financing of the Butte, Boise A Ssn Francisco Railroad, articles of In corporation for which have been filed and which when completed, will give an outlet from the northwest territory to tidewater at San Francisco connect Ing Boise, Unit.' and the California metropolis by rail. This Is the later mation given out by Is O Leonard, who haa just returned to Boise from a business trip In the Interest of the road to New York. The fact that Kngllsh as well as American capital la behind the Hut to. Boise A Ran Prsnclsco became in ,. sfter Msnager Leonard' return. For yearn he ha been busy gathering do tailed data in connection with the ton nage In the Interior territory of thl slate, aouthern Oregon ami northern California the road propose to lap snd lis had the route surveyed and cross surveyed. 1918 Fair Kxhlblt Bsnt. Welser. The first shipment of fruit from Washington county for dl pluy st the Psnutna Pacific Kxposltlon si Han Francisco hn been sent to BoImc. whole an expert will arrange it for the big show. Only a Minall shipment was made al thl time unit It consisted chiefly of prunea and peaches Washington county will be well rep resented ul the exposition, according to Secretary Fuller, of the commercial club, who has change of gathering the exhibits. Many varieties of grulu and grasses and other producta of the valley have been received and era be ing prepared for shipment. Trust Deed For $400,000 Filed. Sund point A trust deed for MOO, 000 wss filed here by the Internstlonal Portland Cement company of Hpokune In Savor of the Norlhweat Trust and s.ifi MepuMt company of Seattle. The deed covers 32 sheets and Is virtually a first mortgage to secure a bond I aue of 1400,000. The plain of (he com pany al Trent, near Spokane, cover ing 4.37 acre and 11 lime placer claims ul Lakevlew, Idaho, together with all equipment of every nature la Included In the document The iaaue of bonds wa authorised at a meeili.f, of (lie stockholder August and the lln-li inn. i.l executed September I. McRaa Defeats Taylor. Wallace According to ths official count the sensational race between A I Mcltue and James II Taylor for tin republican nomination of commission er from (he third district went to Mc PRINCE RUPPRECHT Prlncs Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, commander of one of ths German armies invading France. i & Br jImF-uB affV' v WPwfm PMp ' . BJ gM!V ' w RUSSIANS REPORT ENEMY DESTROYED Sweeping Victories Over Aus trian's in Galicia and Russian Poland Are Claimed. Potrograd In a statement Issue' by the Rusalan headquarters staff, It Is said that ths battle of Oallcla In drawing to an end, after 17 daya of fighting, and that the Ruaalans ate pursuing the enemy. Operatlona cul minating In the victories of Kraanlk and Tomosgow, Russian Poland, are described. One report saya that ths Austrian aruiy lius oeeu uestroyeU. "Over the entire front It has sur rendered," ssys the dispatch, which continues: "The first Austrlsn army, command ed by Oeueral Auffenburg, lost 300 of fleer Htid :'y inn. men and 400 eannnn wune ium eecotiU army lost lu pri oners alone 600 offlcera and 70,000 sol dlers." Statements from official Russia sources Indicate that on completion of (he operations around I'nemyal and Crucow, (liillrla, (he Russian forces will march directly (oward Vienna. Oilier reports say that 120,000 prts oner. Im-luillng lift officers, were captured, and that (he (wo Austrian armies are surrounded, with the sur render of both Impending. The total Austrian and Oermaa force exceeded 1.0110,000 man with :'..nn gun, that Is, more (hsn 40 dl vImIoiis of Infantry, II divisions of cav alry, reinforced by soveral Oernian dl visions. Aviators' Death. Are 80. Purl.- The totsl number of aero plane pilot killed thua fur In the war I estimated ,.i so, divided among the belligerents as follows- Russia. IS; French. 12. Kngllsh. 4; Oermaa, IK. This does not taks Into consideration pilots and crewa of dirigibles, of which many have been reported destroyed MAY DISCUSS PEACE TERMS Statement of Terms Awaits Agreeabls Word Prom Kaiser. Washington The knowledge thst 1 inper.it William has been consider Ing for severs) days s message from the United Htalea government Inquir ing, In effect, whether Germany was di -si n,us of discussing peace measures st official and diplomadc Washing (on on (he alert for s possible ei . ii.iini- of peace terms betweeu bel llgerellts. NotwithMtuiidlng the vigorously phrased statement through official chi'iinel lust week dial (Jreut llrtlaiii, rruuee and Russia would not make pi ,u until (hey had decisively de feated (iermaiiy, It was admitted In many quarter here thai a favorable i from Kmperor William to the A mil e an govenneut's Inquiry might change the entire aspect of the situs Hon Such a reply, It waa agreed, would set (he machinery for peace making in motion, even (hough hoatll ith .i might not cease, the discussion of peat e terms beginning through the Ami rieitii government In (he hope (hut some i oiiiiiiou ground might be found for an acceptance by the belligerents of I'reildent Wilson's original tender of good offices, looking toward media lion Students of the agricultural college an- active In editing and publishing fie college publications, as follows The liarometer, the Oregon Couutry man. the Student Engineer, the CI Journal and the Orange. Not only are the ordinary expeuaea of publishing met by the students themselves through subscriptions, advertising and otherwise, but the oost of Illustrating them Is also a part of (he legitimate expenses of publishing. Salem constitutional lawyera say (bat (he universal eight-hour law to be voted upon by the people at the coming election, even though It ahould be approved, would be held uuconsti (utlouul by the courts. They declare thai a clause In It bringing certain railway employee within II provision t r-.-. panne upou an act of congress re luting (o (he hours of lubor of such employes, and (hat clause, not being sepal aide from the remainder of the bill, would make It void lu Ks entirety