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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1914)
THIS IS A WHITE NNTCCMNIN Vale Uses Cheap Foreign Labor for Improvements ONTARIO OSES WHITE LABOR From nil indications the year 1915 will eclipse all iTBTloue building and Improvement years for Ontario. David. Wilson In now planning another bean xlful block to be trertcd next um tnar. T. ft. Moore, who In now finish ing; two good store rooms north of the Carter house will make extensive Im provements next year. He plana to cover all his real estate, holdings In he city with substantial buildings. Doyer Uroa. Co., will build a three Bt'-ry modern business building on 'their corner South of the First Nation al Hank. They will also raise there preeent store room another story and build It all back to the alley and make It the beat store room In Snake River alley. Adam Co., will cover their lots on Main atreet with at leaat a two story bnlldlng. J. R. Blackaby will cover his main atreet holdings with a aubetantlal Dullness buildings Alei lochoad will build a modern apartment house of large propor tions on the corner he recently pur chased In the Hobson block. Walter Glenn will erect a modern two ttory and basement rooming house of brick construction on hla lots near the old opera house. The Ontario National llank people have under consideration the enlargement of the Carter House ao It will be three stories high and ex tended to the ally doubling Its present alae. In addition to these business houses there will be at least a hundred substantial dwellings erect- ad In the city These will vary In price from u few hundred dol lars for the modest bungalows to thousand for the more pretentious homes In addition to the ubove pri vate buildings In the city, Ontario contemplates a complote water eys lom when completed will put soft Snake river water In every home In Ontario. This work alone will cmpl" a large force of men for a whole year. We wish the laboring men all over the county to take notice of the Mliow Htllleliielil. lis (Malta will '"'- iiIhIi enough lubor next year to ac commodate them all. Scores of car penters, cement men, bricklayers, plasters, painters, etc, will be needed as well as hundreds of NUN labor ers. It Is the iiollcy of the city or Ontario and Ontario business ma to employ none but white labor, in con trast to this Vale now has a hoard of dagoes at work on the llully Creek Project above Vale. They can employ them for l"s wanes than the white man and besides they will do what Vale wants thorn to do, cast a dirty Illegitimate ballot for Vale for the county seat. Mr. Laboring man you should ponder well before you voto '.on the county seat question. Should I Vale win It means nothing to you. I There will bo nothing doing In the way of Improvement. Should Ontario win It will mean work enough for every tradesman and common laborer In the county. You homesteaders all over the county ahould think well before you vote. Most of you need employ ment a portion of each year. If On tario wins you will be able to get It If Vale wins you will get It In the neck for If they employ any laboring men they will employ dagoes because they can get them a few oents cheaper. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON To the Voters I have not been able to meet many of you personally, ao Uke this means of Informing you that I am again a candi date for representative In the Harney Malheur district. You sent me to Salem to represent you in the Mil General Assembley, and I would act again as I acted then, i.e. , vote on each measure to the best of my .....i.TfttmiHlmir and according to judge ment and conscience I have no great lot of promises out and will agree to only one thing; that is to do my best for the district and stata. Whether you vote for me or not, I Hhall request you to vote for No. 801 on the ballot, that number covers a con titutional amendment that will permit the state to aid worthy reclamation projects, thus bettering the conditions of the citixens of such projects and ad ding immeasurably to the taxable value .. ,u.. ..,.. Sin iiikiiv voters will be tired of marking on amendments that they may oveilook something of impor tance; don't overlook No. :W6; every man and woman in Eastern Oregon should vote for 't. pd. adv. W. K. HOMAN. Considering the number of expensive proJccllleH fired without effect. Kurope may well begin to grumble over the hi.ii cost of murder. Dumper chops without market facili ties have sent more farmers stagger h, duttii the back alleys of agricul ture than all the ! and drought that have ever cursed the natlou. 740 STUDENTS ENROLLED AT STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSAL 8 HOUR LAW A MENACE TO THE STATE I'lllverslty of Oregon. F.ugene, Ore., (Sp.ilali Seven hundred and forty Htud.ni. hart natal arri la the i ni- Vaiatt) of Oregon since college opened aatamaaf ' '-m aaartat murks an In. raaM Of 50 over the registration of thin time lust year. The figures mentioned ubove Include oi.lt the htu.lents enrolled for nil. nt work In HM College of Arts and rf t ,..,.. llesldes these 740 resident Indents llier.- mum ndd.d H stud ontM in tb afaoal department a Portland, Ml 1" the law .lepurtmeiit, II.' correHpon.leiice studv students. BM students in the music department, :,.", students In the . xteiislun classes and lit lu Ihe summer school This giv.s a total of l71 and shows that the grand Increase lu enrollment for the I nlvcrslty since this date last year Is over tvvciitv ill bulf per cent; both on the campus nml outside an Increase is noted lu every Item Malheur lounty scuds five to the nivmtty. Taaj are i:mi niackabv, Uirue BlaOkaki St.rltiiK Spelluian and Teresa fox, of Ontario; and Chas. Crandall, of Vale. EIGHT DIVISIONS IN FRANCE Carl Kitchener Takes Country Into Confidence In Speech. London- Speuktug In the house of lords Field Marshal Karl Kitchener revealed (be M length of the llrtttbh expeditionary force lu France and de acrlbed what he believed must be doue to assure a sucoeesful issue of the conflict A steady flo of retulorce nicnis was required, he said There were already lu France, ho aald, more than six dlvlsious of Brit ish Infantry and two divisions of cav alry which were being maintained at their full Blrviigth Further regular divisions and additional cavalry were being orgunUed from units drawn from overseas garrisons which were now being occupied by territorials aud volunteer. A division of territorials already had left for Egypt, a brtgude ' had gone to Malta aud a garrison force to Gibraltar A universal eight-hour law such us Ho one proposed by those who are responsible for placing on the ballot In the coining election amendment 320 uud :i21 Is manifestly unfair to the state of Oregon aud dangerous In Its subsequent development. lender a stringent eight houi law such as Is proposed. It will cost the average furiner and business man fifty pet cent more to produce the same results as are being produced now at the present cost. This fifty per cent extra will uimuestloutbly have to be added to the cost of Oregon's products aud in competition with the products of neighboring states not handicapped by such drastic legislation, the products of the state of Oregon will cut a sorry figure in the markets of the north west when the price Is considered. Legislation such as this, Is not for the Individual state to pass, but should be handled nationally placing all stales on the same basis as far as houra of labor are concerned Kconomlcully the passage of the proposed eight hour law would work a tremendous hard ship on the future development of Ore gon and it Bhould he defeated decisive it on November third, and It will be defeated If those who are opposed to It will not manifest indifference on election day but will go to the polls aud vote no on 321. AUTO IS A PEW EMPTIER Woman Pastor Autonoi Keep Folk From Church. Noblesrvllle, lud--ln a tenuoo deliv ered at a latoa meeting on the court houae lawu the Hev Gertrude Ueluier, pastor of toe Friends' church, attrtbut d toe small attendance at churches) In the summer to the automobile. "The BIOBta It seems to me," ahe said, would rather spin over the coun try lu their machine, regardless of the danger Mild dust than to attend church and hear the XMsl eXKuuded a reeult we preacher usually speak to empty pews on but days, while at leaat two-third Of tag population of the country W whirling through '"" rural districts. proiH-.li'd by gasoline power. ftth UO el'.c t in view irfcewpt pieasur." Two hundred acres of timber land lire aald to have burned over In the Siuslaw foreata. The First Hapllst church. Independ ent, and the Immanuel Baptist church at Baker, have decided to merge. Joint property Is valued at $13,000. Taxes In Oregon which are declared delinquent on September 1 will Buf fer a penalty of 10 per cent It Is de clared It Salem. Fifty thoiuand steelhpad trout wet placed In tht streams In the vicinity of Dufur. They wero obtained from the Bonneville hatchery. Ban has been placed on all unmux sled dogs by the Ashland city council and tlO will be required to get dogs out of pound. Cows and hogs and even rabblta are aid to have died In considerable num ber In Pleasant Valley, presumably as a result of the severe beat Walter Simpson, homeeteadefSS miles south of Burns was Instantly killed when a bucket fell on him while he was at the bottom of a well. The auto of C. J. Pugh was caught by the tide and carried out to sea at Cannon Beach. Mr. Pngb had a nar row escape, He leaped out of the car just In time. The Hammond Lumber company of Astoria may he affected by a threat of the Hindu employes to quit work to return to India to Join In a revo lution against Great Britain. Prises aggregstlng MOO will be given at bsnd concerts at Oresham, bauds from Multnomah county and eastern part of Clackamas county to take part. On a warrant from Coos Bay sec tlon charging him with a recent bnnk robbery Walter 8. Peaslee waa arret ed st Valley station, by Sheriff W. la Woodsrd and Deputy Kelllng. Miss Anna Quick, dsughter of the tea recorder of St. Helens, It nctlng n her father's absence, and sb- de clares she will give liquor offenders the limit when passing sentence. Portland, Ore., waa chosen as the city for the 1916 convention of the supreme lodge of Knights of Pythias, at the concluding session of the l'yth Ian convention at Winnipeg. Canada The John Dy valley It experienc ing a grasshopper storm. They start mostly In the foothills of the moun tains and descend, taking all of the vegetation clean as they advance. State Printer Harris has completed the printing of the second edition of the 1913 session laws, this being tie cessary because the first edlilou of 480 was exhausted This time too copies were printed. Preparations are being made to have this year's Pacific International stock show at North Portland to eclipse ull previous records In Impor tance. The show will be held Decem ber 7 14 at the stockyards. I'artles from the 1'iupquu say thut there tins beta a fair run of salmon up to the preeent this season. The fishermen held a meeting there re celitly and raised the price of salmou sold to the canneries to 3fcc per pound. McKees Flat, 12 miles west of Con don, Is infested with grasshoppers as bad as they were In Kausas many years ago. Farmers fesr a total de struction by grasshoppers uext year. The same condition Is reported on Pint Creek, lending to Condon. At a meeting of the Lane County Farmers' Protective association In Kugene several thousand Bob White quail will be asked for from the state game farm, to eat bugs that are rav aging the beau and corn crops in thlt county. Seventy accidents, one fatal, were reported to Labor Commissioner O. P. Hotf during the past week. E. H. Baker of Iee. was the victim of a railroad train at Dee and there wert more accidents In railroad work than In any other. Orape growers about Hermlston art all rejoicing. The crop there hat al ways been a good one, but thlt year It promises to even beat anything yet Flame Tokays, Muscats, Thompson Seedling. Worden and Concord vine art ail carry lug every pound possible Of fltie big hunches That there Is a strong sentiment In Roeeburg toward boudlng the city for tknn n. in to aid the construction of a railroad to the coast is shown by tht fact that 760 voters slgued tht Initi ative petitions authorizing an election on tht proposed amendment. Only 1(0 signatures were required. With about 20 orchardlsts of the valley a members, the Hood Hirer Fruitgrowers' Exchange ha been for mally organised and paper of Incor poration have been sent for filing to the secretary of state. A contract of affiliation has been signed with tht Northwtttern Fruit Exchange, of Portland. OraMbopper are playing havoc with th crop at the farm of tht State Inane asylum. Dr R. B. Lot Stelner. superintendent, ha reported to the state board of control that the pests virtually have destroyed th po tatc crop and that they are damaging other crop He say th insect art af the Kansas variety. Just Received A Large Express Shipment of: SILKS The Newest Styles and Patterns Let Us Show You Our Line Malheur Mercantile Co. ONTARIO. OKEGON a r I NEW PLYMOUTH MAKING MANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS Some fine building improvement are being made at New Plymouth. In town and In the nearby country. Roy White, the hardware dealer here, I building a strictly modern 6-room bungalow In town, at a cost of about $2500. The bouse Is of pretty design and will have almost every known oon vninr on the Ulterior. John A. and Arnold Ackerman are doing the car penter work and Jamet F. Drltcoll Just finished the plastering. The Catholic Society Is having built In New Plymouth a new parish house ui cost about 11300. It is being built just east of the Catholic church, and will be of the bungalow type and modern In every way. John A. and Arnold Achman are doing the car peuter work. Rev. Father Vanderberg. who has been In charge of the parish here and at Payette, leaves toon for Philadel phia, where he will locate. It 1 un derstood ltev. Father Fleck of Sleepy Kye. Minn., will be Father Vander berg successor. James Johnson Is building a large modern dairy barn, 20x80 feet, on hla ranch a mile northwet of New Ply mouth. It will accommodate 40 dairy cows, has cemeut floor and gutters, twinging stanchions, etc., and will cost about $l2uii. Lynch Phillips this fall will build on their ranch a mile southeast of New Plymouth, a dary barn 70 feet long, with accommodation for 20 cow. Tht barn will be built ao It can easily b enlarged when necetary. Inch Phillip are now milking 12 cow, but everal more will become fresh soon. They have 41 head of dairy stock. Including helfert and calves Thty recently sold 80 hogs with an average weight of 219 pounds, at $7.16 per hundred or $1262.68. They now have on the ranch 176 hoga, In cluding the little pus. O. W. Bwlnderman of Sweet oougnt the E. B. Trematn barber ehop, and took poealon a few day ago. Mr. Treuialn ha gone to Boise to locate. LADIES House Dresses Just received a shipment of these dresses in fine Percales and Ginghams. They are modestly priced as follows :: :: :: :: $1.18. $1.48. $1.68 and $2.28 Size from 36 to 46 See Our Windows for the styles THREE DOORS SOUTH OF POSTOFFICE Golden Rule Store Ontario, Oregon ILLITERACY AMONG ORE GON RURAL POPULATION Do you prefer the old court house at Vale or a modern building at On tarl with ample vault room to protect your records, The need of more and better rural schools lu Oregon 1 made manifest by condition revealed In a recent census report showing the per centage of Illiterate among the native white farming class of tht state. The figures show that the per centage of illiteracy in the rural district of Oregon 1 three time as large as that In the cities and villages of the state. Oregon has 10.504 illiterates and 7.133 of them live on the farms. There are 5,042 boys and men and 2,091 girls and women on the farm of this state that can neither read nor write. VOTE NO OR LOOK FOR HIGHER TAXES The amount of taxes collected from the people of Oregon thlt year will total $24,000,000. The net value of the crops produced this year la esti mated at $80,000,000. If the farmer of the state are not alive to th altua tlon, November 3, and get out the votw against the proposed $1500 taxation- exemption their pleat against hign taxation In the future will be deserv ing of little consideration. The farm er, if the exemption passes, may ex pect an Increase of from 30 to 60 per cent In taxation a oon as the la becomes operative.