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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1914)
ONTARIO The Future County Seat of Malheur County p Railroad, Agricu'tural, and Population Center of County tttei0 Ontario to in the Centre of the Great Snake River Valley Corn Belt. Sh jvm. The Produce from 15,000,000 acre to marketed from On tario each year Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. VOLUME XVIII ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1914. NO. 46 KING CORN IS MARRIED TO QUEEN ALFALFA TOTAL VOTES CAST TOR CANDIDATES The Amendments Snowed Under by Voters. ONLY TWO OUT Of 29 CARRY For V. S. Senator: R. A. Booth, i:i',il, George K. Chamberlain, 19H6; Win llanley, HH8. For Congress: N. J. Sinnot, 1915; Sam Kvans. 1169; U. S. Cleaver. 1022. For (iovernor: James Withycnmbe. 2271; C I. Smith, 1688. HF.PRKSENTATIVE VOTES W F. Homan 1H41I Frank Davey 180.') In Harney Count- Davey's majority waa 576 votea. J. Edwin Johnaon SHERIFF Hen Brown laktri odeii CLERK C. 0. Gilham J. P. Houston TREASURER D. P. Dearborn J. K. Weaver COUNTY SURVEYOR B. F. Farmer J. F. Miller COMMISSIONER E. H. Brumback M. O. Kelley CORONER R. 0. Payne 452 2566 2229 1620 2724 I'M" 2394 2093 1923 2011 2063 3206 COUNTY SEAT QUESTION Ontario Yea, 2359 Ontario No, -36 COUNTY DIVISION Yet No. No. Yei No 1242 2946 2618 1285 2410 174U BRIDGE BOND PROHIBITION ELECTION AFTERMATi: James D. Phelan. democratic as pirant to the United Stalea eenate, waa elected In California. rtioenix. Five thousand waa the n. in by which Arizona banished liquor from the atate. Topeka. Charlea Turtle, republican, la going back to the United Btatea senate from Kanaaa, after an abaence of two yeara, to aucceed Senator Brta tow Mlaa Marian Towne. of Taleut, Jackaon county, will be flrat woman ra. mber of legislature in Oregou. She i a democrat. The republican will have two-thlrda majorities In both houses of the 1915 Vushlngton leglelature. Complete Utah returna give Senator S'noot, republican, a majority of 2727 over James H. Moyle, fuaion. Heturna from every county ahow t it prohibition baa carried Oregon by at leaat 26,000, with each county tlng itself into the dry column. Seattle, Tacoma and Olympiu were u I only cltiea of importance in Wash ington to go wet. Spokane, Belllug luin, Wall Wulla, North Yakima uud Kvcrett all went for prohibition. Lawrence Y. .Sherman, republican, was re eli-eted from Illinois to the (Jolted States senate, defeating Roger C Sullivan, his democratic opponent, by 17,030 voteB The prohibition majority in Wash ington probably will be about 14.000, and the plurality of United Slates leaator Wesley L Jonee, republican, over William W. Black, democrat, probably will reach 45,000. Ole Han son, progressive, ia a close third to Black. Only three of the 29 initiative meas ures on the ballot in Oregon carried These were the measure providing Uiai voters must be full-fledged clti aa, statewide prohibition and the measure providing a means for tbe consolidation of cities and towns. ENTER THE RULE STORE Money and Goodi Are Mis sing Since Then. ONE MAN ARRESTED WITH SUIT Thp Golden Rule store was robbed Home time this morning of some money end other things. Entrance was effected by breaking a window in the rear of the store and when the force arrived this morning it was found that the (Huh register had I n rilled of the rhange left In it and a suit of clothing wan also missed. A store at VVeiser and another at Baker waa also robbed. This afternoon officer Noe found a ho bo with a suit on under hia outside suit and it waa recognized by Mr. Harnett as having been taken from him, but it waa not the one missed. It ia thought there were others in the deal and these will probably be picked up. Night offic er, Burgess did not go home until near ly alx this morning and the theft was committed after that RUSSIANS CROSSING PRUSSIAN FRONTIER Petrogred. The official atatement Issued from general headquarters ays: "On the Eastern Prussian frontier our troops have dislodged the Ger muns from the region of Wlrballen, which was atrongly fortified, and have progressed aa far aa Stalluponeu (16 miles east northeast of Qumblen). In the region of Bomlnten forest and Lyck our troopa continue to press on the heels of the rear guards or tbe enemy. "On the left bank of the Vistula our cavalry has penetrated Qermau terri tory, damaging the railway near I'leachen station, to the northwest of Kaliai. "In Uallcla our troopa are contlnu ing their offenalve movement. In tbe lateat engagementa on the San River we captured 125 officers and 12,000 soldiers, as well aa rapid ftrers and munltlona of war. South of Prsemyal. on November I, we took more than 1000 prisoners." The rapidity of the movement on the battlefields In Poland have been uuequaled since the daya of Napoleon. Deducting the time apent In actual fighting the Russian pursuit has been pressed for more thsn a weea at a rate averaglug 14 mllaa a day over the polish roada. which are heavy after the rainy aeason. Death Penalty Wine In Oregon. Portland. Returna on the amend ment to prohibit the execution of the d.ath penalty lu Oregon Indicate de feat of the measure The majority aa It now stands against the bill la 10t7. BERLIN COUNTS ON VICTORY 3,000,000 Germans and Austrians Reported Redy t0 Cru,h Enemy- i.,,,,!,, . -a u marten to thai oeraan) ami aaatfto-Huaian no bavt ooacaatiated afcoul MeMM Midlers N the UM 'FOB Thorn to Cracow, and this is considered suffi cient to .rush the Raaalaa taran. u a dispatch irom Copenhagen to the Times. The meaMfl continues: Military Uthorlttes daotoW that the result of UM l """ baltle U no1 in doubt and that the Russian army will be completely destroyed. They explain that it ia necessary to allow the Russians to advance to the fron tier in order to prevent them from making a good retreat after their de- taut. The present retirement of the Ger nuuu is necessar, they say, in order to have the railways immediately be hind the army for the approaching main battle." ROBBERS GOLDEN ,The Pomona Grange Corn Carnival the Best Ever Held in the West. Rigby, Davis, Holladay and McKnight only Vale Exhibitors, take no Prizes. Big Bend Carries off the Sweepstakes With 121.68 Bushel Yield. Prof. French, of the Oregon Agricultural College, says it was the greatest corn show ever held in the west, the prizes given by tin-Ontario Commercial Club the most liberal ever offered for a County exhibit. A. G. Kingman, of the Pomona Grange, said: We are more than pleased with the success of the Carnival and realize it will greatly increase the acreage and yield of the county. O. D. Centre, the Illinois com expert, who judged the corn, said: This Carnival has demonstrated that this valley can produce as good corn and as much of it aa any other section. Mr. Tobias, the corn breeder who was awarded the $1000 trophy at the Dallas, Texas, corn show, waa an interested specta tor and gave talks on selection of seed. He has promised us an article for next week. E. C. Roberts, president of the Oregon State Board of Horti culture, waa here. He said he had often dreamed of an earthly paradise, but the Snake river valley was beyond his fondest dream. Your frnit, alfalfa and corn form the greatest money making com bination in the world. J. H. Wolf, the NysBa banker, says he is interested in every thing that will make money for bis depositors and corn is king, when used with alfalfa. Prof. Jas W. Jones, director of exhibits for Idaho at the Pana ma exhibition, made a continuous talk on the excellent quality of the corn exhibited. He also gave a short talk at Dreamland. H. A. Ireland, farm advises of Canyon County, was surprised at the showing made. Lou S. Smith, of the 0. W. R. & N. Company, made a talk at Dreamland and urged the com growers to make an exhibit at the Walla Walla show, assuring them that there is nothing better in the Northwest than was shown here. Mr. Meacham, who has charge of the Eastern Oregon exhibit at the Panama exhibition, was here arranging for an exhibit to be taken to SanFrancisco. He met with the county commissioners and the county will be represented. Prof. Petrie was here from Boise and assisted the judges. . W. R. Shinn, considered the results attained remarkable. An other season more care will be exercised in the selection of Mtd and care of the crop. Varieties will be introduced suited to other sections of the county. A. G.Kingman said the Pomona Grange was more than pleased with the showing. The above remarks are quoted simply low corn Pride of the North seemed to .. -how hw manv nrominent men were be the best suited for this district here to see the show and now it ap pealed to men who have spent yesrs in the busineaa. The flrat corn carnival held in the cou nty has proven a ureal success and the members of the Grange who promoted it ..,! iIih OnLario Commercial Club which furnished the money for the very I liberal prises are both to be congratu lated. It is agreed that the fair will M stim ulate intereet in the growing of corn in this valley that the acreage and yield will be greatly increased and the com bination of alfalfa and corn, with cows and hogs will make this the wealthiest valley in the west. The fruit is an ex cellent side crop, but must haw some thing else to help out on off seasons and the above combination will never fail to make good money to anyone raising them. The exhibition hall was well filled ..,;,!. i,.. i ..ii, tioHhelsumules aid there was an interested crowd during the en- tire two days of the fair. I In addition to the contenders for the j district pries, Fred Pillsbury had samp- ' lesofhis . coin there. It ! the white pearl variety and produces about 87 bushels to the tcre. Clyde Heain, Fred and KalyhConant, of Nyssa, took the prizes offered by the i I busine.-s men for the best exhib- it by the bos from thai distru it The two largest prizes for the Cairo district want to young boys and the third to a man who carne here last fall from Nebraska. Most of the prize winners grew Iowa Silver Mine, white corn, and for a yel- The home grown seed is worth far more to thoae who contemplate planting next aeason than any that can be im ported. The fields from which the corn was taken aggregate 375 acrea and there are no doubt many other growers in the county who could have made a credit utile slu, wini' if thev hail brought in their beat. To compete for the district prizes required ten entries and that kept some out, probably the Brogan and Snake River diatricts ami there were several that wished to come in from Payette, but they could not get the required number. Another year boys corn clubs will be organized in as many school districts as possible and special prizes will be hung up so that all may coihku Harry Lewis was over from the Bench and said that his boy had taught him a good lesson this season in HM growing. He had ten loads of manure hauled MU the ground he p anted and his yield was 80 bushels, while op s.m- ilar ground, without manure, the .eld was only 30 bushels. A. E. Gipson, of the (Jem State Kural uf Caldwell, was here and expressed himself as well pleased with the corn exhibited. J0hn Kigby, Geo. E. Davis, Thomas Hallidayand George McKnight were the only Vale exhibitors at the Poinoi a corn how this week. They took no prices. a few years ja v. hen A. K. Brown was reported to have grown lift bush- els f rom a half acre of corn oa hi- place (Continued on page THE COUNTY BUDGET FOR YEARS EXPENSES! County Judge Wants $1,000 For Automobile. WILL TAXPAYERS STAND TOR IT The following budget has been pro pared by the county court: County court ami commissioners: Sal aries of judge and commissioners $2800, supplies and travelling expenses $1 'AM), total $4000. Automobile for county judge $1000. Circuit court, three terms, $7000. Justice courts, $1000. Sheriff's office, travelling expense $1000. transport at ion of prisoners 'I .on salaries $4300, office expense and sup plies $600, total $7300. Assessers office, salaries $6000, sup plies. $600. total $6600. School superintendent, salary $1000, assistant, $500, traveling expenses and supplies, $600, total $2000. Clerk's office, salaries $4740, supplies $760; total $6600. Treasurer's office, salary $2700, sup plies $ .(Hi. t(:, $3200. School truant officer, salary and ex pense, $300. County sealer of weights and meas ures, salary and expense. $1000. Agricultural advisor, $1600 County veterinarian, salary and ex pense, $600. Widows pension, $2600. Court house, office furniture and im provements, $1000. Current expense, lights, fuel, water, telephone, janitor, IZMKl. Hig Hend bridge, interest on bonds, $1800. Stock inspector, $.100. County physician, $300. County jail, board of prisioners and improvements, $2000. Water master. $2000. Care of poor, $800t. Insane, $200. Fruit inspector, $2000 Coyote scalp bounty. $6000 Bounty on rabbits, $26000 Experimental and poor farm as tit ioiieti for by 1300 petitioners to buy 40 acres at $200 per acre, described as fol lows S.i of S.i of N.E. t See 36 T. 19 K 46, and one and one half miles from Nyssa, Ore., 40 acres, $soon, building and equipment, $7000, total, $16000. For exhibit at Panama Exoaition, $1500. Koa.l districts, $20,000 1)0, Harper bridge, $5000, general road fund balance $15,000.00. Keren. ts other than by direct tax ation, clerks fees, $6000, sheriff's fees, f300, interest on county money, $800, circuit court fines, $2000, uhmI $9100. CALIFORNIA SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE 8au Krunclsco A week of excep tloually warm, clear weather waa fol lowed here Sunday by an ulmoat lin perceptible earthquake. Open doors In downtown buildings swung slightly. The disturbance was felt by the trans bay region, Including Oakland, Alameda uud Herkeley, and ut tiuu Jose, It miles down the peninsula. Aceording to I'rofessor Charles Uurckhaller. in charge ot ihe CtaBOl Observatory of the University of Call fornltt, ut Herkeley. the dlsturbam e was local in character und vas what is known as a number four" earth quake, which ia a minor one. I.os Angeles. -A alow, trembling earthipiuke shock rattled houses und Vln40WS heie at about 3:40 P, M Sun day. It caused severul persons to tel ephone the police that their safes bad b en blown. Many persons liviiiK in lightly con btrueled buiiK.ilows described Hie w bration us rolling and of sufficient force to cans, (lined doors to bprinn open and all t balanced objecta to topple OVel .COMMERCIAL CLUB IN SPECIAL SESSION The Recent Campuiffn Dis cussed by Member MISREPRESENTATIONS UNFAIR There was a special meeting of the Commercial Club on Friday evening, called for the purpose of completing ar rangements for the Corn Carnival. Mr. Doolittle explained the plans of the committee having the Corn Carni val in hand and stated that it would re quire about five hundred dollars for ex penses Mr. Bailey gave more details of the amusement features provided by the schools. Others spoke of the work the mem bers of the (Srange had been looking after and the yields of over a hundred bushels ol dry corn produced by several of the growers who would exhibit here. Donations to meet the expenses were enlled for and In a few minutes the amount was raised. Committees were apwlnted to look after some of the detail work of the Carnival. The question of county seat removal was discussed and all were of the opin ion that Ontario had done well in the preliminary skirmish we had recently for the removal. it was brought out that Vale had more men working in Jordan Valley precinct alone, than Ontario had in the whole county and it was also shown how some thirty thousand dollars was put in circulation by the Vale boosters. The results in the several precincts were discussed and the methods used, show ing what friends had aent in accurate information of conditions. Much time was devoted to a discuss ion of what was best to be done with tbe thirty thousand dollars raised by bond sale for the new Court House. The bonds were voted with the provis ion that the money was to be used for u court house, if the voters favored the removal of the county seat to Ontario, so that it will be necessary to have an other vote to determine this point. A number of those present advised the erection of the building at once, while others favored the cancellation of the bonda and action lsking to a water system or the building of some indust rial plants, with the belief that it would be better to vote the bonds some six months before the next election and have the building ready for the ollicera when the vote is determined. It was also suggested that commit tees be appointed to have charge of the matter, keeping it constantly before the public so they will be thoroughly familiar with all the features when it is presented to them again. The question will be broiii'ht up again ut the next meeting of the club and de finite uction taken. Regional Bank Will Open. Wasliiiictoii Ol N.a ember Hi, the 12 federal I -n brinks loeated by the on .iiiiuiion in . (fork, QBMNV Ko. Philadelphia, tkMUMi HI Louis, an 'hmoiid. I in Fraaei i laa4 i Mine.ipolis, Allunta uud Delias v. hi i i stablli n d At the aaasa Urn Um saa n requirements for aatwaal bknl , as l ,1 b) Ii"' law, will b'l nine ef- taetlve, thus releaataCi aocordlai to laeretar) lit kdoo, more taaa 4oo,- hm) y oi i money anil Ini ing no radii ! Ultlee ol Um baaks of Um United tatao b thai amount. Will G. Jenkins and Coru .. Taylor, of Boise, have taken out a marriage license. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kellogg Lave mov ed to Oi tarn, to tngage In business -Weiser Signal. Mr. and Mrs. Kd. Fift II have moved to Ontario waani laaj will oBgafi " business. Weiser Signal.