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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1914)
ONTARIO-The future County Seat of Malheur County Railroad. Agricultural, and Population Center of County ; OMkitio r &m Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. Ontario is in the Centre of the Great Snake River Valley Corn Belt. m The Produce from 15,000,000 acre is marketed from On tario each year VOLUME XVIII ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1914. NO. 50 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the Stale During the Past Week. School on Wheels Planned. Corvallls The most extensive piece of work ever undertaken by the ex tension division of the Oregon Agrl rultural college for the benefit of the farmers of the state began December 8, when the first of u series of Itlnor ant schools was hi Id In Medulla mid Kstacndu The complete s(diednle for the school, though not definitely ar ranged, calls for 24 sessions. In 24 different parts of the state, each chool to last for a period of five davs, and the entire schedule covering over three months, ending March L'7. 'I wo chools will be In session at the m i Preparing to File on "Dry Farm" Land Klamath Kails. Allhotii.li the date when entry can he made Is still some time away, a number of people from other placea are coming to Klamath Kails with the Intention of settling on sum,, of the public land to be thrown open to entry In the Klamath project boundaries. Thia Ian- is In California and Ore fun, and oonalsts of lands found to be too high for any Irrigation from the government dltchee. There are a number of excellent dry farming tract In the restored land, It Is Muted Postmaster Is Blown to Pieces. Dallas. A. D. Cook, gensral mer chant and postmaster at Purser, In the southern part of Polk county, was literally blown to places by an explo sion of dynamite. He had gona Into a sbed in the rear of his store where the explosive was stored, and, It Is presumed, be stumbled while carrying a 60 pound box of dynamite and drop ped It. The sbed was completely demolish ed, the store and barn badly damaged, and parts of Cook's body were picked Up several hundred feel away. BERNARD VON BUL0W Prince von Bulow, former Imperial Chancellor, who has bssn appointed German Ambassador to Italy. Board of Control Reports success. Salem. The first bleiuilal report of the Oregon state board of control for the period ending September 30 last, tells of the success of the new system of handling the affairs of the two hos pitals for the insane, soldiers' home, tuberculosis institution, institution for the feeble minded, school for the deaf, penitentiary, state training school for boys, girls' Industrial school and blind school. Visits to the Institutions and frequent conferences with the heads of the Institutions gives the board an accurate knowledge of actual condi tioua. the work being done and of Im provements required to get still great r results, the report declares. Plana School For Farmers. Ratbdrum --Arrangements are be ing made to hold a farmers' movable school he' I the last of the month in accordance with plai.s m.-de by o li Center, director of the agricultural ex tension departim-m of the I'uiversit;. of Idaho. Loi.il MSMttttMl have beet. Uiiiuc-d to tale charge. ssWssK.'JBsBssa d 1. r'AJssssSsVlgfcJtgsss. aSBBBBBBBsl 9W. ' 'CS NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our State Officers Chosen by Seed Growers. Twin Falls. Acclaimed the largest intended ami most enthusiastic con vention In Its history, the fourth an nual gathering of the Idaho state seed growers closed after a three days' ses sion here. The following officers were elected: President, J. Wyley Sessions, I'oea teflo; vice president, L. I. Young, Nampa; secretary-treasurer, O. D. (enter, Holse; directors, two year term, M. A. Thomets of Twin Falls, T. II. Hopkins of Springfield and C. C. Tobias of Caldwell; one-year term, A. J. Snyder of Springfield and U Scott of Pocatello. K. Jullaetta Aids ths Belgians. Jullaetta. Cltltens contributed gen erously toward fllll ig the Belgium re lief car that Kcndrtck, Troy and Julia etta have undertaken to fill. Eighty nlght people responded and the follow ing were sent: Deans, 2460 pounds; flour, 44f.ii pounds, meal. 30 pounds; Jullaetta cannery, tomatoes, 110 pounds. The car ha been sent to Kendrlck. from thenoe goes to Troy, then It will be shipped to the Spokane chamber of commerco and finally to New York and the relief ships. JANITOR SDSPEGT HAS GRIME RECORD banrnmento - David Fountain. Jnnl tor of the church here In which tin-' body of the murdered lOyeurold school girl, Margaret Milling, was found. ailiN tied to the police that he had spen' a year and a half In Iowa Insane niylums and had served five terms in Pennsylvania and Iowa prls ous for burglary and safe robbery. Fountain, who reported the crime, w.ii arrested. When first taken into custody he talked volubly, but later under a siege of vigorous questioning by the police and district attorney, he was taciturn and sullen. He was led to the little room under the belfry of the church where the murder Is believed to have been com mitted and whose floor still bears traces of the tragedy. No emotion was exhibited by the Janitor. The police declared themselves to be well satisfied with the lnveetlga tion as a result of the admissions by Fountain of his past life. His prison terms, he said, were two years In the penitentiary at Cherry Hill, Pa., and two, five, two and seven years succe slvely In the Fort Madison (lu.) pris on. The Iowa insane asylums In which be said be bad been incarcerated were at Trenton and Mount Pleasant. NATIONAL DEFENSE URGED Civic Federation Takes 8tand for Preparation Against Attack New York Resolutions advocating the creation by the United States of a council of National defense were adopted by the National Civic federa tlon after a discussion on national pre paredness against attack. The duties of the council recom mended would be "to consider, decide and report to congress what legisla tion Is necessary to provide for the national defense without waste or un necessary expense." Any recommendation of the propos ed council should, in the language of the resolution, "aim to secure the ef ficiency of existing forces on land and sea and a definite policy to insure peace." Dr. Jordan protested against what he called a "tirade against the so call ed inefficiency of the army or the navy," and declared we shouid protest against an agitation for more urnia meut "at a time when the nations of the earth are crumbling each other because of their perfect equipment.' ' Cslifornia Wet by 169,146, Officially Sacramento. The state of t'alitoi uia w.nt wet by lti'J.145 votes, accord i:ig i, 1 from the sec of Btate's office. $30,000 FIRE AT CITY HALL TUESDAY, Big Lot of Bills Allowed and Illuminated Sign Goes Out ! WATER MAIN ORDERED REPAIRED The council met Thursday evening ; with all present but Zimmerman. Mlg lot of bills were allowed. The usual class II licenses were Issued also n class C to H. K. Whlt worth. The new fire vMef was sworn In and In Inventory of the apparatus was filed by the recorder. The chief reported that the dup valves were out or order In five hydrenta, and they were ordered repaired. Resolutions was passed discontinu ing the Illuminated sign at the depot. i ne recorder reputlated the repre sesslon of the $:i0,()00 of building bonds and council by resolution returned the money to the finance room and de stroyed thorn. Finance commltee was authorised to receive bids and purchase II o tons of coal for the city hall ami ten for library. The matter of canvassing returns of general city election held December, was made a special order of busi ness. 271 votes were cast, as rollows: K. A. Frasler 244, L. H. Fry 247, H. Z. Peterson 234 and L. Scottlng 47. 160 votes were cast In favor of bonding credit of it. to promote Industries and 57 against. Pursuant to the expression of the people In this question the mayor 1 appointed a committee of 3 council- J men, city attorney, district attorney, and two business men as follows. Hay- er, Frasler and Homer from council, McCullouch. cltv ultornev Ui-.w.Uk district attorney; L. Adam and K. V Petteu as business men whereupon the council did adjourn. LARGEST RANCH IN THE VAL LEY TO BE STOCKED SOON There Is golug to be a general change lu conditions at the K. 8. and i' ranch. Mr. ' Williams, the new man lu charge, Is from Kansas, and he Is j " ""' "-" bu"y en lh,n" ln "' e a first class hog and cattle ranch out of the place A new barn 72x24 has been erected another building 32x22 and still otb- ' ers to handle the business. There has been over a hundred head of young thoroughbred Merfords' placed ou the ranch and they have another lot of two year old Short horns coming, also a lot of fine brood sows. There are some 1400 acres of the higher lands in the place am, acres of bottom lands and these will all be fenced and cross fenced to care for the stock. This is by far the largest ranch In the valley and all will be pleased to see it omproved and stocked. WESTERN PACIFIC OFFICIALS LIKE ONTARIO AS A POSSIBLE TERMINAL POINT FOR FEEDER The Western Pacific officials arrived in Ontario this evening from Winnemucca and expressed themselves as well pleased with rthe route traversed. They came Pueblo valley, the Alvord ranch and the fertile lands to the east of Stein's mountain, the Barren valley to the Crowley ranch, where or.e of the machines had trouble. The route from there was by Skull Springs and Harper to Ontario. The party took the train here, indicating they figure on cover ing the valley with electric lines, with Ontario as the terniinu.-.. EOHR GERMAN VESSELS SUNK IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN On Tuesday the British fleet, recently sent to the South At lantic, encountered the German fleet, sinking three vessels. On Wednesday another was sunk and they are after the fifth vessel. BANKERS OF EASTERN OREGON TO MEET HERE Many Good Speakers Will Explain New Banking Law BIG BANQUET AT THE CARTER The bankers of Knstern Oregon. known as group six of the stnte will hold a meeting here on Saturday He ember the 19th In the Commercial club rooms. The district Is composed of I'nlon, Maker, Wallowa, (Irant, Harney and Malheur counties. There will be speakers present from Portland, Holse and other cities who will speak on different features of the new banking law. The general sessions will be open to the public. The locnl bankers have arranged for a hnmiuet In the Carte house with I lates for fifty guests. Mr. Hrown, the National Hank ex aminer, was here Monday giving out Information about the workings of the now bank system. DR. COLCORD MAKES GOOD WITH NEW BAND BOYS Dr. Colcord, who has charge of the new bank being organised, reports that he Is getting along fine and will soon have a baud of 2f members who will be a credit to the city. The Doctor has been fortuunte In secur ing the help of a few old players, some of them soloists, who are assisting, anil when they have made up their j tlUHl ""' '" av' '" ' players " "''I' '"' ' "''" '' and round them up In short order. It Is the In tention to give a "ni .it sometime after the first of the year so the pen pie mil have an opportunity of bear ing the baud ami players. A baud Is practically a necessary In a live town and the citizens should give tin new organization every encourage ment and assistance possible. SINNOTI WILL SUPPORT THE MALHEUR OWYHEE PROJECT Congressman Slnnutt was here last Saturday and met with the members oi the Nvbh'I and Outailo Comiuer '"ill clubs lure and later visited the luuds to c"i:e under the Mulhcur Owyhee project. Mr. Sinnotl was very agreeald. sur libel win i .liown what the preposi tion here r . illy is and stated that lie v as sttlisticil that the people of the state had no idea of the class and bjsji ntltv of lauds that will, be re claimed when the waters are turned on them. Mr. sii.M.ii gathered much data 'hlle here and promised to do all lu his power to promote the work and haw- an appropriation made to carry It on. by way of Denio, covering the 'LODZ TAKEN BY GERMAN ARMY Berlin Reports Russian Loss of Important Fortress in Poland. Herllu, via London H Is offlrltillv announced that the Germans occupied l.odz Sunday. l.odz Is a fortress of the second class, but was one of Itustda's main points of defense In Poland, ranking with Warsaw. Petrogrnd.--The Novoe Vremyn's correspondent nt the front, In a dis patch to bis paper, tells of the limn li.iiiliin iii of l.odz "The shelling of l.odz continued for a week mid grew heavier and heavier until the shells were landing In the town nt five minute Intervals, setting many fires. "From the battlefield the town up pell red enveloped III flames "The town Is In a pitiable state. The Inhabitants are scantily provided with food and there Is no employment, us the factories have long since been closed There has been no regular communication with the outside world tin' past two mouths." I.odt, a city of 415,604 population. Is the chief msnufscturlng center of Kusslan Poland It has numerous tex tile mills, the majority of them for the manufacture of cotton goods. In ad dltlon It haa flour mills, dyeing estab llshments, brickyards. machinery plants and breweries. The population Is made up of Poles, Hermans und Jews. FRENCH ADVANCING IN ALSACE-LORRAINE Oeneva. via Paris During the past few days there has been a slow but general moMiueiit of the Kreuch In AN. ue against the Herman landwehr forces The movement also has begun lu Lorraine Hurnhaupt, near Tbaun. with five miles of railroad, was cap tured The Vosges mountains are so deep In snow that at Tele de Faux, near Col-du Hoiibomme, ut an altitude of 7680 feel, the advance guards of the armies are fighting in snow two feel deep. The men In rhe trenches in Al -.oe are suffering, greatly from the saM Paris. A dispatch to Temps from Oeneva says "The federal council has Issued s communication declaring that there Is renewed activity by the French and German forces lu Upper Alsace He tweeu Pfetterhauseu and the French frontier, on the route of Itechezy, the Trench have pl.n ed batteries of heat) artillery southwest of 1'fullerhauscii, between the village and the frontier of Switzerland, the French also have prepared entrenchments and barbed wire obstacle,, "The Hen, lulls have constructed for tlflcallous at Ottcndorf, l.lcbt-usdorf aud on the heights west of the Itiver III on territory approaching that of the French." Csttls Plague is Controlled. Washington Officials of the de pertinent of agriculture believe the foot and mouth disease among rattle will be completely under control by the first of the ;i-r ALIEN LAW IS PROTESTED Orest Bntsin and Italy Are Opposed to Arizona Act. Washington Korinul protests were lodged with the department against the Arizona law by the British and Italian ambassadors aud a message was sent to Coveruor Hunt asking If he had authority to postpone action. The British ambassador Informed the department that British subjects would test the law in the courts. He did not make any reference in bis note to uii) treaty between (Jreat Britain and the United States, but bused his protest on the provision in the const) tutlon of the lulled States, which de clares that no -tiles hall "deny to any person within in jinsdl'iion the equal protection of the laws." The Italian protest was basexl on the n eal oi 1171 I- i I ' IBS I'Mted blales and lluly. CONGRESS DEGINS THIRD SESSION Attention Will Be Chiefly De voted to Seven Great Ap propriation Measures Washington At noon Monday the) third session of the Sixty-third Con gress convened. Democratic leaders In Informal con ferences before the opening of the ses sion, which Is destined to be devoted chiefly to appropriation measures, tune been unanimous In expressing the hope that the legislative program of necessities could be concluded by March 4 next, when the present con gress automatically will end. Many republican leaders, however, have said that there were many Im portant measures which they would urge for passage, and some Indicated that supply bills might be delayed to such an extent thai an extra session next spring ami summer would be ne cessary. Important Measures Pending In Sonets llefore the senate committee on Philippine Islands, the bill to pave ths way for Philippine Independence, which passed the house at the last session, Is pending. Other Important measures pending; In the senste are ths Immigration bill, with the literacy test for aliens, which psssed the house at the lust session, and rural credits legislation. At least seven of the A real annual supply measures of congress are to he rushed, so as to report thsm to ths house before the Chrlsttnaa holidays. Theae are the legislative, executive and Judicial, the District of Columbia, fortifications, pensions, military, post office and rivers and harbors appro priation bills. llefore the bouse are pending ths proposed financial relief of the cotton states, under an agreement reached ut the last session. Cotton Currency Seems Doomed. Representative Henry, chairman of the rules committee, says he Is pre- ""' ' " HMH LIS fljjlll for the HENRY M0RGENTHAU root, bjr Amartosa rrw AaaoeSsllaa. Henry Morgentheu, American Am bassador to Turkey, upon whom rests the protection of Christians. nun iiOO cotton currency bill us u sub stltiile foi a currency measure lor en laiglug the amount of currency that can be based on commercial paper, a measure that ihe federal reserve board and administration leaders lu con gr ,h have ugnc-d Is no lunger net es sarv Chairman Class, of the house cur n in committee, who pressed this commercial paper bill at the last ses sion, bus abandoned bis efforts for it 'I hi Indies, I km are that the cotton proposition will be defeated. Members In Washington have In formally discussed the military sltua Hon. particularly the agltution Blurted by Kepresentutlve Uurdner, of Mussa chiiseits, in behalf of his resolution for an investigation Into the prepared i nf the I'niliid Siai, , fur wai The i' iiiiiiiou to investigate has h. . u pemling lu the house since the latter part ot last session and Senator I.oiIk." of Massachusetts, plans to Introduce a similar ruuulu.uo.ij iu Ihe avuate. A4 RWbx 'MA -sxsLkxssb lsaBsi B? '