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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1915)
A M. .' 1 1 II H M (Mtari0 The Produce from 15,000,000 acre ia marketed from On tario each year itario is in the Centre of the Great Lake River Valley corn Belt. Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. NO. 4 LUlM XVIIV ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 2H, 1915 vmx. RIGATION APPROPRIATION ABOUT TO BE ASSIGNED Specific Project is Named the Appropriation Com mittee Will Act. tt BE IN EASTERN OREGON arm Springs Project Most Feasible in Oregon It Is Claimed. 'hal iimc KiHtcrn Orison Irrigation . .. I U. I... IL... ...... ij , i I Will hcmiii " iMfrrM J me K" Hunt anil designated as place to ml Ir.H.'HNhif KIXMlKllVlTlimutlt MHlll- i. tin' text uf a iii'Wh dispatch from sliing-ton under date of Kubrunuy 23. dispatch follows: Kcpr' dilative Sinnott, who has L 1 1 conferring with Secretary Lane several days with reference to se- ini' mi appropriation for irrigation l'!H"trrn Onon, today received a Lr from the Secretary saying ho ssked Director Da via. of the- Re flation Serviro, to determine ether it i pi isilili nt tins tunc to set Homo nrostiective project In ti rn Oregon for which an appropri- r i of $1 .0 ihi can In- made prnhtiilil mrniHii I it-.rald, of the appropria committee, has declared he will favor any appropriation couched in keral terms and unless the Secretary the Interior designate a specific Iject, the much discussed appropria of IMi imki will be rut out of the and Oregon will receive appropria- lit univ nir me i inituim ami rtiam- pl.JC.'ts. 'If the Secretary will designate a rifle project, It ia believed Mr. gcrald will approve Secretary HI recommendations and include appropriation in the sundry civil II HaHntl of Ontario feel that the Um Springs project will be the one (In I MB) ll ia aalil lllia ia the moat de vini; ami most feasible project in It state, ami can be completed for lean q tl.:o: any other, considering the MM r t( acres of land that will be re- linieil. It is verv nrolia i e thut the njcct will be choaen by the goyern- rnt in the near future. SPORTSMEN PETITION STATE CONGRESSMEN The meeting of the sportsmen of thia vicinity waa held in the City HallThurs day night. President Doolittlo called the meeting to order and the object of the meeting waa explained. Secretary Hoyer was instructed by the club to telegraph Representative Davey and Senator Stewart that the local club was in favor of the present iihhIo of hand ling the fish and game interests of the state and urge their support against any change. FEW VACANT HOUSES IRRIGATION PROJECT FOMENT HERE MEE1S WITH FAVOR Real Estate Firms Say They (All Parties Interested in Cannot Supply The De mand For Homes DEPARTING GOVERNOR A canvas of real estate firms of On tario, by an Argus reporter, brings forth the inf.n rnntion that there are few empty houses in the city. Six weeks or two months ago there were a number of houses listed for rent, but for the past week there has been few vacant houses listed. One real estate firm announges that they have been compelled to turn away many applicants asking for homes to font. Their listings have beenexhaust- Succor Creek District Support Project. The surveyors for the Succor Creek Irrigation District started in the first of the week to run the ditch line. The boundaries of the new district will be determined as soon as this work is corn pie tea. Nyssu, Oregon, Jun. 20, 1915. The persons interested in the new irriga tion district on Succor Creek met here thio afternoon and took the prelimin ary steps for organization of the Ore ed. Another firm reports two or three Kn j,t. 0f the project. J. W. tirali nouses listed and still unrented, but they state applications from renters are far in excess of the supply. "CONDENSED MILK" k CONFERENC E TO BE AT 0. A. C. he Big Week of Farmers' Short Course Will Be from Feb. 1st to 7th. W. H, SlilMll. th' i'iiIIiiI v MLrriiMilturnl- will leave Saturday for Cornvallis, attend the Farmers' and Home akers' Week and ('nnfrn. S- at the Oregon Agricultural Col : This is the big week of the f ar te short course and every line of rk will he represented. The following conference sessions II take place there next week, Feb- ry 1st, to February 7th: Meeting of State Dairy Association. Meeting of Oregon Jersev Cattle lub. Meeting of Holstein Breeders tion. Meeting of Williamette Vallev Edi- nal Association. mmmm ti Fruit Inspectors. unfertile f ..i.....i o.. : i t. ... . . ,,,,, ,1UKj llllL-IIOCIIl id Supervisors. Conference of County and School Fair uncials. Conference of County Judges and oad Supervisors. Conference 0f Rural Ministers and teligious Workers. Home-Makers' Conference, potato Grower' Conference. Conference of County Agriculturists. Conference of Farmers' Organiza ons. Drainage Conference. Conference of Commercial Club Sec- Uries. 'Seed Ciro.vrirs' Conference. t Markets' Conference. Conference of Brick and Tile Manu- "cturers. PAROLES PRISONERS Three Malheur County Criminals Given Liberty by West. Just before going out of office Gov. Oswald West paroled several score of prisoners who were serving varioua aentencea in the state priaon at Salem. Among them were three who had been sent from Malheur county. They were: F. Ferguson, who was serving a sent ence of from three to fifteen years for assault and robbery, Luther Pruit, sent enced from one to ten years for larceny; and Alsa Carey, who waa serving a life term for murder in the second de gree. SOCIAL ANNOUNCED PAYETTE Y TEAM BEATS OREGON CLUB Asso- The Oregon Club team went down to defeat last Friday night by a score of 'M to 11, at the hands of the fast team representing the Y. M. C. A. from Fayette. The visitors had the game in hand from the atart, by playing fast and shooting baaketa with deadly accuracy. Shake and Ensign starred for Fayette, while all the team played consistently. The Oregon Club lacked team work. The lineup foliowa: Fayette Y. M. C A., Ensign, Forward; Boyer, For ward; Shake, Center; Moll, Guard; Blank, Guard. Oregon Club: C. Lackey, Forward; Win. Strane, Foreward; Alex McPher son, Center; F. J. Clemo, Guard; Kop al. Guard; Trow, Guard. Event For Relief of Belg ians Will be Held at Cairo Grange Hall Here ia a chance to help the starv ing Belgians: At the Cairo Grange Hall, Monday. February 1st, there will be given a social for the benefit of the Belgian Relief Fund. Everyone com ing ia asked to bring a can of con densed milk, which will be shipped to the sufferers. If you don't bring a can with you there will be a chance to buy it at the hall, bo forgetting it wont help you. Cake and sandwiches will be on sale but you can get coffee free and hot, right off the heater. There will ulso be a candy booth and you can indulge your uppetites in one of the luxuries that Uncle Sain don't tax. Everybody come and enjoy yourselves. NEW CITY MARSHAL -NEW DEPUTY SHERIFF Lee Noe Will be Deputy Sheriff and Dan Kerfoot City Marshal Lee Noe, the present marshal of On tario, has been appointed deputy sher iff by Ben Brown. Dan Kerfoot, ex-sheriff, has been se cured bv the city council to take the place of Mr. Noe aa city marshal. Mr. Noe has been a faithful officer in On- BULLY CREEK DAM NEARLY COMPLETED E. I. Brogan of Vale, was in Ontar io Tuesday. Mr. Brogan states that the Bully Creek Irrigation Project is nearing completion. The dam at the reservoir site will be completed in about three weeks, and the water will be tur ned in. He states that about twenty thousand acres of land will come under the project. was ....;.. I president and J. J. Beaty, secretary, of the new district. The Idaho residents who are under the project httve already organized then district with W. D. Martin, president, and J. Schilling, secretory. The law required that u district be formed in each state but both districts will act in conjunction. J. W. Graff, J. S. Wheeler and J. J. Beaty were appointed Us u commit tee to secure un outline of the district so that those who urc now in the (Owyhee Irrigation district, that will bv in the new district may withdraw from the old district. As soon us the committee is ready to report unother meeting will be called at Nyssu to complete the work. This project will water ten thousund acres of lund on both sides of Succor Creek. About three-fifths of this acreage lies in Oregon. All of the pro posed district lies in an artesian water region und several wells are now in operation. This district is one of the best and cheupest wutered districts in the county. The dam will be constructed on Suc cor creek ubout 1 W miles ubove J. W. iiruir a piuce und tne cost will be ap proximately Jlfi.00 per acre ami tin wuter will be ready for the lund Jan. 1, l'.'lu. The water will be reeenoiivd und us the wuter that flows down Suc cor Creek every years is over 40,000 acre feet it will be more than suffi cient for the district. WHO HAS FARM LANDJOR RENT? State Immigration Commis sion Has Many Inquries From Renters Is there any farm land in Malheur co unty for rent? The Argus is in receipt of a communication from the Oregon State Immigration Commissioner ask ing that their bureau be put into com munication with anyone who wants to rent land The communication follows: Portland, Oregon, January 2"i, 1U16. Tmk A ROUS, Ontario, Oregon. Dear Sirs: The farm and land bureau of the Oregon State Immigration Com mission is receiving a good many in quiries in regard to the possibility of renting good farm land, and nearly all these inquiries come from practical, ex perienced farmers who are not at this time financially able to purchase land. The Bureau u now planning add this rental feature to its other work and would like as soon as possible, to make up a generous list of such offerings. No fees or commissions of any kind will be charged, and in all cases the reliabil ity and fitness of the applicant will be carefully investigated. Farmers and land owners throughout the state who have land for which they have no present use, and who would like to derive an income for such acre age, are invited to write to J. W. Brew er, manager of the farm land bureau, at Portland, for blanks on which to list such holdings. RABIES SPREADING THROUGH COUNTRY Dog Catcher Busy Catching And Shooting Dogs. Cattle Going Mad PENNSYLVANIA FIRST IMMIGRANT Mr. R. E. Dillon of Philadelphia pur chased a 20 acre tract of the Oregon & Western Colonization Company Monday at $200.00 per acre. This tract is about 8 miles up the Malheur valley and Mr Dillon is much interested in this count ry. He will return next year bringing with him other settlers. CETS $83.00 WORTH OF PRODUCE FROM EACH ACRE W. T. Connant of Nyssa Tells How He Rais ed Prize Corn On His Ranch. W. T. Conant of Nyssu, although The ground was then in fine condition busy with work, very kindly consented to sparing the time to give an account of his Buccess with con: this last sea son. Mr. Conant is very enthusiastic over the possibilities of Malheur coun ty and says all we need is good farm ers here, as the land is worth three and four hundred dollars an acre. He states that he is taking from his land $83.00 worth of produce per acre. The tario for several years and has been , followinsr article deals with hi mth city marshal since the resignation of .J. . i ihert Odell last Summer. His con-' wo " """" to"'- llic land on which this acre of corn .. . . . i .. . n . . Hubert uaeii last bummer. His con scientious performance of his duty has won him many supporters who wish him success in his new field. Dan Kerfoot, the new city marshal. has had a very wide experience in this line of work and the city council is to be congratulated on their choice. Dan will be right at home here, and his suc cess is obvious. The new officials will assume their duties on or before March 1st. Mrs, W. H. Homan left for Eaton this morning for a short visit with her mother. was raised has b en in cultivation about twelve years. Last year corn was raised on the ground, so this was the Becond year since alfalfa had been raised on it.' "The land was plowed about the first of April and as fast as it was plowed it was harrowed with a smoothing har row. As soon as it was possible to get on the ground it was disced thor oughly until a dust mulch was formed. for planting as one only had to dig down un inch to find moist earth. It was planted during the first week in May. "As soon as the corn was large enough cultivation was begun. This waa done with a two-horse Deering cultivator and the corn wus worked three times. The corn was tasseling and shooting before it was irrigated. It was irriguted three times, the last time being later than anybody else ir rigated. "When the corn was matured und one acre meusured it wus found to huve yielded 102.14 bushels. Hut this wus not the best acre in the field as was found afterwards. There were in """' ,l.w,,,D all twenty-eight acre I. ".!?&''. '""' totul bushels from which wus twenty five hundred or better of first cluss yellow corn. Several ucres of this com made as high as one hundred und ten bushels." CAPITOL AT SALEM SAVED FROM BLAZE Explosion of Oil in Central Heating Plant is Cause of Fire. (Special to The Argus.) Salem, Or. Oregon's historic state liouse was endangered for u lime Sun day by a fire which slurted shortly before 5 o'clock P. M , following ail explosion of oil in the central heat lug plant, Just outside the basement of the capitol. Quick work by state of ficials, state employes and the Salem fire department soon had the blase under control. HILL'S PHARMACY MOVES NEXT DOOR Farley Building Being Al tered and Furnished for Attractive Pharmacy. Hill's Pharmacy will be located in the Parley building, next door to the present location, after January 30th. Carpenters are busily engaged in alter ing the front, putting in a new en trance and in building modern, up to date shelving. The new location is steam heated and is one hundred and twenty feet long, affording more room than the present place. With the extra room and furnishings, Mr. Hill is planning to make some very attractive improvements. One of these improvements will be a music, refresh ment and rest room, combined. This room will be attractively furnished with appropriate hangings, paintings, also victrolas and a piano. It will be an ideal place for club and party refreshments, where a limited number may be entertained for the ev ening or afternoon, as the case may be .ao, ii win ne a nne place for rest and to the tired travUr I. the hot summer. All in all, it is just such a place that Ontario has needed for u long time. Mr Farley is putting in linoleum ttnd new fixtures for the pharmacy, which will move in by Saturday. R. A Beagle, the offlciil dog catcher, has killed fifty eight dogs in the last month. The people of the town have done their part splendidly and no un pleasant experiences have resulted. Mr Heagle is working on the job right along and is watching out for all un muzzled dogs. A dog was killed Monday by Homer Utley and Ralph Dunbr.-, on the Dun bar place, after it had been trying to bite some stock through a woven wire fence. A good many reports of stock going mad are comimr in. Some of Bill Jones' cattle, which are feeding at Lem Walker s place, have gone mad and had to be killed. Dr. A. C. Moore, the veterinarian, sent the brain of one of the animals to the state chemist, who reported that It had rabies. A fine mare died at the Winters-Trous dale ranch the first of the week, which showed all the symptoms of rabies. Dr. More also sent its brain to the state chemist for examination. On Succor creek mad coyotes and dogs are common and a lot of stock are being lost. From all parts of south eastern Oregon and across in Idaho re ports of rabies are prevalent. The number of cases reported are aa suming alarming proportions. W. R. SHINN GIVES EASTERN METOODS Silos i n Great Favor o n Dairy and Stock Farms in Corn Country. W. R. Shinn, who was callod to the death bed of his grandfather, at Mat oon, Illinois returned last week. Mr. Shinn spent several weeks in Illinois and ma. Ic some observations of practical methods of farming. He gives the re s'llt of his observations us follows: "During my recent trip to the Middle West I wss impressed by the number of silos which have deen constructed in the past few years. In many sections which produced only grain for market a few years ago the farmers are today feeding moat of their crops to livestock utilizing a large portion of the corn crop in the form of silage. All of the tanners who were interviewed express ed themselves as well pleased with the results which they had obtained from feeding Bilage. Not one of them had ever experienced any bad effects from the use of silage. I made special in quiry on this point as some farmers have staled that stock are injured by eating silage. Whenever injurious ef fects have followed the use of silage it can generally be attributed to a poor quality of silage resulting from using corn which was not at the proper stage of muturity or from a silo whicn was too large in diameter bo that the silage was not fed rapidly enough to prevent fermentation. The silo has come to Btay on the farms devoted to dairying or beef saw. duction in the sections of this country wnere corn is grown successfully. Corn is well adapted to a large portion of this bounty as was shown in the Pomo na Grange Corn Contest last year. Why not plan to build that silo this year and secure the profits from the best possible use of the com nnm? ti, County Agriculturist of this county will oc g,u io give you any assistance with in his power regarding the planning of a silo or the selection of the best and most economical tvDe of siU f..r .,.... needs. Call on him tnr ....! about silos or on any other agricultural subject in which you mav h int ed. His office is to serve the needs of me people of the county and the only way that he can render you assistance is through you giving him a knowledge of your needs. moaning. Umpkin V'Sitod thi I I