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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1915)
x SL I ML I I II i IM 81je (BwUti The Produce from 15,000,000 acrea i marketed from On tario each year Ontario is in the Centre of the Great Snake River Valley Corn Belt. Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. NO. 5 VOLUME XVIIV ONTARIO. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1915 mm HORSE NSPECTION GUARANTEED IN ONTARIO SOON IS Two Thousand Dollar Guar antee is Posted by The French II, r i r Trowbridge, agent for the l'irii'li ciivrrnmcnt, hit given Q, j. Carter and Walter Glenn a contract i, i , '.i- cavalry anil artillery horse.;. Mi Trow bridge has paid C. C. Carter twi thousand dollars an a guarantee that the inspection will he given some tinir In tween February 10th and 20th. Clltef ami Glenn have on hands at preheat about two hundred horses and will buy all that will pass inspection. The exact date will be given in the next issue of the Argus and hand hills vill he printed giving full particulars. Tli'' inspection will take place at the fair grounds, which the French gov ernment has leased until May. The qualification! Of artillery nnd cavnlry 1 1 - .' ih.it Ihcj must In- between fniiiiiiii hands, three inches, and six tecn hands, one inch in height. They must he between the agon of five and ten years, and must be scrvicenbly Sllllllll. Tin re is no weight specifications nml liruisiH and blemishes are diart-gaiili-il as long as it does not interfere with the serviceability of the horse. It will pay all persons having horses to sell to watch for further announce ments of this inspection. CIRCUIT COURT HOLD COMMERCIAL GLUB TO ELECT NEW OFFICERS Annual Meeting of the Club To be Held Wednesday Night February 10th The annual meeting of the Commer cial Club for the election of OfflOMI will be held in the club rooms in the City Hall next Wedncsduy evening, February 10th. This will be the most important meeting of the year as aside from the election of officers there will be a com plete report of the finances and a gen eral report from each of the standing committees. Also each committee will make recommendations for next year's work, which should be of great im portance. The presence of everv mem ber is desired. VALE AND ONTARIO PLAY BASKETBALL SAYS CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY BEST TO DECIDE ON SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBIT full rAnMtllu Commissioner Weaver and James Lackey Make Trip To Baker J. S. Stinson Says Farmers Save Money by Owning Institution SESSION IN ONTARIO 1'imiit Court was held Fab. 1, Sand 4 of this week in the City Hall. Next week, Feb. 8, court will also aet. Feb. 1, arguments on both sides of the case of Jenkins vs. Owyhee Ditch Company was heard mid thirty days was given in u Inch in submit briefa. Kel.. :i, the case of O. 8. Smith vs. .Agnes Downa came up and ten ls' time was given to continue the case. Also, the case of S. A. Hobaon vs. (). Connor was up. A motion for a new trial was overruled ami the defen dant gave notice of appeal to the Su preme ( ourt. In the af term o i sev eral motions to strike out a portion of the pleading in the case of Dunbar va. Magill and others, were allowed. To da several cases are to lie heard. BIG BEND MAN RAISES RECORD YIELD OF CORN Ontario Amirs Ontakiu. Okbgon. Dear Sir: In reply to yours of re eent date will give aa complete an ac count a possible of how I cared for my corn field which yielded 108 bushels to me acre, for which 1 received second prue at the corn contest held in Ontar io on November 12th. When 1 decided to raise corn the past year, my object was not to enter a con test, or to make any experiments of any kind, but simply because I am a KJ. k raiser and believe in the food val ue contained in this grain. I also believe in diversified farming and rotation of crop.,. The ground upon which this corn was raised was in alfalfa for eight years. 1 the spring of 1918, I plough ed out the alfalfa and sowed to wheat, after the wheat was harvested nothing mure was done to the ground until the mm spring, when I ploughed again us ing the two way plough. Then I har rowed twice with a spike tooth harrow and gave the ground a thorough water ing. After this I went over the ground with a spring tooth harrow, now the Pound was in a suitable condition for planting, Mj seed was of the Yellow Dent var iety and was carefully selected from Matt 1 raised the previous year. I bogin planting May 6th, the corn (bitted with a P. & O. corn plant er in row.- 3ft. 6in. apart. 1 legan cultivating the following I M M MM as the corn began to ap pear, the first time using a rive shovel cultivator and four times with a two horse plow. All lovers of basketball should huve been at the high school games last Friday evening, as two of the moat exciting games of the season were played. The large crowd that attend ed seemed well pleased. The games were between the Weiser High School and the Onturio High School boys and girls teams. The O. H. S. girls put up u hard fight against the heavier team of Weiser, but were defeated by a 16 to 21 'score. The boys game was about the fastest that has ever been played here and the Weiser team went home with a 24 to 15 score against them. A great deal of credit should be given for the excellent team work of the O. H. S. boys; to Erneat Grame who ran up the acore, and Earl Weaver whose spirit injected much of the in terest of the game. The coming game will be between the O. H. S. .:iid Vale, and will be held at the Ontario Opera House, Friday, February ", and we offer the pre diction that it will be the fastest game ever played in Ontario. J. L Stinson, in the extension ser vice of the University of Idaho, called at The Arjrus office Tuesday. The es tablishment of a creamery here was discussed and Mr. Stinson gave the fol lowing interesting information concern ing Jthe co-operative creamery at Nampa: This creamery was established two and a half years ago with less than one thousand dollars capital. The first month. October. 1912, nine hundred dollars was paid the farmers for their butter fat. At the end of the flrat year, forty two thousand dollars had been paid to the farmers and during 1914, almost seventy thousand dollars was distributed among the farmers. The creamery was started with the product from four hundred cows and now between eight and nine hundred cows are producing butter fat. The creamery is run on the co-operative plan and the farmers are actually running it ami not merely doing the rough work. The stringency in money matters is not felt among these farm ers and thev are in a better financial condition than those of most commun ities. Ready money is always available aince every month six or eight thous and dollurs are paid the farmers for their cream. This is outaide money, too, aa almost all of the creamery output is sold out side of Nampa. Mr. Stinson is a firm believer in the co-operative plan since the farmers do not have to aupport some corporation to receive the highest price for their butter fat. John Weaver, county commissioner, und James A. Lackey left for Baker Tuesday evening to attend the meeting of the Knstern Oregon division of the Oregon exhibit for the Panama expo sition. This meeting was held for the purpose of determining what repre mentation eastern Oregon should have at San Francisco, when further ship ments of exhibits should be made, how much money will be nvnilable and other matters concerning the exhibit. After this meeting the county court will appoint the man who will repre sent Malheur County at the Panamn Pacific Fxposition. FATHER AND SON BIT BY MAD DOG GO TO PORTLAND Will Take Pasteur Treat ment. Pet Dog Causes The Trouble. LONGER AND WIDER SKIRTS NEW STYLE Longer and wider skirts, shorter jackets and flaring coats, are the new styles for spring and summer, accord ing to C. H. Barnett of the Golden Rule Store, who returned Saturday from Chicago and New York where he had been purchasing new stock for the coming season. Mr. Barnett states that the skirts are to be longer and wider, with short jackets. Coata for spring will be short with flaring bottoms, and some with belts. Fancy high collars are to be seen everywhere, he states. Mr. Barnett was gone from Ontario about two wi-i-k.v He says there is little talk in the east of hard times, and the tendency is for a general awakening in every line of business. EVANGELIST MEETINGS GOME TO A CLOSE This corn grew vary rapidly, being helped considerably by the numerous slight rain rails which occured about thia time. A late frost, however, in June caus ed quite a setback, the leaves of the plants turned yellow and prospects of a corn crop were very uncertain. The weather, however moderated to such a degree the corn rallied and from then on sent forth a vigorous growth. It received its first irrigating on the third of July, now being too high to cultivate. In all it was watered four times dur ing the season. The past summer after the late froat, proved ideal weather for corn. During the latter part of the summer I learned from our county agriculturist, W. R Shinn, of the corn contest to be held under the auspices of the Pomona Grange, at Ontario, and I decided to be one of the ten to represent this section of the county. On October 20th, Mr. Shinn, accom panied by Mr. A. (, Kingman, used a tape, and measured the acre of corn, winch 1 huskeU and Mr. Kinvman weighed and took the required amount with him to Ontario where it was turn ed over to the judges and found to yield 108 bushels per acre. Geokok W. Swigekt, The Union Tabernacle meetings closed Sunday night with the house packed, the largest religious gather ing ever held in Ontario. Owen F. Pugh, the choir leader and soloist, left Monduy evening and Rev. Haudens- chield and wife left Tuesday for their new field at Watcliburg, Washington, he meetings here were a great suc cess and over two hundred persons have declared their intention to be come active workers in the churches. The financial report is not yet com plete as some of the material has not been sold, but the financea are in good ahape. Lochead and Glover pur chased all the dimension and one inch lumber. The lumber used for the seats was returned to the lumber yards of whom it was rented. The account of all money received and paid out was kept in detail and the books are in the hands of J. T. McNulty, chairman of the finance com mittee, and are open to inspection by anyone. CITY COUNCIL HOLD IT IMPORTAN SESSION The City Council met Monday night at the City Hall. Besides the usual routine of business several matters came up for discussion. The new dog ordinance, prepared by the city attor ney was read and adopted. The auditor, D. P. Dearborn, gave a detailed report of the city treasurer's accounts and complimented him on their neatness and accuracy. A resolution was offered requiring the city recorder to secure an inven tory of all the city oioperty in each de partment. This resolution was adopted. The city police were ordered to regu late the public dances and to see that they were conducted properly. The special committee appointed to look after the installation of fire es capes were given more time. H. H. Williams on account of re moving to Vale resigned his position as fire chief. The council appointed Harry Fanner to that position. J. S. STINSON GIVES GIVES LECTURES J. S. Stinson of the extension ser vice of the University of Idaho, passed through Ontario Tuesday evening from New Plymouth and Fruitland, where he delivered lectures to the farmers. Mr. Stinson advocates bringing the college to the farmer ami his subject there was "Practical dairying on high priced land." In an interview with a representative from the Argus office Mr. Stinson stated that at the state experiment station at Nampu twenty five cows were being kept on twenty acres of land and fed by the siloing syst.-ni. The feed is cut and put in alios aad it has been proven that more feed can be secured from the acre by this method. In 1914 butter fat was pro duced at 11.:: cents a pound. OREGON CLUB IS AGAIN DEFEATED The Oregon Club team met their Waterloo in meeting the fast basket ball team from the College of Idaho, laat Thursday night, at the Opera house. The acore at the end of the first half was 20 to 1 in favor of the visitors. The second half was much more even, the acore ending the game being 3fi to 12. It was an interesting game despite the large adverse acore. The Oregon Club ia being strength ened by the addition of several play ers of note. The feature of the game, was a sen aational basket thrown from mid floor by Weaver, Oregon's center. Orcheatra Is Coming The Hallowell Orchestra of 10 piecea, one of the best traveling musi cal organizations in the country and well known to the music lovers of On tario, will give a concert at Dreamland Theatre, Friday, February 12th. under the auspices of the Oregon Club of this city. Heretofore the prices have been seventy-five cents and one dollar but for the purpose of securing a Isumm attendance and giving the people of uniario and the surrounding country an opportunity of hearing it. a At of fifty cents for adults and twentv- five cents for children will be made. Tk. i me usual reels or pictures will be shown commencing at seven-thirty and the concert itself will last for two hours. Tickets can be purchased at the Ontario Pharmacy after February 7th and there is no extra charge for reservations. George Murrry and son Virgil passed through Ontario Tuesday on their way co Portland to take, the Pasteur treat ment. Mr. Murray Dives about four milea above Vale on the Thehaud place. About three weeks ago a coyote at tacked two of Mr. Murray's dogs and bit them. Not knowing whether the coyote was mad or not, Mr. Murray de cided to await developments. Several days ago, one of the dogs went mud and was killed. A few days after, the other began to show symptoms of rabies and Mr Murray and Virgil tried to tie it up, but in doing so, it bit both of them. The two immediately left for Portland to take the Pasteur treatment. NURSES TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL NOTES. We trust that every Woman's Club in the city will remember February 2G in making the various dates, and this suggestion ia not confined to the cluba alone, for the program which will be given by the teachers on that date will be for every mother and father who are sending children to school. The program followa: Piano Duet. . .Mae Piatt, Luella Callan Reading Edna Griffin Play and Its Development. .Lucy Fox The Play Ground Laurose Bailey Solo Wylmoth Curry Announcementa E. G. Bailey Vivian and Edith Folger of Eugene, have entered High School and are claaaed aa Freshmen. Thia makea our total High School enrollment 138, our mark for the year wa 140. There has been considerable con fusion and a little misunderstanding in regard to the matter of the nire when little folks may enter school. We will try and state the case plainly. Chil dren of the first grade are admitted Into the schools twice a year, that ia, new classes are formed that often. The board is required to make provisions for all children six years of age or over, and may, if convenient, take In children whose birthdays are nearer six on the day the new class is started than five. After claaaea are formed, if they are overcrowded we do as our state board suggests, send the young est home. The Ontario Library gave an inter esting report of the year's work. The monthly reports of the several departments were also read. One of the most interesting report read at the City Council Monday even ing was that of the Ontario Library. The librarian reports that 5572 vol umes were in circulation ami th,,f u. largest gain in circulation over lBi year was in history. Also the number of volumes added to the library wa seven hundred and twenty-one, mor, than doubling the volumu ;., .u. library the preceding year. "AS YE SOW" AT DREAMLAND THEATRE Stirring Drama to be Pre sented Saturday Night February 6th. Mrs. St. John lives with her two sona, Frank and John, an! her daughter, Qclly, in a small town on the Cape Cod coast. John has been studying for the ministry and ia appointed to take a place in the little church. Frank, the umcK aneep or the family, goes to New York to seek his fortune. Frank persuades Dora to run away and get married. The night that Dora leaves, her father dies of heart disease. Frank takes to drink and becomes very abusive. A little baby girl is born and Dora is wrapped up in her love for the baby. Frank becomes jealous and de votes more of his time to his fast friends. Dora asserts herself and says that unless he reforms he need not come back. In a drunken r.. u.. threatens to kill her and th ,-hiA ' The nurse has the baby out in the park. Frank comes on ami ..!., u.. baby. He goes to the limu -.... r, . town and leaves the babv on th .!..... step of his mother's home. He runs away and ship, on board a shipping cl WhenMr, St. John finds the little baby, she thinks it is a gift from heaven to take the place of her uoi uoy, r rank. When Dora is told of the accident "c old Biblical quotation conies back to,;. AS YE SOW, SO SHALL YE SCHOOUS OPENED Institution is Now Ready For Students. Fulfills Promise. In the granting of the original charter to the Holy Roeary Hospital by the State, one of the provisions was that a training school for nurses be es tablished. In accordance with this provision, preparations were made, aa related a few weeks ago In The Argus, to establish such a school. The final arrangements were completed at a meeting held Friday, January 29, at the hospital. The svhool for nurses is established for the purpose of giving instruction to women desirous of learning the art of caring for the sick. It waa opened to students February 1st.. 1916. It ia an integral part of the Holy Roaary Hospisul and under the same manage ment, and in addition, there is a super visory board, a part of whom are not in any way connected with the hospital. The Holy Roaary Hospital is well equipped for thia course of instruc tion. It contains thirty beds and is furnished with modern apparatus for medicine and surgery. The course of study will be taught in a practical way in the wards, rooms and operating room of the hospital by the nurae in charge and the attending physicians. Instruction will also be given from text books and lectures by the same inatructors. No tuition will be charged and pupila may enter at any time. The meeting Friday waa called to order and Temporary President R. O. Payne 'and Secretary W. J. Weeee were made permanent officers of the faculty by the vote of the memliers present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The committee on course of study made their report and the course was adopt ed in full as presented A board of supervisors waa provided for, which ia to conaiat of the Mother Superior, the Mayor of Ontario and another chosen by the first two, from among the physicians of Ontario. The duties of the board of supervisors are to deal with all affairs, difficulties or disputes arising between the pupils and the school The president appointed Dr. 0. H. Avery of Payette; Dr. C. Wright of Fruitland, and the Mother Superior aa a committee on entrance examination. Requirements for admisaioa are aa fol lowa: Applicant muat be at least eighteen years of age and muat have completed the grammar achoot or its equivalent as a preliminary education. The applicant must be of good moral character with approved recommenda tiona aa auch. The applicant muat furniah a certifi cate from a physician, showing that she ia in good health and fully able to carry on the work. If the applicant ia found unauited or unprepared for the work, ahe will be diamond at the end of three montha. If the student iacareleaa, diaobedient, inauboniinate, inefficient, neglectful or immoral, she will be dismissed, the board of supervisors approving. 84,000 SHEEP ARE BROUGHT INTO OREGON Deputy State Sheep Inspector W. W. Hinton reports that eighty four thous and sheep have crossed the state line from Idaho into Oregon between Hunt ington and Rockville since last fall. Mr. Hintou'B work is mostly in Baker, Malheur and Harney counties and sometimes he works in Grant county Most of the sheep which feed on the summer ranges along the Snake and its tributaries in thia part of the country feed on the Oregon side in the winter' At present the sheep are scattered all the way from Succor Creek to Weiser feeding on hay raised at Succor Creek' Big Bend, Owyhee, Nyssa, Ontario and along the river Hat from Payette to Weiser. The reason that Oregon feeds the most of the sheep is l,et.auae of tfte early spring range on this side As soon as the grass starts the sheep be gin to move out toward the summer range and muu k. . i ssseSrssruBX