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I I III I I II M IM 1 dhtfaritf Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. NO. 14 THF, ONTAKIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, IMS 86 mm. Ll'MK XVIIV OLLAR 1 ONTARIO DAY" FOR NEXT SATURDAY lother Mcivhants Co Of rativc Bale Day to Oc cur Hire April 7th. IA1 WILL A DOLLAR BUY? tarni Spirit of Rivalry Be- ween Loral Merchants to Outdo Bach Other p rhirf question in business cir- in Ontario Saturday of thin work be the purchasing power of a ir. Knr Siitunlny has been dc- l by Oninrio merchants a "Pol- nay" nnl nnothrr of Ontario'i ouk ro-opcnitivc sales ilnys will f place. Like tho two former it, the scheme for Saturday will ininue and complete in itself. bo pun-hnsing power of a dollar bo exploited. Opportunities for u ly attractive sale aro many, and he merchants get into the propos I more fully, they realize the real it of mii li an undertaking. Harty of un looking ut the propos i BM hand, don't hop murh to Mated one merchant. "Hut tho i e thou !,t v., ii, It, the more we lie it is n ally a Keut Hcheme. At t hand we all naturally think we f putty well the full purchasing r of a cinKle dollar. Hut we t. It almost uulielievahle, the It Valuer we are Justified in offer for a dollar on a sales day of thin We can push forward all kind uriluihli-, :,nd .-an tfive the buy MbHe -.,- . i. ,. bargains on thit ion." "no fifty in. -i-chants in Ontario Mil i i pat i m in this "Dollur " II' althy rivalry hus entered in- nt. and each inerehant will MM to s,u that a dollar ean MM MH in his establishment in tliat of his rouipetitor. '''I in tin-. a th,. re will prob- M rivalry among the loeul than in any of the pre ' Milesdays. ',,r instunco, on tm day" the limit of re on in cadi i-tahlishmcnt was ' : I" PM .cut. Hut with the W Dv" Um iky is the limit and inerehant is fn . to offer just as swgi raauetiofl at M omm to. I:""' :,V- dtjri are being looked " ' " By people all over this see of the country. They huve be rj POpoUtf with tiM liurehus lul,li'' '""I Peopla for miles ir, ' ''"v.tion from the city are cag watching for the announeement M different event. I'M afternoon inland theat and all the Mr Chapman Leaves. Mrs. H. A. Chapman left Inst Fri day tvtnfog for htaeagboehtii Tmmaj in response to a tHogrnm that her brother, Dr. Marion Cttt leberry, WM very ill. , 'Saturday the fnmily received n IM MM that th- brother had died Mrs. Chapman will remain in TtXM whic h was her old home, for ubout four months. COUNCIL MEETING NIGH T A monthly meeting of the council was held Monday niht, and wan well attended, all the members being pres ent. The streets are again to be sprinkled with oil; flfiOO gnllons was ordered to be here by the last of the month. The improvements of some of the city streets was the next subject they discussed, and it was decided that Grant street should be worked on and graded up. Work will start on or about the -5th of the month. The north side of Washington atreet from Oregon street to the freight depot, will have cement sidewalks. That will be a great help to the city traffic as the walks at the present time are in bad condition. The council uppointed a committee for the purpose of locating a dump ing ground, as Tuesday was clean up day, anil a place must be located for the purpose of dumping rinbish. Another meeting will be held by the council the 14th of this month to hear protests against street improvements which are contemplated by th? city. RIGS ARE TAKEN FROM HITCHING POSTS City Officials Work With County Officials to Run Down Offenders City officials of Ontario, working in conjunction with county official? on both sides of the river, are en deavoring to run to earth the night prowlers who are taking horses and rigs from hitching racks in Ontario Two rigs have been taken in the past fortnight, one of which was found by Walter Burgess near Washoe. The other rig, belonging to C. K. Bates, has not yet been found, and whether the horse and rig has really been stol en or whether it was taken to some obscure place and left. TENNIS COURTS ARE COMPLETION Double Court Next to Dr. Prinzings Resideuce Al most Ready for Play Several members of the Oregon Club have been working on the tennis courts next to Dr. Prinzing's resi dence, and they expect to be through and ready for games in a couple of days. The members of the tennis club will have the privilege to ask ten outsid er to the use of the courts for the season. A small fee will be attached to each member for the purpose of keeping up the grounds. It is thought some of the best performers of the city will be seen in action on these coarts this summer. Purchases New Car. W. K. Docs is the owner of a fine now Overland car, purchased last week. The machine is n seven pas senger, strictly up-to-date. Friday evening Mr. Lees and Mr. Roberts, lOMl agent for Um Overland, went to Poise and then drove the car botlM SafeUrdaj morning. I JACK JOHNSON IS DEFEATED BY WILLARD NORTHWEST PROJECTS RECEIEVE $2,925,175 Washington. One million five hun dred thousand dollars has been allot ted by the secretary of war to continue work on the north Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river during the 16 months ending June 30, 1916. The total amount allotted by Secre tary Uarrlson for Oregon and Wash ington la $2,926,175. or within 1645,600 of the amount carried by the rlvera and harborH bill when It failed. Other allotment for northwest waterways are us follows: Columbia and Willamette, below Portland, $460,. ooo; Couullle river, $76,000; Coos Huy, $70,000; Coos river, $3000; Sluslaw river. $117,500; Yaqulna river. $3000; Neliulem hay, $116,175; Snake Htver, $2$. ooo; tipper Columbia river, Celllo falls to mouth of Snake river, $37,000; Willamette and Yamhill rlvera, above Portland. $Z6.000; Cowlitz and Lewla rivers, $16,000; Clatskanle river i Grays harbor and bar, $460,000; water way connecting Port Townsend bay and Oak hay, $16,000; waterway con necting I'uget Sound and Lakes Union uiid Washington, $17,600. 8tage Robbtd Near Baker. Raker, Or. Facing the guns of two masked men, Ralph Moorehousc, driv er bf the Kiilnbow Durkee stage, waa forced to deliver a gold bullion brick, representing the weekly cleanup at the Ha) bow mine, valued at about $7000, to the robbera. William Haider, alias "Sourdough BUI," was arrested by Marshal Kd ll.iimiiii at Huntington on information from Sheriff Anderson ut the Rainbow mine for alleged connection with the holdup. ONTARIO TO HAVE EAST BALL CLUB The Ontario Rail club had their first good workout Sunday and pros pects for a good team here was never better. The boys had a severe test of hitting and fielding and their work was exceptionally good for their first training. Mr. Martin, the new back stop, is here, handles himself nicely and looks like a three-hundred hitter. Wells, who worked several games' with Weiser last year, is trying out as a box man and looks good. Darnell, the old standby, is cover ing first base, and gets them just like he always did. Chapman is hold ing down second, while Koupal is at his old position at short atop. He scoops them up at all angles. Ail shire is making hia home at third, and looks like a big leaguer in a small town uniform. The outfield includes, Dean, Smith and Lackey, a better outfield would be hard to find. This club is n team Ontario ahould be proud of and the other clubs can expect to meet defeat when they go up against such a bunch. NEW BOTTLING AND SODA WORKS FOR ONTARIO show ut the re has been arranged Visitors to thp .ite ..I.... . -"J "d are invite, snow under the rio merchant-i. to attend the auspices of the IARI0 men IS DEFEATED FRIDAY " Plymouth came over to battle '' Ontario High School last and defeated the local boys by re of 14 t0 2. ' N,'w Plymouth au?r in all W Mages of the game. The "f N'ew Plymouth played """ vim and life, and played a .,7 '"' ba- The local boys a" tho way through, but as a JJtM outclassed. It is hoping ca boys will give the New Ply"- :,,' mu'h har game the 'me they cross bats. High School positions and mas- Havana. The fight for the heavy weight cliaiuil(iiiHhlp of the world be tween .lit. k Johnson, colored, of Texas, title holder, and Jess W'illurd. white. of Kansas, resulted In the defeat of the black in. in in the 26th round. The early rounds were filled with flashes of Johnson's former wonder! ul speed, when he would rulu rights and lefts to W ill. in 1 s body und face, de livering tun blows to one of the big white challengers. Through all this time U ill. ii, I was strictly on the de fensive, and on occasions Johnson played with him, once standing with guard down and letting Wlllard swing at him, only to dodge and laugh ut tho u kwurdness of his opponent. Wlllard looked clumsy against John aon. A more skillful man might have knocked Johnson out inter the 12th round, for utter that (he negro wus going on speed und lleive unit skill. The end of the fight cume with a suddenness thtti .l.i.i .I the spectators. It followed two or three rounds of al most complete idleness on the part of the contestants, und the crowd settled down to u long drawn out struggle, be lieving that it would go the full limit of the-45 rounds. Speaking of the final round that won him the victory, W'illurd said: "The blow that brought the fight to a quick conclusion was a right-hand smash to Johnson's body early in the lust round. I felt Johnson grow limp in the next clinch and knew I had the championship with'u reach. A left to the body and u right smash to the Jaw put Johnson down for the count." It was the old story of skill and strength against youth and strength. Johnson, one of the largest men who ever stepped into a prise ring, faced an opponent measurably larger and 10 years younger than himself. Johnson is 38 years old, Wlllard Is 28, weighs normally 20 pounds more than John son, and tops him f. ' inchea, being six feet six inches tall. Stage Robbed by Two Men; Get $7,000 in Gold Rainbow-Durkee Stage Held up Early Monday Morn ing. Bandits Escape to Hills Near Raker Morrison Returns. 1. L. D. Morrison of the Eastern Ore. Col. Co. returned from Portland Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Mor rison and children. The family will remain here for some time and will be domiciled at the Moore hotel. Rye Valley, April .r. With thr guns of two masked men bearing on him, Ralph Moorehouse, driver of the Rainbow-Durkee stuge, was forced to deliver a gold bullion brick, repre M'nting the weekly cleunup at the Ruinbow mine, valued at about $7,00(1 to bandits at 1):S0 o'clock this morn ing. The stage was just past the stage, Mrs. A. H. Frietag of Durkee, was not molested. According to u report made by Moorehousc to Sup erintendent l.ee of the Rainbow mine the robbers mounted horses, ufter se curing the bullion and set off ut top speed in the direction of Pedro moun tain. The first intimation of danger camr just after the stage rounded a turn in the road when Moorehouse found himself looking into the muzzle of a revolver aimed by a musked man standing in the middle of the road First came the customary "hands up' order, which the driver obeyed auto matically and then a commund to "hand over that gold." Again Moore house obeyed, and was then informed that he was to drive on and refrain from looking behind him. He looked however, long enough to see the two men, one of whom had been ambushed behind a tree at the roadside during the holdup, pointing revolvers at him. Moorehouse at once reported the loss to Mr. Lee at the mine. The bandit taking the more active part in the holdup is described as wearing light colored trousers, a light hat and a blue serge coat and vest. He addressed the stage driver as "Slim." Moorehouse believes he has u clew to the man's identity, and turn ed the stage over to another driver remaining to join the posse which is being organized. Both men are de scribed as of medium size, one wear ing a blue handkerchief over his eyes and the other a white handkerchief &- a mask. Mrs. A. H. Frietag, mother of Mrs Ragan, of the mine, left on th. . t., and continued her journey to Durk.c ufter the holdup. She formerly lived in Maker where she wus housekeepei for W. G. Ayers. She was tin n Mi Olds but has married since. Rainbow Mine,April ."., ::., p. ni. No word has been received up to this time of the bundits. H. & 1.,,. superintendent of the mine and A. H. Hamilton, master mechanic, lefi in the direction of Pedro mountain, is soon as the holdup was repotted and the sheriff at Maker had been noti fied. No word has been beard from them since. The bullion is .stiiuited to be worth $7,000. Then is greut excitement hero. Rye Valley, April 5, 2:10 p. m. Sheriff Anderson and Deputy NeUon accompanied by Driver Moorehouse have just left here toward Mormon Masin in search of the two bandits It is thought the men had IMMJM W hiding and mounting them as soon at Moorehouse was out of sight, dashed toward Pedro mountain. The sheriff' posse is headed in that direction with all speed of the auto. Other posses are believed to have started from Mormon Basin. Sheriff Anderson received word thi morning of the holdup, shortly aftei its occurrence, Superintendent H. Lee using the long distance as soon as the loss was reported to him. Ac companied by Deputy Robert Nelson Mr. Anderson immediately eommun deered Charles Olds' auto and heavily armed, the two set out for the scene of the holdup to head the posse which will set out in pursuit of the bandits W. C. T. IL TO HOLD CONFERENCE APRIL 9 A conference of tho W. C. T. l u-ieties of Vale, Nyssa und Ontario will be held at the Presbyterian church in this city Friday morning, April 0. In the afternoon Payette, New Plymouth and Fruitlund will be pros ent. The public is invited to tl meeting at which the following K'ain will be rendered: Music, Devotional. Solo, Mrs. McMratney. Welcome Address. Offering. Report of Idaho Union. Duet, Mrs. Jauish and Mrs son. Report of Malheur Union. Violin Solo, Mrs. Cox. . Address, Mrs. Jennie M. state W. C. T. U. president. Question Box. Lunch. pro- Die k- Kimp, Basement of Candy Kitchen to be Fitted up For Wholesale Trade EMPLOYMENT OF SEVERAL MEN Booz & Fifer Will Run Up-to-date Establishment For Wholesale Business- Another manufacturing' plant for Ontario, and which will mean the steady employment of aeveral men, comes in the announcement this week from the Ontario Candy Kitchen that a soda and bottling works and whole sale ice cream establishment will be opened in connection with the popular little candy atore in the near future. Candy for the wholesale trade will also be manufactured and it ia the pirn to keep at least one person on the road continually looking after the out-of-town trade. The new establishment will be op erated under the firm name of Booi & Fifer. These two men thoroughly understand the business and arc en thusiastic over the prospects for a good trade throughout this territory. The new machinery will be install ed in the basement of the present Candy Kitchen, next door to the post office, and it is thought the enlnrgett establishment will be complete n equipment und ready for business not later than Muy 15th. ME' GREGG TAKES CHARGE OF THE P.O. "Jake" Cregg, Ontario's new poat muster, took hin new u .(ion yester day morning, h Ikvtag the former in cumbent, A. L. Sproul. Mr. Gregg received his appointment about .1 month ugo, but could net tnke charge until the necessary papers v. drawn up and the (ommishion re n im ! here. The MMJIialMlon MUM .Monday, and Tuesday the office was checked up, Mr. Gregg taking charge yesterday. GIFFORD FINCIN IT IS OUSTED FROM BELGIUM The Hague. Oifford Pinchot. ex chief forester of the United States, who, it is understood, has been uctlng as special agent for the stute depurt ment ut Washington in the European war zone, has been expelled from Hd gium by the Uerman authorities. Washington Oifford Pinchot. ac cording to advices to the state depart ment. reached Antwerp, Belgium, but was not permitted to proceed further in his work as member of the Aineri can relief commission in Belgium, al though detailed as a special diplomatic agent of the American government. The German authorities objected be sause Mr. Pinehot's sister ia Lady Al len Johnstone, wife of the former Brit lsh minister to Denmark, who is still in the British diplomatic service. Ger many has insisted from the beginning that all agents and consuls of the American government in Belgian ter ritory under German military occupa tion should have no connection, how ever remote, with her enemies GERMAN TORPEDO . ITALIAN SHIP Genoa, Italy. iu Maris A German submarine has sunk the Mullun steam er Luigi i'arodi, which h:t Baltimore: Junuury y with a ej o of coul for Genou, according t -., word renivej here. Tho report has caused u pro found impress. ,h M ... Hlul ,.,,.rt. are many expresiiL.ni; o.' reaeiitment. NEW SYSTEM OF DELIVERY IN EFFECT The new delivery aystiii inaugu rated among a number of the merch ants here is proving a great advant age to both the merchants and the housekeepers. The firms who havp t.i .- contract are Malheur U....mi Kader Bros.. Co., Ml'Cov Rma A Co., Ontario Market, a,ul Oregon Packing Co. The fin,t delivery leave 55E& ai 8L:!0 oVlock: si'cond 2 lO.dOo clock; third at 2 ;80 o'clock an last at 5:00 o'clock. the Co., Boyer Bros. & Co. Wilson Bros.