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Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley.
VOLUME XVIIV
THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915.
NO. 15-
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JITNEY BUS MAY
START NEXT
WEEK
Make Two Round Trips
Each Day to New Ply
mouth and Nyssa
35 GENTS FOR ONE WAY TRIP
Ontario Merchants Agree
to Refund Money Paid
for Fares
The jitney bus for Ontario has at
last been secured, and by a week
from Monday wsll be making regular
trips between New Plymouth and On
tario and Nyssa and Ontario. An
agreement entered into by 41 mer
chants of Ontario and E. D. Mowery
of Portland, provides that a combina
tion passenger and freight car ia to(this week, and is ready for the irriga
te make two round trips each day be- tion season. The ranch comprises
tween Ontario and New Plymouth, and' two hundred acres with about 10
Ontario and Nys... ittjff jM,,,, ,sjMj,rt, It was all
Plymouth will be made by way of
Fruitland and the trip to Nyasa will cle"d "' lew,1 ,Mt and
be made by way of Arcadia. most of it has been put In crop this
The following schedule of fares will
be charged:
To the city limits of Ontario 5c
Distance not greater than .'! miles. .10e
Distance not greater than 5 miles, ,16c
Distance nu .greater than 7 mileea-WteUWJ'i H pumped out-of the Snake river.
Distance not greater than 0 miles, ,26c
Distance not greater than 11 miles. 30c
To New Plymouth or Nyssa, or
return to Ontario 35c
The merchants of Ontario agree to
refund the fares paid by passengers,
the contract relating to that part
being as follows:
"It is further agreed that E. D.
Mowery will give to each passenger
a coupon ticket showing the amount
paid by the passenger, and stating
on said coupon how the same may be
redeemed.
The merchants of Ontario agree to
redeem all coupons given out by E.
D. Mowery during the first 90 days
of said operation, said redemption to
be as follows and not otherwise: The
said Ontario merchants will receive
one five-cent coupon with each dollar
purchase, und allow the purchaser five
cents for the coupon. All coupons
to be presented on or before August
1, Ittf, It is agreed that no coupon
will be redeemed under this agree
ment after August 1, 1915."-'
The car to be used is a 38-passenger
Jeffrey, and will have a capacity of
fourteen passengers. The body of the
car is now under construction in Port
land, and is supposed to be here by
next Tuesday, but may be delayed
for a day or two. It will commence
operation as soon as it arrives.
NEW AGRICULTURIST
EOR THIS COUNTY
H. T. French Was in On-
tario Monday Confer-
ing With Officials
That Malheur county will have a
new county agriculturalist in the near
future is the announcement of H. T.
French who was in Ontario and Vale
the first of the week conferring with
county officials. Mr. French has
charge of the agricultural work
throughout the state. Announcement
of the new man will be made in the
near future, and it is probable he will
...i,.. i,n hia .lntins here within the
i x. . ouj- makes possible a larger business and
next two or three weeks. Mr. 6mnn T ,
iikxi v more money for the merchant, and at
who has had charge of the work herethe game Ume (jyet the farmers a
for the past year expects to go to hi cnance to buy a better quality of mer
ranch in Washington. jch.andise and at smaller prices."
SPELLING CONTEST
AROUSES INTEREST
The grade school spelling contest
held in the high school auditorium last
Friday night, was one of the most
unique entertainments that has oc
curred in Ontario for some time. With
twenty-six students entered in two
divisions, it was feared for a time
that the contest would Inst until the
small hours of the next morning, for
time after time the contestants spelled
the words correctly, and the audience
was amazed at the excellent spelling
qualifications of each contestant. In
the first division Lucile Shaw won
first prize and Wesley Compton took
second. In the second division Helen
Dunbar won first with Charlotte Clag
gett second.
PUMPING PLANT
FOR NYSSA RANCH
Work of installing the pumping
plant on the ranch of Test, Gregg and
Newman at Nyssa has been completed
spring.
The pumnjng plant consists of an
eight-inch pump to be run with a ten
horse power electric motor. Water
DOLLAR DAY BRINGS
BIG BUSINESS TO
Third Sales Day is Most
Successful of Any
Held so Far
MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY
Residents on Bench Across
River Express Appre
ciation of Sales
Dollar Day in Ontario last Saturday
was one of the most successful sales
days yet put on by the Ontario mer
chants, as a large uniount of mer
chandise changed hands, and visitor
to the city were more than pleased
with the excellent bargains offered.
The idea of co-operation between the
merchants and the consumers, as has
been promoted by the local merchants,
has met with the approval l tne
people, and has become very popular
over the country.
One resident of the bench district
across the river was loud in his praise
of the Ontario merchants for the man
ner in which they had worked out the
co-operation idea. "We will do all our
trading in Ontario now," he stated,
"for we like to deal with your pro-
gressive merchants, and find that we
can buy cheaper here than elsewhere.
Another resident of near New Ply
mouth put the matter in a little dif
ferent light. "This is a day of in
tensified merchandising," he stated.
"Just as we farmers find that our most
money is made in intensified farming,
so the merchants have discovered that
intensified merchandising is their sal
vation. General co-operation and or
ganization, such as will not interfere
with healthy competition, is what is
needed, and such an arrangement
ANOTHER PARTY OF
LAND SEEKERS
ARRIVE
Immigrants Pass Through
Ontario Monday for
Harney
SEVERAL FROM UNION COUNTY
People of Grande Rondo
Valley Interested in
this Section
Another parge party of Immigrants,
many of whom came from Union
county and several eastern pointa, left
early Monday morning for Harney
county in search of farm homes. This
is the third party that haa gone
through Ontario this spring en route
to interior points looking for good
cheap land. The party was accom
panied by local officers of the Oregon-Western
Colonisation company.
One member of the party from
Union county stated that many people
of the Grande Ronde valley were
greatly interested in this section, and
that probably many more would fol
low in the near future. Much con
fidence is expressed that the railroad
from Ontario across central Oregon
will be constructed across Harney
county in the near future, and that
good railroad transportation will soon soon aa contracts of the Great Sho
be available. There is a large quan-jshone & Twin Falls Water Power com-
tity of excellent farming land in Har
ney county and central Oregon, which
can be purchased at low prices, and
people nre anxious to locate before the
railroad is built, believing that the
price of land will raise after the rail-
roud has been completed.
BASE BALL LEAGUE
NOW PERFECTED
Meeting in Boise Last Fri-
day. Season Opens
May 2nd
IDAHO-OKKOON LI AG U I
SCHEDULE TO JUNE 27.
May 2 Ontario at Boise; Cald.
well at Nampa.
May Boise at Ontario; Nam-
pa at Caldwell.
May lo Caldwell at Boise; On-
tario at Nampa.
May 23-Boise at Cald ell;
Nampa at Ontario.
May 30 Ontario at Boise; Cald-
well at Nam pa.
May 31 (Decoration day) On-
tario at Boise; Nampa at Cald-
well.
June 6 Boise at Nampa; Cald-
well at Ontario.
June 13 Nampa at Boise; On-
tario at Caldwell.
June 20 Boise at Ontario;
Caldwell at Nampa.
June 27 Ontario at Boise;
Nampa at Caldwell.
Formal organization of the Idaho
Oregon Hasebal) league was made in je(ucteci f0, eague expense. The
iioise last Friday when f Jfcgjgata, will then be divided be
tives from Uoise, Nampa, Caldwell tween the two c; ,, 60 per cent to the
and Ontario met there, elected offi
cers, adopted rules and provided a
schedule for the four team organiza
tion. William L. Ash, a well known
Boise cigar man, and an enthusiastic
ball fan, was chosen president of the
league. C. T. Lackey leprescnU-d On
tario at the meeting. Speaking of thj
meeting the Boise Statesman says in
part :
"A resolution was adopted by the f
league under which rowdyism abo -
lutely will not be tolerated and each
club will be compelled to get rid
of any player guilty of umpire bait -
ing or other objectionable conduct. !
"Division of gate receipts was a'
POWER INTERESTS MAY
CONSOLIDATE IN
ONE COMPANY
Electric Bond & Share Co.
Would Gather in Local
Company
SAY COMMISSION MAY OBJECT
Merger Would Include One
Gigantic Company With
no Competition
Unless the public utilities commis
sion of Idaho interferes the Electric
Uond & Share company, capitalised in
the millions, will, before the present
year is over, have merged into one gi
gantic aubsidiary company the elec
tric power corporations operating in
southern Idaho, Malheur county, Ore
gon, Utah and possibly Montana und
Washington, if its present plans go
through. It is the parent company
behind the merger now under way to
take over the three hydroelectric
power companies, the Idaho-Oregon
Light & Power company, the Idaho
Power A Light company and the Iduho
Kailwuy, Light & Power company.
The Southern Iduho Water Power
company, now operating in the Poca-
tello territory, is reported to have
agreed to enter the merger, und us
pany can be straightened out lytt
corporation will be taken over. The
Utah Power A Light company and the
allied railway interests, formerly the
Utah Light & Traction company, re
cently reorganised, are already said
to be controlled by the Klectric Uond
& Share company.
The Electric liond & Share aUo has
'plans under way and hopes to acquire
the holdings of the Washington Wa
ter Power company. The Southern
Idaho Water Power compuny und tin
Great Shoshone & Twin Falls Wuter
Power company, former Kuhn enter
prises, are now controlled bv the
American Waterworks & Klectric
company of New York. Recently the
public utilities commission of Idaho
permitted the Idaho Power I Light
company to enter the Twin Fulls field,
but that concern had practically ceased
construction work there ami recently
large crews of men were laid off. It
is known to be included in the mri-
ger. This removes all rivul concerns
in the same territory. The American
Waterworks & Klectric- company hu.s
'a capitalization of $10,000,000.
The Idaho commission, however,
muy not allow .he merger, imi dm
heuds of the different concern! nave
been ordi red to npcui li "'ore chat
commission April 2'!. It is 'eared i,
the commission that it will have m
control over the power situation if the
merger is iffrompHristd. und tin i. ,.,
a possibility that it will not be ul
lowed.
question on which the organization
spent considerable time. lioi.se ami
Onturio are compelled to pay a p.
rentage of their eat, receipts for
park hire. A system was therefore
agreed upon under which the re
leiptn will be divided as follows:
Twenty-five per cent will be taken
out by the home club for purk; 10
per cent ol the n maiml.r will tlmn
home team and 40 per cent to the
visitors. The visitors will be guar
anteed railroad fare for 11 men.
"An umpire and a scorer will be
employed for each club on its recom
mendation, but umpires will work
only in neutral towns. The i-aluric.-,
and expenses of umpires and the sal
aries of scorers will be paid by the
league.
Under the schedule as partially
, , , , ()..tal.io wlii ,.!av i Baka
m It.c.0,.atjon jy, wnuh falls on
Monday, and M the praiaiM Sun
(Uy Caldwell and Nampa will play
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ANOTHER BASE BALL
LEAGUE ORGANIZED
A meeting wss held at. Payette Mon
day night to organize another Idaho
Oregon league. Representatives from
Vale, Emmett, Weiscr and Payette
were present. This league promises to
be a good one as some nf the best
amateur performers of this section will
be seen in action.
The clubs have alresdy begun work
ing out, and the players are trying to
get in good condition bv the opening
nf the season, which will I,,- some time
the I it tet part of this month.
People this district will have no
trouble finding good ball games to at
tend this summer.
FIRST BALL GAME
IS PLAYED SUNDAY
The Ontario hnseball team played
the first game of the season last Sun
day with Payette on the local diamond,
the score being 7 to 6 in favor of
Ontario. The fame was played excep
tionally well considering the time the
boys have been practicing. Until the
seventh inning Payette did not score,
but a bunch of five hits in the seventh
inning netted them five nuts. Pay
ette was given six errors while the lo
cal hoys got by with none. Nine hits
were credited to Onturio und seven to
Payett.
Indications are that Ontario will
have a winning hall team this season.
All the players are working hard to
get into condition, and by the time
the season opens, May 2, should he
ready to play fast ball. A return
practice game will be pluyed in Pay
ette next Sunday.
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RABIES HAS BEEN
State Livestock Sanitary
Board Takes Steps to
Stamp out Plague
DOGS MUST BE MUZZLED
Eleven Counties, Including
Mallirui , Conn- Under
Order oi Hoard
BJght 'astern Oregon eounties, in
eluding Malheur county, have been
pliii'd under (piuraiitim again ,t rale.
by the state livestock .unitary loard
meeting in Balem la t Saturday.
Luke, Harney, Crook, l!ak r, .Mai
heur, Wheeler and Union countim in
. a tii n iiveon, and Multnomah i
(lackama, and Jail, on cnuntii s in
western Oregon, to wl.ii h i' i fee. I I
rabies may t ad. While it is nol
known just how swec ping a. id
tin- quarantine ma) be, it li Utoughl
lure that it mean, simply u rigid in
spection of all livestock hel'i. n- it i. hi
be shipped. Local Mock inspector, W.
W. Hinton, stated that he had received
no notice of the ipiaianline as yet,
but would probuhly receive dcfiniti
instructions within a few da)
However, it is known that om ..i
tin- provisions of the tiuaruntino will
he tliat ull dogs be muzzled, unless
used in herding livestock, ind that til
i civil officers will be called upon to
aid in enforcing the law. Penalties
'for violation of the law are fine,-, ol
from $50 to $100 for curb off. n . -.
in the past few Y.ci ks there huve
been few t norts '( rabiil coyoti in
-.this
section of Miilheur county, and it
lis thought the prompt u tion ol the
county official in ordering ull dogs
t - - i.. , m i..., i. ...i i. ,,
I'Ml..n'.l lisi Willi l, nun lie,. ii.., ,. v..
do with stamping out the plague le i.
Rabies still exists, however, und the
action of the livestock board will no
doubt materially aid in the ultimate
extermination.
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QUARENTIN
EIGHT CITIES TO
ORGANIZE
TONIGHT
Lower Snake River Power
Users Association to
be Perfected
MEETING GAELED IN PAYETTE
Constitution and By-Laws
Have Been Drawn Up
for Adoption
Permanent organization of the
Lower Snake Kiver Power Users' As
sociation will be perfected tonight in
Payette -when representatives from
eight towns and cities of the lower
Snuke Kiver vulley meet then- in the
city hall. The action tonight is the
reailt of a motion of an informal
meeting held two weeks ago, at which
time a committee was appointed to
draw up the by-laws und constitution
and perfect the preliminary stepa
toward the final orgunizution.
The by-laws provide for sixteen di
rectors, one from eueh of the cities;
and one from each district surround
ing each city. It was decided that in
this manner equal representation in
tin- organization could best be ar
ranged. The towns and surrounding
districts included in the organisation
jure Huntington, Weiscr, Puyetle, New
'Plymouth, Knuuott, Ontario, Nyssn
and I'ttrma.
The object of the new cnnipnnj is
to work in harmony with the power
company in promoting the use of dec
tin it at nominal rates. One of the
first moves of the organization) it is
understood, will he to present data to
the Idaho public utilities commission
with u view to securing u lower rate
on electric power for pumping pur
poses. This move is entirely satis
factory to the local power con. pany,
which has promised to uul the new
orgunizution in tiny manner possible.
ROSCOE con
WILL FULLY RECOVER
Removed to Hjh Home To
day. Case is Most Kt
markahlc One
Tl xperieni e nl da' Ing 1.
head . mashed m I,., a .iisrus, being
in In .1 to a. i. plat . d umlt r ail
in, the I i "i the skull
an. I ahoiit a t. a ut 0 iful of him
;ll ill. i ioI loac- con
. in. i the an
, , i. nis to be ' d out of
dangei ami u b il to
front Uu bospil
tlm experie wllil
Mi Injured In track
mi el at tie '. i roi 'ids la t r'rii
aft. i noon Not onl) I he proitouncetl
out of daagi i . i nhy- i. iii. i 'i
Weese ami Priniinfl Utc that he will
full) recpvi i and will nevei i M" rl
any ill effect! from the Injury, 'II"
case is said to he one of the i.lo.-t i.
markahle that has occurred in tl
tion of the count)
The many friends of Ro.-coe (dnkliu
were ..hoiked la.-1 l''rida iiiMn i
with the news of his inj .. At the
first the rumor spread that he could
never iccover, and de-pi'e the en
i oiirageuienl of the phy-ician.-, it Sntl
f oared the accident would prove fatal
The discus was thrown wild ami
hurled through the air a diatauct of
about fifteen feet be: ON II
BaSeOe va.- knocked down by the im
pact, but he immediately regained In
fect without assistame, and did not
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