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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1915)
A . Mti0 Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. j t VOLUME XVIIV THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1915. NO. 18 .ti 1 . j)e &vgm. APPLE CROP IS BIGGER THAN EVER Is Predicted the Price This Fall Will Range Around $1.25 Per Box. SHORTAGE IN OTHER SECTIONS Many Growers Are Now Contracting Their Crop ! But Price Not Fixed With excellent prospect for the largest apple crop thia section of the country haa ever known, and with equally an yood proapecta for a price ranging around $1.26 per box this fall, the fruit grower of the Lower Snake and Payette River Valleys are feeling jubilant. Government statistics place the apple crop of the United States aa about slaty pat cant short for tkla year, which insures top notch prices, but such a shortage percentage does not apply to this section for here the shortage is only about 8ft per cent. While this section can expect only about 76 per cent of a full crop, yet there will be more apples raised than ever before. The many new orchards coming into bearing this season, and the added bearing surface of the old trees, will swell the total production far above any figure of suist years. llVr. Ifcla sectiuW tarn- is u num ber of growers who ore now contract ing their crop. But so far as cun be learned, none are now contracting to sell foi u fixed price. In other wordx, many are now agreeing to sell to cer tain commission houses, and are re ceiving advances on the season's crop, but the actual selling price will not be fixed until the fruit is ready for mar ket, when the market price at thut time will be taken. Two weeks ago several attempts were made to contract apples for a fixed price, and it is said 75 cents per box was offered, but no upples were sold at that figure. A year ago this time there wus no activity among commission houses in attempts to muke early contracts. It was evident at that time thut an over production would prevail in the United States ami that the price would be off. Hut this year's activity among buyers only substantiates government esti mates as to a crop shortage, und is a splendid indication of good prices this fall. NEW BRAND LAW NOW IN EFFECT County Clerk Houston Tells How Law May Be Com plied With Instructions which must be followed in order to comply with the new brand law which has just gone into effect have been secured by the Argus from County Clerk J. P. Houston. Follow ing is what Mr. Houston has to say on the subject: "In order to protect the brand you have recorded in Malheur county, you must follow the instructions below: Request the county clerk to send you a certificate of your brand or brands you may have on record. The clerk will send you a certificate properly filled out and also a pad upon which you must make an impression of your brand by slightly burning the same. Send your certificate together with the pad and $1.00 to H. W. Lytle, state veterinarian. "If you want a brand which is not recorded, you must make up a list of brands which you want, send them to W. H. Lytic and ha will let you know Rob Hardware Store The store of the Ontario Hardware Co. was robbed last Wednesday even ing. The culprit entered through the back door by breaking the glass in door and pushing the bolt back, in cash was taken out of the cash isterbut the merchandise was noi turbed. No trace of the robber been found. the $13 FIRST LEAGUE BALL Boise Will Cross Bats With Local Boys in Opening Game Of Season Ontario will see her first league base ball Sunday on the local diamond when the Boise and Ontario teams will cross bats. This is in reality the opening game of the Idaho-Oregon league, aa bad weather caused a post ponement of the game in Boise last Sunday. However, thia game will be the second on the schedule, and the original schedule will be adhered to. The game which should have been played last 8unday will be played off some time in the future. Caldwell will play at Nampa, Sunday. The Ontario team has been brought out wonderfully in the past two weeks. Two pitchers have been secured, which were badly needed, and which have strengthened the team considerably. Oscar l.engreen, the seventeen year old boy who pitched the first part of the game against Caldwell two weeks ago, haa turned out to be a real find, and there is every indication that he will make a valuable man to the team. Admiasion Sunday will be 85 rents. HIGH CLASS FILMS CONING TO ONTARIO Have you seen "Julius Caesar," thut wonderiul production that has cost (ieorge Kleim- a million dollars to stage and contains 20,000 people in many scenes? If not you will have the opportunity in the near future, according to an announcement made this week by S. D. Dorman, of the Dreamland theatre. Arrangements have been made by Mr. It i:in to put on a number of these high class productions in the next few months, including "The Wo man Who Dared," "Officer 666." "Lion of Venice," "Naked Truth," and "Du Burry," and many others. How a brave young woman matches her wits against those of the diplomats of a hostile nation, wins ami saves her husband from a traitor's death, is the basic story of (ieorge Kleine's sensa tional story five-part feature film, "The Woman Who Dared." This is not a war picture, but it vividly de picts diplomatic intrigue of the sort that led to the cataclysmic struggle in Europe. "The Lion of Venice" contains scenes of beautiful Venice1. Scenes of life in the quaint Italian city in the fifteenth century and scenes of fiery love and fierce vindettas woven into a charming six-reel film. The "Naked Truth" is a five part dramatic subject based on the famous novel of that name by the celebrated French author Henry Bataille. It presents a delightful story of life in the Latin quarter of Paris, leading the spectator among the time-honored haunts of the artists' and students' colony, the salons of the richest and most fashionable Parisian families and the myriad show places of the gayest city in the world. It gives in timate glimpses of the romantic life so characteristic of modern Paris, the carefree existence which has become synonymous with the Latin quarter. Mrs. Leslie Carter, who plays the lead in (ieorge Kleine's beautiful six part film, "Du Barry," from the fa mous play, wears a number of ex pensive gowns that are sure to attiu t comment by the feminine portion of (Continued on page 4.) within 60 days whether you may re cord same." ONTARIO The New ; $sr-viV 'vi'B tv5r'H a tel jmj- E9D ''ga B i a. 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To any point within the city limits t Ontario 6 cents For a distance not greater than U miles 10 cents For a distance not greater than 6 milei, 15 cents r or a distance not greater han 7 riffles 20 cents For a distance not greater than 0 mile i 25 cents Fc- it distance not greater than 11 miles .'!() cents Tr New Plymouth or N'yssa .'15 cents, o- return to Ontario 35 cents. RAMBLES OF A Iking One of a Series of Articles Telling: of a Viait to Each of The Many- Farms And Places of Interest in This Section. Not over two hundred miles from Ontario there is a vast section of country, all under a high state of cultivation, in which it is claimed thai a thousand acres to the ranch is nec essary before the rancher has enough land upon which to muke a living. And you can't buy any of thut land for less than $100 per acre. It is land devoted to crops which are as safe from failure as an investment in government bonds. Ami there is a steady market for the lund. But think of the total investment. In the Lower Snake an! Payette river valleys, it is claimed that in the irrigated section the average sice of a farm is about forty acres. And the farmer thereof not only mskes a liv ing, but nearly every year he puts avfhy in the bank a neat li'.tle roll lor a rainy day. Now considering the fact that $750 is the average price per acre for highly improved fruit land in this section, our farmer has only an investment of say $.'17,000 He is in deed much better off thai his neigh bor two hundred miles awsy who must invest $100,000 before se can get enough land upon which to make a living. Throughout this secticn you can find many farmers who are making money, year in and year out, Irom tracts of ten or twenty aires. There are many instances of profits rang ing from $500 to $1000 per acre in one year, and before this series of ar ticles is ended, I will tel just how they did it. P. A. Creger's Place. Coming to this contry with his family seven years ag, P. A. n . located on a forty acre tract on Fruit land Avenue, in tht Fruitland section. There is twenty-fiv i the plan- devoted to fruit, ani. Mr. Cregi-i- il one of the many fruit men of this sec tion that looks for a good crop with good prices. He his made a tlldy of the ' H ha Jitney Rus Time Table THROUGH THE GARDEN OF EDEN figured out that it costs 45 cents to grow a box of apples and place it mi the curs r ady to ship. He has also figured out thut it puys a fruit grower to belong to a good association, and is himsell affiliated with the Idaho-Oregon Fruit (irowers Association. Of course in a year like the present one, when apple prices are bound to be good, the need for protection ot an as sociation is not felt so keenly. But in off years, then the association is in a position to live the truit growers hundreds ol dollar.-. Anil the welfare of the association should be looked after in fair weather, as well as foul. Twenty-five acres of Mr. Creger's forty are devoted to apple trees. The varieties are Jonathan, Winesap, Koine Beauty, and Crimes (jolden. The trees are planted thirty feet apart, and four hundred of them were in bearing last yeai. He has five hundred trees thut that Hill hear for the first time this season. On nearly every farm you will find new trees coming into bear ing this season. It has been estimated that there is ten thousand acres in the Fruitland district alone, upon which there is orchard that will bear for the first time this season. Vi tainly the crop will he a big one. On the Cregei place are berries and small fruit of many varieties, but only in quantities sufficient for home use. Mr. Cregei is specializing in apples, but still he is staying close enough to the diversified farming scln-mc to hi on the safe side. He is growing ul falfa between the trees in the orchard, has four aires of blue grass pasture and will plunt ten aires of coin. IL- farms his place With tin. , horses and keeps six cows. Mi-. Cref er is a fir.-t i lass buttei inaki i, and the piodurt i.- marketed in Ontario, 'I l.i i. in ejao forty-five lead "' aaj or this plan- that will be mark I ted this fall. Thoroughbred bi hern chickens ami thoroughbred Tul geeac an - ! 'in thi Shinn To Walla Walla Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Shinn will leave Friday for WhIIii Walla where Mr. Shinn has accepted a position in the County Agricultural iervice. Mr. Shinn has been in Ontario for about two years and was married a year ago If Miss Staples of this city. They have many warm friends here who re gret they are leaving. COYOTES TO ALL BE DESTROYED U. S. Goverment Will Take Up Work In Eastern Oregon Soon That the United States department of agriculture is planning to begin the destruction of coyotes with an or ganized force in Eastern Oregon, Northern Nevada and Northern Call fcrnia was the information contained in a letter received by Dr. Calvin S. White, state health officer, from H. W. Henshaw, chief of the biological survey, saya the Portland Orcgonian. Mr. Henshaw aaid that the work would be begun aa soon after July 1 aa it was possible to do so. "Edward R. Sans, aa assistant of this bureau, now at Alturas, Cal., in vestigated the existence of rabies at a number of points in Eastern Oregon," said Mr. Henshaw, "and his reports describe the situation aa warranting vigorous efforts in destroying the coy otes. We are asking him to employ at an early date at various pointa in Eastern und Southern Oregon the best local hunters available for the re mainder of this fiscal year." The letter was in reply to one sent by Dr. White in which the importance of the government co-operating with the state in eradication of the dis ease among animuls was urged. TWO NEW MEMBERS ON CITY COUNCIL S. D. Dorman and S. J. Xpencei , new members of the city council, filled their official stations for the first time at the regular -imr of the council Monduy night. They were! elected by the council to fill the va cancies caused by the resignation ot Postmaster Cregg and I.. B. Fry. Firemen Fleet. A meeting was held by the fire department officers Wednesday night to eh rt new officers. W. M. I. axon was elected president, vice president, Louis Kroessin; treasurer, John l.au- ; dinghain; iccrctary, Zam Ciierim. Kills 119 Coyotes One of the largi t ds on the pa) oil-- reported so lai this yeai Ml made ! Xcphi Purcell and Clureiue Johnson, who came into Payette la I Wednesday with 11!) coyote hidi These men had been out just 22 days. They claim they did not find a coyote thut showed any signs of rabies Masons to Meet Thursday evening, May (ith, then will be a special meet ol A'a.-ia Lodge, A. F. and A. M., at which time the second and third degree work will be put on. All memlx-is ire I p ially requested to he pii-sint and all visiting brothers are ronlially invited. I., dge opens promptly at - o'clock. Uefresh'i.elilS. D. C. McDonald, formerly depot agent of this city, passed through On taiio Saturday on his way to his farm close to Naplon. Mr. If c Don aid at present is working on hi- m -w pumping iyiten aaicb be expect Ui hi ready for use in a short tiroe. Mr. Creger has a coinloi table lionii and good, substantial out building His yard i vary pretty and than li an abundai ' bade about the place. (Tc '' continued.) HEAVY RAIN IS BOON TO FJ No Damage From Cold Spell to Crops of This Section RAIN AND WIND SAVES FRUIT Rain Storm Salvation To Dry Land Crops, It Is Claimed Malheur and Canyon counties have been treated to a drenching rainstorm within the last week which il suid to be worth millions of dollars to this section of the country. Commencing last Thursday with a heavy wind storm in this section, accompanied by a steady drop in temperatur", ruin gradually turned into snow, ami Thursday night there was a heavy snow storm. Snow was probably light er in and around Ontario than at any other point reported. Friday, Satur day and Sunday remained cold, but wind and rain kept away the dreaded frost, and reports to the Argus offict from all surrounding points indicate that no damage was done to fruit, berries or vegetables anywhere in thi section. The tempcruture hu.i gradu ally been climbing buck to normal since Moiim morning. Reports From the mountain country around liakei and i .a Qraada carry news ol a hi as . now ther- the lut,ur purl of last week, and in Umatilla county it is suid that lh. i ( a h ivy loss ot sheep. Kirst rep rl i Inn:1 tins western part of Malheur eounty stat ed that many beep ,' ad i i u lost, but careful investigation fails I i reveal an instance where the los.i v as seveiv. Farmers of dry laud all ove, thi section say thut the storm wus i sal vation to them. An exceptionally dry spring followed u sh(irtat:e in mois ture from last winter, left the small streams and rivers almost dry, act crops on dry land were in bad .eed o! rain. During the several duys of storm there were many drenching rains, and these rain-; will give the dry land crops a good boo.,t toward maturity . In thi- irriguted Metioa along bath sides of the Snake rivt i tin dry : was felt only slightly, and did rn. In Iiilin in any inanuei with cropi. It was ne, i ..ary to irrigate earliei than I ual but with the whole Snak. rfvaf to draw Irom, there ;. no shoiiagi; of water. It is i laiim I that ever) crop in thia section has been greatly benefitted by the storm. COMMENCEMENT TO COME ON MAY 20TH Senior Class of Thirteen Students Will Recieve Diplomas The graduating Hubs of Un Ontario High School, loiisisting oi thi members, has fixed Thur-d::.. May 20th, for the gfgdoatiori ( v i which will be held in the High School auditorium. The program foi com un nt week ii now practlcall) all unaiiged. The fallowing are membi ol tie claati Misses Vera U. Neeb I Worth, X. Hie I! Po..'. Alva M. Am old, (irayi li. Sage and Muriel M. Millikin. The hoys are Karl S. VS '.'.. , Q njai Trow, Will F. ' L. (irai. I K. S