h Over 2,000 Circulation This Issue Payette and Ontario Have Burried the Ax and Join Hands in Co-operative Move for Upbuilding of the Great Lower Snake River Valley-Payette Boosters Visited The Ontario Commercial Club Tuesday Mammoth Crop Of Alfalfa Nearly Ready For The First Cutting Reports from fruit growers in this section pout to n bumper yield this year, and it is predicted that it will reach the 7f per cent mark, with good prices. Our rich farming section has won an enviable reputation as n producer of agricultural wealth, and the prospective settler is becoming interested. mc tffofario mm Representative Newspaper of Ontario, Malheur County and Snake River Valley. The productivity of the soil in the Ontario section is attracting the attention of home scekcrs nil over the country. Our trans continental railroad offers rapid trans portation of produce to the large outside markets, and the agriculturalists of this Harden of Kden wear a smile of prosperity. VOLUME XVIIV THK ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915 NO. 21 Come And Help Us Celebrate The Glorious Fourth Bumper Fruit Crops at Record Prices Insures Prosperity of Country Memorial Day Services Monday in Honor of Departed Civil War Heroes AIL READY FOR HE MORIAL J. R. LU8K HERE DAY J. R. Lusk Salt Lake muniiger of he Oregon & Western Colonization Company, was in Ontario Mondny on business. Mr. Lusk urrived in the city Sunday evening. lie brought with him two prospective settlers who ......... . .1 .... i.iln 1Ii.iii.iI1 .. .ill.l l. Ilk. iHI'IU IIIIM'M lll, III,... vwiiliij 'J " cul tigeuts oi i lie company, nn. i.ush ic turned to Suit Lake on the Monday noon train. IV Fitting Observance of Dec oration Day Has Been Arranged WORK IS STARTED ON BIG BEND BRIDGE BUSINESS HOUSES TO ciOSEiContratt,'r8Are',n Ground wunrorreoi men ior Construction V 11 Appropriate Program Has Been Planned. Parade To The (femetery Memoriul Day will be observed in Onturio this your on Monday, Mu 31st. Plan have been in progress foi several weeks by the different organi MttOM of the city and will soon be perfected for making this pi agNH one of the most fitting ever held here The procession will start from thi City Hal promptly ut II u. m. Cn veyances will lie furnished for the sol diers and for the children who will take part in the services ut the Cem etery. After the decoration of the graves the soldiers will hold their customary services. At U the W. C. T. U. will serve dinner to the old sol diers, wives and widows of soldier.- at the Methodist Hall. Many will pur tuke of picnic lunches in the park. The following program will be carried out in the park in the ufternoon: 1 :M - Bund Concert. 2:00 -Recessional, Mrs. A. G. Moore Chorus, Guarding Angel, Ladiet- Voices. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Hugh Biggs. Roll Call of Soldiers giving Regi ment and Compuny. Quintet, Heneath the Flag, Congre gational Quartet. Address, W. W. Wood. America. The following committees have been appointed: From Ladies Auxiliary of the Commercial Club: Mrs. Whitney, conveyances; Mrs. Connor, Marshal; Mrs. Morton, to confer with lodges; Mrs. Staples, Cadets and Bands. General Committee: Mrs. Secoy, Mrs. Hager and Mrs. Dickson, decora tion of graves; Mrs. Van Petten, Mrs E. M. Cireig and Mrs. H. W. Clement, W. C T. U. dinner; Mrs. Pratt, Mrs A. K. Johnson, Mrs. A. M. Lackey and Mrs. Chellis Draper, decoration of the park; Mrs. Harrell, Mrs. Ha-g-er, Mrs. Jaquiah, Mrs. Frank Dra per, Mr. Hager and Mr. Brown, gen eral arrangements; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Hager and Mrs. Bingham, marshal for morning; Mr. Williams, chairman of afternoon; Mr. Van Petten, super vision of Cemetery, Mr. Grauel. Construction work on the big bridge icross the Snake Riser at Big Bend las been going on for about a week ml qujtc a showing bus been made ill emly. The material for the bridge wus un oaded at Adrian u'i the llomedule ranch. Adrian is about three-fourths f u mile from the bridge site anil a lerrick hud to be erected to unload he heavy steel from the curs und nail it on the trucks preparatory to luuling it to the river. A god deal .f the material has already been haul ed. At the bridge site the living and .vorking quarters huve been erected mil the engine and derrick have been mounted on trucks ready for work. The construction gang consists of Mght or ten men most of whom arc xperienced in bridge work. The fore nan stated that the work of con itruction would occupy about three iionths as that wus the time required in the Nyssu bridge. Figuring on hat basis the bridge will be ready for traffic by the first of September. HAY CROP SOON READY TO CUT Big Hay Harvest Will be in Full Swing as Soon as Weather Clears RAINS HAVE DONE NO DAMAGE FOUR TEACHERS LEAVE The Misses Wilmoth Curry, Gray, Austin and Maloney left Friday on the evening train. Mist Austin went to her home in Elgin, Oregon, Miss Gray returned to her home in Eugene, and later expects to spend a part of her vacation on the Sound. Miss Mu loney and Miss Curry will go direct to Seattle expecting to spend the lat ter part of their vacation at the Fair. PAYETTE BOOSTERS PAY FRIENDLY VISIT The ax has been buried! Ontario mil Payette have finally agreed to a urogram of peace and co-operation, ind the official burial of the weupon of warfare occurred Tuesday p. in. vhen it was placed deeply beneath .he sod after appropriate exercises ii the Ontario city park. N'early a hundred members of the 'ayette Commercial club, and boost ers of the sister city, were in Ontario Tuesday. They changed cars here in he morning on their way to Vale, and eturned to Ontario in the afternoon. n informal meeting with the Ontario Commercial club immediately followed heir arrival here, at which addresses ;vere made by both Payette and Onta io speakers, showing a willingness jf both cities to co operate for the jest interests of the entire valley. Many expressions of friendship were made, and the burial of the hat chet came by mutual agreement. The Payette delegation were also boosting in d advertising their Fourth of July .elebralion on July 3rd and their cha uuu.ua which will be held during the week of June 18 to 24. Many Fields are Just Break ing Into Blosson. Yield Will be Extra Heavy One of the finest first crops of al falfa ever cut in the Lower Snake and Payette river valleys is now ready for harvest, and cutting will commence in about a week, providing rain does not interfere. Field after field is just now starting to bloom and the harvest of the first crop of l'.'l.'. will soon be in full swing. Had it not been for the past three weeks of rain, hay harvest would probably huve been on now as hot weather would have matured the crop sooner. However, the wet, cold spell has done no harm and has just simply deluyed the harvost. It is claimed, however, that the crop will not be injured should rain hold off the harvest for another two weeks. There are reports of one or two instances where cutting has al ready commenced, but in the present weather, this is dangerous, as the hay down in the lield is easily spoiled by a little ruin, Fanners generally, are holding off until the rains are over, preferring to let the ground dry out a little before cutting. To shock hay on wet ground is said to be as damaging as if it had been rained on. In view of the fact the crop is not : being damaged by allowing it to stund, for a while, every one is de laying their cutting. And when the harvest does start, it will be general throughout this whole district. AH BANQUET HELD AT MOORE Sixty Graduates of Ontario High School Welcome Class of 1915 BIC LEAGUE BALL SEEN HERE m:w iiomf.s comi'Lktkd Dr. and Mrs. Wcesc are moving in to their new bungalow in Villa Park this week. Only a few finishing! re main to be done and one of the prct -tiest borne . iii the city will be com pleted. This will be a great addit ion to the already attractive resi dence district on the hill. The new McNulty home is nenring completion and the family expect to be able to move in shortly after the first of June. SWAGLER homf. robbkd A pair of trousers, in whcu was about eleven dollars in money and a bunch of keys, was the haul of a rob ber from the home of R. W. Swagler Monday night. The robber did not enter the house, but removed a screen from the bedroom window and pulled the trousers out. The only clew left by the robber were several foot prints in the yard. Several suspects have been arrested, but could not be held W. E. McCONNKLL HERE W. E. McConnell, a prominent attor ney of Burns, wus in Ontario Monday on business. Mr. McConnell is inter ested in the suit of the state against the Pacific Livestock Company in which an attempt is being made to in The Annual Alumni banquet for the High School graduates was held Sat urday evening at ten o'clock at the Moore Hotel. A very nice supper was served, covers being laid for sixty. The tables were prettily decorated with pink carnations and ferns the color scheme of green and white be ing carried out in the place cards and the ices and candy. William Fiser acted as toastmaster, speeches being made by E. B. Conk lin, who organized the Alumni asso ciation, all the present High School faculty, and the members who had been presidents of the respective class es since 1910, all being present ex cept Miss Leona Rader. Sprague Adam spoke for that class. A part of the evening was taken up with the election of officers for the ensuing year. Wilmer Boyer was elected pres ident and Pauline Billingsley secre tary and treasurer. Those who have served as presi dents of their class were: Ernestine Billingsley 1910. Chester Lackey 1900. Pauline Billingsley 1911. Le ona Mailer l'.u:i. duy Mingle r.n.:. William Strane 1914. Crystal West 1915. The following members of the Al umni association were present at the banquet: Wm. Fiser, toastmaster; E. B. Conk lin, E. G. Bailey, Mrs. E. G. Bailey, D. A. Hiles. J. Wili Prater, C. N. Wil liams, F. J. Clemo, H. H. Williams, Don Piatt, Howard Mallett, Earl Grif fin, Harold Mallett. Mr. Holcomb, Murray Morton, Wm. Pinney, Ches ter Lackey, Thomas Hardman, Ray Boyer, Wilmer Boyer, Guy Stingle, Bill Strane, Ralph Dunbar, Ernest Gramse, Crull Orcutt, Sprague Adam, Wm. Fitzgerald, Palmer Trow, Er nestine Billingsley, Crystal West, Ve ra Neeb, Goldie McGee, Mrs. Hol comb, Clara Morton, Mrs. Wm. Fiser, Jean Conklin, Mrs. 11. II Williams, Mell Carter, Muriel Millikm, Marga ret Dunbar, Sheila Lackey, One Sage, Hazel Lackey, Amy Odell, Maude Poole, Rachel Chapman, Alva Arnold, Ruth Test, Clarice Can field P. Billingsley, Eva Vanderhoof, Km ma McGivern, Lucile Worth, Louise Griffin, Mr. Earl Thompson, Mrs. Karl Ontario Wins Hotly Con tested Game in Last Half of Ninth ONLY ONE SCORE IS MADE Alshire Loses Three Base Hit by Unpopular De cision of Umpire Big league baseball, with the game belonging to either club till the last half of the ninth inning, was the his tory of the bull game Sunday be tween Nampa and Onturio, on the home grounds. It was the be.it game"""1''" DAMAGE SUIT NEED T R. M. Small Asks for Dam ages as Result of Big Bend Bond Sale Suit was filed in the circuit court last Salurduy by R. M. Small as plaintiff against Malheur county, Geo. Mc Knight as county judge, and M. D. Kelly and J. F. Weaver us county commissioners, in which the plain tiff seeks to recover IHM..'I7 dam- COMMITTEES AT WORK FOR FOURTH ever played in Ontario, according to The suit i i be outcome of the sale ol the funs, und there were nlentv of -., - -. s m ., thrills and brcnth-i utchinir moments,"1' for th uvi hnn,lr.l ...ci,it..r wlw. court sold the bonds to a bond com- the Hir Bend bridge bonds held in the spring when the county witnessed the exhibition. Two questionable decisions by um pire Kelleher looked bad for Ontario. Alshire was robbed of a three-base pany of Portland represented by Mr. Small. After the sale wus made, it wa, found that u Denver bonding firm, supposed to be acting as advisors of hit, when the umpire claimed he fail- !l,u' l"u,,ty' "" already MM the bonds ed to touch second base. Alshire U lhlnl l,urlu's. '"' "e county could claims he touched the bag, but ad-I""1 "" P""""""' "' MM M turn miU that he loin's utnn to Mi ,.,,.1 "w ' '" M'"- Small. ... ...,. ... .,..., H... evidently the umpire couldn't see quick enough. The other decision wus when Darnell was called out ut first. Darnell touched the bug, but it was not fastened down, ami it slipped awuy J. R. Hluckaby on Vacation. J. It. HhicUby left for Portland Thursday evening. After spending a fins days there on business Mr. Black validate the title to about 3U.U00 acres of land held by the livestock company Thompson, Maude Kidd, Ruth Pur in Harney county. cell, Earl Weaver, Nellie Pool. California. He expects to be ah ent from the city about five weeks. VALUABLE CHICKENS KILLLED BY THIEVES from him. hither decision left grounds, uhy will go back to visit in In old for a contested gume, but happily this home in Iowa, returning by way of was not necessary. It necessitated Onturio winning the game twice, bow ever, for Alshire would huve scored had he been left on third. The feature of the gume came in the last half of the ninth inning, when Chaprnun was sent in us a pinch hitter with the bases full. He drove out a nice single bringing in Alshire for the deriding score. The gume was not a pitchers' battle as the score might indicate. Both pit chers were found many times by the batters, but hits weie not plentiful. Morris, pitching for Ontario, allow ed only three hits, Schimpf, Klwell anu Arnspeiger each securing one Ontario secured nine hits Shimpf, Alshire and Darnell JMU1 ing two hits each, and Smith. Druhot, Nadeau, Morri-, and ( bapm i each curing one hit. Nampa i credited with two error' and Ontario one. The g.niK' throughout tnd Itoth club themselves to tie true spurts. Nampa took her de feat in the bMl of spirit, realising .hat their loa of such a game was nothing to be ashamed of. Tbe li.iin tre wonderfully matched and records 4 both this game und tbe one played n Nampa a week before, show both lubs playing major league ball. Next Sunday and Monday the Onta- ( Continued on page 8.) Blooded game chickens, valued by then i.hiii-i at several hundred doi ftl . wire the victims of a raid on the ben hou.se of Ci'y Mar.shul Ker foot last Friday nii'bl. Marshal Kir foot captured one of the thieves. Jus. one. from ' u'"' 'iml 'sn"t at ""oilier, but .only tin- one man was captured. At 'the trial held Monday ufternoon Chas. u.i, implicated, unit both Bar ton and Aired were found guilty by Ju.stice Kint.' of h.iceny of poultry. Aired ws fined kMMM und being un able to pay the line, was sent to jail for thirty duys. Barton was fined 7M0 which he paid. Marshall Ker foot feel , keenly the loss of his chick ii, , Which were killed before tbe mar shut could interfere. I In- birds were blooded slock, their pedigree going back to some of the nn. i famous fighters of the entire south. One rooster wus un tTftfltl favorite and is said to have been a very valuable bird. Fourth of July in Ontario Will be Best Celebration , Ever Held RAILROADS OFFER LOW RATES Biggest Display of Fire works Ever Shown Here Has Been Bought That Ontario visitors on the Fourth of July will receive h hearty wclcon and be entertained in a royal muiim is assured by the residents here th members of the different connt'. who have been diligently work my the pust two weeks. A real c tion such as was never staged here nor in this vicinity will be carried out. Although not mnnv definite plans have been mude, M. K. Newton, chair man of the fireworks committee states that 1S0 worth of II reworks has been purchase. I ami u better display will be given than ev i- attempted I. -fore. H. O. Diane of the Transportation enm mittee reported that reduced rates on the railroad, from all cutaide points will be made. H. C. Farmer, chairmun of the Sports Committee, and his assistants have not perfected any plans but state that any number of amusements will bo id. limed. A bail gome und water light by i wo factions of the Volunteer I'm department will be given. Tho entertainment Committee with f, S. Bailey us chairman has made provis ions for two rest rooms to be estab lished tor the ludiea. One in th. V . son building and one in the City Hull. Mrs. Win. Lies und Mrs. Morton will have charge of these. A eugenic ba by contest "will lie held, and three prizes awurded for the best bubies. One of the features of the day will be the baby carriuge parade and three prizes will also be awarded for these to the be.it looking baby and best dec orated carriage. The number of floats thut will be in the parade has not been determined by Chairmun Petersons, but H uuioists buving announced their intention to take purt. The following will be the order of the parade: Mur--luill id Day and Mayor, Payette Bund, Old Soldiers, Boy Cadets, Baseball Boys, Decorated Autos, Lodgei, Bi cycle boys and girls, Weiser Band, On tario Pan, Present and Future, Ten nis boys and girls, Grunge flouts, Far mers' floats, Sunday School flouts, Merchants Floats, Onturio Band, Driv ing HoraM) Riding Horses and Stallions.