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Big Pom's at The Malheur County Fair at Ontario, September 21 to 24, (fhtfettior vgn. VOLUME XIX THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY. AUG. 12. 1915 NO. 8S mm FAIR WILL BE THE BEST EVER Committees Working Hard Arranging For the Exhibits PREMIUM LIST SCON READY Monday September 20th., is Designed as Entry Day The sixth annual Mullicur County Fulr will be held at the fair i- 11 ii i in Ontario from September II to 24 IncluMlve. und the vurloim linn in II tt't'H are hard ut work plann lug exhibits and other arrangements lor the .non-don. with the Intention ut null. Iiik it biKKer and better than ever Monday. September 20th , ban been deHlgned an entry day when fin ul urruiiKenieiittt for the exhibit will be made. A. V. Trow hun been re-elected pri-Hldeut or the fuir annoclatlon this year with K. A. Franer uh vlce-prenl- l'ji t und Ii. U. Urauel an necretury The other director are 0. C. Muni, MIhh Kay Clark. Chan Kmlnon, H. ('. Iloyer lllld J. Ii Hilling '! There will be no material change Hum year In the ruleM governing a uunlx Mini entries, but a few miuoi changes are planned to ellmlnuii Mime 111. in. ts of question that have frrevlnhxtv riAiie up III the jii.lmii,. of the exhibit. The itame color acheme of the rlliboiiM will be inullitalned thin year; blue for 11 ml prixen, rei for second and royal purple for tin I pslnkcs. I(r:if rvutton for i.iii and peim Hliiiuld he made uh hooii uh poHslhle through Mr. Oruucl or W. W. Ilow ard. Mr. Howard will thin year be the Keuernl Huperiuteiideut of the 'In. I exhibits Applicatioiia for iiiii. ehHiouii should be made to II C Mover wlio will again tin. year liave charge of i in Important department The price for the neanou tickets will be fl.GU, Keunral admission for adults .ii cents, children between lin ages of aix and llfteeu yearn, 25 cents. v clinics, Haddle horses uud autoiuo lull- . cents. Cruud Hiaii.i tickets uill ell for 25 r.uis. uud Htock ex I. iiiii.u'. HcketH for ll.UU. Capable superintendents liave been leiuieil for eacli department of the fair and every effort will be made Continued on Page 0. New Mergenthaler is Installed at the Argus Willi the installation in the Argun nihie thin week of a new ntamlard .1 n thaler Linotype machine, a new era ban been readied in the liewnpaper world of Ontario. A new Quick-Change Model Five ntuiulard of efficiency ban been ac quired, which weans a better pro duct. To the mechauical depart ment of the Argun, tne new machine means much; but to the patrons of the paper, both readern and adver tlMTa, the advent of the linotype machine will prove a boon. For, with tbia machine, our equip ment modern to the highest degree. If A V BONITA LADY IS LAID TO REST The i ii in -ni I or Mi' KliznlieMi San dy of llonlta, wan lield at the Method 's! church Sunday afternoon. Mm Sandy died Saturday morning at the Holy Rosary hospital Interment wan in the Ontario cetnetary. She Ih survived by her husband. W. II Sandy, four nonn and one daughter, all of whom were at the service. She wan forty-eight years old. Rev. I'ratt conducted the nervlcen, and the funeral arrangement" were In the charge of J. H. Farley. LOCAL I'-lliM HONOKKII IN NATIONAL CONTKHT One of the lenders In the great National content of (loonier Kitchen Cabinet ugentn thin year in the Ont ario Furniture Co. The content wan the greatent in the liintory of the Hooaier Company. Forty Ave hundred dealern took part In townn of every alee and condition. More than a million dollarn worth of the i ii m. i ii- Hoonler ntep navern were no Id. In writing the Ontario Furniture Co., the Hoonler Company nald, "It In a great pleanure Indeed to send you thin check which you won in I he Hoonler prize content during the spring The money represent -.I by ihi-. check In only a portion of the real udvantage we feel Unit tl e prlxe content hun won for you. It in no small thing to aland among the wiunera of one of the harden! fought price oontentn ever held In thin country." Although the Ontario Furniture Co., modeatly maintain that the Hooaier nelln llaelf, becaune of tin vonderful convenience and low price veryone will Join ua In oongraluUt ug them on the successful eflortn . inch have won thin honor for them and Ontario. ONTARIO MILI.1NKR VYKIIN WKIHI.lt MAN The marriage of Mra. Gertrude irove of thin city and It. K. Slagle if Weiner, Idaho, wan solemnized In 'i's city Jh-i Thumday ufteninon. Rev. C. C. I'ratt of theMethodlat nurch oiticlaiiug. Mm. urove la In charge of the Urove & Ulley Millinery .tore here, and Mr. Slagle la well mown In Ontario Mr. aud Mm. Ragle left Immediately for Weiner, he noine of the groom, and from here they go to Portland and other ooaat pi. mis on a abort wedding trip. Oov. lir xuii.lei Here. Uov. M. Alexander arrived here Friday on the morning traiu aud spent a part of the day looking after bin interenta here. With Ad. Simon he made a trip to Vale to make an examination or the Alexander Cloth ing Co. there, and the damagen cauned by the recent tire. He re turned to Koine in (lie evening. So far an mechauical equipment Is concerned, the odice in now adequate lo handle aucuennfully a dailv liewn paper. For the preaeut Argus, It meana that our readem will be given all the news in detailed form. There will be no necessity for abreviated news stories An to the advertining, the otllee in far better equipped than ever before, to put up neat, attractive advertise in. nis, and to handle them on tha shortenl notice. Our advertining patrons will nee a decided change. The linotype machine in a machine that makes itn owu type aud netn it up ready to priut an it is made. It operates from a key-board, and in able to do the work of live men sett lug type in the old way. Many who liave seen the linotype claim it ia nearer human than any other mach ine ever built. Scores of our friends have already been in to nee the new machine work. We are glad to liave them, and ex tend a cordial luvitatlou lo everyone, lo come in and aee the uew linotype KIKMT W V ThKMH.OVs ARK IN III K MARKKT The lirst watermelons of the sea son were in the markets Mouday, and were sold at two cents a pound The melons came from Cryatal, Idaho, between Payette aud Welaer. ANNUAL PICNIC AT SEP. I Boulevard Grange Has the Charge of Commun ity Affair. WHOLE COMMUNITY INVITED Committees Have Arranged Splendid Program For the Day The annual community picnic In the charge of the Boulevard Orange will be held In the grove at Arcadia on Wednesday, Snpt. 1. While the Orange will be in charge of the pro gram und all of the arrangements it will be decidedly a community affair and an effort will be made to get everyone in Ontario and In the sur rounding country to attend and for get labor of every kind while the day In given over to nportn and good, nolld fun. The day will be in charge of three ciiiiiiuittccs. the general committee which will have charge of the grounds, the nportn committee In charge of the splitting events, which will come chiefly in the morning and the program committee which will arrange for the music and the speaking The program will be made Interesting to town and country pen pie alike, and an effort will be made lo have everything run off on nclied ule time. The committee will provide as many convenleucen for the crowd uh ponnible hut it will he Decennary for person-, to bring their own lunch Some refrenhmenln will lie served at a low cont on the grounds and will lie in charge or the Orange, any pro- ARCADIA Five Prisoners Break Out of County Jail One of the biggest Jail breakn in Malheur County in yeurn occured ear ly yealerday morning when five prisoners ham met id their way through a atone wall and encaped from the Jail at Vale. The lock on the entrauce to the celln In fastened by a lever which in nome way fulled to work properly Tuesday evening. One of the priaonern discovered this and they at ouce mude their plans to escape. The unlocked door led Into the condor of the Jail, aud from there It wan necessary for them to hummer their wuy through the stone wall with an iron rod The escape wan discovered jester day morning and It was thought that the prisoners had been gone about four hours. The names of those who escaped are, Ueo. McAllister, charged with larceny, Mack McCoy, watting trial for home stealing, F B. Haiuptou, accused of pussiug u bad check, Pete Oe Leeuw, charged with forgery, uud Autoue Crotogiun held on a charge of burglary. A re port received at Vale that Crotogiun had eaten breakfast at a ranch a- bout aix miles up the river led to the belief that he hud gone west. M. Allister escaped from the Jail about aix weeks ago aud stole a home from Box Davis. He got as far an Durkee on that trip, before he was caught, Yesterday the name home wan stolen NI M DI.MIsl WILL oil s OIKICK II Kit K Dr. H. C. ln.x-.ou who lias been a prominent dentist in New berg for some time, will arrive with ills fam ily in Ontario thin week aud will take up his residence here. He ex pects to open offices in the Wilson building. In his family are his wife aud three daughters, the eldest being fourteen. He ban made the move chiefly on account of the change of climate needed by one of the children. BOY SCOUTS TAKE THEIR ANNUAL HIKE La il Thumday morning, July 22, last, Hev. Philip Koenig, and thirteen nieinliem of the Ontario Hoy Scouts left Ontario for their annual hike and outing in the Ironsides moun tains. The boyn, Mitchell Moore, John O'dell. James McCreight, William Lees, Thel Lumpkin, John Hut her lord. Itoliert Lees, Layton Reynolds, llernard Under, David I'dlck, Humid Newton, Charles I Ionian and Jack Taylor, were well supplied with Unit ing tackle, mid Hie means for captur ing sage hens and other game. The weather was excessively warm hut Mr. Koenig anil his scouts ar rived ut Ironsides and the camping ground the following day without accident. The boys were assigned to separate duties und each had bin particular work and duty lo perform, and Mr. Koenig states, that they did tln-e duties cheerfully and well and some of the hoys displayed considerable skill In making and maintaining camp, and others proved to ho both willing and good cooks. They kill ed one coyote and about twenty-live sage hens and caught several hund red trout, and these, with numerous cottou-talla, kept the camp well nup plied witli meat. The boyn climbed the high sur rounding mountains, Including Iron side mountain, explored the lull and country around their camp and were royully treated by Hie people living near. They returned to Outurio on the SOth., having been gone nine dayn, all improved In health, tanned to a ricli brown, with no accident or mishap to in. n the trip, und all de termined to go again next year. lit going to help out on the expeune. The committee members wish to emphasize die fact that the picnic is not u Orange, but a community affair and everyone will be welcomed on exactly the name terms. Everyone in the community in urged to attend from Mux Davis and it Is thought tli.it McAllister did the Job again. It ia ulso thought thai McCoy in with him as another horse was stolen a bout two miles further west. Nothing wus heard yeaterday in Vale regarding Hampton and He Leeuw. A number of men from REV. McLAREN DELIVERS LECTURE Kev W. 0. MucLaren of Portland, superintendent of the I'aciltc Coast Itescue und Protective Society, spoke at the liuplist church in Outurlo lust Friday evening on vice conditions on i In coast Mr. MucLaren has been in this work for a number or yeut.. and Is rated us one ol the most sue cessful soctul workers in the North west. He illustrated his lecture with about a hundred lantern slides made from photographs taken in con nection with his work With Mr Macl.ureh is Arthur Lynn, uu excell ent tenor, who gives u number of songs, some of t Ik-iii being of his own composition. Mr Lynn was for merly an opera singer und was con verted in a meting held by Mr Muc l.aren in Seattle. Mr MacLamn lectured in Fruit land Mouday evening aud will visit Caldwell, Naiiipu and lioise before his return to tue coast. I'KOI KHSOK litlVt'll OOKS TO COLORAIMI Professor 11 F French who ban for a number or years been the leader of the county agricultural work in Hie state, and connected wain the exten sion department of O A. C. has been elected to a similar position in Colo rado. The new position given a sub stantial increase in salary, and wider opportunities ror bin work. BIGGEST CORN COUNTY IN STATE Visitors From 0. A. C. Give Malheur County a Big Boost CLIMATE IDEAL FOR CORN Say People Have Gone Corn Mad Large Acreage This Year Lant month President W. J. Kerr. or the Oregon Agricultural College, with two regents or the same Insti tution, Wulter Pierce and JefTclaoii ' Mvi.ru with Ailillufiti Iti. mi,. 11 . . nrti entlng Hie Portland Oregonlaii, made a tour of the state Inspecting the stations In all, twenty-six count len were visited Addison Dennett, In writing the account for the Ore gonlun, litid the following to suy re garding Malheur and Harney coun tlee. "W. W Howard Is the county agri culturist of Mill- ui County He ban not been in Hie field long enough lo nhow bin true mettle, but he In doing line work and the fanners are generally co-operating with him The runner folk of Mulheur have ul moat gone corn mud and it In a iinut the bent mania I know of to hit a community. Lenn than a doz en yearn ago there wan scarcely a hill of com planted in Malheur Coun ty, then everybody was talking, growing and almost eating alfaira. It was said to be the biggest a Malta Meld ill the Culled Stales and one inf the best. They tell wonderful , stories out there ubout getting sev Jen, eight and even ten tons to the Continued on Page d. Vale are assisting the sheriff's oft lie in Hie effort to round up the es caped prisoners They evidently uive not remained together, much. hut have scattered out, which will make their capture more difficult. Three other prison rs in t lit. Jail, lames Stark, Joe Oui ro and Cornel us Mowemou refusi ' to leave witli the others. All ol the prisoners who encaped, were ' ing held wait ug action by the grand Jury. The description or Hie men follow, ieorge McAllister, American, age a lout twenty, height live feet eleven in lies, weight ltiG, light complex on, hazel eyes, light) brown hair lack McCoy, Cauadiuu, uge 'i',, ! gilt 6 feet 7 Indies, weight Mil, . i.dy complexion, brown eyes, hair .! k red, nose is large, red and ratb- poililed. four upper front teeth ire of gold. It Hampton. American, age UK, gbt ii feet I ami 1-2 inches, . e glit , medium complexion, l.ik brown hair cut rather close .'etc De Leeuw, Hollander, age 21, lie gbt .', feet 11 Inches, weight I tin, lii .t complexion, blue eyes, dark blown hair. Antouv Crotngiiiu. Italian, age 38, he glil .". feet 0 or 7 inches, weight lt.il, dark complexion, blue eyes, i ross-eyed and crooked nose, dark hair and light utiiiinche HI Itltl.l.l. Axl HOKMIt Ol I ON I TO Tltll J It Hiirrell and K S Homer leH Friday morning for a trip oveitand. in Mr Horner's car, through the John Day country The car is ..quipped with a lunch kit aud camp ing outfit and the trip w.il be made in easy stages and the lime spent in fishing and hunting on the wuy Mr. iluiri II took cameras with him and expects to get some splendid pictures as there are many beuuti ful spots in Hie John Day couutry. HARRY T. LACKEY VISITS HOME FOLKS Hurry T Lackey, son ot A. ftf. Lac key, was in Ontario last week visiting his pai. ni and friends Harry bus been in Los Angeles for ubout three years working In the general utiles of the Southern Pacific. It has been two years since he has been in Ont ario. He graduated from I he Ont ario high school in lit In and later studied in business college in Cort land and Holsc. Ills Ontario friends will be glud lo know Hint lie has a good position with a gooil chance tor promotion. VICTOR III l.llllti. IH NOWMB at hhonhoni: Victor Hulberg, formerly engineer at Hie Moore Hotel, and more recent ly a member of the o S. L. bridge gung working on the Ontario bridge wus drowned Motiduy in Hie Little Wood river near Shoshone. With his wife and twe year old sou lie hud started on a trip to Iowa, und had it'ipped off at Shoshone for a visit with relatives. In the afternoon lie went out to the river for a nwlin He got t ii t ii too deep water, ami call ed toi help. His son was also in Hie wuter und wan brought lo con sciousness only with great difficulty. All effortn to revive Hulberg were of no uvall. He wan a noli -In law or Mm. J. W llaldwln of Ontario and wan thirty yearn old. I.AMPKIVM sniKi H HKINO KKMODKI.KD W T Lumpkin has been making Iterations In bin store in preparation lor the full line of goods which will arrive ubout August 20th. More room ban been made avail able at Hie rear ot the store lor the suit department and this department will he enlarged thin fall. New cab inets have been constructed around I he walls and the old suit rucks will he dispensed with, thus making much illore splice. Lattice work lias been built III Hie rear and on the sides and this will be decorated, making Hie room much more attractive. II. II. lOHHKLMAN III YH cost oilier: n::wh ht.ni V deal wan made Hits week where b II II Fosselinau becomes the owner of the News Stand In the post office, formerly owned by Lee l-'lser Mr Foaaelmau does not .1 uu introduction to Ontario people as he held a position In the Kverhart Drug Store for a year before leaving for Unite a year ago. Recently he has been on bin farm near Jaiiiiesou Mr Fosselman took charge In. ,., Mr Finer states that he has not made nelinate plans for Hie future, hut we hope he will take up another hue gf business in our community. Different Benefits of a Good County Fan In what way la the county fair of most beuellt to the community ? This seems like a simple enough question but it has been asked of a number ot prominent men in Ontario durlug the past lew days, and I lie diversity of answers obtained has been nur I rising. However all of them think i hat the fair in a mighty good thiug ror the community uud that it in ac coiiiphshing the things they think it should accomplish. Here are some of I he replies obtained A Franer "The big interest in the fair In for each farmer in llnd out what the other fellow is doing and to try to improve his own pro duction the next year " K II t'ouklin: "The chief value of the ran as 1 nee It in that It la teaching the people or Hie community to co operate uud showing each per son how it in to the advantage or all ror him to subordinate his owu Int erest for the Interest of the commun ity " II It Oruuel "The lair is the best advertising medium iii the coun ty. It ban stimulated the growing ot bolter stun by Hie fanners, the inn ease ot blooded stock and the production ot corn ou a large scab) lias been due to the rulr." J R Hlackaby: "The fair la chieily valuuble In advertising Hie tgnciiltural products of the c.ou::ty uud encouraging more intelligent work by the farmers." WORK STARTED 1 ON BRANCH 1ST Contractors to Push Work As Rapidly As is Possible ENGINEER NOW AT RIVERSIDE Road Will Likely Be Com pleted Late in The Fall Construction work on the exten sion ot Hie railroad from Rlvemide lo Dog mountain ban begun aud a large crew will noon be at work. The contract hir the construction or about thirty tulles of the road has been let to Twohy llrothern, railroad coutractom of Portland. Two train loads of construction material In due : i .uu I'ortlund In a rew dayn and when thin arrives the work will commence on a large scale. It Is not known yet Just how many men and teiiiun will be employed oil the new work but It will doubtless fur nlnli work for a large number of men for some time to come. II C. Young the O. 8. I. engineer In charge or the work has re-enlab hilicd bin officii at ICIverslde so he ran be on the ground to direct the construction work. An order has been received III Ontario for twenty flai cam which will be used to carry supplies out to the end of the road from here. Const ruction olficluln as usual have been a little nlow ubout giving out Information regarding their plum but there are all nortn of rumors con cerning the plans for the next few yearn. It In the general oplnlou thai the work will progress steadily until the line reaches Rend. It ia ulao likely that a brunch line will be built to Hums and there la noine talk of an electric Hue connecting the rail road with Hums and other points In Harney county. The people In that section are en thunlantlc over the building of Hit road an it doubtless means to them a wonderful Increase In the value ol their properly and given a way It market their products The country will probably see many changes in Hie next lew years with the addition of many new aeltlem aud the devel opeiiieut of a great deal of new laud A. W. Trow: "The fair brlugt I the runners or the county together and each one tin tin out w iiat tl e ol hoi one is doing and the copipetltil.il lid ' exhibits riirui'hei everyone with uu incentive to do his best the foil lug year The com shown at the fan. has convinced people that it In a gooi com country, somelhiug that pr.u Dually no one believed before " )i Jacob I'rlulug "People le w in I , fail exhibit their products at the show the best products they have uni' others who see them have u dcsin to do us well " Dr. II II Wliituey: "In my opin ion the fair Is not worth while uul.si it stimulates the tanners to raiat heiter products I think the fail lias done this and it seems to me thai the exhibits last year were ten timet belter than they were the tlrst yeal or two the fair wan held " II. II. Cockrum: "The fulr de N ..ii Mali , to newcomers of Hit county what they may accomplish Succeastul growing of com uud lurgt acreage of it now iu cultivation ii the result of corn exhibits at the tail and lorn Carnival If dairy iug am Hie movement now on foot to brlui young dairy slock into Hie county cui be encouraged, an wan growing corn the fair will have paid ror ilseir foi many years If part of the fair ex dibits could be shown to fanners o the middle west, it would bring ut many settlers." to er as a s- l- II- o, it et r ;h t- d -d II