I'ACJK FOI'I?
TTTK ONTARTO ARGUS, SEPTEMBER 2, 1013.
Tells Of Conditions
In Malheur-Past
Present, Future
the setler who would til Hip soil
hikI prolonged hardship. For many
years Ontario WM H trading post
for stockmen unil all the foundations
for the early rort lines, now ho prom
inent in Hip lifp of thp community,
inn laid through herds of rattle
Hut thp disadvantages of the dla
trlct were niorp or Iphs offset bf Hip
natural productiveness of the soil,
the ease with which the land 8014
he Buhdned and placed under rultl
vation and the ahundnnt supply of
water for Irrigation anil for domestic-
PORTLAND NEWSPAPER MAN ANALYZES THE
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF
VALLEY
Shows That in Only A Few Years A Wonderful Change
For he Better Has Taken Place in Malheur County
And Brings Out the Fact That There is Still A Big
Work to be Accomplished.
and flocks of sheep. So It Is that , ,,He- Tl,e country nnturally appeal
all Hip traditions of Ontario are,p(l ,0 tll, Kod roa' pnthuslast be
i
( A. II. I hiriis of i in- Portland Telegram.)
COMMUNITY NEEDS
Farm Loans Money at Fair Rate of Interest.
Reduction in Current Interest Rates.
Markets for High Grade Fruits and Vegetables.
Fifteen Hundred Dairy Cows in Charge of Practical
Dairymen.
Experienced Irrigation Farmers with some Means.
Cannery to give Market for Surplus Fruits and
Vegetables.
Closer Organization among Producers.
Determined Effort to Kill Out Fire Blight.
An intensely interesting and illuminating example of
tin passing of the old conception! and met hods of fanning
and the coming of new condition! and higher ideals in
rural life is to be fouud at Ontario, mi the upper Snake
ttlver, in extreme Eanteni Oregon. Mere in years gone
li tin cowboy and the range atoekroan held undisputed
sw ,iy ;hiie the man who dreamed of irrigation and pins
peiity was considerable nnicliabe in the head and too
nni'h til a tendei runt to make good under pioneer on
dit ions. Yd. within a lew years- ji very short ipaoe of
time -the irrigation diteh has taken the place of the eow
trail ami the alfalfa field and orchard have left litle of the
old days except the story of the sagebrush plain and the
o ute haunt. The evolution has been too slow, it is true,
but it has ben sure, and sane n result. Years more will be
required- years of toil and struggle- before the job can be
called complete or even satisfactory, That the effort has
been and wil prove to be worth while is maintained by
everyone who has aided in the work of permanent devel
opmeiit.liiuli as has been the price paid in flesh and blood
.Hid eash.
Tim iiiipr stretches nt Snake ' sagebrush mid grcaHcwod and bunch
lllvor He in a meal ancient volcanic
pi. mi. On' ml Imiiik HkIiI iiihI .i ii
lllll VelV deep. ..'! . 1 1 I'llllcr
water Hi. ml heroine wonderfully
productiv i'. iiihIi i n .mi. i! conditions
grasn m mid tW tlM uhiimI prod
net h. Willi plenty of water uvalluhlc
fur IiIh herd- anil 1 1 o K -h It was naliir
al Hiut tli pioneer hIioiiIiI become a
inrkniiiii anil Hull as the yeart pased after year
based on the range mid Hip cowboy,
on sheep mid wool and cattle and
horsea.
TIip Hitip camo wbpn Hie Ml
who would lift ni'iir Ontario could
not KPt range for bin herd or 1i I f
llni I. should In' to build Up hiicIi iim
enterprise, so bo turriPd to the cul
tivation of Hip hoII, not because
Iip wanted to or hccuiiae be Haw a
fortune in land ip elopincnt Id
fiiiiMd the altitudp aloiiK Hip Snake
lllvcr about 2,000 feet. Ideal for tin
prmlui'i inn of farm crops, but be also
found the ralnfal deficient, ho short
In fact that ordinary cropn could not
mature In the light, iiHby soil
So be undertook to put a lead Htrap
on Snake river- for even to HiIh die.
no effort to hartieH the Htrennf kM
hen made- and the in i Irrigation
dltcli wiih the result The ditch car
rled enough water to irrigate
Rood sized garden patch but It de
mons) rntea Hie supremacy of the
land under water iih aganlst the
range under catle and shep. Irri
gation became iicccnHary and pro
fltable on i in' river benches and the
higher lauds their herds and flocks
New conditions and unexpected
'volutions came rapidly into the life
of Hie people residing at and near
Ontario as the Mock business retreat
ed Into the interior and the Irrigation
ist came to live and labor on the land
The first ned wan men experienced
In Irrigation, the next money to
aid In bringing water and develop
Ing the laud, I he third markets for
the i.rodiutH of the mill Klectrlc
power came after some delay, giving
lights and energy for use In every
community as II developed
It did not reiUire the wisdom of
a philosopher to set down some of
the advantages ol the coining irri
gated section Ontario was a long
distance I rom market centers, I'ort
laud, Seattle, San Francisco, Unite
and Omaha. Transportation
charges oiuld necessarily be high
If not prohibitive The breaking
iOWl of the stockmun's conceptions
of Hie agricultural impossibilities of
the district would be slow and dis
couraging The country would have
to be tried out, and failure followed
failure, experiment followtbg experi
incut, would likely detail Hie mall
who would till the soil Ah big as
Hie Job was il was undertaken and
the struggle has I n carried on year
I New Fall Shoes I
Are Here
m An Elegant Line of Ladies, Durable School Shoes for Girls, Strong Shoos m
to Stand Hard Knocks, for Boys. I Will Wait on You Personally, for
m aunt's, ami ot'c iii.ii x on lift i ne rr o per r n ana i n.ii me uoys ana m
la Girls Get the Shoes for the Most Se rvice.
i BUY MY BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOL SHOES AND GET BET C
1 TER SHOES FOR LESS MONEY. I . .- g 1
cause highways could be built and
maintained at nominal cost, compnni
tively. TIiIh fact offered timely en
conragement to Hie community spirit
which must be the basis of success In
irrigation districts. The Hiiinmers
were hot. It Is true, the growing sea
sons were long and the winters short
and mild, two the material udvnntag
es of Importance to one slight dls
advantage nave In a corn-growing
eel ion.
With tin. brief reHiime of condi
'Ions as they appeared 1 2 or II years
ago It hoiild be easier for the cit
izen who has not had opportunity to
study conditions in extreme eastern
Oregon to understand how and why
Snake river people are facing a per
iod of reorganization and reconstruc
tion hiicIi as eid,, mi has been faced
by the residents of Oregon And
they are racing Hie ruiure and Uh
problems hopefully, even optimistic
ally. At the dawn of the irrigation nge
when the demand for government
loiiHtruetlon or at least government
aid wan voiced Hirongly for Irriga
tion projects land along Hie Snake
river could be bought at very low
I'lin Karly lnun named choice
tractH by paying a few dollars per
acre for the land, and later arrlvalH
paid as high an I2.V00 to $."10.00 per
acre for the same bind The values
soared and prices went kiting for
several years, ending lu more or Ichh
peculation, in which a number of
real estate dealers were active and
line, i up snug lorum. i the same
lime the men on the land were really
proving the district as well adapted
to the production of alfalfa and
i mil Orchards were planted every
where and dream-, of easy money and
even Independence were the lot id
every man who bad bought in to Mi
acres of the newly-discovered Car
den or F.den. Everything was going
delightfully when the bottom dropp
ed out of Hie western fruit business
two or three years ago. The shock
which paralyzed well known fruit
districts had Hie cITcct along Snake
river of forcing a new deal in hoII
cultivation and production methods.
The day or exclusive fruit growing
had che.eil
AOer the shock of disaster bad
panned every thoughtful man near
Ontario concluded again with the old
philosopher thai It la an error to
keep u ones eggs In one basket.
The conclusion produced results, lot
Minn the leading farmers limit silo..
gau growing corn and bought dairv
cows Corn growing was an eperl
uient Iroin which many shrank, but
Oregon Agricultural college worker
and the businessmen of Ontario urg
ed and even cajoled many l liters ol
Hie soil Into trying it uud the re - uh
production of forage wus little less
ih. hi wonderful. The success ol
corn growing gave lour crops worth
while, altalfa, applet, corn, milk
Then dawned the day of the dairy
cow Hie full Mood llolstein in Hie
vallev ot the Snake. Market for the
cream was readily found in Portland,
Walla Walla, Seattle, Kverctt, BolM,
Spokane. Salt Lake City and Ogden
Not many years aj:o the man who
lived on the land near Ontario bought
eastern packed bacon, hams and lard
for family consumption Hairy cows
were not to le found on tanu:- ami
the ' lamily" cow scareel supplied
the t.ihle of the l.irmer with milk
and butter. Now there are thou
sands or lu.gs ranging on alfalfa held
and dairy cowa wilh records ol
to M pounds of milk daily are not
rare Cream can be sent to Kvereti,
Wash , a distance of 141 miles, di
rect li expreaa, for it 4 cents per
gallon Hogs are shipped to Omaha
lo uppl the packing houses which
lortuerlv sold eastern meats on the
local market And now coin ia to
be growu to fluisli hogs for markei
in true Miasouri fashion
Yes. caru lias come to slay in the
Snake river vallev I ,im year the
experiment of corn product kM wa
tried out iu scores of places and the
crop paid, paid well. This year not
less than li.ooo ncrps- of land wn
planted to corn, with the moHt mag
nlflcipnt crop proHpect Imaginable at
thla Hum Last year the record
yield was 121 bushels or shelled corn
per acre; thiH year the recard will
likely be rnlsed TIiIh record ia not
M renmrknhle when it Is considered
with the fact that nearly douhle the
usual quantity of send is plnntpd in
Ontario lieids. The soil Is proluc
live enough to nun me evRry stalk
that can be propprly cultivated More
than l.f.OO tons or silage will he
stored In or It, silos near Ontnrlo
this rail.
(Continued on Page Six.)
YOU CAN'T SHOOT
DUCKS AND CEESE
BEFORE OCTOBER 1
Same cnnruslon among the sports
men or the stnle lias arisen regarding
the open Reason for ducks, by retiHon
of the fact t lint the slate and federal
lawa conflict. In the mntter. The
Htate law aaya Hint Hip season opens
September 1st . hut the rederal law
Is that the season does not begin un
til October 1st. Louis Hurtle, lo
clear the mntter up wrote to the
state game warden asking him what
law would be follow ed and he re
ceived the following reply from arl
l Shosmaker, Htate game warden:
' lleplylng to your lottcr of Aug
ust MIS., we beg to advise you that
the open season for ducks and
geese in Kastern Oregon beglna on
October
January
the Kederal I. aw which annuls the ,
State Law regarding Hie same II
might be advlsalde to kIvp this Infor
mal Ion to your local paper and have
It given an wide publicity iih possible.
The bag limit for ducks and geeae It
thirty In any seven consecutive days.
Wo are Inclosing herewith a lew cop
ies or the outline or the game lawn.
JiihI as aoon as others are ofi the
press we shall mall you several
copies."
Summer Excursions
East
i
Via
Union Pacific System
Very low rates to
Denver,
Colorado Springs,
Kansas City, St. Louis,
Memphis, Omaha,
Chicago,
Minneapolis,
St. Paul
and many other points from all
points on the Oregon Short Line.
SALE DATES, May 15, 10, 22,
26, 29; June 2, 5, 9, 12, 1(1, 19, 23,
26, 30; July 7, 14, 21, 28; August
4, 11, 18, 25; Sept. 1, 8, 15.
Stop-Overs Diverse Routes
Consult any 0. S. L. Agent for
rates and further details.
Remember the Un
ion Pacific System
is the Direct Route
to all points east.
Through Cars.
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QUIET WEDDING
WELL KNOWN YOUNG
COUPLE MARRIED
Miss Sarah KiiwIoh and Mr. Kven
McCormlck were quietly married
1st . uud continue, until bi t Saturday evening at N o'clock al
ir.th. Thla cornea under I the Methodist tiarHonaae bv Itev. C
I'ratt. Mrn. McCormlck Ih the
daughter of Mr. ami Mrn. ' I,. It
The mnrrlngo or MIhh Fern Cal
vert of tin city and Mr. Ilurold
Shake of Payette wan solemnized at
the homo or the hrldes parents, Mr.
and Mrn It. A. Calvert, Tuesday eve
nlng, August 24th.. Kev. C. C. I'ratt
olllclating. Mr Shake Is the yomr
Knwls or this city and baa made her H, .laughter or Mr. hnd Mrs. Cul-
liome hero for several years. Mr. vert, and Mr. Shake Ih the son or U
McCormick's parenta. Mr. und Mrs. Shake or I'avette. Hotb youiii: pco?
! V McCormlck, live In Uoiae. Mr. pie are well known here. Mr.
McCormlck ha been employed at Shake will leave In two weekH ror O.
the bakery here for several montha. A. ('. where he will continue bin
The young couple have gone to stu dl esnltbe pharmacy department
housekeeping here and have the boat and bin bride will Join him about
wishes or the community. holiday time.
Some Interesting Scenes at
Malheur County Fair Last Year
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