s HE ONTARIO SEMI-WEEKLY ARGUS QVMlllo. MALMTOg OOINTV, OltHaoif, FRIDAY. PMC :n, ffjn. No. 14. STEM OWN MEN ASHER HOUSE BURNED l PROSPERITY YEAR FOR DOES NOT AGREE WITH COUNTY REPRESENTED, NEW 0. S. L BRIDGE IS AT IRRIGATION MEET DOWN LAST NIGHT OF THE 0. S. PRESIDENT WILSON AT IRRIGATION MEET ABOOT COMPLETED BIG HTRI CTt RK ACROHM HNAKK HIOII OIVKN TRV-OIT MY KliOATIJIO ITS. l BJ, IIAUJBi TFI.I.H HOW TO MM M I kt mirk taimim At TIOV A(.IHT Hot h l UH Pltl'.LIMIVAHl MSPOM HMt TMK I I ll .11 Vl' I.NDIID MIliiWH MQ IK.IHIH INHIMI HI 'IVKrW or IP.ItlOA TIO.N MUMHCT HFNATOR WKFKM MAKFN IMl'K A. W. TROW ItF.HPONRK TO All WITH PIlFHIItlNT CAM PAIGN AHNKRTIONS DRKHH Ol WKU OMI IIV MAYOR AI.HKi: MINES "A long nanuieu eaiovva Mia a nig kmlly.' Blly." These, In the opinion of ft W. Mai- t of Ontario. Malheur county. MP a chief requisite In developing an nation projaet. eaye a Portland Mpiltcli Id other words, hard work and ity r woraera. ne expnr.neii to . a iliiiai ... . i. m loin HI I lie hsmwb"" '" iirmji- U OpMTMi "I came 1 nun the rock ribbed atala Maine 4 4 year nan." he reUttd), remember thay thought U u A yd Investment In pin 2i worth ot . Wll lerillisei on a single acre It 111 Malheur rounly we haw tlie kninii ft ' iirojei , 1ir.1i would pro- many imih-h a- much aa Mi.iue Hi . 1 he Micmlint, mere I) of f l ft arn to aet water on tb i.nol feoaa aire with water will produce ion yaan without artiflnui fart 1 1- llliui Hnl we haven't the money U Irrliiuhle landa have not j ! oixl Iba nactmaary rredn, while iiinent Imply pa' 1 up the Iheur prvMl 'If fttii- Jouwa lUI will ihr iha nee creoit ana let a man get on land with a chaue of inaklm a mt until lie geta hia farm Into pa, then I hope It will h panned Mli pr..i.i-r iredlt tan make Ilia Mar 11 Oregon namniry happy and tauli'U " .i mi twtunt: The Mrs C Pratt and famllv re aurprlaed Wednewlay evening, aea houaa fuD of (riaindMaiue In them bringing good thing to eat Id aleo hringlag goodrheer which the heat of all It will he a long tine before any e l And a crowd of people that lowed mure guod will toward a pan- r or had a better time toolbar thoae whs met on the ahuva V M.. their kind torn ane flame were pUyd by old and the luug and a gaaaairal good tluie waa tfH Thee et lire mloti nt ,,, III ipn tfcey al uuld be f..r thei not only ing relief und act coo rag nit in 1 Mar. htt' drawa tlia natl- i.thmr that cLnatlan I -ilia. Paid be ciiaraatorlatla if pe.pie rim want to hale aata miii.ih.t in fi' hattlai Wa denlre lo agfMrwaa OUi ' .uka to loaa who were gran ant foi i line euu.e. and fl.f the llllga left Im.,, I ' Pit ATT AMi vM! loi Al. rTaVMH Miaa Vlvlau Mai let left Tueeday bt for Madera onntaty, lifornla Otto lilackaby reiurnei) yeeterday Jordan Vallay. W. E Leea la a Oaltor in Vale lo- y. ( Mc.Ciinavlll .. m .... il.li,,. terday, being there on legal hunt aa. The W t T. V. will m the vthodiai churab next 1 n-mlay af- ooa at I: St. r. W u. Howe la nui, .1 a from over (ba riran National tbe Wllaoa bull. Mlaaaa Rami Lo of Nygam. are aueii.tiuR the pllda in OaiftHo vtth tba ptjUaata a. h.u fwy hwaplU) Id an Gardner, (he itbt alerk at i CaHar houaa. He wrtotuay UL bar Woody ami children IP Vlda U 1 iliieiluy here with -fg.fi yeaterday take up 1. it ling 'In 1 t t today for I'd aa teach- louce. Mr, Jed In lha ira ago, und eek 111 Ou- IIALIi the tiraiika jrwan. aa ona 'too well )e being pre- rdly room In iter feed waa It In hoped r future. leVBWlhV i.ast rilfflil fire completely des- iroyea the residence of Mm T troyed ihi. residence of Mr T J Ali.,r In tit east part of town The Ira was of unknown origin ami i 'cause of the distance from water end III. fad thai tba Kama w,r, well Well started when first awn, it wn g possible for the fire department to da more than to keep the adjoining In-: H from KeuiiiK on Ira Very Itttia fUNlll.lt. WIIH KaVcil ;,,, ii,,. j,,., eonal belonging were destroyed. Mm Aaher left the house anl weul to town ahout 7; .'! P. M Tin fire wan discovered alwut ' i'ii k in Ifct western 'ii l (,f 1 , ' i'i wlii ' wna a Pad Bjapj ,., , II iik 1 A flu "irnliiK in ha nHHiik rodM m.i it wun ptoi from tali the hre(orlglmtt 1 I Me (in- hurneii with Ktrveluui rapidity, uml mk hut a . hurt tin after the flume', mine throuitli 1,. ri'ii that the v....e iMNMal Ma. ,- I he houne wan (Otaplet ,) d Whoa vlrn Anher reluim .. nhnrih ,.er 'i ., 1 lock. II Ih Mill the h nine unl furnlfuie whi Inoiireil for $1,000 Ahatement proceeding agaiuat Uie houaa ware to have heen heard iPtl morning, hut, mi armim! f I' l he action w. dtomliMid 0M.HX.lTl0.VU. Si Sunday. January Sd . the firat Sun day in the year of 19 Hi will be kept In a way mnelatant with the time ommunlon aenrlewa will he held In connect tou with the regular morning worahlp In the evening, the aeruion theme will be "8araiithlp " The annual meeting of the church will be held on TaoH.lay, January 10. beginning promptly at 7 p m. unleaa otherwlae announced later Hev PHILIP KtiKMP.II I) Paator ONTARIO GETS ANOTHER MUSICAL TREAT ; .III I 'lllll ende.iv .) 1. . , 1 ... cii . in nalnment for: )S of no, and thl Mr are fortunate lag a 11 10 1 itierl , 1 one an artlat of r nov.ii rhej II an instrumental anl n .ram at the or. gou 1 ah 1; 1 hi ""' Wllaoa balldMaf, vYadm lof. January lib ..mpom-.l prim .pall) of aiaaalc ami light oparepi Willi KOIlie choice K newer aporaa a well a the old fa tot lie A feature of the pogran will be the n inlit'.iii of what will be la all 1'i.iiiiihlllty the National Allien, call ed "America, The Land of Llberty"i who h I not yel off the pre, and will be hoard for the lirat time on thi tour of the trio Thei conic highly recommended, with gaoat N thunit-ith preaa notice finin .'II the pour tbO) have v iidted, and Ho Ore gon liih makea tin a guarant i at traction They plav in Hi.lac JaBU ary I with an added choru 9l fort) pplatai aad It la regarded ilni' a one oi 1 lie leading nuinlca! aPBti Ol the aeii.on. Aa the heating capaill) of the uill I limited, ticket- pill e 011 nali nt the Ontario PhurninO ami the Poal olllce iiewa atatul' nn'il ll1' are aohl out HKOXt.AAItD. The mualcal t niertalnment l tha Dreamland Theaitc Tueaday evening by Skovgaard, the Dan lab violinist, and the New York Metropolitan Ct mpaiiy. waa one of the mualcal treat oftbe aeaaon. They were received by a large audience, and mauy tra entliiiftlastlc In thtir praise of the munii'lana. I MKIKJIKS OPERATION. Mra Duncan MoRae of Rivemlde. underwent a MliOUg operation at the itolv Roaary Imapital yesterday morn lg. Mr. am! Mrs. Mcltae came In from Klveralde Monday Mr Mcltae I- reported to be recovering nicely from the obtratlM. WIODDING BBLIA Mr. Huaael linmerinttn ud Mlaa Paulina Hlllman. of Wetfall. were ..iiA.t in marriage hy the Hev. C. 0. it of thlg'rratt at the farter House. Monday evening, December r. , rm,"",,r r"v'w f """ con- ,, , r,M,"r'"'1 '" lk Secretary of ' , "rlur " '"' ' ,l"' Dlrec - J'' . ,Ud HtHteB ,,0, nT ""Parted by the pra- Tin- midyear review of mining con- ir raporta for the ymr aab - "Mod today. The MnologlPiil Hur vey Ih milking puhllr Ita uaual eHtl mate of mining production for 1916 I the form of 11 neparata lUlamatJl for aat h of lha mora important mio 'rai prodaeti A review of tliese ntnlementa eoli- IrpM Secretary Liine'a connneni of Inly to the efToct that the mining rwrlval la in full swing. in tba woat in latMN alone 11,,. ,, tu produotlofl an Incren in value of more tbaa lltl.toi.llt over the corraa PMdlftf flgnre- for 1914; and tba year'a Increase in output for the prin cipal metal meaMireil in ralM la more than I2T.0, 000,000. More over It I not unreoannahle to expert that when the full return for all mineral product Hr compiled they will how thnt 1116 wna the country ft mont productive year In the mining Induntry. The total may even roach md one-hall hlllion dollar In the reaponr .0 bettered ttt dltlou the production figurea for cop per. Iron and zinc rtiow the largeat Increaae. Tlie copper mine paaaed all re cord for previoua yearn, the 1915 output having a value of 1136,000, 000, or 183,000,000 more than the value of the production for 1914. The atallatlca and eatlmatea received place the output nf hllater and Lake copper at 1.365,bOO,OM pound or more than 120.000,000 pound In ex neea of the large! previoua produc tion and eighteen per cent above laat year'a fturee. Only twice In the hiatory of copper mining haa there been a larger Increaae In quantity of metal produced. The total Nhlpmenta of Iron ore only, that would automatically re froin the mine in the lulled State, dure the coat of food and other nec ln 1915 are estimated to have ex-jewaane of life. They were put into i.OOO.OOO gions ton, an In- power, they enacted the I'nderwood creae over 1914 of more than II Simmon law, and the coat of living pet lent ll .i-e.l on the name price .Immediately Hturted on an upward its received In l!M4 this repreeenta au Increaae In total value of about .,4.11 e increaae in pig ,n.n la eetlniaicd :.,ns, with a total increase In vulue of pig iron production or more than t 1 .000. 1 output ol lot ' -i i'et aade Mum .loiuaaale larger than 01 . 1 out 425.000 tin.- orih lltt.ttt.ttt aa compared with 141,411 Ions iu 1 y 1 4. an iu ertg .f about SJ.OOO tone or near ) I ptt lent hi quitntity and of 111,000, I 111 value Production was increased during the latter halt' of tlie year, as tlie production dur ing the nrst half wan at tbe rate of (lt.ttt ton annually anil at tit rate of 436.000 tone during tlie last half The output of refined pig lead from domestic ores waa about 515,000 tOM worth about $4 K. 500. 000 aa compar ed wiih 512,794 tons In 1914. au in crease of only 1,600 tons in quaati tv hut of S, 500. 000 or 20 per cent ,n alue Tha production of .aiii inouial leud was .'0.550 tons aa com- 1 aitb IMtl ton in J914, an Increase of 3.8S:' tons or 23 per tent in quuntity and un increaae in value ,l nearl $2,000,000. Tlie annual preliminary estimates on the production of gold and silver in tlie United Slates, made John!) t die United stai. tieoiogical larvai and tha Bureau f the Mlat. are not vet complete, but early figurea baaed on reports from tlie mines Indicate an increase in mine production over thai of 114 of over $7,100,000 in gold, principally from Colorado. Cal ifornia. Alaska, Montana and Idaho, and un Increaae in mine production of sliver of fully 4,000,000 ounces, chiefly from Montana, Utah and Arl- , ona Thai Increaae In gold pro duction may bring 1916 up to the re cord year of 1909, when the gold output of this country was nearly llQ0,t0t.ttl. Quicksilver also has hail Its best year In 1915. Tha quantity incroas ed 25 per cent over 1914. but the value of tha output more than doub led owlnK to the much higher prices. Tha estimated production was 20, ttl, flusks of 75 potIMM each, valued, at the average price for the year the highest In the laat 40 years at 1,T8,826. In value, thla domes tic production was the highest since 1881 and in quantity the largeat alnce 19 i 2. WashlBgton. 11 Senator John W (chutta, .loon not "trtltM by thai the Republic WashlBgton. Dec. 31 ( Special ) Weeks, of Masa-Hi?rei- wltli the re- hy Prenldent Wilson lean Party will have jpo UBue, with the exception of the tiirlff, upon which to make Ita cam paign for Prealdency. On the contra ry, Senator Weelja Inalata that the la me furnlnhed the Itepuhltcana by the Ma 'lit Ailminhitratlon are ho ample and evident that It la a mere matter of choice a to which xhall he featur ed I iy the Republican campaign orat cra. "In the flrt place, I believe that the Mexican Ihmic i one of thoae upon which the coming campaign will M waged and won by the Republican party." laid Benntor Week today: ' vrtainly the preaent Admlnitra inefllclent handling of the altu atlnn every alnce it came into power I rich in vulnorahillty In the Demo. ttlc platform for 1912 there appear H the unoquivocal atatement that American property ahould ha protOOt 'd throughout the world and on our border. No groat bodle of wafer axparale u from Mexico It I out nxt door neighbor, and if American live were ever to be protected by t heir government. certainly thoae go ing no further abroad than acroaa an Imaginary line to the aouth of u ahould have had that protection. Hut they have not had it, and that la why I aay the Mexican queatlon la to be oat of the leading campaign laauea. "I alao feel aaaured that the Ameri can people will be quick to graap the fact that there la a oonatderablc cam paign laaue In the failure of the Dem ocrat to reduce the coat of living. Tlla wan one of the campaign alogana of the Democracy In 1912 'the high coat of living' and they told the coautry that If put Into power they wiald enact a tariff law. for revenue march that has never stopped If the iiemocrat considered the high coat of living u worthy campaign laaue in 1912, it ! clear that the Uepubll- eana can now rulse the aame cry. und with even greater Juatihc.ui. n The . Ii e. 1 i a Used, W 111 be ll. I "J am glad the President oncodee ua one laaue, tha tarlt. So t.iudi is hpoladad la that it! it really ahould ba dlaidtd into a nun her of issuea. In the first phv the Republican principle of prot tlou in an i M dlatlatl and apart and stand for nationwide commer cial growth und prosperity. In the ..I place the tariff representa the only reasonable, effective means for rehabilitating our staggering Treas on, and certainly the Government's present financial distress la another laetfo that must figure prominently n the coming campuign. together wit" the extravagance of appropriations which haa helped to bring it on President has umed additional spec ial lae in un eiiort to ii.nore the possihilitles of the tariff as a sen sible remedy for the plight ill which we tin it ourselves Needless to say, these taxes will not be popular, und it Is plain the tariff -or more par ticularly tlie st range substitutes now being urged by the Administration for raising revenue is to be a very decided issue in the cuinpulgu und perhaps it is u hopeful stgu that the Administration is willing to admit this fact." PARKONS-HI.ANTON WKDDINO Tuesday evening me wedding of Miss Besale liluutou to Mr. Hay Par sons occured at the Baptist parson age with Hev. o K. Baker officiat ing. The bride is a daughter of John Plan to n, and u member of one of the pioneer families of Malheur county. The groom is a well known resident of Ontario, and both have many friends here. BAPTIST tilt'RCII NOTKS. Topics for next Sunday, January 2d 1D16: 11 a m. "A New Your Motto." 7 30 p. m. "The Churches Call to Them that are Without.'' Theae ad dreaaes will be helpful in starting out the uew year. An invitation is extended to one uud all to atteud theae services. D. E. BAKUR, Pastor. C W. Mallett,- A. W. Trow, W. MorTett, Mi.. L. M. Moffett and A. Oramne, were the representative of Malheur county at the Irrigation f'on greafi which cloaerl in Portland ye terday. There were nearly 250 de Majtttl at the meet, from varlou parte of the atate. J. W. Brewer wan elected prealdent of the body for the coming year. A. V. Trow tddftaatd the meeting Tuenilay, taking the place of C. 8. MudHon, who waft unable to atti-ii'l the congreaa, and who wim on the program to reapond to the addrexn of welcome by Mayor Alhee. In 1 apeukiiig of hi addraaOi tba Portland Telegram aaya: "lie voiced hi ap preciation of the fact that Portland niUMt take the leaderahlp In develop I ing the stat.-, and told of the work being done townrd the construction I Of the new railway acroaa the ntate. jThe Harney valley Ih aeparated from ! Portland now by 420 mlleB of dis tance an ! two mountain range.!. I "Think what it will mean when the distance Ik reduced by 150 mileN and .the road cornea to the city on a water grade." he aald. "The Harney, Mlitten and Albert valley contain 700,001 ncrea that are aa rich aa the valley of the Nile The people who have a!d they wore a deert, be cauae they had never een theae val ley themaelvee, aald the aame thing of the Dakota yeara ago. In the Malheur valley there are 50,000 acre on the Oregon aldfc of the Snake river which grow or can grow 7 to 9 tone of alfalfa to the acre and 100 buahels of corn. We want that buaineaa to come to Portland." He concluded with an expreaaion of appreciation of the work done for eaatern Ore gon by the Commercial club aeveral yeara ago and by the Oregon Dove! openn nt league. HE WOULD FIT POSITION TO A NICETY J W McCulloch of Ontario, the prominent Malheur county attoii as announced himself a candidate for .nice of public service eami r tor the Kastern Oregon trio Mr V. Cu Unci', la a friend of the New- iiiuu of many yoar uudlng, and knowing that he Is competent n every respect to fill the d.nie. of he office to which he aspires, and that t: . e.n Oregon's interests will be careii'llv guarded with J W Ma I'ulloch u member of the commission wa are going to use all honorable means tr assist in landing him the Job. Huntington News. VI ABA MIX K RKMOVKO. The Federal quarantine again shipments from foreign countries ol Irish potatoes affected willi powderv cub is removed by un order of t! denrtment. effective .lanuarv 1, 19 16. This permits a number of potato-producing countries to resume shipment of potatoes to tlie 'nil'd States In the case of Cat adu, t ie new order. In addition to removing the quarantine, prov'de; that pota toes mm he shipped in without cT tiffcatlon by Qtpadtsn Palais 'in. lo an arrangement with UVll I I minister of Agriculture the' OrgBjpdt , wll offer for export t' II " lohad States only potatoes tree 'rim n Jurious diseases and inse t posts. Tba removel of tlie foreign quar antine for powdery scab follow 1 Ihe lifting of the domestic ouarar.tine against this disease S'ttemhcr 1. ,915. Although this iiuursntii.e is e movd, the regulations jo MrklKa the entry of potatoes . :.l p-oviiMni; for Inspection at ports if emr. i.e con tinued in force. Toe leuulillons provide for an udequuie field iuspe. tion by recognized experts in the countries where shipments arc maiiJ and that such couutrle. u.uit main tain effective quarantine s . y.iinst entry Into their territory of potatoes from any country under qqarai.ttiie by the United States on ucount oi the potato wart disease. The in spection at porta of entry of this country is believed to be adtUUoCa to prevent the eutry into tin ; -country of objectioually diseased potatoes The O. fl. L. railroad bridge acre tne Snake river at Ontario, I now practically finished and the oh! mat erial, are now being loiil"d on car and hauled away. It lian I iktfl quite a long time to build this bridge but the result la one of tba t oat nb fttantlal structure along the entire line. The nudden dropping of the tlier- mometer Wednesday Bight waa rea- ponnlhle for the first 1 .rge cakea nt Ice which came down tbt Snake riv er Thursday and cruahed against the new concrete plllam. The strength ' and durability of these pillar may I beat he appreciated by watching mln ! lature iceberg break to pieces ag ainst the cement obatructlon. MOItK DIVISION NKWS. Cnder the heading "Ontario takea a back seat r.i ette now in line for the division with Olds' Ferry cloae iwcond" Kdltor Plughoff of the Hunt ington News hftft the? following to aay: "The Oregon Short Line has re- ; fused to rent a few tumbledown shacks located on railroad property at Payette, a new trackage Is being laid for switch purpose, tlie new hotel In course of construction there tie "thought" to lie backed by the railroad, it la the Junction of Uie "Pumpkin Viae" running through Payette Valley, la only four miles from the Junction tat Ontario) with the Oregon A Kastern branch, now being built in Kaatern Oregon, and Payette cltisena are Jubilant, for caat- I lea are flying In the air to remove the division from Huntington to tbe "Melon Town," which places poor, old Ontario on the shelf after dream ing for the past 26 years to possess the Huntington division. "Thia diviaion removal la a Joke that materialise, the firat of raff year, notwithstanding improvement after improvement continue from day to day in the Huntington yards Let us Huntlngtouiaus all unite In singing "In the Sweet Hye-and-Hye." Let us remind you. Hrother Plug hoff, that thia dlvlslou removal Is not such a Joke up at La Grande. MKTHODIST XOTKH. si. i.i gi". th la aol bo ipect iaa more sudden .lev , pment. but is more btating and ! i mon per- maiient result - .a tl.. .n i hut i said of tbe war tha hi. K church. " The Sunday school la In a far bet ter shape tl in It bus been for a long time aud is increasing each Sabbath iu iitiui'iem and . T of the cliurcii I .. or tl load B men's class and it Is hop. d that more i ei will avail them selves of this oppor tunity to stu'lv togotbar the orii of Cut vhltb is able to make us wise uu to salvation Several have rceen' Iy united wiih the cliurcii a&d the prospc : i -.'iiul let a no ibei more Friday nisht till .on will unite iu a nnlOB watch night serv . at the Biiptist chinch hegiuning ul 9:30. You are urged to so plai your work that voti ajaaj in iiresent. lleginniiig Jai.;. rj ' -916 tha week of prayer will t rad cottage prayer meetings . Monday. Tuesday und Wednesday eveniuirs. I'nion meetings will be held in tha Methodist church on Thursday cvea- ing and i; tlie Presbyu nau ehaTth on Krlday night !. I us make t . . ices prol t- ahla, C. C "It TT. Pastor. MASKID DANCK AT MIMillK Last niulit a n... iuer uie dance waa given at the Moore lull and some very unique m.. ind costumes were displayed Bgsoug the-'i being the "gold dual i wins" who took first priie. They were Miaa Edith Hat field and Mrs. Wood Other pruea were also given out. and a good time was had by all. tilUM) JURY TO Ml FT. The Malheur i ouuty Qrand Jury will meet iu regular session at Yale Monday. This will be one of tu. heaviest grand Jury terms ever held iu the county, as there are many cas i .o coma up OOl'I'LK WKD. The marriage of Mr. Clarience F. Bees and Miss Charlotte 10. Burrts occured at the Methodist parsonage Weduesday afternoon, Hev. ft C Pratt officiating I i