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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1916)
F GARRISON'S ARMY PLAN FACES FIGHT i Serious Opposition Expected In Both Senate and House Military Committees. ;; NEWS NOTES OF IDAHO Washington. While President II win U carrying to tin- country li it up peal for adequate national defense, oc of tlic ltul elements of the pro pram lie has recommended to congress the contliu'iitiil army fare settous ppposltlon lii hoih the senate and the faouse military oirim Itteea Such au army, described by Secre tary Uarrlion ;is embodying the most attractive scheme that could be do- Csed to give a final test of the prob in of training an adequate nuinber CM? federal volunteers in poaee times, Would he expected to provide 400.0110 neu of the total of approximately 1, 00,000 which the entire plan Is ml awlated to make available. Present indications are that the con tinental proposal In some form will be written Into the army Increase bill being prepared by the senate military committee, although that measure will be devoted mainly to a complete reor ganization of the regular army on a basis of approximately HMM men with the colors. 1 11 reusing Secretary Garrison's proposals In that respect y nearly 100,000 men. Nations Urged to Modify War Ruts. Secretary Lansing admitted that he kail submitted to the belligerent pow rs a note of suggestion that the rules f sea warfare be modified, In the In teri-Hl of Innoi cut combatants and In toe name of humanity. Mr Lansing says In the note that while It Is realized that the appalling loss of lives of non combatants result tag from destruction of merchant vos els without warning Is violative nf the principles of humanity, still the MM Htates does not feel that a bel liferent should be deprived of the right to use submarines In view of the usefulness which they have developed It Is. therefore, suggested that lion combatants' right 10 travel on the high seas be recognized, that no r bant vessel 1 10 attack with out Will ili.il vessels M warned top promptly, that nolle In find on Ulilc she II. ... I m.ls. anil Unit Ml) In case of dir. : .11 11 men bant v i' I be J' randelt N lined to Succeed Lamar. 1 of I. on!- 1 1 d twysr, ol Box Ud, to I tl' Hi'' Mlpl . .1 lit III tti j 1 1. 1 1 . Lamar pa 1 prfaN in oin. ii Hi. 11 ' own us a radical, with sttoiig views He played a promui.-i.i Hie UlblflUltl 001 Ina'l 6 per 1 lit rate 0 1 strong fight against continuation of llrandi U 1.. munition is predicted. Although 1 elehrated a lawyer, Mr. llraiidelH has been devoting prac tically all ol Iiim time of late to the Zionist movement In this couutrv, willed bus lor Uh objeei die repatria tion ol the Jews to .1 ii.illon of their own in I'.ili iiine li 1,1' ilrineil he would be tin ' irst .1. 1., ,,it ou the Upreme 1 unit lieln li Walsh Alltgei St: its Stolen. Senator Walsh ol lontulia sprung 1 alien lu the senate by reading from wliui lie Mas were llnlish MMtl to blockade vessels t" obtain trade sei rets from Illegally opt u d Allien can mail aboard l'roiu this mail, "sei.o.l wautonlyon the high sens,' Walsh said that Great llrltaln obtained nee., in which her tii'iihauts would use In underiiiitilng Aiiierieau emmm n I lie demanded ossullon of all trade with the alius unless they auieud their blockade to in cord with inter national law. tin- papers he read were confideii Hal documents Issued to a blockade vessel, but packed b mistake 111 American mail pouch and brou, 1 liere, Walsh said Pill Would Cltar Timor for Ir v.isi area of Reed u; 1 nultur. . lailll, HOW CUVeled Willi tlllll" : gfsj 1 be thrown open to hoiucslcud in iv honld lougicsa pass a bill recently lutioilur.il l' stmtOI Jones, of Wash lugli'll 1 ml. r tin- terras of the Jones bill the MMtsV) "' miciiur Hi the see retary of agriculture ore dlreOtOe to Segregate Ml h Of the publu lands. 111 eluding land in lore-.! 1, serves, Upon Which tliere 1 crowing men huutable and marketable timber 11ml which are suitable lor agin ulture when 1 leared, ami to uell tin tiiuhci iiu 1. on and have it removed as soon as possible The moneys derived Ironi lUcb timber pfjM would go nli' a ipeolal Hind to I I in li tl log "" '-'"'I " gtUIBPOi When clean 1 Ike lauds wool. I ho thrown open umb 1 the hOBIlMd law, In traits ol from M i" IM aires. Ten inches of snow fell In five hours at I'ocatello Ktlday. The Idaho Chamber of t'ommerce was formally organized in Itolse for the purpose of securing co-operation of all business and Industrial ln for niiilunl lieneiii Several carloads of mall order cat alogs have nrrlved in llolse and will lie mulled from this point by parcel post Most of them go to small towns throughout the state. Governor Alexander may not be a candidate to succeed himself, and may retire to private life after one term, according to reports circulating at lloise Governor Alexander, how ever, Is non-committal. The purchase of the Idaho & Wash ington Northern railway by the Mil waukee for approximately IB.000.000 will give the company the right to use tin repair shops nt Spirit Lake, Idaho, to good advantage for mainline work, according to Vice President II. II. Kar ling. The Mtillan Light company, Ltd., of Mullan. has voluntarily filed with the public utilities commission a new m lie.lule of rates for light and power In which a reduction of 20 to 26 per cent li shown. The action of the com panv was the outgrowth of a hearing bv the commission In Wallace recent ly. On January 24 I'realdent Wilson Igned au executive order eliminating total of 8. Dot) acres from the Mini doka national forest. In southeastern Idaho. The elimination was made on recommendation by the forest service, for the reason that the lands Involved have no appreciable value for forest purposes. The Idaho llulletln of Kducatlon. printed for distribution among high si liool students and others Interested In educational matters, will shortly be Issued In the board of edncatlon. It will contain facts regarding the late university, Lewlston State Nor tnal school, Albion Normal si hool and the Idaho Technical Institute thief Doput) Came Warden Thorpe Is III the vicinity of New Meadows, looking after a herd of ubout .'.'. elk, which has I n iinuhle to ml looil. owing to tin. heavy snow fall .Mr. and Ills assistants will so il ji.il lo ill Ive the herd lii volid Hie I river. wh'rh Is lurielv pro lii led I rom StOrBM, .1 ml wl. lb .iimii adopted an tmi ndmt nl to the i in appropriating 1 Inue tin- tight in the fori . oil Hie I'll hi lc il .ovoies .minted with rablis. Report! from Klverside, lllughani count), wen- to the effect Ilial Melvin HObttS. a boy, had bi en shot and i.ill.il In u quarrel According lo the report. 11 pistol was drawn during the and In a scuffle It was dls- I grits l.ilal results to the boy Representative smith, nt Idaho, has Introduced a bill giving PJMMMM right ot homestead entry to si tilers on i.iiv act projects whiih have proved or may prove luiliiiva Tin bill provides thai where lauds witli in 11 1 .11 v .0 I s. legation are restored to Hie pulilu il muni! I" ..11. ol Hie failure to sei ore w uter lor their recla in.iilon, those entry men who have in good l.tiili done us much as they could to comply with the law shall he 1 nulled lo a patent to tin lauds nil which they settled Tlie public utilities commission ami tlie public service commission of . liinglon have concurred Willi the ruling of the public service com mis MM of Oregon that the road mileage basis of Hie territory in which the sig nal non 01 the 11 W it St N. system opeun, .11,. 1 to winch they are assign ed should be used as the basis for di ..!.,.. ... 'Cl.iu lu u,..,r.lt,k 1,1 , ,,lr... 1 Grant count), lost several calves and Spolldellci between tlie auditing de- ( I ' " parliiieuts of Hie commissions and of Arkansas Has Great Floods. Arkanau i'u) Sunn persona nra known to l.o l"il "1 flomls along the Arkansas niie ntnl St JMBOtl riv ers, whilo huiHlicds arc liomelcss. Hie 11 Wi Mi eouipuii) with refer- . SBfJort iiineiit of an minis I .. . ' -"nort of the s hus 1c 1 pi ' . . pus I ).... slate UvsatOi iU ' .ill nil lo show lug Hie -.uii : .1 '' and lings tiealeil II givis .in lavv.s ri-gnnlini; predatory auiinai.i, iiuani'itiiie proi litmutions. loot and mouth ilisea.se, -i nil the rules ot Hie livestoik sanitary board, together Willi IbS cuuses and treutiuelits ot the mi 1 .it diseases The lei;alnv of drawing a regular jury punel from the Hcncwah poll list .Mil lie tested lu Hie supreme i ourt lu creating Heiiewuli county no pro vision was made for drawing a jury, and as the new count) bad no poll list saving had no election, objection .de 111 Hie last term of court to the jiii v I . Il .liavvu liv Shorn on special venire, bearing eases ami a motion to ipiash the panel was made. For the purpose of testing the matter u writ of prohibition will lie asked of the Supreme court, preventing the eoniitv 1 uh; 1 I rum drawing a Jury from Hie loll list takvti truiu Koo tenai vouuly. others were badly froien In the ears and noses In the vicinity of Iron sldss, Malheur county, several cattle also arc reported lost, while the rsuges near lluikee have suffered. for H 1 ,1 ending January 17, a is were reported ' eident In- two reported . ortland, rti.i . ""J Mag 1 .. (I e Skull v a 11 s nl .11 a saw mill The 1 ..' 1.1 ol a lirst class naval b I I 01 mar Hie mouth of he Calumny river, supplements by adequate in.isl ileleuses and mint' fields Is the cud for which a naval MM commi'lie with lu .ulipiaiters at Astoria Is working in Hie hopes that congress and the nuv y department may be urged to take action along (J lines In au 1 Unit to retain Mayoi I'alnii r I who bad tendered bis resignation be cause the vein!) salury ol $1500 Is lu sufficient, a mass meeting at Baker decided to circulate petitions ut once for a special election to vote on a sal ary 01 isooo for tin' mayor, litoo for ('omiuissioiu'r No. and $18uu lor Commissioner No 3. t'onitulsslouers No. 2 aud 3 now get f1200. George rinrk. I OOBt 1 from Lnr.o count v. sawed his way to freedom Slid made his escape from the penitentiary at Salem, but was arrested at Albany. Master Pish Warden Kelly has re ported that the milnmti cntch of 1916 In Oregon waters was a record break er and exceeded ii,onn.nnu worth. He urged a higher bounty on seal and sea lions to protect the fish Governor Wlthyconibe. .1 O Itlr.h ledge and Rev. '. A. Hcxroml. of (or vallls, were elected to serve three years on the advisory board of the Young Men's Christian association at the Oregon Agricultural college. Fourteen applicants for licenses to practice medicine and four to practice osteopathy in this state were success ful In the examinations held by the Oregon State Hoard of Medical Kxam- ' inera In Portland, January 4, 6 and 6. A pruning school will be held at Siitherlln from February 8 to 12. The 1 school will he In charge of W. 8. ' Browne, of the Oregon Agricultural college. Demonstrations will be given In various sections of Sutherlln val ley. The first conviction for violating the prohibition law In Cons county wss secured by District Attorney L. A. Llljeqvlst sgslnst C A Mschon. at Cnqullle, before Justice J. J, Stanley. 1 he charge was selling cider that Intoxicates The total registration of the several counties of Oregon, as reported so fsr to Secretary of State Olcott, Is 17,245. of which 11,027 are republicans, 4007 democrats, 100 progressives, 282 pro hibitionists, 348 socialists and 67fi mis cellaneous. There Is evidence of the large In crease In business being done by the O. W It. N. railroad In the report of Its November earnings. The gross earnings for November. I'H.'i. were II. 4(7.808, an Increase of 1208.000 oxer the MM month of 1914. A second snowfall of seven Inches st Quinaby has frozen to tin ground ami promises heavy losses to sheep men. The lambing season hns begun and although feed Is being provided, In many cases, shelter Is Inadequate to give Hie necessary warmth to new born lambs In a blinding snowstorm, which hid the signals from view eastl.ound freight No 1L' plowed Into the r. ir of frclnlii No .'.1,. stuiuliiig on an 11 A It i H 'Ideii.ok ut Celllo, telescoped or ollnrvvl .rs and seriously Injured two laborers curled on the waiting train. Mkl up follow In 11 I. cent Btl' pri me 1 mm det Islon holding Btai 1 1 gllleer l.evvl t . I lo ' ..I Hi. Ill II ' pnrtmi i.l resulted In UM dm- Howard 11 Holmes, usslst- Ml ' : bridge 11. Motor, Joseph tVoart wu ppgtati ed to succeed Holmes. A li legrain I1.1 I., g rei . lied st the besdiiiurlers ol Hie Klamath County 1 o 01 .alion 1 1 urn Charles F. Stone, stale I1.I1 and game 1 .munis slon, uiiuoiim mg that Hie committee had adopted a resolution to send 10 young elk to Klamath Calls as noon us 1 In snow 111 the 11 u'rve would per mil shipiin nt Ilo i.irmi rs or Hood Itlvi-r valley strongly resent the action of the stale highway commission lu placing the responsibility for the maintenance .. Infant! rtM lilghway on the count) I'emious arc Ising preiiured rsqnostlng the county court to close Hie rou.l to ir.ilflc unless the commis si. hi moiiiii. , its decision It. appointment ol Caul Spiller, a giulualc ui the Oregon Agricultural college 111 Hie cluss if lltuT lo the po sition of county agriculturist foi In 1011 count) bus been announced by the O A 1 xteiision department lie will succeed C C fate, who has re ceutly been transferred to a situtla' position in Jackson eoniitv Cattle lu the Interior are suffering from the cold, and several deaths have reported W II Officer, lice, The Argus. You will notice several changes in the Argus this week and we want you to watch for others to be made in the weeks to come. We want you to feel a live interest in the paper and help us make it new sier and brighter with each issue. Send in the news from your neighborhood, the crop reports, news about horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. It may attract a new settler to your neigh borhood. The Argus. . I