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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1916)
Great Profit-Sharing Prize Campaign Will close August 21, ask the clerk for particulars. SPECIAL With each Dollar Purchase you will receive 10,000 votes until the end of the contest. With each Dollar pur chase you will receive 10,000 Ttes. ONTARIO PHARMACY .limn VAIAEY. (From the Expreas. ) lr. Jones win called to the Dun ran Kerry station Tuesday, to as kIhI at the reception of u new (laught er In the homo of Mr .mil Mm A. ii (Iroth kiiII IihIiik IIihI one of inv ! f f .-n tlaU wan put on the hum iinil I inn : obliged to travel altogether on low gear, with n decided flat-wheel movement." NVHS.V UK J LAND DKAL AT MrDKRMITT A hlg ilcnl In ranch and range Mother and daughter are land Just over the state line near doing nicely. Antnnn Azcuenngn la at Chlcngn M. Iiormltt waa conaumniated recent ly In the purchase by the rtuli fun with eleven carloads of sheep for the' H,rl"""" Ompaajr r noma thirteen market. Another shipment will be Ihouaand aerea of range land from made thla week which will be accom panied by Antone, the younger. Tom McOwern. of the tile- bend down on the Snake, and hla slntcrn, Misses Anna, Marguerite imd Kmmii. the Anderaona. The purchase price waa il: dollara per acre. Important deala on every hand In dicate a renewal of activity in real Mint iiuKiirs well fur HiIh part the flrat two teachera In the Portland of Oregon. "'I Indlcatea that hay hcIhioIh, and the latter n teacher at Ontni'lo, with n pn expected at the l.ooney ranch, on Ma hogany mountain next Sunday, for a camplng-out vacation for a week or two. U A. McMahon of Horkvtlle waa a business vlaltnr here the latter part of last week. Id an Interview with a reporter for the Kxpresn. he atated imd rattle landn are coiiHldered valu rty of friends are ,,,',, 'r'lulnltlons. The fact that big ciirp.irntloiiH are taking hold of these pr. .p.-t't ii" HiiggeHta that the move M mi in not a panning fancy, but of permuni'nt character. MM UAItF.HOINK (Ml KUCVA. TOIt. The J. It. Mluckaby Commercial that hla cropa were excellent and that """Pany la making plain, for th in the near future he will have Home erection of nn elevator and ware- ,. .i.. ... i..,.,,...i h,.ii-i. ..,.! houae building In the rear of the oat ever placed on the local market "lor- bu"tl,n The ructure will for dlatrlbutlon. It muat be aeen to '" 24x,0 ' one-half to he unci for warehouse purpoaea. A ten-foot be appreciated. Mian Ituth Mart of the Middle Cow creek dlatrlct waa brought down to town laat Friday Buffering with a broken collar bone, the reault of her horse falling with her while riding after cattle. She waa accompanied by her alater and Ed. Fenwlrk, who drove, their car Dr. Jonea aet the broken bone and the young lady waa able to return to her home on Bun day. Laat year the alater, Mlaa lialcnny will make thla department two-atory apace The other half will be for atorlng grain In bulk, the high price of aacka making that method prohibitive. There will be blna for all aorta of grain and aeeda, and a fan for cleaning everything from white clover and alfalfa need to corn In addition in thla a roller for chop ping feed will be Installed Alao machinery for grinding graham and corn meal ( From the Journal ) Te second Cutting of alfalfa In now being cut and in making a bumper crop With bay selling at $7 a ton every Snake valley farmer can own a Ford thla year If he wants one Work haa been resumed on the () S. I., deep well. The long slim hole l la down more than four hundred feet. Ample water has been encoun- toreii but It la not of the quality de 1 aired by the company and they will drill to a deptli of 1000 feet to get the heat If nerennnry I. Zelner, Mate cliecne factory In i"ior, waa In town Tunaday and gave the local factory the once over. He complimented the management nn i lie excellent Hanltiiry condition of the plant and the superior quality of Hie product Mr Zelner waa favor ably Impressed with the Nyaaa coun try and gave it na hla opinion that butter fat can be produced here at leaa coat than In any other aectloii of the atate. I'lililic acalea have been ordered and will he Inatalled next week at the Coleman barn on Second street and Oood avenue. Besides being for the convenience of the public, they will lie uaed in connection with a coal yard which H. D. Holmes Is eatabliahlng at the Rmlaon aheda near the Hotel Western. Mr. Holmes has leaned the aheda and will conduct a ret ij I coal bus In ran In connection with hla tranafer line. He expecta a large shipment of coal to arrive in a few days. ! prising 0080 acres, completed IU tank I nnil filed Ita report July 28 with the MAI.HKI It "iiinty court at Vale. The land! ownern have until August II to file The weather In fine and warm In any complalntn or proteata they may the day time and cool ut nlghtn Most have agalnnl the rate apportioned to of the farmers in IIiIh vicinity have their land for the proponed drainage about flnlnhed their first crop of al falfa hay. thereof. It seems that practically all the landowners now realize the urgent necennlty of putting In thin drainage .1 It Woodcock called at the How ard ranch Tuesday evening Mr and Mm Jenne llolden came ayntem and are aatlafled with the re- ovr with the ntage from linker Mon port aa filed by t ippralnern. It 'day. They took dinner with Mrn la the belief there will be no oom- Alice Wllllama' Monduv cvcnlns plalnta or protenta made against thin report. The entlmated coat of building thin drainage ayatem la about fr8,000. It Is expected to Issue about $70,000 In borne on Sunday oonus r,.s amount will pay for ,he ,., Morf,u (n ,own ...tire ayatem, Including any con.ln- (Uy fnm ,,, - m linn iuny ar.ne . A number of Renin .... ,.ree men ,., ma.te up IN Hln(Uy ruitlll 111 11 II 1 1 TM MtTM irp I r AH I-' r r ( . fonl of Vale, a well known and able civil engineer: It II lie Annum! nrai ot tne woes, nut V. II. NTAIM.KH IX TOWS. V II Staples, republican candidate Rnti.lv a i ,,ir.. ,.r.. r county clerk, came up from hla Kthelyn waa painfully Injured In an m work w ranch near Ontario Thur.day on a automobile accident M plani ,re received, business mission and talked politics . .... i . . s little on the side. Since his term iiiu.i.i iiim im,i h- "'In building, planned by Mana- , , HltoM. HIM vM l L . i . . -'- - - postmaster at Vs e exp red he has wi.tin .trivin. -- u,. ger Kaliout for the Hlackatn com .... . While driving a mower h mum- - been looking aftor in farm and says day Chris Drlscoll's team, a colt and Pnr' ' " Ponae to the demands .. j a mule, started out for a run about the meadow Juat aa he had gt ceedeil in kicking the machine of gear, the wheels struck a duel. and Carta did a high dive that beat Ituas llryan's evolutions on the 4th uud landed ho that a wheel ran over hla left ankle, breaking on of the bones He held to the lines, how ever, and ntopped the runaways with out further damage Chrla will con fine his driving operations to his semblance of civilization in this day ar for awhile of slaughter. Chris, who recently purchased a ' Ford, explains It something like this: Plain Sewing and Dress Making. ".Sunn tiling went wrong with the car- Inquire at house across from Baa) of the firm's business for more stor age apace for Its constantly Increas ing stock, and the elevator is to meet the needs of the valley for a cheap er and a more efficient method of handling its grains, snd for supply ing chopped feeds for stock and gra Iwini and corn meal for household purposes ch Ida, perhaps, approaches some bureter and at a consequence I lost side school house, control of the steering gear, the re- 31-32p Miss Wellsinith. Mr Staples was tendered the posi tion of county clerk to fill the unex pired term of John P. Huston, hut de clined to accept owing to the fact Hint he expected to make an active i campaign for election to the office and did not want to do no while re ceiving a salary from the taxpayers i for attending to the duties of the of fice. That was certainly the square way to look at It There Is no ques i'oii of Mr Staples ability or integ rity which, combined with hla never falling courtesy, will make him, If elected, all that can be desired in a county clerk. enit by farmer and nlockmnn or Vale; and W. II Katun of llrogau. the secretary of the Willow Kh.r Water Users' association The board, In order to make an equitable appraisement, divided the land under the drainage system Into five clasaea as follows, the figures being based on the engineer's esti mates: Classl Poor dry land On a basin or 100 per cent, this land Is given the lowest benefit rating, or 26 per cent, and the cost of drainage for this land la fixed at S.67V per acre Class 2 Poor wet land; benefit rating Is 40 per cent, cost $8 60 per acre. Clans 3 Good land without pres ent drainage; benefit rating 40 per cent, cost 18.60 per acre. Class 4 -Oood Isnd losing In land production by reason of rising water table; benefit rating 70 per cent. cunt 115 05 per acre Class 6 Oood land that is now swamped; benefit rating 80 per cent, coat f 17 20 per acre. It Is expected to sell the bonds, let the contract and get the actual drain age work atarted In September, and have the whole project completed be fore the beginning of the crop sea son of ID 17. Jl Ml ll THE UNIVERSAL CAR NEW PRICES AUGUST 1, 1916 The following prices for Ford cars will be effective on and after August 1st, liM: Runabout $345.00 Touring Car 360.00 Coupelet 506.00 Town Car 595.00 Sedan 645.00 f. o. b. Detroit These prices are positively guaranteed against any reduction before August 1st, 1917, but there is no guarantee against an advance in price at any time. THOS. F. COWARD, Agent Ontario, Oregon J x m i ' j w. IT H.ii Crummit, the well known Insurance man of Ontario. Is a busi ness visitor tliis week. Mrs. Sarah Orris arrived from nn tarlo Tuesday to pay a visit to her daughter. Mrs. F P. Hyan. I'. J Gallagher came up on I lie trail Wiilni- .lay arealDJ and ufter ii..i i net out for the Utkevlew country, in company with his broth er Dan, who sat at the wheel II. J Ward, the Nyssu shiiiiinuii ami banker was in town Monday and TllfSlluV deliver..! llu. ImmiIiu ivhieh with turning on the light and taking l(1 1(1 ,.,, ...,, mmm ,the money from the cash regtater LmptolalM of Ue haa rraae tawa; and telephon ng to Marshal Megorv',,,, . ha ha(, Juh t)f, mouM. KOIIIIKItM Fill 'HTK.ITKII. A bold midnight robbery was prob ably frustrated last night by Sidney Durhldge, who, shortly after retiring alter coming home late, heard sub dued voices at the rear door of the Nyana Meat Market and aaw a n.i.-.h light thrown on the door Helng un armed, Sidney contented biaseaM boys were In guests at the c. II Morfltt liome William Wbltworth wan very III the In L.-M.-r nl present. Mr and Mrn Chester Van l'..M.n are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Whit worth's, parents of Mrs Van Patten. James Morfltt and F.rnent l.ocey will commence gathering cattle for shipment in a few days. Mrs. Kldorn Hall returned from Raker and started to Hums by way of Vale Walter Weaver accompan ied her as far as Vale John Woodcock haa gone to the Karl Johnston ranch to reap grain Jntnen Lawrence of Vale is here at the Beers ranch to see about gath Ing some of his cattle for shipment Mm. Charles Powell and children and Mm It Phelps and son from II.. nl tM were visitors at Dr. White's on Thursday They report a prospect for good crops of grain in that lo cality. Mm George Hodfish has returned from llolse, where she spent a few days. Fred Horner and A. A. Gardner were In town Wednesday. Mr and Mm Floyd Howard passed through Malheur Wednesday on their way to Amelia to visit Mr. and Mrs James Womliam. Hr ohmart came in on the stage Friday from Pendleton. James Morfltt, daughter, Gertrude, and aister. Mrs 1 Oliver, went to Vale Friday. den, who made an Investigation The yeggmen had doubtless been fright ened away by the light, and the mar shal was unable to locate them. It is believed they intended to loot the postoffice and mistook the butcher shop back door for the back door of the postoffice. A HWKI.I. AFFAIIt. Albert Gibson It somewhat disfig ured but still In the ring as the re mit of a one-round battle with a I bunch of bees. He waa approaching the domicile of Harold Mallett, the bee man. wishing to see that gentle- jnian on a matter of business Mr. Mallett was not at home but the bees .were and they immediately proceed ed to do the honors of the occasion, according the visitor such a warm welcome that he hastily beat a re- . treat without standing upon cere mony. One of Mr. Gibson's eyes is nearly closed and his classic beauty Is othewise somewhat marred but he Is glad It is no worse. But at that it was a rather swell affair tains a few houra before. Miss Maud llrosnan arrived on Monday's train for a visit with the Wrinkle family. She was surpris ed at the number of friends await ing the arrival of Mr. Itoy Wrinkle, who accompanied her from Ontario, where he had been spending the week-end with Uerwick It Wood, dis cussing matters concerned with the further development of the townsite properly. Mcl'IIKKHO.V III VS K.WtM. A deal was made this week be tween Tom Alley and Hoss McPher- aon, whereby Mr McPheraon takes over the highly Improved 40 acre farm together with all the stock and Implements belonging to Mr Alley. Mr. McPerson resigned his posi- III ltH. W J Pinney, a bu an of Ontario who loans money on ranches was here this week looking after some l.iiMiieaa. Hi Manila lacan and children are here Hoin Ontario where they have been residing f'.i tin- pa .1 year She may remain in th.n city wheiv she has her home l)r and Mrs J W Wee . ol 1 1;, tarlo are guests at the home ol Mr and Mrs Allen lliggs Mis vV. , , was formerly Miss Hebeccu Higgs, Bister of J W and Allen who resul ed here for a few yearn. They Mill remain for a short timc A. W Trow was here from On tarlo yesterday looking after soni" real estate In connection with the Colonization company lands Mr Trow is mayor of Ontario and is one of the public spirited men of the eastern part of the state who helps to keep It on the map. Burns Times Herald. MM'AI, MIA WIN MINING SI IT. 1) J Sullivan returned home Tues day from Portland where he went to attend the suit brought against him and F K Tracy by a man by the name of Price, of Ontario. The suit was for the purpose of determining the nature of nitrate lands on Sin- imUBIM MAKK IlKPOHT. The board of appraisers of " the Nyssa-Arcadia Drainage district, com- tlon in the J Mc.Msh store on Mon- cor creek near Homedale Sullivan day and expects to become a full and Tracy had located claims under fledged farmer and stock raiser. the lode act and Price had made 1., The farm Is well improved, .Mi cat. on. on the same ground under All.y having built a fine stock barn the pkcer law The cane was heard then- last year Kinmett Examiner .before Judge Wolverton of the cir cuit court and the disputed t-roiind was awarded In Sullivan and 'lia.-y J M. Venal. If and K F. Fiuhugh of Boise and F II McConnell of ('aid well were witnesses for the defeiid- A Chicago commission is to make a study of the city's aaleetlVM Tliey will be lenient, however, with the city council. ants. Attorney R. II. Johnson ot Boise represented them This case is of considerable inter est to the people of IIiIh nectlon aa they hold a large number of claims located as lode which are helng con tented by the American Nitrate Co. The above from the Homedale Press la very misleading In the above suit Price did not ap pear, so the decision had no bearing, whatever, on the proper locating of nitrate deposits. Hubert Parhlll of Siimpter la a business vlstor in Malheur Mm Ir.-iif Uornhnm and Mm Kdlth Koblnson visited at the Williams foAssh otatheatre i6 proved hy the pictures it Shows "Vs- j -rgr U U tatftcla&i theatres sKow METRO PICTURE and wve c y,.!fc rM && Im