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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1916)
STAGE SET FOR MALHEUR COUNTY FAIR OPENING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 -BE THERE tihttettf oVI'.lltlo. lAI.IIMi: CXHJNTY. tlKlXMM. TH I'llNDA Y. HKPTKMHKIl 14, IUMI Nl Mil Kit m voi-. an m tmz. BOND BUYERS VIEW WARMSPRINCS LAND MI.IMULMI AND VTA II CAPITAL IST WITH KNUINKKK () KH I'IKUIXT. Mr FAVORABLY IMPRESSED Man Inquiries Being IVerelvcsl From Prospective Porcliasem of Hecuri-II.-. Mitli...li U Fmnibtlng Under the guidance of Mr. A. W. Trow a group of California and UUh capitalists viewed the entire Warnisprlngs Irrigation Project Tuesday nil Wednesday. In the party were: F. J. Kleeel of Olden. George Neb or Sen Francisco. It lUnmiino of Oakland. Oeo. W. Pel tier of Bacramento and K. O Hopson of Portland, former government en gineer who previously reported fav orably on the project for his clients. The party of bond buyera came here to confirm Mr llopaon ' report and to got first hand Information on which to determine whether or not they will bid on the bonds Following their examination It la understood they expressed themselves being most favorably Impressed with the entire project. Ileslde this group of bond men. many others are Interested. Secre tary John lllgby haa received over 30 Inquiries for Information from bond firms over the country The directors are therefore encouraged to believe that the bonds will lie sold October I. MA It HIT DAY HALF. TO CI-OHK MO I Mil As a fitting climax of tin- Mg Fair the First Monthly Traders' Day sale will take place Saturday Judging liv Um "iM.iiiuiily growing list of atock and equlpmeul to be offered the day will be one of the biggest In On i i' lo'l lilhtory on Monday evening UJM Cummer clal club requested the Oregon Short I. iin- that It extend the return limit i. it tickets to the Interior points mi ni Mi.mlav and the request wii granted, allowing visitors from ef branch lines to remain over for Um sale In order to assure the manage ment of the sale a suitable place to hold the auction the city council has given permission to use tint main street for this purpose. Everything will In- 'lone t take care of the large crowd that Is expected. Farmers and stockmen who attend may bring their wives and families , as there will be a matinee at the iir.-.uLii.nil theatre ad In the even ing a hie dance will he held at the opera house c.il ticorge Wuters of Weiser will put on MM block U amusing variety of thing tog sale and hundreds of l.uwr- I r i -1 1 mil of town ill he p 'in U) purchase I Wit IUHlMI.lt (US HIT hy rjonrfi onu i vi. The trip of the fa i - to r Tuesday avealni I ",l bj -i aeel i nl '" Praal Raderi v lii.h i.yulied in thS iulur) "f ' .i i: Newton who aitk hot buahaad and Mi " P Mr Radi fortui i y.i Newton waa the only mi la farad tho i lie otiier- vera badly jar- 'I'lie accident occurred M MM par ty was leaving Weiser anil wan due to the fuct that County Coi.imission- .i u 'u-i Broekaua wi i Mining his ajf mi iin l.-i - oi tag ratal and in atempling to get to tlie right bide waited too long Hal "truck the Kader ear u glancing blow, turn ing it half round This threw both the women In the hack heat from the car Mrs. Newton wan uncoil rious for ie anil was taken to the Weiser hospital when malned until Wednesday While she baa roooTtrtfl lomewhat from the shock tlie extent of her Injuries Is not knots u and she Is stil suffering from bruises Mr and Mrs Kmler and Mr New ton suffered only minor bruises The Hader car was not ser iously damaged but the Brockman car was wrecked. DELEGATIONS GO OUT TO BOOST FCR FAIR AuUilste arry Ntory oi big uvui to Payette, Welwer and Vale Go to Nysaa Tonight. As the result of the rousing meet ing of the Commercial club Mon day evening auto parties, heeded by the band have been carrying the ntory of the Fair country-wide thin week. A. L. Cockrum and K (' VanPet ten headed the Welser-I'ayette ex cursion Tuesday evening S. I) iinriiiun and O. K. Aiken, the Vale trip Wednesday evening and M. E. Newton and Mr Taggert will pilot the cars to New Plymouth Saturday. Del egations will also attend the Dig It. ml and Dead Ox flat picnics Fri day and Saturday. At each city K O Ilalley followed the band concert with an Impressive talk concerning the fair and the cltl xens of each town assured the dele gatlona that big crowds would be present to view the events. Beside scattering literature ad vertising the Fair members of the party went up and down the streets, Into the business housee to person ally Invite the people to come to the fair The excursions attracted a groat deal of attention. OI Kit KltH HF.l.P.tTF.D TO I.KAD Cl.AHH The clasaes and studont body as sociation held meetings last Friday for the purpose of electing their of ficers. Student body officers are as fol fel fol eows: I'aul Van I'eltcu, president, Lee Maddux, vice president, Bernard Kader, secretary; Alfred Holland, treasurer Senior class Fred Uramae, pree Ident; Nettle peter on, secretary unit treasurer. Junior class- Kd Frasor, presl dent, lone l.uehrs, secretary and treasurer. Sophomore class F.rma Von Itcinl en. president; Helen litiuhur. tarv anil treasurer Freshman class -Charley Cronln, president; Vella Cronln, secretary, (Ueiin Stlnkle, treasurer The members of hoard of control are the student body officers I'aul Van I'etteu, i.e.. Maddux, Bernard Kader, Alfred Holland. Mr. Cul- -son und Mrs (griffin were ap nteil hy I'rof Bailey as members of the board The student body elected two members to represent the freshmen! and sophomore classes these were Klden Madden for the freshman class and Thel l.ampkln for the sophomore class. PloNK.F.It DAY AT vai.k ih avoom Vale cooks and Vale hosts roved a comhinalion too strong for Mal heur county citizens to resist lust Friday The fame of tlie Vale I'll. neer picnic dinner drew 1000 healthy uppetitien to the count seat anil all those appetites were appeuseil al tin big dinner served kg UM women of 'ale iii.il ill pari sereil hy tie ..i Lilly caniliilale loi oilice With the dinner an aia- i '" i lolloped thai ti" Ptoaaa iilirution was a humim : fOl low Iuk he dinner u'ddi e Uvert .1 by it W Iwacler, ol mi. r i anil II I' r.iiniir of 'ale and I f Vale told of early dajrg in i in- i sunt) The aakj par. oh- n tad all I inner and I !n- many Inn proval from thn crowds aoag the Una of march. The eel. Illation ended with a gf ita old faaaloaed ,n winch gray halrad graad mothers aud grundtathi-is showed youngsters how to haw a K'""! time in ei: vn i 00 i via. j, Oatario aaoaJd a( oa her "doll clo!hes" for Hie Fair next week. To do this the slreels should be deeorat- Tin- ( 'oln 111 l'l ial cluh has asked the ejgj lo i the street poles and husiiicss to onu their buildings in the hlue and white of the Fair as- sociatiou Do your share and deco, Mrs W A. Mt-Kiuney aud Mrs. Carl Kuehne of Juntura are the guests of Mr aud Mrs 1' J lialla gher and will remain until after the Fair to see the development made in this section. D. 0. BRICHOUX FOR R. C. GOODWIN'S DEATH GRAND JURY RETURNS TRUE BILL FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER LATE TODAY. ACCUSED SAYS SHOOTING WAS AN ACCIDENT City Stirred by Sensational Killing- Victim's Body Found Floating Despite Weight of Chains Indicted Man Admits Forgeries of Dead Man's Name. At Valf late Thursday afternoon the Grand Jury re turned an indietinent charging I). 0. Hriehoux with sec ond degree murder In connection with the death of B, c. Goodwin. The trial will take place at the next term of court, probably in February. As strange as a chapter from the crimes In the Moulin Kouge la the atory of the eventa which lead up lo and followed the death of K (I.umi Ooodwln of thla city and Boise, Idaho. Mr Ooodwln, who la well ki'i n In all thla region as "a wealthy sheep man waa killed on the Boulevard road two miles west of tho city about midnight. Monday. Sept. 4. The first news or his death came when his body, weighted down with automobile chains and the hub of an auto, waa found floating In the Sm.ke river by the railroad bridge Monday, September 11. . In thn meantime, D. C Brichoax, an auto driver, and hitherto respect ed citizen, now u self confessed forg er and bootlegger, who has confessed killing Ooodwln, tho he asserta It was an accident, was about the streets from September fi until September k apparently unconcerned about Ou traged)', the details of which he kept closely guarded Perhaps he never would have told had not the body he threw into ihe river risen to proclaim the fact. Not only did Brlchoux keep the details of the killing to himself but he lost no time In proceeding to pro fit by the death of Ooodwln by using ev.-r meant aaagMM M P"" tgfO '"r his own use some of the wealth he knew Ooodwln to poaaeaa. In this he was aided by his close knowledge of Goodwin's affairs gain ed thru close personal association for some time past. Brlchoux and Oood wln had been friends. As the aelf confessed forger admitted to Sheriff Ben Brown. "Ooodwln was the beat friend I ever had " To secure Goodwin's wealth, which Sheriff Brown and other officials be have If accident theory g not true was the motive for the crime he followed the oft repeated story ot adding one violation of the law on another and in ho doing forged a chain of aJroajBOtaaaaa which, the au thoriues aatlave he can not now break Today a special session of tlie 0-r.iiol ttirv nt Vale will list. ll to Ihe evidence in tlie case and it la be- li.Md will hold Hriehoux for the crime There is a possibility, thai should the iury return an Indictment . . .... . agalnat iiru-houx, be wiu no tn.ii it the praaaal torn eonri Dtatrict Atlornes W II BrOOgO and Slienli , n,i,i,. VV1, for 111'' pie ,-ntalioii of the to the grand Jury last night j All COj T" -- seldom hat Oatario - over to tho dl cu on ol ii has thai ol Mr Qoodwla. Tbt many Itl tnge I It( tba I hr. i bi m it K an boys and girls of the community have glibly dlaoajgad tin- morbid de tails, while . e speculatloa as to lie- ii. oi...- for tl '' killing ha bt - ni Tat laaorally a.- ng that robber) was I he object. Was To Hi e llwn M.nrie.l nerall) n ceptod 1 1 ports the dead man was soon to have hem it i iri.-il. and It Is further n- laled ihat !!... sua in which he will be buried is ihat which was to served us 1; g wedding garments An- other sad leaiure of the case is that when last seen alive by Outario friends Mr. (loodwin was happy in the prospect of making a visit to his old home in Butler Tennessee wiiere as he said, "I'll probably see mother for the ast time." 1$ INDICTED Urn houi Ntory of the KUBng. The atory of the actual killing can heat be told as it was related by Brlchoux to Sheriff Brown follow ing hla arrest here Tuesday night, which was as follews: "We were returning from Steen's mountain where I had driven him and It waa about midnight Monday, Sept 4, when we reached the Jim Butler ranch and a dog ran out In front of the car. Lum picked up the gun that was lying on the seat between us and was going to shoot It when I said, 'don't shoot It, Lum.' Then Ooodwln whirled and stuck the gun In my face near the right eye, skin ning my nose and aald, "To hell with you.' Shot In Scuffle. "I grabbed the gun," Brlchoux continued, "with both hands and we tusseled for possession of It, and lln n I l'e gun went off He (Ooodwln I sort of slumped down In the aeat and 1 aald, 'Did It hit you baa' and he didn't answer. The gun fell down Into the front of the car I spoke to him again aud he dldu'l answer and I saw he was dead The liuilei went In, 1 suppose about tin ear. " DuiiimmI IIIiii hi Creek. "In the tussel for possession of the gun the automobile ran Into the ditch and when 1 found Ooodwln ,.i d.-.i.l I got out of the machine and walked about a 100 yards. 1 was feeling pretty hard toward's l.um then I thought to myself, here 1 am a man with a family and he aOali) killed me. Then 1 went hack to tin car, drove it out of the ditch and to the bridge. Taking the hody out of the car I tied u life chain aud an ex tra Ford hub to it and threw It Into "There Is where I made my big mistake," he com- , ,i "I should have brought him into town hut u ureal fear po . . I me thai no one would believe lnv stor After I welghled ,!. bod) and v i i retaraad i" too if it was floating hut it was not. It wa .one Then I kept still " A ..... ..... ln l...A 1.. O..... !.. hMM am s, ...,,,,,. ,,.,.- ... .-.,,.. ,,.. Paeedaj aatll Fridaj Briohoax dron I'ranl. OrlI 0M "' watoh the gaootiag tool al W'ilincmiicca on Friday. On the w.. Mt I I"' mailed I lelter, which wa. '' " ' '"" '"' ' " Cr ' M""r" l"""1 "' traottai tho n aot I I : i ii ,il l. i ii m mill! e:i ,.s lo V 1 1 1 I. , II i lll'l a I i- was going east but would iniiemiui a for I wo da This letter was evidently written 'In- day nl t In- shooting but not mail ed for four 'days afterwards Tho t was signed It C Ooodwia. Hricli mux admits forging the signalun Continuing his career of Jim the Penman and to reap the profit of i:e killing. I'.iichoux forg d t clierk ida in to pa) big niom rem in Uiiinemucca Thla as the 'forgery for lie ha,! nM '' Um aafd lg On havt-jlarlo on a lota! bank Then with Ihe aid of the hotel man, thru the use of instruments taken from Qood win's clothing he secured $500 at the Winiieiuucca hank ou a wire or der on the First National Bank in Idaho at Boise Tills he admits ami (Continued ou page eight) PREPARE FOR BATTLE Many Veterans on Tin- - lr Mad- uui mwrwu Ct.?.ia TAie Schedule. (By Mlaa Nettle Pearson) Pootball prospectt at the high school, this year are brighter than for several seasons past Klght or nine veterans will report for duty and of theae six or teven have been out to practice regularly since the second day of school. Two or three more are due to report after the Fair. At a meeting of the last year's squad Tuesday Lee Maddux was elected captain for thla year while Maggie Brown waa elected as mana ger will handle tho business end besides holding down a position back of the line. Ousted la slated to do the kicking again thla year and his spirals are already sailing away In mid -seam form. Maddux la work ing at the full-back position and All Holland Is alsojn the back field. L. L Culberson Is coach this year with K. A Trousdale as assistant It la likely that after the Fair two full squads will be out regularly. The second team will be coached by Mr Trousdale and It Is expected that the second team will be strong enough to give the first team hunch plenty of exercise and much needed exper tlons A league haa recently been formed by the Snake river valley high schools and several gamea are echeduled with the other teams In this league They are as follows! September 30 - Ontario at Welaer October 7 Ontario at Caldwell. Welaer at Frultlund and Nampa at Parana. October 14 Payette at Ontario October 11 Caldwell at Fayette, Welaer at Nampa aud Frultland al Ontario o.ioher 18 Fayette at Frultland, Caldwell at Weiser and Nampa at On tario November 4 Caldwell at Nampa November II Fayette at Welaer. Frulllund ul Caldwell Nineiubi-r IS S elser at Nampa Where teams are not scheduled the datea have been left open to permll Hi. in to play elevena outside of the lot gag i MM in ii.didno of INTKIl-HTATK IIOAD T It lllackahy of this city at the r.-iiiest of Judge Oeorge McKnlght of the county court visited Boise Wednesday to attend the session of Ho- highway commission of Idaho At this meeting Mr lllackahy urged tint building of a new road out of llomedale to the Oregon line lo con nect with the road which Malheur county Is lo build up Succor creek. "The section ot the road we are asking Idaho to build will nil im.it . 1 be a part of uu inter state road from io California and with tl which Malheur county It lunhliin.' will greatly bettor conditions lor Un people ol Joi. I. hi Valley and all tin lower end ot tag toaaty." said Mr bj lodaj "I' 'll he a wal r grada not which will hart a rise ol 0 Ii I 111 I 1 x ii n as .it pie cut. Malheur count-, will not havt to pend nii-r IBM putting tklt load in -hapi and il will give an ouiiei tor thai raat region whereby they can noma to Oatario and Vale without going OBl UM -late request (avoi ibl id I alleve tba . .i Mr lilal'kahy liltiil .- HOOL i Aid. I S Fill. BEVBN BQUADH Company A al MM 0 II will b the best drilled company that has ever been in Ontario The offlOOl began drilling tin rOOklOB" UM tlTOI week ol tehOOl and il i- MBOOtOd .1 he good ie, mils Immediate ly alter the Fair, when the whole eompaa) will onnimeaoa drilling , a much larger company thlt war than uual l.i I tear only lour aqaadt were iii the company, iliis yi ar I here will he sewn Ti.. make a much better showing than on BTOriOW years 'I'here will be some exhibition drills on Main Si , this full and if the people of Ontario want to see some good drilling Just happen around on these days. EXHIBITS WILL TEST CAPACITY OF STANDS I M Ml' Ml' AUKIVA1-H i.IVK CIRKCTV'W laiHUuM TO . HMD HP AC a! f RACE PROGRAM WILL Bf FAST Nothing Has Keen l-rft ladoae Opening Day's Program to Hnr nwm Heat "Pint Day" In Merle. Feverish activity on the part of F.-vi-rish activity on the psrt of directors, officials, department heada and everyone connected with the Malheur County Fair has been the order during the paat week. Aa the result next Tuesday will be the "big gest "Opening Day" ever recorded by Ontario's famous show. Far and wide the features have been heralded and a record breaking crowd It expected to aee the record braking exhibits The program that day will not be surpassed during the week So many unexpected exhibits have been received that the directors have been put on their mettle to find room for the displays of all depart ments Every division will be tax ad to capacity and the variety and ex cellence of the exhibits leave nothing to be desired. All the buslnesa houses of the city will close from 12 to I during the fair except thn banks. They will close at 1 i .10 so that everyone In town can attend the fair. The storee will open again from 5 lo 7 so that visitors to the fair can be accommo dated. Next week the hlg county fair op ona at Ontario Tuesday morning will see every stall and every corner of the exhibition hall filled Shorthorns, the best In Kastern Oregon ure coming all the way from I'iiioii, Oregon These will be brought here hy Mr W J Townley and they are fourteen of the beat that he could breed and but Mr J It lloomer, known to many will b. on i hi, i again with a beler siring of llolsleiiis than ever before. He haa recently added several of the bOOl of the famous l.elghton herd la Ills own, and now has one of the fin est hrds In the west Mr Knyston has again asked for a large block of pens for his I'oland China hogs, with which he expects la take his usual share of ribbons Ha has sold down rather close but bus a number of fine show hogs left Mr I'ontltis of Ontario will slmtv II, .l.ie ins in competition with M Hi n-r Hi i ,i new breeder from Nebraska and lilt I.- known in these parts hut his reglstend Miff looks good, and will furnish dose aagejjg Hon in the ring. Willi the large i-.hirah.iii exhibit ..I shorthorns, Hereford HoltaogaB) I'olnid Chinas, Chester WhitOa, Da iii ii tali I n Bhlroo, Standard Hr.-.l -, Sli. -. .ml I'oiiltrv Boopled a nil tin- in1 , Ion ball filbd with axhlbltl we an- proud not only to indie everyone to attend tin- Coaaty Fair, bal aa it a well A 1 .rk and n her and a lot of pan. - has II. . ' HIM' ' If yo I thn ur ir next week - . tmi I ., :.' I I pace :; heal Quarter nub- running i Bev d mile running i - mil.- i ell ) mo Kom.iii i an Wild mul tnulne bui Wild hoi -wiiil mil I i,i QOOd music, Irapeee. aciohais pei i -I ii or to fill aal ! totemta- Saturday evealag at six o'clock Albert Thomas and Maggie Van 'l.i sel were 111, II.-.1 iii marriage at (lie BaptUM parsonage by Kev D K. linker