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RtSUME THRU SERVICT
ArlLR LONG BLOCKADE
FAHHKN'HI-IKH FOK ONTARIO ON
BOARD lltMNH STALLED IN
WYOMING I KOM KRIIIAY
i s 111, si Mw vnmro,
HAKE SPORT Of PREDICAMENT:
IUIIU.I l i v . - Known Into Cuts
III- 1 1 llotarlex I ould mil lliimllc
Opines I Once Mllll 1MI giiln
For tho second time In nearly a
week Ontario thin mornlnR received
a consignment of eaatern mall. Since
last ThurHilny nlRht only one otbnr
mall train reached the city, that
came thru Tueaday night when the
blockade In Wyoming was temporari
ly broken Sunday night only to take
a freah hold Monday.
A long deep cut 20 mile weet of
Laramie. Wyoming, waa the scene of
the blockade which tied up the I'n
loa Pacific service from the East and
baffled the officials for days. The bits
sard which Oiled thla cut with snow
alao contributed to the troubles of
the railroad men and worries of the
paaaengers in the 14 thru trains stall
ed near the cut
Among the Ontario pgnaengers ee
the belated tralna were C. W. Mallett,
who waa returning from the Kant
where he haa been during the pant
two month in the Intereats of the
Warmsprlngs Irrigation district, and
linv Herbert Livingston, who waa en-
route .to Ontario from Omaha, Ne-1 well. The program was given un
breaks, to occupy the pulpit of tbejder the direction of Miss Mayme
Congregational church. Speaking of
the experience of being snow-bound,
Rev. Livingston said:
"We left Omaha Thursday morn
ing reaching lAramle at 2 p. ni . Fri
day. There the first delay was re
corded for It was 8 o'clock before the.
train tried to go thru The effort wum'
wasted for sn hour afterward our
train Joined II others in or near
the cut Kffort after effort to put
hiiow plows thru failed. Two plows
were broken and the combined ef-
forts of eight engines uld not drive Haver and Stella Mlllikln cave .,
them timi Hie mass of snow In theirlety to the program with readings
, ut new plow n linnlh secured U violin duel h Miss llense and
Sunduv afternoon mid un hour alter Mr Holland was siuong appreciated
It arrived the track was cleared. numbers
"The only Inconvenience ihe pas-1 Financially the concert was also
sengers ronteiided with was lack of success and resulted In a comfort
heat and a reduced supply of water, able addition lo the funds of the
The engines could not heal the trains j student body. The members of the
itlonal water could tsot be organisations are:
secured ho everyone hsd to muke thej Hoys' Ulee Club: Joy Hunted,
it conditions l.ynn lluukner, Claede Christenseu,
Make run of Predicament.
"There was utmost no complaint
among the passengers at the delsy
and everyone, apparently, waa de
termined to get as much enjoyment
out of the situation as possible Two
meals each day were served tho pas
sengers snd between these sll insn-
nr of attempts st amusement were ,
Indulged In "
EVERHART DRUG STORE
PURCHASED BY LEUHRS
Hualueaa I lianjje Made During Past
Meek Is surpilse New Owner
lias Mail) Veant Kerieii, .
(i U. Leuhrs, who (or the pusi
eight years has been employed us
pharmacist til various Outarlo drug
stores, and for more than a year has '
been employed at the Kverhart Drug
...mpany. purchased Ihat institution i
this week The formal transfer of
ownership took place Wednesday af-'
tornoon
The sail) of Hie store and business
by F. E. Kverliart. who lias been one.
of Ontario's progressive business men
for the past six years, came as a dis
tinct surprise to ins associates about
the city In discussing the matter,
Mr. Kverliart declared that, as yet,
he had no dellnlte plans for the fu
ture, other than that he expected to
remain In Ontario for some time at ANV WKWKR TO
The apecial train from Ontario to
The new owner. Mr. Leuhrs is a wlM)r ''" Mondr nl1,t "''
druggist and pharmacist of long ex- from the H " -"
i, .. , -i in n went to see the production of the
perience. He was registered in II- e
i .. ......- ik , Birth of A Nation This is the sec-
liuolH in 181U and for nearly 15 years,
i i ..... ....'lint theatre special in the past few
run a store of his own in Iowa Later
weeks and on each oeoaalon Ontario
, i mi I In ue, I nn Page Five ,
advertises chickens - ens
MOMS THAN CAN FILL
"Discontinue that Ad of BUM
which says I'll have duv Dl I
chicks for mi la. An lha result
of the nil I Bin ri-tiliii: HON Ofd
or than 1 can fill." Tliat wbm
the message which A l: I'nln
telehoned the Argtir yesterday,
after four pages of the paper, on
one of whli h Hi'- ml "p" '
printnd. "Wo Mild n lot of tin'
spoclnls wo advertised last
week," wan thestatcnient mndo
hy Hay Wilson of Wilson IlroH.
on Monday. These are but a few
of the testimonials concerning
the pulling power of Argus Ada.
Try the Argus. It reaches the
HuyiiiR and Helling public.
HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT
IS MARKED SUCCESS
la Sheet Tlsse Meuwref Talewt of
St-huol Develop Two Capable
Ornaalsntles" Uintah Will be
Made Perms at.
The Ontario High School students
Introduced two musical organisations;!
to the efty at the Dreamland Theatre
last Thursday evening. The debut
of the Boys' aad the Olrls' glee clubs
was a complete success and the man
ner la 'which they presented the va
ried program reflected credit, not on
ly upon themselves hut the school aa
Benge of the fsculty who has hsd
charge of the nmaioal work In the
schools this year.
Beside the excellent work of the
clubs, the qusrteta, sextets and cho -
! fun the Individual soloist won dis-
i(0cl
honors and denionatrated ihat ,
In a wealth ef musical ability
h,(.
In Ontsrlo and especial!) In the High
Schools Miss Klhel lle-liip Hilded
to her admirers with her solo, while
Alfred Holland seconded her efforts
with u cornel tela Tnt Mteaea Kdlth
Alfred Holland. Dwlght Cox. Arthur
Co, liruiu, Thel Lumpkin, Paul Mc
i nil, nil. Bernard Ryder, Arthur
Moore, Irving Harris, Henry Casldy,
Theroii Northrop, Olen Brown, Kd
Fraser.
Olrls' Glee Cluh: Kthel Heslup.
Dorothy Jaqulah. Viola Dusted. n
Klnla Iteynolds, (iladys Kmlson. Mm
Messee, llessle Morton III, lie li:e,-,
i ppal Farley, Helen Caldwell, K i
oil Iteaden, It Ut 11 Orlttln, Kulh
lackey, Myrhl Klnghaiu, Jeaae Jenm .
May Belle Caldwell
( liorus Kthel lieslup, Viola llul
,il Virginia Kevnolds, Oladyi Kim
son, Irmu Von Iteaden, Opal rarlev
Hutli Lackey, Jer-.- IwWM Mvrhl
I iiigham Joy L:sied, Lvnn liucli
ner, Claude Chi Is'en .., Alfred Hi. I
land. Tliel Lainjil.iii. Henry Caaldjt
Theron Northrop. i;ieu Brown, 1'itil
Ml i 'ulloch, liw igh: o..
NKtt 11 V KHUt sill (I- Is
AIHUTION TO Wll.siiN KOW
ChriHtenseu Bros moved tltei
uaroer snop huh wees 10 me rerenuv
renovated row of buildings belonging
to Dave Wilson Trior to entering
the new building they installed a
handsome electric barber pole and
had the Interior decorated and
equipped with the latest devices lot
a tonsorlal parlor Among other
features Ihey have increased the bath
facilities by installing three tuba and
will add a shower bath to this equip
ment later.
sent forth a !arr' delegation
FRAUDULENT ENTRIES
N0TFEENNHMY
. 111 listfh or i.xsu office AT
iiriis HAYH mi:tv per
i:t or annum ami
M ID! hv hettleim
D MADS 1F FDA n hTADn hTDF
IIUIIUIIUUI I llnUU IILHIlU IILIlL
No Melinite Statements are Mntlc how-
ever, anil I .il Men Speculate as
to Soiirrr of Charge-, lle..ute. I
from Washington, l ('.
"I know personally ninety per cent
of all the men who have made entries
for section homesteads under the new
grating land law," aaid Sam Mothers
head, register of the United States
I .mid office at Hums, while In Ontario
Monday on his way home from Port
land, "and 1 am sure that, so far as
the district covered by our office Is
concerned (here is no evidence of at
tempts to corner the rsnge by the
large stock men. .
"So far as the business of our of
fice la concerned I believe the records
will show that most of the land as be
ing filed upon by settlers who already
have small homesteads. And sluos
know nearly all of them personally
I am sure that these Is no attempt he-
Ing made to grab the land or that
Hon."
Trior to the announcement by
rotary Franklin K Lane that charges
were being filed In his office there
were a few rumors on the streets of
Ontario purporting to deal with just
such sttempts aa the secretsry dee-
crlbed However none of the rumors
iwere definite and little attention was
!Plrt lo ,he" by stockmen.
taMftl cattle and sheepmen believe
th '" "Hie foundstlon for charges
of atleiiipts to grab the laud and de
dare that such a condlllou could iik
'" endure when sheep and mttfe
prices go back to normal levels They
claim at sheepmen, st least, can
"ol afford to fence sufficient range to
run large bodies of sheep at norinul
prices and therefore scout the Idea
"bat the slieepmen are c., merited in
ttW ntlenipts lo corrul all the public
doiunln
ONTARIO S INVASION
IS NET WITH DEFEAT
s.il High School Teams I led Cald
well and .Meridian High School
AgKregallous lllg uml l-'asl
Ontario High School basket hall
teams) Invaded Caldwell last h'rlduy
night where both the hoys' and t lo
gins' loams were met by a stubborn
resistance on Hie pall ol tlM Inn ic
gttmfdj The girls' team fared bell r
than Ihe hoys' and lost by a compara
tively narrow score while the Cald
well hos almost sinothcri-d Ihe O II
S lue
While the firlf lelurned huuie mi
Saturday the hos ii.,,lei u Mcridi
uu for a game with the high
team nf linn all) riiix was
in. i Ontario bM i twi
liutalile lead until Ihe last lew nun
utea of play when fouls made possible
a victory for tho home team
The next Kame in Outarlo will he
played Friday evening of next week.
H. W. A. MEMBERS HAVE
OPEN INSTALLATION HERE
Tin- Ontario Camp of the Modern
Wo,,, In, en of America had open in
stallation and supper Tuesday even
ing at the Odd Fellows Hall to w l,p h
their families were Invited.
The following officers were in
stalled: i net able Consul J T McXtilty
Worth) Advisor S. O Hull
Escort I'eurl Crane.
( l,-,k c I rfecoy. ,
Hanker Vest llland
Watchman V W Uramse.
Sentry A. A. Iugle.
Manager -I P. Prune
Ker. Baker acted as Installing of
lew and F II Winegur as Installing
ti'otniuueil ui, silt. I
HOMEMAKERS Of EAST
SAVING WAR PROFITS
wiiii.i iiomim, run lathis
is living up to nrnANcm
income-. iiimiTV roi,KH
"SALTINO THI.IItS DOWN."
P W MA FTT TF C (IF TD D
U. II IIHLLLII ILLLOUi Mill
(
n eminent inn, I..U See cel for
further Extension of His lamal Ion
Work Additional Funds May He
Secured.
That, while the great mass of float
ing labor Is spending all of its great
ly Increased wagea bh the result of
war conditions, the thrifty homemsk
ers of the Bast are "salting theirs
down," Is the observation of C. W.
Mallett who returned Wednesday
morning from a two months stay In
the east, where with Col. C. B. B.
Wood he went In the interest of the
Warmsprlnga Irrigation district.
"From my observation while In
Washington, I). 0 .." said Mr Mallett,
"I gather that the officials of the re
clamation service are extremely fav
orable toward an extension of the
government's efforts to reclaim arid
lands. Thll la evidenced by the ef
forts which are bssag made, to, pass
a measure to provide other funds
than those now available fur thla pur
pose. I alao believe that the Oregon
delegation In Congress ' stands well
la the eatlmstioe of Its associates.
"Until I have been home longer and
have secured Information desired,
and have the opportunity to corre
late all the facta necessary for an ad-
equate statement. I will not discuss Malheur Is given credence by Hie
the results of the trip, so far aa thejfact tna, ineers are now st work
purpose for which It was made Forocng , suitable site for that pro
file benefit of the people who hum j,.,., HmyH crane American
pay the bill 1 will at a later date have, LaM Sunday John K Johnson, a
a complete statement to make. wll known engineer of Vale, In cm
"The most astonishing thing not- pny w,ln . , riw f Hllrvr,r ,,
ed In the Kast these dsys is the pros- re, ou, of ,,. ,, ror
perity ol the people. Kveryone si at pnt (,,,, ,,,,. ,.,!, h,. , Ml
work for higher wnges than ever hi ,.,,,. i,, ..sirnslhlv n, maju
fore Agricultural producis never ret ,,urvPy r (,,. ,, ,,, ,,.
ware so lilgh. either on the farm or pbjDt.
In the rnUWUll During Septemlier of lust year. Kit-
"The lloatlug HfmJtAlM hj UtrsBI Rlneer J,. litis,,,, vlalletl this lovalH
right up In lit in. tea,, I earnings. .,, ,, Illl(,e tl. ,,,.., n,, ,,,
hul the solid hotneiiiakers are suiting Wllt Interest.-,! in t, .!.,,, ,,,.,
theirs away l.n ItjM day when w r,,)f, , ,, ,,,,. ,,in,,.ul ,,,,., ,i
profits will cease. Few people dl- ,posil in furnish power to this .-.
cuss war questions. They seem lo t(on of ,,. ,.ullr e was a,,,,,
avoid entering Into s conversation pujj ,,y j ,, (-ll1on, rr rfj ,
on the aabject. unleas they know to ,0nsulilng engineer of ihe Oregon
whom they are talking I believe flnorl , , Th Htut .-nt.-n t at ihat
that a majority however would am ,(m WM Hlgiiilleani that ele.nl, i,w
port Hie President in I, is etlort to
get peace, even 'without victory.'
"Just as an exumple of the pros
perity ill one line I might cite the
oiidltiou in Maine where I visited
for a short time at my old home.
There within a distance of a day's
auto drive are paper mills with a
capacity of TM tons of paper per l,i
'I i,ev are nil working lull time, pay
ing $1H per on. I lot pulp vmh i.l an. I
can nut get enough men t, cut Un
necessary material Tln-v ,.,u iml
till tin- demand lm ii.tpet
"The trip Fust was mail, in coin
lm i.tnd us fusl as Mlieilule inn.'
WOUld p. nun Tii. i. WSJ nut .i
.mil we landed la
iii-iuii rihgl on time Pomlag
hack, alter leaving ll.in-liui-I
did nut i ravel un a single Ham II, .1
reached an Important terminal on
time It, -lead nf making the trip in
4 days I was on the train Hi taj
sides Hie voluntary slops made bj
Michigan and Heuver Ontario, tun
is not the only plaii where there has
been coal famines All over i In
Fast there bus been a run I shortage
and in many places il amoiiuled I.. ,
famine.
m: LAW MUM TAJUW NHW
VI AWnOaH IN WIUwOM HI ILDIM.
Tiie law firm of Swugler ami Camp
bell, of which ihe Junior nnnil.. i
Paul Campbell who was formeiiv villi,
the Kasteru Oregon Land enmpuuv
lias rented the ,rm-r othu-s ,,u tin
.,'., mi floor of the Wilson building
Their new quarters are being n-in.
vaied for occupuuey in near fului.-
Mr Campbell who this week made
his eniry into Ihe list ol pructiriug at
torneys was adtuilled lo Ihe bar in
llll following Ills graduation from
the law schuul ol the I'niw -rsiiy ut
Oregon and in the nuaninin !,.,s add
ed years of business experience lo but
legal education, as well as a k
.-. nun of tin state
uttle advartisments, yet
.BRINGPROSPECTIVESEnLRES
W. II Doollttlo who hail N '
turned to the real estate business
In Ontnrio after a few mnnHitt
sojourn at Vale n County Clerk,
Instituted nn itdvortlslng rnm
PiiIkii ii few weekH uro Ho
plncr-d n few lino render hiIh In
fnriii pnbllcatlooi ami country
wi mi.mi.
- t,.
lllng of Hie opportunities fur
linme-iienderi In HiIm section. The
reaults hnve been In i
lleslde replies from nil over the
i been the arrival of prospective
homeseekers here. Three of
these arrived Monday from BIs-
ntnrk, North Dakota, Alfred and
John Kr Irk son and John Peter-
son. After enjoying, what to
them, was spring-like weather
they set out Inimedlstely to look
over a number of homesteads
and farms for sale.
MALHEUR LAKE WATER
MAY IRRIGATE LANDS
Crane American Mm In Visit of Ka-
glaeere riewlbUlllew thai Modern
Met hods may Reclaim Oreat
Bert lea.
What may be the Inauguration or
an Irrigation system to spread wat
er on lands adjacent to Malheur lake
and In this vicinity bus been launched
within the paal week. That II Is pos
sible that a huge pumping plant will
be Installed nn the shore of Lake
r was to lie used in some pumping
plant project, which Is now n .,ti it
allxing on the ahort-s of Lake Mul
heur, whirl, body ol water lies five
miles southwest ol Crane
Although the public Is In Ihe dark
as to the limn, rial harking ut the new
project learned Hint a Urge
pumping plant is lo he Installed thai
will take suihi nut water iron. Lake
Malheur In Irrigate hS sections, or
'.Clue .ui. . ui lund. lucal.-d In
Iweeu l.awen and Crane, uml
all.l -olltll of Ihe lake
II. i- iui... e uf tin, cuinpan
in i- M I water rlgln I a-e for
, paymen I to in- i, m at
rale o f$M pet UN will, sl pel
. eni intere-t o elu i j-. It i- -i .
Will he mail,' lilt Hie III al
of serv ,, ,-
ASKS GOVERNMENT AID
l.el-l.iliue Will lte,llt-st I, un Ml
mem lo Hull, I llvvvlue 'iue, I
cities' Previous Nawjort id
Stale.
Senator lulieit A Hurley of Hit
district has introduced Senate Joint
Memorial No 14 for the consul, ,a
lion of the legislature Tin- niemnrial
after reciting the BfwVloU M(OCl ul
the slat,- of Ori gun in the dist rtlni
Hon of reclamation lutuis asks fn
gress lo vnte monev lm llu- bttlld In I
nf I he I Ivv v lu-e Ipuji-i I
Senator Hurley ' i. uluiiun .li
i.il- that it he -etit the lllegul, ill a
gallon In Congress, rre-nleiit Wilson
Mini Secreiai) oi 1 1,.' Interior Frank
lilt K Lulu'
PLENTY OF COAL IN
mm m m
-i miim; ami coai, miri k AT
s un Timi rum spell im.
nun rou rr.w uwh hit
MAKES Mll.ll (OJII -HACK.
SNOW FOR SLEIGHING GONE
Willie Weather S.s-me.1 Spring-like
the Ileal Season Hel.ivs Arrival
I nsi l.eis Taate of ()11 lime Bllx
sanl. With the sdvent of the spell of
warm sunshine there arrived In On
tario last Friday seven nrlosds of
coal thus simultaneously the eolrt
spell and the coal famine vanished.
At the same time exit waa mad of
the feeling, "any kind of coal will
do," and Mr. Ontario coal buyer be-
I gan getting particular. A load or
slack that would have been received
j with Joy the week previous waa
I scorned and a general return to ea
.Ideas waa manifested.
The spring-like weather, how
er remained only long enough to
iclear the streets of snow and ramose
sleighs aa a means of transportatlow.
On Saturday some of the streets tm
transformed Into lakes and active at
tontlon to the surface drains waa it
quired to avert the flooding of cal
lers In tho I-arkey building on Ore
gon and Nerads.
Just when many began to' aotsml
the notion that winter had passed the
weather man turned the switch Mon
day night and Tueaday many rltlsens
resumed their overcoats and were
thankful that the coal famine was
over.
Water Mains Still Kroae.
In the lower part of the city the
ground Is still frosen to sufficient
depth lo make useless the water mala
along Nebraska avenue from Virtue
street west. To relieve this situa
tion the electric pipe thawing appar
atus of the Idaho I'ower company he
been called for. but as yet It hif
railed to arrive In Ontsrlo, being
in Payette with similar (roub
les GREAT CROWD PRESENT
AT
All Previous i:,...i.l- ror iiei of
Offeeings; Numliei- ol ltuerv;
.do I ShIcs; ami I riistl
Pl-rseiil tl-r III, .ken
Last Salurda.v Ontario was lit
Mecca for hundreds ol tainlurs fro-i
all the Min un, i. Ilm. territory win
had stock or good to M II II wi.
itlso (he renter of a great huv Ing ptli
lie Thli w.i , . t,i, in en iiv the sir'
ol ihe croud win, Ii attended 11"
monthly tala bold bj I hi Oi
..li hi i iimpativ All tbl prcv to, -niovemeiit
larted lasl fall brokt D
To I" i) I, in cli was scrvi .1
Col. im. n lal , lull and It T' -
quirt d several dui u bun and de
I il l in OU I .n
f Un sal.
Nut In a lung lima :v be i
so inaiiv pom ' ; reels of Oi
lal lu a gall., led S. ' ,- !.. v i
-.lilt was relle, 1,1 It In
uiaiiv retail Institution . as veil s
in the v ul li in ut it. nr ... Hun at H.,
auction Managi i ("g tar I Ploi
l-lll vv.l'e higlilv grgl iiu-d St tii- u
1 1,,- sale ,.ii. de, Inn w i'
many of IhOOS proaOgv( that tin su
eeediug sales vviii be even lm.
OVI lltlUN (Hill, IN M.
Milt II vi VIM in
I. I'eneliee ol linker W III. Is wl
the Quaker eoinpauv will, li will lie
until in in -u week and has hen d.
lug Ihe advance work for the con,
panv here this week is Ontarir
original moving DtottM man Mr
Pefleiieo established the post oftic
news stand and while here upciml
i ninvie show under Ihe nai"
ul the Klerlric Ml at. he sull
her,- tight year I ago ar -i
-Hue that lluie lias made I I- lull,
in Baker vv gei ba h iged I
III all.