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V &v$n&. me VOL l OXTAKIO, MALIIKl l COUNTY. OREO ON. TIUKNDA V, MAI.TII 29, 1!17. NO. 12 WHEN CO! IGRESS 1 WAVK CW l'ATHIOTIHM NTIItM NA TION TO OHK.tTKH HKPTIIN THAN AT ANV TIMK HINt N im HKiikl.l.lov MEN URGED TO JOIN NAVV ivcMiient ii-im r;ni tNi in 1'ito.i-m Kilning Inillrl mciit nf Oennuny Committee Hlnvvllm Declaration of Mm- A tonacnesa tnnr'iing II:" Ntrtiln which tlio nation Ik feeling reapi'i ting l(n relations with ficriuntiy haa heen followed liy a wave Ol ii itrliillnni hruoul tli" I. in. I Not alnce the (Iri'Hl Kchcllion haa iIk' martial -! it nt UN nation I no hint) llri'iii patriotic dcmntiNtra Hon nearly all nf which pnaacd res olution railing for 11 ! Inriitlon of war with (irrmany have heen hem tliriiiinl tin- nation Thla with UM railing of the national Kitanla haa brought a altuatlon never known liy the yiiuiiKiT generntlntiN II U CXpi'Ctcd (lull till- special SI'S inn ol i 'ongres-i which i at M Tucmlay will within ,i li'ii days tlii-tf after declare ni en- -lili-nt Wilson will ilraw it sirring lnill-t merit of llerinniiy s urtiun anil tin foreign re lations committee Ik already working out a roaolutlon declaring a atule or war to exlat The call for Urn voluntecra auil UN proclamation of Secretary Danicla war tlii hlg i'vi-iiIh of tin week. Km pedal need In expressed for MM In man th navy and, r. smiting la goltis on ut u higher rati- ilian ItN iM-fore HIGH SCHOOL 'ACTOkS PLEASE WITH COMEDY Nenlor la-N Play Is Mui kcl hy I- rt Piilihi im-iii lino' of High School Ihiiiil. lili li I niii. nsirnle .Utility. Ilefore a liipiiclly audience al the Dreamland last Friday MMlo tlm Hm ami ai'i. .1 lln- i'Iusk of II7. Ontario IIIkIi Hcliool who were choKi'ti In preaeul the llrnt of the two I plays made .1 ! MMM Impris MM The play also slxnullzeil tin- Il 1 appeariiiice 1.1 Hie IIIkIi iMOOl Ii-huI of tweiily plei i-s which Kan- I sln-.l , miii-iii pr dlBf Ho' pertoriiiaiio- and divided honors' wllh the 1 ptuN, 1 M ii.Hi'i irpruaxJ Hit 1 ! nil the t-ll'i it i':il'ly III lln- i-o-ll-IIIK anil ili-imiiilrateil thai tin- IMOOl haa the ibllll I"'' If cluris orKaiiUaiinii and this luii hean ill n-a.lv aVl) ileo'lup.-.l hy I lor U V Slilini's, to wliniii 1 -'-lit Is due for his ml. Th iilay. 'When a Man- SHikI''". llVCd up to the uihaui'e MtMM tl'l cl.-M'i- lines ami ainusliiK silualinlis I he iluiiiga of the llortnii ami Ml laiinlies, the s.ichil aspirai inns and their matrimonial l itlu-ult ! Uttve opportunity for Kood wwrk on tho part of the caHt and this was made the moat of liy thoae lakitiK part The caat was well hulate .1 .ml each one capahly MtUiMd the (Coutlnuotl on Pe Twelve! ARATION THOMPSON'S STORAGE SYSTEM HAS SAVED MANY LARGE LOSSES Many and vailed are the reports that ciime down from the Interior oiheruing the sale of Klia Thonip snii s hoy crop' ol several years past funding In the latest repnrl Thuiup 8on haa not hold all of his huy, even rot, and that which he did sell went at $18 per ton, seven foot measure meat, ornlck is something less ihan .1 lull toll. While some of the runcher have in led ihe ahility ol Mr ii DOM '" .cuie the lop prices fnr his iiav MEETS WAR IS EXPECTED (ITV si n CHILMUm DMMMO MKIHCAI, TKSTH The Aral medical Inspection of the children of the Primary .mil (irnmtiiur . i . I aiih unile-r taken lant Klday afternoon and Monday of thla week. On Frl- day live of I he eleven room a were Inspected hy all of the phy- alrlana and aurgeoua of the city In a clinic. Am waa expected i l on- cases of eyn, ear. noM and throat troiihleK which the atifferera, tho they wise not In pain, did not realize were found. Knelt rlillil wna Riven I alio to take home to IiIh or her par- i on il It lull ax revealed hy the ex- ainlnatlon Slur.- arrangements and hlnnka were not ready for lireparliiK comparative data aa to Hie numhel ol raaea of varloua kinds iIiIn li, lormiit Ion an not he nlven. Inn to make the re cord or value In the future UiIm will he done to sho wtlie MM live Improvement reaullinK from periodical in -i If WAR COMES WE WILL ALL BE UNITED llev. Ollllani f lU.Uc Heclarea u tlon will not lie l.-iiiul W .mi iii- Will Conclude lMM Mill- d.n l-Acnlng. A full house ureeleil llr tillliam of llolse riuiiilny ulKht at the .M.h.nlli church to hear In. iierutoii en "tite r.t tlons of tie- . liurch to IM world I WAT." It was a sllrrliiK address and waa well roceiveu. I u 1 1 11 K the siTinon he cave a por tion ol John It Holt's report to tint missionary In ar.l of his trip to K11 rope Mr Mull says thai when the war In over that there will Ml M' a criiwiie.l hi-. id In Kunne- And wl.h what ha-, aire. iily hapjicm-it in Kiisshi ami the IllUltellllk's lepnlli-il limn ticrmany It heains In liink as tluiUKh he w.-i.- a inn- piiiplni n.i draw IllK a x t ill phture nf the war coiiill I loll. Mr Clllinn said that anyone who wauled war InUHt he either 'a I....I. an Idiot, or a arafter " Il w.u 1 n.iiii upon Hie rniieii Btataa howvt er we will not he found wanting. The ..I the . hurch w ill lie ali.i It In all urn . in 1 ml men ihere in help heat the wnuiiil, carryliiK the it 1.1 in Hi Qllaadi he Il o lit Is not tun late In Qllllan W III he here In enlnplele hi iiiai Stiuihiy nichl. April 1 BROGAN COUPLE MARRIED HERE SUNDAY AFTERNOON M the parHonage of the Methodist l.pi-. nial ihurih last Suinl.iy .iiiei MM Kev Kali llanna perlnrnieil the cereinnny unit no.' in marlage Ml.--. Cora Knilse and Koy Cole of llrogan The witnesses who were present were Miss Ij.weciisn llosinell. Herman II Wine and Phil K KdwardN The young couple will make their home in Hm I-an there are olhes in the interior region who see in hia action reason im thankfulness an, the port Ol I tie and sheep men 1 of MOM ram her- while in Ontario 1 declared tool Tnompaon'e hay have 011 at leasi three Inter mi oooaaloni Mod kMdroda al Ml tie and ineop ill that sectnn star ins- to daatk This ramher de- tnal Mr. Thompson's of st.iiing his hay amounted to an Inanram t pollcj on the lo ' ,v,.,i money for the i COUHTV COW PUNS iaihue nmm I'XItl OK PHOOHAM IM IIKPDMI- KNT I PON OITVOMK OK STATK MM JHilMM to iik Hi:l.l IN .11 NK. WILL REPLANK BRIDGE HERE ('unity .Indue QOOffja McKmIkIiI t- l..ii to Ntnrt Work on llulhliug lend- Interest lug Trial at I'mi il.nul ' Next Week In III lit NuliNciitterK anil UMMaWH Culvert ( ompnn- l,l-tl for Slink LMNM Sull ies' ManlpiiUllons. siiiption In x.Mhi. An extensive pronram of road lin prnv etiienta for Malheur county K mite mplateil hy the f'oiinly t'ourt I'miiilv Judge Ueorne McKnlKht and riiull( Cnlntnl-.lnner .1 f Weaver Imlh of whom have MM In the ri ditriiiK the week, indicate that, ao far aa funda will permit the work lime v III he nf a permanent nature Among the other work plan.-. I l Hie replnnkliig of the Snake iher hrdlge here, hidN will he aNke.l 1..1 this work In the near future Mow much the county will do de ponda in no Ninall degree on I he mil emne ,,r lln ei.-.ih.n on the road 1. .in. I In the atate The reason for this la that the plan for Nlate ronda to he hum hy atate and governmeni run. I 1111 linles a great deal of main road iiiIIimko In Mallieu inuntv. If the linuilN carry the Ntate will MM iihlv nf Its work In IIiIn county, the ootuiulHNlonera l -in and 1 In-rer.ire they will wait and If the mad hoiids carry spend UN MM ty fundN on 01 her hlghwoya. Indue McKnlKht was In Ontario Wednesday nil his way home ln.111 Portland wJlOfO he was a wllunaa In a suit helween two linns liamlliiiK culM'it piping mid with a I. Inn in that was HUrprlslug. lie said the al inri,es and wllneses hrought out the inanipulaMoiis nf em ii ciimpany show ing lite great variety of prices charged the Various couiilles The teHtlmony showed. Imwever. that tho Malheur county had MM MMMM with the lltlgunta It waa orte of the couuiles that got low prlcaa. RISING THERMOMETER HEARTENS STOCKMEN Week starts Out With I old Weather anil smn Inn Wednesday Marks lino Iced Is l.inwliiu S..II..I I ... Il I Wi-due-.l.iy , the hist warm day nl the aousmi ml ihe hnpes ol sheep ' tie men up . 1 .il points n sallnr ever k.-pi Ills weather eye peel I'd nioie praalatantl) than Iium- ihe residents nl this section during the past week lor each da) wiin.--.seil the diminishing of the already 100 small hay piles I .iele is p. 1 liaps enough hay in the tininediale Wiimty nl (in latin lur alllilher week's lee.llli. that it w ill In- g un. and th.it 1 1 nii.p.u.it Ivoly and higli pi iced nr turning of the cattle tn mighty pOOl leedlllK grounds oil the hills Al ready Ihe inmenienl ol stock tn the hills has hegun in a small way hut It Is expected that a few more days of sunshine will send thousands nl cat He .111.1 sheep nut to the range An yet no losses have heen reported a hunt Ontarln though many stockmen an- still oil the anxious seal Several car loads of grain hao- MM hipped in during the past week WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUB TO SING HERE What will he. perhaps, the tine.! in iislcal lilii i,i In mi lit nl lln will ho given at I Ilea inland In.l.iv April li hy the Willamette I iilversl- luh Ihe dull ha . all trained and In-side has a hig reperlorie Ol quartette Mlo and nailers Then ton there will he :ii. n iv eolteg -nun-, leaiitred wliich win give the program timi diatinetiw ll'oiitiuueil on Page i'Welv.- I HMD PEOPLE io tDMIMW ItlllMIP WITH Hll.tHMI j PITI, STOCK, AM, OK muni h s iik.kn hi h- HCHIHKI) ON HIACJI. WILL BE IN OPERATION BY JULY White Ontario haa talked of the de-1 alrahlllty of having a canning factory , to fiiinl- Ii n meaiiH for marketing the lahlcs and fruits of this region I'riilil.'itid MMMM iih'Ii and ranrherN have acted I' mil land In to have a tannery. It Is to he in OOOfOUM in July of thla year. The company lm 1 11 otkii 11 1 .1 The capital stm k haa heen niiIini rlhed A contractor will he In Kriiltlnnd within n week 1 nirt work mi the hiilldlng . are the flirts to date and ahow how thoroughly prepared have the Krultland people heen me -t lug of the NiiliNcrlhers to the ItOOl met Monday. At that time $12,600 In Ntock had heen Nuhrrlhed The halance wan .,e. nieil I nesday and M e. in. 1 . y nornlni Un mnnI eompoaad nf ha Daltall, John Hoi and Itoss Kennedy, met and organ ize.! in -leiiliik' Mr ItaUell chulrmalt and Ml K.iim .1 , 1. i.,i Tola Cnltlllilllee p.. once to pre pare UN hy-laws of the 1 onipany and .lake the necessary atepa for bMM porailnn In speaking of llie progr. made Inward 1 lie plant eduesdny al linoh Mr Kennedy said "We expect to have a eontiactnt here In a few days He In on IiIn way hare now and will have wnrk on lie hiilldina i.iiteil within 11 weak. The machinery Iiiin heen arranged for and everythltiK done so that the euu nery will he ready for operal'on In time to care for thla yenr'a crop The 1 1 ti'ontlnue.l on Page Twelve.) REMOVING ON FRUITLAND BENCH Mam I - aie I p-ltnoltiiu I ices riepai.iimi 1.. li.iniliii; l.ltln'i I. ii(-,, v li.,i., M.m, 1 Imiiu- ,. in I I.Oiei -tili Id ... lie. I Orchard out ol whlM had just ling are heillg llplnnl. 1! on the Kuitlaud hem I: In I mini. Mn t of the land In to he planted Io . . though sonic nl 11 will 1 .- gn.ii nver in raising giaiu. aapoclall) eoordlni to raport Moot of the on hard bolni dt planted w H It oherr) ti eod and other soft fruits. Nena ol IhM apple orchards are heing disiuilied Two of the orchards heing torn up are Jllst ai'liirs Ihe liver III. in im tarlo .11 iiute a tnove meut in land on Ihe heiich ti.. ure reported every day and many I. in. I seekers from the east haw vis ited the hem h Among the Iran fON lepinteil was that of lllnmslroin who trailed hi II acre ranch on the MMO for the lu acre improved ranch of II K McKay of Ontario Both families hae moved Io their new homes. EASTERN STARS CAVORT AN OLD FASHIONED PARTY Si. n ( haptel , Order of the r Si. ii had an old ta.liiomd patty at the lodge hall last Thursday evening There worn over 10 mombore ol the noli r Willi their Ma-nnic n-lai i i . in in .njiii the informal II ary program which included vn. al ',. h ii i. Potoraon, lira J w Met ii in nil , piano Mil" i. .aine Blllinialay and readlni M - W W I ir.iiniiiu.il oi! i ONTARIO BOYS CALL WITH IITV IUHPI.WS I I.AOH mowura ptiitioTi.sM Starting last week Ontario gradually aaaumed gain attire with the Htara and Stripes float ing from niany or the husincaa MMM and from the flag pole In the park lnrle nick Ruther ford, a veteran of the livll War raised the Hrnt flag over hla lit tle pop Him stand and he wan followed h HnviT Urns ami the Argun then came one huslness hoiiae after .inother until prac tically all either had flags on the hulldlugN or in their windows A few Hags temporarily placed on huildlnga within reach of MMOTMy were toRM Saturday Inn none have since that linn Alao every man woman and child lii tow n - earing one of the lHg tuitions which II !' Iliiier hrought home wllh him from Portland M. unlay Over .100 of those were illstrlhiiie.l among the school 1 hlldren .. schools We, In. ,.i In Mr, I' I.. Stewart assisted hy the mem hera of the faculty PAYEnE ENTERTAINS KNIGHTS OE PY1TIAS Ontarln ami ale I oilije nien Travel! Ill l.l.llln t III III MM Wnlk e- eniil led noil hale .1 (Jowl lime. Slxtv Malheur i ..uim Knlglits ol Pythian, thirty Ontario and an wiial niimher irm 1 ale Journey eil to Pay. It.- Mom I. .onlng for one of Ihe hlggi-Ht Pythian n h-lir.i tlim haa taken place in the valley fur yeara The tired Ml happy follow era of liaiiioii .hi. I Pythias seen on the 11.. 1 In. -do was ample t okI 1 111 on y in the entertaining ihllltlOl of the Payette Knlglits The MMMM " a inaiillol.l one I'lrsl the .' ii'in Ml MM I Ml day III I'.iy ette, and Frank K Smith, tlt.ind llor liiniinamlei ol Idaho was I he g 11. 1 I llegren Work there Wl- :1 i.impeln. team work tor nonor In BMnpllf) lug the work In I .in o.inpei 11 loo Hun- w.i earns and one . ..1 II li-ei, p. 1 .m.l W 'i'lser, and the lal'er team won hy u narrow n argil OVI 1 .Vaiupi Arthur M Mood (I'oiiiiiiiied on i- 1 MRS. 1 NOMAS KANNADY ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS Al." -J1 hill .1 III lei ie til . hi. in. 1 1 im Mrs Thuniaa Kaanady died at her home on Ihe P.oiilei .11 il Satin M leaving her liurhautl and ll.i cliildren tn 111. nun Im her Word ol her lllue.-s .mil death hrought pro loiiinl sorrow not onlv to Ihe m.-m heis of her lamiy hut to the iiiauv 1 1.11. Is she hud made during I. el lesldelice 111 ll.ls section The esleerti in which she was held wa niuiillesied hy the many ads of kiud- (t'llllllnilid nil Page i w. Io- I BANG OF PUNCHING II 1 G RESOUNDS IN THE ( IT) HA LL E VER Y A FTERNOON Hill hung, hill hang h.nig. hill ham Mali i aaat nun. i ibal at rlaltor at the I'ity Hull .i day ait.-i niiiin 10 wniiilerlng vvl.n w.i w n-i ' ing the ii.iiiini.il building hy lakini' nUI the lllilherlng .in I -ill nl tie . I.l nig un. . il. uprise and wonder bi see that th.- building i-.iln II. .l : ANSWER IDAHO MAN) KHAKI tl.XII MIA ON STHKK.rs WKIIMMMl tl WAV T PAKlli; TO N- HWKK (IMI'WI t'11,1,. SERVICE NOT DESIGNATED YET Will Prnhalili M u ss I to tiuanl Halt nail Hiidges ami lllhei Pi'opei-t ill Stale Im Time SI1011I1I Win- he. INi lured. Many khaki clad men graced thn striHita of Ontario Wedneaday. They I iioin I.- 1 nf fo I of the "nd Idaho whose Innne station Is I'.. to which pi. 1. 1- I hey were hound ! anNwer the call Innui-ii in 1. nernor M. AlexamhT mi liistruiilntis n.nr Secretary of War linker. Ontario now has hut two tuemhera in the cotupany. Wilmer liner and Kwrett Staples and they with tin 11. inln-rs frnin the heiich look tlio "pony" for Payette In the morning. itt.i twn slri-nuoUN tlril ' a iniiuher nl th. ,, were permit 1 d In lellllll tn lln-lr hnlne. until lJ ' heii huslucss affair' ill liaraloiy lor er Ice The offli erN of I'o I are recruiting the ranks to full war alrength ol h.'l men and a .. iu.nl will he In Ontario to IlllereNl 11 numhel nl In. al yn-iiig Dten. -i im .. ..1 k hul drill I . I Ii .IHNlgneil Die 111. 11 hit It I. 111. Healed that 1 or a time nicy will he n .-.I 1 cu.irilliig riilltn.nl hrldgcH and other 11 ..I Mnimniii. itlona for 11 period should war he declared. EATHER SENDS SON TO FACE INDICTMENTS John t MMMM Si Ion of Wealthy Philadelphia Merchant 1 cusses Continent to Mirienilei Hinisell. John 1 -on of a Philadelphia m merch un and owner of the lau.m l.'..i.ea in 1 hard 111 111 N 1 .ion ... in Mall . ininlv OJ oiiiiiimut to fat e ihe in a (ct un nl i I II rt hll ' 1 . 1 11 1 . 1 1 a rand iurv tall alt.-i 1 ootll .it llnulevard followlni .1 d l-'nr p.iriiciii.i'int In I iliiring which Mi dale young 1 11 lattei Un- ouuni ' I "" Ivan .ih 1 hi p -...I 111.1i you 11 n it till 1 lute 1 .. mil- to 1 ha 11 Hm .-in 1 young In, ill hack. In l.e ell. The young man MM! .mil went to llu Idanba orchard Io attend to osni im Muss in. in. -i- before going I a!e m urn nder hinisell lu IM meantime Ikerlf Brown learn i Ins presence in I he . unly and BMl deputy w im arrived liud - ie irouni man was atartiOl for Vale While liis attorn. .rrangitig for M 1 .in-.-liiiii was in cicrge m the sher iff. merely an .-. Idem ol t lie punt ' power of ' it) Itet ml. r (' M Htoart wiiu wa.s then taking i.i Jail ' ii m loo ll trip In In nnlil v isiiur even iiuue than tin- p Waa in good trim ami th) walloi i I di link i. 1 . not : TROOPS '.