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VOL. XXI
STATE OF
CLEAN-UP WEEK SET
FOR APRIL 16 TO 21
I'lTI.KNS OK uM'tltlo I l.l.l l TO
XSIST I III M II. IN (,l ISO
OTV in VI IL SI'KIM.
i. RASING.
. NEED FOR STREET WORK URGED
Mtinv Mallei-, mine llrfon- CH Kiilh
em for 'oimlilemttiiu hikI are lli
Mb HmhI of ifii n itaa
.iMin.-iii-
Tln week of April Hi 10 21 will M
.ili. -Lilly known ii n "eleuit -up week "
At ltn meeting IiihI Mom In nil.' Ill the
eoiinell tunned Hint in ri.nl nn tin- ..n.
In whlfli the citizen mIiiiuIiI attaint In
Klvlng the oily a imw tlreim liy remnv
Iiik I In' trim in Iiikh of axil liriipK. tin
i inn nnil other evemireN wlilrli .1
rati' i In' IihhIm npi at prenent.
Till' ciiillifll will lili nl h till' li'illll'.
lull tin' prnpirty MMI ur renter
iiiuat liavi their n-fime wlni. n ran
ihhII)' In' reached anil It 111111 he at
the pmpiT place on lint" Kvery Itl-
T.IIII In UTKI'll til I'll OpiTlltC III HlC I'ltll
that Ontario may In' miiile the clean
est city In I In- ynlli v
I'.tiiiIhmIoii waa nliui itlveti the
i oiuiui rrlal dull or BUBMOM men 10
put Illtrll r.i. k for tlialll oil Itlrli.ml
noli atreol III the block between
Wnahlngtun Htreet anil I'ulirornlii
Mreel
Major W f Human culled Htlen
iimi in tin- iniiiii.il. iir iiii'il lor BtfOOt
work ami after MM if uhhIoii llM
nlriHi i .iiiiiniii.'.' .lin. til i.i
rum lln- iim' ot the fount) luin'litm-i i
nl lln- Hun' It I ni'iir tlniarlo to work
on the roail to the lirlil jci. ami to pro
ewnl to repair the Htreet rroin I lie
rlty limit h on lilaho Htreet to Oregon
atret, alum Oregon Htreet to ('llfm
Ilia atreet ami theme vv.-M to lln- In.
pltal The i oiniiilttee wuh also In
Htrui teil io pui Hie mini approaching
the bridge on the hill 'on the Idaho
Hiile'of the river In good roiulllioii for
the Miininer B) i .ninilliig It up mul
la) ini: ii piwl rartMi
Attention mm c.illeil to the pri mil
lug llcetiHi-H for iiiovliii! picture -Iiiiwn
which made no provision for Um git
lug of vattdiiv ille performam ' in
. ouiiei-iioii ili.r. ulili instruction gfM
given thai the Oft) iittoruev pr. i
an tip-to il.ile onlliiaui invering t he
ililcMlon
A regUHHt for a licenne to operate
a hull. I It'll, h between hotl gBll Hie
-.i.iiioii was ii.-nii it. n. opinion i
I thai I lie ilr. is In MM should
nol he . halo;. .1
II S It ill lit-1 lord prenenterl a t
ilie-l lor in.- Ill .i menu-Ill of I he
block on (Melton -Heel in front ol all
il..M'il ,iii. I wan lolt) that It would
lie BOOBBOBl 1.1 haw a loral improve
inenl di-lricl loi'iin d Mure the mill.
Mold nol he iione from tha lauaral
futiii
LOCAL CHURCHES WIL
OBSERVE EASTER DAY
S.e. iai MarvkM ri.uim-ii hi vii r.isi-
m- Muu lo he I HUN of I'l'ii-
HIMlll Hcstii lei lion 'I'opli
ol Sicritliills.
All ol (Milan. i - . ItUrOhM will hold
opot nil Ml !) in i oinineni
oration of the tteaurreotlon 1
oholra ol tha ahurehMl wllproae
,n lhe churches will ;.
kuealal inualoal proi id the
pa (on aill ail dtaanai la i
iei pi 'elation - tha Immb iii Iha Sea-
Mite.tii.n All ol (he chureli.
temi invitation to tha publli to it
i iriiiii.ir i lit in H
; i 'athollc tha
HIGH SCHOOL CADETS PLAN
TO JOIN U.S. REGULAR AIM
MANY ATHLETES INCLUDED
The arrival or regular arm
irnltliiK olliier III Ontario IVadBI
It r ultl. n Mergeinl M
taiii'ii iroiii Coropani i Idaho Nation
al muiril, both BMklBI reeritllH for
Hell' .. .,HM netll wave '.1
p.itiinii in thru tha rouni n if Hie
city. This win. i"ii Ily BMTkad
nniring the ineniher of the IIIkIi
School I'llih 'I i. the tlrnt III II tl it ry or
Kiiiilallini .iiiioiiK the high hcIiooIh of
I he tatv.
An the ri'Miilt ol the rtaM ol Hie ol
loan BlfOnl caileta Hlgnllle.l Hielr In
teiillon of enllHllng All of Ihei i
akOM H. I regular army In preference
lo the guard, nnil with aeveral yean
of training here they ate pr.pnre( i.i
take ihilr placea In Hie ranka iih item
cotnnilHHlnneil aaBOBfl Among Hiiihi'
who have either eullMteil already or
MBOCl lo .1 .ion are l.ee Mini
.lux. illenii llrown. Iliirohl Kiroule,
Curt Im HiiiIHi. Alfred Holland. Ar
I li il r Moore, I'hiirleH (ronln, ami Hen
ry CiihhIiIv Keveral of tBOM left for
llnlne Weilue iilav night
lhe V lie. riillliig BBBUUf de-
i-lareil to the Argus Hint the hoya he
examined here were phyalrally the .
Htiperlor of any e.iial nuiiiher he lia.lj
examined In yearn "If I could gel
three aguada from that cadet cm
pany and lake iliem to I'orilanil I
.1 ,
would ar.iu
asni " he km Ml
illy with authual-
COUNTY CONTEST WON
BY VALE'S SPEAKER
i.ltl iltuwii ITVKMINt MKKV
IM. Ill SI III m ii s V Hltl M
MMI HI I. II I l TIMIN
I Hltl Is Ml I lilt .11 III. I
CONTESTANTS ALL DO WELL
i--ii (.lien se... nil llioioi- anil I'aJa
lei View Tllllll 1 Mil, II Ml- It. ire.
seillilllle St call hell loi I lln.;
Time I In. II
i . .i i hi ii thai hi
lalion oi'riipie.l more than : ae pre
l i il" . I nun ill el. m ii iiiinul. Ml
Kthei MoWIIImmm rapraaaotlBi Oa
t.irio, a aol i on ildi i d by (
pa 111 (he eniuili i!' . 1. ill. at.. I )
held ut I n .-.. in I a I.I la. I S.uili.i
eiiini; Word of tilt- rullaa QUlU
el t al 11 l a ailill. tl. e an. I Ii
liei.il the many dlaappolntod Irien.l.
of the Hide I out. -lalll Who llinl ilel).-
hn well ii ii i. ei prtnu tai Ion of, ' Tba
tor) Potaj " n.-pite iha raol thai
aha .lid noi win than Ii no doubl of
(in- inpraaaloB aha mada upon the
allili.'lu
it It I Mr. n a. e nol
oonaldarad tha Judges, Mlaa Chene)
ot I'ayette and Miss Olive I'.t i
of Wotaor plaeod ua othar pMkori
, .1.1.1 !in.i Kurpt. 'ale, lirm ; I
Baaala Aotliuon ol aeoad;
Jnnifs I'lt'.-r of Willie Si'ltli-tni'iit.
third; ami ina Andaraon, ..1 Valloi
,, fourth.
I'll,' OMtMl VM . I. -lav.. I I'm ONI
.Ui bout' ,.n a. ...mil ..I No II Mini
lata on wiiiiii a ludfa trooi C'aldwall
ipaotod Md wbM aba did Ml
two ludiaa Mloetod tba wn.
During (hi delaj moving pi
vara rui Md Um Oatarto
1i1h.11 MBtrlbutad
arblla 1 !" orowd
iivv.iitfil the Jini lot 1 oiinty
Tba aumbei Ontario
in, in, 1. . 1 a 1 . i. Ruth
third ai
while it al thai Oi
olnted 11
, in' rati.- ... T ill
ONTARIO, MAUIKI'K COUNTY,
WAR IS
CHINESE TONG MEN
SEEK REFUGE HEREr' "'rfT"""'.
i I I Ills IM II HI I li.HIISi.
ix(,s run i:m sun
i:im si MnitMM. m
in m RHH i i;mi it
LOCAL MEMBERS HUNT COVER
l...il tnlliiil Hie Hon IgJBBBBl Tin I
liiriiltt ol Oiienlals mul Mine lll
II. nln (.rllliiu liiloi iiiiillon I n n ii
ili l lleuihil.il(rr-.
KclmeH ol the lung war which Iiiih
re-nlleil In the death Ol num. t. in
f'hlnniiieti In I'orilanil. Heatlle I .a
(irande and llnlne were heard thin
UTOOl In tlniarlo
Kuril In the week refugee front
1 the warring rlllea began lo drill In
here and Marahal Harry Farmer ami
Night I'ollceman William Alllaon qui
etly put I In-1 ii under sin i ill, Hire
MiirHlial Kamier made an Inveatl
giitlnn of tlie Wong t hong laninliy
on Nei ii.la Htreet Monday and found
that eleven chinamen WON houaed
tlioro. where una MM lived before and
,, .,,, 1M, a uuihIIoiiIiik niiild
,.. It lhe iiiihou for the In.i... . i,
M,,(, ai Kong llro- rehtaiirani
t WIIH ,,,, I that the nlgln cook, who
a.litiitteil being a member of a long
lal.ltlK hl oil ', .111.1 .
loJOM In BOOM Kurlher quoOtlOOilBfl
revealed lhe fact Hint he waa wonhil
Hue rival long hi ml a gun mai
to (Miim In
I on Momi.n amilui (he Botoa pa
j lire nolitieil Mii-hal Tanner dial
four Chilli II ill a ear driven h a
white mail had left that cllv ami
were probably coming lo Ontario
duly (wo of them mi. n Sing and
l.o Ming rearheil here MOM I line
I u.'-ilay linn ulni; ami m-h Bl
ami aeul lo lloUe i tin. in
hill i I. Mil. I I lull III."..' lie II Mill'
hai . I nl vv II I t he null dOf ol a i hill
atniiii l.ini week in la.
know n
.MiiihIihI I'.iiiner wan not con
. ei n. ,l ah. mi .in- nl lhe local I'hlna
nieii telling on a war path lull look
lllB) being p.
rillens were not ailiil.e.l hi anv mil
side no nil., i ..t a i.nig
FARMERS WILL SEEK
FEDERAL FARM LOANS
tetlU ' -llleil loi I .illlialli.il ol -
aurlalBia at Ootorio, im-iav,
tprll hi W. I'- iioiiiuii 10
I x 1 'I.i in I
A in. 1. tin. ,, 1 aiifii im 1 in
p m : nii Kiib.ni tba Ob
tarlo Clt 1 1. iii for tl
aalaloa ' Kodorol rara Lou o
elation A luri;.- Bumbar ol lormi
ara dMlroua ol laklat ad van)
'iii-s bob bo) la oroor thai thoj bbi
( UOM) for ImBfOViOl I n-n lomt
or for sojtIbi oS om high pftaoS awtt
i-
n la propoaad to Includa tba lorrl
""' if tha bboUm Um two nllat
'""''ll '" Nl '""l BOOOOOd M I
"' ' l,v Kiw''' "" ""' ",,n '' :'
Salheur Hlvat Md lo fo fat anouih
'w ' '" "tolttoo tha laooa uodor ibt
NoraSa iltoh, OurfhM ahd "
atrlB ' dlti
sa"' - " ln"' '' " "'llk'
I
"" 'tn '
I
home en i'i
ant, while but one
ganlied In Malheur County, tl
lull li
tno 111 be applli
iinniiier m farmer huvc
ad to
il.
OREGON, THURSDAY, APRILS, L917.
.Vaf3VtlTWl40 aPTf0400 af? OK
WOMEN'S CLUB PREPARES
PLANS FOR RED CROSS WORK
i altl I II -
ahotil to enter lln- ereal war the
women ol I he .ily ate rolllg I
'line their allure of lhe work by
lining what they can for the men
WBO will go in the held A meet
ing of Hie cluli wiih held al tht
illy hall hint Monday allernoou
In iIIhcuhh what i mil. I be done
I'miiintinlciitlotiH have BOM
Htarted with the alale Iteil
t'riiMH work In I'oilhitnl unking
for ilir.Htloti . for pro ling in
in operation with Himllar organ
Untlona tin lionl the atate.
Already there ban been a rail
for handy kiln for HiildleiH and
in women here are planning on
iihhIhIIiib 111 the making of (bene
in A ennui, llleo will iiIho he
appointed to Hoiiclt fumlH i.u
ii ited CroM and It mav he.
when ihe time cornea to aecure
niiiHiH for the front that BOOM
of lhe member', will MOOMOf
voliinieerlng their Hervlci'H No
mailer i'Ii il happeiiH, however
(he WOOMU ol (iiitarlo are going
to be pi. .. ii., I to do (heir purl
E
DEVELOPMENT OF CAS
I'ltllMlll I It III MIM UK. Clio-
Hit- V tslis nVIWtltl Ti
l I slll.MI i iiMHIIiiNS
IN litis I II Mi
HAS LONG SUCCESSFUL RECORD
MUOl iii Meeting of I iiniiiieni.il I tub
Hi hi TiifH.lnv I. veiling lallh in
I .. Id shown hv ole.
ii.i . ii-. oi alumbarlBi n
It'll- I lint in IM mar i',
a 111 la t..k.'ii in davolofl tba luppl
of natural BJM k'toun lo i t-l in at. I
11...111 Ontario
J.IIIM Millet IIO'l ill V. lollll
l.tllle WlllOW I'roji-l I 111 l.lali .
t .111 11. 1 1 .-.I Willi a 1111111 ti. 1 01 .11
oil in BBUI 1 KM
1 ikinii" in Ontario i
Into 1 Im M ' dti i'lo.in
.. a 1 . hi
A 1 n iiii'.iiiii- oi 1 i .in. rcliii
1. ib I'm --iiav avanlcii Si Millar $n
- ' I hlu propoalllou li
' CooUouod on P i I
-
UNLESS WATER USERS
ACT LAWNS WILL DRY
"""
I I illen- Inlet, -nil lo l -
leuil Meeline I iiilaiiy, i. I III
all 1 -1 stein vv tllllll I II v
Limit-.
I nl.
. ' ) liiiiM walo up anil alt, Mel I III
. 1 ni' the n aoohttlun :
. dad for Bt
. . .Ir.. up 1 tl IM
.ell QUI Vl
. eliilil
Hie. al "
In, ' "I
in ,i Monday nlgln and r
DECLARED
House Will Vote Tonight
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE AND REPRESENTA11VE
COOPER OF WISCONSIN LEAD FIGHT
AGAINST FATEFUL MEASURE. ONLY SIX
SENATORS OPPOSE, LANE OF OREGON IS ONE
OF THEM NATION PREPARES FOR ACTION.
( Special Oorrctpondence. )
Washington, April B 1 1 p, dl There wu no quenl in i
lull- tins afternoon iboui the ultimate outoome in the
liuiisc. It will vote probably around l or 11 o'clock .ur
war. The president is expected i sign the reaoliitiou .1
Boon us it c.'iii be sent to liini. 'liaii'in.iii Flood t" the home
inn in committee, called up the war resolution at 10:15
ami the membership proceeded lo consider it.
On Wednesday nighi the Senate, by rote of - t..
ii passed tlie resolution declaring war to cxisi and diii d
mo tin. I'rcsidfiit tti use tin- armed forces of the nation to
. i
, hriii"; the tmperial German
iN Scitatuis viitiny; auainst tin- mt'asui'f Wfi't-: LaFolli'tte,
Wisconsin; Gronna, North Dakota) Lane, Oregon; Norris,
Nebraska; Stone, Missouri and Vardaman, Mississippi.
War in Defense of Rights of Humanity.
"We aif a greal iiatimi," said Representativi Harri
son, s dcntoeratie leader 'n 1 1 - eommittet1 tlii Thursday I
afterrsNin, "WC glory in its history and prieeless liciit
agt'. I ri't'iisc tu believe that ire have degenerated In our
national ideas, thai are have Forgotten the teachings of our
lathers and aw iait now urilling i" tilit For those principles
the) so courageously defended and upheld fn the early,
histniy of the ci'iiiiti-v. f urge "in tu war in de
fense of our national rights and for preservation of 1 1 -rights
of Ininiaiiitv The barge that wv are going to arag
war for profit In the Interest of munitions nianufai turers
is as despicable as it is unAmerican and it is unworthy ot
anv American who loves his country bettei than u dis
i in- land of an insidious foe,"
HANDSOME GIFT AIDS
ANNUAL BOOK SOCIAL
1 hil.lt. I. . 1 'ii foul) illini
um 1
II - I lull tllllll. lilt OVI'I Id '
oi MB Hooha 10 1 ii 1
I 1. li.illi v H.ila- (.III ol I I.i
olillll''..
..I 1 he ..
tllllll p
it profitable oi
In all
1 . 11 .:
ever on e 1 oniini to Outario I
itt mi. 11 11 land ol I iisinii. and ,
for thi' -n an 1 ' U
al e III. let I
with the addition "i tba new booh
1 . n efulaeaa of tha llbr u
.11 hani 1 in a largi dt it Km Ina
tin- eveiilliK B till" nol MOklBI 0( (
tin- in-" mi. n iha -
... 11, il Klv. 11 1
. 11 mi tiiiiii -he. I hv I. Turn, r
.in.i 1111, I. 1.1 -eiv.il h) the loiiiinit
tt a In ehat ge a hieli Ini ludad h H
I I III ane, I I. .ill tn. ill
Itupli . (Jeo 11 ' ' 1 ' Van Hal
1. 1. 1 '; 1. I II. II
AFTERNOON AUDIENCE
HEARS CflllEGF SONCS
i
an at ternoon ' forroani
il event Which tOOll il"
1 in amland
NO. 13.
li S W
government to terms. The
'0lM'll'l I,, I.O III t II
Flood '11.. iha Booot
"Wal 1 MM in.i'le iil'on
1 ..II li I l ..Mil U I I'h' OUI l' '
bain ' on Hon 1
I, im In. In, i; 111. 'i. ninii.'ii
run.
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about Iha adulenc
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w F. Hoi ' lo N'.i
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(Contlnusd on Pbib Pour )
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