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1 IT 18 YOUR FIRST DUTY-BUY A LIBERTY BOND. IF YOU CAN N.OT FIOHT, YOU CAN HELP WIN THE WAR BY BUYING A LIBERTY BOND . t&nfatio v$m. VOL XXI. ONTARIO. MALHKIR COUNTY, OKECJON. THURSDAY, JUNE7.1917 NO. 22 8e 10 SLACK REPORTED HERE REGISTRATION DAY :n to NUMBER OF 113 SIGN ROLLSABOUT HALF ARE MARRIED BUT FEW CLAIM EX EMPTION- ONE ALIEN ENEMY REGISTER ED. -K WAKE UP! ONTARIANS IINAMEN CONCERNED TROTH CORRECT CARD fan Arnold and Roy Smith First in Third Precinct and Arthur M. Mucks First in Second- No Known Slack ers Several Mexicans Numbered Men Above Age Call on Board. hundred thirl!! Ontario men Iwccn the agoa of 20 and II regis- d fur inllltnry ervlce udM the m rlitrlon law on Tuenflay. There imt i lie nllRhtritr opposition In registration no far known ihiIiik the dVy rumor wan m M purporting to credit at let or four vning men with ah- t thmalve from th city pur ely. Official will look Into Dim BOOOTOf, lin Iht completed have i ' ii cninpered. Pin' tm of being Mr, to re I . precinct w.-.it in Vrlliur Mink. I railroad employe who i in- registration oftt. era when i nnii-(l ili. nihil' Ivan Arnold llrt, Juki a moment ithuad of Ko) In the third pre Incl Wl PMelrt waa tin' flrtit iiinii to rg- mr in tii nrat pt.-iimi. u nan i.u k maila n v ufter 7 u in i in' i. r : i pre. lin I Registrar M wion. aaleted tiy liay Wilson, the name of 12 cltlteu. Al the hall for Ihe Hecond precinct Id, ir C M Steam, assisted hy A I. krnni iiml K A Kraxler llMed 1 while I) I' I mar born, aaslal- liy W. I. Turner, registered IP le. Mien i In- registration officer open- kOOUMa' Chinaman kit hla age Ey letters from boy away from e who, mindful of ihe law had in u n United with Sheriff llrown ent il, clr reglat ration In l.altue pkahy wna one of those who did Imt later when the I'nu Dragon cloaad four daya annuel expected ha waa abln to gat home In time for reg lal rat Inn "Moat Tall Truth. " There were a number of odd clr I iiica revealed to the regis! ra ii.in nmrlMl, among them the pro verhlal Irull.fiilnaaa of the t'hlneae. tine of thn ulmond eyed Oriental, not understanding the question of regulation officer In the second pre-1 clnct declared ho waa "married," and the officer took III word for It After ho had been gone a few minute he tUM hark with another Oriental and naked to have the record stralghten d Another chinaman gave hla age aa 21 to tho reglater. who mlaunder Mood and put down 29 and when ha read the card over to the China boy he . became i xi lied and declared. inn i ( immre. my china paper any in imt i ell trutb. Aside from the silbcriltinnH of Ihc local banks Imt lj2,HMi(if Liberty Loan Bonds have lirrii subscribed fur ui Ontario. Vonr tiovinnncnt net ls Your ail in tinancinjj; tin va r. Deposits in the local banks are now over $1 .000,000. This community should suow-ribe for $60,000 to $75,000 of Liberty Loan Montis. This is tin first time the iov.-rii- incut has roqwted antl aid from most of us. Wc owe it lour Aid antl fullest co-operation. Y have enjoyed liberty and prosperity because of its protection, The purchase of ft Liberty Loan Bend does not mean a donation. You still have your money in the safest invest ment t In- world ba ever known. Secretary of the Treasury . iliiii has said if (lerinanv ran defeat France antl Knir-i hind she will take their combined Herts and overwhelm our own fleet. She will then In free t. lake our seaports. which sin will be able to dp. einian expecti to eXftei an enormous indemnity from US if she can. The Nee ret an of the Treasury IfcAdoO says the indemnity would not be less than one hundred billion dollars We will lose wh.it ever we may have to pa ftg mi indemnity. Isn't it better to subscribe to Kive Millions of BotMiN and still have the money than to have to pay OIH billion dollars and lose the money ( Patriotism means more than putting 8 Hag H VOUI 'car nr w c.irinu a shield on Vonr la iel anil uivinu one dollar Tht egg ,,r Um ii.-i.Ih aub to the Red t'ross. It means Sacrifice. .Sacrifice of money. income, loved onee ami even life itself If Our Young Men are Willing to Give up Their Lives for Their Country YOU Ought to Be Willing to Loan YOUR COUNTRY Some of Your Money. - Manx of you are weami button- rnyiliK there are one MALHEUR COUNTY WILL HARVEST BUMPER CROPS BOTH IN IRRIGATED AND DRY FARM SECTIONS THE CROPS ARE LOOKING FINE THE COOE WEATHER HAS DONE NO DAMAGES AS YET-. SPRAYING NOW UNDERWAY. d WHEAT ACREAGE IS MORE THAN DOUBLED . Besides This There is Every Indication That the Per Acre Yield Will Be Abnormally Large Soft Fruits and Apples Show Heavy Bearing Trees are Loaded to Capacity. Krimi a nay balnw Nyaaa on Hi.' Owyhee, Mlo Kingman Kninny and that famnua Rig II. -nil region, front thn Hnulftvard between Nya nn.l 01 tarin. and t iii-ii on to Dead Ox Flat, ami Hi. -ii mi Lark In Hi.- lliirin- MM iv linr 1 1 i in llrngan valley and from linndreil aver) nook ud gonwr in Malheur rounly'x valloya rome one atory. "The Orealeat I'rop l'rimifi-iH we huve ever onu one yoiin Dial li.-ni.-.i ma i , . . .. v- .... ....... ,.,i kl.nt im ...hi . nn i a iri' 1 1 minion muut imi'i'iij. million more souls. I hi .iiini,,ii ,ii tin' raiK-lnTM. Oeaplte the i-nlil inukm, Kprlng the Itttd "l .illnlfa will he heavier than ll-n;il .mil lli. rr.i which will I In a few vtrek will he heavy. Bealdex III la there will h mnr.' than four I Hi ik-Ii win-Mi mill other lint he count) I linn ever before Till dug to the r,"-i thai .lenlre to flu tin exempt Inn. hut he .1 not do an outright, merely Mid that jiosed of one hnndivi he ilnl not want lo carry a gun and wr-r- All T.ilrn Vnil r,.ni.' tM rirv" tlniea greater KlllIO.SC 1 1 1 1 ' I lilt o In .in .ii ,il the PhhI i.:nl lie . , riiroi.'r la. onu inn cm n in koiiik to What Miniiort woultl w govern ' I...I IiIm ftl,.r ,11. 1 ...! .,.... 1.1. .. In ' " ""'I' mpilon waa made for Hunt thell receive in this present 'ii The fruit ruticiierK are t loulily Mm .,... ,;.. ;,, ..,..;.,.. ,.,! to,.k MrJaftM have b.-t-n ab , ....pecta pevall .... ... i .... i . . Approximately nair or the young , , I'l-otitS ill normally lariw half of the men who reelalereil In tlntarln .i and have rhiidren depend- pie wno have profited should subscribe largely. Ing upon I lie ni for aupport. , , - i .. Th ..v ..-,. allien, alien Tile folloWIUU ll' tile Sll llSC II Ot lOllS rcceled ll .neiny reglatereil In Ontario hut Wedliesda V eVellillK 1V tile loe;tl bllllks (tlltl the l'o-t f there were aeveral realdent alien. ,. lice. to til hv:Ht, for they have "done their hit toward Increasing the ceieal ajajp r..ieeii prartlunlly every row Of Ireei In th wlley. Ulia year, ili.-o I either aUalfa nr grain grown. w Howard eonntj agt " gllur al agent .ind Clinton W. Trow, agrl u.iaat for tho Oreaon WeetirO ColonUation .'niupauy with whom two trlpa over th valloy ware taken ce ertl) iln.cd nut In too iccliiitcel tertna for Um writer, how the grr and fruit ate progreaalng. I h mneherM of UM Dd Ox D region Inlleve that at Icaxt they at. going to he nblo to down the BWftf" who have Injured that region by ttj Iiik tluil it ..mill imt he dry (uraTOd. Itlght now there are) at least I Oil bright green apod ilon.-d he ;ui,l there on the aage brual hiiiahl. ml the lower Ffat region Thn variety of erupt growing, from Millet lo Klint mm. from flax to re .i i i irlej and ..a klnda of regetablea, and the .nil which Ihe i ui and i ablna la favorabla ptraportiov. tin the In i the ngriruUaral ngnnt I iiuiihi. iIiik .1 aarigg of exeervce '( with the Hhfl.tiil.ee of ii.iiiii of ( run. In -rn VII of Ikon teate app.-.n- to he more than JuaillyliiK the axpeotaV m Mr Howard Torn, laai iii.tr own iii.niini I... I., ,,:,.!- aro ilnl-iu their hit to prole their . ! (on ami ahow that their faith I woll fouu.l. I 1 of whom were Mexican work ing on the railroad Moet of iheae Meg lean claimed military experience In Mexico. A . . i ii i. ' -1 llt of all thoae who registered will be printed aa aoon aa the aherlft'H office ha It compiled for tho county DE SCHOOL HONOR SOLDIER HOYS HAVE ON BY ONTARIO BOY LOTS OF JOYS IN tlTE a. ulse se.on.1 II. e AinxiMg HIM In of l.iami Ik i errlnl I IB I,) alarlen, lite l.tsi of lay lilenn of Outarlo, with a Id average of T and one ninth ltd off Ural honor among th kth araue aradualea of Malheur Ity. And what I wore, aunt her and he loo, trout Ontario, Will Jg, waa close on the beela of mil mute. To record the wlu of fir-it and aecoml place by hoys avae day la a rarety that cau lly bo passed by. are the rude made by the Mr of nrat place. Wesley Uloaa, Slate examination Civil llov uu, loo; Ur.i. niiiur, S7, History, rthograph) , 100; 1'hyulology Of tune, 7; Ueadlug 8; Writ- ArUhmetl. t , Agriculture, lay Glenn, the wiuuer, la the Mr. and lira. Walter Olenn. William Hlgga, who so efjsely rd hliu, ia the aon of Judge and fDalln-i Kigg. 1111,1. Ill.W KAH WRltC WHT MAM Hot . S TON Agf HAMK RAM. is l.VK OT . nit eitiM let i AMI NKMK.NTH First National Bank. Ontario ia00a00 Ontario National Hank KMMKl.iMl Thoiuas Turnbull. Mooreville I.IKHI.OO II. W. Jones K. W. I lowland I. Jefferson Dickson Win. II. l..tsoii Ueo. H. KtdlnKK. Harry H. Cockrum Mary . (oekiuiu Mike .1. Joyce Wa Wilson , J. K. 1 leJJ Newtoll IK LOWS f 01 HIS IrKALAUE r'K W A lilt IK .SHOT H. 1.. HAMILTON IMUIl luiMNi a -eeult of a shooting affray Watson, Tuesday morning, R. Ian, in. ni win. shut Sieve Ward ilgh the back below the right Ider ha been placed under a lOO bond by Juatleo R l l.ytle ile. Aucient grudge was the cause a shooting. There were three Hoy I 'mi it Hard to l.el INi Hianiw aatd Suggeatloa Is It.ul a III Hunch Would aMaji Al. E iii... ! i IVKiJtI Pta.,1 ?' llel,. ."rlHUHl UHI.IMI IIHl.tKt KHI.tM) t KHI.OO 't Km.oo I M0.00 1 100.00 100.00 KHI.IMI I 100.00 I MAW 50.00 50JM I.1MI .. MAJORITY EOR GOOD ROADS OVER 20,000 THK MIRI'HIMK IS I'ttT THAT II' MTATI-:, IM'TMIOK Of MCl.TNO- M til I'DIVTl HHOH'N MAJOR ITIES IOII MKASI RK, MAL UM It I III M V IN I.IMT, III ELECTIONS ON SANE DAY oninrio Hue of I lllea AMecled b I'liauge In Ua r I'eulieiillui'i I'rnlialili lk-oie.1 t i.leri. tie IIU . Hinli. tilog Porllaail May Hullil l.ieal II"-. U ii ! nit mull ado the iople of Oii-KOB, that M ihout half of III. -in, look u low mbmloa off to pu-ia i.o WILL HOLD BIG MASS oEETING!ONJUNEll 'I'll i.. I'.. i 1 1. .ml SM-ukei I oitilua to Ills. n, I'mlileiiia Which N'iivs I nr ihe I in. I'eoplr. He 11ii. . In i he Culluwuig teller received la t week by J H Blackaby from hla sou William who is now stationed at Fori 8am Houston there is furnished a good picture of the daily life of the o Idler beys. Private Blackaby says: Friday, May tb Waa siufe for a couple of days, but am feeiinx fine again. Am still work ing at headquarter and like it prettj good. My chief duty now la to make out a report each day of tho men in ihe boa pltal names, etc , and the ni.mhei reporting hack for duty each day tad what couipauin they all belong to 1 may have to help work on the pay roll for a few day for If quite job. We had to muster today to sigu mi' ay roll There lau'l any chance of i hanging I. .I.- .iMal turns for lhv won't pkiu. now tranafer anvone to the aignal corps bank became the owner n, lot All the Outarlo boy who eulUted in building the signal orp are in the aviation -i now Bar! PnreoH nt came In Will Seek $5,000 from Ontario for Its Share of Nation's $lty,6W,VMu, bee. .PP'i Ontario with lta suxllliary of !hs i t-f of the American Ited Cross ia expected to raiao at b f.vOOO as its share of the lirat $100. 000,000 needed for America's share In the relief of war sufferers Vale with its chapter of Ihe American Na tional lte.1 Cross is ..ipe.'led to raise Just half that amount The Stale of Oregon hats ael it th. .ak .f raising iaoo.ooo Idaho - lill,i..u 000 to ralto These iir.u Ci.lile.'.-u.'.' laud of ihe o from all of ihe alifornbi. t Com in .'. l ooo tMMMBto uul ' 0k ii r& jk jft 'I' ll.alea p . haylerx I ... ii -a .. Former Ontario Man ShoumFaith By Taking Farley Building m Trade Showing that he still has faith In 1 said to he "edHboV -'5,000. , Ontario, W T l-am I The Kurley hiUldjV Bh has just the .iiNhiei of a rayetie : neen renoii VJJIr u'mmmmmam bio. in- ci,u .u.l uu aaatai liulliir iri-r -nn la with Meaar Perkins Ik Musog ot , t xellur ami ti.o I Hprinstiel.l Dragon, and in e.hauge The deal "aajHp week and u. i ...i,i. .... uima Hfaliwr uriuv i Mr. 1-uiuDkIn baHnnH owucr of last Mm. .1.1. When nn- i.nil. not thru, that ' half of them, il waa rou ml that dgJ IihiI voted to bond the ntale for t..ti.il.000 to build good isiIh They Ko declared that It ia inilUh 1 hold two or three tleclmi.- wheti on will do, so I hey made It a law that a I fleet ions shall be held on the sea da They denied tin pell tloii of th. irlMiuera ot Salem for a ui.ary in. m. n. ileclarliiK Uiat the preawal filthy arraugeouent ia good enough lor a felon. Ihe intern also Uiid I'urtlau-I that it might, If ila vot er h so directed, bond itaelf for any old HUIII With f'hll-ll In Inn 1. 1 sl.lpn tho voter also directed that u . n i fiir.ii tax tlaaslHeation waa and should i prop, i iIiiiik In tax measures I'l-- i' ,ii i- half of lliem also declared that the nm-lllutluu can lie unieude.l b) lii,.ln Htlnn, ampli. a. inn peii.-t nil inn or ,lanul ion or any nthiir wav i. Iiiiik a-. in iiitDcleu; uuii.l. ra for the rhauge. Tha people, that i hull of them who The pinhh.ni. which th American penph ..i tig, the ili.lv nl u-iy Oregonliu. In the criaia, ami how tho pOnfjh nl On.i.rlii uu i pel fori. i tho work gUottd iiiein lo do at tM. tAaxo in help ii' nation, iheee ar ide 1 1 1 1 1 . k -. which iil i" fti it patriotic mat! nneilng to he l.el in II. ill Mniiili.y, June 1 I Three of Portland' wall kimwii pul.lic men. K A Kreeniau. vb-e prnav ui.-ii i iimhflgtt Troal f4aa- puu . Chapman, iditor of thO ii Volar, god H II Cou'-r. inaMa- iliilnioiuali Hotel be tn i. .. ,.lra ihu Ii i . i. In. u thai these men I board at tofMHM xmi a Hinli.. ihnold ar .! thin. EICIH GRADE CRADOAIES HAlrffOR COBrflY OREGON lliatilii If, N'yv- I,'. inli. n Viae llnnalil, Verna Mni.ihi i.il,, Allco Margaret Carter, Carol, n u,l IChoeley Minnie DanielseM, Allco Harper. Mnrhn WiNnii m a lilntrlc I, Vale Alma Karp, Kay Cheater Ma He liii:nit o... I.a reuce, n.iiiiii' i'... vi. i I. i;.,.well. Kruuoeo Horn heck. Thelma Rlrhardaon, Klta Dm nboek, Krancih l liitrici S, (iiii.iihi Kruia Howe, IHailyH Km ii kiln Ruby Hum, In, I W'lrii-.gai'. Ji- Bowl. Harold Newton, fjwendoryn Now t on in. . Kerfnot, huie a rlaii to role told the leginls i-r day I all an Oi I legislature Ik worth and that he van go ahead a i . I introduce all Ihe hill Kslh.-r Boil In Hun, Mil ullocll 1 1. van Poorinan, Havid I'dlck, iipal ItuwlH. Btboj McWilliams, W Hale, lfttltj ClMin. Ood) .uuu'.d .n ug ) M Arod. Mr Ward ia ablo to be art and cash 'I leratlojl tb huil.li' ii ijate 4) id around i Continued on gag i )