dittotja Ut0tt,
VOL. XXI
ONTARIO, MAI.I.Kl.l. COUNTY, OUKOON. THUKSDAV. AUGUST .JO, 1!)17
NO. 34
OFFERS UNIQUE PLAN
TO BRING SETTLERS
NEW YORK LOOKS AS
IT WERE ARMY CAMP
MARRIED MEN TAKEN
BY EXEMPTION BOARD
MOW INTO CORNERS GRAND JURORS FINDS
BIG TENT TO HOUSE
BLUE RIBBON AUTOS
SAYS DEFENSE COUNCIL
ONLY ONE TRUE BILL
iw
W. P. DAVIDSON OK THK ORKUOV
WKKTHKN tXILONIZATION X.
MAKKH MKTTIjK.MK.NT !-
rllHIK ON TERM.
-WHOM) PROJECT UNDERWAY
Relieve (lint Nimbi- Hegics of co op
eration Wnukl Have Mad Possible
the tkmstrurtlon of t !- Wiu-m-sprlng
Hflfm.
Inspired by the sucesa of the o.-ho
c project 'n Crook county, whore II,-
000 acres of land will noon bo under
water and covered with settlers all
to Increase the food nupply of the na
tion In this food crisis. President W.
IV Davidson of the Oregon Western
colonisation onmpr.ny draws a vivid
contrast between the progress being
made there With the stngnsllon show
In the Wsrmsurlngs system Mr
Davidson was In Ontario for s fwr P"r-
hours last Friday evening on business "The situation la reflected In mor
and whlla her a outlined the propoal-' handlslng There are plenty of buy
tl.m which Is meeting with success j '"" 'n the market and the menu
ta the Prlncevllle region. fariurrra are taking orders, at prloes
"H Hi. unlle.l efforts of the land "ler "" A buyer Cn
owners about Prlnmllle arrangements
were made to float the bonds of IM
i). iiooo project and work will lie start
ed Immediately. Much of the land
I now lying Idle, and If the settlers
were compelled to wait until they had
money enough to buy and Improve
the land, meet Ihe aaaaaaments and
all ehargea. It would bo neoaaaary for
them all to have more capital than
the average hnmeoeoker possesses
"To solve this problem our com
pany which owns approximately nan
third of the 1 iml presented this plan
tor consideration
On the receipt of a ralallvely smsll
cash we filler a deed to Ihe
land That makes II poioilblo for lilm
to borrow half the value of ,!, laud
from (he teeners! i.osn osns si
low rate of Interest and the company
takes a second mortgage for the bal
ance of the purchase prion. Thus
. 11. .ll l.ltUI !. uulm..ltl Ills
wun a soisi. ...in- ..-
hnmoseeker is able (o nuance nun
aelf and with one or two crops, at
present prions and these assured for
next year the settlor is a. Ills feet."
"Tee we .re willing to extend (list
plan to all .-' our lands." said Mr
Davidson, In answering to the iulr
If la were possible for possilbe sei h
on Malheur and Harney county lands
to take advantage if tnat offer.
I believe that if Ihe same co-opera-lion
had been given by (he people
undei the Wariiiaprings iratea as was
inniillcsteil under tun oi-iiiiru, nisi ne
project would be on its way now
"At (lie preeenl time Col C B, I
Wood nun I are walling word from
Washington before going SvMli
to ask oongreas ror in- ueeuc,,
actum Ihere I no use to go
until Congress is ready to listen lo
Itapo ling of
the war m
AUTOISTS WHO LETT HERE
HAVE ACCIDENT IN CANTON
Nile Williams and (iould Mathey
of Seattle who for tSJSJkJ time wei
guests of Mr Wilijin hroili.r Hoy
Williams of the K S & D ranch,
were the victims of an accident near
uii Powder Sunday ufternon They
left Ontnrlo early Sunday morning
nisnnlne on reaching Pendleton that
night, fur they hoped to regen Seattle
in three days Mr Wlllisuia was ad
vised by phone Sunday atteriiuii dial
the car overturned on ihe ..n!' I'uw
der hill and that Mr Mat lit y was
painfully, but not dangexoualy hurt
Mr. Williams cue-sped injur On
Tuesday Mr Williams was edvisod Unit
tin. young men were still Bl North
Powder waiting for parts for tlieir
machine which would be shipped from
Sea Frnnciaco -ind advised thst the
repoir bill on the oar would be ig
netchborlmd ,f $115.
Pratt, formerly pastor of
list church
thru
Tuesday eumuie to Km met t lo , nntl m tB) ltd m Harney county
atend the com Id there thisjM ra, M auketantial cement walks
week.
l
Principal Mht, Unfit la Ik Kent these
Dnys la "The Soldiers" War
Keelluc Higher there Than
Soldiers, Soldi!, erervwhere, that
In brief Is a pen picture of Now
York City an It appeaed to H. C. Bor
er who returned Wednesday morning
from an extended eastern buying trip.
"On every train. In every rar. on
every street, anywhere yon go, In
restaurants, theatre everywhere In
New York and In fart almost all
over the Rant ono sees soldiers. They
A ro moving shout singly or In groups.
Ight fleeing, of may be neen heavily
I "quipped marching In companies and
ftl"nl he city from the In-
terlor going to some camp. In fact
one gels to wondering If the govern
ment realty knows where thny all are.
iii-rc sre so many." said Mr Boycr
"The Kast la mare Intensely Inter-
estad In war talk than the West. No
one Is gambling on the duration of
Ith wr
Thoy don'i think shout
order all the wants hut tie I
Idea of the amount that will ha ship
pad to him"
THREE MILE STRIP
OF GAUZE COMING
Ran i nagMtal or nig Order to i..-
lel tttlaen Make OsfK
Plenl of Work for Woineti.
I'lcliire m. atrln of .11 :isv while
a , ,h,M
four miles long, or one Hint woulil
treteli slong the rellroad truck from
( . ,,
and there you have an Idea of the
amount of goods thaf Ihe women of
Ontario have to mako-up for the Iml
ance of the first big outer of lied
, surgical supplies
Mrs. K. M. Urelg who is In charge
of the work received telegraphic ad-
vice this week thai the balance of ihe
early orders placed mouths ago will
come forward this week. With its ar-
rval there will be surflcent supplies !., ,. ,, n t t,ord ft ijttlrsnde The fol
kep Hie woman of Onturlo bu u,ng la the complete report ,ti,e
noon for moglhs. tfl k of tnB ooai exemption I
Tim shipuo nt . II muke possible' .
the completion of sn order to cure
for a base hospital of Ron beds for
half s day after s battle, and the di
re(ur, ar Bi,0UH ,,,, ,he work UB
completed as soon as possible so that
Ontario will be recorded anions die
Hal of contributing clu pi i
l.ocl one. AcknowladjjrMt.
The Ijgfgl chapter ncknowl
,h.i,. .i.. followlns cmtrli.u
from K A Fraoer, yam of
knitting; Mrs. J l Cochran, half
thmiU n() viUo, HM o
made up; Mrs Fahln. cro. Iiel work
to be nold torn hem-fit of fund
-oil.-. Ipllou-. Hue
Fruaer. who hua i 'hal'ge of I lie
lollfiiioii of contriliutiotiK so the U.-d
i war fund cells attention to
fact that the September installment is
due. The chapter Is so abort of
fundeu that It can nol afford lo send
out noclces and subscribers to the
fund are urged to make then ejggnet
promptly.
iMUtlo tviM'MilTOIt AM
Hi ii.iri.-via n o.an o t i r-
i.'ive work has oomnieiir.il mi ihe
"ud ' ot "", ' or
H,
city. C Hinrham. contractor ami
Win Fielder, foreman, of Ontario.
arrived last night, and today are do-
Ing preliminary work toward huii.ii ;
. SOO-foot walk on the seat side ol
Main sueei neiweeii in- rio-ei i jay
and Ihe bank building. Another
walk on the east side of Main
will also be built in frout of (he
Majestic building
The managment of the Crane State
hank has closed a contract wii li.Mr
Bingham, who will build at once a
cement walk ou the east and south
-idea of the new hang building These
nw ,ik., m uain.ui to tlioee al
eady completed on Main street, placet
;sre conctrne.l Criine America..
m 'it ill MM; MDCMKM ok mn
VAh K.XKMFTION Hlllllli 1,...
ORAVH IIODV CKR-TIKIR
AM, M lit It 1 1 l MR,
CONFLICT IN ATM PUZZLING
Only Appeal from IM.tn. Ko.nU Is
I'leats to free (dent o Oases as
Vev Appealed t. ilef K.ecuUve
for his Derision.
Taking a directly contrary view of
the selective service law from that ac
cepted by the Malheur county hoard,
the District Hoard, sitting at laitlrand
has apparently certified for service,
all the marled men who claimed
exemption on flie grounds of sup
port Inf; dependent reltalver. Tiie only
appeal from the decision of !he Ills-
trlct Hoard Is a direct appeal to Hie
President. As yet none of the local
men have taken this step.
The following Is the Hat of tho.e
who have bean certified to the auth
orities for servleeo from Malheur
County
Harry Ft rent tm -obits, Brogan.
John Km sell Zimmerman. Westfall
leonnrd Pease, Weiner, Idaho
Charles William Parrotl, Hroi;an.
Frank Dowell, Ontario.
Miuiiiel Sinllh, Ontario,
Charles Clinton ft. snett. Ontario
(urge I,. Brooks, lllverslde.
Ooorge Huntington Curry, Vale.
Vh'or (' Hamilton. lluntliiKton.
Arthur laroy Cook. Juntura
Floyd Klhert (lilhert. N'ysaa.
Carl Albert Field. Ontario
Claude lluhhanl Wlllson. Vejg
Kdward Hart. Westfall.
Itoliert Allen Hughe. Westfall
Morris Mccarty. WaatfaH.
Clyde Cable lllnkor. Ontario.
Exemption Board Completes
Exemptions For New Army
Malheur couuly's allotment for the
new S'slloiuil arm., m cured iioder
the sei' ' in
lumber, w ti li several ot art lu assute
i, ,. r gsjggtgaf, ahotild any be re
l-ci.d by the second exumlnsti
miiioiiiiieuts, has been eer 'led to the
Bgenipted
Certified
Kx "" '' "laeshere
HI
t
20
n
II
Z6H
Kgamined eleewhere
Bnllated
Total
I tie following lorn- tiled no claim ,
""' Ollls -.. Dr
neon ceriine.ii lo uie iiimnu iioaru
a nol sxempted or ill -elisrsed :
Name anil Aililreae.
i.i. .i,f. ilkej in .-
I, Oeorge Barron, lliu-.m On
Kendall Joseph F . Juiuli .in l
liitiii, William Franklin
full
111 mi. .n Joseph, Out. uii. in.
Ames. Cheater Italph, Vule (J
ilfl..
I .11. -I, I lie
iii ,- M i mini io, (ire
Imuran. ( ecll Warren, Jordan Valley,
. o.
Itiggin, Kdward It. die. t. Onuirio
Parsons. Anson Har.-y. ltroitsii Ore
Harris. Irving Arthus, Oulirio. Ore
Si'hweuer. Otto Herbert. Nyaaa, Ore
It F H
Woods, William F.dgar, ltouli
(iodwln, William Thoiuaa, Parma, Ida
ii...,, t
Jeuseu. Wilford Franklin, Welser, Ms
K' - uiica, mine, i rowiey. in.
l..l...... I..1... l.l 1'iri... I.I..I,,.
,(MI,
i1Hii,lon. Ileury Pet. .ir.
Worthy, i I, Vale 0
Wilson Jgmea Moutjoj in. mi.. Ot
"" u'n""' '!" ..
Howard. Walter U ilium, Honlts, lln-
T - (, (.'rank I.awren.e Vale. Ore
It ll tied, e
A. train Shaffer
II. mil. ,
Ore
Heed. Willian
Spauidlng. J..
Iniiusnii Km i
I. Iti I
.1!. llru
-nail. Ore
intarlo,
Ore.
...ton. Paysite. Ida
llelig... uel, McDermilt, Nev
isll, Skullsprings
Cane. William John. Vale, Of
Woodward. (Mia Caleb Westfall. On
r. ,,rg0 t, Westfall, Ore.
s i. lor Mi lie, mill, Nev.
IIJUISJ (.11
VKW FOR THK CONHKKVATlOV
OP KORAUF. CROPS, K.VKN TO
WP.KDM IS HKT FORTH.
WOMEN ARE DOING THEIR BIT
tih i iwasi a Asked to Avoid Wlnlei
l.an.ksUsg Heavy Crop Will Not
Fend the Wih'I In the County ;.i
Ihe Present Time.
At a meeting of the committee of
oounrllnro of the Malheur County
Council of Defense, held a I Ontnrlo
las) Saturday. nunihei of natters
pertaining to Ihe material wellfare
of the county were discussed It was
brought to the attention of Ihe com
mittee by deflrito Information that
tiie progent hay supply In the county Is
wholly Inadequate to carry the Mock
now In Malheur county over the wint
er, and to tli.it end, every farmer will
ho urged (o put up every pound of
iii .f oilier vegetation that will be
rougutnnd hy livestock that in possible
Kapyvlal attention was called to mow
lug along the ditch banks and th
fence earners, and In fact, mowing
every pound of vegetation that can be
used for fodder
Sheepmen are also especially re
quested not tn plan on winter lamliliii:
in as much as it rcgulres a greater
uppi) or hay fur wlm.-r lambing than
for spring lambing. The committee
realties that a great many of the
sheepmen have heretofore made ar
rangoiiinnls for winter lambing TIiIm
will ciinie too late for some
wlio have mil already completed nr
raiixeinenlii, It la especially urged that
they consider Ihe matter of conserva
tion of hay so thai hands of sheep
(Continued on l'aga Six.)
Parker. Hay. Vale. On-
Heed, Jerome, Klrkwood, Malheur,
Ore
Molloj Kicliaid. Jordan Valley, Ore
Morton Kstls PrtrggH. WtMfnll ore
Itostsie, Crowley.
Tracy, Merrick p'rsnclH, Malbsur,
Ore.
Kaulkner, Beruiird I , X'ale. Ore.
l.loiia. Santos. Moorevllle, ore
Sells. Morton Clifford. Westfall, Ore.
M'-Mehon, Io. Korkvllli
Ward. Frank, Nyas, Ore
Mclver. Kenneih, ltneilde, Ore
Lsxwreure, Camilloua I' Jr , Ironnldn.
i gg
Joaea, Forrest, Juntura, ore
Coagrove, Tliomns Conliii. Nyaaa, Ore
ph Frank, Jordan
, i,,.
Arnold. Jarrett, Klvet
l -enii, l.eiand Tliomns, i aa, ore
Hunter, liulph Cordon lleiil. h. ( i .-
inyaon liordiill li lloinlue
Mugglne, Charles i. . est fa II,
(illfflth Jesse, Wit. .li. (Ire
Frailer. Iiiincan it. -.,
'lctor I'liiilim. Valley,
.ire
Smith, Jesne, Rockvllw, I
l'.iKUe. John J Item., i. Ore
Douglas. Burpee Mugew i
Ida , lioiite 3
Abargtegnl Anaatacta, Heuiah. Ore
lliiiugiii diier. Muhlon, Heuiah
M III tH It . .
Hose, Win Kildle. Ironsid. . m.
(irirrta Howard Fran. Itt, Ida
Iton
Joyce, Michael Murialn. Juillura, Ore.
I.ovelaud. Clierl'W Hiirold Itoin nr.
Mustard Wall.-i HI. nn Westfall, On
The following have filed .Uiins fa
discharge on account of rtep--i
won aoimn taken inereou as ln.ll.ii
( Loin l)lsall"o..l
I'lsiin for discharge of Hie follow
Ing were disallowed mid these persons
have Wen certified to the Dlsiii. i
Hoard
Wrinkle, i.r.iv Ontario, ore.
Hart, gkl ward kVealfail ..
Howard, la re nee WashliiKlon. Id..
gan. in
Hughes, liolmrl align,, Westfall, Ore.
MoOaj
Or.
Royi I BVogag
i isiui for exempiioii on count of
hcing a posliuaster denied
1 'i.niu'i, Carl.-, F..I i-,i Urove, I
Cluim- til
Ilarlainl
Pa--
Mori, n Hells of Wctfe.ll Held l,.i
i .inlnal Assault Kdlloi linns
Mot KnHglifeu Offtrinl
AppreclaMi.
ftcr deliberating for two days on
Information brought hefor-i them the
U'etn'.wr of If Grand Jury thl week
I. n. ught out one true bill, one no,
true till and made no report on a
third case.
The true bill reported was one
charging Morton Sells a well known
young man of Weetfall with criminal
assault on Mrs Bessie Jordan, wife
of Hen Jordan The alleged assault
Is aald to have been committed July
10 during the absence of the husband
rounding up cattle.
A no true hill was reported In ihet,M alerting a new business for
case of Howard McClay of Band Hoi-, ,hBre mre many Ug ends that must
low charged with the larceny of SI m, uk-n up MrBry yemr ,nd nw ,,,
"' ' fn.ni the Btanflcld-Bowraan ,rf tho bollrt, of directors must learn
company. McClay admitted having tho precedents of former bo. ua.
the sheep in his posseaslon hut pro-1
ntaoea witnesses (o show that they
came to Ills place and thai ha had told
xcvnral people of their presence In an
effort to locate tile owner.
Attorney Thomas Davis of iliiile
and tiitv (Jroff of Spokane In behalf
of the relatives of O. W. Shoemaker
and I ne nheepshenrer'e Union Inlro
ilmeii witness In an effort to have
Johnson Indicted for the kill
ing of Shoemaker last spring. No
set Ion was taken In the matter.
Charles Hackney, editor of Ihe Jor
dan Valley Kxpress. wns on account of
xtalcmenta made In Ills publication
relative to a liquor raid made by Dis
till i Miorney it w Swagler and
Depu'v Sheriff l.eo Noe, summoned
to Inform Jurora what lie knew of con
dltloiis In that section Ills Informa
Mon he aald win that of "common
knowledge" and not spoclttc In Its na
for. lie rould give no dl
r.ei ,v lil. noe of vlolsllona of Ihe liq
uor laws.
FACULTY GATHERING
FOR SCHOOL OPENING
Kiilpioeiil tor Manual Training tr-
l-ltc lloacd IKrlcrioine ml
C.nir-wc of stii.ly lor High
School Courar.
During the past week the first of
Hi' pnblli IBnool iai uliy li.-t.n fl
.nil... lollowllIK Hllpeinitellilclil II
li Douglass who has been here for
a month
urai to arrive was S. M
lliiucher. wlio will lie principal of ths
lilgli Hcliool and teacher i,r man iml
tralulug and agriculture Mr.
Bouchur time lu soma mw leature Una. Sunday tlte
I Ibe installation of Mil .iiipuini hoard a. I l.r.-.l isttle sale.
for manual training which arrvied The . I for by
Mils Mill , and Carter (lei
I'". ' - ol parents and of I .n.l it
1' I'll- who will, in .11 -i uas mailer in Is planned Iq in ike n an annual e.
oonnecUoo with the tanrneg ( ig .-i fu Ir ih. . .1.. win kg hel4
ken during the coming year. Super after Hie premiums have been award
' iHiitglaas has cnmpl.-ic.i . ,. . bly on Frlds)
..i i mi v on ihe high Mh, ...i forenoon n
pupils and also one lor the grail.- l.m-o ajj nnport unity of disposing of
arranged aloJNJ Ike syntem rnq tired prlas wtrolni : an iinn i
liny Die tale ileps ri maut of .-.I. made i,, l.rin s:o, knen Hoi.
tmii The M-liool hoard lias approved
nrse and II will he pilui.-.l no
that all pupils and parents may ob
tain a copy in order to i. lermlue
wlat course will suit their cllli
- will he mailed to all the eighth
grade grsduuie- from Ontario school
and others may have same, annex
i.i il out oi lowu pupils, by mulling
superin eg dent lion
(.i:M.I Its HOI. II lM II.
PICNIC IT till till ttsVIVK
Hundreds of (iranserK and iheir
friends from Ontario and surround
towns will gather Friday. al the Ai
(lis (Jrove, on the K K D ranch for
the annual picnic of Ihe Potion.
Orange A wide vaiiely ol pori-
and l'dVmal add r esses I
will leal in.- the gal lierllig.
Cut a no I iiuiu II of Hcfi ums
"' " """" ri" -
(alien neeilai of Ihe outai...
'' "' W 'I be lo Id at Ihe
i iot, , om Hum'... oi
i'i I i. . loci New uii
; ' "!
l-'illt HOARD AHRAM.IX I tilt DIH-
rtM KMiM Ko MODKRN
HPRKD KINOH M.XNV TO
RK HHOti V
BIG STOCK SALE f OR IK FAIR
Assistance of (Yd. Miller of Caldwell
Secure,! for local Kxhlltlon l'l
(4i inaks Block sale Itefiiler I'eeliire
of I xliil.lt Ion.
It takes time and pallanl effort to
arrange for the annual Kalheur Cou
ty Fair There are just hundreds of
stalls to he looked titter. It Is worse
In spite of all this ihe 1117 fair
Is now well In hand. Specific de
tails are being cared for In an orderly
manner and when the gates swing
wide for the opening crowd the big
hIiow will be going full title.
The 1 1 7 fair will be strictly speak
ing a variety show That Is tosay
there will be nil kinds of variety In
the goods on exhibition, be the goods,
cattle, hogs sheep or horses. There
will be variety in the fruits and In
ihe vegetables, corn and hay And
the variety will not end there for
there will be variety In the kinds and
classes of autos to be shown In the
auto exhibition under the hi lant.
'There will be autos there for Hie man
with the tan acre tract, little popular
1 oars, and greet big eight cylinder ion
Iraptlniis of hiirsne voice speed and
shinning nlcklo for the sheep men,
the cattlo men, ami the owners of
inure i hail 40 uorea of rich Malheur
.oiinli Inn Wild
ten in the rnlr will see sll the
luteal wrinkles In uutos for there will
be spaces for 10 and several of these
have rved for auto com
panies who desire to i how their wares
Pile for Iteol lllli ker.
Beside featuring Hie relay races
with two dully for purnea of tlllilOO
each, the hoard intend to maintain
the alMnlnrd ol huckeroo stunts. To
this end it hsn ct anlda a special
purse of tl& for Hie ellrteet outlaw
of the plains to he iiionin to Ihe
fulr If any ( man en
tertains Hie notion that one of his
1"M """- "' K-I""r '"l
position than an) Other in Hie iiiiiuit
lie eau win that t1' by lirlnglllg III
Ihe crllter to see how uisiiy bucks
roue he can throw St om- perform-
I
Mock Mule lo be .h.l '
iii.-oi lug or the Ixiaril of ilir
eetors in marked i. ihe aoaltloc ,.i
g' over Ike county to the fair.
Such sales ire rcfti'iir features of
nearly all call!" cue horse shows and
the Mali., nr .num. iair has
been growing vlill.liion It Is buliev.t
lime Hia' II, i nv. til
i Ihe
BACK FROM A LONG TOUR
EllE. WICH EXPERIENCES
Mr and Mrs w I ngg re
' hi nt .i regterfoi rrom an gtenajeg
a.iio trip thru the Mntkwgel during
uhl. h than visited I... i , n im.-koii
and Wtislilnri. i, hi
alreeuia of Northern Id, ho vl.
marvelous , , , ,;i,,
National park, gazed en ih, won.,
of the Veilowi.tone and added
.....rkahle fishing story us it
of a cat.-li ii.-.,r li.ni. i,i., md Hie
hot
p-eJ nnni inhumed to u uii
...li in tackle
sweking p.
ik