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mm (Mm0 ONTARIO, MALIIKURPOrNTY.OKEION, Til ri?SDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917. NO. 40. VOL XXI. One Mmm. PROCLAMATION. But . flwlem, 10, 1917 Wbtmi, tbe American people have set tbemeelve the tak ot rslslng second Liberty Lon of from thr-a to t MUIob do!- 4 Ian. Twentieth century war require vast sums of money Th. NnlMito a, far beyond what th. wealthiest country can ralaa by laxattara. Th. great nation of Europe have baea at war for three year. Thay have floated loan after able that tbla country hould fall with It second loan, alx month after the declaration of war; and WMereaa, Failure to provide the neceaaary money would mean v failure to properly provlalon and equip our troop. Ao army Inauf- flctently equlrpe.l and aupplled I led to unavailing slaughter. We owe to those who are to do the fighting to atand behind them loyally. to give them everything which will add to their efficiency and bring nearer the day of victory. Let ua not fight thla war half heartedly. with-one hand 'behind our tack. Let ua fight It manfully, In a man- ner worthy the beat tradition of the Republic: and Whereas, Oregon1 share of the fund renulreu I elxleen and half to twenty four million dollar ralaed without (! cooperation of the with an Income ahould consider It one or more bond. In proportion 4 aaka ua nto to contribute, but to Invent. There la no aafer Investment s In the world than a loan to the 1'nlted fltatee, Now. Therefore, By virtue of the authority In me vested, a Oev- amor of the fltate of Oregon. I. Jam. Wlthyeombe. Governor, do hereby proclaim the week of October 14th to Mth, IwlT. aa PATKI- OTIC WKKK. Oregon ha thua far responded te every appeal We have given the flower of our young manhood. Let ua not be a aordld 4 people. Let ua not place greater lom by onr money than by our men If our people can only be arouaed to the neeeaaltlea ot the ltuatlon 4 we cannot (all to have the cooperation which will ipell auecee. -e In Teatlmony Wheroef. I hava the Heal of the Bute of Oregon to of October. A. U. 1017. ONTARIO BOY HAS SERIOUS ACCIDENT William le Hall Dlsrlgured I-.l.llng Hliell In iun lM Hernia) tfternuou. ba While out on a bunting expedition last Sunday a most deplorable aeef ,l..,t befell hilly le. the fourteen yesr old son of Mr snd Mr Wni. Lees of this city. Th Isd. accom pimled by a onipanlou. lie Wllllsma, were looking for gsme down In ths willow near the T II Itrosiian home and In some manner, which I claimed to lie due to a delect lu the gun. the breach buret and struck the boy full force In the head, breaking the eons of the nose, seriously Injur ing one eye and cutting a had gash over hi forehead well back to the crown of tbe head The boy's par ents had led Ontario about an hour before the accident happened by au r.. for a vlalt with friends about five roller out of Weiaer. Keallxlng this liojn companion. Lee .Wllllsma. ran to the home of Mr llroanan and informed ihem of the accldeut Mrs. llroniiaii hastened to the Injured boy while Mr. Hromiuu made record auto daali (or hi parent I" the vi cinity of Welser. Mr Broaiiau succeeded In getting the fommfitkm to her home, h n hhe called medical attention and In Whitney at once applied first aid and await. -.1 foi i iirtl.tr consultation with the parent lu wheu they arrived conveyed the boy to hi home here and the wound were Hf dress-d- Tbe boy baa been very lck owing to aboek and nervouaneaa and for a time bla life was despaired of. but la now Improving and it Is expected that he will aoon recover While one eye haa been Injured so that the welling haa deprived him of the use of It. yet it is not expected that the sight haa been permanently de stroyed 1 ltiKK HOlisK HII L HE 1 UKTINI H H HIITM. ImH week J It Blackaby pur chased the furniture and fixture of the Carter House from former roau agei Mil aud conaequenliy tbe auction aala was called off Mr. Blackaby annoum es that the 1 will be continued under a tem porary management until a perma nent manager can be found to take charge of It of Oregon, Ibiecatlv. Deportment. loan aacceaefally. It ta anthink This la a um too largo to he whole people Every Oregnnlan a duty and a privilege to purcheee to hi mean The Government hereunto art my band and cauaed be hereunto affixed, thla 10th day JAME8 W1THYCOMBK. Clovvrnor. Ml lU KKI CROHN II MIM A HE I'MKR To the many people who have con tributed so liberally to the Bed Cross fund it Is Interesting b know some thing ooniernlng the manner in uhlch these funds are expended The follow lug Iteinlxed account will give an Idea a to I he purpoae toward which theae contribution are devot ed. At a meeting of the director of the local Red Cross organization held Monday night the following bills were allewed: Red Croaa Supply Service. Chicago Branch. Hudson Gsuse Red Croaa Supply Ssrvlc. , Ren Kmnrler ii Gaute loth Cotton Klelarhner. Mayer Blanket Daisy Cloth Knitting Needle 1110 40 zn:. 07 3t 080 I on The ladle of the Red Cross mov . .1 i loir furnishings (row the room on Oregon street thla week to the Commercial club room In the SJSJ hall This niovs was due to the (set that the cold day of winter are draw ing near and the new room are comfortably-heated by furnace and a the commercial club 111 ber patrl otlcally contributed the room the la- dlea gladly actepted 11 a roiuorrow. Friday, I Columbus Day and I also a legal holiday with : the bank SAFEGUARDING Valuable atatues betag stered away which as withbi rauge t the euemy' C Urn Ttih jTrilf ' . - IA?ti --HV "1 fw flsbaH Bur vr ' "ae auKk s HaaaT ii lfr flfaa Aat' 1 ! SH&P -wW HaT MB J Hi LaaWW ' MMt aH H mMMw km riSBr' Ti AW mmmw j.-mamWA wMWmRK i JmMk- Mmmmm mmW'Mwmmm mammm mmmmmmmmmmrj INVENTS MACHINE TO SORT APPLES Ontario Rrwtdwt Perfect Machine That Will Solve the Apple Pack ing Problem to laxrge Extrwt- A new model machine for sorting apple which baa been devlaed and constructed by Meaara. A. F. Boyer and sons. A. N. and H C . of thla city, I drawing considerable atten tion from outsider thla week whll It la In operation at the packing plant adjoining the cold atorage building below Orgon street The sorting waa begun laat Thursday afternoon when the ma chine was first operated and that It proved to be a decided auoce la evidenced by the many boxe of ap ple, each of uniform aire, that were filled while the "merry-go-round" re tnlved not to the music of the grind organ, but to (he harmoniously low Hut cheerful tone of the applea dropping one by one Into their re apeetive receptaclea. from which they re taken by the packer and rapidly placed Into botes for ahlpment. The principle upon which the In ventlon Is baaed Is that of welghta, and. like maay another Invention, la extremely simple when It has once bom evolved. The general Idea cow slsts of a long table, at either end of which Is a revolving dlac around tbe circumference of which are nu merous Utile ecalea. the applea being received In a caavss pocket and aa the dlac revolve the male containing iha aiitila Is carried around until the weight Is adjusted to balance th. apple when a aprlng I automatically releaaed the pocket I reversed and .... ZZL .. -u,..,i i,,i.. it,e chute tiir1 fiv- i" -i containing other pple o(the aspic weight. The apples to he sorted are first placed upon Hie tsbls which necla the two revolving dlea snd sl ier all (rull containing bleminli or that I otherwise linperfagg, i Pa mnte.t hv t wo nimble workmen the annles are crrled by endless ch.,,. to the sorter- where they ere reeelv tut Into the niM'ketH of the .1. ook ,o- unlike fair slsed soup ladles. Meinllh adjustable landa are placed along the surface of the dlac which gradually adjuat the weight aa th. discs revolve until th Isst apple Is dumped when the welahts are asaln rubbed against a graduated circular metallic band whCh , . , t., 1 heir orlglnsl position Two dls. or sorter sre kept in operation for the purpoae of simpli fying the work when It la neceaaary to aort for fancy or extra fancy pack- .Mill, and It also double the produr- GO 1 ing espsclty of the machine while working common xarleilea. The Messrs Buyers hava a sim ilar Invention for the sorting of lemoiiK and Hum which they are now receiving royalties for it use lu the south O N ltoer to whom inucl. for tile Invention I- aid .illted, la ,-ald to he tainted with an Iiim-uiii.- gen nix which inanifealed Itself In his early ynulh. Ills eartoatt) for prying Into the mechaniaiii of Ihlngi- l(uently getting him into difriiuiiy While a auinll hoi he dwelt with bla ahlniiKtoii. oil CHURCH STATUARY IN FRANCE In a church fro the danger soue after guns. OREGON HAS JUST 30 DESERTER-SLACKERS Reward of 50 Made for Each Owe Every rttiaea) Asked to MeveraJ Kroro Malbeur to. Portland, Oct. 10 Every man who failed to report to bis local exemp tion board for military sen Ice when notlfVd to do ao Is lifted In the army draft record aa a deserter. A re ward of 160 cash will be paid for the delivery of any such deserter to the nearest army camp or poat. Notifications of this reward and In strtictlona to begin at once a state wide hunt to round up slackers of thla type have been received by the Aillntant General from the l'rovoat Marshal Oeneral at Waahlngton. The Instructions emphaslio that the reward will be paid over upon de livery of the deserter, regardless of mbetber he I able to prove later that his failure to report waa not wilful. The 150 I to Include expense Incur ring In the delivery. The Oregon b mucb better re cord In that respect than roost otrusr Mates, there are about 30 or $1,(00 worth or thla kind of slacker-deaerter in the auto r.t preaent. that number pi meti who were called having (ailed to report to their local exemption hoards Their quick apprehension snd delivery ro the military author-k Itles la on the program If ordinary methods do not prove i adequate to run thou) down. Individ ual der.crlptlons nnd pictures of each M K..,A.I lll I.. AM. ...it !.... !. " IIIHII Wlt-H Wil, u. will lf ii.iwi.bi. To-pe-mlt on. of theae ,deaerUr - i.. defy th oall to military "" '' "nf"lr "' "" lher man already drafted, or subject lo i he di in The military authorities are de alrou. that every police officer and 'otl.Mi I dlticns s well join In the esmpalgn to catch thsae deserters and turn theui over to the iiilllt.ir . horllle for piilhmcnt Of course, there are some rase iwhe.o fi.llure to report may have bote unavoldi'.ble Tue (love-nment Is nod lo round up every desert- "r '"" " '"'- " "" '"' !l,h wun men who cen prove niai ineir '""" wu" '"' OrtMll. It after uch person am brought I., n ...HIlMri. I- 111 I..1I-II " HMV ll. Iffl. " - ' MrurMlra" "n "'" """ui. n appm . to the uillllary suthorlty mat uieir "e,m.,u.iicy .. n... w...ul, 11..7 w... b" '"rwardsd to a mobllliallon camp nn meir SBBM noam win or iiros er"n,t- If It appeara that the delinquency was wilful, they he prose, uted before eourl martial aa deeertei In either ggeyl 1 lie reward Is py abl There are several men In this claaa lioin Maibeui C01111U Arthur Holland, a former employe or the Argus, but who is now In the employe of an autoinohlh arnln wa visiting In ll.e city thl week Hugel Mollllil, ami I I'll I ! '.cal knowledge among the hoata, lo which knowledge he had constantly added until be 1 he 1 lo- mean ot milling the 1 , lug problem of Ihi ' r pinking and packing the big red apple 1 .V Ig tak.ii from china fvvMvtMvvMvvvvvvvvM4v CN1TKI HTATRH FOOD What We Are Asked to The men of the allied nation are not on the farms producing a once they were, but are now lighting, suffering and dying tor s Democ racy and Liberty which Is ours. That we were not to be left In peace, we now all know; then our entrance Into war, waa only s selection ot the battleground. Every drop of or Belgium' oll I our by proxy. and armies of our allied natlona, must not starve. We have tbe food which must be conserved and forwarded, for they tell us food will 4 win the war. 4 The enemy aaya the same In action, and they are working 2,000,- 4 000 prisoners a slaves In food production at home, and are active In submarine destruction of our on the ana. Only the very fit young men may be soldier; only the wealthy may buy Liberty Itonds; but every liberty loving man, woman and 4) child In America can enlist In the world' greatnat army - Hoover' 4) food conservation army, that will In the last analysis win the war. 4 W. B. Ayer, food administrator for Oregon, has pledged that Oc- 4 tnber will see our State signed up From lb" list to the tilth I named 4 for the campaign. Malheur County must aa ever be In the front rank, and (or this purpose we re calling. 4) We have a pledge card to be algned by every Home Manager In 4 the County. 4) Everyone must realise what a taak a few would assume to canvas 4) every home. Some may be missed but If you will write, you will re- 4 celve all Instructions complete. We will not aak (or money, but will 4 aak yeu to follow directions. It costs nothing but self sacrifice Let ua call back to memory the cost of American Liberty, and 4 with It firmly reselve: That none of the blood was spilled In vain; 4 i 4, ,htt fronl th- ,,,ton h.od ot our 1fM- (orr ( pHM) w GEO W. HcKNKlHT. chairman. 4 BIG POTATOES GROW ON THE BOULEVARD PHile of Multnomah Varlct Mi'an- lire Thirteen lnelie in l.oulli mid Nine lu I 'Ireuinferein-e, C A Adams of I he llmilevard came Into the Argus office early this week bearing a potato He had his hand full and If he discovers anon talo In his patch before be Is thru digging that exceed till one In le .... 1MV ,, ,,hii.,i i,. r..n..v u i.. ..... ... oils ornce or tun niarxei in a wneei- irrow. Just what process Mr Ad- ,. UW(, ( ex,rBe, ,. ,ulM)r from iht .,rll ,. rt(d , ,,, polM,n,iM Mllll ,lw , hll,p UM1 derrick. The specimen Is of the . irlde of Multnomah variety and 111BB,ur. ,,, ,.4 ,iches In lenglh ... . -.,, -,,,. ,,, ,,, spud measure 0 l-l Inchea In clr en inference. The iHitato's eyes are Innumerable and it I without blemish appearing to he perfectly solid and mealy The spired the orgiiiilallon of the afl blg baked potato should serve aii'rlullou, tfl well U . n Joy Ihe gfg average family with normal appe- me nieul and tlien have scriipn enough left for all average 1 ihlcki-nx to illue upon and In turn pro, In..- nome egg (or the Mr Adam state that lie ha a Snow vainly of l commonly run to tour paggrtl ' 'nlier lo Ho hill M 1 1 "HOXN 1 oMftM . 1 II tlil N M IN U1YM - Idlng was respon 1. . for Ho J M l.ewl. a ho for the past tin. alarm. month lias been manager of ih. ". "'"I'1 n.e. leave this week; j H Qsjps., tU lfe r.., he chart- of the office and I ayfro. 1 ..,., N,""",ul" s' 1 a few l :..g wni. Ih.lr m o at idi.i.o Kail. Idaho. Id.ughlai Mr Lewis' new position I In the ua- t tor.- ul a promotion and places him rge where the inliime of bus- .net. lamer I 1. 1,1. In fli.tarli. lis being a ill) of some .-.ami people i.iling. form.ilv of Mountain I the new manager of the lo- uige and 1.1 now :u .barge New Pastor Arrives. Rat lilum of Kmni.tt ba been I to His pastorate of Hie Bap ihurch of this illy, he having ills Initial senium here laat VI, III, in, imwA H.iiul,... '.. 111U1I1 HllU 4HH . .1 In the parsonage aud Mrs Mlum la crneittad to loin them K'.ill who in employed in -.pent Sunday with Mrs iser. AOMTNIHTRATION. Io For Omr Country. blood that ha redd-ii"i France Than the women and children rslhsrs, we will grssp Liberty's 4 rufry o ,, worll, , PARENT-TEACHERS TO MEET OCT. 19 Inii-rolliij; Prourum lla Been Ar- cnime.l for MetMln lo Be Meld at High .s. ImmiI AiKliiorliiin. Th. first nieeilng of the year of the Ontario I'areui Te.n'linra' asso ciation be held I'rlday afternoon, i n toiler IV, at I o clock ii I In uudltoiluiii An IniereHiIng program haa been anaused im ths ocoaaleB I . ... anu la a ioiiow Music, plu ilo l, I s lllggs. ' Address of Welcome u, Teachers, ,i Mru T w cBBjr,t, preshl. ut uHM.pone, H M IsBMaUN Music, vocal solo, Ml- Karl llunna "The Alms of the I'aienl Teacher' Association." Mil. Iiwlu TroXell. 1011 , Sj IIiikIiicsm m All parents gr .iu-.-I to attend' tills meeting and get in ton. Ii with tl luc.itlonal seiiilin. iii that In grain. . Tuesday afternoon at a 30 a Urn .ii.it in v. .1 mi lie, I in In. 111 the Mult mini, ill rooming In. Hie fire- m.n did nun,, rapid npiiniiug for the ' Ho hose csrt onto In. hii flirt r Kiev ..mid and were soon al Me louflagi'diloii which proved t" nl little con equeni e A 1 Mm iIIoh. il Hie miuilia ' escape Into Hie ill 1 of the ,' WILL SPKAk ON lllll ltl luisDN niinu it 1 nini. Mr Alexander Thompson of The Halle, l.ar- been selllll.il by the Commercial Club of this city to li'ci ur. ai Hull rPOaP Friday night on tha Mill. j 1 iv Monds " Mif Alex I a woman of note, aha lio- null Wl.ln.in III the .1 Oregon that has ns yet h en I 11 h being elected to the legislative aMi-mbly. She speaka in moat Interesting manner anil her sul.J.cl Is on in w In. .d now. A larife attendance of BBS,