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VOL XXI.
ONTARIO, MALHEUR OOUNTY, OREOON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917.
NO. 44.
FAILURE TO CONNECT
SEWERAGE MEANS FINE
PuSiMF TO FRANfF I
COUNTY AGENT SENT
BACK TO IKS OLD JOB
HELP IS NEEDED FOR
THEARMYV.M.C.A.
Help the Y. M. C.A.-No Greater
Work Being Done for Soldiers
INTERESTS ONTARIANS
CITY PATHRRH OIVR IT OUT OOl.D
THAT TIMK FOB TKMPORIK-
ING HAH PAHAKI) WITH
v DBMNQURNT OWNKRH.
CLEAN UP IS HRST ESSENTIAL
OHy Onnnctl Spends Knllre Kveaila
Dknwriiw HesJth MMmm
Steps to B Ti tea ImmeillalelT
Water S)(cm Needed.
Again, the property owner, who
have houaea which are adjacent,
both to watar and aowera, arc now
warnad that they mum
ply with tha rity ordinance
com-
nd If
they have not already done so. Im-
n.HUtlv -- connection with the!
sewerage system
failure so to do
The penalty for
la to be monetary
nd Jail lines If necessary
t. w.iaht nf the law will be
MM by the flr.t person who, having
Mri.d nolle falla to comply. The
notices have been aerved on aaveral
property owners for some time aad
while some have compiled with the
Isw the others have Ignored the
council entirely.
At the meeting of tha round! al
iii, council chamber Monday even
Ing there was a general discussion . -- - ' -- -of
tha entire health altuallon There - ru ' "'"y make your
.. . .11.. .,).. ih sit- hair rata.'
was no an-iii " --- -
usl ion snd lo "get out from under "
Rvery member of the mum II agreed
"that something must be done " Hut
Just what lo do seemed to be the
pnule.
Will Oct Worse.
MSB Health Officer IT II H
W -nd Or W J. Weese were
present M the Invitation of the Pt where the submarine submerg
Council t .lisrus. the sltu.tlon Holh U destroyer dropped a "depth
litUn !..... a
. ..
agreed ihat the condition here win
IMIUIIlim MW.iv.- - ..
.. I. ........ lrm
get worse, insieuu "".-.,
... ....r imlaaa aiinie ileftulle snd
" "-' '
i to win.
conl Inued action is tskrn to wipe
out the source of the disease.
A lone discussion followed
coll
renting the probable source of the
disease It wss pointed out that
each year the flrst rases were re
ported from the outalde, often from
li
I lie bench or In. in the Interior
.i.-i. ri ii, mi the main trunk
it.',,..,--- ... . -.-
aewer Is an laid (hat the
IiWar aide
..r i he lolm Is onen to serve
aa a
drain for the Oat and that thru that
means the typhoid germs are mm
munlcated to the wells of tha elty.
Moat of Well" Are Had.
K was declared that an examlne
ii r ,i number of wells. both
shallow and deep, that a large par
rentage of them were in bad ...ml!
(Continued on aage 4 )
ONTARIO HOUSEWIVES ARE
QUICK TO SHOW LOYALTY
Bvery one of the S00 pledge cards
aent to Ontario for the signature of
women who are willing to aid tha
eoaseratloii of food, and willing to
follow the Instructions of the Na-
i PooH Administration, has beea
.la lied Al least 100
moie
have been used beta.
Wln lo (he Illness of Mra. B. at
Grieg and the absence from .he city
of f J Oallagher who were to have.tu which. Pari Hams soldier
Allowed ihHcamn.lKi. of the children are hacking the government In
.11 the work waa dlrr'ted by Supt
I H DougUaaand parformed by. the
children There were aboat II re
fusals to sign the cards but Hupt
. u... ..... ... .f ...
IMtugtaas dviisti.. iui .w.
rho dld-so failed to understand the,
...
purport of the pledge and could ngve
been ae. ured had Ihe adult, bee
ble to follow up the campaign
W I. Turner of He Muak Shop.
retail. e.l till, week from Tacom:.
where he went on business He da-
thKt "The city of ' 'sllny" la
golug to Its own aad that It la dea-.
tinea1 lo be a real melropolla of P -
gat Hound The life at I'anip lwls
be declares is must Intaraatlag and
the thousands of soldier men on the
streets of Taconia are sufficieut to
Inspire any full blooded American
f
J R Blarkaby Is in Jordan Valley
this weak on Uusiueaa.
HaroM Sproule Write of Trip
Across AtlanUr Haw Submarine
aad Witness "Dipth Chanre"
Kxploalon-Booet Y.M.O.A.
Mra. A. I Sproala thin wmk re
ceived two lettere from ber eon Har
old who la "somewhere In Prance"
with the 34 Aaro Squadron, A. B. P.
While botb war peaeed By the cen
sor, for the person to whom addreaa
ed, of course they were not paaaad
for publication, so can not be quoted
In full here.
However Sergeant Sproule hae a
number of things to say that will be
of interest to every reader of the
Argus, and can be published. Por
example, be says:
"Y" Is Holdlers
PHasd.
"I am writing from tha American
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. and It
certainly la a fine plaee. A fellow
does not appreciate tha Y. M. C. A.
and Ita work until ha gate a distance-
from homer no friends and, ap-
j "'" m Pi-, to io
Then ha
"' -
Y M. C. A., mete
himself at home and be aura be la
welcome, aa long aa be half-way be
have himself
"We have see a a number of fal
lows here with the American Am
bulance corps who have been here
for over two years and some of the
arfiMlMCM lh1r itwrltw havltl
In the other letter among' othar
things ha nays
"We ware It daya In crossing hav-'
Ing bean delayed In port II days
I awaiting convoy We aaw a subma
rine one evening shout 7: SO, to,
whlah sn American destroyer I mine-
"lately gave chase
When over the
riinipi', aaunii -(in.vw , ,,.
uliasan " atrKljati ,l.ulr,inol I Im
O.K. IM.- as.luUs. .
- '
rcil - runmn,ii ... nir
.
"ilupih charge" was so violent thai
everyone tluit our boat had tieen tor-
'
petlofMl
"VV hatva hrl that the flrat cm
imliv Hutu hav rarhi(1 lioni and
wa hope thai the people a. whole
will awaken and come to a reel lis
i inn ihat, wa are really engaged In
litis struggle
"The people here In Prance treat
ul "" ano even mo we can i npeaa
their language we can "get by" with ;
',e few purchaaaa wa have to make
linn in ine lew way we eoine into
. oniaei with t"e-n
"We aaa many tierman prlaoners
here. They do a great deal nf the
labor about here aad you may be
sure liiey are ant worked hard "
LIBERTY LOAN FINDS
SOLDIER BOY BUYERS
ro 1. 1 Their Sur) of (OvO Per Month
( ... le Mam's Ktglitct-n Invest Hum
In l.orerntnelil l.an.
. - - - ... LI- ' - V
ill a iriiwr hi inn i.inwi, t
1'iuney. agent tor the Oregon West-
rn Colonixatlon ...nipany, William
could I'lnuey, Jr.. who Is stationed at run anda or tons or applea In the liuild
Wlllla'm Henry Harrison in Montana iuga is evident to anyone who walks
wllli the 3rd regiment, Washington
Coaet ArtlUary, tell, of tha m.n.ier
key!
the
(war for democracy "
la (he company of which Mr I in
l aey la a member there are tea men
and their total subcrlptlons lo (he
Liberty lian waa lla.OM. Most
of the bays are paying their bonds by
X.....1 l.lw Ik.la t.lBaAa1 Aaah niAnlli k
in...... ..... tasa- ..- - w
: t!5o one meiuber of the company, a
;Ureek who aubribed for f2i in
bonds Is haviug $51 deduced from his 4
$0 pay chei k
1'n.vlng that that company was 4
nol the exception la Ihe rajftaV
the letter stales that Hie total ml.
aeriptloas of organlsatlola reached 4
j Hie grand total of $,
11 I. i'etersoii of He Ontario Fur
nlture company Is the latest victim of ,a
Ihe t.vpm.iil He felt badly early in 4
the week and want to his home. On
Wednesday ha waa ak-n to the l
pital where hla case l reported M
M a wild oae.
Bvery movement which has for Ita object the making of life for
the soldier more pleasant Is worthy of the support of all patriotic
Americana
Among the organisations of this class there la none that stands
higher than the Y- M. C. A. Tha endorsements which Its work haa
received at the hands of rulers In every nation, commanding gen
erals of every army, and soldiers of efary rank, are enough to com
mend It at once to tha consideration fad generous laaplee of every
citizen.
Hut to Ontarlana there are nome recommendations which come
directly from boys pn the fighting fronts, both in Prance and In
American training camps, whom everyone here knows. They aak
and urge that the Y. M. C- A. be aided. They tell what the Y.
M. C. A. means tot hem. They have offered their Uvea. They are,
or will endure the cold and the hunger of tha trench "fatigue."
They will come In cold and hungry from scouting trlpa They am
or soon will be "going over the top." aad It la certainly up to those
of their fellow Ontarlans who are remaining here al home safe snd
comfortable, to heed their call for help for the Y. M C. A.
When the committees come to you next weak think of what
theae two Ontario boys, Deway Pureed snd Harold Sproule had to
say about the Y M. C A. and aid the cause whicli they snd every
other American soldier urgaa on you.
REPORTS DIFFER ON
' EfTECT Of COLD SNAP
W)M: KANCHK.RM AHKKIIT THAT
I.OSH OK Kltl'IT III AS AH UK, II
AH : PKR I'KNT OTHKRH
MUM NO DAMASK.
SCHOOL CHILDREN PICK FRUIT
only Knur Hoys In tllul. S. Ii.m.I Tills
Week Tticj Have John Whl h Re
quire Itlcotloll I'achcm llux) n
Ptckeea.
No two of the ranchers or fruit
packers of this se Hon agree as to the
,... .. -a-...- ..... . ik. . IJ
' "' "-" " i "'
weather of two weeks ago
Souit nf
the ranchers claim that they have
loat 30 per cent of their crop while
,ner l,m "' "",r "' ""' '"
an apple
Two things however, are certain
That there is more fruit In tills val-
ley, even In aplte of the freese, than
nri ni-niir aim me inner in inai n
is being picked fast now
Por several days during the paat
wees every noy in ine iMliario iilgn
school hut four has Iwrnn In the or-
charda. The male members of the
faculty on.-red lo enter the holds but
n,,-, did not have their offer urcept-
e.i
To get the crop In many of the
packing houses did not wirk durliiK
the week but sent their puckuiK
crews lino n.e orchards lo pick t lie
fruit. Ily pluiiniiiK stunts of that
kin. I It is believed Ihat a large por
tion of the fruit will be saved. Home
, of the ranchers claim that they will
loae heavily In any event from their
Home HeuutieH, some of their Jon
athans and Hpltxenbergs hava been
nipped hv III.- fn.-i
Hundreds of limes arc now renting
lu the store buildings, cellars and
1.1 , - -
packiui iieuim: hi wiii-i.io n
place that a load can be placed l In
use and the prnecii. e ..rthe thous-
on Oregon street.
w HOI I. WATKR Grrr
e t is i ikii Hill
OI R III-; I.TII K SAkK
a As the first aaaentlal steps
4 to lake to Insure health protec-
ti,, at this ilme city Health Of-
111' II II Whitney urges
that before using water for any
food purpose Ihat It lie liuil.-.l
rin... ml that the next thing lo
da la to be vaccinated for ty
phoid The City of Ontario Is pro. hi
Ing means hereby every person
lu Ihe .ily can become immune
to typhoid The city officials
der.-d 400 tubes of the vaccine
and the city Health officer will
administer the dose free ( .
'izen applying It I. up
to you to take theae protections
for your health's sake, and that
of your children.
DEMAND IS GROWING
FOR IRRIGATION LANDS
AM, OK 7IMMI ACHKS HKI.I) ll
tlRHTJON'-WKHTRRN COIWamV
VI ion (XMPAN IAIIKH
tH'lliMii PROwBCT N
DAVIDSON REPORTS ACTION
M .Hi. -in County inl Nertlon Which
l Vol si,.. Inn IKitinnil Kor l.nnil
Meel Kor tirenler KoimI Cnqw.
U lit continue for lime.
Malheur . ouiity Is (lie only one In
whl.h Hi Oreson mid Wcntcm Colo
nixatlon compsny haa holdings Ihat
kj noi -howlng a demand for In. .In
at this time, says W I' IhiM.l
HI Paul wlio Is here looking after
coinpnny affaire. Mr Duvldson ar
nve.l W.-.lnesday afternoon from
Crane, with a hlg ling nf ducks which
i, wiiii a ins nK 01 iiiickh wiucn
ol at Mulheur Lake Of ...iir,.
I. .lining.
he -III. I
III !!
"Just to show you Hint there Is it
demand for Irrigated Oregon l.uul
every acre or ihe T.'Hiii which ..in
company held under Ihe Ocho i pro
Jeel was sold III less Ih.oi
after the coinpleMon ol II.
for Ihe wuterlng of the trad. The
Klllc wele lii.i, le lo III,. in hinclrt. Hot
to a few This in turn Indira'
people wuut the laud
"The aame condition Rroald
Ion- in Malheur c..iiiiI ir the lnnl
under the W.irinspi inr . . ulil
under water at a run abla ilgure
ii. I lilns I h.il Ir l.olihiiK ha. k
Hi. purchaae nf a great deal oi lm.
at this time Is scarcity of labor This
will probably he u.l j net -.) b) ll
eriiment for ihe demand for great
fniid rrnpa vlll Mt III he impi i.itii. '
The goverilllielll hhollld .ill for the
Baa M prlaoaart
oi war Theae men w.nild inidouhl
idly he Kla. I tn work out III the open
colililiv ll w. Ulil do ll'i-iii k.i. d an. I
W))lld
help relieve the lahoi -in.rl
age "
Mr Davidxiiu w.-m lo Vale I'hurs
d.i. on liusineitH and will lei.
dsy for I'm 1 1 ml II. , lun.-.. Iiow-
eer. on getting hack Into the Mai
h.-ur lake region next week fur inure
of the same kii.d of duck, that he
rday
'A j ;.-
Kl Vl lit M KI i HI It
MHKHTi IMM PAYMKKTM
Purchasers of Liberty Hoiol
re advised that the first pay
ments are due uu November I'.
and should be met promptly
The first payment is IS per cent
of amount I ily ap
plying to any hank Libert)
puri liaaers can learn when the
out .-I tilde bonds will arrive.
All of Ihe pun if the
first Liberty Loan in Ontario
had their purchase converted
lulo four per cent b.
'
j i,
Judge Dalion lilggs haves Prlday
for Canyon It lo hold the fall term
.of court for tiraut count til
Kncle Ham Roea Not Want Privates
la Army Who tarn Retaer Serve
Nation In Private, (atpartty.
W. W. Howard who realgned aa
agricultural agent for Malheur coun
ty when hla number waa drawn In
the selective draft Is home again. Mr.
Howard waa sent home to "gat back
on the job of helping to Increase
the food supply.
Perhapa there la no cltlien of the
county that has had a more varied
experience with the army, and the
unsettled policies of the various da
partmenta than has Mr. Howard.
When the first officers' reserve
training camp was opened he spplled
for entranre hut was told to stay on
his Job for agricultural speclsllsts
were needed worse there than In the
army. Later with all tha other
county agents he waa informed by
circular thai the department had re
quested their exemption, If drawn,
an that the work of Increasing the
food aupply would not be Impaired.
Then along came the army MMatl
and hla number was drawn. He ask
ed no exemption himself and the
board certified him for service Then,
without his asking It, the officials of
the department ssked his release snd
on Monday when drilling at Camp
Iewls, he waa told to report to the
mustering office where he was "mus
tered out" into the reserves, with
Instructions to report bark lo the de
partmant under which lie had pre
viously worked
Mr Howard returns to Ontario to and Valley View school houses; Wad
find his home broken up, for inline-1 neaday evening at Lincoln and White
cllatelv iii.m his entering Ihe army Settlement schools, Thursday even
lils wife took a poult Inn lo teach ing al the I'ark school on Desd Ol
school Mm wli.i. i He has reported Klat Krldnv night at Ihe Orange
to the exteiiHlnii ilepsrtnieiit of the'llnll on the llonlevard.
O. A C for orders snd does not Among the speakers will lie Alter
know. BJJ et wlial they want lilm neys J W McCiillo.-h. v Kj
to do W " llrooke. II an gwagler nd i '
lit speaking of Ihe life st i 'amp Ml tionuglll . Keverends W M Itrown,
Mr llow..rd snld Ihat It wasll II l.ivlngslnn.K M Matins and
really enjoy. .hi.- The effect on manyit'hae II IH.hii The inii-l. for the
of the. men Is apparent and Is for meetings will be furnUli.il hy A P
the better They hale Hie Kaiser. ' Riddle, llyron Turner, llerschel
too. he hnvm. K..r unlike the vol an
" "f "', N1"""1 Pe
'"' ""' ""' "" laaw ! MaMI a.
in Nie) are in there Im' , with a speuker who has had experle
they were called and they nee on the Imllle front In France will
"have It In" for the man thai made he her. i.. tell fhHajjg wh.i the Y. M.
H-ary f..r them to leave (helrjc. A. means to the soldiers
homes. -,
TYPHOID CLAIMS ONE
MORE ONTARIO GIRL
s. i.oiil Oculh Itts in hil In Howe
I ..mil) I slim SOU III Rut
I- Not III Duiiger.
roi the second time within a week
death entered IIM hn im ol tn otS'-,
Hojre ho Itraa OU UU Kasl side of
' Monday evening. Kr
ma, the 14 ear old daughter win.
, . . ,. I ........ I. ill
"" ner liilil'i ami n-.ci iu. ...
with the typlnild shout two weeks
ago, died m On- ihree Mr. Ho
still lives. He Is still III hut Is not
now in danger.
.ml death In the family
; a profound sorrow In Ihe city
and fo. used n.e attention aj tag city
on the typhoid -it usl Im. The do
in.iii.l im .hi,. . i Hon lo bring shout
a chanse In tli- loii.lllioii Is a I nun I
Ullullllll.il!
What to do Is the -lines
Hon
Krma Howe, tin- young, i
daughter of lie.:rge Howe. Is the
third iiieiiiher of the ramilt to die home al (ireshaui, Oregua Issi Sun
wllliin Ihe pact lew months Tin dav morning- Mr Klelcber. uicord
mot Inr ol the family 'i.i Hie Ural to I lag lo the press reports was struck
go after a lltiKiring illness oa Aeg- by an electric car and instsiill) killed
I daughl.r. Ilulh ' He is survived by his wife and 3
died lust week and Miss Krma passed I hlidreii Mr Fletcher and his rum
away on M hit evening She waslllv left Ontario In Iftof. so thai th..
a nan hef of Hie freshman class at 'children might enter the O A c aad
the IiIkIi ii liool The -Hid. oil body afier their graduation the feattiy
was dismissed Wednesday afternoon moved to tin-sham
to attend the funeral services. In ihe s.ult days of Oniarb. Hn-
PI. Icher family was oae of the heal
llnM.C. i Mill in Ml l I known in this region Mr Kiel. I,
lg was . , ii, ember of lbs U A II post
will be a meeting of Ihe Hon here and was wllh ills wife an a.Hte
I Prlday at 7:10 at the LH.
rarj .rk on the . r.i hook, for
th soldier tmys Is Hie program All
jmamher. are urged to be present.
AMERICA TO RAIHR W.yooo.oo
MAT WK.KK ONTARIO. NYsV
HA AND SKRHOI'NImAO OIS
TRItrr AHKBR TO OIVK ,
PATRIOTIC MEENINC; PLANNED
Hope to Hava Returned Soldier or
Worker lYovn FVont Here HuiuUy
Hvenlng for Maas Meeting at Hop.
list l.nr. h
November II to II la Army aad
Navy Y M. C. A. week During that
time the American people will sub
scribe MR, ooo. noo to carry on tha
work among the soldiers and mil
ora. Of this sum Ontario and Nys
sa and tha communities around than
will he aaked to pledge It.OM.
A I tha call or Mayor W. P. Ho
man a meeting of (he general com'
mlltee for the Army and Nary Y. M.
0 A waa held last Prlday evening
when the following organisation was
perfected: W P Roman, chairman;
I) A lilies, secretary, H N. Perry,
treasurer. II l( Douglass, shalrmaa
speakers section; 0. K. Aiken, chair
man publicity.
' '- for Week.
To get lh srent need for laia
work h.-rore iht people several meet
ings will he held this week as fol
lows Tuesday evening at Arcadia
llrowne mid others
T,,er
,'" "apt
There will be a union service at
1st church Tueiiday evening
ONTARIANS ELECTED TO
HELLENIC SOCIETIES
The .iniio inn eineiii of salaatloaa hy
'the (hraaa la Mai aaatatlaa af the, va-
ilous universities and colleger of tin
Nortliwei.1 contalus Ihe names of a
lllllllhel ..' I nil, I I ,,,,,1 grH
wlio are freshmen si tarlous Inslltii
m Tin- uurgaai gum bar ol n
tarlans to Join one ekaptaf was four
Misses Nelln- l-.l.inii Neva IHI
llngsley, Thendosla Wells ..ml li.u
Conklln. whn were .-I., led lo Ihe PI
Ileia I'M Miss II. I. n liibson of
V... . I l . . .1. .
vi war ami. .-i.iiih i ., mat enap-
ter
At A C tiai. Arlhur Cockrum
was elected to the Alpha Tau Omega
fra.ernlty
At the I'ulversily of Washington
Marcus limn) and Caul Van I'm.ii
were elected In the lleius.
PIONKKH ONTAHIW hll.lHi
M III IhlMI 111 I II I TKH I IN
l I
lOwyhee
a pioneer of tbn
.1 in ry anil who for yeais
lllll.rll, W.S Lllliul llteuP l.f.
lived In
worker in the Methodist chum
Miss HorieiiM- Wells lias taken a
posliion ji Hie Pirst N'atluiial Hank.
IIM