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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1918)
YAOBS THK ONTARIO AJtOl'ft ONTARIO OMtGON. TH'VRHDAV. TlI 9S. 110 ' Sty ntarui Argua GEO. K. AIKEN, Editor and Publisher. Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. SUBSCRIPTIONS One Year $1.50 OREGON NEWS NOTES IF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of tht Wort rltfly Sketches' for Inter- station sf Our Headers. THK HAY HITl ATIO.V The mooted question as to tin trice of hay In thin section haa not basil settled, jret. No doubt ioag t"P In that direction wan taken t tha meeting of the liay rsneher at tha Boulevard Orange hall on WeJ liaaday afternoon, which when proy rljr followed up. In the spirit man! taated at the meeting will result In baaeflclal practloea for both the hay ntn and the atockmen, aa wall. If there waa one outstsndlng human beings for they would wax fat on the suffering of their fellow men. The UKual pensltfes which attacn to the crime of graft and exorbi tant profit taking In tlme of peace Khoiilil be imnftssttrshly increased and rlgoroualy applied to the war contract graften. They are entitled to no sympathy from any human be ing. They are worae than traitors, they are worae than the open en emy. They are cowards of the yel lowlat type, and they should be made feature greater than any other to suffer for their crimes. Shown by the ranchers It waa that of open-minded fairness and considera tion for their customers, the stock man No doubt some of the stock men will laugh at thle Matt Novertheleas It la true. It was also apparent that l ho rancher desire to have hay proporlv traded ho Unit Um bh Vko ntoM olean Inn and ini l It up properly will no more in' i for his good work, whlla neighbor braafita at hla expense In this the tot can assist materially. If they show a willingness to pay an Increased price for good hay, Instead of trying to make one price for all kinds of bay, aa has hitherto been the prao ttta, there la no doubt that standard grades and standard measurement an be arrived at In this section There la no doubt concerning the benefit of such meetings aa that I" id at the Boulevard hall. The ranrli-rs laid the ground lor (tetter conditions lay made u i onm lous endeavor to gat at the baalc conditions of the buy market In various sections to deter mine the probable operations of the law of supply and demand, and by comparative statements as to the In crease In values of the sheep, woo!, cattle and dairy products endeavor to arrive at a figure at which gaj can be sold and still permit all the Industries to profit. If the ranchers made any mlstaki h In their conclusions as to the fair value of hay It was not thru faulty methods of reasoning but thru figure u furnished being Inaccurate, or the failure to t ake Into account all con ditions In the various industries. The committee Mhlch will he appointed to consider tun net the question aludy the question further to deter mine whether or not any auch errors have crept Into the consideration BUY W.8.8. van m urs ihtv. Unfortunately, due to tba Intense activity In all governmental depart ments, It la hard to reach these men during the war, but that an effort Is being made to rnn them down Is evi dent in the recant arrests In the ruii her coat contracts The public will be glad to know that the government Is getting after the aperle of enem. that fights (he tuition by robbing It. iitnl by trying lo put shoddy goods mi the bucks of the fighting men Tin public will spplitud the assign m. i.t to prison for life at hard labor those who are guilty. III Y 0J H.8. THK liniTVI VI . Labanoa has good prospects of hav ing a flouring mill eatabltshed tbera. The run of salmon In the Columbia river for the past week haa been ex ceptionally good. A drastic measure forcing all idlers to go to work haa been adopted by the Klamath city council. The Columbia river highway be tween Hood River and Cascade Locks waa opened to traffic Sunday. Marion and Polk countlea will rele brate the completion of the new Inter county bridge over the Willamette river at Salem on July SO. According to records, 10,000 mora automobiles are In operation In Ore gon already this year than ware in operation during all of 1917. Attendance at the summer school of the Oregon Normal at Monmouth haa now passed 400 and la a few in ad vance of the attendance laat year. During the month of August the atate supreme court will take the an nual summer recess and most of the Justices will leave on vacation trips Mrs. Mary Kllmhrth Bryant, one of the oldest pioneers of Oregon, who crossed the plains In Infancy, died St r home in Portland at the age of A7 Ontario has at last experienced summer Chautauqua Aa a result only a few of those who guaranteed the performance this year are will- will install a plant there facte Fnilt growers of the northwest are being urged to place their orders for boxes aa early in the season as pos slble In anticipation of a possible shortage of box ahooks. 1 D McKennon, president of the l.s Cirsude city commission, has offered publicly to furnish a suitable site for any reputable dehydrating firm that Ing to sign the contract for next year. The Chautauqua business, with Us one-sided contract requiring guarantees front local business me-i, hss long been the subject of much BS bate. Of course the Idea of tli guarantee la that by so doing It Is possible lo bring a class of attrac tions to a town auch aa otherwlrn couldn't be seen by the people. Tlint pert of the question has some merit. But on the other hand there is M guarantee that talent of that char acter will be delivered Ontario Chautauqua Is proof of thai. The Farmers near Kedmond are having difficult) In obtaining help In their havflelds I'ractlcally every boy over II yeara of age la out on the ranches doing the work men usually do. A deadline on Yaqttlna bay to pro tct the oyater Industry and conserve the supply la being planned through the cooperation of the oyatermen and the aisle flab and game commission. Tha first annual convention of the Oragjsaj state Kike' association will be held In I'orliaud Auguat M, 27 and U when an attendance of U'.Otitl Klks and their friend will join In a three days' talent was anything but good , patriotic celebration There haa been of late, eapet-lallv In the past few week, more or las criticism voiced at til ruling" which a n u in ber of men in the county have baan git cu under the selective draft Dlecilaalnus on tills mutter have de veloped the fact that there exists it dlflc-i inc. .if opinion between tin local draft hoard for the country au! the district board which sita at l.a liluude Hue to this difference in. be aacrihed most of Hie classlflc.i IIoiik lo which the public la taking except i lu the Interest of fairness to I would be spreading a clonk of inercv over It to call II fair Ontario Itaolf could on two week's notice, with one or two exceptions, replace the pro gram and Improve the performance I nil per cent Certainly (int.irlo hu- no need lo guarantee talent such us tits Cadmeun company foisted upon the public this year Ill Y OJ 8.8. A OassUf KAIH 1'ltO.VtlHKIi. Tha Malheur County Pair this fall la going to be a big one froiu every viewpoint The directors have made u special effort to induce livestock men to show their fine cattle and the premiums for that department bin. baan doubled That Is one of thecliangvs made Another Important change Is that Tba bod) of Xuiph v. Polndexier, manager of the Owl I'liiriiisc) at Hand. ho. with Vernon A Forbes, was drowned in Crescent Lake, haa been recovered. Mr. Korbea' bod had been prevloeslv recovered. I'ui'.uln W I Mi N.i ichl. well knowu In marine c irclea In Cortland has been appointed a member of the Oregon state hoard I elk i omnila loners by Coventor Wiihvi ninbe, lo anocasd t'aplaln J Hpeier, resii All investigation of tile price of sub slitntca for wheal flour sob! in Ore goo has been requested bv the us tloual loud administration icun-i.n, to a letter received from Henator I'liamherlalli b Alioincv I. F. Ileau iiigh coat of living has Invaded lbs University of Oregon summer cump As a result men who attend tha second summer camp for the ,lu mude lo promote Interest lu Ilia da period beginning August 3, will preparation of varloua war breads have their expenses increased 25 per and food conserving dishes lu II patriotic effort the directors will no doubt find u whole-heariec from tlic COSMO of Malheur . omit; Nor are the entertainment feulures . .... . . . .. one. uu ,.u no inner ousts siiouni in- , ,, .rlooked The great SSISt'tlvs service law lie eutoiicl both bouids xhould have Hie advat: traction of all will be the airplane flights The directors are to hrlii' taga of the knowledge upon whlcl,.to ,,, viiy ,.kM.r, ,,,,. y ,, vi;,,, critics base their objections to given classifications The members of Hi" boards have to net upon the evidence which comes before them, except li Instances where they have personal know ledge ot the facts I'lie ni'ii the bird men are doing over in Franc to In-lit win Hie war Tills vvll As a result of investigations con lu. I -1 ill the state hv i..-e.ti I Hal ton, special leprrsenialHe ot the fed eral trade i-omuiiasiuli. prices of coal an- to be immediately lifted, at cording to I id I Holme, alate fuel acmiuls tralor That some of the Indian on the Klamath reservation will not ba abls to lake stuck, available this vear in educutlonal as well as exclllug feu' 1er lb. Unci tutu cuugreaaioual uppro ore Then of course there will be priatlou, on account of ahorlsg of Ibe big ilernardl shows o that fro, i hay crops. I reported by some of the 'the entertainment slatidpoliit Ontario proiniiieiii Indian who i ataklai an unjust asjaas.pt Ion, ,,, hiV,. Ut ,tgK,.., vv ,.,, lA,.r .,l A foreai fire which hss been burn of OOUrsa, sees lo It Hint u proper ... Malheur taenia It I time tl 1 on tba northern boiindarv of tin showing lor Ids use is made- It um iiiuv oc i in- puiiiic in a-.- iiiai an rteplen lie I I" i gaOWiaagS concerning his ntl.ili w 111. h would Indicate eugut;i-d lie .in essenlial ocs-upulioi or Is not t: appori -it . . ,ip.-rlv p- Now i u.it it i- .v i h -li iiui men, lu fore to riut- on being Ju Oi.tai.i Klantalh Indian reservation lu Klaui I'hec'e Is iiium tor tinlut . , ,i .it in. in- itsell on .li in lion ro and iii am thU sum r In lo have depend. n '" ' "oiiilillons Hie arlou- IX and I I 111 Y V 8.0. IN NPfTM ol (llMHIIoVs conlrai l -n able to tain tl - ih and wilr Kave 1 1. svslem a It tl if i the c oil trail time v.' t. i -here is no ll Is all ih single no -n be propel pi u .1 in ,o tin. wli'i li III 111 lie com i-c II KPbold la Ih v ami i ol this ItepublK- SI w s s tiKiiiM. no HiiKik One of the ricgn-tahli circuin stulices of the wars in winch Hits nail oilier nations have loiislii been Ihe pic valence ot .nmv . .uii.i.l gi.lter. ruder the ' si reus to cuuistaucea vermin ot the typa ihat public set-in to multiply snow lor this rapidlv and gel in then work They are they lowest kind I proud alb count) now bus eutereil the south eru portion of Ibe Ikeschaif national forest and threaten great tfl ktallilini title pine tin: In- purpose ..i edu I'uhli to the value ot duirv proilucta aa a food and stimulating Ihe almost moribund state of dalrou la purl of Oregon (iovernoi Wlthycombi w IH be t aside ai. idtll in Angus, as Hmu.v I rodui I I outfit have begun work 1 1 u i t.iresbiiig fail gram i !. gi i . rt4l i op and in inanv case grain lein will be in operation In til en land .v, 11 drained and prop eliminate that ll)K ' g(KHj It cuilllll -pldellii ,M11. ,,, .uk it( rui,, wll at . illy a tuilure. Hi will in- aaaaji - , I'uiverslt) a pure water siipplv .,,- deparlmint that Tba coiisiiuciion oi the systeui .limited lo scud additional a iii. mum. ut tee the administration atudenta to tpt cadel olfloara in which lias dtre. tid the work and it camp al Presidio up to one hall us is a mark ol progrsaa greater thai pr. Mini student quota in the camp than which nnilty in ate now atuduiite ami tanf fa. -lit liu -m hers ..sUu.liou Uieut of uhicll 1 .Wahtc.i. ..ditltli.l.al StUdfiiU will be spoon Appropriations earrlad 1 tha rlvsra and Barbara btU lar malnteeaaea Vorfe and Iniprosmaeate la the first dlstrlot of Oregsn consist of 40.P60 for tha Coqullle, Coo, iloslsw and Ysqtilns rlvsra sad Coos, Tillamook and Ne halem bays, aad $2(0,000 for the Co lumbia river and lower Willamette. (Jounty Agriculturist II. R. Olslsysr, of Klamath county, snd J. - Plttmsn, of tbs department of Irrigation and drainage, who have baan conducting experiments In this county, report that the application ot 100 pounds of sulphur per acre on alfalfa lands hss Incressed the yield sbout one ton per acre Yalusbls fir timber on sn srea ap proximately two miles wide and four miles long. Ihe residence of J. C. Wll llsmt, on Iteigue river, In the western psrt of Jsrkson county, snd tnsny building owtied by fsrmers In the district bsdly burned, la the toll of a forest firs ona mile south of Rogue rlvar. At the request of sheepman In Klam ath county, Representative Slnnott has submitted to the wool division of tha war industries board petitions for lower freight rates on feed, snd thst bureau has promised to tske the mat ter up with the railroad administra tion and aecure any relief that Is found proper The Pendleton wster commission haa Installed a chlorine plant at the Intake of the city water system to guard against any possible Infection from river water which wa turned Into the- -vitein some weeks ago to ii. old n shortage during the time the new extension to Chspllsh springs Is being completed Prices for the fall run of salmon on i Oregon mast streams were announced by V. H. Ayer, federal food admlnl j tralor. following several conference I and approval of Ihe prlcea by Ihe food ; -administration heada at Washington i'Ue approved price for chlnooks I plsced al It cents That for sllveraldes I Is sat at to, cents, snd thst for chums ai croia Secretary lains hss spprovsd Con graasmau Slnnott s bill granting the, i Itlaena of Malheur county the right , to rut timber in Idaho for agricultural, mining or other domestic purposes. The passage of the bill will ba of great assistance to cllixens of Malheur county In Gordon valley, snd Mr. Sin nott will endesvor to hsvs lbs ssme enacted on the reconvening of con grass. Principal and superintendent o Oregon schools in attendance at the t ttlversltv of Ortgoa summer si hool sre sending i ut loiters to the school boards of Hie slate urging thst the districts si ud tome msn of their fs inltv to Hue second summer camp si (he unlv.rslty, which open on August 3. that ilia may be trained In mHitary work sin' be able to leech Ihe bem In the 'e In, Is A reduction is shown this week In Ibe number of accidents reported to the slste Industrial accident t-omiul j Ion During tha w nek tbars were re I ported 6:14 e "Idents, of which five were fatal, as follews: I amis Qjertssn, ' Oluev. logging; Leslsr Ysilghn. Hprlng field, lumbering. I Msthlsen. Port laud, shipbuilding Charlea Kcksrt, , Tillamook, legging: William c ' rat I'm Hand, luolorinsll Ihe shortage of harveat hands in , tha Prlnsvilla coinmuuii) Is becomlug verv acute. Many of the farmers ars able to obtain only about oue half tha ' number of men required for harvest lag their crops' A number ot inn. and boys from Ihe town, iucluding store clerk snd professional uieu winking III the harvest fields, because I of the scare itv of labor Tba wages paid average Iroin 3 to M a day, In cluding board A second shipment of foxglove. 5t pounds enough tor nearly 5 10. (lull. unci j doses of tllle lii(e of digitalis dried and shipped by rltlxeu of Oregou al ! lbs request of the United Stales gov- I eminent, hss Jual been sent b) Dean ! vdolph .lefle, of the Oregon Agrlcul tursl collsge school of pharmacy, to the federal laboratory at the I'nlver ally of Minnesota where It will be I made into tincture of digital! for the army and uav y State Highway Kiigiucer Nutiu ha subuiiitmt i. : Wlthycombe a tal.-iiii ni showing the total ut eslim Stad fund available fin highway Im provement purpie.es contemplatad by the commission for tha im vear p. riod. 1117 10 lOM, It: luslve lh stulanieiit how thai from the seeiiii is a grand total of f I will li. year, $I.HhL and the total auiouul next five yeara will b, I'rohabl) noi tine the the water of Jordan rolled back at I the- cilll Israel Ui in h eh v shod, has wooden. ' l urged than the drying of Ihe rapids of Link river at Hit- west eud of Klamath tall bv winds aw.-, ping up the lunyon from flu- south These rai-i.ls wlurti Jisit. a lull ol G.I le.i g les and which r irnlsh enough power umfar ordlnar-. ms to ' Itiru every wheel in Klamath & wsrj blown back in a lew hours leav i Ing Ibe ts-d of the river o dry that ' I be prosaed on foot at aliuoat ' soy point jsHv I M i ie r I antffft I .Mt lav lenf Wtei hlfh Big Ball Bearings; Better Light L ALLEY-LIGHT engine is J equipped throughout with extra forge ball bearings. No other farm light plant engine is so equip ped. These ball bearings help Lalley-Light to give better light by helping the engine to run more smoothly. They save fuel and oiL They cut down friction and wear. Lalley-Light brings better light bright, steady, safe light to every farm. It brings power for a water pump, churn, separator, and soon. We will be glad to demonstrate Lalley Light free on your place. Call for the owners' testimonial book. HUNT'S GARAGE AGENTS ONTARIO OREGON Our Wheat Problem i l so-Hinatlon will be llnicle,iiMtr to n. mi all Hie e ce.je. ni ibti .lilim lime. The ii-s4nl elevator eapaell) Is not e ii to store Hie erii. There fi.i.. it is up to Hie tanner lo build e eMMM v . s.i. U sir high anil hard lo k. A peri ni in- i . sloraxs i-hii l-r built tot the o l eel COM- ) fJKt' MM-hs. l llSVe A I'tMti'tMI.L lilt tS tilt thai tins iuiailt) of ItMHI bushels that lie sHI at $102.50 M K K AL CHANCE MAUN MlMi.i ii VTA BIO. UKI-XiON. aaaaaaaaaaa Manufacturers of VaTatnUI 0OVT POT OUR NEW DIRECTORY will ba ittuad in -Vnuust, efleotive m 'o changef mude before August'!. If VtH W AM' I-HUI-KK l.lsriM; o; NSW PHONE, aiivisk is AT 01 lU'll fUephofe : .i i.oiiu Weloiiie statit.n. ilheur Home Teleok n: u?. Sapolio doing its work. 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