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The Ontario Democrat
ONTARIO, MALHEUR OOUNTT, OREGON, THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 1918
NO. 1
' ... 1. 1. i ' i
MIL GIVES
ROVAL OF BUDGET
IIHK RKVKNIKH M-l lM
COM I NO VHAK I.KVV or
IILLN WILL UK NRVKS-
IHAHV ON ItlliK'Hi
ILI ruts
COUNGILMEN PRESENT
for Right to Oo I'lat
of I .anil Ownership la I ih
rim .Ink llamim fur nam-
mi- 11)- Hand ami Water.
waa plenty of wore for the i
1 which ha prealded over On- I
ItuRlnea for the part two year
It met at the City Hall Monday
council room held a crowd.1
I.Kn.l ...,!., ,. ,h. flllt"e '". Having lBeil ICK flSIOre
.U..1.1 . . ..-.-
...all I. IK wniii n mi i uiiiiinriini
th. moat lnt.re.ed trpact.tor.l
M.vnr elect R W Jonas and
Mayor-eieet it. w. Jones and
monthly meeting, and per
ollowlng memberB of hla official'
ply for next year: Councllriien-
A I McOowell. Hugh Allen and
la Iron el I
hie meeting proved an ad.fiuate
nple for them of the work they
have to perform for the aH) Mt
next blenlum and they watched
, proceeding with interest.
hie prUicipal business whteh the
noil had before It wa the budget
ipensee for the coming year for
i It waa neeaaaary to provide
necessary funds There waa no
rtlon offered to the budget but
rllman C ft Emlaon objected to
i
tor, M.. ratoed from I..7
2:1 mlilt
Ir. Kmlaon did not propose to re-1
the budget, but argued that the
It council could go on a warrant
tls If sufficient fund were not on
Id to pay the hill
Ippoeed to hia viewpoint t'oun n
A I. Co.krum. V W lAttaon
W. L. Turner argued that alnce
valuation of properly In the city
been reduced from K I 3,00 "
U.oou there waa actaally no In
In amount of taxes lo he raised
Hat alnce the budget had been
red It waa neeeeeary to proceed I
cure the money to meet it The
thea paased at II mill
E. I -see presented a bill of 124
mages and work necessary on
Iblng fixtures In hla reald.
other property owned or con-
by him, due to the presence
ind In the water main while the
at the new plant was out of or
Other citlxen and members of,
council declared that the had
fared similar damage and Ineoa-
iree. The bill was laid mi the
lie with Instruction to hold It until
total amount of damage duu-
lid be ascertained and step made
collect sent from the calirornt
rel Kilter company which had the
itracf for that part or the yatem
"he regular reports of the various
Iclal were received and the couu
alao passed on the record leading
to the sale of the lUnrroft bond
m the East aide sewer.
Ii a iiuarborn preeented to the
HajMi'i a request for payment tor
Mia record and plat of land owuerauip
the eit) whl.li he hud prepared
Phla record, he aald. had been . opi.-t ,
it ..hi in u. .i aa I'age I)
BUY W.S.B.
RED CROSS CHAPTER
HOLDS ITS ELECTION
r. II H. Wl.itnr) Hr-rlVlrl I1w4.
uVnl Willi Kulira Offklal rauatl)
Keiuluesl Keporta Are
si-.thoa
The ii.iD'ial elavtlon of the On
A it. C aa held at Iht
evening with the result n at
Whitney aud lb enure
rd of directors nd officer wa
tauiiuiiuHl) retained.
Tho most Mut'tlius thing of the
aetiag waa lUe report ef work tmn
ring i magnitude of
compltskuiaats surprised even
In touch with the
M
uiplsie report will be given
ha 'Arge.
"OOTLBUGUU PLAY HARK
JOKM OK HHKH1KFH ACTO
Word wm nMnd here to
day of a mischievous Joke play-. .
ed on Deputy Sheriff Lee Noe
by tome boot logger near Mc
IWmlt this week While out In
that auction In search of whisky
pedlera the officer had an aoei
dent to hla oar and had to leava
It In aeore help, while be waa
rone the boot letter found the
car and remeved. tires, carburet -or.
cushion end every thtag a-
bout that would move. Tlie
Sheriff haa several Idea on the
subject of bot legger now.
BUT W.B.8
n.r iwaddkh tore: ok
THK AKOl'M THIS WKKK
Homer Maddux who operate the
Antne linotype la 111 thin week with
the flu and therefore thla issue wm
"" " undr tllfflcitltle
Carl
Qnble of the Caldwell Tribune force
c"mo lo '" " "" relieved 'he
nit nation
Mr" J A "addui I alao III with
Homer did. both are reonrled dolnsi
- -
well. Among th other flu victim !
- r - oth aona of Rev. and Mr.. W.
Luacombe.
J " !. ' 1. ' I
CHVNt.K i UM'iTION
During the paat week the Style!
Shop made It debut to Ontario bul-.
Men circles. The Style Shop Is new,
the Style I
aa styles usually are, bat like them,
too, ha the ubtnce of long ac
quaintance and wear, for the Style
Shop I the new name for what we
the Millinery Art Store
The change In nsme wa made eo-j
Incident with th change of lot
for the Institution la now esooased j
In the Carter Hotel lilork where added
usee sins. ska, ti lumen I riiatrlai iniat.! Ilia
T ' '
Ml Georgia Hull, proprietor of;
the business, I preparing for Im
portanl enlargement In the limine..
Imlmllug tlio Inlriidiicllon of new
Unas. The formal opening of Mir
Htore, on which s week of hard work
ha been devoted to arrangement
etc . take place Prlday and ttalurd.i
of thi week.
BUY WS.S.
GUY C. WEESE MAKES
SUPREME SACRIFICE
Hon of Jlr. mii.I Mr. l-onanl M
HrM.rtrtl 1. 1 1 oaail.
Janaea K, Keawkk I
oaely Weauideil.
in tne casualty un w, A.uer.....
benana who pant the auprtnue
1
flee waa the name ol tin-
.hires given however, wes A
'
uine. oiegoti. but It I believed here
that a mistake lu I lie addraaa was
made In the transmission of the list.
and that the .voting men aa tin.
Weaae. sou ot Mr. and Mra Leoaaril
weeee of Mils . Ity, and a brother of
i)r yy J. Weeee.
Tbl belief Is based upon two
facta: that the first nam and initials -
are those of the Ontario boy. an.'
further tact thai the name, of the
uwarest relative waa given Mrs
Nancy V, eaac, which .orreaponus wiui
h,i Uf Mra. weeae nere.
Mr sad Mr. Weaea also kuew
that M.eir sou as in rrauc anu nan
In action, no that they are con ,
riaeed that it ia their sou who )M
died
Young Woeae enlisted la the regu
lair army three yeer bko at the tl
,i,i. II. ..,
ear old ea taw servi.
(he hor.lei hofore go "P to eraiu
He iia.l aal long been a resident of, the atatementa eoacernlag the situs
Luting .oma here tbe yearltlaa wera correct and maay exagge.
i with hi- patent from
aasouri
iuoihei tiiiiwrio resident who re-;
, a4a sad new following the lgn-l
r the armistlea waa Mlaa Ituby
Keuwick of the Public bbsbbbbI farultv
week she learned of the narlou .
wound Buffered by har brother
Jamea K Teuatck on aepteaiber II
Vouiig Kenwleh entered the ruiv
fn.ui Jordaa Vallay He la the ana
of Mr aud Mra. Jama it Keawfcm
dan Valley loeeg reawlek
waa a member of the Hat Division
4 to the laielllgaaea depart
meat of the lllat Infantry
I ir a u Moore waa celled to Bra
gee aa Tuesday Me reaarta that
work oa tha canals for the Warm-;
I BBBlaaa BMMMKxawTaMKH
Red Cress Christmas Membership
Is Answer to Destitute Millions
Appealing to
Million of men, women and child
ren In Northern Franoe, in Belgium,
In Italy. In Serbia and la the near
Kaat will die thla winter unlaw the
American Red Cro can give them
the needed relief.
To fulfill Its mission of mercy, to
u i or the the deatitute the American
lied Croaa ha aa much work to do
now as tho the war were "till going
on, mly the nature of the prim -: ij 1
work ha changed. Instead of Ml
ivntrating on lurglcal dressing and
hospital supplies for the army. Uie
energlee of thla merciful organlaatlon
are now bent on relieving the Buffer
ing of the innocent victim of MM
conflagration that liaa rwept ovor
Europe and Aala.
... . .., -- """ "
rector of the Red Croaa ( hrlatmea
Tl.l I- .!. m.a. Ihkl Um II
Memherahip campaign want to bring
before the American people
They
now ,", "" 'm"" """ ''imi ,..,. .i-r.hln. unless the Ch.n-
" " e..h,,.hi,u
"- Principle of Justice tor the amall
. .,. Ih
a l. -hi ... .. ... .
ef ear to the call for help from the!
t.atlon with whom we have fought
on the aide of righteousness. They
k ii,.i i.i. . I,.. .uiWaaaul ih.
ayajipathle of the people thru It ter-jou
rlble agencies, and that Americana at i
RRIGATION MEETING
ATTRACTS INTEREST
K.x client f'rograiit tffei e Near
I'liaae of IrHgatlon farming
TV. He IHwuueil IUii.tiet
liM-Ing Number
IM.na for the Irrigation an.r.lialn
-I ins to ka held In onlsrio Prl
day and Saturday of next week.
December II' and 14. under the aua
pleee or tM Oatafto Oositi ' Oira
nd the Dragon Agricultural College
are rapidly nearlng completion and
Indications of a Urge attendance
111 patota In Malheur County
and nearby districts In Idaho are al
ready apparent
io,,irrui I being arratiKed i.
topics of III
in all plia.es
of Irrigation !
u u.l pra
ttce Percy Cupper nel apuotated
State Engineer and John H Lenrte,
retiring ntaie engineer. nsv unru .
i. .. -i... !.! .I.M. n. iti.l
...... ..!...- ............... P.-.- . ...
program and have signified their
,PIllU11 , .lHead. Among other who
will lead In a dlscuaaloii of
various
topic of Interest will be M
It Lew-
la, drainage engineer of the C S. De-
aastameat of Agriculture. John nun
,.l, ..n Irrlsullon en.ineer ,1'ortland
I'rof eaaor W I
i'owers. naa ei in.i
riapartmaut of Irrlgatlou and drlti
age of tbe Oregon Agrl. altera! t'ol
(Contlaeea on Page I.)
BUT WM.
RUMORS AND REPORTS
ABOUT THERUVARYt
.
Treat nl to Hiixtrla to laralii.
Vartoaa itle Nuiubrr of
,
rlavrn Im-reaae hVomewlial
Haa KOH (y
Outarle wa genuinely stirred up
ulHillf the flu tilth wi-'-k. nut inn Bail
ated rumor were spread broadceal.
! proven aiinoui rouaaauou wiie,
luvjast
At least three cltlieus who are n
reeeverhig were reported to I
uw gg having died dutlug tV
and the aamber reported wa
exaggerated.
Th facta are that there
Inereaaa la the aamber ot
twaen laat Krlday aad M
three deaths Oae of the,
s Mexlcae. eaaie from
Mrs Ml.i.ael ii.yca and Mr Malt
t ReeVasll
Mrs Jayee's death waa extremal
aasMea. Baa bed beee HI but a dv
or two she aha died Saturday after-
laued na
America for Relief
home will not desert the nation with
whom our aoldlara have fought.
But with the attention of the peo
ple cantered on the coming peace con
ference, and on the Influence situa
t Inn, many will not manifest the In
tereet In the Red Croaa heretofore
thowL "That la why. "aald Mr.
W. J I'inney, Chairman of the local
roeml. rnhlp drive committee, "we
ere appealing to every man and wo
man within the jurisdiction of Ontar
io Chapter eat He auiillarlee to be
a committee ot one to urge very on v
to pledge anew hla or her allegiance
to the Red Croaa by taking a Christ
ma aaembenihlp.
Membership Week lceinbT in Mat.
The big drive for member will
at, on Heceraber IS
.:. . ., .
nd will con-
tlnue thru December IS. In that
time there null be enrolled In th
Ontario Chapter and Ha auxlllarlea!
M, , o , dcr,... , ,
of the number now raembera. tin
t.rlol orooer ha. 100 while the
auxlllarle have 751. It doe not
take great tudy to ene that a glgan
tu t races me memernip ram-
mita unlaa the nubile alvea aener-
.j . ,.. , ,.,
and voluntary reaponae to tlilx
appeal.
BEE MEN HOLD ANNUAL
MEETING THIS WEEK
Over a tjaartrr of Million IHllr
toasj t Weal Hi of Hila Hew-
1 1, .ii H the llu
During Hummer
iiniari.i ...ii.-rtalned the utiniinl
g of the Id.lio Oregon If -
t. . i..i - T,.-.-.iu ...,l
RS'r-jirji fr-'" imi (tail irii ovs.USB) pan
Wlnsd-y of thl. week
TM big outalBtuling feeture ot th-
meeting wa. th report of He.
retary H J Karrell of Caldwell who
u,innn.l t list ilurlns the iinat sen-
., the eaaocMUoa bad sold 1221, '
000 00 worth of honey .ltd that with I
the supply still on hand to be .old
Uir tfom DUII,neH- wouia be eorae-
where between fle0."'ii and 1270,
660 Thl Is by fsr Mi biggest htial
d tv .n- haamen of thi
,,.,,,, N.r before have the price
. hl . aBd .... demand o
-.,,,
riia haaau also decided on the
ru.. of kaMuan lo Inereaaa their
, ,. .... ., . .- diraor .
. ....... ..ii
the territory around Merldan. Thla i
i was. doae and tbe following dlectora
i.-j. v K Dibble I'av.ut..
,...M - ' - - - i.
ii.o.iar v;nanay, maw rtritimui r.
II.
N.llMni Vele; A. B.
t'aiii Ontario
M West. I'arraa
ii i- ti.idi..
MM(a4ofl: H It Randall. Namp
and B. T.
Aiwater,
Meridian.
-BUY W.B.B
JUDGE ORDERS COURT
TO PROVIDE H. S- FUND:
I ..uul) I ourl Is llnlerr.l lo Meet
I'rovUkMM. ol Im Vtlii.ii Art'
latMiared Coustilutlniial
Ii
n ,..lt.i..u handed down liidav
Daitou tilgg suatalned MM
,U)J
demuiiir raised liy Attorney Me
, u11ii(. ,. A VVi)l, ,,, i)rlct
,( l(l. Miww u,r.
,. Uaija Keater to the coinplaiiil
fl)(i) M)nH, ,)lH , ,, , ,,uri fr ,H
lou in the eoun-
,j pieai ot 1 1 ist ti
r.. lll.lll'
In utin rblh
la ..I Mieir jurliwllrli.
Mlnua legal verbiage Judge Him
in effect tells the Count.
thai ll.e Law provldlug for sueh II git
. tuition is , .,u.l ll ullolisl. that
.iluaiary ia ao far aa tbe
r..ui it Court is snaneraed aud that
Ml tB.lu.lon the budget 9um4!,,,"frm " ""'"" w,lr
ih aix per reel lluittsllou that M
i'anntv t'usri maai aare dewa Hen
duiarily placed Ii
iy
Hlu.e the beeper wes t upon at
it.ued las Page t )
j FOHMKR ONTARIO Omii M
BRIDE OP WENDELL MAN
The following newa Item from the
Wendell Irrlgatlonlat will be of ln
tereat to many Ontarlana who knew
Mia Lillian John ee a girl here
while her f ether, Thoa. Jnhna, wa
pa if or of the Methodlat church:
Mine Lillian John and Mr. Harry
J. Barton were married Sunday, No
vember 14. at the Methodist par
eonnge In thla city, th father of the
bride. Rev. Thomaa John, performing i
the oeremony In the preeence of the
Immediete famlllea of the contrectlng
partic. MImb John came to Wen
dell about two year ago with her
parent, Rev. and Mr. Tho John,
and by her many womanly trait ha
male a wide eircle of friend, not
only In the town, but throughout
the lontnry well. She haa been
one of the county' lucceesful teach
er, and at the time of her marriage
a engaged in teaching the achool
In Orchard Valley.
The groom la one of Orchard Val
ley'a well to do farmer, and a man of
unjuHlloned Integrity, who, like the
haa choaen. haa a wide r.l-
of friend In thi
section He la a
brother of Mrs. M
B. McCoy of thl
city.
The many friend of tho contract
ing part: will Join with u In wish
ing the iiappv young people a long
nnd pleasant Journey together.
They will make their future home
on the farm of the groom , aonth of
Wendell
.nt'Y xv ..-
BIBICAL PICTURE IS
REALIZED IN ONTARIO
Joint Ualhrring hrpn-sewi.. Hel.r.l.
I'lrlure Of lj.ll. I of I'lilll)
Milk awl Hon. Men Oatner.
I. Aeoordlng to the pi. tutu preasntod
to the . hililren of Isreui when thv
" ,ro,n KyP'" "'" """, ,h"V WO,,,d
innerii wouui now wini nma siki
"""'" "u Jttd"n '"' ,l,n reM,r,M
' h men who gathered In Ontario
"!. week. thl. la that land
nerc, in una cuy ware t-m.-i ...ni- i
this week th Dairyman and the Bee-
-' H""' declared the
"' ""- ,hl- r""'" '" '
nd """' ,"J' " th,"r "wr
lion. l III lUllClinon .ivr-ll 111 iiif-n
lioniir at the Commercial Club room..
Tuesday noon
Th.. luncheon, e buffet affair was
arrenred by a oomnltlee eompoeed
of D M Taggart, II II Tunny. W
Hi Krauk Itadei
I. Turaav. H. I
'
anu r-. a. rrasar. i n. auto, pi'-
den. ..f the Blah, presided at the la
formal program which followed
I'rof K I. KIM of tl A C
rho1
I - ..- k ls.l.aaaaaaw A asl s. rsa.l i I. u t .
-" " - -"-. ---
t,,: '" '"" ' ",rv "'"""
' hut here dalrv rattle fed with alfalfa
B ,uru "'' rrop ln'" ""'"' "
tlian can any oilier meana.
H. E Ksrroll, Maretary of the n. .
kuar Uilsiini. uul the boner
Into the pletare h declaring that l-
readv :'.':t.0M0 worth of houey Itatl
,1.1 this year, with more to
follow
I. It llreltliaupi. formerly of il
Kxperlnient Station In Harney noun
y, predicted a change in condii
n thl section which will lie. essllate
.different marketing conditio"- here
. He aald that with the gaal
of the Inler'or the hay M houglil
' from Mil aacilou will not find a mar
ket there anil It will be ueresaat . to
the alfalfa rancher here lo feed his
crop
J If Itrown, manager ol the I'sv
tette creamery, deilared that on an
average ll.e dairy iow bring $30 000
per nioni. lata Utla aeation ...
, one car load of butter sold last week
"eea szn.uow
.long Ihe other -p.-ukera were
itjhi.ia of Payette, I'm' Weet-
i runk Itader K II t'liiuinack
f i. Belli -i "f " v C
I her
i ..I'ow ug th me'
nig of r t
ng sad E H t onklln were si,
..,.' -ed to adopt resolution ihunklt'.'
mmereial club for It hnepMgl
Ity and requeatlug the Extnloii I'.
part meat of 0. A C lu muk. the
J. Gallagher was raited to Jun
oa Moaaay nv tne sarioaa aw
aeaa of hi brotbsi Dealel llsllagher
The sick man ao far recovered by
Weduaaday that Mr Ualtagher wa
able to return bom that dey
DAIRY SCHOOL PROVES
TO BE GREAT SUCCESS
IttM'IIMIN PAHH RKHOI.lt I, in
KrXJL'EHTIKO THAT HC1HMII,
HN HELD IIKKK EACH
VKAR IN PirnRK
CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE STOCK
Trila I IrteeJ Hairy Oowjili, Declare
Visiting Crofreeora ltlutl Kind
of Dairy fViwa can Demon Alfalfa
. .Into lUg Karntngs To Form Ball
Aaaoclation.
That the Dairy School held here on
Monday and Tuesday under the di
rection of the KxfHialon Dlvlsloa of
O. A. C. was a success may he Indeed
from th resolution adopted by the
rancher who were pr-ent In their
resolution they meke tho peclflo re
queat that 'the achool he made an an
nasi event
During the aealon there were be
tween 211 and 30 ranchera from the
aurroundlng country praaent. Mnv
were present at the seanlona each of
the day, while om were present on
only one day so that all told at least'
40 ranchers received the benefit of
the lecturea given by Professor K II
Pitt and E. L. Westover.
Following eeeh lecture, too. there
were volleys of question which gave
I added evidence of the Internal mani
fested by the man and women pro
lent. l.lr.i Dairy Country
During his lecture Prof Kills set
forth how.wlth alfalfa of tho high
''eed In thl section. If fed to
high grsde dairy cattle the ranch!
hare could realise far higher ret .
I thah can he secured by feeding ha
atock cattle or sheep This region
he doclored Ik un Ideal diilrv country
The ranchera were aaotra, durluK
the .nurse of the lecture chart ..f
i pn..c.
on of varloui herd which
proved ooaelualvely tho benefit
I lie derived froul InindllnK pure
stork. I'rof Westover on Tuesibty
afternoon gave stock Jiidglnir.
.miii ihe Ine Jernai beloaclnj la
l)r K. R Kortner iih the specimen
Ona of Ihe subjects hint up foi ,11 .
cusslon during the niei'tin asM tMl
of the co-operative osraereetp r pura
bred bulls as nie:uiH of linpr..
the small dn'ry herd prevsl'nu In
the Malheur County dulrv district
It has bean recngnlicd i
; Iryinen thst Ihe most rapid way t
"" rw- "'" productivity of ., i
.ll.lrlnl I. il.r,, .1.. .... ., n...l.. ...
"'" "r'",,, ",rH" '"" ""r''' "f " a
piouurtng aiiiiuuis. tv nere am hi
herd prevail aa In Malheur i
Individual owner sag not c fiord M
mulnlaln for theli herdl the i. Be . I
. sire des ml lu liun.lt i
district the dalrint -i, hue
thl dlffli'iillv thru lha orxuiilxalli.fi
' "'" aeaornwioa tu
i itatttJlia the ow I
ixe for I lit- pur. hast ..: Ih del I
type of re i hi i itlon re
organised lu blot D 'he
owner of so rot
hood tore ui-ii ti. ''
yaar
aire of u tisigln
l M'" Wept In the auigllllOl III
'
i
I ,
H'olitl.i... -
11 1 V W I s
SOIDIFR POYS START
RETURNING TH'S WEEK
4'llu Tl'.iM mill It
I I, Ol. I I ,11111'
111
It
I'-.k
N0 f)
,,t l il .ui
i .
i. -...-I
offl.i . .... . .. I
mornlnfg, as did It
H I .. bo a In Ihl
traliilns tamp in Tsnaxn
irdjtng to advise by leMt i
other oniarto boya are expwii.i a ..
day now atoea ' Atudenl Army
Tra nine I't stored
OUt of tl..' sel
Amoag the Hal ol uuiu BassaBsl
Arei, Hqua.li
21 of which Willis,,, ma.
member.