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ONTARIO. MALHEUR COUNTY, OKEOON. TIIIRKDA Y. APRIL
I'M!)
NO. 18
MASS MEETING
ENDORSES ROAD
IVtHH ItKSOI.I Tins sklt. ( UN-
NTHI ITIIIN 1)1 JOHN l )
llll.HW t Is I UtSI ROAD
i m in i onhtri i 1 1 1
SEND DELEGATES TO PORTLAND
Klght v-Cnc Malheui I mum I ii.oie
Representing Prertaota In "ml
.ii. llhitil Ontario. 'il. Ntoon Itrn
gllll. .Illlnlesnli, Watson, Il on-Ill"
nml Head Ox lint. lOeWOI I."'
(nil.
What is fWMrallj conceded i
have I. ecu Hit- MM - iicct'Kifiil ul) I
untuuntuotte mooting ni Mnlheur
enmity dr. I tiles hold In years OOCUred
ul Hi. ''oiniiinrrliil chili raOBI 111 III
City Hull IiimI Sunday afternoon
Thin meeting, ul which everv ir--c-lnct
h Mi l In nr . ountj . I
.veil .-. ill tin Willow river ir.'
clnrts, ui far in Irnoatdl
resented, tiiinn Iiikhi ly Mdon d th
propoaal (Inn tli" .;ii"Hilini of Issu
ing $200, 00) worth of Im.h.Ih foi th.
(instruction ol pood i"
nun. -i I to the voters at Hi"
election to ho held on Juno 8.
'III. r" wi.s mil ii dfa .' ntlhg rot
urban Hi" projMoltlon mm put to u
lull cull, i nd nt mi Mm" dm I
session win thorn anything b
rltfe Ibo pii ii nii'i pin i
the i ling
'I'll" r iliitlnn which 'iiniK up "ii
tlreiy wimi too meeting aooompllebo.l
wns Introiluci il hy W W WOCd
Ontario. TlM following Is llr. tOXt!
Itn It II - died, hy III" .
ii. in inn.
meeting assembled
Th.it we limit Hie liniiimli..
Hiiii.iliin i.f permanent roads anil
hlghwnvs In 'aid CoUBt) .
bonding iirjim County la lh
tsoo.otio in rub land for
truotloa i.i .in 'i i"
Thai we foTOf I'll' linniedi.f
.ii in 'i. .n ni Hi" Inliii ll.i) II
as the oat mid iini' ka ' roi
opening mi tii" latortor ol M
County, .mil giving ii'' .i "In '-ii roil'
lulu I'm 1 1 n. I . I lull wi- Ii.'ln
highway shi aid bo il ft uni
Prairie i 'ltj iiii's'i.ii, b) tba 1. 1 i old'
( ici'l. rouli'. to Cnllv. .ni from llici.
to ii on i. ! , ..lui tl nc to I
.ml Ontnii
bridge, mid from Cairo '
RlVOf hrldK" '
.- hi " ana ad to 'in I
roota tinii win
( ukstruetlou ol
diirliiK 1 1..
of all tin- 0
waye lato Malheur toantr, and ro
Kiiiuioiid the bonding ( Ho
ii;. tin. kiw v. i
ii .;ir I .. inllli la
Mined from sum and Nation
tunds to it ill.' C lUOt)
i rnetlng poi at
That nc also fuor Igaprovli
connecting ind aide roada, and lb
building "i iicii additional II
v. Ill bring all M
mid dlroi '
irunk nlgnt ) "f Mo i onnti
(Adopted bi iiiiiiiini( .1
ilnlegmi from
,i in." i ni- Miirdi nil. 111! i
Proa Uni M llannaaloa ol tb
road Motion the Malnonr Count!
Devolopiiiini l.-aKii.' ton
formed at 'ule miiim UgM iKi w.
formerly r.itilled .mil lis .
tlon uiul by-laws udi.i
Whin tl meeting W"
(Coiilliiiiiil mi J'ii :
WII.I.IW IMNM M IMIH
maomcn menriui i mm inn
With tin- uddlii. i of W'llllai
noy, t.o ot Mr ami Mrs W I I
ney of this city, w im u
3rd toast Artlller In tr'
Mob Madden, son of Mr.- C
den. tin list of war . i. . i;i
larlo iucreuseil tin
iiotii tin's" ronng "" oft i-'i tkt
service from the .1 lltod
Madden enlisted here with (lie fir.-1
group of voluatOOTt and I'inney en
llktml in tlic Ooaal Aiull
tie
In active service lvt I'lnn
charge of motor trtteka I H
unitions up to tl.- fightltiK front, so
bo aaw action, while Madden, the
"raring: to ko' spent Um xreuter por-
tlou of his uervice at Dayton. Ohli ,
uuc an instructor in aerial gunner:
Mrs I. Adam ieluiii-.l S.ilurda'
from Eugene where she visit.
daughter Miss Hena Adam last
weak.
WMNOffiLT
m issue
Miss .11 ; II I II I R WIN ,
Ml It! II WIMSI l'ltl.l IT MALI
I Ilillhinl. Ol Hi" lOO I
telephone exchange waa the imii
Individual u ho drau No 1 1 tl ; i
rod I "i 16 worth of raw-
hnndlse ill III" All Shoe i om. .
.it iii -1 . -. evening '
large i rowd in pi ni la a line
'in. rj moval of Hi" 'i under whlel
Hir lack number a situated
WANT ONTARIO TEAM
IN VALLEY LEAIUE
W'lsii' iiiisc Kail i "in trranglng to
I. .in; Uoo Mlihnli nml I oini-
i II Want I'liMtti ami ltt-
terln.
In ii letter to
too Iota for publli atton i
front Tin. ' Ho did of w i
i.i I., n invltad lo i.'i.t" tii.'itioti in
I'm I. Hi It .'.",,. I.i i M''
vititiK Ontat . to tepi i t
tin. rin Ball Ii i i Hi Boi
in soi munli ..' d with I n
U lion etll'
end III t
Thr.: ' Htnl lo I OUl
of i iniMi. bail te. in here la
. et tain i inii the
I'oim : ' i.t a i
pai dofl l' to - !" in I. i it n
Ontario ')
would i.o riffbtod if Dill
now in Prone, arni '
In i:
i
. team of i In Trl I
ii". and down ai Um water plant
I la l. in i ..-il, lay of In. al hnl
I nil" 'I lien thorn I llii'-l" I
l loinieri on i tnria
.in-. .in.i pi horn thai the
not awnrOi inoa no loani h
since Amtusl I Ii I il Hi
I '..
enroll lor. il i I. ili.-t ..nild I
. me. I
In the me into
in the natlont
ni. nte itli Mr llo Mir to ii r
il..- i lt l. ;! i'l tin
Ahlch as nl 1 r. Ml ( in '
I will llu'lude I i Mnlvale,
( amlirldn" I ml PuyOttO, II Ihnl
tlon, and
pronnbl) Vnlo
GOLDEN RULE COMPANY
TO OPEN STORE HERE
l.oiiil In-iiiiiil. ii la I Jib I. ink in
bain siaite.l In ( ( inl
of Ibdse ail enis ai (.
II. (.rsliiiin, M..nK( i
(intiuio .111 VtigjOM 'i
the debut of a ooa booinooi Ira
to it-, in. reainil" OtrolOI 'I I
Institution will ie the Ooldog Rul
tore, the twelfth of the chain n
atorea operated in this aectlon hy ('
i UdOfOM Ol Hois'
. niiiK will Ii.
a way le an annlveraari ...ii
nderson's business life, for il
n ago this mouth tii .(
'led bis first atore In a amiM
i lini-e HMO thOO he has ad
ded nine otiu r otuiog In Idaho citie.
and tov, ii- and OM Ul Colorado, r.i
big
ll.e manaRer of the Onfkrlo atore
the Hrat of the . haln lu Oregon wi'l
l- u II liraham. who cornea hei
from NOU PlrfMOtb where he mai -ore
of that
town 1'rlor to Ins conin-. tnui then
he waa for four yearn connected vitl
id. n Itule btore u
The new Htm M Ihe t'an-
Boid building formerly 00001
W'ilaoi DM interior In
ml the flxtun
and Vail 'luted In cream and orhlta
with ft ale lor '
i iiuni' I
-lore vttb n- cloak uud ault i
(Continued on 1'age Ten )
PROSPERITY CERTAIN
FOR UNITED STATES
Kv-tonoi nor M, h,vnlidec ul lilnl.n
Visits lliilnrln Mimil J IJIii'i.
I'livlng I iiiloi-i'iiii-iil I-
Optlinlstl. .
oannol dodge tin
that is upon n . " w:is the oprlmhttl
Qo arnoi M Aloaai
dor of Idaho n- the trgtu Mondj
mortiliiK when he nrrhed to looi,
afti i but ine.-H lotoroata hora tor tii
flrnt lime m la
t it coin o Inert i gotag lo bo ;
reitiljiisliiient in innm Hun but thtl
tuition is bound t.. onjo unequalled
proaaartty for i ome tint
W lint about yo.ir paving here la
i mi ,i 1 1" " takod ' he Qat ernor .. i
hould no ahead a h!i It "
'I ktiini Ii i ll.e- time 10 cl pit!
ni' oMtlmonl to .. place inre it
win stnn aomathlng nou like ihit.
for I haie had exierlence in trying
I Ik it- i ni' nt programs.
I niiieinher v Ion 0 laid tl
pnvoaoni in Bolaj And nana i re
i :. t a at n i built ih nrst bull.'
ina in Idaho thai h td an alamtor In
it They UOOd lo lell u. there
no need lor llios-. t Ii I mk " I'-ut It l
different now
prepart) ownara in tho bw
hould be Ihe tlrst to
boost the pailiic .i. ii.i'ii, even If I
osl them 00) They
ihould leiinii.i.i t thai tho public i
Untitled to , od treets, that Ihe
people v, ho ..mo' iii i n) It!
even If tbof llv f."' Ml Ukd to '
rol m.'i
ts it is these peo
ple Who (lo the trailing thai m .d. ll'e
huaim " pro port) rnlnabl
nt i "it .idi'iinnl niiiat be uaed
in partng n would bo wrong to
i ul!" too lilit n district and mule
nil erftory . hut
.'iriiilnly the huslneaa district alioii' I
ibe paved mid I bono
i ni rill p
"Son ion I ''i t'n-
...i I., i ...l i .
1 allto how i it ii In .try behind
h. one ot the 1 1 ui- ol i II
th. iik nt ii..
number Ol BOI - and slid p
' on ihe range ol nil
And Jiim think ... i ho pi , n win. h
ihey i. durrag tba pool l
a ". it ii i .nt
0. H. TEST BACK ON
JOB AS S. 0. AGENT
Hon si. nsti Tiiii-lerol to I'm
land Mooraaurlani Ma oTkUe
t ..I fako oi mil i"..i-
tion
0 11 1 . 1 g bo .v m
tor the Standard oil in this terrltc
when lluri m v.. nl Into ' h
arinv toot full, and vvhogave UU
when Mr ttOBOtroni returni I
1 v I. . is aeain hack on the )"'
week Mr .-iten-t 1 on.
ati gated t" n pel i for isti l oat - l
Hi.. Portlnnd distributing station
and Mr Test was prnii.oi.il again
.: the eon
Lu lmss iii 1 his s. it lou has grown la
.1 reiiihrkahh degree und as 1
suit approximately 1 1,044 POT UMM I
will leave Ontario for Salem to nolp
build roadJ as tho re.-ult of t
ol i 1 ii' I" ' gallon on g
ollii" hold from tho station, and I
half cent tax on distillate.
Mr Crank Pooler left for Poi
land Monday night where he will vt.'t
u itli his father
Mrs .rum eulertaln.:d th"
vv. i- ine.sday llrldgc Tub at Inr home
laat W e.ine-day.
Mrs Baguul ana daughter, :-
trude, iii'ilinr ggal T I0f Of Ml
Arthur Arnold arrived In Oniario la 1
Sundi') morning They intend to
ialt here all summer
Mrs. Florence Itunlon, 01 I'
' I.', rin 1,11 'ness visitor laat
Mr. and Mra. Harry Aa-tlism nail
two little daughter:, of
. on' Mi ami Ml - ThaOMI
i Clagett. Sunday
Mra. (Jeorge Kelly eutertaiiu d the
1 idge t tub in veoaar tan
Tueeday
SCHOOL CHILDREN TO
SECURE SOLDIER DATA
inyi.li sniiiii'i Bojn i Im- trtwdrd
111 School lltlun llles M That
Sl,.OS Will Hlslol'l Will
lie Complete.
i ountj unorlntondonl ol Bohoo
Mrs Pay t'lark llurle Ik TflfttgH la
gathering tnnplote record of ntror
Malheur iniinty bo who eUterOd Ihe
DOrtfl I diirliiK th" nr
This data Is to he gathered thru
i " 'iik hers and pupils in
se'ioid dislrlil hv BOnni of a QUO
llonnalre sent out to the varloii'
OBilOoll to he Blind out for each mai
win. went tram thai ditrht After
th" county s list In complete It will he
lie winded to .1 C I hurchlll. stipe--In'endent
of public liutrucllon ui I
with Miss ConnOila Marvin. stale
hi. im Ian will prepare Ihe state'
war history
In her letter to the teachers im.l
'iiphnvlnn the blanki
Mis Hurley nays
There hi no record, by slnlea, of
th" men who enllsled lu any hrniu h
rice during (he war The m.ili
Ing of such I re onl and the OOlloet
lug of c'ltaln other Important da'
la the tank given the Mate and muni'
historians and the schools Tho pa:
tlculur work for our schoola la the use
of the blanks prepared hy Miss Ma,
vln, State Mlfftorian and 8upt Church
ill In W Wiling UM names of the in."
who went Into the service from Ma1
hour "inin t v The only record of
fi '.in Malheur nun and what they
did iv ill bo tho ono we make, bene
the necessity for doing accurate and
thorough work Kvery man who
claimed Malheur County us his res
a.1 Ihe ! nne of his enllstiiiet.i
-hould he etitolled, 0OO tliough hi
DOOOle Iium' never resided In th'
i olllll v
Tho plan i" bo onod In oarolling
tl.. inon in ,our own dlslrl(t. ci
will haie to work out yourselves but
tr in have a Id ink lllle.l out for
wii man
no boa lo nooaaloto this work
April II but m:i Mid II lie.,
i. lid Hie tlni"
Send all li polls to the (.nice of II
, ..tiiilv chool siiiiet inli'lldenl as OH
wish to make a uiunty ren.i.l
turning oroi Ihe binana lo tho stat"
Historian
ESTIMATE MADE OF
vie. iing of I ..11. 1. ." oi tailed t'
Duanana Ooannaaaa or work mui
I'll. I. aide lost to l.aiidovvli
.rs i Sallslai Im 1
r, it-. 1 aniHtfoothm naa the resui'
,,1 11, 1 ni". ling "i ' "' Inn kewae
under the Warn. springs s.steni
which waa held si Vale last Hutu
day according to reports received in
Ontario
1 lie eting wns called hv 1 ni''
her win. desin.! Information
Blag th probable coat of a g
right under the new system, an I
concerning which various rumor
have been afloat
At Um meeting I'gurea were hi ni
fortli to show that based on Hie 0f0
Uni work done the 1 ost for water for
lands with partial water rights und' 1
old ditches will be approximate
$23 per acre and for new land about
HO, while these figures will ul'i
lately be reluced with the sule if
Hie 10.000 acres of additional water
which the district will atore In It
reservoir Then the old land will
secure water for about Ilk and n-
land for 155
Win n Hie meeting adjourned onl..
three adverse votes were recorded
00 a motion approving the work of
the board, engineers and contract
ors.
Karl Landlngham who la now a
iiuartermaater In the U 8. N ri
turned to Iremerton after
nig a week's vacation with his pu
renta, Mr. and Mra. John l.auijiiu
ham Dr lias I I'lper of Chicago stop
ped ou his return from Heattle foi
several days thla week to visit wi 1
Mi I'lper who ia the guest of their
son and daughter, Mr audMra.O K
Aiken
VICTORY LOAN WORKERS TO
HOLD CAMPAIGN CONFERENCE
HTOltKM TO CtXMM AT II iv M
ICTORMNO TO TIMi: SI HIIH
with the advent oi the luiumei
lime BChOdUla In which .hnl.'. erOI
turned iiliead one hour last Satnrd.'i'
night, the retail -.tores ..i Ontario
that hae closed al ". p lu Ihopp
BhOUtd take note of this fact and save
Inconvenience
LIGHTING TANK WILL
BE EXHIBITED HERE
...... . ,... , .. ....
One of the I unions I rem Ii tosiiiliu
Tanks, Willi tbe American Win.
operateil It Is on Tropin.
Tmlu TiiiiHiik Slate.
Malheur County -Itliens will hnv
an opportunity to see the Northwe 1
War Trophy train on ThUWdaj mil
Friday of next week The 11.,
go up the branch during Um
of April 10th and come down 1 1
lino starting from Crane early In the
morning of April 11th reaching On
tarto at 8:10 p. in, after gtapatag
at Ulvcrsldc. J 11 ill lira, Harp.
Vale. After spending the nh-i
It will he turned over to the hi 1
cooimiueo headed by Monile '.,,,,,. ,g loan ; when ho said
'"Inn i .. ,,ii 1. ..li.. ilml It will he a
This train has u far gi
ber of relics than that whl.h 1 .1
exhibited here last year when
has exhibited tremendous Inlen
been moil' ed The tropin p. . I.;i 1
making a complete mur of the sin'-
j Tho train la accompanied by Itohett
K Sill It II. exei lithe lnatiar.il ol 'I
Viatel I III" I 1 1 l.oall, lllld the hi' 1
appearim e In Oregon v. as Khedul '
for Klamath t'n 1 1 -. lundo
:i(i Throughout the OUlll
trip, Hie train will he m 1 .. 1
J r I'.ilv, chalriiimi. and .1 I
W'hlpp. train auditor It Is
pained by lleri llaliev . C S lie
trlct Altornev , Waller II 1
In -Ice J T Kavaiitiugh. 0 '. 'I 1
lor, Arthur 0 Spencer and I 'rani.
Irvine, on the llrst stage nl 11 Itln
erury
Tho heuvy artMb rv puce, imiud. I
in the exhibit and the or. Inane- ..11 i
paraphernalia of war laolndod in th
swii 11 1 1 exhibit will In cv.pi.nii si '
visitors b soldiers who gnlnOd
knowledge on the battletields 1 1
France The French BOOquilO lag
Included In the exlilhll Is sliown In
0. Clarence Likens, a I'lirtlauil 1 .. 1
who served with Hie T .
this type of war machine In his own
experience, Hie tank In which
ins "iiuddie wen- serving '
mireil in a shell hole In tin 1 In. k n
Ihe frav I h" two soldleis removi 1
achlne gun IO I vanini'i in
l.v. Ilolll vvhlcli thev used I)
Ivel) in cleaning ' -nil" 1 m si
and his mute was killed at thai palg
The following Is the schedule
stops in Malheur countv
Friday. April I I ran. frOI I
5 45 a in to 11 30 a m . Iti
from I If. p in t" 1 II p in . Jim
tura 2 45 p 111 to I If. p m , llm
per 4 .V. p in to II P in , Vale
t 16 p m to 7 26 p 111 and fJOjtnrl 1
I in p in until turned over to ll '
cominlttci. on morning Of April I L'
Hr and Mra J I'rlnzliig arrive 1
home today from California wh
they went following a shot stay 1.1
Korhester. Miiiueslola and St Cm1
Minn
11 C Scbuppell of tin
l.lfe Insurance company spent Ho
week here on business The growl!
which his company has made lu 1!
past year Is strikingly shown in the
advertisement which appears 1 1
another page In this Issue.
WI vi'KHX UNION MN U.IIIH
KXIHIM.I llllllt IMislTION,
C II Trousdale Is again manager
of Ihe heal Western Cnion tok
II.- took his old position thl
week while Manager Vogel who h.
1 1 . 11 here for some lime ia now I
charge of the aldwell offl . win. 1
Mr TreneaoJO managed for 1.
few months Mr Vogel wai
ger of the luldwell office lot M Vara I
years prior to entering the navy
a wireless operator over a tui ag.
OOl !T1 ClltlltMW ISSI lS I l .
I tilt Ml I UM. Ill III llll. H
in MONDAY, ritn. 7.
I IV M.
HONOR TO NATION IS APPEAL
I n-i loan of the War Musi be Sub
s.rilieil Will Tf.1 Spirit of Ihe
I'eople lo I idiolil Ainerh n- H011..1
ami I'm nil War Hills
tin Monday afternoon at 1 p in
the workers from all Malheur cnutilv
will nssemble In Ontario for the pre
Oarnnalga conference Ol Hie let,., f
1 Liberty Loan
.1 li urcher, field manager of llm
cninpalgn will he present and dOllVOf
tho prlnclpi'l address Mr Znrchor
Is Ihe man who has Injeeled the gg
thiialnsm, dlrOOtOd the details and
Kiistnlneil tl nergy that put East
ini ()ri.K(in wr ,,. np , ,,, pr...
vious driven
County 'halrmati J II lllachahy
who has called Hie Malheur cntiti'v
wnrkeni together lu a letter sent out
this week, has himself set forth a
ringing appeal to the loyalty of 000
pin oi Mainour county that suina un
the ititiic tuatlon with respect 10
tin diitv ot even to suinrrii"'
tm.k lo put this over, being porhuud
the last loan of the war This being
a heavy task, It will require nxtra
ni our pari In order thai
heur Coutitv may again go ovei tlin
top While the former loans were
p( f-f w,h B pB,rotlc ,,, .
the people, this, the Victory l.il.ei'v
1 .01111 must he put over 011 the hoin
,.r the Vlnellnill lieople. hellevlh"
the Job must be lllllhhed. all del.t .
paid In lull anil I" this end Mal
heur Countv will stand with the
Htnte of Oregon and the Unll
Sim. s liovet iimenl "
IS
SUBJECT OE MEETING
Seieial ol H Ileal list I'ioimHj
Owners Mold (otifeieine Willi
Itcfcivn. e to I'm lug ibe
Stlei Is
the put pose ot discussing ibe
.1 to nave nooM of I httarlo
atreeta a meeting of several Oi I
largest preaOTt owners In th
was held at the .nice of T II M
last evening
Among the no n preaent
ii Moon, 11 1 leper, Ward
llebl, K C Van I'.iteti 1 K
son ami uthOfl whoae name the
Argus has not learned The Argus
understands that thr. meeting was
called by Mr Moore
As far as run Im learned Ho
preaent discussed Ihe situation
oly from every view point While
there was some disagreement on I.
tails of the proposed program all
ware agreed that ultimately om.'t.
should adopt paving as a muni, leal
l.i.n. iinent, If the city to k.ep . g
with the progressive 1 ouinnililt I. g
his section
moat, was whether or not Ihls H
the proper time to pave, or whether
It would he better to wall until pi- '-
reached a more normal rondiiou
Tin' men agreed that the spirit of
progress evidenced by the !
for paving was a healthy ona an I
should he iiici.iiiaged until gg I II
lions appeared favorable and pu'.li
sentiment Justified launching an
equate paving program
Another feature taken in t
alteration was the agBOUal Of paving
, , uid n was the aentlmein f
many of those present that 10
only the business district would mi
advisable, for one ol "' i.hj. '
to he attained was that of inaklui
' Ontario a . Hf la
neonle lo come In for the purpose of
making their homes (liven paved
atreeta In il" ri Idea 1 1 irleta and
this ohjui they l"ll"Visl would in-
further a In in. oil, n way, und linn
lie reaae the value of all property .11
the 1 11