wfo (mtwcio mm. i xxra ONTAKIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. .TUNE V2. 11!i SO. i OTHER STATES WILL FOLLOW OREGON PLAN IMHHAOE OF 1HHK.ATION DIS- TIIKT INTEREST GUARANTEE IS DBCLARKD GREATEST FORWARD HTEP HTATF. HAS MAOI W. P. DAVIDSON VISITS CITY District No Longer Will I"- Hi Mcrcv of Hooding Companies Ses Stc.i il How of iv..il. Into Till Couji-try- "The passage of the guarantee f: Irrigation and drainage bonds by IhO voters of Oregon will put n stop U the sale below par of bond for our' work," aald W. r Dnvldson, pics. dent of the Oregon and V cittern Col onltatlon rompany, when In Hi'- I Tueidiy "From now on tin- ranchers win, In these dlatrlrta will not mercy of bond houaea, and why should they be? The stale Ih takliiK n.i chances, after a thoro oxnmlnntlnu i a project by the MM bonnl I In' lleve that other atatea will folio Oregon's example and enact hIiiiIIii. legislation " ihi I. mihI Sales lleconlcil. Whin on th-a trip thru Oregon Ml Davidson and IiIn ajumllllMI cloned many contracts for laid in M.ilheiir. Harney and Crook 0OO0 Ilea. In all 29,124 acre mi In the poMt two weeks BjhOM Inclu aeveral thouaand arret In MalhOttl county In HpeukliiK of tha deniaiM for land Mr Davidson lil ; "Without the features of u posy but quietly and steadily people coming Into this country looking ' i hind. They are coining here to I tarao and to our oilier office every day They lire coming with inoin v toe. All the land under the Hprlng wilt be Hold anil goltlod n fore the people here, appare:. I i.-e aware of It "iUngo land too I going fin', and not to men who are stranger: In thin section, but to men who know what the change from the public range meana. For example among the aalea we made on thl trip live, i t large arega were for caah. The I men of the near future lu Eastern .ui.l Central Oregon will b a land owm r aa well atockhian, for the public range will aoon be a memory It.-.ciii Sale. An examination of the I at of lard aalea reported by the company lor tk paat two week hIiowm that men like Thoa. Turnbull and 0 I I'eteraon. already Hated a owner of great area of land iu both Malheur gad Harney countlea are adding to inch holding anticipating the day a h , there will be no open range. The (ol lowing la the Hat of gpjgg W. W. Hrown 380 Frank (' Klater John L. Cary t" (has. H. Peteraon I""- C J Hunter Malinda A. Hunter lO0 N K Melton lien D. Fox '" F M Wood J T A. J. Falkner . !-'' Marlon Morgan W0 Itoaa Logan WlfllaiuB L. A L 8. Co 33-C) Thoa. Turnbull Jaa. M. McKwen Iteama ft Coruett It. R. 1'rlce T F. Wllloughby N. F. McColn George J. Brown 80 J I) Houae .... -vl K. E. Norvall , H. E. Foater 60 W. 8. Johnaon o U. Gray S10 Veat Bland .'" N F. Engmaii W. F Dlnginau 1" 8. O. Bull & II K. Newman I' W. D. 8tewart LI C, 0, Coat M. Blurts 0 Geo W. llulliel.l J 11. Van Klper Jay Gould J J Smith Alfred Vogue C A. Charles Will E. A Alvln Browu 40 Bod A Mlhollun Paul A A. W. Erwiu C H. 0. Secoy ' ' VuIB Trading Co ' " ha. A. Olaou iJ Total . Nlll KKTtlt.NS FROM ATTKNllliVNi I AT KASTFHN MEDICAL, (LINK Dr and Mrs W. J Wees returm 1 lust Friday from Boston and OthOJ Eastern cltlea where they have spent the paat two months. During this time Dr. Weeae attended tho ellnlci and lectures at the Harvard Univer sity Medical school "There evidence of prosperity In Hi. and well there might be, for t! United States Is now what no ever haa-been, at one time We are the bankers of the world und lb principal source of both raw mate rial and manufactured produi aerved the Doctor. III l,s HOVER lloMF. AGAIN AND BACK on tiik .mil. Too ChOUM Hover N home ngnln. Tho he was the Inst of (lie Hover hoys to Join tin colors (holsey wan the lirst to come back to Ontario, arriving bOOO early Sunday morn ng. He did mI advance BOtlM of his coinlnn to hi parents, Mr and Mrs A F lloyer. but Jut walked In and roused the riiinily eg ::i(l I m. The un seemly hour, however, did not rtdtRi hi welcome. Kver since he has been In the ser vice with the billoon section of tin aviation corp, h has been located n ' 1 1 r and other Southern state Tho "he reckons'' and can drawl "von all" In Houthern stylo, he do clarea Malheur rounty Ik n great place to call home ami return to 'The army 1 fe I nil right when a man I needed in the I grvfc e, but for peace time. I would rather work," I III Ylew of his cxp Tlences After a few day rest during which li wm busy receiving a welcome home from friends he In back on the Job at Ho er Bro. Y. ft C. A. MEETS WITH NO ENTHUSIASM I'umpiiiun. for HKi'tit In ontiirio lib Irlct I nllui-e so far Noam Ne'il- e for IMcnsloii o IWork Into ooiiirv lllsiilii. Ontario men are not re.pomll'ii' to tin' appe;il ot tie V M c ' A Tor tutids with which to undeii ike the ciii, un t"i t,he exti ii don of V Work Into the cluntry dl-trlcis. In the sla'ewlde c.iuipalKn Malheur i Olint I rate. I at $.',nii ami I Inl.i i io whs asked to siihscilhe half thl i Bum So fur the i omm tt f hi' I l)r K S I'oiiinT Im ehalrmati has ral i nfeoni a fonrth nt that mint The facts of the mme are ilia' mem-i-it. ,t the c'oiimliteii have not been MtJ acthe Some of the comuiltlci men have taken no Interest In the lampalgn and have not culled on th people on their lists, us yet ONTARIO GIRLS WIN ALL COUNTY HONORS Isabel Kale, Mm mm I llliinc and Itulh llomaii M'ikI Klglitli Oradr (.rail- MMi of County lii dear's l.lllliillllllols. Throe Ontario eighth Kiude glr's ciptiircil the jhree IVrl place In Ih recent county exaunnul ioi, Ing 97 3-4, 7 1-3 and 11 i p.s th, j I winner of the lion or ajei. I ibid Hale. Margaret lirane and ltulh liomun In n 92 pupil of the eonntj look the le.i a I'lilltliu them to enter the HlKh Schools of the county, and the records madi were better than Count Superlnlfi-d.-ni lay (lurk llurlev argpotod for r had been badly broken nto lo flu ami other cuuaea. Supeiiiitemleut II H Houglam. and the teachers of.ihe On trio school. particularly pleaabd at the showing made by iho pupil c the Ontario achoola Several of UM ,,u.i a ho mre not in the first Hire. ery close to them In tho gener al average secured. Ml Helen Hlom who ban Just giad u.ited Horn UM Idaho Cotnmercl. ! college a( Hole reiurind to ontar laat week and has opened un office for public stenography In the OaTteo of T W ll.igett In the Moore llo . block County Road Bonds will Be Sold At Substantial Premium Mall't ur ( niiiii ' I road Of IISO.OM which thl peopl" appi. ild a: a pr inhiiii thai is eertaln, for win v. ! i i.i Idooo ol thl Oregon on I Wool ora Colonliatlon eompaaji was i Monday bg rllltod thl county (outl t thut St l'aul bond hou - would make on ofT-r better than p.r for the i- Tin- county court bus not, ai yet, ln( 'I whoa Hn bonds shall J I s.,1.1 hut ".in prqbabl) nail until .i unite arruugeuienl- by the Htute Highway commission for work In this section. It Is understood that the lllyl.w.. eommlai'on, which with its mm. tracts has caused u shortage of lot is In the state will endeavor to I some of the big outfits that ere working on thl ' roads this summer to bid on Kaxteru Oregon road work for fall and winter months when, on account of the rain, It is Impossible lu work lu th - Wlllam Hey. S:n.e ah; winter u thl-' D is mi mild thut farmers cau : irlng au uionlh It is b that a big stun can be MOarod M the Mulhtur lougty road program Hits fall and winter SECOND APPEAL MADE TOR OIL LAND LEASES lroi'tiri View FleJiV lflwloM n- ers Can Not Develop Held With- out Capital Capital Cannot Develop I lelil Without Itlglita of IjiikI. during the past week representa tives of the financial Intereit who A. F Boyer ha Interented n an nt tempt to determine whether or not thl I an oil or gaa field have visited the district. They have gone over tin land and await one condition befoti proceeding Permission of the land owners to undertake the work mum he secured This permission of course must come In the form oi lease The landowner has everyth'ng to win, and nothing to lose in till prop osltlon. yet plain Inertia seems to prevent ninny from (linking the effori I to sign the lease that might make then wealthy. (HI booms In Texas and Oklahoma which have brol hundreds of pro ducing wells Into action , and made inlllmiinlres out of-hundreds of m'n , and plm id thousands of struggling lamll es In positions of nfflueie sTOaltbi Aele without deht, (he direct result of some live wire who ill I'n i' ruining was classed as a day dreamer Ontario and nil the adjacent t I rllory has been dreaming for almost a decade of the day when this ill: trlct would hr ng In Its llrst prodnc ing well A. we all kturV several In Uafl attempt! have been mad" ite oil hy drilling lu this an I adjoining ooantle Evidences of oil ' and gas are seemlngl) present In abundance, but hn it ot I apllal ha I limited work to the point where mo of us doubt the po s blllly of either oil or gas In this lerrltot -ll.ll.ible authority Is to the aJtOOl llmt ono moderate producer would (Continued on Page 8) HF.ATII M IHUM.v NHS TIIK M IH-:illN(. OF II I I II I - After weeks of patient ufferlng. and Just when her parents were cer tain that her Illness was over and she would soon be strong again. Leila the 14-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erble Hayes died suddenly ut the family home at midnight Tt. s day. de her parents she Is survived by a brother and a slst.-i For the past six weeks alio slruK gled with three aucceaslve I Unease First Che was the victim ol mump and waa very 111 with that child's malady Later It developed she had dlptherin and Iho ahe overrami It, terror, for a time her life wa dls palred of. The danger of I hi dls eaae had passed but a few day whin she contracted what wa believe, I to be a mild form of typhoid Tho km frail strength hud I n supped by (I e prevloua diseases yet she rallied to renew the battle for life Apoaroal ly she had won and attending physl clana declared (he crisis paaaed and pronounced her on Hie listil tow a'. I recovery. But the long strain of renewed fevera proved too gn her atrength and she died peu fall) Monday night. Funeral aervlcea wore held this af ternoon, and the love which her iuuu school mates had for her was muni tested by a great mass of Mower which they themselves gathered from the gardens of the city and arranged under the direction of her ta Mrs F. J Clotno Hev S It Sle, ', of the Congregational church mtici ated. During Hie funeral m this afternoon all business lu l In- tv waa auapeuded. Mrs. George Ollham. who has been manager of the Grey News Compa ny's stand H the pusst-nger for more than a year has bean re lieved bv Mrs Cuyn of Salt i.akn pr. i. j. ualXlAumeh Author of the Uallagher Amend ment to the ( ouslitutiou which par mils (be Stage to (Juerantce tin i,, tereat on Irrlgaliou and Dratuag" Bonds V j CITY'S WATER SYSTEM ADEQUATE FOR NEEDS W. F. Iloinaii Discusses Criticism of Munhlpol System EfcdiOtfO Wa ter Charge Might Im' Iteilllctil to Fight Cents per IO0O toil Ion. In the following communication to I tho Argil, W F Human, who unl'l January 1, wus Mayor of the city discusses the cr tlclsin that have been mrde recenih of the Muigclpnl Wa tor ayatem. MMO llgures and statis tics nre given In the communication and have been lacking ill most of the 'criticism tills communication should I be of Interest to everyone of Until r o's cltliena: Fdltor Argua: It eem that each and every pub lie Improvement or utility Installed meets vlth a percentage of 'criticism und ObjOCtl . when it l constructed or even proposed, and then reei- ves abuse and MwATfOal ed criticism after II Is completed ah. I affording good service to the public To illac.noso what alls u few ol M cltlxens and prompt-, then to inaVe misstatements about our illy water i I bevotiil me. and right or. that veiv I in . rt mil maitir I W' to offer aome facta: In the first plm ii ih; now ami km v bofoi t lie present system wus Installed, thai II must he in tailed, had If not I n built, and extended all over town, wllh a nitration and . lorln.it Ion plant In com tlou with pumping plant. .r would 111 all probabllltv ha" h:,. gg annual recurrence ,i tvphold ! ot, miuh to the detriment of life, hi illh mill bus net In Ibis town, vvlnn the illy official were urged bj tho State Hoard of Health Io install tOKJ Hint would deliver sanli.i.' water, the council got busy und did what wa in their Judgement the aaf" cst thliik- Io do; the Slate Hoard rec ommended un engineer, whose plan'. were i.dopted and he was emplo i I ; hi i plHiis and pecincnllons provided for a plant and system that would 'deliver 1. 000,000 gallons of wutr every 24 hours, water thut would be safe lo drluk, after the plant ajajuj pleled a drastic lest was made and the plant delivered water at Hi , rate of 1, 0NO, 000 per day through a four licit meter the meter was taken out because the chairman of the wa ter commit. tec thought thut It Impc de, the ilo'v, possibly It did. ami if 'so tho plant will deliver more water now than when test was inude Nov. thut iniantlty Is undi I on. I 1110 figure whut the avullabb- -upp1' will do relative to watering the 6oo iiv lots that were formerly served g I In- now apparently defum I Onlu rlo Wator Uaara' Aaan.: A civ to contains 3000 square feet, COO con tains 1.800,000 aquare feet; the co sy stem under 80 per cent efficiem will deliver 800,000 gallons a day: of thla amount, 200.000 gallons day la a big estimate of water usage aside from Irrigation, thut leavea 600,000 gallons for Irrigation, w h h will gg er 000 lota one and one half Inch'-. deep In three daya, or Irrlgut- ill (he rate Of three Inches a we- 1. A gallon of water will cov r a squat" foot an Inch and a half deep, (i oiitinueil on I'uge Two i Would Put Bounty Homes to Mill III II H iM UCIO Ml N llll H t I tl.l. Ol K Hills Mrs I. Coil, mother ul L O und B ami Ml C. DofrOM of Ibis lily, do I g Hi home of her daughter, Mrs. ti. M Carnellx of Meridian, bud morning Bronobutl pnomonlo from whlih she had suffered hut a daya was the cause of hi which came to her family us s sudden shuck for none of them bad 01 puled a fatal terminutloii ol her III ness The body was brut lo-Ontaiio Hon day and funeral services, largely .a tended, were held at the Church ot the Hlesaed Sacruim nt Hev Fr Campo offlciutiug During tin- ser vices the bUOlaooi hoii-e. ol the cll closed Interment was made in tho Catholic i emclsry Mrs Coll during her long life ..' usefulness witnessed Ho- nphui of the West She was horn a' lieuuvleve, Missouri, in HIT, un I moved later to Si LouM wlni. lived and brut up In r family 1'if I years ago when her sons gad daughters came West, she ggggo t M setlliug wllh tht'iii at Hoiaoo, Oru Six years ago when the McCoy to ers come to Ontario tin- too tin. .. Ul malu her home with them und re waluad here since that time TF.NNIS I 1,1 It IS LATEST H OMTARKM t n t: VIA W .IllBl west ot thl High S, liool build Ing there bus been built In the pit two Weeks two double tennis COttrU There every night may he seen a nun, her of nt the voimg baalBOM and pi I fesalonul men gagJUgd In the laud able attempt to keep willst linos within due bounds while Inn Ing a good time The chatter members ol thl dttb II I. Peterson. II II ( nckriini. 11 II Hoiiglnsu II W I'owers. It W Swngler. P .1 (lallngher are not pr paring to lift the Hals cup or any think: like that, but are havlim a int. time Membership In the new club ' open to nil who want to Join All that Is nei essary Is to pay II It COCl rum the treasurer $! now and gBOtti er $fi luler to men! the cost ol ni.il, I Iho courts, which was approximate! APPARENTLY DIVIDED Mecliim ,,i II, 000 who Signeil Iteoion slrauce tgulusl linprovenienl I nl- in v lop Ih lino, grain Hl'Vfial llluli aw llpposltloli to the rev lud pav n : ptosrain Is gradually lessening ntul loosing in uitihhii-. Daring th pa week., once tin oil We- outlined ut tin- mooting ol Ibi I i lab hi-t Thursday evohlin . ' v gfal non vv Io the ii monstrance to the original di strict have signed I In- petition .i ' in for paving Hoaidr these other- have signified their Intention of vv it hdrawlng iio-ir objoi tloa Tin' most eon pit non .'ii- I paving program Ihru Ihojr wltbdrn 111 ol ohjei tloll , .lie II I lloi . I Fraser Moth I n h.iv favored Mring but Ibol that II III gl I in put oh for a time However Ih I) desired thai a definite stand to Ing at a definite time under a definlti oan. should DO presented to the (i t ouncll b the objeitors, so that Hint body would u inbi :d ,i nd ami kuov that they, were slu.eie in ivn I lot .i PO tg hot I U In ii otlors who signed the ronton st rame ie lined to no. unit themsehi In such a prorceilurc Mr lloyer and I Mr. Fraser wllbdrew then obJjOOt Hon io puMng now J It Bliiekubv, A I. Ioi It i in I I i 'n n I'et ten who bad In hand Hie petition for paving Itmbl Ho I, . program secured the ifngggrt many properly owners, und on a se urate docuuieni aoenrod Iho signa lures of business men gobtll i ls.it i Improvement he made At (he ineetlnii of remoiislrutors at the City Hall 'In nlnK I rep I til Ion of the meeting before I he i i , ii ii ell, so far as fervid orator) v. I corned und iiinnili i, , , ,n, las vil- that many of the romonotrntoi hot agree OMMEHCIAI. li it Ml nil l( ItlMIS TO l N t(.l I XMI'tll.N t I. Body. On- newly reiary of the. Ontario Commercial club whose arrlvul vv a . OgpoetOd lllll week inudii his nppeai no. in (oday Willi him came Mrs llo.lv und Ihell I wo i 1, llili . li The) hllNc . ome to make Ontario (heir honn "On iholl liollie ' said Mt Hod' .1 not give you m Impi of Ontario und Iho stonatri round uhoiil, but I trust thut we ..in muk. Ontario bOtlOl known to the 00tOld woiid itefore i left Portland ' mndg arrangeiin hi . f..r placing pormononl exhibit ot HlO product Ol this seen..', Ill the offli e ol I he HI hi I I I Commerce, on u main Moor where ma .'land people and visitors to li on Range Get Rid of Them. i Oregon ought to pui a bount) in I l bin I al.ee eating the i io wi cattle, i- i' .0 of the Orogou and s Colonliatlon i ompany i ouid ir gad Ukl 0g "11 Ho- l.lhge I , leHM bor.-e IM Ratine. , lo almost no morkol fm the in tie shugtulls Ihul loam Ho l.i s 'I I.i , I ' rid of them tin Wlille Mr David ol nil ol iho i ti i... i . lading i 1 14 big rongi hou oa on t hi proj he Is developing Just south of Win ulpbg, Next week he will ship from Prlnerllli seven oorload : to di vi )op IS, 040 ucres of Ian I he has diulin ' In that region 'lo pul ill. ami on the muiki t be built OS mil' i ot .li. im age. Tin- boraea being taken over Ho- l.order will be sold lo thl I ers along wit h t he land Mr. Ha. ii -on ai-o reported I bet .Smith ( rune und A MoWllllOII I ollel I. d Hill.'' i'.'lll bl '! ' ti.. Interior to be sblppi d lo Ontat lo this Week and taken l..i,l Turnbull was otM of tbo ronchet (hat aold a big bunch of these It Is ut that they w III nd tu Ihl big horoo uu Hon ll aaa ( Ity COMMERCIAL CLUB MEN URGE NEED OF PARK W. L. LWON PlilSIHIS AT DIN- NKH SESSION WHICH STAIUN BOOSTING Ol NNI L I All! KEEP oWMIIl l I HUNT WILL BOOSr VALE CHAUTAUQUA t rge ( ...oHialloii Willi Fourth ol .Inly I eb luatlons Site for Auto I iinip (round Socunil Prencbeis iblies (oillierlng. When W I I ..i Min. chairman Ol tin- ,1 it he I ominerchil clnt' we klv dinner session lust nlgnt I Filer's everyone of tho :it chairs pro vided for the k-atlnrlng wa nilb-,; No bi'tter domonatratlon could bg : i i to, that the weeklv get to-gei mooting Is growing sleadlly In poo ii lit lt vv It h the bUalnOOl men Tho mooting waa domonotratlon oi pop i'lrst II II Tunny spoke for (he l.ui board, urging to-operallo-i on IhO part of the business men lie predicted the biggest and best Fair BVer, with the pi 'in here of foul or In ' all plain ,. il I In Q the biggest slin k -.how ever held Next week, he s.ihl the Fall Hoard would be ready to call upon Ihl bualnoaa nun foi definite work Itiilli-onil Man Talks. l.otiKvvoilh. freight claim In lor in a brio) addrooa tobod Iho i o operation of bu men In bot tering the railroad orvloo bi paokln goods for shipment more larefull He told ol vv hat the railroads are Ii -Ing Io do lo eilm ate II inployees '" tor handling ol h eigin and Hvo I,,, I Want I In I'nrk. At the i Hug at the club room which lollovveil Hie dinner the no ti discussed the need for a city pnl, ano will ptohahlv take steps lu (he near fuliire to e.uie an ade(uat -Me lli nnnlltee on Hie aillo ping ground reported Hint T T kuhoul ol .lot dan Valley had donated the use ol lots he owns oil Not I II Oregon street or this year providing IhO grounds were plop, il, cured Ioi The committee wa- Inatuctod to pro I to put tho ground! In shape. II II Tunny, A llobln on, J It Black nby, Hr. II II Whitney ami W ' Turner tro the cotninlttee in charge II....-I a.', I'logiain- I 0 llllinlfesl I he , Il V 'g ih e til Co operule In the acllvith . ol the nelg: holing elites It wus determined 0 ioi m an IM urslon of (Inlal Uns lo Vale for one or more of the Chuutun quit programs, und also to urge Oikh rlani 10 OOObM In making Vali Fnuilll of Jlllv celi-blallon It success hv altelldlllg The lletitlls of lint co open, live ollott will he outlined al BtOOtlng ii'vi Ihuisday at which i l( W Jones will prosbb tilt X IS llltl li IN Ml -.IH il- Ol KItOEHNIM II IIIM.SN ( ii Sunday night, or eaily Mood . i moi Ding ti ' ' I'd hallo s -hop of II, .- Li... in llano company, ami otolo 116 worth . blanket-, spurs ami Othl I l.nl i . i in ..I hv bl window ul the rear of tin- balldln No illle to the ,e pet ri!tolh of I i I mo ha ve bOOa Ill 'l frighten uway bofort tbo) complotod inolr Job wus evident from II. r.oii thai a p of hand inn. h e lifted fno the show window and pi. tied ,im. i a i .. tad lelt 1 1 dia'iv.i was opened and un-Igucd i.- handled, bin no i taki i This is the hcioioI time Ibis hillld" has been ii.i. rod b tin I M I(K IIIOM s 1(1 II l(N i.l I s I 1(11 Mis IM IWI I I II.INl. Mark J Thopioi luleab drlrei cullie hail, t . Ilntallo Ibis week Id il he I, .id died III W'elser lol lowing . I I. lent dill lug w hli'i. he wus gold to I had he. ii hi i 1. ed in Until lo, and not d mi d Thai w h v man knew him heie t hoi ' wlnn Mi Thomas walked dow ll tho st n.i OH I Ui 'I.i v II. i . from i bt i Bai t of hi : l Ip to VA I .1 nid .v..l... I Ing w hOt I i-i or not I dj h, unit' broo thai caused his aci IdOOl ni ii in im i s t MIT II I li.ll UNI. IN III1MI md Lull Browning, who have houieatood ii. ,..i in i i.. were in Ontario Ibl ,u lu.. ii. .ii arrange mollis for proving UP lloll. young men biva Jn-' returned fr Itlgglu rvlci in Hi ' Argonni Mu -11 ofl't iel and .1 ; and hiked almost li net man Q i ban how much ion iliiiik ol IhO I' S until ' ling a wa said io- Browning ana In I hi ,i ion nd was otailonod ! Itlgglna menti I Ol II ' , and (n ,, I hv bl "h l'-'l 01 d P" i hi ii (niiiii lo iii hound fm will attend the I'n ou County stock show .