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ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, TIIUKSIJAY, AUGUST 7, 1910
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SIDE STREETS WILL
BE GIVEN ATTENTION
C1TIZRNH PKOPOHR T) COUNCIL
THAT IT AllltANdR TO HAVR
OHAVKIj AM) OILRD MATRHN
A'Ij fltOM HUHINRHS MIC
TION placrd klhi'
wiikui: WOULD IMPROVE THUS
Htiort Lino KtiKlnecr Ask Council to
Amend 1'nvliiK DMrlrt nnd Hiilimlt
Specifications for CroisliiK Nn
(Jiiuruiii 1 Present for Meeting,
Altho tlioro was no quorum prosont,
nnd therefore no doflnlto action tn
kon, tliu City Council hold n session
Monday ovonlng. Only tlirco mam
bem: Councilman Troxoll, Mooro and
Allon woro present; Mayor Jones,
Councilman Cockrum, McDowell and
Laxson doing nbsont.
Tliu principal mattur discussed wns
Hint brot to tho attention of tliu Coutu
ell by W. R. Loos nnd II. C. Hoyor.
Thoy naked tlio Council to arrange
for tho Improvement of Hide streets
and HtrcotH lending to tJio liu-lneM
Boctlon, which Ih to bo paved, by
taking tho oiled grnvol from tho sur
fuco of tho bunlnuiM district ' nnd
nproadhiK It on thuso sldo streets.
Thoy declared that many or tho
business blocks Imvo sovornl Inches of
gravel which linn boon placod tlioro
during a porlod of years nnd thai this
In oxcollont material for tho Improve
mont of aldo atreotB. Since moat of
thin will liavo to bo moved thoy hub
gostod that tho council arrange with
tho Warren Construction company
to haul thin material to tho doslgnntod
HtrootH and that then, al but n small
cost, tlio city could Improvo many
HtrootH whloh now nro nlmoit Imuniuf
nblo on account of land and chuck
holes.
W. f. Ilomnn, Commlsslanor ap
pointed to appraise tho bottormonts
to tho property within tho paving dis
trict declared that In his opinion tho
gravel that is to bo moved will bo
HtilTlcloiit to gravel at least 40 blocks
according to tho specifications on tlio
for gravelled atreets, Tlieso specifi
cations call-for cruvcl 10 font wldo
and four Inches doop, whllo on sovornl
of tliu streets to bo pavod tho gravel
Ih now 10 or 12 Inches deep for tho
full width of tho. streot, S2 feet.
T. II. Mooro said that whllo this
would inako u material Improvement
now that ho had hoped that no Im
provements bo mado on Illchardson
utroot, Virtue, Moflltt nnd King streets
no that in a short time they Mould bo
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II
TO P. L S.
Motion Diminished Without Prejudice
by I'Vderul Judge und Injunction
Suit in Stute Court Will
Proceed.
federal Judge Dean, at Portland
dismissed the motion of the P. U, S.
company asking for an Injunction
against the directors of the Warm-
springs Irrigation District to prevent
them proceeding with the building of
tho dam at Illversldo which will con
vert a P. I-. 8. ranch Into the reser
voir of the Warmsprlngs systom.
The action was dismissed after
witnesses for both the company and
tho district wero heard and now the
District will proceed with its con
demnation suit in the State courts.
Among the witnesses who went to
Portland were: Ilex Marquis, George
McLaughlin, M. Q. Hopo, Oeorge Hus
sell, officers of the district, Engineers
Wiley, Carrlllo, Lewis and Smith who
are In charge of the work. Most of
tho witnesses returned Wednesday
and Thursday.
As the result of the dismissal of
the motion work will proceed and the
dam will be finished asplanned, in
October.
President W. P. Davidson of tho
Oregon-Western Colonization compa
ny arrived Tn the city yesterday. He
is at the Moore.
LOOAIi I'lll.M HUCCRHHfUL IN
IIIHDINO I'OU 111(1 CONTRACTS
During tho past wcok tho U. 8.
Manufacturing company of this city
was tho successful blddor In pract'-
cnlly all of tho big contracts awarded
In this section, for plumbing nnd
heating plants. Tho company was
awarded tho contract for tho heating
plant of tho now school building at
Huntington; It also was tho lowest
blddor for tho heating plant of tho
1'nyotto school building nnd likewise
nt WolBor, tho In tho latter case nil
o ftho bids' wero rojected becnuso tho
bonds Issued woro not sufficient to
complcto tho work. Tho company Is
now engaged In finishing tho con
tract for tho heating plant of tho
Mercy hospital at Nampa. Tho com
pany also secured tho contract for tho
boating nnd plumbing of n hnndBomo
now reslilcnco for ono of Nnmpn's
hanker citizens.
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WANTED BY CITIZENS
Koho (Jul ling" Nulwiure, nnd to
Condemn Unsightly llulldlng
Along Allejw In tlio IliiNlnriKt
DIMrlrt.
Something must bo dono to solvo
tho gurbago problem In Ontario.
That was tho unanimous ntlment of
tho momburs of tho Commercial club
as oxprumtod ut tho meeting last night
following tho luncheon. A commlttco
conslHtlng of 0. K. Aiken, R. W. How
land nnd J. T. McN'ulty wits named
to placo this matter before tliu City
Council.
Llkowlso tho club mombors want
tho city fathom to condomn und com
pel tliu removal of tho uuolghtly
buildings Hint drnpo tho alloys of tho
business district. II. II. Tunny was
liiHtructod to toll tho Council what tho
club thinks of present conditions In
this respect.
Whllo tlio city Is ongaglng In nn
nttompt to maku n more pleasing np
pourujico, R. 1). Conklln suggested
that nn order bo Issued to Imvo nil
tulegruph and tolophono poles palntol
white, or some other color.
Tlioro was n lengthy discussion of
tho garbngo question for It Is recog
nized that to solvo it tho City Council
must first secure n dumping ground
and that so far none has boon 'found.
Ilowovor tli9 club voiced tho belief
that a contlnuod campaign to got
Individual as well ns community no
tion in this matter must bo carried
on.
W. J. Plnnoy callod attention to
tho mooting of tho Western States
Irrigation congress at Salt Luko In
the near futuro and urged tho club
to send representatives' to that guth
orlng. He said that Mainour Develop
ment League will tueot in Nyssa soon
and llkowlso urged a largo attend-
anco from Ontario.
HOLD lllllTIIDAV PARTY
initio Miss Jean Aiken celebrated
hor Blxth birthday on Tuesday after
noon of this week with n lawn party
at tho homo of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Q. K. Alkon. Klovon little play-
mates of the neighborhood gathered
to aid In tho festivities. Games wore
played and stories told, and these
wero followed by refreshments.
PEACH?f I M,V.TPICKLES
- X .: ?t--: NOW SOU -
S pS? CHltfJReN CLEAR v i
MRMI1RHH Of Clll'llCII CONSIDRU
PROPOSAL fltOM CR.VIRNAHV
committrr to rhrct nru
kdii-ici: worth ' sao.tmn
ON HITI1 TO lit: .SRLRllf I)
FINAL DECISION NOT GIVEN
Huncy of Field will bo Made llcftitv
DctnlN of Campaign mil Im Worked
Out Church Itonnl Would Mate
i fully AkkIkI In Dcfrn)liii Rvkiim'i..
To build or not to build, that I'l tho
nunsllon that Is agitating th? minds
of (he mombors of tho Ontario Meth
odist Kplscopal church.
At n bunquot of tho mou of the
church hold In tho church parlurs Ins.
Thursday avonlng this quostluu was
brought to a focus and discussed nt
length, tho np decision was roachod.
Tho prlnclpnl spoaker nt tho li.in-
quot was Itov. James C. Krwln, of
Now York City, representing tho
Hoard of Home Missions of tho churclu
and tho church Rxtcuslon Society
At tho presont tlmo ho is doing spec
lal work for tho Contonary board
thru whoso nctlvlttcw tho church
raised a fund of ono hundred nnd
thirty million dollars.
Thru Itov. Krwln tho board offered
to glvo to tho local church $8,000 to
ward tho building of u now church,
this offer was contingent however on
tho local church raising sufficient
funds to oroct n sultnblo building,
not for church purposes onlv, but for
community and Institutional work.
Whllo tho men nt tho banquet last
Thursday did voto to nsk Itov. Krwln
to roturu for n uorlcs of addresses
hero during noxt wcok. Ills first ad
dress will bo dollvored on Sunday,
August 10) nnd ho will continue to
dollvor a sorlos of talks ovory even
lug of tho wcok.
ALL QUIET ON OWYHEE
DITCH DURING WEEK
Water Head Now Practically III Per
Out Normal IKU luetics of
Wnlcr .Unliable for 10,000
Acres of IjiikI
Ilotwoon tho pumping plant and tho
gravity Intake of tho Owyhee Ditch
there aro 4104 Inches of water avail
nblo for tho 10,000 ncrcs of laud
taking water this summer.
This head of water which Is being
divided under the direction of the
State Water Master, by A. I 8proule.
deputy In charge of tho Owyhee
Ditch, and as tho result of ono pros
ocutton for violating the regulations
there has beon no further trouble
during the week.
At a, meeting of the board of direct
ors last Saturday it was expected that
a numbor of protests would bo filed
but none of the ranchers appeared
and only routine buslnoss was transacted,
WILL BE ORGANIZED
OPPOUTI'NITV WIMi MR UIVRN
ONTAItlANS TO OWN HOMKH
OK TIIRIIt OWN ( PIT, 1,1.
ZATION Ol' COMPANV WIM.
Hi: $10,00"
REVOLVING FDNDTO BE RAISED
Committee Will Solicit Knli-t rlptloiin
" to Copltiil .Stock nt Onto mi That
Work on New IIoiik'm May Stmt In
Very Nonr future.
With n capitalization of 110,000
nn Ontnrlo Home I) tlldlng company
wilt bo organized nt once. A. I.
Cookrum, W. !'. He inn, I). M. Tng-ri
gnrt nnd R. C. Vnnf otton, tlio coin
mlttuo appointed hj 'resident Wood
nt tho Commercial ub to Invostl
gnto tho situation - ortml Its plan
to tho club nt tho t dug Inst night
nnd It was unnnlmn ly adopted nnd
tho commlttco CO' nued with In
structions to proccca to form tho rnm-
pnny.
According to tho plan outlined h
Mossrs. Cockrum and Unman of tlio
committee, tho company can ndnpt
Movornl different muthods of financing
Its opornt'ons. It can procswl to
building operations according to
plans submitted by n prospuctlvo own
or, or plans ndoptod by tho directors,
nnd nftur n houso In built can place
a mortgagu on tho building with lo
cal pcoplo or with Home oulsldo flnau
clnl Institution.
In any ocnt tho purchaser of the
homo will bo nblo to llnnnro his homo
with n relatively small Initial pay
mont.
Secretary I I.ohIIo Ilody of tlio
club reported that already ho had
boon authorized to outer subscrlp
lions for nearly $1,000 of tho capital
stock.
SCHOOLS WILL HAVE
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
lloanl IIiiIiik UecclM'd Mini) Appll
nilloiiH Will HelniKO Siipeilnten.
dent II. II. Dougliiks to State
UnUci-xlly.
When tho School Hoard first re
ceived Supt. II. It. Douglas' resig
nation It sent ailvlsc-H forth to ninny
educational Institutions roquMtlng
Information concerning possible up
pllratants. When a rush did not re
sult tho board considered declining
Mr. Douglass' request. Then appli
cations began to arrive. That
changed tho aspect of tho caso.
Theroforo on the return of Mr
nnd Mrs, Douglass from Illuo Motui
tuln Springs tho hoard with IiIh as
sistance began to canvass tho sit
uation nnd has now nurrowod the
field to two or throo likely candi
dates, and when negotiations clow
Mr. Douglass will bo rulloed so that
ho can Join tho faculty of tho Stato
Unlvorslty to which ho has been
olected to full professorship.
TllltRII PltOVINCKS Of CANADA
VIHITRI) IIV ONTAItIO PAUTV
Mr. and Mrs, A. R. Drown and fam
ily are bnck in Ontario nflur nn ox
tcudod nuto trip thru Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho mid Montnun, and three
provlncoH of tho Dominion of Cnnadn,
Ilrltlsh Columbia, Alberto nnd Sns
katohownn. Thoy visited nil tho
grunt scenic resorts of tho Cnnndlnn
Itocklctt, such ns Ihtnff, nnd l.nkc
Louisa nnd tho Arrow Head l.nkc
region,
To mnko this trip by nuto thoy
woro compelled each tlmo In goln?
fiom ono part of Caunda to another
to roturu to tho U. S. A. nnd cross
Washington, Northern Idaho or Mon
tana. On tholr return thoy visited
tho ninclcr Nntlonnl park nnd tho
Yollowstono. Thoy reached Ontnrlo
Inst Saturday,
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FOR THRIFTY YOUTH
erfeclly HurnilcnN Now That War Is
Our TIicm) Death DcnlliiK In-tni-
meiitfi Can Iiiilly bo Won Win.
uet-N Miixt Work nnd Sine.
A roal, practical memento of tho
gront war, ono that will last u life
time, and more, has bocn placed by
tho Treasury Department, through
tho Oregon Wnr Savings Stamp or-
ganlzntlon, within tho reach of uvury
boy und girl In tho stato.
This memento Is. nothing lotss than
u roal bomb, or hnnd-gronndo, made
originally for use by American dough
boys In their light for right nnd tliu
liberty of tho world, fortunately
sumo 1C, 000,000 uf those grenades
woro nut needed, Tho armistice was
slguod before they had been sent over
nous, but Undo Sam, n thrifty perron
himself, doesn't want tliu labor nnd
material used In making these bombs
to bo wasted, so ho Is turning thoni
Into little banks, und him u plan
whereby uvury American boy und girl
may oaru ono. This plan, as outlin
ed by Mrs. A. It. Iiuioh, Associate
Statu Director of the War Savings
Stamp work, Prmldos that u grenade
shall ho awarded to ovory school pu
pil, 10 jearu old or younger, who, ut
tho opening of school In Soptumbor.
can exhibit to his teacher ono Wnr
Savings Stamp purchased with money
earned by him during wtwttlou, und
who tukos with his stamp u stor
showing how tho money for tliu Stump
was ourncd, boys and slrls, over 10
yours old, will bo presented ;i hand
grenade bank, If they exhibit two
War Savings Stamps, bought with
money uuruod during vacation, and
also huvo n llttlo story showing how
thoy ourncd monoy.
Thoso grenade, of course, will ho
perfectly harmless, Tho deadly ox
plosives they would huvo carried on
tholr way to tho llun hao boon ro
moved, so that tho shell ulouo re
mains, mid In each grenade a slot
largo enough to reeelvo u dlmu has
beon cut. Thus, the grunudu become
u nifty, strong, llttlo uuvlugs bank.
Tho (Jovornmcnt realize that sparo
dimes placed In thoso greuadu bunks
will mnko thorn Just as deadly to
wasto and extravagance as thoy would
Imvo boon to tho enemy, had thoy
boon hurled Into tho (lorinan trench
os., In battle. That Is tho object of
tho offor mado by Undo Sam to girls
and boys. Ho wants them to realize
that thrift and Having is a Urtuo that
is essential to tho best citizenship.
following aro some suggestion
as to how boys muy earn monoy du
ring vacation; Carrying a newspa
per routo; fruit picking and harvest
ing; helping in the stores; offlco boy
work; grass cutting und dolltorlng
milk, (ilrls may earn spare money
by caring for babies; making fancy
work; washing dishes; cleaning, and
also by working in tho harvest fields,
If thoy aro strong and healthy glrlt
War S.ivlngs Stumps headquarters
has udvlHod all County School Supar
lutondonts, City Superintendents uud
Itural School Supervisors of the hand
grcnudo plan, and it Ih expected that
Oregon children will go "over tho
top" and call for thousands of the
banks whon school opens in Septem
ber. There will bo enough for nil,
too.
Though tho fourth of July cross
stato ulrplauo flight In tho luturost or
tho War Savings Stamp campaign hud
to be postponed owlnf, to damago to
tho airplane In making a landing
at Dallas, the plan has not been aban
doned, and the flight will probably
bo mado later In tho summer..
IRRIGATION TREBLES
VALUE OF BIG RANCH
TltANHfRIt Of Old) 1HIOSNAN
11ANCII ON W1M.OW CHRRK
AIIOVR VAIill SHOWS WHAT
WAHMHPUINOH IltltlOA-
TION DIHTIUOT MRANH
TO COUNTY
PROPERTY JUMPS 18 TOLD
Ti cnty Yearn ago Itnncli Sold for
!jtl,nooi Vo Ymim ngo wi Trnnn
fcrrel nt JJ7,000Now Under Wnnu
nprliig, Sells for -0Oo.
Another proof, If proof woro need-
cd, to show conclusively tho Immense
valuo of irrigation, was given thM
wcok In tho recording of tho snlo of
tho old Tom llrominn ranch on Wil
low Crock, thrco miles nbovo Vtflu,
which whs bought by John Vines
for 120,000.
Twonty years ago, Just before Tom
llrosnan, undo of T. J. llromian of
Ontario, died, ho sold this 320 acres
to n man ntimod Rdwurds for Just
11,500, or less than 5 per aero.
Two yonm ago when tho Rdwards
estate was sottled up this ranch was
sdld for 17,000. It was then, as It
In now, pnrtlally developed. Hut
rlnco then tho Wnrinnprlngs Irrigation
district bonds huvo boon sold nnd tho
work on tho systom bo far progressed
Hint water for nil tho land under tho
system is nssurod for noxt yonr, and
that tolls tho story, for with n full
wutor right John Vines, son of Coun
ty Commlsslonor frank Vinos paid
$20,000 for tho property UiIh weak.
And this Is not nil. Most students
or land values- In this section bollovo
that Mr. Vinos socurod n roal bar
gain, und that In reality the laud Is
worth $100 por ncro In tho rough.
FIREMEN CELEBRATE
RETURN OF COMRADE
Wllmer lloer U Honored (JucM nt
Department feed Staged Tuesday
l.'wnliix at City llnll He.
CoiiiiIh Hxperlenre.
Tho ruckot at tho City Hall Tuos
day evening was not duo to n special
session of tho City Council or n noisy
trial of sonio caso with lawyers fur
nishing tho oxuberanco that perme
ated that neighborhood. It was noth
ing Ilka that, at all.
Tho hilarity and nolso was tho ex
pression of good tlmo which tho mem.
hers of tho Ontario flro Depart mont
woro having at tho big feed given In
honor of Wllmer Hoyor who returned
recently from tho A. R. f.
Ilosldo tho big feed which J. II.
Athortou, frank Urlttlugham and
Louis Hurtlo had arranged for tho
features ut the evening was tliu story
of his oxporluncos abroad which Mr
Hoyor told
OREGON OIL FIELD
IS LOCATED, CLAIM
Spokuno Man Kjijh That 12 Ml!'"
North of Jleulali He found
State's True Oil Holt.
Spokuno, Wash., July 31. SpeM
uioiiH of fossils, oil shale, oil sand
stono and pure asphalt, which 11, M.
Phillips brought from Eastern Ore
gon, uro In his possession at tho
Lover hotel. Thoso, with tho seep
ago and formation of tho country,
couvlnco him that ho lias found tho
truo oil belt of that state.
He has Just returned from thero
after locating 2880 acres for himself
and so mo of tho business men of Spo
kauo who aro associated with him.
Ho expects to return next week,
"This locality Is an anticline and,
llko the districts of Pennsylvania, Is
40 miles from tho syncllne, where
the natural gan has boen discovered,
and I feel suro It Is the true location
of the oil," said Mr, Phillips today
"It Is about 12 miles north of Ilou
lab on the old stuge lino between Vale
and Durns, and about 45 miles by
auto from Vale. It is In the north
ern part of Malheur county.