ntot0 t$v&. ifeWfiJv xxrn .,. T QIja'ARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OHECION, THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1919 NO. J2 ASSESSMENT ROLL ON IS ItKHIIIKXT OF YUKON HIM'XDH l-'KW DAYS WITH ItKltATIVIM COUNCIL ACOKPTH COMMISSION' Klt'H HKPOHT T II. MOOIli: MAKKH VKHIIAl OIUKCTIOX TO HASIH OF APPtHtTIOX- MKXT. DOGS NAY DOFF HUZZIES Mn) or KxpressoH Ideas on m ii. fore onuMit Sidewalk . Petitions (Il'illilcd, nl to Tlmo IMonsloii Is Accorded. Mm. Colin KofllltiB whose hotno Ih In Dawson, away up on tlio Artie clrclo, In tlio Yukon Territory, ,r rlvcJ Wodnosdny from Seattle whoro alio lion boon visiting, lo spend u fow days with liar motlior, Mrs. II, I.o Itoy, and liar brother, It. If. I.olloy oi ling city, on nor arrival sin lonrncd Hint tlio Inst bon(to lonvo tlio Sound for Alnskn so Hint pns HcngorH could orossiaAVIilJgllorHP pass would enll Hnturdny mi she leaves tonight for tlio Pugot Sound port. T BALL T. After n dlflcuBHlou which Inslod for nearly two lionra tlio Council ut Km ndjournud meeting Mondny night nt tlio City Hull approved tlio ushosh inunt roll for tlio stroot paving iih presented liy IV. F. Iloninn, com missioner,' Tlio itolmto cor.coniPd only the ohJoctloiiH vorbnlly nindo h T. II. Mooro lo tlio rntto UHCd In making iiHrtwisiiKMit for sldo Htreot paving. Ah nt tho roKtilnr mcetliiR on Sep tumlier 2, ho wnnted tlio comer loin assessed for nt lutist moro tlinn fifty per cent of tlio cost ho uvon cited tlio IIoIho system of nssosHlnR the full coMt of Htreot pnviiR to tlio torn cr, jiiHt It Ib lo tho frontngo on niiiln Htreot paving, tho ho did not dtH'Inru tlmt ho fnvnrod thnXhlgJ) n ratio. Mayor It. W. Joiioh Hii'd Hint his JudKtuent wnH tlmt tho rntlo Mhould ho 40 per cent for tho comer lot, and 1C per cent for ouch of tho other lotH to tho mlddlo of the hlook Oouncllmnn V. II. I.nxson look n Hlmllnr view. Couucllmnn Harry II. Cockrum and Commissioner W. I'. Human up held tho contention that the lionofltr should I) npnwd on tho bail of SO pr cent fur tlio corner lot. 26 n cent for tho second lot nnd to p.-: tost for tho other thro lots to the center of Hi block. After the ihilmte had wnxrd foi come time nud Mr, Moor lutl Intro diicod u tuleni&m from the City Kit Bnoar of llofao showing "that Hit comer lots paid nil of (ha M itrMl jwr tus, Councilman Hugh Alloa moved that tli odium teal nuttr'a re oil ho uccrptod ThU motion car ild hy a, ot.i of thr to one High School AUiIoIIch mid Musical Art Mies Hlait Willi i:cellenl Prospects Tlihty Piece Hand Yrlei'iiii Team SCHOOL OPENS WITH LARGE ENROLLMENT Many Sew TenchciH In Faculty Two Hctitrnrd I'Yom Honlco To Foi-nion I'oslttim In School. Fruit Picking Keeps Jinny Ikijs From School mi Autlioiltles Nmk For Ht 111 linger .Number of Pupil In October. TO PAVE BRIDGE ROAD Favorable Action Taken on Coiiinier rial Cluh Coiiiiiilttco's Ititicv( for I'livlng From City Limits to 1 1 ridge. iiKAiti) tin: phksidkxt AND IS HT1IOXU FOH M'AOUI! ESTIMATES ORDERED PREPARED Wmk lo ho Doiio When City Takes I'm Ink lo Hast City Limits on Ida ho Avenue l'rolmlily Next Spring. (fnntlnuml on I 'hub i BEST RIDERS ADD ROPERS COHWGTD WEiSEBSOUNlVUP Cumiulttco Leaves Tonight l.'or Pom- (lletoii to Sign I'll Wiuiiei .Many loinl ltlilii Alre.oly Contracted, Welaor, Idaho, .Sept. 18 If you wfiut to ioo hoiuo of the Imut rldara r.nd roparn In tho country display tliolr talents )ou Hhould couio to the WoUer llound-up. Tho forogoliiR It In offect tho word that Ih holne imwi od nhout on tho at roots of WoUer to day hy lioontorn for tho IiIr oolehra Hon tlmt la scheduled to haglii here iidxt Thursday. A commltteo consisting of 0. A WoRt, cashier of tho First National Hank and James Galloway, attorney leave tonight for Pendleton, Ore. to sign up winners In nil events thore for our hlK show. "Wolser has to mnko this yoar'a Hound-up tho hlg gent over" said Mr. West this morn ing "and wo are going to pick tho hoet men and women riders and rop. era that we can find, Tho mer chants have stood hack of us to n man on tho financial end nnd wo wnnt to show them a real show. There Isn't anyone In tho country who doesn't wnnt to see the spirit of the old west carried on to tho future and thero Isn't nnyono who doesn't enjoy seeing husky men play nt the sporta that wore enjoyod hy the early Westerners. That Is the reason wo nro holding tho Hound-up In Welser so that people of this sec. tlon will not hnvo to go so far to get this sort of entertainment." Desldes he professionals who will bo contracted to come here, there Is a long list of local mn who have signified tholr Intention of being hero when tho Hound-up gates open. Theso men will take part principally In the racing part of tho program. Toot hall nnd mna'c nro to he two of tho chief diversions of tho Ontario High School pupils thin fall, (loth hnvo lino proopoctH of micceatf. Tho first foot Imll praotlro oh 1 1 oil for hy Coach 8. M. IJoueher develop ed tho fact Hint I hern are elavan men In school who miw service last season. In foot gnly two big hole aro to he filled. Thwra worn cnusoil hy tho graduation of Orvlllo Wnltera and Darroll Dowser. A now quarter nud a now half will ho developed out of tho volernn miitor'nl to tnko can of thoso plncoa. There were eighteen men out for tho (lmt practteo nud several mine nro oxportPd so that two complete toajiia will ho nvnllnhlu to xelccl the first string from. Thla wilt greatly tlippllfy training- and kIvh the rti tara plenty of practice, nu advantage Ilia? haro not Ind :n tlio past, Thlily I'lefo llHtitl M. I). Thomas, lander of the bi to' Had ih c.amUtfiUoa oui for Land iactlco WediUHMlay ulviit. Of tho 18 have had piavlouu pirlonft mid an play Inelmmoma now. Hveral now Instrumenta ha betn nr.l-ieil wid there la twory pravtii tlmt n !tr i.tcn oi ruu but Ion w'll I piwfActad Tba wmk of tlio hand thin voar '. i i .wit of the "Irlculiiui mid lhf tu lnt who tnkn iri and irirtle -eujarlr mn glrcn two credlln fo school work. . Pllf-.l OtTlMWa lilnv Tomorrow aftar ela-iatw ar ill H.i.d of tho siud'nl body and tin Inaaaa w'll hold ' actions for I Ik .dining yar. Itlj (iih)t Ctolfl Cant. Rohwt Smith of tho Cnlttt oinpany ranrle that bo han thl VHjr tho la lies I comPftny evr ns enblml on tb rampua. Thar warp 7S man out for drill on Wtduel;. md uiro ai tJiiMwvtad lator. Ad IfthiuHl oiilnDieut la uxpoetod dell: o that ilia coiniHiuy will ho full iqnlpiiad and mako n most croillta hlo ahnw'nK. HAiip oi' KTituirr i.Kiiri-s Attn UUUMCD Ol'T HY liKillTICN'INt In the nleetrlcal storm which pre- eedml tho heavy rain yestord .loru'iig a llRhlonlne; Hash must hnvo hit one of the street lamps uroUhly that on tho corner or Mot HU and Nevada and na the reault half tho light! In town were humac nut. Tho oleetrleena of the Idah Power eompsjiy ware buay (or tw dnya mnklng ropalm, nnd now thr lights burn.ns usual. The heavy rainfall was gmcloual' rocolved by the public which enjoy' tho first rcl rain In five months Tho entile nnd aheap men wore par ticularly pleased with tho prospoctt for fall rnngo which boa resulted. In splto of tho fact Hint Inst year tho bcIiooIb opened Intor nnd tho fruit crop wns not no lnrgo ns It Is IiIh Noasun, tho enrollment of tho schoolH on tho opening day this year wan groator thnn wnH tho totnl en rollment on Uctoher 11, 1918. On .Mondny thoro woro BIG uiinlls listed with tho teachers of tho High School, nnd tho clomontnry bcIiooIh of tho Knst nnd West hMoh. Of th'fl number ono third, or to ho ox nct, ICC woro on ml I oil In tho IIIrIi School, nnd 31C In tho WobIsIiIo (Jruiumor school while on tho Knst sldo there wcro -10, ' Kor tho first tlmo In years, too, tho iiumbor of High School boys nl- most enunls tho number of girls, tho portion IioIiir 7B boys to 80 girls iwihi yonr uio gins unit n ii:r mil Jnrlty. It Is poiftdhlo Hint tho lute entry of n ntunhor of boys who nro expected that tho boys this yonr will luivo n clear majority. Hy October 1 according In ndvlxoH received by nchool nuthorltleH tho total enrollment of tho High School III tut :n tho neighborhood of 17C or oven 200. This wilt lio a larao lurrooHo over my previous jenr when Hmro were only US enrolled In tho High School on Ontohnr tl; while In ID 1 7 Ihoro wnin 1 13 enrolled on Hint day of tin roar. Si'W Slipeilnleiiilcnt II. P. Low In. or ISnst I.ttiislns MlehlRiui, who enmn hoie fiom 1)1 Ion, Jlonlatm. j H.c imw Miiporln eiulent: ho also tenchtM iiodiigoxy. 3 M. Ilouoher who wns principal of tie HlKh fk'hool In 1 ill 7-1 until he wait Into the norvlce Ih again In ohaige or IhiJt aoet'on: M. I) rionina, who llkowlse was here In 11)17-IS I acuJu In ehnrRp of th acleuco diaitU)Hiit. Tin othwi muinliera of tin IIIrIi Sihool fiioult lie Mlaa f'atlierlno Conway, engllsh; Mrs. Kdua Orliriu, nmthematlos; K W. Kokoraley, h!Mnry nud l.itlu .Mlaa Christine Abbott, domestic art uiil soloucea; Mlsa Victoria Stnuku. ohyalcal trululng; Miss Ponrl ("ran ey, inuslo and art; MIsm Dorotln Hull, nomninruAl department. Tho touehors In tho nrummur hulldliig on (ho Wostsldo nre: A. (' 'lotisomnn. grade principal and 8th trndo; Mlftt Mne Piatt, tith grade; MIsh Itena. lllegs, Clh gmdo; Mlxc Rvn Iloydoll, 4th grndo; Mhw Willi fted I.avroncn, :iril grndo; Miss Com McNulty, 2nd grndn; M'ss Marie Hviins, and Mrs. Ponrl Jamloson llrst nnd primary grndoa. Iteataldo schoel: Mrs. W. V. Ho mnn, tint and socumi grnues, unu Mlaa 1'flin Muck, 3rd and Uli gnulos Krom tho cast city limits on Idaho Btrcot, whero tho pavement to be Inld by tho city ends, tlio roati to tho In-tor-stnto brldgo will bo pnved by tho Stnto Illghwny Commission. On Saturday of last week the Com tncrclnl club commltteo, II. 1). Cock- rum, P. J. Gallagher and a. IC. Alkcn, appointed nt a recent meeting to tuko this mnttor up with ho commission wnn ndvlscd thn't favorable ncllon had been taken on Its request nt n moot ing of tho commission In Portland last wock. Tho Icttor tolling of this came from M. 0. Dennett, division englnoor for KnHtorn Oregon. Mr, Hcnnott snld Hint formal notlco would bo rocolved from tho Nccrotnry of tho commission. On Sunday Q. A. Itoblnsou tho en gineer In chnrgo of tho work between Cairo nnd Nyssn wns ndvlscd of tho nctlon of tho commission nnd In structed to proceed nt once to pro paro ostlmatoit for tho work to ho dnnu nnd to Bend thorn In nt nn enrly dnto. Tho paving extension to ho built by tho commission extends nlno tenths of n mile from tho Finer cor ner to thu brldgo. Tho present mail Is in shupu to tnko tho hard surface without much prollmluury wmk. Tho rond has been rounded up nud drulnngo provided nnd thnn readier tho HpeclllealloiiH uflcoHtmry to hnvo (ho CoiiiiiiIhhIoii placo the hard Hiir- -MttiiK-upou It. This section of rond s u part or tho Obi Oregon Trull Illghwny. J II. Ulncknby returned Wednes day' from Portland whoro ho went to hoar President Wilson's nddrcss on thu Lea t; no of Nations and ho ono of tho Stnto's reception committee, Slnco his rotum Mr. Dlncknby Is stronger thnn over In advocating tho I.caguo of Nations, While In tho city, too, Mr. Ulnck nby nttoudod tho monthly mooting of tho bonrd of directors of tho Or egon State Chamber of Commorco and took occasion to glvo nnother booHt to tho Ontarlo-Wlnncmuccn road, via Jordan Valley nud Succor crook. FAIR SCORES REAL TO .Mayor It. Y. Jones Attends Annual Session At I'ocatello and Succeeds In (ietllng ll: Convention l'or Ontario. kixhhh(iahthm:hs vii,i, ii.wij I'AIH (HtOl'M) WITH THI.M.MIN(iK Ono of tho most original nnd mil- (liio advertising dlsplnya oxhlhltod Jul lug Pnlr week wns the miniature l-'ulr around, nice truck, grand stand Kookynrds nnd nil, In tho window of tho Ontario Moilorn Prosaury. The stand was filled with llttlo dolls nlftlly droased nnd ns tho girls my, 'loo cuto for anything." Hundreds or peoplo viewed 'ho display during tlio woek und many or them wnnted to secure io iosnIoii or It, hut I.. Illrsch gno It to Mrs. W. F. Ilomnu for tho uso of the ktudergnrtnora or tho Knatslilp school. loCAh KMCIITH AIH IN HTAHT1XO XAMPA I.OIH1H C. C. norrees, Qeno MCoy, II. II Tunny, A. J. CaBsoll. Andy Mano- mnn, P. J. Gallagher, J. It Portler and other members or tho local lodge ot Knlkhts of Columbus wont to N'ampa Sunday to bo present and to assist In tho Institution or tho N'ampa lodged Moro than 300 Knights from Southern Idaho wore prosent. Jesse llawley of llolse was the master of ceremonies and otiose for his assistants from Ontario, II. H. Tunny, C. 0. Defreeo and P. J. Gallagher. The, Ojijarlo boys all re port a "big tlmo." HUXTIXtl PAHTY KPOIIiKD WHH.V AU'lX)MOHII.H HUHXKD Mr. nnd Mrs. I.. Hlrsch nud Mr and Mr. Herschel Hrnwno wont hunting Jack rablts last Sunday ntter noon, and mado tho Hex Marqult tunch the sceno of tholr party, which wuu nn onjoyablo ono, until when In tho mlddlo or tho field tho car got stuck In the sand from wh'ch ro peated efforts to extrlcato It fulled Owing to tho fact that tho car stalled, and tho caburetor flooded nnd gasollno dripped In tho pan con dltions woro Just right when It finally back fired to stage and oxploslon and fire. Itoforo Mr. Hlrsch and Mr llrowno could throw enough sand to smother tho blaze tho car was bey ond hopo. Thoy d'd save three of the (Ires, how over. Moro excitement wns lent to the occasion by a short In the wiring which kept the horn tooting and the explosion of several noxes of cartrid ges which they were unahlo to ro- movo from the car. As Mrs, llrowno Bald, "It was a regular Fourth of Jul) celebration. O.NTAHIO WITH IOI.KH PI.KASHI) PHOHPKCTS IX ALASKA During Scptomber 1020 Ontario will ho tho bout for tho nnnunl eon ontlon ot tho Southern- Idaho Laundry Owners association. This will bo tho first tlmo In tho nssocln Don's history Hint It has met outsldo of Southoru Idaho. Ontario was choson tho conven tion city for next yonr n tho result of thu offeots of Mayor It W, Jones ot this city who attended 'thu nnniial session of the laundry owners Inst week nt Pocntollo. This gnthorlng I ho rcportt wns unusual In tho fncl Hint Us hchbIoub wcro nttoudod by ninny or tho Inrgost owners or such Institutions In tho country. Among tho men present wns Otto Itlce, president ot (ho National l,:iiindry-0Micnt nssoclntJon. Mr. Itlco Is tho owner of ono of Chicago' l.irgiuL laundries. There. wo,re hiuudrymon from Salt lilie, Omahii, llutto mid Ogdeii present, us well. "Slnco tho laundry business Is n good buromolor of business condi tions over tho country," sn!d Mayor Jones, "It Is evident tlmt conditions could not ho better. All of tho moil at tho meeting declared that they were running to full capacity nnd woro having great trouble In secur ing additional machinery to tiierouno tliolr output. It Is now Impossible to go Into tho market nnd buy ma chinos. They must bo ordered In advance nud dollvory depends entire ly on tho ability of tho fnundr'tw nud ninchluo shops to complete mauufuc turo." Mayor Jones has boon secretary tieasuror of tho umioolatloii for n yonr past nnd holds over In office for nnother year. TKNTH AXXUAIi KXPOHITIOX PJjAYH 'IX) IjAHOKST CHOWIW IX IIIHTOKV AXI) WIMi .MHKT AIjIj OllhlOATIOXH. IMPROVEMENTS COST $2,000 Last Days Progrnui hy 1'ar tlio Host of Week, nnd Also tho Host fins. Iiif Day Program Hut Staged Hlj- Croud Present. VAH MOTH Kit VISITS WITH IIHIt MAXY AHOPTKI) SOXS In a lettor to hor motlior, Mrs. A . Drown, tolling of her first Im pruMslons of Alaskn, Mrs. J. Arthur Young, gives ovldenro of delightful first Improftslons. Coutrury to litti oxpoctatlons old HI Cost or Living doos not mnko Alaska, his headquar ters, Douglass, whoro sho !s located ot courso Is In Southeastern Alnsku md on tho coast, so dooa not hao to moot tho cost ot transportutlou In land. With regular gorvlco by steam ship from Sound ports llfo In Doug lass Is onjoyablo, sho writes. VAOATIOXIST HinX'HX I'HO.M 1.0XO TIHP THHU TIIK K.KT Mlssoa Cora nud Kthel McNulty, Miss Mao Platt and Mr. and Mrs. Fred I). Platt returned Mnudu) morning from nn extended trip thru tho Kast and Mlddlo West. The Mlssoa McNulty wont as far cast as Huffalo and NIagarra Falls, and then turned hack to visit relatives In Iowu aud Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Plutt and Miss Platt went on to Vermont, New York and othor eastern states Miss Hoslna Clement went Kast with tho party but did not return with them. C. It. Peterson came down from his Harney county ranch last week for tho Fair and to see his daughter, Miss Nettio, before sho left for O. A. O. Plenty of rain has made tho grass start growing again on the range, says Mr. Peterson, During Fulr wook n woman who was tho "war motlior" of 13 boys In tho navy aud four yoomauottos spout sovorni days in Ontario. That wo man was Mrs. N. N. Ilutts, of Seattle and Charleston, Washington Sho cumo horo to visit !. II. Allen, of the Purity Hukory, who whllo In tho navy during tho war wns located for n tlmo nt Hromorton, Washington, whoro tho big unvy ynrd of tho Pa cific Coast Is located, nnd It was thero that ho becamo ono of Mrs. Units' big war family. Mrs. Hutts, who has long boon prominent In Sonttlo, as n, loador In womon'tf work movod over to tho navy yard towns so that sho could hold "open liouso" for tho boys, und tutor whon yoomnnottes woro added to tho fighting forces sho adopted four of them, too. Hor family came from ull parts of tho country. Ono camo from LnGrando, othors from Nnmpa, while tho rest nro scattorod now all over tho oast nnd middle west. Mrs. Hutts was onrouto to Colum bus, Ohio and on her trip bIio will visit all her war family. Whllo here alio attonded tho Fair ovory day, nnd enjoyed the oxperlenco very much, sho said. "I do not know what I would have dono with many of the hours I had to loaf whllo In tho servlco, If It had not boon for tho homo Mrs. nutts furnished us," said Mr. Allen, In speaking of his experience thero. It certainly was wonderful tho work she did for tho boys, and wo For tho first tlmo In n number or years, It not Hip first tlmo In Itn his tory, tho Mnlhour County Fnlr ncor ed a flunnclal success, Tho n J I tho bills nro not yet In tho hnnds of thu socrotnry, yet sufficient dntu linn boon secured to Insuro tho payment of all expenses, nnd all premiums -nnd porhnps Icavo n small balance for tho noxt Fnlr. An approximate account of tho re colpts nt tho main gate, grnndstund nnd bleacher show a gross return of t0.C-t7.C0; to which Is to bo ndded tho receipts from IC per cent of thu gnto receipts ntcnmlvnl attractions and tho per illom fees ot concessions with tho carnival nud on tho Fulr round Theso nud ontrnnco fern for race oto ran tho totnl gross ro colpts to approximately $8,000, According to tho data on hand tho recolpts each day of tho Fair woro approximately 20 per cunt greater than thu corresponding day of Inst yonr, but this was offset, of course by Incroused cost of practi cally everything In connection with tho Fnlr. Financially tho Fair wns assisted this )eur hy the minimi npproprln tlon of tho County nnd J2C0 from thu slate which Is half ot tho $300 appropriation for tho bluuluiu se cured by tho representatives from this county lu the Inst legislature And all this wax necessary he cnuso of tho constant need for re pairs and Improvements to thu build lugs. This oar approximately $2,000 was spent on repairs nud hottormouts, tho most nolablo of which wus thu addition of tho bleachers, nnd tho whitewashing to all stuck barns nud corrals, The main building Is now badly In nccu of a coat of paint, luid tho director hopo that sufficient funds will be left over to accomplish this. Plans nro nlso under conslderntloii for tho leveling or tho ground within tho enclosure und thu ruco track, i;r that grass can ho sown und tree planted, thus making a bonutlful park there, furnishing a propor net ting for tho annual exposition Tho directors of tho Fair dosorvo a great deal of credit Mr the sue cosa of thu Fulr. They worked hard and tho luck of exhibits Is not chargoablo to them. Prosldont II II. Tunny nud vico-prosldout K. 11 Conklln Kpunt inuny days In tho country In an effort to socuro co oporntlou, and tho largo number of high grndo stock won tho result of this work. hahoi.d hpheum: homk aftkh mohk than two vim iih thip After moro than two years nh sonco tho groator portion of which tlmo was Bponl lu tho sorvlco In Franco, Harold Sproulo, son of Mr and Mrs. A, I- Sproulo, returned homo last Frlduy evening nnd hns spont tho week visiting relatlvos ujul ronowlng old acqiinlntunces. After lauding In Now York from the A K F. ho sojourned In Now York, Hos ton and lator went to Now Orleuus and othor southern cities. HOUHi: HOHIiKI) WHIM: PI'S OWXKHH VISIT IX HOl'TII Whllo Mrs. O. U. Franklin and her daughter Gladys woro spending the summor visiting rotative lu Colo rado and Now Mexico, and Mr Franklin was In Drewsey, the Franklin homo near tho river wns completely rtuisackcd by sneak thlevos, Alt tho linen and bedding In tho houso and many artlclos of furnlturo wero taken. Mrs. Franklin returned homo last Thursday ovonlng and spent n cold night there hetoro sho could got ma. cortninly folt that It wna our homo."terlal to replace tho lost goods.