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tttari0 Strati xxm ONTARIO, MALIIEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1919 NO. tt CAIRO-NYSSA OFFER DEEMED TOO LARGE IIKJIIWAY COM.MIHHIOX HKCKIV- I1S 1III) FKOM POItTKIl A CON. NKI.IiV KOU (JHADINO highway foii The engineering department of the Btato Highway Commission has bo foro It tho figures offered by contrac tors for tho grading of tho Cairo- Nyssa soctlou of tho JohnI)ay High way, along wliojt In locally known as tho Houlovard. Thoso figures', tho lowest offered call for $CD,277.2G for tho grading of tho 0.11 miles with 2000 yards of gravel per mllo, or $.1.03 per yard of gravel. This In fully 20 pqr cent inoro than tho estimates of tho en gineering department, which In said to havo placed tho figures at $3.00 per yard. Ah yot no action has hcon taken by tho commission, for It Is not thot probablo that tho engineering d( partmont of tho commission hnn had tlmo to Invostlgato tho sltualon. Couny Judgo H. II. Test who went to Portland to ho present at the open ing of bids roturnod Sunday night, and ho Inter advised tho commission thai ho was of tho opinion that the flguro was us low as could bo expect ed slnco there wcro no local con tractors oqulppod to do tho work Ho ndvlsod that tho contract ho let lit tho flguro namod. Mny 1ms too IjiIo Tho principal effect of delay In the letting of this contract will ho that of running tho opening of work Into tho fall ralna and thuu inako tho road Impassnblo during tho vory souhoii whon It Is of vital Importanco that It bo In condition. Kluiiinth (cIn Melon The outstanding fcaturo of tho Highway Commissions mooting In Portland wan tho proposition It mado Klamath county whoroby for $380, 000 raised by tho county a gross ox, pnndlturo of $1,520,000 woll spent on Its ronds by tho rftnto and Federal government. It was to rocolvo Just such n pro position that tho peoplo of many counties In Eaatorn Oregon voted bonds IobI spring, Malheur county among thorn, but on yet no dotlulte proposition has boon received from tho commission, tho various pieces of work havo been undortakon with out doflnlto division of tho cost ATTORNEY GENERAL According to Ignl Authority Home Hciikon Hoe Not Ojk'W In IvuHteni Oregon Until Ot-tolr 1 Thut Is Final. In an opinion glvon by Attornoy Gonoral Oeorgo M. Drown, to Mr. M. A. Illggs, District Attornoy for Har noy county, tho bhootlng season for ducks, Bceso and other migratory watorfowl has been doflnltoly Bottled. ConfUBlon has existed In tho minds of many shooters on account of n dlfforcnco In tho Fedoral and State BoaBona. Tho Btato cannot leglslato within tho closed season of tho Fed eral regulations, but It can leglslato within tho open season. Tho Fed eral open season Is three and one- half months, but the Btato, u h cares to. may cIobo any portion or all of this Federal open season. The uhnntin? season, therefore, which must bo observed by hunters through out Oregon is as follews: For Multnomah, Clatsop, Colum bia and Tillamook counties, the open season begins on October 1st and closes December 31st. In other counties of Oamo District No. 1, which comprUoa all that portion of Oregon lying weat of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, the season opens on October 10th and closes on January 16th. In all counties of dome District No. 2, which com prises all that portion of Oregon ly ing cast of the summit of the Cas cade Mountains, tho open season be- (Continued on Page Six.) Mrs. Elmo Pearson of Welser Is vlBltlng her parents, Mr. and Mm. Frank Itader, "at preaent. REVERSES WARDEN ItANCHKIt AND HAIUtOAl) MAN' ICACII 111TV IIO.Mi: IN' ON'TMHO During tho past week two now homo owners havo hcon udded to Ontario's growing list of permanent residents. On Wednesday G. W. Haw wl o last spring sold his big ranch on Willow crcok purchased the W, F. Ilomnn rcsldcnco on Vlrtuu street. Mr. Haw formerly lived In l'ondletou and mado his selection of a pormanent rcslilcnco tutor looking ovor sovcrnJ of Ontario's neighbors. I.. M. ltcady who Is captain of the crow Hint runs from Ontario to llro gan and from Ontario to Homedalc and who for somo tlmo has been liv ing on Ills ranch near Washoe 1ms purchased tho brick houso owned by Mrs. Itotta Payno on California nvo n no and Richardson street. Ho will movo thcro soon. TO BE ERECTED AT ONCE II. U, I'eterwm Arruiipw l"r """ii struct Ion of Funeral ('Impel unit Morgue Along Modern I.Iiicm A modern funeral chapel and mor tuary will bo built Immediately In Ontario. Tho building which Is to bo erected by T. H. Mooro for II. I Peterson will ombraco njl of the most modern nccosKorlos of such In stitutions an aro found only In the largor cities. Whon completed tho structuro will surpass any that now exists from Salt Lnko to Portland. Whllo In Portland recently Mr Potorfion spent somo tlmo Inspecting all of tho funoral chnpots of that city and had embraced all of the best features found thoro, of course on a scale suitable for tho roiiulro monts of a growing city llko Ontario. , Chapel to Kent 12.1 Tho building which Is to bo erect ed Just north of and adjoining tho Ontario Fumlturo company's store, will bo 20 by 05, with n pinto .glass front, and two front entrances. In tho front will bo located tho offlco behind which will bo tho chupol with a sooting capacity of 125, whllo to ono Bldo, giving privacy will be u family room. Immediately back of tho chapel and to ono Hide will bo tho music room, soparatod by trollls work. Then follows tho display room behind which will bo tho mor guo. Ono of tho feature of tho hulld- Inir will bo Hint of the Intorlor decor- utlons which will bo In groy ami oiu roso. with drnporlos securing n sun- dulng offtwt, achieving the quiet ut- mosplioro In keeping with mo pur poso to which tho building Is used. Have Had I-ouk i:Krleiico Tho undertaking business Is not o now ono to Mr. Peterson or to Ills assistant, Mr. Augustus. For six yoars prior to his coming to Ontario Mr. Petorson woh a llconsed under taker and ombalmer In Kansas and has llconsos for this work In Kansa Oregon and Idaho. Mr. Augustus too, has had hIx years experience and Is licensed for Oregon, Wash Ington and Idaho, NEW TEACHERS WILL BE RECEPTION GUESTS Former Members of Public Hchool Faculty to Honor Awocliitrw and Introduce Them to Public .Mon day Kvcnliig At tho Wilson Hall on Mondo vnlne will bo hold a reception In i,.iim nf tim now members of the f-iMiltv of the Ontario Public Schools This function Is to bo given by the members of tho forco who nave neon hero In previous years. Assisting the hostesses In this event will be the members of the Parent-Teachors ossoclatlon and to this gathering the parents and public Is Invited. An Informal program will be given, with tho "get acquaint od' spirit manifest alt thru. Since there are so many teachers here this year for the first tlmo such a recep tion will servo to make them "feel at home." Horn to Mr, and Mrs. O. O. I.uohis Friday. Sept. lath, o son. IIOM E BUILDING SIGNED BV TWENTY-FIVE Definite Step Taken to Solve Ontario's Housing Problem D. M. Taggart and P. L. Body Start Drive Wednes dayFinish Today. Twcnty-flvo Ontario business men or to bo oxact 24 men and ono woman havo given tholr plIghlcTl word to sblvo Ontario housing con gestion by building homes either for themselves or for rent Immediately. Those men who havo shown their faith In tho futuro prosperity of On tario aro listed hero too, but tho man to whom a largo sharo of tlie credit for bringing tho solution of tho prob lem about Is D. M. Taggnrt who sug gested tho Idea of a rouud-ioblu pledge and an actual committment of Individual buslncui men to do some thing besides talk about buildliie. Ho got his "hunch'' on Sunday aui) proceeded to uct. On Monday tlic resolution printed herewith and the- pledge was prepared and work to get slgnora started yosterday morning? lly evening ho and F. I., llody, socrglput forth to persuade nt least twenty- tnry of the Commercial club, Kccunfd 18, and today Mr. llody and W, 119 I.nxson secured tho other seven, m Money Out Ho Secured fj This action wus taken utter tl directors of tho club canvassed tli? '. u untiersigncu, ucmg a rem situation Saturday and found that lYj lt ot t" c,ty r Ontario, and hav- wiw not n lack of money that waEllng entire ralth in tuo ruiuro uovoi keeping tho campaign back, but arij opmont and growth of tho City, rou- npnaront waiting for somo ono t "load off." It Is found that ono building nml limn rmiiii'inv In rnuilv to loan train $70,000 to $100,000 fur homo bulldl Ing In this city, nml thut a number of I...1I..I.I.... I Alll.niiu n.il lltnil'luil tflllllV to flnnnco homes for thoso who am in I pay one fourth down As a result of tho action ot M Taggurt and Mr. Uody tho followlmr maul nt I mi WMtt nitnntml bv tho cltttv at the mating last -nlghf nml Thr following wus the pledge signed by thoso who aro to build. In this connection illaus and spec lllcatloiw woro secured for n basis on which a co-operutlvo elTort to buy lumber and material In bulk muy bo considered, these aro not shown bore but may bo seou nt the office of tho club's secretary. Itr-SOI.UTION Soptombcr 24th, 191'J- WHRUKAS: Tho housing prob- lorn In Onturlo Is a sorlous ono at HiIh tlmo. It Is consorvutlvoly ostl mated that approximately 50 new homos are needed to comfortably house tho people.and wnciiKAS: Numerous famines aro detorrod from coming to Ontario t tttttttTTTTT ONTAIHO WWF.S 1UO FAMIIA" llIiOAUHH OF NO 1'iai'K TO I.IVI! Tho following notlco wob slip- pod under tho door of tho Argus office ono day last week, ui'd since It Is a mossago of Import- anco that should causo thot on tho part of loyal cltlions It Is thus presented exactly as It was written. IOST TO ONTAIHO "During Fair tlmo ono lurgo family of bIx; an A No. 1 family. Thoy looked all ovor Ontario for two days and could not nnd a houso In which to live ond hence w they took tho train to Payette. Header, draw your own conclu- slons. "Old Soldier." Jou. Scholes Drtiigcrously 111 Jos. Scholes, signal man on the Short I.lno hero Is In a Salt I.nko hospital dangerously 111 from what Is believed to bo- meningitis. Mrs, Scholes was called to Salt Lake by tho head surgeon of tho Short Line who In his message said Mr Scholes condition was sorioua. She remain oil tliero for somo lmo and came back hero Saturday to put her son In school and then returned to Salt Lake Sunday. No word has bcon received here since then concerning his condition. It is belloved tlmt Mr. Scholes Illness la due to Injuries received when he was thrown fronHlally tho relief accorded the Bumpter hl3 speeder when It struck a dog latxll, fall, V PLEDGE or, aftor their arrival hero and tho housing facilities prcHcntcd to them Icavo, and WHKUEAS: Tho Onturlo mer chants and professional men will de rlvo consldorablo benefit directly or Indirectly from each family establish ed in Ontario, and WHKKKAS: Somo of our mer chants and business men aro not now homo owners, and WIIE1U3AS; If from 2S to 30 parties would pbllgato themselves to build Immediately tho prlco of con struction would bo so materially re duced that tho advance In building matorlals would not bo In llko pro- portion to other commodltlcn, THEltEFOHE I1I-2 IT IlKSOLVED. That tho residents of tho City of On- Carlo bo canvassed and nn endeavor II vo parties to commonco building operations Immediately, and thus generally encourogo nn octlvo build- lug program. Tho Pledge lir.o tuo immouiuio neccKaiiy iur Hon In connection with tho constru ction of more houses, run willing and rondy to back my faith and do my port towards rollovlng the situation. Thoreforo, providing nt least twenty. four other parties will Join mu, 1 horoby promise to lot u contract for the construction ot a houso within flftoon days and not later than Do comber 3lst, 1010, from date ot Hlirnlnc this agrcemout und cam- - menco building operations Immcdl- utolv thonfjtter. It Is understood Hint u house con bo built using plans and upcclflcatlomi outlined In In hibit "A" attuchod horolo for the price of $2,300; or Kxhlbll "II" for tho prlco of $2,000 as a basis. D. M. Taggart H. L. Peterson It. W. Jones . C. 10. Diughum J. It. Dlacknby Harry Klmo II. 11. Udlck Kd Flfor F. P. llyan II, I). Cockrum Frank ltadcr L. O. Olson W. H. I-axsnn J. F. Doty J. If. Fortler P. J. Flynn (leo. P. Ilolhson U. Hlrsch H. J. Spoucor P. N. Madden Harry Miller B. C. Van Potten Dan I', Montague V. W. ChaniborH Mru. Laura n. Qrogg STATE CHAMBER IS WORKING EOR OREGON F. H. llrmmu'll, Ylre-prcldtiit or Stato Olgiiiilntlou MuUcm Hlo iifiit AddntM to CIul Hvery Proposal Is Kmloiivd. With a message ot Inspiration, and at the sniuo tlmo a pointed In dictment of tho neglect shown this section by tho Btato at largo K. S. Hruinwell, vice-president of the Or egon State Chambor of Commorce arousod tho members of the Ontario Commercial club as thoy havo soldom been in tho past fow years, In his address to the club lat night follow. Ing tho weekly luncheon. Mr. Ilramwell who Is touring the stato checking up the needs of the stato and tho condition of Its various rfrrigutlon districts declared that whllo Oregon ban been slighted, ne glected and Ignored In many respects In the pa3t, such condition will change thru the fact that for tho flrtt tlmo it lias a statewide body which Is working for ho entiro stato and not for any ono section. He described tho organization of the btato chamber, the method b) which Its directorate Is divided so as to preclude the possibility of lontrol by one section. Ho jtrengthoncd IiIh statement by concrete Instances ot tho work dono bo fur, citing espco- V (Continued on Page 8) MOItH CONTHACT8 COMK TO I,OOAIi MANUFACTtmiNd IIIt.M During tho past week tho U. S. Manufacturing company has secured thrco largo contracts for plumbing and floating equipment ond ono for stool tanks which will occupy the working forco of that growing con corn for sometime to come. Tho first contract secured wns that for tho plumbing and heating equipment of tho now High School building In courso of construction at ICmmett. Tho second was for simi lar installations In tho now Wnddoll building In Nampa. Tho third con tract calls for tho erection ot ten 10,000 gallon steel tnnkB for nn Idaho company. During tho past week tho company has delivered a number ot big corrl gatod steel culvorts which aro going undo? tho pn.vlng In different parts of tho city. Also a wholo car load of big culverts hnvo recently been manufactured for tho county. With tho present contracts lined up tho company's forco will bo busy for somo tlmo. , LEND GRANGE SUPPORT Committee to Co-operiito In HlTart to Hrvuro HxIcukIoii of Power I.Iiich IincMlgnto Telephone Com- pnlij'M Hull; Itciirt. To co-opernto with tho Iloulevnrd grango in Its effort to have tho Idaho Power company extend Its lines to glvo Borvlco to many rancliorH In that section who doslro scrvlco, tho Com mercial club unanimously endorsed tho Orango's proposition nnd Presi dent W. W. Wood appointed tho fol lowing committee to loud any assist anco posslblo In tho matter; I). M. Taggart, 12.M. Orolg and O. K. Alkeu. 10. M. Orolg oxpluJnod to the meet. Ing that In tho near future the public sorvlco companies would meet with tho Oregon Publlo Sorvlco commis sion and nt that mooting a determin ation would bo made as to the min imum of Borvlco nceossury before n publlo sorvlco would bo compelled to glvo sorvlco whon roquestod. The club committee will keep this In touch with tho Hltuutlon und assist tho grango committee whoro possible To IiivcNtlKiito Phono Hales Fred II. Jones, general manager ot tho Mnlhour Home Tolophono company uppoured before tho club for tho second tlmo In nn effort to socuro tho club's endorsement of tho company's roquost for Insroascd rutos and a roductlon In tho worvlco given this city to Frultland and Nyssa. W. H. Ilrooko who had oxumlnod tho report submitted by tho Public Servlco commission to tho club that sufficient data was not ot hand for u propor consideration ot tho request. Ho miggested that a committee bo appointed to make a propor Investi gation and contor with Mr. Jones. Tho comltteo apoluted was: W. II. Ilrooko, W. F. Ilomun, K. C. Van Potten, W. J. Plnnoy ond Irwin Trox oil. Kndorso Bridge at Vnlo W. J. Plnnoy presented a request from tho Volo Chambor ot Commorcu nnd with It a petition requesting tho County Court and tho Stato Highway Commission to build tho brldgo a cross tho Malheur on tha John Duy Highway at A utreot In Vale. This was favorably acted upon ond the petition was signed by all tho mom bars present. Invite Htnto W. O. U. At tho request ot the local W. C T. U. tho club Joined with that body In extondlng an Invitation to the state organization to 'hold Its next annual convetloun lit Ontario. - AIHHTIONAIj ishuk of HONIW HOLD 11Y WAHMHPWNOH HOAItll At Vale on Saturday the block of Warntsprlngs bonds amounting to $200,000 were sold at 02 to ltajpli Snalock, ot Portland, who purchased tho proceeding Ibsuo ot the district. The prlco lor tho last block was three quarters of a point better than either of tho.prevlous Issued. J. It. niackaby was among tho hundreds ot business men and ranch era who attended the land sale at Homedale, Tuesday, at which oil re cords for prices of state farm lands woro broken for the State of Idaho. ONTARIO LIVE STOCK LOAN CO. ORGANIZED J. It, Hlncknby nud Associates In On tario Niitlomil llnuk Without Hide Connect Ioiih From Itltf Omipiuiy With n capital stock of $50,000 n largo portion of which Is hold by local men, tho Ontario Llvo Stock Loan Company wan launched this weok. It mado Its first loans here yestordoy. Tho company which Is bended by J. It. Hlnckaby, president; 8. F. Wil son, of Portland, vlco-presldcnt nnd ICnrl Illackaby, sccretnry-trcaRurcr Tho other Incorporators aro I.. Adams, C. It. Kmlson nnd W F Ilomnn, all ot whom are connected with tho Ontario National hank In which tho offices of tho now com pany will bo located for tho present Mr. Wltson tho vlco-prcsldonl of tho now organisation ban long been familiar with conditions In this sec tion thru his connection with tho llankors Mortgage company of Port land of which ho Is vice-president Tho tho company wns formorly launched this week, It has been In tho procoss ot formation for no mo tlmo, In fact the articles ot Incorpor ation woro Issued two wcoks ngo "Thru tho financial connection) which tho now company ban mado, ' Bald Mr. Wncknby, "It will bo able to handle tho llvo stock loan hUHlnomt of this section of Orogon and Idaho adequately, Wo fool that thoro Is u need for such an Institution In this sootlon ond that Ontario In the logi cal place for Its location." "The doy In passed when cattlo and sheepmen can llnanco tholr op orations with comparatively small loans. Prices nro too high for that, and wo fool that thoy will appreciate tho opportunity to place tholr loons locally ond moot tho men who will hondlo tholr credit for them " LAND SALES REPORTED SHOW GREAT DEMAND I'lve Farms Noir City Hold In Punt Week Prices Hiiiigo From VIM to $'- per ttrro Holder Headed Till Way. Aftor having boon on the fringe of tho territory In which laud demand has boon octlvo for some tlmo, On turio has entered tho charmed circle und Is tooling tho effect ot prosperity This Is Indicated by tho Hales of ranches reportod transforcd during tho past weok, In nil llvo good farms changed hands In that tlmo. Tho blgROst deal reportod wos that by which J. A. Lawronco formorly or Ironsldo, but more recently of llakor socured tltlo to tho W. II. McKldow noy ranch west ot tho city for $20,000. In this farm nro 100 acres of improved land. On Saturday Mrs. 8, A. Ilootli boiu the 80 acre farm sho has owned for yoarB to J. A. Irwin, tho wolknown shoopmon ot Now Moudowtf, who has wlntored hta flocks In this section several wlntors. This ranen is tour miles straight wost of the city A third deal roportcd Is that by which Harney Mctllrr socuros pos- session of the 20 acre tract sown- west of town which J. 1. Twlford bought last spring from A.N. lllckey This proved the topnotch Bnlo for prlco. Tho 20 ocrcH sold ror io.kuu or $325 per aero. This land Is In u stato of high cultivation, with u small orchard and truck garden us woll as some alfalfa land. Soymour Hokh who recontly sold his ranch noar Nyssa Is anothor now comer to Ontario, ho having pur chased tho John Dloss ranch of 00 acres southwest of town for $200 nor ocro. The last deal reported will bring u new BOttlor from Oklahoma, L. Oi of Praguo In that stato. Mr Cray has purchased tho Chan. Donky forty on tho Houlovard for $0,000. Whllo thoso aro tho reported salM there aro many other deals pendln;; and It Is very evident thut tho de mand for land In this sectlou In Im proving rapidly,