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wtot0 t$v. ' xxin , ONTAEIO, MALIIEUR COUNTY, OREOON, TIIUKSDAY, OCT. 2, jMO NO. 44 mm i FIRST CONTRACT FOR Ji. I. IIIHHCII LEADS TIII2 WAV IN ONTAIUO'H HOME IIUIIillINO CAMPAIGN-. A. DltAPEIt HECUUES CONTRACT FOIt IlUNGAIAiW GROUP CONTRACT ARRANGED 'Lumber Coinpnnlci to Moot Outside Prlrrj, Idaho Power lo Cllc Spec liil Wiring Hate Definite Afllon HtmUH Siicccm of I'liui. Ontario's homo building campaign .ljiM.1 reality now Tlio first of tho '" " tw6Ytty-fivo mon to sign tho pledgo to build WiVonio In Ontnrlo hns lot Ills contract, thty honor goes to I,. I. lllrsch who ofti'onday lot n contrnct for a 14,000 v(iungnlow to J. A. Draper. Announcomonl wfij mmlo at tho Commercial club lunciriMjn Inst night " of a special nfTor mailo byitho Idaho Power company of reditcod'prlces on wiring nrdorod during thifc homo building campaign. Also ltls un derstood that a special prlco nnlum hor has boon mmlo by tho lumber comnanles. so that homo bulhW" !' will bo ablo to prococd knowing tjiat thoy aro getting rock bottom prices. "' I'nllwl Contract Plana aro now being discussed by a numbor of thoso who signed tho plodgo to build, whoroby they will let tholr contracts togothcr, thus gottlng tho further advantage of buying lumber, building material, plumbing and lighting fixtures In largo quantities. It Is bolloved that such n contract will bo called for on 15 or 10 housoe. nnsldos tho 2G names listed lost wook thq following havo boon added: pm PlUor, Al Chanco, Charles' Go bert. I.nruo niockaby and Dr. B. 8. Fortnor, tho tl(oy havo not slgnod tho roll aro also planning on build ing at onco, and W. W. Wood la pro rootling with his plans. Ilesldo thoso, too, thoro aro also a numbor of othors who havo tho building no tion 'ontortalned In Various degrees, so thot Bocrotary F. L. Ilody of tho Commercial club fcola nosltlvo that at least 40 homes will ho added to Ontario's residential count as tho ro suit of tho campaign. Tho first homo to bo built, that of Mr. lllrsch, as statod abovo will oc cupy tho cornor of Vlrtuo stroot and KnivsaH avonuq. Laruo niackaby plans to build on tho lots noxt to It. Tho plans for Mr. Hlrsch's homo v are unlquo, and Includo among othor footuroa that of olectrlc heating thruout, a bod room with a wall that will drop to tho basement In tho warm months thus providing a big "out of door" room. FORD MOTOR DRIVES FIRST SEAPLANE OVER ATLANTIC "Engines functioned perfectly," wild Lieutenant qommnmler Ilid, OfVho commanded big Ken- pluiio on Vojugo Across Atlantic. Tim Ford Motor Company boa Just .....,! nfflxlnl flltvlCQ frOlll tllC vnw nnnnrtment that It was four Ford Liberty Motors all built In the Ford Motor Company's simps m wv trolt which furnished ' tho power that drove the NC Four to victory in Its recent record breaking fllghl across tho Atlantic from Trepassoy, Newfoundland to Plymouth. England a distance of 4,000 miles. They were regular stock motors built during the war as a part of tho Ford Liberty Motor production. Upon his arrival In Lisbon, Port ugal Lieutenant Commander nead, said, "The engines functioned per fectly all tho way from America to Portugal." And American Naval Of flcerawho thoroughly Inspected tho NO Four upon Its arrival at Plymouth England, stated that the big seaplane waa In even bettor condition than whon "it loft America. The NC Four flight, which has meant a triumph for American en glneorlnp skill, also adds another re cord to Ford achievement. ontahio moil to meet PAYETTE TEAM ON GHIDIltON Tho first real foot hall gamo of tho season will ho played tomorrow afternoon nt tho Fair grounds be twoon tho teams of tho Ontailo and tho Poyctto High Schools. Tho gamo will start nt 3:30 and n good crowd of rooters Bhoutd bo out to root for tho homo team. Lost Friday nftornoon thoro was n prnc tlco gamo between Ontnrlo and Nys sa and tho visitors furnlshod a big surprlso for tholr huskier opponontB and held them oven. Tho score wns 0 to 0 when tho conches called In their men. NATION TO UNITE IN Mnto Campaign to be Held I'ioiii October SiO In October 17 Mill lieur County Asked lo Conli Ui nta Ijl7.1t to Fiintl, Tho campaign for tho securing of subscriptions tortho Itoosevelt Me morial fund will ho hold during tho weok of October 20 to 27. Tho quota which Is to bo raised In Oro- gon I $30,000, that for Malheur county Is only $750. Tho Oregon Stnto commltteo has takon tho position that whllo tho stato's quota could bo ralsod by mib- scrlptlon among a, fow of tho thous ands of hdmlrora of tho ax-nroalilont. jot Hint would not ndoquatoly rep- tosont tho footing hold by tho vast majority of tho citizens, and thoro foio, small contributions from a lnro numbor of citizens Ik moro to bo lloslrod and slight for In this camnnlgn. J.Uy Ethoridgo chalrmnn of tho commlUco, .on aptiroprltlonmcnl linn placod' Malheur county's quota nt S7C0. This Is lmsod, as In provlous efforts of this kind on tho county's woalth and population. Every mibscrlbor to tho Itoosovolt Mumorlal wll bo permanently enroll- nd ns a niombor of tho lloosovolt Me morial Association and will rocolvo a cortlflcato of mumborshlp. Tho camnalgn In Malheur count wll bo dlroctod by O. K. Allton who has been appointed county chalrmnn liv Kdcar 13. Piper, stale director. Tho county will bo divided Into dis tricts and tho sum to bo raised in oneli annortloned as In other drive Tho local chairman will bo appointed this wook. T! FESTIVAL SCHEDULED i:illMiu-Wlilto Chautauqua Fiv.thnl lo ho Held Hero October 17 to 22 All ovctilug KiitcrtiilmneiitN. After two successful winter Chau- tauquas Ontario la to enter Its third yoai1 aa a. Chautauqua town. The program this year will ho given rrom October 17 to 22, Incluslvo, and will consUt of many flno numbors. So satisfied woro audlencos of last winter that moro than 100 pledged themselves to tnkq tickets for thh season's course. It was this assur er, on tho part of the audiences (hat tho contract wan slgnod by the representatives of tho Commercial club tho High Bchoot fuculty and a number of Individual cltlzons. Noxt weok a commltteo headed bj Superintendent of Schools. II. P. Lewis will havo charge of tho dis tribution of tlckota for tho course. This work will ho greatly expedited and tho work of tho commltteo sim plified if tho signers of tlio agree ment to take tlckots will bo ready when called upon. nrn-rnmn of tho Chautauqua 108- tlval will bo distributed during tho weok and further announcement 'of all tho events will ba made In the Argus of noxt week. BOUNTIFUL CHOPS IMPUEHS VI81TOU 1'ltOM MINNESOTA W. M. irpbtaxt of Mlnneapplls Minn, was In Ontario this week the guest of Mr. and Mrs. O. K Alkeif. Ho stopped enrouto to Portland, Ta coma and other western cities After a trip ovqr the noulevard and on the Frultland bench and Dead Ox Tlat, Mr. Hobar declared his astoq Ishmont at tho wondorful productiv ity of tho Snake river valley. ENGINEERS EXAMINE CAIRO-NYSSA ROAD Contractor no With DltMon Engl. iiccr mid District Engineer Over Itnnil May Take Contrnct lit iiower I'lguios, ' M. O.-ltennctt, division rdnglnc0r of tho Stato Highway Commission mid C. A Harrington, district cngl noer enmo lo Ontario on Tuesday and wont ovor tho Cnlro-Hyssa sec tion of tho John Day Highway with representatives of Porter & Connolly, whoso hid for fC9,277.2l was tho lowest offered on tho work. It wax tho purpose of tho trip to proscnt tho situation to tho contract ors In an effort to got them to scalo tholr hid down so that tho onglncera would bo Justified In hnvlng tho work ptocood at onco. After lenvlng Nyssa tho party wont to Vulo nnd Intended to Inspect tho Vnlo to Hrogan section of tho Highway for which bids will he called soon. No announcement was mmlo con corning tho r okii It of tho trip over tho Cnlro-Nysa road hut as noon as .lotion Is definitely takon local good roods enthusiasts will bo notified. County Judgo K. H. Test, who Is giving clone attention to the develop ment of tho good roads program thruout tho Ktato hns determined to keep Malheur county before tho com mission nt ovoYy sitting. For tho next gathorlng ho has nsked P J. (laUaghor .nnd Jttllon Hurley to rep rosont tho county and to urgo moro spoedy action on tho stato's program In this county COLLEGE ROMANCE AND SECRET WEDDING TOLD MIxn Neni llllllnpdi'), Daughter of .Mr. mill Mi. J. 1). HHIIou-lcy or till Cltj Mm Hod to Chin Iin Iteiitlj June (l,-lt)l. In Albany, Oregon on Juno C, 1010 thoro was a woddlng. Tho prlnclpols of that luteroHtlng coromony woro Miss Nova Ione Illlllngsloy, daughtar of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Illlllngsloy of this city, nnd Charles Iloatty, of Orogon City, both of whom wor'o students at tho tlmo of Oregon Agri cultural Collego, whoro thoy aro now completing tholr course. Put tho brldo and groom did not announce their woddlng nfto'r It was over. Thoy wont back to Corvallls, oach to tho classes thoy woro prosit Ing toward their dogroea. Whon va cation tlmo camo, Mrs. Ileal ty. caino home to Ontario, still to bo greoted as Miss Illlllngsloy. Mr. Iloatt) came to tho city In August to vlull at tho Illlllngsloy homo nnd no one Vaa tho wiser. After a two-weeks stay Mr. Ilcatty returned to his homo, and Mrs. Peatty, still keeping bar socrot went back to Corvallls whoro slio Is a senior this year, as Is hor husband. This week Mr. and Mrs. Illlllngsloy learned of their daughter's romance nnd told tho many frlonds of tho family. Tho brldo Is wqlknown to Ontario folks, tho daughter of a ploncor fam ily long prominent In Malheur and Harney counties. After graduating from tho local high school sue at tended tho University of Washington for a year and then went to O. A. C from which sho will graduate In the spring. Tho groom Is tho son of a pioneer family of Western Oregon In his collego days ho has bcou prom inent, last year being Yoll King of the Agglo Rootern. Ho Is a student In tho department of chemical cngl noerlng and will graduate at tho end of tho first semeHtor this year. ih:au ox fij.t hanchf.uh IM.r.CT OOOIJ HOAI) OKl'ICr.ltS At a meeting held last Frlda) evening on Dead Ox Flat tho resi dents of Head District No. 18 elected tho following officers for tho year: A. A. Outtorldge, president; P. M Doals, secretary. A good roads committee was chosen consisting of I. I. Culbortson, L. It. Drcithaupt and E. O. Delknap, It was also do ctded that no special road tax" Blwll bo lovled for tho coming year FARM VALUE IS DISCUSSED l J. llnlliiiil of Extension Service Tells of HciiHttN Woil; Is Endors- oil Club OI en to CorpiiN CInNtl HunVrern. t That Malheur county In tho only important' agricultural county In Euntorn Oregon that Is not organized with a Farm Ilureau and receiving tho benefits of tho work being done nt tho ntnto and fodornl experiment AtntlnnK wns tho statoment modo to tho memborn of tho CommcrclnJ club 'at Us regular mooting Wednesday evening by F. L. Ilallard, County Agont Leader for Eastern Oregon. Mr. Hnllird addressed thq. club following, tlio luncheon and briefly told of tho growth of agricultural ex tension work during tho past 12 years, Ho gavo oxact nccounts of tho hcnofltH which hnvo accrued to ranchora of DcsChutcs, Wallowa, Crook, Ilakor and' Klamath counties during tho past year, and declared that thoro aro many problems facing tlio ranchers of Malheur county Hint offer similar opportunities for sor- lcp. Ifo declared, however, that this nffittor Is ono whltm tho rnnchors thomselvcH must tnko In hand If It Is to ho properly solved. Ho outlined tho plan whereby tlio various agri cultural sections nro organized nnd tho work directed by a central com mltteo of rnnchors of the county. Tho club gnvo Its endorsement of tlio work and declared Its willingness to assist In carrying It forward should tho ranchora of tho county so dcslro Aid Corpus Christ I A letter from tho Mayor of Corpus Chrlstl, Toxas was read asking for flnnnclal asulstanco for that grief stricken region. An assessment of CO cents per member wns lovled and collected from thoso present. Tho iWuinco wan ordorcd forwarded nnd colloctcd lator. Will Hliiuil For Increase. On rocolvlng iisauranco thnl tho Malheur Home Tolophono company would not sook tb havo tho present program of servlco bolweon Ontnrlo and Nyssa and between Ontario and Frultland changed, tho club passed a resolution doclurlng that It would not contest a ralso In tolophonn ratos equal to tho rates under the Ilurlo son tariff for towns of Ontnrlo'H bIzo. Tho resolution declarod thai tho clulj In nowlso lossonod Its bollof that the contract entered Into bolweon tho Malheur Home Tolophono company nnd tho Ontario Indopomlont com pany should bo mnlntalned so far ns tho scopo of norvlco Is concorncd, Ily n unanimous voto tho club mombors Indicated tholr doslro that tho original plan of tho city council to romovo all street scnlos from tho pavod district bo adherod to and In structed tho socrotnry to so advlso tho City Council. This waa dono following a talk by Councilman Harry 11. Cookrum who aihed that tho club tuko this action. HOOSmit STATU U)OKS (JOt)l) 'IX) VISITOIl FltOM OVTAItIO Eiijtono Qlrard who for yar has lived hero In Ontario whllo working at tho Holy Ilosary Hospital Is back In his old homo town. Fort Wayno. Indiana. Tho ho Is enjoying his visit thoro, ho wnntK tho Argus to koon him Informed of what Is doing bore In Ontario and writes that the Hooslor Rtnto la a protty plcturo with tho crass and troos still greon. Tho trip across tho Middle West did not appeal to Mr. Glrard for ho describ ed It an vory hot and tlrosomo. Ah yot ho Is not certain when ho will re turn to tho West. GOES TO ATTEND CONVENTION OF EDISON DEALERS OF WEST W. L. Turner of Turner's Music Sliop left on No. 19 Saturday for Spokano to attond tho convention of Edison dealers of tho Northwejt In sosslon there this week. All of the representatives of tho great East Orango, Now Jersey corporation In tho Intor-mountaln country aro the guosta of tho company at thlb gath ering nnd a big program Is being en Joyod by them. 'Mrs. John Landls boa accopjed u position in tho clerical force of thu Stanfleld office CAKNKOm LlltltAllV TO HKHVK HKADF.ItH IN ItUltAL SECTIONS On n petition being proitcntcd to tho County Court In swslon at Vnlo today signed by residents of Ontnrlo and Nyssa and other portions of tho county tho Cornoglo Library of this city was designated as n County Li brary to servo tho needs' of tho rural sections. This county wldo library plan has boon In voguo In Umatilla county for sonio tlino nnd lina proven of great bonoflt. Tho local library In now used by a great many ranch ers and under tho now plan Its use fulness will ho further cnchnnccd. PAVING PLANT WILL BE E ON OCTOBER 15 llapld Progrvti-i Ilcluu; Mmlo on Curb- liiK anil Out tor Win k Will Com- plrtc I'm ln of Oregon 8 1 reft TIiIm Full. With rapid progress being mado on tho curbing and gutter work, which Is preliminary to that of pav ing, tho Warren Construction com pany expects to hnvo tho surface of Oregon street completo this fall. This was tho statoment of Superin tendent Ilostlck todny. According to a wlro received Wed- nosdny a paving plant will reach On tario on or before Octobor IT, and that will permit a, ntart holpg mado on tho paving soon nftorward. Tho first paving will bo laid on Orogon street starting at Wyoming nvunuo. From thoro It will proceed north on Orogon strcot to Illinois nvonuo. At present Jas. Doty who Is fur nishing tho sand and gravol for tho contractors Is kecpluk ton teams hauling and two loading gravol, and tho construction company has a largo crow of mon mixing tho roncrcto and pouring It In thu forms along Oregon and Intorscctlng streets. With tho beginning of work It found that many troes and polos aro In tho way and thoso aro being ro- moved, Indicating that Ontario will In a fow months prevent n groat changed appcaronco to visitors. ONTARIO-BURNS LAW FIRM IS ORGANIZED McCiillocli .i I )u licit n In I'll in Ht)le ami OirireN Will ho .Miiluliilmil llt'ict mid In Harney Count) 'h Capital. Ontario and Duma will ho tho lo- cntloiiH of tho offices of n now law firm which was organlzcd.durlng tho pant weok. Tho principals In tho now nrrangomont aro Attoruoy J. W. McCulloch of thin city and dipt, llobort M. Duncan, lata of tho U. S A. at Camp Lewis, and formerly of Ontario and Vale. dipt, and Mrs Duncan nrrlved from Camp Lewis on Sunday and aftor visiting bore for a day or two Captain Duncan loft this morning for Hums whoro ho will ostabllsh tho offtco of tho now firm. Mrs. Duncan went to Homcdalo on Monday for a short vlBit with hor sister, Mrs. Otto niackaby and will Join her husband at I) urn a lator. This la not tho first tlmo Mcssm McCulloch and Duncan havo been associated In business nnd profea slonal llfo. When Capt, Duncan first camo to Malheur county ho wus associated with tho firm of McCul loch, Solllus & Duncan, and later wont to Vale whoro bo opened an gfflco for hlmsolf, which ho main tained until ho ontered tho service. Ho was ono of tho very first mon of Malheur county to answer tho call going to tho first officers training camp at tho Presidio from which ho graduatod a Captain, and waa sent to Camp Lewis whore bo remained un til discharged last weok. Mrs. Darbara May of Sboshono. Idaho Is In tho city this wook, tho Sliest of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. IJrnoke Mr. and Mru. Elmer Orcutt havo roovod to Halley, Idaho whoro Mr. Oroutt has accepted a position. Dick Scott of Duolab Is In tho city this wook on buslnoss. TROUT FRY PLANTED GAME AND FISH COMMISSION'S CAU HltlNGH TIIIIITV Tl IOCS' AND IIIIOOK TltOt'T AND STECLIIEADH TO ItEHEIt- VOIlt. FIRST PLANTED IN COUNTY Deputy Warden Irving Hareltlnu nuil Superintendent Hdi. Car T. .1 CralK Superintend Planting AkM til by Ds Harniwn of Vale. Malheur county wan recognized nt n lit placo In which to prnpagalo gamo fish last Saturday when tho Stnto Commission's fish car vlth 30,000 trout fry passed thru Ontario enrouto for tho Willow Crook reser voir. That afternoon under tho direction of District Deputy Gamo Warden, Irving Hazcltlno of Ilakor, T. J Craig, superintendent of tho fish oar, and Doctor Harrows of Vale, repre senting tho Bportsmon of tho count), thoso fry woro planted In tho reser voir abovo llrogan whoro they will find an Idoal placo for growth. "It' may bo Interesting to tho Rportnmon of Malheur county to know that tho cost to tho statu of making this ono planting is greater thnn tho ontlro receipts from fishing llconsos purchased In Malheur county for two yoarn," said Mr Hazoltlno. "A largo portion of this coat la In transporting tho fry from tho, lion novlllo hntchory to llrogan. It cost Just 30 cents per mlto and from Hon novlllo to llrogun and roturn repre sents practically 1000 miles. Added to this of course Is tho cost of secur ing oggs nnd developing tho fish to tho ago of planting. "Wo hnvo boon nuxloun for numo tlmo to plant uomo trout In thu Willow Crook rosorvolr lo ln'cronse tho stock In this county, but tho cost of dplng ho has mndo It Impossible lloforo tho war wo used to pay Just 10 cents por mllo for tho fish cur, now it Is throo (linos that much." "It costs $1.25 por thousand to ralso tho fish from oggn and from 1.50 to I1.7C per thousand t dis tribute thorn. Wo bollovo tho Wll low Crook rosorvolr will bo Ideal for tho growing fish nnd when the Warmsprlngu llcservolr is filled that will glvo Malheur county a second sourco of suply whon wo can gut It atockod, as wo hopo to In tho near future" Whllo tho fish car wan In tho city Sunday on Its wny back to Ilonnovlllo many Ontarloans visited It and on Joyed seeing tho manner In which tho llttlo fish aro supplied with fresh cold air during tholr Journey to planting grounds. Tho fltntn baa owned tho car for eight yoars and In all that tlmo It has boon In churgo of Mr. Craig, who bus somo remarkable records In transporting fish without having any dlo enrouto. t (Coutlnued on Page 8) FRANK RADER ELECTED CLUB VICE-PRESIDENT Coiniiieicliil lloily Complete Organ- ljitloii mid ApMilntN New Oim- mlttcoh Action Must bo Taken by Commltti-ex. At n spoclal meeting of tho hoard of dlroctors of tho Commercial club i hold last Saturday afternoon Frank Iludor of Itador Pros, wan elected vlco-prosldent. Thin olflco bus been vacant two yoara and tho dlrectora folt that a tightening up of tho or ganization was neodod, bo that no hitch In tho club's program would bo oxperlonccd by tho ubsenco of the President. It was also detormlnod that bore after whon committees aro appoint ed and do not tako Intercut In their work that othors who will do so shall succeed them. Following this Idea the commltteo which was originally Instructed to co-oporato In an effort to bring 2000 acres on Dead Ox Flat Into tho Warmsprlnga District was discharged and a new -committee consisting of J. It, niackaby, D. M 'Taggart and F, L. Doily was numod