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'tl md A uti0 '& t$m. xxm ONTARIO, MALIIEUJI COUNTY, OKEOON, THUKSDAY, OCT. 9, 1M9 NO. 40 fyswy J i OVER HALF MILLION SECURED FOR ROADS DNLKOATION ATTF.NDINO HRS- HION OF HTATK HIUHWAY COMMISSION HF-Cl'llFS AIIOI'. TION OK PHOOHAM IT IMIKMISNTKI) WITH ONF. KXCF.PTIOX CAIRO - NVSSA CONTRACT LET work Will Hhirt ns Soon ns Neecs- wiry Preliminaries Cim be- Cnrnl Tor Appropriation In Kvoiily Divided. noad work estimated to roqulro llio oxpcndlturo of $575,000 under tlio supervision of tho Stnto High way Commission wilt ho tindortnkon In Mnlliour county. Tlio work will bo dono under tlio program of Htnto nnd county co-oporntlon which County Judgo K. II. Test, Senntor Jullon A. Ilurloy tnul Itoprescntntlvo P. J. anllaghor presented to tlio commission In Portland on Tuosdny, which mnxkit tho' culmination of the mot successful ploco of work ovor dono for tho county nnd for which thoso three man nro untitled to a groat deal of credit. Dosed on prosont figures of work dono In this county tho following Ih tho program approved hy tho com cem com misseon: Cnlro-Nyswi section of John Day I UkIi wny . I( 7(1,0011 Vnlo-llrognn section of John Dny Highway. 1112,000 llrldgp lit Vulo for John Dny Highway. ilO.000 Ilrojcnii-Oow Valley see lion John Dny 1 1 lull way (1(1,001) Vnlo to Ilurri'l section Central Oregon High- tray Ontnrlo (o Htldo lloltiitn section of Old Oregon Trail it 1,000 i,000 Ontario to llrldge, mv InfC Old Orvgiiii Trail 1M,00 ,Totnl n75,0 Tho commission oIho ordorod tho survey of tho Old Oregon Trail from Ontario all tho way to Huntington, and also ordorod tlio survey of tho road from Ontario to Vnlo. Thus thoso two sections aro definitely placod on tho road program of tho Highway Commission for attention whon funds nro available. JtOHt OlIO HcqUCNt Tho delegation mado ono rorjucst that was donlcd by tho commission, that was for tho designation of tho Succor Crook-Jordan VnJloy road as a stato highway. Tho tho delega tion urgod this action and arguod far it they wore told that thoro al ready Is a greater mlloago of desig nated roads than tho available funds will construct. Officials Jubilant Sonator Hurloy returned Wednes day ovonlng and was ono of the spoakors at tho Commercial club luncheon where ho gavo a dotallod roport of tho action of the commis sion. Judge K. 11. Test returned this morning and oxpremed his satisfaction at tho action taken and gavo tho credit for Its accomplish ment to his colleagues on the com mittee. "Wo had a deflnlto program to offer this tlmo, and the Commission required only 20 minutes to pass up on It. Tho details had been pre viously presented to tho Individual mombers by either Mr. Qallaghor or Mr. Hurley," said Judgo Test. "With tho agreement mode by tho Commission wo can go ahead now and sell some of tho bonds author ized lost June. The county will only bo called upon to sell a portion of tho Issue, and wo have secured a very largo measure of co-operation from tho Commission. Better oven than I had hoped for. "We tried to get the Jordan Valley road established but could not, that will have to wait for further develop ments." The nimy friends of Miss Evelyn Bcltrum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, P. Schrum, will be glad to learn that she has passed tho crisis of her Ill ness and Is now' recovering. She took 111 following several swimming parties at the river and her ailment developed Into typhoid. The crlsU was passed Wednesday and her par ents expect her to be obout In afov; days. lOHMP.It IIKill HCHOOL (Jlltli dii:h at twin falls, idaiio Word wns recolvod HiIh week tit tlio Holy Hosnry hospital of the donth of Chcwil Luwboii forniorly of Ontario, at a, lioHpltnl In Twin Fnlls, Idaho, Monday morning. Miss Lnw- fton had been III for many months, being ono. of tho nu vlctlmx of hint winter, Sho underwent treatment horo for nearly live months and fin ally no far recovered that Just two wooku ago sho wont to Twin Fa lift. No dotiills of IiihI Illness hi tlio Idaho city hnvo heen received here. Miss Lnwson en mo (o Ontario with her parents from (llonwood SprlngH, Col orado two years ago. EX-SERVICE HEN ARE URGED TO ORGANIZE American Lcuinti Plutitlnit Now For Protection of HluhtN of Men Who Wort Khaki, mid I'or Amcrl- raiiNiu. "Tho battlo which tho men fought In Franco Ih not Mulshed. Thoro Ik still n great deal to do to protect America, and that Is what tho Amur lean Legion Is doing now," sold Thomas Swconny, of Portland who wns In Ontario Tuesday. Mr. Sweeney Is n niombcr of tho executive com mlttoo of tho American I.uglou of Oregon. Ho fought with thu engi neers In Franco and was In Malheur (0(1111 on busliictw. "While not horo on bohalf of the American Legion, hut on IiiihIiiohs, I wns surprised to learn that Ontario has no post of tho American Legion. Thoro aio plenty of men horo who saw sorvlco nnd who nro Interested In scolng tho work go on, far It Is tho organization that Iiiih for Its huslnoss tho scolng that Justlco Is dono to nil tho men who woro the khaki In tho Into war. Tho American Legion Is not a po litical organization. It Is not nu or ganization of orflcors. It Is an or ganization that stands for upright Aniorlcanlmn nnd for Justlco. The work that has been dono In Astoria to combat tho reds of that city Is an oxamnlo of what It Is doing. The Htnto commlttco Is anxious that On tnrlo organize Just ns Vulo has or ganized n post and wo hopo to hear from some of tho boys soon. LOCAL HIGH OPENS I'nyett Football Team FnlN llpfnre Onslaught of lloiirlier'n Proteges Scoro Is I a to 0 Mnro Trnlniiu; Needed. Cody Dialer's long run nnd the gamo stand or tno iinomon in mo socond porlod woru tho featuros of tho first foot ball gamo of tho snason nt tho Fair groundB last Friday nftor noon. Ontario won tho contort from Payette High School by a scoro of 12 to o. Tho scoro furnished a. fair com parison of tho teams. Ontario, while on tho offensive during most of tho gamo lacked punch except In tho fourth quartor when tho Payette team was ovldently tli'cd. On the other hand tho npplo pickers from across tho river proved worthy or their opponents and played a plucky gamo thruout. Altlio tuoro was n marKuu im provement In the tnckllng of tlie Ontnrlo onds and back field men. and a closor runnng of tho offensive than that shown In tho practlco with Nyssa, It Is still ovldont that tho local back field hos Jots of work to do boforo It roaches hulf tho power it possesses, Tho Iinomon displayed, tholr stub bornness In tho second period when tho visitors carried tho bull to within flvo yards of tho local goal and secured a first down. Four times Payette tried to pui mo un i ovor and failed. It was this worK on tho part of the lino that gavo Cody Dutler tho fleetest or me naca field raon his chango to shlno. After two plays on Payette s loft tackle, Mooro sent llutlor around tho Pnyetto right ond for the pret tiest run of the gamo. aiven good In terference for his start, Cody stiff armed three tacklere and was not dropped until ho was ten yards from Payette's goal line. Gib Dean quickly quickly reduced the distance by sliding nine yards olf Payette's loft tackle nnd then Aubrey Dean plunged thru for the first touch down. No goal was klukod. With tho score ogalnst them Pay ette braced In the jjilrd quartor and COST TOO MUCH FOR. CLUSTER LICHTS NOW (TIT COUNCIL III! .118 Plt()TK8T (UIN8T FOl'lt FOOC HIDF.WALIC ON SOUTH SIDK OF WASH- INOTON STHKHT HOl'SK oiidf.hf.d iii'ii.T SCALES ORDERED OFF STREET Settlement Mndo With David Dunbar I'or PiuiipliiK Plain Site Old Hill of Drnpci's N Paid Itoiitlut llllli Paid. For tho prosont nt lenst Ontario will not blossom forth nt iVlght, n great whlto way. Tho proposition to put In tho conduits for a cluster light system boforo tho paving Is laid was not nctod upon by tho City Council Inst Mondny ovonlng whon It wns told that the cost of laying tho con duits nlono would bo $4600 nnd tho tntnl Installation of pocs nnd lights nnd wiring would bring tho flguro up to $7,500 or $8,000 for ton bocks of tho downtown district. Hardly loss Intorostlng was tho tlohato on tho proposition to rnvorso far n second tlmo tho action of the Council In tho matter of street scales In tho paved nrcn. Thoso woro ord ered out nt onco nnd tho order re versed. Councilman II. 1). Cockriiiu nskod for a reconsideration nnd se cured It, with tho result that the original order was conflrmod. Tho Kcntos go out. At Chiiuco of tho llolso-l'ityotto championed thu street scale cntmo on tho ground Hint It was of great con venience to tho ranchers, nnd that such scales' would not bo unsightly. Mayor Jones took u similar position. T. II. Mooro appeared before tho Council to roqtiost n chiingo In tho street paving plnn so far us Wash ington street Knsj. of Oregon street Is concornod. Ho nuked thntlhrf paving thoro bo rcducod to n width of tO feet nnd n ten foot sldownlk ordored Instond of a four foot walk along tho south slilo. Ho declared that unless this wns dono an Injux lleo wns being worked upon him by mnklng him pay 70 per cent of the pining of n six font strip which A. Itohtnson would hnvo to pay for If stdowalk Instond of paving was ord orod. Tho mnttor wn roforred to tho stroot committee Illds woro received for tho erection of n houso for tho pumper at tho In ta.ko and for n now motor nnd prime pump thoro. Tho water committee was empowered' to net on thoso mat ters, MAI.HP.L'lt COUNTY HANCIIIW CHANCIF. HANDS AT HIOH IKJCIt Two transaction! In Malheur coun ty real ostnto woro reported till weolc nt flguros which a fow years ago would hnvo soomod romnrknblo, which now nro called just ordinary. Tho first salo was that of tho New man, Tost nnd Orolg ranch on Snake rlvor Just oast of Nyssa. This flue property with Its Individual pumping plant sold for $56,000, or $260 per aero. Hunt llrothors of Ilolso were the purchasers. Tho second deal was that by which Frank Jonos and Dick Scott soourod posoeeslon of tho old Inmborson ranch near Westfall for $35,000 This property consists of 700 acres and Is ono of tho best stork ranches In tho Westfall region. held tho looals oven, but could not continue tholr good work In fourth whon a steady march down tho flold added nnothor touchdown for On tario. Tho surprlso of tho gamo was the playing of Dunton, Ontario's rlgh guard, who tho ho had novor soon a foot ball eamo boforo and hnu only practiced threo dnys proved to bo u star lino man. Ho not only out played his opponent but ropoatodly hroko thru to spin rayetto iirck noni men boforo they got startod. Tho play, which was good for till early In tho season, showed plalulv that Ontario has material (or a line tonm whon the boys get Into condi tion. The hard fight they put up woro out Mooro. Dunton and Cody Duller, but the subs who took their place made good and saved tho day. Pavctto showed potior condition iy playing thru without a substitute A fair sized crowd saw tho gamo nnd enjoyed It. On Friday tho local hoys expect to go to jiaxer in piajr tho DaWor t'ltm which last woek overwhelmed Welser. FAMOUS IN "l.VCLF. HAM HAMPTON" TO HPF.AIC AT A SF.IIIF.S OF mi:f.tings in county ni-j.t wi:i:ic foh fahm iiuiif.au Itnlililt PoNoiiIiik Campaign Ono or .wuuy Projects In ho DI-cicmmI U. 8. ItlnloKlral Huney to Plan Knidlciitlon of Pi(. Malhotir county will soon have nn organized Farm Iluronu to work for tho solution of tho agricultural pro- moms or tho County. When It doc win no longer no pointed out ns tho ono agricultural county In Fast orn Oregon whoso formers aro not taking ndvnntnges of tho work being dono nt tho Agricultural collego nnd In tho various experiment stations. During tho past wook F. L. Hal lard, In chnrgo of tho extension work at O. A. C, for UnKtern Oregon lias moot with small groups of ranchers on tho lloulovnrd, on Dead Ox Flat, nnd Vnlo. Noxt wook ho will visit Nyswi, Adrnln, Jordan Vnlloy, Jninlo son nnd Ilrognn. Ilesldo meeting with these small groups ho has arranged a series of mootlngK In each of thoso phicos. or will do so soon to moot nil tho farm ers of tho various sections. At those meotlngs will bo considered tho prob loins of tho Individual communities and thoso will bo reported to n coun ty wldo meeting nt which n county Farm Iluronu will bo organized. L'nclo Sam llnmpioii Coining; At tho meetngs of the fnrmers next wook Undo Sum Hampton ono of Montunn'H most famous farmors will address tho gatherings on tho work of tho Farm llureau, At tho sumo tlmo Iru N. Unbrlelson of the U. S, Illotoglcal Hurvoy will prosont plans for a campaign for tho eradica tion of rabbits nnd ground oqulrolls, Tho llrst of tho ranchers meotlngs will bo hold on Dead Ox Flat on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Mon day ovonlng (ho mooting will ho hold nt Park School, house, and Tuesday reifonlng'nt'tho Jefferson school, Wed uosduy at Vnlo, nnd Thursday nt the iioiiiovuru urango. Funnel lo Direct Work Under tho now plan of cnrryliiu on tho work tho farmers of tho county, inrti ino i' arm niiroaii win netor inluo tho problems to bo worked un- on In each community nnd tho Count ty Agont, whon ono Is employed will work under their direction, thus sup. plying tho centralization of work us It could not bo dono with n county agont working alouo on Individual problems. STRIKING TELEPHONE OPERATORS GET RISE Walkout tiring ling Delayed HI ki ln Wngiw fill' tlio Central (Jliis til Hccclvu Mountain Hlates Schedule Ontario Jumped into tha metro politan uluss of cities Mondny morn ing when It stagad a strike Tho walkout which Inojnvonloiicod the public wns that of tho telephone op orntors of tho Malheur Home Tele phone exchange horo. Tho girls won. too and service was resumed at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. Tho strike resulted from re iiiokts mado by tho girls for an Increase In wnxoti on August 20, nt which time the mnttor was rofored by tho local manager to tho Ilolso office. Whon no answer to tholr roquosts woro re colvod tho girls again thrntonod a walk out In Soptomhor. Thoy hold off nt that tlmo with promlsos of re lief us soon as tho question of In crouhod rut os could bo sottlod. Finally when no iucreaso nppo.ired In their Soptombor pay chocks tho girls declined to parley further and walked out. Action followed soon Wlrou to Ilolso and from Ilolso to tho Pacific Htntos headqunrters In Dmvor resulted In n promise of n rise oqual to the Pacific Statox schodule and tho girls rosumed work In tho moantlmo tho Mnlliour Home Telophono company has filed a ro quost with tho Public 8erWc com mission for an Incroaso in niton, and has tho support of many citizens for Its action. Thoy have manifested their wlllliignoMH to stand for tho In crease by signing a petition circulat ed by Mauuger Dolling In behalf of tho company. Whllo tho public was greatly In convenienced by the strlko It was evident that tho girls bad Its sympathy when It was known that thoy havo been working at from $42.50 to $52.60 per month with the chief oporator drawing $C2.50. Under tho terms of tho petition and tho rawilutlon passed by the commorient dub tho citizens signify tholr wllllngnoas to take a rise equal to the Ilurlcson rates for cities this SPHAOUK ADAM MAKKH DUAL FOH OAHAOi: AT ST. ANTHONY On Snturdny of last wook Sproguo Adam completed negotiations for the purchajio of tho Ford Qnrago and agency nt St. Anthony, Idaho nnd will tnko possesion of tho Institution tomorrow, nccordlng to ndvlses re ceived hero by his father, L. Adam. Mr. Adam is not a stranger to the automobllo game, for ho was for two years connected with tho Dnshlcl company In Chicago nnd later with his undo operated n garago nu South llalstcad street In tho Illinois met- ropols prior to entering tho service. Slnco his .return from Franco ho has bcou a member of tho local Ford Garago staff. BEST LAND VALUES TO BE FOUND HERE Corey Act Settlement Near Itiihl Is Attracting Attention Hut lienor Values nnd Ioucr Prices Ob tainable Iocnlly. Illght hero In tho Mnlliour Valley thoro nro thousands of ncrcs of land oqual too nnd In ninny ways superior to that which Is being greatly ad vertised for opening near Iluhl, Ida ho, nnd which Is moro tho local land tuny bo had on far better tonus and nt lowor prices than tho Idaho tracts. Whllo lands under tho Wnrmspr lugs systom nro offered for from $76 to $100 por aero, with only 10 pur cent cash tho balance In ton equal annual payments nt G por cent, simi lar lauds under tho Iluhl project are ndvortlsod nt from $125 upward. Tho Iluhl lauds also call for tho big paymont of $26 pur aero nnd $10 por ncro por your nftor threo years. Whon ono vlows tho general rlsu In tlio prlco of land In tho projects of tho Snako rlvor vnlloy ono Is con vinced that In no section of Kastern Orogon or Western Idaho aro lands of high quality offered nt prices so low ns undor tho WaruiKprlngs sys tom. Tho Oregon-Western Colonization company, owners of tho largest port Inn of tho uiiBottlcd land hnvo tho most gonorous contract offered In this section. Tho tonus nro such that n relatively small Investment puts tho ranchers onto tho land, nnd aftor reading of tho offers of other sections tho woudor Is that all of the Wurmsprlugs lands nro not already sold. Tho following aro tho tortus under which tho Colonization company Is nfforlng Its holdings In tho valley: ton per vent cash and ton equal an nual paymonts, In spoclul ensos tho company will accept as low im two per cent, splitting tho llrst throo years paymonts adding tho difference to tho last throo annual puymonts, Whon ranchers havo stock and machinery to go ahead and dovelop tho ranch they buy tho compnny will soil on tho crop payment plan, taking ono half tho crop until tho land Is paid for. The company also glvoa tho pur chaser tho right to proceed to socuro a government Farm Loan, Issuing a dcod nnd taking a second mortgngo, If uecossary for Its balance, for tonus of flvo or tou yoars with tho privilege of completing payment on or before tho end of tho contract. Slnco tho company holds Its lands at $76 por ncro and tho water right may bo had for $05, whllo tho ranch er may socuro a Farm I.oan payablo In 31 yoars thoro Is no bottor oppor tunity available In this country for tho man who wnnts to socuro and dovolopo a farm. Cortulnly thoro Is no bettor laud to'bn had. OHF.fiON Cl.UII HKXKWK ITH AOTIVITIliS AFTKIt TWO YHAHK Tho last of tho war vacations Is over. Tho Oregon club, most of whoso mombers found tholr wny Into tho sorvlco of Undo Sam during tho rocent unpleasantness with K. Hill, hus reorganized and Is ready for an actlvo winter program. Tho club will miss the guiding spirit of A. F. Illddlo Its former president, but ho Is In Ilolso not too fur away to bo prosont on gala occasions. slzoj which In this caso nmounts to from 50 cents to $1 por month per phono. Ontnrlo was tho only station af fected by the strlko. Tho Vnlo nnd Nyssa glrU did not walk out, HOME BUILDERS MAKE START BUVING SITES J. It. FOHTIFH, H. V. VAN PFTTH.V AND LAHUi: HLACICAIIY OFT PLANS aoiNd COST OF MA- TFltlAf, 8TICIUNG POINT HAY SOMi: PLAN ON COMBINING ORDERS Commercial Club McinlH?rn Hear of Komi Program PacllTIc Interim, tlonal I.lvo Stock Show, Ontario Chautauqua nnd Ontario HrliooN. Soldom has tho Ontnrlo Commer cial club hnd ns Interesting n session an that which followed tho chicken dinner Inst night, for tho nrrnnge inont of which honors woro nccorded tho commlttco, It, W. Swnglor. J. It. Fortlor, nnd A. L. Chrlstlnnson. ltoports from tho club's homo building cnmpalgn showed Hint In nil 30 hnvo pledged themselves to build homos nnd Hint sovornl hn.vo bought sites for tholr prospective residences. Thoso who purchased lots last weok aro J. It. Fortlor, K. C. Van Petton nnd Lnruo Illacknby. J. It. Fortlor who has progressed on his plans so fnr im to prosont the ground skotch to tho contractors, told of his difficulty In securing no curnto data ns to tha cost of mnterlnl. This lod to n lengthy discussion ami tho mnttor was finally referred to the board of dlroctors to sco whnt thoy could do toward getting concerted action among tho mombors of tho plodgo list wo thnt ono order of sup plies could bo figured upon. Stato Senator Julian Hurley was prosont nnd gavo tho club n roport of tho work of tho delegation which saw tho Highway commission. Ills mossngo was rocolvod Joyously by tho club and a resolution of appreci ation ordorod drawn thnnklng tho Sonator, ltoprcirontntlvo Gallagher and tho County Court for tholr ef forts. HoohIh International Show O. M. Plummor of Portland mndo n spirited nnd Imprcsslvo nppmiJ for tho support hy Mnlliour county of tho Pnclllc International stock show, ami sot forth tho benoflts which purl brod stock glvo to a county llko Mnl liour which ho described as an 86 per cent stock country. II. P. Lowls, superintendent of schools, nssurcd tho club of tho co operation of tho schools In making tho Third Annual Chautauqua suc cessful by taking chnrgo of tho tlckot soiling. Ho Invited tho business men to visit tho schools nnd briefly outlined tha work holng dono thoro. His sontlmonta woro seconded hy Principal S. M. Ilouchor who told of tho donuuid of pupils for rooms hero In town nnd of tho fuct that many families could not como to Ontario this year becauso of tho shortage of houses. DHAD OX FLAT HAXCHHHH UIiaP.D IIUII.DINO OF KOAD County Judgo K. II, Tost takos no rost on Sunday when ho comos to Ontario, nt loast ho did not do so last Sunday. Rarly Sunday afternoon tho Judgo was mot hy a dologuilnn from Dead Ox Flnt consisting of I. It. Ilrlothnupt, B. J.. W. I), nnd M. A. Patch, A. A. Outtrldgo nnd F. M Northrup, who camo ovor to hoo him boforo ho wont to Portland to press tho county's claim for recognition by tha Highway Commission. Tho Dead Ox Flat nion nskod that tho Judgo urgo tho survey of tho Old Oregon Trail from Ontnrlo to Hunt ington, nnd If posslblo to socuro tho enrly construction of tho ontlro road but If this could not no dono, to nt least got tho entire road located so that thoy might contrlbuto work to ward tho completion. If ovory sec tion manifested tho spirit and will ingness to do actual" work on tho roads of tho county that the Dead Ox Flat men did at tho meeting Sunday the troublos of tho County Court and Highway Commission would bo tri vial Indeed. As Indlcatod olsowheru tho Judgo nnd his associates secured noarly ovorythlng that tho Dead Ox Flat delegation wanted. Louis Strolgol returned Sunday night from Portland. n