! llttK.r ntittAv xxm ONTARIO, MALIIEUll COUNTY, 01?E(ION, THURSDAY, NOV. 0, V.)H) NO -1!) W0W HON OIL COMPANY SEEKS LOCATION HERE council indulges IN LONG DIS. CUSSION OF HFyUEST OF COM PANY roll PERMIT TO HUILH ON HLOCK EAST OK TRACK ON IDAHO AVENUE MOORE WARNS OF DANGER Pesky Srnlo Problem Like HmiquoV Ghost Hlso lit Confound Council Now Sewer District In Oidcied Or. uuiilml 11111m Allowed. When 8. J. Rpcncor presented (In request of llio Union Oil Company for a permit to erect storngo tunkB for gasoline uml oil on block No. 0.1 which Is tlmt on tlio north kMo of Idaho nvonua abutting tlio O. B. I., right-of-way, ho stated n spirited dis cussion nt tlio City Council mooting Inst Momlny ovonlng. "It Ih nn autrngo to oven consider such n ro(UOKt," wan tlio opinion ex pressed by T. II. Mooro who wh nuked for his views, which were ninny and pointed In tlmt connection. "I do not caro for tlio judKmont of any man on that point," mild Mr. Mooro, when It watt proponed that tlio stato Flro Marshn)! bo asked for bin JudKmont In tlio matter. H. J. Spencer who presented the matter and who has an option on the tract for tlio company said that Wolsor, I'ayotto and other towns woro bolng consldorod by tlio com pany and that they could locate at any of thorn. Ho also called atten tion to the fuct that nt I'ayetto (here (Cc tlnuod on Last Page.) ARMIITICE DAY "Ml BE OBSERVED Coiniiicrrliil Club mid Oregon Club Foster Movement lit Observe Inlt- IhI AnnUorsnry of Signing of I t(Sut'Nt of German for Peiiro NIori'H to Close I'Tom I to :i. Mil) or Issues Proelii- luiitlon. Tuosday, November 11, tlio first anniversary of tlio signing of the armlKtlco which ended tlio lighting of the Great War will bo observed In Ontario an u partial holiday. This waa tlio conclusion reached at tlio mooting of tlio Commercial club at Its mooting last night. Earl Rluckaby, Chelsoy Royor and II. I.. I'otorson woro nauiod as the com mltteo to arrango for a program to be held during tlio afternoon from 1 to 3 o'clock. An effort will bo made to linvo a parado of all ox-servlcc men, tlio High School cadets nnd the High School band, tlio Itod Crosx workors and other bodies. Tlio Oregon club will celobrato the occasion with a danco In tlio evening for 'which Invitations have boon s sued. The celebration of tlio day will not bo as olaborato as the business men doslro for the matter was overlooked at tlio meeting tho weok provlous. It was determined theroforo that bo. causo sufficient tlmo was not avail able for tho proper advertising of the event that the city at least pause to take note of the significance of tho day and mark it as much as possible At tho roquest of tho club, and In ac cordance with tlio president set In the state by Governor Olcott, Mayor II. W. Jones Issued tlio following proclamatien: Proclamation by The Major The Governor of tho State of Or egon has designated Tuesday, No vember Uth, 1019, as a legal holi day wlthjn thin State. This day marks tho first anniversary of the close of the greatest war of moHcjn times andx1t Is especially fitting that we, as a community, observe In a measure the recurring date, "when the war drums throbbed no longer nnd the battle Hugs were furled" aijd peace came to our Nation. Therefore I would recommend that tho Citizens of the City of Ontario observe the Proclamation ot the Stato's Executive and abstain from their usual, vocations and close tljelr covoral places of business between ONTARIO'S WATER SUPPLY RETURNS AHSOLUTELV TINT During tlio past fow weoltH tlio city offlclnls hnvo soul sum plea of tlio city water to tlio Htnto Imcterlologlst for oxniulna Hon. In overy case tlio reports hIiow tbo'nliHcnco of nil Impiirl tlon nnd provo nbKolutoty that Ontario lins n nnpply of good litiro soft water. Tlicflo tests according to City Water Superintendent V. W. Chambers linvo been so uniform tlmt ovldencn Ih concluslv tlmt tlio lllterlng system Ih perform ing perfectly. WHITE RIBBONERS TO CII)'h Invltiitlou to Stnto Orgnulit Hon to Mod Hero Is Accepted unit Thanks Hvprr-ssetl In Council mill Commercial Club. MrH. C. 10. Illnglmm of tlio local V, C. T. U. whh advised Inst wcok of tlio nccoptnuco by tlio Stato Conven tion of tlio organization of tlio Invi tation Ontario extended for tlio 1020 convention, Tlio lottor of nccoptnuco and thnnks from Mm. Mattlo M. Hlootli wnH n h follews: Tlio Oregon Womnn's Christian Tompornnco Union In tholr recent convention votod unnnlmotiHly to ac cept tlio cordial Invitation to meet In Ontario noxt year If possible. Tlio placo s UHually finally decided upon nt tlio Mld-Yonr oxccutlvo meet ing for wo know better then where it woud bo boat to go. Wo all want to como to Ontario, but mooting tills year In tlio extreme southern part of the Htnto wo found tlio long dlstanco most of tlio women had to go groatly Intorforcd with our attondniico and It nuiy not bo wise to go so far south nod emit next year but wo will como If pobhIIiIo. Plcuso extend to tlio Commercial Club, Mayor nnd City Council our profound thaukH for tholr courteoiiR Invltntlon which wo greatly appro- clato nnd hope nothing will provent our coming. CO. ADDS OFFICIAL (,'enernl Superintendent of Grunt From Dalles to N)hii Visits On. tnrlo to Fmulllnrlc Himself Willi Condition II. J. Lorontzon, who, has recently boon appointed Suporluteudont of tho EnBtorn Oregon Laud company, with headquartors In Portland Is In On tario this wook in consultation with Ivan K. Oaken, Ontario Agent to famlllarlzo himself with tho com pany's properties in this part of tho Htnto. Mr. Lorcntzon comes to tho Kant orn Oregon I.nnd company from Bl"' Francisco whero ho has boon located for some tlmo. T-'or n numbor of years ho was connected with several of the largo contracting linns engag. od In building transcontinental linos in tho United States and Canada. Alaska and Hawaii howovor linvo oach been tho scenes ot previous ac tivities and he worked with con tractors engaged in rogradlng Seattle. Mr. Lorentzon said that as yet there was nothing to say regarding probable development of tho com pany's, holdings In Eastern Oregon for at presont he was Just gottlng acquainted with tho property. the hours ot 12 o'clock M. and 3 o'clock P. M. on November 11, 1910. lu Witness Wlieceof I have here unto set my hand and caused tho Seal of tho City of Ontario to bo af fixed this Cth day of Nov. 1019. Believing this an ausplcous oc casion the members of the commltteo have called for a meeting ot all ex- sorvice men for the purposo ot form ing a branch of the American Legion. This meeting will be held at the City Hall following any program that can be arranged on short notice. Attest: QLAY M. STEAnNS, (peal)' " City nccorder. RAY W. JONES, Mayor. COUNTY AGENT AGAIN TO SERVE RANCHERS Request or Recently Organlcil Fiimi Ruremi Is Futnrnhly Acted Up- on by County Court nt Hud- Kt't Session, Delegations of ranchers from nil the rcgloiiH between Dead Ox Flnli nnd Adrnln, from Nyssa nnd from tho Vnlo district appeared beforo the County Court sosslon Wodnosday nf tornoon nnd requested that body to providr for tho employment of , a County Agent. Tho request receiv ed fnvornblo nctlon -and tho Hum re quested wax ndded to tho budget. Among tho ranchers who uttended tho Hussion woro V. V. Hlckox and C M. llentiinont of Adrnln, l'oto Ton son of Nysnn, I,.It. Drlothnupt, Frank Northrup nnd H. S. Hilt of Dead Ox Plat. Mr, Hlckox outlined tho program whichtho Iliirenu Is to undertake In tho county and gavo a plnn qf Its campaign nnd told of tho necessity for co-oporutlo effort on tho pnrt of the ranchers and tho county In doing tho work needed. Ho presented an outllno Htatomont of th exponso of tho organization nnd tho basis ot co oporntlon between tho Htnto nnd Fed eral hureniiR nnd tho county. Ho rqucHtcd tlmt tho county npproprlnto $2G00 ns IIh Hhnro In tho work nnd tho request wns granted. Other ranchers from various pnrU of tho county woro culled upon nnd each entlmliiHtlcnlly seconded tho nt mo ment mado by Mr. Hlckox ' EXPRESS OFFICE OP TOWN IS POSSIBILITY Itoulo Agent For American Hxprosft' Company Visits City mill Suggest IiiipioM'iuent of ScrWrit Ileie Dell wry Possible An tip-town oxprotts offlco for On tario Is a possibility. Such offices uro to bo Installed nt Numpn, Welser, Caldwell nnd other towns along tills lino nnd Ontario is favored for suoh an Improvement nnd Is on examina tion If n sultalilo location can be found. II. W. Lewis, routo ngent of tho Amorlcnu Exprowi offlco was In On tario today ns ndvnuro representative of n group of company officials who are Inspecting the proportion prior to tlio return of tho mnnngomont to prl vata ownership, Othor officials of thp company nro oxpoctod horo on Saturday of this weok to determine what can bo done to better the sorvlca hero. Whllo he could mako no definite stntoment Mr Lowls lu discussing tho sltuntlau horo said: "Ontario is not yet largo onough to warrant n freo dolivory servloo. Tho offlco does but $2,000 monthly and on that basis could bo mndo n 12 per cent offlco. That is ono nt which tho ngent recolvos n commission of 12 per cent and pays nil exponsos of the offlco. At Hint rato of course freo delivery could not bo mado. Hut an arrangement could b6 mado such as oxlsts at Jeromo, Hailoy and other points whero tho merohants and cit izens In consideration of dollvery and pick up ot packages pay a small sum per delivery." With II O. Drnue local agent for tho company Mr Lowls culled upon a numbor of On tario business roon today. ORCiHON CLUH SEASON OPENS WITH Hid DANCING PARTY Tho first formal danco of the Ore gon club was hold nt the club rooms In tho Wilson building last Friday evening and was a most auspicious gathering according to the accounts of those presont. The party which for club members and frlonds only furnished amusement to tho guests thru the grotesquo costumes worn by tho newly Initiated mombers. Fol lowing tho dancp refreshments wore serveu. E. R. Alien of tho Purity Rakery ontertained ills boyhood chum Joe Rowman of Saxon, Mlssuorl, this week. Mr. Rowman until recently lived at Ogden, Utah, but Is now en - routo to his old homo In Missouri. WARMSPRINCS SUIT TO BE TRIED MONDAY Lingo Number of Witnesses l,cjie Tomorrow .Nlght for Tilnl of Hlg Humane ' ',t In Federal Couit llcforo .ludgo Ileum. Thero will bo nn exodus of legnl llalcnt, stockmen, ranchers, real on- tato men, Imnkors etc., In fnct of overy class Hint has n distinct Iden of what land In this county Is worth from Ontario tomorrow night. Tho causo of tho heglrn Is tho coil ing up or tho suit of tho Wnrm sprlngs Irrigation district ngnlmtt tho Pnclflc Llvn Stock compnny for tho uso of ItsWnrmsprlngH ranch as n resocvolr for tho Irrigation system of that name Tho local legal profession wljl bo loprescnted by P. J. Gnllngher'who Is of counsel for tho compnny while Vulo will bo represented by Oeo. K. Davis nnd llruco Kcstor attorneys for tlio district. Tho nttorupys hnvo not mado pub lic tho list of wJtncsROH they will call, but they will bo legion, according to woll dollned reports, nnd tho Ideas thoy represent nro many nnd varied., Tho suit which Is of vast Import nn co to tli'l Hcctlon of tho country will bo closoly watched nnd will oc cupy tho court for n weok or moro. Tho enso will bo tried boforn Fcdornl District Judge Robert 8'. Renin. BUSINESS MEN TOLD OF SCHOOLS' NEEDS W. W. Wood mill Dr. W. .1, Wcce AiMirwt Commercial Club (father- Iutt mill Cite Condition Here Would Itulld (ijmimsliim Undor n law onnctod by the hist legislature physical toducatlnn Is mndo compulsory In Oregon schools, nnd Outnrlo with Its limited housing facilities for tho schools cannot com ply with tho law and thereby on- duugofs Its scholastic standing. To comply with tho law so mo building must bo provided. This wns tho mossngo tlmt W. W. Wood nnd Dr. W. J. Weeso of tho Ilourd of Education presented to I ho Commercial club nt Its weekly dinner at tho llluo Rlrd last night. Thoy said thoy camo simply to toll tho situation nnd to learn what tho peo ple of tho city think of tho mnttor. Thoro wns no doubt concerning tho nttltuito of tho club whop It votod on a resolution presented by K. C. Van I'otton endorsing tho efforts ot tho board to find n means for keeping the Hohool plant up to standard. P. J. Gallnghar suggested Hint tho city wait until nftcr tho noxt.IoglH Inturo when an effort bo maiio to hnvo n co-oporntia plan adopted whoruby tho city or school district, tho stato and federal government could bo Invited to build nn nrmdry W. F. Homan and others hovevor ondorsod (ho movement looking to the early accomplishment of the do sired purposo. ' Fit) or Oil Company Tho club nlsO voted In favor of the Council granting tho permit asked by tho Union Oil company to build n distributing station on block No. 9.1. aftor E. C. VnnPotten .aid that ho had Interviewed E. W. Howlond nnd Ward Canfleld who with himself each owned tho propofty nearest tho pro posed slto. Thoy had consldorod the matter ho said and como to tho conclusion that there would bo no In creased hazzard to them nnd were. theroforo agreoablo to the ornitlon . of tlio plant. As tho resolution pus sod the Council waH told that If In Its Judgment no danger was entailed the club favored the granting of tho permit L. 1. Hlrsoh was tho chnlrmnu of tho meeting, and ho appolntej George RolliFen to bo chairman of tho meet ing noxt Wednesday ounlut- Thoro will bo n meeting of tho land owners undor tho Malheur Dralnago District at tho district of flco in tho Mooro Hotel block Satur day afternoon at 2 o'clock. At tills meotlng thoro will be an election of new officers and other Important matters to be considered by tho per- psons Interested. It Is Important that overy owner bo present. ItOOSKVIXT FUND IH ALMOST COMPLHTi: IN COUNTY TODAY Westfnll, Rrogan, Jamlcson, Upper and Lower Dead Ox Flnt, McDermltt nnd Junturn woro tho communities who sent lu subscriptions to the Roosevelt Momorlnl Fund this weok. With theso lu nnd with Ontario hav ing achieved Its original quota tho county Is assured of Its com ploto quotn. As yet neither Vnlo nor Nyssn hnvo mndo com plcto reports but tho NyBsa quota wns practically raised on Monday, October 27, so that Nyssa Is assured. Rrogan, Wcstfull and Junturn each exceeded their quotas ns did Dead Ox Flat, and with Vnlo nnd Nyssa reaching theirs, as 'they will, only $.10 need be rain ed to fulfill tho county's repulro ment. This will bo completo this wook, FIRST OF NEW HOMES Ono Ranch Home mill Tw Hiiuxes In Clly Aro Under Wn) Nceil for Moro Homes (InmliiK Oreat- rr Kcry Day. Jnuios Lackey was tho first to fol low tho lead hoi by L. I. Hlrsch nnd Htnrtcd u home, lu the vicinity of Outnrlo, Mr, Lackey's homo how ovor la to grnco his ranch southeast of tho city. A now house was started tin Outnrlo this wcok when Charles Oobert began construction on n bungalow on an ncro tract In tlio city limits this sldu or tho Fnlr grounds. Tho need for homos hero Ih moro pressing ovory day. Thoro hnvo boon dozens ot fnmllles horo In the past two wooks In search of a place In which to llvo. EIS II Insplto ot Weather ItOwis ale That Eery Section Ih Maklnj; (looil Showing Kvpect 11:0(1 Membeis lu Chapter mill Auxllarles Insplto of tho bad weuthor wltK a storm on Monday, tho opoiilug day, tho third annual drive for Red Cross inomborshlp was successful. It. W. Swaglor, chnlrman of tho drlvo for tho territory Included with tho Ou tnrlo chapter oxpocts that the mem bership will total 1200. It was planned to hnvo tho drlvo oompleto Monday but this wns Im possible owing to tho storm. Yet Insplto of HiIh tho commltteo on Ore gon Btroot got Its work underway. In Ontario moro than 400 mem- bo rs linvo boon enrolled nnd It Is ox poctod that fully 200 moro will ho added during tho wook. Nyssa and tho Valloy Viow Region, Adrnln nnd Doud Ox Flat nil roporl successful campaigns, whllo soma or tho country districts owing to tho condition of tlio roads have only partially finish ed their campaigns. HLEOTRIO MIXER AT PURITY RAKERY TURNS OUT THE DOl'UII A big two barroll electric dough mixer was Installod this weok at tho Purity Rakory to enable that grow ing Institution to koop paco with Ontario's domnnd for broad. Tho gigantic pilddlos big bowl with its run by a three horso power motor will knead onough dough for COO loaves or broad lu Jig time, and tho mannor In which it slaps tho pile about Is a sight worth seeing. 'Messrs Alton & Hnnoy tho proprietors aro having -a lot easlor tlmo keeping up tho broad supply slnco tho machlno took up Its work. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gallagher ro turnod Tuosday from Itlvorsldo whoro- thoy woro tho guests or Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Carrlllo, who also camo down that day. Dr. nnd Mrs. H. II. Whitney spent tho weok end in Rolso whoro Dr. Whitney underwent a minor opera tion, Thoy returned homo Wodncs-day. OLD OREGON TRAIL .lUIKli: E. II. TEST RECEIVES AD- VICE FROM M. O. HHNNETT, DIVISION ENGINEER, THAT PARTY WILL RE HERE SOON DEAD OX FLAT INTERESTED Commercial Club Appoints Commit ten to go Over Routo unit to Co opernto With Itinicbers on I la I In Presenting lloulo Dcslrcil. I Tho survey or tho Old Oregon Trail routo across Dcnd Ox Flnt from Ou tnrlo to Huntington hns been ordored and tho surveying party will reach Ontario In the next few days to under tnko tho work, .This was tho ndvlso rocolved by County Judgo E. H. Test, nnd reported to tho Comerclnl club nt Its meeting Inst night by L. It. Rroltlmupt or Dead Ox Flnt, who with Frank M. Northrup and S. S. Hill attended the club meeting nnd nsknd tho ro-opcratlon or tho club nnd Outnrlo cltlzous In presenting tho Dcnd Ox Flnt proposition. Tlio men named on this commltteo were J. It. Rlncknby, E. A. Frnscr, II. C Royor, E. C. Vnn Potion nnd II. II Tunny. Tho commltteo will visit tho Flnt on Friday to meot with the rond commltteo or tho ranchers thero. It Ih understood Hint on n prollm Innry tVlp over tho routo tho highway commission's engineers suggested Hint tho road might bo run diagon ally ncross somo or tho host ranches on tho Flnt, which would entail high condemnation costs, nnd Injure many ranchers. Roth Mr. Northrup nnd Mr. Rrlet hatipl in speaking on this subject de clared tho dcHlro or tho ranchers on tho Flat to bo moro closely connect ed with Ontario nod to hnvo tho road Horvo not only ns n thru rand but n market road ns woll. Mr. Northrup Bald that ho wns moro convinced ovory day tlmt thero Is no Intorost that bounfltH n com munity but oIbo bononts tho ranchers nearby, nnd llkowlso that thoro Is nothing Hint will bonolU tho rancher that Is not of vnluo to tho city ns woll. "Wo nil roallzo what was accom plished by tho co-oporntlon or nil sootlons In putting over tho rond bond Issuo last spring and now wo hnvo como to Ontnrlo and nsk that you co-oporato with uh lu securing tho ndvnntageous location or this road to servo not only tho tourist traffic but tho runchorH ns woll." Mr. Rrlethnupt discussed tho pro posed location in greator detail nnd told of tho stops that tho rnnchors havo taken to got tlio road work started on tho Flat, llo Bald: "Wo want to connect up with On tario, nnd wo fool Hint Ontnrlo wunts to reach our section to securo Its shnro of our trndo to which It Is en titled when wo can get to nnd from tho city, which wo cannot ut prosent without going out or Oregon." "It Is hard to explain in detail what wo wont nnd whllo most of you nro familiar with tho country up thoro. thoro aro many who nro not nnd wo want you to come all of you, or uh many ns powdblo. to go ovor tho routo with us." Tho Invitation of tho Doad Ox Flat men was enthusiastically ro colved and u numbor of question nskod concerning tho progress being made indicated tho interest of the business men nnd tholr doslro to give tholr honrty co-operation to tho mon of the Flat In solving their roud problem. RLUE Itllll) SCENE OF FAMILY DINNER PARTIES Mr. nnd Mrs. John Duiiphy on- inrlalncd Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Woom nt n dlnnor party nt tho Rluo Rlrd on Monday evening. On Tuesday ovonlng J. R. Hurlng of tho OrnHou- Wostern Colonization company wns the host of a dlnnor party nnd hml for his guests: Mr. nnd Mrs. E. J Gnrrlllo, and Mr. and Mrs. It. II. Doarinond. On Wednesday oonlng i.nuirin tim Cnmmorlcal club dinner a dlnnor was glvon In lienor or Mm. M. E. Osbom.