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ittot0 v$n if? lUIH XXIV ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OHECION, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1019. NO. 1 PARENT-TEAGHERS OF TO ORGANIZE mkmtino to uk held in on- tahio citv hall hat. i'iidav, decemher , Ul, AT 1! P. M. FATHERS URGED TO ATTEND -, Speaker of Stnleuldo Depute Will He Present to Address (lathering Htnto Officers A ho Will Present I'Iiiiin, For tlio purpose of forming a Mai hour County Pnrenl-Tonchors nssocln lion a mooting linn bcon called for Bnturdny, Doconibor 13, Tlio meot Ing will b hold here, In Ontnrlo nt tlio City Hall and 2 p. m. Ih tliu liour net for tlio oponlng of tlio scslon. t Mrs. T. M. Lowo of tlio Owyhee, who lion been promlnont In Parent Teachers circles of tlio stato, IhhiioiI tlio call for tlio meeting and Is nr ranging for tlio prosonco nt tlio meet- liiK of a speaker of stntowldo roputn. Wnnl Dnil to Come. In speaking of tlio work of tlio Paront-Toachora'nnd tlio need for u county wldo organization, Mrs. Lowo laid Hpeclal emphasis on tlio need for tlio co-oporntlon of tlio fathom of mcIiooI chlldren: "Wq would oflpoclally urgo the men, particularly tlio father' of itchool children to attend thin moot ing," Bald Mm. Iowo. Their presonco In needed' and their advlco essential to tlio success of such n niovoinont. In tlio past thoy havo loft nil thin work to the mothora, and wlillo tlio routlna work Is thus cnroil for there nra tunny largo probloniH for tlio Kchoola to solvo that tlio men should assume "Oho of tlio principal subjocts for discussion at tho mooting will bo tlio need for bottor schools In Kastoru Oregon, nnd tho calling of tlio atten tion of tho leglalnturo of tho prob loniH connected with Eastern Oregon schools.' Mrs. Ilruco Kostor of Vale, who Is now ono of tho stato officer of tho Oregon Parent-Toachors association, will bo present. ECHOLS NEGOTIATES DEAL FOR 4,500 SHEEP largest Transfer of Sheep Reported In Many Months Made This Week Dupreo Holding Hold lr Approximately 9.10,000. Ono has to hark back to war days when sheep did not know who owned thorn, so often woro they sold, to re call a sheop deal of tho slzo which M, M. Echols nindo this weok when he purchasod the holdings of C. F. t)ltipreo for a flguro said to approxl 'lyidto $50,000. In tho transfer were 4500 head of ' ewea and lambs which wero Bold at $14 apiece for tho owes and 12 1-2 cents por pound for the lambs, It Is said. While this does not equal war prices by sevoral degrees It Is, how ever, an indication that the sheep market is Btagglng, if not a come back at least a strengthening of the market. Resides these deals Mr. Echols alBo purchased several hundred wethers from local sheep men which be also I Bold to Portland buyers. The Dupree i sheep Mr. Echols did not keep longj for he turned them on Tuesday. The! ' figure lie secured ror mom, nowever, was not announced. HLA1NE M'OKE TURNED IN ' ALLEGED GETAWAY ATTEMPT Dhilne McC-oo, who Is under in dictment In both Payette and Mal heur counties for alleged cattle rustling, was apprehended In Jordan Valley last week on advice from Pay ette county authorities. He was be lieved to have been bound for Nevada and the authorities turned him over to the Cayctte officials. Mrs. Ivan E. Oakes will bo hostess Saturday to tho Vale Drldgo club. .iuikih stearns hhmaks all mine phoducinu records To dnte, for tho year 1010 thoro has been collected In tho Recorder's Court for tho City of Ontnrlo, over which Judgo ('. M. Stearns presides, a totnl of. $776, nnd thoro Is illll nearly n month to romplcto tho yenr. TIiIh total, which Is citinl to that of any two provlous yenrs, Is nioro thnu fifty per cent greater than Inst yenr when $ R 0 r was collected. Tho lnrgo totnl, however, docH not lndlcnto,thnt Ontnrlo Is mora Inwloss tbnn In other dnys but that tho In crensod cost of living hnvlng taken tho nscondlug scnto so has nu In creased cost of lnwbrcnklng In On tnrlo. With fower enscs Ontitrlo has collected nioro fines than Med ford nnd ntmost equalled LnQrnndo, Pen- dloton nnd linker, tlio nil of these havo hnd ninny more cases in tho Re- corder's court, Tho Judges' In tjicso cities, howovor, nro not nearly ns adopt us Judgo Stearns In "Throwing tho Hook" nt lawbreakers, E BY BEE At-Miciatlou Membership Extendi Now I'Voin linker County, Orison to SIiomIioiio, Idaho (TTd Officers Klertcd. WJth n momborshlp oxtendlng from North I'owdor In Ilnkor county. Oregon, to Shoshono, Idaho, nnd del egates from th'eso dlstnut points pres ent ns woll as from Juntura nnd other Interior points In Malheur county and nil tho adjacent counties in Idaho, tho Idaho-Oregon Honey Producers' nsKOclntlou hold Its an nual mooting In Ontario on Tuesday and Wcdncsdny of this weok. Tlio seslons worn held in tho Commercial club rooms. Tim boo men, reported that wlillo tho comb honey crop of tho season hnd been sold tho strained honey wns still for snlo. Several offers for the ussoclntlon'a crop which this yenr will bo tho same ns-last, or 40 cars, hnvo boon rocolvod but not nt n flg uro that tho offlcors dcomod slfflclcnt to warrant a solo. Tho following offlcois woro ro elc'cled for tho ensiling year: C. E. Dlbblo, Payette, president: B. T. At water, -Meridian, vlco president; P. 8. Parroll, Caldwell, secratary-trons-uror. Directors, C. K. Dlbblo, I'oy etto; A. 11. Cain, Ontario; A. J. Han sen, Now Plymouth; II. M. West. Pnrma; Fred Kerch, Nampaj K. T. Atwntor, Meridian; Jnmos Orahain, Juntura, and It. II. Mlllor, Middle ton. Tho, association now has a mom borshlp of ISO and shows greater strongth than over lfoforo. I'Ibiih .woro considered at tho mcoting hern this weok for tho establishment of n surplus fund to enro for tho growing buslnoss of tho association. VALLEY VIMW DRAINAOE DIST1UCT ELECTS IIOAIII) After no mo months delay tho land owners within tho Valloy Vlow Drain- ago district met to form a working organization. The following mem bers of tho board of directors wero named: n. I). Wood, a. W. Dean and E. C. Ingrahum. Tho dlroctors proceeded at onco to start work by selecting Harr & Cunningham of Portland, tho engineers who devised tho Malheur Dralnago District sys tem, as tfie engineers for tho project. In all there are approximately 1600 acres in the Valley Viey system. DREAMLAND SHOW TO START AT 730 1 M. HEREAFTER The Argus mado on orror two weeks ago In giving tho hour at which tho shows at Dreamland start. Instead of starting at tho formor time the first show opens at 7s: 30 while the second begins at the close of the first, that Is usually about 8-.4G or 9:00. Mr. and. Mrs. J. II. Dlackaby and Miss xMargaret Dlackaby spent Thanksgiving day In Dolso, the guests of Mr. nnd Mrs. T, T. Kaliout. Mr, nnd Mrs, E. D. McCoy spent Thanksgiving day ut Haines, tho Euests of relatives. s. County Clerk nnd Mrs. Arthur Moody spent Thanksgiving day here, the guests of Mrs. Moody's mother. Mrs. A. A. Drown. ' ' CITY'S COAL BINS ALL BUT EXHAUSTED MANV HOMES NOW WITHOUT II MAT, MAHLUV ItOOMS AND CARTER' HOUSE HMATLESS RANCHERS MHO IN NEED . CAR UNLOADED SATURDAY City Hull Ilim Supply for I-'cw Week Upper Rooms to Ho Lucked Up Schools I line Hut Week'n Supply on Hand Now. Ontnrlo Is looking nt tho bottom of Its Bovcrnt conl bins nnd anxiously Tondlng tho dnlly papers to catch the first messngo telling of n break In tho conl strlko. And then many folks nro trailing right off to the coal of fices to learn tho Intest on tho possi ble arrival of n enr of tho proclous black diamond?. , Thrco cars of coal reached' Ontario lato today nnd undoubtedly will nil bo distributed lu small quantities by tonight, Hrlcfly tho situation In tho city Is just Ilka this. A third of tlio people perhaps, or ovon n smullor proportion hnvo a winter's supply on hand. An other small fraction hnvo n few wcoks' supply white tho romnlndor nro olthor entirely out or nnrly so. Tho Fnrloy rooms nnd llio Curler J IIoiIho nro entirely out of conl nnd sovornl of tho other largo buildings nra closa to tho bottom of their pile Tho schools hnvo enough run! for next wook and then unless w6od can bo secured tho schools wilt close. At present tho firs nro allowed to die down early In tho aftornoon. Short Day In Prospect Unless rollof cornea It Is posslblo that tho business men of tho city will opon their storcu for but a few hours each day. This wns tnlkcd Informal ly today. Tho hours suggested nro from 11 to 4 or from 10 to 4. Tho ranchers In tho country nro ns badly In need of conl ns tho city folks nro, Tho carload of coal which ar rived hero Inst Saturday went almost ontlroly to tho country. POULTRY SHOW WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY Commercial Club Fosters Movement to lluo I'ilo HlnN Exhibited Hero .Inuimry 22, :M mill III Committee Xiiuifsl. Tho prlzo fowl of tho Snnko rlvor valloy will bo displayed in Ontario from January 22 to 24 incluslvo In tho revival of tho Ontario .Poultry show, Tho exhibition this seuson will bo sponsored by tho Commercial club. C. E. Dlbblo, tho woll known sportsmnn of Payette, who Is almost an Qntarlan, so ofton does ho visit tho city to take part In tho activities this sldo of tho river, appeared at the Commercial club meeting last night and suggosted that tho club revive tho poultry show, Ho said thut muny of tho chicken fanciers of tho bench and Payette region had talked to him about tho matter and would bo certain to show their best speci mens. It did not tako long for the club to further Mr, Dibble's deslro and n mo tion was passed naming Dr. A. O. Mooro, II. II. Tunny and Mr, Dlbblo a committee to ropresent tho club and to arrange for tho show. Tho com mittee met today and solectod tho dates named nbovo nnd to start ar ranging for tho hall and other do tails. Mr. nnd Mrs. Jap. O. Smith came down from Caldwell laBt week to eat turkoy with Mrs Smith's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lackey. The W. C. T. U. will meet at tho homo of Mrs. Frauk Draper next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clook. The membors nro requested to bring their knttlng needlos and bright colored yarn. The Carnation club met this week at the homo of Mr. and Mrs, P. J. aallaghor. ' CHILDREN OPEN BIG CHRISMS SEAL SALE ACTIVM MTTIiK. WOIIKMIIS MKI.T . WITH (IMNKItOUH ItlCSPONHM I'HO.M ONTAHIO I'OMJS MOIIi: WOHK VET TO DO NVSSA UNDERTAKES CAMPAIGN lliislmwt DUtrlrt AhmIkiimI to Wo men WoifcjTN for Saturday Drhc I'gmlN ( Ho Spent In Oregon for Health Cnuipiilgii. Tho Christmas Sent snlo for the flh'ht ngninst tuberculosis has started with n winning stride. Superinten dent pf Schools II. P. Lewis accepted tho work of orgnnlzlng tho school children for a house tq houso cam paign nnd got them started on Wcd ncsdny. During tho first day of tho cam paign ho children dlspoBOd of $100 worth of stamps or one-third of On tario's quota nnd todny Mr, I, owls called, upp'p Mrs. O. K. Aiken, locnl chairman, for mora stamps. XysNii Tinker Quota, Tho campaign In Nyssn and On tnrlo Is bolng mndo ono nnd trom Ontnrlo there wns sent this week $100 worth or stnmps to Mrs. W. S. Cloro, president of tlio Nyysn Wo man' club, which has undertaken tn sell tho llttlo seals thoro. This hns ncccssltntod sending for another $100 worth for Ontnrlo no that tho county quota will bo rcnlscd. Ix'gloii Men Help. In ninny of tho counties tho sulo la bolng undortnkon by tho men of tho American Legion In recognition of tho work bolng dono by tho nurses of tho Tuberculosis association among tho returned soldlors who contracted tho dlacnn In tho sorvlco. At n mooting of tho oxecutlvo commltteo of Ontnrlo Post Sunday ovcnlng It wns decide,! to put tho matter beforo .tlio members nt tho first mooting following tho rccolpt of tho. charter, nnd undortnko If tho mouthers bo de termined tho snlo among tho young men of tho city, Street Snlo Saturday. On Saturday tho membors of tho Woman's club which has charge of tho solo In tho city will canvas Ore gon Htroot and havo a publlo booth In tho poMofflco or sonio down town building. HP.I.P TO SAVM WASTED I,! VIM Tuborculosls kills produrors chiefly men nnd women bo- twoon tho ages of IS and 4G. It claims workers actlvo mon'nnd women In tho homes, tho office and tho shop, It causes tho 160,000 deaths In tlio United States every year. It costu tho United States In economic wasto alone nbout $500,000,000 annually. Mora than 1,000,000 persons In this country nro Buffering from nctlvo tuberculosis right now. It mennces every community, ovory homo nnd ovory'lndlvld- unl. And yet tuborculosls Is curn- bio and preventable. It Is spread largely by Ignor- unco, carolessnotfH nnd neglect. Tho National Tuborculosls Association nnd its affiliated stato and local organizations wago a continuous, winning war on tuberculosis. Tho work of theso organlza- tlons Is financed chlofly by tho salo of Tied Cross Christmas Steals. Drlvo. tho menace of tuber- culosls from your door. I1UV AND USE RED CltOSS CHIUBTMAS SEALS! Judgo and Mrs. Geo. E. Davis and son John wero Ontario visitors Fri day. Mrs.. J. n. Itasmussen was hostess to tho Wodnesday Drldgo club this weok,. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. K, Aiken enter tained n fow friends nt brldgo Inst Thursday evening. CONDON HANKEIt VISITS CITV I LOOKINfJ AITKK INVKHT.MIJNTS W. C. Drown, tho woll known and prominent banker of Condon wns lu Ontnrlo several dnys this week nnd Inst looking nfter local Investments. Mr. Drown, who Is associated with Hint other Condon hanker of state wldo fnmo, O. V, Robertson, Is not n stranger to Mirlbcur county stork men, nnd keeps In close touch with stock conditions In this section. If ovoryono living in this sectlcyi wns ns optimistic over tho future of tho Mal heur valloy ns is Mr, Drown the pop ulation would be doubled shortly. MALHEUR WATER USE IS DEFINED BY DECREE Water Hon nl Herortls Jts Minding on HonrliiK Held Vror Ago I.at Spring Vpper Country Itancli- era Alien Wntcr. Findings of tho Wntcr Donrd In Its adjudication of tho waters of tho Malheur river woro filed last week In tho circuit court but copies of tho docroo havo not been mado avnllnblo for tho nttomoys In tho caso. It Is understood, however, that tho decree In substnnco gives to tho water luors nbovo tho Harpqr ranrh n full decrco for thrco ncro feet If filing wns Inltlntd prior to 100C. Tho theory of this section of tho docrco Is (tint thoy established tholr right thru ndvorso usago, thin In splta of tho prior appropriation of lower valley users. Concerning tho right of tho Novndn Ditch tho ordor dcclnrca that tho No vndn Ditch Is not In Itsolf n wntor np proprlntor but moroly n common car rier of wntcr. Tho wntor users of tlio Novndn nro given but 1000 Inches of wntor In dlroct conflict with tho docrco of tho Supromo Court tiled In 1881 In tho enso of tho Novndn Ditch company vs. Dennett ot nl. Tho findings also gives tho other wntor users not Includod In that do croo wntor ns per tho dnto of tholr appropriations nnd does not nllow thorn to dnto back tholr opproprln- Hon to 18S1. it win no sonio tlmo boforp Judge- Dnlton Illggs can pnss upon tho order nnd finding of the wnter board aujl thoro undoubtedly will bo several wntor suits based on tho ordor ot tho board. ALL NIGHT CARDGAME COMES TO DIRE GRIEF Home of Jmiic McCIiire Halilnl In Ivjuly Morning by Mumhul II, C, Manner um Deput les Rig MIih-h Collated. Early Tuosday morning, almost daylight In fact, Marshal II. C. Farm er, nsslsted by Vorno ChamberB nnd Frank Hrlttlngbnm, madn n rnl,i on tho residence of Jnmos McCluro on West Washington street, wlioro n merry enrd pnrty wns sadly surprised. Tho offlcors nrrosted McCluro, Wil liam Taylor, Frank Lyles, John DIbsh, Fred Hrauck, Morcler Lucorn nnd Frod Flonz and Simon Miller. Evidence wns nlso found thnt sonio (lino during tlio party thoro hud been a quantity of red eye on hand It was gono, tho, when tho officers np poarod, Lyolls, Dlcs8, Draack, Lucorn and Flenz on pleading guilty on the charge of gambling woro fined $60 oach, Taylor at first pleaded not guilty and later changed his mind, which said chango caused tho Judgo to ussosh him an extra $26; while McCluro, who had beoir- beforo tho Judge on provlous occasions, put up n $100 bond and migrated to Idaho. Ills' bond was forfeited but tho oliurgo still stands against him so that It will bo ready for him to fuco on his re turn to Ontario should ho elect to como back. As tho result of tho morning's work tho city was enriched by tho sum of $426, making this year tho banner year on flues In tho history of tho city. Ed, Dames, a Portland lumberman was In Ontario last Friday nnd Satur day enrouta to tho Interior.. USE PRESENT SYSTEM TO IRRIGATE LAWNS COMMERCIAL CI.L'H DERATES lit- RKIATION l'ROHT, EM KOR TIIRKM HOURS HEI.IMM MX- . PRESSED THAT SVSTEM SHOULD HE TRIED. TWO SYSTEMS IMPOSSIBLE City Must Pty for 1'ret.cnt SjMem Inv Pressure Sj stein Moio Cosily Tlinn Present HjMeiu Open DKclies Not Wanted. Aftor a dobnto thnt lasted more tlinn thrco hours tho membors ot tlio Commercial club Inst evening paused u motion by n largo majority favor ing tho continued uso of tho present wntor system for Irrigation during tho summer of 1020. Tho motion nlso cnrrlcd a recom mendation to tho City Council thnt it low rato of C cents per thousand gal lons bo mndo for wntor used over tho domestic uso mlmlmum to oncourngo tho uso of wntor for trees nnd Iiiwiih, This motion did not provnll until nil kinds ot schemes had been dis cussed pro nnd con nnd thoro was op position to tho proposal to tho Inst T. II. Mooro tbot tho low rnto would spell bankruptcy nnd objected on thnt ground. Others objected to sprinkling on tho ground ot tho work this roqulrcs. City Englnoor O, A. Krntx nnd E, M. Orclg discussed tho engineering Natures of tho problem nnd Mr Krntz suggosted n dupllcnto system with four Inch mnlns In tho ditches, Mr, Orolg ndvlscd tho Increasing ot tho pumping units ns n necessity to protect tho city's Biipply mul gunrnn too sufficient capacity nt nil times, Minor Agricultural Agent. Tho club bouldo discussing tlio wntor problem npprovod n motion to appoint n committee to Intorvlow tho County Court nt Its budget sosslou noxt Thursdny to urgo tho npproprln- tlon ot $2C00 for n county ngrlcul- turnl iigout. An( nlso to Includo lu tho budget tho $1000 for publicity for tho county. Tho club nlso docldod to tnko u chnnco on tho cold wcathor and hold Its regular luncheon In tho club rooniH ovon tho no boat wns nvnll nblo FOR FREE DELIVERY Council OruYrM Street Commltteo to Immediately Investigate Steps NtMsIcd to Secure .Mull Delivery RUciihn City Light Sign, Whon Secretary F. Losllo Hody of tho Commercial club nddrosBod Mayor It. W, Jones, as "Your Wor ship" ho Introduced a now tltlo for Jits Honor, that tho Council had never heard beforo. Mayor Jonoa was "gnmo" howovor, under tho new nppollntlou and Just smiled. Mr. Hody called to tho attention of tho Council tho request nnd report of tho Commorcln! club relative to tho sidewalks necessary to bo laid bo foro city mull delivery can bo estab lished. Tho council orderod tlin stroot commltteo to act on this nt onco. Mr Dody also asked thnt tho elec tric sign "Ontario" bo lighted unit submitted figures to show that thl can bo dono for $16 por mouth on u three-year contract. Tho matter wiih referred to tlio light commlttoo. Hit also took up tho mattor of having tho city park presentable nnd thnt mut ter was discussed but no action takon. Tho city budget was presented bub uo ordinance naming tho levy was of fered becuuso tlio assossor has nub submitted tho valuations for tho year. Hlds woro ordered called for fop, tho construction ot lateral sowar No. 10, and tho final payment on tho East sldo sower wns hold up for tho tlmo bolng awaiting further reports on, sanio.