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Iktm 6NTAKI0, MALIIEUH COUNTY, HE (H)N, THURSDAY, .JANUARY 10, 1020. XXIV NO. 7. Wto wuMtw f ;.y . 4 l-'J c ; M OFFERS GOLD PRIZES FOR BETTER PREMISES MItHT NATIOXAL HANK CIVIC IM- PKOVKMKNT CONTKST AP- I'ltOV'lin 1V COMMKHCIAIi CI.UII IX KFKOHTH TO IM. PHOVK IiOOKH OK C1TV. FIFTEEN ENTRIES REQUIRED Cnmmi-rclnl Club Pntws Kesolulton DcrlnrluK Wr Open Hluii Also AUh For Moro Ships For West Const Troilo . Eighty Onltnrn In gold will lio given liy tlin First National liank of On tarlo In prleca In u content which has for ItH object tho Imiirovument of tlio appoaranco of Ontario. Tho con. test will bo known as tho First No tlonnt Ilnnk Improvoment content, nml tho Judges will bo appointed by thn Commcrclnl club nml tho City Pnunrll. Hoforo tho content was listed ns oho of tho oventn of the season Ilnrry U. Cookrtim presented tho proposal to Secretary lloily of tho Commercial club nml ho to tho directors, who heartily npprovol It. Ust night tho club member approved and panned a resolution endorsing the Idea and thnnkliiK tho donors. Tho First National loft tho forma tion of rutcn and regulations In tho linndH of tho Commercial club and Mr. Hotly completed tho following regulntlonnt 1. Tho content shall bo known an tho First National Hank Civic lm. provnmont Content. 2. Prlitos aggregating 180 In Bold will ho offorcd ,for tho renldonco premtena nhowlnR tho Rrcatcnt Im provoment In Ronornl nppoaranco durlnR tho period of contont. First prlio, $40; seooml prUo. $26; third prUn, $10. and rourin prim, o. '"n. Thorn shnll bo threo Judges to inako nwardn, tho Woman' Club to appoint ono Judgo, Commercial Club another and tho City Council to ap point tho third. 4. At leant fifteen householders munt enter tho content. C. Tho content will opon April 1st and clono September Int. 6". ArrnnRomenla Imvo beon mado with HollRinnn Studio to photograph tho premises whim entry In mado and nlno at the clone of tho content. 7. Tho promlnen will bn liiipucfetl by tho JutlRes at leant onctt a month Mild points awardtsd. . No pornon connected with tho First National Hank of Ontario shall bo eligible to enter tho content. P, Kntry blunks will bo provided by the Ontario Commercial Club and may bo secured from the secretary. 10. Tuko ndvantako of thin Rolden opportunity anil tho gold Is yours. Tho club ali panned n ronolutlon 1 urged, by the I.oyal Legion Of Log gers and Lumbormen endorsing tho "opon nhop" Idoa; and anothor reno Jlitlon nnklng tho shipping board for wore ships for Wont Coast trade. HANK IHItHCTOIW, OFFICIALS AND WIVI'-H 1CVJOV IUO WNNKH years ngo J. It. niackaby mado a proposition to tho directors and em ployees of the Ontario National bank. On Tuesday ovenlng ho mado good on that proposal.wblch was this: "When tho Ontario National has a statement showing resources of a million or more, I will buy a dinner for the bunch." He did. Thero wore moro than twenty guests of Mr. niackaby's assembled Hi tho dinner, for Included wore tho directors and their wives, tho em ployed and theirs, and tjio unmar ried members of tho bank staff:: Mr. nml Mrs, J. H. niackaby. Mr. and Mrs. I., Adam Mr. anil Mrs, L. It. Rmlson, Mr and Mrs. T. J. Hrosnan, Mr. and Mrs, W. F. Homon, Mr, and Mrs. Earl niackaby, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Defrees; Miss Helen Mom and Miss Jojco Turner. I'XllTHRH'OF TKACIIKH IlIKH AT 1IOMB l.V FHUITLAXH Miss Fern UncV. who teaches at the Bastslde school, was called to tho home of her parents in Frultland on ro. ....,.. I... ,l.a .lnntli nf li'nr fntltnr. IJ. A. Mnck, who has been 111 for some time. liti.VT iiklav tiik ckxhuh TAKKIt, 1IAVK AXHWKIt HC.ADV Mrs. W, B. Mnxsou Is mnklng tlio count of Ontario for tho cen sus hitruau. Mrs. William Ilcaglu Is doing that work In Fair nml Cairo preclude, Mm. J. It. (Iregg Is nfcslgnod to Dontl Ox Flat, Al fred Hotlnrd Ih countlni; tho folks In Watnon, Home and Hockvlllo precincts. Thoso workers for Undo Sam need help. If you havo not been counted bo ready to nnnwor tho questions promptly for thoy munt bo answered anyway. Itounowivcn shohld be nblo to glvo ages of all tho family, placo of birth, ability nf nnrli momhor to rend anil wrlto, etc. Persons born In foreign hinds should ho ready to glvo datn concemlnii'' c It I z ennhlp, etc. Handlers havo a special lint of iiucntlons to be nmtwnrcd and Rhould bo ready with tho iiccch nary replies. HARNEY'S DREAM OF YEARS COMING TRUE Klecllnn lit lli llilil Ki tillioiLr Itonds I'm- (iivnl Irilgnllou lllslilct nf H;l.(l(lll Ai-h'h. Ontario entertained Jnmos, liPlte knnwn as Jimmy, Dnuognn nf Mnr iio)' county hint Sunday. And Mr Donegal! brnt with him tho Informti Hon that tho people of Harney poirti ty nro soon to rcnllto tho dronm of yoars, Irrigation for nearlv 100,000 acres of land In tho villtoy. Wlillo In tho city Mr. Doncgan consulted with J. W. MrCulloch of tho firm of ' McCulloch ft Duiioau who handlod tho legal phase of the formation of tho big district, which Is bullovcd, ,liy tho way. to bo tho largest slnglo Irrigation dIMrlct In Oregon. "Thorn Is no limit to tho benefits that will bo derived by tho Irrigation of thn Haruny vnlloy," said Mr. Don ogan. It will moan n groat deal to Ontario mid to all this region. Why, wo will ho nblo to ralno twlco nn many cattlo nml Hhoep, for tho rnngo will not bo uned so long when win tor focd can bo had clono at hand." observed Mr. Douegau. "Tho dlntrlct may ultimately be In creased to 100,000 wren," said Mr. McCulloch, "but tho men forming the dlntrlct Hint bent to proceed In build tho atorago reservoir nn tho Sllvlos and If It l found that sufficient water can bo stored, thero Is plont of land to put It on. "Tho district will bo pnrhnps one of tho leant expensive over hullt In Ortignn. Thn entlro prnjoet, It Is ot tlmnted. can bo built for low than $30 per acre, In fact, flguros nro pro. sonted ns low ns $20 per acre. INTER-STATE BRIDGE REQUIRES STEEL SPAN PllluK nf TrcMlo DctcrloralliiK While IcoJam lil Nut ImpnimfNiiiill. tmi of 'Wooden Kerllttii Cmi. I)- foiirl ivnstljrnli's. Knglneors for tho State Highway department under whoso direction (ho paving of tho road leading from the Intor-ntato bridge will be dono havo called attention to tho fart that the approaches to tho bridge on this side need attention. What Is needed Is a steel span to replace tho woodon piling, which, of course, is showing tho effect of sev eral years uso. Then, too. tho .Ice Jams of this winter havo had their ef fect and unless n steel span Is built a pew trestle will be necessary. The engineers directed tho atten tion of tho County Court to tho con dition of the brldgo and County Judge B. II. Test lnspocted tho bridge this week. Tho matter will bo taken beforo the County Court at an carl) mooting. Boymnur IJom, who Is building a new house on (ho ranch he recently purchased ontJjO Vnlloy View road reports the ttru:turo almost com peted and , UeUsv.es that It will be ready for occupancy next month. SERVICE MEN READY TO STAGE SMOKER (Jowl CliiiH', (Jooil Muslr, mi Interest inn Piournm, Home Athletic Kents to l Hhmtii .Monday XIkIiI. With tho closlnit nf tlm charter of " i -uniarin I'ont .no. 07, Momiay lilgit tlio nx-survico men uro going lo Hinge II real Hmokor that Will tuko tlll-'m uacK 10 camp or on nonrii Minp on jl iiikii nigiii. Tho iiiw sorEonut of tho post nnd.Mooro, tho chairman of tho commit, his cookH Imvo arranged for n Mir'too Iri chnrgo (if tho sho.v. Is certain supply of chow and It Is going to lie u,ut for tho number Of entries, for anything hut conned. It will bo Hie'tho territory represented ns well rtn real tiling. And then there Is going to bo u bl(. supply of music on tap, with it big program of other ovents, porhapn Home Hinart boxing bouts, If the com mittee can land the talent. Anyway It Is "-I- '.o l.o a his night, for nfior It Is oil over t will cost twice an much in Join tho pont as It (loan now A big crowd Is expected. Tho ovim'tR will tnlio placo at tho Commercial club -rooms, IN 0. A. C. DEBATE Kiiutttrn Oivkoii Club ill Agili'iilluiul Ciillt'o (Hie Dance HoliigN of .Malhciii' County HIiiiIciiIn ill Collect'. Corvnllls, Ore., January 12. (Special to tlio Argus.) Harold Iteaduii of Ontario was ouu ot tho 0. A. C. debaters who, upholding tho at Urinative of tho questien: "Hosolvod that tho provisions of tho Chinese ex clusion act should apply to all for eigners fur flvo years,", won honW from tho Heed coIIoro debaters here last Friday nlglit. Mr. Hcndcn In tho sou of A. V llondou, who for yenm lived on the Iloulovnid ron th of Ontario, and Is un alumnus of tho Ontario High School. Hifro In Conallls ho lives nt tho I.ambl Chi house, Is a prom inent member of tho llarometer staff. Ho Is a nophomoro, Tho O. A. C. team which upheld tho negative of tho samo question, also won from tho tlebnters of the University of Oregon at Kiigeuo. William Teiitsdi of Nyssu, who Is prosldeut of tho Student Hody and who was a delegate to the Student Council convention held In Dos- .Moines, Iowa, returned to Collego this week. A portion of tho vacation season ho spent In Ontario urn) Nyssn, Tlio Kastoru Oregon club, which numbers among Its members fifty students from Malheur county, gno a matlueo dunce at tho woman's gym nasium Saturday afternoon. Slnco ovory student living Fast of tho Cas cades Is n member of tho Club, tho gym was crowded but ovoryono had a good time. Tho members of tho club maintain that Kastoru Oregon has tho llvest bunch on tho campus. IIOPPHlt X IIOVTTAKi; XHW Al'TO ,(li:CV IIKItK A. J. Kesslor of tho Koulnr Oarage of Vnlo nnd county ugent for the Chevrolet. Dtmby nnd other gas driven cars, was In Ontario last Sat urday to nrrango for tho placing nf an agency here, with Hopper & Hoyt, who purchased tho Hunt & Cox garago. llesldes placing an agency for the Chovrolot and leavlug u demonstra tion machine, Mr. Komlnr announced thnt In tho near future all of his lino would bo represented in tho Ontario territory. Autos are not tho only things that Messrs, Hopper & Hoyt have to show in their garage, however, for thoy havo on display nn nsunrtmeut of petrified fruit that Is indeod Interom. Ipg and Includon cocoauuts. plums, poaches, pours. These specimens wore found In the hills near Welter apt reveal same ancient history of this roglon. I.. I. Hlrsah has let Iho contmcj for a new residence ho Is to build on South Virtue street. Show In Open Xr-xt ThuiMlny Wl Huipnss li rtlcot'ssorn Specialist Will "HiikhiiIvo" Pons PcIn In Ho Shown. i,-,.,..,n., r... .t. i. . ,.. i. IIWUIIUIIUIIB llfl IIIU II.1I1IUU1 IVJ iiu Rvon Thursday ovenlng nro already )0,)B mn,io with Secretary F. t.odlo ltnilv nint II l rnrtnln Mini ovorv nn. 0f t,0 ioo plates will be needed Mr. iiotlv rnnnrln Hint Dr. A. fl for tho qunllty of xhlhllH to be tlio.-n this year will surpa'.t rny hIiow over hold here. Among tho oxhIMti will lib thnt I -thn llarkor Habhltry of Ilnlso. whlcn will not only prizo winning Ilelglan huros hut a number of frenkn. Haiti Ivnulo on DUplnv A live bald englo thnt was tritp,td In Harney county will bo on display. This bird which onco wnr plentiful In this section, but which Is now almost extinct, Is n rnro specimen whim spread of wings Is over flvo feet. lOxlilliltors nt tho show nrn noil fled that thoy will ho nblo to secure tog hands for Identification of diK-k ens nt thn offlco of tho secretary Tho bunds nro hero now ready for distribution. Thoso who havo not secured their tickets for tho banquet should do so nt onco. With tho seats limited to 100 the list wljl bo sold out In n fow days. Tho banquet Will bo servod nl tho Commorctnl club room ASSOCIATION MEETS lliiliie.is Triinsaiied Duilnii Vfnr HllugN Total loans .Made Thill' AkmicIiiIIoii l'i to Wll.l.lllMl a. W. Dfiin Is President. Tho annual meeting nf tho Ontario Nntlonnl I 'arm Loan Association hold Its annual mooting on Monday and sleeted officers for tlio coming yoar following tho receipt of tho annual report of tho swrotary-trensurer. W. F. Human. Thin report showed that tho anno elation, since lu formation In April, 1017, has completed GR loans In this torrltory for tho total sum of $20n, 000, nml has beforo It In tho proccs of examination 30 applications tfor f total of $100,000. That tho associa tion has beon conservatlvo In Its pol icy Is Indicated by the fact that ono third ot tho applications mado havo either beon withdrawn or rojocted. Tho now offlcors of the association nre: a. W. Dean,- pronldonti A. aramno, vlco president; Ira Dull, Hans Oft and John Keogan, directors and W. F. Homon, secretary. Tho appraisal commlttco Is C. T' I.nckoy Charles Thompson and Hex Marquis. VAI.I.KV ItAXCIIIM ('HANOI: IIANHH DUHI.Vn PAST WKKK Two roal estate deuls of coiiHldor- abla proportions wore reported this weok. Tho first was that mado at Nyssn wherein A. D. Moroy, ono of tho pioneer ranchers of tho Owyhee region, sold his fino, big property In Jack McConnoll. Tho ranch con tains 490 acres and tho prlcn was said to bo In tho neighborhood of $30,000, Later lu tho weok Charles Ather tou sold his ranch of CO acres just eouth of Ontario lo Klmor North, who camn hero from tho Wilder country. According to tho contract for this placo tho deal Involves $1!). 600. Immedluto possession Is given and Mr. North la coming to Ontario at once. Tho annual meeting of the stock holders of tho Ontnrlo-Nyssa Irriga tion company wns held at tho City Hall on Monday afternoon whon tho following woro named directers: Charles Thompson, I). M. Tnggart. (. T. Lackoy, I K. Wilson, John Wal- tors, T.JlVj Olagott and J. H. Smith. tiio uircciors win meet in tug u&ar J future to elect officers for tho uso son. ' IIOlSi: PAHS KM IUI.Ij PL'TTINU SrcCOIt CKKKK ItOAH OX .MAi' Heproncntntlvo V. J. Qalla Bher wired J. It. lllocknby this afternoon that tho Hotino had panned his hill placing tho Sue cor creek rond on tho Statu Highway program. Tho bill as pasBcd by tho lowor Houso makes poRnlhlo tho completion of a road from Ontario to Jor dan Vnlloy nnd on to tho Nev ada stato lino to connect with tho Lincoln Highway In thnt slate, this Mdt of Wlr.iiomucca. Tho compl HI n t f this rond will nerve to maki u connection with tho California highway system. It Is belloved that tho Senatu will pass tho Gallagher measure GALLAGHER ELECTED Author of MoiiNiirt) (Jiiaiiinlecln In- Iciest on irrigation Ht't'iirlllo Xow I'lrnt Vlro President of ('ongtt'ss Work Prnlsetl. P, J. (Inllaghcr, who represents Mnlhour nnd Hnrnoy counties In tho legislature, Is now first vlco presi dent of tho Oregon Irrigation Con rtoss, to which position ho was elect ed last Saturday. Not only wns Mr, Oallnghor hon ored by this position but wiib slRiinlly honored In tho following resolutien: Whereas, For many years Irriga tion districts havo boon unablo to successfully dlspono of their bonds nnd It wns uocennnry to provldo soino moann by which tho State of Oregon would aid In financing dis trict bonds, nnd Whorcas, Honorable P. J. (Inlla ghcr of Ontario Introduced and se cured tho adoption by thn legislature of an amendment to tho constitution which authorized tho Stato of Ore gon to pay tho Internal for flvo years on bonds of Irrigation and drainage districts, ami WhoroaB, It boenmo necossary to li.ivo said nmomlment adnptod by tho poopln at a certain oloctlou and said P. J. Oallnghor did dovntn much of his tlmo mid energy to securing tho adoption of said amendment nnd It was largely through his personality and ability that said constitution was amended, Now, Theriforo, Ho It resolved by tho Orogon Irrigation Congress that wo extend to tho said Honorable P. J. (lallaghor our slncero appreciation of tho sorvlcoa ho has roudored to tho trrlgatloulsts of Oregon. I)()(l OWXKHH'TAKKH XO , CHAXCr-S KIM-S PKT J. F. Doty was not cortnln that his dog was mad, but slnco tho nnlmal gavo ovory Indlvatlon of rabies, Mr. Doty shot tho pet Monday morning. W.ion tho Doty family went to bod Sunday night tho dog appeared to bo III and Intor lir tho night worn nwnk enod by tho strnngo antics of tho nnlmal, which was then running around nml around tho houso snup Ing at Imaginary objects. Finally It attack a chair standing on ' tho porch nml vlcously chewed It. That satisfied Mr. Doty that thero was something wrong so ho sent for n rlflo and shot tho dog. KAKTIIJIX HTAItS INSTAI.Ii AXI) . . k.vjov ii.wojHrr aitkhwauhs Star Chaptor, No. 03, O. K. S., In stalled Ha officers for 1020 lust Thursday ovenlng nnd following the oxorclscs an Informal dinner wus sorved at Flfor's. Mrs. W. W. Lot son, Orand Conductress, was Install ing officer. Tho following woro In vested with effices: Mrs. Kdlth So gulno, worthy matron; A. S. Drown, worthy patron; Mrs. Myrtlo Peter son, associate matron; Mrs. Anns. Homan, socretary; Mrs. W. !. Homon, treasurer; Mrs. Hessln Clem ent, conductress; Mrs. Lulu Drown, associate conductress; Mrs. Mlnnlo l.otson, chaplain; Mrs. Desslo Iteady, Adah; Mrs Myrtlo IlasmuaHon.Ruth; Mlsa nosluu Clement, F.sthor; Miss Joyco Tumor, Martha; Mrs. Mary Cookrum, Klocta; Mrs. Margaret Trow, wardor; C. H. Segulua, sen tinel; Miss Krnostluo lllllfngsloy, or ganlst, and Mrs. Paulino Piatt mar. shnl. i jttosJuthtoJa t AlisAAu'Cktt' -- tidh. kAj. ML-tt.tfk MAY INTERVENE IN COMMKltCIAIi I' IiU II Hi; KKS MOHT OX IIKUI'KST OP IDAHO POWKIt COM- ' PAXV 1'OIt AIHHTIOX- All COMPKXSATIOX. WANT OREGON REPRESENTED Other Commcrclnl Clulw Will He Asked Concerning PIiiiih In .Mailer Too (Ircnt Inci-eiiso Held llelil inentiil to Country. In n round robin letter nddrcMod to nil of tho commercial IhmIIch nml all the Irrigation districts and coin- punlon using pumping nystemn the Ontario Commercial club Is enklng them what thoy Intend Indlvduiilly lo do In connection with tho Idaho Power compnny's request for In creased Irrigation- power ratoi. Tho club has nlno Informed llopre sontntlvn P, J. Oallaglior anil Sen ator Jullon Hurley of tho company's action and havo requested them to nppdar beforo tho Oregon Public Sorvlco Cuinmlnslon to see to It thnt Oregon la strongly represented at tho Idaho hearing. Chairman T, W. Clngott, who pre sided at tho club's luncheon, called nttnntlnn to tho company's request nnd n great doal nt tho evening's dis cussion centered on that topic. It van tho expressed opinion of iicnrl) ovory iiiombor that tho ralno imkod for by th? company moans tho bank ruptcy of tho ranchers on 30,000 acros of land In Mnlhour county. OHiitiilltPfl to Consider Plans To get moro Information concern- ' Ing thn company's earnings, nnd lo connldor plans for seeing to II that tlio ranchers of Mnlhour county nro heard a committee consisting of It. W. Jnnos, T. W.' Clagott, Ilnrry 11. Cockrum, W. J. IMnney and I). M Taggart, was appointed. This com mittee will rccolvo suggestions from cltlzons concerning tho plans for no tion nml will ontortnln any sugges tion that will bo offered looking to i solution of tho situation.1 Want (Tons Killed Harry 11. Cookrum called the cluhV nttontlon to tho damage being done by crows In tho torrltory Immediately around tho city. Tho club voted lo ask tho County Court to appropriate $R0 to aid In exterminating then posts, thousands of which unet on Crow Island, lu tho rlvor southeast of town. Tho club further momorallied (he City ot Ontario to puss nn ordinance compelling properly owners to clean sidewalks; nnd nlno to prohibit tlio eroctlon of board signs over tho side walk on Oregon strcot. IlOVKIt-OIM.HAM. At Hakor Sunday occurred thn mar rlago of Miss May William, daughter ot Mr. nnd Mrs. Homer (llllliam of that city, and Wllmer Doyer, of this city. Following tho ceremony the young couple loft Dakor for Portland nnd from thero wont to Sun DIoko, Los Angoles ami other Callfomli cities on their honeymoon trip. Doth tho brldo and groom urn known to Onturlims, tho hrldo bun boen hero on numerous occasions during tho fall nnd winter to attend dnncos given by tho Oregon club, of which tho groom is tho president Tho groom, who Is one of Ontario'' best known young mou, saw extend -od sorvlco in Franco and on thn lior dor with tho Second Idaho, he bavin boon a momhor of thn Payette com pany which went to the border lu 1910 and lator to Franco. Ho wns I" fact tho first Ontario hoy to owl r tho army sorvlco and go to FrniK" Ho Is n momhor of Hoyor Hros. com pany ot this city and has had elmr;: -of tho grocery department slnco hi return from abroad. In honor ot L. I. Hlrsch's birthday an elaborato dinner party was glvoii nt the Dili Dlrd Tuesday ovsnlng. The guests worJJr Mr. nnd Mrs. I'. Lealle Hotly, Miss Kruostliie llllllugsley. Messrs. Cholsoy Hover. Ilonwhel Dro.vuo nnd Jos. Daun. Frank Olert or tlm Alvonl rtuieli, spout Sunday In Ontario on lite way out for a short stay. nASu 1 i