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Si 3L f0tt! t wmm w XXIV 0NTAJ1I0, MALHEUR COUNTY, OKECION, TJiTURBDAY, AI'ML, 20, 1920. NO. 22. r MAYOR JONES URGES HIGHER BOND LIMIT IMPOSSIHLE TO IX) THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT hone WITH PRESENT RESTRICTED l-'J. NANCES, HAVS CITVS EX ECUTIVE VALU IIS LOW PETITIONERSWflNTPAVINGNOW City Pmk mill Imv Picniii( Inlgu Himi SyMrm Needed Kln Tiuck Absolute Essentia! Would Itnl-c l.lmll lo III per CimiI of nliintlnii. After tin inomhrrH o.' the Com mercial dull worn tiohig ;old m' the troubles of tlio Hr'iool lion:il lo fliiHiico llm school under present COIIllltlOtlH, Willi IIICI'OIIHIIIK COSt mill Hlittlonnry Inx wtliiullons, Mayor K. W. Jonoa roii'i'lhi'tod mi m count of llm itlfftotiltloii of llm City Couiinll. Mayor Jonei declared tlmt II. ' oily council illil not fHVOl' till pll.ll Ot Issuing wnrrmilH to purchase a firo truck ttio niii' hhh needed liaill). mill Hint tlm council In now IjpmIorihI !: rltUens desiring lo lmvo tlio paving Pimm no extended Hint n substantial Iiiciomhu In tlm number of blocks r.f pavliiK In tin' I'llv would result If Hie council nnadotl In their roniiolH. Mayor Join i explained tlmt tlio oily win not proceed ,s Itlt nny .iioro Improvements for Ibe i linplu 'oiih-mi that under tlio law tlio rom c' Inter mictions nuiHt I hi pnld for liv tint city hh a whole. "Tlio valuation of the city proporty on which taxation Ik bused Ih only ahout 2fi per rout of tlio real valua tion ho that flKiired on tlio present bonded limit tlio city can only bor row 10 cent on every dollar of real valuation. On tlio present IiiihIh tlioroforo tlio city's limit of Indebted iiihw oiiKlit to ho forty per cent of tlio valuation mo (hut tlio council can proceed to carry out t ho wInIich of tlio people. Mrs. Richardson Owns City. Secretary F. I.ohIIo llody called nt Mention to Hie fact Hint of tlio 1248 ncroH within tlio city llmltH of On- tarlo two-thirds or tlio total area Ih tlio property of outHldo people who uro IioIiIIiik land for speculative pur poses. It Is a further fact he declar ed that Mrs. Mary Richardson of Halter owim 2f por cent of the total urea of Ontario and that hIio will not null any of her holdings and Ih IioIiI Iiik hack tlio ilovelopmont of tlio community. IIh urgod tlio purcluiKO of at leant three park sltos ho that Onarlo will ho In a poHltlon lutor to Improve tlieiu'ni noodod. Cnuiiclliiinu A. L. McDowell, II. II. Tunny, t. F. Fox and othorH mmko In favor of making provision no that the city could proceed with tlio Improvo iiiontH outlined and a motion prevail ed lo iiHHiiro tlio council of tha sup- port of tho cluh In ItH ofroits to nil-i vnnco tlio clty'H IntoroiitH, I MRS. HURLEY HAS NOT FILED FOR POSITION Air us Acknowledge MUtnke In 1'ollllciil Htory liM Wivk l'n dot-Mood, llouever, That She Has llcin Ankeil to Ituil. Mrs. Ilurloy did not, a tlio Argim of luHt wcok by mlstako announced, file for tho democratic nomination for county Huporlutondont of schools, mid In fnlrnewi tho Argus dotilroa to correct that ulatement. It Ih umleffitooil that Mrs. Ilurloy has almost decldod, that If tho iloiiio cratlo doctors write her naiiio In on tho ballot sho will make tho rnco In tlio fall, but that alio would not ap pear In tlio primaries. .IUNIOU MUHlOAIi CI.UII IS rOHMKD AMONG KTUDKNTS A imiHlcal club, l(nown as tho Juni or Musical Club wuh formed among the music students at tho High School Wednosdny afternoon undor tho direction of MIhh Catherlno Con way. Tho following nfflcors were elect il: Mary Sprlngor, president; Margaret lllackaby, vice-president j Hopo Cochran, secretary, and Myrtle Irfigan, treasuror. The club will Start Its rogular programs or work noxt fall. MOUTON-DHANNOCK. Hetls Morton or Wostfull and Miss Vsrllo Urannock of Poyette wore "tnarrled at tho homo of tlio bride's mother I n Payette sunuay, April 2fith. The groom Is the youngest son Ot Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Morton of On- lnrlo anil served wmi ino American 7orQ8 In Franco and Germany. Ho .la at nrosent employed In the Jones & Co, bank at Westfall. The couple will make thoir homo at vvosuau. KNIGHTS OF PVTHIAS TO HOLD DISTINCT CONVENTION HERE A district convention of the KnlghtH of Pythlns comprizing the lodges of Huntington, Vale and On tario, will hn held In Ontario next Wednesday. May IS. Knights from WolHcr anil I'ayotto will also lie In attendance. 'I'll uro will lie an after noon ittid night session mid a parade In tlio afternoon In which tlio Knights of KoriiHim, a high rank of tlio order. will participate. At tlio urtornoon session addresses will bo iiiodc by (Irnnd Chancellor J. A. Ilurloy mid athcrri. A musical program will also ho rendered. At the iiIrIU hchhIoii n contest will tako place. Tlio work will ho In charRu of District Deputy (Irani! Chuncellor It. W. Swnglcr. A banquet for tlio KnlRhtH Ih IioIiir pro pared by tlio Pythian Sisters. DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE CAMPAIGNS f OR BILLS :vmi I.'. OaliCN Niiineil Chilli niiin o( Committee to Aimngi' for Meet- Inks hi Various Purls of Oiilii- I) Wide Itopirsoiitnlloii. With delegato prosont from prno tlm.llt. nvnrv nnnHnll (if the millltV llm Mnllimir Diu'elniiiuellt I.OIIIMIO met at the Commercial cluh ronuiH In the City Hall last Saturday attor- iitkitu fittil ftnttylflimttl tilrtllU fill PMtTV Iiir forth a campalRii In behalf of the iniiiiuitrnu In Im volKil lllioll lit Hie primary election on May 21. Ivan K. Oak oh of Ontario wax named chairman or the committee appointed to arrmiKO a proRrnm of mcetliiRH to bo held In practically overy precinct In tlio county durliiK tlio noxt three weokn. AmoiiR tlio doloRatCH preitnt when 1'roHlilent Itobt. D. I.ytlo called tlio meetliiK lo order were Kred I'lilnior, Hnrloy J. Ilookor. and AHOenoRa of Jordan Valley. Their proHonco hrot to tlio attention of the mcetliiR tlio matter of the Succor Creek road to Jordan Vnlloy and tlio action of tlio County Court In making It a market road mid IIiuh rIvIiik tlio peoplo of that Hoctlon rellof an noon an powdblo wiih enilomml. A reolutlon utiprov Iiik that courno wiih Introduced by Jullen Ilurloy of Vnlo mid carried. II I rl.illni.lmr nvnlnlnml to tllO RatliorliiR tlio prnvlKloiiH of tlio road liouii amendment 10 mu mmu tuii Htltutlon and net for the flRuron, which nro Riven on another piiro of HiIh Ihhuo hIiowIiir how u vote for IIiIh meaituro merely meaim that the ownorn of uuiOH will bo ablo to Rot roadn at onco wlilln tlio taxoH they pay rotlro tlio IioiiiIh and pay tlio In torest mid fiirnlli n Hiirpliw bonldo. The mlllaRO tax for hcIiooIh of IiIrIi or education and tho elemontury hchool tax wore upprovod by tho loiiRiio and an Informal hohhIoii con Hldered varloun probloniH of county dovolopmont. Tho next mootliiR of .i. !.,...., ...111 i.n imlil nt Vnln when tho officer for tlio coming year will bo olectcd. ontahio di:it:ats wi:isi:u inktitdti: in hot !amh In on IntoroHtliiR roiiio of ball nt tho Pair RroundH laHt Trldoy aftor noon tlio Ontario HIrIi School tenm .l..fnnln.l llm nn,il frnm WelHor IIlHtl- tuto by an 8 to l ncoro. wiwiiuii Mooro'H twlrlllng was tho feature of tho game This afternoon Ontario pmn .- Plymouth. HOOKS ADDKD THIS WKKK to Tin: puhi.io laiiitAiiv Knitting and Crocheting Hcok. Francis. . . , ,. , Tales or Folks mid rairius, ii. Keopliig Fit All tho Way. Llttlo Miss Grasshopper, Spyrl. Dawn. Porter. Inventions of tho Groat War. nonil. ., . , Indian, Days of tho I.onR Aro, Curtis. . ' , , . With tho Mltio fois. wrigiH. The American Hunting Dog. Mlllor. v . Tlio Ilalncoat uiri, J.eo. Tho School Team In Camp, Karl. Olrls or 'C4, Knlpo. TlieSecond Hook or Modern Verse, nittenbonse. Uusty Mlllor. Oray. Seven Poas In a Pod, Dalley. Adam Iledo, Eliot. Tho Hoy Vigilantes of llelgluui. Walsh. , On tho School Team, Earl. Tho Amazing Interlude, Illnehart. Hon. tho nattlo Horao, Dyer. Garments for Girls, Schmlt. i3tory Hour Favorites, Harper. Tho Great Lakes Training Station. Iluzzell. . . . Indian Legends Retold, Eastman. Mother Nature's Toy 8hop, Deard. Wo'ro Just pining to scratch ofr an editorial on the low cost or some thing but wo can't find the ora tbing. Tlio bright star of hopo shins steadily before us nil. but w novor see It so long as we Ko,ej) our eyo glued to tho ground. COMING MAY FIRST MIsm Helen I'. Dltlixon of Liiniler, W.mmiiIiik, Helecteil lo Take CluitRe of .Miillieiii' County, I.IIiimi.v I'liinieily Willi Htnlc l.lbiiny. After many weokH of unavoidable delay, owing to tho difficulty of ho curliiR n competent librarian and to tha fact that MIhh Marvin, Mate librarian, who wished to minlst In ch-, taiiiiHiiing me county nurary sysiom In Malheur county, wn nlment for Hoverul mnntliH, tha tlhrnry board an nounces that It has secured the Kcrvlces or MIhh Helen P. DIckHon us county tlhrnrlau. Miss Dickson will como to Ontario May 1 to IicrIii work. MIhh DIckHon hnw liiul two ycarH experience In the travollug depart ment of tho stato library undor MIhh Marvin, ho that hIio Is woll qualified to undertnko tha county work. 8 ho conies to Ontario from Landor, Wyo ming, county seat of Fremont county. i Tho comity library HyHlom Is re ceiving widespread notice mid Ih do ing Htnrtcd in many states. Cali fornia takes tho lead In having estab lished county libraries In forty-four of lis rifty-elght counties. Utah has followed California's lead ami It Is predicted that by 1021 nil of the counties or Utah will lmvo county libraries. As early ns 1012 several counties In Orugou started libraries governed by tho county court, but In 101V a now law wiih passed, making It pus slhlo for tho largest city In tho coun ty, possessing a suitable library building mid willing to turn IIh hooks over to the use of tho county, to enter Into a contract with the county to maintain n county library. Thoro nro flvo county library hh terns In operation under this law Tho reporlH from Wasco, Multnomah and Umatilla counties prove con clusively tho wisdom and success of tho HyHtom. Tim county library Ih peculiarly suited to serving rural populations. It Ih supported by a tax on tho entire county; has nn ndoqunto central library nilnilnlHtered ny export iinnir ImiH at tho chief city; bus branches In schools. towtiH. villages mid Host. offices; and serves rural dwollers by .. .. n..H.d). ....a auulnlll ,,r II IllUllim III II I'HUUI w.-,k nnivi. ... .. book truck that carries n library of many volumes to overy farm homo In tho county. DUAINAdi: DISTRICT IIO.NDS. lllilu u-lll Im received until noon. Juno 1st, 1020, at tho office of tho secretory of the Malheur Drulnago District, Ontario, Oregon, on a, Afta nn In r.."0 vnnr Mnllimir Drain- ago District 0 por cent Interost boar- lug iinmiH, lntoroHt paymiia semi annually. fortified chock in the sum ot live per cent must accompany each hid. Ktati Superintendent Churchill Ail (IreshfN (iiitberliiK of I''"')' Teachers In Ciiiiwiitlon Here .Monday. , Fifty Malbour county teachers, superintendents and mouthers of school boards gathered In Ontario Monday to consldor tho cduoutlonul crisis which tho stato and county Is racing. Stato Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, J. A. Churchill, was tho principal speaker, Mrs. Fay Clark Ilurloy, county superintendent, pro sided. Particular stress was laid on tho program for tho passage of tho elo inontpry school tax and In showing how essontlnl It Is for tho continued efficiency of tho schools that this measure bo approved. Addressos wero dollvcrod by Super intendent Churchill, Dr. W. J. Wooso, president of the Ontario school board; Superintendent K. II. Couklln of Nyssa and Superintendent II. P. Invls of tho Ontario schools. It was shown that many children not only In Malheur county hut turn out tho stato wero not ablo to uttond schools hecauso no teachors could be sodured, but that many or the teach ors working In tho country schools wero absolutely unfitted for their positions. Tlio provisions or tho Smltli Hughes act and other school laws were discussed by Mr. Churchill and other speakers and a very profitable session resulted. Tho mooting wero hold at tho High School auditorium. Mrs. W. K. Hedge or Junttira came to Ontario today to meet lior imithor, who camo bore rrom Port land enrouto to Nebraska ror a visit. Some good men and true become so thoroughly wrapped up In the work of seloctlgng good mon for public office that tljy gvgn forgot to voto. SALT LAKE BUSINESS CoiiiiiicitIiiI Missionaries Front the Temple City Will Spend After noon mid livening In On tario Will lie Dan ilielc(l by Club. One hundred strong, traveling by special train, representatives of the commercial Interests of Rait I-iiko City will Invade Ontario Monday afternoon and evening' .May 10. The parly which is tho first trado excursion arranged by the Salt Lake Commercial club hIiico war ''times leaves home noxt Monday mid will lmvo spent n week on tlio ronil when they reach Ontario, which with Nys hii Is tha only Oregon community to bo visited. Tho specl?il Ih duo to reach Ontario at .1 p. m. mid will bo met by com mittees from the Commorclnl club with uuiOH to tnko tho visitors ovor tho valley to show them what real alfalfa ranches look like. In the evening thoro will be a ban quet nerved In the Commercial club roojns by the women of tho Ameri can Legion auxiliary. Tho Salt Lake men nru such good sportH that In their advlso to the local club they In sisted that tho baiikuel bo "Dutch Treat" mid they would Insist on pay ing their own way. Tho club'H ontoMulnment com mittee, II. C. Smith, J. A. LnkuoMH mid C. F. Cox have charge of tho arrangements for showing tlio Halt Lakers a good time. CITY IRRIGATION TO START ON SATURDAY OwneiN of IrittN t'lged In See Tlmt Their Ijileials Are leaned nl Our,. Cost Will He lie. (eriiiliii'il Soon, After trying the sprinkling system for Irrigation Ontario Ih to return to tho old ditch system this year. The committee which has been at work arranging for ditch water lias prac tically completed Its work and re ported to the Commercial club Wednesday of this week. It Ih of utinont Importance to the tironortv owners that the laterals loading to their lots bo donned In tlmo to receive wntor at onco. This tho property owners must do ror thnmsolvos. During May It Is anticipated that throo separate Irrigations will bo iiiado ovor tho city mid by tho end of that month tho committee In charge will bo ablo to determine mid advlso tho nronorty owners what tho entire cost of tho service will bo for tho season BUY MALHEUR RANCH largest Italicli mid Cnttlo Deal De ported In Months liivohWI'ruiik. for of Old Mm Hit Itmicli Near Malheur City. Hy adding to their already large holdings tho 2400 aero runch known us tho Morfltt ranch near Malheur city, Rutherford llrothers of this elty this weok stopped forward unit list ed theuiselvrM among the vory larg est land and cnttlo ranchers of East ern Orogon. Tho clout which wus negotiated hero in Ontario aggregated vuluos amounting to practically $160,000. Hesldo tho runch there wont with the deal MOO head or cattle. HO. 000 worth or now rami niuohlnory und 300 to 400 hood or horses and other stock. Wbilo tho ranch has been known as tlio Morfltt ranch It bus been op erated by 8. K. Stonflold for some time, ho having purchased It two yoars ago. IIKJHWAV COMMITTEE (JOES TO INTERVIEW COMMISSION To get ratified on tho Journal of tlio Highway commissions proceed ings the ordor mado by that body last Soptombor concerning tho paving of tho highway from tho east city limits to tho Snako rlvor bridge a committee consisting ot J. R. lllack aby and O. ft. Aiken went to Port land Saturday night County Judge E. II. Test ulso wont to attend the commission's hearing In connection with work on tho other stato high ways In tho county. As tho result of the conference the commission ordered that bids be call oil ror on tho paving to tho brldgo ImmmllutHly upon tlio approval or the project by tha federal roud authorities. Gharleji Hgcker returned last even ing from a trip to Holso. ItAKIIlt MKCCA I'Olt MALIIIU'lt COL'NTV MAHONS TO SIMHM: A big biiiirh of Malheur and Har tley county Masons left Ontario Wed nesday mid Thursday nvenliiKs for linker and others will leave for thoro tomorrow night to hntiR onto the ropo on the way to tho Shrlno. Among those who wont enrly In tho weok nre: C. S. Watson, W. 11. llrooke. Irwin Troxoll, J. C. McCrolght. Dr. It. O. Pnyno. A. S. Drown, L, L. Culbertson, V. H. Staples, II. C. Smith, Hnrry Hodge, Harry H. Cle ment, all of Ontnrlo; Dr. llurrows, It. M. Colo and Oeorgo Lowo of Vale; Messrs. Gnssert, Hull and McConnelt of Nyssn; Sam Trlmboll of Crane, Clarcnco Drlnkwntor of Hums. To morrow night II. L, Peterson mid It. 11. Cockrum go to Join tho caravan to crosH tho desert to tlio El Kador shrlno. On Tuesday night ho Hums Mas ons wero tho guests of Acadia lodgo hero nt nn Initiation mid banquet which followed. TWO WELL KNOWN FRUIMNP Mrs. John E. Wilson, Mother of largo Family passes Ihivld ('. Dnvl, I'lonerr or Mountain coiinll j Called Oiher I'riillliind NewN of Week. Sarah Ami Kollh Wilson, wife or John C. Wilson, died nt her homo tliroo miles southwest or Friiltlmid April 17, 1020, her death being duo to dlnbotoH and it complication or other diseases. Snrnh Keith wns married to John Ktlgor Wilson Juno 10, 1800, nt Fort Scott, Kansnr. To this union eight children wero born; Mrs. Lesmond Cillun. llelllnghiiin, Washington. Mrs. Clyde E. Cnnutsor, Frultlnnd, Roy F, Leslie, Kermlt K., Orvlllo M., Melvlno E., mid one sou who died In Infancy. All of tho children wero at the mother' bed side when death camo with the ex ception of. Mrs. Guinn whoso family wiih in iiunrnutlnu with munll pox at her homo, as wiih ii sister of Mrs. WIIoiih'h, wlio lives nt llelllngliam. Her mother, Mrs. Frank George has been over rrom Holso Vnlloy caring ror her daughter. Her father Ih In Kansas. Tho funeral services wore held Tuesday aftornoon nt two o'clock at tlio Christina Church In I'ayeltejl holng conducted hy tlio pastor, llov. Mowe. Tho body wiih laid to rest In Riverside Cemetery. Payette. The sympathy or the entire community goes out to tho bereaved family. Mrs. Wilson wiih born In Hates County, Missouri, September 1, 1882, mid camo to Idnho 14 years ago. She was a life long member or tho Christ Inn church mid endeared .hcrsolf to n largo rlreio ot friends In thU com munity. l)nld C. Davis Passes Dnvld C. Davis wiih horn In Utah. Ho passed awny ot the homo of his daughter, Mrs. Loulso Ward, on Pen nsylvania Avenue, near 1 rultland, Sunday evening at nluo-thlrty, death being caused by dropsy. Ho leaves to grlovn for him three daughters und two sons. Tho body was shipped to Jerome, Idnho, Monday morning, for burial. Tho inonibers of tlio family loft early Monday morning by auto for Jeromo to he present ror tho funeral services. Mr. David wus 0G years und one month old. Ills rather and mother crossed the philim with tlm early Mormon solders to Utah, whoro they sottled and whom the family grew up. FRUITLAND. Idaho, April 27. -Russell It. Thompson wus born August 18, 1 8 r, 1 , in Loo county. Illinois,' und passod away In Holy Rosnry hospital, Ontario, about 0 o'clock Saturday morning, April 24, 1020, (loath duo to burdening or tho nrterloH and iiranle poisoning. Mr Thompson was taken suddenly III Thursday morning at the homo or Mr. mid Mrs. A. H. Worth near Pay otto mid the next day was removed to the hospital In Ontario. He Boomed bettor .Saturday morning and his death was a surnrlse because It happened before any one really oxpectod' It Mr. Thompson was married Soptombor If,, 1870, to Ellon IlnlllH at Sterling, Illinois. To this union two sons wero born, Charles, who rosldoM at Topponlsh, Washington, and Frank E,, who re sides at Frultlnnd, mid at whoso homo Mr Thompson resided much or tho time Charles arrived too late Saturday evening to seo IiIh father nllvo. Mr. Thompson resided with his family ror u tlmo in Iowa mid 13 years ago camo to tho Payotta Valley whom overy man, woman and child wjio know him called him their frlond. Hosldos the two sons ho loaves u brother, Martin, and a sis ter, Loulso Rogers, In Shnmbaugh, Iowa, a sister In Kansas City and u sister In Rock Falls, Illinois. Tho funorn! sorvlces wero held Monday afternoon at tho M K. church, Frultlnnd. conducted by tho pastor, llov VnuDousttii. assisted by the pastor or the River Ilrethron church. The body was luld to rest In Klvorsldo cemetery, Puyette. Mr. Thompson had many friends who will bo saddoned by Ills going away and tho sympathy or the community Is extended to his sorrowing one. (Continued on Last Page. SCHOOL EFFICIENCY T BE Ht'SINESS MEN AT COMMERCIAL Cl.im MEETINtl TELL SCHOOL HOARD THAT THEV RAVE UNITED SITPORT IN PLANS MAINTAINING STANDARD. ENDORSEAGRICULTUALCOURSE Schools .Vinv Crowded He; mill Capa city Many Children Not In Scl I Who Should lliivi1 Horn Teachi'i-i Wiiuo .Must He liaised (Ij in liasliiin Needed. I Without n dissenting voto tho members or the ('omnimclnl club nt u largely attended mooting Inst night went on record emphatically en dorsing tha work ot tho k-IiooI board In tlm past mil assuring tho board tli.tt It will have their united sup port lu whatever plans It presents for maintaining the efficiency of On tario's school system. This was the principal subject up for discussion at the meeting, mid tilled for it general discussion of civic problems, covering taxation, valuations, etc. Dr. W. J. Weese. president of the school board presented the prohlom which tho board Is fnclng, showing that with but one-twelftlt tho valua tion ot the county School District No. 8 Ih called upon to ediicnto one third ot all the children lu tho coun ty. Ho snlil that thoro Is not now room tor nil the children who should ho In school, that at least fifty hoys mid girls have run tho streets who would not have done ho had the truancy Inws been enforced. Wu could not enforce the Inws for tho simple reason that we would have hud no place to put the children hud wo done ho; neither would wo lmvo liiul the touchers necessary to teach them. (iyiiiliiisliini Needed. Dr. Wooso told the board that the provisions of the slate mid national education laws provide that physical education must bo maintained lu the schools mid that the local school dis trict can not comply with these re iiiilrements with Its present building space. Ho told how the boys mid girls worn turned out of doom he iiiiso thoro wan no place for them lu ivhleli to nlav uiHkot hall, while tun neighboring schools have these nil vnntngos. Hn mild tbM bv the construction of ii gymnasium the present room used tor nthletlc work lu u s.uull wuy could bo utilized tor class room anil thu omergeiioy bridged. To do this hn snld a bond Issue must be voted or at least 115,000. Want Amlciilliiie Tiiugnt. PrnfftHHiir Elliott. Hiiiiervlsor or vo cational training under u vocational training board aildmssed iiiiiiiiiwi lug mid told or tlm plan tor opornl lug agricultural cIussoh In High Schools mid said that ho and other members or the board desired to sen the course established In tho On tnrlo schools, siiiro this Is essentially an agricultural community mid has tho possibilities ot leadership In this work. Ho said that only 10 schools lu tho stato would get Ibis work this vnnr. or which six would bo In East ern Oregon and he was iiiixIoiih to lmvo Ontario be one or tneni. ne ex plained tho method of procedure to got tho work and what It accom pllshod In other districts. The matter was discussed by sev eral of the mon present, all of whom favored Its udontloil as Part or tlio Ontnrlo school program. Dr. Weose (old the Kiithor Inn that two yoars ago tho board adopted this as part of tho program but that due to inn war no capablb Instructor could bo round and therefore It wns dropped at that tlmo. Since then tho board has changed and he said ho could only speak tor himself In saying that ho favorod It. Approved Elementary Schools Tho report ot the legislative com mittee was received urging tlio en dorsement or tho constitutional iiineiidniont permitting, additional stato bonds for hlgliwuy work; ap proving tho mlllago tax for higher education, but making no recom mendntlnn no tho matter or tlm elomontary school tux. This wns ills- (Continued on Last Page.) ONTARIO WINS GAME AND FORFEITS IT TO IMIIMA Onlnlrli IL'ntl llu flrut IFntllH Willi ItH rejuvenated team at Parmu last Sunday aitornoon. ino score wus 8 to I, but tho gnmo was murred by llin Knuulflnl uniinlililftll. nt lllfl linillO guards nt Parma ovor tho players on Ontario s team. on weunuituuy Pnrnin Innm nrntnsled tho enlllO 1111(1 Ontario forfeited It. Noxt Sunday hero In ontnno, on turlo will play Welsor. tho strongost Inn, 11 In III., rll-cllll mill tllO first l'Cal gamo of tho soasou will bo the result. Ontario and Wolsor aro tlio cmss m tho loaguo at present, with Pnyetto practically on n pnr with them, and Puyotto Is getting stronger overy week. Tho gamo Sunday will stnrt at 2:30. to 'S ft