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XXIV
ONTARIO, MALIIEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1920.
NO. 32.
ffiwliiC
IS STILL SHORT
American Legion Thank Tim Public
Fur Monument Itri'dnl Mem-
oilfil liny jUIl(MH Vet
'I'll Ho llnl-cd
Tho mniiumcnt eommtttoo of tho
American Legion roporls thnl tlio
collections hnvo ljuon Reed and tlmt
when nil of the TltntrlrtH of Mnlhotir
county nro licnrit from, tlmy will
not bo much short to liny for the
iiioiiiimcnt which was erected In tho
county court Iioiihu yard at tho coun
ty sent on Memorial Day, May .10th,
Inst. Threo htiudrod and thlrty-flvo
dollnra Im still owIiir mi tho monu
ment aliuvo all that contributed, and
Hint uncollected In thu outlying sec
tions of tho county.
Tlu American IOglon of Malheur
county joltiH In extending thanks to
thu public for tho support In tho
past that Iiuh mado tho momorlnl a
ruatll. It now Ntumln a lasting trl
liuto to tho hoys of IIiIh county who
gnvo their Hvch that tho brotherhood
of man may not ho cant from tho
earth,
Tho donation!) and collections of
donation alrcndy HtiliKcrlhod for tho
pant month nro an follews:
Previously rooortod S711.17
JamlcHon Community 20.00
John Wall COO
A. S. Hunt COO
Jnmci arnhntn n. 00
Prank Mlllor 10.00
Jordan Valley Community .. 100.00
Advnuco Lodgo K. of P. Vale 2G.00
Vato Lodgo No. 100, I. O. O. F. 15.00
Krod Voruo 2,00
Vale Transfer & Htoraxo. . . . 3.00
committi:i: will make
canvass of ontario
An IuIciihIvo cnuvnss In Ontario,
In connection with tho Btnto-wldo ox
pnnHlon movement of tho Oregon
Stnto Chnmbor of Comhierce, will be
gin durlni: tho week of July Gth, un
der tho direction of n reiirnnnttitlvo
of tho Stnto Chamber.
Tho local executive committee, or
ganized to coopcrato with tho State
Chamber In tho work of raising a bud
got of 14 00,000 covering n three-year
period, will assist tho roproxontu
lives In thin campaign.
Tho Ontario commlttco Is compo't
od of M. II, Doollttle, chairman; Ucu
K. Aiken, vlco-chalrman; 1'. J. Gal
lagher, It. W Jones, Karl Illncltaby.
COX AND ROOSEVELT
deadlock in iiouhhon convkn-
TIOX IIROKKN ON 44th I1ALI.OT
Win's AND TAMMANY CRED
ITED WITH VICTOHV OVER
McADOO AND PAUMEH
OREGON STAYS BY McADOO
T CROWDS HERE
FOR BIG CELEBTATION
NEVER IN CITY'H IIIHTOItV WERE
THERE MORE PEOPLE IN ON-
TAItIO THAN MONDAV, JULY
CARNIVAL CLOSINO
CAUSES DISPUTE
commax,,,;,, , ;, ,osr m',. r CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
ONTARIO DROPS 2 BALL GAMES
CLUB ENJOY A PICNIC
Moiirlrru Ontario (Jlrlx ..lulu .Willi
Cliilm At' Vale mill I'lirm
HttliiimltiK Party
Total 11,007.17
Disbursements 078,00
Ilalanco In fund 20.20
Vnlo Kntorprlso.
iukqui: killed IN
SHOOTING ON ItANOK
(Capital Nowh Spoelal Scrvlco)
Jordan Valley, July 3. A Dasquo
shoop border wait shot and killed and
Manly Morrow and Jim Slovens,
harder and camp tender, respectively,
for tho Ilaldwln Drown sheep outfit,
woro shot about noon Friday In a
Hhootlng affair about sovon mile
from Hockvlllo. Tho two lattor woro
tondlng a bunch of sheep on tholr
rnngo botwoon Homcdalo and Jordan
Valley and 63 mtjoa south of Cald
well on tho Oregon sldo of tho lino.
Thoy ran onto a bunch of nhoep be
longing to tho Stanflold Livestock
company In chargo of tho Dasquo on
their range and had a quarrel with'
him about It. Tho Dasquo pulled his
gun and shot at Morrow four times,
ono shot taking effect In tho back of
tho head. Ho then shot at Stevens
three times, ono shot taking effect
In tho pelvis.
Stovens then ran over to Morrow,
picked up his gun and shot and kill
ed tho Dasquo. Ho then rodo to tho
noarost ranch and wired to Caldwell
for a doctor. It Is not known Just
how serious tho condition of tho two
Injurod men Is.
Fourtcon Ontario Cookery and
Sewing Club girls mot tho girls of
tho two Vnlo Howlng Clubs at tho
Nutatorlum at Vale last Thursduy
afternoon for a swImmlnK narty.
Aftor onjoyliig tho splendid wutor
for nn hour and a half tho girls wore
In a mood to enjoy tholr delightful
picnic Huppcr. Then followed u brief
social time In which tho girls got
acquainted and sang together somo
of their cluh hours.
Ontario girls making trip woro;
Edith Hall, Kvadlno Cochran, Ethol
Conwny, Evolyn Chanco, Myrun So-
coy, Dorothy Kdwards, Dorothea
Helghtsman, Phyllis Watson, Alice
Watson, Ruth Roberts, Hardlss Has
musRoii, Laura Hays, Irono Fox, Cec
ilia Qalaghor; Vale club girls wero
Verda Doollttle, Rose I'ropst, Hosier
Kills, Loah Lumpoo, Valodu King,
Voryl Orlggs, Torossa Heck; Chapor
ones woro Mrs. W. L. Turner, Mrs.
II. U Peterson, Mrs. John Wood, Mr.
Chanco, Mrs. W. L.'ltoborts and Miss
Merle Dlngham of Ontarl6; Mrs. Jul
Ion Hurloy and Mrs. U P. Lumpoo of
Vale, and Miss Wilson. County Club
Lea dor.
Llko Republican (Vnwiillon (Jntlu-r.
Ing At Him lYmirlro Furnished
.Many Surprises Wool Knlli To
l-Jind Man On Either Tlcki
In contest as strenuous us . thnl
which In 1012 nominated Woodrov
Wilson nt Dattlitioro, tho domopratlc
gathorlug at 8an Francisco early
Tuesday morning nominated as Its
Htandard boarors Oovornor Cox of
Ohio and Assistant Socrotary of tho
Navy Franklin Ronsovclt. Tho dead
lock which hold the convention from
Frldny to Tuesday morning was .brok
en on tho 44th ballot.
Ilotli Newspaper Mm
l'nrndn In lVattlio In Itself Many
Unique Floats Nhoun CoiiU'Mm hi
All Classes Close Race Piogruin
IVir Monday Eliminated
Noxt Monday ovoiilng thoro will
bo n special meeting of Ontario Post
No. 07 for tho purposo of selecting
n now commnnded to succeed Elmer
Loavltt whoso removal from the
city mnilo It Imposslblo for him to at
tend to tho duties of tho office At
tho Inst meeting Hurl Dlacknby, Her
bert Paul nnd 8. M. Ilouchor wero
nominated for tho position and tho
final voto will bo takon on theso
threo names at tho meeting Monday.
At tho last meeting, too tho post
olectod McssrB. O'Kcoft and Parsons
n delegates to tho stnto convention
which will bo hold nt Astorln dur
ing tho Inst of tho month.
tegular .Monthly Account! Allowed
Anil Pavlnir of Idaho Aenue
Ordered Completed.
Novor In tho history of Ontnrlo wuh
thero n larger crowd In town than
Hint which gathered hero on Monday,
July C This was tho crowning day
of tho colobratlon nnd It was marked
by tho big civic pnrndo In tho morn
ing nnd tho baso ball gnnics In tho
afternoon and fireworks In tho oven-Ing.
Tho big crowd gathered In splto of
tho difficulty of Sunday ovor the
opening, or closing of tho cnrnlval
FARM BUREAU TAKES
Oovornor Cox, llko hlsopponont oiiinuisomcnt fonturcs Sundny ovonlng.
tho Ropubllcnn ticket, Sonntor Hard-, This dlsputo wns thu untoward event
Ing, Is a newspaperman, Doth lourn-nf tho festivities, nnd ono of thoso
od tho trado In a country shop nnd 1 things that often occur at such times.
WHAT WE DO NOW HAKES
OREGON Of TOMORROW
Working Together, Our MlmW and
Money Can Do An) thing
Led Orguhlio
TELEPHONE OPERATORS
TAKE VACATION ENMASSE
That the' Oregon State Chamber of
Commerce, does not propose that
this state shall lag behind her sister
states In any respect, especially In the
matter of Improvements and Civic
pride Is evidenced by the determed
effort It Is making toward securing
'a targe membership with sufficient
. funds to properly develop her won
derful resources, build more good
roads, extend her ralloads as well
as Industrial expansion,
In a nat llttlo folder in which
Oregon's wonderful resources and
possibilities nro entered Into in de
tail It says In part.;
A Scnle of Civic Prldo
"Co-operative effort Is the key to
progress. It opens the door to suc
cess. This has been proved so often
that argument is needless.
A study of civic progress shows
that those places which are making
the greatest gains are spending the
largest sums, per capita, for develop
ment purposes.
A movement Is now on foot to
put tho Oregon State Chamber of
(Continued on page Three)
Tho worries of tho hay ranchers
out of holp, of tho storos without
clerks, the school without touchers,
all rolled Into ono, are not equal to
tho troubles of tho telephone ex
change manugor without operators.
At least that In tho opinion of Oon
oral Manager J. A. Laknoss of tho
Malheur Home Telephone company
whoso forco has boon depleted tho
past week wcok with an epidemic of
ions on the part of bis oper
ators. Mrs. Harry Clement resigned
or position, as did Mrs. Robert Mod
don, Mrs. McQInnls went on her va
cation and as tho result threo now
girls are at work on the board. "It
the patrons will only give us a chance
to get tho new girls familiar with
the work the service will bo better,
we realize that it is npt what we
want It to bo now," says Mr. Lak-noss.
stnrtod their careers as "prlntor u
devils."
According to tho press despatches
It wns tho antipathy of tho Tammany
dologato from Now York, toward tho
prosont ndmlnlstratlou, combined
with tho wot delegates from' Now
Jorsoy and Illinois, who flnnlly do
fonlod ox-Sccrotary W.' O. McAdoo,
tho tho ndmlnlstratlou forces had
orgnnUod tho convention nnd cast
tho platform.
To tho candid observer it apoars
tlmt nolthor of tho party conventions
nomlnatod tho mn1hnT'llie,fWeiit
wanted. And what Is mora tbn West
did not got a plnco on olthor tlckot.
Now tho polltlcans uro endeavoring
to flguro Just what the result will
bo. The Republican wlso ones aro
banking on tho nomination of Cox
to throw tho dry votes In tho demo
cratic ranks to thorn, whllo of courso
tho Domocratlo Icadorti aro declaring
that tho Republican wots will come
to thorn, and thoso with tho solid
south will dotormtno tho result.
That a hot campaign, with tho
Iookuo of nations relocated to n minor I
placo, and old king boozo back to
tho foro, Is apparently thu prospect,
In tho balloting at San Francisco
tho domocratlo dolegatos from Oregon
stuck by tholr Instructions and fought
for tho nomination of McAdoo until
tho end. Socrotary Roosevelt's nom
ination came by aclamatlon, the tlrod
delegates desiring no fight for tho
socond placo.
JORDAN VALLEY ROAD
SOON TO BE STARTED
However tho celebration continued
and tho parado, ball games and flro
works, together with tho street
dances and other nvcuts kont tho
good times going.
Ontario baseball players showed
a friendly spirit nnd Inst two hall
games, ono each to Parma and Pay
otto, during tho mntlnws. Largo
crowds witnessed theso contests nt
tho Fair ground.
Parade Ileal Feature
Tho civic pnrndo ns tho real feat-
uro of tho colobratlon and tho ono
An which tho commltteo spout a grent
donl of. time, ns well ns thoso who
propnrod flonts which displayed both
originality and docorntlvo ability,
Tho commlttco which judged tho
parado consisted of Mossrs. Will J
Roberts of Adrian, II. C. Schuppell of
Dnkor, nnd Oscnr Daley of Vale.
Tho Winner
Tho following woro doclarod tho
winner In tho merchants class: K,
A. Frnsor, first; Illriohlrd drill, seo-
nnd; Radcr Dros third.
Individual Fleats: II. D. Cockrum,1
first; David Powers, socond; A. A.
Stottlor, third.
Fraternals nnd schoels: Cooking
club, first; Congrogntlonnl Sundny
School, second.
Dost Dlcyclo costumo; Owen Turn
er, Individual npoclul prlze: Ameri
can Legion.
Tho Vnlo Community Fnrm Rurouu
mot Inst WodnoHdny ovcnlng mid took
Important action of sovornl of tbn Ih.
sues boforo tho rancher of this soc
tlon, nmoug which wns u resolution
to nbollsh tho bounty on coyotes. Tho
coyoto Is thought to bo more of a
friend to tho fnrmor than n pest, for
It Is demonstrated that ho devours
mnny of tho lessor rodents tlmt nro
u positive menace to tho rnuchor,
A wngo scnlo of 4.00 per dny nnd
board was ngrood upon and entered
on tho records of the nssoclntlou.
O. K. Carman wuh appointed to
laku chargo of tho matters looking
toward tho exhibitions of tho soctlon
nt tho coming community and county
fairs. Corn clubs uro to bo organized
and Mnlhour county Is to go In with
tho flxud dnslro and determination
to produce "blue ribbon" corn and
other products. Vale Kntorprlso.
CAMPHHH FINKD
KOH NKOLIOHNCi:
Cnroloss campers llko tho poor nro
ovor with us. Chief forostor Chns.
Jncobson cnught four Portlandors
T. II. and F, K. Mountain amt B. 8.
nnd R. W Kotchum leaving lighted
camp fires on tho shore of Klk Inko
on Juno 10. Tho men woro fluod $2C
and rocolvod admonition which was
far moro vaiuablo. Tho forestry sor-
vlco Is coming down hard on viola
tors of this sort Tho Dond Pross
Tho City Council mot In regular
session nt tho Council Chnmbor Tues
day ovonlng with all mombors pres
ent. Following tho regular routluo bus
iness of allowing tho usual monthly
claims, tho City ouglneor was In
structed to complete tho paving of
Idaho Avonuo Immediately nnd In so
doing urrungo tho work so ns to kocp
tho Btreot open by laying n atrip nt
a tlmo, thus kcoplng ono sldo of thu
road open at all times.
Tho proposition of paving Third
Avonuo N. W. was also takon up nnd
discussed and tho work will bo douo
later.
Sovornl other Imporlnnt mnttors
woro brought up for discussion,
nmong thorn being tho action taken
by tho Council with rogurd to clos
ing down tho Carnival on Sunduy
last. In this many of tho towns
pooplo participated, alt of whom com
mended tho Council for tho Mam!
thoy took. W. K. Loos spoko nt somo
length nnd prnlsod tho action of tm
Council nnd condemned tho cnrnlval
shows generally, especially tho gamus
of chanco and "40" show.
Following tho discussion tho Coun
cil pussod a resolution, unanimously,
forbidding tho granting of poriiiltn
to uny futuro carnival company un
til thoy had first boon approved by
tho Pollco and Hoalth Commlttco.
LADY Fllli: I,OOKOUT
COMICS FROM IDAHO
CHARTER MEMBERS WILL
BE RECEIVED TO JULY 15
(Continued on Last Pagn)
MYSTERIES OF FRUIT
ONTARIO filltlii WIN IMU.IJ
The Ontario Cookery and Sewing
Club girls won the first pjizo twen
ty dollars on their float In the par
ade on tho Fourth of 'July celebra
tion. v
The float was divided
rooms tho sewing room where the
girls were seen busily sewing; and am, crflw aro now buslly oneoged In
the kitchen which was realistic with maklng the locating survey and that
Its table ana cooKing uiensus i" . construction work will start about
Pifllminnry Survey Now llelng Made
Construction Work Tii Start
Next .Month.
County Road Mastor, J, F. Joyce
and Division Engineer It. H. Daldock,
returned Friday from Jordan Valley
where they accompanied, Locating
Engineer Drlnkall with a corps of
surveyors last week and spent sever
al days, In preliminary work prepara
tory to tho construction of the mar
keting road between Jordan Vallov
Into two am, NyMa
Mr. Joyce states that Mr. Drlnkall
Oregon Hlopo Women FlrM
echo Demonstrations of
K lion n .Methods Other
Profit Kihiii
Tn He.
Rest
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which the cluh girls wero concoct
ing mysterious cakes and pies.
All the banners on the float were
made by the girls, using the National
club colors, green and whlto, and the
four leaf clover, with its 4 IPs, the
National Club emblem, .was conspic
uous In the decorations. The 4 H's
stand for the education of the head.
the hand, tho heart, and the health.
The prize money is the beginning of
a fund which the girls will build to
send ono of their members to tho
summer school for Club Meinbers at
Corvnllls next year.
August first, with an outlay of about
180,000.
He also states that the Highway
Department has tractors at work on
the road between Vale and Ilrogan,
'1G miles of which via Jamieson will
bo rushed to a speedy completion.
The construction of these roads
will be of unestlmatable benefit to
he farmers of ,those sections as
when completed they will be the
means of the saving of much time
and expense In the marketing of
their their produce.
Used motors bought, sold and re
paired. Northwestern Electric Co.
On Wednosday afternoon twonty
fivo ladles of the Orogon Slopo com
munity gathered at the Park School
to learn now thing about canning
fruits and vegetables. Tho demon
stration was staged by Mrs. W L.
Davis, County Leador of tho Wo
men's commltteo of tho Farm Dur-
eau, who made tho local arrange
Jmonts for the meeting. Miss Mazlo
Wilson, County Club Leador, who ,
has had vaiuablo training along this '
line, had charge of the demonstra
tion and Instruction.
Our principal criticism of our mon
etary system a the fact that we hav
n t been able to get our share.
Thursday, July IS, will ond tho
year for Chartor inomborH for tho
Women's Auxlllury Unit of tho Am
erican Legion of Ontario. Every
woman that had a brothor, "father
husband, or son In tlio servlro, Is
ollglblo to this Unite, oven tho your
relative is not a mombor of tho On
tarlo post you uro ollglblo if ho Is
a mombor of tho American Legion.
Wo havo especially proparod blanks
for those women nnd do no. think
thnt hocuuso your rolutlvo Ilvos else
whero and bolongs to another post
Hint you should not bocomo a mom
bor of this Unit. It U the duty
of overy relative to stand back of
tho American fl.oglon nnd this Is
tlio mothers, slstors, daughters and
wives chanco to organize themselves
Into u Unit to help tho "hoys."
Th" duos uro, National 2Gc, Stnto
2Go and Local GOc making a total
of J 1.00 per yoar.
Tho Soc, of the Unit will bo at
tho Dluckaby Jewelory Store Evory
day from Monday 12th to Thursday
from 2 to 6 P. M Won't you pleaso
holp us make this ono of tho largest
Womon's Auxiliary Unites In the
Stnto.
Mrs. Larue Dluckaby, Sec,
Miss Vorglnla Darry, of Lowlston,
Ida. arrived In Dond Wod. to uudor
take work as flro lookout on Pauline
Peak south of Dond. Tho mountain
has nn olovatlon of 8274 root and lies
3G miles away by auto uud sovornl
miles further off by foot trail
Miss Harry Is accustomed to high
living, for she has taught school In
Colorado at an olovatlon of 10,000
foot. She Is a gamo lady not a
fruld of bonrs, bugs nor busybodles.
8ho knows how to wlold gun, rod,
nxo nnd forulo. Tho lookout terri
tory of Paulino peak Includes thu Ft
Rock, Dig RIvor and Crescent dis
tricts. Miss Darry was busy Thurs
day muklng up her pack of supplies
for tho high trulls. Shu oxpocts to
romaln at hor post during tho en
tire flro season of about four months
Tho Dond Press
This country Is producing ono
glorious crop of "favorlto sons." Wo
aro fortuuato, however, In not hav
ing tho locusts at tho samo tlmo '
ORE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS
TO TWO ALARMS MONDAV
DATES AND PLANS OF
CANNINO DEMONSTRATIONS
Miss Wilson will glvo canning de
monstrations In tho following com
munities. Note tho date.
nmfnn Rlnnn Tulw 7
While the peas woro being shelled Riverdale July 8
and tho cherries prepared, and bo- Nyssa July 12
tween acts, Miss Wilson oxplalned Adrian July 13
many things about canning. How to cnlVo . .'.'.7.7 .'.7.7.7 '.'.' ' July 16
blanch tho vegetables was demonstra- Vale , ', ', , '. , . ', '. . . '. ' . '. , . . . July 22
tod nnd explained; how to tell good Ilrogan July 23
Jar rubbers bo valuable fruit and vog- Honlta Aug. 1 1
etables will not be ruined by dofec-
live ones; and a dozen nnd one othor FORMER IIU81NE8S MAN
VISITS ONTARIO
little tricks that make canning casl-;
er and better. ... ,.. , .
,.,,..,,, , . i an; n linuil, unu ui i annuo
This Is the first of a series of such . fading business men. spont a cou-
demonstratlons which tho ladles com-1 td- of day.. Iioio celebrating tho
mlttee have planned for the county. 'Fourth md vlsltlnp. old frlonds. Mr
Their schedule Is Klven an Orecnn ',lon was employed In the grocery
ineir scneauie is given as, Oregon hminom ll0ro for veral years prior
Slope. July 7; Rlverdalo, July 8; . living for the lower coun'v. und
tt ; hU nriuy friends were glad to see
(Continued on Last Page.) ntm
Tho flro department was callnd up
on twlco Monday to extinguish small
fires presumably caused by flro
crackors being caielessly thrown III
tho grass near the plank wulks,
Ono ularm was turuod In early In
tho forenoon when tho sldo walk
and grass was discovered to be on
flro neur tho oil tank. This fire
however did not umount to much us
Bomo boys noarby hud It almost ex
tinguished before tho department ar
rived upon tho scono.
In tho afternoon anothor alarm
was turnod In. This tlmo tho side
walk near tho Fair grounds had boon
sot on flro and u conslderublo umount
of It wns destroyod boforo tho alarm
was sounded, but tho flro laddieH
wore vory prompt In answering tho
call anr soon hud It oxtlngulshod.
It Is reported that In both In
stances tho flro fighters, whllo kick
ing around In tho brush tramping nut
the flro In tho grass, were rewarded
by finding a quantity of "Home
Drew" which had boon hidden In tho
sago brush by some thirsty visitor,
but wo aro not Inforraod as to wheth
er tho boys tried their liancl ( or
stomachs) at fighting this or whoth
or thoy turned It on tho flro or into
the city but we can guesB as ono
of them was hoard to mako tho re
mark that bo did not mind fight
ing fires of this kind. Wo know
what wo would havo done on a hot
day llko Monday if we hud been in
tholr placo.