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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1920)
MAKE THE CLOSING DAY A HUMMER It is Ontario Day and Every Man, Woman and Child ill Ike City Owes it to the City to get out and make it .the Biggest Day of Tfife Fair-Go Early ntet0 2tr0tt0. XXIV ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1923 NO. 42. m ii BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENTS QUANTITY AH WELL AH QUALITY RULES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS RED CROSS PRESENTS EDUCATIONAL 1IOOTI1 BELTER EARMHOMESADVOCATED Exhibits nt Fair Show Tlml Riinclini. Grow FIowoih An Well An Food ProdmtiiH Educational DIpUi)M Tn Foicfront Attract VInIIoin Tlioro I a Rplrlt of dovolopmont mniilfL'Ht nt tho County Fair this yonr. Thru tlio activity of tlio Farm Bur cuu, tlio Itcd CroHu ami tlio education ul exhibits In scon tlio advnncomont ot tlio Idea of hotter fnrm homos, nml tlio IntorcHt taken In those ox It 11)1 (m hIiow that tho offort In worth while. Whnt can bo dono In tlio homo to mako poaslblo bettor euro for tho nick, how to gcnornlly linprovo tho Htinltntliin of tho homo and tho health of tho family Is sot forth In tho Hod CroHS booth presided over by Mini Ethel HlmmoiiM, tho Chapter nurse. Tho Farm Ilurcau nt It" booth In do trlbutliiK lltoraturo of n geuornl odu cntloiinl unturo, wlillo tho flower dls phtys In competition how Hint tho rnucheiH crow flno flowers at their hiimcti n h well as good produco. Educatlonnl booth nro roprosont od by tho Itod Corns, whero Miss Ethol.S'muion, Hod Cross nurso is In cliai i;u and nsslBtcd by tho para pharunlla Incidental to a sick room gives talks on nursing and hyKlono; by tho Poiont-Teuchor'a booth, whero lltoratuio on subjects of particular Interest to parents Is open to tho public; und by 'tho Malheur County Farm booth whoro Information Is UMillabla ou subjects doalliiK with agricultural development and bottor farm homos. Throo lurgo silver lov ing cups which havo been won nt former exhibits aro on display horo. An educational exhibit open to tlioso under sixteen has on display a ship mailo by Edgar Fortlor, a can non by mi Adrian boy, Borne sketches by Hold. Troxel and un exhibit of seed from tho Arcadian schools. Flown This jonr'H fair has tjio best flow or oxhlllt In yeais. A great many varieties aro shown with dubllas and (Continued on Last Page) TO OPEN STORE HERE Q. J. Hi Hler Co. Owner of 10 HtoroN In Idaho, Washington and Oregon AUd Ontario To MM Going To Nampn Too Ontar'o Is to havo anothor mon's clothing storo. Tho now. business firm Is tho C. J. Hreler Co. of Lowls tou, Idaho which now owns 40 stores In Idaho, Washington and Oregon, tho stores nro known as Tho Hub storos and have spread nil over the Northwest during tho past 20 enrs Tho local store will bo under the management of M. Aslibaugh, form erly of Walla Walla who arrived horo this week with his family to tako charge of tho work In prepara tion for opening tho now Institution on October 1, Tho store will bo loca ted In one of tho T. II. Monro build ings formerly occupied by tho Purity nakery. The Ontario store Is tho second of tho company stores to come into southeastern Oregon, there being one now at Baker. The firm is also placing a new store at Nampa as part of Its extension Into this section of tho Snake river valley. Besides the store at Baker there Is one at La Grande, Pendleton, Walla Walla and all thru Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Mr. Ashbaugh tho manager of the Ontario Btoro brought his wlfo and two children with him and will be Joined by Mrs. Ashbaugh's mother, Mrs. M. L. Jones. CLUBS AND ALL HAVE ADMIRERS NYKHA IS WINNER OF H1G COMMUNITY IIONOIt l'ltl.K To Nyssa wont tho honor of winning tho big prko for tho best community exhibit. Adrian wob placed second, Tho Uoulo- vard third and Dead Ox Flat fourth. Tho contest wns Indeed n closo one and tho judges, County Agent G. D Noel of Washington county nod County Agont I F. Fortnor, of Payottn County Idaho took a long time In making their decision. Nyssa won largely thru tho fact that It presented u greater ( nr!ety of products and had a slight edgo on tho artistic din- play of tholr oxhlblt. Dead Ox which was named fourth had tho largest dlsplny of fruit, whllo Adrian wont largely to grain. Tho Houlovnrd had Its exhibit. well balnncod thruout. The con- tent which was by far tho boht muny yoar was all In tlio kindliest of feollng and while disappointed, naturally, In net winning thoro was not tlio slightest ot hard fooling among the rcsldonts of tho vnriouB com- munition. In fact this has bcoti n feature condition of tho con- tests thrdout tho ground tlili year. NEW ALFALFA MEAL MILL ARRIVES HERE Ocorgo K-KH Hum Machinery For Grinding liny AH Heady For OlH'rntlon Packer Have Not Arilvert An Yet Within the couro of a few days tho third alfulfu meal mill to bo opeintcd In Malheur county will bo grinding out Its product. This mill Is that purchased by Goorga Hoss reached Ontario ton dayo ago nnd Mr. Hoss and a crow ot men havo bcon busily 'engaged In putting tho machinery on tho concrete plera In tho building erected for It on tho Hoss ranch southwest ot tho city. Tho nackora for tho mill havo not reached tho city, ns yot but are ex pected overy day and when thoy do work will start on a number of con tracts Mr. Boss has secured. Anothor mill, too will be In opera tion shortly. Tho articles of Incor poration of the Malheur Alfalfa Pro ducts Company have returnod from tho Secretary of Stato's office and tho stockholders nro to havo a moot ing tomorrow morning to complete their organization. ONTAHIO AND BONITA GIULH WIN TRIP TO STATE FAIH When Miss Marie Wilson, county club leader thru whose work the magnificent exhibit of tho boys and ctrls of Malheur County was made possible, goes to tho Btate fair at Saloni Saturday, She will be accom panied by Miss Violet Lees of Bonlta; who won first In tho aewlng contest. Rud Miss Evadlne Cochran of Ontario who was declared the beat bread and cake cook among the youngsters ot the county. Glenn Rose, whoso pig won the first prlxe and sweepstakes will be the third member of the Mat- hour County team. Second honors in the sewing con test went to Miss Doris Lees of Bon lta, In the second division, me youngest girls In the club work, first imnnr in aewlne went to Dora Thompson of" Nyssa; whllo Mildred Conklln of Cairo took second. Jn rnnklne Ethel Conway of Ontario was seend and Ella Messeo third. Mrs. Herrett'a girls from Vale won first honors for a club dlsplajr. James Oraham of Westfall wha has been a patient at the hospital for several days suffering from rheuma tism was able to be out yesterday. Andrew Oraham came down from Juntura to Bpend a few day at the Fair. Mr. Graham Ib the republican candidate for county treasurer. GRANDSTAND SHOW IS STAGED BY LOCAL MEN WAITER BHIMP, JESSE AND TUCK liAWHENCE, IIAHLIE McCUI- LOCH, DUTCH QUENDT AND OTIIKHH HIDE OUTLAWS NEW PONIES EACE STARTER Rucking Ilontrn Host Hern Here In Years Cowlxiy Unci on Wednes day 1 1 ml Mmo Tlinii 'Twenty Starters Ontario Day Before tho grandstand tho flld west show of frontier ray I enter ing tho big crowd as ot yoro. Many new horsoH aro ou the track In tho running events as well as in the har ness program, while welt known boys ot tho upper country a furnishing tho thrills of tho bucking contsts. Walter Shlmp, himself ono ot the best riders over seen at tho county fair has furnlshod tho horses uaod I In tho arena, and tho boys doclare that thoy nro tho best ovor assembled on tho local track. That thoy buck harder is attested too by tho crowd. To pick out tho best rider ntthla stago of tho gamo would bo unfair to tho othors for tho contest I noiftco nnd mail ot tho boys hnvo a chance fdr tlnTkljc money. i Vlco Prosidcnt V. T. Herm-l of Vato Is in chargo of tho show In front of tho grandstand, and tho nnylstod by an almost entirely now crow i getting tho program oft with a suap that Is pleasing. On Tuesday tho program dragged slightly for many reason that could trot bo foreseen; but on Wodnosdny thoro was not an Idle momont nnd tho crowd llljcd It all tho way. ; Ono of tho biggest events of tho weok was tho half mite soddlosroco In which moro than 20 men rodo Wodnosday nftornoon nnd which wns won by Mark Huthorford of Ontario and Malheur. Among tho now ponies on the track nre: F. Buhl's, Idaho J; II. Hammond's, Tramp; F. Buhl's, Babo; T. T. Hodsuirs, Magglo May; Bill Hlgg'fl, Primrose; J.-E. Campbell', Silver; J. Homquay'B.'Bummor; J. Fleetwood's, Pat nnd W. M. Smith's. Daisy D.; Horn William's, Waltor W.; Bort Jones', Hon. Tho Bunions havo tholr string aguln, wlillo Al Horn's Miss Antelope Is remembered by those who havo visited tho track boforo. Regular visitors at tho Fair miss tho Sago string nnd tho Tunny string too. But tho Wntson string of rolny horses Is featuring and win ning from tho Blalze string. Among tho harness horses tho old favorites; Johnson's Dr. McKay; F. S. Hurd's, Bob Minor; C. 8, Clark's, Apnnee nnd J. W. Bwank's, Nora Minor nro running as of yore. In tho Judges Btund William Jones, C. R. Emlson, H. M. Buthorford, and James Duncan all well known tho serving ogaln. Dr. W 11. Roynolds was tho starter tho first day, and C. R. Emlson got tho ponies off on Wednesday, Robert D. Lytic of Vale Is the clork of tho course and Arthur Means, and Jess Milllgan are Judg ing tho bucking contest, The music for tho first two days came from Welser, Tuesday tho boy's band, and Wednosday tho Welsor Round-up Band; today and tomorrow the music will bo Turnlshed by the Emmett band, IXnVKR 1KAI OX FLAT MEN BUSY O.f RIOHT-OF-WA Sam Hill, pioneer of the lowor Dead Ox, and one of tho men In that section who has taken an active In terest in prompting the construction of the Old Oregon Train across that region came to Ontario, today to see tho Fair and loam how much pro gress Is being mado from this end of the line toward getting right of way for the road. With E. J. Patch, Mr Hill has already taken up the right of way question with tho rancherB living on the lower end of the road, and written to those who do not live in that'sectlon but own property there. So far tho spirit manifested by the owners is such that the right ot way will be donated by many, or at least held at a yery nominal figure, ifor tho ranchers waut the road. COMPLETE RAILROAD FROM T EUGENE MEN VISIT SOUTH EAST ERN AND CENTRAL OREGON TO SECURE CO-OPERATION IN ROAD CAMPAIGN NEXT SPEAKER VISITS ONTARIO Louis E. Bonn, Next lender of Inwcr HotiMO nnd Senator J, tl. Itcll Head Delegation Hellctc Time Hat Art I led For Action For tho purposo of getting person ally acquainted with Contral and South Eastorn Oregon, to to nrouso a community of Interest for tho pur poso of launching a campaign for tho connecting up ot tho railroad nysloms oast hinUwot, nnd north and south In Central Oregon, it party of Eugene men reached Ontario Mon day night. In tho party wcro Louis E. Bean, who will bo tho noxt speaker ot Iho Orogon houso of roprcscntatlvo, Sen ator J. B. Bell, G, W. arlffln, Geo. II. McMornn and his son DoMott Me Moron, nllof Eugene. Mr, McMornn Is also n director of tho State Chain bor of Commerce, which Is nlso bo lilud tho proposo campaign to tlo up the railroad systems of tlio state. "Tlioro Is only ono way In which tho pooplo ot Orogon can secure not ion from tho railroads," suld Mr Bean in spoaklng of tho trip, "and that Is by unltod action. Wo aro In a position now to present our caso to tho railroads. Tho prlnclplo has boon established that thoy havo tho right to mako oarnlngs on their In vestment; It has also been long es tablished that as public sorvlco cor porations thoy must servo tho needs nt tho people "With tho roads already built from Ontario to Crauo, from Tho Dutea to Bend, from Klamath Lake northwurd rovural miles, practically all ot tho expensive construction work ou the proposed system Is complotod. Both the Malheur and tho Doschuotts can ons have beou llnod with steel. Tlti rest of the construction Is ncrotu Itvel plutoaus. "Ultimately ot c-jurso thoso rcndi will bo built. Hut thoy should ho built now. If Ontario, Crime, Iluriw, Bend Klamath nnd thu other town interested will unltu and tho State Chtmbcr will got boh i ml the move ment, as wo know It will, wo cm certainly prcsout a far moro convinc ing nrgumont to tho railroad fln.tn elem." Iiicldontly whlli In the city Mr, Deal., who as lont'er In tho toext Ilouho will havo u great deal to do with the moulding of legislation, en ftred with P. J. Gallagher, repreuon tutlvo from Malheur, nnd llu-noy counties on tho needs of this, st.o tlon Ha got information concern ing the road work In this Hcctlon und tho hopes and aspirations for l'i;tlui work. Willie hero, too, the delegation wait taken by Mr. GalUghor over tho Roulnrnrd to "NyMi to vlow tho ro sultn of irrigation In tlilaectlon. nnd to bo further cducted ou tho pol bllltl'iK of this Beltlrn thoy went tak en to the County Fair to boo the ex hibit), there on display. No delegation of Western Oregon men wore ever entertained here Wero moro enthurlantlc over th.t po- fclblllUea of thin section or who de clared that tho trip bad beou it ijr.wt er lovelatlon to thorn. From hero tho Eugene men rom on to Baker and Ut Qrando and plan to be in Pendleton to see the Hound Up finale. WOMEN LINGER IX)NG UEFOHE WONDERFUL HEWING EXHIBIT The women of Malheur county can certainly sew If the exhibit ot needle work at the fair Is any criterion Moat comDllmentary comments are heard from everyone visiting this booth, which la full of exqutslto nieces of embroidery, crochet, knit ting and quilting apparently. Ihe art of fine handwork did not paB away with our grandmothers. It would be Impossible to describe each Individual piece. The women of tho county can a! an cook aa the oxulb t of baked goo testifies. This exhibit 1b better tor". . . 3i quantity and variety man in mtmo year. EIVE COMMUNITIES STAGE GREAT CONTEST fOR FAIR HONORS H.LMON EHTRAY; CARNIVAL HHOKEt AIRMAN BREAKS WORD In singing tho Fair this yoar tho board and Ito officials had moro than tholr shnro of trou- hies; especially of Hint nature which could not bo foreseen nor avoided. First the airman who wob horo In Ontario last weok for sovcral diiyn signed up a con- tract and then told tho board that hu would go to nearby towns for exhibition flights nnd return In tlmo for tho fnlr. Ho novor cnnio back. Next tho balloon man urrlvcd hero Monday with tho polo nnd guyllncs for netting up his gnH bag; but tho bag wont estrny. It ' got lost enrouto. To add to tho difficulties the carnival company contracted for went broke nt Wnpnto, Washing- ton and of courso did not show; In fact It did not oven sond the officials of the fair word. Then tho wenthor man has not boon kind, nnd sent rnlu that was not needed for the fnlr at V all; but then It has boon n good show anyway. Tho folks enmo from near and far. Tho exhibits woro good, thd program boforo tho grandstand ontertalnlng nnd nil In nil tho Fnlr Board has earned tho approbation ot overy cltlien of Mitlliour county, HURT IN AUTO SMASH II. M. HoNlirk Dihlnir Car At Excch- nlvo Hpeoil 'I'm ntt ("nr Turtle Telephone Polo HmiiNliitl Fho PahsengerN Injured Ills nrldo Iniurod boraiuo a Ford passed him, 11. M. Bostlck of Nyssa, Btonnod on tho accolorator of his Es sex, yesterday nftornoon, and sent tho car forward nt a 40 mllo clip A half hour lator his four passengers woro In tho office of Drs. Weeso h Fortncr taking nn Inventory ot tholr Injuries. Tho Ebhox lay on tho road sldo n wrock; n tolophono polo was smashed, and a fluo tiny at tho fair was denied Mr. and Mrs. CJiarlos Pickerel), Mrs Iltbort Plckoroll nnd Mrs. II. O. GnrmuB all of Nyssa. Mr. Bostlcf hlmsolf wns slightly Injured, too. Tin examination of tho victims of. Mr. Hostick' pride had not been comp eted when nn Argus man Intor- vlewid Mr. and Mrs. Plckoroll, who wcro still fcomowhat dazed und niK mltt'd thoy could not toll Just what did inppon. " i Ford pad us," sold Mr. Plck orel ," and Mr Bostlck speeded up to pas: it. That Ib tho lost I know of wliil occureJ " Ho wiMt itolng forty miles nn hoi r," lutei et,tod Mrs Robort Pick er 1. "Arid when I got up," she con tlrjed," t!i' wn n telephone pole bnken ott uuldo us. Tho' car was w!eVod?lnd was hanging on tho dlttfc bi'uk. Wo wero losa than a foot frc'n going Into tho Irrigation d tcho Mr Vlckoroll was Injurod nbout tlio boulders. MrB. Charloa Pick et ej? was Sadly cut about tho chin i nc7 brulsod over her body. Mrs. . .. ..- l.n tvuL " alll rWi j W Oil no) jrt Pickereii was bibo cut on i W . . .. . tf.c and bauiy Biianen up, jun was apparently tho most niiHlv inlurcd. tho not cut. She i. k ..A.i .,ttttt,ni n frrmturnd arm. M1 BosUck was Injured nbout the si' ilder, but otherwise cscapou. T ,'hn the car turned turtlo, and st -uck tho tolephono pole after leav IIW the road, that none of tho oc- V jpant were killed was little less than miraculous. As nearly ob thoy v'ould tell Mr. and Mrs. Plckoroll no te levod the accident occureu anoui iu L .htilf,.. twAat nf nntnrln. I The party In the Ford which Mr. 'Bostlck tried to pass brought the Injured people jnto Ontario. if its news you want read The Argu: EXHIBITION HALL NEVER HirT- TEH Hirr FOK DISPLAY OF PRODUCTS OF .MALHEUR COUNTY'S RESOURCES GRAIN DISPLAYS ARE ABUNDANT FlnuciN liOiid Color to Picture Gar den CouteitN Indicate Peoplo Awake To Home lU'iilitlful Projirnm (lit es Viulety To Show That tho directors ot tho Malheur County Fair havo succcodod as novor beforo In getting tho ccoporatlon of tho outsldo communities In the an nual exposition Is adoquntoly proven by tho womlorful dlsplny on oxhlblt nt tho Main building. This Is the ono Jilg outstanding fact ot tho eleventh annual Malheur County Fair. This Interest is manltost In tho spirited contest for community hon ors In which flvo communities are striving for -tho honor ot bolng tho most udvanced rogton In tho county, so far as variety and qunlltw of pro duct aro concornod. In this rnco Nyssa, Adrian, Dead Ox Flat, The Boulevard and Bonlta are tho contestants. It Is tho first tlmo that Bonlta has shown and this Indicates that thu Interest In tho Fair has sproad over tho county. Dead Ox Flat too is In tho rnco this tlmo, ns woll ns Nyssa, which returns after it lay-off of two years, while Adrian tho faithful contestant of years Is again striving for honors, and tho Boulovurd la giving them nil a roal race. Dcscrlptlvo adjectives fall In giv ing an adoauato rocord of what tho dlroctor havo accomplished in this oxhlblt. Tho only way to appreciate what has boon dono Is -to go to tho grounds and soo, tho tho following brlof description tolls what tho var ious communities havo apoclallzod on In tholr display: Nj NBA Nyssa has a wonderful exhibit In- (Contlnuod on Last Page. ONTARIO MAN NAMED ON EXECUTIVE BOARD Wt'Moru HtatCM Het'laiiialloii Confer ence Hoiioi'n P. J, Gallagher Now Day In Horlniuatloii Doielopmi'iit Soon Reprosontativo P. J, Gallagher ro turnod Sunday from Seattle whore he attended the meeting of tho Western Stnto Reclamation conference. o n Ib onthuslastlo ovor tho proBpocts for reclamation development thru moro favorablo federal legislation. No longer will tho states of the West oach otrlvo for Its particular projocts," Bald Mr. Gallaghor( "from now on a definite nnd complete pro- gram for reclamation will be sought. At the same tlmo thru n committee work will bo stnrtod to codify all tho Irrigation laws of the wostorn states and bring thorn Into uniform ity, bo far as possible "UMth tho backing of tho American Ioglon for Uta reclamation progrum It Ib to bo the plan to get bo.ilnd tho Smith-Fletcher bill and set act ion in the coming Congress and to mako possible the roclamat on of thousands of acres of Irrlglbte lands. Under this ulun It Is confidently be- llovod that tho greatest reclamation progress the west has over unown will rosult. Cortulnly never beforo havo tho statos of tho west been bo well united on any definite pro gram." In Bolectlng tho vlco presidents of pormanont board of directors for tho conferonco tho Orogon delegation namod tho following four for Ore gen: P. J. Gallaghor, Ontario; A. A. Smith, Baker; Fred Wallnco, I urn alo; and William Bolso, Portlund. During tho conforonco tho Oregon law, known as tho Gallagher law of which Mr, Oallagher Ib the author and by which the stato guarantees tho Interest on approved Irrigation bonds, was dlscussod at length nnn approved tor uniform adoption by other delegations anu mo couture.. as a whole. 1 4 ? n t g... ,.Jfta..