0nlmi0 &t$n. mmt XXIV ONTARIO. MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, TJJUKfiDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1923 NO. 43. POLITICS BEGINS TO SHOW SIGNS Of LIFE HIMMKItlNO CAMPAHiN IN MAI I-StJIt COUNTY INDKATF.S SKINS OF IIOII.INO THAT IS (Will. DATFH TAKINII ON IJ.ISj APPAItKNTI.V 'DEMOCRATS COMPLETE TICKET lt-iuti1lniiiM Cl.-eiilnilliig Pii'purn. lory to Art lie Cniivnii for I'mly Vole Smith mill Hlcder Accept Nominal Ioih, lloiniin Doc Too L After lying nenr ttnntli'H door for "Jfjcvirnl vcol(H, tho pnllllral com- '. pntcii In Malliour county thin wcok ii.inlfostod ovlduwe nf vitality, and In nil probability can bo lirot bnclc ts llfo between now and November 2. At loist tlio pnlltlcnl ntnlwurts of both parties aro entertaining hopes for Itii rocovory. That Is tho most ' that can bo said nt tills time. Just what put tlio Jazz Jn tlio cam paign at this tlmo I not evident; unless tho committeemen liavo bean hearing from tho stato and national ' hoadqunrtern, and Informed that If t boy nro to count In tho dl.itillintlon Wof pntronogo after tho campaign It Vjs tlmo they were showing signs of activity. Of course It Is merely u ronjecturo. It might liavo happened. -. Anyway wlnitovor did transpire It was BUfflctont to awaken tlio lenders .to action. Doth parties put soma glngor Into their work this wook Just a weak solution, porlmps, hut enough to Htlmulato activity. Kinltli Out For Clerk Illght off tho bat .Monday mnrnliw Hoy J. Smith, formerly deputy conn ,ty dork, who lias been operating his 'fntlior-livlawn Irancli for thn past year or nioro; caino out with tho an nouncement that ho had nccoptod tho domocrntla nomination for county tcljrk, and would thoroforo run In opposlt'ou to Harry Suckolt, prosont doputy tn tlio dork's offlco Mr, Smith who Is almost n uatlvo product of Malliour county, having boon'horo for 25 yearn, graduntod from tho Ontario High School and was during hlii courso ono nf tho star football, basketball and lmsohall plnyeraot this soctlon. Ho workod for yearn for tho Ontario Furniture company and wont to tho clork'H of- (Continued on Cairo 0) HANDSOME PICTURE OF Ontnrlo Woman Distant Itclatho of MiiNsnrliuoettH (Jovernor mill He- publican Nomlnco Is Ilei-iiplent of Photo Aulogriipht'il i5 An Ontnrlo woman, Mrs. J. A. Ilrapor, h tho proud possessor of a hnndsomo nutogrnph photograph of dovornor Culvln Coolldgo of Mass uchUBOtts, tho republican nomlnoo for vlco presidency of tlio "United States. Tho photo was rocelvod this wook and Is n vory largo and very hand somo picture of tho man wIiobq bid to famo rests on his candidacy for tho vice-presidency. There Is a reason for the arrival of the piioto, for Mrs. Draper la distant relative of tho nominee, nor mother's name before her marriage being Coolldge, her great, great grandfather and that of the Governor of Massachusetts having been broth ers. Tho the younger generations of tho Coolldges have only occaslonly kept In touch with each other, the older generations havo and thru thorn Mrs. Draper and the -vice-presidential nominee exchanged greet ings nndtjius came the photo to On tario with tho messago written across It: "To Hattlo I). Draper, with slncoro regards, Calvin Cool ldgo." A Democrat Hut "Do you think he will win," the Argus asked Mrs. Draper when told of the arrival of the photo. "Yes I do, tho I havo long been a democrat, I am pround of his record and I be llove ho will win." iiimi school cadfts sirum: nf.f.df.d NUMIIP.Il FOIt ll.O.T.C. With n tot? I onrollmont of 104 tlio Ontnrlo HIrIi School Cmlot compnny linn put Itself In n posl tlon to qualify for lining mmlo a It. 0. T. C. for tlio U. S. Army. Two wt'okH ngo Cnpt. Wnll of tlio rogulnr army visited Ontnrlo nuil outlined tlio requirement mid theso liavo licen cnlnpllcd with bo thnt by tha tlmo ho re turns hero on or hoforo October 1G, tho locnl company .will bo nblo to sign up. FIVE PER CENT BILL E ltndlrnl IMiiu In I.lmll Interest Keif Defeating Would Drive Capital Out of State, and Oregon Needs Capital Now. Thoro Is a ..-.ensure on thn ballot In Oregon limiting Intercut rates In Oregon on borrowed money (o ft Tho danger In tho bill In that people desirous of securing lift- money may get thn Impression that they will be able to secure loans at this low rnte If tho bill carrloi. If flvo per cent money wcm pos slblo In Oregon, tho measuro would bo fine; hut flvq per cent monoy Is not possible Tho prlvato cltlxon who tins monoy to loan would not put his monoy out o n notes or mort gages at flvo por cent when ho could got good securities that pay six and up or lend his monoy In other state at eight. Ho would olthor Invest In bonds of nomo Rort or lend his mon oy In sonio oilier stato. To lond his (Continued on l'ago Six) LETS MORE CONTRACTS County Judge K. II. 'IW ItcliniiN lYnm Hin.fiil Tilp to I'ortlmiil Viilr-Jnnilewoii llonil to be (Jinvcllnl III Jdgc Con- tract Iet. arutlfled bv tl.o action of tho Stato Highway Commission In ordering the call for bids for tho gritvollng of IS mllos of tho John Day Highway from Vnlo (o jnileBon, mid In lotting the contract for tho brldgo across tho Malliour. besldo ordering tho survoy of tho Contrul Oregon Highway from Vnlo to Harper. County Judgo h, II. Tost returned to Ontnrlo today. Tho Judgo did not roach rortlanil until Tuosdav morning, tho dny on which tho commission mot, hut ho got action right from tho start, tho It was nno of the busiest sessions of tho commission tho Judgo attended. An Idea of how busy tho com'mls slon was may bo gained from--tho fact thnt bos'do opening mus ami aniline S2.000.000 worth of bonds tho commissioners considered a Inrgo number of separate contracts, ap- nrnvod somo. rojected otliors ami on top of all that llstoned to niimorous complaints from various counties. Practically ovory county In tho stnto hud representatives hoforo tho com mission. ' with tho road to Jnmloson com pleted, and the survey ordered on tho Central Oregon Highway from Vale to Harper, together wttn me wnrv niroadv done In this county by tho comm'sblon, I feol .that we nro making progress on tho highway pro gram," Bald the Judg,e. "If tho right-of-way manors on mo Old Oregon Trail from hero north can i.n nrrnneed for so that work can start on that rond, all sections of the roads as outlined In tho measuro ap proved by tho people will nave somo work done on them, and substantial Improvements will have been made In the past two cars. V, 8. COAST AND GKODKTIC SUHVF.V PAHTV WOHKINfi IIIMU-J it.i, tha illr.i-Mn!l of C. M. Dur- gin a party of engineers of the U. S. Const and aeodotlc Survey arrived In Ontario Tuesday and havo been taking elevations and other observa tions about the city. The party Is making a trlanguiation oi tno.cuuu irv from Klamath an Ontario and from Klamath to Bend- E HKIMM-HIINTATIVFH OF Mi:TltO COMINd IN SPFCIU, Tit UN TO eivi: i:Tiiti: day to LOOK ING OVF.lt IJASTIIHN MAI, Illicit COUNTY ONTAItlANS TO Bf GUESTS VMlors Keipicst Conitueii-lal Club To Prrpmo llmiqiiil, Thej'll Pity For It Will See Oujlire Pin- Jerl Vlill N)iit mid Vole For tho first tlmo In many yours a Portland Trndo Excursion will visit Malheur County. Tho Portlanders will bo In this vnlloy on Tuesday, October 10. According to ndvlssos rorolvotl by tho Ontario Cnmmorclnl Club the visitors will roach XytMn during thn night, will liavo their breakfast there and havo sot asldo from 0:30 to 11, a. m. for Nyssn, from 11 to 4 thoy oxpect to bo tho gnosis of Vnlo and from 4 until 11: IB thoy will visit In Oulnrlo. Tho trado excursionists havo gone n Hton further thnt Is generally tho en so In such gnthorlnn. Instead of going "Dutch Trent," on n goUo gother dinner, thoy havo asked the Ontario Cnmmorolnl club to arrange a bauquot for them and send tlwm the hill. All of which will he doifn. Tho Ontnr'o mon nt n motlug Wodnosdiiy night discussed this phnso of tho matter nt length mid concluded thnt n suggestion lo nuido to tho men of Nymta nnd Vnlo to tako advuntago of this opportunity to lot men of Portlnnd know some thing about tho Owyhco project and Its possibilities. To that oud a com mittee consisting or W. II. Doollttlo. it C. Uoyer and J. II. Hlnckahy woro named us thn gonornl commlttco tn arrange for tho entortnlnmiint of ttt Portland mon. In the trndo oxcurslSn will m ropreseutntlvoH of till the Portland financial, wholosalo and manufactur ing concerns many of whom havo uovar visited this region before, nnd thoy nro going to bo how that whllo nonr Idaho nnd Just half way from Portland to Salt l.al.e, that this roully Is In Orogon nnd Is worthy of tbolr consideration IN SECURING EXHIBIT lection Mmiu-il Society of Poill.llid Kxpciteil To ltemli Onttillo Octob.-i- II Miss Elinor Itandnll. county libra rian announces thnt n collection of handwork, showing omhrnldory, weaving, and do.dg.i, loaned by the Arts and Crafts Soolety of PortUud, will bo on oxhibltlon In the Malheur County Library at Onirld. as wsii as It mnj arrive from the SUt Fair at Salem. It Is expected thnt t'u ex Mblt will bo roady by Ootobrr li for n wook or ton da;n. Women who ai Interested In noodlowmk. nnd club girls, will ospecUlly .ippreolnta this ibt-nul'fu display. (JOINO TO 1IONIT.I Miss Ilnndall loavo Friday of tills weok for Urogan and Donlta to visit tho library stations st those points ami expects to oe guuu uuui iiwi.-) Unless Miss MoIIugh. her awlstant has recovered from Jir leeiiu ill ness the local lllrury will bo closed 'during her absence. IIOTKIi SAFU OPICNHD 11V WKISIMfH "JI.MMY vai.ijnti.ni:" Tho dollcato stunt of opening a safo without knowing tho combina tion was performed a la "Jimmy Val entine" by Charles A. Dranun of Wo'lsor, Idaho on tho safe In the Car ter Houso Sunday. Tho safe beeome looked and tho book containing tho combination was lost, so no ono know how to open It. Mr. Dranun of Wolsor was called and camo down, splnncd the dial of the safe and lls toned to tho tumbleis. found tho 'combination and opond the safe in about one hour. RECLAMATION OUTLOOK IN COMPANY WITH ONTAHIO AND NVSSA MKN .ll'NIOIt SFNATOH visits OWYMI-.I-: i'ito.n:cTH FAVOHAIII.Y IMI'ltKSftKI) ASTONISHED AT FAIR EXHIBITS W'UHn DNplny of Malheur County I'miliii-lN Am Silent Argument In l-'inoi- of Itei'liiuitKloii ltcllccs HiMiiilt w'lll Art nt Short Session United Slate Senator Chnrlon A. MdN'nry, Junior heiintnr from thin ttnto visited Ontario and N'ysmi last Friday. Ho camo In ro'p-1.. In In vltntlons oxtanded by Ivnn I' Oaltes, an old tlmo friend. The N') -a Com mercial club, nnd P. J. Cultntilier Who dlHOUMted with his tl o ponslhll ltle of tho Owyhee project nt thn Ilofllsmatlon Coiifortuu-e at Seattle. With these' retMMtod reiinstM tho unlor while In Duller link tho day lo como hero nnd nee for himself what tho Owyho Project Is nnd what It can become when wntor n plnced on tho land. While hero b' visited till project and visited the Milhour Ctftnty Fair too. 'lit wduld bo u n vino for r.o to no bank to Washington and tell tho men thoro whnt I saw nt the exhibition hall thtu inorii'ug," Maid the Senator In ipcnklng of h'n ImproMlonn. "They wuld not believe mo, and since I Iiaw somo what of a reputation thoro for veracity which t want to mnln tnln, I am asking you people hero to send bnck a display of the products grown bore on Irrlghted laud ns n testimony, mid sllont nrKumout In favor of further government nld for roelmuntton. Seiintit Will Ail "Yon, I believe that tho Senate will , ncdurlng the short session, on somo iMVnintlou bill, probably the Flelch- or-Smlth bill and thnt It Is possible the House will do no too "Thoro Is a bolter feeling toward legislation of this kind nnd slnco thn Houso appropriations commllteo has vlsltod tho wont this summor I am suro that will have n beneficial In- fluenco with tho members of that on tholr success on getting tho ox brunch of the govornmont. hlblt(on ovor us well as thoy did In "I am going to roquest Mr Wey- Mp(te of the cold wonthor. (Contlnuud on Page Six.) TOWN IN H.S. LEAGUE Flu Onnies to bo Played II. II, Wood, ,1, II. ( ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 and .lui-k llnuiiuonil Putting .Mnli-.Uii Willi Im-N Thru Their Purrs. Ontario High School Is the only Oregon tem In the uewlv oncnnlsed Wwloru Idnbo mid Ontario. Oregon football league In which the follow ing teams will pluy: Iloho, NmupH. Caldwell. Ontario, Payalte. Weiser and We-.r Institute. Oi. . ,-lo's entry was inudo at a megting hold In NumiHt on Sslurduy at whloh Principal R. M. Poncber, who has charge of athletics at tho school attended. Never In tho history of the school has 'thoro been sueh nn apparent wealth of material. More men are turning out "for practlco than ever hoforo, and tho avorago weight of tlio mon Is sueh that If thoy havo tho stuff On,8rio 'vl unvo a tenw sMonil to none " . tho vulloy. Kver' j'ht this week ikore have been fi '..: IS to 20 mon out for practice : -J this wook following pre- llmlnary work such ns tackling, fall- lug on the ball, punting, eto. scrim- mage has Lean Indulgod tn under the direction of throo tutors; II H. Wood, Cornell '07. All American quarter on Walter Camp's team of that year: J II. 'Oordon, who took his foot ball at Cleveland, Ohio, and Jack Hammond of Jamoatown. N. 1). Those three havo boon g'viiiK tho lioys stiff, hard work outs f.ery ovenlng and tho men aro fast ro .tiding Into shape. Ag yet the roadies have not picked tho first str'ng men but will do so from tho follewing: Moll Waltors. (Continued on Page 5) MICH HAT WHAT MKJHT IIAVII IIFI'.N WINMNfi COItN FXIIIIIIT Ono of the most disappointed boys In Malliour County Inst weok wns Ilayniond, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. rtuttorrldgo of Oregon Slope. Ills wm the prize hnrd luck oplsodo of tho Fair. Raymond worked hnrd all sum inor to produce the flnnont corn that ovor grow In Malliour coun ty. And ho thought ho ad suc ceeded. Ho spent an entire day carefully going ovor bis patch t. , tocnto tho biggest Mid host ours to show ut tho KnJr, nnd then took thorn to J. It. Ilroun's whoro Dead Ox Flnt display wnR being gathered. Thnt Is nn far nn thoy got for during the night somo mlco got Into the display and picked Raymond's corn ns tho chnlsont momel There wns none left when morning dawned. FAIR ENDS WITH BIG PROGRAM OF EVENLS New SyMcm of HmiiiIIIiik IMilbltloii Piotes SiiiTeksful Munnui'iiieiit Heii'liei AppMihntlou or Pulitli IMilldtniN PIoiisimI Willi a oinfoitnbly lilled gMiid staml, tho tho ilHy was loo cole for rnHl i i.ilcrt 'in tin part of mo spiv tators, tho eleventh utinunl Mulheur County Fair closed last Friday. Tho progrnm wns a huinmor. No closing dny of any proceeding fair had any thing on It. It was all to tho good. In only ono rospect did the Fair this year fall down, nnd thnt wns In attendance, duo tn the oxtromo cold wonthor, and tho threntoued rains of two days. Tho program before tho grandstand was up to standard, In somo rospocts It was better than many of past yonrs, and It wns wall handled tl.ruout. Tho oxhlhlt hall wns by far the best the fair has hud In mnny years both In quantity nn.t quality. It ul- I so ropresontnd u greater portion of tho county thnii usual. In fact tho directors this your, bolug elected by tho ranchers bud tho natural nihmi- togo of Kettinf; oloso to tho nun on tho outsldo. nro to bo cougriitulatod rimtii -hilly tho fair did not win. That Is It failed to meet nil expenses Just ns ban boon tho enso for many of tho olovon fairs. In the 11 perhaps threo or four liavo como out pretty claso to oven, whllo nno or two have actually done more than that So thn financial situation Is nothing un usual. llncUiiKMis Dlvldo In tho final uvontM tha bucknroo ehiimpl'onshlp monoy was divided wi eloso wns tho contest thnt nil the flvo finalists save Dutch Wondt got In on tho split. Joss I.nwrenro, Hod (Continued on I.nst Page) WEISER ROUND-UP TO BE STAGED BY LEGION Will llu Finite (liaigo of all Con -niIiiii. Outklde of Content (Jiiiiiudx ut Wi'Imii' Hound l'p Ott. (I, 7, mid Sill. It is going to bo u ansa of the boys who wont -over the top In 1917-16 going ovor tho top again when . Wolsor stages hor big Hound-Dp Oct. e, 7, mid 8th. As tl)o result of un 'arrmigoment with tho Itound-Iip Commltteo, tho local post of tho Amerlcun I.eglon has taken ovor all concosslons outsldo of tho Hound-up grounds during tho big Fall celobru tlou. And for this donation on the part of tho committee, tho hots huv agreed tn furnish all the outertnln mont for tho crowds outtdde- of thut during tho nftornoort nt tho now $20,000 arena. Tho returned Sorvlco mon have ro toutly purchased u lot adjoining the Washington Hotel, on which thoy ex pect to eroct an American Legion liulldltiB for tho Wushlngton County post. Tho n lmvo was hit upon ns a good plan to raise tho monoy, us woll as give visitors to tho big show tholr (Continued on Last Page. NEW PLAN FOR WORK IN CLUB IS ADOPTED TWIXVI-: DF.PAIITMKNTS CltKAT- l-:i 1.1)11 DIVISION OF ACTiVI Tll MIII1KILS ASKKD TO ciiosn wiii'.iti: tiiky Wlhli WOUK CHAIRMEN BECOME DIRECTORS Annual Meeting To Do Held Fourth Wednesdny In ScptcnilM-r Organ- lnllon Meeting Fourth Wednes- ilny In OctolM-r Otvjliro ProJectM DNcusxeil At tho meeting of tho Commorclnl club Inst iilght thomomborn adopted n radical chango In tho constitution mid by-laws of thn club whereby tho annual meeting Is to bo hold horo after on tho fourth Wednesday In September Instead of tho third Mon day In Mnrch. Also It was determined to dlvldo tho work of tha club Into 12 depart ments onch hoadod by n chairman mid two associates on tho oxccutlvo commlttco of tho department, Tho chairman nnd these associates aro 'to ho Rolocted by tha mambors of tho club who elect to dovoto their tlmo to thnt dopnrtmont. Also according to tho now organi zation plan tho mon oloctod to tho chnlrmnushlps of tho various depart ments automatically become mem bers of tho hoard of directors of tha club. This hoard Is to oloct tha Prostdout mid Vlco President of tho c','1 " Uiesa with tho secrotnry aro to constitute tlio oxocutlvo commtltoo of tho board. Irrigation, Ponds Hulli-onils Following tho discussion of tho chango In tha organization tho mem bers discussed tho progress which hits boon mndo townrd gottlng act ion on tho Owyhee Projoct. J. It. Hlnckahy and W. II. Doollttlo, K. C. Van Potten mid S. II. Clay, told of tho visits of tho United States Sena tors, McNnry and Chamborlaln nnd whnt tha mon Interested had dono so far. A history of tho projoct wan given for tha bonoflt of thoso not familiar with It, by Mr. Doollttlo. To nsslst In tho gntborlng of nn oxhlblt to bo sont to Washington tho president nppnlntod a commllteo con sisting of 0. K. Alkou, chnlrmnn, D. M. Tnggart and It. W. Jones. Thin committee wns askod to assist In got tlng tha display together In time tn ho shown at tho club rooms on tho occasion of tho visit of tho Portland mon. A number of good road matters In cluding tho work proposed for tho widening of thn cut on tho oast sldo of tho rldo, tho securing of market rond jvork In tho HI. Paul orchards tracts and other sections of tho coun ty woro considered. Mr. Doollttlo suggnstod that tho coming of tho Hugeno delegation last wook was not an accident and that In nil probability Intorost In rail road construction would rovlvo soon Ho suggostod thnt as a mattor of wis dom a commlttco bo uppolntod to keep this mattor In mind nnd to follow Its developments. AUTOS MEET HEAD-ON II Two plate glass windows In tha front of tho Ontnrlo Auto company's garago wcro smashed, both wheels of Charles (iramsa's runabout woro re duced to splinters, and ono wheol nf C, W, Davidson's car was damaged tu an auto accident that occuiod on Oregon street about 4:30 Saturday afternoon, Tho damngo resultod from tho fact that Mr. Davidson followed tho custom thut Is provalont in Ontario of violating tho trnfflc regulations by turning from tho wost sldo of thn stroot whllo truvoling southward, to enter tho Ontario Auto company's garago on tho castsldo and In tlio mlddlo of tho block. Mr, Oramuo was driving northward on tho oast sldo of tho street and Mr. Davidson's car hit tho runabout head on driving It across tho sldowalk Into the glass front, A crowd gathered quickly follow ing the accident, and Mr. Davidson uftor doing everything ho could to ox tracitto Mr. Oramso from his predica ment arranged to havo Mr. Orumso's car ropalred. That tho car tho ap parently badly smashed was not sor lously Injured was proyjin by the fact that In an hour following tho ac cident Mr. Oramso drovo it homo. I '