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,-. . -j ittot0 . ' XXIV' ONTABIO, MALHEUlt COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1920 NO. 48; ratt. Him . ?' , STATE nixoiti) n it i: A If. I N () l () L u I RKKAKS SOLID .SOUTH, TUN- M-MSKII, OKLAHOMA. MIS SOUItl AMONG STATUS WHICH OAHHIKD ELECT0R1AL VOTE WILL 400 Otrgon Void Hi'ih'Ik'n i! In I lYopnr lion Malheur County Alio Ho- I'oiiIm Ttuit Hullo I'or I lend of Ticket i Senator Wnrrou (1. Hnrdlng of Ohio, Governor Calvin Coolldgo of MnnsnchusoltB will bo llio next Pres ident and Vlco President of tho Unit ed States. They will lmvo behind thorn con trol ot both tho Honnto nnd Tho IIoubo In Congress. Thoy cnrrlcd nil of tho Korthorn antf Wostorn utmis nnd cnrrlod with thoin Inlo office practically ovory rupubllcan itomlim In tho North and Went. Tho record breaking ovonU of tho votlnu hint Tuosdny woro tho Iosh by tho demo crats ot Tennessee nnd Okluhomu, tho poislblo Iohb ot Kentucky, tho election of n Congrossmnn from Iou islunnn, nnd hugo proportion of tho republican volo thruout tho nation. From present tabulated returns It , appears- thnt Senator Harding was iimdo 1'roBldont by a popular mnjor- liy of over six million votes. Wtlltnm Jennings Urynu In an In terview tonight In Chicago suggests that President Wilson resign now, That Vlco l'rcsldont Marshal bo pres ident for tho rest ot tho month nnd that ho roslgn on Docomber 5, when Congress convenes, that Senator Harding bo rondo Bocrotnry of stato for tho Interim nnd thon tnko tho Prosldoncy on Marshall's reslgnntlon. Tho ropubllcun wavo engulfed all Orogon democrats nnd put tho stato Into tho 2 to 1 republican column, f " 'which propmlon Mal!iol o.unty nl- so maintained. In tho stato tho vote now tabulatod Klvos Harding 117,804, Cox C2,02G. In tho county 23 products out ot 30 glvo Harding 2024 nnd Cox 083. Not ono product In tho onttro coun ty turned In u democratic majority for presidential doctors, so far, tho for some ot tho positions from Uni ted Statos Senator down Individual domocrntlo candidates woro winners. Hoiiiiiii Mont Popular ' It Is ovldont that W. P. Homan of o'ntnrlo was tho moiSt popular of tho domocrntlo candidates for ho carrlod eight precincts, ran fifty per cont bolter thon tho head of his tlckot, nnd was given a handsome vote by . tho votors In his homo products, nnd nlong tho vnlloy whoro ho Is person ally known. In tho 23 precincts so (Continued on Last race) jgrizz- HIGHSCHOOLCOMPANY .O.T.C. War Department Dctnltt. S. SI. Houch- er Commiindunt Temporarily Until Hegulnr Army Man Is Available m.. n..irin Hleh School Cadet company, tho first high school mili tary company over organised In Ore gon, nnd which has boon steadily maintained ovor since 1911. Is now nn'nuthorUed unit of tho Junior Re serve Officers Training Corps of the U. S. A. , , Official authorization for the for mation of tho company was receMd last Friday by tho School Hoard fol lowing the submission of the enroll ment record of tho 104 members. Tho war department In sending Its authorization detailed S. M. Uouchor commandant for tho tlmo being until n regular army Captain nnd Sergeant con bo detailed for service here. The loiter from tho department said that nt present there exists n shortage In officers duo to tho formation of many corps. So far as known Ontario is tho first town In eastern Oregon nnd Southern Idaho to bo designated as an R. O. T. O. school. Senator Bruce Dennis!" who thU Wcek d-eated Walter Pierce , for the Beat in tho upper house at Salem reached Ontario tonight on his way to Vale to complete arrangements to, ho transfer ot tho Enterprise to Lloyd Riches. Mr. Riches came lth blm. AUTHORIZED R IkbL VIEWS RIGHT-OF-WAY With Division Unglnrcr, County Judge, ltomlniiistcr nnd (Jooil HoiiiIh Committee Dilvcs Out Dead Ox Plat Whlta In Ontario to attend the oponlng of tho paved highway to tho lirldgo, which Is tho tormlnus of tho Old Oregon Trail, Commissioner K. 12. Klddlo took tlmo to vlaw tho pro posed route across Dead Ox Flat tor tho Trail lending to linker county, via tho Slid. In view of tho fact thnt It Is npparont It will cost tho county u largo sum of money for tho right-of-way Mr. Klddlo suggcstcTi that tho present I'oud out of Ontario and tho lirldgo across tho Malheur bo us d temporarily until mora funds bo como available and that tho project stnrt north of tho Thayer ranch, fr mnrlv tho Ilrosnau place. Wlillo the committee with Mr. Klddlo, County Judgo 12. II. Test, Itoudmnstor J. P. Joyce, H. I., Polor son, 1'. J. aallaghor nnd Geo. K. Aiken, did not like thu Idea of aband oning tho plan for tlib tmmcdlato construtlon of tho road to tho Mai hour nnd tho brjdgo ncross that stream, yet guvo Its approval as tho best means of getting work started on tho road across tho flat this fall. Tho relation for this decision Is that tho road now In use ennnot bo n bnudonod anyway so that work dono upon It will not bo thrown away; also tho fact that sovoral thousand dollars In lutorost charged on bonds enw bo saved thru securing n brldgo nt lowor prices n your or so lienco. HirruitNH i'hom an i:xti:mi:d TRIP THHU HCKNIO NORTHWEST D, C. Dunham who llvos southwest of Ontario returned this week from n long unto tour during which he covered oyor fiQQO jpllot in tho most scenic portion ot tho West. Ifo left here In August nnd drove Kastwurd to Port Collins, Colorndo whoro his brother Joined him utid together the saw beautiful Colorado's wonders, turnod west In Utah, Now Moxlco und Arizona for tho Grand Canyon nnd other trips, nnd then rotracod their stops. They wont to Salt I.ako and thonco lo (ho Yollowstono and across tho uorthorn routo to Spoknno, from which placo they traveled by the ovftrgroen highway to tho Salmon river country and back to Ontario. Tho worst roads thoy found woro bo- tweon Lowlston nnd Now Nondows whero thoy woro delayed two wooks. Of all tho mountainous regions of tho statos, Mr. Dunhnm declares that tho Salmon rlvo rroglon Is tho peer of them all. Until Mr. Dunham made this trip ho had never driven a car. Ho Is a veteran now, howovor. Calvfa .r.TJmtHPi- e eemeeMMBeBieHMB ir L lsJ. y.irii 4.iwh(;-j" Bm- it it 2. ; SHBenlHiiiiHk -. - PAVING TO BRIDGE IS OPENED WITH DEDICATORY CELEBRATION HIGH WAV COMMISSIONER 1 1. K. K1DDLK DKCLAKKS TIMB WILL COMI3 SOON WHKN PAVING WILL KtiACII I'HOM 8NAKI2 HIVKIt TO PACIFIC MANY TAKE PART IN OPENING High School Hand Presents Concert In Afternoon. Meichnntn Kntcr- tnln At Theatre Many Idaho- mm Como Over I'or Afternoon With approprlnto ceremonies, tho first paved highway In Southeastern Oregon wns dodlcutcd to tho public uso Inst Monday afternoon, when tho concrcto rond from tho cast city lim its of Ontario to tho Snako river brldgo was opened. More than 200 good roads enthus iasts from Oregon and Idaho gnth- ored at tho west end ot tho brldgo to tnko part In tho short Informal coromony and thon formod nu nuto pn ratio In which C2 cars woro In lino to Ontario. In tho afternoon tho Ontario It. O, T. ('. band present ed n program, tho thoatrns of tho clty oponed to tho guosts freo niuljod to Orogon ovor tho Old Orogon In till) nvmilne n ilnnrn wim plinn nf tho old Opern Houac. Pi edicts Itoud to Ken Soon Commissioner K. K, Kiddle, ot tho Orogon State Highway Commission who with Division Engineer It. II. llnldoek, emtio to attend tho core- monies, was Hie prlnclpnl sponkor ot tho afternoon to bo Introduced by K. C. Vun Potten, president ot tho Com mercial club who presided. "Tho Stato of Oregon, has travel .lod far on Its good roads program," 'snld Mr. Klddlo. "Already with but two dotours It Is posslblo to trnvol from ,1'ondloton to Astoria on cither paved or grnvolled highway, and work from this point on tho Snake river to Pendleton Is being curried in nocuous so mai mo iimo is not far distant when you tnn trnvol ull tho way (o tho Pacific ocean on an adequate modem highway, Wo hope tho day will not bo far distant wlton a paved road .will bo tho moans ot communication. "Oregon's highways system is bo ring built, not only for tho travol be tween the city and tho country, and to bind tltolr Interest closer togeth er, but Is also so plannod to co-op-orato with tho statos around hero In socurlug their part In n great na tional highway system. "Tho progress wo hnvo boon nblo to mako is based on co-operation. Tho stato co-operates with tho na tional government; with tho counties in tho stnto to tho end that nil nro (contributing directly to tho comple- Oolidge It Ion of a groat system of highways, north nnd south, east nnd west across tho stato." County Judgo K. II. Test who nc- l copied tho highway from Engineer II. H. Smith, who supervised Its 'building, dcrlnrcd 'this a real mark of progress for Malheur county. "Wo hnvo secured this because wo nsked for, nml hnvo co-operated with tho Highway Commission In our share ot tho building of tho hlghwnys In Mnlhour County," snld tho Judgo. I "Wo hnvo not been nblo to do nil that wo would llko to doctor our county Is so largo and our funds nro limited, but progress has boon mada and this Is an oxnmpto of whnt will bo accomplished In tho future." P. J Onllnghcr, representative from this district outlined tho steps taken to socuro tho paving. Ho told ot struggles Oregon had mado in Its good roads program and how It bus reached a placo second to nono In tho Union 'Oregon's highway laws nro tho models on which other statos aro revising their statutes, nnd under this plan tho automobile, which uses the rond Is financing tho construction and malutonanco. Mr. Qnllhghor draw n picture ot tho transition from tho dnys of tho pioneers who trnvol- Trail, nnd tllO COIIlfortS of tm'ot over u road llko that dcdlcatod, which 'Is a sample ho snld of tho pormnnent Old Orogon Troll." After tho nuto procession wns formed nnd renched thu city, tho High School R. O. T. C. bnud gnvo n concort on tho stroot under tho dir ection ot Dlroclor M. D. Thomas, nnd tho Majestic nnd Dreamland wero op ened to tho crowd as tho guests ot tho morchnnta ot Ontario. In tho ev ening a dnnco wns given In tho Old Opora house, and proved a fitting oudlng for n perfect day In Ontario. & OE T American Ix-glon, Women's Aiullnry nnd Hcl Cross Unite To Plan Ooiiimciuorntlon of Ariuli- Uco Duy Ontario Post of tho Amorlcan Leg ion nsslstod by tho Woman's Auxil iary nnd thp Red Cross Chapter havo united In arranging for a program for tho celobratlou ot tho socond an niversary of Armistice Day, Thurs day, November 11. In this offort they will havo tho assistance ot thu Ontario R. O. T. C. wid Its band which will furnish tho Warren G. m - s. mrf,WTiJHP liiBp efl eH iWusWA kmmm LLOYD RICHES BUYS VALE ENTERPRISE New Owner of Paper Well Known Newspaper Man Seaetnry of State Kdltoilnl Association Mr. Riches Onlnilo Girl Lloyd Riches ot Portland, secre tary of tho Stato lCdltoriul associa tion, nnd recently business manager of tho Tnx Liberator, puchasctl tho Malheur Kntorprlso today from Ilruco Donnls, of La Grande. Mr. Riches takes possession of his pro perty on Novombor 1C, but In tho meantime wilt bo In Vnle to cot ac quainted with tho buslnoss and tarn- IHnrlzo hlmsolf witli tho county. Mr. Riches comes to Malheur coun ty with an onvlnblo record as n news paper man. Ho has succeeded In many capacities and Is perhaps ono ot tho best known mou In tho pro fession In tho stato. Ills coming Is n distinct gain to this county for ho Is a hard orkc, n consistent boost or nnd ono who knows tho posslbtl Itlos ot this region. Tho Argus Is Indeed glnd to wolcomo him to tho circle Already Mr. Rkhw Is n Malheur county man, by mnnlngo, no to speak, for Mr. Illoltes Is n Mnlhour county girl, the daughter ot Mr. nnd Mrs. Jns. 1'iu'cv. formorly of On tario. She graduated from the O. II. S. with the class of 1017, aftor which slio worked In tho court house nt Vnlo, prior to going to Oregon City with hor parents. It was tjiero thnt IhIio mot Mr. Riches whou ho wns bus iness manager ot tho Orogon City Kntorprlso. A. L. Hanoy, formerly of this city but now ot Nnmpa, rotiirncd this I week from Missouri where thoy went for an oxtoudod lslt following tho 'salo of tho Purity Ilakery In August. ! Mr. nnd Mrs. Ilnucy owitio horo to pnek their household goods propar atory to moving to Niimpn whoro Mr, Hanoy bus a position with tho Hlcc trio Ilnkory. music and prosent tho flag suluto. Tho program tins not been com pletely outlined but Commander Karl Illackaby of tho Legion has com mlttoos ut work now. Tho program will bo short, occupying but ono hour, from 1 A. M. until 12 noon. It is plannod to hnvo n short par ado to tho city pnrk head til by tho R. O. T. O. band and the cndol com pany whoro tho flag salulo w'l' ' glvcm Prom thero the Muichai will go to tho Majestic theutio uhu.o a short program ot music and nu ad dress will bo dollvorod. Tho sponkur Is to bo socurcd by tho Red Cross committee. In tho evening tho Legion will glvo a dance. Harding IS WINNER BY 20,000 i:asti:hn ohkgon ion i'ihht TIMi: IN ITS HISTORY WILL in: hi:pri:si:nti:d in uppku HOl'Si: OP COXGKKSS VICTORY SURPRISE OF STATE Malheur County PolU Nearly ;i()0 .Majority for Him Onlnilo (Jhe -Chainbcrhiln Miijoilty or l!t Is Keenest Itace of All Robert N. (Hob) Stnuflold ot Knst om Oregon wns elected United States Senator from Oregon by a majority that will total nearly It not tnoro than 20,000. Ills dofout of' Senator Gcorgo K. Chambcrlntu who Is sorv Ids third term, who was twlco Gov ernor, was tho biggest surprlso of tho campaign In Oregon. In this rnco more Interest wns shown than In any other contost, for It was hard for many Oregonlnus to betlevo that Chnmhcrlnln could bo itcd In a battle of ballots. According to tho latest Stato tabu lations Stauflold carried ovory coun ty In thu stnto except, linker, Hnrney, Crook and Doschuttes. Ho wns nev er behind In tho rnco from tho count of tho first 100 ballots and ban gain od Rtendlly with each additional re turn, In tho county Hob carrlod all but Hoven ot tho precincts so tar report ed, losing Snnko River, Ontario 2 and 3, Carlo, Arcadia, Nyssa nnd Owyheu by slight margins. BY COUNTY RESULTS Mrs. II ililey's Ovciuliclinlng Defeat Greatest Upoct LjtloV Defeat of Hwaglcil Chmo Hccon' Grnhnui Defeats Carllnlc. ' Following closoly upon the record bronklug majorities recorded by Harding and Slunntt In tho 'county, which In both enses wtro 2 to 1, every republican cnndldnto lor couu tv office was returned it w'uucr tho not by 'muJor'tloH ro largo. 1 Hrhups tho bUuest uiirprlso ot all W4h the overwhc'idiig dofii' lu'cord Ml Mrs. Julie A Hurluv fo" county Suivrlutondeut nf Schooh by Ml Hffl M. trul' v.rs. Ilnr ov curried only Mie ot tbo 93 picdn.us ho fa. rxpn.-'fil. While tho othe domucra tlo iiomlnooH loit by majorltl'is vary ing from 1C0 to COO, Mr. Hurley lost by more than 2 to 1, tho voto bolng, C'rnll 1CU1, Hurley 7S1 so fur.- DOOLITTLE ONTARIO'S ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD CuiieiM Thkct HIitIwI IvIt'M'iilli Hour rcaliiiK the Itiiuiilng of Mil) or It. W. .lone Without HN Ciinct'iit Anieniliiii'iiU Cm ry , Tho only feature ot the municipal election was tho running of Muyor R. W., Jones agulnst W. II. Doollttlo without Mr Jonas' consent. This r ulli'il lu tho nlectlou of Mr. 'Doo llttlo by a mnjorlty ot 05. Tho entire city tlckot us nominated by tho caucus was olected und tho amendment to tho charter permitting thu payment of a salary to tho mayor of the city and to tho common coun cil for attendance on meetings und tlmo spoilt in city business carrlod by substantial majorities; as did spoclut uct approving a speclul tax for tho support of the city library. STOCKHOLDERS SIKI71' PIUDAY Kotlcos havo been sent to tho stockholders ot tho Malheur Alfalfu Products Compuny for a meeting to tn LnLI aI tlm nnmmafnlnl rftlllli IroomB on Friday evening at which a number of Important matters In con nection with tho company's plaus aro , to bo considered. I .