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VOL. XXV
ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921
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. E. DAVIS TO BE
NAMED ALASKA JUDGE
Former DlMrict Judge Now Itc.
dent of Vnlo To (lit' To Vntdcx
According to Announcement
From Washington
Geo. E. Davis, of Vnlo, formorly
district Judgo of tho ninth OrcRou
district will lio appoltitod to a fed
eral Judgshlp In Alaska according
to an announcement lnndo In Wash
ington Saturday Tho report said
that his nomination wilt bo sent In
a fow days.
Judge Darin wns In Ontnrlo Mon
Vlny and TucHday to assist In tho
trlnl of tho Heforco In llnnkruplcy
vs. A. 'Itoblnsoii which Involves tho
proporty of tho Flfor Cafe, and
whtlo ho watf naturally olatod ovor
the announcement which Indicated
his succoRsf ul application for tho pos"
Itlon In Alaska, with tho caution of
long oxporlonco In publlo affairs ho
declared that tho actual nppolnt
merit and confirmation woro still hi
ho rocelvod.
Tho JudRo appllod for appoint
ment In tho district which Includes
Valdox and Cordova tho now
town on tho government railroad
that leads from tldo water on Frlnce
William Sound to tho Interior of
Alaska.
It Is rumorad In connection with
JuiIko'h appointment that Jullon A.
Hurley of Vnlo who was an appll
rant for tho position of United
Htates district attomoy for Orccon
lias withdrawn and is Hooking a
similar position In ono of tho Alaskn
districts.
MOTHER OF TWO PROMINENT
FRfJITLAND WOMEN DROWNS
Aged Visitor From Iowa Iosci Life
In Main Canal of Winner's Dllcli
Last Ktrnlng While Going to
Visit Granddaughter
Mrs. Virginia Gorman, agod 71
of Clio, Iowa was drownod Inst ovon
tng In tho main canal of tho Farm
or'a ditch on, the Frultland bench
whoro tho ditch crosses tho road
noar tho packing plants In Fruit
laud. Tho tragedy occurxod about
7:30 p. ra, and tho body was re
covered from tho ditch by C. II. Bar
goant and his son Paul a hulf hour
lator, a halt rallo north from tho
pojnt whoro It Is Jiolloved tho woman
foil Into Us waters.
Mrs. Gorman cnino to Frultland
so mo throe wuoks ago to visit with
her daughters, Mrs, Ildrt McConuell
and Mrs. C. Bhlrn and wns nt tho
McConnoll home yostorday' ovoutog
prior to her death. Just a few
mlnuton beforo alio loft Mrs. McCon
noll In tho yard and said sho was
going tq the house..
When Mrs. McConnoll entorod tho
house and found no traco of her
mother she thought that sho had
gone to visit a granddaughter, Mrs.
Ilubboll who llvoa across tho ditch
some 100 yards away and decided to
follow hero thero. Howevor Mrs.
Gorman noyor reached tho Ilubboll
home and immodlatoly the thought
that sho might In hor weakonod con-J
dltlon have fallen into the creek,
possessed the daughters. Aid was
summoned and a search Instituted.
Jn less that half hour from the time
she was missed, the body was found.
, by tho Sergeants and modlcal aid
called but nothing could be done to
restore life.
Doth Mrs. McConnoll and Mrs.
Shtra have been prostrated since the
tragedy and plans once entertained
for them taking the body back to
Iowa have for the time been aban
doned, Funeral arrangements have
Hot been mado pending the arrival
of advise from sons and daughters
In Iowa. v
Mrs. C. T. Lackey of the Arcadia
district la.a granddaughter of Mrs
Germans. Mr. and Mrs. Lackey
woro called to Frultland last night.
HAUSKK AND COMjaANV OCT
CONTHACT Wit 1IMDGE8
According to the Oregonian
of Wednesday the Ilauser con
struction company of Portland,
was the successful bidder for
the construction of tho concrete
bridges across tho Malheur
river and across Jacobsen's
gulch and across the drainago
ditches betweeH Ontario and tke
Malheur river. For the Mal
heur river bridge, which is oae
of the haatkewe type ot bridges
weed, oa the Columbia river
highway the successful bid was
that of 133,37 nod fer the
ether tride the bid was $12,-
ONTAHIO FOLKH NKGLKCTING
TO OHDP.il Til Kill COAIi SUPPLY
Whou it la cold noxt winter,
and thoro Is no coal to bq had
In Ontario, thou perhaps, somo
of those who aro not proparlng
for winter now will rogrot
tholr ncgllgonro. That In what
tho local coal men aro think
ing. As yet thoro has boon
practically no coal Btorcd by
Ontario residents whoroas last
yoar by this tlmo half ot tho
year's supply was lit tho blnn of
tho pconK.- It would not bo
so bad It this woro a purely
local condition, but It Is not,
tho immo 'fact bolnR notod all
ovor tho country. Tho result of
this Is, that thero will bo a
nation wldu shortago this win
tor nnd that means roal prlca
tor and that means real prlva
thoy act promptly now.
HAY HARVEST ABOUT DONE
GRAIN WILL BE READY SOON
Farmers Along Himko Hnvc Pro
spects I'Nir flood Oram Crop
Orapllc I'Mr
Htnrt
Most ot tho first crop ot nlfalfa
hay In tho torrltory bordering tho
Snake HIVor Is now In tho stock,
although a fow nro still harvesting.
Somo of tho early grain Is ripening
nnd tho harvest will soon be on
Thoro Is n considerably Incrensod
ncroago of grnln this season, par
ticularly of spring whoat, owing to
tho movn on tho part ot somo of
the nlfalfa hay growers to cut down
tholr acreage of tlmt product nnd
got tho land Into something which
Is morn salable. Probably twice as
much grain will bo harvested as
last yonr, nt least If corn Is taken
Into consideration.
A good deal of tho grain got a
bad start 'last spring on account ot
cllnmtlo conditions which woro un
favorable. Howevor tho wenthor
during May and Juno was very fav
orablo to tho crop and u groat lm
provomont has bnon mndo In condi
tion. Judging by prosont nppoar-
nnces thero nro a numbor ot wheat
fluids Which should go around fifty
bushels por aero, while barley and
oats look proportionately good.
The market for whoat Is looking up
In gonoral and tho growors should
at least bo nblo to look forward to
getting cost of production out ot tho
crop, Tho market for feed grains
In not ho promUlnerand a good doal
of this class ot product mlty havo
to bo tod on the farms.
THOUGHT OF ItANCHKIUi NOW
GKNTKHKD O.V WKKVIL FIGHT
Spring tooth harrowing,
spraying and ovory known rem
edy is bolng applied by ranchers
In tho valley to fight the alfal
fa woovll with varying results,
depondont upon the thorough
ness ot tho application, and Its
timeliness. 8eymour Hoss re
ports apparent success in help
ing his second crop by harrow
ing. George II, Jloss reports
that whore he cut 240 tons ot
hay to the first cutting last
..year, he soeured only 100 tons
this year. Other ranchers have
similar reports. As the result
of this omphatlo lesson all tho
ranchers In the vnlloy are
thinking moro about the weevil
tight than anything else. Un
dor tho direction of the County
Agent L. It, Urolthaupt spray
ing experiments aro bolng 'made
and hundreds of government
pamplets on tho weevil are be
ing distributed. Tile serious
ness of the situation is realized
and thus tho first step in tho
tight has been taken.
FHMTLAND CHAUTAUQUA 1H
ftiwiT i.viit uvv nviniinvu
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Tho Frultland Chautauqua
which opens Monday will prove
a magnet to many Ontarlans as
the result ot tho activity of the
Frultland committee and he
fact that many stellar attrac
tions are offered for the week
at the big teut on the Bench so
close to Ontario. 'Among the
big oventa is that ot the visit of
Stofanson, the artlo explorer,
Walter Jenkins the commuulty
singer and many other worth
while numbers.
Nyssa too is having a Chau
tauqua which is bolng attended
by a number of Ontarlans. The
Nyssa program opened this
week, and Vale's Chautauqua Is
open for next week too, so that
Ontarlans have plenty of oppor
tunity of attemllBg the shows.
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Born to Mr Vd Mi. E. Parrlsh,
Sunday, June 28 a baby girl. I
MIm Nola DeArwofld was a Sun-1
day OaUrie vWUor,
HEAR UPSON SPEAK
Malinger of Pacific Poultry Asxocln
Hon Kxplnln Terms of Co-opem-
tlo Marketing Contract
Prices l.v Hero
That tho prlco at which orbb sold
In Ontario during tho past spring
was off an average between 8 and
10 cents per dozen less than that
which was obtained for oggs Bold
by tho Pacific Poultry nssoclntfbS,
was tho statomont mado to a' gnth
orlng of Mnlhour county poultry
raisers last Friday by U. G. Upaui,
manager ot tho nssoclntlon at a pic
nic held nt tho Arcadia grove.
Mr. Upson who en mo hero on tho
invitation of tho markotlng com
mltteo ot tho Farm Bureau .devoted
the grcntor portion ot the afternoon
sosslon explaining In dolAII tho pro
vision ot tho associations' contract
with Its members, which Is practical
ly Idontical with tho contracts usfd
In California by the citrus friyt.
apricot, and walnut growors and
tho Petaluma poultry association. 1
"Our association Is not particular
ly nuxlous to extend Its torrltor'
said Mr. Upson. "Tho directors
when I tpld them that I hnd prom
ised to come tioro to explain tho con
tract reluctantly consented with tho
distinct understanding that the or
ganization was not to bo tksked to
soud organizers Into tho field or to
bo under nny organization ofponse
"Our fooling (s that wo havo built
up n successful organization. Rome
thing that Is tor your boiiutK. If
you want It, wo feel that It Is up
to you to co mo forward and seek It
"Wo havo sold eggs during tho
spring In Portland nnd nutted bur
members an nvorngo ot from 8 to
10 cents por dozou mora thnii you
peoplo havo received, beside thin our
producers havo tho advautago ot
tho pool profits from Increases ro
celvod on eggs put in storage. We
don't want to oxtoud tho territory
unless wo can got 100,000 egggn.
this section of Orogon and Idaho "
said Mr, Upson.
A. II, Cain and Graham Parks,
two ot tho largest poultry raisers In
this soctlon aro Interesting them
selves In slgulng up monitors for
the association and havo already
soeured tho names of a numbor In
this county. Canyon county In Ida
ho expects to onllsl tho owners ot
30,000 chickens and It will bo noo
nssary to securo tljo other 70,000 In
tho other five counties In Idaho and
Orogon. A. 11. Culn presided at the
mooting Friday.
ONTARIO FIRST STOP-OVER
OE IMMIGRANT TOURISTS
Arrive Here At MlHO P. M. July Ul
' Auto Tnur To NyM nnd Vnlo
Dinner Ami Ktonlng Hern
Portland Oregon., Juno 30th
(Special) Tho routo to .bo traveled
through tho stato by tho first train
load ot settlers who are scheduled
to arrive from tho Middle West on
July 21st for nn Inspection ot tho
State's agricultural resources, was
announced by the Oregon Stato
Chamber of Commerce today.
Tho task of arranging nn Itinerary
which would Include the representa
tive districts of tho state iu the
llmltod time allowed under the
homeaeokers' ticket, Twenty-ono
days, was an exceedingly difficult
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(ono, accormng to sectary wuayio. ;
ft no manor nun ueen uuuer uuyiO-inB0
went since ino uma Beiuomeni uon-,
rerence neiu in roruana June un,
and eYorg effort has been made to
routo the party over the stato Iu
the most effective way according to
Quaylo.
While tho itinerary in general
will be followed as outllnod, it was
announced that It was subject to
change in somo Instances, Inasmuch
as tho routing of the party through
a few districts would bo governed
by tho number ot settlors who imtke
up the party.
The Itinerary follews:
July 20 Omaha, leave 1:20 A. M.
July 21A-Ontar!o, arrive 2:30 P.
M leave midnight. (Auto trip visit
ing Nyssa Yale and over Warm
springs Irrigation Project, with din
ner that evening at Ontario.)
July 22 Baker, arrive 3:30 A.
M leavo 11:00 P. M, (Breakfast.
juncheon and dinner at Baker )
Mr. and Mrs. John
down from Riverside.
Weeds are
OREGON SLOPE READY
EOR PICNIC PROGRAM
Plenty of Vnrlety Offered In Series
of Events Scheduled for Put riot Ic
Program nt Grnru'n Groto
On Nation's Hlrthdny
d.
Ovor on Dead Ox Flat tho people
nro going to proporly culohrnto tho
nation's birthday with a community
plcnlo and patriotic program celebra
tion. An Invitation Is oxtondod to
tho pooplo from brldgo to brldgo on
Dead Ox Flat and tholr' friends
from tho nearby communities to join
wltl thorn.
Tho ovouts will start nt Graco's
grovo, oho and ono halt mites west
ot tho Park school houso at 0 a. in.,
and for vnrloty will rival that i
any celebration being hold In tlio
valley unywhoro. Kvoryono Is to
bring a' picnic dinner nnd nsldo from
the formal program oujoy tho fel
lowship ot a community dinner.
Among tho athlotlo ovonta which
will nmuso tho gattiorlng will bo
u scries ot foot racos for men, wo
men, boys and girls; a numbor of
horso races nnd n big wrestling
mutch.
Will Throw Three Men
Ed Chrlstlanson who lives on tho
Flat has agrcod to rurnlsti tho slot
lar attraction by offorlng to throw
any three uion tho commlttoo can
find In 30 minutes. Thoro will also
be a ball gama between tho Irion of
tho Pnrk district against tho Wood
spur 'men on tho Idaho side.
F. M. N'ortliriip tit Speak
The oration of thu day will bo de
livered by F. M. Nor'thrup ono ot
tho most Impressive ot the 'county's
vpeakers. Thin portion ot tho pro
gram will take place Immediately
a f tor tho dinner, or about 1:30 p. m.
A bowery platform has been pre
pared so that with tho good music
to bo furnished dancing will dlort
the time of many during tho late
iifternoou and ovoulng. Thus tho
"program u rounded out to mnko It
'enjoyable to everyone.
The commlttco In cbargo ot tho
program arrangements Includo S. J.
Simpson, I. I. Culbortson, F. M.
Korthrup I. L. Culburtson, Mr
Frost nnd Mr. Tomllu.
LOCAL ATTOH.VKV TO DKHlVICIl
OIUTION AT 1IKND Till.' FOUIITH
Attomoy P. J, Gallagher ot this
city has act-opted tho honor of do
llvorfug tho Fourth of July oration
nt tho celebration ot tho Nation's
birthday nt Hood noxt Monday. Mr.
Gallagher will leave Saturday
tho Central Oregon metropolis.
for
WELL KNOWN ONTARIO
MAN PASSES AWAY
i
IVunk Wiimtoii DIcn At Vule I'Vllnw-
lug I"ng Illness -Lived Hero
For Nearly Quarter of
Outury
Frank Winston, aged 02 years,
died last night at tho Sears sanitar
ium at Vale following a lingering
Illness from a complication ot dis
ease No arrangements havo boon
made for. tho funeral sorvlcos pend
ing the receipt of advice from his
only relatives, his mother, Mrs,
Sarah Winston and his stater, Mrs.
John Payne ot Ilruah Prairie, Wash
ington. Mr. Winston came to Ontario 24
years ago from North Dakota and
purchased soon aftor after ho came.
I" ""'
a homo on tho East sldo where ne
ved contluously until four years
,vnen ,, went to th jTonalAo
,,, on ronch. Ho came back
to Ontario a year ago during an
Illness and has not beon well since
that tlmo. He was a prominent
member of tho Knights of Pythias
hero, and was koll known to a large
circle of friends.
INJUHKD MAN IlKCOVKIUXO
A. N. Jacokes who has been
111 nt his homo on the Boulevard
for tho past two wpoks from an
injury tho nnturo ot which tho
attending physicians havo not
been abler to determine, is slowly-recovering.
He has not yet
sufficiently recovorcd to tell .
what happened,
Mrs, Bradfleld, -who has been
caring for her daughter Mrs, J. T.
Hanafln who was recently operated
upon, left Wednesday for Boise
whpre she will visit with another
daughter before returning to her
home in G,oodlng Idaho. ,
llOOZI! IN THICHMOS bottle
GET'S AUTOIHT IN THOUBLK
Ho said his nnnio wnB George
Palmer, his address, "ovory
whore," though tho otflcors por
Bonnlly doubted both statements
when ho appoared beforo Judgo
C. M. Stearns Inst Friday to ex
plain JtiHt why ho could not
drive his car on n Btralglit lino.
As n mattor ot fact George
did not havo much of an ex
planation ready for whon con
fronted with tho fact that tho
concoction ho carrlod In a thor
mos bottlo, found In tho car,
was guaranteed to kill nt forty
rods, George Just admitted that
ho was, "plain drunk.' Tho
Judgo slipped him a JG0 plas
tor and somo additional costs,
and Gcorgo admitted that
"thoy had It over him llko a
tout," nnd paid tho flno. Offlrer
Gordon mado tho arrest.
POTATO GROWERS EXPECT
GREATLY INCREASED OUTPUT
Preliminary lUtlmnteM ludlrnto Yield
of .More Than Two Hundred Car
loads Worth Around Ono Hun
dred Thousand 7ro or
To Cooperate
Potato growing though yet In Its
Infancy In the county, has mado
groat progress during tho past two
years. Tho amount of this farm
product which will be turned oft In
1021 will probably bo tlvo tlmos that
of 1020 nnd about ton tlmos as
much nn In 1910. A census wns re
cently complotod by county agricul
tural ngont Brolthnupt who has boon
cooperating with the potato men in
securing gcod sood nnd promoting
the Industry during the last two
years, which shows tho names of tho
principal growers nnd tho ncrongo
each has. According to this cousus,
thoro is between COO nnd 800 ncrts
of potntooo In commercial Holds in
tho county and ns the crop looks
good, tho ylold should not bo loss
than 200 carloads. ,
Tho farm bureau organization has
cooporntod 'with tho ngont In urging
tho planting ot n larger ncroago ot
potutoos for the oarly market to bo
shipped direct from tho field to mar
ket In refrigerator cars. A largo
numbor of growers have listened to
this argument uud have takon ad
vantage ot tho combined orders
mado up to got good seed from
sood growing sections Iu Idaho,
Oregon and Minnesota. As a re
sult a consldorahlo part ot tho crop
will move early In August, bringing
somo early cash to tho growors as
woll as onnbllng them to mnrkot tho
crop whon average prices nro nt tho
top and without tho exponso tncldont
to storage nnd rehandllng as with
late potatoes. It is bolloved that
tho growors of lato potatooa will us
ually bo up agalust too stiff com
petition from soctlona noaror to
markot nnd capablo ot high produc
tion, while tho area suitable for
oarly potatoes to como on In August
Is rather limited.
About twenty of tho principal
growers representing tho Nyssa,
Cairo, Ontario, Deadox and Vale
districts mot rocontly at tho Cairo
grango hall and took steps to or
ganlzo nn association of potato
growors. By Joining to gether in an
association, tho growors oxpect to
cooperate In securing Information
on markets, car supply, and such
other matters as may bn to tholr In
terest. Thoy may also cooporate In
buying sood and supplies and In the
sale ot the prop. The standardiza
tion ot variotlca and grades, disease
froo seed, good production methods
etc, is only part ot the gamo. In
order for tho Industry to thrive,
thesp early potatoes must move
promptly Just as much so as early
fruits, and for that reason the no-
cessary details must bo nttendod to,
ONTAHIO TO Ci:iii:nitATI3
IN NKIGHBOH1NO TOWNS
Slnco Ontario Is not formally
colobrntlrig tho nation's birth
day Its citizens will Bcattor as
tho Individual taste -will dlctato
to the celebrations ot tho neigh
boring communities, Many will
go to Doad Ox Flat to visit
friends and enjoy their pro
gram, Others will bo found nt
Vale and Wolsor while still
othors will go to Caldwell with
tho base ball team to enjoy the
day. There Is no lack ot oppor
tunity for Ontarlans to enjoy
the day.
IjAOK OF ALFALFA IILOHSOMS
FOHCK Till: FF.KIUNa OF HF.F8
Beside hitting the alfalfa
growers and Injuring their crop,
tho nlfalfa weevil has attacked
the Industry of bee culture and
honey production seriously. So
scarce has food from tho alfal-
fa blossoms bocomo that local
beekeepers havo been forced to
resort to artificial feeding ot
tho colonies.
MASS OF TESTIMONY
TAKEN IN EIFER CASE
Judgo Dallon Illggs He"rlng Testi
mony on Cuse Concerning Valid
ity of Mortgage Given To
A, HobliiNoti
Aftor Ilstonlng to testimony for
two dnya In tho case ot Ilotiry Doo
llttlo, roforco In bankruptcy rs. A.
Hoblnson, Judgo Dalton Biggs order
ed u recesB to bo taken Wednesday
evening nnd tho enso will bo con
cluded Friday.
The issue tnvolvod In tho case is
thu dotqrmlnntlon ot tho validity ot
tho mortgage given by Ed Flter to
Mr. Hoblnson In February 1921,
undor tho terms ot which Mr. Hob
lnson took ovor tho restaurant -whon
It was closed by an order secured
by W. n. Leos, for non payment ot
rent.
Tho determination ot this Issue
according to the testimony produced
.hlngco on tho solvoncy ot Mr. Flfor
nt tho tlmo tho mortgngo was mado
and a mass of conflicting testimony
was presontod to tho court. P. J.
Gallagher is representing tho roteroe
mid W. W. Wood and George E.
Davis nro representing Mr. Hoblnson
A comparatively largo number of
persons has boon presont at the
hearings which woro held at tho city
hall.
PEEVISH PENSIN'S WILD
HEAVES THROWS CAKE AWAY
Notvbltl Pitches Great Game After
Hellotlng Wells In Second Inn
ing uud Deserved Shut Out
Locals Field Beautifully
Dosplto tho fact that they are not
receiving tho support from the pub
lic to which thoy aro entitled, tho
boys ot tho Ontario ball team aro
playing good basoball uud giving
tho faithful fow who go to see
them tho best brand ot thu national
gamo which tho city has enjoyed In
years uud years. Loss than 200
pooplo saw tho gamo hero last Sun
day In which tho locals defeated
ICmmott by n score of 8 to 1.
Itoally Charllo Njwblll who re
lieved Lowolt Wolls aftor thu first
Inning was outltlod to a shut out.
Ills own wild pitch and an over
throw of second cost the ono ruu
that Kmmett was able to put over,
Nowblll pltchod the best kind ot
baso ball, In tho eight Innings he
held the Kmmott men helpless. Hu
gave only four hits in that time,
and only ouco wero thero two In
ono inning, and then Kmmett did
not score on thoso, Beside this
Charllo was given gtltodged support
from tho Hold both In and out.
Chapman, Darnoll and Hustud
handled many hot chances with only
ono skip, that ot Husted in tho
socond, which did no damage. In
tho outor garden Jenkins, 8mlth and
Hammaun played faultless ball.
Oliver behind tho bat was tho
hero ot tho day. Tho first ball
Wolls pltchod hit his second finger
on his right hand, spilling tho untl
aud bruising It badly, Dosplto this
he caught for eight Innings until a
foul tip caught tho first Joint on his
third finger and dislocated It. That
put him out ot the game. Manager
Clemo surprised his friends by go
ing and finishing.
In reality Ponson Hmmett's pitch
er was responsible 'for most of the
local runs. Ho throw the gamo
(Continued on Page 8)
HF.GEPTION THIS F.VF.NINH
IN IIONOK OF MHH. LIJTHON
At tho Masonic Hall this
ovenlng there will bo held a
reception In honor ot Mrs. W.
W. Lot so n of this city who was
recently elocted to tho position
ot worthy grand matron of the
Eastern Star of Oregon. The
raembors of Star chapter are tho
hostesses for tho evening and
havo Invited besides the mem
bers of 'the chaptor hero, those
of NyBsa Vulo and Payette aud
tho local' members of tho Mas
onic fraternity and tholr wives
Tho function will bo ono ot the
largest of its kind ovor hojd In
the valley, for this Is the first
time that an Ontarlan has been
so highly honored by ono ot the
leading fratornlt'es ot tho state.