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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1921)
ttari0 t$m u J'" T VOL. XXV T IS GIVEN SLIGHT HOPES nimxrrou aiithuh p. davih thllh committee tiiat mao. mtude of owyhee pho- j eot mimtatim aga1nbt favohahlh piuchent ACTION SECRETARY FALL VISITS REGION Declamation Officials Visit Mnlio Project Hco Arrow Iloek Dnm DNcuhh I'iltiro of Irrigation Powiler Itlvor J Jfavorci For Iinmcdlnto Work Thoro Is but slight hopo that the Owyhca Irrigation, district will bo selected by tho officials of tho Ho clumntlon Borvlco for construction umlor tho provisions of tho original reclamation net, or that tho funds which It Is Intended shall bo with drawn from tho Dcschulos projoct will bo trnnsforrod for development hero. This was tho discouraging mos 'sago which tho cominlttoo which In turvlowod Director Arthur I. Davis at Nntnpa Sunday received. "Tho fact that tho Owyhco Pro ject will entail tho oxpondlturo of so largo a sum, and that It must bo built as a wholo and not In soparato units, stands In Its way. Tho de partment cannot with tho small sum avallablo to It, accomplish any real good boro, whllo with a small sum, tho storago dam for tho Powdor Iltvor project can bo built," said Mr. Davis. Ah Cheap As Any In 'West Tho cominlttoo has boon aisurod that per aero tho projoct can bo built as cheaply as any In tho West, and thoreforo It Is not going to ccino Its efforts to got atl of tho preliminary stops undorway so that In tho ovont of tho passago of tho 8mlth-McNary bill, It will bo In a position to stroas Its claims for re cognition undor tho now mcaiuro. In this offort tho cominlttoo was encouraged by tho reclamation of ficials who declared that so far as getting tho preliminary work dono, tho Owyhee Projoct was further ad vanced than any projoct In tho wost. It Is apparent too, so far as so curing funds undor tho proposed Smltn-McNary bill that tho Owyhee will bo In a favorablo position, with tho othor two big Orogon projects out of tho way tho Owyhee Project would, apparently bo without oppos ition. Secretary Hem Arrow Hock The visit of tho reclamation offi cials, and tho discussion which tho commltteo had was ono of tho In cidents connected with tho visit of Secretary of tho Interior Albert n. Fall, who Is on a tour of tho west vlowlng tho National Parks, he In dian Ilescrvntlons and tho lleclama tlon works, all of which nro undor bin suporvUlon. Secretary Tall arrived In his pri vato car at nolso Saturday morning and was mot by a delegation of Ida ho reclamation boosters from Dolse, Caldwell, Nampa, Mountain Home and other points. Officially he was the guest of tho State and Qovernor Davis and his associate state offi cials, aided by the Dolse Chamber of commerce provided the enter tainment. Immediately after break fast the party went to Arrow Rock whoro tho big dam was viewed. In side and out- Afterwards a lunch- Using Dealer's License for Private Purpose gets Vale Man in Toils II. E. Young, proprietor of the Eastorn Oregon Auto company at Vale ran foul of the traffic regula tions this morning when bit truck, with a dealer's llceoso, was caught near the Snake River bridge hero enroute to Payette with 12 big gas oline drums to be loaded with gas oline for sale at Vale. Jay Saltz roan, field deputy and inspector from the motor vehicle department made tho arrest and tied up the car at' the police station until Mr. Young secured a temporary license, .Slnco the state gasoline tax is paid by the wholesalers the ordinary check on such matters could hardly be obtained with purchases thus hauled Into the state so the- Vale wan is liable to be KeW4 a- ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, JORDAN VALLEY MEN WANT TO BEE ItOADWAY PROTECTED Prod I'almor and Mr. and Mrs, Harry Loonoy of Jordan Valloy wore In town Monday onroulo to Vain wlioro they had legal matlors ro qulrlng tliolr nttontlon. Uppermost In tliolr minds, though, was tho thought thnt iHomothlng bo dono to savo tho road which has boon built In Jordan Valloy. "Unless tho grading dona this season Is glvon a gravol surfaco tho work will bo al most usolosB noxt spring." said Mr. Loonoy. "Whon tho stages and truoks go ovor It In tho winter thoy cut It to plocas, and wo cannot help It, for thoro Is no other way for Jordan Vulley to got suppllos, savo by road." CLUB DAY AT COUNTY FAIR NO BE THURSDAY Local lender To Hnvo Luncheon At Wilson Hotel Vr. Seymour, Htnlo Club leader To Ho 1'rcHont Tho club mombers of Mainour County nro to havo ono day of tho County Fair, Thursday, Soptombor 1C, doslgnatod especially for thorn. From all roports, nearly ovory club mombor In tho County Is planning to bo there An educational us wall as ontor- tnlnlug program will bogln promptly at 11:00 A. M. Tho Vale Poultry Club Culling Toain, consisting of Wesley Vinos, Lcsllo llland, Harold Hadloy and Honry Loyd I.umpoo, will domonstrato how to cull ,tho poor layora. A demonstration toam from the Dig Ilond Corn Club will show somo of tho host ways of stor ing seed corn. Tho mombora of this team nro Elmor and Carl Park er, Wilbur and Wesloy Hoborts, Two demonstrations of especial intorost to tho womon wilt be. put on by tho Sunshtno Canning Club of llro gan nnd the Kingman Kolony Can ning Club. Tho girls will domon strato tho cold pack method of canning. At 12:30 P. M. tho Local 'Club Loadors will havo lunch nt tho Wil son Hotol. Mr. Soymour, Stato Club Loador will bo present and gtvo a short talk. In tho aftornoon, tho Judging contost will tako placo. Flvo pig club Judging teaniB havo signified their Intentions of entering tho con tost. Tho competition In this con test Is very keon, as each toam Is dotormlnod to win tho trip to tho Stato Fair. eon was horvod at tho Owyhco hotol, following which tho Socretary vlowod tho Dolso Valloy, tho Hill Crest Irrigation district which Is pro posod ns a pumping unit of tho Dolse projoct. Htnto Officials Artlta Showing the Interest of tho Idaho officials in Irrigation Oovernor Dav is left- tho state capital and will bo with tho Secretary during his ontlro stay In tho state, and Congressman Smith camo out from Washington to Join thorn at Araorlcan Falls whon that big projoct will bo Investigated. Whllo tho Secretary was In Oregon no member of tho delegation took time to accompany him to any of the Oregon projects. The commltteo which went to Dolse Saturday from Ontario was W. H. poollttlo, P. J. aqllaghor, Ivan E. Oakos, Oeorgo K. Aiken and J. A. Itobortson; on Sunday the com mittee was Messrs. Doollttle and Gallagher and W. J. Plnnoy nnd D. V. Powers. dor two provisions of the law. The case s an aggrovated ono since Mr. Young was notified last spring by Mr. Saltzman that ho could not uso his dealer's license in this mannor, but lias proslsted In Its use all summer. The penalty for this infraction of the law Is a maxi mum of $400 flno and one year in Jail. The case will be tried at Vale today, While here Mr. Saltzman has tag ed a number of cars for minor in fractions of the laws, such as run ning without tall lights, and for having one front light. Two Idaho ans were arrested for not having nnv licenses at all. but they were found to have applied for licensee Malts but bad yUtee. ONTARIO SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 19 IiiHtriiitlmit (Iltcii l'ujilN Concern- Jug Hi-KiilnlloiiM for H'Klt ration I'npIlM Hoint'tlmrs itetmilcil If Eutcrc-d Too Young Tho Ontario Public Schools, open for the 1921-22 term on Monday 8optombor 10th, nt 8:4G o'clock. "All grndo pupils will report to tho rooms to which thoy wore pro moted at tho clouo of school last spring. In cases whom thoro aro two rooms doing tho until o grndo of work, go to either of them. Pupils will then bo told oxnetly which room and teachor they havo 'boon assign ed." says J. M. McDonald, superin tendent of Schools. "All children entering tho first grndo will roport to either of the first grado rooms at tho fWost Sldo school. As soon ns posslbla thoy will bo ovenly divided botweon tho two first grndo toachorn. Tho law pormlts all pupils six years of age to ontor school. If parents Insist pupils may bo admitted provldod thoy nro six years of ago boforo Janunry first. A now class for 'first grndo pupils will bo started nt tho nilddlo of tho school year. It should bo remembered thnt, children nro ofton retarded In tho school work by bolnir stnrtod too young. Many of thorn can do bettor work by waiting until they nro sovon years of ago. "All grado pupils coming from other schools should bring roport cards showing where thoy nttonded school Inst year and tho grades earned. How To Enroll "Alt lilali school students will proscnt thomsolvcs for onrollmont nccordlng to tho following schodule: "Seniors nnd Post Ornduntos, Monday, Sopt. 10th, batwoen 8 a. in and 12 in: Juniors. Monday, Sopt 19th, botweon 1:3 0 p, in. nnd 6 p) m.; Hopnoinoros, vucsuny, opi 30th hotwonn 8 n. m. nnd 12 in. I Freshman, Tuesday, Sopt. 20th, bo twocn 1:30 n. m. and 6 p. in. "All Btudonts coming from othor high, schools must bring official statements of tliolr grados who(i they enroll. "All freshmen or first year stud ents, who aro not graduato of tho Ontario grndo school must bring di plomas stgnod by tho county uupor Intondont. "Regular classwork boglna on LWodnesdny, Soptombor 21st. "Thoro will bo a gonoral mooting of nil Ontario tenchem nt tho men School building Saturday aftornoon, Sopt. 17th at 3 p. in." FOOTBALL TEAM GETS EXCELLENT SCHEDULE Ontario Fiiiim To 8r Iiondero Of HrholiiMlo lA'agmi Piny Hero Now Oonrli Hxpoclwl Hero Ylundny Many Candidates To Try I'or Team Ontario football fans will, this fall, see tho best football gamos witnessed hero In years. Not only Is thero every prospect for an ex ceptionally strong team, but the schodulo which Superintendent J. M. McDonald was able to socuro at tho meeting of tho southern Idaho nnd Eastorn Oregon scholastic as sociation on Wednesday at Nampa was tho best lu novornl years. This Hchoduto opens tho season with Payette at Payette on October 16 followed by Dolso bore on Octo ber 22 and Wolser horo on Octubor 20. On Novoraber C Ontario goos to Caldwell. November 12 Is an open data and Nnvombor 18 Nampa comes hero. Tho Thauksglvlng date Is open and tho locals hope to schedule a game with Iluker or La Oraudo here. Pro-season games will bo arrang ed with Vale, Nyssa and Frultland If possible but these schools wore not represented at thu schedule meeting so will have to bo soon lator. Now Coach Comlnjr John T. Hughes, of Central Col- logo, Missouri, who has had seven yoars of actual coaching experience, during which time ho has turned out throe championship teams of the State of Missouri and two of Ok lahoma, has been secured as coach for this fall. He will bo professor of History as well as athletic direc tor. His work is known to Super intendent McDonald who secured his services aided by the efforts of a number of business men who sub scribed to a fund to pay for the difference between his contract with the board as a teacher and the sum ho namod as his price. This fund has been raised and Mr. Hughes and his wife are oxpected here Sunday or Monday. Mr. Hughes expected first to bo Here Monday and a meeting of can dldates for the team was called for that evening. At that meeting 36 men reported showing the longest list of talent ever- shown here. The boys are big huskies and with con sistent coaching throughout tho season should be able to furnish Ontario with a real team. Arrangements aro being made to have the games played on tho ground near the hospital where the ln,5?5?n J fm?!..we,f.a, played tills spring, and thus bring the game cleaer to the lty. Af LANE COMING TO DO STUNTS AT. FAIR Haven Communities To Hlrho For lllilo Ribbon Prlo Hlggest jbgrlculttiinl Hhow In Years To r Open Next Wednesday Afternoon ,Tho gates of tho Malheur coun ty fair will swing open next Wed nesday noon. Sovon communities will bo on bund with exhibits for thu contest for the community prlzo mid this will provo to bo tho most spirited contest lu years. Thoro aro two roasons for this. Tho crops this year aro moro varlod In moro sections. Tho prlxo Is larg er and thoro Is a groater Interest bolug shown with tho additional cntrlos. Vnlo, for example, which has not hitherto compotod for this honor Is stepping out to domonstrato that It has n diversity of agricultural In terests of which tho peoplo in this end of tho valloy know llltlo or nothing. Vnlu Intends to show them. Then Nyssa Is not going to bo shown, If U can help itself, whllo Oregon Slopo which got a taste of what It could do last yoar is coming back to cloan-up on its competitors, whllo tho Cairo district Is dolor mined to rotrlevo lost honors. Down In tho Adrian district which has won so ofton that It onco thought that It was a habit which could 'always bo s innlntalnod has wonderful possibilities and ' men Alio know how to mako tho most .t (1iM,i I 'itiuntillnnttv IliA rtinvl who defeat Adrian will havo to show real class. Ilrogan and Jamloson with tliolr big fruit crops havo everything rondy at hand for , a winning display and It Is but n quostlou of gottlng tho time to got thorn togothor. Alrptnno Coming Secretary W V. Hlckox this week prepared to havo an nlrplnno ready to tako Malheur county high flyers up .and to do stunts during tho fair ami that with tho urraugomoiits bo ing mndo for the display of products has kept tho socretary nt work. Tho crowd at tho fair will bo largor It Is bolloved for tho agri cultural section will bo frco. Thou Thursday tho club boys and girls wilt glvo demonstrations and show what thoy can do. A carnival company Is liendod for Ontario for Fair weak and tho American Legion Is going to hold u aorioa of dances so that thoro will '-a.i'bo nmusements for tho crowd. "POTATO" 8MIT1I LEAHI3 I UNCI! FROM HEX MARQUIS NEAIt VALE "Potato" Smith has loased tho Ilox Marquis ranch four mllos this sldo of Vale on tho John Day Highway. The tonus of tho lease aro for throo years on the basis of ono third of tho crop to tho losseo. Mr Smith takes charge of tho property Immediately, having purchased tho third cutting of bay on tho placo, and will plow tho crop undor. Plowing will start noxt week. Tho loaso In Itself Is not tho big featuro of this story. It Is tho fact that Mr. Smith is en larging his operations lu this soctlon. Last year ho leased tho W. J. Pluney ranch between .horo and Nyssa and his son-in-law operated tho ranch this yoar securing n big crop. His son will oporato tho Marquis ranch. Tho significant, thing about tho entire mattor la that tho coming of Mr. Smith presages great development of the potato Industry In this section, for Mr. Smith has followed, or rather lead lu tho potato gamo first In Oreeloy, Colorado, then in Idaho, and now comes, to Mal heur county. As the land In each of these sections becomes worn out from potato culturo Mr. Smith moves on to now fields. When he moves others follow. Undoubtedly many of the Idaho potato growers will follow him hero. TIDE THIEF CONTINUE HIS AOTIV1TIIM AIIOUT ONTAUIO Monday night was a busy one for tho Industrious auto thief that works about Ontario. This individ ual evldontly la an early bird: he works early In the evening. While Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cnyou wero vis iting at the J. It. Itusmussen home their car parked in front of tho house was relieved of a now spare. The purlolner tbon walked down a block and took a tire off tho car belonging to Murray Drown, beside this they robbod tho ox'tra Inner tubes in tho tool box of the car. No trace of tho thief has been found. William Helss bf Corvallls, Ore gon Is here tlila week, a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Petersea. 1921 POLICE HAID MULTNO.MAU UOOMHl ARREST PltOFlUETOilH Lou la Alexaudor and Thomas Skaras proplotors of tho Multnomah rooming housu woro charged iuos- day with dlsordorly conduct and fined ?G each by Judgo Stearns. Tho raid of tliolr placo Saturday nigm by Marshals Farmer and Gordon nettod sovon mon and ono woman lu a room accompanied by a llttlo booze. Ouy Howard In whoso room tho boozo was found put up xioo for ball and forfolted It. Tho wo mnu left town. WILL CONTINUE EIGHT FOR OWYHEE. PROJECT Itonds and Auto Park As Well Ax Traffic llurenu To Ho Pressed lty Commercial Club MemburM Much Work To Ho Dono Determined that tho apparent set back which the lloclamatlon, 'offi cials havo glvon tho hopes for Im mediate action on tho Owyhco Pro ject, Bhalt not bo considered final, but that tho fight shall coutlnuo so Hint thu project will bo In Una for adoption under tho now legislation provided In tho Smlth-McNary bill, tho directors of tho Commercial club nt their mooting yostorday at tho FIfor cafe oudorsod tuo work so far carrlod on nnd instructod tho commltteo to cdntinuo Its offorts. Thoro was no posslmlsm shown. It was tho expressed bollof that had the fight for tho Owyhee started sooner that succoss would havo crownod tho offort. Tho last chap tor In reclamation legislation has not boon written. Thoro aro many possibilities which may changu tho sltuntlon materially, nnd it Is tho purpose of those who have faith In tho ultimate worth of tho Owyhee bolng rocognlzed that ovorythlng bo dono to sot tho urojoct In such Inhapo that It can command tho at- lUIlllUU Ul uiu utVKuit iiuiuisuiuit uuu tho reclamation officials. To that ond tho commltteo won" instructod to lutorvlow Senators' McNary and Stanflold to enlist their further sup port. Will J. lloborts and D. M. Tag gart dlroctod tho Attention of the directors to the situation regarding tho Cairo to Vale road and urged that a united offort bo tnndo with thu pooplo of Vale to socuro action looklmr toward tho early construc tion of tho highway along tho route approved by tho Stato High way engineers. Thoy reported that all tho pooplo along the highway would dona(o tho right-of-way nnd that with tills dono tho cost of building tho road would bo I30.0Q0 Iosb than tho cost of rebuilding ou tho proiont route. Tho directors agroed that a unltod offort should bo inado and that thoy would- sup port tho offort nnd Join with Vale, Nyssa and tho pooplo along tho routo, in au effort to socuro affir mative action. Tho neod for an auto park for Ontario was brlofly touched upon. It was shown that whllo 15 to 20 auto partlos camp nightly at tho Payette auto park whoro facilities aro furnlBhod them tlrero 18 seldom moro than four or flvo camped at tho mako-shlft park which Ontario has furnished. J. A. Laknoss urgod that somo comprohanslvo plan bo propnred for tho solution of the auto park problom and also for a public park for tho city, tho satuo bolug made park of ono project. This was suggested, nlong with the tratflo bureau question as tho sub ject for a gonoral mooting of all tho club mombora to bo callod boou. It was determined that tho com mittee which goos to lntervlow Senator McNary an tho Owyhee matter also tako up with tho high way commission tho uncompleted highway work In the county. DAIHY OHANOEH 1TH NASIE AND ITH LOCATION AH WELL Itobort Currier who has oporqtod tho Kuollwood Dairy undor that namo recently moved from tho ranch southwest of tho city, to ono two aud ono. half miles wost and has chuuggd tho namo of his in stltutlon to that of tho Moroland Dairy. Quack of Ducks and Parrot's Chatter Dislrub Neighbors; Whon n big flock of ducks tune up tholr quackorg at 3 a. m. and run a barnyard medley until lato In tho morning; aided by tho cooing of myriad pigeons, and onhanced by tho chatter of a parrot during the day, It la time to call a halt, declare the neighbors of A. Zimmerman, who petitioned to the City Council that tho prosonce of tho ducks, plg lons and parrot in that section be declared a nuisance that must bo abated. The Council agreod with the petitioners and passed a resolu tion and Instructed tho marshal to act Tho petition which was presented by A. L. Cockrum recltod conditions that apparently Justified the pro test. Said tho petitien: Chickens ducks and pigeons are kept in such a mannor as to be a menaco to tho health of the neighbors, la a yard NO 40 APPRAISERS NAMED TO VALUE RIGHT-OF WAY COUNCIL PASSES OHDINANCE EXTENDING OREGON HTHEET THHOUOH TRACTS TO NORTHWEST ENTHY OF OLD OREGON TRAIL BUDGET COMMITTEE APPOINTED Council Prepares to Submit Figure For Cost of Government For Noxt Ycnr Thrco Past Vcnrs Expenses Will Ho Shown Instituting tho nocossary stops to bring tho connection of tho Old Oro gon Trail Into tho city through tho center of, tho business district tho City Council nt Its mooting Monday ovonlng passod an ordlnanco oxtoud lnK Orogon Street through tho tracts lu Illvorsldo addition, , through to tho city limits in tho Northwost sec- tlon whoro tho Highway nbw ends. Undor tho provisions of tho stnt uto tho Council proceodod to namo throo vlowors to nppralso tho prop orty which Is part of tho procoduro and nnmed, C. C. Hunt of Nyssa, A. M. Johnston of Orogou-Blopo and ailbort W. Bonn, county commis sioner who liven ou tho Doulovard south tof town. Mossrs. Hunt nnd Johnston were on tho board which actod for tho county court In appraising tho right of way from Ontario northwnrrt on tho Old Oregon Trail nnd aro thoreforo familiar with tho duties of, such a board." Mr. Dean was chosen as tho third dtslntorostod porsou. Thus no ono of tho throo mon will como from Ontario. Hudgct Commltteo Nnmed Tho council also namod tho citi zen's bugot commltteo, which undor tho law passod by tho last legisla ture supervises tho preparation and oxtonslon of tho budgot for tho com ing yoar. Undor this law a cltlzon's cominlttoo of oqunt numbor to that of tho council must bo named, and havo boforo it n statomont showing' tho oxponsos of tho city for throo nnd ono halt years, Inst past. City llocorar C. M. Stearns has propnred tho statomont of past ox ponsea and a statomont of tho needs of th city for tho coming yoar for tho consideration of tho budgot commlttoo. Tho citizens namod to consldor nnd pass upon tho budgot nre: A. L. Cockrum, W. F. Homan, T. II. Mooro, II. O. Doyer, B. C. Van Potion, H. A. Frasor nnd II. L. Potorson. Sovon wero namod so that In caso any ono of tho men named cannot servo tho list will bo complete. Tho first mooting of the commlttoo with tho council will bo hold this evening. Owing to the failure of tho ori ginal purchaser to tako the bonds of local improvomont district No. 10 thoy wero readvortlsod and' sold to tho First National Dank of this city for 95. Tho council ordored tho water in tho irrigation ditches and work on tho comotary discontinued on Sop tombor 15. Tho routlno bills woro allowed. Mr, and Mrs. Harvoy Halo of Wolsor wero visiting Dr. and Mrs. Moon and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Court ney tho past wcok. R. It. Cain has been re-appolntod postmaster at Crauo, Oregon. Pigeons Nuisance llftorod with tilth, while the ducka start quacking at 3:j00 a. m. dis turbing the rest of parsons of ner vous disposition. It was also de clared that so thick havo tho plgeouH become that they havo littered up the roofa ot surrounding residences, tho Presbytorian church and tho High School, and also that these pigeons have fallou Into tho chim neys aud stopped up tho flues, to tho discomfort of tho ownors of tho houses. The petition recited that the Health Officer commanded tho pro perty owner to clean up tho prom ises and that this was dono but thnt conditions woro rapidly becoming as bad as before. It was reported to, that onco last year when the pigeons from this coop became so offenalve, at tho High School permission waa given to shoot thorn and for a whilo this aided lu reducing tho trouble .'' I