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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1922)
1 taw' t !'T wjijRUPWff1 wt"7ars" f yiw-'iftr,'"wiw,'j,Jt musmwuwww I- County Official Paper Ah Independent Newspaper Published Thuradayg at pntario, Oregon, and outorod. at tho Ontario post, oillca for distribution as 2nd ctasa matter. Q. K.- Alkon, Managing Kdltor BUDSCHII'TION Ono Year, $2.00 . THIS NICHOLS CASH Porhaps novor In tho history ot tho county has thoro boon bo much discussion of a trial nftor It was finished as that which has followed tho NIcIioIb caso. Strnngo as It may B0tm thoro nooms to bo a Tory docldod majority ot thoso who followod tho caso who bottovo that tho ends of Justice woro dofoatod In tho vordlct. Most pooplo do not bollovo Nichols Innocent. Thoy ennnot bollovo that an In noKt man would Blgn a confession ojj2 jilt for so gravo a crlnio for tho 'i-viifo which tho dotondaut gavo for his action; Yot It Is nlso truo that whllo tho caso wao In proerosa thoro was ovjdcnt a vory markod sontlmcnt In favor of Nichols. Thoro was no ovldonoo of mourning over tho fact that lllcka was klllod, Tho gonornl consonsus of thought ful cltlions was that tho killing was tho result of a drunken rnwt re sulting from tho uso of liquor which Hicks htmsolt had sold. ' Whllo many woro puzzled over tho conflict ot tostlmony rolatlvo to tho finding ot tho second bullot nnd tho mannor In which It was round, nnd tho'furthor fact that ono momber ot tho coronor's Jury testified that ho did not romombor soolng tho socoud holo In tho court at tho tlino ho ox ninlnod yot throo wltncssos tostinod that they had soon It at that tlmo. Yot tho doubt was placod In tho minds ot tho Jury, nnd that together with tho tostlmony ot Marshal Wrottou of Jordnn Valloy thnt ho told Nichols If ho contossod ho would bo frood, norvod to bar the contosslon from consideration. Tho froolng of Arclilo Nichols nftor ho had contossod to murder was tho rosult ot n mustorful do fonso which mado tho most ot two weak links In nn othorwlso strong chain of condemning ovldonco. Thoro is also ono other consideration which undoubtedly was wolghod In tho minds ot tho Jury, that was tho oharactor ot tho victim, hnd ho boon a man ot hlghor ntnndlng,' por haps tho vordlct would liavo boon dltforont. Yot that Is not n moasuro for tho judgmont ot a crlmo, but Juries nro humnn and mon will tako such things Into consideration. Wlion all Is said and dono, tho Impression will follow this trial that in Jordan Vol- A Package of Hurley's in your laundry room makes wash day 'wash hour.' HURLEYN?! Wctor A Hew Soap Preparation FOR WAShlNG flACHINES 5AVI S WKK '5WIS ClOTHCS Wi SoaV A Ifll WM M ,yo want every woman who owns a washing machine to try this wonderful soap powdor, and as a a means ot introducing It into largo number ot homos wo are matting this special .price oftor. Wo are sure that once you have tried It, you wlllwlll profor it to any othor kind ot soap. f ' Try it in your dish water try It for scrubbing, it cuts the 'grease and cleans perfectly. Buy a package for next wash y. - ELECTRIC SHOP Idaho Po.wer Co. THE toy tho llfo of a human being Is not accorded tho val.uo which socloty gen' orally bollovea Is duo. THE KNI OF THE CONFERENCE Tlmo alono will toll" whothor or not tho Washington conforonco will bo raoro fruitful of good results than any ot tho many famous pro docossors. Tho vast dltforonco botweon tills and provlous conforoncos Is that thoy followod directly upon tho hools of a war; woro hold whllo tho hates of war woro still rampant; nnd woro hold for tho purposo ot Im posing torms upon tho vannulshdd. This conforonco whb hold .away from tho scones of war; In times of poaco and for tho specific purposo ot lessoning tho preparations for futuro wars. Thon, too, this conforonco has fol lowod years ot profound education In tho wnys of poaco and tho doslro for International amity. It was hold, too, at n tlmo whon all ot tho nations woro fcollng tho burden of armamonts more than over bofora and having ndaptod to a hlthorto uu hoard ot degrco of opon diplomacy bids' fair to rocelvo more generous publlo acceptance Thnt Is tho test. Will tho publfc of tho various coun tries accept tho responsibilities ot tho trcatlou? Has Intentional honor roachod a pofnt whoro such high Idonls can bo maintained? Has tho ovolutlon of socloty roached n point whoroln tho co-oporntlon ot tho nations can bo counted on to sottlo tholr dlfforoncoa through discussion rathor than through armies and nnvlesT If tho world has reached that point, thon tho Washington conforonco nnd Its resultant troatlcs Is n mllostono In human progress, If thnt stage In tho ovolutlon ot so cloty Is lioro, thon tho ond of wnrs will not bo far distant, but as yot It Is too much to hopo for tho comploto regulation of thnt Ideal. MAI,lri:UIt COUNTY'S ROADS Malheur county has, according to tho Orogon Voter, rocolvod 568.2 por cent moro from tho funds ot tho Stato Highway Commission than tho county has paid Into tho fund slnco 1013. Tli at Is, nearly six Union as much monoy has boon spout In Mal eour county than tho county has paid In stato road taxes auto llconses and gasollno taxos. Certainly Mal eour county has no complaint to mnko concornlng its troatmont at tho hands of tho commission. nut tho bonotlts which Malheur county Is to rocolvo from tho stato I program aro only boglnulng to bo mnnlfootod. Whon ono romombors thnt four years ago thoro was .no roal road botwoon Ontario and Nys sa, no road to spoak ot across Dead Ox Flat; that thoro was no road worthy ot tho nnmo botweon Vale nnd Jnmleson or from Drognn to Cow Valloy, nor ono botweon Vale and tho upper valley: then ono gots an Idea of what has boon accom pllshod, Evon tho best wash ing machine mado Is working at a handicap trying to get clothos thoroughly clean with Inforlor soap. A little Hurley soap In tho wash water means that each wasbertul of clothes will bo cloan In. loss tlmo. Your clothes will bo on tho line that much ear lier and much deader, too. ONTARIO ARGUB, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1922 Yot tho" building of"lho80roifdB7 much nB thoy each and all moan to tho various communities and tho pooplo that uso thorn; Is not tho ond of tho benotlts of tho now system of handling highways. Tho pooplo Bhould romombor that tho roads nro to bo maintained by tho stato from tho funds socurod from tho gasollno taxes. In other words tho skoloton of tho entire road system of tho county, tho roads connecting alt of tho principal communities nro thus to bo placed on a permanent basis, and additional tax money for tholr upkeop will not bo lavlod each year. In other words, whpn times got back to normnl, when It can bo dono within reason and without hardship, steps can bo takon to extend tho highways to tho outlying soctlons and tho ontlro county can bo sorvod with a comploto road Bystom. Uut for tho present, nftor tho Jordan Valley to Nyssa road Is completed a holiday on highway building will havo to bo tho ordor. LIBRARY NOTES Tho" Central Library Is open dally except Friday and Sunday from 2.30 to C:30, and 7:00 to 0:00. A book of tho Rural Sclonco sor los that will . aBSUmo lmportnnco shortly Is "Strawberry Orowlnp" by S. W. Flotchor. "Nlnoty por cont of strawberry planting In tho Unltod States north ot tho lntltudo of Wash ington, D. C, Is In early spring as soon ns tho ground can bo worked." Tho following subjocts nro woll dis cussed from a practical commercial standpoint, locations nnd soils, planting, rotations and fertilizing, tlllngo and Irrigation, training tho plant, mulching, pollination, picking and packing, markotlng, cost of pro duction and profits, propagation, varlotlos, tnsocts and dlsoaso, and statistics on ncrongo and production. Tho book has oxcollont Illustrations nnd indox. Tho author of "Markotlng of Farm Products," L. D. II; Wold prosonts this volumo, ho says, boforo tho sub Joct has boon studlod scientifically for a longor tlmo, bocnuso of tho astonishing misconceptions on tho part ot tho gonoral public. It Is a slmplo; untochnlcal oxposltlon ot tho whoto Hold, nnd probably tho host book on tho subjoct, covering dlroct markotlng, coopcratlvo marketing, tho problom of tho mlddloman To talling, transportation, costs nnd tho othor factors. Work on tho library basomont Is progressing rnpldly and tho rosult thus far is most stimulating to thoso who nro raising tho fund. Tho LI brnry Hoard was most oncoifrngcd last wook upon rocotvlng a substan tlnl sum from Dr. Wooso. TWENTH-TWO MALHEUR COUNTY CLUBS QUALIFY Hoys mid Girl Clubs of Oregon IIaIho n Total ot lU7,nU.fl8 In Produco AcrordlHK to Re ports of Stato I'ndcr Orogon Agricultural College Cor vnllls, Oro Fob. 7. Malheur CouiT ty had 22 ot tho 370 Orogon Hoys' and airls' clubs which flntshod tho work ot tho year 1020-21, mooting all tho roqutromonU of a standard club, according to II. O. Seymour, stato club loador. Tho roaulroments for a standard club, aro to havo f Ivo or moro mom bors working on tho samo project, officers elected from among tho mom bers, an adult club loador, definite program of work for tho club year, roports of work prepared und fjled In tho office ot tho state club leader, at least six regular club meetings, a local club exhibit, n demonstration team ot threo mombors which has glvon at least ono public demonstra tion In the community a Judging toam chosen by competition among the members, at least 70 per cent ot tho members completing their work and filing reports, an achlovment day program held at tho close ot tho club year, and a mombershtp In the farm bureau held by tho club or Its officers. Tho 6487 club members in Ore gon were organized Into 724 clubs. Ot this number 370 mot the require ments of the standard clubs, while 354 of these reported 100 per cent of tholr members completing their work. The total value of all pro ducts producod this year by club raembora is 1127,359.68. This was at a total cost ot J60.581.13, making a profit of $60,778.65 a profit sur- Dasslng that of tho preceding year in spite of tho fact that the value of products dropped decidedly within tho yoar, The value of tho county club load er, la shown by tho year's report. As the counties with leaders Malheur, Multnomah. Clackamas, Tillamook, Linn, Douglas and Klamath havo made a percentage ot completion ot 81 jf ceat' wbllo tho counties without lcadors mado 4G por cent. Tho list of Malheur county's clubs which finished tho yonr as standard clubs with tho nnmos of tholr lcad ors as follews: Malheur poultry, Mrs. Chostor Morfltt; Yalo poultry Mrs. E. J. Hadloy; Uluo lllbbon. poultry club ot Ontario, Graham Park; Owyhee poultry club of Nyssa, Vic toria T. Schwolsorj Valloy Vlow poultry club of Ontario, Mrs. Hans Oft; llqntta pig S. A. Ullyor; Urogan pig; Mm. II. M, England; Cairo pig club of Ontario, Stovo Cox; King man Kolony pig club of Nyssa, Ilo bort Ovorstrcot; Orogon Slopo pig, Harmon Northrup; Malheur pig, L. D. Lyndo; Kingman Kolony corn, Mrs. Chrlsslo Fleetwood; Hlg Dond corn, Vorn Enchus; Valloy Vlow corn club of Ontario, A. It. Albee; Nyssa corn, F. C. Fry; Dead Ox Flat gardening, Miss Jonnlo Patch; Dead Ox Flat sowing Miss Mario Front; Cairo sowing club of Ontario, Etta McCrolght; Nyssa sowing club, Mrs. W. II. Dean; Uonlta cookory, Mrs. J. F. Pholan; Arcadia cooking club ot Ontario. Mrs. Clara Oossott. MltH. J. II. COOK PAH8IC8 Word ns rocolvod by frlonds of tho death of Mrs. J. II. Cook at hor homo In Portland, Saturday morn ing, January 28th. Mrs. Cook will bo rotnomborod by ranny rosldonts ot Ontario. Hor husband was In tho roal ostato business, having chnrgo of tho St. Paul Orchard Co.'s. business, lator moving with his fnm lly to Nnrapa whoro ho dlod flvo yoars ago, tho body bolng takon to Salem, Orogon, for burial. Arnold, thn nnlr son, Is living at Salem, whllo Irma, tno only unugiuor, a ior- mor Ontario iiign scnoui biuuuui, llvod with hor mothor. Mrs. Cook was in hor usual healtli Kriuay, uay- inir worked nil day. At ono o'clock n. m. Irma hoard hor brcatho heavi ly and called to horj rocolvlng no ro- ply. Hno ion nor puiso uuu luunu only n fluttor, and sho pnssod away Immediately. Tho funeral was hold Sundny from tho Frlonds church of which Bho was a momuor, nnu nnur mont was mado at Salem. Mr. ond Mrs. John Qolslor wore guosts of tholr daughter, Mrs. rank Stowoll. Fldny ovonlng. Mrs. Oscar Nloco Is now a rosldont of Ontario, having movou in irom tho ranch last wook. V.'""n" Jnhnion wns down from nnkor tho last ot tho wook looking nruvr-titiiilnnfl Intoroats. having sov- oral bands ot sheep In this vicinity to suorlntond. DIRECTORY OF ONTARIO'S BUSINESS FIRMS These Men and Firms will serve your very needs promptly. Call upon or write to any of those who are listed below when in neeU of anything in their respective lines. They are reliable: RANKS ONTAHIO NATIONAL HANK Tho Oldost Dank In Malheur County "Sorvlco that Borvos" Capital nnd Surplus 1100,000. DIIUGS AND SUNDRIES ONTAIXIO rHARMAOY O. M. Castleman, Prop. Prescription Specialist Victor Phonographs ltoxall Iteraodlos Eastman Kodaks- Morelund Dairy Phono 203 M THE SUOAIt DOWL Wo Mako Our Own Ice Cream ELECTRIC SUPPLIES ONTAIIIO ELECTRIC CO. Electrical Appliances and Wiring 1 HARDWARE MONULTY HAItDWAIlB CO, Satisfaction Guaranteed TAG G ART HARDWARE CO. Malheur County's Largest Hardware Store II. R. UDICK Plumbing and Heating Domestlo Water Systems February VICTOR RECORDS ARE HERE-COME IN AND LET US PLAY THEM FOR YOU Have you been in to see bargains on display? Sta tionery, Soaps, Cough Syr ups, Leather Goods, Brush es, and many other things Large assortment of Val- entines New Stock. Ontario Pharmacy Prescriptions our Specialty Rexall Eastman Victor Misses Mary Lnckoy nnd Ernos tlno Locoy spent Friday and Satur day with Ann Carlson at tho C. W. Stover homo. hotels HOTEL WILSON Tho "Ilomoy" Hotel ot Malheur County. Good Meals 40c oirroMtirritisT DR. J. A. MO FALL Eyesight Specialist Eyo Glasses and Bpectacloa MILLINERY- Distinction In Clothing And Millinery Is the Mark of Thoso Who Patronlre THE STYLE SHOP MOnn'H MILLINERY & NOVELTY SHOP Palmyro Waists Womon's Suits And Sport Clothes 08BORN MILLINERY Nell O. Dedford. Prop. The Only Exclusive Millinery Store This Side ot Salt Lake nAKi'iunfl PURITY DAKERY Ernest Barcus, Prop, All Kinds ot Dreads, Cakei and Pastry , NOTIONS" VARIETY STORE Moro than a thousand Articles for the homo ONTARIO REAL ESTATE CO. Farm Lands City Property Insurance & Rental TROXELL IMPLEMENT CO. Farm Operating Equipment McCormlck, Deerlng and P. & O. Wyllo Frnkrojind family vlsltod at tho homo ot Mr. Frakos motlior, Saturday. GROCERIES THE INDEPENDENT MARKET Phones 6 and 135 If Its Oood To Eat Wo Have It It It's Farm Produco Wo JJuy It ONTARIO MEAT & GROCERY CO. Tho Home ot Good Eats and Low Prices Phones 3 and 131 DKl-AHTMKNT HTOUKtf Dependable Merchandlso "Not tho Cheapest, Dut tho Dst" RADER DROS. THE HUD One ot 40 Stores Will Ravo You Real Monoy E. A. FRABER Hardware and'Grocerlea "jtKWELfcW DLACKADY JEWELRY STORE Home ot Qlfts that Last" W. I IIAZELTINE Watchmaker, Jewelry All Work Guaranteed DYHON TURNER Signs 1 i t lXH