iWMwwmmm,
VOL. XXVI
L BOARD FACES
CONFLICIGPROBLEM
Handlers lo Went of City Hold tlmt
liudgct Item ror Transportation
of Puplla bo not Dropped
Other IUnchci-H Wnnt
Moro Trnnsportn-
tlOH.
Tho dlroclors of school district
No. 8 nro faco to fnco with a dolomn
U thoy ndhor to tbo request of the
v comralttoo rocontly'namod by Presi
dent E. a Van I'otten of tho Com
mercial club, In which thoro wore
two representatives of tho farming
community, and ellmlnato tho Item
of $1600 for transportation of pupils
to tho schools, thoy thon faco tho
possibility of n law suit onjotnlng
them brought by a numbor of ranch
ers of tho wostorn boundary of tho
district.
A third nnglo of tho problem Is
also facod slnco othor ranchors In
tho wostorn soctlon of tho district
doclaro that unless tho school tax Is
roducod, thon thoy will movo to
rocod from tho district and thus
reduco tho valuation of property In
tho district by sevoral hundrod
thousand dollars.
A fourth question for consideration
Is that prosontcd by tho roquont on
tho part of rcsldonts of tho lower
Doad Ox Plat, opposlto Wolsor, that
tho board assist thorn In carrying
their boya and girls to tbo local high
school. Thoso ranchors do not ask
that tho board pay tbo ontlro amount
but that It giro thorn aid,- and thoy
will do the rest.
This proposition has not boon of
ficially placed boforo (ho board but
will bo soon, slnco tho paoplo oC that
region pay tho general county High
school tax and rocclro ro benefit at
all thorofrom. Thoy tits now send
Ilb their boys and Iris to Woldor
and havo to pay tuition to tho Wols
or district, thus gottlng two Uxea to
pay Instead of one. '
Some of the merchants of tbo city
favor tho transportation Him Lb ono
of tho means of bringing tho city
closer to tbo pooplo of tho outlying
districts, croatlng ft harmony of in-
torosL Others do not favor lbs
proposition at all.
Tho question from a legal aspect
Is undotormlnod. Slnco tho (tern U
la tho budgot, and thn budgot ban
boon approved, and no protost was
mado at Its Inclusion wlwa thu bud
get hearing was hold, these whe nra
threatening to suo the board tako
tho position that tho hoard cannot
ellmlnato It. Others hold that tho
budget is not Intondod to bo u hard
and fast contract, that whllo tbo
board can not oxceod It, they can re
duce it and ollmlnato Items If thoy
choose.
Howevor,, since there aro v) ninny
contending forces and so many con
flicting desires oxpressod by people
of tho district, It appears that tho
school board has troubles sufficient
to give It causo to ponder deeply up
on Us problems.
ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON; THURSDAY, APRIL 13,
XV. XV. HOWARD SUCCESSFUL
BIDDER ON MARKET ItOAl)
Bight bids woro mado for tho
excavation of tho big cut on
tho south, side of tho Owyhee
rivor on tho Nyssa-Jordan Val
loy road whon tho county court
considered this matter Monday.
XV. XV. Howard of this city was
tho successful blddor with an
offor of $3405.00 for Uio work.
Tho highest bid was raoro than
twico that of Mr. Howard's,
bolng for $7200. Among thoso
who mado proposals for tho
work wnre: Ward Drothora and
J. M. Duncan of Nyssa; L. A.
Walker, of this city and Morri
son & Knudson and Allsop Dros.
of Dolso, nnd two other outsldo
Arms.
TAX PROBLEMS WILL
FEATURE ELECTION
Tax Rcuuctlon Leaguo linn Several
Droposnlfl; Would put nil Prop.
cny on 100 per cent Dnsl's
Snvo Farm Lands, Also
Incotno Tax Wanted
UNION OIL COMPANY PLANT
NOW. HEARING COMPLETION
Regular Oil Town Riling In Itlvcr
iddo Xtldlllon l'Jnni linn Capa
city for Bovcrnl Hundrc"
Thousand Otillonw Rig
Gnrago Going U
In Illvorsldo Addition tho Union
Oil company Is building its distri
buting station Tho work Is almost
flnlshod nnd It demonstrates that
tho now company Is coming hero
with tho Intention of going nftor tho
oil buslnoss. rivo big tanks havo
boon oroctod ijnd nro now bolng con
nected with tho pumping system.
Dosldo thoso tho company has
built a big gnrngo big onbunh to
houso n floot of nuto trucks ' with
wjnch thoy aro to dlstrlbuto their
product In this soctlon. Thon thoro
is an offlco building, a warehouse
and a pumping houso. All thoso aro
within a high wlro fonco which en
closes tho grounds which havo boon
loroled and proparod for soodlng In
to a lawn, making tho plant a hand
somo ono Indood.
. Taxation will bo tho big Issue In
tho oloctlon which will bo hold in
this Btato on May 19. Tho Tax
Iloductlon leaguo which through a
sub-commlttoo has boon working at
Salem! for somo tlmo on a program
looking toward a rafnrm In nrn.
(codura has, according to tho dally
papors, practlclally roachod Ita do-
lslons and is whipping tho nocosBarJ'
bills into ehapo for submission to
tho people
Among othor things tho longuo
proposes tho follewing:
Tho assessment of all proporty on
a full 100 por cent basis, oxcopt
farm lands which aro to bo assossed
on n 30 por cont basts. That tho
assessor may havo tho power to
compel tho production of Inventories
nnd nil Information necessary to
arriving nt n full cash valuo tho law
provldos that tho district nttornoy
start procoodlngs against nil who
rofuso to coopornto with tho assossor.
Annthor fcaturo of tho plan Is for
tho abolition of tbo 1.2 mill levy
for hlghor education. It Is bollovcd
that this will not reduco tho monoy
nvallablo to tbo schools for tho now
basts of valuation will ralso tho
monoy on n ono milt basis, whllo
tho lncomo tax foaturo will add to
tho
J. M. KYLE COMES TO
BOOST DEVELOPMENT
Adequate and Concentrated Plan for
Wringing Settlers to Irrigated
Sections Held Need of Ore
Bon Plana nro Hclng
Developed
NO. 19
ONLV HALF OF FIRST HALF
OF TAXES PAID WHEN DUE
WATER RIGHTS TAKEN FOR
DEVELOPEMENT IN COUNTY
State Engineer JUrorta Five Appll.
..cations for Irrigation of Lands
In THU Sections Ono Pump-
IiiK Plant on tho Nnako
lUvor
rosourcos of tho statoln such
a manner that tho mlllago for othor
stato purposes can
decroasod.
bo materially
TENNIS PLAYERS TO FOltM
PEIUIANUNT ORGANIZATION
At tho city hall Friday ovonlng
at 7 o'clock n mooting of tho tennis
playors will bo hold for tho purposo
of perfecting a permanent organiza
tion. An 'invitation is extended to
evoryono who plays tho gamo,
whothor mombors of tho club In tho
past or not. Owing to tho fact
that many of thoso who will bo at
this mooting will also bo callod on
to attend tbo basoball mooting nt
8 o'clock on tho sumo ovonlng nlf
who attond (bo tonnjs mooting nro
I urged to bo thero on tlmo to got
tho organization corapjetod within
ono hour.
LECTURE ON POWER
PROBLEM PROFITABLE
Hundreds of Fanner and Ilulms
Mea Lcara Many Practical
Leesona in Efficient Manage-
meet of Machines
If tho farmers and business men
of this section do not know exactly
how-to handle the power machines
oo their farms or the cars they op
erate on the roads, It Is not the fault
of the lecturers who discussed these
matters at tho Ford Oarage this
week representing the Ford Motor
Company, Standard Oil company, O.
A. 0., the American Seed Machine
company and the Oliver Chilled
JJIowb Works.
The lectures were largely attend
ed, despite the bad weather of tho
first night, and each night the crowd
grew, manifesting the good word
which, the audience of tho first night
spread.
Beside explaining In detail tho
cleatltle principles Involved In the
oporatlona of the machine from the
source of power to Its application
la the jrartou practical ways from
tilling the soil to thq harvesting of
the wop, the experts gave partic
ular attention to the proper care and
operation of the machines them
selves. The course of lectures was
la reality a short eourso In mechan
ical engineering and the audlcvfea
manlfeated the efficient wanner In
which the various subjects were
preeeated by the etoeeet attention!
and making many questions.
Btato Engineor Porcy Cupper ro-
rtfrta tbo following permits Issuod
from bis office for wntor rights in
Malheur ceunty:
To Kathorlno David of Ontario,
covering the appropriation of wator
from Snako rivor for Irrigation of
eighty acres at an estlmatod cost of
$1,000.00.
To W. C. Hancock, of Huntington.
covorlng tho appropriation of wntor
from Ulrch Creok and tributaries!
for Irrigation of thirty acres.
To 8. S. Janogo of Fancollano.
covering tho construction of Jano
go resorvolnr for tho storage of 23
acre feet of water, and the appro
priation of the stored water and
water from an unnamed stream
for Irrigation of twenty acres.
E. F. Soawoard of Denlo, covering
the appropriation of water from
Llttlo and Dig White Horse Creeks,
Dry Qulch and Fish Crook, for Irri
gation of 293 acres. The proposod
Irrigation system consists of the con
struction of throo ratios of ditch or
canal, at an estimated expenditure
of $1000.00.
To Lida IC McNeil of Houston,
Idaho, covering tho appropriation of
water from Owyhee river for Irriga
tion of 98.08 acres. This approprl-
ator contemplates the construction
of one and a fourth miles of ditch
at an estimated cost of $750.00.
LEAGUE WILL HOLD DANCE
TO INAUGURATE SEASON
J. M. Kylo, better known to nil
Orogon as Jim Kylo, of Stnnfiold,
was in Mainour county Friday nnd
Saturday of last wook. On Friday
ho was at Vale nnd Saturday ho
spent horo nnd nt Nyssa.
Mr. Kylo, who is chairman of tho
executivo committoo of tho Orogon
Irrigation congress and n mombor
of tho Oregon Dovolopmont Hoard,
enmo to study tho situation In this
section with a vlow of learning tho
nood for Bottlore.
Tho dovolopmont board Is study
ing tho California plan of concen
trated offort In Bocurlng settlors and
aftor a comploto investigation, plans
to put It In oporatlon. Under this
plan nil tho districts desiring Bot
tlers will unlto on a campaign, each
district soloctlng that soctlon of tho
East or Mlddlo West whoro Bottlers
oqulppod to moot tho problom of a
BOCtlon Of OrOSOn Will hn rnnxnn.
traced upon, and othor Orogon dis
tricts will not compote for thorn.
"What Oregon nooils Is pooplo,"
said Mr. Kylo to a group of buslnoss
raon wno gavo a luncheon for him
horo Saturday. "Wo, want tho poo
plo back oast to hoar tho truth and
nbt bo mado tho victims of n lot of
falso promises. Wo must concon-
trnto our efforts, and now that wo
havo nsauranco of tho backing of
Portland buslnoss mon In this offort
results will come.
"Tho most encouraging thing I
havo loarned o,n this trip Is tho man
ner In which tho farm ore of this
soctlon aro going Into diversified
crops. I know this country, for 25
yoars ago I bought fruit In this val
ley, boforo Ontario was tho city It Is
nb,w All Ontario was thon was a
stopping place. Now It Is'startod
on Its way to bo n roal city. Llko
tho rost of this soctlon, Ontario has
only startod, and whon wo got tho
Owyhee projoct, nnd that Is bound
to como, and other projects, too.
Orogon III bo on Its road to roal
prosperity."
That tho taxing districts of
Malheur county nro facing a
roal problom In handling tholr
affairs may bo gnlned by tho
roport of taxes bo far pnld which
bo far totals only a little moro
than half of tho total sum duo
on April Cth.
Tho most discouraging feat
ure of this situation Is that
whllo half of tho taxes havo
boon paid, this aloes not mean
that half of tho taxpayers havo
paid their contribution to tho
cost of govornmont. Tho ro
turns so far mado Includo that
of tho railroad and utilities
companies, tho two big land
companlos and tho larger prop
erty owners. County offlcnls
ostlmto that not over 30 por
cont of tho taxpayers havo paid
tholr taxes.
PLANS FORMED FOR
MARKETING POTATOES
Canyon County Fnrm Durcau Ex
ecutive Committee Asked o
Form Organization nnd to
Contract Willi Cnllf
ornln Vegetable
Union
MCNARY BILL SUPPORT IS
BEING ASKED OF BUSINESS
Local Merchant Writing to Manu
facturer nnd Jobber of East
and Mlddlo West Asking
Thom to Urge Itcpro
oenlatlvcs to Voto
For Dill.
Hundrods of lottors will loavo On
tario this wook addrossod to eastern
and mlddlo wostorn manufacturers,
Jobbers and agoncles handling tho
products which may bo found In tho
Ontario atoros.
Thoso lottors written by local
merchants nro asking that thoso
custom nnd mlddlo wostorn buslnoss
mon write tholr congressmen nnd
Bonators to support tho Smlth-Mc-Nary
reclamation bill. Accompany
ing tho lotto to thoso mon Is n
comploto Btntomcnt of tho purposo
nnd tho rfcopo'of the moasuro, set
ting forth tho possibilities of do
volopmont which It holds and tho
Improvement in tho market for their
products In this portion of tho
country.
At a meotlng In Caldwoll last
Saturday nt which Malheur county
rarmors woro represented by County
Agont L. It. Drolthaupt, C.T. Lackoy, "
Jake nussoll, and O. W. Dean, the
roport of tho committoo of potato
growora of that soctlon namod last
August, was prcsontod.
This report covored tho oxperlonco
of last year whon tho ranchers lost
so heavily by reason of tho activity
of Borne of tho outsldo cash buyers
urgod that tho farmers organlzo and
market co-oporntlvoly.
It also rocommondod tlio signing
of n contract with tho California
Vogetablo Union for tho mnrkotlng
of tbo crop. Work to that ond has
alrondy been started and plans are
bolng mndo for taking care of tho
big crop which will bo ralsod In tho
vatloy.
"ALICE IN HUNGERLAND"
WILL BE PICTURED HERE
FATHER AND SON BELIEVED
TO- BE LOST IN MOUNTAINS
BASE BALL TEAM TO GIVE
DANCE TO START SEASON
Locnl Aggrrgn&an In Need of Funds
to Inaugurate Campaign Dual
w Men Pledge Aid
Good Season Looked
Forward to,
llonlln Man Left Home-Mead In No.
member for Mountains Abovo
Lockhnrt IUncli, Hoy Fol-
Ion a lat'r, Neither lion
. Itoen Heard From,. ,
Harmony to ltclgn in Eatcrn Oro
gon Hlg 4 Vole, Nyssa and
Huntington Folks Coming
to Dance Horo Prospect
Season llrlght
CRANE mail SCHOOL
BOY BURNS TO DEATH
Word was received InOntarlo yes
terday of a fire in Crane Tuesday,
tho dormitory occupied by High
school students, was burnod, and
burned to death Leland Weltten-
hlller aged 16 years. Tho flro
Is supposed to hayo been started
from a gas stove In Welttonhlller'a
room. Ho was suffocated and his
body .burned In the building.
Robert Currier of Drewsey, was a
business visitor in Ontario Wednes
day.
Mr, and Mrs. C. M. Crandall of
Vftlo w,ere the guests of Mrs. W. B,
Lea last Friday; .
The W, 0, T. U. will meet with
To -Inaugurate, under auspicious
circumstances, tho Eastorn Oregon
Dig 4 league, a dance will bo held
at the Old Opora Houso next Thurs
day evening. April 20. The date
was set originally for Friday, tho
twenty-first, but had to bo changed
on account of conflicting engage
ments. Tho baseball enthusiasts at Vule,
Nyssa and Huntington are golug to
come to this danco to manltost their
dcslro to promote that degreo of
community Interest which the pro
motors of the league bellove will bo
enhanced by tho organization. In
fact, It Is bocauso of the boosting
of the outside towns that tho league
has been formed and they are most
enthusiastic In promoting the spirit
of good sportsmanship.
With all ot tbo towns close to
gether It Is the confident hope that
tho attendance this year will be
larger than ever, When Vale plays
Ontario at either city tho home
town fans can easily get to the
game, and the samo Is true of the
Ontarlo-Nysea contests; while Hunt
ington Is always a good ball town,
land the railroad boya go long dls-
tansee to root for their team.
With this spirit prevailing and the
purpose manifested by the officers
and directors of the leaguo to pro
mote harmony during the season
this should be the beat season's
sport for many years pant.
Graphic Story of Condlctions iu na
Eof to bo Depleted on Screen
Story of Itellcf Work
To bo Told.
J Mrs. C. B. Becoy Tuesday, April 25. relative.
Mrs. M. J. Neece spent Saturday
visiting In Vale.
Mrs. Wm. Wells and daughter
Miss Helen returned last week from
Doonevllle Mo., where they have
been the past winter
On Tuesday tho 18th, thoro will
bo two froo exhibitions of the motion
pictures "Allco In Hungorland" nt
ono of thu Ontario thoatroe, a
matlnoo at tho closo of tho school
day tor children nnd ono for the
general public at 8 p. m. Tho
pictures will bo shown Friday of
this weok at Nyssa, Wodnesday tho
19th at Yale.
"Allco In Hungerland" Is tho
story of a little girl who accompanies
her father through the Near East
and sees what ho saw as ono of a
party of which J. J. Handsaker,
Orogon dlroctor of Noar East Relief
was a momber.
These aro tbo first and only
motion pictures to bo made In South
ern Russia since the war showing
tremendous relief work now carried
on by America in the land of the
Soviets. Six thousand orphan child
ren are seen In one group as they
are drawn up on tho parade ground
of the great Russian barracks at
Alexandropal.
Ethel Long Newman of Mlddlo
ton, Idaho, Is shown as she, with
Mr, HandsakeSr, takes starving
children from the street In Armenia.
The pictures are bolng shown
over the state as part ot the Near
East Rollef state campaign by J. J,
Handsaker, who recently visited
Constantinople, Turkey and the
Caucasus Including the Soviet govern
ments of Oeorgla, Azerbaijan and
Armenia.
Mrs. R. E. Wheelon and daughter
Miss Eleanor, of Pocatello, wore
guests of Mrs. Wheelon'a sister, Mrs.
J. R. Rasmusson several days last
week, returning home on Saturday.
Mrs. Dan Gallagher of Juntura,
was the guest this week ot Mrs, P,
vWtlBglJ. Gallagher, returning to her home
lea Wednesday,
Has another tragody ot tho hills
been eunctod, and two lives taken In
a fleht against tbo olomonUT Or
has a young woman and hor mothor
loss brothors and sisters spent hours
of needless anxloty bocauso ot tho
carolossenss and lack of thoughtful
ness on tho part of hor father and
brotherT
Thoso questions may bo answorod
soon, or thoy may not bo answered
for many weeks. In any event Miss
Clara Bhultx, living with hor broth
ers and Bistort on a homostoad near
Uonlta ueed tho kindly aid of friends
in her effort to locate hor father and
hor brother who woro last seon by
tbo llttlo family last Novombor.
The story ot tho missing man
roachod tho offlco of tho Eastern
Oregon land company of this city
from Cy Dlngbam, supervisor ot tho
Malheur Forest. It camo as a copy
ot tho letter Miss Shultz wrote to
him seeking bis aid. The pathos of
tho torso seutencoa la the most elo
quent appeal, She said:
"My father Mr. Shultz left home
about the first of Novomher to go
trapping on the Llttlo Malheur abovo
the Lockhart ranch. My brothor,
who Is eighteen, started out to his
camp later on snow shoes, They
don't write and no one has soon
them since. If you havo any man
over there who has soon them please
let me know, My mother Is dead
and we have been alone all winter
on tho homestead."
This letter was written on March
30, and tho copy reached Ontario
this woek. Mr. Dlngham asked that
It bo given publicity In order that
If anyone In this section knows aught
concerning these men he will com
munlcato with the officials of tho
Forest Servlco or get word to Miss
Shultz.
So far as tho Argus knows, no
organized effort has been mado to
hunt for the men, Hut undoubt
edly when knowledge of the anxiety
of tho young woman and her mother
less brothers and sisters reaches the
1 ordor that tho Ontario basoball
toam may bo ablo to start tho soason
proporly oqulppod, tho boys In charge
ot tho movomont to havo Ontario
roprosontod In tho Southeastern
Orogon Loaguo nro going to glvo n
danco hero tonight.
Tho suits which tho toam usod,las
yoar havo boon scnttorod so that It
will bo nocossary to socuro a now.
outfit all around, and that Is tho
purposo ot the danco. Ot course
tho danco will not furnish all tho
funds noodod, so a subscription list
has boon startod as woll. Togotbor
It appears that thoso will prove
sufficient to round up tho nocossary
capital for putting tho toam tn
shape.
Rooeo Jenkins who has undorlakon
tho preliminary work of getting tho
toam started has callod a meotlng ot
a.11 thoso who deslro to boo a toam ot
Ontario, whothor thoy aro ball play
ors or not, for Friday ovonlng of this
wo.ok nt 8 o'clock nt tho city hall. At
thnt tlmo a captain for tho season
and roanagor and othor necossary of
ficers will bo soloctod by tho play
era and supportors.
It Is Imperative that a roprosenta
tlvo gathering assomble nt that tlmo
so that a thorough understanding of
tho situation will bo socurod. On
tario must deposit $76 with tho of
ficials ot tho leaguo to assure Its
participation in tho schedule.
Prospocts are bright for a good
toam this year. Already several
playors of oxporlonco have signified
tholr deslro to try for places. With
Chot Lackoy at first, Harry Chapman
at short, Joy Hustod at third, tho
nucleus of the tnnold ot last year is
on hand. Oliver who caught part
of tho season is at Frultland and
may bo the recolver, while mil Lyells
formorly ot tho Nyssa team, hut In
reality one of Ontario's old stars Is
here and will complete tho luflold
dofonse. Dill Is a third baseman,
but ho may bo usod at socond, or
Hustod may be awltchod to second
and let Dill tako tho hot corner.
In tho outfield there are a numbor
ot candidates and fly cbasors who
can hit, will bo solected from tho
avallablo candidates. The ono weak
spot -Is the firing lino. No first
class heaver Is on tho string, as yet,
It It la possible an effort will bo
made to get Dill Dlackaby to como
to Ontario from the Owyhee to mix
them up for tho boys. Then when
Charllo Newblll finishes his year at
the University, he may bo secured to
aid In the battory work. With these
two depondablo twlrlors Ontario will
bo as woll supplied with moundsmen
as any of the teams.
POWELL COMPANY TO SELL
PRODUCTS OF OOO ACRICfl
U, F. Powell of Dolso, was In On
tario today looking for a location
for a vegetable packing plant. Mr.
Powoll has contracts for the sale of
the products of 600 acres In this
section, that Is from Nyssa to On-
torlo. Ot this acreage 100 Is let-
settlera In the Llttlo Malheur valley tuce, 20 celery, 80 onions and 420
mey wm ao meir part. J potatoes.
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