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m KyWWWMlWilWIIMBWWWWi immHiiimiiii .mmm m TmS ONTARIO AUGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1922 ') X 'f compare MMtrdrSrivt M vHHMHR If. if Fiik Premier Tread 30x3-110.85 Non-Skld Fabric 80 x3K. 14.85 Extra-Ply Ilcd-Top no xzyi if.85 Slx.Plr Non-Skld Clincher Cord 30X3K 17.85 Slx-Ny Non-Skld Cord Straight Sldo 30x3tf 19.8G ,....,!.. Time to (Ouy THE lower prices on Fisk Cord Tires aro interest ing to you because they buy more tiro value than higher priced tires can give you. Comparison with other tires will'show you Fisk aro bigger, stronger, and lower priced throughout the range of sizes. Titer a' s a Fltk Tire of extra vatua in every size, (or car, truck or speed wagon , JJHHMHMHMHab. . - - 11 ;:'V TURKISH W I W 11 i ; 4:' 10 FIFTEEN i . . i ; ZttZteuug J IFT&AV. Think of MARSDEN'S When anything about the house, ranch or auto goes wreng: We fix all kinds of things, We are the FIX-IT-SHOP. Look over your garden tools now, your lawn mowers, and all. 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TUNNY, Dofendant: In tho name of tho Btnto of Oro gon, you aro hereby required to ap pear and answer tho complaint filed against you In tho abovo ontltlod court and causo on or boforo tho tlmo 'prescribed In tho ordor of publication, to-wlt: On or boforo tho oxplratlon of bIx wooks from tho dato of tho first publication of this summons, and It you fall to answor for want thoroof, plaintiffs wilt ap ply to tho court for tho rollof pray ed for In said complaint, to wit: Por a judgment against tho do fondant for tho sum of $1800.00 with Interest thorcon at tho rato of six por cont por annum from Juno 1st, 1021 and for tho costs and dis bursements In this action oxpondod, and for an order of salo of tho property which has heretofore been attachod and which Is described as follows, to-wlt: All of tho Northeast Quartor of tho Northwest quarter of tho Southwost qunrtor of Section 15, Township 18, Range 47 B. W. M. excepting that por tion which lies East of tho Wilson Ditch; also alt of tho Southeast Quarter of tho North west Quartor of tho Southwost quartor of Soctlon 16, Township 18 South, Range 47 E. W. M., excepting that which llos oast of tho Wilson Ditch, being nlno acres moro or less according to government survoy, and also tho North half of tho Northwest Quartor of tho Northwest quartor of tho Southwost quartor of Soctlon 1C, Town ship 18 South, Range 47 L W. M. This summons Is publjshod pur suant to an ordor of tho Honorablo Dalton Illggs, Circuit Judgo, made and ontcrod on April 20, 1022, and tho first publication thoroof Is mado on April 20 1022, and tho last pub lication mado on tho first day of Juno, 1022, W. II. UROOKB P. J. OAMJiailER . Attornoys for Plaintiff Rosldlng at Ontario, Oregon. NOTICE 01'" HEARING FINAL REPORT IN THE .COUNTY COURT OP THE STATE OF OREOON FOR MALHEUR CPUNTV In tho Matter of tho Estato of Sylvestor D. Klblor, Docoasod. Nottco Is horoby glvon that W. II. Drqoko, Administrator of tho Estato of Sylvester B. Klblor, doceasod.Jias rondorod and presented for settle ment and tiled In said Court, his Fi nal Roport of tho Administration of said ostato of said Sylvester D. Klb lor, docoasod, and potltlon for dis tribution, and that Saturday, May 20, 1023, at olovon o'clock a. in. at tho County Court room In tho Coun ty Court Houso In tho City of Vale, Malheur county, Orogon, has boon duly appolntod by tho Judgo of said Court for the settlement of said fi nal roport and tho distribution of tho proporty ot said ostato, at which time, any persons Intorested in eald ostato may appear and fllo excep tions in writing to said final roport and contest the samo. W. H. nilOOKE, ADMINISTRATOR of tho Estato ot Sylvester B. Klblor, docoasod. First publication Aprlt 20, 1022 Last Publication, May 18, 1022. Man and wife wants work on ranch. Box 362, Ontario, Orogon. WANTED Plain Sowing. Child: ren's clothes a speciality. Mrs. Ellen 8hepard, Box 575 Ontario, St WANTED TO PURCHASE Side car for Indian mortorcyclo. Inquire at this office. f.o. Have 17 Iota In Ontario will trado for residence property In or around Portland, M. A. Nelson, Ontario, care Carter House. 5t pd , Poland China male pigs. Weight 300 lbs. Arthur R. Karr, Oregon Slopo, Payette. 4t FOR SALE 25 thoroughbred Red Island Red pallets all laying. From prlie -winning atoejc and mated Call 34-J. Frultland, Idaho. JOHN GOODMAN Qnys Hides, Wool & Sheep Pelts California Avenue between Catholic Church & Hospital Ontario - Oregon STORY OF THE FAMOUS OLD OREGON TRAIL A Narrative of the Wilson Price Hunt Expedition in 1811-12 and the "Great Migration" Into Oregon Country, in 1852-3 By Walter E. Mcachcn, Pros. of.Old Oregon Trail Assoc. (Continued from laBt wook.) Hol-o Itoglnson, Hcznor and Ho buck wcro outfitted and remained to trap and hunt. On Scptcmbor 10, Mr. Stuart mid his Jlttlo party reached tho headwaters ot tho Snako whoro tholr horses wcro stolen by n rascally band ot Crow Indians and they proceeded on tholr wny on foot. Tho winter was spent In camp on tho banks ot tho Plato river nnd in tho spring tho march to St. Louis was ronowod. Flnnlly on April 30, 1813, tho party reached St. Louis and tho dispatches wuro srnt to Mr. Astor In Now York City. Tho journoy had taken ton months of tlmo and Incrcdlblo hardships nnd tho nows of tho Journoy of Mr. Hunt icrontctl a groat sensation, and was tho first nows ot tho establishment of Astoria at tho mouth of tho Co lumbia In tho year 1843 tho first wagon train to reach tho Wlllamotto valley loft Fort Hall, In tho vicinity of Pocn tolio, Idaho, under tho command' of Dr. Marcus Whitman . This was called at tho tlmo tho "Orcat Emi gration" hecnuso thoro wero 1000 people In tho party. Hut nlnn, or ten years later, tho real "migration" took placo when 300,000 p'coplo swept In a vast tidal wavo of human ity from tho nilddlo wost to tho Pn cltlo coast. Under tho guidance ot Dr. Whit man, tho party passed by tho prosont slto ot Huntington and on up tho Ilurnt rivor canyon and on Boptom bor 28th roachod tho Powder Rlvor valley In Ilaker county, Oregon. Tho (Irnndo Hondo Valley was roachod October 1st and crossing tho IIIuq mountains his party roachod tho Walla Walla valloy tho lattor part ot tho month. Continuing on to tho Columbia rlvor, tho party cm barkod on boats nnd roachod tho Wlllamotto valloy tho lattor part of Novombor, 1843. At this tlmo It Is propor to digress for a momout and tako noto of tho Chnmpocg convoutlon hold at Cham- poug, Wlllamotto valloy, May 2, 1843 At this mooting 102 mon gathored. Tho proposition ot forming n Pro vjslonnl Govorumont was put to n voto nnd.lt appeared to bo a tto until a Frcnchmnu, Francois Davlcr Mot thlou, walkod ovor to tho Amorlcan sldo and tho groat Orogon country, which nt that tlmo Includod all ot Orogon, Washington, Idaho, Mon tana ami part ot Wyoming, was saved to tho United States. After tho migration of 1843, only scattering parties wondod their way to, tho Oregon country until tho year 1852 when tho groatost rush of homo sookors tho world has ovor soon took placo. Wholo families loft their com fortablo homo nnd friends, family ties woro brokon and business con nections savorod for tho purposo ot Joining In that mad rush for tho mystorous land across tho mountains whoro homes might bo secured for taking. Perils woro considered as nought, but with faces sot rosolutoly toward tho sotting sun, tho pionoors ot tho great Northwest sot out to subdue tho wlldornoss and 'establish homos whoro rolls tho "Oregon." Tho Old Orogon Trail propor, bogan at In depondonco, Missouri as did the Santa Fo trail. For 41 miles tho two trails pursued tho samo course, than they forkod, tho Santa Fo head ing southwest nnd tho Oregon Trail to U10 Northwest, At tho forks of tho road was a simple sign reading, "Road to Ore gon." That sign would bo worth Its weight In gold today to any his torical society. Tho Old Oregon Trail ran to tho Northwest along tho Little Illuo rlvor .until It struck the valley ot the Platto about-300 mltos from Independence. Tho routo thon lay up the Platte to a point near tho forks of the Platte whoro there wero two routes. The Orogon Trail followed the south fork for a short distance then turned Northwest unrt reached the north fork, past whtt Is now Chey enne, reaching Laramie, Wyoming, which 'was tho last post on tho eastern sldo of the Rockies, The famous Independence Rock, 838 miles from Iudepondence -was one of the most noteworthy and well known features on the trail. The routo lay through what is now Rock Springs and Orcon River, Wyoming. At -what is now Granger, the route lay acoss the mountains to what was called the South Pass, elevation, 7,450 foot. Fort Drldger, Wyo., was tho first r'ostln place west of the Rockies, 1000 miles from the Mis souri. . Tho routo now lay northwest to Soda Springs on tho Dig Bend of tho Dear rlvor in tho southeast cornor of Idaho, thonco across tho dlvldo bo tweon tho Dear and Port Nouff rlvors, thenco on to Fort Hall, uoar tho situ ot what is now Pocatullo, Innho. tho early days and for u long tlmo was tho farthest outpost ot civiliza tion. Tho Trait cloooly followed thd Snako river for a long distance, passing what Is now American Falls, Uurloy, Twin Falls, Shoshone Falls, Salmon Falls and then across tho rlvor to what is now Bolso, Idaho, Tho Trail crossod tho Snako rlvor near, tho mouth of tho Uolso rlvor, Through what Is now Vale, Oregon, and on Uurnt rivor canyon which was considered as ono ot tho worst places ot road on tho ontlro trail, Tho Trail took a canyon a llttlo south of what Is now called Pleasant Valloy and wondod Its way ucross tho low foothills to what Is now called tho Virtue Flat, coming Into tho Powder rlvor valloy at tho pass noar tho old Flagstaff mlno. A woll was dug nt this point whoro tho thirsty travelers slacked tho thlrstj ot thomsolvos and tholr cattlo. Tho Trail Travolod tho valloy, coming out at tho proscnt silo ot North ,1'owdor. Tho Grand Rondo valloy1 was roachod by way of Ladd' Canyon, tho way loading past tho present slto ot La Oraudo nnd- on ovor tho Illuo Mountains, past Moacliam, on tho Umatilla, noar tho prosont slto ot Pendleton, tho'Hound Up City. Tho road ovor tho Illuo Mountains has soon llttlo changu since tho days ot 1852-53, until tho past your whou tho road was gradod from La Orundo to tho summit. From tho top ot 'Cabbage Hill on tho Umatilla sldo, tho road has boon gradod and graveled into Pendleton and tho State Highway Commission ot Oro gon has promised to have tho Old Trait In Orogon finished this year. From Pendleton, tho Trait led to Tho Dalles on the Columbia Rlvor whoro tho pionoors embarked on boats and bargos and finally arrived in tho Wlllamotto Valloy, tho goal ot tholr ambitious droams. Tho wagon train of tho great migration ot 1852 was 500 miles In length and several wagons In width. It extended In an unbrokou string further -than tho oyo could roach. Tho wagons woro ot tho Pralrio Schooner typo, wldo and deep uud bowed at both ouds and woro usod as boats In crossing some of tho dtiop wldo streams encountered in tho Journoy. Each wagon generally bad two or moro yoko of oxdn, horses or mules, a milk cow or two and carried an nvorage ot five people. Conservatively tho numbor ot pooplo ou this groat migration was 300,000 and the number ot cattlo greater. As tho party progressed, many ot tho t'oama gave out and dlod and the housohold effects and somo provi sions of tho party woro left by tho wayside In ordor to lighten tho loads. Thon tho cholera bit tho caravan and In 1852 over 5000 human bolngs dlod by tho way. Shallow graves wero mado and the oxpodltlon moved on. Tho sufferings ot tho party wero shared by all alike, tho women and children not bolng exempt. Whou thoy loft tho Missouri river they woro beyond the palo ot the civil law and crude Justice was motod out by on organized court which at tended to infections ot the law in a mannor all It own. Tho company being so numerous, it sunned llttlo from Indian depredations. Tho Col umbia d or go was also a terror to tho traveler, but now it is traveled by the Columbia River Highway, ono ot tho sconlo wondors ot tho world. Tho Marking ot tho Old Orogon Trail by Ezra Meekor In 1000 is al most as full ot Interest, hardships and advonture as was tho Journey of 1862-53. Feeling' that tho Old Oregon Trail should be preservod to history, Mr. Meeker sot out from his homo In Puyallup, Washington with a Pralrio Schoonor and on ox team to travorBO and mark tho routo which he had traveled as a youug man over 50 years boforo. Quoting Mr. Moekor: "Tho purpose ot the expedition Is to perpetuate tho memory ot the Old Oregon Trail and to honor tho Intrepid pioneers who made it and saved this great region the "Old Oregon Country" for Amerlau rule. (Continued next -week) Professional Card DR.G.A.POGUE Office at residence, one block west and two north of Moore hotel, Phone 57W. IVAN E. OAKES Consulting Engineer Irrigation & Drainage work General Engineering Office City Hall, Ontario, Ore. DR. J. O. UAHTLET PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Otflco in Wilson Bldg. Ovor Post Offlco ONTARIO, OREOON ( DR. R. A. MOON Chiropractic Physicians Klcctro-Xhcrapcutlsts Splno A Ncrro Specialists Phono 108 Ontario, Ore. DRS tWEESE & FOHTNER OFFICE HOURS! 0 to 12 and 2 to 6. Offlco ovor First National Hank. Telephone No. 33 J. Ontario, Ore. ( DR. A. R.ROBERTS Dontist Between Ontario Pharmacy nnd Depot. PROMS H2-F-1 dr. ha miner sears Osteopathia Physician WJUon Dldg., Over Radcra Phono 40 DR. O. M. TVLKR DENTIST Offlco in Wilson Dldg. Otflco Hours 0 a. in. to 4 p. m. Phone 117 for Appointments. A. A. WELLINGTON . Transfer ud BtornKO Offlco at Dig 4 Milliard Hall Phono No. 70-J iiiiiiiuiiiiiiim! fOR PLUMBING CALL L M. SEAWARD Phone 188J Ontario, Orp. poutioaij announcement ron DISTRICT JUDGE I horoby announce my candidacy for ro-olofitlon to tho position ot District Judgo for tho Ninth Judicial District, which includes Malheur, Harney and Orant Counties, at the Prlmarleu on May 1, 1922. Subject to the will ot tbe Domo cratlo voters, dalton maas POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT (Paid Advertisement) I horoby announco that I will bo a candidate for tho Republican nomination for Circuit Judge ot the Ninth Judicial District ot Oregon, embracing Grant, Harney and Mal heur Counties, at the Primary Elec tion on May 19, 1922, WELLS W. WOOD Ontario, Oregon. FOR SALE 16 Choster White pigs. Call on O. H. Huffman, Cairo or Address Ontario R. F. D. St pd. WANTED Stock to pasture Call F, A. Ratcllff, phono 203M, Ontario, FOR SALE Rhode Island .Red Cockerels, none better, 1,C0 each. Dooklng orders for hatching eggs, at $1,00 a setting ot 15. Also wheat and clover seed for sale. JOHN MOLENAAR Two miles straight west of" town. Leave orders at Ontario Meat and Grocery Co. 8t pd h Wt'- .43 n X3 ; J. 1 r 9wFiMraKC33B.-n? nnui t-sf -M? ntuum -Tnfuumi ' - r, 'fe.efe1 tn6"