MALHEUR COUNTY FAIR, ONTARIO, OREGON, SEPT. 20, 21 AND 22, 1922-FUN 3 DAYS-1000 WAYS VOL. XXVJ THE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OBEQON, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922 NO. 34 ONE HUNDRED MEMBERS C. 0. D. LEAGUE PRESIDENT McCULLOCII AND SECRETARY DOOLITTLE LEAVE TO PRESENT REGION'S VIEWS Qli1 RAILROAD PROBLEM PORTLAND COMMITTEE TO ACT WANT U.P. TO STATE PURPOSE Attitude of Wllamette Valley Towns land Not as Antagonistic us Previous lteports w Indicate For the purpose of Betting forth the views of the people of this sec tion in the controversy which has arisen concerning the disposition of . the Central Pacific railway company i-resiaeni j. w.racuuuocn ana secre tary W. H. Doolittle of the Central Oregon Development League left for Baker, LaGrande, Pendleton and Portland on Wednesday morning. Meetings are to be hold in the Eastern Oregon towns before reach ing Portland Friday for a hearing before the transportation committee of the Portland Chamber of Com merce which has been withholding itR reports pending this hearing of Eastern Oregon's viewpoint. At a meeting of the Commercial club Tuesday noon at a luncheon at the Moore, Mr. McCulloch outlined the situation as it appears to the Central Oregon League and urged that the club take memberships in the league for all its members. This was done, and the club subscribed $100 or 100 memberships and be sides loaned the league another $100 to finance the trip of the two officers to Portland. Geoge K. Aiken who represented the Oregon Development League iu a discussion of thin problem before the Oregon Editorial association at Corvallis, reported the attitude tak en by the Wllamette Valley scribes, and of the Portland papers as near ly as this could be ascertained by him. H"The Wllamette Valley men are "comlhtttetr to the Southern rtitr program , he saia. "wntie personal ly some of them feel that no action should be taken without further in vestigations, the rapid work of the Southern Pacific agencies has lined i them up already. -Threats have been made by the Southern Pacific that if the plan proposed by the Union Pacific Is adopted, that the Wllam ette Valley will soon lose its favor able freight rates for ties and bridge material; that the shops in tho val ley will bo removed, and that the en tire Southern Pacific system will be ruined. "Portland is more receptive to a wider consideration of the pro blem and Is not united against Eastern Oregon," said Mr. Aiken. "In fact, from what I could gather from the editors of the Portland pa pers, they seek the same object which the Central Oregon Develop ment League does; namely, a rail road across Central Oregoft which will open that section for develop ment. But they are taking a dif ferent route to secure that end. The Portland argument is this: "We hold no brief for either of the railroad systems, but before tho Union Pacific's contention can be considered definite promises which look reasonable of fulfillment must be made. The record of the Union Pacific as a pioneering road is1 not such as Justifies us in acting. Whllo It has been in Oregon or years it has built fow branch lines, save when threatened by competition; on sfe other hand it has spent millions in Washington to invade the terri tory of other roads. We want com petition in tho Wllamette Valley and will welcome the Union Pacific or the Central Pacific to that terri tory, but do not believe that this will be accomplish in the manner sought by tho Union Pacific. In order to make Its position clear in this railroad mattes the club members present asked the officers of the Central Oregon Development league to secure If possible and un equivocal statement of its purposes from the Union Pacific In the fol lowing, resolution; BE IT RESOLVED, that tho On tario Commercial club endorses the work of the Contral Oregon Devel opment League. That It request its board of directors to subscribe for one hundred memberships in the league at One Dollar ($1.00) each. Such memberships to be disposed of as the board of directors may later deBE8IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Commercial Club requests the Lfeague to send Its representa tives to meet with the Portland Chamber of Commerce and other commercial organizations to confer relative to the pending controversy as to the disposition of the Contral "Pacific Railway. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Ontario Commercial Club suggests that the League stands un committed as to its att tude on be question of the disposition of the M. - .l railroad Until BUCh time as It has secured from the Union Piclfk Railway Company and the Southern Pacific Railway Com pany definite statements as tpjwhat each proposes to do in the way of development of the Central Oregon territory should It acquire control ot tuYceotral Pacific Railway," LOCAL GRAIN DEALER TO HANDLE CROP FOR GROWERS Bert W. Emerson, warehous ing manager of the Oregon Co-operative Grain Growers as sociation spent the past week in the county lining up facili ties for handling the grain crop now being harvested and threshed. Since so large a number of the ranchers have contracted with tho association for the disposition of their crop the association has faced a problem of local handling and 'solved It In this manner: All of the grain firms now active the county have been secured to look after tho local warehous ing, whllo at points like Cairo and Adrian where no ware- houses exist a representative of tho association will take charge of the loading and billing. The local representatives will be: Cash Grain Company, Ontario; Vale Grain & Seed company, Vale, and Nyssa Grain & Seed company, Nyssa. J. M. But ler at Cairo, and Holly Brothers at Adrian, will supervise the loading and billing at those points. LOCAL PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Don Piatt returned this week front a trip to Portland. W. E. Simpson of Ironside, was a visitor In Ontario this week. Mrs. E. A. Fraser and her son Ed' mund S. Fraser, drove to Boise yes terday. A. L. Cockrum and George H. Ross sought the elusive sage hen on a trip to Logan Valley Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis are numbered among the Ontario colony on the rim of Payette Lakes. William MpLean of Diamond, Is registered at the Carter house this week. T. Charles Prltchard and Mrs. Prltchard registered at the Moore from Brogan on Tuesday. From Burns, on his way out, came E. H. Conser this week. He stopped IMnnfav1ft' XTft.i,l?iVr - . Kt- ' I Mrs. Herbert Lackey of St. An thony, Idaho, is visiting relatives and friends. George Crews of Br,ogan, was an Ontario visitor for several diys this week. Mrs. Bessie Drlnkwater of Crane, stopped in Ontario enroute home on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Svyagler left Sunday for an extended auto trip through California. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rohn of Burns, were Ontario visitors the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Taggart and son, Max, left this week for the Pay ette Lakes for a week's outing. E. C. Van Petten returned this week from Payette Lakes whore he spent the two weeks previous. W. P. Lyons, cashier of the First National Bank of Caldwell, was an Ontario business visitor Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Staples and Joe, Jr., will leave next week for Wallowa lake for a vacation trip. Mr, and Mrs. Lee B. Cockrum plan on leaving early next week for an extended stay at the Cockrum camp on Payette Lakes. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Haw and fam ily have established their camp' on the Shores of Payette Lakes for an outing. Mrs. Helen Anderson leaves Sat urday of this week tor Monmouth to attend the last half of the sum mer school session there. Dave Logan who writes his ad dress on local hotel registers as, Brogan, Oregon, was In town during the first of the week on business. Mrs. Julius Grunbaum of Boise, and her daughter have been the guests of Mrs. Grunbaum's mother, Mrs. Martha Berthold. Miss Hortense Wells Is again on duty at the First National bank af ter spending her vacation visiting friends at Bend. Dr. and Mrs. W. J .Weese piloted a family party including their bouse guests who aro here from Philadel phia, and Mrs. John Dunphy to Boise yesterday. An attack of bay fever drove W. H. Brooke to tho cooler climes of the Ironside country. His" family accompanied him on the search for relief. Here in Ontario last Saturday was born to Mr, and Mrs. William Scott of Crowley, a baby boy who been christened, Lester William Scott. To escape .the. recurrent heat wave of the lower valley, Mr', and Mr, WHltem 'yiersow and1 family aro spending the veeTc at Payette Lake. MORE FIELDS PASS FIRST TEST FOR CERTIFIED SEED Of 22 Examined 14 Make Showing to Uot By Mrst Test Examin ation Discloses Benefits of Good Seed and Treatment E. R. Jackmun, crop specialist of the extension service of the depart ment of agriculture In company with L. R. Brlethaupt, county agent, spent four days, this and last week, examining potato fields tor certifi cation of the crop for seed. Of the 22 fields examined 14 made such a showing that they scored high enough for the first, examin ation and were passed for inspec tion later. Eight. fields failed to reach the required mark. The fields which passed are about oqual ly divided between the upper and lower Dead Ox Flat, Ontario sand Nyssa sections being the fields ef: James G. Smith, Homer Rambo, Gra ham Park and E. B. Sargent, all near Ontario; Roy Cram, J. L. Brown, Lattig & Johnson, Otto Melle and Alva Brlethaupt on the Payette Oregon Slope; H. R. Jos eph and W. H. Waugh on the lower Dead Ox; W. L. Gibson & ' Sons, H. R. Sherwood of Nyssa, and C. M. Beaumont of Kingman Kolony. Indicating the improvement made by the potato growers of this sec tion during the past three years is this record; two years agb 22 grow ers asked for an examination of their fields and nono passed the test; last year the same number asked and three passed; while this year 14 passed the firt examination and it Is believed that fully half of them will pass final tests. The examination also reveals the benefits of good seed, for of the 14 which haye passed so far ten of the crops como from fully certified seed; three from seed which passed the two field Inspections, while one came from picked up seed. Tho investigation also revealed the presence of Mosaic in many fields, and a Btudy of this demon strated the spread of this disease but further study will have to be made before definite deductions can be arrived at for the Information of growers. Besde the fields examined for certification many of the commer cial fields were examined and found to be-tnucb,better thau those of last year. . " T LOCAL PERSONALS Mr, and Mrs. Chas. H. Blom are attending the Oregon State Baptist convention and B. Y. P. V. assembly near Portland. Word was received here this week that S. M. Boucher has accepted a position with tho University High school at Columbia, Mo., qb teacher of Manual training. M. D. Thomas is assistant at tho Agricultural Col lege at Columbia, Mo. Miss Alma Earp passed through Ontario on her way to Portland Saturday afternoon. Miss Earp Is a member of the Malheur Enterprise staff at Vale. Miss Fern Crummett left Satur day evening for Portland where she will Join Miss Dottle Crummett ang return to Eugene with her for an extended visit. Miss Crummett will take up college life with her sister there this fall. Feeling under-tho-weather, James Mustard came down to Ontario this week from Westfall and divid ed his stay between the Moore and the Carter houses according to tho registers of those bostelrles. Lakeview, one of Oregon's Inland towns, far distant from a real full guaged railroad, Is the home of L. R. Henryford who was registered at tho Carter. Folly Farm; a stock ranch of the interior is the address claimed by John Finlayson a stockman of that section. Mr. Finlayson came to On tario this week on business. The lives of those who violate the automobile laws of Oregon are made burdensome by the officers of the traffic squad of the Secrotary of State's office. There are seyeral of these In Eastern Oregon who work under the general direction of Jay Saltzman whose headquarters Is The Dalles. Mr. Saltzman Is In Ontario this week accompanied by 0. L. Lieuallen of Baker, who has charge of the Baker, Union and Wallowa county section .but occa sionally comes down thla way to chock up on violators whllo Mr, Hus ton is of in the Central Oregon terri tory, Thoy are at the Moore, Mike Gibbons; no not the fistic phenom from St. Paul, Minn., but Mike Gibbons from Juntura, Is In rOntarlo this week. He wrote his name on the Moore register Tuesday, Clarence Qxman, whose big alfal fa ranch is one of the sights of the Jamleson 'ountry was In Ontario Tuesday, and while befe' attended the luncheon ot the Commercial club. OREGON EDITORS ENJOY BIG TIHE AT ANNUAL CONVENTION Deplore Pressing of Religious Issue Into State Politics Ite-olects Cottage Grove Man As Presl dent To Hood River . Next Year Thanks to the perfection of the arrangements provided by the Cham ber of Commerco, and the Woman's club of Corvallis, the faculty club of the O. A. C. together with the fin ished work of tho Newport Commun ity club, the fifteenth annual con vention of the Oregon Editorial as sociation will go down In its history as the most successful of many en joyable gatherings. Nothing was left undone to make the stay of the type-writer mechan ics joyful. Because Corvallis hotel facilities are Inadequate for such a gathering, Margaret Snail hall, the handsome new women's dormitory at O. A. C. was thrown onen to the scribes and their families; while the domestic science cooks at the college served a delightful banquet Tiaay evening while the business men of Corvallis were hosts at a luncheon Saturday noon. The Cor vallis business men furnished a spe cial train to take the entire party to Newport where the entertainment was in the hands of the very capable Community club. Variety in plenty there was at Newport. From the time the band played the welcome overturo as the steamship from Yaquina tied up to the dock, until the last farewell song Sunday afternoon, the guests of Newport had the time of their assorted lives. Tho youngest and happiest we belive was Frank Irvine of the Oregon Journal, who undoubt edly must be given the honor of be ing the life of the party. Newport has so many attractions that time and space forbid giving them iu detail. There is nothing that could appeal to the vacationist that this wonderful resort does not provide, the only way to appreciate its wonders is to go there tor a week or two. At the business session of the association Elbert Bede of Cot tage Grove was re-elected president ana Hal Hoss of -Oregon City, was re-elected secretary. Next year the convention will meet te Hood River, A resolution condemning the rell gioufl Issues into Oregon politics waa adopted during the gathering. LOCAL PERSONALS T. J. O'Keefe, known to all auto mobile men along the line, was In Ontario this week. Mr. O'ICeoto did not make the trip alono this time, as he has for years and years, for no longer Is he a bachelor, hav ing been recently married. On this trip Mrs. O'Keefe Is becoming ac quainted with the territory. O'Keefe is the manager of the Boise office of the United States Rubber company. After enjoying a week at the Pay etto Lakes, including some fishing, Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Cockrum and their sons are back in Ontario again. They reached home last Saturday. On his annual visit to his sister, Mrs. Graham Park who lives south west of. the city on one of Malheur county's largest poultry farms, A. O. Rogers of Broken Bow, Nobr., Is here this week. Mr. Rogers says that the wheat crop of that section of Nebraska will be only half nor mal duo to te drought of tho past two years during which the subsoil moisture has been heavily drawn upon. During his visit to the west Mr. Rogers went Into tho Palouae country of Washington and viewed the wheat crop of that region which be says is below normal. Speaking of the cattle situation in the Broken Bow region, which Is one of the largest range cattle sections of Ne braska, he says the situation is simi lar to that in the West, the young stock having been sold during the last two years, the stockmen are now engaged In re-establishing their herds. BLANTON-MONCK At Payette Monday afternoon, in the chambers of Judge Martin Lu ther, the wedding of Miss Gertrude Monce and Wesley Blanton, both of this city, took place. On their re .turn to this city a wedding supper was served at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. P. H. Shore, and in the evening a charivari was staged at the Blanton home, where they are to live, and this in turn proceeded a session at the Sugar Bowl to which place tho bride and groom were taken by former class mates in High school. The next day the bride and groom left for tho Owyhee country to spend their honeymoon on the Davis ranch. They expect to be back in Ontario in a week. Both the bride and groom are well known In the young er crowd of Ontario young folk for the bride was a sopbmore In High school last year; -while the groom, the son of John Blanton, is a native son of Ontario and; for the past year has bees assisting his father on his rtMfc. LOCAL MERCHANTS BOOSTING FAIR WITH ADVERTISING Practically every envelope that leavos Ontario during the next few weeks will bo a boost er for the annual Malheur coun ty Fair. In red ink a cor ner is being printed on tho envelopes carrying the slogan and aim of the Fair Cemmittee: "Fun 3 days In a 1000 Ways." This is the initial effort out side of newspaper stories to toll the folks of tho county that tho Fair this year Is going to be the biggest and best ever . staged. A revival of the Fair spirit is manifested in the ac tivity of the business men and the co-operation already se presages its continuance to the last days of the exposition. , At the Ontario Outing club the roll of members was increased by the presence of Mrs. Frank Rader, Miss Amy Cantleld, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Petten and Bernard Ra der, this week. In order to receive medical atten tion, Mrs. Stephen Woodward of Westfall, accompanied by Stephen Jr., Is In Ontario this week. Mrs. Woodward is registered at the Car ter House. Haying being delayed for a time on the Elbert Butler ,Jr. farm. Mr. and Mrs. Butler and family, accom panied by Mlss,Ruth Roberts, are so journing in tho higher altitude of the lake shore. Folk from town are not alone In seeking the rest and recreation af forded at Payette Lakes. Frank Newblll set aside the cares of farm ing, and -with his family Wed him self last week to the lake region. Manager George W. Hotchklss of the Union OH company, accompan ied by Arthur Cockrum? who recent ly Joined the company's local driv ing force, went to Baker Monday and drove home a new package delivery truck, thus increasing the motive equipment of the local agency to four machines. Adrian was what W. J. Robinson wrote after hlB name when-ho came to Ontario Tuesday on business. He stopped at the Moore. Rod McArthur whose Scotch an cestry is doubly indicated by his name was numbered among the stockmen In town during the week. Ho came here from Beulah. Sam Cream formerly of this city, but now a traveling man from Welser, found business so good here Monday that, he could not take care of It all In one day so he stopped overnight. He spread his namo over a considerable portlon'of the Moore register In recording the fact. Mrs. Barton of Baker who has been here for a short visit with her son, Mr. Sake, returned to her home on Wednesday. ' Ike Holland who operates a pool hall and cigar store at Burns, and who formerly lived at Vale, was In Ontario enroute to Boise and other points on business Monday. Mr. Holland stoppod off long enough to renew acquaintance with many old time friends hero. G. Stubblefield, formerly of this city, but now a resident of Grants Pass, was in Ontario Monday. Mr, Stubblefield has spent the past month in Harney county doing some engineering work for the Wlllaim Hanloy company. Ono of the very best, if not the best, pieces of dirt road In Oregon is that up the Cow Valley grade out of Brogan. The reason it Is so good is that it receives excellent caro and constant malntalnence. Tho man who does tho work is Paul Groi. dona of Brogan, who has been In charge of that section of the John Day Highway, Mr. Grondona was In Ontario yesterday for a short oUy. Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Gaylord of Axtell, Kansas, are visiting Mrs. Oaylord'a mother, Mrs. O. L. King. With Judge and Mrs. King they made the trip Sunday to Starkey and other points of Interest on that scenic Idaho highway. P. J. Gallagher returned yester day from a fishing trip to the North Powder lakes where with a number of other Malheur .county citizens ho has taken a camping site for future development. W. P. Davidson, president of the Oregon-Western Colonization com pany, spent several days the last of lost week Jn the city on business. He was accompanied on the trip by hla Prlneville agent, Mr. Johnson, They made tha trip by auto from the Crook county metropolis. LOCAL PERSONALS LEADING DAIRYMEN OF E ONTARIO TO CO-OPERATE WITH IDAHO IN ENTERTAINING , DISTINGUISHED PARTY NEXT MONTH PLANS BEING PREPARED TO VISIT ONTARIO AUGUST 7TH Heads of Brooders' Associations; President of National Dairy Council and Largest Choeso Manufacturer in World To Tour Valley On Monday, August 7, Ontario, along with Payette and Welser, will have the honor of entertaining tho most distinguished body of men in terested in tho dairy business from various aupects, in tho United States. Tho notablo assembly of visitors will include among others, Marcus D. Munn of St. Paul, Minn., presi dent of the National Dairy Council, and formerly president of tho Amor lean Brooders' association; C. W. Larson, head of the dairy division, U. S. Department of Agriculture. H. H. Kildoe, head of tho dairy de partment, Iowa State College, Ames. Hugh Van Pelt, editor of tho Dairy Farmer, Waterloo, Iowa. R. H. Brown, editor of the Jorsey Bulle tin, Indianapolis, Indiana. J. L. Kraft of Chicago, tho largest manu facturer of cheese In tho entire world. W. H. Caldwell, president of the American Guernsey club. E. H. Farrlngton, head of the dairy division, of the college of animal husbandry, University of Wisconsin, Madison. J. H. Franzen, formerly of. the dairy division of tho Univer sity of Nebraska, now associate edi tor of Capper's Weekly, Topeka, Kansas. H. A. Harding, formerly head of te dairy division at the Uni versity of Illinois, at Urbana. C. L. Burllngham, Brandon, Vermont, president of the American Ayre shire society. Bestdo thes thero will bo represen tatives of Hoard's Weokly, the Wal lace Farmer and. other national pub-' Ucations connected with tho dairy Industry. Tho Governor's Guests The party comes to this section of the country as the guests of Govor nor D. W. Davis of Idaho, who was kind enough to extend to the Com mercial club of this city the oppor tunity to co-oporato with the Idaho Officials In tho ontortalnmont and to show thorn eastern Malheur county, as well as Idaho, slnco geographic ally the interests of this side of tho Snake river- are identical with that of tho othor side. Tho Governor's Invitation was accepted. The visitors aro coming in a spe cial car from Omaha, Nebraska, whoro they will gathor from all parts of the country, and from that point thoy will bo the guests of the Idaho executive. An ontlro day will bo given to the Welser-Payotto and Ontario soctton. Tho company will arrive at Welsor at 4:15 a. m August 7 and will, be tendored a broaktast by te Welser Commercial club. Thero In auuos thoy will bo startod on the day's trip to Payette and Ontario, and from horo thoy will bo taken to Parma where they will bo the guests of tho Parma Chamber of Com merce at a dinner that evening. PIKHCE-KIMK A wedding of Interest to many roadors of tho Argus which was in advorontly overlooked laBt wook was that which took placo at tho home of Mrs. Martha Brodorlck, when her daughter, Miss Erraa Klmo, bocamo the bride of Dwlght Plerco of this city. Tho ceremony was road by Rev. Honry Young of tho Methodist church on tho lawn at the Brodor lck homo, and was witnessed by tho Immediate family and a small group of friends of tho bride and groom. Following the ceremony a wedding supper was sorved and tho young couple loft tho noxt day for Payette Lakes on a honeymoon trip. Both tho bride and groom are well known hero. Tho bride was a mombor of the class of '22 which graduated In Juno from tho High school and took a prominent part In school affairs. The groom has been a resident of Ontario for years and has boon es pecially prominent in tho organiza tion of the American Loglon, being at this time commander of the local post. ANOTHER ZANTC GREY TRIUMPH ON SCREEN William Fox who will present at tho Dreamland Theatre for the first time here, Zone Grey's great story cessor to the othor Zane Grey stories "Tho Last Trail" has given us, as a special production, a worthy succes he has contributed to tho screen. Who that saw William Farnum In "Riders of the Purple Sage", "Tho Rainbow Trail", "The Last of the Duanes" and "The Lone Star Rang er" can forget those superb exam ples of motion plcturo drama? When "The Last Tjall" Is described as a worthy addition to this list, little more sood bo said iu the way of endorsement. m ! I 4 A 7VI ' l i