(ffvAweiJ VOL. XXVI ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON.OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 26,1922 No.48 .', 'X. WARMSPRINGS WATER MAY GO TO DEAD OK Reclamation Service Engineers Sur veying liliie for Possible Ex- tension of System to Upper nnd Lower Dead Ox Flat Gilbert H. Hogue, engineer of the U. S. U. S. -who Is in charge of tho party of engineers making an exam isatlon of the Warmspringa District and possible extensions covering the Ha'rpor Baslil and other lands, moved his headquarters to Ontario this week while work is being done on Dead Ox Flat. Mr. Hogue and his assistants have rui a lino from the Willow Creek country around to Malheur Butte at which point the are above the 2450 foot conture and are now engaged in extending that line to the Dead Ox Flat country. According to the plan of those i who are urging the extension of tho Warmsprlngs system it is proposed that a contract be entered into with the reclamation service for the sur plus water in the Warmsprlngs res ervoir which has a capacity far greater than that needed for the lands within the present system. The sale of this water would ibo a material aid to the Warmsprlngs District, and would possibly solve its problem. Though the data Is not completo, Mr. Hogue is of tho opinion that it is feasible to extend the proposed line to cover not only the lands of the- Oregon Slope District, but a large body of land above the highest ditches of that district, as well as cover the lands between the Butte and Snake River. This extension if it can be made, would put thous ands of additional acres into culti vation, and be of immense benefit i to Ontario, and at the same time re duco the cost of water to the ranch- ers now on Dead Ox Flat as well as in the Warmsprlngs District. Mr. Hogiie win probably complete the field work within a week. AGGIE CLASS TO HOLD PARTY TO SECURE FUNDS FOR JUDGES A basket social will be held at the old Opera House Friday night by the class in agriculture at the High school. The purpose of the entertainment, for a big timo is promised, to raise funds to send the class to the Pacific International Stock Show at Portland. Last year Ontario won the Individual cham plonsip when James McCrelght brot homo the trophy. SIXTEEN SEATS LEFT IN ONTARIO SECTION IN BOISE At tho' Armistice Day game In Boise between the Idaho-Utah fpot--ttall teams a section of 50 seats has been set aside for Ontario fans; al ready 34 of these have been spok en for and only 16 remain. The tckets are on hand at the Argus of "ttte. Those who would like to be with tho "homo crowd' should let the Argus know in the next day or two, so that if additional seats are needed they can be secured. The game Is to be played at Cody Park and the Beating capacity is limited. Mrs. Emily Hall of Midland, South Dakota, arrived last Thursday to spend the winter with her daughter, Mrs. P. J. Gallagher. Mrs. Olive Walker of Wllamlna region, arrived this week to spend the winter with her son and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Walker. Mrs. E. W. Van Valkenburg, who has been the guest of her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Walk er for several months, expects to leave Saturday for California where she will remain for the winter. Iran E. Oakes and Ike Read who spent the past two weeks on a sur veying trip at Whlthorse, In south ern Harney county, returned home on Tuesday. A. T. Christiansen accompanied by Albert Mallett and Orvlllo Wal ters left overland for Bend, Tues day. Mr. Christiansen has been as sociated with his brother Mark in the 8anitary Barber Shop for a numbor of years. He expects to lo cate either in Bend or Wallace, Ida. Edwin Trantow has taken tho place of A. T. Christiansen at the Sanitary Barber Shop. Mr- Tran tow tow formerly with the Palace. TO SEE BAKER GAME HUSINESS HOUSES MAY CLOSE TWO HOURS In order that tho business men and their employees may see tho Baker game, which 's the biggest event of the football schedule this year a request has been made of the business men that they close for two hours on Friday, November 3. Tho mon present at tho Com mercial club meeting favor this but -decided that tho football committee have an agreement signed and that all business men be asked to co-operate. Tho first home game of tho season comes Saturday with Nampa. DEATH OP FORMER ONTARIO WOMAN FOLLOWS OPERATION Word was received this week by Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Ttoxell of the death at San Delgo, California on October 11, of Mrs. Etta Copo, wife of Edward Cope, formerly of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Cope lived in Ontario for a number of years while ho was engaged in the tailor ing business. They left Ontario four years ago for California. Mrs. 'Cope's death followed an operation, the nature of which was not stated. Beside her husband she is survived by a brother, Joseph Neodham of DesMolnes, Iowa, and Ollie Need ham of Melba, Idaho, and Mrs. Da vid Wiles of Seattle. ILL TO TR.0.T.C. Cadet Company Places Ontario In List of Cities Named On Inspec tion Trip of Officer From Presidio Will be Here Soon Major H. L. Jordan, in charge of officers training camps in the ninth army corps area will arrive In On tario soon to inspect the Ontario High school R. O. T. C. In tho the copy of the order which Sergeant W. H. Abendroth received giving the detail of Major Jordan's itinerary Ontario was, in population at least, tho samllest town mentioned for the Major will call at such cities as, Eugene, Corvallls, Portland and Ontario In Oregen: Seattle, Walla Walla and Pullman in Washington; Missoula and Helena in Montana; Boise and Moscow in Idaho, Laramie In Wyoming; Salt Lake City and Lo gan in Utah; Reno, Nevada and Sac ramento, California. The Ontario company is the oldest organization among tho High schools of Oregon and was formed years bo fore there was such a thing as an R. O. T. C, having been maintained as a voluntary organization for years before the war. COLLEGE CATALOGS CAN BE FOUND ON LIBRARY SHELVES The County Library is getting to gether a collection of catalogs of col leges, universities and normal schools. Many of them are already received and aro available for use throughout the county. The collec tion includes catalogs of all Oregon lnstittutions, and also a fow from Idaho, Washington, California and tho East. The Library is receiving daily tho O. A. C. Barometer. This may In terest the many O. A. C. graduates In this community. Henry Blackw'ell, prominont stock man of this section, Is a business visitor here this week. Wm. Hanley of Burns is visiting the city and old frlonds this week. Fred Barcus, who has been visit ing his brother Ernest Barcus for the past six months left Monday for his home in Neodesba, Kansas. Herschel Browno, Jr., underwent a tonsil and adenoid operation at the hospital Monday. , Miss Paulino Soligman is now at tending a nurses' training school in Seattle, Wellington. A. L. Mcintosh of the Mcintosh Land and Livestock Co. is a busi ness visitor here this week. Among the prominent men visit ing Ontario this week was Judge Wra. Duby of Baker. Mrs. Fred CanTir loft Friday morning for a visit to Welser. One of tho first of a series of club parties was enjoypd'by. tho Orogon club last Friday n.lht. Dancing and other entertalneleSfts were en Joyed by those present. A Hallow e'en party la being arranged for Monday. LOCAL HIGH TO PLAY Mere Saturday Grid Mncliino Has Been Overhauled and In Better Snap for Battle AVith Junction City Team Apparently Well Matched Coaches Paulson and Culbertson have been busily engaged this week in overhauling the local High school gridiron machine and getting to hit on every cylinder for the race with Nampa hero on Saturday. Like On tario, Nampa this year has a team made up of new men and both have lost to Boise and Welser by almost ldentlcaul scores, so that they are well matched for the fray. Owing to minor injuries and the necessity of shifting men about the locals did not make tthe showing ex pected of them against Welser. The Weiser team with Whlttier, former ly of Caldwell, proved its scoring power and deserved to win. In the second half, Ontario braced up and by a game effort came close to scoring., This however, was not the feature that appealed most to the coaches, it was tho fighting spirit that rallied after certain de feat that Inspired thorn. Wendell Thayer, manager of the team, Is busily engaged this week In a campaign to sell season tickets to the games here, on tho success of which depends the ability of tho lo cals to bring Baker to Ontario. Slnco Ontario has made, threo trips to Baker since Baker camo here tho boys are particularly anxious to got that game on the local grounds and are asking the support of tho busi ness men in their efforts. EASTERN STAR TO HOLD HALLOWE'EN PARTY FRIDAY Invitations are out for a Hallow e'en party to be held Friday evening at the Masonic Hall at which the members of Star Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star will be the hosts. Tip party Is being hold to start a fund for the purchase of a new car pet for tho hall. Wisconsin Dairy Looking to West for With a bannor line across the front page, on which also appeared a pic ture of a dairy ranch near Welser and another showing Governor D. W. Davis and tho Misses Sargent of Frultland holding a couplo of Jersey cows In front of a background of tall corn, Tho Wisconsin Farmer In a recent issue, gives the dairy pos sibilities of tho Snako river valley invaluable publicity. This wide spread advertising, which is but a part of that resulting from the trip of tho Dairy Special, in which On tario contributed, for tho Aryeshire Digest, the Jersey Bulletin, Kapper's publications. The Dairy Farmer of Waterloo, Iowa and many other pub lications whoso staff writers were members of the party have con tained equally valuable contribu tions showing how markedly suc cessful was tho venture sponsored by the Idaho executive. Tho Wis consin Farmer said in part: Woary of tho single-crop starva tion farming, looking with ambi tious eyes at the economic oasis of Wisconsin dairy progress and tta blllty, and anxious to securo the very best cattle for foundation stock that sums up the situation in many of tho fertile valleys of the western states. Instoad of its be ing "Young man, go west and grow up with tho country", wo find tho latest slogan to bo, as we must heed it, "Young dairyman, how many bred-for-production heifers can you spare to build up tho western coun try?" Tho National Dairy Show this year Is located on tho very bor der lino and. meeting ground of the young, ambitious, dalry-yearnlng west and tho prosperous, diversified dairy regions upon which the future expansion of the soundest form of farming rests. When east meets west at tho congress to be hold at the Minuesota fair grounds next month the opening guns will be fired in a marvelous campaign of westward dairy expansion. Buyers and salesmen will meet and ex chango opinions and list their wants and wares. Breed organizations from the two greatest western dairy states, nearest to he expanding western country, must heed tho call and como prepared to state facts on number of head available, sexes, ages, records, pedlgreoa, health, vigor and long-time capacity, . ..jj;r - ;!TfJn - TO SE DEMONSTRATED Frco Instruction in The Caro and Operation of Automobiles, Trucks nnd Tractors That tho manufacturers of auto mobiles and, tractors aro very much Interested In the performance of their products in tho field Is shown from, the laro number of schools be ing conducted throughout tho Unit ed Stntes. That these schools ore profitable to the manufacturer as well as tho oporators has been definitely set tlod and 'is plainly shown in tho elaborate equipment used and the number of people who attend these short courses. Tho duties performed by auto motive equipment are without num ber and tho operators number mil lions so we know of nothing which should be of more value in an edu cational way than a course of in struction In tho caro and operation of automotive equipment. A free course in tho caro and operation of automotlvo equipment Is to bo 'conducted at Ontario Com mercial club, 2nd floor City Hall Bldg., October 30 and 31, and any one who owns and operates an auto mobile, tractor, truck, or stationary engine, should avail himself of tho opportunity presented. The equipment used in this short course is much moro completo than anything heretofore offered, and Includes In addition to charts of i all leading tractors and various units of same, a completo laboratory for tho testing of lubricating oils. The most essential thing for the welfare of any motor is oil, and this being true, it Is very important that tho oil used should bo tho very best obtainable. Auyono attending this courso will have an opportunity to have tho oil he tiaVueen' using thoroughly aua llzed and will learn which is the best oil and why. Cattle Breeders Are Market for Surplus In a recent extensive trip thru Idaho, Rold F. Murray, secretary of tho Wisconsin Livo Stock Breeders' Assoclattion, learned some val uable things relative to this signifi cant factor affecting our duty to tho rising west. Mr. Murray says that when we picture a state about 50 per cent larger than Wisconsin and with only a fow moro dairy cows than can be found in two Wisconsin counties, to can partiallyr appeci ato tho need for dairy cattle In that state. Furthor.s tho freight rate have "pushed them 1000 miles fur ther from market." It costs about $0,000 to send a 40-car tralnload of alfalfa hay to market, and whon this hay is condensed Into a carload of butter, about $G000 is saved in frolght alone. Where thero Is In terest in dairying, thoy have irri gated districts, and largo crops of alfalfa and corn aro harvested. In tho more northerly parts sunflowers aro extensively grown for silage. Natural dairy feeds like alfalfa and silage give them a good basis for high milk and fat production. Tho climatic conditions aro oxcol lont for dairying and In many places It Is not necessary to have a very largo expondlturo for barns. What Is needed thoro now Is larger numbers of puro-brod bulls and ulso females for foundation purposes. They aro looking to Wis consin for a largo percentage of their foundation animals. Tho Na tional Dairy Show will start tho ball to rolling it Wisconsin breeders, aro awake to community offorts In service and sales. Thoug'h Idaho has but 135,000 dairy cows at present, tho Interest manifested by tho farmers of that state will very materially lncroase this number. On tho "Dairy Spe cial" recently personally conductod by Gov. D, W. Davis, many good herds of blaclf and whites were visit ed. During tho farm visits thoy saw same excellont Manitowoc, Wis consin Holstetns on the Anderson Farm near Jeromo, Idaho, These grade Holstelns were secured thru Chas. Hampke of Manitowoc, and the owners wero well pleased with them. Another herd of Wisconsin Holstelns were from Clarke county, (Continued on last pago) '.VfirtH-fiiaxmm, .r -fTM' ANDY GUMP HAS AT LEAST FOUR BOOSTERS IN ONTARIO Yes, Sir, Andy Gump is not without his supporters in On tario. Tho candidate- who is "100 per cont for tho people and wears no man's collar," is having tho backing of dyed-in-tho-wool domocrats and repub licans as well right hero in Mal heur county. The original and charter mombers of tho Gump for Con gross club of Ontario woro nominated to their posltltonB by Judgo G. L. King, who re ceived tho official call and a number of' buttons from "Bill'J Cuddy, paragraphor of tho Oro gonian, formerly of this city. With this authority tho Judgo started his campaign and elect ed W. E. Lees, vice prestdont of the club, then added J. T. Mc Nulty for treasurer and George K. Aiken for secretary. That makes it a fifty-fifty proposi tion.. Judge King Is not certain concerning his candidates pos sibilities, but Mr. Lees Is cor tnin that Andy is going to bo a sadder but wiser man when election is ovor. Mr. McNulty is awaiting word from Undo Blm before- declaring open tho campaign slush fund hero. So far tho betting is oven that Andy will not bo tho noxt speak or of tho Houso. IS SOUGHT FOR PIERCE FUND Dollar Pledges Asked to Flnnnco Campaign unlquo Plan Adopt ed to Put Candidate Before tho Pcoplo Indicating that tho Piorco-for-Governor campaign will bo carried direct to the people beforo the rap idly oncoming day of olectlon, an advertisement appeared simultan eously In tho nowspapers of tho stato making n pica for dollar subscrip tions, on tho basis that this candi date Is ono of the pcoplo and do pendent upon tho rest of tho people to olect him. Tho Issue seems to dwell partic ularly upon reducod taxes and no hint Is given or claim made of party or party affiliations, but a clear cut dollnatlon of government for tho peoplo and by tho people. In tho matter of campaign expen ses It was pointod out that Mr. Plorce himself Is hardly able to bear the brunt of placing his cause before tho voters of Orogon, and, unsup ported by wealthy nnd influential corporations, It as boon necessary to dopond upon tho small contributions of thoso who may have both a dol lar and a vote. A clean campaign Is pledged throughout. ONTARIO GIRL IS MANAGER OF O. A. O. SOROIUTV; HOUSE Orogon Agricultural College, Cor vallls, Oct. 5, Dorothy Turner nnd Joyce Turner of Ontario aro seniors In tho school of commorco. Joyco Turner Is houso managor of XI Bota sorority. Spoclal stress Is placod on scholarhlp by the college soror ities, tho averago grade for tho sor orities and clubs being hlghor thnn that for tho studont body. A baby daughter, Margaret Ellon, arrived at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Taylor Sunday. Tho Cartor Houso. ono of tho best known hotels of Eastern Oregon was sold last week to It. J. Palllster and Wm. Munkora of Huntington. Thoy took possession Immodlatoly. Androw Little of Emmott visited Ontario this wook. Mr. Little Is well known us ono of tho biggest stockmen of Idaho, maintaining several largo ranches In tho south western part of tho stato. J. F. Lucas, prominent banker nnd real estato oporator of Western Oregon, Is looking after Investments in this section. R. W. Jones and Fred Canflold roturned Saturday from a two weeks hunting trip In tho North Fork country. Tliolr return was dolayod by car troublo and thoy woro held up for sovQral days awajtlng to palrs. They brought homo a flno buck. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Pugh of Brogan, at the Holy Rosary Hospital last Tuesday, Mrs, Pugh Is well known In Ontario whore she attended school as Oladys Logan. The baby lias beon chls tenod John Forrest. its i WiiiiiaBMraBMEjaiJfosa iik OLD OEEICERS NAMED BY COMMERCIAL CLUB Commlttco to Pass Upon Solicita tions Among Business Men and Advertising Schemes Club Finances in Good Condition At tho annual mooting of tho Commercial club last night tho board of directors wero elected and later thow completed tho organiz ation by re-electing E. C. Van Pot ten, presldont; W. F. Homan, vlco prlsidont; IL L. Peterson, treasur er, and W. H. Doollttlo, secretary. Tho board of directors wero elect ed as follews: E. C. Van Petten, E. A. Frasor, H. C. Boyer, H. L. Peterson, J. A. Lakness, W. F. Ho man, C. R. Emison, George K. Aiken, D. F. Graham, W. J. Plnuey, and A. L. Cockrum. There was a tie between Mr. Cockrum, F. P. Ryan and D. W. Powers for tho twolvth position which was decided by lot, Mr. Cockrum being tho win ner. Prior to tho olectlon tho membors hoard tho report of Secretary Doo llttlo which showed a cash balance on hand after tho year's work. Both Mr. Doollttlo and Presldont Van Petten gave a briof outlino of the work which tho club has dona during tho year. Football Team Endorsed L. L. Culbertson of tho High school faculty and Wendall Thayer, buslnoss manager of tho football team woro present and presented the problom which tho team is hav ing to flnanco its schedule and out lined their plan of selling 200 seas on tickets' for the four homo games. E. A. Fraser, Frank Rader, H. C. Boyer and G. K. Aiken urged tho nocosslty of supporting the team and a resolution was adopted urg ing tho business men and citizens to buy tickets. All tho members present set an example by ordering ono or more tickets themselves, and a commltto consisting of Laruo Blackaby, Dr. C. M. Tylor and G. K. Aiken was appointed to aid tho boys in their canvass of tho busi ness men. To Stop Grafters Attontlon was called to tho fact that Ontario Is regularly worked by solicitors for variousschomes, somo with alleged charltablo purposes, others with fake advertising stunts. The total taken from the buslnoss men by thoso mothods amounts to thousands of dollars anually and no check Is mado upon it, and tho donors have- no means of judging tho worth of tho many propositions presontod. After some discussion it was de termined to adopt the Topoka, Kan sas plan for solving this problom. Under this plan the buslnoss mon are pledged not to mako a donation which has not had tho approval of a commlttteo of buslnoss .men. This commlttoo is known only to tho presldont and socrotary of tho club. Tho request to solicit must tbo made In writing to tho socrotary and will bo roferod to tho commlttoo for ap proval. At tho noxt lunchoon of tho club, noxt Wednesday at tl2:15 a review of tho work of tho club for tho past yoar will bo prosontod. Every member of tho club Is urged to at tend this gathoring as well as thoso not now inombora who are lntorest od In knowing what tho club Is on doavorlng to do. Mrs. C. W. Jones of Dos Molnos, arrived last wook for a few woeks' visit with her son R. W. Jones. Tho noxt mooting of the Girls' club will bo hold Tuosday at tho homo of Mrs. dco. II. GUbam. It will be a Hallowe'en party. Mrs. Robt. Morrison of Portland Is hero this week tho guost of hor sister, Mrs. J. D. Bllllngsloy. Chas. M. Crnndall, Sr. of Vale, was an Ontario visitor the latter part of tho weok. J. U. Adrian Is a buslnoss visitor from Bolso this weok. Thos, Crowley, stock grower from Crowley, Is registered at tho Mooru this week. Mrs. A. Murphy vlsltod horo from Beulah Saturday, Mrs. Alfred Cook of Nyssa Is now at tho hospital recovering from a ser ious oporatlon performed last Fri day. Mr. Cook is Btaylng la Ontar io until lier condition improves. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Stavely ot Montpoller, Idaho, is the guest ot her daughter, Mrs, J, R. Rasamus son. - rz,