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VOL. XXVI
ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON.OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 26,1922
No.48
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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,
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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)
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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,