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" fjl K F to r- ' vol. xxv WITH SUOS IN BACK FIELD ONTARIO WINS vale no i its haui) hut makes FIRST DOWN BUT THREE TIMES ONTARIO'S VUM- UMNO CAUSES TROUBLE SULLIVAN BTAIt DOUBLE PASS WINNING PLAY Gtilwtx, Star llulf Hack Put Out In Flint Quarter lUtdly Injured S Dunton Also Hurl -Clement Hocot ers Fumble Sceoy Vie With Sullivan Willi threo nubs playing moat ut the gnmo in tlio back fluid, and In JurluM luipodlug tho work ot regu lar In tbo llnu, Ontario won a bard (ought ganio at Vale yesterday nftornooii by a Bcoro o( 20 to 0. Thu icoro howavor doos not show tbo comparative Btrongth of tho two teams. For example, Ontario inndo first down during tbo gamo, 10 times for n total yardago of 372 yards, compared with Vale's llircu tint down for a totul ot C8 yards. Ontario complotud 8 forward pastes to Vale's throo; Ontario failed to compoto flvo to Valo'a six; Vale Intorcuptcd flvo Ontario passos to Ontario' Interception of throo of Valo'g passes. In two branches ot tho gamo, tho running hack ot punt and tho handling of them Vale was vastly uporlor. Zutx for Vale roturnud punt tor a total ot 00 yards, wblto Ontario did not return punts more than 30 yards. Also Ontario fum bled oiio punt which Vnlo recovorod for a not gain of 40 yards. In tho third quartor, thu only tlmu Vale showod consistent htrongth In attack tho County seat boys made all tholr gains securing throo first downs but not lu succes sion, This was tho only time In which Vulo threatened, oven rouioto ly, to scoro. Ontario scored lntho first quar ter, and again In tho socoud and In tbo fourth. Aftor tho first touch down which was mado by Maddux on a tackle-round play following Socoy's 46 yard run around Vale's right end and Sullivan's first long run on a doublo pass around Vale's loft end which landed tho ball on tho flvo yard lino, from wbonco Maddux carrlod It over. Dlge fail ed to kick goal. Tho second scoro was tbo result ot anothor long ruu by Sullivan on n doublo pass following which ho covorod fifty yards for a touch down, and thon klckod goal making tho scoro 13 to 0. This was tbo count at end ot tho half. Vulo Brace Momentarily doing In for tho second half Vale secured tho ball on u punt and on the first play mado 25 yards on a forward pass. On tho next play however Vale lost S yards, on tho third was penalized 15 yards tor holding and punted, Dlggs tumblod .tho ball and Vale recovorod, for ftVio first tlmo being placed In a position to scoro. With tho ball on t Ontario's 20 yard Una Vala could not, gain and punted to Dlggs on tho (Continued oa Last lato. Old Chinaman Going Blind Wants to Return to Celestial Kingdom to Die James Lee, Chinamen, who has lived in Ontario for moro than twenty years and is known to every man woman and child not only in Ontaflo but many ot the towns about where he has peddled the truck from Ms garden for " years, wants to go back to 'the Celestial kingdom to die. Jim as he is Jtnown Is now almost totally blind. His affliction has been gradually getting worse, and although he delivered vegeta bles about the city this summer, with bis veteran nag and creaky wagon, bo can do so po more. Ho can hardly find his way about the cltv. and bis life la in danger from autos and from the railroad trains for he frequents tho yards where be picks up coal. Ills case has reached a point where the authorities have taken note of It. Judge K.'H. Test di rected the local authorities to take care of him until he could secure advice from the federal Immigra tion authorities coacerslug the prop er course t,o persue. Usually China- ONTARIO, SHOTGUN KICKS, HITS HOY TAKING FLESH FROM NOBIS Phillip, tho ton ycnr-6ld son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Barrett of Arcadia, was tho victim of n vory painful nccl- dent last Tuosday morning. Mo was trying to shoot n mac- plo whon tho gun "kicked," striking tho boy on tho noso, toarlng away skin and flesh ho that tho young man will curry n scar for llfo to, romtnd him ot thu renctlvu power of a shot gun. This Is tho Bocond accident which tho young man uxporl- onced In thrco days, for a lit- tlo friends of his, using u DD nlr. rlflo struck him on tho lower Up with a bullet, hut It was nearly spont whon It hit him and resulted In only a painful sting. NIGHT CLASSES AT ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL Helmut Hoard Prepare to Hupply Need For Thoso Who Can not Attend Regular HcnnIoiu In Commercial Work nnd Dementia Arts At tho regular mooting of tho school board on Monday night It was doclded to organize night classes In tho commercial dopart mont and In tho Housohold Arts de partment, provldod enough students would enroll to mako tho work worth whllo. Tho board mado this decision, be cause qulto a tow Inquirlos , havo bcon mado recently to tho arporln- tondont of schools and others, as to whether tho board would consider offering such classos. Tho classos will moot lu tho high school building two or throo times each wook botwoon 7:30 and 0:00 o'clock. A feo will bo charged thoso taking tho courses, which will bo used to pay for any suppllos used and to pay tbo Instructors tor tho oxtra classos. Tho Commercial department, taught by Miss Car.rto Dayloy may offor a class In typewriting, or one In shorthand or it combination of both, depending on tho noods ot tho students. Tho Household Arts de partment, taught b Miss Loulso Wood may offor a class In sowing or ono in cookery. Thoso classes aro lntondod pri marily for buslnoss pooplo and for thoso who may alroady havo homos of tholr own. It will bo assumed that only thoao who lntond to do bard work and mako tho most ot tholr opportunities will enroll. A meeting will bo hold at the high school building on Monday evonlug, October 17, at 7! 30, for all thoso who aro intcrosted in taking any ot theso coursos. Tbo plan will bo moro fully oxplalned at that tlmo. If as many as ton students want any ono ot theso courses, It will ho organized at onco. Miss Hose McConnoll and Miss Mildred Parker wore Dolso visitors tho first of the wook. men take care of their own indigent follow countrymen. So far tho local membors ot tho Colestlal colony havo not acted, though It Is under stood that they havo promised to tto "60. Last year they sent ono o their number to.Bolse, which is the headquarters ot tho tongs In this region, and ho was transferred to San Francisco from whenco he was sent to China. Tho same course may bo persued in Jim's case. Jim Lee has not been hitherto an object pt charity. Onco he was al most wealthy, but a fire years ago destroyed most ot his property. He camo to America In 1868, before the .lava of exclusion of Chlneso. He lived in various coast cltlos and then In La Grande a numbor of years be fore coming to Ontario. Dy trade he was a cook, and thus served On- tarlans ot the pioneer days oi tnia city. Of late years he has been -a rardener. Until his case has been disposed of the authorities havo asked him to remain at his noma and will proU-,bl with foed and clotblag. Iirjrt4 beth. MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 13. TURNING ALFALFA SOD Knrly Polntoen, Wheat, Corn nnd Clover Bowl Found Moro Prtifllnlilo nnd Marketable Out on tho Irrigated tnrms ot Malheur county thoro Is n change going on which Is llttlo roallzod by tho nvorago cltlzon, for many ot tho best farmora aro turning nwny from tho alfalfa hay crop In no uncer tain fashion. For Instanco, Poto Tonson ono of tho recognlzod lenders In dlvorslfled farming, who produc ed about 800 tons of alfalfa hay last year, will havo not much mora than halt that amount to soil this fall, i Hut that Is not nil, for ho Is now plowing ovory bit of his alfalfa meadow oxcopt flvo ncros. In placo ot alfalfa hay, Tonson will grow rod clovor for hay nnd seed; oarly potatoes for tho July and August market; whoat and corn. Ho had n largo acrcago of po tatoes this season nnd successfully soodod rod clover on tho land nttor tho potatoes woro harvestod, Ho also grow whoat and soodod clovor with tho whoat last spring, although ho says that ho will not do this again but will plant tho clovor Ira modlatoly aftor tho whoat Is har vester! In tho fall as a bottor stand can bo socurod nnd thoro will bo no conflict botwoon tho young clov or and tho whoat when It comos to proper Irrigation. Othor farmors who havo lod In this movomont and prof I tod thoro by aro ,A. A .Outtoridgo, O. W. Lattlg, I. I. Culbartson nnd tho Drown Dros. ot Orogon Slopo; E. M. Donn, W. L. aibson, nnd I' C. Fry ot Nyssa; a. v Doan, Hans Oft and others of Cairo; E. L. Tate, 13. H. Drumbnck, Dort Roberts nnd othors of tho Adrian soctlon; Jnko Russot ot Vale; nnd thoro aro plo noors blazing tho way In othor ot tho farming communities of tho county, who, through tholr foresight and action hnvo protoctod them selves from tho lossos which Ijavo como to tho straight nlfnlfn bay typo ot farming, and havo assisted materially In kcoplng tho country going nhoad agriculturally. WRESTLERS TO GRAPPLE AT MAJESTIC TOMORROW NIGHT "Dixie" Johns mid "Oklnlioiuu Hoar Cut" to Kntertaln funs lVltlay Evunlng Ilulnlioii to Wrcstlo Christiansen ot Pnyetto At tho Majestlo tomorrow (Fri day) night a wrestling show will bo staged by H. M. "Dlxlo" Johns, formerly a middle weight wrestler In the army and tho "Oklahoma Roar Cat." This will bo the final ovont, nnd prior to it thoro will bo a number of preliminaries to tune up tho crowd for tho big show. On October 21 a match has boon schodulod botwoon Christiansen ot Payette and Ralnbou ot Wolsor which will bo tho main ovent of a second smoker. ONTAIUANB HAVE GIXSB OAMi WHEN AUTO HITS BRIDGE RAIL While returning from the Round Up at Wolsor last Friday night Mr. and Mrs. John Drosnan had a nar row oscapo from a very serious ac cident when their car hit the ratl ins' on the bridge across "Butter milk" slough. Mrs, Drosnan was thrown out of the car and Injured I her noso, cut the palm ot her band and suffered other minor bruises. Mr. Drosnan In some manner escaped Injury entirely. He was not oven thrown from the car, Tho accident, as Is usually tho case ot those which occur at night waa due to the fact that Mr. Drosnan was bllndod by the lights' of an approaching car. PARMA RESTAURANT MAN BUYS OLD MANDARIN RESTURANT After yoars ot ownership by Chinese the old Mandarin restaurant this week passed Into the ownership of a -white man, when J. D .Cress of Ftmuti purchtuiciu It from Lee Chow. Mr. Cress started at once to renovate tbo premises and has established George Madlna, former cook tor the Flter Cafe, In the kitchen. Doth these men are ex perienced restaurant men and cooks aad together will operate the place under the name of the Cress res-Urat, WHAT IS THE MATTER Visiting Owner of Land Grant Asks Question Comparison Mado With Idaho Communities Also Wash ington nnd Oregon "What Is tho reason for tho dif ference In tho development uchloved by Payette county, Canyon county, the cities Wolsor, Pnyotto, Caldwell and Knmpa, and tholr surrounding country and that which has marked Ontario and Malheur county?" This wob tho question put to tho Argus this wook by Waltor S. Mar tin, prosldcnt of tho Kastorn Oro gon Land company who with Charles P. Flcgol, agont for tho company ut Piaflo City, Is horn this wook look ing after h(s vast holdings' lu tho county. Mr. Martin appoarod bo foro tho board ot equalization nt Vale Tuesday In an oftort to socuro an adjustment on valuations In somo ot various classifications lu which tho company's lands aro listed. "Thoro Is n vast dltfornnco In tho attitude ot tho public official,! to ward development In Oregon and California" continued Mr. Martin In presorting his Idea ot tbo funda mental causo for tho lack ot dovol opmunjt In Orogon, and In Malheur county In particular. "Down In Los Angolos, for oxamplo, whon a man ufacturing concorn wants to lo cate thoro thoy aro not assessed at tho valuo of an established concern until thoy aro ostnbllshod. "Horo tho mlnuto that sago brush laud Is cleared It Is assossod at tho same valuo as a developed farm which tho ranchor bns dovolopod nnd which tho ranchor knows. Cer tainly It scorns that until tbo pio neer porlod Is passod and tho ranch or Is established iu should not bo taxod tho samo as tho man who has learned tho business and Is es tablished for tho now man will not Bocu)Jr.ttho crop nnd tho ranch to him, at least, Is not as valuablo as tho dovolopod ranch Is to Its ex perienced ownor. (Contlnuod On Last Page) F With Days of Open Range PiihsIiuz. Thoy Aro Preparing For Future By KnUiblUhlng Dairying Una Not Ontario Do SniuoV Ono bauk In Prluovlllo, Oregon has arranged to secure $60,000 to loau upon dairy stock for Its cus tomers. Already thoy havo shipped Into that section six car loads ot dairy cows and thoy aro going to Bocuro moro. This Is tho mossage that comes from over In Contral Orego.n tho very heart of tho range cattlo busldoss. Down In tho Dolso valley for somo tlmo tho bankers and business mon havo been considering plans for so- curing $100,000 for Investment In moro dairy cows, because thoy havo nad provon to them, conclusively that tboreln llesho tuturo prosper ity of their section. Now Prinevllle Is moro essentially a stock cattlo soctlon than Is On tario and eastern Malheur county, yot Prluovlllo has soen tho light. What can bo dono here to start the dairying business hereabout. Wo can raise hay with which to feed dairy cows as cheaply, It not cheap er than they can about Prinevllle. Wo have as good, It not a better climate for tho dairy cow. Wo do not bavo as long a winter, nor as cold a winter as thoy have there. I Prinevllle can secure $50,000 to Invest in dairy cattlo why cannot Ontario? This Is a question that has boen asked a number ot times ot late. It Is ono that should bo answered. Dorn to Mr. nnd Mrs. C. Batter ot Drogan, a daughter, October 7. Mrs. George W. Bturman of Mot peller, Idaho is tbo guest this week of her sister, Mrs. J. R. Rosmussen. Mrs. Bturman and Mrs. Rasmussen, drove with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cayou to Dolse Tuesday, H. McD. Roe of Ironsldo was a visitor In Ontario this week. MisS'AUco Taylor of Dolse was visiting at the home ot her uncle, Col S. V. Taylor thta week. i 1921 WARM SPRINGS ASKS FOR FEDERAL RECLAMATION AID According to a Washington dispatch to tho Portland Tolo- gram of Wodnosday, October 12, tho directors of tho Warm- Bprluga District havo naked Congressman, N. J. Slnnott to Bocuro fodoral aid for taking 4 over tho surplus water In tho Wnrmsprlngs Reservoir and placing it on unlrrlgatod lands so as to roduco tho cost ot Ir- 4 rigatlon to tho UBors undor tho original projoct. A similar ro- quost has boon mado to Sena- tor R. N. Stnnflold. ' It is understood that tho plan advanced Is to thus placo wator on tho high lands north and west of Vale along Wll- low crook nnd on Dully crook. Various plans are bolng con- Bldorod by thoso Interested in aocurlng this govomtnont aid for tho presentation ot tho mattor to tho officials at 4 Washington. DRIVE FOR POULTRY I Nearly (5,000 Chicken Added to Lint Secured In Mallieur County Fur Pacific Poultry AnNoclntlon Culdtvell Men Aid Noarly 6,000 chickens woro llstod ns producers for tho Pacltlo Poultry association In tho drlvo mado In tho Ontario torrltory from tho Kmlson wastowny to Rlvodalo, opposite Wolsor on Tuosday. Twolvo Ontario business mon with tholr cars, accompanlod by ono or two ranchers from tho district and a buslnoss man ot Caldwoll partially coverod tho torrltory-mid found tho pooplo roady and willing ' to sign. Not halt tho chickens possibly to socuroworo llstod and many of tho communities will bo visited again vory soon. To R. W. Jones nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. W. L. Davis ot Orogon Slopo wout tho rocord for securing tbo Inrgost number ot chickens. Thoy slgnod up 1000; J. T. Halo was socond, ho and his party secured 1630. Whllo Ontario socurod 4 HO, tho Nyssa teams socurod 2,100 and tho Payette mon eecurod 6,00. It was dlscovorod that whllo thoro aro thousands ot hens In Malheur county thoro aro comparatively tow flocks ot moro than 100 hens, and alnco this Is tbo mlmlmum necos sary for enrollment In tho associa tion tbo work of tho commlttoes was Incroased and the posslblo numbor to .secure greatly roducod. Thon lu ovory soctlon It was found that many ot the pooplo woro nway from homo working In orchards and packing plants, whllo others wanted tlmo to consider tho mattor boforo signing. Yot, genorally speaking, tbo people woro familiar with tho Idea and wero for It. It Is certain that the poultry ldoa Is growing In tho county and every party work ing In tho field Tuosday bad stories to tell ot pooplo who were planning ou brluglng up their flocks so that they could Join the association, BUSINESS FIRMS MOVE TO NEW AND ENLARGED QUARTERS The past week has been moving week for Ontario business firms, Starting tho procession, tho Dig Four pool hall moved across tho street Into the building formerly oc cupied by Flfer's Cnte. Then tbo Hub department store started to movo Into the quarters vacated by tho Dig Four. Thoso bavo been renovated and prepared for their now use. Also, tho firm ot Grelg & Doollttlo gavo up It quarters In tho Mooro Hotel block, and It Is rumoured that a "Beauty Parlor" Is to locate there. Specimen of Jordan Valley Lignite Coal Brought Here by J. R. Blackaby Jordan Valley, tho southern most community In the Eastorn border of Malheur county Is enjoying a "coal boom", that Is tbo folks down there see an opportunity for relief from fuel problems, the cutting of Juni pers, and "mahogany," and all that Bort of timber, with tbo advent ot a coal rnlno In the Owyhee country A vein ot thi coal which 1b caus ing the flurry has boon uncoverod NO 45 FIRST GAME ENDS IN TIE SCORE 1 TO 7 WEISER INSTITUTE PLAYERS PROVE TARTARS FOR JiOOAIi AND FORWARD AND DOUBLE PASS TUEUt WAY INTO TIB SCORE LOCALS MAKE MOST YARDAGE Fumbles- Costly To Locals nnd Pnvo Way For Visitors Scoro Lino Holds Welt Whllo Back Meld Improves In Second Halt It Oatnrlo looked for an easy vic tim lu its strugglo with tho Wolsor Instttuto last Friday afternoon It ro colvod tho surprlso ot its llfo. Whon tho final whlstlo blow on tho Initial football tanglo tho scoro was tlo, 7 to 7, At that, so tar as actual ground gaining is concornod Ontario out played tho visitors, but tho mon from tho Instltuto bad tho power to stop tho locals whon thoy got tho ball within ton yards ot tho visitors goal, A diagnosis ot tho play rovoala tho fact that Ontario made first down 13 times to 7 times for tho Instltuto. Ontario from tho scrim mago lino mado 201 yards to 08 for tho Institute. Dut OnUrlo tumblod nlno times to tho Instltuto's flvo times, and tho visitors rocovorod throo ot tholr tumbles whllo On tario only rocovored twice. It was n fumblo ot a bad pass In tho first quartor that paved tho way to tbo visitors touchdown. Wise man passod high to Shea while ho was standing on Ontario's twenty yard lino. Thoro tho Instltuto quar tor usod good boad work, and On tario's right oud, Halo lot Stanley Buumway on n doublo pass, got around bis ond for 10 yards, Aftor two trios nt tho lino tbo Instltuto men put tho bnll ovor tor tho Init ial scoro. This nil bappouod so suddenly that tho locals wero tukon oft their foot, and realized that thoy had u real fight ou tholr hands. Taking tho Instltuto kick oft, tbo locals, with Kanyld carrying tho hall and alternating with Thayer mado throo first downs in a row ouly to loso It ou downs whon thoy had roachod tho Toots 26 yard lino. Aftor two forward passos fallod tbo quartor ended with tho ball on tho Toots 30 yard lluo. Ontario tlod tho scoro in the soc oud porlod socurlng tho ball aftor the TooU klckod on tho first down. Kanyld, Tbayor and Bhoa carrlod tho oval to tho Toots 20 yard lino whero Kanyld tumblod after going ten yards oft tacklo. Tho Toots forward pass to Illckox made 20 yards and thon Maddux broko thru tho lino nnd foil ou a Toot fumblo. On tho noxt piny Maddux ou a Croat) buck made 16 yards and fol lowing this Shea forward passed 10 yards, from which point Sullivan on a doublo pass wont tbo rost ot tbo way for a touch down. 8hoa kicked goal tlelng tho scoro. Soon after this tame a play by which It appoarod to everyone that Ontario won tho gamo, hut it was not allowed. Following an exchange of punts Ontario was held for downs and Shea kicked. The ball passod Into tho arms ot tho Toots full back and bo missed It and an On tario player picked It up and ran across tho line. Umpire S. M. Douchor ruled that an Ontario man had touched tho ball first and call ed tho play back. The remalndor ot tho gamo was nip and tuck. Though the locals made more first downs, and onco bad tbo ball on tho Toots 10 yard line could not negotlato tho dis continued On Last Page) aud from the strlpplnga some coal has boon taken. J. R, Dlackaby, who was In Jordan, last week brot home a sample with 'him which Is on display at the Argus ottlco. It looks a groat deal liko tho llgnlto mined In North Dakota which un dor proper conditions, with stoves built tor Its consumption, Is a very good substitute for bituminous coal. ow