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&r0lt.
Vol,. Wl.
!. MA
TV. OKEUON,
AY. A I
16, 1917
"M) "32.
6
OSTAi:
FIREBUGS SECOND TRIAL
DESTROYS LIVERY BARN
XmNATKIY THKHK WAS NO
HHKKZr. Oil iMHil IUKI-
JaKrW IMHTHHT MIGHT
HAVK IHJHNKD
4 -'
WATER PRESSURE WEAK
Kin Klre IMarsivered In Time and
HullOIng Watched Huring Night,
Need for More Water Kmphlxed
No lnurnne Carried).
What In believed to have been
flro Bttrted by an I W. W. or sorno
hit ..tiding to reach the Bol-Payette I
lumber yard, destroyed the OnUrlo
I, I very ban on Oregon ulrwt and
Colorado nvanue early last Saturday
morning.
Nothing In tli building v. saved.
The loea nurtured In divided between
Trent Johnson, owner of the build
ing, the Htudaboker Corporation of
Hub. wl lli had i moiinluln hack and
several ton.i of hay In Hi" building.
and Jamaa II. Farly. tho undertaker,
whoa valuable hearse wr kept there.
That the building MM Ml M fire
la tha general belief which I up
ported by a number of f-vrt In the
first plaoa It wan on fir-' twice The
flrat fire km dlroovnrod about I a. in.
by J. II Drnlnon. who wae anting
night marnhall for Jam I'onway.
Mr, DenUon notlfleil fire chief II 0
Former and together ihey put out the
flrat blaie and remained In Hie build-
laaav fnr au.Mll llllll ' ftlTWatTtl Mf
Denlaou alio went C,r,i LM Imilillng
threa tinea afterward, tho laat ItgM
lu.t nftor No. IR urrlv.d. about 4
01 look
then
Thoro ign f flre'iiour win go oa. on .
lint at 4 20 a m
lll.lH
of flame and th- Ity waa
awakened hy (he shrh k ol
wltiHlle of UM I'Toinotlvc which
al.tnd on the aiding near in
When Um rohMltanw fl" flgiiter
the building wii paaed aav
... a
Ing, and tha co.Tal and the ha.
(Continued 011 Page HU.
AUTHORITIES PUZZLE
Oe FALLING FRUIT
rauae Traee Start Shedding Their j
Tup and Kapart IMffer a lolaaw
Oregon Orcluarda Were Not Hit.
While prua r .nc'.rra on UM 14 MO
MM P!-'1' ntrlcken over
Ihe falling of their at " 0"
the Oregon aide between Nyaaa and
Ontario art M worried lu the Ml
kja -id of tie Hi
m reimrt that the flruit i falling
. .....i... a...rM than In naat I
o 110 Kinu.,'1 ."-' ....
vn Than caaart that It
wlll be
waeka bofore they are curtain
that the crop will lie aoaoiuiwy ni
but declare that a big percentage
.... i a 1. .lua 10 Ihe
effort of tha tree to develop larger
In speaking of the prune nituallou
Kred Mahan. of UM
Hurrowa-tJrdway
. 1
ranch. aid "I M not lielieva the cur
ourllo, which the Id. ho expert de
clare to be ttV 19 ll,,w "II
Ing the OreKon orchard Mr. Ma
han haa fouud that the codling moth,
which usually attack apple In work
in ou tha araoee, and uitght hava
with falling
heal aomething to do
u. i.-.i-.a of ihe 1.1 .n-Ha or
....a. ..- ai.... .wi.. that thav
t-IIHrun U-nl .-a ,- -
will hip 14)0 otj- load tbie year, and
that tholr loa in f.Mllr g fruit la no
greater thai to bo exported. U all
of tha fruit remained oa tho traoe. M
tha auanttr which flrt davoioad.
ho aald. the pr-jn.4 would uav noon
- -- - .1... ... rkta. and therefore ,
l...' HIB.M . -
In dropping part of ti..clr load the
trooa are "pronhig" thanoalTO. It
will bo September 1. however, bofore 1
Mr 1 an be certain that tha
will bo normal, for h attribute)
part of th falling fruit to tha effect
of the wind storm
Mr. and Mr Ray Wilaoo aocom
pavaiod Joe Wilson to Boise Thursday
Joe went to see tbe . .Irene.
TWO DELIVERIES EACH
DAY FOR ONTARIANS
Imran Roalave Men Oootonanlatr Col-lowing-
National foaarll of IWenro
Man for Otnaarvlag Knergy.
Following the requeat of the Na
tional Council of Do'enae for the ron
hfrvallon of the .in powyr of the
iiallon. and to oduoe tha gasoline
waste. Ontario firm are planning to
reduce the number of deliveries of
groceries and othar oommodlUea.
That the waata hare la oxoejslve la
indicatad by the .eeord kept by ou'
firm during July. In the 20 bualnen I
day of that month that flrir deliver-
ed 12.400 worth of good In IStlltiou
ordera, on 25 tri?a for a co-it of $94
VMM doaa not Include depreciation
on the auto ued. In other word It
coat that firm 4 oar caut of tha ooat
of the good delivered to carry them
to tha homea.
By radaolng tha deliver lea to twlca
...I- .hi. i.-m .. h- mil matarlallr
iiii7 ....- ...... - . .
tha labor of one man aaved. If all
the atoree follow ault. aa It la anti
clnatad thay will, a material aavlng
will ha nerompllahad.
nui. aiMau la Kaln la.kn till
111 iuo.niui.il .. .... -
all over the nation In Portland,
at.rtlng Monday thare will be only
ona delivery each day, and
Ihe plan worked 0l for ll Ihe large
cltlea.
TM OnlHrlo mrchanl will arrange
"",,r "cneouir o law --
l.eh .-,1 In H.e morning prior to a iflven
.. .1.- .1.
it wa al"4T. " '"' -'." - """
hour will he ilollnired In the after
""""
The w.i,
they get ul to filling ito-ir aarwawa
muter the new 1 lule will n
lm enl. mc.-.I ami kg M .l"Hig will
ii-.. ii a n aiB 1 at aa i !. a I rt uOr.
be.olnga.iion.t .... o, p,r,o..iu,r-
vle Definite announcement of Ihe
new ayatem will be made by tha On
tario inc. 1 waak
riMNS CALiED TO
f0RM DEFENSE LEAGUE
Valr lo la- of ial.ealin. Slate
H gamut Ion true, iclloaa Juiage
M, Kolgtaa luim t all
Kor the purpoaeof forming a ' -ty
Patriot tc. Servloa Latague a r.iaatlag
will b bold next Monday at Vale The
call for tho gathering waa eei.t out
thin weaik b I'o.iuty Judge OV ITMJ
M.-K nlrhl 111 Hie following language
YOU are hereby called to meet at .he
... ........... .,...
NnrtH- aa ,.. .. nnv, --
ZOtl. tay Ol AUguai al 1 o rani, ioa
llie purpoea or oruamxing a uuu
.re. none raerv.r- aaur. ... ..-.
to the Stat.- Council of Hefeuoa
I - u.k...ilH.la
j Our government la now Involved In and Ihe fourteen 9MB oraart d-vofd
a world war where it I either win ,1 tha nine 1,, annMMMJ ' a ' dlunar
1. .1 i . -- a...u ....., l...l..na i.ll.nir ,.rii. uueli a ii.ti.llv at.
". '''' " '"" - "-
'nian. wouiou .... ....... --
.. .. uAaan unit naiiifi a A aoaiai
wlnair.g thin war To home patriot..
eervica. there maat he no exemption:.
The raaovrooa of tha Count -y 91M
be rpomotad iud the product while
tha ami tea are f'shting the MM 999
abroad
Tha c.-ltical time debands that ovary '
jo' -d community throughout the
I .
(County raapond to thto .all and m i
' P"---t- I".T'.T
t hone. Wa want your coanael aud
patriotic aervioe
oao w
MoKNltillT
.nty Judge
Mr. and Mra. D
M Taggart and
son max .en .a, eaiaroa? naa
laake Oregon, where Mr Taggart 1
taking treatment for a eevere t -
tack of rheuraatUm from which he
suffered laat waoh.
T w. Brown of Idaho Kail wa In j
Outario thla week looking after local
InteroaU. Mr. Brown 1 still a heavy
property awner In thla dty whr.
llvaB tar number of year before ,
MMlM to his eld bona. j
ENGINEERS START
GAS EXPLORATifiN
HOISK t PITA LISTS URDU t
iiiitK to WVmHMMTC i
LOCAL ntat Tfll I t
OMIOIMO itit;.
9a.
010 WEU SCENE Of ACTION
Company he- alt Month to t Vm.lurt
Invent .gat ton and In Secure foe.
nirrclel Well I adVr Optioi
Moulding.
Work lUU at laat begun by the en
gineer of the OMlMflMtH oil Ou
company to determine whpthar or not
therr la gaa In I .iuinltlon
anywhere wllliln 12 mile of Ontario.
J. A. Oavln of Peolo. Kansas an
experienced engineer who ha worked j
for yaora In tho Kannaa and Oklahoma
field I In charge of tha Invent Ign
ml Herman aV KK'hdrann. of
Bolaa, aecretary of the lompany la In
charge of the bualne depurtmenl.
The firt work will lie done at tha
old oil derrick South of tha city, or
rather at the outh odgo of tha city,
where while drilling for oil a few
Tra ago gaa w. found In large
quanltle If the company ia not un-
ceaaful at thai point It ha U montha
In which to uae the property of the
' . a . ,. ii .K.U u .... ..rr.. .. ..
"" ' 'P7
locate gaa anywhere within 12 mile
of Ontario
,,..... .!. .... ,, ....(,..
'" "
"" " " kh",,r" "' "" ()nUr,
Oil ....... .... ., w nn,l l.imr llroa nw'llin
ii,. i:w" ' v
of Hie rig. the old atockhnldera are
to raoalve 70.ooo worth or par value T ,, n (l (, hH hrtr(, f, , ).
.lock In Ihe Conu.lhlate.l Oil A Oa;, MMi.t.ni lo miinv ranchera who
mmpHny fr ,,,,. ,.rB(lu ,are I
coniolidated alao baa an option on
, ,, .. r-.-lia.aa f tall t haw on wlilcli llie-
,,, .,,.,,,,. ,,,, ,iHon year. ago.
The conolnlnie nil, (la company
1.. I l.v 11 Mlllor of IIoIm who
recenil pur.h.i.e.1 Ihe Bolae Trac- ,
, ,,,,,,, the Natatorlum park
,, imI1,nl, nh,imln In the Idaho
, ptaJ The company alao ha a
llllm,er of propertlea in Kanaa and
... . ... . 11 . -. I
oklnhoma The Hole capltall.t. were ,
,.,MH(1 ,,, , ft,l bv II I,
pool man one of the original oil
er of Ontario
Mr Poor man I
among Ihoae who have profound faith
In the ultimata dlacovary of gu In
commercial uuanlllea near Ontario
BOISE-PAYETTE GIVES
FIREMEN BIG DINNER
Work al Hiv l.ai Hnturda) Morning
Where n.H-rl) an Saved la Ap
iirs i.te.l li lumber CooiiU) .
Manager Uao Mot'lain of the Hoi.e
Pa.,.ie Lumber ..iiiipany waa the
boat to a happy group ..1 av 1. I '
da ,.eulng
I be tll.-et
wile I lie
nt who
member of Hie fire ilenartm
;
-v --
1..1 Hi..r,l.v iimrnliii .avad llie lum
yarn of the . 0111 pull)
Ihe dinner wan not a formal one
""- ' "" "' " ,
palilen
the gathering of a bunch
of men
WHERE ME IHE BOYS
OE THE HEW BRIGADE?
1 ,.f .11 aorta Mil over I lm
IIUIIHHP 'II nil nai ia Mil V" !-
,.
-"-!- " M
, who have for aouie lime been at Camp
Kelly, Sau Antonio, Texaa. Kvery day;
there are report of then being
1 1 ml 10 one plare then 99 ai.oH.er
.Soma the Imva. anion thet: William
B1-ehakjr ,re earout 1
ada, whore thay are aald to lie ta-
Honed during ihe ear a a permanent
hBl ,.., aroll i, MMtldtix. Hoi.
adft iiena Krown and Art Moore
are atlll 1.1 San Antoulo a ia Henry
Caaaiday who baa beoo in the hospital
for , ! u,ih
arM ,e Argua doea not know
George Maddux, auother of Ontario lv Herbert Livingston and Irvlu
nbatlon lo ('nd Bah' army han.Troxel left ihl week for a tranipn.i.
mi with the noaalaa at Mare and aamplng trip In the mountain
Inland for the paai uvar Payette lakes.
ELAY OPENING OF
SCHOOL TWO WEEKS
o Mini M OV TKAt'HKICS IN-
ST1TITK ANI THK KAIIt TDK
I lltsT MOVTH Wot I li
II K, IlKKN lit INKD.
TERM STARTS SEPTEMBER 24
n.,,1 Am, Taken Into tVm Mere Hon
rWt tliHi Many of the lu.v are
NesnV,l on Farms for Harveat and
rYiilt Picking.
Thla will be Joyful new to the hoya
who ill lly llirting Hip i lv i lunik fur a
lm llkcwlae it will be good newn
for xoine of the rancher raM crops
are being cored for by young men of
Ontario. students In Ontario' public
bbqoI,
ln,w mttf f ,.lr iy . thl:
H( ,()(1 ,,,, , ,,,,,, n,n IgfMMM
24 Ihl MM tiM MMM reached
hy M MBOOl liimrtl at a meeting held
fluat Baturday. following the announce-
anent In Iho Argua laat week that the
teacher' lntllute would be held here
on September 12 to 14.
I he aa Iimilon of the teacher'.
Inxtltnie. on tha aaeond weak of
c.lonl. nlil.li all of tha loaehara
muat attend, and Hie fair on the third
weak, wlilcli "r MMM Hie kid
would die mllier than ml, oon
f)n x Hii, mnni , , laatlon
none Ihe opening day until all
, of tho aide atlraclloea woro aiapoeeii
LJof an lh teaching force, aa well a.
. ... . .
iii.m iinvi anil girl, c.in . i: ri oi
m atelrMUol
1 -
Ojn working for I hem, who
lit otherwlae leave during that
rfcnay aaaaon to MBM 9aMM4 I"
rWr .,, knowll ,,,, mktny r
DO Id 110' come Iii from th.
,,,.,,. ...,,, I..,,, H ,i.,i ihe ,1.1.
)( ( ( baoattcJal all routnl
( . , , ,, ,.,mtracled for ..II
f ,., ,P,. frc. Tha
.. , ,,. ,.,. ... o.e re
k),uUo r Mhh K.IIHi Bailey, who
., a , of iht ,.,u.
, , , ,,,.. ,.., v,.
ele.ll.Ml ha been I, el. I ... HII the a
can. owing lo Hie al.Hen, . ol m- mi
of , l04rd
BEE MEN HAPPY OVER
WORK OF THEIR HIVES
fanMnMMa of IKollar. Coming lo pl-
arlM n.U lenr IVIcr lllgbct
Ktrr k111a.11 i,i,k are Una lain-
9M.
Utv-eu the hapi ombinai ton .,1
ii... Mega eiMJ MM known and UM
hlaheni iitlce-. er paid for I hem. In
I"' ' '" ' '" " M nui.iilii..
"T Hie bee kt-epern of UM 1911.
,.,,.,. ,, uw Mlll
.-iii-- . . , ,.r mom, I I-' .11.
anlltng nt a Mulling p. r pound raoay
. on. 1. bring I. IS par ogae while No
ad No 2 at It 0. or
.boUi
....
Juat lo nhow wh:.t Ihe "Puny line
Uao" la doing 'r im owner,
w, 1
Kl.nl it u..,.i Mlllil I,.. Illt.rK I IIUO I'O
-
of the
fllor received .7M fur
on car load he recenilv hl..d .n,f
with the umber harven. Irou, I d.f
f-,-... nl-i. I., baa will nhln file or
,re .ura
So lm.) have been the bee, for ex
I,.., MI '
Mr l-.nniuglon have filed 7 and
..,.,-r. A I ..U..I now with It-
IJ4rl B . laaraarv uinui aa.
lB. I.praa-loa
I . lBaUr, M) 11 1 . Mil of .k,
aerapor
P S 1'arrell. aaarelary of Idaho
... Hen-Keeper Aaaoclation who
wa in Ontario W
(hat he will be able to -ell all the lion
m at price
which will nuipaae anything known
In npite of Ihe fact that thru the
limn of fifty per cent of the colonic
the baa moo faced a had aoaaoo aa
conditiona have nhapod ihemaoJvo
III have Hi boat year in their
FAIR VISITORS WILL SET
SPEEDY AUTOMOBILE RACES
CALL 150 MORE MEN
FOR EXAMINATIONS
Exemption Hoard Want Noa. 110 to
atm lnrlnlve Vrtlfy BH Name
Three Kail to Show up 51 tlalm
exemption.
l.iie HiIh afterpoon Sheriff Hen J
lln.wn Informed tha Argua that the
eiiiiiHon honrd will tomorrow mnll
notice dlreallng ISO more nun to ap
pear for exHinlnatlon The MMaMg
called am 119 to !6R Inclusive. Of
theee 119 to ltK will appear
,,,! I
v AtlgUHt 22; 169 to 2 1 X on
Thursday Auguat 23 and 219 to 2611
on uguM 24.
or Hie llrt I IS called I
examined during the paat weok. Six
of the tnlaalng 15 worn aiamlned
alaewhore, threa had already enllaied
and three fulled to appear. 1 he
three who failed to appear are Kue
hlo nclnla of Mlveralde; John 11
Smli of Nyaaa and Clayton M Slough
of Weatfall
In all 79 men v;re paaaad aa hr-ing
physically fit whlli 24 did not reach
Um Mfl " MB, M Ihe 79 able
bodied ii-en 2N filed no dull in for ex-
jam iii l.iti ini.l ttlaii'liti rrw1 tiw vlllaf K 1
' .
I ware IS claim on tha ground of be
ing resident alien. MM enemy alien,
a Herman. 11 ml one man in the
pl.nill 'III of Ihe fed. rill go.. ,11110 lit.
ho I Carl 1 onnenl. poNtniaxtcr at
DMM
Sheriff Inn :ali! Hull Ihe I10....I
will pa on H x.initlon I I lm nt
aoon an the afftanVrttl of OtBtMMtl
ere re. H riii 1..
on Ihor.ecaao for which the af ll.la vIIh
are already MM M Saturday ThB
clalnniant liav I aBlfg following
the application for 1 tempt Ion In which
to file their proof.
CONSTANT DEMAND
FOR MORE
llr.1 t.M. Women Have M.oe Huaa
ilr.iU of IhuuMi but Ihilai'lo'a Hot
Will lnt 'l Half laay.
Ontario ltd C-oau women have
lumfa hundred of doenn of varioun
band igen, MMfMMMg and 1 pongea
i nd all thai will be Headed In tin- big
box H.et I. on. to loi . loll
,. iho II a;., ear thai 111 Ihe week
of work the women hto done w.,n,l
,.,, ,,( they ha dona remurkably
well, vet all Ihey have made will 941)
hint on.- kail day in a bane I
over in th war aona That i liow
in.iud tor nurglcul
iMMM
If .he woineii ,,1 Ontario who have
nol previously tuket: part lu the work
wioilil only so to the I,
t
..... .. .... ... ...,..lw u ...,.,,,,. I I .'.I
. lew llie will. .i.w... - ."""i. "
and then lop o uwaMr that It will
, . . . . , ,,- . ..,,...
'"" """ ,".w " " -". - "
"1M wt" "
"r-"" "
1114 inwir ii'i 11
Al tbe luun uieeoar ... woman .......
"r,,' .nr"'e." " I ft
..a... a.. M....II.I uu In aunvlf im II r at !:. I '
'" " " -
rnaalng for lhal I. Ihe BMPt
" ' And in tbi work th ....
tarlo woUlim nave w-lllir .U..e
th-i the output grow, greater every
doy. ' proportkm ... th. number pre
aeul It now reuuin n n.e woi oi a
u, in, I., r ol women ..... muinlug lo
.nt 1 ho gauie lo Im flalnhed up In tbe
atteriiuou.
laXut Mouilav there .tore wo 11
al work ia Ihe room and each day
. ,-ek ha eo a groat deal of
work done, and the u umber ol aTMl
r In growing Htlll 1 hero I need and
room for more worker. Kvery work.
or will bo wel.on d 1
made by thoae who have worked right
"K t aooat oonuneiidable and the
CtMB offlclala are proud of tho
work done, but feel that aoiueliow
many tTha might help, aa yet, aooiu
uot to realize how 11. uh there u to
KMM.
r.NTIIKKH l.lll M III INO
I l I l M)R HIMI'K HH HIO
SHOW. AND PI.A KS IN
RACRR 1 U II Ml.
STOCK CAR TO FEATURE
Willi Ihe f ual Haraoa and I'ony
Itaraa, the Mechanical Sii I llataM
Will IJUc ProKraiii Variety Which
Will lie I iHcrc-lmg.
An automlbla hIiow and an auto
mobile race program are tha lateet
added attraction lo be Hated hy tha
board of dlreetora of tha Malheur
county fair for their annual exhibi
tion lo hn ataged here September II
to II.
On the application of a number of
auto firm for pnce where in to die
play their product the board took
tha matter up by a apeeial aaceto laat
Baturday evening and had arrangad
for the ahow Already there have
been nppll.'iiilon for a number of raV
nervation.
It wga then determined lo add al
leaat one auto raoa to avary after
noon' program, a Ihe cloning num
ber. The complete program ha not
boon faTnlnhed by th board, aa yet,
but will be announced later The
lirorram will not tike the Vr:n of
a contaat for maker of machine but
for owner. Any one win. inert ulna
the notion that hi gas .harlot will
out rainl.le any other l.en;lne buggy
In the country In welcome 10 put hi
favorite to t he laat.
The one point , on. ernlng Ihe char
acter of Hi.' . I da
tei min -ii. waa that 11. iv would belong
en our 1 90 thai tl I crowd w 111 In v.' an
o.iorlunlly lo .o them going for
Hi . Son. t 1 will
he h.ld for lean than In mile ind
from that lo l' 1
MARVELOUS MOVIE
22
1 1 - pave.
"INTO I I 1 the
PBIIMl iMinn'r blggos hit lu Nw
i. ... ratio
burg. Si ., 1 .11 -i I"
,.k.-.l in ,iii- . the Hrear.l ,i.,l
Thnni. V I 13.
I , 1 , he lb i.ioi-l mag-
nlflc.nl pro. 1, 1. 1. .01 ol all lime-.. Mr.
tl.lf'illi gives vinual PPggMltt.il P ot
four different ggaadpS nig' llab
v I.111 in Hi. .lava ol Mil 'i.tal. Judo
al the Mine of 11,
( Prnnce when Coll BeaV
1 I, ,11, I I...I lo I,. I -on CI, ' IV
,,lld II . .l ,,ll-l.o It
then. ; II a '. MUM 'I' '
eatll.gly Ihe moliv the . lova'g
II ghoul 1
,0 1 1 upondoualy mag-
nific.ni ..- .- ii.one which, rt-
prenetJIng llel K, ..' foaat ,11 .1.. ..
.iic I I. .1 over a mil. d
1 ncl.-nt worl I I. inlorn in, I
loreal 1 ilna.1 which dlaph
auou.lv a. dr..' .1 and plclurn.
.i. I clad inir si, 1 ml o -I In 9gfB
m oplc relief
Such Li
voallng tl,e 1 1..: '. of I1., Irdiatxar's
len of t'ry.in, Ihe
11 ..ml alMi.11 -he mighty
walls ..' Ilalnloi, are hr -all, taUlug.
Vim . c; ii.ipull and hatlorlng rani,
atwax la...--, and flaming engine In
Von aag huge moving siega
lowers wl'l. Ill" If comillenieiil of glad
nilgl.O "" It' hood lo 1 ..I , .nfllct
-ancient war.luro 1 l.rllll.ic. inspir
ing, no real that you .annoi believe
Ii mimic.
e are three lov 1 irtog in "IN-
loii own set
, .raciarx The principal player
f the large.:! oast ever aafiombled
for any .a,-e produ.li. 11 number a
m. nig olhor korean oaluhratle Mia
Moral., Lillian li' .tin..,, opar,
l.il.laine T-l'l. ...I Ilea. ... laJVO.
Sd-na ow.n Man. Ilobort
Harroi. Alf.ed I'agei timer Clftoa.
'I all. i.-r laing. A.
..y will
Inlirpial. w.u M .