The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-06-29

lCockrum on wednesday afternoon.
The Nyssa-Arcadia drainage dis
trict people have been in Vale sew
eral days this week trying to get to-
gether.
There has been big movement in
sheep throughout this county this
week. Many OF the sheep men be-
lieving the time to sell is when the
prices are good.
The state inspector of weights and
and measures was here last week and
made one of the stores take out q
pair of scales that he had condemn =
ed when here on a former trip. vi
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Mead of cald-
we'll, Idaho. friends of Rev and Mrs.
ID. Il. Baker. spent Saturday and
Sunday with them at the parsonage
and enjoyed the dedicatory services
of the church.
orean orphane butcher died at the
hospital on Sunday morning and was
buried from the Catholic church on
Monday. He had been sick a long
time and left three boys. He was
born Feb. 20 1864.
A water system is being installed
IN the Riverside addition. The city
mains are being extended so that part
of the city may have the benefits Of
the system. II looks good to see the
big bunch OF men at work.
l.. Adam and sons and Larue
Blackaby are home from trip TO
Payette Lakes. The lakes are un-
usually high for this time OF year
and the fish are not biting very
good. but they caught a few large
lake trout.
r. j. Johnson. the Parma orchard
man. was here Sunday the guest OF
tho o. @. Luehrs family. lie was
accompanied by Joseph Porterfield,
OF Sioux City. Iowa, both old friends
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Luehrs. when they
lived In Iowa.
On Monday Or. Morton. OF Lor-
enz. Iowa. was visiting with Otto
Luehrs. The doctor is wealthy
land owner. with some holdings In
the Harney valley. He stated that
Iowa lands have advanced about a |
hundred dollars an acre during the
past six years.
A large number OF the local
Knights OF Pythias went to weiser
Monday evening to help confer some
degrees. The weiser lodge was bad
ly shot to pieces when the state mill
tia was called away and they did not
have enough TO confer the degrees.
A deal was completed Thursday
whereby w. II. Boam became the
owner OF T.. /. Hatfield's 37-acre
farm ON the owyhee The consid-
Grafton was s4S00. Mr., Beam is a
son OF W. " Beam. lie comes from
Ironside. where he recently sold a
valuable farm.
The hay crop IL going into the
stacks fast these days. Most OF II
Is down and some already baled and
shipped but much remains on the
ground Some fields have an aver
age yield, but most are below the
average. The extra price will prob
ably make up for the lack in yield.
The prospective war with Mexico
has created little stir In the local
horse market. but the buyers are too
particular 10 do much good. They
are not willing 10 pay what the
horses are worth and they must be
clean and up to standard in every
way. Should we have war for
short time they would not be so par
tieular.
Thomas F.. Coward, who has the
agency for the Ford ears for this
county. with the exception of the Jor-
dan Valley section. reports that they
have sold 9S cars this season, AZ OF
these from the Ontario store. The
season has several weeks to run and
the total for this section will run
near sixty and for the county near
100. judging from the way they are
going. He has ordered another car
loadN
NJ. H. Thomas. OF company !, Ida
no, was here several days trying TO
interest the young men in the nation
al guards. He got few recruits,
At one place in this county he was
threatened TO be run out of town II
he secured any recruits. That might
indicate that patriotism was at low
ebb in that community, but II does
not. it simply means that they have
some socialists who have neither pa
triotism or judgment.
Three young bloods walking down
the street the other day made a bet
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