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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1914)
HERE IS THE PROOF OP That She Can and Will ffive You a Court House READ THESE THROUGH Onfiirlo hai renderel her pledge to the taxjAytera of Malheur county that the cy(Rrnuld Khow the taxpayer beyond a qtieatlon of a doubt that thny would Iwlld a court house and Jail ready for occupation by the county officer and Rive a block of ground and give, the county a clear warranty deed to name. Hero is proof that the money la laying In the bank ready to com mence work on the court houae the next day after the election: No. 1198 Certificate of Deposit KIRNT NATIONAL BANK. of Ontario, Oregon Ontario, Oregon, Oct. 1, 1914. C. W. Piatt. Treaaurer City of Ontario, ha deposited In thin Hank, Fifteen Thousand and No-100 Dollars (flR.onn.OO) payable to the order of County Court House llulldlng Com mittee on surrender of thla certifi cate properly endoraed. A. L, OOCKRtJM, President. No. CG93. Certificate of Deposit OXTAKIO NATIONAL IIANK, OnUrlo, Oregon. Oct. 1. IBM. C. W. IMatt. Treaaurer City of On tario, ha depnalted In thla Hank ($K,flOO.iHi) Fifteen Thousand and No 100 Dollar, payalde to the order of the County Court llouae llulldlng Comtiillli i on n Mini "i IIiIh certificate properly endoraed. W. R WOMAN. Caahler. On another page you will find a picture and plan and specification of the court house that Ontario will give you free. The architect, Tourte lotte & Hummel, .if llolwc, giilirillitee to you that Ontario can huild thi court houae and jail for $:T..000.00. Thla leavea $5,000.00 for their grounda. The city haa optloua on three differ ent city block of ground for $.'i,000.00 within four block of the depot. Certificate of rrhltcrt. We guuriintee to tin- voter of Mal heur county that the court houae and Jail a bow u In the drawing and plan furnlMhed by ua for Ontario and aiilimltted to the voter of Malheur county a a free court houae can be built and heating plant and plumbing liiMtulled all complete read for oc cupancy of the county officers (or the Mini of $,.,;.,000 ,oo or leaa. Tourtclotlo lluiiiinell, Architect. Hole, Idaho. Tlicac architect built the Idaho tale capital at Boise, the Holae high school building, the Owyhee hotel at Holae, Holae City National Hank building, iinlvcralty or Idaho, at Mo cow. Hotel tfgahlugton at Welaer, Ontario National Hank building at Ontario, and all of theae building have been built lor le than their original etlinate. Till prove that the building can be butlt Df $L'.".,000 00 and will be given free to the county. A building committee ha been ap pointed b the Ontario cit council and all I ready to commence urinal work tiunicdlutch arter election. The prcHcut court houae at Vale i In a dilapidated condition. The toue wall are cracked in many place and the Mtoue cap over the window are cracked In two and three piece If you don't uccept thla offer of a free court Ihiim' and Jail, Vale Will hate the old court house condemned and tin ii the taxpayer wilt have to hull, l a new one. The Vale KnterprUe and Vale ora tor anil biihine men all claim that a new court houae for Malheur county will cot lir.ti.oihi.oti. Thla I what they will sting you for aa a taxpayer If you don't watch out. Vote for Ontario and defeat their at heme Oet a new court house free. Hon! vote for Vale and pay laics to build one that will cost you 4100,000.00. 1HE COURT HOUSE CAN BE BUILT FOR $25,000 Ontario, Oregon, Oct. 7, 19H. To the building commute of the ctt) council of Ontario, Ore . and to the voter and taxpayers of Malheur county: 1 hereby tender my bid to build the I court houae and jail offered by the city of Ontario free to the voters of Mal heur county, and agree to build aame according to the published plana of Tourtelotte & Hummel, architect, and furnish and Install all plumbing and the heating plant and finish name ready for occupancy by the county of ficers for the sum of Twenty Five Thousand ($25,000,001 Dollars. 1 hereby agree to enter Into con tract and furnish the following bonds men aa a guarantee of the faithful performance of my contract: A. L Cockrnm, I'realdent First National Hank; J. U. Hlackaby, President On tarlo National Hank; H. C. Hover of Hoyer Hros. Co.; Ray Wilson, of Wil son Hros. Co.; E. C. Van Pettnn and C. R. Kmlson. Respectfully submitted: J. A. DRAPFJR, Contractor. Mr. Draper Is one of the oldest and bet contractors In Malheur county nnd has built many of the largest buildings In Malheur, Washington and Canyon counties. FRUITLAND NEWS BY T Mr H. R. Cruse a nephew of Mr John McClure. arrived with his family Sunday evening from Illinois. He ha rented the H. O. Shank house for the winter and moved Into It Monday. Mr and Mrs. II. J. Russell went to Unite Saturday on a business and pleasure trip. The N. P. frttlt Distributors are urging the apple growers of this dls trlct to save some of their choicest apple to send to the Spokane c .-.limit to be held November 16-21. A I the prise winning apples will be especially wrapped, the wrapper giving the name and addrc km of the grower. Theae ap plea are to be aent eaat and distri buted among the business men as they gather from time to time at lunch eons or dinner where much adverll Ing of the iualtt of our apples can be had. Premium Mat can be obtain ed by nddrcMHliig the Seventh National Apple Show, Spokane, Wnhlngton. It I Imped there will be a large ex hibit from thla section. It la reNirted that Win. Kavcrt had about 250 chickens stolen lat week. Mr. Win. Human Is building a barn on hi claim on Payette Height. He ralHixl a good crop of wheat there thl year. The contract for building the Mate highway from Caldwell to New Ply mouth has beeu let and bid for build ing from New Plymouth to Payette by way of F'rultland will be adver tised for soon and the road will be made Just as soon as the work can be done after the contract Is let I-rank Davla who formerly lived lore made final proof Monday of last weuk of his homestead on Payette heights. About a month ago In jump Ing from a load of hay that wa tip ping over his foot wa caught In the wheel canning hi knee to be dislo cated, lie Is now able to go about ou crutches. Arrangements are being made for a corn festival In Payette the latter part of October. The Cut menial club ap pointed a committee to meet with a committee of the Payette club last Monday evening to ,.i..ke the plana. PoMtmaHter F. It. Stegner haa been I otiried that the O. S. 1.. will change the time table on the Payette Valley .'.ad to tin old tlui" h.ludule. This ibituge will be appreciated b the peo pli here. Orchestra practlo at the II. B. ItobliiHou home Monday evening wa good. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Va-i Natta are the larcnta of a little duitrter bor.i October 1. Mr Humphreys lu taken three wagon loads of apple to Vale within the last week. Judge George H. Stewart of the su preme court of Idaho died September 25, at the Dr. Williamson sanitarium at Portland where he had been since June, lie formerly owned the orchard where Mr. Hadley now lives about three miles east of town. Kev. Mrs. W. A. Winter who have beeu visiting a few days at the 8. M. Thomas home left Thursday for their home in LaGrande, Ore. Mr. aud Mrs. Hallbrook came from Michigan and moved onto their ranch north of town. They will build some Improvements as soon as they get set tled. 1. 11. Makluson has been suffering with rheumatism the last few weeks Mr O. U Smith formerly of this place will return and take charge of the livery barn. Mr. Fisher who ha had the management of it ha moved to Ontario. Mr. C. T. Hall of the Park ranch has bought up 700 turkey which he intends (ceding for the holiday mar- ket. CHARACTER SKETCH OF HURLEY AND TIPTON Discuss Ways and Means to Fool the People ANYTHING BUT TRUTH GOES (With dun acknowledgement and apology to Mr. Dunne, from his friend. Handy Andy.) After consuming a glass of water and a tooth pick at the leading Vale hostlery, Dooley Tipton and Hennessy Hurley tilted their chairs hack for a social pipe fest and Hennlssy re marked; "I'm Just back fr'm a brief and love ly visit to an Aunt back east that may leave me her goat and wash tub some day, if I'm good and lucky; an upon returnln' to me offls I find the Malyuro FInterprlse, an' git me first news of the sate war; I see be the same sheet that Ontay-rio has lost an arry plane or two and Vale has some sub-marines mlssln. Th' leadln' ar tlckle on whut Vale haa done to tho county was a beuat. I wonder who the scribe was that had the above mlntloned brain storm." "Hlnnlssy, me young frl'nd thare ar' mlny things you will always won der nbout" says Dooley, slowly puffing Dukes mixture, "now who shid write ar'tlcles f'r the paper, but Jawn? Whether 'tis parole Jawn or payroll Jawn, whut's to ye? The one is the titular head of the Ancient & Awful order of Prevaricators, and tother Is past grand master of the name flour ishing society." Hut kin Jawn prove Iny thing; will the back-hlllers fall f'r hit guff?'' Asked Hennessey; "Sure they will," retorted Dooley, 'dont Jawn an' all of us yawp about the millions in taxes that will never be levied? Don't wo love the lilg Hind hlrdgc an' the Nyssa Mor farm' Don't we love the dead ox or w'atever tl down beyond the Hutte? An' now f'r the flrt time in our hlKl'ry we ar' aglimt a game that' hard to work, nlver have wo lot an' we have bad the cream plckln' r'r year" an' now that burg at the Junc tion ha ralHed the money aud bid lair to rob ua of that which Is not our and which we never fully paid f'r." And Dooley almost Mobbed. "Let rally the I. e' an' debate with the big stiffs' huskily uggeted Hen nessey; "Rally iiuwthln'. snorted Dooley, .tint me an' the Jawns an' a bunch of women and Col. Wheeler ral lied an' yelled high taxes until we ar' black In th' face? Who ml you debate with? Y'r political experience is agin' ye; an alo ran is no debater, lilnnlsMey, molnd that." Hennessey was properly subdued, but timidly remarked; 1 wonder where th' money la' Somebody Is pay In' the frate f'r sure; we ar' flnancin' big ditches and pay In' f'r millions of reader of the 'Htcamed KnterprUe Now who ha the cash box, do ye know? "1. Hope.'' says Mr. Dooley, I shid hope I do; but you are too young to be trusted witbcah, rayport to me whin In need of stamp er cigar." "Hut we miiHt fight f'r our rights: we have a galyaut lulu as ever faced a liar; some of tin m have stood all night, ho they have," Insisted Heu uessey. "Quit y'r ktddiu' boy; the soft pedal is the argument. Make the tax pay ers shed tears of sympathy; wind thim a plct'er of our city hull; slud thlm y'r protygraf. lay thing to bring the weep." At thi the dread of defeat mingled with hopes of victory over came them entirely aud they shambled out. "Will ye have sumthln'? say Hen nessey; "yes" says Dooley, "1 am as dhry as the Hully crlk ditch." "Come on down to th' river, its cheaper" says Henuessey. MARKET PRICE CAUSE OF ARGUMENT A lesson In Protection strouger than any argument is supplied by a busi ness transaction between a New York hay and grain buyer aud an Ohio agency. The buyer ordered 16 car loads of hay at the market price. The contract had scarcely been closed v lieu a tclci-ram reached the agency that Canadian hay was offered at f2 less a ton aud the buyer wanted the order for Ohio hay canceled The re sult was that the hay crop in Ohio dropped imti'tdiaiely $2 a ton. The Tariff on hay is just one half what it formerly was, and the American (uriner suffers accordingly. mj Ontario Imjmw This Store Is showing this fall, the largest and most com plete stock of underwear in Ontario. Any person from child to grown up can be fitted here regardless of size, material and quality wanted, at most modest prices. Another Strong Department Of this store is Sweaters' and Mackinaws' in all the new fall patterns and materials. Real patterns and real values always interest a person. Specials This Week New Dress Goods of all Cloths. The Mc Call Pattern. The Best There is in a Pattern. A New Lot of Girls' Coats. A New Lot of Baby Togs in the Baby Department. "Sympathy-'' (Written by the Sage Brush Poet of Ontario, and dedicated to Starving Vale by the author, sung to the tune of the latest popular song). Is there any one who hasn't heard of lulien Hurley, Dear Jullen, the pet of th eglrls of Vale's society, On ancient and modern law he is "The Authority," Even he belongs to Poor Vale's "8ore- ority." Refrain: I'oor Jullen has our sympathy, sympathy, yes sympathy, F'or a pretty boy is ho, You shouldn't scold or say he's bold, Hut please treat him tenderly. tenderly, Don't blame Jullen, for you know. He needs sympathy. sympathy Don i worry about Ontario people going to Heaven, Dr. Cook, Quoting scripture was ever the devil's fond desire, To show wrong wa right, by hoo . or crook, Dr. Cook, The "F'aith, Hope and Charity" Ser mon, better retire. Refrain: Dr. Cook has our sympathy, sympathy, yes sympathy, For a noble divine is he, He ought to give up preaching to the saints in Vale, They II treat you tenderly, tenderly, Come to wicked Ontario, it you want a little Symiiathy, sympathy Has Ontario been such a naughty boy, Parol. John? Robbed your poor heart of Its peace and joy, Payrole John? Dry up that tommyrot and on the lever be, What Vale is asking for is sympathy. Refrain : Vale wants sympathy, sympathy, Just sympathy, She wants to set the county free, She sure does scold and say Ontario Is bold. Wheu she Is not treated tenderly, tenderly, Don't blame Ontario, because she's not showing. Sympathy, sympathy. Don't think OnUrlo altogether to blame. Milt Hope, Hecause she's robbed your poor heart of peace and Joy, Aar Hope. There's not a thlug she wouldn't do. To help sweeten your pocketbook for you. Refrain: Vale will get sympathy, sympathy, yea sympathy, From those she's robbed, fleeced and stolen. The very brand that shea always dish ed out. To Ontario, Nyssa and others, tender ly, tenderly, Don't blame the voters, Vale, for not showing, Sympathy, sympathy. fef'Uco'X flaw JmJ ONTARIO -VJV f (orfoonJ I NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST IN IDAHO Important Occurrences Of The Past Week From Cities In Our State Aged Prospector Drops From Sight. Murray. No word has been receiv ed from Merrill Miller, veteran pros pector, nearly 76 years old, for two weeks. His wife and friends have be oome alarmed and all available men from here, a well as the ranchers and forest rangers on the Montana divide, are searching the mountains eaat of the Jack Walte and Paragon mines trying to locate him. H is feared some evil has happened to him. for severe rain and snowfall made prospecting difficult even for a young man, while Miller was weak at the time he left here. War Drives Man Insane. Net Perce. Worry, caused by the war, haa caused Henry 81ebms, a pros perous rancher, who resides near this city, to become mentally unbalanced, and he has been taken to a sanitarium In Portland. Roth Mr. Siehms and his wife have many relatives In Oermsny and Austria, but owing to the censor ship they have been unable to learn anything of their people, which preyed upon Mr. Siehms' mind. IDAHO JURIST IS DEAD Paralysis Attack is fatal to Chief Justice Stewart. Boise. The death of Justice Stew art, of the supreme court of this state at Dr. Williamson's sanitarium In Portland, creates another vacancy on the supreme bench of Idaho which Governor Haines will be required to fill by appointment until a successor can be elected at the next general olectlou. Death was due to a general breakdown in health following a stroke of paralysis during the Coeur d'Alena term of court last spring. He had been In the Portland sanitarium for four months. Oeorge it Stewart was born In Con norsvllle, Ind . Feb 26, 1858, and was admitted to the Indiana bar In 1881 After his marriage in 1886 to Miss Ag nes L. Sheets, of Fowler, Ind., he re moved to Nebraska. From 1897 to 107 he was district Judge in the third Judicial district of Idaho, and associate Justice of the su preme court from 1907 until a year ago, when he became chief Justice. Politically, Mr. Stewart was a re publican. Besides his Judicial office he waa a trustee of the Albion state normal school In Idaho, and for eight years waa a member of the board of education In Boise. During the bombardment of Rheims the populace was forced to seek shel- ' cotton in about half an hour and Mr. ter for several days In the great wine Gopher will be dead. The plan will cellars. But this can hardly be in- i apply to many other burrowing ani cluded among the horrors of war. mals. Uj ONTARIO .VvW tW ORFGON ijKS VALE USES SCRIP TURAL QUOTATIONS "What Dial hath Joined together let no man put asunder." This one scrip tural quotation is the argument Utat Vale is using as the reason why they should remain the county seat Vale ha threatened to enjoin the letting of the bridge at Harper. They have threatened to enjoin the issue of the. court house bonds at Ontario. They have threatened to enjoin the sale of the bonds. They have threatened tr enjoin the removal of the county re cords If Ontario wins. They have threatened to enjoin everything in sight and everybody who doesn't live In Vale. Threats to enjoin have been ao numerous they have changed tho quotation to read "what Ood hath enjoined together let no man put as under." KEEP THE ROAD GRADER BUSY NOW Now Is the time, after each rain, lo use the King drag on the roads. It has been shown that the drag ia a HUcceaM In making the roads better and it ha been shown that the best time to use it Is when the soil la moist. To work the roads now will give good highways for many montha and will make them better all winter. There are several roads in the coun try that need working and there ar several drags that are ready to work. There are also many runners who have finished their fall work and have time to use them now. They should aid lu making the roads better. Th city man with an auto could also Join in and help in the work. Another Good Roads Day for the sole purpose of using the drags would help right now. If we cannot have auch a con certed movement there should be an effort by all who can work. Do your share in making the roads better for all winter and all time by giving a few hours to the road. A farmer tells us that he haa prac tically rid his farm of gophers by tho use of gasoline. He carries) a bottle and a bunch of cotton batting with him while working In the field and when he sees a gopher run Into a hole he pours some gasoline upon a wad. of cotton and places It at the mouth, of the hole and covers the opening with dirt. The gas fumes are heavier than air and go to the bottom of tho hole. In an attempt to get air, the gopher comes to the top of the hole and the gas does the rest. Remove