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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1916)
dtttet0 mp tn. -' ,: vol.. no ONTMtIO, MAI, III I II X)UNTY, OMKrON, Till IISM.W, IMT ft, 101(1 NI Mlll.ll l COUNCIL TO DEMAND THAT SEWER SYSTEM BE USED cm has ratrr tikhhamis op dom.ahm i on i vriAHivi: nwn VaTKM PUNCH BOARDS SCORED ALSO 'lIlflcli Succeeds H. J. SrCtCCI' RkM lt.lgnaHiiii h ftMtpM oilier linings of the 1I F-Uier. Determined that tin- health of the city Khali nut he longer m (lunge red iiy the failure of property owner living within the sewerage districts to un thiin, the city council at It regular meeting lam Monday MM Ing Initiated action to roinpe! com pliance. The flrat step ink I gaj that of referlng the matter to cn Recorder ('. M. Stenrn lo examine the ordinance lo fix the protmlure If none ot the present ordinances furnlih the neceiaary procedure such an ordinance will he ordered ut the next meeting. That la not all that the counc'l want done In the metier of heuitli protection An examination waa or dered of never! alley In I he down town Miction to determine nhciler or not nn application of shovels, tic, would not promote more eauttary condition. The attention of the council hav ing heen dlri'cted hy A K Jitcijn nil to the fact that waate water from the Irrigation ytetn la permiii-l to accumulate on Home low land MM the railroad track on Colorado avenue, thus furnishing a fine breed ing place for mosquito, It waa de i lili ,1 Hi.. I nine nil. ilium should I I directed th.ielo The I'd lo the proii ihove noted illative tj the ue of ewer. While the council til con - iderlug I he mutter MMMl of I he men present culled ntteullon to raj portions 1,1 i . . .is w Ih-i'i- i various portions of tlie rltv where the ue of the ewer hhould he re quired. Mayor W. F. llomun oh arved thai, "the city has spent I aand of dollar build ng main .ml lateral sewers and there I no reasou for their not being used by those who live near them " Thl aentlment found approval with every member preeent After Punch Hoards Tiki. t'ouncllmuu II I. I'eterHon alert ed another subject for generul dis cuaalon when he ald: "What are we going to do about the punch hoard Kor the good name and beat Interests of the city I Hunk we hhould order them out They ure v menace, eapcciully to the young boy about town Some of these younster spend every cent they gut on these boards uud 1 M lleve they ought to be stopped, ea pecially simc there la a Mute law against them. M "ill .is oilier iorius of gambling." Certainly the jewelry puncli board should he driven out," de dared rmiin -iim.iu Bvernart "Tin puuch hoiird that gives dollar for dollar the BOM) -1-n t is in.i o hail but those that give only a fraction of the receipts should not be per mitted " "There "' doubt bul that llio.e puuch hoards are a im n.ico to boy of the city,'' said Mayor llo mun, "but 1 understand that there are but u feu of them ruining now 1 understood that most ot them were called iu recently They tell me that these, soft drink place., can hard ly run without them It is hurd for the city of in -ml.- to take action again st them without a city ordinum uml I do not MIlMg erg have such an or dinance. There 1 a state law and it aeems to me that the county offi cials who aii paid in MjMM the law should five it their attention." "I agree with the mayor," said t'ouncllmuu Kraser "The council men ure continually presented with the argument, 'they have tliem In Vale and N'yssa, why cun't we have them here ' Now the council is uot paid for it service and it seem to me that this matter should be called lo the attention of the district at- (Continued ou page live) LAST OHANCM Tt RHUIMTKR. Itnghitt -ut Ion IioiiI.m for Um gen- oral eli'i'lion November 7 will close Saturday If ) mi have not registered go to the registration offltM nt once or you will dl- frani hisi joum-lf for thl year. With :ill IM Interest being taken, and wltn all there I at stake In this elect Ion, the most Imprtnnt since the civil War It I remarkable that thousand of voters in Oregon have not taken enough Interest In tho outcome to even qualify to vote. Ho NOT FAIL TO KKGIHTF.lt a REJECT OFFERS FOR WARMSPRINGS BONDS . . I ' To ",w l-""' I fee Action rrohulde I'rivule Hale Will ll' Made. Deeming the offer submitted for the Wurmnprtng Irrigation I) strict bond loo low the director at Vale Monday determined to reject the of fer. Thl. however, doe not mean that the work will not be done, mi It I understood that examinations of the property havi been made by pri vate Interest who, It I said, will make proposal far the .ue. The director did not make public the term of IM propo.al but there I a general Mi f that the work will not be long delayed an the result of the reject Ion of the first offer. S J. Hi ncer, who recently engag- eil in b i tt, Idaho, was i .. oer the aMl cud visiting with his family "I'VE TO TAKE LONG TRIP FOR MURDER TRIAL WHnes-- I 'roni H liiiu'iiiin i a, ri.i- In Will Have to (lo to Ogilcn I lab lo I.' a- li Vale for Case To reach Vale on October 24 to testify In the li c Ilrichoux murde, trial for the death of It (' il h c;..,.'Ain. attMMM from mm mu cm, Nevada, will have to cross three state. from their home thoy will pro ceed east to Ogden, Utah, and there trannfor uud reach Eastern Idaho at et ward to rocaiciio anil proceed wesi wuio in Onliirl,. i, ml t lien. v. In Vain I In Journey from Wlnnemucca to Vale will take them some 800 in lie, while on a direct line It would have taken them lea than 300. The witnesses coming from the I Nevada ally were nuhpoeneacd by i District Attorney W M rRooke and , Sheriff lien lirowu, who spent the f,r"1 of ln wm'11 there collecting evl- n0B ln the cm. It waa In Wlnne- muccu that accused man wired to Ho Ise to secure f00 from Goodwin' account and In other ways represent ed himself to be the dead man. On their return trip which wan made In Sheriff Drown' car the county official had a hard, cold ride Thl aide of Jordan Valley they ran Into three Inches of snow and enjoy ed wet road prior to that time How ever they made the full 600 miles without even a puncture. Superintendent K 0. tlalley and F. J. t'lemo made a trip to Prultland and New Plymouth Saturday to In teret cltlien there In the Onta'lo l. m. 'iiin course They received ub i.iu'ial encouragement and at loast 40 tlckt will be placed on the bench II F lluntell of Drewsey 1 In tOWg this week a guest at the home of J. A. Wlllama and family. HAD ENOUGH OF OhlY AMERICANS SEES REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN NEVADA lilssntiMiii (ion over rri) lunini. On Woman's Suffrage ami I'uhlli I .and lllll F.vhlcnt. Thnt the national republican tick et will be returned u winner in Nev ada Is the belief of District Attorney W II ROOke, who returned Wedlliw- day evening from a tr.p lo W I nne , miicca, Nevada. "While In Wlnnomucca I had the pleasure of uttendlM a democratic rB"Jr which t'nlted State Senutor Key 1'IHiian was the principal attrac ,"'11 Thl wan Indeed n real nppor- " h"1 region, and the manner in which the senutor proceeded in hi address was a plain indication that the party I on the defensive in thnt tate with a real fight nn It hand. "For more than a half hour Sena tor I'linian defended the democratic party' attitude on the woman' Miff rage question and than lunched Into n defense of Ills attitude on the pub lie land bill Tho he worked hard for climaxes he was not once greeted with applause The audience, waa evidently not In lympathy with hi attitude, tho many expressed no III will for him personally "Private converiatlon among both republican and democrat gave am ple evidence that the race there I a warm one with every assurance that the republican national ticket will win In November. "An Idea of the preure under which the democratic party I labor ing may be gained from the fact that tli.n have levied a tour percent as Nement on all democratic office hol der lo provide fund for carrying on the campaign Thl ha caused no tittle dlHsallnfucii n among the par ty men, If one teay Judc from thO v i . i i t; and .i ' in I '..i fii mils!, I er I prh lleged to hear " CARTER in New Yotk Evening Sum IT!" EXCITEMENT PROMISED AT HEARING ON COUNTY TAXES OKI (.(IS Mill. HIM. Ill.lt OWN SAtS lOltMlll oM l:io HAM In a tottor recently received by II. I It (oikriim from W. T l.ampkln, who look 111 family back to his old home In Missouri, he tells of c. .ml i lion a he find them In that unci mi Among oilier observation he nay: " ondiiinns are very had here Tln-y rained a wry small oat crop, a fair buy crop and absolutely nothing else, not even potatne. All of Ok lahoma, Kannan, Arkansas, Missouri and part of Iowa suffered a drought of 62 day. Not even old timers can tell of 'a year a bad a thl one' so I am confident that Oregon 1 noldlng her own." TELEPHONE COMPANY HAKE IMPROVEMENT Work lo Klart Next Wrfk on llctu-i mill Which Will lteiulre To tal otitis, of 9I.1.0O0. Work will mart next week on a number of property change and bet terment In the Malheur Home Tele phone company' system which will' i require a total outlay of 116,000. I I the announcement of Manager It. W. 1 Gardner. Accord ng to the plan of the com- pany a outlined by Mr. Gardner the line from Ontario to Nynsa will be re built, new pole replacing those now 1 In use A portion of the city yatem Is to lie rebuilt, new cables Installed and other determents provided. The pole for the new line in Kjfl ii li ! .ii received and work will be started a aoon a posal- ble OKI (.ON l.l 11 HANOI I I. M I l.l (IS o I It Kits After a big duck dinner at the home of Ml DiK'lous Tuesday ev ening, the member of the Oregon club launched the club' activities fr the fall aud winter season. The ( opening wa an auaplcuou one for the banqueters enjoyed the wild duck dinner which represented the ability oi l'uul Campbell a a mighty hunter. The member who nut at the ban quet table were President l.ee Cock rum; vice president, A. K Itiddle, secretary, Paul Campbell; treasurer, It M Perry, Joe lluenlng, Henry (irlffln. lion Piatt, llerchel llrown, Clinton Trow, llryon Turner, Jume Smith, Andrew Maiuemuii, Kulph Dunbar and I' J Clumo. After the hauquet the following officer were elected for the ensuing year: Prcsldeut, A F Itiddle; vice preaident. llryon Turnr. secretary, F J. clemo and treasurer, rum. Following this upplicutloiiM for inemher.shli were ailed upon and th following names were added to tin club roll It W Canlner, Kuy Hoy er, C. Orcutl. H. F Miller, W C Heamguurd aud G. K Aiken. Othm aiilieatlons Imii- nne i eil and an adjourned meelinn will he held soon to act upon them The club will uguin occupy quurt ers :n the Wilson huildiim ami If eolilempllltillK all ilillli season with club dunces literary programs us well us uthletn even) Ill NTKHS GUT I. Mills AND nun ti.st: am oakku 0 J i.ii'-i.i and son ( arl ith !i W. Gunlnei sought the lurk pusses in the IliK lleiiil (oniitry Siiml bud great luck Among m 101 lb!ni they gol .soukinK wet an 1 eiijow-il the plea i. le ol lilllllllK up all OHIO mobile top iu tin middle oi il n with the ruin ((lining down, nal ei nialilliK tilings Kineiallv ' pi, but then il was all worth lnle lor they got a handsome bug of Mallard and spoon bills, bOllfjl leal and oil The r friends, t hanks lo i'1'iinni-.iiy of the hunters enjoyed duck dinners Monday. W (' Let -un did not haw to go far in. ii, town Sunday to get u Deal hug of ducks uud he claims that he did not gut wet, either. Chct Lackey is the pround possess or of one of the new Ford delivered i last week by Krbie Haye. .AST U I I l II H DFA M.OPKD IN- tkukht uMHfo anm nun oi i nn; on nty. INEQUALITIES BROUGHT UP New llii.lgcl Inn Ho Wortleil That iuili. ii of Valuation Dee .Not tif fed I M-ii.ii in, Hay ( 'niii Judge. Interesting Information and uot a little excitement I In store fcr the iaxpn;cr who attend the mini meet ing it Vale tomorrow, accoidlug to well defined ru nor. That there will he "xometh.i.r doing" I certain a the reaull jf the nolle .out out hy .he hoan' i.f equalliatlo'i with ( oii-itv Assem.ir I. K HIM d'nienlmg in i nunty Judg I Geo W McKnlglit and lounty 'erv W. H Dt illltlo ere ii Ontario Sunday ' ' ou all sites they Mire In selgej with qiiea tl'iii relative o the valuations thrn iit the county end MtflMMl heat wr.i mown t.i Indicate tint the peo ple of the county are Intensely In-leresi.-d in the pror Ilngi There I evident an undercurreul of dlssutlsfacllon over the prevent roll and a division of fe-lin.. enter ing around the assessor's ul'lra Put In plain Kngllsh there ut a belief ex tuul that the valuation were uot made in accordsuce with the provi sions of the stutute relating to real valuation Whether or not Hill feel ing Is Justified will be , rmllieil at the hear ng, when, mi doubt. Mr. Hill will have an opp,.,,i t aiiilv, to hi the people know I In- Iheol) on which (In- Valuations were made tuliialloin. Ho Ff fei I I i.iiilllur-N. "'I in- point that Hie peo ple hIicmi lil not overlook." MM Judge Mi-K ii c ii t . while discussing the alt tuition Sunday "Il Is Hi., under the new budget law tin- official In the varlou taxing bodies do not make up il. levy. They determine how in ii eh they are to need for the con duct of their business fur the euu mg yeur uud truuumil their figures to the county court which deterinluea Hie levy needed When the varloua taxing bodies make their budget they have no knowledge of what the val uation will be so can uot determine the levy That I the bulne ol the i-oiiniy court aud Is purely a mathe matical proposition alter the valua tion has In ii determined "Whul the county board of equali zation wants IK llielelj t In- delellll U alum ol a luir valuation aud the re moval ni di -in -pa mu- For exam ple IIm le I our hlllllilllg 111 Olllal'IO, the Moore hotel, that If oil the roll for Iv. ue (lie combined valuations if several OthOr hlllld IlKs lllle ol til" sau.e i I ill .ii HI ol cull I I -lie! loll '1 lie lain, i of the .Moore Hotel Is Hot to In- I'olupuleil Willi ..'! rial of these individually . Now the n, Hon of what property will earn I , i , p. i ,nriii to ii i valuation There Is no ii i on im hii.iIiiiik a man for eii-il.n.- a buildlUK on iBU esp.-clat ion of the lili re : leull ui.il land coined lie lillleli-liie-, in (he lob bT .such tool tin- board ol equal must l.tl.e noi, ol ihein W'uai i he appral ii modi under the m ions Irrigation and dralnoce d ,n,i i largo pin i ou laud ( la.,, ilie.l, Ihi'li Lie pi. .p. would remain flaod tor mu IUm S'i- liuie the many t.i vp.iv. be pi. . Ill .,1 li e llie. -Illlg for Hie ho.u d earneatl) obtali tin-ir view i un i be ail nation I'OI.IIK l. Sill HON looks Htjaii in vi pi,i:h After an iviiniiid trip IrM Um end ol tho count) V h siu i.iibln-.iii land dale for county clerk vva.s in Onl.iiio Momlav "Judging from all the llgU llnnn looks fine ior the MOOMI Ol the re- p u iii ii-.-1, ni ' i Mi itaaU - "I have heen over u lurge portion of the coiinly and from the head of l lie tick et down the republican vote will be slroug There i.. no doubt where I Malheui county ' majority will go."