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itto40 xxrv ONTAJllO. MALI1EUB COUNTY, OKEOON, THURSDAY, CK Tt BER 7, 1023 NO. 44. &?git& BANKSTOLDTOBOOST county cofht taki:h action to hki! that county's cash is coykhed nv hondh NOT HALF COVHHHD TWO MILLION ROLL INCREASE . Iloniil of Equalization GelM Few Kick Therefore) Work li Light Willi Total Doll To lie Our ?ir,()0(),ooo.()o Tho banks of Mainour County, wlioro In tho county deposits Itn funds woro told thin weak to Increase tliu bonds which thoy nro liy law ro quired to doposlt a security for county fund. All tho bnnks In tho county woio so notified, for none of them hud inoro thnn CO jior cent of tho amount required by law, and with tho second tnxpnylng tlmo nt hand this margin would havo In creased. Tho nctlon was taken at n mcot Ini; of tho County Court on Tuesday at tho Instnnco of County Judgo H. II, Test who has boon following tho progress of tho nltuntloir In Joso phlno county wlioro a depository was closed. "Tho law spcclfloally says that tho hondnmon of tho treasurer nro not llnhlo for nuy Inns thru tho fall tiro of a depository, anil It doos re fill I ro tho depository to furnish bonds to tho full amount of tho funds placed In It." said JiuIko Test. "Wo huva secured tho opinion of tho District Attorney that this Is tho propor Introprctatlou of tho law and havo limied tho order for tho banks to como forward with moro security, that places tho county on snfo foot In K. It Is n caxo of playliiK snfo, n biding by tho law mid profiting by tho oxporlonco of others. ' Tun Itoll 9 1. "5,000,000. or Moro Malheur county's nssossnblo tax roll Ih now moro than $10,000,000. Tho oxact total will not bo known until tho data regarding tho utilities In tho county nro received from tho Htnto tax commission. T EAU PLACES Ontario Post Huh Committee Seeking Work For Member NiiiiiIht of Men Prepare l'or Ynriilliiiuil Training Oct Imurnwo Too Member of tho Ontnrlo Post of Amorlcnn Legion havo beon busy thl wook on nomo practical problem which tho men fuco. Tho employ inont commlttoo bended by J. II. Gor don I preparing to seo thnt nil tho inon who deslro work nro placed. Mon who wnnt work, nnd thoso who need help nro urged to got Into touch with tho Legion committee for both enn thus bo benefited. Hosldo this week roprosentntlvos of tho Wnr nisk Insurnnco depart ment woro In Ontnrlo this weok nnd with J. II. O'Kcefo who gathered tho data for tho local legion mon secured tho rolnstatomont of IS pollclos held by mon who had permitted them to lapso. Itepresentutlvc of tho vocational training board woro also hero and the following hnd their paper pre pared bo thnt thoy can tako vocation al training nt nn early date: H. C. Plnnoy, Dewey Hoxle, J. II. dordon, Jack, Hammond, Walter Mustard, and Mr. Stanford. Of theso Ham mond was tho victim of on airplane crash, Hoxle of n motor truck wreck nnd tho other auffored from gas. J, II. O'Keefo who has entored for vocational training several month ngo has received orders to report to tho nrmy photographic school near Hnltlmoro Maryland nnd will leave for tho Mnryland city In a few day. Dr. H. O. Payno and Dick Ilobln son returned Saturday from n trip Into tho Steins Mountain country, they got n fino bag of venison. I. J. Dickson and family nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. J. P. Jamloson formerly of Ontario, now of Emmett spent tha week-end with Mr. Jeanotto Evans. Hl'NIWH AM) HL'NHITr TIME I.UPOHTANT INFOHMATION Huntors of migratory birds who Just can't resist "taking another Bitot," had hotter bo careful. Clatno warden Gcorga Tonkin of Pendleton Is In Malheur county now looking nflor tho Interest!) of tho migratory birds, .Mr. Tauklm called at Tho Argus ninl asked that a warning bo Issued to tho huntors so that trou ble might bo avoided. The game warden Is not "out to got someone" ho L only hero to protect tho birds recording to tho statutes. Of (oiiihii tho hunters nil know thnt according to tho federal trea ties with Canada hunting cnnnol start until an hour boforo auurlso and must censo nt sunset. Mr. Ton klm linn sent for an official schedule of tho sun's tlmo In this longltudo nnd lutltudo, nnd tho Argust will present them next -weak Wo hnd 'hoped lo do so thin week. In tho 'moan tlmo hunters should "watch tholr step." COVERED WIDE AREA Home Hygiene anil Niindnff Couires Completed by Women nnd Girl l'loiii Dead Ox Tint To Adrian Work Almost Completed From Dead Ox Flat to Adrian In tho lllg llond Country, tho women nnd girls of tho various communities havo had an opportunity to tako tho courso offered by tho Hod Cross Chnptor of this section. Thoro hnvo been fur moro women In tho country products who hnvo taken tho work than In Ontario. Miss Ethol Simmon who has had ehnrgo of tho work Is concluding tho lectures to classes In Dead Ox, Cairo, Nyssa, nnd Is starting ono now In Adrian, Sho nlso hnd n class ror tho girls of tho High School In Ontario bosldos tho cla for woman in On- I tarlo which In practically completed nnd Is tho second courso to bo given I hero. "Thoro havo boon moro womon rcglstoicd In tho courses In tho coun try than In tho city," said Miss Sim mons, "nnd tho Interest hns been most mnrked thruout tho chapter Jurisdiction. Evoray locturo hns boon regularly nttondod nnd tho work dono by thoso Uklng tho courso hns boon uniformly high. "Dr. W. J. V.'eoso hns delivered n number of lecturos ovor tho dis trict, last week 'ho lectured nt Dend Ox Flntt and next week will go to Adrian to talk to tho class thoro." STATEMENT OF THIS OWNEIISHIP. etc., uequihed uv tiii: act or coxguiiss or august at, mis, Of Tho Ontario Argus publlshod wcokly ot Ontario, Oegon, for Oct ober 1, 1020. STATE OP onnaoN, COUNTY OP MALHEUH, s. Doforo mo. a notary public In and for tho Stato and cojnly aforoaald, personally appeared Oeo. IC. Alkon, who, having been duly aworn accord ing to law, depose nnd nays thnt ho I the owner and publisher of tho Ontario Argus, nnd that tho follow ing Is, to tho best of hi kuowlodgo nnd belief, n trup statement of tho ownership, management, etc., of tho aforesaid publication for the data shown In tho above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, em bodied In aoct.'on 443, Postal Laws nnd Regulations, printed on tho re verso of this form, to wit: 1. That tho name and address of tho publisher, editor, managing edi tor, and business managers are: Publisher, Oeo. K. Aiken, Ontario, Oregon, Editor, Geo. ic. Aiken, Man aging Editor, none, lluslnoss Mana gers, none. 2. That tho owner Is; Geo. K. Aiken. Ontario, Oregon. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagee, and other soourlty hold era owning or holding 1 per cent or moro of total amount of bonds, mort gages, or other aocurltles are: Mer genthnler Linotype Co., Brooklyn, New York, A. P. Kiddle, Dolse, Ida ho. GEO. K. AIKEN. Sworn to and subscribed before mo thl 5th day of October. 1920. It. W. SWAOLEIt, My Commission oxjilres, April 8, 1921 LOCAL HAN DIRENTOR WESTERN WOOL FIRM I'nilliniil to I line Another Wool WiirehnilM' Company Willi SI!,- t 000,000 Capital .1. It. Ithick- t all)' Mndo Director ' & Portland Is continuing Itn efforur to become tho grcnt wool center tiU tho western const. If It hns not nt- ready nttnlncd Hint position tho nip dltlon of anothor wool wnro houso company will nld In furthering tho climb. According to tho nnnouncoment of tho Incorporator! Including such men ns ('. J. Smith, nnd bis nssoclntcs of tho Imnker'n Mortgugo Corporation, tho now firm will bo,stylod tho West, orn Wool Wnrohousq company and wltt hnvo n enpltnl stock of $2,000,- 000, A slto Inn been secured for tho company's warehouso nnd It will bo ready to hnudlo tho fleeces of north western sheep noxt spring. Among tho directors of tho new firm, among who inn many of the most prominent hunkers, nnd stock nien of Oregon Is Included that of J. It. Dlncknby, of tho Ontnrlo Nn tlonal bank of this city. Frank J. I'nlmor of Jordan Ynlloy Is anothor listed as Interested and on tho board ol directors. SWEET POTATO CROP W. L. (ilbinii of Nw" Deinontlrati'K Tlio Fact That Tuber Can Ho Grown HiircoHHfiilly In This Valley Sweet potntnes In commercial qunntltle nro bolng rnlsod In Mill hour count'. TI;o first of tho or'op wns brot to Ontario Tuosdny by W. L, Gibson of Nyam who delivered 20T pound of thorn to Iloyor Ilrolhor, nnd ho has n lot moro to dig nnd put on tho market. When Mr Gibson milled up tho Iloyor atoro nnd nsked It ho could soil Bomo awcot potntocs II. C. Iloyer thot ho wn bolng, "Jollied", but be ing gnmo told Mr. Gibson to bring thorn In nnd ho would tnko n "con plo hundred pounds." Thero wns no ono moro surprised thnn Mr. Iloyer when Mr. Gibson hustled tho tubor Into tho storo shortly nftor lunch. Tho awcot tubor from tho Olluon ranch woro sot down bosldo n box of California sweet potatoes, nnd corn para most favorably with them, tho on tho nvorago nro not qulto an lnrgo. Tho akin of tho Malheur awcot Is n ahndo lighter In color thnn tho Cal ifornia variety but tho Inside of tha pntnto Is of practically the anmo shade nnd la fully na awcot. In fact unless told that It woh n homo grown product ono could not toll tho dif ference between the two vniletlon. OF APOPLEXY SUNDAY Mrs. E. W. Okiimu Found Dead In Hospital Until Itooin Wax Vlhlllng Hon Expecting To Tako Him Home Mr. E. W. Oamln, of Hopnor Ore gon, wns found dead in a bath room at tho Holy Rosary Hospltol Sunday morning by ono of the nursos, Mrs. Oamln was not a patient at tho In stitution but wne visiting her young sou who had been operated upon there two week ago and whom alio expected to tako to tholr homo In n day or two. The cause of death was given ns apoplexy. Mrs. Oamln and her son enmo to Ynlo three weeks ngo to visit frlenda Tho little boy took 111 nnd wn brot to Ontnrlo for medical nttentfon, here It waa discovered ho was suffering from a most unusual ailment, and nn oporation found necessary. Ilia mother visited him regularly nnd waa making ono of those visits when alio died. The body waa taken to the under taking parlors of the Ontario Furni ture company and prepared for ship ment Sunday evening to Ilcpner. 1BELIEVE IDEAL ROAD MATERIAL LOCATED Hat per Highway Hnlil To lie Equal To I'ntcment -Huh Keen Down Tho Yen t4 nnd 1 Meter Now Thnn When Flint Laid iCInudo Well of Itarpor Is an On tnrlo visitor this weok. Mr. Wells rnino down to discuss tho possibility of Introducing what ho bollovcs Is tho Ideal material for rood building In this section, which enn bo found In quantities near Harper. Ho camu nt tho Instance of Pnul Sollgmnn, who on n visit to Harper Inst weok vlowcd tho road leading to tho Dlalto properties wnn struck with It smoothness nnd trnnetlon proper tics nnd Immediately took photo graphs nt tho road nnd the material n well ns collecting samples for ox nmlnntlon by authorities on such mnttors. Tho Harper folks dcclnro Hint tho road which was mndo of tnntorlnl found In tho hilts near (hero Is tho best In tho county It hns lieon laid for flvo yenrs and bettor today than when first laid, tho no work ha been done on It In nil that tlmo IS HERE FOR FEW HOURS Irwin H. Cobb nml Unity Uracil City IJist Hatuiilay i:enlng ml Uit) Haily Huudiiy Morn ing Fur New Yoik Ontario had as Its guost for u fow hour last Snturdny night ono of tho nntlon's foromost chnrnclorH, Irwin H. Cobb, tho humorist. Mr. Cobb with A. Wlsnant of tho llond Press and aomo friends reached hero In tholr oar about 8 n'clook Saturday ovonlng and Mr. Cobb departed on No. IS for tho cast at 1 o'clock Run. day morning. Yory fow Oniarluus know of his proaouco In tho city for ho kept In rotlrmont ull the tlmo ho wus hero. "J. N. OnbrleUon of tho II. 8. Illo logleol Survoy who wns with tho Cobb parly during n portion of tholr trip thru the Interior declared thnt tho big humorist wns dollitlilwd with Control Oregon, tho thoroly tired lif ter the long hnrd trln from Hill Hun. loy'a OO ranch to Ontnrlo. following tnoir limit for deer In the Htuln's mountain country. Mr. Cobb win luoky enough to got ono flno buok during the trip. Othors of the tmrtv booh red two or moro. Tho ho did not glvo thorn tho title ot his atorlos Mr. Cobb suld thnt ho oxpeeted to wrlto flvo storios on Con- trnl Oregon for tho Suturday Kvon- ing Post on whoso staff ho Is a star porformor. Howovor It Is reported that he lost tho notoa for his articles somewhere on the trip In to Ontario from Hums. Yot that probably will not be un unmixed blessing to him. Ho can wrlto fiction, na well as fact, nnd nnywny ho Is n huiurlst. FOOTPALL TEAM GOES TO PLAY BOISE l.ornU Faco Ilartlc-t Game of Season Willi 1'ln.l Opponent at Idaho Capital Hnttmlay Afternoon Proctlcii At NjuMi. With tho hardoat game of tho bon son, It : believed, tho first on tho soiled ui j. the Ontario High School football team hud a strenuous woek of practice this weok. Tho locals go to Ilolse Saturday whore they moot tho team for tho big Ilolao High School. This weak tho boya playod a prao tlco game at Nyssa nnd according to report tho Nyssa men moro thnn hold their own with tho locnl batt ler. The Nyasa men are much light-' er but they woro nblo to clrolo tho locnl ends nnd punoturo the Ontario j lino almost nt will. Tho practice nt Nyasa nwakpned tho locnl to tholr, weaknesses nnd as tho result thoro was n decided Improvement In tho work porformed since than. Tho coaches aro not discouraged oyer the showing made thus fnr, for SHOUT TIME (IM.V TO SKI! IIAMIICIIAri' E.MIIHITIOV Tim handicraft exl.-'iltlnii which wn loaned to Mio pntillc library by tho Portland Ailcruft moiety can not lir retained In Ontnrlo as long ns was oxpnrlru, and It must bo uuii forward from Ontario on Mondnv In order that tlm omon of the city who nro InloreMed In this oxtremM) Una display, Miss Elinor ItumUII. county librarian has decided to )m tho building open on Friday and 8undoy nftornoons from 2:30 to 5:30 to Hint tha oxhlbltlon enn bo seem, and of courso tho library will bo opon during tho usual hours on Snturdny. While tho library Is open on Friday nnd Sunday, no books will bo ox changed, those additional hour lin ing sot nsldo for this oxhlblt only. Tho womnn's club of tho city vis ited the oxhllil In n body ns did the clnsses In domostlc nrt nt tho hlch school. INYKST.MF.NTH lll.SCOl'HAOKII IIV INITIATION OF I'ltl'AIC HILL Another rovolullonnry monuro Is to bo prosonted.to tho peoplo of Oro gon nt tho election this fall, which f pnsaed will moro thnn do ltpnrt In disrupting flnnnclnl conditions In our stnto. Tho menstiro I to reduce tho In 'orost rnto to n mnxlmum of flo per rent as tho legal llmH In this stnto. Tho moro fnct thnt this hllr Is on tho ballot will be sufficient to ills eourngo con ': Mo Invoalmont In Oregon. If It rito, It will, ot course, hnvo to bo ropenlml, hut In tho meant In tlamnire will hnvo been dono thnt will tako mniy year to overcome Tlmo nnd ngnin thcro has been nt tumplod measures which would legis late tho rnto of Interest to n point Inwor thnn what the use of money U worth. Leglalnlloii of this effect Is iilwnj found to be an oxlr.i bunion to tho borrower whom It w:.s aimed to benoflt. If tho legal rate of In terest Is reduced to flvo per cent tho borrower will bo obliged tt) pny ustir 'ou rate lo got money In violation of tho'luNv. Money thnt Is worth soc t por cent nnd eight por cent will not ho loaned tit five per cent regnrdlixw of what tho law mny any Is the legul limit. and If the borrower wnnt to borrow money on the eharactor of loans tint demand seven por cent nml eight per cent, ho will either hnvo to violate tho law or go without tho roqulred onpltnl. Let It be remembered thnt 18 per cent of the registered volets or the state have actually voted measuree Into our constitution nnd you will see how uecomuiry It I for ou to bo- stir )ourself nnd point nut tha evils of subIi n law iim this flvo por cent moasuro to ull voter with whom you hnvo nuy Influence. The very fact that ovoryono Ih do- lrou of borrowing money na ohonp- ly na poaalblo when tho occnslon n rlaea for borrowing, mnkoa tbla bill sooni ory attractive on Ita faco, but when it Is understood that Oregon will pay n very hlgli'nrlco In tho Iohh of lnOMtmout capital of almost every kind should tbla measure boeomo u law, ono run rowdily npproolntu that tlmo taken to nld In Itn detent will be wall Invostod. Wo havo InwB on our statute hooka now thnt are Inimical to the welfare of tho stnto. Inasmuch na thoy dis co lira go tho Investment of capital herein nnd It would bo a fntal da for Oregon from nn Investment standpoint when alio enacted suoli n moaauro na this causing tho with drawn! of millions or dollars that otherwlao annually comes Into the elate for Investment (n practically every kind of seen r It It offered hero And not only would wo loso the ben efit ot procuring outalde capital, but In addition we would find that local onpltnl that la being used lioro now would bo sent elsewhere fnr Invest ment lu order that Ita owners might recolvo u reasonable roturu for u loan ot their money. It would be n aorry day tor Ore gon when none of Ita homo own ere could borrow money to help thorn build or buy hoinua or whon Ita btial noae men ana manufacturer aro un able to proouro capital to naalst them In carrying on their roapootlve linos or ondoavor because of the fuel thnt tho money would not bo available nt tho Interest ruto fixed by law In the stutu. thoy bellovo that tho loouls aro de veloping slowly nnd will mako the grndo later In tho season. Thoro la plenty of beat In tho squad but spend seem to be lacking nt proaont "Hur ry up" la the ory of tho coaohoa now nnd will bo until tho aoason end. FIRE TRUCK ORDERED FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT COUNCIL CONHIDHHH YAHIOL'H I'ltOPOSAI.S AND IICYH FOHI) TIU'CK WITH NOUTHUIIN F.Q- ril'.MIINT MUM CHIEF WANTED LAUOEU Tltl'CK PROCEED WITH IMPROVEMENTS Council Debate Whether or Not To Plot-fed With l'roMNc! Curbing ninl OradliiK In Hlxeifddo Yolo Thifo to Tmo Carried Instructions woro given for tho purchase ot n Flro Truck nt tho mcptlng of tho City Council last Mon day evening In tha Council Chambers ut tho City Hall. Tho council nftor dobntlng the mnttor ordered tho Mayor to place nn order for a Ford. truck equipped with tho flro fighting apparatus manufactured by the Northoru com pany of Minneapolis. This truck und equipment representing an Invest ment of $2,000.00 Is not oxnetly what Flro Chief Kroosslu wanted, his fav orlto bolng tho Oldsmobllo truck nnd oqulpmont costing $3400.00. Tho council determined howovor thnt tho simplicity ot tho other mnko, tho financial condition of tho city and all bolng takou Into consid eration tho loss oxponslvo oqulpmont would sorvo tha city' noods until a hotter one could bo purchased, doing Ahead on Improvement Tho mooting being that sot for tho honrlng ot protest against tho pro posed Improvement ot Illvorsldo ad dition by tho establishment of grndo Hues, grading tho stroots nnd alloys, building curbs and sidewalks, this subject Introduced tho longest dis cussion of tho ovonlng. Whllo thoro woro no taxpnyor pre ont to present nny objection, Coun cilman II. II. Cockrum presented a series of arguments ngnlust going ahead ut this tlmo. IIu polntod out thnt tho city Is nlrcady hoavily in debt, tbut tho bund market I not favorable, thut locnl Improvement bond already Issued hnvo not found u roudy market tho representing moro valuable nnd bettor aottlod pro- ' porty than thnt proposed to Improve Whllo the bonds proposed to bo Is sued nru Iliinoroft bonds, thoy nro underwritten by tho city nml tho city must soo thut thoy uro puld," anld Mr. Cockrum, "nnd I do not think It ndvlsablo to proceod now, tho I do not want to nppeur to bo opposed to Inprovomonta, for that la not tho cnBo." "Tho peoplo wnnt this lmpnve mont. Thoro 1 no property wltMu tho proposed district thnt la not worth moro thnn tho uasoasmunt to bo made ngnlust tt, nnd alnco the peoplo havo asked for It I don't eco whut thero la to bo dono but to go nhond," wna Mnyor Jones' summa tion ot tho situation. Aftor discussing the mnttor back nnd forth, tuklng Into uccount tho big bonded Indobtednoaa of tho city und nil, the council by a voto of throo to two determined Hint alnco tho peoplo of Illvoraldo wnnt tho Improvement thoy mny havo It. The voto of tho muttor camo upon tho quoatlon ot whotlior or not tho Coun cil would socuro nn engineer's oetl mnto of tho work to bo done, and roBiiltod ua follew: nyea: Troxell, Allen, McDowell; nay: Cockrum Mooro. CO.VOHUOATIONAL LADIliS TO GlYi: UA.AAH IN DEOE.MIIEH The JadloH of the Congregutlonul hureh are going to glvo u bazaar aomo time In Decomoer, am' anyone wishing articles mndo to order may leave tholr order with Mrs W. K. Loaa ua the ladles are planning to do audi work. 44-lt County Judgo E. II. Tesfnud Coun ty Houdmnator J. P. Joyco loavo to morrow morning for Jorduu Vnlloy to look vor tho rod work bolng dono In thnt scotln. non Moss wns a visitor In Culdwoll Wednosday ovonlng, roturnlng Thura day morning. 8. II. Clay, sccrotary of tho Com morolnl club left Saturday evening for Portland to attend tho meeting of tho Stato Chamber of Commorco and tho conforenco of tho Port Dovolop niont association which was held thoro this week.