ONTARIO ARGUS
PUBLiHHKI) KVKHY THUKSIMY
Entfred in the fOtMUm t OntHrio
Owifon, for IIMmiMloa tlironjfh the
mailH rh Meond-olaM matter.
M. B. BAIN. Publisher.
The case with which you can
make noinu one else believe I
thing iH measured hy the sin
cerity of your own helicf in it.
The frank discussion now be
ing carried on in the Mexican
press as to who will succeed
Ilucrta when lie has been assas
sinated must he a trifle hard
on that noisy person's nerves.
Advertising is such an art,
that many people actually buy
periodicals as much for the ad
vertisements as for the reading
matter. If your advertisements
do not attract more attention
than the other news in the pa
you are not getting the full
value.
The clover seed industry at
I'm ma-l(os a II -Wilder is grow
ing into large proportions, their
being a I mi IJJ60 acres here in
tdover seed. II. 0. Ilahlridgc
of Carina estimates the ship
ment this season of clnwr seed
from llitt territory named will
bo no less thitn 'JO carloads, for
which the growers will reccivi
about 7:,)00.
point to have charge of inter
state water cases. The upper
waters are being used extensive
ly in the Jordan Valley and
they are now engaged in build
ing reservoirs to uso more.
The lower stream is mottly
claimed by the Owyhee ditch
company.
A short time egO a petition
was circulated in Clackamas
county for the recall of the
county court and the deciding
vote recalling tlien was less
than twenty per cent of the total
vote oi the county. It is nec
VSHaiy to hae "J." per cent of
the voters sign the petition, hut
ill the election following, while
the I'llu i.il does not renigu, a
majority Of those voting deter
mines the result.
Here is something we would
like to have explained. Sever
al times during this year men
have come here soliciting orders
for made to measure clothing
and they always get many or
ders. They seldom solicit a
mong any but the business men
and thoir employees. One was
here this week and took many
orders, probably more than any
one merchant of the city gets
during the year. This solicitor
does not pay for any of the up
keep of the city or its institu
tions, never patronizes one of
these men for a dollars worth of
anything, still ho continues to
come here year after year and
take away business that should
go to our local merchants.
Most of these orders are secured
from men who are always hol
lering about the mail order
houses. Can you explain it?
Is it because the local people do
not advertise their made to
measure clothes, or is it that
the agent is a smooth talker and
makes the victims forget that he
is a resident of another town,
that he cannot make any
changes in the clothes if they do
not suit and will not he bore to
hear nnv kick if for unv reason
the suit is not satisfactory''
Some o you fellows who gave
him an order please explain
what the special inducement
was.
John II. Lewis, state engineer
of Oregon, recently claimed that
the Snake river could be made
navigable from its mouth to
Ontario. Yes it might be done,
but anyone familiar with the
nvei below HtMtington would
say that it would cost as much
money as it has cost to build
the Panama canal. The water
for miles is churned to foam as
it rushes IhrOUgil rocky gorges,
with the banks on either side
toweling nearly straight up lot
over 8000 feet from the waters
edge With all due respect to
Mr. I. -wis, he had better gttOM
gain. Nampa Ib'coni. Mr
Lewis is not gtMOting. He has
ligurcd it out that the powci f
he generated from the foOttliUf
wnti i will be needed some d.i
and Will he the inducement to
build the ucfcsMii s lookl
The slate water hoard has
had engineers here this sum
mcr surveying all the lauds in
the Malheur hasiu and taking
exhaustive notes of the MfOtgt
under the MVOftl ditches and
the amount of lands in actual
cultivation and nutting bench
cial use of the water. This
in preparation f"i the adjudicat
ing of the w.iti i.- of that stie.un
h the -t.ii, vfttM board. The
wateri of the Wilton 1 1 m vei i
acicibon some tunc igQ and the
n. xt Mlc.nil to conic hcloie
them w ill be the ( vlu i i i
and tributaries rin- itraaoi
will he a difficult out to band 1
Hi purl i the 1. 1 del - i igiuute
Hi bl.iho and Ne ...l.i .ni.l the
may be the fl -t I'oiue
before tin i oiuiuImIou thai
ratal I promised to
MDCALL OCT FOR ASSKSSOK
We understand a recall peti
tion ha heen started III this
county on the assessor and as
the assessor is always the most
unpopular olliciul in the county
there is little ijuestioii but what
the necessary number of sig
natures can bo secured. One
objection to the present ollicial
is the taxing of mortgages
The old law calls for the assess
ing of mortgages, while it has
not been the custom ill the
state to do so, the people at the
last election refused to repeal
the law. If mortgages are assess
ed it will mean the foreclosing
of all mortgages and all money
will he taken out ol the county
lor investment The tax li.t
has not heen tiled but it is talk
c.l that the values placed on the
lai in lauds are not equable,
-onie boittg much nigho than
the laud can be purchased tor
and others much lower than
actual Value, These matters
can he taken before the OQUOl
i atiou board and even taxpay
er should pool himsell on the
lavi regulating such matters
and have his objections tiled in
time for the board to act on
them.
Our neighbors in Idaho tried
the high valuation scheme lust
year and pronounced it a fail
ure, the valuations in Canyon
canity being leduccd eleven
million dollars this year Their
lot lands are now assessed at
one hundred dollar! per acre,
and Others in proportion.
The taxing ol Mortgage! has
also been tiled and found a
failure so there is little MCUM
for further pxperiiienting along
those lines
those who have made a study
the wonder is why any money
is left in the state.
The crops for this year will
bring returns of over one hun
dred million dollars, which if
properly expended for Oregon
products would greatly relieve
the financial condition.
Several millions are sent east
annually for butter, cheese, eggs,
poultry, lard, bacon, hams,
canned meats and vegetables,
all of which can be produced in
the state to better perfection at
a fraction of what tbey cost us
to import. The same is true of
practically everything made in
the Btate. We send our wool
cast to be made into cloth and
clothing, paying freight both
ways and several profits and the
woolen mills of the state are
compelled to go east to market
their output, much of it coming
back at an advance in price.
Millions of dollars are sent
east every year for insurance,
only a fraction of which is sent
back for losses. The profits and
the interest on the profits go to
the east, a small part of the
-money being loaned in the slate.
The laws of the eastern states
are not as beneficial to the in
sured as those of Oregon, re
quiring smaller deposits and
witlCless safeguards to protect
the insured.
The same line of argument
applies to almost all lines and
there can be but one answer and
that if you wish to upbuild your
state insist on getting Oregon
products from your merchants
and business men, thus keeping
youa money in the state and in
your neighborhood. Have a
Utile state pride and build ii
local imlusties.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLiOATIOH.
I , hi i ii.ii ( of the lut, -ri, ir, I'. S.
I. hi. I in ,-. nt Vale. Oregon, July
H, ifit,
HetJeS la hereliy given (hat liar, n
R .Dauiela, of Ontario, Oregou, who
ou May It, 1911, wade, llninesleit.l
Entry No. 01 Mi I. for S NEJ. EJ
NW, isssJoe ii. IssssUt 11 s.
Range 10 E , Willamette Meridian,
lias tileti Belles of intention to make
dual three ear proof, to eetalilish
,'laiiu to the I .iul atiove described,
lief, re the Register and Receiver, of
the Tinted States Land nitl ,-. at
Vale, Oregon, ou the ith day of
Se I. Ililiri, li'l't.
I'IhiukiiH miiues us witnesses
i.iit 1. Morgau. Joeeiih Little,
Freil V. Murtoii and Oeorge K. I'lark,
all of Ontario, Oregou.
tlruoe K. KMter, Register.
Notice It Taxpayers.
Notice is liitiiiy given, thnl
tin' board of EquelisetioD) of
Malheur t'ountv OftgSJB, will
int'ct at the Oottrt House m
ale. on Beeond Mondny, being
the stli lii of September, 191 ;
for the pnrpoee of Bxsnining
ami Eiuelisiun the ftseeeemenl
Koile, ol tfelheur Oonntj for t! s
year of 1013.
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