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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1914)
ONTARIO ARGUS PVBLlBHBO RVEKY THUKHIMT Entered in the postoflice at Ontario Oregon, for trim "mi lo throngh the innilx ah second-class matter. M. R. BAIN. I'uhlisher VALE KNOCKS THE MALHEUR COUNTY FARMERS AIL TIME Whv do Villi" pi'opli- knock on dls play of Malhcui count v furm products at tho fair'' BMMMM llM fnlr Ih not local. il at Vain Win did Vale Hunt tin- iMiiiint taking over tlic fair lust fall? BSCBBM it wan not locate at Vale Win BBSS Vale kick about the fair nt Ontario this fall'' Mi-cause they hi i- In a county neat li: lit and want to create dissension auiotiK the tax payers or the whole county and kick about something the Inxpavcrs own themselves, iilthouu'h It Is the highest single thing the countv Iiiih to adver tise Its resource and bring new net tle, anil new money into the county, anil It Ih of luimeiiHf educational value to the farmers making the dlapliivs and visiting the fair, the. knock and the Vale bund taken tin money. Vale navn all the farmer or Mal heur county are kicking Iicciiiihc Ida ho mil noine of the prizes, and In name Issue, their RfllfU and Mlg lletid BBS renpnndentn writes thev were well pleased a lib the fair and the many prim they ot. Vale Bay Idaho got all the prize money. We regret In call thin a plain I . rvday Me. Malheur countv farmer got all the bent hog and cattle prize. Mr. Mount -er of Idaho, bad iiik herd of ilolHlein milk COWfl with no competition ami got a pii ' Cairo prei lin i oi Malheur mini Iv not tbe blue ribbon and tint p !. lor Ibc best at'.rlcullural c omtnuiillv dlsphiv. Malheur OOBSt) tanners cot tile big end ol tin' premiums lor pi ite displays for fruit. Malheur cniiiilv heemeu ,'ul the prizes on hone) Malheur countv larmern and hov gnl the tlrni prizes on corn. The count) court ol Malheur couiil) bus junt paid the rnlluai I j i r lor two Malheur i mm ft boN to lie state lair at Salem iih h reward for raining the bent corn. Ontario Is proud of all tliene thing!, arc proud of what our farmer ralne on our fertile noil, hut Vale I not. Not one cent of the lunni") of the lax pavers of Mallieur count) went to Idaho people in prizes Thev were paid bv the gate icclptn. Idaho people who made dlsphiv s are . . commended lor cntnlng over and hel iiik out the Malheur county fair lul Ibeir own admissions more than paid their pn.e money they took away. Iirivau, Cairo ami Ml- lieuil and Moore's Hollow people made very flue display I an I their Mull was taken to the stale fair at Salem thin fall anil has taken prize, thus advertis I ii K Malhi'iir ciiuntv lo the world. Win should Vale knock on the product ol these prosperous communities" Ing with Drogan to pull off thin deal. Hrogan first demanded 20,000.0n. Then it wan reported that $10,000.00 was to turn the trick and finally It was decided that f r,000.00 wan all Vale could ralne. They waited until the lant minute that they could brine In the men and make them legal votern no an to get all men possible with their money. Of course part of the money has to be used to grease tl.e pockets of the promoters of the scheme. We wonder If Mr. Hrogan remembers when one of the largest Institutions In Vnle refused him credit for grocer ies" We wonder If Hrogan remembers when a Vale banker wrote a letter east warning a prospctive investor ir-ilnst Mii. ;ui and bin Hellenic'.' A FEW VALE LIES ARE EXPOSED TO THE LIGHT WHO COT THE MONEY EOR THE WATERWORKS AT VALE Vale blown about their magnificent water workn cnntlng fl lu.uiiii.iin. Sev eral reputable contractors In this line of work nay lao.non 00 would be a fair price for what the city got. Who got the difference'' H Vale defeat Ontario in tho count) seal election thc will call on the county to build them a court limine costing, no they say $ 1 .Mi.oimi.oo. W hen Ontario Is offering one free to the county that will take care of the county biislncs for the next fifty yearn, who will get the difference be tween the $150,000.00 and the $25.. 000 00 1 Vale npe-nt $liO,ooo.oo for water workn that don't fiirnlnh enough water to nprlnkle (he street. WHO (JOT II II fctONl . Vale says: Nothing less than a 1150,000.00 court house will do for Malheur county. Vale nays: The old stone court house costing l8.oon.no now In use Is good enough for Malheur county. Vale says: The taxpaver of Mai heur county paid the premiums this fall to Idaho farmers. The county dl I not give one cent to the county fair thin fall. The premiums were paid out of the gate receipts of the fair and every prem ium has been paid. Vale says: "Ontario voters Hebel" on the election voting bonds to build a court house at Ontario. Result of the bond election IM votcn for the court house bonds; 8 votes agalnnt. Vale says: Ontario cannot sell the court house bonds an they are lllegnl and Vale will enjoin the sale of the bonds. The bonds are sold and the money In In the banks of Ontario ready to start the court houne next day after the election. Vale savs: 'The bond election in Ontario bringn comfort to Vnle." One of the leadern of the Vale county seat fight said on the streets of Ontario the next day after the elec tion that he wan paralyzed when he heard the result. Vale says: They gave Hrogan $20, 000.00 to atart work on Mullv Creek. Vale ay: Their business men pays morn taxes than Ontario business men. Yet Vale says: That the removal of the county seat will ruin Vale fln uin tally. If You're Proud of Your Town Support Your Home Paper HERE YOU ARE RICBY IE YOU REALLY WANT TAX DODGERS We learn from a reliable source that one man subscribing HtMl lo the Vale fund to tight the county ...at has an assessed valuation of " Ih. it another man subscrib ing 2b0.000 has an assessed valuation of I3&I "YBJ IM dodgers'' If Mies, nun are not tax ilodKern Vale hud better mt hire main automobiles or bux much boo.e for the countv seat cauii.nl. li oil the strength Ol these rlptlons. tier a man takes a day off and tries to folio bis own advice he isn't surprise! thai other people never pav .itiv all. nil .ii to what In BJJ PATRONIZE TIIK HOME N'EWSI'AI'KJt! I'neiiils, tins town is i'OUH BOMK. Vmi arc I'l.'iM I of it. You wen- Inirn here perhaps, or you have sptnl most of your life hero. YOU WANT TO SEE THE OLD PLACE BOOM. YOU WANT TO SEE IT DEVELOP MORE AND MORE INTO A LIVE WIRE COM MUNITY. YOU WANT TO SEE IT RECOGNIZED ALL OVER THE STATE AS A TOWN WITH A PUNCH. YOU REALIZE THAT THE MORE CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE THE BETTER OUR TOWN WILL BECOME. YOU ARE DEIPLY INTERESTED IN OUR CIVIC WELFARE. YOU HAVE GIVEN AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS YOUR EARNEST AND HEARTY SUPPORT. Friends, wo hope thia ia ALL TRUE of YOU. It i TRUE of U8. THIS PAPER HAS WORKED AND FOUGHT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT FOR THE REAL, PRACTICAL BETTERMENT OF THIS FINE OLD PLACE. EVERY WORTHY CIVIC IMPROVEMENT HAS HAD OUR ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVAL AND OUR CONSTANT HELP. THIS PAPER HAS STOOD EMPHATICALLY FOR A BIG GER AND A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR BETTER ROADS, FOR BETTER SCHOOLS, FOR BETTER FIRE AND POLICE PROTEC TION, FOR MANY OTHER BETTER PUBLIC NECESSITIES. Tin paper think it lias earned your RKSI'KCT niul deserves your SUPPORT. We ak you to read it. We ask you to enter into any tight it may uudertako for your betterment. Wo usk you to interest your friends in our undertaking for the public welfare. Wo want your backing, both MORALLY and MATERIALLY. If you are proud of your home town, don't you think you should CORDIALLY and CONSTANTLY support your iiomi: PAPER? Tin paper supports YOU in your demands for civic better ments. You should support IT. THE KIND OE COURT HOUSE RIGBY WANTS TO BUILD YOU MANY STRANGERS WORKING UNTIL AFTER THE ELEC : ION ii man does dtnv, dlshouesl act lie Blvayi IHOS 1 bide it behind i cloak of hones!) ami patriotism. BiS has raised some nuuie . thev St) .'0,001 B lUSll) nearer $ to start vvorl. on the billv I'rcck proj ci I )- BOOS aj the men then- h.iv voted at Ihe I'OUIlt) seal . 1. . t it'll the work will BtOU lor want of finid and the workmen will lold Ih. ir tents and steal aw.n l In i.i m the sib ut night it bas biiu romuioul) ro n, .1 . -vei Ini ' Ihe COI ul seat pcti- ti u was , . lli.il til. -v were di. k. I John Itighv pose a an architect and an ev.erl on court house cou slriu tlon It lab) says: I built a court house lor Whatcom count) costing $70,0 0 complete, using a poor stone. That bulldlBI I think has long, been re- pl.O.'J." RlSBJ must he the man who is iv suoaalbls tor the erscktd. ami Auc oils condition ol the walls ol the pies cut court SOHM at Vale BUBS SSJfl he bid SB several other court hoiiso coatlnf from &0,i 0 10 )H0W 00 but did not net these contrails No wonder that he did not after huildiiu a court house that bad to be torn down. No doubt there ure hundreds ol eOUrl houses S.iiilt In lle.ivv populated and wealth) counties all over Iho I lilted Stales that cost bi sum of moiiev . I'h. it us no argument a- ainsl the beauliiul coollltodlous court bouse Ontario in oiferiun you free ol au) chams whatever to the tupu' ers. liib)' idea oi ihe cost of court bouses is as huh as the lulls which he has tiled against Malheur county lor aitetlBf done b his paper, the Kuterprisr The tax pa) ers have donated Rlgbjr OUOUgh liumcv. l.el him BjO awav buck Vale says: They are NSBSBbJbIs for tin coveruinent takliiK up the Wiirm SpriiiKs projc.l whlih will water land tributary to Nya. The (iate I'lty Journal sas: That Milton Hope ot Vale tollOWOBj the ov einnient engineer iroin 'alc to Port lauiid ami from Portland to North Yakima and B04 him totrv and use the water in a little project at Vale that several Vale citizen had IMyMMfl tied 11 1 In," but the engineer turned it down ale .ivs Ontario is debt ridden The records show Vale has a bond ed indebtedness of over -0 per cent ol her assessed valuation and On tario has a bonded debt of live and two-fifths per cent ol her assessed valuation. Ontario il ta rate Is MM half tin" rale paid bv Vale Vale s.tvs The lair election cost v ur countv t. 100.00, The records sav it cost $1" .OS, ale owns (he oul) rapid lire lytBf machine in the world. The war press agents need it. WHAT COUNTY EUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR BY BANKS The Vale banks are usin the OOUBt funds tin have on densit lo loan to Hrouan on the ibillv ireek i M that that cit will net sev- aud sit down and keep ipiiet while the ral bun Ired run resident votes on i.i. .iv cis scale ihcii own auairs. the count) seat I lie Vale bunks know that if the county sent I moved to Ontario they will have to niRtle to pay It back. No wonder they are ri btiui hard. Vale brans nbout the wonderful tree and lawn they hnve grown In the court house yard. It has taken Vale twelve years to grow trees with the bet of care, as larae an are growing in a hundred places in Ontario in three years. They have had a constant fight to keep the lawn from going back to the original salt grass. The county has bought several gasoline engines to water this lawn. An ex-county of ficial says they have spent $5000.00 of the tax payers money to keep the court house lnwn and trees alive. The noil in the city of Vale and vicinity 1 so poor that the O. S. Is hauled dirt from Ontario to make the depot grounds. Vale did not build the court house for the county. They built the walls and the countv had to finish the Job or It would never have been finish ed, nnd we are informed there Is one man who labored on the walls who Vale has not paid to this day. YeB Vale is patriotic. WILLIAM PLUCHOFf SPRINGS A EFFECTING OUR FRIENDS NEW COUNTY DIVISION NEAR THE BAKER COUNTY LINE Wm. Plughoff In Huntington News Ironside, Malheur City and the Mor mon Basin section. In Malheur coun ty, desire to be annexed to llaker coun ty, according to Interviews with prom inent citizens of that section who have been In Huntington recently for sup plies. They Inform the News man that they are entiled to the privilege on account of the distance to their present county Bent, the mall service nccorded that section from Huntington and Maker, the splendid condition of the roads from their homes to their trndlng tow us -Huntington nnd llaker, and less expense for telephone service, and further remarked that they el dom visited the county seat of their home county unless summoned for court duty. As this matter was called to the at tention of the News bv the leading men of the precincts mentioned, and as the News will always be found fighting for the upbuilding of Maker county, we made it a point while In Ontario lat Saturday to Interview the prominent citizens regarding the mat ter, aad every one approached on tho subject stated that they would assist Ironside, Malheur City and the Masln country looking to the annexation, as they were entitled to the ehnngc on account of the environments and tho close proximity to the llaker county seat nnd their trading point. If the matter should materialize to such an extent Hint It should SSBM to a vote, Ontnrlo will be found shoulder to shoulder with Ironside, Malheur City and the Masln to assist the citizens in placing them in a coun tv where thev rightfully belong. 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