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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1914)
i OT A T?TO A T?fTTl tlle stAte' 9 People seem determined KJVi LlLJ rVlVVllJO to vote, "No" on all but a very fow PUBLISHED KVEKY THUK8DAY Entered in the postoflic Ht Ontario Oregon, for transmission throngh the mailH an (( ond-clase matter. M. E. BAIN. Publisher. Dull times, scarcity of work and low wages arc eloquent arguments to the average voter that It Is time to vote the Republican ticket straight. ThW election they are not enthuslm? over "con-partlsnmdilp." Dally tho derision YOwl that this 1a a RopobilflM ar nn 1 that the win to help bring back good times is to vote lor Booth) for Senator Bootll i i plain business man ami not polltl clan, bill having been successful li. bttllnow It stands to reason that hi kilo" hOl tO Ket vvhut Oregon needs t Washington. Than are two measures on tin ballot for the establishment of Nor mal school nt Ashland, near the (all fornln line, and at Ve.ton, a small town near Pendleton. Hiilhllnus haw been Imllt at both places. It I t h-; general belief of the teachers that one good Normal school In th" BtOtt Is much better (ban three pool 0B sad they favor keeping tlie one at Mon mouth and voting down the others. Thi'sc schools would mean a large expense without Btiv special benefit. measures that are known to possess genuine merit and for which there is ; a very general demand. That the at tempt to put over radical legislation of any kind at the election November .'ird, will fall, is now very gener.ill conceded all over the State. The three COtint measures should be supported I 'hey are known as No. 71 for the re moval of the county seat to Ontar'o, No. 7:! for the new county. This measure will be decided by the voters Of the affected territory as the law n i u I res a li'i por cent of the people In the territory to decide it. No. 7." is for the bridge at the Hlg Bend. Re member this number, that title on the ballot may confuse you as it refers to roads and other matters in order tc Comply with the law. The $1500 ex emption, reorganization of the state laud board the I hour law. The public docks, hobo 1)111 and others should be voted no. BH Bi w BePSBHbIsBbTBBBBI ak ' YvJPn ar al 9F: JntaaBfl F. ytBYdBB No additional saw mills or other In dn trial plants will be built on the navigable streams or tide lands of the i late, should the water fund amend ments No. 328 and .1.10 pass, as the value of the improvements they must erect outside of low water would be too great to place on leased ground subject to revocation In a short period and cutting off the water front will render the plant alovo low water valueless and the measure forbids any recompense for such Improvements. Win u Chamberlain had to make a ih il e of Pelng chairman of the Public Lands Committee and the Comml'te" on Military Affairs, he selected the latter, notwithstanding that Oreg.'ti cltlsens have a great doal of business with the Public Lands Committee. The Committee whero the chairmanship would benefit bis state Chamberlain declined. The chief advantage of be ing chairman of the Military Affairs Committee Is social opportunity Ills family Ih very prominent In Washing ton aoclety circles. There are but two points to be con sidered In this contest for the people In de Pie where they wish to transact tbeli county liuslness and these are: l It best for eighty per cent of the people to lie accommodate I and a large nuvlng made to the county or continue Its at "! 'lit and o to a place that Is DM ven I' nl to only tweiitj per cent of the people, The other illestlon M whether vou want to accept a new modem building with ample vaults to protect voiir records at absolutely no cost to vou, Ibis liuilillug to be lo cated where it will benefit eighty per cent of the people. OrtfJM has been made the laughing HOOk of (be nation In the freak acts of the present governor. C J. Smith the man nominated bv the democrats, is endorsing his ever) act. and would tliereiore lie the same kind of a gov ernor, II elected. James With) colli ho the republican nominee has proven his worth us u business man and executive and will make Oregon a governor that every citizen will have MOM to feel proud nt. It Is tlie duty of every voter, no matter wb.it his mimical be lief, to cast a vote for James Withy- coinlie for governor and thereby re deem the state from the buftoou class Tho Vale enterprise has contained many columns of stuff regarding the nssessi d values of BOOM Ontario prop . rtv. hut so far has failed to take up Ih property of any other part of the county. W'e have no comment to i mke at this time, but will call your ittentlon to the fact that all threo ' embers of the eiiializatlon board are residents of Vale and anxious to bMUM I lavoralde Impression for their town in the contest for the county seat. Another matter the) are tr-lng to bring Into the contest Is the Cotintv Fnlr. The property which On tario turned over to the county cost over IMJIM and could not be re placed for any less, so thnt the county nt two dollars value for each one lie paid. Another feature is the bridge at W'elser having been opposed by some people of this county. There Is absolutely no truth In the statement that Ontario people fought that bridge, the fact being that an On tario man Introduced a measure In the i islaiure for an appropriation, hut it was shortly after the supreme court bad passed on the validity of such ap propriations and no auch bills passed at that session. Tbe county court appropriated about three thousand dol lars at that time for the bridge and later there was an appropriation of five thousand dollars to build a new sian on the Oregon side. Up to date we have not noticed n word as to why It Is beet for the eighty ,'--r cent of the population of the county who are now compelled to go through Ontario to reach the county seat to do so Instead of having tho county se,u at Ontario, which place they can reach more cheaply and quicker. Nor have they said why peo ple should not accept a new court house at Ontario rather than ir h get along any longer In the building at Vale which Is ready to fall down and has no provision to proiierly care for the records of the county. They have always claimed that the present court house was constructed by the Vale people, but the records show that part of It was built by money raised through a petition circulated through out the county and the balance by the count) court. The records Indicate that the lot was donated. DH. JAMES WITHYCOMBE This is the man who will honor Ort&Ofl when elected Governor by giving the State a clean. M0 nomical business administration. GEORGE W. BEANTON DE FINES HIS POSITION ON II i '-18aT Wi - - 4 ;'. "What h w If you buy it at Boyer, you are sure to get the right thing. See this weeks' new arrivals of suits, boars, ana Dresses. A New Selection of Milli nerv Ontario, Oct. 1!), mil. An open letter to the voters of Mal heur county: Hear Friends: We will In a few days be called upon to discharge our duties as Amerlcnn citizens, to decide by our ballots the Issues to be presented to us on the third day of November by county, slate and nation for our considera tion. The mos Important question for tho voters of Malheur county to decide is the permanent location of our county seat and as I am one of the old pioneers of Malheur county and have helped to lay tho foundation for Its existence and future prosperity I take this opportunity to express my vlewa on this most Important ques tion. One of my old and esteemed friends of Vale accused me a few days ago of doing everything I could during the eight years that I was county com missioner against Vale, and I want to say that that Is a mistake, but I must admit that I never did believe that Vale was tbe proper place for tbe location of our county aeat. I have seen the side walks In Vale washed and piled In the streets by tbe flood watera of tbe vHISEsi One of the largest show ing of wool serges ever shown by this house this week, from 50c per yard to $1.50 Special Showing This Week New Fall Beding Special Showing This Week Sweaters, and Mackinaws In Nifty New Patterns, Boyer Brothers & f1aTv.'rr.'r.i7 Ontario jjiiiyaiij Oregon Malheur river and I never could per suade myself to believe that It was for the best Interest of all tbe poopde of Malheur county to locate their county seat at Vale. There are other good reasons why I take the 'position I do In thla matter. The population of Vale la limited and inadequate to support and maintain a county aeat and there is a well established fact that a city cannot build up a county, but a county ran build a city and tbe best evidence of a prosperous county Is tbe prosper ity of Its county seat and I do believe that It we locate our county seat at Ontario with all of her natural and un developed resources and her steadily increasing population we can build up a city that would be a credit to any county In tbe state of Oregon. I will be 82 yeara old on the 28th of this month and It may be the last opportunity I will have m cutis but If I am permitted to Uni the third day of November I vCi for the location of our contra! Ontario and feel that I htutml duty and voted for the best atsl of the iieople of Malheur comtj, Hoping I have not offended at by these few remarks, I result t vours, aa ever, Q. W. BLaSTO.1 nIIHIMIMlllHmiHlllHlllMyilllllllIHMIllHHlllllllHIHIHI IWllllllBIIWlMIWlllWllWlllllllllWlllHIIIIIMIIlllW Voters this year cau get their best campalgu arguments right at home Are wanes higher? Are times Potter' Are money couditloiis easier' Is tbe cost of living lower? Are bunkers more ready to lend money? These are questions that cau i - an swered without the assistance ot cam paign orators, or campaign tet ,'ooks. The voter has only to ask himself and some or his friends these questions and others like them and theu decide for himself w bother he is going to vote to continue the conditions which now surround him. BRIEF WAR NEWS Although there waa continuous flghtiug of tbe fiercest kiud along the great battle Hue in France during the last week there was no decisive result M.iHi sides, according to official re ports, made some progress, that of the Hermans on the allies' right being per baps the greatest Tbe eiiioc lieiin.iii army opened au attack, apparently preconcerted, along the whole length ot the front from the Olse to the Meuse, Saturday, but ev erywhere the effort to break dowu the French offensive was repulsed aud normous losses were suffered by both sides. Appreciable progress was made by the allies operating against the be leaguered right wing under Ueneral vou Kluck, and lu the Woevre region fur ther French galas were reported. On the heights of (be Meuse, however. according to the official bulletin is sued by the war office, the attuatiou for the Freucb right waa uot at ail Im proved. Fighting, auch as waa never before seen In any war. marked the scenes which raged along the lines. Particularly violent were the en gagements that ensued where the Brit ish and tbe French, supported by the Turcos aud Moors, came luto contact with Oeueral von Kluck right (lank bu'wuiM tJut aVsM I sad the ou faYl m ai aaT MyZJm tvC'k JMall Vafl aWsaA z. t Pgs455&' tu&Bo H.ynhv jMh $& T m ml Mwri5rf B i k Bf Mr 0 WJL-m mmthi -H A' mL7 w $ 'tiif ' IWm wQsK::Kmf m(li 11 " II m J I 011 iTall jmu mF'i ''''mwmmUMm MJn hi It, III II S M 11 ll I -11 I I lnwLifA l& mr '. ' .' iMnoiUJIii kVW'F WMfMt DPI illwVwBmh Mill MJL '-TIllM tu i irt WllSffl A mighty ground swell of "Vote No," sentiment is reported to be galuiug momentum iu every part of Oregon. llsgiiBted with the nroat mass of in digestible amendments and bills on tbe ballot, and alarmed for fear that manv Of them will prove BOSOltttoU dtttrilf t v of tiu Commercial piosnorlU oflyouf records. Should the welfare of eighty per cent of the people be considered or that of twenty per ceuL Do you prefer tbe old court house at Vale or a modern building at On tart with ample vault room to protect The Most Complete Line of Ladies' and Childrens' Coats, Suits, Skirts, Dresses, and all ready-to-wear goods will be found at: CASH STOKE Wo T. Lampkin ONTARIO OREGON iiiaiiiuuiiuuauiiuauiUiiiuiiuiuuiiuuauiuiuuiiuiuiuuimiumuiiUiUiiaiiiUiiiiuuuutuiuuiUiiuiUiuuiiuiuB I