m m Millinery Big Reduction on TRIMMED HATS Shape and Trimmings Grove & Riley KXttKKM mm4d IfMfl Real Estate Bulletin Mi'. Koi I'M luiii'i- l(K)MNI f win lit IhikI 10 iiiiIim I'lint hi Otmbrldgti Idaho, nil tillable. 1 lo acres broke out. 20 acres in nlfulfa. (Sooil soil. No Hock. Itatb er sttp. Price $4000.00. Mortgage 1100 00 want small place in exchange. .'.Oil For sale two good resilience lots price for the pair 1120.00 Ontario Real Estate Co. Best Job Work at m nrwtrw tvt Home Visitors' EAST Via Union Pacific System Very low round trip fares from Ore gon Short Line points to Denver, Kan sas City, St. liOtiis, Minneapolis, Chi cago, St. I'aul and many other points. Tickets on Sale: October 24, 19 and 22. Nov. Limit three months from date of sale See any Oregon Short Line agent for rates and further particulars. Lg222ffi,& Holland & Holland i WJfllfllfilfllfUWIfllWmmmJ The Argus Office Excursions 21, 23, December SuiitsAori t i'ole o4$iKr Horse Shoeing and Plow Work Our Specialties All Work Guaranteed Moderate Prices Ontario Oregon HERE IS THE WAY A PIONEER OE THIS SECTION LOOKS AT THE COUNTY SEAT ISSUE To the taxpayer of Malheur count? concerning the county neat question: No doubt you have all heard the arguments of both Vale and Ontario through the press and their public speakers. Now let us, as taxpayers, sum those arguments up together. 1 have no Interest lti either Vale or On tario, more than love and friendship for their citizens. A am an old settler, coming here before Malheur county was cut off from Maker county. 1 have traveled across the country by way of the "Old Stone house" to attend court at Maker city; was there In the county convention at which the Mr. Lsekstt was nominated to represent linker county. During the time he represented us, their county was divided from Baker county, and through his Influence the county seat Ml located nt what was then known as the "Old Stone Mouse on the Mnl heiir." Through Mr. Ix)ckett, Mr. Itlilm hart and others Influental friends the appointive offices were filled. Dr. Kri'Tiin wliii owned a rnnch near what Is know Viile was appointed Judge; llcnrv Murray of that vicinity was ap pointed sheriff, and E. H. Tost, clerk. Tli' appointments hell good for two years, until the next general election, at which time we elected count v Of ficer and also decided on the present location nt the i nty seat. They iinilt a t porary court house and Jail which served until this present court bouse was built. Milng deeply Interested In county politics at that time. I distinctly re- mber man) of Vale's schemes t" win at that election. Ontario, then a mall village, was Vale's strongest op ponent In order to defeat her. Vain sent her emissaries to Jordan Valley, Inciting them to enter the race for the county seat, thus making it a three cornered affair, splitting the rote again t her. In this way Vale easllv won tie' victory. This was an astute political move, and the race of Vale politicians Is not dead yet. My Nyssa friends, you must bear In mind that the old Vale ring Is still on the turf, let we lull you that they are trying to play the same curd on you that they played In Jordan Valley. They are advising you that this county seat move a little previous, representing ;:i Unit when Nvhsii becomes the end of road division and gets those shops, she will then have tl' best chance of winning the county s it Hut let me tell you that If these i evea should oobm to pass, you will Ibid In Valo your worst enemy. I BOtlOS In the Kuterprlse a letter 1 1 my old friend I nele John liniiieruiau. In that letter he asks us ' h.v we should tear down Vale to bull. I up Ontuilo."' I wish to state aa a M ih.it no one wishes to pull lOWB, Mut we do believe that ti. count) property belongs to the i ., . i of the county and not to i other town. We do bo ll, 've alter duly weighing the arguments on both sides that It is to the hcncltt oi the tap. tiers of Malheur louuty to accept this legal building and bona fide offer of a new court house by the Ontario rttll 1 liuie John would lead you to believe that this offer Is not made In good faith. Now let me ask you as taxpayers: ii i on held a note for $.'.'., uuii due on PLAYING ALL SIDES OF THE GAME BEFORE THE MINERS The Humboldt Mine. Malheur I'ouuty, Ore.. Oct. 27, 1914. To the MttOf of the Argus: We have bad two sets of distinguish ed visitors hero this week. First Kev. Hlluiau and Mrs. Dunlop came and sau.; and preached to us, assuring us that all Is now well and should not be disturbed. From the other side of the Ilaaln Ja. k Dolau came iu with a load of whiskey and boor with the compli ments of the good citUeus of Vale. V. . enjoyed the singing, but the prca. biug and booxe did not fit In. I'll, iv was no argument In It and what wo want In this couuty seat con icm is something tangible to tie to. That bond the Ontario people put up showed t where our bread is butter ed. We know some of those people and know they are good for auy reason able amount and will come through. Yours, SUMPTER. Mum hi i lie wenare or eiguty per cent of the people bo considered or that This couutry is becoming almost ex of twn.t;. pw cut. I pert in the art of reinaiulug neutral. demand, signed by the leading busi ness men of Ontario who are together worth at least two million dollars, wouldn't you consider your paper good? Uncle John refers to the "Orand Old Stone House." but falls to tell you of the cracks In the walls, forgets to tell ou how a few weeks ago two prisoners dug a hole through It with table knives, neglects to tell you of its unsanitary condition and that u is full ' of vermin, and also falls to Ml you that the valuable records belonging to the taxpayers are exposed to loss by fire or misadventure. Now, Mr. Taxpayer, do not be mis lead !y such statements, when On tario Is offering free of any cost what ever to the taxpayers to build a house with sufficient vault room to secure our papers and documents. We notice on the same page of the Enterprise that our old frleld Judge Lnmberson of Wcstfall takes his pen In hand to Inform his old friends that be Is well with the exception of a severe shock brought on by the tax pavers of Malheur county signing n petition 2..00 strong In favor of On tarlo. As the Judge's fine rnnch Is west of Vale, we do not wonder nt his bias In its favor, but he falls to ex plain why Mr. Jones, his partner In business and holding property in the same locality Is so strongly In favor of Ontario. The Judge says that the court house Is ample for all needs and Is a beautiful building a credit to the county. "Examination of county re cords shows what a good many of us old timers remember that the citizens of Vale built Its walls and foundation for about $5000 and then petitioned the county for about $3000 to finish it with, thus bringing Its present cost to about $8000. Now, the same people are around telling us that Ontario can't even put In a basement with $2.'i,000. Now, Mr. I'.npa. .r. weigh this well. How could Vale with $8000 build us a court house which Judge aaya la beautiful and a credit to the county If Ontario can't even start one with $26,000? I put this question straight to them when they were at my house, and they an swered It by saying that during those hard times they hired skilled labor for $i .ii p.r day. At the same time .i. ...... n hn.iu. aa heinir iinilt i ws contractor in Ontario and I had to mi. 14.. Mi for the same class of labor. Now. Mr. Taxpayer, aee how un- reasonable this Is. They tell us that Ontario cant furnish their building for loss than $150,000. Now I am ac-1 .pialnted with the architect who drew , this plan, the contractor who gives bonds to furnish it according to sped-1 Mentions for $25,000 and with manv I ,.i the m.u who signed the bond and I j am thoroughly satisfied that If On - tarlo wins she will carry out every j detail of her contract, and If she does , not finish It ou $25 nun, that Is none Of our lookout for she is under au , ...... elu.l L.....I to rh.l.l. It 111 I... Pout , whatever to us. and If she wants to ' spend as much as $200,000 on that new court house for us she is welcome to. J. 8. PINKSTON, Owyhee. Oregou. FORMER RESIDENT MUCH INTERESTED IN THE CONTEST Cambridge, Idaho. Oct. 20. 1914. M. E, llalne, Ontario Oregon. Dear Mr. Maine I want you to know how much we eujoy the Argus and we are not miss lug any of the Vale-Ontario war. To me it is of more interest than the Kuropean war and more human. It seems to me that Vale's inconsistency and the malicious manner In which she ia missrepresentlng her cause, j would if (or no other reason convince the voters of Malheur county that it would be to their interest to vote for the reiiloval of the court bouse from Vale to Ontario. There's an old say Ing that "right conquers might," but with "right" and "might," both ou oue side we feel sure there is no doubt of On tario gaiulng to county seat. With best wises for the best of re sults at your election, 1 am yours very truly, MRS. J. S. THAKP. l.auiih and the world laughs with vou. unless vou are telling the joke. DO WE WANT A COURT FLOODS WILL FILL To the Voters of Malheur County While It Is customary In the con struction of any permanent Improve ment to look well to the foundation upon which the structure or Improve ment is to be built, in the present county seat location Is a pertinent question and one of vital interest to the people of Malheur County, and should tie carefully considered by every voter before he casts his ballot. It Is a fact well known and not luostlonod that the course of the Mal heur River Is very uncertain, has no permanent channel whatever, but will slough off from one side and build up on the other side all the way from Its mouth to the canyon. The con dition of the Malheur RlTer at Vain, has changed to some extent since our last big Ice gorge, and we have heen favored since the construction of the steel bridge by escaping what has actually happened several times In Vale, the overflow of the Malheur River covering the townslte of Vale and rendering It possible navigate the streets entirely around our present court house, In a row boat, and since It Is a fact that this condition has ex isted In Vale, In recent years In fact water run over the doorstep In the present court house nt Vale either In the spring of 1910 or 1911 when a veritable river flowed across the town site through the present court house grounds at Vale, and continued down the principal streets of Vale to the Railroad and the people there used sacks of flour, sacks of cement, and anything nt hand to stop up their doorways to keep the mud and drift matter of the River out of their build ings, evidence of this can now be aeen I on tn" foundations of the principal buildings of The City of Vale. This condition can easily occur again and seems very certain that It will occur many times more, alnce the formation, situation and location of Vale, Is In the natural course of high water, which could not be expected or BILLY JONES HAS A FEW WARN WORDS TOR THE TWO JOHNS AND OTHERS OF VALE Juntura, Oct. 26, 1914 The Ontario Argus. Ueiitlemen: Just happened to see ,hu wM,k"" Kuterprlse. snd note that I noU1 wortgw on the hotel, but It Is ,n ln name of tn Klr,t Uank of J'"tura: that's funny; most banks 'hangs It around the other way and nave $! mortgages put In ths nttn,e of on of the,r dlrectora. but of course, we do things different up u,re l)W ever trlk n,e of yu ale "K-ueaneu generous ineu. un. Perhaps the people of Juntura comd Present the new county of Davis with " '" " court-house, in about the same wu ou Preaenieu me people oi M.lll.elll Willi . ... a big barn-like affair $ have Vale, as shown In this weeks Argus, along about litui; you certainly are a generous bunch, with other people's money. And talking about money; I should like to state that If I should go to sleep with Chas. Decker, even if it were in a horse-stall, I would throw my pants around any where and know what little money was in them would be there in the morning, but if I should happen to have to go to bed with either Pay roll John or Pay -role John, and had only 26 cents In my pants pocket. I should roll my pants up carefully and put them below my pillow; There talk about any one stealing a court house, makes me tired; For the past two weeks they have had a bunch of booster with a dozen copies of the Kuterprlse strlcking out of their i- -ets running around us here, telling us Notice for Publication. Department ok the Interior, I S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon, October 27th, 1914. Notice is hereby given that August Senkbeil, of Payette, Idaho, who, on April '-'tfth. 1911, made homestead ap plication No. 0126, for the nwi nei, sec 12, t 17 s, r 46 e, and who on March 19, 1912, made additional entry No. 02171, for the swi nei, stt liwi nu "t vj, sec 12 tp 17 s, r 46 e, w m , has tiled notice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Regis ter and Receiver, I'. S. Land Office, at Vale, Oregon, un the 30th day of Nov ember, iyi4. Claimant names as witnesses: George D. Warren, of Payette, Idaho; John Taylor, of Payette, Idaho: Fred Morton, of Ontario, Oregon, Ira Book, of Pavette, Idaho. Bri it R. KMTHL Register HOUSE WHERE THE CELLARS AND STREETS Induced to go up over the hills In order that It may avoid the present County Seat of Malheur County, the lowly situated townslte of the City of Vale. The last experience or Vale In the matter of high water was not occas ioned by an Ice gorge but simply a matter of high water In flood condi tions, and now since the construction of a concrete dam across Malheur River less than a mile below the City of Vale the same amount of water experienced would render at least a fool more wnter over the townslte of Vale, or In other words with the same amount of water had In their last flood, would raise the high water mark, In the City of Vale at lenst one foot, due to the fact that this dam reduces the fall to that point of the Malheur River. And It Is a now pertinent question In this County Seat matter to be seriously considered by the Voters of Malheur County on November .Ird, of this year, and the question asked, do you want to continue for all time to come the adoption of such a treach erous and unsafe foundation for the location of our County Seat or will you accept the proposition of the City of Ontario to locate and construct out of the reach of maddened rivers or flood conditions a good substantial, modern, safe and sane building, ut terly without cost to the people of Malheur Coutny, outside of the pros perous ana thriving City of Ontario. This matter Is not a campaign state ment which can be denied by anyone who knows the geographical situation of Vale. And since we the undersign ed time honored residents of Ontario, know the foregoing to be facta we ask you these questions? Do you believe the statements in the shove to be true? If so are ou willing to loeate your County Sent of this treacherous and unsafe foundation at the City of Vale? GEO. W. RLANTON, unfurl... October 17, 114. how much they love us, and that the (enterprise does not represent the town of Vale; they must think we are a lot of suckers; and they have been making a big holler about Malheur couuty being out of debt, yet accord ing to this week's Enterprise, the bridge at the Harper could not tie built because the county did not have the money to pay for It. and so forth. i he. have suddenly developed a great love for every section of the county; big brass band across the Mlg Head country; another up Willow Creek and j a delegation to Westfall with a bunch of ladles belonging to the society en tertainers; I am willing to gamble that the Hlg fiend Bridge proposition, along with every other proposition that does not put a dollar in Vale's inn-set, gets snowed under in Vale; then, Dalabolous, (Whoever in H he Is) talks about me being peeved, etc. If I had lived as long as he has and laid up as little aa he seems to have done, Judging from the mortgage on the Kuterprlse plant, I think I would feel peeved, but I guess there isn't much need for me to worry. Talk about slush; why, everybody knows that I am no smooth talker, but take off my bat to Roberts and Rlgby, when it comes to slinging mud, and I will sign my name to my let ters. Election day will show whether or not the Enterprise represents Vale. Yours truly, WM. JONES. Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior. V. S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon, October 27th, 1914. Notice is hereby given that Charles D. Warren, of Payette, Idaho, who on April 28th, 1911, made homestead ap plication No. 01833, for the si sei sec 2 and n nei, sec 11, tp 17b, r 46 e, wm, has tiled notice of intention to make three year proof, to establish claim to tne land above described, before the register and receiver, U.S. Land Office at Vale, Oregon, on the 30th day of No vember. 1914. Claimant names as witnesses: August Senkbeil, of Payette, Idaho, Fred Mor ton, of Ontario, Oregon, John Taylor, of Payette. Idaho; and Levi Crull, of Payette, Idaho. Bat l e R. Kuster. Register. Should the welfare of eighty per cent of the people be considered or that of twenty per cent.