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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1916)
t '. i-oru TUB ONTARIO AIMHTS TlllMtSDAY. OCTOHEH. 20, 1918 E ONTARIO ARGUS (Established 1896) 0M. K. AIKEN, Kdltor nd I'ulilisher Published Thursdays at Ontario. Oregon nnd entered at the Ontario post fflcfl for dUtribtttioll as 2nd class matter SUBSCRIPTIONS: Otwyetr - Si.oo Three Monthi Six Months - .60 Single copies of, NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS: All copy t'r display advertising should be at L'nih yflice by Wednesday noon. To Insure position copy should be in this office on Tuesday. KiMich'x" wlii-n the county Ih out of KltiK to pi-nlirtlnn anil nothing debt nnd linn no otustnnilliiR war-,H(llp t. run Show tlii-m wIiitp It In not ni'roi . n r to pny n fruit Inspector $1500 r..r a fn weeks work Show tlieni .-,,,,,. n. i... ,w.,in,t for olnp.'vnii know yon pnlil nt tlir rato of should not pay . . ... ..- ., i ..lnl mills when you paid on your taxon on the thouHnnd than last yeer rrtirlng county wnrr.n.M nnd omer- would have you believe the county In last HNMUt, UWM thin year nn- HIIHMll II H It uiinin . If you .mlil llM county, Htatn. Ron I .nlwwil l.iirll ul' limit II M (I MIIUl The Kntorprlso man howls ,.hou. I ( BH , lilV(, levy of 77.6 mill In the City of Vale. , . , utmn -mi ,, M r,.:1HM Suppose you ilo pny 77.0 nillln. Do that I ran see why the people of Vale sand If.M on the hauls of this yenr'n assess melit where Hi" people of fintnrii paid at the rato of 66.8 mlllB on the nnr. anMHMMt, they should not pay over r.7 I mllln on the 1916 nnsenn m. nt 01 iihout $! M lesn on tho thou- i I gave understoml the city nt lenst OHM (Coutlnued ou page five) RKl'ini.K'AV CANDIDATMi For president Charlea Hughes. Vlce-rreldet- Charles Warren Fairbanks. Representative in congress N. J. Innott. Secretary of State Den W. Olcott Justice of tho Supreme Court George II llnrnett. Prank A Moore. Dairy and food commissioner John D Mlckle. Cotnmishloner of aubllc service H. H. Corey. State senator Jullen A. Hurley. Representative Charles M. (ran District Attorney Hubert M. Dun can Sheriff Emory Cole County Clerk V. II Staples County assessor I. K. Hill. County treasurer 0 C. Mueller County surveyor James I". M ti ter. County tMmMoner J. !' Wea ear. County School Superintendent Eatillu oiikhii Justice of the react 0 U King i MaUbla J II Denlson. HILL'S DEPUTY NOW BLAMES FIELD MEN III I i-lli'l III ll e..iiel - llrli-ml- liol .ili'l i-ll. MMM Mlolllil I... lo l.o,iiiillnlloii Ibianl. i QiibMBi tepau the office of I. Hill in a letter to nil tin newspapers in itie oount) lip the ilili l I Ills Ciller Aneint: other thin;- Ml lillliain lb.il pi-rliup IMM ol the iih-wiiiIi ties In iilu.it tun iM to ciitc on the p.ut ol I n til men To the Headers ol the Argus Mtevtmfl lu Justice to all men. I Caniiol i et i. .in troin expressing my views III regurd to sonic of the crltl clams unit reflections on Mr Hill's work as MMgflM of Malheur County. In the Kuterpiise, the article uuder Ibe caption ol "Tropica Commit U Makus Report." Is lu sonic places misleading and In others absurb That "committee" which was appoint ed by the chairman, who makes a twenty thousuiul dollar howl and pays no tax, ou the Sth day of Octo ber after the people li.nl Inel anil ail Jeurned, surely did some rapid work la making their nn estlgaltous us erne of the committee weut home having no tune to make MMfe leVrl tlgutloii That so mile, I louimitiee did noi report to the readers It wa the duty Of the Hoard or (equalization to equal ise the assessments and correct all errors and irregularities loiiud ni the assessment roll. No mau is iiiiullihle Sometime the assessors Held deputies make er rors and the llould of Kiiu.ilu.it loll la for the puipoi-c of correcting such errors. . lie nil n pie .III. d tacts when lie aid Owyhee land- were assessed t Jin pi"'' MM Some lands uudcl the Owyhee dil'-li were assessed at fit) per acre. .i IM OwjrfcM ditch lias the best wat.-r J i a 1 1 1 Hi the couu-j t). There l phlitl ..I loolll for dif feience ol opinion gl bj Ml M4 l woi thin Ibis Willi The law ie.inied laiiu and city property i" '' ! taking into, consideration any rights or priuleges attached thereto or ii.niiecled ih.'i. With, the iUulit ol soil and the u.it Ural resources in. on. or coniu. ted with the land, it- NltMlHM to transportation lines, public mad- and other local ad. ullages of a similar or diiiercut kind. Is not the laud irrigated by the Owyhee ditch of' more value than lands M I'ead Ox J.'Jg ... ..in oilier pait a the ..unit) ? In unoih.r column ol the Knter prise. 'Oil wilt find tho big head Hue-. "Ul Value Hlgk Rate ' If you want Ull iaiinii- and small tax ...i.ers lo walk out of the county as baukrupts. just Itati'U to. Ma" loltol the advice of some of the uewsp.,,. igeul ol the large cor porations and before long you will Till ee them -o, while the big hind com panics who are holding their lanu mr speculation will still hold their land and pay but little tax. There is Just one thing to do nnd that Is to assess these big land com panies so they will he glad to farm or sell their land, and then there will be some progress In this county I think they have held this country hack long enough. In one place In the Rnterprlse It says: "In a short time the budget will be published Then Is the time for a citizen committee to nnd show the bonrd of county com tnlssloners where to lop off expense" True You nre right. Show the board where the raised $.10,000 or 14 0,000 more than was necessary on tho l15 roll. Show them where it is not necessary to raise $14,000 for tv court enn be run for less Ihnn $:i.00 for one yenr. Show them It Is unnecessary to raise $1,000 for the UTI nlle court when the county Judgo is the juvenile court Show IMM IM) can save .'.! per month by com pelling the county nltoriiev to do his duty Show where 1MI was raised lor the county official printing (A few columns In the Knterprlse, elc. Ak the couiitv court, w lint MUM of the money collected as feci, by the ...u:i' clerk, the money collected by the assessor and sheriff, the Interest on county money and the circuit court fines all of which amounted to I $21 ,ttno last year. The county court levied a tax on the 1915 roll in the sum of $196, 092.33 and I have found nothing to Indicate that any part of that $21,000 was ever considered In making up their budget I believe the budget for 1917 can be redi I to $160,000 and possibly less Suppose the bud get la reduced to $160,000 and sup pose the assessment roll total $7,- 500,000 after the state tax commis sion hns assessed the railroad com panies and other public service cor porations, saying nothing of the city and special school levies. It will re quire a levy of 21.4 mills to raise $160,600. 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