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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1919)
THK ONTARIO Allots. ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, PEBBUAHT9, liilii (FIjp (Ontario Armta gEO. K. AIKEN, Kditorand Publisher Published Thursdays it Ontario, Oregon, ind entered si the Ontario posi otBce for listriliution as 2nd class matter. large or small, depending on conditions, who are not satisfied some of them would not be satisfied with Paradise itself; These are the chronic knockers, Bui there is another clftSfl who ere de seribed as "knockers" who have specific grievances to air. Sometimes thej are a ps-. itive asset to any community. The stir un SUBHCHIITIONS Ooo Year $1.50 J town ,u action along useful lines of en deavor. I'hev larr the self ennmhieent In- UNFAIR LEGISLATION uivmuais wiio having gotten in on Tin ground floor and grabbed all the best cor ners are content to sit tnd take their toll of every individual who comes into the eoiiunn tiity. It is hard to deal with this kind of R "knocker", so some towns think. The best cure for him however is to gel after the trouble about which he is knocking. Re move the cause, and voii have removed the If the particular brand of knooki The retail merchants of Oregon arc eii danger of suffering from the spite of some legislator at Salem. This would be lawgivei has introduced a measure, the purpose I' which is to require thai all stocks of inercli andise he assessed at full one hundred per cent of its value. The law also would re quire that the merchants thus to be taxed irnockei iiiiist nay i ne cost oi niiving siaie i' kti .1..., 1. ......!.. ....i.rl.l t. in.f .1, appraise their goods. chronic type, he should wory, for thai tvtx I hat such a law would practically ruin L like the poor, be always with us. hall the merchants 111 the stale must lie ad 1 milled. Hv it.. terms one Ontario firm would I "" have its state taxes raised from three or four THE HUN'S "DEMAND" hundred dollars to that many thousands. wiping out entirely all of its earnings for n , The German delegates t the peace con year. There would be no incentive for it fcrence are displaying the same superlativi longer to remain in business. 'ov iuch I law mie,ht he just and eqllil aide if it went all the way and required r farmer to ghre in his ranch land at its market value, his equipment at its original cost less depreciation, required hanks to rum inn tin gall Tiiat was me .inwniaii ot tncir vaunted nation. Philip Kcheidriiiann, one if the 1 1 111 envoys had the nerve recentlv to declare that:' "Haying accepted Presidenl Wilson V 1 1 points Germany wishes ti begin with th state information ciMieerniiii; iiioiic s dei.os Idcmand that the peace treat he arrived at Ited bj citizens, and placed on the tax roll- openly." all the household furniture of every Individ So far as the peace treat) goes about ual over and above the exempt $300 worth, all that the German envoys will have to do ff such were the ease then perhaps th is to jot their names on the dotted line when valuations for Hie various taxing districts the allies show them the proper pla would he so high that th" reduction in the levies would recompense and equalise the actual sum to he paid by all citizens so that no hardship would he worked on any one. Mut since the hill in question does not contemplate such a procedure it is entirely unfair to those who would thus he marked That's all for Heir Xeheidemaini, and his colleagues. Between Kb.it and Scheidemann, the former having declared that the German army "was not heat en" and the latter form lug demands, one would gel the idea thai thi Huns and not the allies were the victors ill for penalty bj the lawmaker who proposes the struggle that ended November 11, 1918, this measure. At the present tunc the law content plates that iiioiicv shall he taxed, and there is no basic reason in justice wh it should not he. Vet a recent statement of the Stat LET STATE HIRE TRAPPERS One of the laws that should he amended h the present legislature is that which pay- 'I'... ' :....: . ... ... ... I . a 1 . 1 a . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 . 111 . , .. ..., .... .... .r...',. nounties tor predators animals. 1 lie pics poses .Mallieill'iMiimtv had nil some ifli.t.MIM . , ., ,' , . . I, 1, ,1. 1 ;, 1 ,, , , .ii,' .... , ent statute does not accomplish the desired within its hordcr.s on March I. 1!HH. ,, . , , ., . ' . . results, .tii.l it puts a premium on the pro Stiinehow 110 one seems to think it wroii . . ., ,. ,, ,' , ,.,.,. . Il lll.ll ... II. I' I I. 1-1-1. (Ill; ,1111111. Il to he to an assessor, heeause, "ecr(iiie ih ui,.,. 1, ,,111 ,1 .. 1 .1, ,,, '. 1 W hat should he done is this amnno V -.',., V '. huld co-operate with the Biological Bur 123,000 should be taxed in thi count) whos. ,-,,. ,',, .,.. of Agricufiurc and hanks show deposits o over two millions aviteniatically set about to exterminate th. no mug us uie uieory uiai taxation snail n The sla t based on property prevails, 11 should mean all property, Hot part id the propi rt as at present. Whj a man who invests his wealth in sheep, cattle, lands or stock- of men han disc should pa the costs of government while he w ho keeps his in hanks to draw in tercel thereon docs not, can not he defended nu any logical ground. The only argument which is made against the taxation of iiiue . bonds, mortgages, etc, la that such property is hard to find, and that siuce it can he hid. or transferred to other points, to tax it would drive capital out of the country. pests. This is done l securing trained trappers and specialists in the use of pots OIIS. Using this method the State 6f Wash Ingtou last year, for less money, destroyed more pests than were killed 111 Oregon, and the state received the price of tlie hides, which in Oregon went to th.- trapper. The price of the hides in Washington reaches several thousand dollars, thus making the net cost to tin- state less than a fourth of what Oregon paid, and the number of am mals exterminated was a fourth greater. I here is no count) in Oregon which sut No .loul. 1 this is a practical reason. I.m peM .,.,. ,.., .1,,. deurpdatinnii of m.nhei it is not justice. And since men who control ,!,;,,, ,(.s Malheur count . The annual l()H iiioiicv arc responsible lor this injustice In fmm these little animals runs into thousand. their actions. the bring government into 0f dollars, and the ran. hers are the suffer disrepute With the llia,jont. ot th.' people. ,.,.,... JOlO Whee ),teh COUUMUIJ has ice lhe lurnish the agitator with the argu ognised thia fact and paid a bounty ou them, incut that, "the capitalist does not pa hi 1 likewise individual ranchers paid for am share ot the taxes." and there is a lot ol uiala caught on their property. truth In that statement, which accounts f, Sim.t. ,hr govenimeni reeog the tact that those win, make ,t have ,;,i mZ(.s . ,.,.,, ,. . . (.xt.,miatill of sUl, sNinpa het.c auditors. ,;,,1ts m ,,,,. jj,,,, All 111:11 tin- average man wants is rail timi who have shown ability to -,t result Way. I lie men win. are iudiiiu pioperp from the assessor arc willing to yell PV time a soap box orator makes a statement about tax dodgers, hut thej keep on lieing to the assessor. Let the legislature, if It is going to equalise taxation go all the wa , write a hill that will put all property , of all kinds on th same hasi, and make its value dependent upon its alulitv to earn, in other words equivalent Ul a measure to the returns it IV.s its possessor, then there will he all approach at equalisation in taxation. it seems short sighted on the part of Oregon to maintain an antc.piatc.1 system whirl does not accomplish the purpose. Oregon and Malheur county 111 particular should gel behind a movement that would stop tin present waste. THE CHAUTAUQUA CURING THE KNOCKER Ontario has its annual winter 'haiita.i qua this week. The attractions furnished this year bj the Rllisou-White eomuain ar superior to those of hist winter, and that Iti sufficient indication of the character of en tertaiiitiient 111 stoic for those who attend 'I'll., t 'l.'llt-ol..li. .,,........,,.. la .. I. I 1 ... , , , ., 1 ., J 1 1 .. . . ., - , 1 1 11 i 1 1 1.-. 11 hii-.i iim neighboring contemporary, not far to uonuuunities where the opportunity "t distant, emits loud walls about tin-"knock hearing high class lectures and musical mm, crs" in its community w ho are injuring then hers is limited. home town hy deprecating its noasibilitiet The price of the entire course is rcla- The attack upon the uudcsiraole I'itisens tiv.ly small and with the guarantee of the in its town are generalities. How they knock Kllison-White people whose reputation Is or what tli.v knock, is discreetly ki'pt from a worth) one, the money invested in a sea the public, son ticket will be well speut. Get your tick Of course ever) town has ii quota, et now. "AMERICAN IDEALS" i NOTED LECTURE Hat Won Nam and Fome for Mr. A. C. Zehner of Texas. Mrs. A. C. Zelir.i-r of Dalloa, T.x., has oft. 'ii licrn rnllril "(hi' lirwt lady IBMkflC on the Arnrrlrnn iilnlfnnn," (Vrtnlnly she la In grontrr ilrtiiiiiul tlian any other woman for ICCtBftJ work Fur unra Hhe hna lirrn KpiMik liifr tl.rniiKh.itit the country on "Atiurl rnn lilcnla," and the demands upon A I ' m Mr. A. C. Zhnr. hiT time jire morn tliiui she ran llll. Hlii' hits tin. I...piy f.i.iilly of il.'.ir thlnkliiK 111.1l l.iinl hltlli.K. Hit lecturo t '!i:mtiiiiitni la otia of the finest up peal for lietter clllxenslilp you will k.i'I l.i'.ir. NOTED HARPIST AT CHAUTAUQUA FESTIVAL Alio 0nvlv Smith Com on Opening Night. SPtTm Alice Genevieve Smith Klsln Ma.- .iiii.liin, reader ami lm pt-rsiinator and Allc Oeuvlv Smith l.arpfst, .iiinprlae the Cordon Siniili i'iiiiip.ni upi'.ili.K attraction of th .'.lining t'huiiluii.iu KuallVBl. Uuth re r oKnU.'il star of the l-. .-uu. and fhauiaiKiua world aud It la doubt ful If there la better company of two piiipli' mi Un- platform Mies Smith, Imrplel, funnel) with th t'hl.-aKo (irund opera Compun oiul the Mrtropolltau, la one of our (real harpists She bring to the haiituuu.ua KeatUul one of the finest liari lu the country Her mastery ol II Ii absolute She Infuses that sing ing uiallty of toue which so taw harp lata iter acblv. DOCTOR YAMAM0T0 AT CHAUTAUQUA Noted Japanese Scholar, Author and Lecturer on Japanese-American Relatione. Dr. Yi.i.iai.ioto wua educated In th unlM imIII.S of boih Jupaii and the I'niti.l Slates, lm Hrltlei. s.'Neral uu tliorl(utl.' hooki .... (lie relations of Hie two countries, and Is pel Imps bet ter fitted dial, any other mm. sjsj a.,, platform to bring this ltul subject to Aiiieii. 111. uudleuies. I . . Mil.Jecls arc more Imp.. riant In the public mind at ibe present lline tliuii the one cu, , rnlug our relatl.nn Or. 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