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THE ONTARIO AJUUS, ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY, .TAXtWKY 1"), V
:
The Ontarh Argus
0. K. AIKEN, Editor and Publisher
Published Thursdays nt Ontario,
Oregon, and ontorcd nt tho Ontnrlo
post offlco for distribution as 2nd
class matter.
SUHS0IUPTI0N8 Ono Year $1.60
THE POCLTHV SHOW.
Noxt week Ontnrlo will ontartnln
llin trl70 chickens of tho Snnko mid
.Mnlhour volleys. Tho occasion
should ho fittingly observed.
Rnlslng poultry Is no longer n
moro Hldo-llno on tho fnrin, nn added
duty for tho busy fnrmor'B wlfo. On
many of tho smalt rnnches chickens
cm a divided commission will be
llttlo bettor. Surely In u ntnto nil
largo as Oregon It Is possible to so-
tin: povi:it ii.ti.
According to n lorjRthy statomiiu
in ml c by tho officials of the Idaho
pot a commission of seven men big Power company liny uver thnt tboy
enougn, inir enougn wiin courage unwi not earned enough rrom Irr.gn
enough to mnko tho waring factions tlon scrvlro to Justl'v tho contlnu
bo good by an Impartial and con-'nncp of that scrvics, and ihnt It wl'I
Btructha administration of tho of-1 bo necessary for the lompnny to'hnio
fairs over which tho board has con- Increased compensation to extend
trol. Wo would linto to admit that t!.o Borvlco to meo'. the dmands for
this Is not tho ensc.
Tho ono notnblo thing In tho flov
ernor's address Is tho mass of detail,
nil Information that It Imparts. It
displays tho fact that tho (Imornor Is
conversant with tho machinery of
the romllir year urn! 1921
Thoro Is no denying the fact tint
his rouuost on tho part ct tho cii
pany will meet with opposition from
rutii'hcrs mulct puni.i.ng systolic
many of whom bolloo that tho mus
government. Whnt tho mesngo lacks , nro moro than thoy can pay. At the
In stylo It supplies In detail and In hiiiiu time these ram-lier ;,nvo no d
tbo apparent offort to lenvo tho mnt- sire to snk tho ruliinilon of tue
turn iu nu tuiiniuuii'ii in inu iiiiuiih iii company; nor 11001 fill' CO T"1l
have proven to bo vorltnblo mortgngo tM0 leB'Blnt,lro for settlement It Is nook the ruination of the ranol.es
lifters, nml sternly providers for tho rommondnble. Thoro Is apparently j As conditions ore at pnient the su.
family between tho hnrvests of hay i110 ',r,(, "r 0'l'll'on ' tho Oovornor's css of each Is csswt .! to the .. .
Custodian . .
Coal
Adding Machine ......
Promlums, Flro Ins.
Janitor
7.10:
2r.r, :ir
112.no 157.08
40.00
Totnl $1,021.48
Water System
Salaries, Superintendents $ 1, SOT. 00
Salaries, Engineers nt Sta
tion 1,800.00
Salaries, Collector 391. D7
Other Labor Employed.... 78.1.29
Now Equipment Pur
chased 1,539.78
Power 2,088 87
Supplies and wator Install
ations Including Plumb
ers' Chnrges for Serv
ices and Labor mid Cost
of Filtration 2, OH 0
Wator Meters and Hoxos.. 11,451 0.
Cnpnld Hills from 1018.... r.72 00
Ilent of Warehouse for
Supplies r.4.00
IiiBUiuuro on Supplies ... 31 25
crop.
Tho lions and lurkoys of this sec
tion have added thousands of dollars
to tho wealth of this region during
tho past fow years and tho possibili
ties of tho Industry hnvo not been
ronrhod.
It has beon proven that Improved
strains of chickens nro far moro
profllnblo than scrubs. Tho lattor
passim Just us Inrgo appetites but do
not hnvo tho cgg-lnylng power, so of
rnttrso It behooves tho rancher to seo
to It thnt ho docs not hnvo loafers
around to cat tholr hearts off.
To mold ku!i conditions thnso
who nro Interested In poultry should
study tho specimens on exhibition nt
tho show for thoro will be many
shown thnt hnvo monoy producing
records. There nro n largo number
of fowls In tho vnlley with recordH of
200 or moro eggs por year, there nro
others who hnvo Ignored tho cold
weather nml stayed on tho Job whon
eggs hnvo sold for 76 cents per dozen
or moro. It Is this class of chlckon
that It should ho tho object of every
chicken fancier to possoss.
This chicken show Is being staged
and hacked by tho Ontario Com
meralnl club hcrnuso tho niomhors of
thnt organization bellovn nml know
llmt tho advancement of tho poultry
IiiisIihmw spells prosperity for those
who Intelligently follow It. The busi
ness men renllrn that this Is n good
country for tho ehlrkon business, and
thorn Is nmpln evidence of tho re
turns which tho raising of chickens
bring to ninny of tho ranchers about
tho city.
Ontario has flunncod tho under
taking. Tho business men thru tho
Commercial club hnvo undertaken all
the work of arranging for tho show
nml now nil that Is needed to assure
Its success Is tho participation of tho
ranchers. Tho Inrgor and moro var
ied tho displays tho better, of course
ilimllty rather than quantity should
ho tho first consideration.
mind, anil that should result In a
harmonious session.
Tolnl
SO TIME FOR EXPERIMENT.
om of tho ffhor
In tho p.bscnco rl neuron oti'r' Improvements, aensr.il
Hum thoio Dtippllcd hj the cnniMi.Vl',,,llry,' Street Comnils
1. , , , . , ' I sinner and team
If -In hnrd to rench nn accurate urn other labor oiniilnioil ...
ciiiBion in 111s mniter, nut since it
will undoubtedly bo heard and thoro-
?10.0:!S 71
Evory report thnt conies to hand,
bo It from n governmental depart
ment or n prlvato sourco Indicates a 1 discussed boforo the'commlsslons
growing demand for money, In splto of both Idnho nnd Oregon, thoro la
of tho fait that novor In tho history no doubt thnt Justlco will ho done
of tho world was thoro n country so nnd tho Interests of tho ranchers will
tin: (iovKit.voit's meks.mh:.
Thoro was ono statement In tho
mostwigo which Governor Olcott mndo
to thn special KOMHlon of tho legisla
ture that may well ho noted. It wns
that wherein ho told tho lawmakers
thnt thoy would bo subjected to ox
im' ut I vi) luterforoncn In tholr dollhorn
(Ions. In this thn (lovornor struck n
happy Hint. In recont jours, and In
your that can not bo called recont
thoro has boon 11 marked tendency to
depart from tho principles of ropro
tumtutlvo government, nnd to sub
vert the logUlntlva branch to tho will
of oxwmtlvos. While In soma cases
this Interference 011 thn part of gov
ernor has been for tho host Interests
of tho people thnt does not Justify
l Im custom entirely. It la to bo
hoped that Governor Olcott will ob
serve this program.
Tho (lovornor niiikiw n forinldnblo
nrgumont to Justify tho calling of tho
loHhiluturn tonsillar nod nddod to tho
reason given In his proclamation
two other -the submission of cap
Kill punishment to the people nnd tin
nmemliiuint of tho penal eodn relat
ing to the power of the board of par
dons, nml tho fish commission con
troversy
In tho first of those mousurc tho
people will uiuiiinllfliHlly support tho
position the Governor bus taken He
make u clean cut distinction hetwoon
tho Imrdenml felon mid tho first of
fender, ho rightly place In n differ
ent rutegory the murderer, rapist,
the huriflHr who goo armed with
ilftudlv wonpons; and tho petty thlf
nnd oilier vlnloton of tho laws who
do not put tho IIvm of their fellow
men In Jeopardy.
The Governor would not abolish
tho pardon power hut would surelv
limit Us seopo, for Im says It Is tho
firm duty of soolety to protect Itself;
while nt tho same time affording nu
opon door for thoo In whom reform
utlou Is possible
It Is hard to agroo entirely with
tho Governor's rerouimondntlons con
cerning tho settlement of tho fish
nnd game controory. His most
favored theory of two commissions
(loot) not remove tho cause of trouble,
In fact It has Inherent possibilities of
Increasing rather thnn diminishing
rich In tho medium of exchange as I.
Ainorlcn today.
So groat has this doninnd become
thnt It Is mndo tho subject of n wnrn-
lug by tho governors of tho federal
rosorvo bnnks In tho twolvo rosorvo
districts, accompanied by which Is n
rlso In Interest rates on limns that
am redlscounted hy tho reserve
bnnks.
Hanks nil over tho country arc ad
monished to bo careful In (linking
loans to soo to It thnt tho monoy thus
sought Is used for needed Invest
ments nml not for noii-cssontlnls. In
short, tho bankers nro putting 011 tho
brakes 011 extravagance which to n
largo degroo Is tho cause of the pros
cut high cost of living
Tho ilnmnnd for monoy nt present
Is so great thnt tho securities of some
of tho wealthiest nations In tho
world can ho had by Amorlcmis nt
figures which will net hetwoon 0
anil ton por cent nu tho Investment
Tho Angld-Ilrltlsh loan doos that,
and other loans underwritten In tills
country nro oounlly favorable
When this Is true, then how can
tho pcoplo of Oregon oxpect to bor
row monoy, should thn proponed In-
torost bill naming flvo por cent as
tho maximum rnto of Interest pass?
They Just could nut, that Is all. Ore
gou would ho shunned by Invostnrs
Ami that Is not all, Oregon monov
would lenvo tho state as fast us tho
express companies mid tho registered.
mnii could carry It nwny.
Money Is timid. It tnkos to cover
nt tho loast unfavorable symptom.
Pooplo who hnvo monoy ran not ho
forced to uso It. It can remain Idle
nml go on prolonged strike and suf
fer loss than nny other commodity.
It doos not deteriorate with non-uxe.
Whnt Oregon wants Is Inrgo amounts
of work developing the state. Wo
can doslro cheaper monov ns much as
wo wish hut wo can not, at least
uudor present economic conditions,
leglslata it into oxlstonco. Tho
nntural laws of supply nml demand
eovorn tho prlco of monoy Just 11s
thoy do otlior prlcos. Until Oregon
voters find n way to produco a sur
plus wealth Hint will Itself bring
down Intorest rntos It Is thn part of
wisdom to vote no on tho proposed
Interest rnto bill.
bo 'protected by tho constituted
authorities.
If tho ranchers could bo assured of
n cotitlnunnco of high priced liny
thoro Is no doubt that they would
temper tholr opinion of tho com
pany's request' but wcro tho prlcos
of ranch products to fall mutorlnlly
while tho cost of power materially
Increased, It (nkes no second sight to
dlflcorn whnt will happen to somo of
tho finest Irrigation districts In this
vnlley.
Matorlnt and supplies ....
llrldgo ltond
Gravel on Streets
Wood Pipe
Illil. of Pnlnt
Irrigation, shade trees on
Streets
Cross-walks
Traffic signs
ANNUAL HEPOItT CITV HE-COHDEII.
Report of tho City Recorder of tho
City of Ontario, Oregon, from Janu
ary 1st, 1019, until tno closo of busi
ness on Dcconibor 31st, 1910, of all
funds received nt snld offlco belong
ing to said City or Ontnrlo lis credit
ed on tho books of said City.
General Fund, Taxes . .. .$ 9,509,78
Library Fund, Taxes 918.41
Hoods and Interest .. . 9,801.22
Fines 7T. l.r.O
Licenses and Miscellan
eous ... ,. 810.04
Trunk Sowor No. 2 . . 1,008.18
Lntornl Sowor No. 1 287.30
lateral 8ewer No, 2 159. 0.1
latornl Sower No. 3 201.30
Lotorol Sowor No. 4 . ... 1,256.11
Lntornl 8owcr No. C 0.05
Lntornl Sowor No. 8 31,883.38
Lateral Sower No. 9 8,287.31
Street Paving District
No. 1 21,197.00
Water System 12,128.72'
City Pound 100.96
Sldownlks 105.15
Thoatora 00.00
Old Assessments 104.18
Interest on Doposlts 211.47
Hog Tnx 180.00
Comotory . 310.00
Total
1,800 00
110 '1
321 -,.
2ir o.
irr, 0..
180 2f
121.3."
273 in
r.i v
40.00
$3,030.96
Lateral Sower No, 8
Paid Contractor 20,028.82
Paid L. C. Kolsoy, En
gineer 028.4fi
Printing notices 77.00
Itlght of Way across Hall
road BO, 00
Minor Items 3. 00
Totnl 27,088.48
Streot Paving District No. 1
Paid Contractor ,.... 8,205.07
Engineers mid Trnnsltmen
Salaries mid expenses .... 1,271.70
Othor labor, field nnd
offlco 578. 25
Equipment, Engineers of
flco 389.27
U. 8. Mfg. Co 4GB.00
Expcnso, Dond Issue 100.00
Streot Cnblo 2n2.08
Commissioner mnklng as
sessment 0B. 00
Printing notices 02 30
Mnlhour County Abut. Co. 5.0(1
Totnl 11,384 27
Comotory
Labor employed 324,50
Wntor mnlntonnnco 87,00
Now tools 10,00
Map frmno 3 00
Flags for Decoration Duy 3 00
A c k 11 o wledgemeutH to
deeds 3. 00
Auto scrvlco 2 no
Totnl
City Wntor
For Hydrants
Irrigation
City Hull
439.00
3,000.00
180.00
27.50
$100,178 SO
Wntor Ilonds Funds on
hand Jan. 1st, 1019 . ..$ 1,481.75
Wntor Fund, cash In of-
"co 14.95
1 1 1 a uti i'vixcj ).vr. mo.
Tho members of tho Commercial
club who decided that to mnko On
tario moro beautiful would require
civic education, did not discourngo tho
Idoa. They want n moro presentable
Ontario ns tdncoroly ns do any of Its
citizens but thoy have had export
onco mid know Hint merely wishing
for things dooe not get them.
No clvlo body, no city council, onn
mnko n city beautiful; that Is truly
$101,076.50
DUO tho City of Out a rln frnm nn.
paid acceunts:
Trunk Sowor No. 2 $2,547.35
Lateral Sowors Nos. 2 to 5.. 1,547.84
lateral Sower No. 1 129.02
Lntornl Sowor No. 8 1,808.17
Lateral Sewor No. 0 72.45
Old Assessments and Wntor
Sorvlco 703.55
Totnl 3,207.60
City Lighting
Stroot lights 3,117.18
Jail lights 12,00
Hall lights 10.00
Total 3,139.13
Influonzn epidemic
Fnmlllos undor quarantine
l''iol 15.10
Drugs 24.28
Supplies 71,60
Totnl
$0,808.38
Funds paid out by warrants Issued
fronr January 1st, 1919, to Decern
her 3lst, 1919:
Recorder's Offlco
fn'nry $1,200.00
Deputy Recorder rn nn
Stenogrnphor 12,00
Minor Supplies 3.-J7
City Printing
Offlco supplies mid legal
notices
Advertising
Malheur County Fair........
Election
Ilallots
Judges and Clorka
Total
110.94
214.60
100.00
8 00
18.00
20.00
Total $1,285.37
Treasurer's Offlco
salary
Ilond
Stamps mid Express
160.00
25.00
5.40
$ 180.40
llnnds nnd Intorest
This Includes nil war
rants drawn to pay
Interest on aenornl
nnd Dnncroft Ilonds
and to rotlro Dnncroft
IJonds 15,417.80
Water Ilonds
Englnoor, L. C. Kolsoy.... 102.58
Contractor, C. II. Holmor 027 58
Contractor, Calif. Jewell
Filter Co 2,593.24
liinientnblo fact that many pooplo j?'r' $ 300.00
hnvo no prldo In their suroundlngs
Hut It Is not to bo wondered at, far
thoro nro hundrods In overy town
who hnvo no prldo In tholr personal
nppeornnio. or In anything thoy do.
Thoy lack entlrel n social sense, and
no amount of education will supply
Hint deficiency.
Howover, people of this kind nro
not many, nnd seldom do they own
their own liomiwi, so thoy may ho left
out of consideration in this connec
tion, Tho principal bource of diffi
culty In such a campaign is tho enro
Ioha liidhldiinl who glvoH llttlo thot
to such matters Onco his or her In
torost U aroused this class of Inhabi
tants In n town accomplish wonders.
Let Ontario got tho movement onco
started nnd tho natural doslro to live
In good surroundings will tnko root,
and progress will be mndo. Somo In-
I'oii'lvo, perhaps would solvo thai
problQiu. It Is worthy of tho best ef
forts of tho club to further this
movement. It inav take time, hut
Ontario will achlovo success Is It
Stenogrnphor
9.30
309.30
I'ollco Department
Salaries, Marshal mil Po-
"co, $2.44S.50
Hoard of Prisoners .. 20.85
Repairs on Jail 38.25
Tolopho'io, Rent mid Tolls 53.30
Marshal's Expenses
Flro Department
8ttlury. Chief
ray of Flromen
Electric Flro Alarm
500 feet of hoso
Other equipment u 11 d
supplies
Total i.
Health Department
Salary Hoaltli Officer
Sanitation
41.10
$2,008.00
Total ;f,383.40
L:.tor 1 Sowor No. 9
Conirnetor 7,433.55
..igiiuer 1.. C. Kolsoy... 371. US I
Printing uotlcos 41.00 I
Steir .-)' -r 16.00
Coir j. !or 1.00
i.&m&Ku;j&u;u
rT&Msn
Cutting Household Drudgery
Electrically
K.M
557KII u u 1
fc V . -rf" r
r. v
aft t lr J) "" '''' ",-" 1
Electric wnshors, vacuum clonne s mid uloctrlc ranges nro being used dnlly
by thousands of women In tho wost, who luno learned how much (line,
labor nml expcicc thoy savo.
Our easy payment plan monthly with our light hill mnkes It possible
for you to sccuro 11 11 electric washer, cleaner or rnugc without Incon
venience. Knsy to buv r.ud economical to operate Ask us today for u
thorough demonstration of any or till of them.
The Electvic Shop
Idaho Power Company
mutioaamcii
wsastfffR
m.
J'MllIJ3g
4
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1
Your progress, your success, is measured by what
you have accomplished, by what you have.
The community progress, community success, is
nieasuered by the spirit and iiecompli.slnnent ol' its
individual members.
We will back you to the limit of sound hanking
sense in any plan looking to your greater production,
which means the eonununitv good.
1 1 i h H I 1 1 r. I 1 r: I n n
Tu.al
.$ 7,802.23
Special Warrants
Public Llbrnry
Taxes, old water systom.,
Pronilum, Ins Library
Koiuiiu, unit Check
000.00
199.40
42,08
22.50
Total
.$
853. OS
120.00
471.00
199.25
075.00
74.09
1.540.04
G0.00
5.00
continues tho offort long enough.
Totnl $ 05.00
City Pound
Inking up and feeding
stock ...
City Hall.
Supplies
jllepalis .
.$ 133.00
194.95
182.56
(iriiuil Total Amount of
WiirrmttN I.smuhI for nil
Purpose- ijUOO.tl.lo.l I
Stuto of Oregon )
County of Malhourjss
qity of Ontario )
I, Cloy M. Stearns, do horoby cer
tify, thut I am the duly appointed.
Iqualifled and acting Recorder of tho
city or untarlo, Oregon, that the
nbova and foregoing Is a full, true
and correct Financial Statement of
tho year of 1919 for said City of On
tario as taken from Its books of ac
counts in my custody as tuch Record
er.
' Witness my hand the seal of the
said City affixed this 5th day of
January, A. D. 1920.
SEAL CLAY M. STEARNS,
City Recorder
All Scats
Reserved
55c, $1.10
COMING
Friday, Jan. 23
BARNES
Seats on
sale
Ontario
Pharmacy
Jan. 19
Merry Minstrels
20 PEOPLE 20
Band
Our
Own
and
Orchestra
Blackface Comedians, Singers
Dancers and Musicians
I
A
2 hour
Festive
Feast of
Fun
DREAMLAND
THEATRE
One Night Only
Friday, Jan. 23
Curtain 8:15
Free Band Concert 7:30
Free
Street
Parade
12 o'clock
Gloom
Chasers
Merry
Makers
0
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