THE ONTARIO ARGUS. ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 3920.
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The Ontario A rgus
O. IC. A1KKN, Editor and l'ulillslicr
Published Thursdays at Ontario,
Ori'L'im. ntwl nnlnrnil nl llin nntiirln
post officii for distribution an 2nrt,W. McKnleht, to
cases to socuro collcrtlons? Were
thoHO lawyers grnfturs?
And wlillc wo aro asking ques
tions nlioitt delayed payments what
about tlio High School tuition fees
that a previous County Judge, (eo.
be exact, tried to
class uiattor.
HUHSCKIPTIONS Ono Year 1.C0
UA.VCJ 1IUHV AliAI.V.
If tlio Mnlhuur Kntcrprlso, which
Inst week by tlio most disgusting
pleca of sophistry and weasel words,
confounded tlio tortus County Court
ntjd County Judge In nu apparent
xcuuilul, Is so solicitous over the wel
fare of tlio niuuoys of tlio taxpayers
It will no doubt gladly explain n few
things.
Pur oxnmplo, It will toll tlio pun
pip why It Is that It pnds tlio flnnnclal
statements of tlio County Trensurer
so that they occupy twice tlio spnea
' that Is necessary for them to occupy.
He It remembered that these notices
hip paid for by tlio Inch', measured
down the column of tlio paper, and
that thru tlio "slick" method used
by I lie (enterprise hundreds of un
earned dollars hnvo gono Into tlio Kit
lerprlso offlco nt the oxponso of the
taxpayers.
In this connection let It bo stated
that Judge. 13. II, Tost slopped this
llttlo graft on the pnrt of tlio sancti
monious editor of tlio Kntorprlse,
and It In for that reason, or nt least
that Is ono of tlio reasons which
ui'titatoM tlio woiild-ho reformer In
his scurlllous attack on tlio County
Judge whllo hypocritically declaring,
"this Is an attack on no one."
The Argus will not mlnco words
This Is nu attack on the motives of
the Kntnrprlso and the gang whose
toot ho Is,
Tim Kentcrprlso, too, will do well
to toll Its readers of lis attempt to
hog nil the printing of tlio County.
It will do well to toll what Is hns
ciliamed for somo of Its Job work,
for oxnmplo, what It charged for the
printing of 1000 bill bonds recently.
Let tlio Kntorprlso tell nbout soma
of llio bills that Home of tlio county
officials try to "put over" on tlio
County Court. No doubt tlio Court
may hnvo erred In Its Judgment on
Home of those) hills mid they were
legitimate bills mid should hnvo
been paid.
Hut It Is woll known to many citi
zens that thorn has been hard fooling
between tlio Court limine crowd and
tho County Court Iipcuuso tlio Court
would not ho worked and that the
Court's action tins HAVICI) THOUS
ANDS ov dom.aus von Tin:
TAXPAYRHB.
Concerning tlio chnrgo Hint Ilor
voy Tout collected delliiiiient per
noun! proporty tnxos for Individual
proporty ownors who gnvo him sign
ed contracts, the Argus makos no do
fniiNO, but had this boon dnuo by any
one wivo tho Judgo's son would tho
threo-ply editor hnvo had anything
to sny? Could ho hnvo had any
thing to say?
Tho District Attorney, and ho Is
no friend of Judge Tost, declare
Hint hern Is nothing Illegal, or crim
inal In tho transaction. Admitting
Hint this Is bad ethics, yet what doos
tho Hutorprlso hnvo to say concern
ing tlio fact that under n prior
County Judgo It was nocosmiry for
taxpayers to biro lawyers to fight
deny to tho districts that had oarucd
them? To collect thoso foes It wus
necessary for School District No. S
the Ontario district, to suo the
County, anil In that suit a victory
wns won for tho N'yssn district and
the Vale district ns woll.
Hut tho dirtiest, and wc usn the
word udvlscdly, part of tho Vnle
gang's nttnek on the Judge was Hint
of Innuendo, tlio reference being to
tho handling of probate mutters. Un
less tho Kntcrprlso hns a specific
case which will sustain Its reference,
It Is guilty of libel and slander. It Is
guilty, twice guilty. In Hint It Istoo
cowardly to como out In tho open
nml make tho statement manfully.
'II if Itnnil DMili'is
Take tho slimy stutument concern
Ing the Itond districts, which the
slander sheet declares were consoll
dnled by stealth. Again let us hnvo
Information from this nll-wlso news-
paper: Who recommended this nc
Hon In tho County Court? Who wns
It that boosted such a movement?
Who, tell tho people of Mnthnur
.County. Mr. Kntcrprlso, nml be hoir
est uboiit It, for there are soma liuir
drrd citizens who know tho fnets
and you'll hnvo no chance to run for
cover?
Hut, so that tho people may know,
wo will tell you who did It: TIIK
MAMIKIMl COUNTY DKVKI.OH
MKNT I.KAOUK recommended tlih
change mid did so at Vale, In tho of
flco of tho Vnle Chnniber of Com
merce, nt tho meeting when tho an-
portlo'umcnt of the road bonds wns
made. That wns tho time, and that
wns the place, mid that wns tho body
that did It; and let us add tho editor
or tho Kntorprlso was ono of tho men
Hint helped to put (hut over, but:
Ami this Is the rub In tho road dis
trict proposal, tho Vale gang have
not been nblo to dictate where that
rond monoy should go. Thoy have
not been nblo tti take from the
ranclieis who needed It mid spend II
all on the outskirts of Vale.
Como mi, Mf. Slander Monger, mid
tell tho truth In nil your high-mid
holy fashion.
How About Vines mid Wi'iuer'.'
Now thu Kntorprlso has another
duty tti perform. What has It to say
nbout Messrs. Vines nml Wouver?
Wo tindnrslmid Hint Is tho duty of
the County Court to pay back those
tnxos. All right. Who Is tho County
Court? Kd Test nlono? No
Messrs. Frank M. Vinos and J V
Weaver aro likewise members of that
body. Tho slandor monger know
bettor than call that fact to the at
tention of his readers for If ho did
ho know his caso would full of Its
own weight, lie know that thoso
men aro nbovo reproach, and Hint
Judgo Tost l, too.
Hut when this irnng decided that
because they could not uso tho coun
ty court us n wherewithal for their
pot sohomos thoy picked up llurvev
Tot, tho Judgo's son, mid In their
dosplcnblo inunnor thoy used tho
win to hit his father Could nnv.
thing ho lower?
Could nnythlng bo lower?
Of course tho Kntorprlso man wns
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not in on that pnrt of tho gaino. Ills
llttlo pnrt of tho piny catna Inter
Thoy waited until they thot tho Hino
ripe for action, They waited eight
months after tho alleged transactions
to spring their "grent sensntlon."
Tho Argus heard of this two weeks
ago and endeavored to got the facts,
and was told that It was known to
tho Vale bunch six months omj? Tho
editor of the Kntorprlso ndniltted
knnwlcdgo of this for somo tlmo past.
Why did not this sanctified bunch of
tin-horn politicians, If they are so
anxious to protect tho tnxpnors'
money If they enn't get thru bills
submitted for service holler then?
Why?
llecnuso they thot Hint Judgo Test
would resign and then they would ho
freo to hnvo their own way, and
when he did not resign then they
decided to drive lit in out of offlco.
That Is tho sordid motive behind
tho nttnek on Judgo Test. It Is mi
attempt of a gang that thinks Mal
heur county Is Kb to exploit as It will,
and Is going to ruin every man who
has tho nerve to stand In Its wny.
It Is the samo gnng that tried to
dofcat tho Succor creek road. It Is
tho same gnng Hint tried to defeat
tho building of tho Old Oregon Trail
across Dead Ox Flat. It Is the samo
gang that has for years, under
County Judges It could work, sold
the Dig lleml bridge bonds for thous
ands less thnn they were worth, mid
hns sit long fed nt the public crib
Hint they hate tho man who stopped
their llttlo game.
Tho people know Judge K. II.
Tost, they hnvo known him for years,
us merchant, hnnkcr, officeholder.
They know his son, too, mid thoy
know tho Vnle gang its woll. The
verdict will bo ccrtnln, nml Judge
Test bus naught to fear from his
trndticers.
KKKI OltlXJO.V TO TNI! 1'ltONT.
Over ut Kugono and CorvalHs.
where tho State University mid Aurl-
cultural college aro located nro sev
eral hundred men anil women whoso
work Is vitally essential to tho con
tinued welfare of tho State.
They nro engaged In nu csscntinl
Industry, tho teaching of tho youth
of tho stnto In tho professions. Thoy
hnvo thoniBolvos spent yenrs In trnln
ing for this work, mid (ho results
they hnvo attained nro being shown
In tho work of the graduates of thoso
Institutions nil over tho state, and In
other portions of tho Northwest.
It Is an admitted fact Hint theso
inon and women nro not being paid
a living wngo. Thoy nro therefore
forced to seek other employment, or
other schools and colleges which
hnvo real appreciation of their
worth. Oregon Is losing tho services
of thoso It can not afford to part
with. Whut Is to bo done about It?
That Is up to tho pcopb of Ore
gou, If Oregon boys nml girls nro
not to ho forced to leave the state to
get an edequnte education then the
pcoplo must provide tho necessary
funds to tho proper support of tho
educational Institutions.
It Is n fact that tho university and
agricultural collcgo hnvo each of
thorn nearly doubled In enrollment In
tho past two yenrs. That means
more room must be provided, more
Instructors employed and to this fact
can ha charged part of tho need for
moro funds.
Tho fuels might ns well ho fared.
Oregon's cdiicutlnnnl Institutions are
in dire straits. When the people
roallzo this to ho tho rase thero Is no
doubt of tho results. Tho tux will he
voted.
WM. KKHCIIRIl Carpenter mid
builder, First iivenuo, N. W., 2
blocks west of school house.L' Kl-III-tf
Tho Congregational Ladles' Aid
will meet nt thu homo of Mrs. C. I'
Cumlngs, Wednesday, March .1. nt
2:. '10 p. m.
WANTKD TO HUNT Smnll house
with garden tract for summer. Ad
dress Argus, U, V. 8. 244-i:i tiild
JKHSHV HUMi for service Fees
I3.0P cash, and cnlf guaranteed.
Wm. Korchor, 2 blocks west of
school hotiso, Ontnrlo, 242-i:i-tf
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PUBLIC SALE!
AT THE WALTER CLEMENT RANCH
6 miles southwest of Ontario,
MONDAY, MARCH 1
HAVING LEASED MY RANCH FOR THE SEASON, I AM OFFERING THE FOLLOW
ING STOCK AND EQUIPMENT AT PUBLIC SALE: '
5 HEAD CATTLE
1 Red Cow, coininp; 4 years old; freshen
Alay.'I.
1 Ilolstcin Cow, coining H; fresh May 10.
1 ITolstein Cow, coming 2; fresh CM. 1.
(Jiving .' gnlslons of milk per day.
1 Ilolstcin Ileifeieoining2; fresh Inrcli 1".
1 I fed Heifer Calf, nine months old.
3 HORSES
1 Black iMare, smooth mouth, 3.100 lbs.
2 Black Geldings, 5 years old, Wt. MOO.
1 (J ray Gelding, 7 years old, 1100.
All well broke.
4G HENS AND TWO ROOSTERS
Pure 11 red Plymouth Rocks
41 SirOATS, Each 150 Lbs.
1 McCormick Binder, 7-ft. cut, complete.
1 Superior Grain Drill, nearly new; 8 ft.
1 Peering Mower, 1 J lay Bake.
1 Two-Wav Plow, nearl'v new.
1 Studebaker Half Truck, with Hay Rack.
1 il-Iinch Wagon, with box.
1 14-lnch Walking Plow.
1 John Deere Cultivator.
1 Shovel 'Plow.
Jl-lTorse Power Stover Engine.
1 International (5-inch Feed (Jrinedr,
1 Spring Tooth 1 larrow.
1 Set Harness.
12f Bushels Seed Bnrlev.
HO Tons Alfalfa Hay. '
1 No. 7 Galloway Cream Separator.
1 Oil Stove, 51 Burners.
1 Banquet Range.
1 Heater.
1 Sanitarv Cot.
2 Large Galvanized Stock Watering Tanks.
FREE LUNCH AT 11 O'CLOCK SALE TO START IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD.
TERMS: Under $10.00 Cash. Over $10.00, Bankable Notes for 8 Months at 10 per cent.
Dickens & Bourns, Auctioneers C. R. Emison, Clerk
WALTER CLEMENT, Owner
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