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THE ONTARIO AUG US, ONTARIO,' OREGON, THURSDAY, MAttOIT 18, 1920.
if
The OniarL A rgus
O. K. AlKKN, Editor nml Publisher
Published Thursdays nt Ontario,
Orccon, nml onlored nt thu Ontnrln
post otNco for distribution iir 2nd
class mnttor.
HUHSCRIPTION Olio Vcnr, $2.00
wiiv not ti:ll tiii: truth?
WO StlppOXC It I MHOlOM to UHl'thO
Miilhour Kntorprlso to (nil tlio truth
In Its campaign of calumny against
tlio County Court, but for Its own
salto Hint pnpor iiwon It to lt readers
nml llin public to Htop tlio deception
wliloli It linn been practicing for
Home tlmo.
No doubt tlio Kntorprbto publish
it cnu di'clnru Hint tlio new editor It
not fniiillliir with the lawn of Oregon
regarding budget milking; nnd Im
tberuforo exeumiblo for Itn transgres
sions from tlio truth but tlio pnpur
cm i not oscnpo ItH responsibility
thus.
In n recent Issue the Kntorprlno
ilevotoH columns of spnro to defnin
lug tlio Ciunty Court, on three
greunds: Hint It pnmod n budget
Hint wiih not In dutnll tho mitno as the
notice of proposed budget which was
printed In Hint paper; Hint It voted
for tin Item to levy tnxex to pay thu
tuition of pupils from rural districts
who attend High School In other din
trlctH than Hint In which they live;
Hint It reduced tho traveling ox
prune of tho County Bchool Super
Intention!; nml Hint It loaned money
to Itond District No. 3; (the Vale
District) from the general fund.
It Ik hard to Imuglno how any
wtnu man. nt nil Informed concernlnK
public nffnlrH nod Hie laws nml cus
toms governing thoso nintterH
would have tho nudnolty nnd tho
nerve to printout no bedraggled a
bomiuet of chargo In the light of tho
law nnd this In the result:
Tho proposed budget Mtutnniout
printed In nindo up of rstlnuittw of
oxpeiiHOH nnd Include IteniM prnpos
d by interested persons who request
Hint tho Court provide for havlni;
given iiroJectH undertaken. This Ik
prepared by tho offlrlnlH nnd nx In
tho chho lust year the estimate of ex
penditure exceeded tho-legal-limit
permitted under tho six per cent lim
itation by several thouxnml dnllnrx.
tiii: COUNTV COURT HAD TO RK
DUCK THIS HUDOKT Oil VIOLATE
Till-: LAW, Hieruforo hi upon court,
on tho date net for hearing obJectloiiH
of taxpayers It did Hint very HiIiik
Notice had been given Hint tho tax
pnyorx would bo heard on any Item;
wo umlerHtnml Hint only one objec
tion wiih Hindu nnd Hint by (loo. W.
MuKnlKht, former county Judge, nnd
ho objected to tho IIIkIi Bchool tui
tion Item.
Hut, tho Court, nx .Indue McKnlght
nml ns tho Kutorprlso knew, HAD
TO lMtOVimt I'Olt TIIK PAYMENT
Or 111(111 SCHOOL TUITION HE
CAUHE OK AN ORDER OK TIIK
DISTRICT COUHT COMPELLING
JW8T THAT ACTION TO COMPLY
WITH TIIK LAW. TIIK COUNTY
COUHT MAI) NO OPTION HAVE TO
I1K IN CONTKMPT 01-' TIIK 1MB.
THICT COUHT.
Now It nppenrH Hint Opo. W. Mc
Knlght and tho Malheur EntorprUo
would deny to tho boys anil girls of
tho rural districts a High Behool edu
cation; or would compel! tho tax
payers of tho Vale, Nyssn and On
tario dUtrlctx to ediioote thoso ohll
' (Iron nt their expense alene: Instead
of HproudliiK Hint cost over all of tlio
people of tho county, of whom Hie
people of tho throe towns form n
largo portion nml thus pay u largo
pur contago of thlx general lux
Tho fulxlty of the poxltlou of the
Huturprlft) nml Judge McKuIkIiI Is In
thlx cuso xo nppnrunt, xo iiujuxt, xo
liiunlfot an attempt to Ignore the
facta, nml to mlxleml tho peoplo by
not telling them of tho Court deols
loii wnd the nbxoluto uecotMilty of
tho County Court to make this pro
vision that further comment U tin-.
tiocojutury.
Another of the objections raited
by tho Knturprlxo, that conctirnlng
tho truvulliiK expenses of tho County
Hohnol Superintendent lx n ropotltlop
or Itx previous position. TIIK LAW
SPECIFICALLY STATES T II A T
TIIK TRAVELING KXPKNSK OF
TIIK COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF MAI.HKUH COUNTY SHALL UK
J200 PER YKAH. WOULD THE
KNTKHPHISK HAVK TIIK COUN
TY COUHT VIOLATE THIS LAW?
Tho mutter of loaning money to
tho various road districts Involve n
iiueatlon of policy. Thoro may bo a
Htatuto Hint prohibits this practice,
but nt 16 years of attendance nt
meetings f governmental bodies of
nil decrees wo havo soon dozons of
Instances of such loans, mndo by re
solution requiring Hint tho money
bo paid buck to tlio fund from which
It was borrowod, when tho fund to
which (ho money Is lipuied bus sut
flcent credit to permit It. Tho court
does this In order Hint needy work
shall not bo delnyed when there nrc
nmplu funds that nro lying Idle or nt
best Just earning two per cent on
balances.
Thlx Is Reed business, nnd lx done
tunny tlmos nml logltlmntcly. Of
course It cuuld bo nbiiscd, but thoro
Is ground, uppnrnnt nt least to mnko
such a chnrRo In thlx Instance.
Thru this ilrnctlco many of tho
rond districts In tho county lime ben
efited, thn taxpayers have not lost
onu cent hecnuxo by reason of the
InrRu levies which allowed tho goner-
nl fund to xwell beyond rent need In
the puit, tho present court would
havo been guilty of grosH Injustice
In not caring for tho work In thlx
wny.
Tho tacts nro Hint tho previous
courts hnvo established a precedent
of Dwelling tho gcnernl fund, nml
keeping that fund high because If tho
sum In a year were reduced nml uu
emergency crented Hint required ad
dltlonnl funds In another year It
could not bo handled because of the
tax limitation.
Thoro nro the fnctx. If tho En
torprlxe nml other taxpayers want
them different they should hnvo
started their aggltatlon years ago
when tho general fund wan accumu
lating under tho regime of Ooorgo W.
McKnlght; they should too, change
tho laws and havo tho budget pub
lished after adoption, tho It lx hard
to see what could ho done after It
wns finally nctcd upon. Thus It
can bo seen Hint thoro lx nothing to
tho Intext "charges" of tho Enter
prlso, that It Is merely continuing to
uxo words to concent Itx real object,
nnd playing Its readers tho question
able compliment that they will not
xeo thru tho sophistry that they uro
spinning. At tho wituo tlmo It lx
protending will unholy zeal to "servo
tho peoplo," when In reality It lx
hut deceiving them.
Political Announcements
FOR JOINT HKNATOK.
1 xeok tho Republican nomination
for Joint senator for tho Twenty
second Senatorial District nt tlio
coming primaries.
If nominated nnd elected I prom
ise to tho District on honest service
nnd will tnko my onth of ottlco un
pledged to nny person or Interest.
I am a liberal and not n reaction
ary or a radical; nnd especlnlly so ns
to public expenditures. Economy
should mean thrlftlncss. Public ex
penditures demand a reasonable
promise of material nml soclnl bene
fit. Irrigation and drainage under
special assessments; good ronds;
protection of grnzlng Innds nml the
public range for tho good of tho live
stock Interest ns n whole; bettorment
of mnll service; Improvement of
facilities of branch lino railroads
nro aiming tho Important local
needs, lloads and postnl service In
tho country districts nro tho only
visible returns from taxation, nml
tho burden of tnxatlon should bo
fairly equalized through these
mentis.
On tho foregoing stntement t nsk
tho support of tho Republican voters.
CHARLES W. KI.M8. Hums, Ore.
I'Olt COUNTY AHHKNHOK
After serving ono torm ns Axxexsor
of Mnlhcur County, during which
tlmo I hnvo attended to thu duties of
tho offlro to tho best of my nhlllty, I
submit my candidacy for re-election
to tho npprovnl of tho peoplo, sub
ject to the Damocritile Primaries
May 21. 1020.
It. M. CARLILH.
FOH BALK Two good milch cows
ono Jersey nnd one llolsteln. -
Leonard (Illlexplu, 11-4 miles west of
Fair grounds. 10-:it
ltesorve District No.
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Charter No. r822
REPORT OF CONDITION OI
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
AT ONTAHIO, IN THU HTATIJ OF OHKflON AT THK CI.OHK Ol
Hl'HINKSS ON FKUHUAHY UH, IIU2II.
UKHOUHCKS
1 a Loatin ami discounts. Including rediscounts.
12
On
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12
in
in
is
10
20
23
b
28
.11
82
(except those shown In I) nml c) t474.2U7.2U
Ovordrnflx, unsecured 128.00
If. H. ioeriiiiicnt hccurltlcM owned!
U. 8. Honda deposited to socuro circulation
(par vuluo) 12.C00.OO
Owned nml unpledged 70,4 CO. 01)
Wax Havings Certificates and Thrift Btnmps
actually owned S til. 00
Total U, S. Government securities
Other ImiikIm, hccurltlex, etc.:
Ponds (other than U. 8. bonds pledged to
hoc uro postal savings deposits 1, C00, 00
Houds nml securities (other than U. 8. se
curities) pledged ns collateral for State or
other deposits (postnl excluded) or bills
linjfubto 0, GOO. DO
Hecurltlex, other than U. 8. bonds (not In
eluding stocks), owned and unpledged 0C,1UU..1U
Total bonds, securities, etc.other than U.8.
Block of Fodorul Iteservo Hank (CO pur
cent of subscription)
Value of banking liouxo, owned nml unin
cumbered :I2,3C0.00
Furniture and ilxturox
Cush In vuull nnd not amounts duo from
national bunks
Lawful reserve with Federal Itcwerve Hank .
Net amounts duo from banks, bankers, nml
trust companies other than Included In Items
12, 13 or 14
KxclinngeH for cleurlng house
Total of Hums 13, 14, 1C, 10 and 17 174, 128, C7
('hocks on banks located outside city or
town of reporting bank ami othor cash
items
Redemption fund with U. S, Treasurer and
duo from U, 8. Treasury '
Interest earned but not collected approxi
mate on Notori and Hills Receivable not
past duo 7, COO, 00
1474,237.2(1
128, UU
Kit, 700. 00
107,130.10
3,000.00
32,350.00
0,472.10
172,G00.:iS
C2.734 00
413.S0
l,20G.bO
lG.HUO.oy
Q2G.00
31
ar,
an
40
42
4.1
TOTAL 040.077.82
I.IAHILITIKB
Capital stock paid in C0.000.00
Surplus fund co.ooo.oo
Undivided profits 8.C21.3H
Loss current expenses, Interest and taxes
paid : U.4C4.88 2,0(iU.4B
Interest and discount collected or credited
In advance of maturity nnd not earned
(npproxlmnto) 100.00
Circulating notes outstanding 12.GOO.00
Net amounts duo to banks, bankers and trust
companies (oihor than Included In Items 29
or 30) 3,U70.h8
Certified chocks outstanding 204.00
Total or Horns 30. 31, 32 nml 33 3,87C,48
Demand (U'imisKh (other than bank deposits)
subject to Itetero (dopoalts payable within , '
30 days):
Individual deposits subject to check GU7,360,0G
Certificates of deposit duo In less than 30
days (othor than tor niuuoy borrowed) 47,004,05
Btute, county, or othor municipal deposits
secured by pledge or ussetH o fthls bank 9,000,00
Total or demand deposits (other than bank
deposits) subject to Heserve, Items 34, 3G,
30, 37. 38 nnd 39 024,321.90
Tlmo deposits subject to lle.servo (payablo
utter 30 days, or subjoct to 30 daB or more
notice, and postal savings):
Certificates or deposit (othor than for
money borrowod 158, 000. C3
Postnl savings deposits 40G.32
Other tlmo doposlts 47,842,14
Total of time deposits subject to Hescrvo
Items 40, 41. 42 and 43 207,213.00
FOH STATU HKNATOK
I hereby announce myself nx n
candidate for tho Republican nomin
ation for tho offlco or Btnto Beuntor
or tho district comprised or Malheur,
Harney n'ml Grant counties. If i am
nominated nml olcctcd tor n second
torm I will continue to serve thlx
district nml tho State or Oregon to tho
host or my nhlllty.
JULIKN A. 1IHRLKY,
Stato Senator.
I'Olt DISTIHCT ATTOKNnV.
I nunoiiuco myself ns n candidate
for the nomination for tho ottlco or
District Attorney tor Malheur county
nt tho Republican prlmnrlox to bo
hold on May 21, 1020. It 1 am nom
inated and elected, I will devote all
ot tho tlmo and attention necessary
to tho proper performance or nil the
duties ot tlio offlco.
Signed,
HOUT. I). LYTLK.
FOH COUNTY CLKIIK
I hereby announce myself n camll-
dato for tho office or County Clerk
or Mnlhour County, Oregon, subject
to tho will o tho Republican voters at
tho Prlmnrles on Mny 21, 1020. 1
nominated and elected, I promise ,to
dovotu all ot my time and attention
to tho proper conduct or tho affairs
or tho office.
1IAHHY 8. SACKKTT.
I'Olt COUNTY THKASUHKH.
I hereby announce myself an a
candidate for tho offlco or County
Treasurer, subject to tho decision of
tho Republican prlmnrles, May 21.
1920.
WILL J, HODKHTS.
Build the Logical Way
Sale 30
Write for
Catalog of
Economical
House Plans
The factory way Is
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It eliminates uuxtn
and makes possible
a better product
for less.
Houses nro no different from othei
products. With most or tho lahoi
doiio In our mill, a big saving ami u
better homo lx tho result.
You get only selected lumber. It
comes to )ou I none shipment villi
tho hand sawing mid fitting elimin
ated. It xnvos labor, tho expensive
part or building, mid tho waxto or
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TOTAL 949,977.82
Of tho total loans and discounts sbuwn above, the amount on which
interest and discount was charged at rates in excess or those permitted by
law (Sec G197, Rev. Stat.) (exclusive or notes upon which total charge
not to exceed 60 cents wns inado) was None. The number or such loans
was None.
STATE OF OREGON. COUNTY OF MALHEUR ,ss;
I, II 11. Cockrum, CuBhlor or the above named Uauk, do solemnly
swear that the nbovo statement Is true to the best ot my knowledge and
belief II. II. COCKRUM, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 18th day ot March. 1920.
W. W. WOOD. Notary Public
My Comriilsslon Expires October 17, 1920
CORRECT Attest:
A L. COCKRUM
T. TURNHULL
L. H. COCKRUM j
Directors '
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