THE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY,' MAY G, 1920.
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QJIje GDutarui Argun
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Publlshod Thursdays at Ontario,
Oregon, and ontorod at tlio Ontario
post offlco for distribution as 2nd
cluaa mattor.
Altnu.S PIUNTINO COMPANV
PlllllNllLTH
(1. K. AIKKN, Managing Editor
T. McPAUMN aouail, Sup't.
HUIJSCIUPTION Ono Year, $2.00
HI'OltrSMANHIIll'.
It Is to bo regretted tlmt tlio peo
pin of Ontario lind to witness the ox
lilliltlon of poor sportsmanship Hint
tlio Welser base hull team put up at
tlio Fair grounds lust Sunday after
noon. Such oxhlliltloiiH nro lmd for
the game, bad for town and do no
Reed for nnyono connected with tlio
sport.
Without entering Into tlio rules of
the Kntiio which tho Welser men
claimed woro violated, It in lint he re
membered that If Ontario's pitcher
wuh dellvurliiK an Illegal hall In tho
second Inning, ho wns doing mo In tho
first; when no prolcst was made.
As a matter of fact tlicro nro
mighty fow semi-professional pitch
ers who can uho effectively tho freak
delivery which Welser utlnceil Hint
Malloy was using and tho effort to Mainour county man
candldato for tho place, visited Mal
heur county and got acquainted with
a great many of tho residents. This
makes tho race moro Interesting, for
It Is evident that In Mr. Kills tho
men from Vale each have a worthy
opponent who Is big enough for tho
Job, possessed of personality and
ability, togothcr with a knowlodgo of
tho district and an Interest In nil Its
Instltulons.
That tho entry of Mr. Kills Into
tho raco creates a problem for those
who "Dlay politics" In Malheur
county must bo admitted. It Is np
nnrunt In tho fact that Mr Crandnll
entered tho raco that Senator Hurloy
has not tho united support of his
homo town, and that therororo mo
voto In Onturlo, Nyssa, Dead Ox Flat,
and Jordan Valloy will bavo In a
largo mensuro tho determination of
tho outcome of tho balloting on
Mny 21. ,
What Is worrying politicians tho
most theso days, Hint Is tho compara
tive fow who follow theso Issues;
how will tho entry of Mr. t'rnndall
effect the contest between Mr Kills
and Mr. Hurley Ono view Is that It
will dlvldo tho opposition to tho lat
ter, and nominate him; tho other Is
that It will dlvldo tho Malheur coun
ty voto and nomlnnto Mr Kills.
Which of theso classes of political
prognostlcators Is correct the vole
ntnnn will determine. Tho accept-
nnco of olthor requires tlio bollef In i
mnilltlons Hint hardly exist. Fori
oxamplo thoro Is not n great deal of
basis for assuming that Malheur
county voters nro united on either
tlio very iuci
credit for tho work ho has done,
Tho Argus Is frank to ndmit that It
bollovcs Hint Mr Kills with his
ability and personality would bo an
efficient and ns capablo a senator as
Mr. Hurtoy It further bcllovos that
should Mr Kills bo nominated that
tho Snako Hlver Vnllcy precincts
would bo Justly dealt with. Wo be
llovo that ho Is that kind of n mnn,
and this section Is not nuking for
special fnorn,
Tho Argus qtso believes that
slnco tho situation has como about ns
It linn, with very evident factional
fighting against Mr. Hurley In his
homo town, Hint ho will bo moro
careful In dealing with this section
than ho was In tho 1017 session; for
ho realizes that this section can not
bo overlooked as It wns then.
use them results moro often In wild
pitches than In baffled batsmen. Ho
that ns It may, however, It was evi
dent Hint tho Welser team and Its
followers who enmo to mnko tho
game nn occasion for gambling on
the results, wcro perfectly willing to
proceed until they were scorod
against up to that point no kick
was made but when four of thalr
seven batsmen fanned, tho howl wns
raised.
Perhaps tho real troublo nrono
, over tho fact that there wns too
much monoy up on tho content
that Is nlwnys n fruitful sourco of
troublo In every sport. If somo of tho
sports must bet on tho games tho
least they can do Is to keep tho mat-
nr to mom solves; tnko tnelr own
chances and not Interfere with tho
gamo which tho public In gonornl
pnld good monoy to sec.
The Argus knows Hint tho man
agement of tho Incut team has tried
to glvo tho fans hero a good haso
bull team.
Thoro In no deception being made.
Tho management does not profess
that tho men on (ho team nro "homo
grown," or that they liuvo been long
residents of tho city. They nro hall
players and they nro living nnd
working In Ontario now base bull Is
a side lino with them, Hint Is nil. If
WolHor.Vulo nnd Pnrmn Insist on tho
homo grown brand, then Onturlo, ap
parently will have to permit them to
hnvo their wny nnd part company.
Thorn Is nothing olso to bo done
about It.
To squnro tho gamo with tho local
fans who paid to seo a hall game and
woro allowed only two Innings, and
not oven given u good fight to take
IIh place If (hero Is such n thing
ino nnmn learn should scheiiuio a
gtimu with somo good loam ami
maku (ho admission free und thus
glvo tho peoplu u run for their
money. That would bo good sports
manship, and would make friends
for tho team, tho mnniigenient and
tho guuio.
i:i,i,itt.iiimi.KY-rit.M.i,u
Tho most Interesting contest In
tho May prlmurlus.so far uh Malheur.
(Iruut and Harney counties nro con
cerned Ih that for tho senutorshlp
oprOHontlni; them In the legislature
Until lust week tho people of On
luilo mid Mnlhour county gonorally
were acquainted with two of the
candidates, for Messrs, Hurloy and
('r.iudall are both residents of Vale
and were together In tho leglslnturo
during tho 1917 session when tho
first roud legislation was udoptod,
and tho original outline of stnto
hlghwuys wus drawn.
During tho past week Charles W
Kills, of Hums, who Is tho other
that Mr. Crandnll lias entered tho
men would Indlcuto that; another
Is Hint Senator Hurley Is so unpopu
lar with so largo a number of his
constituents that n division of their
numlior would olect Mr. Kills.
Thoso nro political reasons nnd
will not appeal to tho nverngo voter
who votes not for political reasons
but for tho man or principle for
which ho stands.
So far ns ability Is concornod
cltbor Mr. Kills or Mr. Hurloy nro
oqunl to tho task. Tho sumo can bo
snld of Mr. Crandnll, for ho docs not
lack nhlllty. Tho objection Hint can
ho rnlsod ngnlnst him Is that lack of
tin. mncontal temperament which
permits of co-oporntlon with otlipri
by which mono worn iur mu nu,.u,.v
of tho district can bo secured.
Tho ono objection Hint Ontario
and tho Snako rlvor vnlloy has to
Sonntor Hurloy Is tlmt caused by his
falluro to placo Ontario, Nyssa and
tho Dead Ox Flat nnd tho Jordan
Vnlloy country on tho road map In
tho 1017 session. Tho fact that Vale
was twlco nnmod In tho bill and this
soctlon Ignored wns an apparent n
JUBtlco.'thnt has mllltnted to tho In
Jury of this vicinity for years. All
tho recognition that this section hns
recolved hns como thru work, time,
und tho expenditure of monoy that
would hnvo been noodless had tho
roud system as later ndoptod by tho
commission boon provldod In tno
original draft of tho bill, In vyhlch
Senator Hurloy played n prominent
Part. .., ......
It IS trUO Hint ll IS llinniuiu m..v
this was but nn ovorslght easily ox-
plulnod In tho fuel Hint tno monmini
wh rushed thru tl'o house In the
closing hourH of tho sosslon follow
ing n tone conference ut Portland.
This Is tho explanation that Mr.
Hurloy mnkes, nnd In Justice to htm,
Tho Arguo Is willing to let tho ninl
tor rest thoro. However, since Hint
ll'l happen, and the Importu-icii of
having tho Old Oregon Trail ci-s
Dead Ox Flat nindu no Improixlon on
lil mind nt that llll.e. tlio ioll.ltor I
not In a position to claim credit fur
having put Ontario, Dead Ox Flat
ninl Nviuin nn tho road map. Ills
claim must rest on othor grounds.
Thoro Is no doubt that Henuior
iinrinv wuh u mntorlnl factor In
securing State Highway money for
this county lnst year, ami no snnum
bo credited with that work; but that
ho was moro Influential than other
mon who nppearod before tho Stato
II ghway commission is nu upon
question.
Tho DiMgon voior iiescriuun um
Senator as tin offlclont logisinior,
and no doubt ho Is; but that offl
cloncy Is not unattainable by his op
ponents. Aftor giving Senator Hurloy Just
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Mayor Jones' prnposnl to Incrcnso
tho bonded Indebtedness, whlla It
mny have technical objectionable
features, yet Jt Is apparent that It Is
the only solution of tho difficult
position In which tho city finds Itself,
The ciiiiso of the present trouble
lies whero tho ArgiiB has long con
tended tho troublo could bo found, In
too low n valuation upon tho proper
ty within tho city limits, that Is
tnken as n whole.
Tlicro nro somo classes of property
that aro assessed equitably while
others nro on tho rolls at hut n
small fraction of their sale values.
This Is true not only In Ontario but'
In tho county nnd stnto. The pcopla
nro Just beginning to bo nwnro of
this fact; all of tho public servants
who hnvo work to do In connection
with administering public affairs
rcallzo It.
For oxamplo It Is Bald that a Mal
eour county ranch which recently
sold for $GO,000 wns on tho rolls of
tho county for only G,000; nnd
many similar Instances nro related In
common report. '
What Is tho result? Other prop
erties which nro on tho roll,aa they
should bo aro called upon to stnnd
tho burden of n high lovy and that Is
what makes their ownors "kick" on
high taxes,
Tho valuation Is tho essential ele
ment In tho schemo of taxation. If It
Is too tow tho money needed must
como from a high lovy, nnd tlicro
foro when tho valuations are In
equltablo tho higher the lovy tho
greater tho Injustlco to men whoso
property Is fairly vnlucd,
What tho pcopla want Is Justice
Wo bcllovo most people want Just
that nnd no moro. Wo nro not a na
tion of tax dodgers. Our present
vnluatloiiH show too great n differ
ence In values and Hint causes tho
distrust that Impells tho thoughtless
to criticise all public offlclnls, fight
taxation nnd generally opposo nil
methods of equalizing tho lavtcs.
It Is apparent that Ontnrlans gen
erally want to proceed to Improve
tho city with pavement Improve
ments, with tho purchnso of fire
equipment ndcqiiuto to tho city; to
provldo ultimately for n low prcs
suro Irrigating system nnd retlra tho
present city warrants which will
soon loso their mnrkct value unless
funded.
Whllo this notion Is evident, and
white valuations nro ns low an they
aro tlio 40 per cent llmltntlon Is not
what It nppears to bo, If tho city's
valuations wcro on a right basis
tlio Argus would bo opposed to so
great an Increase but since thoy nro
not, what can ho dono but proceed?
If tlio peoplo wnnt tlio Improve
ments thoy wilt voto to chnngo tho
limit; If they do not wnnt them they
will not. And oven after tho limit Is
raised tho Council could not proceed
to Issuo tho bonds until they nro
proposed and tho specific purposo Is
named, So far us selling tho bonds
Is concerned thoro Is no need to
worry so far ns tho paving bonds nro
concerned; nor for tlio I lie truck
cither. Tho rompnnles providing
theso will enro for them; li.it on tho
loy prosBiiro wntor systom. ihat Is
anotlior question.
"It's a Lucky Day for You"
says the Good Judge
When you learn about the
Real Tobacco Chew.
A small chew of rich to
bacco lasts so much longer
than the old kind.
You don't need a froli
chew so often. That's why
it costs less to use.
Any man who uses the Real Tobacco
Chew will tell you that.
Put Up In Two Styles
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
W-B GUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
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Olwo
Ten miles used
to be a long waij
WHAT a difference in
these motor-car days,
when every point in the
county is hardly more than
"just around the corner."
People's ideas are chang
ing, too.
They're beginning to fig
ure out how much it is cost
ing them to keep a car. And
the man who is doing the
greatest amount of figuring is
the man with the moderate
price car.
There still seems to be a
notion in some quarters that
any tire is good enough foe
a small car.
That's not what the man
who owns it thinks.
In recommending and sell
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to see his side of the propo
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Ill
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the first pneumatic truck
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how. It isn't the car, but
the man who owns the car,
that counts with the oldest
and largest rubber concern
in the world.
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