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niE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OR EGON, THURSDAY, .SEPTEMBER 15, 1021.
, NOTICi: ()!' A MIICTIXO OF TIIK COMMON COUNClli
NOTICR 18 HEIIKIJY C1IVEN to tho IcroI voters nnd tax-payers of tho
CITY OV ONTARIO, MAl.HEUIl COUNTY. STATE OP OltEOON, that a
Council Meeting of tho Common Council of said City will be held at tha
City Hall on tho 12th day of October A. I). 1921 at tho hour of 7:30
o'clock, p. m. for tho purpono of discussing the lludgot hereinafter set
out with tho Common Council.
The Total amount of money needed by the Raid City during the
fiscal year beginning on January 1st, 1922 nnd ending on December 31st,
1922 Ik estimated In tho following lludgot which also shown tho estimated
revenues of tho City from all sources other than municipal taxes.
nonoicT
I'HItSO.N'AI, SERVICE
1 Recorder
2 Treasurer
3 Attorney
4 Marshal
r Police
C Chlof, Flro I)ept.
7 Firemen
8 Health Officer
9 Supt., Water System
10 Engineer, Water System
11 Accountant, Water System
12 Laborers, Water System
13 found Master
14 Janitor, City Hall
1C Carotaker, Cemetery
1C Street Commissioner
17 Laborers, Streets
18 Irrigator
19 Laborers, Sewers
20 Sanitarian
21 Librarian, Public Library
22 Janitor, Public Library
23 Mayor
24 Coiincllmcu
ESTIMATE!) EXPENDITURES
Number
One
Ono
Ono
Ono
Extra
One
Fifteen
Ono
Ono
Ono
One
Extra
One
Ono
Ono
Ono
Extra
Ono
Extra
Ono
On.i
Ono
Onn
Six
Salary per year
900.00
180.00
300.00
i.r.oo.00
4.00 per day
240.00
Services rendered
G0.00
l.r.oo.oo
1,200.00
900.00
3.20 per day
Fees
300.00
r.oo.oo
1,200.00
3.20 per day
7G0.00
3.20 per day
Fees
720.00
240.00
C00.00
5.00 each regular
meeting attended
Total
900.00
180.00
300.00
1.CO0.00
200.00
240.00
1,000.00
CO.OO
l, r.oo.oo
1,200.00
900.00
3GO.0O
200.00
300.00
500.00
1,200.00
2,000.00
750.00
300.00
100.00
720.00
240.00
COO 00
300.00
Total
MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES
TOTAL
Meals for City Jail Prlsonors I 20.00
Telophono, City Uso 100.00
Supplies. Flro Dopt CO.OO
Auto and Dray Sorvlco, Water System (100.00
Fuel, Wntor Bystom 100.00
Freight nnd Express, Water System.... 100.00
Rent, Warehouse Water System 120.00
Supplies, Water System 370.00
Fuol, City Hall 425,00
10 Supplies. City Hall 125.00
11 Supplies, Comotory 50.00
12 Team Sorvlco for Street Commissioner 900.00
1.1 Supplies, Strcot Dcpt. 1,000.00
. . ....... ....... ii...... it nn
115,000.00
14 Clock service. Library
15 Fuel, Library
1C Telephone, Library ....
17 Stationery, Library ...
15.00
175.00
50.00
60.00
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS GIVE
HOPE OF REDUCING TAXATION
Cliiilnimn W. W. Wood of School
Dlotrlrt Number K I't-twntrt Plan
For Relief of Taxpayer nnd
lletteiinent of Ivdurntlonnl
Facilities
18 Total
4,320.00
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR8
1 Repairs, City Jail S
2 Meters and Toots, Water System ........
3 Repairs, Wator System ...
4 Repairs. City Hall
C Magazines and Hooks, Library.,
(I Repairs, Library
J t
180,00
400.00
300.00
100.00
345.00
100.00
Total
1,426.00
CONSTRUCTION
1 Opening of Now Streets
!
3.000.00
Total
3,000.00
LiailTS, WATER AND POWER
1 Electric Powor, Wntor System 2,000.00
Water, Irrigation of Cemetery 100.00
Lights, Streets and City Hall 3,500.00
Water, Hydrants and City Hall.,
Wator. City Irrigation
Electric Power, 8ower
Lights, Library
Wator, Library
! w
3,300.00
C00.00
132.00
75,00
30.00
Total
19 737.00
on tho City Hall and
INSURANCE
1 Insuraui'o
ContontM
Total
f'RINTINO
1 City Printing, nil Departments,...-.
.1 100.00
X 160.00
300,00
INDEIITEDNESS
1 Interest on Ponded
EMEROENCY
Indebtedness
1 For all City Departments ......
15,200,00
r
1,000,00
300.00
115,200.00
$1,000,00
Total estimated amount of Money for
all purposes during tho year of A.
D. 1922
ESTIMATED RECEiPTfl
1 From Wator System $12,000.00
" Fines nnd Licenses 1,500,00
" Pound and Dogs 200,00
" Interest on Deposits 600.00
" Irrigation collections :.. '1,000.00
" Cemetery ...?. (150.00
" Roud Tax 4,500.00
" Delinquent Improvement Taxes 9,409.00
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$50,742.00
Total
$29,769.00
To bo raised by City Tux
Duted this 12th day of September A. D.
W.
Attest!
CLAY M. STEARNS,
City Recorder.
1921.
II. DOOLITTLE,
Mayor.
$20,983.00
Always a Touch
of Distinction
IN THE
BEAUTIFUL MILLINERY
COATS, SUITS, DRESSES
SKIRTS, ETC.,
SHOWN AT
jbSfiO
GEORGIA HULL
Now Location across
St. from Dreamland
Theatre.
Prices That Please
Dear Sir:- I read with much In
terest a recent nrtlclo In your pnper
In regard to tho passing of tho
country school. It seems to mo that
the matter should not bo allowed to
rest with that article, but should bo
taken up and thoroughly discussed
by tho newspapers nnd tho people of
tho county. Thu leading educators
of tho United States liavo long bean
of tho opinion t lint our public school
Bystom c,(Hil(l ba handled at a less
cost, nnd better results obtntned.
This Is done by uniting tho small
districts with tho larger ones, and
transporting tha pupils to the com
mon con tors of education. Such n
plan gives tho country pupil overy
advantage that tho city student en
joys. Tho name number of pupils
can bo handled with fewer buildings
nnd n less number of teachers.
This tonds toward economy, and at
tho sumo tlniQ gives larger, bettor
equipped and mora enthusiastic
schools, and better educational re
sults are obtained. It Is not a now
Idea In oducntlon although Oregon
has beon slow to adopt It. Tho mid
dlo Western states aro rapidly
adopting this system. Good roads
and the nutomobllo hnvo nnnthllnted
dlstnncc until It Is a comparatively
easy matter to transport children a
dlstanco of ton miles to school.
Even the auto Is not necessary for
modcrato distances In tho moro
populous communities. Wo havo an
excellent example In tho splendid
union school at Frultland, Idaho,
whore the children uro transported
by means of covered wagons.
Thoro Is no good reason why Mal
heur County should not Install such
systems, and thereby make a dis
tinct advance In modern education
al Hues, and savo tho taxpayers
many n dollar. Tho towns of On
tario, Vale, Nyssa nnd Jordan Vat
ley would make good educational
centers. Lot tho small districts
around those towns Join tho most
convenient elty district, nnd haul
tho children back and forth to tho
city schools, Ontario could easily
handle tha Cairo district, nnd the
districts on Dead Ox flat, Vale
could hnndlo tho students who at
tend tha White Settlement school, -as
well as other adjoining districts.
Valley Vlow could transport to
either Nyssa oc Ontario, nnd thereby
savo tho cast of building n now
school house.
As chairman of Dlst. No. 8, I havo
been ask by n great many cltlicns
In outslda districts why tha Ontario
Hoard did not Innugurala a cam
paign for such consolidation. Wo
havo always been ready nnd willing
to receive the surrounding districts,
hut have foil that tho demand
should como from within those dis
tricts. Whon such plans aro pro
posed by a city hoard they nro apt
to bo misunderstood. Many will
think that wo aro morely trying to
get thorn Into tha city district for
tho purpose' of saddling thorn with
additional tax burdens, This Is an
erroneous Idea, hut tho subject will
requlro considerable discussion and
thought boforo some of tho people
can get away from that notion. It
stands to reason that four or flvo
strong, central districts could bo run
choaper and better than three time
that number of small, Isolated dis
tricts, I am firmly of tho opinion
that by adopting such a system of
union schools wo could reduce the
cost of education In Malheur County
by nearly ono-thlra. besides produc
ing better results, Suroly this sub
ject Is worthy of careful Investiga
tion and consideration.
In conclusion lot me say a few
words about school nnd other taxes.
It will soon bo time to vote on schonl
budgots, and thoro Is grave danger
of making a mistake. Tho public
knows that taxes are abnormally
high, and Vo anxious to swat tho
cause If they can find It. Without
giving tha matter very deep
thought, they are Inclined to seloct
any subject of taxation which Is
closest nt hand, and most easily
seen, and down It. Unfortunately
this happens to be the school tax.
For this reason many a good citi
zen Is carrying a ballot up his
sleovo with which to knlfo the
school budget this fall.
Now In my opinion the real trou
ble does not rise out of school taxes.
Those are about the only taxes for
which we are getting real value re
ceived. The real trouble Is, that
during tho last eight years wo have
voted to give away large sums of
money for purposes that are not
governmental. We have voted for
every conceivable law and proposi
tion that required expense and tax
ation. We have had the erroneous
I Idea that anything which the state
had to pay would be paid from some
magical sources ouisiue oi me peo
ple who really constitute tho state.
This of course cannot be dono, and
now we are busy trying to foot the
bills. Swarms of petty and obnox
ious office holders aro travelling
around oyer the stato trying to en
force all manner of foolish laws that
the public does no need, One fol
low will have you arrested If the
tall light on your car Is not burn
ing. Another comes along and or
ders you to clean out the back yard
by a certain date. A third notifies
you to change the electric wiring on
your house. A fourth Is careful to
see that the Importer trout which
you buy at the market Is proporly
tagged. It Is no longer a matter of
your own, business If you want to
repair the out Darn or woousnea.
hut tha Jaw say you must post
some kind of a notice In regard to
accidents. Weights and measures
require the steady attention of an
other petty tyrant. I could men
tion a score or oilier useless laws
and office holders; They never try
to warn the. public, but pussy-foot
around to see If they cannot catch
some honest, well meaning cltlxen,
In a violation of some obscure law
that he never knew exited, and
plait? kin with flue, We ire
regulated, licensed nnd tnxod for
everything wo do, or don't do, un
til It Is Impossible for any cltlzon
to know or obey all tho laws. If
wo really wnnt to economize !ct us
begin by lopping off theso useless
offlrcs, laws nnd commissions.
Whllo wo nro broko lot us quit giv
ing away money for fairs and other
luxuries that wo can get along with
out. It would bo rcnl economy to
call n special session of tho legis
lature to repeal four-fifths of tho
useloss.laws and offices, One Ima
gines sometimes thnt wo havo ono
otflco hiilder for overy half dozon
of our citizens. It Is not tho school
tnx which Is ruining us, hut It Is tho
costly experiments by tho stato and
nation In business mnttorn outside
of govommont. Wo should Insist
thnt otir slnto and nntlonnl govom
mont functions for governmental
purposes only. Whon wo begin to
economlzo nloug tho lines nhovo In
dicated wo will begin to get rollof
from exccsslvo tnxntlon. Let us
work alon thoso lines for economy,
nnd vote this fall to save our public
schools.
Vflcy truly yours,
Wolls W. Wood.
FOR HALF Studrlinkrr Mr (I,
Into model, m'VI'ii imsM'ngrr nuto.
Perfect condition.. Will mII nt Hnr
Knln. Phone H. Hllen, 200, tt H,
8th St., I'njetto 41p
CONORKOATIONAL CHURCH
Corner Ida. Ave. nnd 2nd St. S. W.
(I). J. Olllnuders. Pastor)
Sunday School, 10:00 A. M.
J. C. McCrelght, Supt.
Preaching, 11:00 A. M. Subject:
"Tho Testing' Lump or tho Mastor
Key."
Christian Endeavor, 7:00 P M,
Preaching, 8:00 P. M. Subject!
"Tho Supremo Conquest."
While School House
Sunday School, 2:30 P. M.
Preaching, 3:. 10 P. M.
I will be looking for you nil next
Sunday nnd will expect many now
faces.
laiTiST aii'iK'ii
Hlbto School, 10:00.
Morning Worship, 11:00.
Gospel Sorvlco for Men, 3:00
Junior. II. Y. P.U.,
Ulblo Study Class
Gospel Sorvlco
Prayer Sorvlco, Wed. 8:00.
Mr. Shafor, father of Mrs. A. W.
Plant, arrived Friday form Texas,
having been summoned hero by the
serious Illness of his daughter, who
is now In tho hospital.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ira Mink havo gono
to Santa Rosa, Cal.
Joo Cartor was hero from Juntura
this weak, Ho has been summoned
for Jury duty nt Vale.
Joo Hradbury moved his family
Tuesday to tho ranch ho recently
purchnsed near Frultland.
AN AUSTIUCT 18 A
HISTORY OF IjAND TITLK
An abstract of title Is a
short methndlcnlly wrltton his
tory of the tltla to a desig
nated tract of land. It con
sists of a summary of tho ma
terial parts of every recorded
Instrument of convoyanco
which affects tho title, togeth
er with a. statomont of all
lions nnd incumbrances to
which tho sama Is nybject.
Tho objojet of nn abstract
Is to afford tho prospective
purchaser or mortgagco of
real ostato a convenient moans
of ascertaining tho condition
of tho tltlo.
Tho cautious man will not
accept a deod or a mortgogo
on ronl cstnto uutcss it 1b ac
companied by an abstract pro
pared by a reliable firm.
MAMIKUK TITLE AND
AlWTltAOT COMPANY
Vnln, Oregon
A good plan to go Sunday, to tho
meeting for men at 3 o'clock, nt
Haptlst Church. 41p
CLOSE IN RANCH TOR SALE 2 MILES FROM ONTARIO
3
ON account of sickness I will soil at a bargain my ranch, just 2 miles southwest
from Onutario, which contains
And also all the equipment for the operation of the farm, as well as stock and
household goods so that buyer can have immediate possession. Will sell form separ
ately if desired. Some of the stoek offered include:
2 yearlings,
4 calves,
1 brood sow,
4 milch cows,
4 shoats.
30 tons of hay, Hake and other fiold tools.
5 acres of corn Flows, mowers, harrows,
400 to 500 boxes of apples, Teams, wagon and harness,
1000 bushels of grain, 25 turkeys,
400 Whito Leghorn chickens,
All theso and many other articles enn he seen on the place. An opportunity for
someone who wants to send their children to school and havo all the advantages of
a combination of city and country life.
FOR PARTICULARS CALL ON OR ADDRESS
ELMER NORTH, Owner
Route 2, Ontario, Oregon.
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