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THE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY MAY 25, 1922. I?? GDaiario Anjua County Official Paper An Independent Newspaper Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at tho Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. O. K. Aiken, Managing Editor 8UBSCIUPTION One Year, J 2.00 Till TItUTII AlIOU'J' TlIK JUM1) MAP In time, no doubt, the good poo plo of Nyssa will rcalizo tho injus tice that was dono P. J. Gallaghor at tho polls last Friday. They -will also rcalizo that thoy aro doing a gross injustice to Ontario. While thero may bo some citizens in our neighboring town who" will novcr acknowledge that a wrong has been dono, wo know thero aro othets who will, when thoy know tho truth. It is to thorn that tho Argus would address tho following statemont of fact, which any, who doubt a slnglo statemont may verl-fy: In 1017 tho basic law for tho for- that was when they sent E. M. Dean to a meeting In Portland. Later at Vale, when tho crucial meeting was hold to apportion the bond issuo with which to match tho state and federal tunds, Nyssa was not represented. Thoso who aro familiar with the proceedings of that gathering knew that it was tho united effort on the pari; of Ontario, Jordan Valley and Dead Ox Flat that secured for Nyssa as largo a sharo in that division as any section of tho entire county. Iu that division Nyssa was named tho terminus of tho John Day High way, and thus tho starting point from which $75,000 was to be spent from Nyssa, via Cairo to tho Baker county line; second resolu tion was adopted that 50,000 bo 'set asldo to bo spent from Nyssa south to Jordan Valley. In contrast with that tho only mention of Ontario ivas that "50 -000 be spent from Ontario north to tho Baker county line." Thus it was that Nyssa was given a placo on tho road program of Ore gon wlion tho Highway commission accepted tho plan adopted at the Vale meeting as a basis for its co operation with Malheur County. Ontario has worked tonstantly for mutlon of Oregon's road systom was passed by tho legislature, and tho routos in part woro designated by tho bill; that is thu teimiul of the roads wero named, and also inter vening points through which tho highways wero to pass. Mr. C. M. Crandall for whom tho republicans of Nyssa manifested so great a pio foienco, was a member of that le gislature Ho had a voto and volco iu naming tho termini of the roads which ontor Malheur county. Vet whoro, at any placo in that basic law, is tho name of Nyssa, or Ontar io? In all candor wo usk tho peo plo of Nyssa to show whero Nyssa received any consideration then at the hands of tho representative chosen to guard their intorests? Or whore did Outarlo either? Mr. Crandall was evidently sln coro In this position, for ho votod against tho road bill in toto. But had ho tho Interest of this county at heart, when ho know tho bill was to pass whether ho voted for it or not, it would soem then, that ho should huvo at least niado an effort to se cure tho' bonofits to which all sec tions of this county woro entitled. But neither Mr. Crandall, nor tho pooplo of Nyssa appeared to bo groatly intorostod in tho highway program of Malheur county. Only oiicu did thoy manifest sufficient intoreBt to bo reprosonted at a moot ing of tho Highway Commission, nnd tho fulfillment of that program out lined by tho representatives of all tho county at that meeting at Vale. Further, tho pooplo of Nyssa should remember that tho very first monoy expended on that program was spent fiom Nyssa to Cairo. That thus they received tho first benofit from.au effort in which they took but slight lntorest indeed, and which they did little to bring about. Second, it should be remembered that tho noxt work done on that program was done between Vale and Jamtesoa and third, was tho build ing of tho bridge at Vale. All these wore important Sections of tho road program. Tho work -was needed and it was dono before there was a cont spent on tho road from Ontar io north to tho Baker county lino. Nor Is this all. Tho people of Nyssa should know that in the original plan presented to that mooting at Vale, where tho bond funds woro divided, thero was an ltom of $50,000 for tho cooperation between Cairo and Ontario tho most used ection of a road In the entire county, savo that from On tario to tho Snako river bridgo; yet in order to scatter tho funds over tho widest torrltory Mr. P. J. Gal laghor moved to transfor that amount so that it bo spent between Brogan and Malheur city; and that was duo. As tho result of this action On tario was injured to NyBsa's beno- C'hurtor No. 5822 Ressrro District No. 12 KEl'OHT OF CONDITION OF TIIK FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT ONTAIUO, IN T1ILI STATU OF OREGON, AT TIIK CLOSU OF HUSINKSS .MAY 3TII, 1V22 RESOURCES la Loans and discounts, including rediscounts . acceptances of othor banks, and foreign bills of exchange or drafts sold with Indorse mont of this bunk (excopt thoso shown in b and c) $ 2 Overdrafts unsecured $1,451.G7 4. U. H. Government securities onned: a Doposltod to socuro circulation (U. S. bonds- par value) 12.500.00 b All othor United States Government securities 1,500.00 5. Other bonds, KecmltlcH, etc : 0. Banking Houso, $32,350.00; Furnituro and (Ixturos $G7C8.CG 7. Real ostato owned othor than banking houso 8. Lawful roservo with Federal Rcsorvo Bauk 10. Cash In nult and amouut duo from national ban It b 11. Amount duo from state banks, bankers, and trust companies in tho United States (othor than included in Itoms 8, 3, or 10 13. Chocks on othor banks in tho samo city or town ns reporting bauk (othor than Horn "' 12) Total of Itoms 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. . 14. Chocks on banks located outsldo of city or town of reporting bank and othor cash itomB 15. Rodomptlon fund with U. S. Treasurer and duo from U, S. Treasurer 411,503.69 1.451.G7 14,000.00 32,040.07 39.11S.G6 1S.1G0.18 35,022.94 137,772.03 1,783.23 593. 2G 344.41 G25.00 17. 18. 19. e 20. 23. 24. 26. 27. 31. 32. 34. 36. TOTAL . LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in Surplus fund Undivided profits 14,792.08 Less current expenses, utorest, and taxes paid li.051.13 Circulating notes outstanding Amount duo to Statu banks, bankers, and trust companies in tho United Statod and forolgn countrios (other than included in Items 21 or 22) Certified chockB outstanding Total of Items 21, 22, 23, 24, and25.. 6,375.64 Demand deposits (other tiinu bank deposits) subject to llcuorto (doposlts payablo within 30 days:) Individual deposits subject to chock Certificates of dopostt duo in loss than SO days (othor than for monoy borrowed) .... Othor demand doposlts Total of demaud doposlts (other than bank doposlts) subject to Resorvo, Itoms 26, 37 28, 20, and 31 420,273.60 Time deposits subject to Roberto (payablo aftor 30 days, or subject to 30 day or moro notlco. nnd postal savings): Certificates of dopostt (other than for money borrowed) Othor time deposits Postal saving! deposits Total of time doposlts subject to Re sorvo, Items 32, 33, 34 and 35 $693,015.14 50,000.00 50,000.00 740.95 12,500.00 5.S53.60 522.04 372,726. 4S 45,793.24 1,758. 8S 111, 821.44 40.462.S2 835.69 TOTAL $693,015.14 STATE OF OREGON, COUNTY OF MALHEUR, ss I, II. B. Cockrum, Cashier of tho obovo named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statomeut is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. II. D. COCKRUM, Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of May, 1922. O. W. PLATT, Notarr Public for Oregon. My Commission expires, November 21, 1924. (SEAL) CORRECT Attest: A. L. COCKRUM T. TURNBULL L. D. COCKRUM ETTA COCKRUM Directors. Gallagher, fit; for a year ago last winter; when the heavy rains made tho road thus noglected between Cairo and Ontar io impassable; Nyssa secured a largo measure of trade from the peo ple as far north as Cairo who found it easier to travel the flno gravel highway nine miles than to battle tho hub-deep four miles to Ontario. These are but somo of tho things which, in part at least, due to the honest effort of those men in' On tario who felt that since a highway program had been adopted in Ore gon that Malheur county should light for its share of tho benefits, havo bcon accomplished and in which Nyssa has benefited dls pro portionately to tho effort hor peo ple put forth; though not loss than the traffic in that territory justified. So far as the road map to which tho Gate City Journal so directly charges to tho machinations of Mr. Gallagher and Ontario, no falrmind ed man can Justly charge tl. gross blundor to Ontario or to Mr. Gal laghor. We defy the Journal or anyono In Nyssa to bring one scin tilla of evidence to show any" con nection of anyono in Ontario there with. Ontario no less than Nyssa has been injured by mistakes in the maps issued. For years tho maps showed that the road from Nyssa wont directly over tho hills to Vale and thence up Willow creek to Ba ker. They did not show the plan to build the road on the Oregon side to Huntington. In fact the official maps this year do not show that road and will not until next year because tho commission does not want travel over tho grade until it is surfaced. In' tho interest of Justice and fair play, tho men of Nyssa who want to bo fair should recognize that oven did Ontario want to bo so small, as somo of tho Nyssa people seem to think, it 'could not so influence and corrupt tho officials of the High way department or the State Tour ist Bureau that thoy would be par ties to so despicable an offense as to Injure any town or section know ingly. Nor is that all, common sense would, it seems indicate that Ontar io stands to lose Just as does-Nyssa, for Ontario wants tho map to show that it has a road leading to tho city from tho south, as well as from tho north, tho east and the west. Ontario has no deslro to Isolate Itself from tho peopl'e to tho south, for has it not, with practically no co-oporatlon from Nyssa repeatedly urged tho building of the highway from Nyssa to Jordan Valley? Slnco Nyssa has at last awakened to the bonofits of highway north to Ontario which will carry the traffic coming from tho north is it not strango that never during the two years in which Ontario battled to got tho road north to the Baker county lino, Nyssa took no interest in spito of moro than one attempt to nrouso interest. Ontario fought thnt battlo alone. Fought tho Insistont effort on tho part of somo of tho men then resi dents of Vale, such ns Julien A. Hurloy, to end tho road at Welser. Fought tho effort of Woisor to have tho Old Orocon Trail ond at Olds Ferry so that tho traffic would stay on this sldo, and thus Nyssa get a chnnco to participate in tho bene fits thus dorived, as woll ns Ontario. What chance, wo nsk our Nyssa frionds would thoy havo had to par ticipate in thoso bonoflts at all If tho road from tho north had ended nt ni.ia Ferrv? Yet did they do aught to aid in bringing; it farthor south? If so when did they do bo? Realizing that tho settlement on this sldo of tho Snako river from be yond Welsor to tho Big Bend Justi fied a through road tho Ontario road committee, has consistently dono ovorythlng it could to procure a north and south highway along tho rlvor from tho Baker county line to Jordan Valley. Ontario bellevod that this was fair, Just and desir able. That Ontario would bdneflt by tho consummation of such a pro gram Is truo; hut It is also true that Nyssa likowiso would and has bonoflttod thoreby. In vlow of these things it Is plain that tho action of Nyssa's newspaper ill euiiib "That tho orror Is due to crooked work'on someone'spart seems prac tically certain," was a dollborato attack on Mr. Gallaghor and Ontar io, as Is indicated by the entire teu or of the article. It was but an ex cuse used to do Mr. Gallagher an In Jury and to attack Ontario. Wo agree with the Gato City Journal on one point, that In which It asks for nn Investigation. Let the Investigation bo made and let tho blauio be placed whoro it belongs, Ontario has nothing to fear, and If tho Nyssa men nro fair and Just ond of tho charactor wo believe them to bo, they will manfully acknowledge tho Injustice thoy havo done. And the Nrosa paper will In fairness print tho result of that Investiga tion and exonerate Ontario and Mr. VALLEY VIEW Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McGreagor spent Sunday visiting their daugh ter, Mrs. Albert Belisle. E. Gibson and family motored to Big Bend last, Sunday. Sunday school was held at the now school house Sunday afternoon. Next Sunday will bo Rev. Martin's day to preach. Miss Lois Halstead, who has been teaching hero, left last Friday for hor home at St. Johns Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson took her to Ontario, and brought back their daughter, Ida, who Is a senior in tho Ontario High school. Mrs. Grace Hulltt and little Bon arrived last Saturday fronf Port land for a visit with her sisters Mrs. Jesse Brown and Edith Good water, also a brother, George Good-water. DuPro this summer. Victor 1h nun of the Ave boys finishing 8th grade work in school this summer. ' Among those from Ontario who attended tho celebration last Fri day were, Prof, and Mrs. J. M. Mc Donald and son Rev. C. H. Blom, Mr. Seligman and' Mr. and Mrs. Jacokes. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown on May 11, ababy girl. Friday was a big day for District 30 when the new schoolhouse was dedicated. It would be impossible to give a description of tho build ing and its conveniences, but those who were there to partako of the splendid dinner prepared by the la dies, realize what a fine basement and adjoining kitchenette is pro vided making possible such an oc casion. Probably two hundred and fifty or more people were served at ono time. Later a short program was given by the pupils of Miss Griffin's room, assisted by a quar tetto consisting of T. Penn, Mrs. C. E. Recs, Mrs. A. R. Aiueo and Miss Pearl Crane; solos by T. Penn and Mrs. Ear lWalters readings by Mrs. Groy Kenney. Prof. J. M. McDon ald followed with a talk on "Modern Education" "which was enjoyed by all. This, no doubt, is but tho be ginning of many such gatherings at Valley View. Miss Margaret Griffin has Just completed her third year in the Primary grades at Valley View. So successful has her work been with the children that regrets are heard from everyone that sho will not teach here next year. Sho will leave May 31 for Cheney, Wash, to attond tho summer Normal. Mrs. W. S. Rees was quite ill last Thursday but was able to attend the celebration on Friday. The bridgo over the Emerson waste-way, Just below Valley View schoolhouse has been very- bad for somo time, so the county has torn it out and are putting in a new one. Dr. C. L. Shaw of Indianola, la., has been visiting his sister Mrs. A. R. Albee. A, family reunion was held at her parents home In Pay otto Sunday. All the children were present but ono sister, who lives in Portland. Frank Dowell and family have sold out and gone to Bend, Oregon and later may go to California. They left Friday of last week. Get Your Milk From TESTED COWS THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO BE SAFE IN BUYING MILK FOR THE FAMILY USE GET IT FROM A DAIRY WHOSE COWS ARE TEST ED. THE HERD OF THE STAR DAIRY HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND CLEAN AND HEALTHY AND FREE FROM CONTAMINAT ING GERMS. WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO KNOW THIS AND THE PUB LIC TOO. 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