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.
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