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THE ONTARIO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1922 !' i n ' (f 4 4 v 1" lj GDutarin.Argua County Official Paper An Independent Newspaper Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. O. K. Aiken, Managing Editor 8UBSaniPTION........Ono Year, 12.00 BEGGING 11W QUESTION It is not often that the Portland Orogonlan takes tho position of beg ging the question, when considering a public problem, but that is what It did in Its leading editorial on Tuesday, answering a letter written by P. J. Gallagher of this city, con corning tho railroad controversy now before the people of Oregon. Tho Oregonian dismisses tho pos sibility of the Union Pacific by say ing: "Wo also think that tho inter state commerco commission will not authorlzo consolidation of tho Cen tral with tho Union Pacific. To do so would Dut tho Union Pacific in BO WOU1U PUl VUU UU1U 1 1UUI1IU ill . . . v ' ... . . tne dominating position oi naving direct Jlnes to all four of tho chief ports of tho Pacific coast. It would Uisponse wuu umi wmuiwuu wmuu impelled the supremo court to order tho unmorger of the Central and tno unmorger 01 uie uuuirui unu . . ,,. Southern, only to create a similar control of competing lines by tho Union Pacific. It Is thorofore apparent that the final outcome will bo one of threo things: (a) Tho Independence of tho Central Pacific. (b) Rotontlon of tho Contral Pacific by tho Southern Pacific. (c) Purchaso of tho Contral Pa cific by some" railroad not now com peting for traffic in tho Central Pa cific's field." By what courso of reasoning th Orogonlan arrives at this conclu sion is hard to fathom. Tho lines of tho Union Pacific system which would thon branch from Granger, Wyoming to Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, Portland nnd Pugot Sound would all bo but feeders of the double track system leading to Omaha; at every Pacific Coast tor minus they would moot competition; At Los Angolos with tho Southern Pacific, nnd tho Santa Fo; San Fran cisco with tho Southern Pacific and tho Wostorn Pacific; Portland with tho Northern Pacific and Great Northorn; on Pugot Sound with tho Northorn Pacific, Groat Northorn, Milwaukee, and ovon tho Canadian roads. Thoro Is Just as much reason to bellovo that tho Intorstnto commerco commission will order the separ ation of tho North Bank railrond from tho Northorn Pacific and Groat Northern as to say that tho Union Pnclfio cannot have branch linos ondlng rit four Pacific coast points; or that tho Pennsylvania can not havo termini at Now Yoik and Philadelphia. Nor Is this tho only error into which tho Orogonlan permits Itself to wnndor; when it takes for grant ed that tho Contral Pacific will bo pormltted to rotaln in control of tho Southorn Pacific; for if this is n Justifiable assumption, why did tho Supromo court order tho dis solution at all? Nor does tho Oro gonlnn tako Into consideration that In 1912 tho Southorn Pacific ac cepted tho offer ot tho Union Pad . - t.n nrtnt.n1 Dnnffln n n il I 110 lO UUJT IUO M" v,...v . thnt tho terms of tho sale woro known and ngrood upon, nnd tho deal was prevented by the action ot tho California railroad commission. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ONTARIO. OREGON As Mnde lo the Comptroller of Currency at tho Close of Business June 30th 1922 RESOURCES Loans nnd Discounts ....$406,776.25 Overdrafts 1,243.90 Bonds nnd Warrants ..,. 46,670.07 Banking House and Flxturos 39,147.86 Othor Real Estato 18,160.18 CASH 103,077.07 $674,983,12 il nlkjBH T)jmII tna lliAn I XL UU duuiubiu rabiiiu nuo nu willing to sell, and tho Union Paci fic then willing to buy, what Is there to provent the working out of such an agreement at this time? Furthermore, the Oregonlan's deep concern that the Union pacific would become too powerful In Ore eon's transportation field lacks weight with the people of this sec tion, and of Central Oregon, wno whllo they would welcome two rail roads or more, are praying now for one, and soo In tho position of the Oregonian, which would send Oregon traffic down through Nevada over the Central Pacific, the opportunity of securing that one road gradually fading. Wo boliovo that, unless the Ore conlan has Information to which tho public has not bad access, It Is reasoning from, false assumptions, nnd that in iustlco to Southeastern Oregon and Central Oregon" in whose interest it declares thorough sym pathy, it reconsider the position it has taken and endeavor, if possible to see the problem from the view- nnl..f ftf i!a nnrMnn nf the State. I point of this portion of the state. WHY QUESTION THE COURT It is a mighty reversal of posi tion which some of the leauers oi . . . j, I railrond development and leading - , pnt., conservative Journal, on e Pacl"c ' "" t iney uio miwub wu..-.. -- . , - . aom, nnmnm-H in """"". tn nrn1lldlce their campaign to prejudice the -- - ,, nnrt thm vlowsof tho Supreme Court ana tn J?" ,. ,. Intorstato Commerco commission. The Idea that the Southern Pa? ciflc propaganda would In the least affect the Supromo Court and the Interstate Commerce commission is an affront to those bodies. The Journal's that are now making tho offort would be tho first to most soverely condomn these tactics wer thoy resorted to, for example, in an effort to prejudice theU. S. Labor Board In handling tho present strike situation. If tho Supreme Court and the In terstate Commerco commission are so pusillanimous that they can be bent to tho will of tho Southern Pa cific, or the Union Pacific for that matter, by mere agitation, mass resolutions and similar efforts, then mny God bo merciful to this repub lic. Whon reason and Justice leave in Rtmta of the court, and commis sion 'and stimulated projudlce and self interest tako their place tne vory foundation ot our government has been romovod. Tho Supreme Court has, declared the law. Tho Central and South orn Pacific according to that de cision of tho law must be divorced. Tho Intorstato Commerco commis sion Is an inferior tribunal to the Supremo Court. It will in tho lo gic ot tho case heed tho decision of Its superior; should It decline to do so its ruling would bo subject to ro iow by tho samo body which Just divorced the contending railroads. While tho pooplo iof Oregon should not permit their interests to i.nirnnrrtnd. vot whatever Is done should bo carefully considered and not put forward In a manner mat wmii.i in nnv wlso bo deemed to bo nn attempt to projudlco tho Intor stato Commorco commission oi me Court In i caching their decision. NOTICE FOR BIDS .t...i ir jsysjr-r- r.ii.. imo.tI unfii 12 o'clock M IVI11IUJT nuiw ...- Julv 15. 1022, for moving tho teach- 1 -nrr n nil niltfln? It Oil ft 0r8 fUHUH" .. f foundation. Tho board reserves the right to reject any and nil bids. Tlora M, Schaffer, Clerk. CONDENSED REPORT OF "THE OLD RELIABLE" GASH RESERVE OVER 30 NO BORROWED MONEY OREGON SLOPE Sunday school at Park school next Sunday at 10 a. m. Attendance was 40 last Sunday, and each one is re quested to make an effort to bring the attendance for next Sunday up to 50 at least. Mr. and Mrs. C. Welcher enter tained Sunday evening in honor of their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Morfltt. Muslo -was enjoyed and delicious re freshments were served. Tho guests wor P. M. Boals and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mason Clough, George and Maude Culp. B. Frost went to Mann's creek this weok for a load of apple treo props. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ayers are tho proud parents of a baby boy. G. W. Oordon of Sault St. Marie, Mich., who has been visiting his sis ter, Mrs. C. Skippcn, left Sunday for Spokane to visit a brother. Mr. and Mrs. E. Frost, daughters -yickers spent Sunday with Stanley r -. ...,- --i rsrowu unu wuu ui uiuunu. K E. L. Brown added a sleeping porch to his home this week. Arthur Karr and Geo. Culp were , , , ,,,. ,., uusiiicao iidhuio woo a'.auuj. ...., . ,,, Ray Christlanson was Vale visitor Saturday. Robert Van Home and family of Sioux City, Iowa, arrived Friday, overland, to spend the summer on bis ranch on the Slope. Miss Catherine Eberman of Los Angolos, is spending the summer with Mrs. Arthur Karr. " Mr. and Mrs. William Fogle, who have been living on tho Harry Caul kins ranch, left the last of the week expecting to tour California this summer. Junior Davis of Boise, is visiting with his cousins at tho Walter Da vis home. Elizabeth Davie Is cocted In a few days. T. J. Carleo returned Sunday from the hills with a load of poles. Tho lettuce growers of the Slope went to a lettuce meeting in Weiser Saturday evening to secure seed. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cockrann and children were guests Sunday of T. J. Carico and family. Mlssea Ruby Tomlin, Delta Horn and Leora Hauntz and Messrs Delos Loveland, Roy Christlanson and Ray Guttorldge motored to tho hills last Tuesday for a days outing. James Dunham and Miss Minnie Nowman ot Cambridge, were guests last week of A. J. Hauntz and fam ily. Miss Oretha Wlnnlger of Mldvalo, Is the g,uest of her cousin Leora xjituui. v Mrs. Belnap spent last week with i ni,n- TirnHi.nn nnA wittx tf Unnntw ni nil uaner Liiy. Mrs. Lias and daughter, Jessie visited R. D. Rogers and family of Til1i Dqvotta rPnnarlnv North Payette Tuesday, Mrs. A. J. Hauntz spent last week with relatives In MIdvale. Miss Ruby Tomltn spent severnl days last week with Leora Hauntz. L. L. Culbortson returned from the hills last Friday with threo loads of dorilck material. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Cockran and little daughton of Payette, were guests Sunday at the Carico homo. Mrs. Lias had tho misfortune last week to fall and dislocate her knee vn " - 1 She is goiting along as wen as cou,u1Yided by the Charter ana urm i. . j I nnii nifv fiYront that th be expected. unaries wurruu ui bumu vmj, ! islss '" '- UUID, .114. UHH ... fcw...4-. Mrs. Geo. Sullons and son, Har old, and Fern Colo spent Thursday with N. G. Sullons and wife ot Vale. C. A. Karst and family spent Sun- ,iay witu Mr. and Mrs,. Owens of near New Plymouth. UABUilTIES Capital $ 50,000.00 Surplus nnd Profits 52,833.66 Circulation 11,900.00 "Ro-dlscouuts ... NONE Bills Payable NONE -DEPOSITS 000,340.80 $674,083.12 I NOTICE OP .STREET .IMPROVE MENTS Mntlxo nf thn tntfintlon of the Common Council of tho City of On tario. Oregon, to improve certain: streets In said City. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at the adjourned regular meet ing of the Common uouncn oi On tario, Oregon, hold on tho 10th day of July; A. D. lazz, tne iouowing RESOLUTION was adopted by the said Common Council. RESOLUTION: n-n it niiMnt.VEn! That the Corn- man Council of tho City of Ontario, Oregon, determines It expedient and proposes to Improve the following streets In said City, viz , Oregon, Richardson ana virtue streets unu ntAnnnonaa Avnnlin. tn-wlt: OrQBOn Street from Its intersection with the pavement on Illinois Avenue, norm to its intersection with the alley north of Blocks Four (4) and Five (5) in Riverside Addition to said City of Ontario; that said Street be improved in the following manner, to-wlt: 1 B; grading said Street to the proper subway. 2 By covering the surface thereof with gravel, for a width of sixteen (16) feet and a depth of five (5) Inches. 3 By laying sewef pipes where ne cessary; by laying concreto headers where necessary. 4 By constructing street monuments where necessary. By constructing street drainage where necessary. " 6 By constructing concreto culverts where necessary. 7 By constructing a concrete blde- walk, eight (8) ieec in wium """ concreto curb, fourteen feet (14) rtrtf i.m Hin nrnnflrtv lino, on the west side of Block Two (2) and on tho east side ot BIocK Eleven iui. By constructing a concrete slde- ,oiir fiVn m fwit In width and a concrete curb, fourteen (14) feet from the property line, along tho west side of Blocks 1-162-153-154 and 155 and. along the east side of Blocks 10-106-107-108 and 9 n., ir,oirncHni n. concrete side walk four (4) feet In width on the east side of BiocK J?our ) in omu titf nnatriintln? concrete curb fourteen (14) feet from the prop- . Una n Trine tn WBBL B1UU VL DiAnVa Piva (K1 nnrl Rnvfin (7) ana !, rha onat atria nf Blocks Four (4) and Eight (8) all in said Riv erside Addition. All oi smu uiuc.d uini. nn flrotrnn Street in said City. Improving Richardson Street by nnnatnictine a concrete sidewalk five (5) feet in width along the East side ot Block Nineteen (19) thereon situate. Tmni-nvino virtue Street by con structing a concrete sidewalk five f 51 foet In width along the . - m -n 1- rPAn East Biao OI JUioun. in vv gnld lUyypgide Addition and along . -r-- IJ TUntlr 1 9.4. III! (10) in tltnwnnn olflinto ",.. mnnno Avonnn bv - , concrete sidewalk (B) foet In width along the n .1. . n9 fllrinlr 11K thereOn South side of Block 115 thereon situate. All of the Blocks herein mentioned being within the corpor ate limits of tho City ot Ontario, Oregon. v . Said improvements suuu u mu" In accordance with tho Charter and r..i...nr.na nf thn c.Itv of Ontario, Oregon, and In accordance with the grades, plans, speculations uuu es timates of tho City Engineer here after to bo tiled In tho office of the City Recorder of said City. rri,n mii nf nnid improvements shall bo assessed upon the property -tn L-Hlnr1 Minrntiv ft ft Tim- especially nuucniou vwj - nances ot said City, except that the -!.. .V.1I nnv fnr thn cost Of all Ulbj DUltu 4"J w. --- street Intersections and street cross- " And Be It Further Resolved that the Commou Council of said City shall procure a competent Engin eer to make tho plans and specifi cations for said Improvements which shall bo filed In the office at tho Rocordor of said City within ton days from the date ot tho adop tion of this resolution. And Be It Further Resolved. That the City Rocordor of tho City of Ontario, Oregon, bo and is hereby dlrectlr to give nontlco of said intention ot tho Common Council ns provided by the Charter of said City THEREFORE NOTICE. IS HERE BY GIVEN to all tax-payers ot the City of Ontario, Oregon, and all parties in Interest, that objections to and remonstrances against the in tention of tho Common Council to tirder the making ot said proposed Improvements may be filed In writ ing with the said City Recorder at any Umo within twonty days from the date of the first publication ot thlsjiotlco In tho Ontario Argus which la the ISth day ot July, 1922, and that thereafter the Common Council of said City will hear all Buch objections and remonstrances, It any there he, at a Bitting thereof to bo held in tho Council Room, at the City Hall in said City, on the 7th day ot August, 1922. beginning at the hour of Eight o'clock p. m. ot Bald day. By order of tho Common Council of the City ot Ontario, Oregon, ot .me uiy STEARNS, City Recorder. (BEAL) 31 st FOR RENT Section ot good pasture "-horsea 13.00 per month tor ehort time It left tor entire season $1.75. Yearling 11.50, S miles Btraight -wrest ot Ontario. o stock removed until aettlod for. O. W. Oarrett. l REDUCTION IN PRICE OF KODAK FINISHING Developing - - 10c Film packs - - - 25c Prints vest pocket size- - f - 3c Prints No. 2 Brownie - - 4c Prints Post card size - 6c All other sizes 5c Prices on Enlargements Reduced Five rolls of, films develop ed free with each Kodak purchased from us. ONTARIO PHARMACY Prescriptions our Specialty REXALL EASTMAN VICTOR Goodyear Tires V. B. FORD GARAGE Everything for the Car t Automotive Supply Co. Phone 1S6 ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE POST Of FICt: HUNDREDS of convenient and necessary things for your homes, including CHINA AND GLASS WARES, ALUMIN UM,. ENAMELED AND TIN WARES. 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