The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-11-12
Must Be Vindicated.

During the recent skirmish for the
location of the county seat at the CEN
tire of the business, agricultural and
population centre of the county many
charges were made against the people
of Ontario that were absolutely without
any foundation in fact. During the
campaign il did not matter what kind
Of showing was made the people appar-
emily wanted to believe that Ontario
was composed of q band Of grafters
and bloodsuckers and were bent on
wrecking the county.
There should not have been any ques-
tion raised about. the VALIDITY Of the bonds
voted and sold by the city TO furnish
ti6Rey with which to build court
house, because II was and is possible
for anyone TO investigate and find
tna, the money is on deposit In the
bank That the banks have been In
spected and the United States inspect
or passed on the bonds as security.
This should satisfy anyone.
But the Ontario people we're not salts
fed with that, because the question was
raised that the amount Of money was
not enough to pay the cost Of build
ing suited for the purpose, they made
an additional bond, signed by the busi'
ness men Of the city, guaranteeing that
no matter what the cost, the people Of
Ontario would pay II and the county
would not be TO adollars expense. There
Ia no question about the validity Of that
bond as IL represented an aggregate
of over million dollars in security. In
this the county was doubly secured
against any possible cost of tax from
removal.
The Ontario speakers tried in every
way TO get the Vale speakers to meet
them in Joint debate, but could not do
so, even went TO their meetings when
they had refused 10 make any dates and
again made proposition for debate.
but the Vale speakers always declined.
In the face of this their speaker at
Brogan made the statement that Ontar-
10 had refused 10 meet them In joint
debate.
Their charge Of fraud in connection
with the bridge at this place was en-
tlrely fraudulent and made simply 10
mislead the people. The records show
that the Ontario people agreed to keep
the wood structure of the bridge in re-
pair and had no reference 10 decking
of the steel structure, simply the wood
structure. the span on this side OF the
river.
The road taxes collected on Ontario
property amounts 10 about nine thou
sand dollars year and half of this goes
into the general road and bridge fund.
so that the county got their ten thou
sand dollars back in little over two
years time. quite different from the
other districts of the county where
bridges have been constructed. An
other feature that the people of the
county seem to overlook is that the
other half of the road money collected
from Ontario is expended on county |
roads outside of the city, which is diff
erent from any other road district in
the county.
The county fair was another matter
that was grossly misrepresented. There
is no direct benefit to the people of On
tario from the holding of the fair here,
it being big expense to our people in
the way of time and money. The bene-
fit is TO the farmers and through them
To the whole county and in that way is
worth hundreds of dollars for every dol
lar that il costs,
The corn show held here this week is
another illustration of what Ontario is |
doing and has done TO stimulate the ag- |
ricultural production throughout the
county. The prizes offered by the On |
tario Commercial Club are larger than
those at the interstate show at Walla |
Wala and other big corn shows, but |
the results show that the money is well |
spent and will result in thousands of |
acres being planted here another year
and the herds of hogs and cows increas-
ed to take care of it.
Ontario is determined to be vindicat-
ed on these charges and will keep at it
until the result is accomplished. She
values the good opinion of the citizens
of the county and knows that she is en-
titled to it from her past action and
will continue to deserve it by her act
ions i'm the future