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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18
Making Cloth Waterproof.

Il want good method for max
ing waterproof duck or canvas
which | use for wagon cover and
also to cover my seed beds"
Take three pints of linseed oil; one
ounce of acetate of lead; quarter
of pound of rosin. Grind the lead
acetate in little oil and then add
the rest and the rosin. Put these
into an iron pot over moderate
fire to melt. Stretch the canvas
tight by tacking it on frame, and
then apply the mixture with a fiat
brush. 1t will be ready for use in
"a hours.-We Progressive Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18
Undressed Lumber.

l always have on hand a lot Of un-
dressed lumber (board and framing) at
my mill near Kingstree. for sale at the
lowest price for good material. See or
write me for further information, etc.
F. II. HODGE.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18
Will Help Farmers,

| have noted with considerable in
terest your several articles on the
Torrens system of and title regis
tration. am glad that you have
been able to get the law on the stat
ute books of North Carolina. | trust
that Georgia will soon have such a
law.
The land banks that are now pro-
posed by the Federal governL It
will be of little use to those States
where the land titles are in such
chaotic condition as they are in all
the States where this system is not
in vogue.
With this law on the book, making
a certainty of titles, the land owner
ought to be able to get money al 5
to 6 per cent interest instead of at
the figures at which it is now gotten
sometimes twice that high.
With you advocating it in other
States and with Tom Watson advo-
eating it in Georgia, all the South
eastern section of the United States
should soon have such a law.
| congratulate you on the excel.
lence of your paper. You might he
interested to know that | subscribe
and pay for copy of your paper to
be sent to each of my white tenants
l consider it money we'll invested
RoH L Shipp, in THE Progressirt
Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING Wife
After Four Years Of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-Iu an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, could only sit up for little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, I would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
had gotten so weak | could not stand,
and gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me bottle oi
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and COM
menced taking it. From the very frs,
dose, could tell it was helping me.
can now walk two miles without its
firing me, and am doing my work."
II YOU are all run down from wonanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the Woman's tonic. lthaS helped
more than a million women, in its 81
years of wonderful success, and should
Surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
it will do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend it. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write TO: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for SReeia.
Instructions on your case and "a page book. Hou2s
Treatment Ter Wonsn," sent In plain wrapper. b66-e
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18
Food tor Thought.

| Last year party of Government
| sanitary experts made tour of the
South. Here in Alabama they told
US that we did not love our wives
and children as much as the men of
other sections do theirs.
They based this opinion on our
acts rather than on our words. They
said that we allow our wives to cook
in unscreened kitchens and to use
inconvenient and unsanitary water
closets.
The farmers in many other parts
of the country would not permit
this for a moment. They think too
much of the health and the comfort
of the girls whom they have chosen
to be their helpmates.
1t does look a little bad for is,
doesn't it? We claim to be sur
passed by none in our love for our
families. But the old saying still
holds good: Deeds speak louder
than words" When. then, body
of intelligent, scientific, unpreju-
diced men tell US the plain, straight
truth, let US not get mad and jump
up and down in frenzy, but 20 right
to work to correct the evil.
Few of US, fortunately, are too
poor to afford enough wire netting
an.l screen doors to enclose the
kitchen and dining-room, even
though we do not screen the rest of
the house. Two yards Of wire
screen tackled upon the outside of
the window does the work nicely,
leaving the sash free for raising or
lowering.
Again, it requires no money and
but little effort to clean the pit of a
dry closet twice a week and to
sprinkle it with lime.
These two simple precautions,
aside from the question of comfort
and decency, may save ourselves
and our families from sickness and
even from death. g BrOwneH, IN
THE Progressive Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18
The TOrrens System.

There are at present many ex'
pensive and old-fashioned methods
connected with the transfer of real
estate. Every transfer of title ap-
pears to call for a new investigation
and new fee for the lawyer. The
Torrens system simplifies the whole
matter. while in it the State be-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18

comes Lne surety IOr lne lllle. -
small fee for another certificate of
title will be the entire cost. The
old saying "caveat emptor" let the
buyer be cautious, or let him look
out that his purchase is all right, is
good enough in its way, yet it is
more or less of reflection on the
honesty of the seller. We have in
mind a recent instance. in which the
sale of piece of property was in
volved. 1t was found upon investi-
cation that the title was not good,
though an attorney had given it as
his opinion that the title was good
and merchan.able. There was, of
course. no sale, though the owner
had no redress. We append below
the system as condensed by Mr.
Watson:
The Torrens system, in nut
shell is this:
The State examines the titles,
surveys the property. and registers
clear title, accompanied by the
plat; certificate is then issued to
the owner, and when he sells and
mades a deed to the buyer, he sur
renders his certificate to the reg
istrar, who issues new one to the
new owner.
You can see at once how this
process simplifies the transfer of
property, cuts out fees for abstracts
of title, and abolishes lawsuits over
titles and boundary lines.
Any dispute about the title or
the lines is settled by the State, be-
fore the property is registered.
This clearing of the title and the
lines is done by an official examiner,
appointed for that purposes, and
put under bond.
If any dispute arises, all parties
are notified and the case is laid be-
fore court. lin New York the
case goes at once to the supreme
court).
When this court passes upon the
questions raised, they are settled
forever.
1T is strange that | have urged
this simple and most beneficial
change so many years without hav-
ing aroused anything more than a
casual interest.
Year after year, neighbors fuss
over land-lines, get into fights, and
then 20 into law suits.
Year after year, lawyers are
paid to look up chains of title and
make costly abstracts.
Year after year, lawyers. jurors
and judges are taken up with litiga-
ton over titles.
"All of this expense, worry and
bad feeling could be cut out by the
adoption of the Torrens System.
But the dear people fill the Leg
islatures with lawyers, and the
lawyers are naturally slow to dry
up so beautiful a stream of reye-
D,oorooo;,,o E,1,.,,,o,.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-18
LIGHTNING RODS.
II, l.. wAITLOCK,
Lake CITY 8, C"
Special Sales Agent

Representing the largest man
ufacturers Of all kinds Inn
proved Cooper and Galvanized
Section Rods. ,Endorsed by
the Highest Scientific Au-
th6ritiee and Fire Insurance
Companies). Pure Copper Wire
Gables, all sizes. Our Full Cost
Guarantee given with each Job.
l cell on close margin OF pront.
dividing commission with my
customers S-i-u
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
WHO GOT THE MONEY FOR
THE WATERWORKS At VALE

Vale blows about their magnificent
water works costing $11O,0O0.0O. Sew
eral reputable contractors in this line
of work say $3O,OOOOO would be a
fair price for what the city got.
Who got the difference'
II Vale defeats Ontario in the
county seat election they will call
on the county to build them a court
house costing, 80 they say $3.50, 100000.
When Ontario is offering one free to
the county that will take care OF the
county business for the next fifty
years, who will get the difference be-
tween the s150,OOO.OO and the $685.
10000?
Vale spent $1lO.O0O.O0 for water
works that don't furnish enough water
to sprinkle the streets. WHO GOT
THE MONEY?
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
THE kind OF COURT HOUSE
RICBY WANTS TO BUILD YOU

John Rigby poses as an architect
and an expert on court house con-
struction.
Rigby says 4 built a court house
for Whatcom county costing 100000 90
complete, using a poor stone. That
building | think has long been re-
placed"
Rigby must be the man who is re-
sponsible for the cracked and danger
Gus condition of the walls of the pres
ent court house at Vale.
Rigby says he bid on several other
court houses costing from s50,00O,00
TO s25O,OOO,OO but did not get these
contracts. No wonder that he did
not after building court house that
had to be torn down.
No doubt there are hundreds of
court houses built in heavy populated
and wealthy counties all over the
United States that cost big sums of
money. That is no argument against
the beautiful commodious court house
Ontario is offering YOU free of any
charge whatever to the taxpayers.
Rigby's idea of the cost OF court
houses is as high as the bills which
he has filed against Malheur county
for printing done by his paper, the
Enterprise.
The taxpayers have donated Rigby
enough money, Let him go away back
and sit down and keep quiet while the
taxpayers settle their own affairs.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08

ing with Brogan to pull off this deal
Brogan first demanded $20,O00.00.
Then II was reported that 100000
was TO turn the trick and finally 1t
was decided that 100000 was all Vale
could raise. They waited until the
last minute that they could bring
in the men and make them legal
voters so as to get all men possible
with their money. or course part of
the money has to be used to grease
the pockets Of the promoters of the
scheme.
We wonder II Mr.. Brogan remembers
when one OF the largest institutions
in Vale refused him credit for grocer
les?
We wonder II Brogan remembers
when a Vale banker wrote a letter
east warning a prospective investor
against Brogan and his scheme?
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
A few Vale LIES ARE
EXPOSED TO THE LIGHT

Vale says: Nothing less than a
$150,000.00 court house will do for
Malheur county.
Vale says: The old stone court
house costing sS,OO0.OO now in use is
good enough for Malheur county.
Vale says: The taxpayers of NAL
heur county paid the premiums this
fall to Idaho farmers.
The county did not give one cent
to the county fair this fall. The
premiums we're paid out of the gate
receipts of the fair and every prem
ium has been paid.
Vale says: Ontario voters Rebel
on the election voting bonds to build a
court house at Ontario.
Result of the bond election: $50
votes for the court house bonds;
votes against.
Vale says: ontario cannot sell the
court house bonds as they are illegal
and Vale will enjoin the sale of the
bonds.
The bonds are sold and the money
is In the banks of Ontario ready to
start the court house next day after
the election.
Vale says: THE bond. election In
Ontario brings comfort to Vale"
One of the leaders of the Vale
county seat fight said on the streets
Of Ontario the next day after the cleo
ton that he was paralyzed when he
heard the result.
Vale says They gave Brogan $780,
100000 to start work on Bully Creek.
Vale says: Their business men pays
more taxes than Ontario business
men.
Yet Vale says: That the removal OF
the county seat will ruin Vale fin
ancially.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08

Vale says They are responsible
for the government taking up the
Warm Springs project which will
water land tributary to Nyssa.
The Gate City Journal SAYS: That
Milton Hope of Vale followed the gov
ernment engineer from Vale TO Port
lannd and from Portland to North
Yakima and got him to try and use the
water in a little project at Vale that
several Vale citizens had s20.OOO.O0
tied up in," but the engineer turned
il down.
Vale says: Ontario is debt ridden.
The records show Vale has a bond
ed Indebtedness of over 20 per cent
of her assessed valuation and On
tario has a bonded debt of five and
two-fifths per cent of her assessed
valuation. Ontario city tax rate is
one-halt the rate paid by Vale.
Vale says The fair election cost
Malheur county S95OO.OO. The records
say il cost sl500.O0.
Vale owns the only rapid fire
lying machine in the world. The war
press agents need it,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
IF You're Proud Of Your Town Support
Your Home Paper
DATRONIZE THE HOME NEWSPAPER!
Friends, this town is YOUR HOME.
Nan oro DRDITn nf 10

DATRONlZE THE HOME NEWSPAPER!
| Friends this town is YOUR HOME
You PROUD of il.
You born here perhaps have spent most Of your
life here
YOU WANT TO SEE PLACE YOU WANT TO
SEE DEVELOP MORE INTO A LIVE WIRE COM.
muNiTY. you WANT TO SEE IT RECOGNIZED OVER
STATE AS A TOWN WITH A PUNCH. you REALIZE THAT THE
MORE CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BETTER
TOWN WILL BECOME. you ARE DEEPLY INTERESTED IN
CIVIC WELFARE. you HAVE GIVEN CONTINUE
TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS EARNEST AND
HEARTY SUPPORT.
Friends, we hope this is ALL TRUE of YOU.
1t is TRUE OF U.s.
THIS PAPER HAS WORKED AND FOUGHT WEEK IN AND
WEEK FOR THE REAL, PRACTICAL RETIREMENT THIS
FINE OLD PLACE. EVERY WORTHY CIVIC IMPROVEMENT HAS
OUR ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVAL AND OUR CONSTANT
HELP. STOOD EMPHATlcALLV FOR A BIG.
AND A BETTER COMMUNICATION BETTER ROADS, FOR
BETTER SCHOOLS FOR BETTER FIRE AND POLICE PRoTEc
TioN. OTHER BETTER PUBLIC NECESSITIES
This paper thinks has earned your RESPECT and deserves
your SUPPORT We ask to read it, We ask you to enter
into fight undertake for beterment We ask
interest your friends undertakings for the public welfare
We want your backing, both MORALLY and MATERIALLY.
IL you proud of your home town, don't you think you
should CORDIALLY and CONSTANTLY support your
HOME PAPER? a
This paper supports YOU in your demands for civic better
ments
You should support 1T.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
WILLIAM PUCHOFF SPRINGS A new COUNTY DIVISION
EFFECTMC OUR FRIENDS NEAR THE BAKER COUNTY Line

VIM. Plughoff in Huntington News.
Ironside, Malheur City and the Nor
mon Basin section, in Malheur coun-
ty, desire to be annexed to Baker coun-
ty, according to interviews with prom
inent citizens of that section who have
been in Huntington recently for sup
plies.
They inform the News man that they
are entitled to the privilege on account
of the distance to their present county
seat, the mail service accorded that
section from Huntington and Baker,
the splendid condition of the roads
from their homes to their trading
towns-Huntingto and Baker, and
less expense for telephone service,
and further remarked that they sell
dom visited the county seat of their
home county unless summoned for
court duty.
As this matter was called to the at
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08

tention Of the News by the leading
men of the precincts mentioned, and
as the News will always be found
fighting for the upbuilding Of Baker
county, we made II point while I'm
Ontario last Saturday to interview the
prominent citizens regarding the mat
ter, and every one approached on the
subject stated that they would assist
Ironside, Malheur City and the Basin
country looking to the annexation,
as they were entitled to the change on
account of the environments and the
close proximity to the Baker county
seat and their trading points.
II the matter should materialize
to such an extent that II should come
to a vote, Ontario will be found
shoulder to shoulder with Ironside,
Malheur City and the Basin to assist
the citizens in placing them in coun-
ty where they rightfully belong.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08

know that II the county seat is moved
to Ontario they will have to rustic to
pay It back. No wonder they are
fighting hard.
Vale brags about the wonderful trees
and lawn they have grown in the court
house yard. Il has taken Vale twelve
years to grow trees with the best Of
care, as large as are growing in a
hundred places in Ontario in three
years. They have had a constant
fight to keep the lawn from going back
to the original salt grass. The county
has bought several gasoline engines
to water this lawn. An ex-county Of
ficial says they have spent $5000.00 Of
the tax payers money to keep the
court house lawn and trees alive.
The soil in the city OF Vale and
vicinity is so poor that the O.. s. L.
hauled dirt from Ontario to make the
depot grounds.
vale did not build the court mouse
for the county. They built the walls
and the county had to finish the job
or 1t would never have been finish
ed, and we are informed there is one
man who labored on the walls who
Vale has not paid to this day. Yes
Vale is patriotic.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
HERE YOU ARE RICBY IF YOU
REALLY Want TAX DODGERS

We learn from reliable source
that one man subscribing $4,000 to
the Vale fund to fight the county
seat has an assessed valuation OF
$4,000 That another man subscrib-
ing S25OOOO has an assessed valuation
OF S25OOO Yes tax dodgers" II
these men are not tax dodgers Vale
had better not hire many automobiles
or buy much booze for the county
seat campaisn ON the strength of these
subscriptions.
After man takes n day off and
tries to follow his own advice he isn't
surprised that other people never pay
any attention 10 what he SAYS.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
MANY STRANGERS WORKING
UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION

Ii n man does dirty. dishonest
act he always tries to hide IL behind
a cloak of honesty and patriotism,
Vale has raised some money, they
say s20,0O0.O0 actually nearer 100000,
to start work ON the Bully Greek prof.
ect. AS soon as the men there have
voted at the county seat election the
work will stop for want of funds and
the workmen will fold their tents and
steal away like the Arab in the silent
night. IL has been commonly re-
ported ever since the county seat petit
ton was filed that they We're dicker-
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
VALE KNOCKS THE MAuHFUR
COUNTY FARMERS ALL time

Why do Vale people knock on dis
play OF Malheur county farm products
at the fair? Because the fair is not
located at Vale. Why did Vale fight
the county taking over the fair last
fall? Because It was not located at
Vale. Why does Vale kick about the
fair at ontario this fall? Because they
are in "A county seat fight and want
to create dissension among the tax
payers of the whole county and kick
about something the taxpayers own
themselves, although II is the biggest
single thing the county has to adver-
tise its resources and bring new set
tiers, and new money into the county,
and II IL OF immense educational value
TO the farmers making the displays
and visiting the fair, they knock and
the Vale band takes its money.
Vale says all the farmers of NAL
heur county are kicking because Ida
ho got some of the prizes. and In same
issue, their Brogan and Big Bend cor
respondents writes they we're well
pleased with the fair and the many
prizes they got.
Vale says Idaho got all the prize
money. We regret to call this plain
everyday lie.
Malheur county farmers got all the
best hog and cattle prizes. Mr.. Boom
or OF Idaho. had one herd Of llolstcin
milk cows with no competition and got
"A prize.
Cairo precinct OF Malhcur coun-
~ got the blue ribbon and first prize
for the best agricultural community
display. Malhour county farmers got
the big end of the premiums for plate
displays for fruit.
Malhour county bcomon got the
prizes on honey.
Malhcur county farmers and boys
got the first prizes on corn. The county
court OF Malheur county has Just paid
the railway fare for two Malheur coun-
~ boys to the state fair at Salem as u
rcward for raising the best corn.
Ontario is proud OF all these things.
are proud OF what our farmers raise
on our fertile soil. but Vale In not
Not one cent OF the money OF the
taxpayers OF Malheur county went TO
Idaho people In prizes. They were
paid by the gate receipts.
Idaho people who made displays are
To he commended for coming over and
helping out the Malheur county fair
Int their own admissions more than
paid their prize money they took away.
lIrogan. Cairo and Big Bend and
Moore's Hollow people made very
fine displays and their stuff was taken
TO the state fair at Salem this fall
ana has taken prizes. thus adyertis-
ing Malheur county to the world.
Why should Vale knock on the
products OF these prosperous COM
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
WHAT COUNTY FUNDS ARE
BEING USED FOR BY BANKS

The Vale banks are using the
county funds they have on deposit TO
loan TO Brogan on the Bully Creek
project so that that city will get sew
eral hundred nonresident votes on
the county seat. The Vale banks
The day book., 1914-07-14
DOPE AGENTS WALLoPED

Heavy fines as means of driving
the dope evil from Chicago was re-
sorted to by Judge Bowles today. In
his court two men, convicted as ped
piers, we're given each years SEN
tence and a fine of $4,000.
The arrest of the men was made by
a ruse prepared by doc" Williams,
investigator He had received in
formation that dope was being ped
The day book., 1914-07-14

died next door to the 22d st. 'L" sta
ton.
He went down there and discovered
an iron gate leading to a passageway.
Williams knocked at this gate. Thos.
Cross came to this door and Williams
handed him 81 which he took and
went away. When he came back he
was nabbed. He was fined $4,000 and
given year.
Robert Billips, another agent, was
caught when he agreed to get some
dope for Williams, thinking he was
user.
Mabel Taylor, the girl, admitted
she was a user and was fined 5000
and costs.
The day book., 1914-07-14

current of discussion and speculation
as to the outcome.
Tomorrow the real fireworks will
begin when States Attorney Hoyne
and his aids, Henry Berger and Hay
den Bell, begin their work in the
county court against the army of tax
dodgers that are said to infest Cook
county.
Since the latter part of last week
Hoyne's men have been going over
the books of the board of assessors.
They are sal dto have found some
valuable information as to the man
ner in which millionaire property
owners have been cheating the public
Some of the disclosures which will
be made in the county court will af-
feet the taxation on property in the
loop, which is said to have been allow
ed to slip by with a shockingly low
valuation.
States Atty Hoyne says he has
found enough evidence to convince
htn that ring of tax fixers exists in
Cook county. The ring, which takes
care of the rich men who wish to
dodge their taxes consists mainly of
politicians and smaller fixers, Hoyne
claims, who distribute and collect
tax schedules each year.
Eve have found many instances in
which property was assessed at
small figure like $4OO when it should
have baan S10O OOO F." cold Acc,+
States Atty Bell when they get
this through the board of assessors
by methods best known to themselves
they go back to the taxpayer, point
out to him how much he has been
saved, and then collect their COM
missions"