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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08

court house and jail offered by the city
OF Ontario free to the voters of NAL
heur county, and agree to build same
according to the published plans OF
Tourtelotte & Hummel, architects,
and furnish and install all plumbing
and the heating plant and finish same
ready for occupancy by the county Of
ficers for the sum OF Twenty Five
Thousand 1926, 100000 Dollars.
hereby agree to enter into con-
tract and furnish the following bonds
men as a guarantee OF the faithful
performance of my contract: A. L.
Cockrum, President First National
Bank; J. r. Blackaby, President On
tario National Bank II. G. Boyer OF
Boyer Bros. Co.. Ray Wilson, OF Will
son Bros. Co.; T.. G. Van Petten and
G. X. Emison.
Respectfully submitted:
J. A. DRAPER,
Contractor.
Mr.. Draper is one of the Oldest and
best contractors In Malheur county
and has built many OF the largest
buildings in Malheur, Washington and
Canyon counties.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
VALE USES SCRIP
TURAL QUOTATIONS

What God hath Joined together let
no man put asunder." This one scrip
tural quotation is the argument that
Vale is using as the reason why they
should remain the county seat Vale
has threatened to enjoin the letting OF
the bridge at Harper. They have
threatened to enjoin the issue OF the
court house bonds at Ontario. They
have threatened to enjoin the sale
OF the bonds. They have threatened to
enjoin the removal OF the county re-
cords II Ontario wins. They have
threatened to enjoin everything In
sight and everybody who doesn't live
In Vale. Threats to enjoin have been
so numerous they have changed the
quotation TO read what God hath
enjoined together let no man put as
under"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
keep THE ROAD
GRADER BUSY NOW

Now is the time. after each rain, to
use the King drag on the roads. It.
has been shown that the drag Is a
success In making the roads better
and II has been shown that the best
time to use II is when the soil is
moist. To work the roads now will
give good highways for many months
and will make them better all winter.
There are several roads In the coun-
try that need working and there are
several drags that are ready TO work.
There are also many farmers who
have finished their fall work and have
time to use them now. They should
aid in making the roads better. The
city man with an auto could also
join in and help In the work. Another
Good Roads Day for the sole purpose
Of using the drags would help right
now. II we cannot have such con-
certed movement there should be an
effort by all who can work.
Do your share in making the roads
better for all winter and all time by
giving a few hours to the road.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
MARKET PRICE CAUSE
OF ARGUMENT 7

A lesson In Protection stronger than
any argument is supplied by a busi-
ness transaction between New York
hay and grain buyer and an Ohio
agency. The buyer ordered l6 car
loads of hay at the market price. The
contract had scarcely been closed
when telegram reached the agency
that Canadian hay was offered at 81
less a ton and the buyer wanted the
order for Ohio hay cancelled. The re-
suit was that the hay crop in Ohio
drorped Immediately 81 a ton. The
Tariff on hay is just one-half what
II formerly was, and the American
farmer suffers accordingly.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
sympathy"

(Written by the Sage Brush Poet
OF Ontario, and dedicated to Starving
Vale by the author, sung to the tune
OF the latest popular song).
Is there any one who hasn't heard
OF Julien Hurley.
Dear Julien. the pet OF tn egirls OF
Wales society,
On ancient and modern law he is The
Authority"
Even he belongs to Poor Wales Sore
ority."
Refrain;
Poor Julien has our sympathy.
sympathy. yes sympathy.
For a pretty boy is he.
You shouldn't scold or say he's bold.
But please treat him tenderly.
tenderly,
Don't blame Julien, for you know.
He needs sympathy. sympathy.
Don't worry about Ontario people
going to Heaven. DR.. Cook.
Quoting scripture was ever the devils
fond desire,
To show wrong was right. by hoo. or
crook. DR.. Cook.
The Faith. Hope and Charity" Ser
mon. better retire.
Refrain:
DR.. Cook has our sympathy, sympathy.
yes sympathy.
For a noble divine Is he.
He ought to give up preaching TO the
saints in Vale.
They'll treat you tenderly, tenderly.
Come to wicked Ontario, II you want
a little
Sympathy, sympathy.
Has Ontario been such naughty boy.
Paro., Johnf
Robbed your poor heart of Its peace
and JOY. Payrole John?
Dry up that tommyrot and on the
lever be,
What Vale is asking for is sympathy.
Refrain:
Vale wants sympathy. sympathy. just
sympathy.
She wants TO set the county free,
She sure does scold and say Ontario
Is bold.
When she is not treated tenderly.
tenderly.
Don't blame Ontario. because she's not
showing.
sympathy.
Don't think Ontario altogether to
blame. Miit Hope.
Because she's robbed your poor heart
of peace and JOY,
zay Hope. There's not a thing she
wouldn't do.
To help sweeten your pocketbook for
you.
Refrain;
Vale will get sympathy. sympathy. yes
sympathy,
From those she's robbed. fleeced and |
stolen,
The very brand that she's always dish
ed out,
To Ontario. Nyssa and others. tender
ly. tenderly,
Don't blame the voters, Vale, for not
showing.
sympathy. !
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
NEWS OF GENERAL
INTEREST IN IDAHO
important Occurrences OF The
Past Week From Cities
In Our State
Aged Prospeetor Drops From sight.

Aged Prospeotor Drops From sight.
Murray.-No word has been recciv.
ed from Merrill Miller. veteran pros.
pector. nearly 75 years old, for two
weeks. His wife and friends have be-
come alarmed and all available men
from here. as well as the ranchers and
forest rangers on the Montana divide.
are searching the mountains east Of
the Jack Waite and Paragon mines
trying TO locate him.
II is feared some evil has happened
TO him. for severe rain and snowfall
made prospecting difficult even for a
young man. while Miller was weak at
the time he left here.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08

A farmer tells us that he has prac-
tically rid his farm OF gophers by the
use OF gasoline, He carries a bottle
and a bunch of cotton batting with
him while working in the field and
when he sees a gopher run into hole
he pours some gasoline upon wad
OF cotton and places 1t at the mouth
OF the hole and covers the opening
with dirt. The gas fumes are heavier
than air and go to the bottom Of the
hole. In an attempt to get air. the
gopher comes to the top of the hole
and the gas does the rest. Remove
cotton in about half an hour and Mr..
Gopher will be dead. The plan will
apply to many other burrowing ami
mails.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
Certificate OF Deposit
ONTARIO NATIONAL BANK,

ONTARIO NATIONAL BANK,
Ontario. Oregon. Oct I. 1914
G. w. Plat. Treasurer City OF On
tario. has deposited In this Bank
(sI5. .0O0.OO) Fifteen Thousand and No
100 Dollars, payable to the order OF
the County Court House Building
Committee on return OF this certificate
properly endorsed.
W. +. HoMAN.
Cashier.
On another page you will find a
picture and plans and specifications
OF the court house that Ontario Will
give you free. The architects, Tourte-
lotte A. Hummel. OF Boise, guarantee
10 you that Ontario can build this
court house and Jail for s25.o00.O0.
This leaves 100000 for their grounds.
The city has options on three differ
ent city blocks OF ground for 100000
within four blocks OF the depot.
Certificate OF Architects.
We guarantee TO the voters OF NAL
hcur county that the court house and
Jail as shown In the drawing and
plans furnished by us for Ontario and
submitted TO the voters OF Malheur
county as a free court house can be
built and heating plant and plumbing
Installed all complete ready for oc-
cupancy OF the county officers for
the sum OF s25.0OO,OO or less.
Tourtelotte n Hummeii.
Architects.
Boise. Idaho.
These architects built the Idaho
state capital at Boise. the Boise high
school building. the owyhee hotel at
Boise. Boise City National Bank
building, university OF Idaho. at Mos
COW. Hotel Washington at Weiser.
Ontario National Bank building at
Ontario. and all OF these buildings
have been built for less than their
original estimate. This proves that
the building can be built for s25. 100000
and will be given free to the county.
A building committee has been APP
pointed by the Ontario city council and
all is ready 10 commence actual work
Immediately after election,
The present court house at Vale is
In a dilapidated condition. The stone
walls are cracked In many places and
the stone caps over the windows are
cracked In two and three pieces.
II you don't accept this offer OF
a free court house and Jail. Vale will
have the old court house condemned
and then the taxpayers will have
10 build new one.
The Vale Enterprise and Vale ora
tors and business men all claim that |
a new court house for Malheur county |
will cost sl50.000,0O.
This is what they will sting you for
as a taxpayer II you don't watch
out. Vote for Ontario and defeat
their scheme. Get a new court house
free. Don't vote for Vale and pay |
taxes 10 build one that will cost you
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
IDAHO JURIST is DEAD
Paralysis Attack 10 Fatal to Chief
Justice Stewart.

Paralysis Attack 10 Fatal to Chief
Justice Stewart.
Boise.-The death OF Justice Stew,
art. OF the supreme court OF this state
at DIR. Williamson's sanitarium In
Portland. creates another vacancy on
the supreme bench OF Idaho which
Governor Haines will be required TO
fill by appointment until a successor
can be elected at the next general
election. Death was due to a general
breakdown In health following a
stroke OF paralysis during the Coeur
d'Alene term OF court last spring. He
had been In the Portland sanitarium
for four months.
George II. Stewart was born In Con-
norsville. Ind. Feb. 26. 1858. and was
admitted TO the Indiana bar In 1881.
After his marriage In 1886 to Miss Ag-
mes L. Sheetz. OF Fowler. Ind. he re-
moved to Nebraska.
From 1897 to 1907 he was district
Judge In the third judicial district Of
Idaho. and associate justice OF the su-
preme court from 1907 until a year
ago. when he became chief justice.
Politically. Mr.. Stewart was a re-
publican. Besides his judicial offices
he was trustee OF the Albion state
normal school In Idaho. and for eight
years was member of the board of
education In Boise.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
THE COURT HOUSE CAN
Be BUILT FOR S25,O0O

Ontario. Oregon. Oct. 7. 1914.
To the building committe OF the city
council OF Ontario. Ore, and to the
voters and taxpayers OF Malheur
county:
/ hereby tender my bid 20 build the
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08

During the bombardment of Rheims
the populace was forced to seek shell
ter for several days in the great wine
cellars. But this can hardly be in
cluded among the horrors OF war.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
HERE IS THE PROOF
OF ONTARIO PROMISE
That She Can and Will give
You a Court House
READ THESE THROUGH

Ontario has rendered her pledge
to the taxpSers of Malheur county
that the ci.ggsould show the taxpayers
beyond a question Of a doubt that
they would build court house and
Jail ready for occupation by the
county officers and give block OF
ground and give the county a clear
warranty deed to same.
Here is proof that the money is
laying in the banks ready to COM
mence work on the court house the
next day after the election:
No 11Q2
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-10-08
Certificate OF Deposit
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
OF Ontario, Oregon

Ontario, Oregon. Oct. 1. 1914.
G. W. Platt, Treasurer City OF
Ontario, has deposited in this Bank,
Fifteen Thousand and No-100 Dollars
(S15. 5.000.OO) payable to the order Of
County Court House Building Com
mittee on surrender of this certifi-
cate properly endorsed.
A. l.. CoCKRUM.
President.
No. 5593.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
MOST ECONOMICAL
MILK PRODUCTION
Little Grain Is Necessary Where
There Is Abundance of ST.
Iage and Alfalfa.

With an abundance of homegrown
silage of the right sort and alfalfa hay,
very little grain feed is needed for the
most economical milk production. But
silage is such variable feed that il is
not possible to say just what should
be combined with 1t without first
knowing at what stage of maturity
the corn was cut for silage. Again the
price received for milk and the cost
of grains are factors to be taken into
account in determining the amount of
grains and the kinds that will be most
profitable to feed.
Most cows can be forced to increase
their milk production 10 to 40 per cent
through high feeding. but the last
quart obtained may cost eight cents. II
milk is worth only four cents. or less
per quart it viii not pay to feed for
such increase. but if it is bringing ten
cents such feeding viii, of course, be
profitable. If rye and corn and cob
meal are worth but one cent per pound
they can wisely be fed much heavier
than when they are one and half
cents per pound. True. cows win not
reach their maximum in milk produc-
ton upon silage and alfalfa hay. How
ever under conditions where butter
fat is bringing not more than the av-
erage prices and the skim milk is be-
ing fed to hogs. and assuming that
silage is made from well cured, mature
corn and that an abundance of good
alfalfa hay is available, It is extremely
doubtful whether it will be profitable
to add any of the above concentrates
to the ration. However, the breed of
COWS and the period of lactation must
also be considered Fresh cows and
those giving a very high per cent of
butterfat require more concentrates
than do cows giving an average flow.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
WHO HAS BENEFITED?
Some Pertinent Remarks on the
Underwood Tariff.
Surely the Facts. Since II Was Inflicted
on the Country, Justify Republican
Faith in the Policy of
Protection.

Has anything occurred since 1912
70 convince the Republican party that
It's attitude on the tariff was wrong ?
On The contrary, has not a great deal
occurred to strengthen the belief of
the country at large that the protec-
tive policy is fundamentally correct?
Has employment increased under the
Democratic tariff? Are our industries
in more fiourishing condition? Has
the cost of living been reduced? To
each of these questions must a mega
tive reply be given. Thousands of
lsborers. skilled and unskilled. have
been thrown out Of work, yet when
has 1t cost them so much to live? Prior
20 the outbreak of the European war
the government was confronted with
r revenue shortage, despite the fact
that an income tax had been levied to
make up for the loss in tariff duties. In
the meantime our exports had fallen
off and for the first time in many years
the balance of trade was against US.
In the second Cleveland administra-
ton resort was had to a bond issue
TO defray the running expenses of the
government. In place of such bond
issue we now have war taxes" al
though we are engaged in no war.
The excuse is convenient, however,
end serves to distract attention from
She failure of the Underwood tariff
even in times of universal peace to
provide sufficient revenue. Free sugar
Slone means a loss of S60,000,000 a
year. Has any housewife discovered
Tat sugar is cheaper?
Well may Republicans sneer at the
New Freedom" and well may they re-
stBrm their faith in protection. Condi-
tons abundantly justify every declara-
ton that was made by them in their
platform of two years ago. The New
Freedom" has not benefited a single
industry. 1t has not increased the
wages or the employment Of a single
workingman. 1t has not lowered the
cost of living. 1t has not supplied
enough revenue to run the govern
ment. In April there was no war
in Europe, yet during that month our
purchases of foreign-made goods eX-
ceeded by $50, 100000 our purchases in
April of the previous year. During
the same month our exports of Amer
ican-made goods fell off $37,00O,000.
Here was loss in single month I'M
der the Underwood act of $72,00O,000,
most of which under Republican tar
iff would have been paid for Ameri-
can goods made by American work
men Is it surprising that the Repub-
lican party fails to recognize the i'm
mense advance made by the Democ-
racy," and that in respect to the tar
if it stands just where it did on
the day after Wilson was elected?"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
Hurt by New Tariff Law.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been lost by the manufacturers
and laborers of West Virginia because
of the enactment of the Underwood
Simmons tariff law" said State Sena-
tor George T. White of Weston, w.
Va, at the Raleigh.
AS a result of the last years ex-
perience under the operation of the
new tariff law" continued Mr.. White,
in the Clarksburg and Fairmont dis
tricts alone, / am reliably informed
that IL of the mines of the Consoli
dation Coal company have been idle
for some time. and that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company reports
shortage in their usual tonnage at
this time of year of so per cent. In
the Wheeling district, in the iron,
steel, and glass industries, there are
more than six thousand men idle as
direct result OF the operation of the
MISUNDERSTANDING tariff law.
"The Republican party will continue
TO be the one great opponent of De-
mocracy in West Virginia"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
EVIL DAY ONLY POSTPONED
Permanent Prosperity Seemingly Not
Possible Under Working of MIR.
Wilson's Tariff Sill.

When we can cancel all our foreign
obligations with an excess of exports
we do not need to pay in gold; foreign
nations. particularly at this time,
would far rather have our commodi-
ties than our gold.
On the contrary, when we have
wiped out all those debts and begin
to pile up credits abroad In place of
the debts which mounted so fast and
so high before the war damned up
our tariffs food of imports, gold must
come this way to pay the balances
against the foreigners.
Or, If they haven't the gold, they
must send over American securities
held by foreign investors. Or, If they
exhaust those, we must make them
loans with which to pay for our own
products as they buy them.
And thus, from having been a debt
or nation to Great Britain, France
and Germany, we shall become a
creditor nation-perhaps, If the war
lasts long enough, to all the world.
But when this work of the war, at
present so heavily in favor of the
United States, is over, when the mil
lions of Europe's soldiers hage gone
back from the battlefields to the fields
of production, then the work of Mr..
Wilson's tariff will be resumed against
us as persistently and destructiyely
as before.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
LOOK OVER ORCHARD
IN WINTER SEASON
Much Can Be Done in Dormant
Season to Protect Trees-Re-
move Broken Branches.

In sections where there are hLaV
winds or snow the orchardist who
does not visit his trees several times
during the winter is running a great
risk Take a sharp saw and Ratchet
and go through the orchard The
chances are one will find limbs Lrok.
en-, which, If removed now. win save
other branches later. Then there may
be several branches swaying under
the wind which can be saved If ehey
are braced little before heavy SHOWS
make more trouble Among the
younger trees it may be that rabbits
are at work, and their ravages can
be stopped by one Of these timely
visits. There are a dozen things
which may happen 10 the orchard dur.
ing the winter which may be over
come, at least in part, by looking 1t
for the trees at frequent intervals.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
Keen the Navy Efficient.

The least that congress can do for
the national defense is to keep the
navy afloat. Men must be provided in
time Of peace. When war breaks out
1t is too late to undertake the drilling
of men to handle modern guns and the
intricate machinery of battleships.
Modern men-of-war's men are skilled
mechanics, electricians and gunners,
who cannot be picked up from recruit
ing stations at random. A battleship
must be planned three years ahead of
the date of commission. Along with
the preparation for a new ship should
go the enlistment of men to fill the
enlarged needs. The withdrawal OF
last years ships in order to man newer
vessels is as wasteful and dangerous a
policy as any nation could adopt. No
enemy of the United States could wish
for any better plan to cripple the eff
fectiveness of the navy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
Costly Tariff Experiments.

Under the Republican protective
policy all the industries of the coun-
try prospered. When this policy has
been for period suspended, as it was
in 1898 and again in 1918, business de-
moralization both times followed, and
this decentralization of business in
each instance brought distress more
or less grievous to more than a mill
lion of wage-earners. The country
has paid dearly for the experiment
every time the Democratic party, with
the free-trade theories, has been
boosted into power. In 1912 the Dem
ocratic party slipped in through the
crack, so to speak 1t would never
have got in If the Republican party
had not cracked-or divided, If the
latter word sounds better. The coun.
try has had enough.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
Drove BACK nrItIsh Ralders.

One hundred years ago one Of the
marauding parties OF British that con-
tinued making depredations along the
shores of Chesapeake bay after the
departure of the British fleet for the
South. landed at Deep creek, Is miles
below Annapolis, with view to hav-
ing "a frolic with the Yankees" as
one of their officers expressed it. But
the Yankees" were ON the watch and
gave the invaders a warmer reception
than they had bargsined for. Small
detachments of cavalry and infantry
attacked the enemy as soon as they
had stepped ashore and drove them
back to their boats. with considerable
loss. No American was killed in the
engagement, though Captain Burd of
the cavalry was seriously wounded
and narrowly escaped being made a
prisoner
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
Senator Rorah's Warming.

Senator Borah says the present
tariff and the practice of extravaganza
viii inevitably lead to the passage of
another revenue measure. One Of the
serious additions to the cost of gov
eminent is the creation of an inter.
state trade commission that will cost
the government not less than a mil
lion dollars annually. He also pointed
out that the cost of running the gov
eminent was three millions greater
than for the average of all the years
of Republican administration.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
Stem Tide Of Extravaaanee.

The so-called war tax" was not pri.
marily required as an outgrowth OF
the war condition but as an outgrowth
of the failure of Democratic financial
measures and administration. The
people must not be deluded as to the
facts. They must appreciate the ne
cessity for return to the principles
OF government Of the Rep sblican
party and through these to lift the
nation from the slough of deficit in
which it is aoundering. The tide of
extravaganza must be stemmed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-25
sunerior knnwIedns

Little Walter andN. Gerald had
ceased to wonder at the arrival of an
other baby brother after a few weeks
Rad elapsed since that eventful oc-
casion. Their attention was now di-
reeted to an importation of baby kit
tens
Where do you s'pose those kittens
came FROM" queried four-year-old
Gerald. did the stork bring them
Just like baby brother?"
Seven-year-old replied with ponder
GUS precision:
'of course not, silly. Storks coulGn't
bring kittens. God made them. God
said. Let there be kittens and there
was kittens "-Harper's Magazine.