The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-07-31
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as a reason for action on the part of On'arlo
to protect its own health giving stream and
accuses us of marrow mindedness" and di-
verse other sins.
The petulant editor declares himself, III
his issue of July 26, as proud of the Vale
water system, and heads his screcd "Vale's
Water System Best in Southeastern Ore
gon." May be it is, but from the files of his
paper Of recent dates these are few OF his
own comments on the Vale water situation:
On July 26, the same issue as that which
described the water system as the best in
Southeastern Oregon, appears the following
headlines on the front page:
"Will Investigate Water Situations;
City System Discussed by Tuesday Lunch
ers-Council Appoints Committee.
The first paragraph lets the cat out of
the bag for it says: "Judge Biggs acting as
chairman 1--WE imagine the Judge was chair.
man, but the Enterprise says he just acted
as such,) held the discussion chiefly 10 va
rious proposals for improving the present
water system"
Would il make our contemporary angry
if we ask at this point, why it is that the
lnchers discussed means of Improvement
for the water system if cit is the best in
Southeastern Oregon2"
But more from the record of c, in the
same story appears the following cnlight
ening paragraph:
"At an adjourned meeting of the city
council Wednesday night n citizens com
mittee was appointed to investigate the in
take, the supply and the pipe line of the
present system and make complete report
on the same. @, w. Nelson was appointed
to work with the committee as n represcn.
tative of the council and to lend any assist
ance possible"
That seems strange procedure with
"the best system in Southeastern Oregon, y
now doesn't itl
Just the week before last, in the issue
of July 10Th, the county seat paper spread
across three columns of its front page this
head line: Correct Solution Of City Water
Problem is lmportant-Scveral Plans Pro
pOSed-Valc Wants Best System"
Then following long account of pro-
posed plans and comment of the editor on
the present system among which appears
the Enterprise conception of perfect sys-
tenn, and suggests various means by which
Vale could secure that. All this after tell
ing of the reduced supply at present fur
nishcd thru leaking pipe lines, etc,
In this discussion the Enterprise mau
glibly talks about having to spend anywhere
from $4,000 to $4,000 on more to secure
the perfect system he outlined previously.
OF course one naturally wonders what
the Enterprise has up its sleeve in suggest
ing such program to n city that he says has
the best system in Southeastern Oregon.
Now the Argus has no desire to ad-
vcrtiSc the condition of the Vale water sys
tenn, but is merely printing from the record
that the Enterprise has given, and belcv-
ing what the Enterprise said in its news
columns the previous comments of this
paper were made, and used rs a warning to-
Ontario to get busy,
But we evidently were mistaken. There
was nothing and there is nothing wrong at
Vale oh no The Enterprise merely wants
suffering from the heat and does not know
what it wants At least its editorial com
mentS and its news stories fail to agree, We
would suggest that when Mr.. Editor CmTcyI
writes am editorial that he consult Mr.. Re
porter Currey as to what he is going to say
ON the front page about the water, and try
to make the comment gibe with the pur-
ported facts in the news columns, and not
blame others for taking the news stories as
facts-as they are supposed to be-but evi-
IDENTITY are not-in the Enterprise,
The facts of the matter are, the Enter
prise is kidding itself and trying to kid its
readers, too. 1t knows that something must
be DONE but is afraid to come out with the
truth and face the situation and is trying to
throw dust and pose as the grand and glori-
ollS champion of Righteousness. Its pose is
familiar oOd IFS Ei1din0 nO ono hut thp cd