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TWO THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY. APRIL 22, 1015. THE JNTARIO ARGUS -'UHI.iSH'.D KVBKY THUKHDAT IS'-tewl in the i'i .iffice at Ontario, Oregon, fur trBiis tniFPi thrnitfli the qails an second-cliiss matter W. C. MARSH rphe jitney biu --something new to this sec - tion of the country will soon become an accustomed tight in Ontario and the sur rounding country. It will be the same type -,, ,., ,, of jitney bus that has The Jitney But, (.ause(, m much congter. nation to itreet car companies in all the coast cities dn ing the past few months. From all indication! the jitney has come to stay There if a real place for it in the business world of today. It is another step toward ad incement and there is no power that can long keep it down. Luckily in I his section of the country we will not Me the keen competition be tween the Jitney and street car, as has been the experience of other cities. We have BOt Jftt reached ihe stage of the street car, and the jitney comes into a virgin field. Hut lack of competition has not caused high charges. ( )n the other hand there is much speculation as to whether the rates to be charged will allow of a financial success of the proposition. In this connection it is probably well t remember that the man agement of the )ntario jitney is a man that has had much e xperience in the jitney busi ness and is im doubt satisfied with the schedule of pi i .s for he has had the sole fixing of them .nd would undoubtedly have made them hu ! or were it necessary. Thejiti'. as caused a great deal of comment durinj the past week. It is said that merchants f Nyssa and New Ply mouth view tl'i advent of the jitney with considerable R ichension. Hut there is no call for it. Tl re is no reason why the jit i ly tlioukl 1 i , all of the business to On tario For the jitney is concerned only with the hauling of people not with where the people are i ing. The jitney will make two round trips each day from Ontario to Nyssa and Iron: Ontario to New Plymouth. And there is nothing to keep the people from using the jitney to go to Nyssa or New Plymouth to tia le. Merchants ;. ul business men of our neighboring citiet will find that the more means of trans; n'tation available, the more business that w I be created It matters not whether the :neans Of transportation be a jitney bus, a pissenger train or a street car. Theretull is all the same. It is a step forward fl real progressive move and it will benefit Nyssa or New Plymouth jutl as nuu'ii as u win oeneiii inuario. The piano!' Ontario merchants to re fund fares paid lie jitney is a legitimate trade getting scheme. And merchants of other towns are in no wise barred from working out toi 'scheme just as good if not ! 'Iter. Th ' iitney is not owned in any manner by Onta Eomerchanta True, our local merchant- are responsible for the coming of this jitney. Hut it is a private enterprise that i out for all the money it can make, ai 10 I not lieu up m any manner with Ontario nu: chants to the detriment of merchant! of neighboring towns and cities. The jitney Will surely prove I success in this lection, for it is one of the cheapest forms of transportation. It is a progret live move, and like ill such, will success fully weather a storm of adverse criticism orprotett Lei is all realize that it is a stop forward and instead of fighting or knocking, emplo oui time making plans for the use of it. It presents many oppor tunities and is v. rthy of great deal of hard thinking. PeopU who - iid there would never be another man 10 liil the po.-ition held by Por tiro Pitt have uothlng4o take hack, up to the pre-i nt lime rp HE perfection of the permanent organi - IttiOD last Thursday flight in Payette. of the Lower Snake Hiver Power Users As sociation is an important step toward the ul- , timate reclamation of a For Cheap Power amount o ,am, throughout this entire district. The purpose of the organization is lower power rates for irrigation purposes, and with so large and sweeping an organization there is no doubt hut that a vast amount of good will be ac complished. There is no richer land anywhere than is found in this section of the country, pro vided it can he placed under irrigation And there is I world of water available for irrigation purposes. But in order to get the water on the land it is nearly alwavs mcessary to raise it a few feet, and it is here that cheap electric power means much to the development of the country. The Power I'sers Organization was not organized with a view of being antagonistic to the electric power company. On the other hand it is hoped and expected that the relations and dealings of the organiza tion with the power company will always be friendly. And the fact that officials of the power company were anxious that the or ganization be made a permanent one, shows that the power company believes such an organization will he a benefit to all parties interested. It is the intention of the new organiza tion that every power user in the Lower Snake Hiver Valley become affiliated with it In fact, practically every power user has al ready become interested in the organization. With such a strong organization it will be far easier to bring about cheaper rates, and work out schemes with the company for cheap power, than would have been possible for individuals. One of the problems which confronts the power company, and which keeps high pumping rates, is the fact that the vast amount of power used for irrigation purposes during the summer month, remains idle and with no market during the winter months. It has been lUggttted that the company make a rate that would allow of the using of the power during the winter months for heating purposes. Hut in order to do this it would necessitate the expenditure of a large amount of money in additional equipment by the company, and the companv d-els that the Investment is not warranted at this time. However it is possible that the power ntOfl organization to work out some scheme with the company whereby the investment lor addition eipiipment could in some man ner be prorated, thus making it possible for the oomptny to market its power the real round, Inttetd of just through the irrigation season. Tin tact that the new organization has sixteen directors; one from each town in the district, and one from each locality around each town, give.- all the people good lvore- tntttion. And it make possible a thorough understtnding between the towns and the Irrigstiouitti on tin- subject of power diffi culties tnd tht want- along that line of ihe whole people. one oi nu' nnu iiuin- oi me organiza tion will be to take up with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission a proposed change in thr power rates for pumping plants. Mem bers of the organization are now collecting a VtSt amount of data to present to the com mission when it meets next Week, and it is possible that Immediate effects of the organ ization may become apparent. WILSON ASKED TO E IN CHINA (Special to TheArfrus.) I'ekln. -Intervention by the United State In the negotiations now pro ceeding between China and Japan Is recommended to ('resident Wilson In the appeal recently sent to him by American missionaries in this country. The message of 6000 words was cabled to Washington. It characterizes the Japanese demands on China as acts of aggression such as eventually will present a menace to the United States. Recalling the fact that Japan has at present In this country doubled her usual quota of troops (amounting to 60,000 men), the missionaries urge that Japan be notified that the excess of troops should be removed. The understanding here it that a Chinese official or several officials paid the cable charges, amounting to marly JCihio, on the message to Presi dent Wilson. This communication was signed by Revs. IS. W. Timing. John Wherry, 0, H. Kenn, and W. A. P. Mar tin, all connected with the American Presbyterian Mission at Pekln; Rev. Chaunrey Goodrich, of the American Hoard of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, who is stationed at Tien Tsln; Rev. II. U. Uowry. of the Metho dlst Episcopal Mission at Pekln, and Rev C. F. Hubbard. The petition asks President Wilson to demand of China and not of Japan American participation in the confer ences now under way. It Is suggested that Great Britain and other nations be invited to parUclpate. WASHINGTON TAX (Special to The Argus.) Olyropla. Wash. The total 1914 taxes being collected In Washington this year amount to f36.818.416, the state tax cor.invsslon shows from a compilation or county treasurers' tax rolls. This represents a reduction of $1,491'.7, ', : hi the taxes of the pre vlous i -II'. or a llttl less than 4 per cent. PORTLAND EIRE LOSS IS OVER $300,000 (Special to the Argus) Portland. Property worth $300,000 was destroyed and 3d firemen were overcome b a fire which started In the lilak McFall six-story building. Fourth and Aukeny streets. In the heart of the wholesale district, at 7 o'clock Sunday night. In a rew mm utea the building was turned into a raging furnace which no fireman could enter. The loss was covered practically by Insurance. The heaviest loser Is the Hughes estate, which owns the building, and the lllake-MiKall company, which oc cupies three fourths of the building, More than other firing hae offices In the building C. 1 liruiin. president of the lilake McFall company, extunated the mm pany's probable stock loss at $15n,U00. ROOSEVELT NOW ON TRIAL EOR LIBEL (Special to The Argus.) Syracuse. N. T. The trial of the suit of William Barnes, Jr., against Theodore Rooscelt for $50,000 dam ages for alleged libel began lu the ati prenio court here Monday. RUSSIANS DEEEAT Tl (Special to The Argus.) Petrograd, via London An official communication concerning the prog ress of the campaign s issued from general headquarters states: "The enemy made a most desperate resistance to our offensive. "They had brought up every avail able man on the front from the direc tion of Bartfeld as far as t'zsok Pass. Including even German troops and numbers of cavalrymen fighting on foot. The enemy's effectives on this front exceeded 400 battalions. (An Austrian or German battalion num bers 1000 men.) Moreover, our troops had to overcome great natural diffi culties at every fttaa "Nevertheless, it days after the opening of our offensive, the bravery of our troops enabled us to complete the task assigned and we had seized the principal chain of Ihe Carpathians on a front between Reghetov and Vol osate, of 111) versts (about 75 miles). "To sum up: On the whole Carpa thian front, the enemy has suffered enormous losses and has left In our hands In prisoners alone at least It 000 men. Including about 900 officers. Further, we have captured 30 guns and 200 machine guns. "On April i. the actions In the Car pathians were concentrated In the di rection of Rostoki. "The enemy, despite the enormous losses suffered, delivered In the course of that day no less than 16 attacks In great strength. These attacks, all of which were abaolutely barren of re sult, were made against the heights we have occupied farther to the cast of Telepotch." CANADA INTENDS TO HOLD ENEMIES (Special to the Argus) Seattle, Wash. American steam ship companies operating between Se attle and Alaska ports and Seattle and San Francisco were notlfed by the British admiralty that all German. Austrian or Turkish passengers or members of the crews would be re moved from any vessel calling at a Canadian port and held as prisoners of war. As a result of the order, the Pacific Coant Steamship company Un mediately discharged 10 German mem bers of the crew of the steamship President, which sailed for San Fran cisco. Two German passengers who had purchased their tickets were not allowed to board the President. WEST WINS IN COPPEREIELD CASE (Special to the Argus) Baker Ex-Oovernor Weet won in the suit brought In circuit court here against him by William Wlegand. Cop perfleld saloonkeeper, for damages al leged to have been caused by the re moval of liquor and saloon fixtures from his saloon, when Governor West declared martial law In Copperfleld. after Fern Hobbs' visit on January 2, 1914. The result means that the other damage suits against the former gov ernor, In which Stewart and Warner are suing for the same amount as Wle gand, will not be tried. IE Yf)fT want to be delightfully cool, come to our fountain, rest yourself, and let us serve you with one of our famous Ice Cold Phosphates that trickle down your throat like a refreshing artic breeze and cool you through" and through. Cold, Sparkling Car bonic Pure Fruit Juice and a dash of tongue tickling Phosphate, only 5 cents at Temple of Sweets K. OOPE, the only Practical Tailor in Ontario, is the only Practical Place to buy a suit made to your order Suits made to order from $15.00 to $50.00 The only Heliable and Prompt Cleaning and Pressing in the City. E. COPE Moore Hotel Blk. HUER1 A DENIES RESPONSIBILITY The Oregon State Editorial Association! has just honored M. E. Bain, former editor and publisher oi the Argus with the appoint ment as one of the representatives from this state to the International Press Congress, which meets in San Francisco July 5 to 10. While Mr. Bain is now out of the 'harness,' his long experience in the newspaper busi ness tits him to make an able representative at the Press Congress, and the present Arg us editor congratulates the state organ ization unon the selection of a man so uel! !ner41 HurU d"1' """ he knew .. i w r , - . no was responsible for Madero s qualified as Mr. Bain, to be one of the rep- death, but that he was keepiug u as resentatives from Oregon. GIVE THE BURGLAR THE HA.HA! BANK YOUR CASH WITH US 90 (Special to The Argus.) New York.- -Vehemeutly asserting ' that he had nothing to do with the j death of Francisco Madero. General ! Yictoriano lluorta. N provisional pres ! Ident of Mexico, issued a long algned ! statemetit setting forth what he term ed his aide of the Mexican u.uetlou a "yrofestioual secret." MmMfffr SOME people extend invitations to the THIEF AND HOLDUP MAW. They carry on their persons or in their homes large sums of money. A CHECK BOOK is of no use to the professional thief. StiU, check is AS O00D AS CASH to the tradesman or for the immediate household wants. If you haven't a bank account OPEN ONE TODAY. The Ontario National Bank