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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1917)
l M KOIIAKH PIIKHI itIKTION HI'K IAI.ISTH FURTHER DISCUSSION Of THE MERITS OE CO-OPERATION An Ktatml In Inn! wieVi Argus If n cannery Ik stiirtt'il In onr ( (itnnninlty on thn co-opnmtlvH deposit rliix-k sys (iii, those deposit crlinrulift rnn bn printed and Rotten up In book form similar to our bank checks right here bv our own prlnterit thu keeping our money -at borne In the making of (brm and tbuM Klwsys keeping a supply on hand to alt requirement needed hucJi hecks when tenderex! to the farni-r for Ma produce at the cannery would be, accepted by him when once he Ih convinced thai auoh check will be accepted by the business houaae of Ontario, blacksmith, corpentera, painter, lawyers, doctor, mlnlatera, men and women generally. Why. bav ceuse the grocery merchant will ac. tbetr counter name a aoooy to a certain eitent. Thla certain eiteat will vary according to the amount of canned good tho merchant sees fit to aupply himself with, but no furth er providing of course, If such goods meet with the merchant's approval as to quality and price of the goods which necessarily can and would be looked after by the cannery manage ment. Quality and artoa naturally would find their own permanent mar ket, our checks would naterally circu late In our own community according to the amount nf thoe good used In our own community. Next In order would be our neighboring low in, to be supplied In the same manner, llrst to avoid unnece Wrj mid llll expense III Hlllpment of KoihIh to further markets Hcouud. lo create n larger circulation with our rxi-oper-alive check now It will he obvious to any thinking man or woman Hiul has the community' interest and welfare ut heart and tiiat has the inxntnl capability of gruspiiiK the Im pioi.iine ni .i mow- oi this sort. Hist lirsi of all. It open a h market for farm products for which our sur roiiiidliiK tle ami it'll acre tracts are especially nilapled l-'lrst, liecau. such tract can hy no means compel -with I lie larger iurms and cheapei lands In trying to raise hay, corn, hogs, cuttle, horse or grain Hecond, In supplying work lor a larger nun. Iter of lurmerH In ruUIng coiuodllios lielC-r adapted and more paying with our system of intensive feinting and well adapted In our jirci'iictlve soils and our I'ttvnruble l.r'ule ranlslng truck, and giving u Mated inploy nit ir to u lumber of our own fAaj '", some 0( I., m spend tt gf'V 'I'.!' of theil Cue 'nuking for Join all I in ome In stance', ii wiuili) relieve an utliieies- inirden on I lie las' payer of the county Third, our' cooperative checks would ureal ly help in supply lllg u much needed cin uliitliiK liiedi tiii which in conjunction w II hour Us al tender liiune would necess.ull. bring .ill our ho. in. M ue.iior lo a ..i Ii liasls. Old debt would llien In easier collected and lipid, take OOUld 'more retdll 00 PStd Oj "in larmers uud others heiause of u larger volume of money at bund in the local hunks una in the comniunii ill general, such money kept ut home by supply ing our lioiue merchant with home raised and home made g.iods and by them lioughi and distributed liy a home made money. This identical lionie made money or check can al ways he supplied in needed quantities for home use. on tho na'ural and com muii sense principle, that the tnort'i Humorous the varieties of uc,h home raised and home made product for the supply of our home needs, the greater the volume of money would l- K.pt at iioinc ;.int the graator the bulk of or volunia of all tuch goods produced at home after supplying our liome d"inand and exported to oth er markets in exchange for other goods of equal value, the greater would the luilanc be In Ontario's favor, and micearily the mure pros perlty and the more general, would tiudi prosperity become among all of par ollil The organization of eo-oporoUvo aofjooH cluck ejtojp here dcirrihcii would bo the I MOat and OOOstlVO mi'lhiid nf lifting the burdenome and blood sucking mortgage plaster from our CirnuTH backs. It would Instill new liopo slid energy to our producing population. It even supercede and outclases soc ialism In Its availability right here nnd now In Its not being n.'ccssrry to Implore upon congress or our legisla tors to necessary laws In our favor, because thro this system of co operation we lakn our natural ro sources and slumbering energies of mankind together with common sense and convert those natural re soorces to our dally needa and pros perity will be looked at In a new light More will be aald on other lines. A CITIZEN. WONDER ISLAND OF HISTORY. The Clary el icily It a Cemaene'lum af Meaievel Remans. Willy's history la ss vivid and pic turesri.ua, ferocious and creative and deeiiti. tire, aa mythical and intensely practical Ike atorlea of all the rest of the world put together. And In beauty of nature, of climate, or man, nd of beast, the Islsnd la a parsdlae tcdav, wbeibar or mil It was ever the work leas, painless, passionless elysluni where onr first ancestors enjoyed all the good things or Ufa without bin lug I'. til. Nature Itself, now in I lie guise of the ulsuiidrrsltHNl fc-.sls of old, now Inoou tnWon in in ipild fertility lli.it s I em c liss insilc i'liilii to us, wciivc Us mysterious slniiilc through and llitooga Hie hlghl.i colored fslirlc. And men sm h iiieu! tower gnofO I aoihrnlilin il cam as hags used by the theli fellow In the story like Titans- leaWtepaMOM gli Is for nun ketlng They Pindar, Aeschylus Then illus, Thucj fOBjJd not he kmfcgfcl nl a shop, and the tildes, Archimedes, Hie two gnsal II I "unity Ml anjri i,,,i baaaptod to sur roin, ci.eio, Verrea, uiodorua, iinmii- rondor Ustn fof iwooastMo pifM sr Olid II.iiiiiII.mI. linger the t'oiiut and J "' Hel a man lesdlim u pactl hoi.-e. Itoger the Kliis:. BeiiaaiiU. the great "'"' "" ,llHI '"" "' ""' strung some crusaders III. ldnl of the I. Ion Heart lid I .mils the Kelnt of I'lauce. Charles of Anjoii, I'ri'ilerlck II. Ihe ' wonder of Ihe world." Slid li.n ilmlili. Kien this iurtlal list reads like u couipcndl iiln of su lent snd uiedleinl louiame and chivalry. National (leographlc Magaslue. CURIOUS FRENCH DUEL When Man and Wit Triad U tattle a Dispute With Swords. OaaaraM osrnu, sieui d'Assouci, a French poci ami iiiushlau of the sev- mli'i "Ih ellllllt. n mils In oue of ill "All vein lire'' that bl fa! her sml wot her weie one day engaged In a dls- l open iUfsiioiis of law aThOH a dispute liiose lieliieeii I hi in wl,., nrgaid to the pOCl0 Mgnllh ailon an i ieaiiu of a pruis,oii in JOOttBsMl' Hle Willi lespct to Ihe llgllls uf hjothon I lllmslcly Ihe iil.incl waved so fu. i oos that the ilisuii,iiils loot nil control of iliemseucs, defied c.i h oiher lu slUgl .ollili.lt Mini o. .. hd u their illfli i ilciciuniio in.- uilu.l of lie- uie lent legislalor hi ttghl With SHoldS. Tin aloguiai duel look ploeo la Um '" !"'- . liuieu pore wus uu am aie ii pioie.-Mou ami a mr . her of one of the I icln ii parliament -. Mail. Hue was XfeedUlgll dluiinutiie and had to OresV e. epttoually high pattens lo approach the ordinary stat ure of women, lint she was Hen an. I douiineet iug in temper. The . oiulmt appeals to hate been a druwu bailie, aud (be sense of Justinian remained aa tiiisciiiv and dsbutuble aa ever. rising the Thermomsler. Wheu a thermometer falls without breaking aud the mercury becomes separated lu Ihe tube and thus falls to register correctly, the best sud quickest way to reiuilr It is to put the thermom eter Into a small saucepan of cold wa ter on the stove, allow the water to beat until the mercury is forced to (be top and then remote from the tire, and when it settles the mercury will go down the col uiu ii uubiokeu. Little Things. "It's the little things that cause u the most sunoysnee." said the parlor philosopher "That's right." agreed Mere Man The people who llvo next door to me have .ion children, the oldest belug en.' Town Topic. TIIK ONTAtllO AlUitM, ONTARIO, The Ontario Pharmacy m Tin: iikj mau UHM OrWMl ami Am, nmD ok toii.kt IMHUI now on ius- ri,v hi naoMi am hi urn in m oouwm at prkm man auk not tmvt nan HIT lUXNON Alll.K. WK CAN HVPI'I.V Vol It IVIIIV WANT IN THIS LINK. The Rexall Store EARLY BRIDGE BUILDING. Ancient Bsbylon Stems to Hsvs Btsn the Pionssr In tho Art. Bridge building Is one of the nnclrnt itrts, though no dcllnlte rcionl of it per iiiiitietit bfMgtl appMri before. ;.'::m I'. ' This iis the time of Nlmrod. the third ruler after Nonli. Tho river Bupb rates, (lowed most Inconveniently thiotigh the city of Ituhylon, o Hie de cree ent fortli (hut a structure lie de. vised to cross the strenm. The result was an nrched hrlriire of brick (KM) feet long snd .'10 feet wide. Some thousand years later Nltocrls, then ipiocn of the llsln Ionium, seeking something new to occupy her mind, de rided that another bridge was needed to handle tha vast crowd which thronged to that city of mystery, liar engineers were consulted, and, marvel of marvels, a wooden bridge resting on tons piers made Its appearance, the Brat of Ita kind In the history of the world! The stone In the pier were faittued together with huge chain of Iron, with malted lead poured into the crevice. While tha problem to the eye of the modern engineer would appear trivial. It mi a vaat undertaking In those day, so marvelous. In fact, that the course of the entire river wss changed la order that tha engineers might view the foundations on which the arrbea rare lo rest, flerodotu record that the bridge was of equal magnificence with the rest of t Us buildings of Baby ten. A lid from these, no bridges of im portance seem to bara been built in Asia Minor, with on pnaslble excep tion The fabled Colossn of Hhodea I thought by some historian to have been bridge, inn aH no remain have ever been found there Is only theory to support Hie claim -Kdlson Monthly. A SERVIAN BARGAIN. In This Ssls the Buysr Had It About All Hsr Own Way. In her liisik ' I " h-1 leuees of a Wont an Doctor In Scihla" lr. I'arollue Matthew tells how site bud set her heart on s.iilring one of the gsyly bags, and one of those lisus w as a glort. oiis .'iiloi. new and ncsh. Mine Hiul bag I would' So i went into the mid ,lle of ihe load sml ipiieily OtOppad Ihe lUSIe "The man seemed umued and rather Inclined to resent being brought per emptorily to s standstill, 1 Isiio. hi.l forth. In eery hulling Sen Inn, on the weather, on the pony, snd then out came my i igatettu cn-e and we were friends 1 1 1 1 1 one of Hie mud Kuy ilsli" 1 Mippose the fellow thought. "The moment wa ripe. I raised the hag, eiuplied the iiarcels on the asd- die and, nlortlng some money beside them, liMiked at tho man In a frlcmily nay. He smiled. A new kind of I game,' be thought. Without a word I 'held out my hand lu Semu when a bargain Is concluded In Ihe selling of s IhMOO or cattle Ihe men shake hands uud so make the haryiiili ie.'al. It is ! quite a little ceremonial. M frieiel lik my liand The deed was done. The bag wus mine " Story of Empress Eugenie. in i" . of tho 1 1 n ihe Empreao Bu. Ifeuie luaile to Hie Porta boopltoll dur Ipj the cliolern ptOJJU that allltcled i i.u. in I8U3 tin- followuuj pretty la (hicnt g tohl -Vt In UaopUoj Boonjog - took the hand of u djUlf victim, who, inlstuking her Identity. kUsed her Iihii.I and iihii inured, "1 thank Vu. BjOtOrJJ The unit who $t compauled the empre whispered. "Von uiu mistaken, friend It Is not I, but our good empress who spc.il. -"Nay, sister," reiorted the oojproaa quickly; "he has giieu uiu Hie sweet est of all names." ' Modern Berlin. It was Frederick 11., styled tb Irou. who constructed the nrst building on the site of modem lteilin This wss a castle which was the lust domicile of the Uraudeiibiirg elector. It w as much damaged In the Thirty Yeats' war, but after this the town started to loom up around It. However, ita present strength datea from the formation of tha German empire and It lauks tldid, after London and i'aria, lu population of the cities of Europe. To Make Thin Hands Plump. Wash la very warm water, rub lu cocoa butter or any preferred skin food for live minutes uud then bold your hsuda fur an Instaut In Ice cold water. Wipe dry. The cold water closes the pores while they are filled with the cream, and new tissue is built lu a most satisfactory mauuti. I'hiladcl pbla Bec-ord. OMDOOH, THl'llHOAY, I'KmU'ARY Macaulsy'a lorrem e' lasSs "Maeaulay Improves! Macuuluy Im proves!" Sydney Smith remarked one day. "I hate observed in him of Iste flashes of silence." The "sonorous v. luclty" of this eiunmous talker ncttlnl ,-mii llh. who found it luiHssible often to voice his own wit ami wisdom. "I wish I could write Mstry like you," be ootupluiticd luu friend. "I would write all 'Inferno,' it ml I would put Miicsii lay among a uumber of disputants and gng hint!" Another . .mil iusirery described Ma eaulay a "slopping all over on every subject and standing lu Ihe (lops." Wanted I Potent a Circus. P. T lluiiiutu once came to the oil e to kuow if he could luilenl the three ring circus. In technical parlance his three ring circus was au aggregation sud not u coiuhiuutioii lo priHluce a new result. Tbercfoiu It was not pat entable, which in fin noil urn highly in censed the showman "It will be adopt ed by every clrcu Just as soou as 1 make it known," be declared And it was. Sen-ii I Uiu American Expert Service Reasonable Charges and The kind of treatmentSteady customors deserve Is the! principal upon which we do J business. 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