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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1919)
T11K ONTARIO ARUUS, ONTARIO, OREOON, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1919 1 MJ A.1 MM ssm Ma I 77ie Ontario Argus O. K. AIKEN, Kdltor and Publisher Published Thurailnyii nt Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution hh 2nd rlaHB matter. HUIiaciUI'TIONB, .... One Year $1.50 IIOOHKVKI.T Mil. MM M I Ml I) tional Kovprnminl will pay half of tin: coat. With this highway built, and the prexetit plans of the state com pleted Oregon will have four high ways crossing the state from North to South, nil of which hi iry an I serve widly separated sections. While the people of tho Coast ur. urging tlH'ir Belfbbori to voti- for Mir Irrigation and drainage bill we shou,l be urging avw JOM HM to vote for the Iloosi'velt Highway. By (loin,; this ve will li' making friends with tka OOMl "ii M t ry for tbf futiiti' M well as aiding a worthy cause. 'hi'ii you go to the polls on June :: re iimmln'r, tlii'icfori', UM It'" Highway. Oregon needs the Konsevoll High way. Eastern Oregon Is, or should be, ns Interested In the rlevelopmiit of the Const MVntrlW of Oregon, n ar the people residing In that sec tion. Likewise It Is true that tlM people over on tho Coast should be Interested In tho growth and develop-' ment of Eastern Oregon The desire for tho mutual benefit of their respective districts Is not baaed on state pride or sentiment, but upon good Round balneal judg ment. The coast counties' lui I come, by ronson of the growth nf the dairying Industry one of the best customers of the ranilier of I am Oregon Murine the , morn than $100,000 came to Eastern Oregon from the HhMl OOVntlM for alfalfa with which to feed the herds over there. It Is only (004 Of ln for the ranchers over here to dr Ii that the omst rountry grow and add more herds to use more hny It I only good business for the lalr over there to want morn Irrigation projects over here to Insure them of a plentiful supply of feed for thtll cuttle, a larger market for their Til Inmook clieeso mid oilier products It for these reasons that the people over there aro holding mass meeting boosting for thn passage liy tin' pi op Of the (Illllsgliei llllK lullnctif to the constitution permitting the State to guarantee for five enrs the latoroat on Irrigation and drainage dlstiii bonds. For that reiison we hIhmiM be holding mass meetings hoi log the Itoosovolt Tlghway. Uealdo being good business frota the selfish stand point, there are oth er reasons why the RooeOVOil lllgli way should bo built It will he il aecond lino of defense, should them ever be a war on the I'aclfli It l part of tho national plan for a coast highway from the Moxlcan to UM British Columbia border. Tho Nil LATtira Tin: uiiont I'erhaiiM the most significant even Of the past week, aside from the d' BOtUOl of the ttOiltl il"li'Klltloll lit I'nrls, wns the iiiuiniiin iin-nt Mini tho government h to OfM I Inime ilmti'lv lo rctinti the OabMI and wire systeniH of comniiinlcatlonH to their owner. That this BtOf will meet with th I approval of the majority of the pui lit that has to use these means of (ommunlea:1' ti 'h certain The short tine In welch the wires ami OJkMOl l:avo been i.nder govi rnment opei ."Hon has mtvciI one good porpO I Il has laid tlie ghost of ko erntnent'l ownership Several elements have united to condemn ROTOraaMOgOJ nwnrrslilp ill those utilities, and the mo t njrprte Ing of those bus been the altitude .if department heads toward the apnea k of I'luplojroao. As mi in in i torod b the department the truth of th argu ments oft repeated by opponents of government ownership, the emplo. ea found that they coulil not MfOTQO their demands by the usual method.! and that thus they became mere cor In tho machine wltlioiu rOWt In Oft Heating their claims To the public the mine In rates tin I t he lu'ii Ice rendered lit I .una eel antagonism, but UMM might have been inerlooked as part of war mi, Mi ion had It not been for (lie ,, i eh e of a consiirrshlp on i oinmttSjM lions, unauthorized by law While thin dlil not touch the average iltli'll In his business; the fa, t that mik'Ii a thing could be possible, and serve t" keep the truth from the people by the party that might be In power, li.n brut about a revolution In public aeii tlment that forced the return to pri vate control. There Is no doubt that there never will be a time in the future when tin government will not have greater rft ulaiory powers over rates and hour.: of labor for men engaged In such public utilities, but for the preaen' at least tho doctrine of government owner hip of public utilities, so far as Inter-state Institutions are con corned is eclipsed. f TIIK III MK ritOULF.M An example of what the American pooplo will be called upon to do In preparing themselves to take an In telligent part In the comity of na HotiH as a member of the League if Nations Is given in the controverslty that has arisen over the Adriatic port of Flume, or Itleka As a matter of fact not one Amen can in 100, If the Italian and Jugo salvic elements be omitted, knovn exactly where Fiumo Is. Leas than this proportion tins any adequate Idea of Its Importance to tho Jugo Slavs and It'. , munition with their lonp cherlMhed national asplratlona. Vet to be well Informed on such matters must be the rule and not the exception. If Americans are to know what they are assuming when their representatives hind them to partic ipation In the solution of such proli- lems. It Is Interesting to speculate Juki what America will be called upon to do after the constitution of the League of Nations Is signed should such I piolileto arise; as Is bound to happen on Innumerable occasions Would the American people, for example, ghe their consent to Hie sending of an American army to the llalkins every time one of those state gets on a periodic revolution ' Or suppose that Italy now ceases flume and Hie Adriatic lltornl as fur south as the Dalmatian boundry what will thn League of Nations do aliout it' And what will America he expected to iol Will we he calling for vulutiti rs to go fight the Italians there or will we have to resort to the draft? And If wo do not send an army when told that that Is our part In the program hv tl o( utlve committee of the League, what then? As at presont provided the execu tlvn committee of nine Is composed of tho big five the Culled si, n. of America, (ireut ilrltlan. l'r.iin Italy and Japan; and Belgium. Spain, Ureoce and Brazil. Il will be noted that the Scandinavian countries, Den mark, Sweden and Norway and th" vast Russian peoples are not repre sented at all. How long will their natural racial pride submit to such a division? And, too, will not the German people become resltlve for their "place In the sun?" Further study of the arrangement of the executive committees, which la the soul of the league of nations, re veals the fact that tho Western Hem isphere has but two members; the Southern Hemisphere has but one; while Europo has six. For the Immediate future this di vision may prove satisfactory to the world In general and succeed In fur nishing the necessary balance for so ciety. Certainly some agency Is need ed to stnballze conditions until the nations of the earth and recuperate from tho terrible ordeal of the past four years. "See Here," says the Good Judge I want to remind you about that small chew of this good tobacco. Ontario Meat A Grocery Co ,-suc- ceaaors to Oregon Packing company Phone No. 3. Adv It tastes better because it's good tobacco. Its quality saves you part of your tobacco money. It goes further and lasts longer. THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW Put up in two styles 3IGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a lonr fine-cut tobacco L-VK. f (.,n knnnmv Every mother of a growing boy it anxious to have her ton manly and healthy. Put him in overalls and let him live out doors. Horse Brand Boys' Overalls are the right kind, cannot poa illy be ripped and when soiled have only to be washed to look like new. Cost no more than ordinary overalls. R e member t h I guarantee - A new pair FREE if they rip AWAROCD OSAMD reiza AT r. p. i. a. 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