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MUiMwi THE ONTARIO AKGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER .18, 1919. K w '. i w i si I F ft ft! I: ! fil 11 i The Ontario A rgus O. K. AIKEN, Editor ond Publisher Published Thursdays nt Ontario, Oregon, and ontoroil at tlio Ontario post office- for distribution n 2nd olnsfl ranttor. SUUSCIHPTIONS Ono Year Jl.r.O Til 14 I'KIMOIMOAI, VOW. Hlplit now tlioro nro hundreds of citizens of tliOKo woHtorn Htntun who nro nmkliiR tliulr porlodlcnl vow to "tore coal" during tlio miiner inoiitliD.. And right now It In a mifo bet that not lmlf of tliom will net on tlmt Impulso, Hnno nnd logical tlio It Ih. It in Htrnimo tlint tlio public docs not profit by oxperluuco. Society In ih tiHOd to take things for granted tlmt It Ih tlio exceptional Individual Hint lay up suppllo for tlio future. Tlio liuninn family does not linvo tlio foresight of tlio hutublo squirrel who stores bin noMt with nuts for tlio long winter. Tlirco yours ago Ontario went thru u coal Hhnrtiigo tilinoHt ns acute iih tlint which wo nro experiencing thin winter. Thero was koiiio suffering piul tlio city was In bad Nbnpe. Ah the rofliilt thorn wait a more general storing of coal Innt year and tho year previous, hut thlH year thero woh comparatively llttlo coal stored. In other words It took UiIh community hut thrco yonrs to forgot Uh hitter coal oxpcrlonco. ' Tlioro In another plmso of thlH slt uutlon bo far oh Ontario Ih concerned. In reality wo havo no fuol dcnlerH In tho city; that Ih, man who havo any money Invented In tho IiuhIiicim. It Ih a Hldollnu with tho lumber yards, whllo tho ono ostonsllilo fuol mer ahant Bloros prnctlcnlly no coal at all. In other wordH wo havo only sldo track con I brokers horo, Tho Van I'otton Lumbor company did Htoro hoiiiu coal thin Hummer. It filled I1h bliiH, and had them denned nut early In tho fall and never ngaln had a mirplim. That no fur na can bo learned Ih tho only Invctttmont of money In tho IiuhIiiohh, Have that which followH when caHh Ih not ro colvod and ciiHtomorH havo to bo "carried for a tlmo." .Vow It miiHt bo admitted that this Ih a privilege tlmt fow business firms enjoy, namely tlmt of having n liusl hobs In which thero Is comparatively no Investment. Tho public has tho right to oxpect tho men In thin IhibI iiobh of keeping koiiio ntock on hand. On tho other hand, theso hiiHlncsH men havo tho right to oxpect tho pub lic to havo some consideration for them and to spread at leant some of Its buying over tlio entlro year In Htoad of rushing poll well upon them Ikii tho wenthor ro.s coid mid r poa them to have tie coal ready for lm.ncdlatt) dnllvu'r. To do, thltf vjuld nu kc thn limine unprofit able. Ontario nnd vicinity onch year pur chases approximately 120 cam of coal, or about 0,000 tons. On this turnover thero Is, It would hcoiu, u Hiifflclcnt profit to merit nt least Home Investment on tho part nt tho dealorH, In ntock, whllo tlioro should nlso bo soma Inducement for tho pur chaser to buy early nnd store during tho summer. It was lack of thin tlmt, In part, accounts for tho fnlluro of many householders to Htoro their winter's supply. So tho fault for tho shortngo Is not to bo charged to tho dealers alono, tho they havo their slmro of respon sibility, hut to tho lack of good Judg ment on tlio part of tho public, nnd of con run largoly to tho strike. A ! llttlo hotter team work nil round would havo averted a lot of grief. TliimliH to break In tho coal strlko and the efficient handling of tho fuol Hiipply by tho administrator, wo will all weather this storm but how tang will Its Iomsoiih bo remembered? tcrlor of Oregon nnd Washington, Idaho nnd Montana, Wyoming and Utah woro discharged at Camp Lowls, as thousands of thorn wcro, thoy Just stayed on tho coast and havo drifted Into Portland nnd naturally enough seek work. Hut tho work Ih not cnslly found. Hut tho it Ih not easy to supply all tho hoys with Jobs thero Is no need for n thousand men who nro honestly looking for work being long Idle In Oregon, If tho prosperity stories tlint omlnnto from tho Binto's motropollfl nro true, oh no doubt most of them nro. Tho task of getting tho mnn and tho Job together should ho hurried to tho best of tho ability of tho employ ers nnd tho servlco men's committee To keop theso men In Idleness too long would ha a dlsgrnco to tho Ktnto, would breed unrest nt a tlmo when that should have no added nourish ment, an would ho falso to tho prom lees that employe nnd tho public gonornlly gnvo tho men when thoy went away At least so long as thero nro Japs and alien slnckors holding down Jobs, Hint ox-scrvlco men will accept, thero should bo nothing left undone to sco tlint tho Jnp or alien goes nnd tho Holdlor or snllor In put to work. wouk ion si:itvici; .mux. Tho Hpcclaclo of a thousand job lew ex-scrvlco men parading tho streets of Portland should nwakcu that city" to Its duty. Huch n parade has not been hold, as yet, but Is threatened unlet tho employers of Portland arouse themselves and do something for those men. It should not ho tho part of thoso who rend tho stntomortH of tho com mlttco engaged In finding Jobs for tho men to Jump to tho conclusion that tho Portland oinployors did not put tho ox-sorvico men who crtmo bnck from war nt their old Jobs. Tlioro Ih nothing to provo whether thoy did or not, nnd tlint should ho dotormlncd boforo condemning tho Portland business men. Thero Ih a great likelihood that whoa mnny of tho inon from tho In- Tim HPKCIAIi HIWSIO.V. At last Governor blcott yielded to tho demand of tho suffragettes for n special session to ratify tho Federal Constitutional amendment. Wc had thot ho would, nnd hopod tlint ho wouldn't, not hccnuKO of opposition to tho cnuso of woman's suffrngo but to satisfy our dcslro to sco a public official who could toll tlint militant bunch of wo m on where ho stood, and then had tho norvo to stay with tlmt declaration. Tlioro may linvo boon nroutid Port land nnd nt Salem, somowhnt of n do mand for tho special session on this ground, but thero cortnlnly was not n domain! over tho stato gonornlly. Thoroforo In yielding tho Governor hns allowed hlmsolf to sorvo n special clique Hut nt tlint ho should not bo censured too sovorely. It really Is too much to oxpect a man to fight n hunch of women, especially with an election Just n fow months In the offing. Tlioro Ih another thing nbout tho call tlint strikes us as peculiar. That Ih that tho womon'H ratification proposition Is placed fifth on tho list. In importnnco Hint Is It's proper loca tion, but politically it wan tho all Im portant reason for calling tho Bolons together. Ah a combination of voto getting reasons, wo submit Hint tho Governor has tho prettiest bouquet wo linvo seen for boiuo tlmo; namely: Tho nmondmont of tho Workmen's Compensation net to Incroaso award for dUnbled workmen; to npproprl nto money for tho soldlor nnd sailor's educational fund; to submit nn amendment to rostoro rapltnl pun Ishmont; to remedy tho Irrigation nnd drnlnngo bonds Interest guarnn tco law; and Inntly to ratify tho foil cral suffrngo nmondmont. All of thoso mensurcs linvo so much merit Hint tho Governor wn wlso in uniting them nn tho reason for tho cnll, hut had tho call not been Issued no doubt tho stnto could linvo worried nlong without tho chnuges. , Still perhaps tho Governor Is rUxht nnd wo ouchl (a linvo theso tfilngH dono now, nnd tho solons will no doubt net accordingly. Slnco tho cull was Issued without tho guaran tee of tho lawmakers to restrict their r.ctlvlty nnd forswenr their pay nnd mllengo, tho hoys will drnw down tho usual fees and can go ns far ns thoy think tho Oovomor will slnnd boforo using his veto. All this Is ns It should ho, for tho country Ih rntltcr satisfied that It hns seen enough oxerclso of oxccutlvo powor over tho legislative brunches for tho tlmo being. After you cat alwnyo tako FATONIC MKTON YOUR ACjfr-STOMAClQ Instantly rclla vos I Icsrtburn, DIot edCiirFeetinff. Stops food oourlnff, repenting;, and all stomach miseries. AIJ. IIf ttlaa nnd ppllt. KT tlomuh wNtkad ttrans. losreuct Vitality ond l'rp. EATONIG I tho Ut rcmedr. Tnt c( thou- Mn.(i wnnHtrf ullv henafltMj. Onltf CClU CCht or twos dr to u It. rotltlwlr iruaraotKd mixIi wonderfully tontfltrd. OnlycciUa cent miwa .( til iialt- ltalllvfllyiruanotMa tonUuaorwtwIII nfuad taoocy. (Jttablc boxtaUr. YouwUioca. 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