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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1920)
TJLUS ONTARIO AlHItfK OVTAIMO OKKCON'. TlU'lil. W. AUGl'ST 19, 1P20 uJlji (Duturtii Arrjmi AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Puullnhed Tliurwlny at Onlnrlo, ' Oregon, nnd entered ot tlio Ontario prist offico for distribution ns 2ud cIhsb raattur. MIUVH VVMAHIUSO COM PA XV Publishers 0. K. AIKEN, Mnnnglag Editor t. mcpa'rlin aouon, Sup't. TIIHTOUIUMTCIIOI' BUIlSCnjI'TlON Ono Year, J2.00 hoad question SKrn,i:i Ontario Is assured of tlio lormlnuB ot tlio Old Oregon Trail section ot tlio Columbia Ulgliway. That re sult was obtained by tlio commltteo which Interviewed tho Highway Com mission Inst weok In t'orttend. Whllo It undoubtedly scorns ntrango to those who hnvo not nt tonded meetings ot tho conimlsHlon that It should ho necessary to sond representative!) to Portland period ically to keep road work going, yet ono visit thoro will carry conviction to nnyono. Malheur County la farthor remov ed, from Portland and tho sccno of highway action than any county In tho Mate, and evory county, prnctlc nlly speaking, has rcprosontntlvcmbo forn tho commission at practically overy mooting. Tho prossuro on tho commission for action, Is continuous, demands aro in a do far grontcr than tho commission can grant, and thoro foro In Us efforts to satisfy tlio do mauds of thoso on tho Job nil (ho tlmo, It Is hut-natural that tho needs of thoso who do not press them, will ho overlooked. It Is useless to nrguo that this Is not as It should ho, but tho commission has human limita tions, and Is subjected to terrific prossuro on ovory hand. Howovor when any proposition Is aquurely placed boforo thorn, consid eration Is given It, and a falrmlndod, honornlilo effort Is mado to comply, within tho limits ot tho commission's funds. Tint Highway commission Is on BBgod In n largo task Mainour coun ty's mail problems aru hut It detail Of Unit tnsk, largo tho thny seem to us heroso It hahoovcH this suction ' to" adopt tho policy of other counties liiid ico to It ,that tho Commission does not' overlook our neodH. Thru the activity ot the North west Tourist Association, tin organi zation supported by appropriations from tho states of Oregon nnd Wash ington and tho provlnco of Urltlih Columbln, tho harvest of tourist dol lars gathered In these thrro common wealths has Increased from $7,000, 000 to $313,000,000 per cnr In tho past four years. Whnt this means to tho peoplo of thoso states Is hard to romprohend, out In this country whero tho tourist Is llttlo scon. Yet oven this section Is benefited to a largo degreo by this work, and tho bonoflls will Increase earh year as tno work progresses, Itlght now tho city of Portland Is tho mocca for thousands of tourists, nil tho Wllamolto valley Is gathorlnr In tho funds thnt theso visitors scat ter ns they travel thru tho state When tho Old Oregon Trail Is com pleted giving a good road from Port land to Ontario, all castom Oregon will bonoflt from tho annual pilgrim ago of theso travelers, llkowlso thru tho tourist association nnd Us road limps, lecturers nnd publicity, travel ers will bo directed toword this re gion In Increasing numbers, so tha' tho tlmo will romo whon tho bone fits of this work will nccruo to the ontlro state as otiikiih hi:k us , V wonder whnt tho Polos think of tho Loaguo of Nations? In Portland tho other day a man who knows Mainour county thnroly, nnd Who knows tho peoplo hero, too, snld to tho wrltor:- "If tho peoplo of Mainour county would pull togotbor, thoro Is no county In tho state that has groator possibilities than can bo found thcro "Tho Owyhee project would have boon built long ngo," ho continued,; "had tholr been unity of action." Tho Argus Is not In a 'position to dispute thnt last question. It muv bo corroct, those who wcro hero then, know'tho fncts. Hut wholher or not tho statements nbovo quoted wore true years ago Is a mutter of no -importance now. The pnst Is gono The present nnd tho future aro with us or bctoro us, Jt Is whnt wo do with thorn that mut ters. So far as ability, ns loyalty to this section, nnd nn earnest doslra to for ward tlio prosperity ot this roglon Is concerned, tho men needed for the work aro horo. To got togotbor to do hlg things, Is tho noxt step. I' can bo taken, and unilor tlio leader ship nvallnbln will sucoMd. . , xa An all 'refinery , , gasoline with a t - continuous chain of boiling points. , STANDARD OIL CO. (California) 0. II. TEST, SPECIAL AGENT STANDARD OIL CO. ONTARIO, x OREGON XSMK THRIFT- with every r w$i stroke of the brush when Look Up a v- you paint Wlth (f WZzifi j W 71 YEAR W W f LEADERS Vr: PAINT If there's a good reaton for any thing, then It's imlnting your hoiuo with good paint. FULL1... Paint is GOOD Taint. It aves a Ki8t dcul more than it cots miiw you money In up Veen .nut add to the value of your pioperty. Inv.'t in ITM.KK Paint right aw ay. W. P. Fuller & Co. llrl Hit u Norlhuttt Bunchttat ,'otllanJ, Stmlll' f- vma, j4jnff. Iiit ' -T . .ri.. . U. S, CGKRS 10 FOB P01AN3 Ptrcliaso of Wsr Materials Is Rcquostcd and Recruits Aro Desired. Washington. Moved by the reiter ated pleas for aid from Polnnd, the wnr d partment hts under serious con sideration the ron,ti' st of Prince l.u oomlrsk), Polish tiilnlster, for pcrmls ilou to purchase war ninterlnls from he United Htr.tes. Polish officials cxplnlned thnt In ad lltlon to the desire for war ninterlnls. bey were anxious to obtain nut hot Un Ion to permit recruiting for the Pol sh nrmy In America. It as said hat not only had many otfcrB ot en Istmcnt bern received by the legation from Polish citizens resident Itv the Jiiltccl States, but thnt many offers nad conio from former American vet rans. The official communique announc ing tho Intention of Franco to rccog itzo as n do facto government that cprcsuntid by General Wrnngcl In .outhcru Itussla, has been received. It says that u French diplomatic agent will be sent to Bcbastopol with the tltlo of high commissioner. Administration officials consider tin French step ns logical In vie ot the succession of General Wrnngel to the Authority of Admlrul Kolclinl; and the Omsk go eminent, vhlch was recog nlnd by both Frenco and Great Url tain. Copies of tho American note to Italy on the Polish situation, It was said at tho slate department, hnve been dollv errd to allied and associated powers' rciu-esputntlves and distributed to nil tint world uos crntcrs, promising Us wldttt dUtfiuluntlon, even In Hussln. Diplomats generally regarded thu doe umuut as having a thrco-fold purpese: Extension of moral support to Po land. Au appeal to tho mnBsvs In Russia to throw off the bolshevik yoke and estubllvh a constitutional government. Influencing of other nntlous to ro train f(om recognition ot tho soviet. 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