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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1920)
.-. mri KlV jricrn 1 1 THE ONTARIO AKU US. ONTARIO. OREOON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30, 1920 uty? uturut Argun AN INDEPENDENTNCWSPAPEM , 1'ubllahed Thursdaya at Ontnrio, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. Q. K. AIKE.V, Managing Editor SUUSCMPTION Ono Year, 2.00 TIIK NK.VT HKNATOK? Apparently tho big fight of tlio prvsont quiet campaign Is cantering on tho pcrsnnnol of tho Sonnto. Tho reason for this Is plain: with tho l.cnguo of Nations tho principle In huo .tho election of n president. Is hardly moro Important than that of a scnato to sustnln his vIowh on this inane. Itlght now tho nation Is deadlock ed on this Important question; and this certainly should bo sufficient lesson to thoso who nro thinking of scratching tholr tlckot In cither par-; ly. it smnilil bo apparent to overy voter that to voto for n demo cratic president nnd n republican senator In llko blowing hot nnd cold at tho snino time. The snmo ludlcroiiB exhibition Is furnish ed by thoso who aro going to voto for tho republican cnndldiilo for presld enl and n democrat for senator. Thoro hnvo boon times when It mndo llttlo dlffercnco what tho poli tics of an Individual sonntor was; j wnon tlio iiomlnnnt party had n pro pondornnt majority In both houses; hut Hint Is not now tho case. Itlght now tho republican majority exists In nnmo only; for with Nowborry In capacitated, and La Kollatto mug wnmpliiR as usual, tho two pnrtlw nro oqually represented In tho sen nto, which with tho I'rosldent Is charged with tho duty of deciding tho .nation's foreign policy. To tho prosont Indecision In our foreign nffalrs nmy, In n vory largo degrco, bo charged tho prosont Indus trial uncertainty which Is reflected In iNovombor c-d hccnuio of tlio fact that no basin for doing business with (lermnny and Austria has been arranged for, nnd these aro tho countries which nro t'bo big coiiBummers of conrso wool. Then too, right now, Now Zealand and Australian wool and mutton nro being offored In competition with tho American mutton and wool, and be ing sold at prlcos below Hint which will lold a profit to tho American sheep rnlsor. What Is tho u so then of electing n President committed to tho proposi tion that American must bo first In any scliemo of International rela tions; and that American Industries nro entitled to protection, nnd repu diating that cholco by electing n Ronntor committed to tho lenguo of nations nnd tho doctrine of free trndo? Or vice versa of electing n president avowedly champion of the lenguo of nations nnd freo trndo nnd n senator standing upon n platform of Amcrlcn first nnd no entangling alliances together with n protective tariff? HOW AIIOUT ONTAIMO? No doubt most of the readers of The Argus know exactly how they nro going to vote on the national Ihhuoh this fall. Kor weeks thoy havo been considering tho Issues of thu cam paign In n mora or less tholful man ner. Hut In nil candor, how ninny havo given ono monent's considera tion to local Issues? Who for oxamplo do you think should bo elected Mnyor of Ontnrio for tho noxt two years? Whom do you think ought to bo tho members of tho Common Coun cil? Tho question of whom shall bo the treasurer ,1s easily answored, C. W. Plntt has served long and well. Thuro Is no need for n cbnngo In Hint pos ition. In nil seriousness tho quoNtlnnft propounded nbovo n'ro fur and nwny tho most Important tho people of Ontario will dccldo ut tho poles on ovory phnso of business mid agricul ture. Until soma dufluito disposition has boon modo of tho poaco treaty tlio United Btntcs cannot resume Its normal relations with tho foreign governments with which wp wore at war; nnd that In Itself Is it business handicap of no small. Importance. Tho prlco of wool, ono of Malheur county's stnplo products Is dopreclut- What Ontnrio docs will, perhaps, not matorlully affect tho result of tho national election. Thoro Is no dan ger of tho election being ns closo as 'tl..., .... i.ti.s... n m. ...I.n. Ili.t I. ..I.. null Ul iuui I'liin ifw, n iiui, kii- mhu of overy hnmlot In tho doubtful stutos was important. This year Oregon h not oven listed us doubtful. Hut Ontnilo nlono must tov Its own ndinluUtriitlvo problems, On tnrio nlono must dccldo whether It Is to co n 1 1 mi o Improvement nnd at tract residents by progross, proprcw Kept within reasonable limits, end commensurate with tho financial pon idbllltlcA of n community of this rUe Tlio business of Ontario Is no long er Hint of u village With Hi"1 addi tion of tho tunny Improvement mndo In the past for four or flvo years tho nffnlrs of tho city hnvo grown propoillountoly. nnd In fact nil out of proportion to tho growth of the tax loving power. Now for oxamplo tho city lias n big municipal water system collect ing thousnnds of dollars annually and requires tho attention of several employes. Upsides this thoro nro numerous sower districts on which animal payments aro mndc, nnd lo co! Improvement districts for side walks, besldo the paving district that entnlls bookkcoplng In tho city re corder's office All these dotnlls havo Increased tho business of tho city government to n plnco whero It requires tho Hmo nnd attention of sonio one. It Is not good business to depend on volun teers In this endeavor. Iluslncssmen who hnvo not mndo a fortuno cannot ho expected to sucrlflro their Hmo to etvo tho city tho attention which thoso matters should havo If (hey aro to bo properly cared for. Tho question arises how can On tario roIvo this problem? "Will tho city manager system do It? Or shall a modified form of tho present government ho adopted, and tho city pay a reasonable recompense for part of soincones' time to look after Us nffnlrs? Will this attention by some ono result In actually snNng tho taxpay ers money? Thnt is tho question. Those questions together with tho doclslon as to tho personnel of the city government onch doservo moro nttcntlon from tho valors of tho city that they will probnbly receive Tho men who havo tho intorostM of tho city nt heart, howovor, should con sider them carefully and make some rocommcndntlnn to tho voters who do not, for ninny will undoubtedly bo inclined to follow tho ndvlso of men whom they know tl bo Interested nnd In n position to reach n reasonable and full' determination of tlteso quci When tho city caucus Is held It Is tho duty of tho taxpayer and tho vot er ns woll to bo thoro. Thnt Is tho most Important meeting to bo hold In Ontnrio this year. B-R-R-R-R You Would Not Trust A Blacksmith to fix your Watch? Would you? Then Why Let an Amateur Meddle with tho Battoryof Your Car? We Are Battery Experts Fixing Batteries Is Our Business Likowiso Wo Specialize in Repairing and Selling Good Tires Goodyoars, Firestones, Brunswicks, U. 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