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THIS ONTARIO AIM UTS. ONTAIUO. OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1920. GJIf CPtttnria Argun The lmlccndcnt Nonsiinpcr Published Thursdays at Ontario, Orogta, and aatsrad at tb Ontario post ottic for distribution as 2nd class tuattar. Q. K. AIKEN, Managing Editor 8UDSCIIIPTI0N On Taar, f3.00 TI1K CHIUHTMAH HIIAIj Tlio Ilcd Cross annutil foil call linn boon finished, nnd tho record of this city nnd surrounding country Is ono of -which wo may well bo proud. Tlioro Is however, another call, that carries with It a specific mission; It Is tho Christmas Seal sale of tho anti-tuberculosis socloty, Tho llttlo ChrlstmnsBeal Is so be fitting tho season, Its mission to enr ' ry out ono of the directions of the Master whoso birthday tho world pauses to rovoronco onco ench year, thnt It commands n spoclal plnco In tho nppcnls that annually conic to uh nil. Tho tU;ht ngalnm tuberculosis Ih ono of tho hardest thnt medical ami soclnl workers hnve to wage, "it Is n flKht ngnlnst Ignorance ns well as against dlscaBo, It Is n fight too against prldo nnd against prejudice; nnd yot it Is n fight so well worth mnklnc thnt ho or shn who tnkes n pnrt honors himself or horsolf In tho r'fort. Tuberculosis Is a prorcntahlo di sease; so tho authorities doclnru. Hut It must ho takon Ih time. Tho vie tlm must recognize Its prcsenco first of all and net accordingly. Tho re latives nnd friends must bo brought to realize tho seriousness of tho dl soasu nnd assist In tho fight against It. To prevent Its spread society must bn orgnutxod. It must bo someono's business, and In Oregon that Bomo ono Is tho Oregon Anti-Tuberculosis socloty. Hlnco tho custom of pass ing a cheerio mossago on one's Chrlstmns bundles hns boon so gen erally adoptod, tho socloty has unit ed Its philanthropic gonoroslty with this ploaslng custom, thus making tho habit both practical and scntl inontnl. It makoa tho aiding In tho fight easy, for thoso who only buy tho stamps. Tho ronl work In connection with tho sonl sale Is that which falls to tho committee. Tho flold must ho canvassed, for oven tho tho public Is gonoruus In Its rusponso to ap peals tho nppoal must bo mailo. Tho public must bo told, Not only must It bo told of tho work hut muBt bo nnked to buy. Can wo not this year nld tho Committee thon by buying quickly? Thnt will holp. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of tho Woek Briofly Skotchod for Infor mation of Our Roadors. II .V Till! TAIlt OHOUNDH Ontnrlo has no public park, that Is nono thnt servo tho purpose of gatherings othor than meetings In tho grove near tho passongor station. Wo hnvo the IVr grounds which nro located nut fur from tho city, hut yot nro not in town and nro convonlont for gatherings, pIcnlcH nnd ovoiits of thnt nature, It thoy woro proporly Improved. Tlioro U plenty of room for this sort of Im provement nnd for tho grounds thomsolvos this should ho dono. Tho Fair grounds could ho mado so much mora attractive If tho land botweeu tho entrance nnd tho build ings was leveled and grass and trees planted thereon. Wo bollove this would a dil Immonsoly to tho value of tho grounds and to tholr uso. It would rcqulro hut n few years to havo u grovo of trees to shndo tho lawn thus created, This Is not a big spectacular thing to do, but it Is ono thnt Is worth while, ono that Is neodod and ono that should bo dono. Wo recommend It to tho con sideration of the members of tho Ontnrlo Commercial Club. THANKSdlVINa The glvlug of thanks Is a beauti ful custom. It botokons In him who thus rocognlzos obligation tho pro per sonso of appreciation, nnd appre ciation Is ono of nature's klndost gifts. Amorlcans havo so much for which to bo thankful this year that to re cord each of tho blessings onjoyed Is not necessary. No war hns mar rod our haplness, no pestilence has vlsltod our land, hunger has not stalked nbroad, nor havo floods de vastod our fertile valleys, Poaco and plenty Is our lot. It la truo that tho readjustment from war conditions is upon us now, Wo could not oscapo tho chango, It Is tho natural order of things and Is but our part. Compared with tho sufferings on durod In praotlcally ovory othor na tion on tho globo during tho past four years, nnd tho condition which I still oxlsts in many today, tho tuatlon In which Americans find I nsolves now is so vastly bottor, I ho indoed Is not appreciative I ,ooa not glvo proround thanks ' blosslngs of cltltoushlp in U'l land. Lnno county's shnro of tho market roads fund will bo $55,000. Tho Uuchner sawmill nt North Ilend hns resumed cutting nftcr a shut down of sovcrat weeks. Electric contractors nnd dealers of Oregon will meet In annual convention In Salem December 7. Miss Juno Dalton, a student in the Hums high school, hns bcon elected manager of tho bniebnll team. Handlers In the southorn part of Coos county havo petitioned tho coun ty court for n bounty of $76 on co jotcs. A turnip wclghliva 24 pounds, n sugar beet 28 pounds and n potnto 6',4 pounds ate on exhibition nt Cottage drove. Ono of tho very oldest of Oregon's citizens, Mrs. I.ucrctln Jane McKcn- lion, died at Ln Grande nt the ago of 98 years. KJfty men nrc now employed on road work on thw McKenzle highway, and despite the ruins, good progress Is being made. Shaw & llurlon of Klamath Falls are building a modern sawmill near that city with a capacity of 60,000 feet of lumber n dny. Whllo hunting ducks, Alfred Johnson of South Inlet In Coos county, was shot In tho back by u companion who had n 26-36 caliber rifle. Tho linker Improvement club hns secured an option on a tract of land In that city and has formulated plans for a pork nnd playground; Tbo Douglus county farm bureau Is holding mass meetings throughout tho county In an attempt to lucreuso tho membership. from 136 to 1000, Moro than 4,000,000 eggs havo been taken from eastern brook trout nt Elk lake. Tho eggs wilt bo takon to tho hatchery on Tumalo creak. Tho records show that the money order buslnoss transacted at Astoria Is tho largest of thnt of any postofflce In Oregon outside of Portland. Manufactured goods nnd products of Southern Oregon will bo shown nt n community fair to bo hold nt Ash land tU .first week In December. Twn-yonrolil Until Smith died at Hums ns u rosult of Injuries received from falling Into a boiler of hot wator which wns standing on tho floor. Mohair growers of Oregon, through tho Oregon Mohair Growers' associa tion, havo decided to petition congress to placo an Import duty on mohair. Elbert Dyer of llnndon Is offering to glvo 200 acres of land In 10-acro plots, to settlers who will ngroo to plant and ralso borrlcs on the tracts, Murshflcld Is planning tin uvlatlon flold and un auto cump ground for tho coming season. Tho city council has purchased property suitable for both. Increasing tho acreage of tho Uinn tllla national forest to over u million acres, tho Wenaha forost will on July 1, 1921, become a part of tho Umatilla forest. Itufus M. Smith, woll known pioneer of Polk county, la dead nt Monmouth. Ho crossed tho plains In 1853, locating In Polk county, whoro ho had lived over since. Two fatal nccldcnls out of n total of 2S3 ludustrlal casualties wero re ported to tho state Industrial uccl dent commission for tho week eliding November 11. John 11." Yeon of Portland has ac cepted appointment as a member of the btato highway commission, to fill the vacancy caused by tho resignation of Simon Dchboii. Approximately 172,000 In prize mon ey was distributed among tho stock breeders of tno northwest last week at tho Pacific International Livestock ex position In Portland. Tho sura of $35,769 was left In Luno county's market road fund this year to bo applied to next year's fund, ac cording to announcement of P, M. Morse, county englueer. Amendment of stato prohibition laws to make them conform with tho Volstead act will be asked by tbo Oro goii Anti-Saloon lciguo at tho next session of the legislature. Ten carloads of fine brick havo been sent by the Forest arovo Clay Prod ucts company to Eugene to be usod In tbo new buildings being put up on the University of Oregon campus. Bids woro opened this week at Klamath Falls for the lease of 13,000 acres of reclaimed land In the Tule Uko bed, Tho highest price In the bidding Is said to be $8.20 an acre. Daring safo robbers operating in Portland lato Saturday night with an old touring car carried away a 500 pound safe containing $1600 from the homo of Ding Wing, wealthy Chinese. Oovernor Olcott will leavo Salem this week for Harrlabure. Pa., where he will attend tho governor's confer ence. The conferenco will convene December 1, and will be attended by governor from practically evory state i tha union. $2,22,080,000 IS INCREASE IN INCOME Reports of $500,000 to $!, 000,000 Aro Mado By 178 Porsons. Washington. Tho taxablo Incomo ol tho United States Increased In 1918 by moro than $2,272,000,000 ns compared with 1917, nccording to Incomo statu tics Issued by tho bureau of Internal revenue. Income reported for 1918 amounted to $16,924,639,365 ngnlnsl $13,700,000,000 In 1917, though 141 per sons fllt-d returns for Incomes of $1, 000,000 or moro In 1917 and only 07 In 1918. Personal returns filed during 1918 numbered 4,425,111 nnd the tnx, both normal and surtnx, amounted to $1, 127,721,835. The average tnx for cacti Individual wns $264,85. As compared with 1917, n growth of 952,231 was shown In tho number of returns filed. The Increase In the totnl tax was $134, 228,881. Itcturns for Incomes of from $600. 000 tff $1,000,000 were filed by 178 per sons, Mhlto 1,510,938 persons filed re turns for Incomo from $1000 to $2000. Incomes from $2000 to $3000 were shown on 1,496,878 returns, and from $3000 to $4000 on 610,095 returns, For Incomes of $5000 to $10,000,' thero woro 319,356 returns nnd for Incomes of $10,000 to $15,000, 69,992 returns. More thnn 30,000 persons madn returns on Incomes from $15,000 to $20,000, nnd 16,000 on Incomes from $20,000 to $26, 000, while 9996 persons reported In comes of from $50 000 to $100,000, nnd '2388 mado returns fur Incomes between $100,000 and $160,000. LEAGUE TO AID ARMENIA Resolution Adopted Calling for Con ference of Various Powers. Geneva. Tho Lcnguo of Nations Monday summoned tha lcnguo coun cil to tako Immcdlnto stops to aid Armenia. Voting unanimously for tho first time, tho assembly ndoptcd tho resolution presented by H. Ilcno Vlvlanl of Franco to summon tho council this afternoon, with tho com mltlco to which tho Armonlan ques tion was roferrcd, to dctermlno tho ncopo of tho loaguo's notion. Lord Ilobort Cecil, n lender In tbnt move Inst week, expressed willingness to accept tho plnu of Senator La fontnlno of Ilolglum for naming a com mission of six to seek moans of halt ing hostilities between Armonla and tho forces of Mustnpha Kcmal. Vlvlanl proposed tho assembly nuth orlzo tho lcnguo council to roach nn understanding Immediately with alt tbo great powers, governing the strength of tho armed forca to bo con tributed by each townrd "saving Armenia." Police Round Up 1000. Chicago. Nearly 1000 persona wero under arrest ns a result of tho big gest roundup of crlmltiTlls hero In many years. Thu drlvo wns stnrtcd it midnight Saturday by Charles Fltz norrls, now chief of police, ns the econd step In his announced cam algu to rid Chicago of criminals. Asqulth Condemns Drltaln's Policy. London. Strom; condemnation of tho government's Irish policy, and re prisals In Ireland, wns voiced by for mer Premier Asqulth In a speech nl tho National Liberal club. COMMISSION ORDERS INCREASED RATES Washington. In Its first decision on tho right of tho federal government undor tho transportation act to rcqulro railroad rates within a stnto to corre spond to tho lilghor levels of Interstate tariffs, tho Intcrstato commerce com mission ordered tho railroads of New York to establish passenger and bag gngo rates, on Intrnstnto traffic con forming to advanced intcrstato sched tiles. Similar proceedings aro pend ing affecting moro than half tho states In tho union. Ily Its order of last August tho com mission authorized In tho New York region nn Increase of 40 per cent In freight rntcs, 20 per cent In passenger rates, excess baggago charges nnd rules on milk nnd cream and also a sur charge of 60 per cent on Pullman ac commodations. Tho Now York public scrvlce'commlsslon granted the freight advance except on milk, .hut d3)I thu other Increases within the stnto nnd the carriers appealed to the Inter state commerce commission. NOTE IS SENT TO BRITAIN Communication Deals With Oil Rights In Mesopotamia. Washington. The United States has dispatched a note to Great Britain pro testing against secret agreements be tween tho allies for tho exploitation of territories of tbo former Turkish em pire, It was learned hero. The noto Is the secoild of a series between tho United States and Great Ilrltaln slnco a recent agreement bo tweeu Great Ilrltaln and France for exploitation of oil resources of Meso potamia came to light some tlmo ago. The first noto was sent to Great Ilrltaln several months ago as an in quiry Into tho agreement reached at San Re mo, Italy, betwoen England and Franco on Mesopotamia!! oil territory. Tho stato department Is understood to hnve pointed out in this noto tho agree ment Mas in violation of tho stand of tho United States that all nations must bo given equal rights in mandate coun tries. Refiners Cut Sugar to $9.60. San Francisco, Tho prlcu of rofln od cane sugar wns cut to $9.80 u hun dredweight nt thu refineries here, making u reduction of 60 cunts. Hoot sugar dropped tu $9.30 ut tho no-flnurlos. W6 Have Just RECEIVED A nice, line of Children's Dresses also some excellent vulu.es in Ladies' Skirts We invite you to come in and look them over NOW MEN, if there is anything in the SHOE line you need, I think we can fit you up at a very reasonable price. Come in anyway as we are always glad to show you our stock whether you want to buy or not. THE HUB The Store of Quality UNITED PUE8I1YTEIUAN UHUItCII 10:00 Illblo School. lliuo, Thank offorlng. Sorvlco dlrcctod by tho W. M. S. 7:00, Y. P. C. A. mooting, Loader, Evnllno Chniico. 7:30, Locturo by Dr. Louis Albort llanks. Salem, Oro., Nov. Sonntor Louis Lncbmund, local hop brokor, recent ly gavo U. A. Mc Laughlln of Inde pendence a chock sutd to bo tho largost over paid lu Mnrlon county for a farm crop. Ho rocolvod $183, 728.60 for hops bought for English doutors." They wero grown on u 275 aero tract. NOT A MOMENT'S LET UP ALEXANDER' BIG REDUCTION SALE PR Russian Red Cross Workers Safe. Washington. All American lied Cross workers formerly In South Ilussla, with tho exception of Captain Emmott Klrkpatrlck, who was cap turned by Rolshovlkl forces, are safe at Constantinople, according to dis patches Just received by lied Cross headquarters. Republican Lead In House Now 179.' Washington. The unofficial list of members of tho next bouse of repre sentatives, as propared under the direction of William Tyler Page, clerk of the house, shows that the re publicans will have a majority of 179. Suffrage Indorsed By Italian Chamber. Home Equul suffrjy;o is an ac complished fact in Italy. Tho cham ber of deputies passed tho women's suffrage bill by a largo majority. Wilson To Gut Nobel Prlxe. Stockholm. President Wilson will ba awarded the Nobel prise for 1920, according to Swedish newspapers. 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