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THE ONTARIO AltGUS. ONTARIO. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920 wt utHiin Argus An Independent Newspaper Published Thursdays nt Ontario, Oregon, nnd entered nt tho Ontnrlo post office (or distribution ns 2nd class matter G. K. Alkon, Managing Editor BUDSCltlPTION Ono Year, 12.00 A FlliHT YHAIt'H ItKCOItl) At tho annual nicotine of tho Farm Human held nt Cairo last Sat urday there wore- moro thnn 300 (armors prosont. And to thoso who Imvu not personally kept In toiicli with tho work of tho Uurcnu nnd its mombors during tho past year, it would havo boon u rovolntion Indeed to havo hoard tho rcportB of tho com- mlttcoH Blueing tho results of tho first year's activities. For example It is but ono indica tion of tho Ilnrcnn's growth that In olght months It has bocomo tho largest organization In Malheur county. It has moro actlvo, really actlvo nioti engaged In Its vnrlous enterprises than any organization. It Is nata to say that tho men At tho hendn of tho various depart ments havo nttondod moro inoottngs, oxchnngod viowa with moro Individ uals, read moro papers of a sclontlflr naturo than any other group of mon collectively speaking, In tho county And this bolng trim It roust bo admit ted that It Is becoming a forco which will moro nnd moro bo recognised ns tlmo passes, especially If It molntalnn tho chnractor of loadorshlp which It so fortunately has soloctod in Its Incoptlon. Tho Farm Uurcnu li a forco for good In tho county. Tho prlmnrlly and ossontlally a farmors movemont, tho-mon nt Its head rocognlzo and oncourngo co-oporatlvo activity with tho mon living In tho urban commun ities of tho county. Thoy rocognlro, ns tho business men of tho cities should rocognlzo, and wo bollovo, do rocognlzo, that thoso things which mako for prosperity for tho rancher will ultimately ba of as much bone fit to tho mon of tho elites ns woll. Thoro Is no doubt but that this second ycar of Fnrm Ilurcnu work In on that prosonts mnny difficult problamn, problems of distribution nnd markotlng, moro porhaps than of production, but It Is also truo thnt whothor thoy solvo them or not, tho Farm Uuroau will succeed in bringing to tho ranchors a cloaror nnd fairer understanding of' tho dif ficulties thoy encountor than If no such organization oxlsts. ntlbtuuo lis- uvmo nl)y. . 7 8IIHD And that nlono will bo of groat bonofll. Thoro Ib nothing which so discourages, so dwartts offort as that which Is in comprohonslblo. Lot tho rnnchor roallzo tho moasuro of his task nnd ho has a start at least on tho road towards lis solution In its offortB for tho advancement of tho ngrlculturnl Interests of Mai hour County tho Farm Huroau morlts tho support of ovory forwnrd think ing fnrmor nnd ovory consclonclous business man at woll. who oum:m:i thkm? In his nddros nt tho County Farm Uurcnu mooting at Cairo last Satur day President Mnnaflold of tho Stato Fnrm Iluronu told of an experience ho hud had with u bankor In his homo town, and usod It na typical of nil tho bankers of tho West. If what Mr, Mansfield said Is typ ical of tho banking situation It Is high tlmo that somothlng bo dona to chniigo conditions, if It was hut an Isolated instance It should not be usod as an Illustration at all. In brlot Mr. Monsflold declared that tho bankor In his homo town, Medford, mado this statomont to him last summer: "Now Is tho tlmo to got your af fairs In shnpo, for wo havo boon or dored to call In cattla loans." "Who ordered you," asked Mr. Mansfield. "Tho Kastorn bankers," replied tho bankor Tho Implication very plainly Is, nnd wo havo no doubt tho audlonco at tho Farm Bureau mooting so took It, that tho Kastorn buskers defin itely docldod to bring about n rene tion by calling In cnttlo loans; that tho curtallmont of crodlt was tho re sult of gigantic conspiracy. If that Inference is correct, wo say that It Is high tlmo for a show down. Wo can readily understand that It might bo puroly local condition ap plicable in fact to only ono bank, whoso Enstorn crodltors wantod funds and Instructed Its correspond ant banks to roallzo on their quick ost ns8ot, tho rattlo loans. Or, perhaps, It Is posslblo that tho Eastern connections from which this Medford bank obtained monoy for long tlmo loans saw a slump In tho cattlo and shoop business and do cldod it was tlmo to get In Its funds from country banks whero such loans prodomtuntoda Tho Eastern banker could soo that with no crodlt being extondod to tho pooplo of Europo, with tho rato of oxchango running so ticrcoly against them, tho pooplo of Europo could not possibly buy out meat and thnt wo would undoubtedly hnvo a sur plus, which In turn would depress tho local market. All of theso things aro posslblo, oven probable for tho Eastern hank ers woro In a position to see what wns bound to result when tho ex change rnto roso to n point making tho purchnso of goods hero Impos sible for Europeans. Thnt Is ono fnct which some of our local business men and ranchers do not take Into account In their at tempt to fathom tho chango Which has takon plnro In business. And It Is too big n factor to bo overlooked. A npongo can nbsorb just so much wntor, thon It rofuses to tako an other drop. Amerlcn can consumo Just so much of a given commodity, and when that point Is reached, if It has no market In which to sell, tho surplus becomes almost a lia bility for until It Ib disposed of further production Is useless, mon nro thrown out of work and a vic ious clrclo Is started whoco effects aro felt In ovory realm of business. ONI-3 OF THK IIKA80NH Ono of tho reasons for tho quan dry In which tho retiring city coun cil finds Itself Is tho fact that tho goncral fund has bcon called upon to carry an unjust burdon. For oxamplo thcro Is duo to the general funds approximately 910,000 which was taken from that fund to pay local Improvements of varicAis kinds. Somo of tbo largest property owners havo failed to pay for Im provements In front of tholr property and forced tho taxpayers an a wholo to ossumo on ujijust burden. It this proctlco Is to bo permitted to contlnuo Indefinitely tho city will nlwnys bo In tho prodlcnmont in which It now finds Itself. Tho proctlco must bo stopped, tho outstanding local Improvement ns sossinontB must bo collected, or tho proporty taken to pay tho bill. That It nil thcro Is to It. Now tho Council has ordorod this vary thing dono, but for ono roason or another tho City Attorney has beon too busy to start tho nocossary actions. For $25 per month It Is necessary to bring about this result. Wo bollovo thnt special provision should bo mado to havo theso sulta started at onco, ovon If it be ncccs Bary to Incrcnso tho attorney's sal ary or hlro another nttorney for this Bpeclal purpose. Whatever tho remedy It should bo applied, and ni piled Boon. Classified Advertisements FOIl HAIjK THE HIIADOW (IIUPPEn HIM Llko Ilnnquo's ghost, tho Bhndow on tho wntors of tho Owyhee river haunted (leorgo W. Howard tho youthful murdered of (leorgo H. Sweonoy. Tho ho visltod tho sceno of tho burlnl ovory duy to aBsuro himself that the apparition was not real IiIn guilty consclonco gavo him no rest. "Ho should pay for his crlmo," folks say 'now Yes, ho should, to tho utmost. Ho has bocn making payment ovory slnco tho deed was committed. Tho ho could throw tho body Into tho wntors -of tho Owyhee Howard could not thus remove his stricken consclonco. It did not lot him rest, nnd fonr, that child of tho ovll deed roso to plaguo him. In this Howard Is no oxcoptlon. Tho rolo of crlmlnuls could It ho call ed from Cnln, tho first recorded mur dered down to tho last they would, with but fow exceptions reveal this elomentnl truth, "thus consclenco doth mako cowards of us alt." FO SALE: 10 It. P Fairbanks Morse Ons Engine, llko new. 1-4 inch Parma Water Lifter with i'Ib charge pip. O. A. Krntz. ! - i " ! m FOIl 8ALE 12 room modm. house, close In, on Oregon Street Can !) rsntod as apartments If deslr d. Easy terms Saa Mrs. T. II. FIs r. Phon 93-W. S C2 roil SALE Dulck Itoadstar. S0 first class condition, wilt consider bankable not. J. II. Tst, phone Ut-W, Ontario, Orecoa. tf FOIl SALE Good eating apples L. O. Hooley, Frultland, Phono 4 6-2. 823 52-1-2 pd FOIl SALE Small records. Phone 42-W. Anderson. vlctrola and Mrs. Blanche 63-1-2 pd. UOfiT AND FOUND. THE HYj:i-:V MUHDKIt Thnt tho county wan shocked nt tho horrible details of tho murdor of (leorgo II Sweeney by (leorgo W. Howard goes without saying, At Vnlo, In pnrtlcular whero tho inur durod man was so woll known and liked wero tho people depressed by tho grucsomo tragedy. In view of theso facts tho self con trol exorcised Is to tholr credit. No mob nctlon wns dlscussod, or thought of, while ovory assistance has bcon glvon tho officers of tho law In their offort to tocnto tho body of tho mur dorod man. ' Tho pooplo of Vnlo woro Justified and aro right in permitting tho law to tako Its courso, for in tho enso of Davo Ilrlchoux Justlco was spcody and tho guilty man was given all tho hardly to ho exprctod that ho bo call-. law pormlttod, and spoodtly. Tho od upon to try tho multiplicity of suits snmo will bo truo of Howard. I'niux to my place setou mllun west of Welser, one bay mare, weight about 1500 lbs. no -risible bland. Oirner pious come tuk mare, pay churefs and tor this ad. Chan. U. Van Duren. II. 1, Welser Idaho. 41 7t. MIBCKLLANKOUH 1 .,... Mrs. A. T. Chrlstonstn, teacher of piano, Phone 170-W. 51 tf WOIIK WANTED by man and wife on ranek y. the yer. Sox 142. 4t. pd E8TIIAY Came to my place 1 mile east of Ontario 2 year old licit er. Tin plate on right ear, with Samuel Smith, Ontario, Oregon stamped on It. Owner can have better by paying for ad and feed bill ll-lt Pd Tho Argus want uds will sell youi fnrm produce or your socoud baud machinery. Nice fresh cut flowers for sulo at Osborn Millinery. 1. FOIl 8ALE Ford touring car ns good as now, Bargain, Soo V. Kelso at Davidson Grocery or ad dress co Dox 41, Ontario. 830-1-2 ? m ?- f tiititttZiiiitiZZilZZltiii'itiittSttittti$Z Another Week and Then Christmas Just six moro shopping clays I Think of It thon net All along theso many weeks now, wo hnvo urged early Boloctton, of Christmas gifts. Hut, knowing human nature ns wo do wo havo arranged for thin last inliiuto rush In tho nrrlvnt of many now shipments. Our Inst word of warning SHOP EAIILY In tho day and EARLY In tho wcok. For tho mnittlo V V Hi BK-bsI J V tho butfot In tho don Candle Sticks HOME SUGGESTIONS How Iomk hnvo mothor and dud wished for a now nmntlo clock T Thoro Is friendliness In tho tick of n rloclt ihero In chaor In Its tinkling gong ns It strikes tho hours. A vnrloly of sires nnd modoln bore $.1 to $23, Easy Payment Plans Arranged SILVERWARE A comploto norvlco of sllvorwnro 'i what ovory woman doslros n scnlco In which tho opoons, knives nnd forks match all other BOts This Set $20.00 Soloct n sot nt n ttmo hero our llnoi nro continued j:: t. M . . i, ,, . A.M. 1 I f Et txx XX xt With A Pack On His Back We are headquarters for Santa Claus. Make your selection of gifts now, while our stock is com plete and avoid the rush. For the Kiddies: We hare what you .want for the kiddies. Dolls, picture books, toys, games, stationery, music rolls, candy, tree decorations, kodaks, kewpies, in fact most everything the little heart desires. For Milady: Fountain pens, stationery, ever- sharp pencils, perfume, toilet sets, manicure sets, candy, ivory sets, kodaks, cut glass, hand-painted china, pillow tops, phonographs. Our Pyralin Ivory stock is the most complete in this part of the country, For Him: Cigars, cigarettes, pipes,tobacc, stationery, fountain pens, ever-sharp pencils, traveling cases, military brushes, books, kodaks, cigar and cigarette holders, poker chin sets, fancy playing cards, collar and cuff cases, phonographs. ONTARIO PHARMACY Jewelry Store The Christmas Store i v4-Mw4"4-s44-4l4 'JlfMUMIMM UUIMMHt UMII MtC ! I MMBsVSt"ti- Memories Even old Santa has them. They reach back across tho yenr recalling old scenes once familiar faces. The family album has its place and photographs of friends of other days aro cherished in every household. Exchange portraits Christmas time. Mako an early appointment for a sit ting. Mother will appreciate it Dad will be proud. Better still why not Moth er and Dad sake." pose for "tho ciiildren's Sisters, brothers, sweethearts and baby portraits mako tho gift un equalled. ' Sk. Seligrnan Studio Photographer Phono 133-W Send The Argus to a friend in '21 ?