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THE ONTARIO AKODS ONTAH10, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1921 uJlje (Shtforin . Argua An Independent Nottptipci tsttuAtm Published Thurmlnys at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at tho Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. 0. K. Alkcn, Managing Editor SUDBCIUPTION One Tsar, $2.00 CO-OPKIIATH I'OU GOOD HOADS Mnlhutir county Is fnclng a real rond protilom ai tho result of tho long continued rains nnd lack of frost In tlm ground this v Inter. WhureuM tho county hud n sturl on a permanent system of hlBhwnyn, It will find, perhaps, that by spring till tho roads In tho county will be practically gone. The olio exception promises to he that soctlou of tho John Day High way from Cairo to Nyssn. That road Is still good and Is standing tho strain of unusual wear because It has ndoquato drainage, together with a heavy coating of gravel. Hut first of all It Is holng saved by Ub fine drainage. This road justifies tho specifica tions of tho Statu Highway engin eers. It demonstrates Mint those of us, nnd that Includes tho mnjorlty, If not nil of tho good roads uiithusl asts of tho county, wcro wrong In criticising work dona on that road Wo complained of tho deep barrow pits, tho' narrow crown and irhar features that did not suit our tin tutored Judgment. Of courso conditions this cur tire unusual; hut roads must bu built to caro for unusual conditions. Ilusl Hess must go on during unusual sea sons, and thoroforo wo tiro to bo con gratulated that wu havo botoro us an oxnmplo of uhat roads In this section must bo to meet such win ters as this. To mnko posslblo rvaionnbla tra vel In tho spring would It not bu pos xlblo for tho good roads enthusiasts of tho communities, tho farmers along tho roads, to assist tho county road crows In gutting tho roads In nhapo quickly In tho spring. A good roads man has suggested that under tho direction of tho county's road force a number of drags bo prepared nnd a Borlos of good roads days bo hold when tho trucks- of tho communities haul thoso drags over tho highways, It Is posslblo thai such an effort would result In a groat deal of good, If properly arranged and supervised, and wo bollova that tho county 1ms n forco Mint can do that work, any way It is worth considering. ti:i,i:phom: iiati: mm: Whllo Ontario will not bo enthus iastic over tho incroaso in telephone rntos Micro Is no doubt that when tho pooplo lako Into consideration Mm facts dlsclosod In tho findings of tho commission glvon alsowhorn In Mils I mi no, Mint they will not bn In dignant over tho rlso. Compared with Iho Incroaso In tho cost of opuratlons. nnd tho further fact that Mm earnings havo proven Insufficient to meet depreciation It was InoWtublo that soma Incroaso bo pormltted. It should bo understood that tho increase grnntod was not so great us tho company reqttestod; for that at loast tho patrons will bo thankful. Having receded Mio Inrrmiso not od, tho company ran bo hold for Im proved sorvlco, and In this connec tion It cun bo said for tho company that tho sorvlco hero compares favor ably with that given In other com munities, both largor nnd smuller than Ontario Ken so it Is not all that It should bo Thoro Is ouo point In tho commis sion finding that will not ho appro clatod by tho business men of tho communities served, namely that In which by Inference at loast, tho com pany Is criticised for having extend ed Its country lines Into torrltory which does not pay tho cost of sor vlco. Wo bollevo that tho business men of tho towns would rather pay slight ly hlghor rates themselves than havo tho torrltory surrounding the towns without telephone connections to tho city. In fact wo want tho phono lines extended, not reduced, tho of courso thoro are limits beyond which tho company cannot reasonably bo uxpoctod to oxtend Its lines. Ontario for oxnmplo should not bo without phono connections with Its neighbors on tho north, Tho city cannot bo told that Its trado radius Is to bo doscrlbed by an are to tho west and south only Concerning tho toll charges to N'yssu which hno boon allowed by tho commission, regardless of tho contract mado with old Independent Company, thoro will bo somo objec tion raised, tho in tlmo tho fooling of animosity will bo allayed, no doubt. This too should result In bet ter sorvlco for thoso who use the lines for business only Taken all round and viewed from ovory angle, and especially that which views sorvlco as tho first con sideration to bo considered, wo be- llovo that tho rates mado by tho commission aro fairly cnuttablo and wo trust will result In Improved ser vice. TIIK MOUNTING TAXES Prom all over tho stato of Oregon, and Its neighboring stato of Idaho, thoro Is being sounded a domnnd for reduction In taxation. And It Is ap parent that Micro Is a reason. Taxes aro mounting Tho trouble hero In Ontnrlo, how ever, can bo laid directly nt tho door of tho tieonte. Tho Increase In stnto taxes nro to bo found directly In Mm measures approvod by tho poeplo: furthormoro wo bollevo that they would npprovo of tho laws thoy pass ed wcro thoy submitted to them now, so thoro Is nothing to bo gnlncd by bolated protestations. What Oregon needs nnd needs badly Is tho election of assessors who will place values on proporty where they should bo. It is foolish to talk about high taxation when in fnet tho valuation of Oregon proper ty hnB so slightly Increased during tho past ten years, as revealed by tho tux rolls. It Is useless to discuss tho question of taxes until wo havo somo syslom of securing tho enforcement of tho law by Mm assessors. Oregon's pop ulation has Incrcnsod greatly, and tho tlomnnds of tho pooplo for all kinds of frills In govornmont havo of necessity Increased tho cost of government. Hera In Ontario, so wo nro told, thoro aro homoo vnlucd nt from $2. COO to $3,000 on tho tax rolls nt anywhoro from $300 to $500. Blnco practically all of tho resldonco pro nortv Is nsscsscd on that basis no gross Injustice is dono, but that bo- Inc true tho tho levy Is high, the chnrgo can hardly bo sustained that tho tax paid Is excessive It only socms so. Hod tho valuation placed by tho assessors kept paco with tho Incroaso In values It would not havo boon nocossnry for tho pooplo to voto ad ditional mlllago lovles for tho tint vorslty and agricultural college It Is thus that tho studied efforts of cttlzons to keen their valuations down havo been defeated After all tho mounting taxes rosts with tho In dividual tnxpa)or KAIIIO TO lllll.VO NI'AVH 1'ItOM I'AKTH AM OVKIl MIL'IHIANA ltabllshmont of n radio depart ment for receiving wireless news . lid kcoplnr In touch with Amorlcm Legion posts tnrougnoui uouisiann is nnnouncod In n recent liuuo of Tho l'ollcunalro, tho official nowspopor of tho Louisiana department of tho Lcglbn. Through co-oporatlnn with nmn tours In towns whoro (tier nro Leg ion posts, a constant liaison will bo maintained botweon tho Legion nows papor and tho local posts. Arrange raonts havo already boon mado for this sorvlco from Shoveport, Opol- ouses nnd I'rnnkllnton to Now Or loans whoro Tho Pollcnnnnnlr is pub lished. Hy tho uso of tho radio sorvlco, tho press shoots of nows from all over tho world sont out dally from tho Arlington station will bu rocolvod by tho Loglon organ. This sorvlco Is conductod by tho U. 8. Navy for ItH battleships anil Ilumcmbor tho Rotlvnl. Adv. MAL1IKUH COUNTY" MVLli UHTATH THANSFHUH KECOKDKD ni:c. U7 to iu:i hi Mary B ICIrkpatrlck to K. II. nrumbach, NWtfNWU Sec. 24-21-40. Aug. 26, 1920. 11,050.00. Leonard Qlllosplo to Lillian Stan- dish, NyiWMNttNKliNHU Soc, C- 18-47. Dec. 10, 1920, $1.00 Emplro Lumber Co. to W. E, Loes, IaiIs U, 12, 13, 14, nnd IS, In lllk. 208, Ontnrlo, Juno 24, 1920. $400.00 Itobort Van Qllso ot ux to Itoso 0. Colo, Lots 9 and 10, Dlk. 21, Toutsch Add. to Nyssn. May 14, 1919, $3,-600.00. Win. Q. Jenkins ot ux to Pleter Tenson Lot 4, SBU8WU, NEUSW U, Sec. 18; NEVJNWVi Sec. 19-19- 47. July 23, 1919, $40,000.00 Luella Long to J. O. Lamhersou $2,000.00. Lucy A. Thompson ot vlr to Es- thor lloston, Und. 1-13 Int. In V NEtf Soc. 9-19-44. Dec. 27, 1920. $10.00 IIopo liros. to S. Humphrey, Und. 28-109 Int. In Lot 6, Dlk 25. Eld- rodgo Add to Vnlo. Dec. 29, 1920. $10.00. Sheriff II Leo Noo t0 J. W. Oraff ot al. SWUSEtf Sec. 2; N'WNEU Soc. 11; NViNWVi, NWMNEU Soc 12-23-46, Doc. 29, 1920. $1,392.00. Donald McDonald to Donald Mc Konslo, SNWU. NBKSWH. NW ViSEU. Lots 3 and 4, SBUSWU Sec. 19-18-37; also NEUSEli, Sec. 24-18-36; also NHSWK, EV4NWV4 Soc 29-18-37. Doc. IS, 1920. $1.00. Interstate Land & Loan Co. to James h, Stewart, Lots 73 and 74, Dlk 8, Villa Park Add. to Outarlo Jan. 7, 1915. $1.00. Complaints riled In Circuit Court Laura I. Ltttlofleld vs. Xeno E Llttlo Mold Decombor 2S, 1920. Di vorce and Alimony rAIttlL'lUTO-MlDDLKMANVrO.CON- Hl'MKH. Tho recent visit of Horbort Hoover to Kansas, following tho rocent visit of Mr. Unruch, Is nn encouraging fact. It la encouraging becauso It Indicates that somo of tho best brains of tho country nro concentrating on tho problem of tho distribution of farm products. This Is ono of the groat problems of tho prcsont day. Thoro Is too wldo n gap botweon tho fnrmor and tho consumer, bo tweon tho prlco tho farmor receives and tho price tho consumers pay. Wo do not attempt to say what It Is that Is amiss. Wo do not know. In fact, uo ono appears to know. Tho farmer does not know. Ho only knows that, notwithstanding tho In creased prlco ho has received dur ing tho pnst fow years, his profits havo boon smnll, nnd now that ho seems to ho facing n decrease In prices for his stuff, ho will suffor serious loss If not financial ruin. Tho consumer does not know. He only knows Mint ho has been paying a price for food products so much greater than ho pnld under normal conditions as to arouse tho bollof that tho farmer must hnvo been mado rich boyond the drenms of avarlcu. Tho consumer, not knowing whoro to place the blnmo, has pine od It upon the producor. Tho farmor, not knowing whoro to placo tho blame, tins lumped It bodily and In dlscrlmlnntoly upon what ho tortus Mm mlddlomnn, hut with no specific or, apparently Intelligent Idea as to what ho moans by "tho middleman '. Tho situation Is In n tnuddlo. Tho problem will not bo. solved by shooting blindly Into a musind up condition. Incriminating oratory on tho ono hand and seeking to "pass tho buck" on tho o'lior, will not help tho farmer or the consumer. It will not reveal tho point wo hnvo missed nor discover the cog that Is looso In our Industrial organization. It will roqulro tho Intelligent appli cation of tho best buslnoss minds of tho country to work out plans to correct tho ovll and closo up tho gap botweon tho fnrmor and tho producer without doing Injury to olthor. Tho Interests of tho fnrmor nnd tho consumer nro Identical. If both clnssos nro to enjoy prosper ous conditions. Tho fnrmor must rocolvo n fnlr profit. Tho consumor must pny only n fnlr prlco. It np penrs obvious Mint Mio shorter the gap botweon tho two the holtor for both. And yet, nn lll-consldorod, hastlly-dovlscd schemo on tho part of olthor to shorten tho gap for tho sol fish Intorcsts nt either might provo n disaster to both. Thoroforo, welcome tho entrnnco of tho Hoovers, tho Ilnruchs, and ov ory wlso mnn of tho business world who honestly seeks to find tho cog that Is loose In tho Industrial ma chlno II J. Wntors In tho Kansas City Weekly 8tnr (JATHHIUNO WAU M1IUAIIV Threo hundred volumes covoring the Mold of American activities In the World Wnr hnvo beon rocolvod thru tho modlum of tho Amoricnn Legion Wcokly ns n stnrt of n com ploto legion wnr llbrnry, which will bo established In n room at National Hendqunrtors. Tho collodion of books Includes volumes dealing with tho history of units from compnnlos to divisions. It contnlns Mm pro ducts of hand presses in French nnd Gorman print shops ns well as mora ambitious output of londlng Now York publishers virrnitANs contkol moh Although the victim of n murdor In Jacksonville, Mo., wns a formor sorvlco man, mombors of the Amorl can Loglon post at Moborly, Mo , a town nearby, wcro cool-headed enough to qulot a mob of onraged cltlzons, which threatened to resort to mob vlolenco Tho Legionnaires wore successful In persuading tho nngrv crowd to permit the man nc ciiBod of tho murdor to be placed safely in Jail to await trial. hi.ui: laws not wanted Tollowlng tho action ot tho United Service Post of tho Amoricnn Isglon in Jlronx County, N. Y. which sent roprosentntlvoa to Washington to fight tho passage of the proposed "blue laws" by Congress, other posts lu all flvo boroughs of Now York put themselves on record against tho proposed legislation. In Now Jor- soy, Hubort Ilocko Post, of Teaneck, oxpressed a similar sontlment. HALIj put to good use Tho Turn Vereln Hall nt San An gelo, Texas, lost its unploasant name when It was loosed recently by mem bers of tho local post of the Amer ican Legion and remodelled Into n modern opora house at a cost of $5,000. The first attraction, n local talent minstrel show, earned $1,539 High class shows will bo booked for the theatro by the post- Professional Cards L "I DRS. WEESE & FORTNER OFFICE HOUnS! 9 to 12 and 2 to 6 Office over First National Dank relephono No 33 J Ontiirju. Ore DR. A. R.ROBERTS Dentist llclnerii Ontario l'liarnin. Depot. Phono 52 Hours, 10-12: 1:30-0 House calls Evenings by appointment Mado i'Tiono 158 DR. R. A. MOON CIIIKOI'HACTIC PHYSICIAN NICllVK SPECIALIST Acuto or Chronic Diseases Itooms over Post Office ONTAIUO OUKOON DH. C. W. TYI.KIl DENTIST Offlco In Wilson llldg. Office Hours 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Phono 117 for Appolntmonti. FOR SALE On TnADE For lle- stock. Good house, two lots, doop well, garngo and othor out buildings Box 641. 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Ask Satisfied Customers The test of any product is its service. Our concrete pipe has been used in many ol the IhkbohI and nesi drainage and irrigation systems in this sccton. Ash for information, let us refer ou to those who lime used our product. We will gladly furnish you cut filiates on your con templated improvements. Ontario Concrete Pipe Co. C. E. BINGHAM, President Ontario, - Oregon ONTARIO TRANSFER " AND STORAGE CO. I.oiik DMnncn nnd I.ocnl HniilliiK W. S. MAXON Trnnsffr Anjthlnjr, Anywhere, An) tlmo Storuuo Lcnvo orders Wt Implement Store Phono Hi! Itcsldcnro Phono Jl-W Ontnrlo, Oregon EXPRESS AND TRANSFER Phone 162 neildonce Phono 115J2 II. n. Caldwell Prop. Quick Sorvlco Phone Iftli Outarlo, Oregon W. REED W. JOHNSON HORSESHOEING, BLACKSMITHING BLACKSMITH FIT SHOES Sent Parcer Posf " No. 1-2, per set - $1.25 No. 3-4, per set - - 1.50 No. 5-G, per set - 1.75 Postage extra ORDER: SHARP, BLUNT, PLAIN 'W. 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Our brown busses meet all trains Rates $1 SO and up. W. C. Culbort son, Proprietor 44-MMMl4H McDowell Company, Inc. Ontario, Oregon Has Ileen Taken Over Hy FUNKIMI nillECTOltS J. O. Phlllnbaum & Hugh Alien Undertaking and EmMming Licensed In Oregon, Idaho, Washington Funerals conducted from the Home, Chapel, or ,h, niurth of Your Cholc PnOMPT SKHVIOE, NO DISTANCE TOO K Free Funeral Car Service Office Phono Day anil Night SU7 Night Phone, 80-M, 178 .; mmmmWiA Ln.3inV JlpppH (1 .HW mmmmmmut-.i'jt A r I 'I I-1 11 I mm , w ; I