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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1921)
TTTE ONTARIO AUOVS, ONTARIO, OREGON, ICTHSU , MARCH 3, 11)21 GJlje GDutartu Arrjno County Official Paper " An Independent Newspaper I'ubllshod Thursdays nt Ontario, Oregon, and entered at tho Ontario post oftlca (or distribution as 2nd class matter. O. K. Aiken, Managing Editor SUnSCllIPTION One Year, $2.00 FAITH IX OXTAHIO Thoro nro many ways of showing faith In n city. It Is particularly tho (unction of thoio who nro en deavoring to Imlld up u cominuiitty to uinnlfcst their belief thut tho city Is to grow, and to do no In n sub stantial manlier. Generally speaking there In no but ter Indication of faith In it town than Investments In rcsldoiico or business property. If possible uvory buslnesH should bo located In pro perty belonging to tho owner of the business. Thoro nro many reasons which Justify this contention. Tho only real argument that ran bn rais ed ngnlust t Is that the tuisliieis lacks tho capital necessary to the purchase, or that greater returns may bo had by employing capital In merchandise than In property It Is true that only a small pro portion of Ontario's business men own their own business property. In many cases tho goods In the (ttores aro of greater Intrinsic volno than tho buildings In which they nro located. Slnco a homo Is necessary for tho business It Is but reasonably fair to suppose, that as n genera! proposition tho business ought to bo nblo to finance n homo of Its own. In Ontario thoro nro only 17 men In business who own entirely or In part thu structures In which their business Is located. This, Is entirely too small u number. It militates against progress In tho community. It Is n sourco of dissatisfaction all round. When Improvements nro contemplated too few nro affected and If they Interpose objection peo ple nro prono to bollevo Hint they nro doing so hold back progress be cause It will affect thorn financially. Tho mon "who havo manifested sufflclont faith In n community to Invest honvlly In Us proporty nro In titled to consideration; not on tho basis of tlielr holdings; but on tho basts of tholr faith. On tho other hand If they have gambled In pro porty and aro holding It moroly for tho purpoxo of taking profits duo to tho Increases In vaiuo which thoy oxpoct the general public to crento, tliun tho question Is ono of n dif ferent category entirely. Ontario has somo very doflnlto probloms to solve, and they Involvo .financial obligations. Tho nuostlon of tnxatlon Is a sorlnus ono In this ns In every other community. Tho question Is serious horo booauso tho heavily taxed proporty s In tho ALL A1.IKK An Investigation on tho pnrt of thu Argus Into the condition of tho proporty of T. II. Moore, who was mentioned last week as tho only ono whom the council had. as yet. notlflod to clean-up property, re venlcd that Mr Mooro has connect ed every ono of his pieces of pro perty with seweragei that tho lots of nil his business property nro In good condition, especially about tho hotel, but that tho proporty con cerning which tho order was Issued, was not claimed vvlwti the first order was given by tho city health offlcor. This property Is located on First street at First avenue N W. two blocks north of tho City Hall. While Mr. Mooro admits that he Is derelict In cleaning up this sec tion of proporty. he ma ft on n pro position which will set n pace for mony others to follow, and one which tho council nmy well take noto of. Mr. Moore declares his wllllngnoss not only to follow but to lead any movement for tho clean-up of tho city, anil though ho duett not say so. It Is natural that ho ex pect the city Council to compel of mercy of tho commission men. This sower connections, and ns a matter of fact somo nro waiting to see whether or not this campaign will dlo out ns has many In the past Tin: uiiHi,.mMti:s m:coiti Thoro nppears to bo a genoral agreement that tho session of the legislature which closed nt Hnlom last Wednesday mado nn enviable record. Insplto of tho fact that half of tho ttmo of tho lawmakers was tak en with measures affecting Mult nomnh county alone, It Is to tho credit of tho session that It did not neglect tho Interests of the state at largo. First and foremost tho legislature gave tho state a now motor vehicle codo and endorsed the work of the Highway Commission, strengthened Its hands mid mado possible the completion of the highway program. Tho only departure from routine nffnlrs was marked by the bill strengthening tho nctlvltlon of co operative producers which will per mit the growers to so handle their nffnlrs that they will not ho at the tho Council should sou to It that the law s enforced uniformly, that everyone bo treated nllke. Tho Council has token action It has nnnounco'd that It Is to require sower connections. This should have been done years ago. Now lot It bo Keen that when tho Council Issuort such a statomunt that through tho enforcement officers It make good Us determination. WHO WIM. IIKXKKIT Tho men who own properly In the city should bo tho leaders In any effort for tho betterment of the city. No ono will gainsay the fact that a clean city s much to bo pro fered to nu unsanitary one. Pro perty values actually will bo en hanced, by cleanliness and therefore those who own property, for puroly selfish roasoiiH should bo anxious to clean up. other property owners to comply with the laws In tho snmo manner. Wo bcllevo this Is n fair proposi tion. Health laws nro of tho most Importauco In this city particularly. With tho coming of tho warm weath er when flics breed so thickly not n post spot for tholr propagation should be permitted within thu city limits, especially If thero are people living clono by. In connection with the elenn-up notices given last week Tho Argus would make this statcmetit: no mat ter who It Is, If the city health committee gives n written notlro to any person to clean-up, that person will bo named. Kvoryono will bo treated nllko. There was no doslre on tho part of tho Argus to mnko nn exception of Mr. Monro, who ns a matter of fact has shown n great er willingness to observo tho regula tions than many other property owners, save In tho enso montloncd. and concerning which ho noknow lodgos his dereliction. Tho publicity which was given last wcok to tho council's determin ation to onforco Iho health regula tions has already had a salutary ef fect. Many property ownors havo taken action, without waiting for formal uotlco and nro cleaning- up tholr preperty: others huvo ordorod No. No No. No. No. 11 lilAIX HCIIIIIIULK West Uound Passenger 3:47 A. M. Dally G:2G P. M. Daily 1:30 P.M. Dally 2; 01 P.M. Dally Is a step which followed naturally tho agitation that has occupied the attention of Oregon ranchers for the jNo past year or more. This step shows ho power of or ganized effort to educnto tho public It Is proof posltlvo that In Oregon tho problems of tho producers can be solved by Orcgonlans without tho interposition of n bunch of carpet baggors for North Dakota or any other stnto parading under nny dls-guho. SHAM. COUNCIL UK SUSTAIN III Ontnrlo H fnco to face with the "clenn-up" problem. Tho City Coun cil nud tho City Health urflcer have determined that thu health regula tions, enacted for tho protection of all tho people, bo enforced. Tho quotlon 111 the Inst analysis is; will public opinion sustain them In their fight for n cleaner mid heolthler city? Tho Argus has made It a point to discuss this question with a iiiiin of tho heavy proporty owners, busi iiohs men. mid Just folks who live In the rosldonco districts. Without n single exception the Judgment of those Interviewed is "Vos, tho laws should bo enforced." Olven, t lion, tho support of tho pcoplo generally mid It follows that G Mali 19 Passenger 23 Passenger 86 Passenger (Pony 9:33 A.M. Dally Hast Hound 18 Passenger 1:10 A. M. Dally SG Passenger (Pony) 7: GO A.M. Dally 4 Passenger 9:33 A. M. Dally 0 Mall 2:20 P. M. Dally No. 24 Passenger 4:30 P. M. Daily Oregon l.axiet'ii lirmirli West Hound 371 Mixed Valo-Crnno Departs 10:00 A.M. Dally Kx. Sunday 373 Mixed Vulu-Hrogau Departs 12:30 P. M. Dully Kx. Sundny 193 Passenger Vale Departs 10:30 A.M. Sunday Only Kaot Hound No. 372 Mixed from Crnno Arrlvo 2:60 P.M. Dally Kx. Sunday No. 374 Mixed from Urognn Arrlvo 4:G0 P.,M. Dally Kx. Sunday No 194 Passenger from Vale 3:06 P.M. Sundny Only No. No. No. No. No. No. and approved or rejected then) nnd Instructed the writer, us Prosldont of tho State lluroati, to represent It nt Salem on nil these matters, which will ho done not by log rolling, but by u dignified and clour presonln Hon of tho farmer vlow of these mat ters lo members mid committees. Wo nro now In I. Inn County on un active drive, this holng the week for public iipouktng. Tho greatest est Is being shown by ttio up) farmorii, both men nud vvomi Mini county mill I expect a eloso to seo u very largo .(t In tho (Iroator I. Inn County llureau. (IF.O. A. MANHFIUU,, President Oregon Stnto Fed Farm llureau. STATE'S WEALTH HAS I MADE LARGE INCREASE Ceiisui IliiicuuV Figures of Values in Oiegou Indicate Mai kill In- " crenio In Values of All CIiism-h of Propeity While thoro Is u growing demand for lower taxes in Orogou many of thoso who nro making complaint will find food for thought In tho hands of but n fow. They nro nf- comparative values of Oregon pro- footed more than men should bo In perty revealed In the ceuius report proportion to tho size of tho city The practical solution of the pro blem Is a wldor division of owner ship. Uliginous mon should secure greater representation In real os- tato ownership. Wo bollovo this would do several things. It would lessen tho doslro on tho part of thoso who feel the bunion of taxos to retnrd progress. It would reloaso their capital for other needed Im provements. It would aid Inatorlul ly la tho growth of Ontario. Dost of nil wo bollevo that It would cronte n bettor fooling In tho community generally, though It may bo truth fully said that community solidarity is ns high today ns It ovor was. AH OTIIEHH SHK US A rocont visitor to tho city said to tho wife- of one of our buslnoss men: "Why Is U that with uch n good looUng buslndfe district, with paved Mreola nnd good looking atoms tho peoplo horo pormlt, tho nlloya.nnd tho back lots to bo littered with fifth!" When ono stops to think about It, that is a hard question to answer. ANNOUNCEMENT DOCTOK J. C. WOODWAUD, O C U 1. 1 8 T, WOODWARD nUIIiDINO, PAYETTE. IDAHO desires to announce that ho will bo nt his offlco evory of tornoon for the purpose of FIT TING! OLASSES. Arrnngoments may bo mado for evening ap pointments. Eyes will bo ox nmlnod FREE OF CHAROE. Office cqulpmont includes every modern Instrument. FIT and SATISFACTION suaran-teed. Just Issued. This U especially true when It Is romomberod that while tho values glvon below havo Inorons ed by GR per cent tho assecsod values havo Increased approximate ly 20 per cout, whloh lu Itself ex plains to a largo dogree tho ouuse of Increased tax lovlos. Tho number of farms In Oregon. according to the rocont census, Is GO. 200. Thoso farms contain 13, 642,318 acros, of which 4,913, S61 acroe nro Improved land. Slnco 1910 the number of farms hut lnrreaod iu.j per cout; tho total acreages, (arms ib.u por cent; and tho improved Opornted by: aorongo, 1 4.9 per cent. Twenty-two Ownors nun ono-toniii per cent of tho land Freo from mwi ui me sinio is in rarms, nud mortgugo .iu..j por cent or tiie farm land U Mortgaged "'" ou. 4v0 mortK i no numuor of whlto farmers Is report iu.ujj, of whloh 40,484 aro notlvo Managers ana y,na roroign-born. Of tho nn- Tenants .. tlvo whlto farmors, 31,509 aro Operated by: uiiur, ous managers, and S.113 tenants. Of tho forolgn-born whlto farmors, 7,936 are owners, 100 manogor, and 1,107 tenants. The 673 colored farmers comprise 358 ownors, 8 mnnogors, nud 207 ten ant. iieso colored farmors In cludo 16 Negros, 300 Indians, 224 Jnpanoso. and 34 Chlueso. Tho num ber of femalo farmers Is 1,649, In eluding 1,5 IS owners, 12 managers and 119 tenants. Tho vnluo of all farm proporty Is $818,GG9,7G1. as compnred with $528,213,782 In 1910. an Increase! of GG.O por cent. Tho value of laud and buildings Is $0JG.213,284; of Implements nnd iimchluory, $n,. GC7.12G: and of live stock. $101, 779.342. As compared with 1910. tho valuo of laud and buildings for 1920 shows nu Increase of 48.2 por cont; of Implements and machinery. 214.8 por cont; nnd of live stock. 71.2 por cont. Tho average value of land and buildings per farm Is $13,449, as compared with $10,012 In 1910; nnd that (if land alone por acre is 3.29, as against $35.23 In 1910. Th6 valuo of tho 14.355 farms for which comploto mortgage leports woro soourod Is $ICC.C13,433. and tho amount of tho mortgugo debt Is $61,999,178, or 31.2 per cont of the vnluo. Tho avorago rato of Interest paid Is 6.G por cont. Forty-nlno and sevon-tenths por cont of nil farms operated by tho owners aro mort- v.,, un imiiiiireu wiui ,i;t, per cent In 1910. i'-ah.iih and Jan. 1. FARM ACREAGE 1920 N u m h o r of 60,200 ISTAHDARD OIL COMPANY i H-M.ironNiAl Western Seed $ Grain Co. Boise, - Idaho Faum, Field and Garden Seeds WESTERN SEEDS THAT GROW 1921 catalogue free upon request The stately dignity of this establishment lias buildt for us a reputation of which wo are quite natural proud. Our equipment is modern and our sti competent. WOXDHHITI, IXTHHKST IX I'AHM M'ltKAl Apr. IS 1910 39.SG3 18.077 17.843 3,943 916 9.427 45,502 87.790 24.865 12.032 309 847 G.859 Whlto farm ers .... 49.C33 44.S75 .Nattvti ... 40.4S4 F'r'gn-born 9,149 Colorod frs. 573 Land In furms: Total, acres 13,642,318 11.685.110 Improvod, n. 4,913,851 4.274.830 Average acroogo per farm: lotal 209.7 Improvod . . 97 9 Tho representatives of flfteon Ore gon counties mot nt Portland on January 11th and romalnod In ses Blon three days. Thoro was n grent spirit of cooperation shown and u ills position to go about tho groat work nhoad of tho Oregon State Farm IJ11 reaii Federation in nu organized nnd thoroughly IhuIuom like way. In keeping with the spirit of tho organ Izutlon there were present by Invita tion from tho prosldont C. K. Spencu of the Orange and A. R. Shiimwny of tho Farmers Union and several represontatlvo men from tho State Fedorntlon of Labor. The spirit of co-oporatlon wu everywhoro mani fest. Thoro was lj talk mid more work than at any similar meeting lu my oxporlonco. Although tho now State Federation Is less than a week old, It Is rapidly organizing Its statu office, has mi organization staff rounding Into splendid sliapo to put on drlvos In the rogulnr Amorlcmi Farm lluroati Federation way, mid has slnco tho Pot Hand meeting al ready visited Jackson, Columbia, Washington, Clackamas, and Mult nonmh cuntlo which liuvo oaoh or- ranged n gunrmitoo fund to put on a paid membership drlvo with sim ilar nrrangomonts pending lu other counties. Wo havo helpod organize n movomont to pool uftdor n six year mnuing marKotlng coutraot tho Oro fion wheat acting In cooperation with 1110 farmers' Union, tho Orange, nnd the wheat Growors, and a meet ing has been arrangod at The Dalles, ITffiPn!tlifg3!U!)IK9raHMlEU' Wiw ''nmmBMvi -t" ..- r i '-. MjilA - Undertakers, Licensed Embalmeiv H. L. PETERSON C. R. AUGUSTUS Ontario Furniture Co. 25G.8 93.8 FARM VALUES Tnn , 10on All farm property isis 65D tki .and nnd buildings T." 675K Imnlomnnt.1 ,i,,,l .i.i.. oio,-lJ,S4 Live stock .... T " . ' A 'SSH:S "' - ' VjruKJ Average value per farm ah larm property Land and buildings Land alono Avorago value per acre: Land and buildings Land nlono MOUTOAOK DKI1T Farms reporting nmlunt of debt: Number Value Amount of Per cen Average rato of interest paid, per cent! """" uui ier larm 101,779,342 10,304 13,449 11.077 49. SG 43.29 1920 14.365 f debt lfiC,663,433 toef1,Ule::::: 6I-999;"8 6.5 3.G22 Apr. 15. 1910 $528,243,782 455,576,309 13,205,645 69,461,828 11,609 10,012 9,048 3S.99 35.23 1910 10,274 $93,525,449 21.165.627 22 6 35,819 January 2 ml, to comploto tho plans, auoo Acitng in tno same way n Western (iL'7 urogou Wool and Mohair pool Is bo- mg organlzod and has arranged to meet at Albany January 21, to'por- ieei mo organization. A rnmmltten has been appointed to consult with tho Ruroau of Markets nnd ropro sontatlves of tho Formor Union and Qrnngo ami othors Intorostod lu a doptlng a plan to 'orguntzo county corporative exchange and head them up with n Central or State Farmers' County Co-operative Bx- cnango. All of those pools nnd organiza tions are to be formod on a strict ly non-profit, co-oporatlvo plan. Wo nro planning to organize for farm statistics and crop reports, tho mar keting of hay and llvestook nlong similar lines and bringing Into unl fled action nil tho various (armor activities of tho slate. Tho legislative commlttoe has ox- 2.060 arained a numboc of nrooosed tiiita I ifoCA Record Crot '""'" 'feCllP TrAKE EVERY seed I ai acre cultivated, yield tha biggest return; Diamond I I -OUR seed catalog Quality Seeds ore fesfecf ndPUnttrt'nuide lithe axi( adopted to the cllma- H I Jrro'c'htesfe tic and soil conditions of 1 I aaSffiSM lB Nfrthwest. You can 1 fertUUert. Poultry nd Iks Dank" On big Crops when i"PPi'"rtPJ5r.!..pd you Dlant Dinmonrf Otial- I and Equipment. ity Seeds. I H Atk for Catalog No. 101 I THF ARGUS PRINTS BUTTERWRAPS