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-.,,... i...iiii.i.. im,ijgmtM",ijiKl THE'ONTAItlO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921 - QJlH GDutarin Anjita County Official Paper An Independent Newspaper Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post offlco for distribution as 2nd class matter. 0. l(. Aiken, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION.. ..Ono Year, 2.00 MAKING A RUH.HIA OF AMERICA If, with thulr qunrrol over ungos, the railroad mnnucomont and the railroad workers can succeed In tlu ing up tho transportation system of this land, thou wo might just us well bo in llussla, where millions havo starved to death bocaso of tho breaking down of tho transportation uystom. In llussla It Is declared that twenty million havu died In tho last year, yot thoro wns food to bo had In tho provinces, hut no means of hauling It or exchanging It. Tho samo will ho more or loss truo In tho Unltod Stntes unless tho threatened strlko Is avorted. Ilownvor, nelthor tho railroad man ngurs, nor tho railroad workers are dealing with tho Russian public. Thoy aro dealing with Americans, who huvo shown adaptlblllty. Amur ran moil and womon will not (too thulri ehlldron ntnrvo white any group of men, railroad mnnagurs or rnllroad workers undoavor to forcu their will upon them. What tho railroad mnnagors and men aro trying to do Is to say to tho American poepto: "You shnll not oat unless wo hava what wo think Is our proportion of nil you raise and transport, regardless of whothor you got anything for It. You can go broke raising food, wo do not enru, wo aro going to have what wo want, when wo want It." Bupposo all tho mnrfors and mer chants In tho land, who will bo rulnod If this strlko continues, took tho same nttltuilo and whon Mr. Itullroad man during this strlko camo to buy food for his family said: "You would put mo out, of busi ness, well go ralso your own food, mako your own sIioom, your own clothes. If you will not trunsport goods, so that wo can continue busi ness, ho that our farmers can live, you can go somowhorn olso, how would tho railroad man llko that. Tho farmorH and tho business mon could logically tako that attitude, and bo Just as fair ami Just as tho railroad officials and managers aro In their position. - Of course thoro Is this dlfforonco botweon tho position of tho mon ami tho managers: tho managers are told what thoy can chargo by tho Interstate Commerco Commission. Thoy must obey. Tho railroad men however have oleotod to defy the findings of tho llatlroad Wngo Hoard. Slnco the railroads aro an ubso luto essential to tho Ufa of tho people, It Is perhaps as well that this controversy has arisen now. Tho American pooplo might Just as well learn now as later, whether or not their lives are to bo pluced In Joopardy at hu whim of managers or men In the railroad servlc. Wo might as woll learn whothor It Is to bo another Russia or not. OKKUON AM) OAM1 Olt.NIA In u recent Interview Mr. Wnltor S. Murtln, president of tho Eustorn Oregon Lurid company called atten tion to tho very apparent difference In tliu development of California and Oregon. What Mr. Martin said Is true, Oregon Is far behind' its sister states In this regard. Hut thoro Is, too, u big difference In tho relutlvo position of tho two states. While foreign corporations have held largo grants of Oregon uwaltliig for the tlmo when tho general development will mako them vatuablc, California has enjoyed the, bouoflt of untold forolgu capital brought to tho slate by tourists spondlng tho wlntor In tho southern clime. It Is Impossible to ostlmata tho outsldo capital that has gone Into tho development of California, to say nothing of the oxpurloucod busi ness direction furnished by men who went to California to retire and then entered business thoro when thoy found u life of Idleness not conducive to pleasure. To theso tourists settlers, and tho millions they have brought to California to a largo degree can bo attributed Cullfornlu's advanced position, llowuvor there Is so much truth In Mr. Martin's statement that ,lt deserves tho consideration of every loynl Oregoulun. Wo cannot deny that wo have us groat ou opportun ity ns has Idaho, that wo aro blessed with tho samo climate, with tho samo geuerul soli conditions, the samo markets, tho sumo altitude, etc., In fact all of tho elements which made for success thoro uro to bo found hero, yot Idaho agricultur ally spoakliig Is leaving Oregon be hind, especially In Its Irrlgaod sec tions, i Hero Is tho best opportunity to mako comparisons, and for Oregon tberu 'uro odious comparisons. There must bo something In tho porsonnel of tho mon of tho Irrigated regions of Idaho that accounts for tho dif ference. No other explanation cau account for tho results. Of Into years, wo cannot oven chargo tho land grant companies with letting their lands Ho dormant. 801110 of tho grontost Improvements mado In Malheur county In tho past flvo years was mado by tho Hastorn Oregon I.aud Company at Its ranches noar Nyssa, and In Cow Valley; whllo ever slnco tho Oregon Wostoru Colonization Compuuy has had possession of tho Cascade Moun tain I.aud grant It has had Its prop erty 011 the market mid Its prosldeut W. 1. Davidson has boon nctlvo In tl'o development of tho Ontario Nyssa and other irrigation districts. Had tho same spirit been shown by tho owners of tho Cascade Moun tain grant, ns Mr. Davidson has shown slnco bo owned tho proporty, tho Old Malheur project would havo hcon built and ono big government project, instead of Humorous small gravity and pumping systems would havo been supplying wator for this region. 80 nfter all It was the per sonal element In the past that nr rcntod development, and It wilt be tho porsonal clomont that will chango conditions, for no country dovolopcs faster than tho energy and activity of its loaders Justify. Thoro aro many railroad men to day who nro worrying over tho fu ture. And well thoy may. Thoso who do not want to go on strlko sco tholr priority rights secured by years of faithful servlco takon from them by tho affirmative strlko vote of their fallows, most of whom havo loss to toso. Farm products havo decreased fifty porcont, railroad freight rates havo declined hut a little. .It is tlmo for tho railroads to como across and tako their share of tho general reduction. 850 DISASTER DEATH TOLL FOR ONE YEAR Red Cross Gives $1,871,000 Re- liof When 65,000 Families Are Mado Homeless. Tho railroads aro but tho dollv orymon taking tho goods from tfio producer to tho consumer. Of lato thoy havo been taking tho goods Into tholr own treasury, for the farmor has In many ensos not boon nblo to got back tho freight ehargos. Ontnrlo saw n rent foot hall game Saturday. Though Ontario did not win, tho boys havo no reason to fco nshnmed. Thoy gavu tho best thoy had. Thoy fought to tho vory end, and showed real self control and ability to rlso from dlscouragomont. That Is what counts. Moro winning Is only part of tho game. Noxt to bolng a good winner, It noxt, Is to bo a good loser. Tho O. H. S. foot ball team Is both, and Ontario Is proud of the toani. visau HirrnacMKNT Notice Is hereby given thut I have filed In tho County Court, of Mai hour County, Oregon, my final ac count of my administration upon tho estato of Harriet M. llamsoy, ducensod; and that Saturday, Nov 10, 1021, at two o'clock 1. M., at the court houso In Vnlo, Oregon, has boon sot by said court as the time and plnco for hearing said account. All porsons Interested aro hereby uotlflod to appear at said Umo and filo tholr objections In writing, If any thoro nro, to said account and contest tho samo. Done and datod and first pub lished this 20 th day of 'October, 1021. wem:s w. wood, Administrator of tho ostate of Harriet M. Itamsoy, doceasod. First publication, Oct. 20, 1021. Last publication, Nov. 17, 1021. TWO HEAUTIES Could not bo kopt by tholr form er awnors. Ono nlco piano, llko jiow and ono nlco Vlctrola and lots of good records. Thoso Instruments aro half paid for so will soil either ono or both at the balance duo. Terms can bo had It doslrod. FRANK l'OI'MA, Ilolso, Idaho. FOR BALK At a. bargain, Rur roughs Adding Machine, slightly us od. Ontario Eloctrlc Co. -iG-tf Gonulno Ford parts aro Guaran teed and cost less. FORD OARAQB. FOR RENT or sale flvo room houso, easy terms, two blocks North wost of Qrado School. W. Korcher. $mj liquid cheaper PEARL OIL KER06INS HEAT AND LIGHT You eliminate all waste of heut when you use Pearl Oil in an oil heater. Pearl Oil makes any good oil heater most economical to operate because It Is clean-burning and every drop delivers real heat just when and where you want It. And It's most convenient to buy heat tho Penrl Oil way no ashes to lug no dirt no smoke no odor. Pearl Oil is refined and ro refined by the special proc ess developed by tho expe rience and resources of the Standard Oil Company. Sold in bulk by dealers everywhere. Order by name Pearl Oil STANDARD OIL COMPANY (OlifelBll) " L-" '. "J ftJIllJl'lW essSSSQS mm rjfttettiFM?jr&i gmm& S5SS5 .i a RED GROSS RESCUED 600,000 FROM DEATH Spent $1,200,000 for Relief of Famine Sufferers in China Last Year. To helji overcome conditions of acute distress In live fumlne stricken prov inces of Northern China, where mil lions of persons weie affected by an unprecedented shortuge of food, the American lied Cross during the last fiscal year spent more thiin f l,aJ00,OO0. $1,000,000 of which was contributed direct)- by National Headquarters and the remainder by var.onx groups 'n teiested In the welfare of Chlim, Through tho wide relief operations thus made possible It Is estimated thut more than COO.000 famine sufferers were saved from starvation. To the end thut similar prompt re lief measures by the organization may uhva.H be possible the Red Cross Is asking continued support by the Amer ican people by universal renewal of membership at the Annuul Red Cross Roll Call, No ember 11 to 21. The method of relief employed by the American Red Cross In Its opera tions lu China was particularly effec the, for In addition to saving hundreds of thousands of lives It provided China with more than 000 miles of permanent roads that are sorely needed to pre vent a recurrence of fuujlne. At one time the Red Cross -employed 74,000 Chinese workmen, paying them In food for themselves and dependents, tola food being brought In from Manchuria and elsewhere. Forty-three disasters, resulting In the death In the United States of BM persons and the Injury of 2,000 culled for emergency relief mensures and the expenditure of $1,871,000 by the American Red Cross during the llscnl year ending June !I0, 1021, says an announcement tinned upon the forth coming annual report of the Red Cross. These disasters caused property dam age estimated' nt $.'10,000,000, affected sixty-seven communities and rendered 113,000 families homeless. The gear's disasters wero of vary ing types, Including several which pre viously had never been thought of as Jailing within that classifica tion, The Red Cross furnished relief In seventeen fires of magnitude, fhe Hood, seven tornadoes or cy clones, ono devastating storm, three explosions, Including the one In Wall street; one building accident, twj typhoid epidemics, tho most serious be ing that nt Salem, Ohio, which af fected t) per cent of the population; one smnllpnx epidemic, In the republic of Haiti ; one train wreck, the race riot nt Tulsa, Okla.; the famine in China, emergency relief In famine among the Indians of Alaska, the grasshopper plague In North Dakota and an earth quako In Italy. Putblo Most Serious Ily far the most severe of tho dis asters In the United States durlilg the period covered by the Rod Cross re IKirt wns the 1'ucblo flood early lu June, lU-'l. The rehabilitation prob lem confronting the Red Cross In Pueblo wus one ofithe must dllllcult In rocent years. When the first news of the horror was Unshed throughout tho country, the American Red Cross National Headquarters responded with a grunt of $10.1,000 for relief work. Governor Slump of Colorado, appre ciating the long nnd successful experi ence of the Red Cross In organizing disaster relief work, placed the en tlru responsibility for the administra tion of relief In Its hands. In response to appeals from I'resl dent Harding, .Governor Slump and other governors of western states and through local chapters of the Red Cross nnd other community organiza tions, publlc-splrltod citizens brought the total contributed for Pueblo's re habilitation tb more than WJ.t.OOO. The terrible bnvoc wrought by the flood waters Is a matter of record. More than 2..100 homes were affected nnd 7,!MI persons were left homeless. Litlimites of JfiOO.OOO as an absolute minimum for rehabilitation were mado by Rod Cross olllclals In cburgo of the relief work. Fait Work In Wall strest The Wall street explosion was note, ole In that relief workers of the Red Cross wero on the scene twenty min utes nfter the disaster occurred. The race riot nt Tulsa also was unique In disaster relief annals In that outsldo of a small emergency relief fund con tributed by the Red Cross, tho only relief mensures outside the city con sisted of the service of social work ers, nurses and a trained executive wIioko object was to assist local force lu directing their own efforts. In decided contrast with the pre vious year, only one tornado assumed, trio proportions or a major disaster. This occurred on April 10, In tho bor der sections of Texas and Arkunsai with the city of Texarkann as the center. The significant feature of this disaster relief work was the fact that It covered so much rural territory as to make necessary a large number of relief workers. The famine In China, necessitating relief expenditures totalling more than $1,000,000 by the American Red Cross was by far the most serious of the foreign disasters In which the Red Cross gdve aid. Builds Up Its Machinery In connection with the administra tion of disaster relief measures, an In creasing effectiveness on the part of the Red Cross to deal with emergen cies was manifested during the past year. In 323 Chapters of the Ameri can Red Cross there have been formed special committees to survey the re sources of their respective communi ties and to be prepared In case of disaster. In others of the 3,402 active Chapters, a network of communication has been formed through which Instan taneous relief may be dispatched to any part of the United States. 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