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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1913)
a Mi tmh -MfflTTnT ONTARIO-The Pivotal Point of the Great Interior of Eastern Oregon (BniatU &rgft. The Ontario Armis leads in Prentijre, merit, and Circula tion. Watch us grow Wht The Produce from 15,000,000 :m-res is marketed from On tario each year Representative Newspaper of Ontario and Malheur County. VOLUME XVI ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913. NO. 10 WILSON'S VIEWS GIVEN JOMTION Inaugural Address of the New President. DEFINES PEOPLE'S DUTY. pint Obligation of Law I to Keep So eiety Sound by Sanitary and Pur Focd Statutaa and Measures Deter mining Conditions of Labor Taek Not Mfdy On of Politics. WnsliiiiKton. March 4. The Inaugural dilro"s of President Woodrow Wilson In nx follows: There has len n change of govern Dicni. It hegnn two .yenrs ago, when the home of representatives kMM npiii"rnitle by ii decisive BSjSrlt. It has BOW Immmi completed. Tin- senate about to assemble will also ha IHm crntlc The olllcea of president and Tire n-il'-nt have been put Into the bnii'l of I lolllocriltn. Wllllt does the etanncc mean? Thnt lit tho question tlii f i uppermost In our minds tocln . Tli.it It ilu' question I ntn boIiik to try to answer, In order. If I may, to Inter pret tin' ocn.sion. It DIMM much mora than the mere iutcss of n party. The auccess of n parly mt'iina little except when the nation Is using that party for a large ml ilcllnlte purpose. No one can nils t.i.. I lie purpoae for which the mitlon bow aeeki to nee the Ilcmocratlc party. It seeks to nae It to Interpret a change la Ita owd plane and point of view. Borne old thlnga with which we had frown r.iniiiiar and which ha4 begun to creep Into the very habit of our thought and of onr llres bare altered their upect aa we bare latterly looked crltlcnlly uku them with fresh, awak toed ayes; have dropped their disguises and aliown thetnaelvea alien and Bin liter Some new things aa we look frauklv upon them, willing to compre hrod their real character, bare cone to ii--.nine the aanect of thlnga long be-llevi-d in and familiar, etuff of onr own eoorlctlona. We have been refreshed by a new lnatgbt Into our own life. Our Model Government. We aee that In many thlnga life to very great. It la Incomparably great In IU material aapecta. In Ita body of Wealth. In the diveralty and aweep of Ita energy. In the industries which have been conceived and built up by the genius of Imllvldtial wen and the lim itless enterprise of groups of men. It It treat tilao, very great. In Ita moral f"i Nowhere else In the world have noble men and women exhibited In aiore striking forum iiiu beauty aud tin- euergy of aytJkpnthj and helpful tiess mid utilise! lu their efforta to rec tifj wrong, ullevlute sufferiug and set tin- weak In the way of streugtb and tape We have built up. moreover, lii e. i i-Weill of government, which bus stood through a long age aa In uiuii) respects' a model for those who wek to set llherty RMel foundutloua (but will endure against fortultoua ebaii'.-e, against atorm and accident. Oui Ife lontiilua every great thing aud contains it in rich Mbiindnuce. Km tin evil tin a come with the good, ml iiiu. Ii hue gold has been corroded. With riches Ima come luexcuaable mum- u,. i,w. squandered u groat pari of what we might huve used aud bavv not stopped to conserve the ex reeding bounty of uuiure without which our genius for enterprise would bate beeu worthless mid Impotent, coming k, (h, direful, ahamefully Prodigal us well ua udinlriihly ettlcient VtV have been proud of our Industrial CtUevemesta, but we have not hith erto Mopped thoughtfully enough to count the human coat, the coat of Urea nutted out, of energies overtaxed and broken, the fearful phyeical and spir itual os( to the men and women aud children upon whom the dead weight ud burden of it all has fallen pitiless ly Hie .veins through. The groana aud a-01') of It all had uot jet reached our ears, the solemn, moving under tone or our life, coming up out of the mines and factorlea and out of erery nonie whera the struggle bad Ita inti mate and famlllnr seat. With the "real uoveruuieiit went many deep ee crei thlnga which we too loute delayed to look into aud acruUntae with can did, fearless eyes The great goveru tnent we loved baa too ofteu been nude use of for private aud selfish PQrpoasa, mid thoae who used it bud forgotten the people. Duty of Americana Outlined. At last a vision baa been vouchsafed u of our lire aa a whole. We aee the bad with the good, the debased and iecadent with the aouud and vital. "Uh thia vislou we approach new af n'r Our duty la to cleanse, to re couider, to restore, to correct the erU without impalriug the good, to purify ,ljd tiuiuuuiae everv urocess of OH common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it. Tliere haa been something crude and henrtleaa and un feeling In our hiiMe to succeed nnd be great Our thought hna been, "l,et er ery man look out for himself; i,.t er ery generation look out for Itself." while we r .tired giant machinery which made It Impossible thnt any but those who atood nt the levera of control should have n chance to look out for themselves We had not forgotten our morula We remembered well enough that we bad set up a policy which waa meant to aerve the humhleat aa well aa the most imwerful. with an eye alngle to the stiuidords of Juatlce and fair piny, and remembered It with pride. But we were rery heedleaa anil ta a hurry to be great. We have come now to the solier sec ond thought. The scales of heedless ness have fallen from our eyea. We have made up our minds to aiptare ev ery process of our national life ngnlu with the standards we so proudly aet up nt tho iH'glnnlng and have alwnya carried nt our hearts. Our work Is a work of restoration. Thinge to Be Aoeompliohed. We have Itemized with aome degree of particularity the things that ought to be altered, nnd here ate some of the chief Items: A tariff which uts ua off from our proper part In the, commerce) of the world, vlolntea the Ji.t princi ples of taxation and makes the i;o..rn iiient a facile Instrument In UN) hands of private Interests; a banking nnd cur rcney system baaed iikiii the ne.esslty of the government to sell Us bonds fifty yenrs ngo aud perfectly adapted to con centrating cash and restricting credits; an Industrial eyatetn which, take It on all Ita sldea. flnnnclal aa well na ad ministrative, hoi. is capital lit leadlug strings, restricts the liberties aud lim its the opportunities of labor nnd ex ploits without renewing or conserving the natural reaourcee of the country; a body of agricultural activities never yet given the efficiency of great busi ness undertakings or aerred aa It abould be through the Inatrumentallty of edence taken directly to tbt farm or afforded the facilities of credit beat eul ted to Its practical needa; water courses nndeveloped, waste places un reclaimed, forests unteuded. fast dis appearing without plan or proaptet of renewal, unregarded waste neaps st erery mine. We bars studied aa per baps no other nation baa the moat ef fective menus of production, but we bars not atudled coat or economy ae we should either aa organlaera of In dustry i:b statesmen or aa Individuals Sooiety'e Duty to Itself. Nor have we atudled and perfected the menus by which government may be put at the service of humanity In anfcKUnrdlug the health of the nati.m. the health of Its men and ita wouieu and Its children, aa well as their rlghta lu the struggle Tor existence 1 his la lio sentimental duty. The Mm basis of government Is Justice, uot pity. These are matters of justice. Tliere can la no equality or opportunity, the first essential of Justice In the body politic. If men and women aud chlldreu be not shielded lu their Uvea, their very vitality, from the cousequeuces of great Industrial aud social processes which they cannot alter, control or elugly cope with. Society must see to It that It does uot Itself crush or weaken or damage Its owu constituent parte. The Unit duty of law la to keep aouud the society It servea. Hanltnry laws, pure food laws aud laws determining con ditions of labor which Individuate are powerless to determine for themselves are Intimate purta of the very busi ness of Juatlce aud legal efficiency. These are some of the thlnga we ought to do and not leave the others undone, the old fashioned never to be neglected. I'uudaiueiitul aafeguurdlug of property aud of individual right. This Is the high enterprise of the uew day: To lift everything that concerns our life aa a nation to the light that shines from the hearth fire of every man's couacleuce aud vision of. the right It la Inconceivable we abould do thia aa partisans; It la Inconceivable we should do It In Ignorance of the facts aa they are or in blind haste. We shall restore, not destroy. We shall deal with our economic system as It la aud aa it may be modified, uot aa It might be if we bad a clean sheet of paper to w.iie upon, aud step by step we aball make It what it abould be In the spirit of those who question their own wisdom and seek counsel and knowledge, not shallow self aatiafac tlou or the excltemeut of excursions whither they cannot tell. Justice, and only Juatlce. aball always be our motto. Task Not Merely One of Politics. Aud yet It will be no cool process of mere science. The nation has been deeply stirred stirred by a solemn pas elou, stirred by the kuowledge of wrong, of ldesla lost, of goverumeut too often debauched aud made an In strument of evil. The feelings with which we fuce thia new age of right and opportunity aweep across our heartstrings like aome air out of God's own presence, where Juatlce aud mercy ere reconciled and the Judge and the brother are one. We know our task to be uo mere task of politics, but a task which shall search us through and inrongn. wiieioei e oc nine to under stand our time nnd the need of onr people, whether we be Indeed tbelr nibasfSM nnd Interpreters, whether we have the pure heart to comprehend naiKthe rectlfled will to choose onr high course of action. This la not a day of trlnmph: ft Is a day of dedication. Here muster not the forces of party, bnt the forces of hnmnnlty. Men's hearts wait upon na: men's lire hang In the l.nlance: pien's hopes call upon ua to say wht we will do Who Hhnii lire up to the great trust? Who ilnreu fall (.. 1 I aals. mon all honest men, all patriotic, ei)! rorwarn looking men. to my aide. Ood helping me. I will not fall them if they will but counsel and sustain me. WOODMEN Of WORLD HOLD PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT Ontario Camp. W. (). W. held public entertainment st the Moore hall March 3rd. Shell Ingle was master of ceremonies and presented a program of untiaual merit. A splendid orchestra made the evening pais along plensunty. Leon I. Chapman ami llyron Turner proved themselves real artists in entertaining the niidlenoe. B. J. Jeffries BBsUtHllt district manager acted na chairman and pre sen ted the speaker of the evening. W. U. Msnlon, of Denver, Colorado, who spoke on tbe Order, MRS. W00DR0W WILSON Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who will be first lady of the land and preside over the White House four yeara. W.F.HONAN RETURNS FROM STATE CAPITOL Many Lawb Passed Which Will be of Great Benefit To Thia Section Represent! ve lloman returned from Salem a few days ago and did uot deem It necessary to go back to the extra meetlns. He stated be thought the aesalou of tbe legislature was a good ons and that much constructive nd beneficial legislation waeeuacted. There were many measures passed of direct benefit to this section On euablee counties to levy a tax to tluaiioe oounty fairs aud there waa alto a bill paeaed for atate aid. Tbe collection of taxee ou traualent mercbaoidae and stock waa simplified so that sheep and other foreigu stuff can be taxed. Tbe atate was takeu Into tbe irriga tion business and the irrigated part of tbe atate will be gireo more attention In tbe future One bill waa passed enabling water usera to double up on the uaeot water, also governing irrlga tion diatrlots, regulating tbelr elec tions and levies to be collect, .i by tbe oounty tax collector, lery to bo made by tbe directors. In tbe matter of an experimental atation for this oountr. It was covered by a general bill which provides for state aid in experimental aud demons tration work, tbe state giving 12.000 for esob tl.000 appropriated by tbe oounty and this work may be carried ou In different plaoes in the county. There were also many atate mess urea, such a. tbe Workmen's Compen sation act sud tbe Widow's penaion. the latter to enable a mother to rare tor Bsf children and not be compelled to place tbin in one of tbe state m stitutlouB, It being deemed cheaper for tbe tate and better for the child itn. There were several hundred more bills t aaatid, but must ot them were of local uature. bEKbsP m W m am. BTaraTaW ssv M ' x aran u ..! ' aa aW tteaV m b W am ' 1 asm Baa 0 Uss, r Am.rlcan Press Assoc 1st loav. WOODROW WILSON. The President Who Will Rule the Na tion for the Next Four Yeara. NEW PRESIDENT I IS INAUGURATED The Usual Ceremonies Attend Induction Into Office of Woodrow Wilson Washington. No prealdent-elect baa ever found the capital of tbe nation wboss destinies he la to guide more brilliantly arrayed or more abundant with enthualaam than Woodrow Wil aen. Mr. Wilson and his family arrived at 3:46 o'clock Monday afternoon. With them In special trains came atudenta from Princeton University. who formed a lane from the train shed to the president's room In the atation. where the Inaugural reception commit tee of senators, representatives and Bjrtea.li i awaited the Wilson family. Ofcs of Mr. wnson'a tost sots as a private oltlaen waa to call, with Mrs. Wilson upon the president and Mrs. TbJt The president-elect and Mra. Wilson were escorted to the White House booh after their arrival. Preal dent and Mrs. Taft received them In the Blue room. All the miliary aud naval aidea to the president. In regalia to their office, were present, but noue of the cabinet. The program arranged for the pa geant and ceremony waa virtually the aame aa that of other Inauguratlona f recent yeara. The two big featurea of the dsy were the Induction of the president and vice president Into of fice at the capltol and the parade that followed theae ceremonlea. Tuesday morning Senatora Crane, Overman and Uacon and Uepreaenta Uvee McKluley, Kucker and Oarrett, comprising tbe Joint congreaalonal oommlttee on the inauguration, called at the hotel for the prealdent-elect and vlos-prealdent-elect. They were ee sorted to the While House by the Rsaex troop and tho Blaokatone troop of the Culvery Military aoademy, through lines of atudenta from Prince ton University and the University of Virginia. Shortly before noon Prealdent Taft awaited them and tbe whole party proceeded to the aenate chamber at the capltol, where the ceremonlea be gan at noon with the Inauguration of tbe vice-president and swearing in of senators el. 1 1 Theu followed the presidential Inauguration, the returu to the White House, where the retir ing prealdent took leave of his auocea sor, who reviewed the pageant from the Court of Honor. Many military and other marohing organisations participated lu tbe pa rade. Tbe Tammany braves from New York, for the first time In tO yeara. participated. About 30,000 persona were In the parade. THOS. MURRAY PLANNING BIG CHICKEN RANCH HERE Tfioe. Murray, a recent arrival from Rook Spriogs. Wyoming, has pur chased a place on tbe bench and la erect log boildlugs for an extensive obicheo ranch. He will also have a few oowe aud - ue bogs That la a combination 'ur. to win. Some Tileuiuua oows are earning over $100 s year for their owners and tome Mainour cows aie earning ovsr 1176 a year. Still some hesitate about going into the dsiry busiueas. ONTARIO FRUIT GROWER HAS IKUUBU WIIH PASSENGER San Francisco, Feb. 28 Passengers on the steamship Ventura, wbicboame Into port from Honolulu and Australia last uight, witnessed the beginning of a battle between two ot their number as the gaog plank was being put down. W. W. Concannon, a wealthy con tractor of Snn Kranolsoo. and William U. Sanderson, n fruitgrower of Onta rio. Oregon, were the principals. The passeugera were crowding to gether near the gangway, grips and bodies In band, wheu Coucaiinoti jnstl ed bis valine against Mrs. Hamleraon. Sandehion began to expoatula.e, inn aa ho did a r tho ntuab from behind forced Coooannon forward unI one of his grips hit Mrs. Hauderson again. When Sanderson protested against thia, Concannon struck the fruit grow er on the chin. It was a hard blow. but Sanderson oame back with a harder one. He bruised his knuckles ou Conoaonon a tooth and it began to look like a real white hope battle, but other patsengere stopped the light. THOMAS R. MARSHALL Thomaa R. Marshall, the new Vice President, who will preside over the United States Senate for four years. CITY COUNCIL HOLDS ITS REGULAR MEETING New Sidewalks Ordered and Much Routine Business la Transacted Tbe regular monthly meeting of the council was bold Monday eveu lng. Mr. Fraaer. of tbe library commis aion, reported that tbe Carnegie cor poration required that the site for proposed library be free Irom debt and that there was still I7b() due on tbe lota aeleoted. On motion 1750 waa transferred to tbe library oommlasiauu. The library urdluanoe was changed so that a flat sum of 7&0 will be appropriated yearly tor tbe maintenance of the Carnegie libr ary, when erected. Reports of treasurer, recorder and fire chief read and placed on file. The liquor licensee were granted tor tbe mouth. Application waa also made from Henry Ueler for a liquor license for the Ontario hotel and the city attorney waa ordered to draft an ordlnauoe to permit tbe Issuance of aald license. An ordinance was drafted regulat ing skating rinks. Tbe returns of the special election bold February 7, was canvassed aud tbe amendments declared carried. A sidewalk was orders J built oo tbe east aide of block 205 and costs asaeasaed agaiost property liable. Adjourned to March 5. V Announcement TbVKroeasin Harness company wish to annoBame to tbe public of Ontario aud vlcliilfVtbet ws bsre purchased tbe barneass Beul saddlery store aud good will of F.Na Freeman aud are prepared to Imprsate his already highly ettlcient ei-taUdiahuieiil by selling only tbe beat laWur Hoe and by using, the best mathflale and worbmanabip. Uuereuteeialaverery body a square deal we therefore IsJIokt your patronage. Kioessiu Haines Co. V .A.'.eaSaA P. lor awawa! S. I ' t m swawT Lfl Bwasv j PUNS MADE FOR MUCH IMPROVEMENT Commercial Club to Begin Advertising Campaign BUILDING EOR PUBLIC LIBRARY Spring weather has been with na this weekend It naturally caused the. people to formulate plaua for the sea son. It la generally looked ou as quiet, from a business standpoint, throughout theoouutry, but our people feel that It la only temporary and that oomlltlouB will soon tome a re sumption inactivities as of yore. The (omnierlclsl club is planning on a good yenr of advertising nnd progress. Their plans inclnde the inauguration of n ealea day for the benefit of tbe farmers But the main Interest is centered in getting tbe people started In diversified farming an that when the price of one com modity la low, they will have others to depend on. In case tbay had cattle now they would be strjetly i.i It aud It la alwaya tho same, aome of the farm products ere always In demand at good prices. Tbe people are show ing interest and be opening of the creamery here In a few daya will add to tblsand stimulate the movement until many will be getting tbe benefit. Another matter of vital Interest to the olnli la the building of a borne tor their meetinga and tbla will be at-oom pushed lo tbs olty ball whloh Is planned to giro them apace. Tbs passing of tbe ordinance, call ing for au elootlon to vols bonds for tbs city hall brings tbla matter op to tbs people to decide whether tbear wish tbs olty, Comjnei-olal club, flre assa and. others to- have a home that will make them feel that they hare something to work for, or be com pelled to go along renting aud giving tbe world to understand that it la not well for municipal itles to own any thing and naturally thia will be ac cepted by Individuals as equally good policy for tbem. Tbe building of a borne for tbe put. lio library baa oome to a point wbere It la safe to enuouuoe that work will be started nt ones and before full Ontario will be able to boaat of the best library and building lu thia sec tion. The ground haa beeu purchased and the Carnegie people have agreed to furnish the uioiiry for the construc tion. Plans are being submitted. There are at leust two new busiueas blocks under cousldeiation, but the men do not care to be quuted at this time aa their plaua are uot definite. The drainage of the water from the low lands east id t he railroad waa pro vided for at the oounoil meeting Wed nesday evening and it will be attended to at once There ia a natural drain and this will be Improved aud deep ened to accommodate all the surluco water. For tbe weet of the city large Im provements are bring planned Klrat comes the nutlet for the drainage, bonds for which will be voted soon. The olty will then be lu shape to take up the draiuage and sewerage ayatem for the west of tbe city aud the necessary work for the organi.atlou of the dlatriot is la-lug accomplished so that the unsightly ponds will soon lisapHar. Petitions were also presented to tbe city council from the residents of the adjoining additious, aaklug to be takeu into the city, uud cuing mauy of their grievances. It appeal that they have no way of regulating cattle, borsea aud chickens running at laige uud their grounds and crops are fre quently iuvaded aud rulued. They have no city water, draiuage, lighting, police protection, fire protection, sidewalks, or tbe inaur other beuefits of the citr. still their taxes are as high as though they hud. The county court asaesees them four mills fur rOaal purposes aud takes the money aud ex pends it on roads away Irom tbem leaving tbem without sidewalks aud street Improvements. Tbe city tux of five mills will give tbem all the olty beuefits uud tbeu their road tax would be expended ou tbelr streets and side walks so that they have everything to galu by joiniug the it y aud at little additional expense. In the matter of oout recta lor the city ball and other public Improve menta tbe local people will be gireu Continued on page 4