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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1914)
( THE RURAL CHURCH PTHE FARMERS THE CUSTODIANS OF THE NATION'S MORALITY. TAXPAYERS KIND TO CHAMBERLAIN His Salary As Office Holder Exceeds $100,000 Asked How Was It Spent?" Cooperation of Church, School and Press Essential to Community Building. By Peter Radford. J.'iurer Natlriinil Farmers' t'nlon. Tin' church, llii- prpRB hthI the school form ;i triple alliance of prOrBM that guides tip destiny of ever) OOBUBBkV It.v. stute anil nation. Without them ci illxalion would wither and die and through them life may attain Us great cut Nil's ini. power and knowledge O'Ih' fanners of this nation are greatly Indebted to this social triumvirate for their uplifting Intluonce, and on behalf Wf thn American plowman I wnnt to Ithimlt those engaged In this" hlirh callings for their able and BsMeal iservlec, and I shall offer to the press aeries of articles on cooperation Ibetween these important loflMQOM ami the farmers In tin' hope of In Creasing the efficiency of all h mu tual understanding and organl.ed ef fort We will tako up llrst the rural Khurch rhe Farmers Arc Great Church Build ers. 'J nn American laiuier Is I lie greatest Church luiilil r the world has ever (known. is the custodian of the Bat Ion n morality; upon his shoulders rests the "ark of the covenant" and lie Is nnre responsive to religious In flucnccH than any other class of elt i The farmers of this nation have built 120,000 churches at a cost of $750,000,000, and the annual inntrlbu tlon of the nation toward all hurch Institutions approximates MI000I000 per annum The fnnners ol lie' I 'tilt ed Htuli'H hullil 22 Imrches per day There are 211,111111,111111 ntral church c tnunlcanls oil tin- hum. and 54 ter cent ol Ho total iiiemliei ship of all thiirclii'i reside In the country. The farm Is tin' powerhouse of nil pragma: and the bit t hilii' oi all that Is noble The (ianlcii of Ivlcu was In the country and the man who would tiet close to God must first get close to nature. The Functions of a Rural Church. If the rural chinches today are go ing to render a set vice which this age demands there must he co opeiallon between the religious, social and eco nomic life of the community The church to attain Its fullest mea sure of success muni enrich the lives of the people in the community it serves; It must build character, devel op thought anil lncie,u.c the elllciency of human life It must serve the ao clal, business and Intellectual, as well aa the spiritual attd morul side of life. If religion does not make a man more capable, more useful und more Just, what good Is It? We want a practical religion, one we can live by and farm by. us well as die by. Fewer and Better Churchea. hi.'- ..I is that rurul community which hu hut one place of worship. While competition Is the life of trade, It Is deuth to the rural church and moral Starvation to the community. l'elty aeciai isiiIsiii is a scourge that blights the life, and church preju dice saps the vitullty of many com munlties. An ovei churched commun ity is a crime against religion, u seri ous hundlcup to society and a useless tux upon agriculture While denominations are essential and church pride commendable, the high teaching of universal Christianity must prevail if the ruial chinch is to f nihil Its mission to ugnculture. We licipicnlly huie three, or four chut, lies in u coiutnunily which is not able to adequately support one Small congregations attend services once a mouth and uil fail to perform the re ligious tunctionti ol the community 'J he division of religious forces and th' hreuklug into frugtuents of morul rffort is ofttlmee little less than a (.ilumttv and BBfBBtl 'he very purpose the) leak to promote 'I In evilb ol too many churches can be iniuiiiiueii i. no onsratlOM. The social and economic life of a rural communlt) are rsapsctlrs units and cannot be successful!) divided by ds nomlnatioaaJ Unas ami the cburobsa an oiih obmbj tins Important laid by cooperation and co -oidiu.it ion The . ilicicut country ihuuli will deSnltalj serve lis communlt) bj lead Since R. A. Booth, Republican can dldate for United States Senator, an swered the question, "Where did you got It?" Republican papers have raised the question for George E. Chamber lain, the Democratic nominee to an swer, "How did you spend It?" Some Industrious digger has compiled the list of public offices Chamberlain has held since coming to Oregon from Mississippi mid calculates that Cham berlain has drawn down more than $inn,(ioo in money contributed by tax payers. It is how Ptiamberlaln spent this money that Republicans are curious. Ono newspaper editor recounts thnt FARMERS SUFFER THROUGH POSTMASTER GEN. POLICY It must he said for Postmaster Gen eral Hurleson that he Is at leaBt frank about his Intention to discrlniate against the tanners In his plan to eco nomize hy refusing to establish anv more rurul free delivery routes. His Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Is wrltlnir members of consress: "It Is apparently advisable to withhold for a time all tppllCsYttOBI for additional postal facilities that Involve Increased expenditures except in case of urgent It., ami I think ou will agree with me that much can be accomplish ed In this line by deferring the M tobllshmenl Of additional rural route-. This boldl) announced policy will be Considered with intense Interest I by several million farmers entitled to rural free delivery service who read Chamberlain has been Attorney-Gen eral, District Attorney, Oovernor and for days in newspaper distiches Iroin Inlted States Senator, holding some Washington Of the persistent it but . of these oft ices more than one term, and that Chamberlain since entering public life hns scarcely ever been off the payroll, us he entered upon a new Job before the old one was worn out In his explanation of "where he got It," Booth told the story of his life. Democrats say that Month Is an aris tocrat and does not belong to the plain people. Booth's own narrative re counts how he was one of a family of 12 children; that he lived in a log cabin, worked on a farm and took bis pay in chickens; punched cattle, herded sheep and otherwise helped support the family until he was 21 years old and psld for his first "store clothes" by gathering wool from loi.iuPS and taking the hides from sheep which died on the range. He struggled hard for an education and acquired It. He was a day laborer, of the democratic congress to pnss a 181,000,000 "pork barrell" rivers and harbors bill, the most of which wus for scooping the mud out of the bot tom of Iik onseiuentul little creeks In the south. Scores of small post offices In Ore gon have been disappointed and the people have to gr) miles for their tuall. VOTERS! TAKE NOTICE! Owing to the fact that the Demo cratic nomination of Treusiirer of Mai heur County went to l. P. Dearborn and day laborers sre supposed to be . at the Primary election last spring, tin ...in people Hy Industry he gst I UHkcd IB? and not solicited hy clrcula wnn success ami associate) with otn is he built up a sawmill Industry which developed I lie timber resources of Interior Oregon. fl sssBgsas tlon of petitions hut by the writing In on the ballot ot his name by num. ions friends, the fuct of his having re sited that nomination has received very little publicity. in.: tumble to make a personal Is it with friends throughout the couiitr he takes this means of letting them I. now that he Is In the race and re spi'ctrull) asks consideration at the polls on November :ird. paid advertisement R. A BOOTH Ho.. id's statement Included the dec laratiou that at times the sawmill he managed employed not) men and the payroll exceeded $80,000 u month. The concern brought into Oregon mora than 110,000. 000 of outside money and farmers, merchants, laborers and en tire communities received the major part of this sum. directly or indi rectly. The Republicans point out that Month's rue from a farm hand and day laborer la to his credit and thut hundreds of other Oregon hoys A FAITHFUL TRAITOR Theodore is still In evidence. He Is talking tariff nowudays. Strange, Is it not, that during the seven years he was president lie never thought to mil.' a suggestion on that subject? lie is exceedingly solicitous about female silffruge, Queer, is it not, that duriliit the seven years he was presi dent lie was never interested, except to oppose (but vital right due women. He Is .solicitous about the welfare of the poor working classes. How lute In his life it was before he begau to be anxious ou their account. He is savage on the Democracy and their management of public affairs. What does the good book suy about a thankless child" being sharper than a "serpent's tooth?" Hut Theodore knows that when Democrats are ou top they never scratch u ticket und that all he can draw to himself will he Itepublicaus; then why should he not denounce the Democrats'.' Moreover, he knows that every one Mite. I beodore continues to earn u large reward from the Democratic purty. are developing the sunie way. They also point out thut the industry which lllattn ,lVt.s tht rjssjQQHU half u ii. mm s errorts mint up brought into the state more money tliau the Gov eminent ho appropriated for river and harbor Improvements In Oregon sluce the state was admitted to the Union. During the period that llooth was turuing timber into a stream of gold which was flowiug through interior Oregon, spreading prosperity to work ers and merchants, the Kepublicans declare that Chamberlain was draw Ing a salary from tax funds as an officeholder. Having been born in Oregou und lived here all his life, Month's supporters contend that he knows its people and the needs of the state as well us any man can and, having made good, whether us a far Slinuld the welfare of d-lity per cent of the people be considered or that of twenty per cent. Do you prefer the old court house at Vale Off modern building at Ou- tari with ample vault room to protect your records. iiiit cowboy, sheepherder, bookkecp lug in uil worthy efforts at . omiiiuii.i tff or sawmill man. he can make good building, in uniting the people An all to op. relive endeavors foi tkl tral welfare ot the community und in urou lag a real love lor countrv lite und loyeit) to tin lountry horn, .md tllCbc Jesuits cm lv b, succc ull.V accomplish! d b the muted effort of the piess. the school, the chlllch and orguuiied fain, cis "WORKED" A PARDON BOARD. Paroled Criminal Forged a Letter That Liberated Hi Cellmate. Sprlngliclil. Ill Mec.iiise A i JoUOS UUil itov V Howard "vv ,,i L...I" ilu. Iloualre has been gained because of state board of pa. dous to amire How in the Senate Tiie impression that Month Is a mil A furm is a business establishment, Slid should be so operated A farm ehould be operated tor net, not for gross results The net results of good farming are piotlts. success, a gi owing bust liess und a good 111 lug The farnu r should lake all un ccil.iiuty , ply ing tor u loan the great commercial enterprise which he caused to ki'ow from almost noth ing .md because of the large contri butions he has given to educational and other betteriueut works Mooth confesses that he never was a mil lionaire and that ills holdings in the business he mauaged was very small, iu fact, it Is about per cent, or $65,000. insistently, some of the Republican papon declare that it is as important in judging the fitness of a man for office to know how he spends his money as it is to know where he gets it They point to the large donations made by Mooth to show where he has been spending all money for the ben eftl of 'he commonwealth and they keep asking rhuiuborl.iiu, "Where did you bpend it?" aid's i,!e.ise from prison botb tneii inn t .serve the limit of the sentences under which tliev wore sent to tbePOsV Itetitiary at Chester Jones und Howard were climates. Jones came up for parole last mouth and secured his reiea.se. He vvvut to Multoon, where he (OTfjad the name of Joseph Miovvn to a letter offering em ployment to Howard 1'his was sent to the prison authorities, and on the strength of it Howard was paroled to Joseph Brown " My way of li inline employ niciit for his ward the bogus Miovvn planned I number of robberies rov i brief pe riod only they were gUCCeOsful Join m vv.i.s cuuht robbing a In use at Carbon dale, and Howard was taken iu charge for steeling tools. CORN LESSONS FOR COUNTRY SCHOOLS For the benefit oi children In rural schools suggestions for n series of lessons on corn are about to bo Issued by the agrlcltural department The average production p. r acre or corn in the United States Is sllll below 28 bushels per acre despite the fed that in almost every section ol il uintr yields of more thnn 100 bushels have BM obtained. The difference Indi cates in u measure the value ol proper in I i 111 I ion In emu in Clirtl. Tln tproM of botb1 com einbt nil over tho ( country has also emphasised the need ol nirii study In rural schools. The forthcoming bulletin ConUiBtl outlines of Wessons covering such iniliiwtnnt points ns the different kinds of i orn, ways of judginu mm BOOd, com crop rotation, best Of fertlUBtfi, proper cultivation, and Ike food value oi the crop. Suggestions for the prop er observance of corn day have re ceived consideration. Rorut-ecbool teachers, especially in the great corn iroWlBJ states, will find the bulletin u valuable aid in the work of stimulat ing in their chnrges u healthy Interest In sound ngrlcultiU'c. The bulletin will be published under the title of Partners' Mlllletlll No 1.17 "School Lessons on Corn," and copies will be' sent free as long as the suppl , lasts. xr n V II li f I ldrroidnv f JJC YT dl C Portland, Ore.. Oct. 20, 19U (Spec ial) According to figures recently compiled by Commissioner lloff at Salem, Oregon's wheat bid as at (l. t I, this year, was lt!,tiN.'.,ooo bushels which would require i::,.;m curs of an average capacity of lj.'.n bushels eu n to move It. Hguring this yield at 71 cents ier bushel, Its value Is $11, Mn. J.'iO. The average y Icld per acre for the entire state was 19. G bushels. The retort shows the hop crop for this year to have been ':.', I. V.tjiou pounds and Its value ft.". .; I I, , The acreage of hops Is estimated nt L':i,i;t.'. Apples Trees iu bearing, MtMOOj yield. tJtnjHt bushels; average furm price, 81 cents; value, $2,667,731'. Corn Number of acres, 22,6oy, average yield, 26.14 bushels; yield, OU l.ooo bushels; average price, 70 cents, total value, $4 14,800. only two per cent or Orogou-growu com Is ship ped out of the country In which It Is produced. Oats Acres In cultivation, 40!) Out: average yield ier acre. 31.67 bushels; total yield, 12,!i;,000 bushels; avc.tge price, 38 cents totul value, I4.907.7UO. I'otutoes Acreuge, 50.732; average yield. '.i7 bushe's per acre; total yield, 4 , 9: 1, ono bushel;, average price. cents; totul valae, 13,49,490. The Dental Trust, with all its powerful political organization, is moving heaven and earth to de feat the dental reform bill. In every town and city members of the Trust are out working against the bill. The Medical Trust is helping the Dental Trust by forcing nurses and druggists, under threat of boycott, to work against dental reform. All kinds of campaign lies are being circulated to deceive the voters. Don't let the Trust scare you. The Trust made the present dental law. Under this law it controls the State Board of Dental Examiners every member of the board is a member of the Trust. In this way competent dentists are kept out of Oregon, and the Trust prevents competition and keeps up prices. Vote YES X 340 and Bust the Dental Trust PAINLESS PARKER Dentist 6th and Washington Sis. PORTLAND, ORE. STATE BANKS ARE LIBERAL Superintendent's Figures Show Re serve Reductions General Salem. Reports received from 162 Slate banks snd (rust companies out or 176 to September 12 hy Stute Su perintendent or Hunks Sargent show that they ure not hoarding money. Tbe report shows that 86 stale banks have decreased their reserve percentages and 71 Increaaed Ibem alnce June 20. "Judging from the figures In my possession." ssld Mr. Sargent, "It does FOR PANAMA CANAL General Csrrsma Heeigns. Mexico City - tieneral Currunta ten dered his resignudon as first chief of not Pl"r ,hlt the charges made by the constitutionalists to the confer-1 Secretary McAdoo against national erne of Mouihern leaders which was D"k ,u certain districts apply to tbe called to meet here, and was rejected roKon ,at banka to any eitent. Out by an nlmot unummous vote atter a , ' 16i Institutions 13. In spite of tbe heated debute I unfavorable conditions prevailing, I have extended their lines of credits; 54 8hlps Are Registered. j nave bMn obliged to reduce their WaMiington. -KUtyrour ships ug- ,oanB on act'0UlU of shrinkage In de- greKatinK Marly a quarter of a million po"lt8, and ooly 2ft have f" to in- ton ami worth approximately $15. crea"e thelr with a correspond- I o have been sdded to the Amerl- tng lncreB" ' deposits, a majority of can merchant marine since the new whlch haT fully met the legitimate ahip registry law veal Into effect. do""ds of their cuslomere." Quarters Commemorating Pawl Urgd In Senate till v ii-ihiiicii.u. Th,. senate and currency committee bid I the bill Introduced by Senstofl of t'olorudo. providing for thn of ijuurter (lollurs to coi completion r the I'm ti.t tua the hundredth iinnltemsry " I between KlIgllNll HpellWiUg feature of the hill wus the a provision which would fli tkl of gold and sliver at -"-' to 1. TM ure also would provide tlmti ter must weigh 137.3 h-rslo. I iiny persmi offering 10 1-'' pure silver, plus '. Iu lavrfnli could receie from tbe tr quarters, or $lfX). Ac -.iiii puny lug the bill will 1 1 in. nt urging thut the uictuun estubllsh a fixed pur eicbup' forty -five cnuntrles win. Ii uMt Uh sovereign us a unit of and tin approximate parity s t i ne couutrlee wlil.li n-etbel franc us the exchunge uuit The bill wus offered "by but Senator TIlolllUH did D0t the ideutitv of H- Hiithnr. s chool Supplies chool Books 9 EVERHART DRUG COMPANY Four Doors South of Post Office i