The Ontario Argus
M. E. BAIN. Publish.,
Sub ription 11.00
Always in idvttMt
Published Kvrrj Thiiilu.
dlntared in Ibl I" I Office nt OdtaflO,
Oregon, for tranmlHMon tlirmnrli
the mall us second clans mall mutter
PKKMANKNT ROAM
We hear an OOM '"nil grunt
the tddda of tliiH OOUUty ami the wny
the road money Ik expended Of
thrown away. rrot)al)ly more money
as wasted mi tin- road of thin and
other county In Oregon tut
any other punm iaupmveiMent.
principal cause la the utter lack
ayatem. It la only the permanent
on road that count, the. patch
etg to but a mskeslft that will have
at b done over In a few month But
to people are to blame (or the lack
ft a system, becsuse they all want
mm permanent road contructMl
as their home, and the officials
mm op In the air a to what to do
t present they are gravellln t the
(on road up t Vale leading met.
d we hear lots of howling. The
irk of making permanent Improve
Hts on the road must be kh r I
e place and the county seat I
logical point. I'lare all the work
one road until that Is countruct
, then take up another trunk road
other direction, until all ve
in of the county have been r a 1 1
si. then start In on the lateral road
That Is the only system that will
fcriag good roads at a small annual
nutlay. The outlying sections will
not be satisfied until they are reach
ed and then the benefit of the policy
nil be realised.
Automobile accidents sre heoom
mmM Altogether too common. Ooca
vtoually the trouble Is with the car,
.dsat generally the driver la at fault.
Hailrii.nl" catch a car every few days
nd drivers must respect the fact tha
! freight snd passenger trains are
loo hi'iii M tlK'in tu hutt off the
track. Driver occasionally become
rreles. .mil allow the cur lo run
without hating the wheel under inn
rol, the car strike a chuck hole or
rot'k mid tin- car I over before the
striven ran regain control.
The iiiciiietir of Oregon were fore
Ad to undergo many hardships In
carving out homes in the wilderness.
To help those pioneers, the federal
vermin mi granti d In the Oregon -tiallform.i
railrosd company a large
grant of land to assist in building
till. I In. nl ..lid to le in Oregon MN
!! e i .tmt iiiiiie i.iK.iih property
The government n.iued Its pay, ail
II ver expected. Ill I he hullding of
the road and the concessions receiv
ed llsd the land grunt been ills
passed of according to the terms of
the grunt, Oregon would be profiting
flay by more acres of taxable land
ad many more settlers. Oregon
lose is the sufferer, yet when these
toad are disposed of according to the
.still recently passed she get but 50
mmr cent of the proceeds
Thousands of acres of arid lands
thirsting for water, yet 40 per cent of
land grant fund go to the gen
eral reclamation fund instead of to
-MMaaa lands.
representative Sin nut t I making
a last fight for the 40 per cent and
introduced a bill amending the
glint I bill, asking that the pro-
frnin sale of land and limber
jrtioned to the general reclama
tion fund lie expended on projects m
the State of OrdMd
la there any Injustice in this re
quest Is I his t.ite asking anything
unreasonable Hid the federal gov
ernment or uny of t lie reclamation
nates expect to got anything from
these land under (lie original pill
t Oregon did expect something
the original grant, so why
should she mil expect it now. It
warms thut there is little room for
rgument a to the rial merits of the
issue, but it is necessary to present
the facts to those who should know
" If the members of congress are
Siren the facts with regard to this
there Is some hope that they will
.mt the Justice of It and vote to give
da) ur state that to which she Is en
titled I'ersoual letters to members
at congress or to persons who may
hare influence will prove an effect
toa means Write such a letter and
to ao doing contribute your part In
oaring this fund for Oregon's arid
toads
Quiet confereuce are going on from
ay to day and we expect cyclones
i diurat upon us any old time now
democrats are greatly worried
the fact that there is nothing
unity In the republican ranks.
Their endeavor to -1 ir up the past
attocord will prove futile. "We ask
regular vote "
'
NON .PAHTIStN tiuttnu itit
The true Interpretation of "non
partisan" ll for the dominating party
to elect minority candidates That ll
what It amounts to in Malheur conn
ly With u normal republican vote
of two to one the. ooiBty pt I
filling tine- nl IW offices with demo
crats. In 1 ! I 4 i lie Madly I
Chamberlain and elected Withy
combe Bo far as Org 01 dob
earned Chambarltli ha bdtti nurse
tli. in iin MddtOf add Ibis we will datH
Mil irate at the proper fine
'o 1 1 . I 1 thl " nit Of our
bad politic throughout the county,
tale and nation. Notwithstanding,
the trriii'iidmi': Inciune nf Ibe war
material makers In I SIR there bate
been more hulne failure In the
I'nlled State than ever hefnre In any
year. If the tremendous Influx of
....... . : tnt ""' "' b imii. , 1,
why Is It that the Wet Is anything
hut prosperous? Why are there 40.
000 vacant house In Ios Angeles?
Why are the office buildings of our
great metropolis vacant and for rent
signs adorning half the residence
buildings and family flats closing
their doors?
Why Is it that we cannot get mon
ey In our own section? The county
clerk fiasco Is worthy of note In this
connection. The democratic clerk
was elected by a great republican
rote and the office was democratic.
IMd the incumbent die? Was he com
pelled to glre up the office? Did
he not rather see the handwriting on
the wall and selxe an office which
might perpetuate him in a good gov
ernment Job for four years? Having
voluntarily resigned the position, by
what method of reasoning does the
office remain democratic?
The majority of voters are republi
can, the county court is completely
republican, the democratic officer
voluntarily resigned hi Job und we
have a republican official appointed.
Immediately our hungry aspirant for
political favor shout "give M a non
partisan rule "
Frankly and honestly, gentlemen,
we will do nothing of the kind Krom
now to the end of politics "to the
victor, the spoils." If you want an
office get on the republican ticket.
This year we will vote for unity
Till year we will begin our Initiate
course In honest express on of the
will of the majority at the polls
This yeur we will wipe off the slate
and make our county show sanity in
selection ot official; sanity In our
devotion 10 republican principles In
state and nation.
We shall cease lo permit mil' MM
lllle 1 In I.e. I nil mil Kr.ll mile- c
shall reuse to furnish Jobs and Mind-.
for our enemies Salvation Is free,
hni you must Indicate your tddnTd
lm .ill a) loll ele I oil r.ce I It
I'r.iin Hughes to the leust of all
candidates we will unitedly support
the republican ticket. Not only that,
but those who ure leaving their pub
lic basin. - and entering Into parti
sail politics under the II. il Killing
Hood Cover" of lion partisan h.iwl
will be remembered in the finish.
This Is a republican year uud tin
next administration will remote the
southern democracy from power Its
enough to lake care of your friends
l.et our enemies take cure of them
selves A HI DDL K
A party of wise ones were discuss
ing politics on the Hteret Hie other
day in a near by town other than
Nyssu Among oilier tilings cuter
lug into the conversation, was that
riddle like recall with hirsute up
peiiages with which the Ontario
Heiiiocrut threatens our -.unlit I nun
ly Judge about once it cry so often
and sometimes more I reiiieiii It 1
Ihllik the Judge MM present, if not
he night lo have been. "Say Judge. "
-aid one. why don t inn fellows get
alter thut Democrat man and whule
the whey out of him?"
Vou bet." said another, "if one
of those alleged newspapers Jumps
oiilo me, ihlngs will be doing."
"Yes, yes," said the Judge tor
would have said if ha had been
there), "1 know, 1 know, hut did
you ever hear Hie story of the ele
phant and the skunk I think its
one of Mr K. Sopps latest. No?
Never head it? Well Au elephant
was pestered by a ubiquitous skunk
which he avoided us much as possi
ble and Ills liicu.i- insisted that lie
get after the skunk und beat him up
'Yes.' Kald the elephant. 'I could
beat him up all right but then every
one would know I had been fighting
u skunk.
In the appropriations for military
arms Senator Norrls called attention
to the curious fact that whenever an
appropriation contemplated a pur
chase, the appropriation waa increas
ed and when there was proposed the
manufacture of small arms or of
anything made by the government,
the appropriation was decreased. This
having a peculiar look, Senator Nor
rls asked Senator Chamberlain for
'nn explanntlnn Mr Chamberlain '
' Ki.nn.T.n i nr- I rt .1 I iM .1 t fltlrl ... r I a ll I
nous fury claimed honesty for both
himself nnd the committee, of which
he was chairman.
tot Nnn i replied that he hail
made no accusations of ant k nd say
ing In part "there la not any evl-
denea, to rdf m i know timt the
committee is working in the interest
of the munition plnnts, except that
they are denying the charge when It
has not been made. I suppose that
might be con ltderad In n trial a
(VidenOt 'Methinks the gen
tleman doth prote, t too much.' "
Speaker champ Clnrk made bin
political speech Hie other day and
It will soon iie franked over the
country In advancing the Idea that
the democrats should he continued
In power he quoted thus:
"I watch the wheels of Nature's
maxy plan,
And read the future In the past of
man."
We suppose that the tremendous
Increase In failures throughout the
T'nited States, greater than erer be
fore in the history of the country,
notwlthtandlng the enormous trade
balance In favor of the country on
account of war orders, la a good
thing to perpetuate. Sorry, but wa
don't sea It.
What Oregon needs In the United
States senate Is someone Imbued with
state patriotism as well as national.
We will never get It by voting for
democrats. Nick Slnnott, In the
house, fights manfully for the state
but with two senators In the upper
house against him he has an uphill
fight. What we ought to do la to
send Slnnott to the senate next time.
It will take 1,000 republican votes
to elect a democrat in Malheur coun
ty. There Is not a shadow of a
chance for any of them. They say
Moody refused to aarve either over
or under s republican. Why should
1000 republicans vote for him In that
case?
Speaker Clark stated In his poli
tical speech that the war cauaed the
dumping of lemons on the I'. S. mar-1
ket ruining the California growera
There appeared no statement that
the lowering of the tariff on lemons
prevented the government from get
ting the revenue from lemons and
that therefore a stamp tax became
neri'hsury while the retention of the
duty would have waved California,
(ireat head, thee free traders.
If the federal reserve act saved a
panic before It became a law will
some good dealer In logic explain
the reason for the $500,000,000 or
note which they Imucd under the
Aldrlcli-Vreeliind art And If ll n-
the notea that saved the day why i'
the safety attributed to a law that
was not In existence?
A few months ago we were paavad
at the cold weathci mid were wishing
that Minimer would hurry along. It I
I here In all the glorv of ll Ncorch
Ing rays, and now we are wondering!
and longing for the good old winter'
days again. We Just never can be
satisfied, no matter what wa gat.
It's too had Hie democrats have
to hire a republican to represent
them editorially. They are endeav
oring to create a diversion by attack
ing the county Judge. Stick to your
knitting gentlemen thl Is a republi
can year and the band wagon is In
motion.
President Wilson In his Detroit I
speech said: "We are done with pro
unn.ilMii in xtateKiiianshlp In the,
I'nlted Slutes." We sure hope this Is
true ph.iphe-.v and shout. Tiiank tiod
for the change to come next Novem-'
ber.
Having put the tariff hack on sug
ar we wonder if a real protest accom
panied with a sample of Chinese eggs
from Oregon would Induce the demo
crats to put the tariff back on eggs?
Sixty deserving democrats will be
furnished Jobs at $10,000 per under
the new rural credit law. Who paya
them? The borrower of course.
1'oor devil.
naXOWHTONK I'Altk KXCIH
bIONM. August 13th, via Hotel Route.
August 14 via "Wylia Way." See
O. 8. I., agents for details and fold
era. 31-St
We note, too, that the city rubea
are scrambling for the high Ufa in
tin.' country.
It is leap year, to be sure, but the
boys are too bashful and the girls
can't pluck up courage.
Herbert Kaufman says that those
who kuow nothing always want to
talk about it. Herb ought to know.
ii- he does a lot of It himself.
SEEK TREASURE
AT SEA BOTTOM
Expedition Hunts $1 000,000
Cargo Lost Four Years Ago.
EXPERT DIVERS G0IN6 DOWN
If First Proves Successful Othar
Sunksn Craft Will ds Esplorsd and j
Effort, to Find Valuables Will de
Msds New Company Finsneod by '
Wsll Street Men.
A scientific treasure trove expedition j
hacked by wealthy Wall street uitru.
under command of a United States
naval expert and advised by govern
ment submarine authorities, has reach
ed Its operating base. The first ob
jective point of the expedition Is the
deep aaa grave of the Ward liner
Merida, which waa rammed fo.ii- years
ago by the United Fruit steamship Ad
miral Karrsgnl and went down fifty
Are ml lea off tba Cape Charles light
carrying to tbe bottom a cargo of silver
bara and other treasure valued at more
than $l onrvmn
The expedition Include the steam
shlpa Tlttsns. Faarlaaa and F. H. fleck
wiih. a wracking vessel, a yacbt and a
tog. and la under command of Oeorge
D. Mtiiison. for many yeara In charge of
government diving work and tbe man
who raleed tbe submarine K In Hono
lulu harbor last year.
Oeorge D. Stlllson. tbe rommsnder
of tbe expedition. Is regarded by nary
department experts as tbe greatest so
tbority on deep sea apparatus In tbe
United Htates. He left tbe government
service last winter to superintend the
submarine operation of a private film
project to photograph under tbe sea a
production of Jules Varne's story
"Twenty Thousand Iragtiee Under the
Sea." He baa with him on tbe treasure
hunt the government divers and sub
marine experts who sided him In the
dim production and In tba raising of
the V 4 at Honolulu. These divers are
rijnlpiicd with new deep sea appsratu
which doe not require life lines or air
hose connections, and which make
possible long hours of work at great
depths.
tarrying a rabbit's foot In your
pocket may bring you good luck, hut
perseverance and hard work geta
the mon
Sea Shore Excursion
To North Beach, Washington
August 9th
Via
OREGON SHORT LINE
(Union Pacific System)
$14.25
From ONTARIO
and return.
Tickets limited to
August 26th.
Special train service, Boise and west,
leaving Boise, 2:10 p. m.
Passengers from points east of
Nnmpa should use train No. 19 or
onneeting trains.
Ank O. S. L. agents for "Nrth Beach"
folder and further details.
SI !SL
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The next lime .m meet a grouch
take a good look ul him. It la the
way you appeui h. n vou ure In the
same class
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THE MAN
Who buys and reads his home pa
per demonstrates both his patriot
ism and his intelligence by the act.
The merchant who buys his
printing from his home paper gives
a practical demonstration of his be
lief in the policy of trading at home
This town is made up of two
classes of people those who DO
and those who DON'T. Don't be
a "don't."
The Ontario Argus
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