PAGE FOUR ONTAHIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, 19 1 1 ' BSDAY, N KM BED 22, 1917. " i-? WW Oil? (Hhttann Argua (1 8.) OTO.K.JLCKEN, Editor and Publisher! Published Thursday! at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd disss matter. SUBSCRIPTIONS; On.- j car $1.5G Six months $1. on. Three months 60c. Single oy 5c. The Pledge. I pledge my allegiance to My Flag and to the Republic for which it ntnni tiai on, iudh isible, with libel ty and ju (ttoe for all. A FRIEND IN NEED Hating before it the niter made l V. P. Davidson of Oregon Western Colonisa tion OOmpanT to loan it the funds necessary for the purchase of the reservoir site the board of directors of the Warmsprhigs Lrri pation district should not hesitate to pro ceed with oondt :miaiiiii proceedings. Mr. Davidson's offer is but another of the many indications he has shown of the desire of the Company to hasten the day when the land in this section which is susceptible to Irrigation shall be under water. The hoard should congratulate itself on having thus found an cas solution of what might other wise have been a rexihg problem. There are no, many districts which have their trouble so easily solved. The one thinp that might cause the di rectors to ponder over Mr. Davidson's offer is the fact that the are to ask the Tinted States Reclamation Service to build the pro jeet. and the directors think that with stakes so lueji that it is list as well to wait and set if Unele Sain won't hnv the reservoir site. as well as hnild the project. Looking at it from that p. hit of view some might agree with those who would bee tate, but if Uncle Sam can be induced to mild the project, that alone would cans more jn in this region than anything lave the fall of Merlin. In the meantime the director! are in a position to advance the project one step fur ther by having title to the reservoir site, and that will he an additional argument with which to induce ConirrcBS to take the final Step which will make Malheur county more prosperous bv Increasing its crop bearing lands. ... , lr.j ML. V CHAUVINISTS CO OPERATE WITH HARNEY This is the time of year when the Good Roads Enthusiasts should be getting to getbei' for action. Of course this is not the time in which to huild the good roads, hut it is tin' time in which 1o line iii 'mint y Courts, and the Slate Highway commission for any given piece of highway. That i providing of course ihat there is any chance ti Ing action. (cr in Barn county thej redlisc this to he the case, and have acted accordingly. .i representath e to Portland to see the members of the stale Highway com mission thev hae secured the promise that the Post Road from Bend io Burns will he surveved in the immediate future. The commissioners informed A. Z. Oosad, who interviewed them in lichalf of Harney count; that the engineer would be in there within thirty days xnal sounds sometmng like act ion. Would it not be the part of wisdom for the Malheur ci. niit court to send a representa tive to Portland to see if that engineer while over in llariic Continues his work OH thru Malheur and bring the road to its destine- nation, the M Idaho Line." Now is the time to act, In the spring if actual road building is undertaken it will he too late. Then Mai heur county's representatives would he in formed, "the program tor tiie year was pre pared last winter and we have not aDOUgfa funds to add to it." or words to that broad and general effect. BEGINNING TO FORGET IT Grocery Service-Fresh Goods B The day of high prices Is with us. hut the da of big prd passed. Our Government is iwinifeeting a somewhat pe lati d i. ut commendable interest in the matter of abnormal profits, This is as it should be, hut perhaps hardly enough so. Neither Speculation nor hie, profits are a part of our method of operations, hut rather volume and the elimination oi wasie. w,,. Customers participate in our profits in the form of better values an 1 fresher goods, We hope for your continued co-op. ration. WILSON BROS. The Grocers " -.r a mmmmI mii hi I in -'. a- s, arc Tills YrV t nMHII X. .1. Slnnott Inc. writli'ii Tim Argils Hint he lint been iiirormnd ly tin' liureau of Plant In ilustry at Wellington Unit tln allot iin'iil of vcgatnhUi and (lower Md made to each mnnibar of the SMM irxintativei for distribution In hi dlatrlrt will he 5.000 parkage fewer thin year than it wan lent year. Kor Hi l rcHMim he la even more anxious than usual to get the seeds allowed him Into the hand of tlioae who can uae them to the iMtat ad vantage and dealrea to receive the name. The rongreaaman hellevea that the iniMlii'il irl.il Inst year of making the .ll.itriliutlim through co operation with Ilie nierx in li It dis trict In the more surccaaful In bring ing a ho nt this result Therefore. when the needs are ready for distribution, vfeM will not he prohahly until Jnnuary or later, nupply will be nent to thin paper. At that time a package may he obtained aa long an they last, either by calling at our office or re iiiieMtlng a package by mail. OMS rennman Hlnnott will alao retain n amall part of bin allot ment at bin office 242 House of RepreeenU tlven. Wanhington. I) in order that any of bin oonntituentn finding It convenient to ga din needn In the 'iihnve iiniiiin'r iiHiv obtain a package ' by writing directly to him at Wash- Ington. II H M I old) M, mi; Mm i iT the Dead Ol I'lnt renlon wan In Oniulo Weil neHilay. Bhe reported that they had recently reiolved a new tractor which ban already convorted a targe section of aage hrnnh nlto plowed ground. The Hupert ranch wan one of those on the dry farm nectlon of that dis trict that rained cropn and they are em ImiMhMIc over the prospects there. Already there Is a flno stand or fall nown grain on the flat. The tieiinan Am. rieini who haa never . een 'ie-many and lias all of his information at t!ie Hands of parents who left the If hint fear- ago to escape militarv Bt'l" i' V r for greater opportunities IS the vet !in of self IWptiol1, aecoldino to some of tiiei I rest ill formed men. (u their minds i ye tbe.i picture the Ger man., of roinaiH and fiction. They see the happy German gathering in the evening ;it the heer garden with hil family about him listening to the opera stars sing the great master pieces. The) conceive the great Cities as the only ones on earth where DOJ evil does hot exist and that therefore the government which brings about such oondi lions must ..f necessity he the beat on earth I 'Mf..i.tiin:it,.lv- flieir oictiire IN over drawn. Instead of being without poverty before the war Berlin had thousands of .-iti m li ins '" congeatod districts, while the German heer garden and the opera were often the eonjurillgS of imainat i -i.ds. so far as thousands of Hermans were warned. I'liere was a time when to a degree, at st such conditions existed, hut that da , asse.l long ago. If that condition had been ill existence during all the years from 184H to pill win di.l so mam Germans muni grate to the United States 1 The answerto that question is simple Th.v cam. here be cause thev culd no longer Rtand the .-..ndi tions forced .m them b the (iennan govern n.ent. Thev wanted greater opportunity for self expression. The, wanted to avoid mili tary service. Th.v wanted a freedom th.v ,.,ild not have m Gemiany. and all the talk that the pro German makes now of te wonderful Gcnnan government is bardlj ec curate. Tin- view is confirmed bi the writ ings of .such authorities as J ames W.tieiard. ,! Ackermaii ami even some ol the tor puhlici The puhlic has already begun to forget the recent acgitation for better health condi tions. But the City officials are getting un derway the program which they outlined at a recent meeting for tin inpulson use of the sewerage sysem. The public, especially lie American public is alwavs inconsistent. It insists .very time that a public condition is revealed to he eoii trarv to what it should be, to find some one to blame. The puhlic likes to make a "goat of someone and seldom does the puhlic think of hlamiiie; its self. Yet it is true that the puhlic is to blame. However there is slwsj i a dut.v for the puhlic and the puhlic officials to perform aJ well as the dutv of the law abiding portit f the citizens to encourage them in their efforts, In making Ontario the cleanest, most healthful city in the Snake riv.r vall.v there is plenty Of wmk lor all. Now is the time to start the cam paign. It is not the time to .start forgetting that Ontario has hail two serious typhoid epiden ic o' two rears Now that the m.n of the City Council of Defense have given their endorsement, the women of Ontario can Iloovcrize to their hearts content. Of course the women could have done that anyu.i. io fajSJ most of the hollies were concerned. . H . STILL GOING UP When the OnUnt. 'oiirt called lor bids for the new jail which is being erected at Vale a number of taxpayers criticised Th. Argus for not having given notice last tall that the County Court had included that item in the budget, so that they could have then and tin re mtered their prot The ArgUS had to plead guilts and cite as an extenuating einuunstance that the Edit or was then, almost n total stranger in M.d heurcoiiiitx ami unversed in its turbulent political history. However since that 'oiirt I lolls, is so im portent an institution in the County, and it is important to.., this occasion i- taken to point out the fact that in the county budget, a copy of which was furnished all of tin papers out the Argus, ami this otnee was told t seek its information at one f the other offices, there is an item of jfO.l M M i for a beating plant. Also we have been informed that the County Curt intends t.. place a concrete Moor iii the present 'oiirt House. I hat i all the Court House information that is floating about this end of the eoiuity at this time. The Russians .just cant stop having rev olutions. That should make it necessary f..r the Kaiser to keep a si.ahh ann in that theatre of u at it Qooveri And Likewise to advertise. If the women of Ontario really want u new citv, water system the. can have it. 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