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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1917)
ONTARIO, MALHEfJR COtTNTY, OBEGOX. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1017 IAJK FOI'K . wm-mm, mmmmmmmmmm I .. IMB"Jr--"a-"" ' 1-1 III M l to (It 1 tr p. II pr. It i. I sht hoi I life I 111 h I" t II who Ut (Ontario Arntta (Kstahlishcd IK!).) GEO. K. AIKEN, Editor and Publisher. Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. SUBSCRIPTIONS) One year $1.50. Six nsonths $1 (in. Three months (0c. Siuglc SmRBk W I pledge in n allegiance to the Republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, witn nocr ty and justice for all. The Pledge. Mr Flae and 1. ONTARIO'S PROBLEM nhnid situation nix years aco, say when the trunk sewer was laid, the problem would not iave had that angle to consider. Right now. due to the fact that Ontario was evidently afraid to discuss the question of typhoid, the authorities can not be eertaill whether or not that sewer is really a sewer or merely a bad investment of $175,000. which instead of protecting the city in reality infects it with typhoid germs. No one was fooled but Ontarians by this silence. Not a single story has been sent out from Ontario about tiie local typhoid situation, yet Up and down the line people talk iboutit. The railroad company puts up I sign on the water tap, "don't use this water." Private letters arc written from here telling nf this and that member of the family being ill with Typhoid. Of course tin word gets abroad. The city can not hide the fact, tho it would. Mm TtUSInin 11,4 Short Uliwltr M3I Ttil Utmt litM ShmlUt, "K U'tl I CwrmJ Bmk 1.1,. I rl H 4UkJ T. snlvr the water. sewerage andgarbage problemfl of Ontario is not easy. There arc so main things to be taken Into considera tion which the average citiaen does not think nf that snap judgment often tune does an lli pistice. Yi t these problems must be solved or Ontario should give up its character as municipality and abandon the pretense of being an up to date and progressive com munity. Tn the first place Ontario cu vers 1100 acres of ground On that i h territory a city of 7.(mxi or 8,000 eoplc rould reason- abl'v be cared for. Iftliat mam pie Were in Ontario even foot of ground would have a valuation which would permit of the im provements necessan with a comparatively low proportionate d.-t per lot. Then, too, there would be such a demand for service that a municipal water plant would be able. with reasonable charges for service, tn show an earning that would care fur the bunded indebtedness. But. Ontario is not go situated. As a mat taf of tact if a municipal improvement were called for here, owinn to the fact t hat a Wm paratively f.w peopli owil properly, the burden would. tall oil litem, and objection is Mound .to. hi raised. Ii ase of too much real estate speculation. It is no doubt true that a large portion of the real estate owned bj the few lauded pm niet 1 1 1 pays no divi dends and never has. Yet against this land that has never I :iil there would be laid an additional cost nf imnroveiueilt. that tin owners, with ton much money invested now, .see but a small chalice of getting back. While all these thing- are absolutely true; not one nor all of these can justifx an evn ajon of the dutv of the City as a Corporate Uo'lx to provide the neccssaiv snnituy con ditions for the protection of the inhabitants. As a matter of fact it is only a question of Uovsl business to provide the things iii-ees-xrv, regardless of the cost. What woiml all the property in Ontario be worth U flic rity takes Inadequate steps to combaJ typhoid? When pmperty nwners realize their investiiieiits arc depreciating in value end must be protected. Merchants mi Oregon street have beer told dnring the pual feu weeks by move than one persnii that they d not trade in Ontara because of the t phoid. standing b the post olfiee last Friday noon the writer heard I woman who lives be tween Ontario and ssa make this state mint to her husband: v ".We'll go bume now, for I want a drink and I doii'l intend to take a chance mi t -phoid by gcttiug a drink here." On the da before in a law vers office a man from Dead 0 l'Mat in discussing the situation said: "1 have not taken a drink in Ontario for two months." The Argus is printing these statements i a purpose. That purpose is ineiely to lake those who own property here and OU horn the burden of eoai will fall, realise i.il it is tn their best inti rest to get behind the movement started by the City Council to get an adequate water supply tarOntarie Cule.ss thev do this thev tlu'inselves are hound to be the big losers. The man win. merely rents or has his investment in per sonal property, while he might loae I few dollars by the continuance of these condi tions doei not stand to lose a- does the owner of real estate and the more property a man owns the greater will be his loss, unless he sees tn it that euuditimis are improved. Ml M M THE FUTILITY OF SILENCE The situation III which Ontario tinds it self to the most potent argmn. id imaginable for iublieit. Had Ontario faced iti t How to Select Your Corset dust as clean sunlight and fresh air are the best remedial agents, so is the sunlight of publicity the very best means of cleansing a situation such as this is. 1'uless the people of Ontario arc willing to face the problem sniiarelv and really do something the situ ation will go from bad to worse. It will never be cured bv merely hiding it. Four months ago the Argus began to call attention to the fact that something must be done or another epidemic of typhoid would visit Ontario. Every week for several months in these columns various phases of the question were discusses. Every week a number of citizens commended the Argus for its fight for a cleaner and better and more healthful city. Only a few citizens, however, took any real interest in the matter. A few dis- . vr a .i -. ... . i. m 41. e:i.. cusseu u. wonc oi mem wem to m o. Council or advanced anv constructive idea as to how to proceeds except at meeting of the Men's Club of the Congregational church where a general (dean up and the entoree meiit of the sewerage regulations were en dorsed and the question of an adequate water supply discussed. But. when a state official conies to On tario and puts the stamp of official disap proval on conditions here, immediately there is evidenced an interest in the matter. On tario is to be blamed for this condition. There can be no denying it. If the men who are interested now had been on the job and giving some of their thot and ability to golf ing the problem and had shown a willingness to further a movement for a cleaner city. thev would have been spared the humili tion of having a state health offiet them that thev were permitting "the conditions he. had ever seen. MtMM WHEN EVIL FAILS TO PAY - , . .,. , ; "wV Seattle has always been known as a "tOMgh town." and a large portion of Seat tle's population rather enjoyed the repuiii tion their citv held. Of course thev thot that its tepUtatioil hint it business, especially hi the days of the KJoudyke rush and the lod ging i lid llimbi nig Ihhiiiih mi I'ugej Sound- Now those same residents of Seattle who uxvA to brag on the various kinds of iniquity that nourished are trving to claim thai the citv is "Nik white," and if it is not, the? want General Greene to prove it. All thi- is funny to anyone Who knows Seattle. Seattle max as well learn now as any time that it can not defy the laws of decency and eXpeet t0 escape tile cmiseqllellci . Kvell I'or cities there is such a tiling as retributive jus tice. Seattle has her choice. She call have her vice or she can have her share of the business that would come from the vi-n soldiers from Camp Lewis. The fathers and the mothers of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho agree with General Orcein and Hi dill and his Seattle crowd iniht just as vell recognize tin- fact that they are not en countering mere local opposition. 1 In- posi tion which General Greene has taken just shows bow Uncle Sam looks after the wel fare of the bo.VS in khaki, and when he does take such a position, backed by an en lightened public opinion all the hnneombe and veiling of a bunch nf municipal pohti ruiis will have nn effect. POETIC JUSTICE DECIDE first that your figure is Individual that you need a corset dnigntd for you. Then look at the 9 Ideal Figure Types and choose yours. Next, come to us and let us show you the many Gossards we have in stock in your size, designed for your ideal ftgur typ. Then your selection is reduced to the amount you want to pay, from 325.00 down to $2.50. This it the Thirty-first Announcement and Proclamation of Goeaurd Corset ;' Styles for Fall and Winter, 1916-17 . 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It is a hit !' poetic jnsti.r t think that Mr. iMuiran is peoetvuig nmu iiitiou at the bands of the military author! tiofi liuw. wlniii'iily lat fall he was defeated tor titTirc. Iarjjt'l leeaiwe tf the tact that he advocated some of the things thai bate I (Huie the laws "' tin laud. INSURES PAINLESS EXTRACTION PAINLESS REMOVAL OF NERVES AND PAINLESS FILLING OF TEETH. NO GAS DR. CRICHFIELD, Boise. NO COCA IN Falk Building OltOKK TO HHOW AINK In the Comaty Court of aUllnwr ('ouoty. Oregon. In the matter of ttte Estate of John Shrir and Madge Shawer. mi nora Nancy K Shaarar. tha euardlaa of i ha prona and aatata of Jean Sheer er and Madge Sheerer, minora, and non reldent of the State of Oregon, mid who have real eetate within the State of Oregon, and who have no duly appointed and qualltted and act tttlon la eixoiupanled by certified copy of nucmnry papers from f ro be te Court of Waahiagton County, Idaho, showing that anid petKloaer u Hie guardian of aald ailaor. And said petitioner Having alleged iu aaid petition that it U neceaaary to aell aald real estate for the malq laiaance and aupport of said minors, and that it la for the beet iutereets of aaid minors and their estate that name be aold end the proceeds thereof applied to their maintain ing guardian appointed uuiier thejance and support, lawa of Oregon, liaviug, under the It la hereby ordered that the new prorialatW of section 1359 Lords Or- of kin of aald minora and all per-t-xoii l.awa. tiled her petition In the aona intereated in aaid estate appear above entitled Court asking that a before this Court on the 3rd .U of llcenae be granted to her aa aucb j December, HIT, at the hour of oae foreign guardian, to aell the real as-! o'clock V. M.. aald date, at the rourt late of said minora, aituated iu Mai-. room of thle ( ourt, at the Coast? l.ur i ,.uiu. Oregon, and which pa-1 Court liousa at Vala, wllhin Mal heur County, Oregon, and then and there to ahov causa why an order ahould not be made grauUng to said guardian llcenae and permit to atll aald real estate at public or private aale. It Is ordered that a copy of this order .hail be publlahed at least once a week for three weeks prior to aald dale of bearing, in the Ontario Argua, a newapaper printed and pafe llahed at Ontario, Malheur County. Oregon. !ate.l thi the Slat day of October, 117. Oia W. McKNIOHT, County Judge. Klrat pub. Nov. I. l17-4w I'upil uursee needed at Holy K"' sao iioapital, not undar J years ef age and one year High school. 3