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ONTARIO, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917
Ij? Gihttarut Argua
(Established 189S.)
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
months $1 .(. Three months GOc. Single
y 5c.
The Pledge. T pledge my allegiance to
My Flag and to the Republic for which
it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liber
ty and justice for all.
"P wr-PrW""""" I
advancement of uiilitnrv needs. That being
the ease private eapital will not be available
for private investment, nor will it be at
liberty to seek an open market.
Even the adoption of such a law would
imt effect government aid for the Wann-
spriugs. This project, oomes directly under
the classification ot those enterprises wliicii
are of a military necessity. Ike addition of
the 18.000 acres of new land which the com
pletion of the project would make amiable
would materially increase the supply of fond
for this section "and thus MTV I Sued ftt
puriMse.
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DISPELLING AN ILLUSION
f Sergeant Doc Wells did nothing else
vliil, In Ontario last sreek he certainly dis
pelled t Ik- illusion thai many Americans.
particularly thn i- of German birth or Ger
man parentage, have long maintained oon
eerning German and the German people of
today.
,i recruiting agent for l Dele Sam Doc
Wells is i rtaiulj winner for hundreds of
i tin m- Ives keyed tight
in the inhuman wretches
thin the speaker related.
, hut one of the faculties
of sincerity, he did pose see
thai to BU !i U thai his audience for
.led milld and einn-
. of bis harrowing expert-
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ii, vim heard him, picture
i was pictured in the story
i , r ine covered castles perched
ii,, hank- of beautiful riven. A
land where under the dimtioii of Knightly
N'nlili s. peasants weul to their daily work in
the fields -iii-mu lolk songs set to music m
the masti is tin ii nation produced in the ecu
lories past
The In nm of hate has done its work. But
it alone is uol to blame. The philosophy that
Germans has wooed the past hulf eeutury
was not that of love. It was a religion of
conceit, a worship of self, a mognHwd ob
Bccssioii for power.
This has been so thoroll taught the Ger
mans ol all tdasaes bj the .Junkers that they
bate with a consuming hatred those who op
pose their march to power. They seem to
think that it a-the dut of thc"'svinc." as
they esll the allies, t,- lie down that they
might i" honored bj being trampled on by
( ii iiiian feet.
The teachings of Hegel, Keitche, Treit
ashke, Bernhardt and their followers snp
planted the song of the peasant, and pre
pared him for the hymn of hate which with
ilirreasing loss of her Soldiers destroyed the
last vesta-e of Christianity and civilization
from the laud and left barbarism to reign
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That is the kind of iwople we are htillg
today. The horrors they havi mmitted In
the name of "mv, it " pall Umii the lips.
The blood boils to think of them and the eye
teei red.
It is nu wonder that the American people
,an not ler itt anyone who; with per
hap-, the ul.a of the old Oerinuny. the tier
,,,,-,, iv f i,l, ,1- of II i i ii-. of tie,, the. Of the
i :. M., i, - in his mind: expresses the
li lit, -t s inpathv for th in.
I'h' American people do not sympathise
with halo murderers, The do uot condone
the rape ,-f Belgium. No plea of is cessit;
,-an le eiiteitained. ici many ' primes
against hunumity are the nation's crimes.
1'h. are not the acts of individual soldier
who' violated orders. They sre the coldly
call iilated set of a people determined to im
press their 'kultuie" on the world. Surely
in the fa. . "I the i . iilenee of one who not
,uilv saw but in himself experienced ex
ampls of the alioeioits acts .,!' eCriiians no
one esu longer have In his heart anything but
the most profound loathing for even the
word German.
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A MILITARY NECESSITY
v...., ti,,o til., lioiilowners under the
annspriugs have ilettidtel lUjtermined on
seeking government sid there is but one
thing to do, gi i that aid. There is now no
chance for a private bond sale that any man
in Ins senses would consider. And it is alto
gether t i k 1 that Congress will take
The authoi it of limiting bond issues Einiu
,.llt ;U,h, dee the advanced (tositiuu
tie.t no l.oii.U in issued ssve for purpses
SAVING FOOD IS A NECESSITY
Announcement has been made that the
United States has already sent to the allies
the full surolns of wheat and meat over the
ni'rliiiiirv eoiisinnotion diiriuir times of ocaee.
It is therefore evident that every pound m
wheat, ever' hiiiikii meat mat is sent irom
the I'nited States from now until the next
crop is harvested is a pound of wheat saved.
Of a pound of meat which some American
has denied luniselt or herself that those wlm
With the food suoolv of the nation at such
a Mint there is an insistent demand for food
for the armies of the allies, as well as for
American soldiers, steps should immedi
ately be taken to curb the food hogs in
America. There are some such in Ontario
who should be made to feel the effect of gOV-
ernmeiital supervision.
Sue iiversatnuial patriots slioiilU he
r.n-ced to take their chances with everyone
else in the distribution of the necessities of
it'.. The man with a million IS no more en
titled to be fed than the man with a dollar.
Moth are Americans, no more and no less.
There is evidence sufficient extant to
show that Uncle Sam is treat inc. the food
problem just that way and the rich as well
as the poor will have their food cards unless
In voluntary actiou the people accept the
situation and patriotically give their eo-
tpcration in saving food now.
THE ALLIES GIFT TO CHRISTENDOM
authorised bj Cou md needed for the ly appropriate.
After more thau 1200 years Jerusalem, is
in the hands of Christians. It is the allies
rift in Christianity for Christmas 1917 and
millions of devoted followers, and those who
barely proteased belief in The Saviour's
teachings will rejoice.
The capture of Jerusalem is but another
of the strange outcomes of the war. When
the conflict began in 1914 Great Hritiau en-
deavred in vain to localize it to the Halkin
i. linsnlii hut (ti rinanv would Hot listen to
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such a proposal for she dreamed of hei em
pire from Autsrrup to tue reman unii.
During the early stages of the war its hor
rors were fax from the Holy Land, and few
indeed speculated that ill the course of
events the Turks would be driven from it.
To the student of history the fall of tin
-acred city has more than passing interest.
For its release from the impossible Turk
thousands of lives have been iked. Some of
the most inspiring acts of Knightly hcorisui
were iM-rfonucd bv the Crusaders who
sought to wiu the Holy (trail.
Indeed one of the atraiigesl things anoiu
flu- whole age long struggle for possession
til- Citv of The Master is the fact that it has
fallen in a war started l the German a de
scendants of the people who saw thousands
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of ellinirell lliarcil on uvci wic .i--. ...
stniggle and die in a fanatical attempt to
win the ll.'U City.
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MAKE IT A RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
If 1 had. had, one more bandage. iu arm
would hav. beeu saved." said Sergeant
Wells to Outarians the other night in his
admonition to them to help the Red Cross
Think of the sigiuncanee ot that remark
Next year, or next mouth the hoy lying In No
Man's Laud may le an Ontario boy. Will
vou have a bandage there for liimf You can
help to by joining the Ued Cross or asking
some one ewe to join.
Speaking about climate have you noticed
the variety that Ontario has enjoyed during
the past mouth. Tins shirtsleeve weather i
vastly different from the brand that is being
used "back East." SSJ in Minnesota, from
whuh so many Ontarians come. No doubt
the Gophers have noticed it. Hut rather than
have them over look it the ArgUS jus! nun
t ions it.
Ontario and tin Snake River Valley bj
-..iiil; to have another opMrtunity to demon
ute that it- heait is right in the war. The
( Hiristmas drive of the Red Cross is peeuli
Cutting the "Eat" Out of Wheat. Meat and Sweet
j . i.u:- t,m.i iiMfiiiirntliirKtiilliiSlif Kvetl if
Are you aoing iuibi c 'ft""f. .,
done to a considerable extent it is but a small HwrWce. Lett. . W
consider the requests of Food Administration Omcisls than cr.at,
the necessity of food card distribution. It is much easier to prac
tice self-restraint than to have restraint placed upon us. Its up to
those who are in daily contact with the consumers to promo e the
substitution of those commodities of which we have S liberal sup
ply for those that we arc Urged to use sparingly. We suggest tin
Following SS substitutes: CannedFisl.es for Meat. Syrups, in
place of SUgsr. Graham, in place of VY bite E lour.
WILSON BROS.
THFCKOt'KUS
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miI lot'dU-d on an inland 1W mllaa
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kind of fruit juat ruiing Into br- ai Djr tor ,hl "IvertUlng
. ' ataftif 4tt aV daaaaaaui a an 4 Laua.
iug Kid 500 bu. grain thU yaar . " v
w itl out Irrigation Frica $I,6M
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Joe Oawa of the Ontario t'tiartuacy
jWM a W ulnar vimlor Sunday.
hHl SALK fllr lf
i to 5 iuciuklva in blk. no
Outario itiwusliip. Two amall hou-
aa. Make ma beat caah oBer. Will
dinaider V oaali balance paymaata.
C. K. OeNKlTK, Baker, Ora. tf
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Mu. M. a Whaler, at Mrs.
V. l!iugitoB'a in the Kiaher proper
ty. Pricat i.it Phona tl--
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