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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1919)
T11K ONTARIO Al.i.rs. ONTARIO, OHEUON, THURSDAY. JUNE 5' IfM'J .iiiiii'iit. As hard headed business men the know that (llltl llflttf Jtltlt 5X tlt1tU ' '"' -',v ,;,u '"' l'n,w ',v declining to improve conditions. wf wilUU li j11 Therefurn they can m Itbsr sell their property or turn it Into income producing property with the present popula tion, Bo naturally they want improvements. bu1 they have their own ideas of hpw these improvements should be made, And this is hut natural. l-'ioni all the statement made at the Interesting sesn- ion of the Council Moii lay evening it appeart that paving in Ontario was in the hands id friends, hut h lends win were iiol ready to at t just. y t. Without trying to go he- ONTARIO'S MERCHANTS hind the public statements made, the Argus believes Perhaps It would be the charitable thing to do, to ,li;,t w) ,lu '"'tai-in to be paved some day. And forget the remark Mr. . K. Lee made during his di ' wuyihev are entitled to their own opinion in this inal tor- and to (i respe :ui Hearing. OF.O. K.A1KKN, Kiiitoraud I'uhlislter. Published Thursdays at Ontario. Oregon, nd entered at the Ontario post office for listrihution as 2nd class matter. SUBSCRIPTIONS One Year Jl!5i rget tile reman. .Mr. . r,. IjOI'H mane miring cussion of the paving proposition, when be described tin merchants of the city ai "men who bav a shirt tail lull of goods, that they can move to Baker or any place else." And the Argus is willing to lei the matter pass as a flip of the tongue, directed by I mind Intent with the heal of argument. bu1 believes thai an apoli due from Jar. Lees to the merchants of Ontario. ll at least, should be the last man in til'' city to make such an uncalled for and V I i irlit 1 I I 1'i.lllM I'l.- But the Argus wants to take tin opportunity to h 'ormed a Wonderful civic service rect the attention i.l' property owners to the part that tin merchants of Ontario have to sustain in every phs s si the civic life of Ontario. Ii'irst lit' .'ill it ia honoilan I Inl.iiin li.i iicli t : 1 1 -1 r 1 1 1 1 and energetic merchants, who, -am Stocks of g Isoi Wich onimportsnl questions. II men and women who have tin- quality and in such quantity as thei do, thai Ontario is tic ' -,,';" K "' exercising their judgment on the vital que trading center of this section. The Argui believes that t(onscf government will not exercise that right the; without fear of contradiction it can be said that should be disfranchised for a period sufficiently loinr to for enterprise and nroirrcssive nici-cbandi-iuir. Ontario'.- maK tnem appreciate wdm m means, else tney snouiam business men have no peers in the Snake river valley. 'I a degree, greater than is usually t he case they are the ci' As m every snc'i puDlte qiscuss.on there werj nmuj lluiiv m fu.'.ed Into I'll talks I hat We' DOt germane to the question at Issue ! i served to show thai when aroused ' hltario men can voice their sentiments. It is too bad thai they can not be stirred up oi'tencr. If the agitation for paving does nothing more than keep some of the ritizens, who have let public matters slide and have been content onlj to kik now and then, on the job it will have pt r A PUBLIC SHAME -It is a disgrace to American citizenship, the way in which so many citizens neglect their duty and fail to vot of Ontario and whatever progress has been made hen' it almost entirely due to then' efforts. Who. maj we ask1 li it that support ever) public cu terptise in this community I Who Is it that donates to every cause? Who is it that took the time to sell Libert; Bonos, pay for the entertainment of the departing soldi and for their welcome home! Who gives time for the Fair work Who works on the Commercial club commit t' Who entertained the stockmen 1 Whohasdow am ofth many things that have bet tl done for the general welfan of the community, things that make this a town and tbiu make business propertj and residence property worth even what they are ( Lot any man answer that question, s it the landlords of this town of Ontario w ho do these things ( I lae the OOntributed in time or in inoiiev in proportion to what tie merchants have done 1 Who will sa llialllnv havi our. for no one ran and tell the truth. The doorways of Ontario business houses are worn with the tracks of soliciting committees. When it con to giving funds to support aiu public measun Ontario business men arc generous without stint. Some may not have given a meat deal oi tune to these matters hut tin bavo given money, and In proportion to their worldly wealth, as com i tared with that of most of the landlords o the eit the) have done their dutj ton times over. The Argus regrets that thorc is isjcasiou for making such coininent. Hut the ate the facts. They should llo he so- for the interests of the mei'ehant - and the landlord are identical. We would remind Mr. Lees tliat prosperity for the landlord depends upon tin prosperity of thf mer chants, far more than do,s that of the merchant depend on the prosperity of the landlord. Hut the business man win is getting started in life and has to accumulate capital ' maintain stock can not divert il to the erection of liuild Therefore the landlord bould I t tin business of their tenants, for their own advailta And what more could Mr. Lies ask than the public SSSUfMlcC that the business men have made that tlie Will pay the Increased n nts ueeessar.s to ps3 the aving befor their stun ' Could anything be fairerl We ask him to tako this into eonsidoratiou, and to eon ider too thai all the people who live here are entitled to consideration, I'm it Is their preSOllOC lure that has mail the town vshaf it is today. While ear ma not he long III the life of a city . as ha been well said thcrearu times when a decision can uo1 be delayed without jeopardising the future. The question h whether that time has arrived. It is not a question i I whethi l" the men whofavor it arc mm hants or property forced to ie iii a laud where rulers think and act for them Such people have no place in a democracy. There inn Ik .and there IS,S0ttM excuse for the ranchei who lis to leave his farm at t his season and travel miles to the polls, for not voting. But certainly DO such excuse 011 he offered for the residents of Ontario who have hut a few iilocl- to walk to cast their ballot. dust t liink of what the voters of l toad t x Plat did Isst BJ . They cast half as many otes as did the people f Ol tario. And they were progressive VOtst votes for I roads thai would let them come to Ontario to trade. And yet Ontario had so little interest in this important matter that mam , even after being asked to do to, would not c os the street to vote, it is shame. However the laxity of the majority has not been fatal to the Important measures. It is apparent at this time tl a1 hi road bonds have passed and the market mad hill approved. Hut it is almost beyond belief how so many people could have votci against the measure to guarantci 'in ,i ti rest on irrigation securities, nthisof aUeountibs, wher Irrigation is so needed, that so few would vote on iite question ami that any of them would vote against it maker one question the wisdom of the so called Oregon V'stem. It is high tunc that a campaign of education of the f llldameiltal duties of citizenship were undertaken in ihis ta1e f the system Is to be continued. OREGON'S OPPORTUNITY Never In its history has Oregon possessed the ad van lagcs which are here today. In the present Congress the taic has two members of the delegation at the head of the omndtteos of most importance to the development of th State. In the Senate. Senator McNan is chatrinaii of the committee on irrigation and reclamation; while in the House, Representative Siunotl ll chairman of the com niilli on puldie lands. Itefore these two committees will pass the measures arv to the realization of the reconstruction program which has been discussed during the past six months. The prfne pal feature of the various reconstruction programs t In development of the latent resources of the nation. ;rr allv the development ttt the agricultural lands within the p iblfe domain. I is in this particular that Oregon is abounding ill wealt . Oregon has undeveloped resources beyond the imagination i' most of its citizens. What Oregon lacks, or ha lacked In the past1 is ability to make the officials at Washington comprehend that fact with sufficient force to cciii eo operal ioil, That is why the state is fortunate in having as tin bead of these two important committees men from this state men who know the state and its needs, and who i iii. iv leasinie lrnuatioii proiecTs, we mumi as wen nun ..in! st i'k oUl" capital els.u here. li.it .. ..mi tlilw' coot i.lII I i i k t. . k. i.l I'.iP lAAMfl ill tli.. I-. .. .1 tj I k i ti t I . .1 I j , I li ' '1(M ' "111 III! ..''tllU'lliIliil !!! I I Hill III till I ' IIUIIOl U'll No donl.t Mr. I.. - now ivgrets his nlighting nn.ark pnigiam. ir uregon .iocs not now secure some Help t.u directed at the merchant-. We hop, thai he does, and that everyone will forgel it, and an other kno. k thai anyisie has made, and that having heen aroused, and feeling th. need of mutual support Ontario merchants and Ontario proper! owners' and Ontario citizens m general will unite now for a bigger and better i t v THE PAVING CONTROVERSY There are two possible constructions that might he placed upon the opposition to the paving program; that those who arc arguing against the improvement sincerely believe that this is not the proper time for such iiupri ment; or thai the arguments are advanced in. ivlv . -tall any improvement t anytime. The Hrsi construction, however, is the onl oue that is touable so far as the majority of those who pitdented is concerned. The Argils is lirmly of the opinion that the majority, a vast majority too, of those who voiced protect? and signed the petition want paving and want it in tin near future. This must be true, because those who aie protest are the very nun who haw most of their wealth invested in real estate here' much of which is uo1 producing then' income. They invested in this property to sell it :,r en hanced figures when the city .should grow and they would thus secure w hat economists describe as the unearm il in I it The Bible is True. There is a Future. Then What a Man Reaps as he Sows? OHAS. H. BLOM Pastor Baptist Church Commercial Creamery Co. ( ash 6ujenofCream and Produce Plaea: 3)athofPos1 Hm 0 u-.u-io. Oregon V . ur lkC Market for CrtSBS Efl'i I'cullo of alt kind- -$ II PEOPLE ARE COMING TO RADER'S Not for Cheap Goods But for Good, Depend able Merchandise, and Just as Cheap as you can get Cheap Goods. Pongee Sfl ineli imported Pongee, suited for Mouse. 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