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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1919)
THE ONTARIO ARC! US. ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919 (Ulp (Dttiano Argus 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 $1.60 TOO MUCH PROSPERITY It is trite, but true to say, "you cannot please everyone. " This is especially the ease with public endeavors, such as the an nual Malheur County Fair. The Iair which closed last Friday was in most. respects successful, and the vast majority of those who attended had a mighty good time. They were well enter tained by the program in front of the grand stoifd, and if they gave the effort to examine Ihe products on exhibition they secured ben efit there also. There is no use denying, tho, that the Fair was not as successful as it might have Demi, instead ol a lew scanty exhibits, the hall should have been filled with the won derful produce of this region. In fact the Adrian display saved that portion of the ex position from an almost complete failure. Just why this was so The Argus will not attempt to say. Many reasons have been given, each of which, probably, contributed to a degree. Before another Eair lakes place offort should be made to see that the same causes do not operate again. In the first place a change was made in the system describing and classifying ex hibits in the premium book and tho an ex planation of the system was contained in the preface, evidently this was not read, or if read, not understood by nia'ny who in pre vioiiH years had placed produce on display. Second, the ranchers of this valley have had a hard summer. They have been short of.holp, and they did not feel called upon to put tho added energy into the collecting ex- iiidiuj necessary to a successlul showing. Then there was tho question of roads; it was all but impossible to bring exhibits from tho Nys.sa and lower Boulevard dis trict over the Boulevard; likewise this was true of the Brogan region. In another year this will not be true. And lastly, after having received prom ised exhibits from all these regions the Fair directors expected them until the last mo ment, and could not provide for the disap pointments and broken promises. No one can bo blamed for this. If the people them selves do not take sufficient interest in the Kair exhibit no one can make them. ' Tho thing that must bo done is to make exhibiting so attractive that the ranchers will want to exhibit without special urging, and to see to it that arrangements are made to co-operate with the ranchers to bring the exhibits to the Fair. That will require a rigid checking up of promises during the week before the Fair to avoid disappoint ments. 'I'll. lllfkul IMIjllj.nl DtlivimLif IjiII flltlf flwk Argus would like to make would bo this: Lot preparations be started now for next year's Fair. The association should hold its annual meeting in the near future, elect its direc tors, with tho experience of this year in mind and got interest started at once. Second the premium book should be prepared on or before the first of the year and be ready for circulation at least during April and May, thus giving the ranchers time to plant varieties of produce with the Fair in mind. And lastly every business man of On tario, and every rancher who takes an inter est in this exposition should think about it, niako suggestions to the board when thov como to him, and generally keep constantly before the public the fact i!.il tho Fair is held here and is the Best (V unty Fair in the State. It is that, too. OBEY THE TRAFFIC LAWS "Why is it that people who drive horses ignore all the traffic regulations? This is a question that has puzzled us for years. No doubt others have wondered about the same quoslion. If our "six cent verdict", possessed a real bumper we would be apt to act upon the notion often entertained of bumping into a traffic violator, if a way could be found to do so without maiming the poor an nual that lias so senseless a driver. Ontario is afflicted with at least two men who drivo horses and habitually vio late the law. The officials will do them a real service by arresting them and giving them a stiff fine, if there is no other way of teaching thorn common decency. A rido up Oregon street these days con- uiikiiil! iiiia ii' flm mwiil li cfvnnf nnviixr 1 myvv v"u " uiv ivvn v,v. j.. . "'o' THE DEBATE With leaders on both sides of the long distance debate, now in progress between the President and the Senate on the question of tho League of Nations, declaring that tho .issue is not a political one it is never-the-less true that every man or woman should form some opinion on tho merits of the ques tion. The question involved is of too great moment to be relegated to tho discard of un essentials and left entirely with tho officials to settle. The future life, liberty and hap piness of every American is bound up in the proper settlement of tho question. Unfortunately during tho past week there has been evident a tendency upon the part of both the President and the Senators to cast aside the dignity of their offices and to stoop to the use of personalities. In doing so each has weakened his position in the minds of tho thinking public. Tho mere, calling of names never advanced a cause. Nor have the debaters stopped at the mere eharaterization of each other. Both have resorted to the use of extravagant statements that are so extreme as bring the conclusion drawn thercirom absurd. A middle ground between that of the President and the Borah-.Toh nson-McCor-mick position must be found if the question is not to degenerate into a mere political squabble. That the rancor now shown by tho Sen ate leaders would not have been communi cated to the people had the President taken that body into his confidence and followed his declaration of "open covenants, openly arrived at," is the belief of most critics, as wen as tno jresmont's irienus. ' It is likowiso true that in their spirit of resentment at the treatment accorded them by the President, Senators IJorah and .John son have over-looked the object which the league of nations was supposed to attain, says Senator McCiunber, and there is a measure of truth in his observation. Historically speaking there is no foun dation for the belief that the league of na tions could attain the idealistic condition which its proponents claim for it. The peo ple of tho world have not achieved the re quired standard of morality to make a league completely effective. The frainers or the present proposed league recognize that, and in fact are playing fast and loose with the English language (in describing their concoction as The "league of nations." it is not that, but merely an entente of the five great powers- and 21 others they have select ed for membership. But that is not tho principal objection made to the league. What is more serious is the evident ambiguity of the language of the League's constitution, which has already given rise to such serious disagreements as to what the terms really mean. From the debate in Congress and the discussions of tho league that have taken place in the British Parliament and the French House of Deputies it is evident that these three pow ers are not in accord m their interpretation of cardinal points in the covenant. That does not look well lor the success ol the league. Take tho case of the Monroe Doctrine for example. When interrogated as to what would happen in case of a dispute arising concerning that American policy, a British cabinet member told the British parliament "the league is there- to settle it." Now it is true that the Monroe doctrine has long been defended by the British navy, fii fact a suggestion of such a policy for ivmenca was iiiatio uy jjnwsii statesmen prior to its pronouncement by President Monroe but the American peoplo have not yot determined to abandon it, or make its interpretation subject to any body but them selves. The case of Shantung, too, contains the sees of future troublo for the United States, and it would bo well to know exactly what Japan has promised with respect to that important piece of land. Certainly the United States can not con stitute it self a Don Quiote and start out to remako tho world and undo all the wrongs that havo been douo in the past but the American people need not be asked to place their stamp of approval upon Japan's in iquitous grab of Shantung. So taken all in all there is plenty of room for changes in the proposed league of nations. Its authors ought not It they desire to see tho principal objects attained; stand on pndo ol authorship and deny the senate the right to dot an i or cross a t. They can not deny it that right, and the more the President and his friends insist on the literal acceptance of tho proposed covenant the more stubborn will bo the opposition. 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