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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1920)
THE ONTARIO AKO US. ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 3920. SUCCESS OF ONTARIO MERCHANTS BASED ON EXPERIENCE; INTEREST IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHARACTERISTIC OF BUSINESS BUILDERS Growth of Ontario as Trading Center Is the Story of the Development of Her Merchants and Business Men Who Have Backed Their Faith With Their Work Bits of Personal History of a Pew of Them. HUMIIXII A. I'lt.XNMIt. If tt poll of all the petiplo In Mal liciur county could lin tahen mid each olio ntHl lo imma (ho Ontario IiumI iiom iiiimi Willi whom they wore ne iliiHliiled, II I mtfu to wiy tlmt tho name of Kil Kroner would lit) clone to IT not itt tlio IiOhiI or tlio tint. Till eupMally would lio truo woro tlio luviwtlKHtlon , mudo among tlio "old timer," for tlio not apparently In tlmt onlHKory, m far iik npponr ii n co Kotw, Mr. Krnxor tiallflos an I ho oldot, In point of routlutioiiK service, of Ontario' hUMlnemt men. To wrlto tlio liloijrnpliy of K. A. I-'rawir U to wrlto n liUtory of On tnrlo. Uo Iiiik neon nntiirlo crow from u ttldotrnck where calllo mid Hhi'iip wore loaded, where wool wiih IiioiikIiI from all tlio country be tween tlio ltluo Moiintuln tind Ne He Ml rary on whono lionrd lie hai nerved coiitlntioitNly ulnco ltd organ ization, and which today Ik oho of the tliliiKH In wliloli lie talteit pride. Ilo alxo u in one of the men who iihhIkI ed In nrmiiKltiK for Hip flmuirliiK of tlio city' fdiare In tlio Holy Itowiry Hospital, and the Mnlhour County Pair. 'Die Rrowtli of hi hunlne, now confined lo hardware and groceries Ih. due larKely to the porHiinul ele ment, Itnelf a tribute to the man, who lutR nerved m well the community here for no many year. i:. a. ritxsi.it I'liulo hy Hi'IIkiiiiiii vnilu and tlio Hnulto river and the Caftoadoii. He raine here when the lot on which IiIh present Htore now hIuiiiIm here only a 'crop of mice brunJi, and the IiIk frelKht wiikoiih IjoL Mulled In tlio wind In front of It. Thru thick and thin. Mr Pruner Iuik foiiKhl for the growth of thU city In wliloli ho Iihm iiimiIo IiIh home for thirty-four year. He Iihh nerved lit fellow ultlMtiiM In aliniwt every piihllc Invar d and Hoveriinmntal body. And Hi In Iihm menu! time and effort for wliloli no fliiancml return roach m1 him. Of him Ih often wild, "he . ha nm more time to the publb than Miiy man In town." lib mrvlott hue ulwayit been eon IIUUIIVH X1IVIUU. I'lir UAHI1II!0 lit' wan tor i yearn u meinour 01 me Oily Ceuncil: for year he wan a memlHir of the Malheur County l-'nlr hoard; mid hm he wiy, "the hardest work I ever did wan an a member of the hrldHt) eomniliwlon that eon Htruiitml tlio luteritntn lirldKe londltiK to the t'rultland liench." Tlmt he tierved thru all tho flKlilw of the iwrly day, and Ontario wait not mi miml Ih having kiioIi event, and re tallied iih friendship of hi iimny U rufflolent KK hy wlileh to iiieamin the man. Mr. Prattir hailed originally from Upper OHimda, having been- hum at W.ioditock, Providence of Ontario. Ih 1S70. Hit fnthor one of Hie plentvr railroad men ot the Vmi left CHuadn lo Join the Union I'u'iflr fores ud mootl weel with Hie h.illd lug of the road until he reached JJIioehonw In lSISO. lilt imhi, the subject, of thU sketch, had been left to ftnlah lil courne at Upper CmhniIh University at Toieuto. and Joined hlm In 1S8I, eomliiK later to Ontario to enter tho ompjoy of Sliolllim DauialiMiu. pioneer mer olianta. He remained with thW Hrm when In 1SS0 . I.. Oery eoiuoll- dated with It and the firm Iwame KIim1. aiillllng & nauleUon. biter Mr, DitiilaliHin rothtel and the arm bo mime thu Oregon Koruardlntc Co. Mr. Kruaar romalned with thla firm until 1S0U. when h enUlilUUod tlio Malheur Mercantile company, wlileh t'tiutlnuod to be the style of IiIj liuglnoaa until 1 U I U when after a re orgnnlMtlon be adopted bin own iianio aa tho dealituatlou of hU hunt- IKiHH, Tha tamo year In which .ia launrli- od hi bualueaa venture lie wna mar ried to Ml Ida Holland of t'nyette. n daughter of one of Idaho' pioneer fiunlllto. Thoy bavo one son. hd niund A. Kr8or now n Soplioimi at the. Untrvralty of WashluKton AmoiiK tho other public institu tions fgr whloli Mr. Kraaor I In no auuiU degree rojpouilble uro tlio 1'ulv I'lt.WK ItAUHIt. When the dry, hot wlnda of Kan Kntt pralrlett hurnod the cropa of that Kroal Htale, they nut a youiiR li'iim to tliliiklni; of tho Went, mid performed a Hcrvlrc for Ontario In hendliiK Krank Itader, necretary and limnnner of Under llron., thU way. The torrid wlnda referred to made their Kaiiwm visitation atoiiK In the nlnetli'H but It wiih not until Hi01 that Klllnwood, KaiiKan, for that wan IiIh home then ,bld Mr. Itader good bye im he (darted In Henreli of a town In which to make bin home. , He looked over Nebraska, moved on to Wyoming- and remained In that Htnle for neven montha before rontlnuliiK bin Journey to llolne. where IiIh brother John Itader. pren lib lit of the firm, had located. To gether they purchased an exclunlve ithoe bunlnena, which under their re Kline grew to largo proportloun for a city of the llolne of that day. Hut llolse wan not big enough for the nctlvltloH of two Itadera, and bnvlng watched the growth of On tario from tho time they first went to IIoIho, they decided to neciiro an opening here, In what they then, and mill bollovo to be tho coming city of thin Hoctlon, While IiIh brother remained In llolne, to handle tlio firm' IiiihIiichh there, Frank Itader came to Ontario twice nerved an a director of the Commercial club and aided In devel oping Ontario'H trade on the bench thru active work on tho rond com mittee. During tho wnr'Mr. Itader found tlmo to carry a heavy volume oft In local patriotic work. In each of the Liberty 1-omi driven ho wan chairman of tho local committee. And In each drive Ontario peered 11 victory Hut there Ih another rIiIo to Mr ItaderV activity that In little known, and Hint bin work to found hero a church of bin faith. When ho enmt hero there waa no placo of wornhlp for membcrH of the Catholic faith Ho supplied that In bin homo for a time, ntid from that beginning grew tho prencnt Church of tho Weaned Sacrament, tho result of which directly may bo traced tho coming of tho Holy1 Honary hospital. He wan a charter member of the Ilolso KnlghtH of Columbus at llolne and when the tlmo came to organize n lodge here he wan mnile Itn fln.t lending Knight, an honor be twice held. In 1903, the year of tho World'a Fair In Chicago, Mr. Itader wan tunr rled at Klllnwood, KnnniiN, to Minn Onlay Harrison. They bnve four children, two boyn and two girls: JMm. Iooim l'earHim of Wolner, MIhh Irene Itader. Hot mini Itader, who Ih a ntudent at tho Unlvernlty of Well ington, and Harrison, who ban yet to go to soliool. VltANIC ItAIHIlt s $nliiata- jaB 'I 'InA ' ' MMmm I'ltANCIH I'. It VAX. I'raueln 1. ltyaii, one of the ownern of tho Ontario Meat & (Iro eery Co. store, and a brotlier-ln-liiw of Mr. Itolbnen'n. In another Ontario hUHlnena man whose boyhood and early manhood wore spent In the Middle ntaten. Mr. ltyaii wan horn at Iowa Falls, it short dlstanco from Waterloo, on March i:i, lSHlI. Home montliH after IiIh hlrtli bin parents moved to Mol ford, Iowa, mid tn thin little town, nuil vicinity was wboro Mr. Uynn grow to young manhood. After graduating from tho Cedar llnpldn IIuhIiichh College In 1901). he took charge of a store at Arnolds, Iowa, a summer resort, until 1800, whoti he went to South Dakota and filed on a home stead near Midland Ho proved up on bis land In 1908 and wiih mar- 1. It VAX Photo by Sellgmnn rled June 111, 1901), to Minn draco A Orris at Midland In 1910 they moved to I'orlaud where Mr Itynn worked for the Urnml I'nlou Ten Co, until 1914. when they moved to Junttira. He wiih there mil" it abort time when be went Into bunlnen!) with Dan (lalhigher, a brother of At torney I'. J. (lalhigher of this city, soiling out to IiIh pnitucr In the full of 1917. From Junttira they moved to Murphy, Idaho, whore be bad charge of the Murphy Towunllo Co, store, and wan nlso secretary-treaa-urer of the Murphy Towuslte Co,, until October, I91S, when he wan stricken with the flu. He wan con valonolng nicely, when IiIh wife and little boy were attacked with thu din ease, the latter dying, Tho worry nuil shock of their kou'h death left thorn In such n wonkened condition that tho physician ordered them to n lowor altltuilo, they leavlag for Port land when nble. It was whllo ro nuperntlng In Portland during the winter of 191S-'10, nnd In talking over their plana for the future Hint they reached the conclusion that of nil tho places they had been bIiico coming west they would rnther live nt Ontnrlo. And no they enmo to this city last spring In April, buying In with the Ontnrlo Meat ik (Irocery Co, Mr Itynn him recently purebnned n ro.-tldenco In the Went end of tho city nnd Ih devoting bin share ot time and effort to assist Ontario's city beauti ful phiiiB by Improving the placo, for It la hero Hint ho Intends to muke bin homo, nuil Ih striving to aid In every thing that helps Ontario attract good citizens. (ii:oit(2i: v. itKiiisr.x. Tho great agricultural stntoa of Iowo, Minnesota and South Dakotn were wboro 2C yearH of tho life of (leorgo P. Itollinen, ono of tho ownern oKeitoi: iti:mso k r H a&H waBal Photo by Sidlgman of the Ontario Meat & (Irocery Co,, ntoro woro npent He wiih born til Waterloo, lown, November, 23, 1S88, n yenr. which bo clalniH, will remain In tho memory ot tho comparatively few early Bot tlers of western Minnesota and Iowa, all of tho DnkoloH, Nebraska and Kansas for all time, duo to tho fact that what Is termed tin the most "deadly blizzard" ever known swept Hint viiBt section on January 12 ami 13 ot that year, killing tunny people nnd thousands of head of llvoMock Hut, anyhow, neither (but fatal year nor tho "hllzznrd' had" hod any ef fect on the temperament or char itctor of Mr. Itollinen, for ho In on" of tho inunt wnrm-henrted young men ono could hope to meet, Ilia school ilaya began at Fllawortb, Minn , In 1894, continued nt Itock ItaphW, Iowa, from 1900 to 1905, nnd ended til Mitchell, H, I)., In tho spring of 1900, where bin parents had moved and still renldo. That spring bin father gave lilni mi Interent In his merit market, ifnd be remained In business with hlm until tlio fall or 1913, when be wiih stricken with the "western fovor,,' sold hN Interest In tho market and pulled out for the Pacific Coast. He lauded first at Itoscburg, Oregon, but tho following summer bo cajiio to Malheur county and filed on a home stead In the .lunttirn section. In Hie spring of 11)10 ha commuted mi bin land, came to Ontario In April, and worked for tlu Oregon Packing Co,, owned by II II Tunny, for four yenrn. In the full of 1917 ho and bin wife moed to Portland and the following sum mer Mr. ltelhnen nttended the It. (). F C i.t the Oregon Unlvernlty and wii3 recommended for promotion rhortly before his discharge oc curred March, Inst year, thoy moved from Po-tlnud back to thin city and purchased an Interent In the Ontario Mont & (Irocery Co. Mr llelhsen was married In Sep tember, 1914, to Minn Catherine A. Orris, of Midland, H, I) . the wedding taking place In Ontario, Ilo says Im would rather hunt Ihan eat. Last year during the open sea son ho spent bin vacation In the lllue inoillitaliiH. He didn't bug bin deer, hut he says bo will thin year. I I In 1907 and purchased the buslnesH of the 0 F Company, which was then located In the Andy l.:uke block This proved Inadequate fin the growing business, and when the WJbtou building was constructed In 191!t they moved to their present atom building. A further extension of tlio biiRluoaa wiih made in l'.UO when the hualnosa of McCoy Druthers was consolidated and the firms. Hues deimrtmeutUed. Aa the guiding member ot the firm Mr. Itader adopted n policy of progressive conservatism, one that provided for keeping Just ahead of the tluioa, yet not too far-tbat added departments when needed and In such manlier so to be able to give Ontario nu institution equal to any to be found In a city of this size, or larger. Hut while measuring the growth of lila biislueaa, Mr. Under bus not been unmindful of the service that a community In entitled to from Its husluoea uion, and while especially Interested In bettering conditions, that Ontario nolileve distinction as a city of good liainoe. churches nnd schools ho has been an active partici pant in tho work of advancing the material welfare ot tlio city. For sis years Mr. Under sorvod ns a member of Hie School Hoard dur ing tho crucial period when the schools were emerging from the country typo to tho modorn. depart mental soliool with modem equip ment nuil specialized study loading to entrance into classical and scien tific coursus at tho University. Thou, too, bo was a member of the city council tor one term and has Announcement of Increase of Subscription to THE ARGUS Since January 1, 1919 the cost of print ' paper lias increased from 5 1-2 cents per pound to 9 3-4 cents per pound, and we are informed that it will rise to even higher prices rather than decrease in price. This increase of almost 100 per cent in one year while greater than that experienc ed in the past is but the continuation of what newspapers have been called lupon to v bear since 1914 when print paper was pur- cluiKcri at from 2 1-2 to 2 3-L- cents per pound. The rise was steady until 1910 when the market rose con . stantly, until the present price of 9 JH cents was reached, or an increase of '100 pen cent over the pre war price. The Argus must meet this increased cost. It has but two ways ol doing this; increased sub scription rates and increased advertising rates. The latter have been raised to meet some of the previous rises in cost, and now with hundreds of J other newspapers over the country, we are increas ing the cost of subscriptions to $2.00 per year News print, however, is not the only element in the printing and publishing business that has add ed to the cost of publishing a newspaper. Labor, ink and every other element has increased, just as has been the case in almost every other business. While prices of other things have riseivconstantly without notice in many cases, and while we are buying all our supplies from catalogs bearing this message: "prices subject to change without notice," however, we desire our readers to know the reason for this small increase in the price of their paper. , v