THEONTABIOAKUUS ONTA1UO. OREOON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1920
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Published Thursdays at Ontario,
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NEOKSSAUY
How long will It tako Ontario to
awakou to tho (act that it Is pruc
llcally without (Ire projection? How
many thousands o( dollars must bu
laid on tho ultnr o( carolcssucss to bo
burned boforo tho city will urouso lt
Kolt to act? How many Hvoh must
bo oudangcrcd boforo a real effort Is
uiado to protect thorn with adequate
equipment?
Wo don't know. Do jou?
For noarly a year now this ques
tion has boon beforo tho pooplo. An
abortlvo attempt was tuailo to nccuro
ihu oqulptnont onco and apparently
ONTARIO'S HAND
Ontario has, or porhups nn accur
nto statomont would put It, Ontario
had, a band. This organization strut;
glod along (or threo months with no
support at all (rom tho public. It
Just kopt going bocauso tho boys llk
od to play. They hnvo practiced for
proflcloncy nud liavo ilouo well.
Tho quostlon arises does Ontario
want a banu, nnu n so now inr m
tho citlzoiiB go to support such nn
institution?
Just now Ontario business men oro
being called upon to contrlbuto to
many causes. In (act It Is tho gon
oral bolle( among them that it is Just
ono thing nftor nnothor ami tho
want u rost and nn opportunity lo
look nftor tholr own affairs for u
short time.
Howovor, It tho band Is permitted
to drop it will bo that much harder
to get tho boys togothor, and with
tho Knlr soon to bo staged Ontario
will bo In tho sauio position It wns
last year dependent entirely upon
outsldo muslcaus.
Tho Argus wnnts Ontario to have
a hand. It believes that such nu In
stitution Is ono of a city's best assets
and worthy of liberal support. Just
how to go about 11 to get that sup-
projoct undorwny so that wo will
havo something to offer and then got
In lino with tho other communities
In tho general forward movomont.
Mfo holds much In store for each
of us, but II doesn't dish It out Indis
criminately upon request.
ltnrnlinn n vnrv unll Intnntlminil flwi
nilrnmnlv ..nfnrfnnnt,, nffnr of ,. fl,.. I'Ort OS present. llOWOVCr, presents a
ouglno was made by ono who could W"n lllnt cn8 for BOrlo,la co"
not koop It, (ailed to solve tho pro
blem, Ontario has Just sottlod back
trusting to (ato to sparo It (rom n
visitation of (ire.
Suroly with us many successful
busluosB inon as can bo (ouud horo
in Ontario, with an investment In all
kluds of property within tho city lim
its which must total woll ovor a
Co-onorntlon among fnrmorH to
market tholr crops Is tho most hope
ful movement being forwarded at tho
present llmo In thin movomont tho
I'nrm llurenu Is plnylng the major
role. The stockmen too nro (eollng
tho need for such a movement and
will undoubtedly benefit thereby.
The success of both tho farmer and
the stockman is tho basis of tho
prosperity of Ontario and nory other
Eastern Oregon town. Is thcro any
thing Ontario can do to help carry
I his movement along?
Home peopto live for themselves
nlonc, and tho world Is generally
glad to leave them nlono.
sldoratlon.
Soino pcoplo nro always trying to
nnnox tho gooso that lays'thc golden
egg, wnno ouiors aro content wiim
tho egg.
Tho autl-clgnrottc law will not go
on the ballot this fall. Thnt ought
to simplify tho ballot n little, but
then we hnvo tho blfurgnted legisla
ture to pans upon, nud a few other
measures to glvo occnsslnn for poli
tical thinking.
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Municipal Engineer
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ONTA1UO OUKtiON
STELLA MASON COX
('rndiuito of Vlollu and Plnnu
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..Pupil of Victor Garwood and of..
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Conservatory of Music Chicago
Phono 4U J.
Tim ouhcon ciiAMiinit or
COMMKHUK
Tlmrn In tin ilonvlnp that The Ore-
million of dollars, a way should bo clmmbor of commorco Is deserv-
found to socuro n (lro onglno ndo-lllllf ,,. , ....., llf , .miiiir. thnt
"ft BII-('WI1I -r
Thoro nre so many funny writers
lu tho press now-a-days tholr stuff
Is becoming un thing but funny
nuato for tho noods of tho city at
preseut nud (or sooral )oars to como.
Tills is tho most pressing problem
boforo Ontario today. It is a chal
lenge to tho resourcefulness of tho
citizens. It will romatu n chnllongo
until It has boon met and solvod.
Ontario should act now.
Politics and religion, they say,
won't mix. And wo should hopo not.
Tin: HADiuAii movement
Insplto of tho fuel thut both of tho
old parties udoptod what nro general
ly doscrlbod as consorvatlvu plut
forma uud thus declined to recognize
tho existing u n rest lu Atnorlca, tholr
attltudo doos not change the (act
that thoro does exist a positive de
mand (or a chaugo lu tho present oe
ouomlo utnudards.
Tho voices which uro making this
domuud, however, nro not lu har
mony. Tho proponents of chuugo nro
not agreed on tho scale they would
follow. Their tuchnlo varies all the
way from tho reds who would sub
stitute tho Uolshovlk progrum of
Ilusslu to tho Sluglo Taxors who rido
ono hobby and bollovo that this will
load tho way to a political panacea.
In au effort to have tholr protest
uguliiHt present conditions tuko con
croto form thoso radicals of various
typos huvo boou undouvorlug to form
a third party. Tho difference be
tween thorn as brought out lu tholr
first mooting lu Chicago indicates the
difficulty which such a movement
(ucob. Iu that convention wore men
of ovory typo, from tho parlor Ideal
ist to tho most radical propagandist
who llvos by tho buccoss of hla ef
forts at creating unrost. To tho lat
ter a successful program would moan
(allure (or It would throw blui out
of a Job.
Yot this movement Is worthy of
sorlous consideration of tho avorugo
Amorlcan cltizou, for It Is u studied
effort to chaugo not only tho present
economic Bystom, but the vory form
of the United States government as
woll. Of courso this Is not admitted
by tho reformers. Tlioy disguise their
efforts under various names and
work upon thoso traits of human
uaturo which respond quickly to the
Insidious Boplilstrles of tho agltutor. i
This was admitted by Manager
Thomaaou of tho Nou-Partlsau Lenguo
when ho declared to tho couveutlou
thut lu North Dakota they had se
cured a sluglo tax law under another
name. That admission Is indicative
of tho reformors motuods. Thoy use
ovory moans to confuse the minds of
tholr uninformed constituents with
high soundlug pliruaos whllo puttlug
ovor tholr rovolutlouary measures
To distinguish botwe'on the gonuino
and tho spurious efforts at reform re
quires not only kuowledgo of politi
cal doctrlues, and the accepted rules
of logic, but a knowledge of tho men
tal honesty of tho men who propose
thorn. Ami this can hardly bo secur
ed over a country as largo as ours
whllo roformers aro calling everyone
who opposes thorn a liar, and tho op
position Is branding ovory advocate
of any reform a Holshcvisi What
Amorlcans should bo dolug now Is to
bcyonio Informed concerning those
movements and tholr progeultoru
thnt they may roach safo aud suuo
conclusions boforo exercising tho pre
rogatives of citizenship.
it enn fill u want for the state that
no other organization can fulfill, uud
(hat therefore It should bu encourag
ed to proceed with Its program.
T secure tho lioneNU which tho
largor -body would roturu thru Its
activities, hooer, a real nctle lo
cal organization is needed. Without
thu Inttor tho benefits of the former
cannot materlullzo no far ns tho In
dividual community is concerned, ex
cept ns It benefits by the general
stuto-wldo prosperity that wilt result.
That thoro will bo a larger migra
tion toward tho Wont this (nil that
there has been (or seerul ears.
Thcro Is a feeling umong many people
In tho Middle West thnt they want to
move. Tho winter that has passed
dragged thru eight long mouths of
bitter cold. Thoy want to got awny
from that territory, at least many of
them do, und thoy aro uatually look
ing to tho West with ItH moderate
temperatures, and Oregon Is one of
tho stntori thoy aro considering.
(liven u JudlcoiiM campaign of ml
erllslug Oregon will get Its share of
thoso prospective Immigrant!), nud to
got Its haro of thoso who will come
to Oregon must bo prepared to got
luto tho game and follow up tho re
sults of tho statowldo campaign.
Such an Investment Is worthwhile,
uud will ropay Itself many times over,
especially It wo can get tho Owyhee
Candor compolls the stntoment
that It Is hard to oiithime over the
political pronouncements of either
political party; or tholr nominee
either, tho belli are siicrotMful huel
lies men and publishers.
This Ik consoling. Miry coiiBollug.
Cnblo advices tell us that food prices
over In Jnpnu are coming down.
Tho things that tho Nou-Partlsaii
leaguer In North Dakota boast most
about are "old stuff" In Oregon; the
Initiative, referendum nud recall are
Just outigHtorn In Ihu bread basket
statu uud they were borrowed from
Oregon.
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litems, for thoro Is nothing worth
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