THE ONTARIO ARGUS ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920 HEALTH fIRST! Mnkc It a busi ness to got woll. Don't wnlt till tlid doctor will linvo to any, "Too Into", or "Wo will liavu to op ornto." Let mo explain U you how Chlr- oprnctlc Hplnnl adjustments ro movo the cniiBO of disease. Consulln 1 1 o n frcn. I'lionu 1R8 for appointments. TR5 1 5fl-5 v' 1 ATJ'ayi'KJflH Or say of tho toUonlnc ptrtt mtj b ed by ore Implottd ibeeplatif f ubluxatd TOTtStHU DRAIN itTVlTQ EAR3 NOSTC THROAT ARMS HEART LUNGS LIVER STOMACH PANCREAS SPLEEN KIDNEYS SMALL DOWEL LARGE DOWEL GENITAL ORGANS TIUOIIS LK OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of Ihe.Wook Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Roaders. eriN&oj'UAN DR. R. A. MOON, CIIIUpi'UACTOR Spine and Nerve Spccialint 2; Over Post Office Ontario, Ore. I e ' A, "Mfri4frt4$f eLyuXs S&vteirifoerSQ fiBEATL, Among the many cleaners on the market, we selected two to sell to our customers. AVe chose them heeau.se they represent greater value Tor the money, "because they save more time and hard work in the home, and hecnuse we think they clenn more thoroughly thnn any other elec tric cleaners. Today, $5 puts either one of these famous cleaners in your home. Take your choice. The. Ohio Vacuum Oleanor or The. Hoover Suction Swooper A cleaner lasts for years; get the hest now while you .arc buying. .Hut you must act nt once There are. only a few more days. Phone for our salesman to come to your house, or come to the Electric Shop today. Don't Delay That Old Broom of yours will never again be worth $5. IDAHO POWER CO Electric Shop m ., - m ' fl ' ' II - . . , 'i 1 i .'-.,,-, . . . . g.l--l . t m . rai UDUKTAIUjLW II. U rCTEIISON C. H. AUUSIUS Licened Embalmers Modern Chapel Funeral Car Services r 1 r i i i i n ri i i - r-tf-iTi-ii-fTri-riri.i-i-i.r-i rt n..rvi i j-i. in. jut.1.ilil i uun " " """""" ,.,. i .,-.-., -- ii j, ii i iiT-ir-Tr-a-1i-irijnjLri.il ONTARIO FURNITURE COMPANY -J (Ontario, Oregon - - Phone 37JJ LJ mm ' a jg The now crop of wheat Is beginning to nrrlvo at Astoria, whence It will bo cxportcJ. Tho Coos mnl Curry county fair closed a succesiiful session of four day- Saturday. The, Christian Kndoavor rally for southern Oregon hold a two days ses sion nt Ashland, Attendaneo In tho Grants Pass school8hns Increased nearly 22 per cent oier Inst year. Poultry culling tfomointrntlons will be held In Wasco county for three days beginning October 1C. ('Itlons of Jaclisonvllto havo start ed n movement to resist the removal of tho county seat to Mctlford. ItcLOtit rains swelled tho Santlnm river and tho llrown-I'otzel Lumber company lost a iiiimhor of logs. Mrs, J. M. Lane of Itosoburg has completed a 40 days' fast. During tho time she lost 25 pounds In weight. Four stores at Canton were robbed last week. Tim robbers took consid erable merchandise but little cash. The capital utock of tho Spauldlug Logglng company of Salem has been Increased from Jlf.O.OOO to $2,500,000. A marked decrease In ordors Is not ed by the llond lumber factories co Incident with tho raise In freight rates. Tho ftilso work of the new Mohamn Lyons bridge over tho Sitntlam river, near Lyons, has been washed out, caus ing considerable loss. A flow of natural gus was discover cd on the farm of A. M. 'Ink n few miles north of lone, which has croAtcd considerable Interest. Ulen Sawyer, .15 years old, a me chanic employed by tho Oregon I'ulp & Paper company, was drowned In tho Willamette elver nt Sulcm. It Is estimated that tho apples from tho Molser district this yo.ir will total 50,000 boxes as compared to a yield of 125,000 boxes last enr. County I'm It Inspector Armstrong of Douglas county has Issued to fruit growers and dealers n warning to dis continue the sale of diseased fruit. Tho nnuual conference of officers of tho Oregon Y. M. C. A. will bo held ut Hood nivor Soptcmbor 25 ami 20. Prom 76 to 100 delegates aro expected. Italns nro proving harmful to ranch ers In Crook county who have not stacked th'olr second crop of hay. Hun dreds nf tons nro still on the ground. Under a decision of tho state board of control neither tho students nor em ploy oh of thu state school for tho blind will be held under fast and sot rules. An Increase In salaries of teachers at the stnto schools for deaf and blind approximating 25 por cent has been np provod by the sluto board of control. Damage to tho oxteut of between tSO.OVO and $65,000 wus dono to the apple orop of tho Umpo.ua valley when it sovsro wind storm struck that sec tion. Thu first official act of the new mo torcycle cop added to the Itoseburg police was to arrest a member of tho city council for exceeding tho speed limit. A. B. Woolpert, .Northwest mauogor for Bugllsh apple merchants, says thu oxport demand fir Hood Ithor New towns will result In prices satlsfiicory to growers, ' On Tuesday tho Prlnevlllo Sunday schools iwide n Joint canvass of tho city In the Interest of tho Sunday schools In particular and the church In general. As a result of high water.Vt Is prob able that the new steel bridge across tho Santlum rlvor, bolug built by Linn I nnd Marlon counties, will not bo finish ed this year. The postmaster of Iteud reports a 40 per cent Increase In tho amount of mail passing through his offlco over lifst jour. Cancellations ore now aver aging 3500 dally. Albany's community house was open ed Friday night with u big reception, which was attended by hundreds of local people and a number from Cor vnllls and Lebanon. Among the early day exhibits at tho Luue county fair this week will bo a drum that whs made Gl years ago at Waupaca, Wis., nnd that still has one of tho original heads. Negotiations nro reported to bo ponding at Klamath Kails for tho merging of three banks. Tho combin ation would bo the largest bank In tho state outsldo of Portland. Tho Sherman county farm bureau will unload at Moro an 8000 gallor car of gasoline. Tho supply will bo sold at 30 conts per gallon, ns against tho local price of 42 cents. Initiative petitions are bolng cir culated In Deschutes county, asking for a vote In November on tho question of a permauent county sent. Doth Bend and Redmond want to bo the county seat. How Much Is 4ft A Dollar Worth? If you were forced to maintain your home and family on the same in come that you received in 1915, you would probably find it impossible to make both ends meet. It's unnecessary to mention that the cost r living has practically doubled since that time. You've learned that by actual experience. Tin ttitiiiifiiin Iiiih liiMii HJivpfl hv ilin fiwf tlmf 111 mmi'lv nil iiffimiitimm. the average income has also grown from (15 per cent to 100 per cent. The man who in 1915 received $2.50 per day, now receives not less than .$4; and the man who drew $100 per month four years ago now makes . k. . . . .- . -.. i; . fit iinur mili: 'IMliu iri'itli in itwimiiii linu mnln if ttMOUilili t iwwitln tu iv.ii;!' 'j'ui , i-o f-j.wti.wi in iiiwiuv imo jiidiii it ioniiiv itu im imiiv to live with an even greater degree of comfort than thev enjoved in -inir, 1915. Our. Case is Differeut The operating expenses of the Idaho Power Company have increased in about the same proportion that your living expenses have. For in stance, the rate of pay for our employes has grown GO per cent dur ing the last four years. The cost of supplies and equipment has in creased approximately 98 percent, and our taxes WW percent. And hero's whore, our groat difficulty comos. Our incomo is regulated by tho Public Utilities Commission of tho state, and although the cost of dolivoring powor to our customors has increased moro than GO por cent, wo "havo boon allowed to increase our rates only 10 por cont Binco 1915. people, the Tdaho Power Company can do ni liners' money as economically as possible, t no iliore o As a servant of the t inn sneim its customers' monev as economical v hh mission, tn urn duce the power that they need. A continuationof present conditions, ! :n .,-. ...i... '.t :...nnnn.i i ... .... i.. .:.... u. i- i uwv-i-i, vtui nutui iimuu 11. iiii;w.-niiMi- iiu u hi glvu LI1U BtMVICC WI1ICII you as customers have a right to expect, and will prevent us from mak ing the necessary development. that the growth of this territory is de manding. ' - The price of nearly every commodity you use nowmlays, from the clothes you wear to the newspaper you read at breakfast has increas ed repeatedly during the last four years. Yet at the slightest hint of a raise in power rates, there is a general outcry of remonstrance. Power Costs You Less than in 1915 Looking jit the matter of rates from our customers' point of view, it can easily be shown that they are actually paying less for electricity today than they paid four years ago. You think that doesn't sound reasonable ? Well, listen to this. If the man whq in 1915 was earning $2.50 per day, paid $1 a month for lighting service in his home, he had to work 192 minutes en pay his month's bill. If that man today uses the same amount of electric power, it costs him $1.10. But he is now earning at least $1 per day, so he is required to work only IflO minutes to pay for this power, lie is actually getting electric service today more than i)2 per cent cheap er than he could buy it in 1915. , The average price of wheat in 1915 was 78 ccnts por bushel. The farmer therefore, required more than 20 busbels of wheat to pay for one horsepower of irrigation pumping service. In 1919, the average price of wheat was $2.08 n bushel, so that 8 bush els paid for one horsepower of service. It is evident that, measured in terms of wheat, the cost of power to the fanner in 1919 was only '10 per cent of its cost four years earlier. And similar comparisons can be made with practically all other products. On tho other hand, as we havo pointed out, each dollar that wo receivo from our customers, today, buys only 50 por cent o.f tho supplies and GO per cent of the labor that is was capable of buying four years ago. Two Facts Are Plain Two things are evident: First, that we cannot meet a 60 per cent in crease in operating expenses with a 10 per cont increase in rates; and, second, that a reasonable increase in rates would not be unjust to our customers, since the cost of electricity has not increased anywhere near in proportion to tho average income of our customors or in pro portion to tho cost of other necessities. Idaho Power Company