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yt'W - i narol THE ONTARIO Aim US, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921 !,. . i. , vu 1 1 S i lie .GDtttarifl Argun County Official 1'npcr An Independent Xcvtspupcr Publlshod Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at tho Ontario post offlco for distribution as 2nd class mattor. O, K. Alkon, Managing Editor (SUBSCRIPTION Ono Year, 2.00 TIIK WESTERN CONCERT I'roflldent Harding itnri his cahlnot nro finding themselves) In n quandary In tliolr effort to solvo tho problem of controlling tho Importation of for olgn agricultural products. Tho dif ficulty lies In tho oxorclso of tho presidential war tlmo powers In time of peace Such uso was ono of the things to which tho Republicans ob jected during tho campaign and can not now consistently rosort to them lu tho meantime, however, the nit uatlon lms become ncuto. With a nurplus of wool, meat nnd other ranch products In tho country, tho markets aro being flooded with goods from abroad furthor reducing tho valuo of tho local products. Tho President and his cablnot must cither not nsldo tholr antipathy to doing that which thoy objected to lu tho administration of their predecessors, or hco tho basic Industry of America brought to tho ,vurgo of ruin. That tho Prosldent and his cab inet liavo as tho press declares, "sonsod tho growers ucods," Is duo to tho activity of n group of West ern Senators who havo manlfonted a spirit of co-oporntlon that Is whole soino. For tho first tlmo In recent years, nt least, wo aro reading of n united front being mado by tho mom born of tho uppor Iioiiro from tho Mountain and Paclflo state, with tho result that boncflolal action Is In prospoct. If tho samo degroo of concerted action Is followed by tho wonteru Honntors and tholr collonguos In tho lower hotiso tho Wo I may ox pec t to hco tho reclamation legislation for which it has been In need for yearn, unnoted Into law. That however will tnko tlmo, nnd lu tho Interim, the hoIoiih can bout servo their constltu nntH by continuing tholr progrmu of concortod nctlon for temporary roller. THE PROPER COURSE In vlow of tho provisions of tho prosont health ordlnniico tho City Council Ih npparontly Justlflod lu i maudlng that'n roal effort to get ro HtiltH bo mado undor It beforo pass ing furthor legislation. In the city, ns lu tho stato and nation, thoro aro too many lawH en acted and Ignored, with tho result that tliu public Is prouo to alisorvo only those lawH which moot with Its approval. SludontH of govern ment havo long rocognlzod this to bo tho fact and Involghod against It, but tho fond bollot of the Amor- ANNOUNCEMENT DOCTOR J. C. WOODWARD, OOOIilST, WOODWARD IUJILDINCJ, PAYBTTK, IDAHO dealroH to nnnouncn that ho will bo at his offlco ovory af ternoon for tho purposa of PIT TING GLASSES. Arrangomenta may bo mado for ovoulng ap pointments. Ryes will bo ox amlnod PRRR OP C1IAROR. Offlco equipment Includes ovory modorn Instruinont. PIT nnd . 8ATISPACTION gunran-teod,- can peoplo that overylhlng can be righted by lnw continues tho prac tice. Under our form of government nnd tho statutes enacted thoro Is no option given tho admlnlstratlvo of ficials concerning which laws thoy shall onforco and which thoy may Ignore. Tho presumption, nnd It a Justlflod presumption, Is that they must onforco alt of tho laws and regulations of tho government to which thoy nro attached. That being truo tho Council has taken tho right courso In ordering enforcement of tho bcnlth ordinance. If this ordin ance Is found dofectlvo, thou it will bo tlmo to onuct an ordinance that can ba enforced, or admit that there Is no power In thu City government- to protect tho health and safety ot tho people. CAN CORRALS HI. KEPT CLEAN? It Is a debatable question, whether or not a cnttlo corral can bo kept clean. Of courso cleanliness varies, lu dogrcos, and lu tho conception which different peoplo havo of what to bo "clean" roally moans. No one knows hotter thr.t tho man who keeps n corral Itow much work It would tuko to clean It ot alt tho rofuso of tho animals overy day. Yet that Is exactly what would bo uccos wiry to stop tho Incuhhtlou of files. That also Is nocossary It tho ordin ance which proscribe that such ro fuso bo kopt lu fly-tight containers and romovod from tho promises ovory bovoii days, Tho owners ot cattle havo by this tlmo becomo thoroughly acquainted with thu provisions ot tho ordlnniico, which requires that tho rofuso and manure bo kopt lu fly-tight contain ars, and that It be removed from tho promise overy bovoii dnys. Tho reg illations mako no provision for dry woutlior or wot weather, so that no excuses on that ground nro avail able, if therefore they can not keep tho corrals clean thoy will havo to abandon them. That Is all there Is to It. It h up to tho owners them selvo to dcclaro what miiBt bo done. If they observo tho regulations thoy am continue to uso tho corrals, If not, tho other remedy uloiio Is open to tho officials. eo.vritou.i.N'd tin: (iopiier Over lu tho Willamette Vulloy tho specialists of O. A. C. uftor year ot Investigation found that tho pock et gophers annually lovlod a trib ute of more than n million dollar on tho ranchers of that region lu field crops destroyed. No account was taken of damages and loss oc casioned by tholr doprodatlon upon Irrigation districts, for there nro fow hucIi ditches lu that region for thorn to attack. In nil probability tho gophers or tho Malheur and Snake river valleys aro as actlvo.nud havo as largo op petition ns do tliolr brothers and sis ter of tho Mistlnud region, nnd ho sldo thoy havo iiillo upon miles ot Irrigation canals and dltclio open for attack. Tho loss which tho ranchora or this region stirrer each your from tho depredations or Hioho pot Is prob ably double that ot corresponding noroago lu thu Wlllametto, for the lack or wntor duo to hronkugo In canals nnd dltclio occasioned by tho burrowing or tho gopher dostroys moro crop than tho gophor can oat. A conservative cstlumto nt n group of ranchora two yonr ogo, whon this question was discussed nt a mooting of ranchers, was that through n Iqclt of water for two day during tho Irrigating season, cost thorn nt least a half ton per aero. This was not an uirusual ox porlenco. It has bcou repeated lioro year aftor yoar, and U totulod would bring tho gophor hill that tho farm ora havo paid Into millions or dol- FORDSON TRACTOR i)Kmvi:ui:i at voru lUNCII 7. 20 Horse Power for Pumping, (irlmllng drain, Cutting Hay Run ning your Ensilage Cutter 10 Horso Powor for Plowing Harrowing Discing, Etc. The choapest powor avallablo nt this tlmo. Ask tor tho booklet, Tho Fordson at Work. Tho Pordson takes tho saino placo in tho tructnr Held as tho Pord car In tho Automobllo Held, Moro for tho Money always. FORD GARAGE lars. To fight this pest tho Owyhee Ditch company nlono has spent sov oral 'thousand dollars In bounties, with but partial success. Rut this shows that tho ranchers appreciate that tho gopher Is a real menace, that must bo fought collectively. During tho pnst year tho Parm Bureau, on tho petition ot rnnchors, who discussed tho problem at numer ous meetings, undortook to tight tho gopher scientifically, using tho best mennB which specialists ot tho De partment ot Agrlcutturo havo dovls od. On somo ranches almost 100 por cent efficiency resulted. In others only a partial success was achlovcd becauso on theso ranches tho farmers had permitted woods to cover portions ot tho ground making tho discovery of runways difficult. Another reason for fatluro In somo riolds was that in stuhblo whoro tho gophers had been well ted by tho rancher ho was not hungry enough to tako tho bait; whlto in stilt others tho season was so tar advanced that tho gophor bad his storo ot rood ror winter and was not an actlvo rustler. If ovory ranchor kept hi own lands clear ot tho gopher this pest would not bo n community problem; but It Is patent to anyone that it Is useless tor ono ranchor to clean his farm ntfd havo his nolghbor maintain n breeding ground ror thoso actlvo rodents. Tho result ot this practlco Is that vhsn tho man who breeds tho gophor Irrlgnto his land thoy promptly vncato tho prom ise nnd board tor a while on his neighbor who ha kopt his land clirnn. Either the ranchers must nil keep tliolr ranches clean or tho proporly designated officials mint act for tho goncral good, nnd that cost monoy. Tho question then resolves Rsolf Into tho proposition of whether It Is chenper tor. tho rannhnrs to do tho work thomsclvcs or to havo It dono tor thorn by tho specialist. Ontario, Oregon ONTARIO HOTELS Following aro Rome ot thoso re gistered at Ontario hotels tho past week: MOORE I.ouls Pitts, Huntington M. J. Stanton, Adeline IHchoy, P. D. Knuphusninii, Junturn; Mr. and Mm. R. II. Brown, Diamond, Or.; Mr. mid Mr. Moltham, Ironsldo; P. C. Ox man, Baker; C. It. Oxinnu, Jamleson; Mrs. Mathews, Emma Hudson, Bro gan; II. P. Kolloy, Pralrlo City; Y. Ij. Cray, Nyssa; Mrs. Arthur Karr, Dos Moines, la.; Win. Ilanloy, Rums Joseph Vnrley, Bolso; Mr. nnd Mr. Frank Hilton, LaCrando; C. P. Rags dnlo, Baker; II. E. CaBO, Portland; A. C. Chorry, Wolsor; David Lnur onco, Vnlo; R. McCroo, Rupert; Mar garot Murphy, Beulah; Marjory Cownn, Portland; Borlo Thorpo, Bolso; C. h. Forbes, La Orando; U. II. Ward, Baker; L. C. Dowers, Nam pa; Mrs. E. M. Crnll, Vale; M. W, Scott, Beulah; Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Could, Drewsey; E. R. Boyd nnd wlto, Nninpa; Inez flatos, Vale; J. W. HnrrlHon, 1a Orando; Dolla h. 8cott, Tacomn; 55. Fay Fowlor, BoIbo; D. A. Doclmo, Nampn; Philip Coy no, Kingman Ranch; Mauloy Rrlzondlno, Wolsor; W. L. Andorson, Wolsor; It. B. Shnw, Emmott; J. W. Boymor, Iloppnor; C. M. Acton, Juntura; Balloy Warner, Pendleton; Mr. nnd Mrs. C. P. Alton; Jo P. Tyl, Moun tain Home; Joo Harrington, Denver CARTER Scott II. Mndsoy, On tario; R. Farroll. Vnlo; E. W. Oli ver, Malheur; A. M. Lyon, Caldwell; Doll Wator. Brognn; Mr. nnd Mr. Prank Plnkhnm, Halfway; W. M. Powers, Caldwoll; Ccorgo Foon, Crane; Wren McEwen, Kingman Kolony; W. E. Hort, Owyhee; J. M. Powoll, J. II. Powell, flooding; AR bort C. Vincent, Burns; ,T. J. Bros- nan. Vale; M. V. Newton, Mlnodoka; Carroll Mnnsur, Amorlcan Fall; B, H. Carson, Wolsor; Mrs. A. h. Clark, Pondtoton; W. R. Gokoleo, l.a Orando Wm. Rlach, Beulah; Hugh Wilson, Joseph; J, J. Jnnoa, Nampa; Jn. Flfor, Vale; Toddy M. How, Vale; M. R. Davlno, Rosohurg; Josslo Tu dor, Pendleton; O. S. Applegate, Wolsor; Mrs. Joseph Morcom, Cor- vnllls; Monto McKlnney, Jamleson. BULLY CREEK NEWS Arthur Claypool has transferred his cnttlo from tho B, C- Struthors ranch to that or J. J Dickson, whero they nro bolng red by 'Bill Sporry. Malcolm Corrlgal, who Is feodlng about thirteen hundred sheep at tho Oeorgo Dlckerson ranch, Is prepar ing to tako his sheep to tho hills for summer rango soon, Tho following pupils woro nolther tardy nor absent during tho past menth: Vent Struthors, Ruth Struth ors, Elmo Dlckorsou, Alvln Struth ors, Morvln Dlckerson, Anita Dicker son, Walter nnd Ralph Struthers and Lealond Hlghely. FOR SALE 5 room house, i lota. Corner, flood location $2200, Phone 30-M. H-17 A Common Expression at Our Big Bankrupt Sale! My , but those are certainly low " Prices! A homo is judged by the furnishings. Now is the time time to "doll up" ns ' the saying is, make your home at tractive with our low priced Furniture and Rugs. 12 Patterns 0x12 Heaw Wool and tfibcr Hugs (t17 7A Portland Sale Price, $29.75, our price -P ' ' v 10 pound White Cotton Felted, layer Mattress d; aa Regular $12.00 value at - - - 4O.UU J. A. SCHMIDT, Broker Closing out entire stock of the McDowell Furniture Co. ONTARIO - OREGON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Cornor Idaho & 2nd St. S. W. (D. J. aillatidcra Pastor) Sunday School, 10:00 A. M. Preaching, 11:00 A. M Subjoot; "Tho Rosurroctlon und Its Proof." Junior Endeavor, 2:30 P. M. Senior Endeavor, 6:30 P. M. Preaching, 7:30 P. M. Subjtct; "Flvo Oreat Facts." Lecture, Blblo Outline. Wednesday 7:30 P. M. NOTE: Sunday School hour next Sunday. Musical by tho Orchestra, In chnrgo of Orchestra. Ro not fall to hear them. Somo tilings you can afford to miss, but not lids. Comet Special Eustor Sermon ut 11:00 A. M. Special muslo by the Choir'. All are coming, aro youT Reroptlon ot new members during Ibu service. Sermon Sunday evening on five great fiiiidumoutnls. Sunday will bo u Red letter Day. Evorjbo.ly Come. Wo want to share the Joy with you. ALEXANDER'S Ontario and Vale, Oregon From our buyer, who is in New York City Comes New Models and New ideas . Men's and Young Mens Suits $25.00 to $35.00 The latest arrivals are Blue anil Bronze effects with the new formfitting models which make them a Novelty for Spring . Conservative three-button Suits of pure virgin Wool $25.00 and $30.00 Silk Shirts Silit Jersey, Crepe de Chine and Baby Broadcloth $6.85 $7.40 ' $7.95 ALEXANDER h One Priced Clothier Ontario and Vale Oregon j A,