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THE ONTARIO ABGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, ;OCTOBER20, 1921 4 wl m aty? CDntarto Argun County Official I'npcr An Independent Nowbpnucr Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entorod at the Ontario post offlco for distribution as 2nd class matter. MMMMMMV Q. K. Alkon, Managing Editor BUDSCMPTION Ono Year, 2.00 I'ltOHPJHUTV WHAT IK IT? What Is prosporlty7 In It not, In tho modorn concoptlon, to havo suf ficient to supply tho presont noodB, and a surplus for tho rnlny day; to mnko enough from each day's labor to caro for onos family, and provldo a llttlo balanco? In otlior words Is not prosperity a combination of plain oid-fasbloncd Industry and thrift combined? How can n country or n section of a country socuro prosperity? Not by any magic tokori, not by any act of congress or tho statu legislature, not by tho flat of any Individual or not of Individuals, but by tho cani cst, porulstent, consistent work of nil. Wo horo In tho Snnko rlvor valley, n region truly blest with wondorful possibilities, rich In all tho nattital elements for a prosperous pooplo havo had prosperity. Oonornlly speaking tho pooplo horo, over a period of years, havo onjoyed their nhnro of Ufa's blosslngs. Thoro Is no denying that condi tions aro not tho best now. Thoro Is a roason. This country lias In tho past built Its mntorlal woalth upon ono Una of ondcavor, tho stock business. That business has, In Its cyclo renchod a low obb, and with It has gono tho foundation up on which tho prosperity of all tho allied Industries Is based. In this sltuntlon tlion, tho country finds Itself: Erorywhoro thoro Is an abundnnco of hay and grain, and no tnarkot, 'stockmon cannot afford, with tho present prices thor recolvo to buy tho ranchor's hay at n prlco nt which tho hay man can afford to soil. Tho hay cannot bo shipped out for tho freight ratos nnd otlior charges If added to a fair prlco for tho hay In tho flold mnko tho price to tho consumor so high that ho cannot buy. Logically thoro Is thou but ono thing to do. That Is to socuro other mnrkots for this natural product of this region, for no matter what wo may think about tho hay buslnoss this Is a natural liny country. It Is especially adapted to tho successful raising of that product, and always will bo. If wo cannot send tho hay out to market, wo can bring tho market to the liny, In tho form of dairy cows. To ro Into tho dairy busi ness to socuro prosperity means tho application of Industry and thrift. It Is a business that takes mora tlmo, raoro effort nnd mora capital than tho raising of liny, but It pays. Tho eltuatlon In overy dairy section at tho present tlmo proves this to bo so, It Is not a matter of theory. It Is a proven fact. But how Is dairy. buslnoss to bo established In this section? That Is tho question to which tho pcoplo of this region must address thcmsolvcs. -Apparently it Is tho only hopo. TIIK HMAIJi 1'AIIM On a ten aero tract at tho odgo of Ontario thero llvos a man and wlfo who, tho Argus Is reliably In formed, mndo, over nnd nbovo tholr living oxponscs, $000 during tho past year. They did this In spite of tho fact that thoy paid n high wator tnx, and hlgh.tnxcs for tholr land Is closo to tho city and carries a high valuation. A ranchor who has nearly 1,000 acres In tho upper valloy, undor Ir rigation, highly davolopod too, as n stock ranch, rocontly told tho Argus that ho had lost over $3,000 this year. Why this dlfforonco In results? Tho nnswor Is simple. Tho ' ono ranchor handled his llttlo ranch by hlmsolf. Ho had a llttlo fruit, somo vegetables, n numbor of hens pro ducing eggs, and n faw cows. Tho combination, undor his caro brought In mouoy ovory month In tho year. Tho hens nnd cows paid tho run ning oxponscs of tho farm and sup ported tho family, whllo tho frul crop nottod tho cash profit for tho season. Tho big farm provod too much for ono man, of course Ho raised alfalfa only, and fod It to stock. Tho stock toll In prlco, but tho cost of water, tho wages to his mon did not shrink In proportion to his In come Tho result Is a year's lost effort for that ranchor, nnd an act ual cash loss bosldo. Tho oxporlonco of theso two mon could bo duplicated many times In this valloy. Tho oxporlonco of tho first furnlshos tho way out of tho business stagnation of this section, nnd points to, tho highroad of per manent prosperity. CHINA AND THE CONKMltiNCIS In reality tho nation most con cornod In tho results of tho limited armament and Pacific probloms con forenco which Is to,opon In Wash ington on Novcmbor 11 Is China, and In reality China will not bo represented In that gathering. At present thoro nro two, or1 por hnpB It would bo bettor to say, thrco governments In China. Tho do fncto government nt Poking, which has boon rccognlzod by tho powors of tho world, and which Is oporated with funds secured from Japan and undor tho dictation of Japan; and tho Itopubllo of China whoso capi tal is Canton and whoso Presldont Is Dr. Sun Yat-son tho man who led tho successful rovolt ngalnst tho old Manchu dynasty. Tho allcgianco of tho majority of tho 400,000,000 Chinese Is glvon to this South China Ilopubllc, but this govornmont has not been Invited to send dolcgntos to Washington. Tho truth of this condition is de pleted by tho voncrablo Wu Ting fang who docllnod an Invitation to bo a monibor of tho Chlnoso dole gntlon and sot forth clearly tho In justice of docldlng Chlnoso ques tions without consulting tho real representatives of tho Chlnoso peo ples. Amorlcans should bo Intansoly in terested In tho rosultB of tho con foronco, especially thoso of us who ltvo on tho Pacific coast. If wars nro to conso, If armnmonts nro to bo limited, tho probloms of tho Pa cific must bo solvod. China must bo takon from undor tho dominion of Japan, and a real roturn to tho "Opon Door," policy proclaimed by John Hay and maintained by IXooso volt must bo secured. THE IMPENDING HTH1KE Although tho Union Pacific and Orogon Short Lino nro not listed among tho first railroads to bo nf foctod by tho Btrlko which Is schod ubpd for October 30, nono tho less tho danger Is omlnont for this sec tion. It Is uufortunato that, at this tlmo, tho mon and tho management of tho railroads, cannot adjust tholr differences. For each of thorn tho strlko spoils trpublo, loss nnd posslblo destruc tion of proporty. nut worst of all It spells dangor for tho public. A,nd yet tho publta has nothing to say in tho preliminaries to this strike But It will havo something to sny In tho outcomo. Tho men nnd tho mnnngomont both know that tho public has tho larger Inter est nt stake, and tho public Is In no tomper to bo trifled with. Itogardlcss of argumonts that olthor sldo may present tho public knows that thoro Is today In -this country millions of dollars worth of produco that Is nooded In somo sec tions for which tho consumor would pay a roasonablo prlco, whllo that samo product rots on tho farms and ranches bocauso tho high freight rates preclude tho possibility of shipment. Wliothor It Is thnt tho manngomont of tho railroads Is ar bitrary In koeplng up tho rates, or must keep thorn up to pay tho wago scolo In offoct, tho public Is uncer tain. It docs know, howovor, that tho railroad mon aro, to n dogrco at least, prospering, whllo tho ranch ors nro going broke. Illghtly or wrongly, tho public bolloves tho railroad mon tho hlghost paid work mji In tho land. Tho public knows, too, that tho govornmont had to tako-n halt billion from tho nation' al troaury to rclmhurso tho rail ronds for losses sustained under govornmont operation. Thoroforo thoy want no raoro govornmont operations. Thoy do want lowor ratos, and thoy soo In tho wago scalo reduction tho way to socuro that result. This may bo fatso reasoning, but It represents about what tho public thinks. And what tho public thinks Is what will count if a strlko is called. MALHEUK COUNT!' HEAL ESTATE TltANHI'EIW HECOItDED oar. h to oct. in Milton It. Trogaskls to Jean Trc gaskls, 8NW U. NWU8W Soc. 8; NEUBEU 8oc 7.31.40. Oct. 0, 102U $100.00. Mario 'Plnnoy to C. It. Emlson, Trustoo, EW8EU Sec. 1-19-40; 8 WW8WV4 Soc. C-lO-n. 8opt. 0, 1010. $10.00. ' U. S. A. to Chnrlos T. Follott, Lot 1, NEtfNWU. WHNB , SEtf NEW 80c. 18; SWWNWU, NtfB WW Soc. 17-13-40. Juno 20, 1020. U. 8. A. to Francos C. Olovor, NHNWW, 80c. 20; BH8W Sec. 17-28-45. Juno 22, 1014. Frances C. Droscoll el vlr to Hugh II. Scott, NV&NWU 80c. 20; 8V4 SWVi 80c. 17-28-46. Sopt. 22, Sco tho Champions PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION PORTLAND NOV. 5-12 $76,000 In Premlumi Beef and Dairy ureedi Horiet, Swine, Sheep and Uoata Immtnie Poultry and Rabbit Show Wes tern Dairy Produeti 8how Spectacular and thrilling Night Horse Shows. ttttt tipoiltlon ctltt kind In Am He JO tent under ont not! REMEMBER THE DATE PORTLAND, OREGON. 1021. $1,500.00. Itntph W. Popo ot ux to Frod U. Lnckoy, SHSBU Soc. 11; BWVi 8E, 8&8WU 80c. 12; NNE , SEV1NEU Sec. 14-14-30. Oct. 12, 1021. $1,000.00. Frod Q. Lnckoy nt ux to Hollo H. Simmons, NWV4NWU 80c. 23- 18-4C. Aug. 17, 1021. $2,300.00. Cora K. EdwordB to William F. Kirwin, Lots 3, 4, 5, 8H4NW , NEWSWW, SHNWUNBH. nnd part of Lot 8, Soc. 0-10-44, April 22, 1020. $10.00. Mrs. M. Hughes to II. E. Bliovo, Lot 4, Sjc. 3-10-44. Aug. 27, 1021. $10.00. Thomas Shorldnn Johnson ct ux to S. A, Mooro, Lots 3 and 4, In Block 277, Ontario. Oct. 13, 1021. $10.00. Mi L. Iloblnson to II. C. Jonson, Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, IB, IS nnd 17, Block 100, Ontario Oct. 12, 1021. $C20.00. U. 8. A. to Blancho Bockor, 8U NH Soc. 8-10-30. Aug. 20, 1021. MAIUUAOE LICENHICH 1HHUEI) Hnrvoy Otis and Florcnco N. Kingman. Oct. 10, 1021. Tod M. Hon and Irono Edwards. Oct. 11, 1021. COMPiaiNTH KILKI) IN CIltCUIT OOUIIT Ullcos 8. Yost vs. Thoron 11. Boors, Oct. 8, 1021. Hocovory on Note. $782.70. Oonovn A. Dlbblo vs. Joo V. Dib ble, Oct. 10, 1021. Dlvorco. James Mortltt vs. F. C. Oxman Jr., ot al. Oct. 12, 1021. Itccovory on Noto. $700,00. Pacific Ltvo Stock Co. vs Harper Irrigation District. Oct. 14, 1021. Appeal from County Court. 8. Oltolson vs. Stnto Water Board. Oct. 10, 1021. Excoptlona to Do crco ot Board, COMPLAINTS KILKI) IN COUNTY OOUIIT O. F. Wlldhobor vs. A. I). Cox. Oct. 10, 1021. Hocovory on Note. $263.40. CONGUKOATIONAL CIIUHCH Corner ot Ida. Avo. & 2nd St. S. W. (D. J. (inlanders, Pastor) Sunday School, 10.00 A. M. Preaching, 11:00 A. M. Subject: "Why tho Narao?" Christian Endeavor, 0:30 P. M. Pn-achlng 7:30 P. M. Subject: "A Lenders Invitation." Whlto School Huuno Sunday School, 2:30 P. M. Preaching, 3:30 P. M. Brothor, Sister If nuxt Sunday In to bo your Inst on Earth, whora will you bo? It will bo tho last for somo, you may bo ono. DAIHV UNIT AUTHOUI.HI) AT UNION 1UIANCII HTATION Establishment of a dairy unit nt tho Eastern Oregon Experiment station, Union, has bcon nuthorlzod by tho board of regents. A herd will bo purchased nnd oultnblo build ings orectod. Sufficient funds aro on hand In tho trensury ot tho branch station. Action takon followod an Inspec tion of tho Union Branch station by a commlttoo of tho board of regents, togother with James T. Jardltio, Oro gon Agricultural station dlroctor. Tho commlttoo was much Improssod with tho possibilities ot dairying In Enstorn Oregon. 1 READ THIS AD AND SAVE MONEY eMMMMAMMMAAMAMMWMi PHONOGRAPHS Pntho Onk Onbiiiot $ 75.00 Patho Stnud Effect .105.00 Pntho Actucllo 100.00 Mrmdol Mahogany Cabinet 05.00 Mniiclol Onk Finish Cabinet 82.50 Smallor Phonographs . .$25 to $35 Theso Phonographs Play Any Record DINING TABLES Now Quartored Oak, 48 in $31.0Q Quartered Oak, 48 in 47.00 Quartorol Oak, 48 in 52.00 Quartored Oak, 48 in 45.20 Quartered Oak, 48 in. 40.00 Used Oak, 42 in 1G.00 LIBRARY TABLES j . Now Quartored Jak, D2 m jju.&u Oak, 3Gin 22.00 Used Quartored Onk, high polish, 42 in 20.00 QuarterodOak, 86 in 12.50 Breakfast, Tables $ 5.20 Rounid with folding sides CUT RATES We are starting a cut-rate sale. We "will cut prices 10 per cent belpw our competitors advertisements. We will give you any article in our Furniture Stock at a cost price ONTARIO T RADNG COMPANY Successors to A. L. McDowell Across from Ontario Postoffice BOOKERS Now All Lenthor, medium size $25.00 All Lenthor, largo sizo 37.00 All Leathor, largo sizo 40.00 Craf tman Leather . , 22.50 "Wicker, high back with tapestry 25.00 All Tapestry, romovnblo sent . . 37.50 Used Solid Veneor finish 10.00 Onk, with leathor sent 10.00 . Now Wood rockers 3.45 Wood, with leather spring seats 10.00 Children's rockers, special. ..1.45-4.00 DINING CHAIRS Do you need a fow odd ones to fill ont Your Set? Buy Them nt Reduced Prices! HIGH CHAIRS Oak nnd red finish $ 2.75 Nursery chairs $3.25-$4?25 DRESSERS White Enameled Ohiffoneer, scarred , $ 20.00 Ivory Finish Chiffoneor 25.00 Whito Enameled Dresser 20.00 Oak Finish Dressor 21,50 Quartered Oak Dressor 40.00 Oak Finish Dressor 33,00 Quartered Oak Dresser, (largo) 67.00 DRESSING TABLES ' Quartered Oak $ 25.00 Ivory and wickor 35.00 Ivory, scarred 30.00 "Whito Enamol and Rose Bud Finish 30.00 BUFFETS Quartered Oak, 42 inch Quartered Oak, 42 inch ...... Quartered Oak, 44 inch Rounded China- Closet, dark finish Square Finished China Closet, 46 inches wide 35.00 36.50 38.00 3500 55.00 9x12 RUGS High Grado Axministor. ..$ 40.00 Palisado Velvet 40.00 Matting Rugs 5.50 Wool Fiber 14.95 Pure Fiber 17.85 BEDS Gilt finish, 2 inch posters. .$ 12.50 Ivory finish, 2 in. posters . . 15.00 3-4 Etruscan finish 21.00 Whito Enameled baby crib 8.00 Now Bicycles ,,$ 35.00 Davcno Folding Cot 12.00 HEATERS Universal and Aetna not Blasts at Bottom Pricps RANGES Univorsal Enameled Ranges Copper Clad Malleable Simmons & Wesco Come in and seo our prices CABINETS Iligh Grade Kitchen Cnbinots $28.00 to $55.00 t iiiii i"Tr"w- rmTi rij tptm We Are Also Selling Tubs Wall paper Dishes Mattresses Paints Kitchen Utensils Lamps Boilers Tents Trunks . Granite, ware Tools Aluminum ware Springs Bicycle Tires At Extremely Low Prices - - - . .- - . , , T. - -- ----.... -,-,,-n , --- ii... I B --- ' i"i-i-rwvw-i n jxiiAim 4 mm m