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THE'ONTAItlO ARGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921
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QJlH GDutarin Anjita
County Official Paper
An Independent Newspaper
Published Thursdays at Ontario,
Oregon, and entered at the Ontario
post offlco for distribution as 2nd
class matter.
0. l(. Aiken, Managing Editor
SUBSCRIPTION..
..Ono Year, 2.00
MAKING A RUH.HIA OF AMERICA
If, with thulr qunrrol over ungos,
the railroad mnnucomont and the
railroad workers can succeed In tlu
ing up tho transportation system of
this land, thou wo might just us well
bo in llussla, where millions havo
starved to death bocaso of tho
breaking down of tho transportation
uystom.
In llussla It Is declared that
twenty million havu died In tho last
year, yot thoro wns food to bo had
In tho provinces, hut no means of
hauling It or exchanging It.
Tho samo will ho more or loss
truo In tho Unltod Stntes unless
tho threatened strlko Is avorted.
Ilownvor, nelthor tho railroad man
ngurs, nor tho railroad workers are
dealing with tho Russian public.
Thoy aro dealing with Americans,
who huvo shown adaptlblllty. Amur
ran moil and womon will not (too
thulri ehlldron ntnrvo white any
group of men, railroad mnnagurs or
rnllroad workers undoavor to forcu
their will upon them.
What tho railroad mnnagors and
men aro trying to do Is to say to
tho American poepto: "You shnll
not oat unless wo hava what wo
think Is our proportion of nil you
raise and transport, regardless of
whothor you got anything for It.
You can go broke raising food, wo
do not enru, wo aro going to have
what wo want, when wo want It."
Bupposo all tho mnrfors and mer
chants In tho land, who will bo
rulnod If this strlko continues, took
tho same nttltuilo and whon Mr.
Itullroad man during this strlko
camo to buy food for his family
said:
"You would put mo out, of busi
ness, well go ralso your own food,
mako your own sIioom, your own
clothes. If you will not trunsport
goods, so that wo can continue busi
ness, ho that our farmers can live,
you can go somowhorn olso, how
would tho railroad man llko that.
Tho farmorH and tho business mon
could logically tako that attitude,
and bo Just as fair ami Just as
tho railroad officials and managers
aro In their position. -
Of course thoro Is this dlfforonco
botweon tho position of tho mon
ami tho managers: tho managers are
told what thoy can chargo by tho
Interstate Commerco Commission.
Thoy must obey. Tho railroad men
however have oleotod to defy the
findings of tho llatlroad Wngo
Hoard.
Slnco the railroads aro an ubso
luto essential to tho Ufa of tho
people, It Is perhaps as well that
this controversy has arisen now.
Tho American pooplo might Just as
well learn now as later, whether or
not their lives are to bo pluced In
Joopardy at hu whim of managers
or men In the railroad servlc. Wo
might as woll learn whothor It Is to
bo another Russia or not.
OKKUON AM) OAM1 Olt.NIA
In u recent Interview Mr. Wnltor
S. Murtln, president of tho Eustorn
Oregon Lurid company called atten
tion to tho very apparent difference
In tliu development of California
and Oregon. What Mr. Martin said
Is true, Oregon Is far behind' its
sister states In this regard.
Hut thoro Is, too, u big difference
In tho relutlvo position of tho two
states. While foreign corporations
have held largo grants of Oregon
uwaltliig for the tlmo when tho
general development will mako them
vatuablc, California has enjoyed the,
bouoflt of untold forolgu capital
brought to tho slate by tourists
spondlng tho wlntor In tho southern
clime.
It Is Impossible to ostlmata tho
outsldo capital that has gone Into
tho development of California, to
say nothing of the oxpurloucod busi
ness direction furnished by men who
went to California to retire and
then entered business thoro when
thoy found u life of Idleness not
conducive to pleasure. To theso
tourists settlers, and tho millions
they have brought to California to
a largo degree can bo attributed
Cullfornlu's advanced position,
llowuvor there Is so much truth
In Mr. Martin's statement that ,lt
deserves tho consideration of every
loynl Oregoulun. Wo cannot deny
that wo have us groat ou opportun
ity ns has Idaho, that wo aro blessed
with tho samo climate, with tho
samo geuerul soli conditions, the
samo markets, tho sumo altitude,
etc., In fact all of tho elements
which made for success thoro uro to
bo found hero, yot Idaho agricultur
ally spoakliig Is leaving Oregon be
hind, especially In Its Irrlgaod sec
tions, i
Hero Is tho best opportunity to
mako comparisons, and for Oregon
tberu 'uro odious comparisons. There
must bo something In tho porsonnel
of tho mon of tho Irrigated regions
of Idaho that accounts for tho dif
ference. No other explanation cau
account for tho results.
Of Into years, wo cannot oven
chargo tho land grant companies
with letting their lands Ho dormant.
801110 of tho grontost Improvements
mado In Malheur county In tho
past flvo years was mado by tho
Hastorn Oregon I.aud Company at
Its ranches noar Nyssa, and In Cow
Valley; whllo ever slnco tho Oregon
Wostoru Colonization Compuuy has
had possession of tho Cascade Moun
tain I.aud grant It has had Its prop
erty 011 the market mid Its prosldeut
W. 1. Davidson has boon nctlvo In
tl'o development of tho Ontario
Nyssa and other irrigation districts.
Had tho same spirit been shown by
tho owners of tho Cascade Moun
tain grant, ns Mr. Davidson has
shown slnco bo owned tho proporty,
tho Old Malheur project would havo
hcon built and ono big government
project, instead of Humorous small
gravity and pumping systems would
havo been supplying wator for this
region. 80 nfter all It was the per
sonal element In the past that nr
rcntod development, and It wilt be
tho porsonal clomont that will
chango conditions, for no country
dovolopcs faster than tho energy
and activity of its loaders Justify.
Thoro aro many railroad men to
day who nro worrying over tho fu
ture. And well thoy may. Thoso
who do not want to go on strlko
sco tholr priority rights secured by
years of faithful servlco takon from
them by tho affirmative strlko vote
of their fallows, most of whom havo
loss to toso.
Farm products havo decreased
fifty porcont, railroad freight rates
havo declined hut a little. .It is tlmo
for tho railroads to como across and
tako their share of tho general reduction.
850 DISASTER DEATH
TOLL FOR ONE YEAR
Red Cross Gives $1,871,000 Re-
liof When 65,000 Families
Are Mado Homeless.
Tho railroads aro but tho dollv
orymon taking tho goods from tfio
producer to tho consumer. Of lato
thoy havo been taking tho goods
Into tholr own treasury, for the
farmor has In many ensos not boon
nblo to got back tho freight ehargos.
Ontnrlo saw n rent foot hall game
Saturday. Though Ontario did not
win, tho boys havo no reason to fco
nshnmed. Thoy gavu tho best thoy
had. Thoy fought to tho vory end,
and showed real self control and
ability to rlso from dlscouragomont.
That Is what counts. Moro winning
Is only part of tho game. Noxt to
bolng a good winner, It noxt, Is to
bo a good loser. Tho O. H. S. foot
ball team Is both, and Ontario Is
proud of the toani.
visau HirrnacMKNT
Notice Is hereby given thut I have
filed In tho County Court, of Mai
hour County, Oregon, my final ac
count of my administration upon
tho estato of Harriet M. llamsoy,
ducensod; and that Saturday, Nov
10, 1021, at two o'clock 1. M., at
the court houso In Vnlo, Oregon, has
boon sot by said court as the time
and plnco for hearing said account.
All porsons Interested aro hereby
uotlflod to appear at said Umo and
filo tholr objections In writing, If
any thoro nro, to said account and
contest tho samo.
Done and datod and first pub
lished this 20 th day of 'October,
1021.
wem:s w. wood,
Administrator of tho ostate of
Harriet M. Itamsoy, doceasod.
First publication, Oct. 20, 1021.
Last publication, Nov. 17, 1021.
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RED GROSS RESCUED
600,000 FROM DEATH
Spent $1,200,000 for Relief of
Famine Sufferers in China
Last Year.
To helji overcome conditions of acute
distress In live fumlne stricken prov
inces of Northern China, where mil
lions of persons weie affected by an
unprecedented shortuge of food, the
American lied Cross during the last
fiscal year spent more thiin f l,aJ00,OO0.
$1,000,000 of which was contributed direct)-
by National Headquarters and
the remainder by var.onx groups 'n
teiested In the welfare of Chlim,
Through tho wide relief operations
thus made possible It Is estimated thut
more than COO.000 famine sufferers
were saved from starvation.
To the end thut similar prompt re
lief measures by the organization may
uhva.H be possible the Red Cross Is
asking continued support by the Amer
ican people by universal renewal of
membership at the Annuul Red Cross
Roll Call, No ember 11 to 21.
The method of relief employed by
the American Red Cross In Its opera
tions lu China was particularly effec
the, for In addition to saving hundreds
of thousands of lives It provided China
with more than 000 miles of permanent
roads that are sorely needed to pre
vent a recurrence of fuujlne. At one
time the Red Cross -employed 74,000
Chinese workmen, paying them In food
for themselves and dependents, tola
food being brought In from Manchuria
and elsewhere.
Forty-three disasters, resulting In
the death In the United States of BM
persons and the Injury of 2,000 culled
for emergency relief mensures and
the expenditure of $1,871,000 by the
American Red Cross during the llscnl
year ending June !I0, 1021, says an
announcement tinned upon the forth
coming annual report of the Red Cross.
These disasters caused property dam
age estimated' nt $.'10,000,000, affected
sixty-seven communities and rendered
113,000 families homeless.
The gear's disasters wero of vary
ing types, Including several which pre
viously had never been thought of
as Jailing within that classifica
tion, The Red Cross furnished
relief In seventeen fires of magnitude,
fhe Hood, seven tornadoes or cy
clones, ono devastating storm, three
explosions, Including the one In Wall
street; one building accident, twj
typhoid epidemics, tho most serious be
ing that nt Salem, Ohio, which af
fected t) per cent of the population;
one smnllpnx epidemic, In the republic
of Haiti ; one train wreck, the race riot
nt Tulsa, Okla.; the famine in China,
emergency relief In famine among the
Indians of Alaska, the grasshopper
plague In North Dakota and an earth
quako In Italy.
Putblo Most Serious
Ily far the most severe of tho dis
asters In the United States durlilg the
period covered by the Rod Cross re
IKirt wns the 1'ucblo flood early lu
June, lU-'l. The rehabilitation prob
lem confronting the Red Cross In
Pueblo wus one ofithe must dllllcult
In rocent years. When the first news
of the horror was Unshed throughout
tho country, the American Red Cross
National Headquarters responded with
a grunt of $10.1,000 for relief work.
Governor Slump of Colorado, appre
ciating the long nnd successful experi
ence of the Red Cross In organizing
disaster relief work, placed the en
tlru responsibility for the administra
tion of relief In Its hands.
In response to appeals from I'resl
dent Harding, .Governor Slump and
other governors of western states and
through local chapters of the Red
Cross nnd other community organiza
tions, publlc-splrltod citizens brought
the total contributed for Pueblo's re
habilitation tb more than WJ.t.OOO.
The terrible bnvoc wrought by the
flood waters Is a matter of record.
More than 2..100 homes were affected
nnd 7,!MI persons were left homeless.
Litlimites of JfiOO.OOO as an absolute
minimum for rehabilitation were mado
by Rod Cross olllclals In cburgo of the
relief work.
Fait Work In Wall strest
The Wall street explosion was note,
ole In that relief workers of the Red
Cross wero on the scene twenty min
utes nfter the disaster occurred. The
race riot nt Tulsa also was unique In
disaster relief annals In that outsldo
of a small emergency relief fund con
tributed by the Red Cross, tho only
relief mensures outside the city con
sisted of the service of social work
ers, nurses and a trained executive
wIioko object was to assist local force
lu directing their own efforts.
In decided contrast with the pre
vious year, only one tornado assumed,
trio proportions or a major disaster.
This occurred on April 10, In tho bor
der sections of Texas and Arkunsai
with the city of Texarkann as the
center. The significant feature of this
disaster relief work was the fact that
It covered so much rural territory as
to make necessary a large number of
relief workers.
The famine In China, necessitating
relief expenditures totalling more than
$1,000,000 by the American Red Cross
was by far the most serious of the
foreign disasters In which the Red
Cross gdve aid.
Builds Up Its Machinery
In connection with the administra
tion of disaster relief measures, an In
creasing effectiveness on the part of
the Red Cross to deal with emergen
cies was manifested during the past
year. In 323 Chapters of the Ameri
can Red Cross there have been formed
special committees to survey the re
sources of their respective communi
ties and to be prepared In case of
disaster. In others of the 3,402 active
Chapters, a network of communication
has been formed through which Instan
taneous relief may be dispatched to
any part of the United States.
That Its work In this field may be
continued with ever greater effective
ness, the American Red Cross Is ap
pealing for widespread renewal of
membership during Its Annual Roll
Call, to be conducted this year from
November 11 to 24.
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