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THE.ONTARIO ARGIQ3, QNTABIQ, 0KEX30N, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1921
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County Official Paper
An Independent Newspaper
Published Thursdays at Ontario,
Oregon, and onterod at tho Ontario
post otflco for distribution ai 2nd
class matter.
Q. K. Alkon, Managing Editor
SUBSCRIPTION Ono Year, 2.00
XllUltU JH A ItUYL DU'TKKIONOK
"Thoro Is a big dltluruncu butwaou
gutting 10 pur cunt Interest and pay
ing ton por cunt Interest," said a
banker "to tho wrltor, ono day a low
years ugo. Everyono will agroa that
tbo banker was right.
Uut whllo wo aro agroolug with
tho banker on his statoniont of tho
principle what do wo do toward
adopting as a guldo (or action In
public affairs?
At tho presont tlmo ono of tho
greatest burdens tho, taxpayers haroH
to carry Is tho burdou of public
debt in tho shapo ot Interest ch&rgos.
It is tho ouo form of governmental
oxpouso that cau not bo cut. Tho
bond holder has an advautago over
ovuryono else, his earnings aro fixed,
ho dous not roduco his prlco Just be
cause thero Is a public domand,
This same bond holdor, and tho
bunker, both of whom aro receivers
of Interests usually aro tho ones
who opposo public bond Issues.
This may soom strango, but Is Is al
most uniformly truo. l'orhaps tho
reason for It Is that having bo long
beun ou tho receiving end of the In
vestment gatno they do not llku to
play tho othor sldo by having to pay
taxes with which to pay Interest to
some outside bond holder.
, .Suroly tho banker aud tho monoy
lender In this caso Is ono whoso
opinion is entitled to cousldoratlou.
It would pay tho public to consider
this view, for it is largely through
their ability to avoid paying inter
est that they hava accumulated
funds so that they could loan rathor
than borrow. Thero will bo no dis
puting tho fuel that it pays better
to loan than to borrow and pay in
torest. Municipal corporations aro not
different from individuals, In that
they bavo to pay what they borrow,
aud therefore ought never to bor
row for running expenses. Tho ouly
timu a municipality ought to borrow
Is when some capltul improvement
such as a school house, u water sys
tem or similar entorprlso is under
taken. I'or tho ordinary public ac
commodations it Is hotter for a city
or state to pay as they go aloug.
To constantly pllo up bond Issues
is absolutely wrong when vlowod in
tho Interest of posterity. Wo living
today bavo no right to puss tho pay
utlou, unless that for which tho
bonds aro Issued will likewise bo
hero to bo of benefit to them. How
few of tho public Improvements aro
of this character.
Years ago James J. Hill, charac
terized tho public fashion of bond
issues for everything as immoral In
that It was stealing tho birth-right
of tho coming guuurutlous, And
Jim was right.
Whllo it cau .not bo doiio this
yeur, perhaps, but certainly It cau
soon" bo started, tho people of Ore
gon aud of all Its subdivisions should
with tho return to normal condi
tions start a geuerul movumont to
puy off tho bonded Indebtedness of
tho various units. Then to follow
that up, provisions should bo mudo
so that it would bo mandatory upon
nuy taxing body that wheu u debt Is
created that simultaneously thoru
bo created a sinking fund through
which tho debt would ho liquidated.
Uood business aud good public mor
ula duiuaud it.
.. TUH ONUS IN HON US
"Who is going to tako tho ouns
out of bonus" querrlcs a wit iu ouo
of tho funny columns, Thut la tho
question nllrlqht, ono which a great
many men havo beeu strivlug to
answer.
To tho soldier it sooms that it tho
government through its adjustment
commissions cau pay to tho war con
tractor tho dlfforeuco botweou
what thoy actually delivered prior
to tho armistice and tho amount of
orders contracted for, and thus savo
tha contractor from any loss what
ever duo to tho sudden ondlug of the
war, then thero is no roasou why tho
soldier should not got an adjustment
in tho wage that ho might havo re
ceived bad ho not outered tho sor
vlco and what he got whllo wearing
tho uniform. Tho soldier also de
clares that whllo tho shipyard work
er and tho spruco gang wero draw
ing down fat salaries for shore days
ho was drawing short pay for long
hours of labor in the trenchos, fac
ing death and all that goos with it.
From tho soldier's viewpoint thero
is no mistake of logic, and in seek
but what is duo him.
On tho othor hand, will tho ro
BUlt bo what tho uoldtor anticipates?
That is another question, an eco
nomic question on which thoro Is a
wldo dlvorslty of opinion.
Thoso who oppose tho cash bonus
plan doclaro that It Is putting patri
otic sorvlco on a monotary basis,
that It Is degrading tho soldlgr to
placo n monoy valuo on his sorvlco.
That If compollod to pay this vast
sum that it will roqulro tho floating
capital of tho nation In such a way
that no additional capital will bo
ablo to ontor Industry and that tho
natlon.s industries must grow nor
mally or thero is a scarcity of Jobs
tor tho mon of tbo nation, hundreds
of ox-soldlors will bo thrown out of
work. This thoy doclaro will mora
than sot off any Ubnoflt that the
mon as a wholo might rocclvo from
tho bonus. As wo said boforo this
Is a moot question and tlmo olono
will find Its answor.
On tbo other hand it Is proposod
that a homo sottloment plan bo
workod out so that tha soldlor may
bo ablo to establish himself in a
homo or on a farm through tho com
bined agoncy of tho aid tho govern
ment would glvo him and his own
labor. It was thus that tho nation
has rewarded its soldiers lu past
wars.
Uut tho nation no lougor has tho
wldo open public domain it had fol
lowing tho war of Indepondoco and
tho Civil war. If it could 'thus solvo
Its problom It must aid In prepar
In tho homes in tho arid lands of tho
west or tho swamp lands In tho
south, or possibly in tno cut-over
lands of tho north and south aud
wosU
fluch dovclopmont would so aid
business, would so assist in tho so
lution of tho unemployment prob
lom, so assist In bringing about a
dltusslon of population and- so aid
In providing additional markets for
tho products of tho manufacturing
soctlons that it would to a marked
dogroo tako tho onus out of tho
bonus problom.
It is such a plan as that' favorod
bytho President, but which docs not
appoar to havo tho approval of tho
congressmen who havo to bo r
oloctod this fall and who fear tho
"soldlor voto" that thoro is llltlo
llklthood of lt bolng onactod Into
law at this session.
what aiu: wu living foh?
Attor a man has roachod mlddlo
llfo and has oxporloncod his share
of tho ploasuros and tho adversities
of llfo, what docs bo livo fort Is
It not for his cblldron that bo con
tinues tho struggle and In whoso
progross bo secures his greatost
ploasuro? Tor tho avorago man,
wo bollovo this is so.
For nnos thoro has boon a con
flict botwoon two schools of thought.
Ono class of people always proached
that conditions as thoy woro whon
meut of our bills to tbo noxt gener-Uhoy wero young woro tho best, and
that tho present and tuturo genora
tlons should not Book changes. On
tho othor hand thoro aro thoso who
aro constantly seeking chango, who
aro happy only whon soino now in
novation is bolng tried boforo thorn.
Doth thoso may bo wrong. Just
becauso conditions suited a past
generation Is no criterion that thoy
will fit tho present; neither can It
bo said that ovorytblng that is now
Is perfect.
This ago-old conflict Is tho essence
of tho conflict that Is waging over
tho course applicable to tho school
chlldron of today, Fundamentally
this Is tbo problom; one Bide would
havo tbo schools return to tbo old
classical and mathematical course
and eschow tho vocational courses
now in vogue.
To answer tho question and do
termlno which course is the best to
porsue, wo must first dotermlno how
much tho peoplo of this generation
caro for tho advancement of their
boys and girls. We must And out
whether or not thoy aro willing to
forego somo of tho pleasures they
are enjoying for tho benefit of the
generation that is coming forward.
Wo need not be In bondage to tho
Ideas of the past, nor yet slaves to
tho doslro for change. In this it
would seem advlsablo to follow the
advise of Pope who said: .
'Bo not tho first by whom the
new is tried
Nor yot tho last to cast the old
aside."
MALHEUR COUNT! 1UJAL ES
TATE TKAN8FEKS RECORD
APRIL 1 TO AriUL 8
rroa uasiro ov u 10 juiuu ,
ley Merc. Co., Metos & Bounds in
Sec. 11-30-40. 12S3. 1760.
F. O. Carman et ux to Arthur'E.
Kimball et ux, NHBBUNBU Sec.
30-19-47. 31122. flO.
Chas. O, Howard et ux to Benja
min Jones, WH Sec. 8-16-40. 1
2822. $1.00.
Stanley Van Buron et ux to A. E.
Nlcholst SHUSWtt Sec. 38-16-17.
4332. 4000.
et ux 10 a. u.
O. E. Carman
In adjustment ha lj getting nothing Phelps, 22 acres In SEtf SacJS-l?
46. 8421. 10.
Potor C. ChrlstonBon to W. T. Ash
craft, lots 6, 7 and 8 In block 'fl,
Adrian. 214122. 140. -
Itoubon McCrcary ot ux to Lowell
T. Ashcraft, lot 10, block 8 Adrian.
121221. $1.00.
Wm. H. Monroe ot nl to James
Edson Rose, BNEV48WViSEV
Sec. 17-17-47. 43020. $1.00.
James M. Burlor ot ux to E. B.
Conklln, BNEHSWViSB.Vi Sec.
17-17-47. 41020. $260. '
Chas. W. Wolf to Jacob Harsh
man, SBVi Soc. 18-10-47. 11820.
$1200.
D. A. Eastorday ot ux to A. Lind
say Craig ot ux, NHNW Sec. 12-10-44.
4422. $1.00.
J N. Sawyors ot ux to Nottlo E.
natchford, BEViNWU Soc. 14, 20,
44. 32821. $4,000.00.
Vest llland ot ux to O. M. Lucas,
SEUSWKNEH Sec. 6-18-47. 4122
$10.00. .;
U. S. A. to Henry J. Capo, Lots 3
and 4, StfNWU and 8WU Sec. 2-10-37.
3J23J21.
U. S. A. to Henry J. Capo, Lots 1
and 2, 8HNWK, and BEU Sec. 2-10-37.
32321.
Irvln M. nockofollor ot al to
Pnyotto' Oregon Slopo Irrlg. Dlst.,
EBEtf, NWUBEK Soc. 3-17-47.
3222. $26.00.
Mnrrlnga Licences Issued.
Harry H. Mutr and Ida Beckor.
4022.
Complaints Filed in Court
Ooo. It. Ilolhson ot al vs. H. II.
Tunny. 4422 Damages, $1,800.
Wm. E. Loos vs. T. II. Mooro, ot al
4422, Foreclosure to Tax Lion.
Wm. E. Loos vs -T. II. Moors.
4422. Forcclouso of Tax Lion.
Wm. E, Locs vs. T. H. Mooro et al.
4422 Foreclosure of Mortals.
$3,113.73.
City ot Ontario vs. J. W. C.
Johnsox 4C22. Condemnation.
City ot Ontario vs. W. B. Lees et al.
4J622. Condemnation.
Davidson Grocery Co. It. II. Tunny
ot nl. 4022. Rocovory pa acc't.
$6,076.16.
Horman Knolko vs. A. A. Mo
Donald ot als. 4722. Foreclosure
ot Lion. $379.10.
First National Bank ot Ontario
vs. Horbort H. Tunny ot als. 481I.
Foroclosuro ot Cbattol Mortgage.
$6,869.08.
L. D. King vs. Goo. Turoman ot
als. 4822. Foroclosuro ot Mort
gage, $6,997.00.
J. B. Mosslck tb. Mlnnlo J. Glas
cock. 4822. Rocovory. of money,
$80.00.
Payette National Bank vs. James
8. 8tark ot als. 4822. Foreclosuro
ot Mortgage $0,100.00.
DEALERS HELLING STOCK
AS CERTIFIED SEED
Tbo Bureau ot Markota thru Its
market news sorvlco is authority
for a warning issued to farmors re
garding tho purohaso ot takle stock
grade potatoes, under .representa
tion that certificates issued when
potatoes havo boon Inspected and
passod as U. S. No, 1 or U. 8. No. 2
as tho case may bo, aro certltlod for
seod purposes. A paragraph from a
notice rocently aond out by the
Bureau ot Markets Is as follews:
"Food products inspection sor
vlco does not certify seod potatoes.
Thero aro no U. 8. SEED QRADES.
Anyono offering for solo seod stock
which Is claimed to have been U. S.
Certified is misrepresenting what ho
offers. Such stock may have been
inspocted and passed as U. 8 .No. 1
grade, but this isonly a table stock
grade. Potatoes may bo good U, 8.
No. 1 grade but be absolutely worth
less for soed. No one can Judge the
quality ot Boed stock by examina
tion ot tho tubers and so the in
spection service certificates grade
only for table use."
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FaVoriteBciJo
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Scalloped Potatoes
This economical way of
preparing potatoes remove
them from the "tide dhh"
clan and makei of them a
dish of dit Unction;
1 tbsp. salt, 4 medium elsed
potatoes, J cup water, cup
Carnation Milk, tbep. butter.
Wash, rare and cut potatoes
In thin alke. Put a layer la
buttered baking dlih, sprinkle
with salt and dredge with a
small amount of flour. Add
milk and butter and bake until
poutoee are soft. This recipe
serves six people.
If you havu't ou,
Bliutrattd bookUt of
100 ttd raclpM,
writ fr top, to
Caraatloa Milk Prod
uct Co., 810 South
SU. St, BU, Idaho.
Fresh Stock of
PREMIUM
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$&
HAMS and BACON
EVERY WEEK OF THE YEAR
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We specialize in Swift
Premium line, and you
can always depend upon
' getting afresh goods here. '
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E. A. FRASER
DIRECTORY OF ONTARIO'S
BUSINESS FIRMS
These Men and Finns will serve your very needs promptly. Call upon or writa to
any of those who are listed below when in need of anything in their respective
lines. They are reliable:
HANKS
ONTARIO NATIONAL RANK
The Oldest Dauk in Malheur
County "Servlco that Serves"
Capital and Surplus 1100,000.
DnUGfl AND SUNDRIES
ONTARIO PHARMACY
O. M. Castleman, Prop.
Prescription Specialist Victor
Phonographs Rexall Romedles
Eastman Kodaks
Morcland Dairy
Phone 203 M
TUB SUGAR DOWL,
We Make Our Own Ice Cream
HOTKL8
HOTEL WILSON.
The "Homey" Hotel of Malheur
. County. Qood Meals t0o
OlTOMi?lIM8T
DR. J, A. MC FALL
Eyesight Specialist
Eye Glasses and Spectacles
MlLUNKilX
Distinction' la Clothing And
MUllnsry is the Mark ot Those
Who Patronise
TUB BTYLB SHOP
MORRIS MILLINERY
NOVELTY SHOP
Palymre Waists Women's Drewix'
And Sport Clothes
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES
ONTARIO ELECTRIC CO.
Electrical appliance and Wlrlag
HARDWARE
J. O. McCRKiaHT HARDWARE
lAtlsfaetloB Qaaraatee
TAQQART HARDWARE CO.
Malheur County's Largest
Hardware Store
U
H. R. UDICK
Plttablng aad Heatlag
Domestic Water Systeaas
OSBORN MILLINERY
Nell O. Bedford, Prop.
The Only BirJuilve Millinery store
This Side of 8aU Lake
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PURITY BAKERY
Eraeat Bareus, Prof.
All Kind et Breads, Cake
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