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H ( """"stMsal ssaH J ;j eisJssMSJJsSslsJMissBBSJMSjfJsjpM I 1 ! rsr "wrpraw41tW!i: - -xr--sr iT 4f. JUCA A I THE ONTABIO ABQUS,, ONTARIO, OREGON THURSDAY JULY 6, 1922 r.T , i A I r t ( a" h '1 ; 'JS' it :1 4 is, I. t$ Gtyj? GDntario Argus County Official Paper An Independent Newspaper IOWWXWMWI Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario poBt office tor distribution as 2nd class matter. O. K. Atken, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION One Tear, J2.00 ALL ONE BIDKI) Thoro 1b one outstanding condition which Impresses anyone who makes a trip to tho Central West and visits the cities, especially Chicago tills summer. That is the tremendous growth which Is manifested in the centers of population. Especially is this true of metropolis of the Middle West. Never in Its history, a visitor is told; and there Is ample evidence on every hand to substantiate thb state ment; has thero been such a build boom known in that; superlatively active community. The building pormits for May, 1922 passed all of tho city's previously high records. Thousands of people are flocking to tho big town to exist no doubt they think to live. What does this all moan? Fig ures fall to toll tho story. One can not say that this nation Is hard up after observing ovon for a short time the paco at which tho millions in tho city go. Go is tho word, for thoy apparently stay nowhere To seo tho laVlsh expenditure of wealth in automobiles; to obsorvo the ser ial numbers on tho license plates is added ovldonco of tho billions of dol lars that have boon divertod from actual necessities to bo spent In moans of onjoymont. It compels tho bellof that there Is more wealth in America than is actually nooded. But It also compels tho belief that thoro Is a sad Injustice) being done in tho method of distri bution. Too much Is centered in tho cities. Thoro is an astounding contrast manifested in the country. While thousands upon thousands of build ings aro bolng erected in the citlos wboro rents for modest apartments run .from $50 por month upward to staggering flguros; apparently there Is llttlo improvement boing. re corded on tho land from which comes tho food that tho millions of city dwellors llvo upon. Tho In creasing number of city dwollors is croatlng nn Increasing demand on tho productivity of tho soil, but ap parently this doniand is bringing small profit to tho grower who Is baroly holding his own, for he is not adding now barns, now homos and other bottormonts to bis placo. But thero is anothor sldo of tho plcturo. Thoro must come a tlmo, whon tho farmer roallzos his possi bilities, whon bo will domand a Just slii.ro In tho increased prosperity of tho nation. Ho, cannot always bo oxpoctod to stay homo and furnish tho food without gottlng a fair ro turn. Tho growing clti03 nro grow ing markets for farm products, Tho possibilities for agricultural ex pansion aro Infinite .When tho system of Just marketing conditions is acholved tho farmers of America, tho back country that Is now lag ging behind tho cities will partici pate in tho distribution of wealth, as they should. BOOSTED INTO TUET SENATE Lynn J. Frazler of North Dakota, must indulge in an ironical smile those days whon he thinks of the dlscoinforture of his political ene mios. They "fired" him from the gubernatorial chair and apparently have boostod him Into the Unltod States senate Frazler has not changed since he was govornor, and his election can not be charged to a change of heart on tho part of tho people of North Dakota. Frazler did not win bo causo of his own strength, but be cause of McCumbor's weakness. People outsido of North Dakota will not understand the outcome. There will be many falsa deductions drawn from this apparent revival of Non Partisan strength. Tho facts are that Porter J. Mc Cumber was tho political creation of Alex McKenzle, the notorious boss of North Dakota in tho decade that has passed. His first election was the result of one of tho shrewd est pieces of political manipulation that over marred the history of a commonwealth. His defeat of John son of Minot left a political scar that never healed. But that is not all that militated to McCumbor's downfall. During the years of bit ter struggle between tho Non Par tisans and the I. V. A., as their op ponents are called, McCumber never took an out and ont stand against tho Non Partisans. He could not, for the Non Partisans were being ably directed by Alex McKenzle from bohlnd the scones;and McCum ber was McKonzIe's protege. These aro the facts in tho case, and bolng so, how could the I. V. A. leaders have much enthusiasm for McCum ber? With them It was a case of lose either way. This is substan tiated by tho fact that Nestos, the out and out opponent of the league was returned a winner for the gov ernorship in tho same election in which McCumber lost. When all 1b said and dono McCumber has gone the way of all men who failed to manifest courage of their convictions and trlod to play politics and dis regard principles. would but Inform themselves they will seo that their best bet In the Union Pacific control of the Central Pacific and tho natural result .to unify the resulting railroad combin ation would bo tho construction of the Natron cut-off and the Oregon' Eastern. Communities on this side of the mountain should bestir them selves and put tho Wilamette valley men straight for their own good. LAUGHS AT PASSING YEARS Veteran Nlnety-On Years Young Rightly an inspiration to Thoto Who Know Him. Comrade Searles from the Soldiers' home at Sawtelle was over at Ban Oabrlel tho other day. He came by way of the trolley car. But he could have walked eaBlly, had he been so minded. Seventy years ago, Comrade Searles used often to pass the old mission of Son Gabriel when the padres and the Indians were still there. Sixty years ago he carried a muBket on his shoulder In the Civil war. He is now ninety-one years young. And so he came back to this old haunt of his the other day. We found him sitting In the sun by the side of the king's highway making sketches. He drew fascinating pictures of the Incomparably beautiful old campanile of the mission whose bells rang out their messages of peace and faith long before the Liberty bell in the tower of the State house In Philadel phia rang out its deathless message- In 1770. And he also sketched the old stalrwny of the mission whose stones nre worn with the feet of countless Indian neophytes since It was bullded, a century and a half ago. And a fine sketch, too, of the Old Grapevine which is the mother of all the vineyards In California. And we thought it a delightful expe rience to have had. It isn't every day flint one meets a man nlnoty-two years of age who Is still as spry as a steel rod, and whose mind retains all its magical faculties. It was Inspiring. We were proud to lift our hand to our eyebrow and stand at salute be fore Comrade Searles. Los Angeles Times. Don't he Penny Wise and Pound Foolish Don't think because you can get a big can of Baking Powder for little 'money that you are saving anything. ; k There's Only One Way v to Save on Bake -Day USE CALUMET The Economy BAKING POWDER sr o rr wvit V COHTCKTSIl mis. .satHBBBBBBKMssm m ff VBss.ssssssssssssssssssi iTT S. iSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsfvsBBBUs) VBBBBBBBBBBBBBsl BSSSSsBflsSSSSSSSSSSSSSsV Tf'lBBSSSSSSr fc JfSSBBBBBBBBBBBBBsk 'sSSSSSsK Ww ln.w.y'iiw ' i'" mmm'i iiii ' LARRY SEMON in "THE SHOW' Larry Somon and his charming loading lady, Lucllo Carllslo, lit- culcatod somo stunts In "Tho Show" which niako it a couiody In a class by itself. This comody is conslderod tho most expenslvo two reol fun-makor over' made. A thojitro was built and thoroly equlppod for it. Foaturo LUOKY OAHSON with EARL WUi I JAMS DREAMLAND Friday & Saturday Noted for its coolness. Air changod ovory ten minutes. THE UNION PACIFIC IS 1UGIIT In view of tho controversy that haB arlson over the railroad owner ship resulting from the morgerlng of tho Central Pacific and tho South ern Pacific by tho United States Su preme Court decision It is time that the peoplo of Eastern Oregon awake to tho monaco to their intorost and dovolopmont which Is impending. Oregon does not want tho South ern Pacific to become tho dominant factor, for tho Southern Pacific in terests genorally predominate in California and not in Oregon, and thoroforo this Btato stands to lose with its destiny loft in tho hands of mon whoso interests Ho in a natur ally competitive territory. It is significant that tho develop ment of Orogon railroads started with tho rise of tho Uulon Pacific to tho dominant placo in tho Harrl- man group of linos, and endod with tho passing of tho Union Pacific's power Into the hands of tho South orn Pacific in 1912. Tho peoplo of this section havo long known that tho building of a railroad from Crane to Odell Junc tion and thoro connecting with Na tron cutroff has been delayed be cause It would thon be possible to route through freight from tho low er Wlllaraetto Valley to tho middle wost over lines largely in control of tho Union Pacific, while at prosont It is possible for tho Southorn Pa cltlo to carry this freight down through California and ncross to Now Orleans, and the Southorn Pacific got tho long haul and all of tho rosultlng revenue. This Is whoro tho conflict of intorost has lnjurod Oregon.' It doos tho same thing now to Novada and Utah by dlvqrtlng freight that should go through tho Ogdon gateway to thd Southorn routo for tho identical roason. Tho docislon of the Supromo court is good law and Justice. It commends Itself to tho reasoning .that competition In the big traffic producing sections is desirable, and it should bo upheld. It Is signifi cant that tho propaganda dopart mont of tho the Southorn Pacific should bo sending out editorials from tho Salem Capital Journal and tho Eugene guard which apparently have sought to befog the Issue In their desire to attack Portland. Yot tho Salem Journal and tho Eugene Ouard both doslro that which East orn Oregon wants, tho Natron cut off and tho continuation of tho Ore gon Westorn, to connect with at Odell. Our Wllainotto Yulloy friends havo mlssod tho mark. They havo failed to read aright tho history of Orogon railroad building. It thoy BEAR TRAPS FOR BURGLARS Brooklyn Man Braved resequences of Weil-Known Old Adage, With Gratifying Result A Mr. Cogan of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, after being vis ited by burglars ten times, decided to depend no longer on Commissioner Enrlght. He set a bear trap inside a window of his home and caught a bur glar In It, the New York Herald states. That burglar, it may easily be Imag Ined, will never try housebreaking again. It Is one thing to get caught o It costs only a fraction of a cent for each baking. You use less because it con tains more than the ordi- nary leavening strength. BEST BY TEST The World's Greatest Baking Powder NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE IN FORECLOSURE BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION IN FORECLOSURE, duly issued by the Clerk of tho Circuit Court of thn State of Oregon, for the County of Malheur, dated the 20th dav nf June, 1922, in a certain suit in the said Circuit Court for said State and uouniy, wherein Alex Lochead, aB Plaintiff, recovered Judgment against Earl J. Cleland, as Defen- aant, in the sum of Eleven and 88100 (?11.88) Dollars, with in terest thereon from tho 17th day of iuoj-cu, .lazi, at tne rate of 15 per cent per annum, and the" further nt thp prlmfi In the ordinary way to "" """" " me luriner ,' hf. 'JVL,"?M7iV. isum of Ten and 201100 ($10.20) uc lucu w wu.w.i.. vw. -- , Dollars costs and the further sum of uuu. lu uc itiouBou u c-o.. i Twfintv.nl no nn1 Qfimn saano Jumped, to be convicted even, and sent to a prison where there are good food and motion pictures. But it Is quite another thing for the criminal to feel the Iron Jaws of a bear trap. close on his leg. A bear trap does not coddle or release on bond. Unfortunately, every householder cannot safely set a bear trap for burglars. He might accidentally catch himself or his wife or the children or the dog. It It were not for that the whole town might well turn trapper. Electrified. A third of the fnrm land In Sweden now uses electricity for power. Farm ers over 'there are beginning to make Inquiries about electrically-propelled plows and harrows. Many of them use electric saws to cut their firewood and lumber. Some even have electric elevators that lift whole wagon loads of hay and grain to the mow. Swedish government officials pre dict It'll only be a few years until pructlcally their whole country will be on nn electrical basis. Where does the power come from? Usually, large' water-power plants. But many Swedish farmers dam small streams and use the falling water to generate their own. A tip there for American farmers, remarks the Chicago Evening Post. Personal Interest. Mr. Dunn stood up In court, charged with disorderly conduct, his head swathed In bandages, and demanded a trial by Jury. "It's only a minor offense," advised the Judge. "Why not plead guilty, pay a small line and get It overt" "No, judge," replied Mr. Dunn de terminedly. "I want a trial by Jury. The last thing I remember was when I was standing percefully on the cor ner and that big guy wandered along. The next thing was when two doc tors were sewing me up. Unless I have, a trial and hear witnesses I nev er will And out what I called the big stiff." ($29.98) Dollars with interest at the rate of i por cent from March 17th, 1921, judgment was enrolled and docketed In tho Clerk's office of said Court in said County on tho 20th dav nf June, 1922. THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HERE BY ;GIVEN, That I will on tho 5th day of August, 1922, at the hour 10:30 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the North main entrance door of tho Court House, at Vale, in said county and State, sell at public auction to tho highest bidder tor casn, the following described real iproperty, to-wlt: Lots Twenty-two (22), Twenty threo (23), Twenty-four (24) and Twenty-flvo (25) of Block 2, Ter race Heights Addition to the City oi untario. Tho above real property with Its appurtenances taken and levied up on as tho -property of tho said De fendant, Earl J. Cleland, or as much thereof as may bo necessary to sat isfy said Judgment in favor of Alex Lochead, together with all costs and disbursements that havo or may ac crue. Dated at Vale, Oregon, this 3rd day of July, 1922. H. LEE NOE, Sheriff. By C. W. Glenn, deputy. Date of first publication July 6, 1922. Date of last publication August 3, 1922. Date of salo August 1922 ., at 10:30 A. M. Leads In Farm Telephones. The bureau of the census counted the telephones on the farms in the United States on January 1, 1020, and found 2,508,002 of them. In other countries, except Canada, a telephone on a fsm is a curiosity. There are half a dozen or more agricultural states In this country In which there are more telephones on the farms alone than there are In the whole ter ritory of Italy, Including the great cities of Rome, Milan and Naples. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CIIUROH Sabbath school at 10:00 a. m, Mrs. C. O. Bingham, Supt. Preaching service at 11 a. m. F. E. Springer, Minister. A hearty welcome to all who have no other church home in Ontario. . LADIES You can see the new Mueller combination sink faucets and bath cocks at H. R. Udlck's. 30tf The picture you have all been waiting for xirsmziT: REMARKABLE FILM SENSATION TO BE SEEN HERE Not If He Can Help It Old Tom was a colored Janitor. He really was not old, but his slow shuffle at all times had caused the nickname. A few days ago ne was leaning his chin on a broom handle listening to music from a phonograph. After a few moments he started slowly up the stairs, dragging one foot after the other as though he was al most exhausted. "Tom," Inquired his employer, "are you tlredl" "Never," he replied, with a drawl, "and I alu't never going to get that way," ludlanapolls News. "Over the Hill," tho William Fox plcturlzation of ono of Will Carle ton's "Farm Ballads" which broke the best record of any scroen attrac tion that evor visited Broadway, playing thero one solid year in six different theatres, will be seen at tho Dreamland Theatro Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Tho story of "Over tho Hill" was adapted from Carleton'a poeniB by Paul H. Sloano, who wrote a screen story that has defied criticism in this form of entertainment. The story has to do with tho adrehaltles of a typical American family,, the mother of which is called to bear the brunt of all tho shortcomings of her little flock. The principal characters aside from the mother, and a laiy father, and six lively kidfl ona of whom is destined to figure as the "black' sheep". As the story nnfolds, the yougstors are seen growing to manhood and wo manhood, and eventually leaving the homestead to set out into the world for themselves. LADIBS You can see the new Mueller combination sink fauoeta sad bath cocks at H. K. Udlck's. SOtf X &y&S wKm&3sj jSBB& VSBBJLfriXj .e SV4Jt-.6BBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBS 4 JJHB rs --aMBSSsasssssssasMSSsssjssssM'y,, "h &,c gf iu 'WlfcM4-,iM f t, -: sss nfitiiii ssfW" iiiWisssW iHHtfT ? M FXjf JttiBBBBBssHBBBBsl r;lBB)EiT55 lisBBlBHstsBiK (f Scene from OVER THE HILL 99 It's mostly sunshine, mostly smiles, but, like life itself, holds a tear for those who live and love. DREAMLAND SUNDAY, MONDAY, and TUESDAY AIR CHANGED EVERY 10 MINUTES s ?