Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1922)
- x.s.eer.ju atKSL'-S IK ! rf ,'!" THE ONTARIO AUG PS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1922 QJly? GDntano Anjua County Official Paper An Independent Newspaper rubllsbod Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. O. K. Atkon', Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION. ..One Veur, J2.00 A HEFITITION OF II1STOHV After every war men's minds seom to undergo a period of unrest and distrust of their follow man. Dur ing such periods they give express slon to their prejudices, and let their emotions sway their reason. Even when wars do not occur periodic waves of this typo surge across the currents of civic llfo. Thoso who would find peace from this manifes tation of man's activity may do so by studying tholr recurrences and their aftermath, when, after the tldo of feeling subsided men lived on In the oven tonor of their way. Oregon at the present time Is ex periencing one of theso waves of un rest, which is expressed, in part at least, by the initiation of such bllli ns that known ns the compulsory education bill. Whilo this measure In Itself Is not as bad as some of the opponents aver, It is not needed, and will sorvo no good purpose. Tho vory fact that by a groat per ccnt ago, most of tho children of Oregon now go to tho public schools is proof that If all wore compelled so to do, no great harm would rosult. I)ut that Is not tho principal ques tlon. It Is what such a bill Implies and tho steps to which it might lead. In tho first placo tho bill Is fun damentally wrong, In that It is not in harmony with Amorlcan institu tions. Amorlca was founded on the prlnclplo of religious freodom, and If ns a corrollary wo aro to nssumo thnt tho stato has the right to dlc .. tato tho placo of Instruction it is but a short stop for the stato to say what may bo taught as a religion. Thoro Is a dangerous oloment In this bill, In this, that If In the course of time, for example, n ma jority of tho people of this state, hocamo mombors of ono faith, then with tho powor of tho majority they might destroy tho public school en tlroly and say to all of us that our children must attend tho parochial school of tholr choice Tho bill thoroforo glvos onunclatlon to a prlnclplo that might cut both ways. Whilo thoro Is llttlo danger jpt such n contingency arising, men in political nffalrs should bo careful not to glvo expression to fundamen tal principles tho application of which In a logical manner thoy nro unwilling to glvo assent when Inter preted by othors. Tho worst feat nxo of tho measure Is tho bringing into politics that which should forovor bo kopt out. religion. Hero in Amorica whoro ovory man has tho right to worship his God aftor tho dictates of his own conscience thoro is no plnco for Intolerance and bigotry. Oregon's school system Is well protoctod by tho laws of tho stato. Only the English lauguago may bo used In In struction, and tho stato has tho powor to suporvisi) tho courso of study In tho secular branchoa uven In tho prlvato schools. If anything moro Is needed, certnliil It is no thing moro than that tho toaehers In the private schools ho compelled to roach tho givon standard, pass the required examinations, and that tho private schools bo open for lnspoc tlon of tho duly elected superinten dents of instruction who shall re quire tho prescribed text of tho pub lic schools bo usod. Tho writer has lived In commun ities where both tho public and tho parochial schools existed side by side, and knows from that exper ience that so far as tho attendanco is concerned the churches coucp'.wd woro not able to keep all of their boys and girls in them, and that ul timately in several cases r.t least, tho parochial schools erased to oxlst from lack of support, oven though the churches continued to flourish. Theao instances alluded to were in Minnesota, where the per centage of foreign born children was greater by far than hero in Oregon, there fore tho danger of the public school being superceded by tho prlvato school was much greater. Yet tho public schools have grown in far greater proportions than have the private schools in that state, and since tho public school is so in har mony with tho genius of the Amer ican people, while tho prlvato school is the result of restricted effort on tho part of a few, it would appear that a dispassionate survey of the field would plainly point to the fact that loft alone to work out their des tiny side by side tho odds nro that tho public school will ultimately so command tho flold that the prlvato school will have Indeed a struggle for oxlstoncc. Thoro is yet another feature of this agitation that would appear to make It most unnecessary. It is utttorly impossible to make men be llovo thnt which they do not want to bolievo, and even tho churches which have prlvato schools have great dif ficulty In keoplng their adherents in lino. Tho ovolutlon of religion, like tho ovolutlon of other forms of so cial llfo on this continent points strongly to this conclusion, that mon's minds aro becoming less sus ceptible to authority. That being true, wero nil the schools to bo put Into the hands of ono church the time would not bo far distant when from within tho forces of freedom of thought would break down tho bar riors and open the doors to reason. There Is thoroforo no need for such a bill. It Is stirring up class hatred when peaco and good will Is neoded In tho stnte, it Is turning back tho pages of history two and a half couturles and Is making Oregon again ridiculous before the peoplo of tho nation. It is history repeat ing Itself, and as in tho past such waves havo subsided, so will this, and tho soonor wo forget thnt such a bill was ever beforo tho people for consideration tho better It will bo for tho peaco and welfare A BIT OF COLOR 0S2SaSHSaS2S2SHSESBS2SSHSHSHSH5E5 U D D e, P, & 0, By FANNY RICHARDSON of the state. A flno baby girl was born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Mlllor Saturday. Miss Ruth Uarott loft Friday for Monmoth, Oregon, whoro she will attend Nornmnl this winter. Chas. Bullatd lost n nlco work horso last week by having its foot cut off in a corn cutter. Miss Hath Ilowey, ono of Ar cadia's toachors spent tho weok end In Uolso visiting hero slstor. Lloyd Oris and wlfo wero visit ing tho lattor's paronts, Mr. and Mrs, Chas. Dullard Sunday. ,,"" "',- .vN SUCCESS lfP -i-"8 I M- sin I n mi (hTi NmXiSl33swQTs vs&gmmmmmkwmmfc Sh In those days of high prices and advanced liv ing costs yon have a double incoiitivo to save. The. savings bank account of today represents tho foundation of many a fortune of tomorrow. Building up a reserves not difficult aftor you have begun it, but tho important thing is the start. AVo invito you to mako that start with us. faSESEmreSHSHSaSHSESasaSHScLSHFdStf! , 1922, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate "Mmhmi, I Mould not advise bujlng this hut It does not harmonize some how" "I'll have none of your buck talk, young woman," said JIImj Elite, twist ing her slim neck to get a butter view of herself In the mirror. The salesgirl opened her mouth ngnlii and would have said more, but Miss Elite's defiant expression meant a scene and Ethel detested .scenes. After nil what wns the use? It was the same old story over und over a middle-aged woman pirouetting un der" a slxteon-yenr-old's sunboiinet, or n sixteen-year-old under purple pan sles. Last week It had been Miss Prouty and she had called the floorwnlkei because Ethel said u large picture hut accentuated her chins. And the week before It was Mrs. Graham, who had stamped out of the store, vowing she would never come back, because Ethel had said a pink hat did not become her navy blue dress. Well, It did seem as If something uncomfortable would happen if the floorwalker' received any moro unfavorable leports. So Ethel stood silently watching the movements of her customer, us she twisted and tinned nnd patted nnd fretted, until she had achieved vvhnt she considered a stjllsh angle, and Jumping up, exclaiming, "It's nil rignt Just what I want. How much?" "She wouldn't be half bad looking If she'd only show her eyebrows anil hair," thought Ethel, as she mnde her way to the cashier with a crisp $20 bill. "If lit that eye ugh nnd the dress and the shoes! Oh, why do they make such fools of themselves!" Ethel pondered the problem over nnd over In her curly head during the rest of the d.iy, but she found nq solution. Vain, of course. the were theso women nil women. Thev wanted to look young, or they wanted to look old. In desperation, n few da.vs later. Mie buttonholed the propiletor und led him to a quiet coiner. "What's the mutter with me?" she pleaded. "I don't want to .sell these hats to the wrong women, and yet I do it every day. It's always the wrong hat. You'd say so join self, If yon sow them wearing 'em. Thev'ie sights! And yet they will not listen to me. Ethel fairly shrieked the words In to the proprietor's en. Hut he gave her little satisfaction. He simply putted her hand and said, "Don't you bother your curly heud nbmit thorn. You can't sell 'em some thing they don't wnnt If jou don't make 'em want It." "Yes, I've got to make 'em vvuni It," she said, "and I know there is a solution." And it cume sooner than Ethel had dared to hope. It came next day. Miss Elite had come hack to buy an other hat. No, she hud never really caieil for the led one . . . besides Mr. Iihukstone hud said It made her pink ami white blondness pustj loe.i: Ing. No, there wns absolutely noth ing In the show window .shu wanted . . . they woien't the light style. Had she an.vthlng which would bring out the color of her skin . . . some thing with a bit of color with an angle? Ethel's heart skipped u beat. Her eyes took hi Miss Elite's brown cos tiime, her neut oxford shoes she felt old very old for her jenrs and wise. Did Miss Elite wnnt n hat which would In Ing out the delicate tints of her skin something with mi angle? Certainly but there was only one In the store for her. Sljly the glil went over to the show window und took out a lurge, dark brow n hat softly shaded with dull ' flowers. She hastily retreated to the son lug-room for scissors and a hit of bright bluo ribbon. Willi- trembling fingers, she gave one corner of the hut tin nlmobt vicious tweak, and In scried the ribbon behind the Unworn so that only nn occasional piece showed. The effect wns dashing, chic, ulmost ehnrmlngly nttractlve. She hurried back to her customer, who was by this time rather Impa tient. Hut when she saw the hat, her Inrge cjes glowed, und she Mrelihed out her hnnds eagerly. The siiles'hl shook her head roguishly. "Ono moment. Let's go over there vvheie theie Is a better light." She led tlu vwiy to a long, full length mirror In the trout of the sinre where the daylight streamed through the large windows. "It's wonderful,' exclaimed Miss Elite, ciltlcnlly ap praising her neat brown llgure. Ilei eyes, beneath carefully dimmed brows, resembled liquid pools , . . "fishy eje-s?" . . . who could have imagined such a comimrUon? Ilei golden hair glistened through the sofi mesh of the crown. "Why, it looks us though It wen made for me," she breuthed. "It wns," said Ethel softly as slit took her $i0 bill to cushler's desk She felt very old for her years and wUe, E Win. McEwan, Fred KHngback, Jack Glascock, Qua Schwelzer, Wal ter Plnkston, W. W. Smith nnd Mr, McGinnis were among thoso sub- poened to the Ballontyne vs. It. It Co. trinl at Boise last week. They returned home Saturday evening af ter nearly a week's absence. John Wall of Crestdn, a witness at the trial stopped off at Nyssa for a visit with the Lowe family over Sunday. Geo. Glascock and family, accom panied by Evelyn and Gerald De Bord, went to the carnival Friday evening, spending what was left of tho night at tho Newblll home. Fred KHngback and Warren Fenn sold their corn to H. Walters for ensilage. John Rust is buying nay and bar ley in the neighborhood to feed sheep. Fred Pullen who started to at tend High school at Parma, decided ho like Owyhee better and returned home and will attend school here. Klinefelter and Brumbach fin ished their fall run of threshing at the Goo. Glascock place last Thurs day and returned to their respective homes at Wilder and tho Bend. Andy Hansen, who recently re turned from Melba, Idaho, where he spent the summer with Albert Rust, visited a few days with Fred Inver oly and at tho Peutz home, going to Emmett Saturday to visit his sister Mrs. Newt Thomason and . family, Ho is planning to winter In Ari zona again. Tho federal game warden called at the home of Wm. Peutz last week. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Point and family recently moved onto the Ward placo. They contributed three children to the local school. Mr, and Mrs. Oco Schwelzer and family attended the Snapp Bros, carnival In Ontario Friday evening. We aro proud to state that one of our local girls, Elba Pullen, won second prlzo in sewing at the Mal heur county Fair. Rev. Chas. Blom of Ontario, kept his monthly appointment Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Lowe and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Dewltt went to the Fair Wednesday. F. L. and L. C. DeBord were busi ness visitors at tho Gate City Saturday. IRONSIDE NEWS Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nlckles, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lawrence and family and and E. J. Beaumont and family attended tho Malheur County Field at Ontario last week. Rev. Snow of Payette, has been holding services at ironside this week, at the school house. B. Plummor sold his homestead near Ironside this week to James Fallen of Nampa. Mrs. Prico and family and Mrs. Swackor and family of BurnB, are Tlsltlng here with their sister and family, Mr. nnd Mrs. Herman Rose. Mr. Louis Rise and family left for Caldwell where they will visit with relatives for a few days. From there they go to Baker City for a visit with Mr. Rice' parents, aftor which they will leave for Sacramen to, California. While riding for catlle on Iron side mountain, W. R. and Earl Lof ton met with a black bear, which they pursued and finally managed to kill. Dave Logan and Mr. Madden of Brogan, wero in this vicinity Friday looking for beef cattle. Ell Rose and Mr. and Mrs. Davo Lawrence made a business trip to Vale this week. William Tureman of Malheur rlvor was an Ironside visitor Friday. FOR SALE OR TRADE will ex change G. M. C. 3-4 ton truck, In good condition for grain, or will sell for cash. Write B. W. Tillotaon, Beulah, Oregon. FOR SALE 9 good milch cows, same fresh, balance fresh soon. In quire 1-4 mile east of Cairo. C. H. HUFFMAN "S -'T iy - WE stale it as our honeat be lief that for the price asked, Chesterfield gives the greatest value inTurkish Blend cigarettes ever offered to smokers. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. Aanthi, Caralla, Smyrna and Samsoun the famoos Turkish tobaccos used in , Chesterfield's Turkish .-.'" Blend are bought on .'- - Turkish plantations by ? T;tl our resident buyers. Wc - - ' eTC take no chances we know " " " ' the high quality of our tobaccos. Directory of Ontario's Business Firms DR. J. A. MC FALL Eyesight Specialist ' Eye Glasses and Spectacle ONTARIO NATIONAL BANK The Oldest Bank In Malheur County "Service that Serves" Capital and Surplus $100,000. HOME MADE CANDIES PURE AND DELICIOUS Take a box home for Sunday BON DON CANDY SHOP . . . . 8. L. Tompkins, Prop..-. , . , RADHR BROS. Dependable Merchandise "Not the Cheapest. But the Best" nEQISBN A RYAN The Home of Good Eata and Low Prices Phones S and 181 Always a Good Crop of Weeds. Gardeners should not be dlscour aged over u rank growth of weeds II hlmvvt ou have good hull ul dotting Is a constant buttle wltl. weeds. It Is well to undertake Jus; about what jou have time to uttem to. If the mII Is of iinj m-count w 'II jou cuu depend on u gnml cioi of weeds. The secret of fljitlng thci. In Iuivm b(. ,o.. hui d.) when the iikl poke ilimuvh i he (.round. HOTEL WILSON The "Homey" Hotel of Malheur County. Good Meals 40c TROXELL IMPLEMENT CO. Farm Operating Equipment McCormlck, Deerlng and P. & O. THE INDEPENDENT MARKET Phones S and 135 If Its Good To Eat We Have It It It's Farm Produce We Buy It PURITY BAKBI1Y Ernest Barcuo, Prop. All Kinds of Breads. Cakes and Pastry Signs BYRON TURNER BLACKABY JEWELRY STORB Home of "QltU that Last" WELLS DAIRY Phone Si W! service day and nleht. Tuber cular tested cows. Clean and sanl- tar equipment. ONTARIO PHARMACY O. U. CastlemaB, Prop. Prescription Specialist Yleter Phonographs Rexall Remedies Eastman Kodaks H. R. TJDICK Plumbing and Heating Domestic Water Systems MORRIS MILLINERY ft NOYELTY SHOP Palymre Waists Women's Dresses And Sport Clothes TAQQART HARDWARE CO, Malheur County's Largest Hardware Store f. O. McCIlKIQUT HARDWARE Satisfaction Guaranteed ' ! l n im tf ,1 MMM Ul &m 3i3wejisamK3iBik WMmKmKuomuraa a.www .in. iwi.i m