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!B ihi fo THE ONTARIO AEG OS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 26 1922 OIlji? GDntttrirr Argita County Official Paper An Independent Newspaper Published Thursdays at Ontario, Oregon, and entered at the Ontario post office for distribution as 2nd class matter. O. K. Atkon, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION Ono rear. $2.00 PORTLAND TRUE TO FORM Portland Is playing truo to form. It Is now engaged In an effort to so curo a portion of tho business of the Yakima valley dovoloped by the unltod enorglos of tho business men of Washington. Portland's covetous eyes havo long boon turned toward Its neighbor's fields waiting for the fruit to ripen thoro that it might steal somo of it, while at Portland's door lies a field now uncultivated, largely duo to Portland's lack of spirit and onorgy or desire to culti vate tho flold Itself. Tho effort to raiso soven million dollars for tho construction of a lino to connect Portland with Yak ima is typical of Portland. The city on tho Wlllamotto has over boliorod that Washington Is bettor than Ore gon and Its business more desirable. Portland has never Uoon ablo to see Central and Kastorn Oregon. To fight Seattlo and Tacoraa's natural advantage in boing located on deep bays, Portland has for years mado ono fight, to get the bottom of tho Columbia farther from tho top, nnd In this alio has succeeded. Mean whllo Washington and Idaho havo concentrated tliolr efforts In develop ing their back country through sys tematic raids mado on the reclama tion funds. Whllo they wore thus engaged Oregon's representatives with tliolr heart bent on appropri ations for tho Columbia pormltted Oregon to bo robbed of Its Just sharo of the reclamation funds, pormltted section nino of tho original reclama tion act to be eliminated, thus allow ing Orogon monoy to bo used to de volope Its rivals. Wo wonder at tho workings of tho brains of tho Portland leaders who aro giving their time and attention to tho promotion of tho Yakima railroad. Can they not seo that It would bo far better for them to pro mote tho construction of a railroad through Central Oregon from which Portland would secure practically all tho business and benefits to be de rived, than to spend an equal sum for just a part of tho business of the Yakima valley, great as that is al ready? , Wo do not blame Portland for be ing Jealous of Seattle. It ought to bo; for Seattle has tho constructive spirit. With many disadvantages tho peoplo of Seattlo have gone ahead and built n city while Port land has been asleep to tho possibil ities which lie at her door. Portland should awako to tho realization that by tho construction of a road through Central Oregon sho will not only get tho business of that big plateau, but she will be brought closer to tho Southern Idaho irrigation region which Itself Is larger than tho Yakima valley and as highly productive. With a water grado from Ontario to Crane, and no summits to cross from Crane to Bend, a road through Contral Ore gon would make possible tho ship ment of a largo portion of tho freight of this region to tho Colum bia river. If for no other reason than that of good taste, tho peoplo of Port land should manifest at least as great Interest in getting a railroad across Central Oregon as they do to ward building a line In Washington. It certainly does Portland no good to have the peoplo of Eastern and Cen tral Oregon of tho opinion that Portland is not Interested in their wolfare. Yet this is what they do believe. It is truo that Portland Is backing tho colonization dovolopmcnt pro gram; which Is indeed a worthy ef fort nnd is appreciated; but how can that succeed without tho rail road? If Portland is big enough to socure tho construction of tho Yaki ma road and the Central Oregon road too, well and good. Then wo would withdraw our objections to her activity, for if Portland is big onough to command the business of both Washington and Oregon and is so stragetlcally located as to get Washington's patronage without neglecting Oregon interests, more power to her. GIVES LIFE TO' MARIONETTE FRUITIAND BENCH kam,mm4kmmmm,mmmmmtoAjmkMimnLMkMmc0kf''"nmmmmmi A Newspaper's TWO Sources of Revenue Subscriptions and Advertising Are the Only Sources of Revenue a Newspaper Has nnd Often tho Sub scriptions Do Not Pay for the Cost of White Paper Advertising today, especially in newspapers, is tho greatest business getter thoro is. This is acknowledged by men who know. People read advertisements in newspapers. They havo boon educated to do so. Evory merchant in our town ought to ndvertiso. You remomber tho story about John Wnnumnlcer? Tho first day ho was in business his receipts wcro $24.04. Ho kept tho 04 cents and spent tho $24 tho next day in adver tising. Wo all can't dupllcnto this feat, but according to the best statistics avaliablo throe per cent of the grots tales should be put aside for advertising. Possibly you will say, "I don't need to advertise I've been in this town thirty years nnd everybody knows me." Probably they do, but did you ever stop to think of tho sales you loso because your fellow competitor advertises? Ho may advertise tho samo goods you hnve in your stock, but tho peoplo don't know you havo them. The other follow gets tho salo bocauso ho ndvortlsos. And, then, how much more business you would do if you did advertise? Wo know of ono merchant who advertised n lot of goods at 10 conts n yard. Thoy cost him 27 cents. Ho took a clean loss, but whllo tho salo was going on he could buy new goods at 12 cents. Ho put them In with tho other goods and tho result was that ho cleaned his shelves of tho old goods and he broke ovon on tho deal. Advertising and good buying liqui datod his stock without a loss. Wo can't all be John Wanamnkors, but wo nil can ndver tiso in proportion to our business. Results will be suro if you advertise honestly nnd givo service. A newspaper can bring uooplo to your store, but it can't mnko peoplo buy your goods. Your clerks must do that, and it doponds on tho service you givo as to how successful your business will be. What Is done in tho big citlos can be dono right horo in this town if you will show tho pep, givo tho service and adver tiso. Make business good. You can do it through this newspaper. Tho eighty acre fruit and grain ranch, ono milo and a half southeast of Fruitland, belonging to Mrs. J. H. Hondy of Fruitland, Dr. J. P. Max field of Alliance, Nebraska, and Mrs. Ja.ck Keeae of Los Angeles, was on Tuesday sold to Lee Howe of this place. Twenty-six" thousand was said to havo been paid for same, Mr. Howo trading in his ranch on the samo street for $6000. Possession will be glvon Novomber 1st. Thursday evening twonty-flve of tho neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cunningham gathered at the W. A. Colwell homo where a surprise party was held in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham who left for Turlock, California. Mrs. Otto Swanson received word of tho arrival of a granddaughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Grover McCce of Portland, former residents here. Dr. Ganoe of Ogden, Iowa, has been tho guest of his sister, Mrs. Fairy Spalnhower, on his way from Portland to his homo. O. W. Johnson of Payette, has pur chased from Geo. Yeager the sixty acre ranch two miles east and one milo south of Fruitland. Tho Royal Neighbors took in $38 at the luncheon Wednesday night at the carnival dance. Twenty-nine cars of apples have been shipped out by the Fruitland Fruit association, mostly Jonathans nnd Delicious. . A week ago the Fruitland station agent reported nine cars of lettuce and eleven of ap ples shipped from this point. Tho past week eight cars of appels were shipped by Tuesday, after which no cars were availablo. Eleven cars of lottuco wont out of Fruitland tho past wetk, tho railroad giving pre ference to tho shipment of lettuce because of it boing more perishable. Lottuco is bringing a good prico in tho East, for the produce in Idaho Is exceptionally good. Latest Idea Is to Have Living Heads Cleverly Placed on the Bodies of Cardboard. The newest thing in the way of a marionette Is made of cardboard, with out a head and with pivots to provide Joints for Its arms nnd legs. It has no head because that feature of its anatomy is to be represented by tho head of the person who operates the puppet, nnd vho rests his chin In a cut-out notch in the upper edge of the cardboard (or wooden) background Just behind tho marionette. This back ground Is painted to represent the drop-curtain of a miniature thenter, and attached to the front of It, at thebottom, Is a little platform for the puppet to stand or dance on. The movement of the marionette's arms and legs are controlled by strings which pass through slots In the top edge of the "curtain." Its living head, of course, does the talking, and may be disguised suitably for the various characters represented by a number of such cardboard dolls. Philadelphia Ledger. Charge Extra for Children. Dining out Is a sophisticated luxury, according to table d'hote restaurants which are charging 25 cents extra for serving children. "Children take up a chair," ex plained the manager of a popular eat ing place, "and their parents order special dishes for them to be prepared In certain ways. Our waiters would rather serve three tables of adults than one table with a child at it" "Do you add the supercharge to the bill if the child takes a regular din ner?" he was asked. "No child .could finish one of our table d'hote meals," he boasted. "And even If he did, he'd have to be waited on nt every course." "Haven't the waiters children of their own?" the customer Inquired In dignantly. "Yes," replied the manager, "they have troubles of their own." Chicago Journal. RAILROAD HAS WATER WAGON Contrivance Said to Work Success fully In Minimizing the Discom forts of Dusty Tracks. An appliance for sprinkling tho right-of-way over tho dusty stretches of track has been Invented by W. II. Whalen, superintendent Los Angeles division, nnd is being tried out with apparent success by the Southern Pa cific on Its lines between Indlo and Pnltu Springs, heretofore a very dusty section of track. According to tho Lit erary Digest, n writer In tho Southern rnclllc Ilulletln (San. Frnncisco) says: "Tho sprinkler consists of a perfor ated pipe attached benuntli tho water tender of tho locomotive in such a way that water Is sprinkled on the track ns the train passes over It. According to Mr. Whalen the experiments have proved ery satisfactory, and South ern Pnclflc Is planning the Installation of these sprinklers on nil Its passenger locomothes operating In desert coun try. The scheme Is an Innovation In railroad operation. The Southern Pn clllc has made various attempts to allay dust by sprinkling oil over Its right of way in desert country, but none of them has proved ns effective ns the 'railroad water wagon.'" Maimed but Good Swimmers. Swimming ls qultq easy, and Is even beneficial for these men who have lost a limb, especially In salt water, which seems to benefit the maimed limb. At a swimming match organized at Brighton for so-called disabled men, 10 competitors entered the water. Ten of these had lost one leg, three were minus an arm, and the remaining three had no legs at all. The course was from the Palace pier to the West pier, and 15 of the 160 competitors covered the whole dis tance, roughly three-qunrters of a mile. The ono who failed had to leave the water half-way owing to cramps In the stump. "It was perhaps the most remarkable swim that has ever taken place In history," comments the author of "The Handbook for the Limbless," from which tho above facts are taken. Elephants Test a Floor. Wishing to determlno the strength of his garage floor, a Canton (O.) man employed the services of five circus elephants to act ns test load, relates Popular Mechanics Maga zine. They were led upon the floor and grouped as c'osely as possible, making a live load of more than fif teen tons on the center of the floor" probably the first of this unusual de scription to be used for such a purpose. PUBLIC SCHOOLS Now Is tho Time for Passage of School Bill Vote 314 x Yes Passage of the Compulsory Public School Attomlanco bill now this year ft III Insure that a minimum number of prirato schools and prlvnto school pupils will bo affectod. Of the 30 counties of Oregon 16 are at present with out any prhato schools whatever. Tho combined aggregate of pupils In all tho private schools In flvo other counties Is fewer than 200. The total attondance at tho private schools, of tho grammar grades, of Oregou is about 9SU. The total attondance at tho public schools, of tho grammar grades, is about 131.C89. 8urely if tho public schools aro good enough for the 131.G89. thoy are also good enough for the other 9841. At present, while the prlvato schools nro few and small, is tho time to make the change proposed by tho public school bill. COST8. No tax will be Isvled fcr years to come, as tho bill does not take effect until September, 1928, and no tax then If tho amendment Is In tho courts for several years. When all attend our free public schools the additional cost will bo Blight, for the overhead will be the same. Most of the children will find a place ... "'""'" "" iuu uuuun uxi'viiso w mo average taxpayer will be nominal. Tho great benefit to our nation will be worth many times the small cost. Now Is the i time to pass this measuro, Insuring that in Oregon all of our children will be educated to a common patriotism, common ldoals and a unified alleglanoe to our institutions. One Flag One School One Language P. S. MALCOLM. 33 Inspector General In Orogon, Auclont nnd Accepted cottlsa Kite. JPaid Advertisement) y Dream of Death Fulfilled. To dream of on accident three times and then witness Its fulfillment has been tho unhappy experience Just re corded of a Ilobart (Tasmania) man. A laborer employed by the Ilobart city corporation was turning the hand winch of n ernne. The Jib of the crnno swung around and a wire rope came Into contnet with the high tension elec tric wires overhead. The result was that tho loborer was electrocuted. A week before the accident one of tho man's workmates was uneasy In his mind. He was troubled by a strange dream that was repeated three times. In bis dream he saw a fntnl accident nt the crane. It occurred In exactly tho snmo way ns that which caused tho actual accident. He told his mates of the dream, which had made such n deep impression upon him, and It wns the subject of considerable discussion. Tho fulfillment of tho dream enme ns a shock to those who had been made familiar with the story. ftsally Only One Occasion. It has often been n matter of specula tion as to when, If.uny time, a man would feel perfectly nt ease carrying n doll. This perplexing question, one that has no doubt disturbed the mental equi librium of mnny psychologists, was solved the other night by two gentle men who had given the matter much thought. The solution of the prob lem wns that the only time thnt a male biped appeared unabashed while transporting a doll In his nrms was when he wns returning, in triumph, from one of the booths nt a nearby amusement park. Washington Star. To "Wash Pa." Many years ago, a teacher In the Indianapolis publie schools, who Is now widely known In club work, re celved the following excuse from n child in a poor district: "Dear Teacher" Please excuse Mary's absence, she had to stay home to help her Mn wash her Pa." "The signature, "her Pa," so wilt ten, changed what be wished to say entirely. "Now, don't forget," said the lawyer who was coaching his fair client. "When I scratch my right ear that's a signal for you to faint." "And If you rub your chin with youi left hand that means I must burst Into tears?" "Yes, and ihem If you see me plucking at my right trouser leg It will Indicate that the gentlemen of Hie Jury hnve been sufficiently edified by the hosiery display, and jou might change your attitude so they can concentrnte their minds on the evidence." Bir mingham Age-Herrld. DREAMLAND ATTRACTIONS FRIDAY and SATURDAY HAROLD LLOYD in "SAILOR MADE MAN" SUN. MON. and TUES. "Polly of the Follies" featuring Constance Talmadge Pickaninny Comedy A Very Pleasing Program, Coming HARRY CAREY in "THE FOX" ONLY DAYS MORE a Of the Special October Offer on THOR ELECTRIC WASHER All you pay now is Balance $6.75 a Month A Thor insures cleaner clothes with less wear and tear. It's ready to do a washing any hour of the day; never gets tired or lays off the j'ob, and will give years of service. No investment could possibly bring more happiness and comfort. Don't wait until this special offer is over. Buy your new Thor now today! DAHO POWER COMPANY Elephant's Foot. Sometimes, during the war, we had rather curious bread, but we were neer so far as wo know treated to "Hottentot's bread." This Is tho name of a tropical plant, a name given to it because its root-stock Is used as a food by the Hottentots. And because this root-stock Is a large, fleshy mass, cut off at the end, nnd covered with n corky, cracked bark, the plant Is also culled "elephant's foot." Out of this rough "foot" springs a climbing stem, bearing leaves nnd flowers. The uttuie of "elephant's foot" Is also given to a genus of plants found In India, hating root-leaves which bear some resemblance to the foot of un elephant. Directory of Ontario's Business Firmi DR. J. A. MC FALL Eyesight Specialist Eye Glasses and Spectacles ONTARIO NATIONAL BANK The Oldest Bank In Malheur County "Service that Serves" Capital and Surplus 1100,000. 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