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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1922)
ZZSBZSlBz THE ONTABIO AEGTJS, ONTARIO, OBEQON, THUBGDAY, DEC. 21, 1323 zjxatxiiaa&r ft QJlj? GDatann Argus County Official Paper An Independent Newspaper Published Thursdays at Ontario, .Oregon, ami entered at tho Ontario post office tor distribution as 2nd cluuB matlor. O. K. Aiken, Managing Editor SUBSCRIPTION Ono Year, 2.00 IDAHO AND IRRIGATION With romarkable vigor Idaho is seoklng more reclamation. It wants the great American Falls dam built to furnish storage water for hun dreds of thousands of acres of Its fertllo soil. It Is congratulating It self upon another appropriation for . tho Black Canyon project; It secured tho Illllcrost addition to tho Boise Payette project which will also make n largo Increase in tho vast total which Idaho has recolvod from , tho Federal Ileclamatlon funds. Whllo through a portion of its ' citizenship and organizations Idaho Books this development another group of Its citizens and organiz ations nro asking that from the projocts already built tho reclam ation sorvlco collect no construc tion costs for five years and scatter tho balance duo tho sorvlco for 40 inoro years. Is it possible to con colvo a moro paradoxical situation? Here wo havo a plcturo of Idaho tho potted stato of tho Reclamation sorvlco, practically doclarlng that It cannot pay its way, that it wants largesse from tho federal funds, to which their stato has contributed but ono-fourtli of what has been spout within its borders. One would think that tho Ida lioans thus guilty of begging at tho door of Congress would hldo their heads in sliaino in admitting tholr failure to make good with tho abun dant capital they havo boon fur nished from tho public purso; but no thoy but cry for moro. That Is the trouble with too much of this govornmont aid system, It woakons tho will of thoso who ro coivo it. It takes tho courago from thom puts Jolly where a backbono should bo. It supplants "I will" with "I want." The) Argus rocolved a visit Tues day from a valuablo subscriber whoso opinions wo hold In groat ro spoct. Ho endeavored to porsuado us that Ontario wbh wrong in op posing tho nofarlous Borah bill which is aimed to further de moralize tho system of reclamation in tho United States and make greater favorites of thoso who livo under government systems at tho oxpenso of their neighbors. "What difference will it make to you folk If tho Idaho ranchors un der government ditches get this ro llof?" asks our friend. Let us answer with this: "How can ranchers under pump ing systems who pay anywhero from ?5 to ?14 per acre In powor bills, Interest and 'maintenance charges sell their produce in com petition with that of ranchers who if this bill passes will not pay any of tholr construction cost for flvo years and havo tholr payments oxtonded for 40 years, and who nev or have paid any interest whatso ever.? Again, wo ask' "How can thoso who hope for federal reclamation in othor sections of tho West ever expect to get a respectful hearing if thoso who now have It lay down and quit and say wo can not pay whllo thoy aro holding tholr lands at from three to flvo times tho cost of tho reclamation systems? It is truo that some of tho ranch ors under the govornmont systems aro hard up, so are wo all of us. It is truo that thoy aro many times hotter off than aro tho ranchers un- dor pumping systoms; thoy ough't to bo. It is truo that around Mer idian whore tho ranchers havo de veloped tho dairy business to tho greatest degree whore tho holdings aro small that few, very few of the ranchors havo not boon able to meet their reclamation assessment It is true that where top-heavy prices havo been paid by ranchers for lands that with advorse condi tions of tho past few years, they havo had hard slcding. Tlioro aro othors who havo had as bad and worse. We can see no reason why tho settlors under tho reclamation systoms should bo selected from among tho hundrods of thousands for further government bounty, whon they have had a big advantage for years. At the vory most thoy ought nev er to havo asked for more than an oxtouslon of time for this year's as sessments. Such a request might by an extension of roason be grant ed In viow of tho ndvorso conditions which all ranchors face; but to grant In toto tho measures thoy now sook is unreasonable. If somo of thoso ranchers are to fail, it is to be rogrotted. But in tho long run tho majority will havo been served If they aro brought to a realization that a contract with tho federal government is as binding as ono with anyone else; it is to bo kept. For the future good of Idaho its ef forts should be directed toward getting its people to work at profit able undertakings and not spending tholr tjme trying to develop schemes to avoid meeting their contractual obligations. ISMET PASHA Ismet Pasha, who Is head of the Turkish peace delegation In the Near East peace conference at Lusanne. General Wood Will Remain In Manila. Washington, D. C. Major General Leonard Wood has tendored his resig nation as provost of the University of Pennsylvania and will remain in Man ila permanently as governor general of the Philippines. John Wanamaker Dead In Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. John Wanamaker, tho world famous merchant and form er postmaster general passed away here Tuesday. He had been confined there since early in November with a heavy cold. Ho was 84 years old. Four Women In Irish Senate. Dublin. Tho senate of the Irish Freo State will havo four women members. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Wte Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Several cases of smallpox have ap peared In Wallowa, but It Is of a mild form. Ten persons were murdered In Port land during the 12 months ending No vember 30. Tho population of the Oregon state penitentiary, which laBt August totaled 470, has dropped to 458. The mill of Smith brothers, 15 miles northwest of Prlnoville, recently de stroyed by fire, Is being rebuilt. Retail merchants of Coquille have organized a local chapter of the Ore gon Retail Merchants association. The Peacock mill at Freewatcr Is running night and day in order to fill flour orders from foreign countries. There are at present in the schools of Marion county 14,944 pupils. This Is an increase over last year of 482. The population of the stato home for the feeble-minded at Salem has In creased in the past year from 621 to 707. Thirty-four persons were killed and 1802 Injured in 14,496 traffic accidents in Portland during the year ending November 30. A course in horticulture will be in eluded In the winter short courses given by the Oregon Agricultural col lege January 2 to March 17, 1923. The North Bend Chamber of Com merce has opened a drive for an in crease in membership and for a bud get of $5000 to be expended In 1923. More than 150 telephones were put out of commission in Tho Dalles as a result of the heavy snow which broke down the drops leading to homes. The annual report of the Coos coun ty school superintendent shows that cost of tho public schools of Coos county was $465,766 for the last year. Although the number of cases of typhoid fever in Portland this year has largely exceeded those of 1921, the death record from this disease shows only one more death than In that year. The Santlam Woolen mills, employ ing 150 persons, has built an addi tion to its plant and Is planning further Improvements. The company's mill of fice has been movod from Portland to Stayton. CHRISTMA CARDS Candies CIGARS A COMPLETE BULK AND IN FOR. IIIM IN MNE FANCY XMAS XMAS BOXES ALL ENGRAVED BOSKS BRANDS CARDS Light Lunches Served at all Hours TH! Toys, Dolls, China, Glassware A general line of goods for the Christmas Trade MECANICAL TOYS, WHEEL TOYS, LIGHT CUT GLASS WARE, HAND PAINTED CHINA WARE, DINNER SETS IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN WARES, ALUMINUM WARE, PICTURES, POTTED HYACINTHS AND NARCISSUS BULBS, In fact a great variety of articles suitable as season able presents. It is to your interest particularly at this time when money is bo scarce to buy where you can get tho best prices. 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