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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
TAINTED POLITICS
BY Peter Radford.

This country Is suffering more from
tainted politics than from any other
malady at the present time. There is
scarcely q campaign speech made, a
platform demand written or a mea-
sure enacted into law that does not
carry the taint Of personal gain Of
some politician or political faction
thereof.
There is more blue sky" In cam
paign promises Of many politicians
running for Office than was ever con-
tanned in the prospectuses Of the bold
est promoters Of chimerical business
schemes. There are more secret CON-
binations formed by politicians In the
name OF MY Country" than we're ever
formed under any and all other
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden In the phrase BE II en-
acted" than we're ever concealed un-
der any and all other DISCUSSES.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained passion for
mastery has caused more distress In
this nation than the greed for gold.
and II ought to be regulated by law.
No business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentlessly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than q political party
that seeks TO make Junk Of an In.
dustry, or cripple business for party
success, through tariff measures, po-
litical supervision and ofttimes de-
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring TO the voter
as the story Of the rainbow with Its
pot of gold and their consummation
about az far-fetched. Self.gain IL the
first law In politics. There are many
men In once today who. II they
could not shake plums OF the tree OF
American liberty or cut q melon taken
from Uncle Sans commissary. would
have less desire to serve tho public.
The country is surfeiting with patri.
OTIS. who will baro their breast to bull
let's in defense of their country. but
there are few men in public life who
will bare their breast 10 voters or run
the gauntlet Of party disfavor In do
fense OF agriculture or industry. No
representative OF the people. who will
permit personal prejudice to dethrone
Justice. party success to disfranchise
reason or the rancor OF a political
campaign to influence judgment can
render capable service.
The preservation Of our prosperity
depends upon wisdom. courage and
honesty in government. and tho Amer.
lean voter should seek these attri-
butes as implicitly a. the Wise Men
followed tho Star Of Bethlehem and
they will often be found to rest over
the stable; the plow or the stan OF
the Shepherd. Tho surest cure for
tainted politics and machine rule 10
fresh air and sunshine and these I'm
portant elements arc most abundant
upon the farm. and when farmers.
bankers and merchants are elected TO
membership In legislative bodies. much
Of the trouble In government will dis
appear.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
THE PENALTY Of
CARELESSNEss
BY 8. w. inelIsh,
Fire Prevention Expert.

Every time you hear the cry OF
"Fire!' you can be almost absolutely
safe In thinking that someone has
been careless. Fires don't happen.
They are the inevitable result of
combinations OF preventable things.
When analysed to the last equation
II will be found that carelessness Is
the root whence spring nearly all
fires.
What q penalty industry pays to
carelessness! Fire is the great de-
stroyer. The wealth of generation
can be wiped out in but brief hour
Why not fight fires before they
start? Why not so conduct your
habits and so keep your premises
that when the fire demon wants to
offer your savings as a sacrifice he
will pass you by, just as those Of
Egypt of old were passed over when
the sign they had been told to place
over their doors. were seem
Too often when those who are
responsible from fire cry out they
are the victims of bad luck, they are
but paying the natural penalty ior
their own carelessness.
II you want to keep down your fire
insurance rates, wage eternal war
fare against those things that ever
breed fires.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION
BY Peter Radford.

The recent investigation of the
United States Commission OF Indus
trial Relations brought together the
extremes OF society and has given the
public an opportunity 10 view the rep
resentatives or distinct classes. side
by side. and TO study their views In
parallel columns.
Capital and labor have always been
glaring at each other over CULTS OF
Misunderstanding and II the Federal
Industrial Commission attempts to
bridge the chasm. Il will render the
public distinct service.
The farmer has been sitting on the
fence watching capital and labor night
for many years and incidentally furn-
ishing the sinews OF war and II ts
quite gratifying 10 find them talking
with. instead OF about. each other.
When honest men smile and look into
each others souls. II always makes
the world better and far more salts
factory to the farmer. who In the end.
bears the burden OF conflict. than
resolutions, speeches or pamphlets
containing charges and counter
charges.
The love for justice makes the
whole world kin. Understanding 10 an
arbiter far more powerful than the
mandates OF government. for there 10
no authority quite 30 commanding as
an honest conscience; there Is no de-
cree quite 30 binding as that OF the
Supreme Court of Common Sense and
no sheriff can keep the peace quite 30
perfect as Understanding.
We suppose the time will never
come when capital and labor will not
be occasionally blinded by the light
ming flashes OF avarice or frightened
by the thunder peals OF discomfort.
But Understanding is a Prince OF
Peace that ever holds out the olive
branch to men who want to do right.
A mans income is always a sacred
thing for In 1t are the hope. ambition
and opportunity OF himself. and fam
lily, but there is nothing In human
heart quite SO divine as Justice and
Understanding IL It's handmaiden
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
RURAL SCHOOL TERM
SHOULD Be EXTENDED
by p. p. Ciaston,
u. q. Commissioner OF Education.

In most States school days for
country children are fewer than for
city children. The average length OF
school term In cities OF the United
States Ia ono hundred and eighty
Ave days; In rural communities one
hundred and thirty-eight days. a diff
ference OF forty-seven days. In some
States the difference is much greater
than this average. In many counties
the average length OF the rural
school term In less than one hun.
drcd days. and In some districts II is
less. On the other hand. In the
States OF California, New York and
Connecticut, the country schools are
In session one hundred and eighty
days IN o year. and In several other
States almost as long. The country
schools OF Rhode Island are In ses.
sion one hundred and ninety days In
q year.
II all children are to have an equal
opportunity for education we must
even up the school terms OF the
country and give TO all country chill
dren at least as many days AZ are
now given 70 city children. One
hundred and eighty.hve days OF
schooling n year for all children will
not be too much. There are coun-
tries In which the schools. both for
city and country. are In session from
two hundred and twenty TO two hun
dred and hfty days or more In the
year. American children need as
much education as those OF any 9TH
or country. and this applies to the
rural as well as urban districts.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
CIVILIZATIONS
GREATEST TRAGEDY.

Extract from article by w. ID. Lewis,
president Texas Farmers Union. op-
posing woman's suffrage:
I'VE are willing to join In every ef-
fort TO elevate woman but will assist
In none TO drag her down. The de-
scent OF womanhood is the most awful
tragedy in civilization As she sinks
she may. like the setting sun. tint the
horizon with the rays OF her depart
ing glory. She may tenderly kiss the
mountain tops OF her achievement
farewell; she may. like the sinking
sun. allure the populace with her
beauty as she disappears for the night
but when she steps downward. the
earth is as certain to tremble and
plunge into darkness as death Is to
follow life"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
LEGAL NOTICES
SUMMONS.
In the Circuit Court of the State o


In the Circuit Court of the State Of
Oregon for the County of Malheur.
C. w. Giesler and j. C. Giesler, CO.
partners as Giesler Brothers, plain
tiffs, VS.. H. Tyree, defendant. Sum-
mons.
To II. Tyree, the above named de-
fendant:
In the name of the State Of Oregon,
you are hereby required to appear and
answer the complaint filed against
you in the above entitled action on or
before the Gath day of June, 1916, the
same being the last day of the time
prescribed by order Of the court di-
recting service Of summons in this
cause to be made upon you by pub
lication; and If you fail SO to answer
for want thereof the plaintiffs will
take judgment against you on first
cause Of action for $344.15 with in
terest thereon at six per cent per an
mum from December 81, 1914, and on
second cause of action for 5000 with
interest thereon at six per cent per
annum from January 16, 1915, and for
the costs and disbursements of said
action, and for an order fo- the sale
of your real and personal property
attached by the plaintiffs in said ac-
ton.
You are further notified that this
summons Is served upon you by pub
lication under and by virtue Of an or
der Of the Hon. Dalton Biggs, judge Of
the above entitled court, which said
order was made and entered on the
sth day Of May, 1915, and directed
that this summons be published once
each week for six successive weeks
in the Ontario Argus, commencing
with the issue Of May 10, 1915. First
publication Is on May 13, 1915, and
last publication Is on June "a, 1915.
MCULLOCH u WOOD,
Attorneys for Haintiffs.
First publication May 13.
Last publication June "a.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
SECURITIES
BY Peter Radford.

Much has been said and more writ
ten about the evils OF watered stock In
big business concerns and tho farm
ers OF this nation believe that every
dollar written into the life OF any
business organization, should be able
TO say Il know that my Redeemer
liveth." but farming is the biggest
business on earth. and there is more
water In It's financial transaction than
that OF any other industry. There is
an much water In q farmers note
drawing eight or ten per cent interest
when other lines OF industry secure
money for four or Ave per cent per
annum, as there is In business pay
ing a reasonable compensation upon
the face value OF securities repre-
senting an investment OF only nifty
cents ON the dollar. The only diff
ference is, the water Ia In the interest
rate In one instance and In the secur-
tiles I'm the other.
The promoter ofttimes takes chances
and his success Is contingent upon
the development OF the property in
volved but the usurer. as rule. takes
no chances and his success cripples
the property involved. There may be
industries that cry louder but none
that suffer more severely from fnan-
cial immortality In both law and Gus
tom than that OF agriculture.
The farmers OF America today are
paying s200.000.0O0 per snnum In
usury on real estate and chattel
loans. and this interest capitalized
at five per cent. represents $4,000. .000.-
900 OF fictitious values which the farm
er is paying interest on. This sum OF
money 10 almost equal to the annual
value of crops produced In the United
States.
The earning power Of the farmers
note based upon his interest rate very
nearly divides likes the earth's sur
ace-three-fourths water and one
fourth land. The largest body OF wa
ter that floats upon the financial hem
isphere now rests upon the farms
and its waves are dashing and Its
pillows are rolling against seven mil
lion homes threatening ruin and dis
aster to the prosperity Of the alton.
VIII our public servants who under
stand how to drain the liquid on In
dustrial properties turn the faucet and
let the water on the farms?
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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
Photo @ by Mofrett.

When you want pansy plants call
the Ontario Floral company. Head
quarters at the Argus office, tele-
phone 49-J.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

Only $1.25 for the following collec-
tion Of house plants: / heleitrope, 1
falling star, Mad Sail geranium,
Madison Barney geranium, 1 ivy ger
anium, 2 begonias, celus, 2 trades
cantias, green and veriegatcd, Ken
elworth ivy, Vincar Var.
Ontario Floral Co.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
VI W. HINTON
STOCK INSPECTOR OF MALHEUR
COUNTY oFEIcE AT CARTER
BARN, PHONE III

DEPUTIES
Emery Cole. Brogan.
Alex Lockhead Ontario.
Bert High. Vale.
c.. c. Morton, Odds Ferry.
N. o. White, Weiser Bridge.
j. f.. Holly, Riverview
Abe Denny. Jordan Valley.
Joe Bankoffer, McDermitt
]. Boydell, Nyssa
John G. South, Juntura
VIM: Kline, Harper
l.. M. Seaward. Ontario Bridge
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

Agriculture IL recognized a. the
greatest Of all industries and Q pros
porous. progressive and enlightened
Agricultural population = Shs eazsst]
pafegusyd Of eixilisatioa. sa~-nn>.S~
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
Church Services
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN

Bible school at 10 a. m. Preaching
at IL a. m. and 500 p. m. Young peo-
Piles meeting at 7:l5 p. m.
The church is here to help the people
and the community. You can make a
more potent force. Come TO any or all
of the services and you will find a well
come. W. N. BROWN, Pastor.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

Oregon Short Line Time Table
Ontario. Oregon. November Sth 1914
TIME TABLE NO. 70
WESTWARD
Train
No. Leave
II Oregon Wash. Limited 4;22 m
rs Huntington Passenger 9:S6 m
10 Oregon Wash. Express 6:S3p m
s Fast Mail 6:l5 p m
EASTWARD
IS Oregon Wash. Limited 2:5l m
rs Boise Passenger $3.50 m
Eastern Express 1912 p m
Oregon Wash. Express 6:S3 p m
OREGON EASTERN BRANCH
WESTWARD
Train
No. Leave
l39 Mixed, leaves Monday,
Wednesday and Friday 800 m
EAsTwARD
l40 Mixed, arrives Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday l:3O p m
VALE q eRoGAN BRANCH
WESTWARD
Train
No. Leave
l4l Mixed Vale and Brogan
Daily except Sunday lO:)O:a m
81 Passenger, Vale daily TOO p m
EAST BOUND
98 Passenger. from Vale
daily o:4o m
l42 Mixed from Brogan
and Vale Daily except
Sunday S'oo m
The Homedals train leaves Nysss
at 2:45 on Tuesday. Thursday and
saturday, returning. arrive at On
tario at o p. IN.
,.e>,>~>ee>>eee~>~~ ~>~~~>~~~~s~~>~~~~S>~~
Congregational Church.
Sunday School, 1000 a. m.
Morning Worship, 1l:OO a. m.
Endeavor, TOO p. m.
Evening Service, $500 p. m.
REV. PHILIP KoENIG.
Notice-The Argus office wants to
buy clean cotton rags.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

II is an admitted economic fact that
there can be no permanent prosperity
without Q permanent agriculture.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
Catholic Church.
Mass at 10 a. m. Sunday mornings.
II. A. CAMPO, Rector.

METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday Schsol, 1000 a. m. Preach
ing, morning. Hoo a. m, evening 500
p. m.
Yol need the church-the church
eets yoJ-"Let's get together"
c. C. PRATT, Pastor
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

Notiee-The Argus office wants to
buy clean cotton rags.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

The Argus, $1.00 the year.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

The Argus, $l.00 the year.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

The Argus, $1.O0 the year.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
BUSINESS PROFESSIONS /: TRADES
MEATS.

The best in the line of fresh and cures
Meats at lowest prices. Ontario Ma,
ket.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
LOCAL MARKETS

Prices quoted below are general re-
tail prices prevailing in Ontario and
are in no case special sale prices:
Asparagus, per lb, 10c.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
Old Men Are on Top.

Oldish men still remain on top in
this war after year OF hard fighting.
The four conspicuous commanders arc
Jonre OF the French, Won Hindenburg
or the Germans, French OF the English
and Grand Duke Nicholas Of the Rus
SLAMS All are we'll up in the sixties.
That is an unusual circumstance.
Caesar was young man when he IN
vaded Gaul. Alexander was a boy
when he made his great conQuests.
Napoleon became the military meteor
ON earth before he was thirty, and he.
and wellington were only forty-six
when they met at Waterloo for the
last fight either ever witnessed.
Washington was but forty-five when
he wintered at Valley Forge, and he
was not yet fifty-six when CORVALLIS
surrendered to him his army at York
town. Grant was only forty-three az
he stood at Appomattox. Stonewall
jackson had won a military record for
all time before he was killed at thir-
ty-nine.
Won Molke was the exception, as he
was seventy when, As years ago this
summer, he trapped the armies OF
france In six weeks. But these seem
to be the days when age gets the
plums.
Didn't our governor just designate
rs Pennsylvania's three greatest men
one seventy-three. another seventy
hve and third seventy-seven?-
G1rard." In Philadelphia Ledger.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
OBSERVED THE USUAL o4Ens
French Astronomer Claims the Stare,
a. Always, ForetoId COMING
OF War IN Europe.


! In q reccnt number of L'Astrcnomie
Camille Flammarion publishes an In
genious memoir, illustrated with
quaint woodcuts from q sixteenth CEN,
tury work on prodigies. In which he
shows that all tho celestial and terres-
trial omens OF war In which our fore
fathers so firmly believed duly ush-i
cred In the great conflict now raging
In Europe. These include (1) the
total solar, eclipse Of August 81. 1914,
visible In Europe and Asia; CD Della,
vans naked-eye comet, known ns the
war comet" discovered at tho close
OF 1913 and destined 70 remain visible
for the NEXT fve years (from which
the superstitious might auguS seven
years OF war;; (3) tho transit Of Mer-
curry on November z, 1914; 90 the fall
OF q 35-pound meteorite In England
last October; 60 the great Italian
earthquake Of January 13. 1915: (e) a
'tricolored" star, OF which M. FIam-
marion promises to furnish particu-
lars later. only remarking for the
present that II was an optical effect
much exaggerated by the popular
imagination; and lastly all sorts Of
remarkable weather. including a win
try day In June OF last year. with a
minimum temperature of Al degrees
In Paris. It would be too bad. adds
the Scientific American. to refute this
accumulated evidence OF the futility
OF modern science by seeking for pre-
vious periods OF a year or so in which
similar omens were manifested and
no war followed.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
THE THRICE-A.WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
Practically y Daily at the Price of a
Weekly--No Other Newspaper In the
World Gives so Much ut No Low
Price

There has never been time when
a newspaper was more needed in the
household. The great war in Europe
has now entered its second year, with
no promise of an end for a long time.
These are Notwithstanding events, in
which the United States, willingly or
unwilling, has been compelled to take
part. No intelligent person can ig-
more such issues.
The Presidential contest also will
soon be at hand Already candidates
for the nomination are in the field,
and the campaign. owing to the ex-
traordinary character OF the times.
will be OF supreme interest. No 9TH
er newspaper will inform you with the
promDtness and cheapness OF the
Thrice-a-Week edition OF the New
York World.
The Thrlce-a-week worlds regular
subscription price is only $1.OO per
year, and this pays for 156 papers
We offer this unequalled newspaper
and The Argus together for one year
for $l75. The regular subscription
price Of the two papers is $500
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
SMOKING AND WAR ALLIED
Interesting TO Note The Innovations,
Which Have Been Brought
About by BIoodshed.

It Is interesting to note In refer:
ence to Sir Ian Hamilton's appeal for,
cigarettes for my brave fellows in,
Gallipoli." that the last war In which
Britain was engaged in that part of
Europe resulted in a new fashion in
smoking. Before the Crimean war smok-'
Ing was regarded as a rather surrepti-
uous habit to BIO INDUCED In in
out-of-the-way places, and it is record:
ed that both Gladstone and Palmerston.
were strongly against the tobacco hab-.
II, and did not like to have people
near them who had been smoking.
There was much smoking OF cigars in
the trenches at Sebastopol. Soldiersi
returned from the war set the example
not only OF wearing Icing whiskers, but
OF smoking with much more freedom
than In the past. and cigars appeared
In the streets. In those days some of
the old school smoked cigars in china
holders deliberately painted. an exer-'
else calculated from its peculiar incon-.
veniences to keep smoking within
bounds.-Dundee Advertiser.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
LAMENT ABSENCE OF GENIUS
Frenchnsn Wonder That Great War
Has Not Produced Literary Man
Of Great Ability.

That the epoch 1914-15 has not pro-
duced a single genius in France is
made the occasion for comment by the
French journal, Le Cri dc Paris.
I'm fact" says the Cri, ut appears
that the stars In our literary heav-
els have been growing pale for some
time. But the time has produced am
astonishing. almost miraculous phe-
nomenon. Certain works already an
cient. OF which the authors are dead,
have suddenly become noted as in
comparable, which before were not
considered SO beautiful. It is the war
that all at once has revealed their
splendor, and today they evoke uni.
versal enthusiasm. One may count
them upon the fingers. for there are
but four OF them: A poem, a piece Of
music. sculpture and painting.
The poem Is the hymn OF Victor
Hugo, The Devoted Ones Who Died
for Their Country Few French knew
1t before the war; now everyone
knows 1t by heart, or pretends to know
It. The piece OF music is The Mar
ceillaise.' The young people imag-
hed 1t was a ritournelle, a mere -four
ish. They have just found that it is
masterpiece. The sculpture Is the
'Marseillaise' that Rude cut upon one
or the door 1ambs Of the arch OF tri.
umph- The painting is a panel by
Puvis de Chavannes, in the Pantheon,
st. Gcnevieve Watching Over Paris.
So In the midst OF the storm that
which was great has become very
great; and that which was mediocre
has become small very small"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
BUYS DOG TO RECOVER RING
Man Kills Animal and Flnds His $500
Gem In Stomach, AZ He
Had Suspected. p

While William A. Thompson was
trying to drive q pup away from him
the animal closed on his fingers and
pulled on and swallowed 5000 dia-
mond ring. Mr.. Thompson was not
certain what had become Of the ring,
but when he failed to find It he sus-
pected the dog. He bought the ami.
NAL, nominally n ten-cent pup, from
H r. Rogers, the negro owner. for
$10 after much parley. took the dog
home. killed him and found the dia-
mond ring in his stomach.
He was luckier than a man in a
neighboring town who owned a valu-
able vase. family heirloom. His dog
poked his head into the neck OF tho
vase and 1t stuck. Tho owner cut of
the dogs head to save the vase and
then had to break the vase to get out
the dogs head to bury it.-Beckley
CIV. Va.J Dispatch to New York
World.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-10-07
Authority on Steel produo,Io,

Sir Robert Hadfeld, who has been
selected by the British government to
assume charge OF the engineering
works that 1t has obtained power to
take over for the manufacture Of war
material. is one OF the greatest liv-
Ing authorities on the production of
steel. In addition to- tho Bessemer
medal. which is the blue ribbon OF the
iron and Steel institute of Great Brit
am he has received equally high
awards from similar societies In al
most every country OF the civilized
world. Inventor Of manganese steel,
he Is chairman OF the Hadfield Steel
Foundry company Ltd, at Shefield,
ono OF the biggest ordnance and pro-
lectile concerns I'm the United king
dom. In fact, in the world.