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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1914)
GERMAN SUPPLY OF FOOD IS LIMITLESS Von Bernstorif Says Country ; Is Self Sustaining. CONSULTS ABOUT WIRELESS SOUTH TO GROW CATTLE. Kaiser's Ambassador to United State 8aya Hoepital Waa Mada Inaida of Fortress and That Attack by Zeppe lin Followed la Only Ona Author ised to Speak For Germany Here. Waalilng-tnii. "Our crops are excel lent, nnd our mipply of food could Inst forever." snhl Count von Benistor(T. the Oermnn umlmKsiulor. "(Jcritiiiny la absolutely at'lf sustaining If slut wants to lie. We nre reaping the results of policy, ('(inilruined by certnln per ona, of keeping up our agriculture nt ny SOU to the nation, an that the ciiitn- try would he aide to sustain Itself." "Hut If the iiirn are all gone to war how will the crops he withered?" "There are Hillllclrnt men to reap We have no iinin.t people that vu can not put thi'iii all In the army. CJer many has a male population of at least HMMMWQ, Aa for our f:i. toilers. I do not know how many of them are la'lng kept open There Is now hardly any export trade, tl gfe goals still go to Itnly. to Copenhagen and to Chrlatln Din. Home fnctorics are illiilotllilnlly Closed, ami their workmen hive gone to the front. Vou see. we nre nt war. and It Is likely that all the itiiiniifiic tiirlng that Is being done la of mate rials that have to do with wnr neceasl ties. "I ahould like to make it statement.-' the auiliiiHsador had said "Nolssly la authorised to apeak fur the (Jerinan government over here except myself and any statement that la not covered by my unm enn be regarded aa a fake "I tin re) nothing new to any regard Inn the situation with respect to the Wireless station at Tin keilon. N. J. 1 have been consulting with people to whom the atntlon belongs ami with lawyers utioiit It. an. I the Mltuntlon la ait III absolutely ommi. I am trying to get Information un to thu atatu of the tun tier " The .ilia. I, on Antwerp by n .ep peiin ulrshlp nud the consequent pur Hal de-ii mi tt.ui of a boHpltal were mentloinsl "Aa to whether a hoapltul In Ant warp baa really been touched by bomha kuow nothing." said Count Ilernstorff "Hut there Is thle to any.' he added "Antwerp a fortress, made for the iinp..-e of realatlug at tack. KortrvaaeM have alwaya been li.nnl.ar.iiii If a hoepital la touched that la ii.-pioiai.ie but It la abaolutely the ri'suit of a hospital being Inalde 11 fortress." An hi tw ie iiin.iiii in one of the New Turk uewapiipera. from the sn of a German military writer and publlahed aoiiie time ago In tCurope. pointing out how easily It would be poaalble to In trade ami subdue the United States, waa brought up. "I never beard of that writer," anld the ambaasndor. "I ahould not aup poae bla work would be of great value If be Mies mi. h a rldlculoua thing." "Amei n-iiiis have complained that au tomobllea have been aelsed." waa aug Seated "lu wnr every kind of private prop erty becomes the property of the gov ernment. Moat of my frienda aold their a ii toinoi, lies to the government No Amerlcnn'a car waa taken without a receipt being given, and the car or Ita equivalent will be returned Why. In France nut. iiiiol lies have been taken My (laughter, the Countess Pourtalea. bua u little property In Suvole, near the frontier and not far from Geneva, and the French seized her car and guve her Just three days to get out of the coun try. They gave my aon. who waa via- Itlng her. Just twenty-four hours to leave." BIG PROFIT IN THIS WHEAT. A Thirty Acra Tract That Wee Not Seeded or Plowed. Kansas City. Mo. A thirty acra Held of wheat that la expected to yield thirty-live bushels to the acre Hnd did not cost the owner a cent for aeed or labor until harvest la on the King farm, southwest of Grand view. It la owned by A. J. King of the King Uealty company. Last year the ground waa lu wheat and yielded thlrty-eeveu buabela to the acre. The harvest waa late, the wbefet waa very ripe nud much of it shatter ed off and lay on the ground. It came op ao thickly in the fall that it waa pastured down Mr. King decided to let It stand and see what would be the result without plowing the ground and seeding It again. APPLES. 210,000,000 BUSHELS Department or Agriculture ejaye Year's Crop Will Exceed 1913. Washington An apple crop of UCV 000.000 busbeis is forecaated by the department of agriculture. That Is about tl5.OUO.000 buebela more than last year, but 2S.00U.0U) bushels leas than In IU1- and about 4.000,000 bushels less than In 1911 The mean price f prislmers In the three muntha of heavy marketing. September. Octo ber mid November, lust year waa M6.3 cents I b HaVel In IMJ it was t.3 ceuta, and in 1011 It was UU I cenU. Department of Agriculture Aims to Educate Southern Farmera. Washington. With a view to Induc ing the south to grow beef cattle tho men of the department of agriculture whose duty It la to figure for the ex tension of all brunches of nnttnai In dustry nre planning for a HO aero llvo Mock demonstration farm in IamiIsI nun. It will be the first of Ita kind In the country. There are breeding farms maintained by other governments, but, ao fnr na known, this la the only one the primary purpose of which la to de velop breeds of cnttle entirely for their beef producing qualities. The furm la to be located on the dividing line between the enne augnr Innd nnd the cotton Innd of the Pelican Stnte. The boll weevil hna tnnde cot ton culture In the moist, aubtroplcnl pnrt of the atnte too hnrairdoua. There are ninny fnrmera who, when driven out of cotton by the weevil, undertook enne growing. They found, however, thnt with overflows nnd occnslonnl frosts, growing enne wit a nlwuit ns har. nrdoiis ns growing cotlon. The south Is thinking not of dnlry Ing. but of growing lieef cnttle. The fnrmera have been getting anch good price for their different stink, they hnve so much corn on hand now. thnt the weevil has made them think of something other than cotton, thnt In every county theic Is n locnl senti ment favoring the eraillentlon of the tick, n OOmpnrntlvelv simple operation, and the grow Ing of eattle for the pmk Ing houses. There Is nothing wrong with the tick ' ed cnttle from I food point of view, but so long ns the tick remains In that country It ftj next to Impossible to Improve the bi I. The Immune cnttle nre not up to the standard of requirement for profitable shipment. The hauls to market nre comparatively long, so It Is desirable thnt the ntnount of Initio, hoof and horn to be trn import ed ho reduced to n minimum while the flesh that can be put mi the mnrket Is brought to the maximum. POPE PIUS X. WAS A CHURCH REFORMER Abolished Veto Privilege of Monarchs In Elections. New Turk. In the course of nn In terview Cardinal Gibbons gave It aa bla opinion I hut the world hnd failed U) Its estimate of the dead pontiff. I'llls X , that the ludgmeiil of n future day would plm-f the son of a peasant who was raised to the pouillluil throne among the really great men of the twentieth century. The eminent cardinal voiced the thoughts of those wlio have been the leal beneficiaries of the short but ac tive relgu of Plue. Gluaepe Sarto waa essentially a pope of Internal ae tlvltlea. Ninety ier cent of Ids voluml Doiia utterancea were addressed to the IK'opars In all lauds who profess thu Catholic religion. Many of hla prede eeaaora In the Itomnn aee were meu of a variety of talents, whereas he bad but one the talent for rooting up and exposing aud building up ns fast as he revealed the aore sputa within his field. It la becauae Plus waa nn Internal ocrutor that the world us reflected In n.'u -,a;,ei s. magazines and books baa failed, hla admlrera say. to under atand blm to buve been anything more than a good and kindly old inun whom everybody must love. Nobody will ever accuse Giuseppe Sarto of huvlng been able to make "a deal" with mon archs, and he never renewed with uny visible aggressiveuess the claim of temporal (tower In the sense that he wished to lie known as the itope-klng Lie began a reformer and died reform ing. One of hla first utterances was u condemnation of Vie privileges of rer tain rulers of Europe by which tln ; ii. hi. l let ii be Known mat they went against this cardinal and for thut one. He annulled their veto privilege. The be liegan a series of Investigations, alwaya of the church and the people in it never of any others. ' He never worried about personalities where hla reforms were concerned. lie hit hard, then looked at the place he hud bit GIRL'S RECORD WHEAT YIELD. Thirteen-year-old Kaneas Maid Has Oram Averaging Forty-seven Buahals. I Wichita. Kan.-Cora Patterson, thlr- I teen yeara old. of Caldwell, Is the proudest girl lu her neighborhood. Last fall she aaked her father for a amall plot of hla farm near town on which abe could experiment with wheat rais ing. Mr. Patterson allotted hla dnugh- ' ter four acres. She plowed the ground. I harrowed It and sowed the grain. She I cared for It aud watched It with an eager eye. The wheat was recently thrashed. It averaged forty -seven bushels to the acre, the beat yield lu this part of Kansas In only the cutting and thrashing did Miss Pattersou take n part. Chicken Haa Two Heads. Standlah. Mleh. Ilurvey Heacb of Klacklng township. Ogen.t w GOQBt) has a freak ch, ken. It has two h. ...l and three eye- all In good worklnr order How the two beads would agree ns to the one who should get the worn: when it tibd one has Dot been stated. WARRING POWERS OWN NEARLY ALL OF AFRICA Natural Resources ot Posses sions Among Richest. Washington. The Afrlcnn posses ejasaj and protectorates of the Euro pcun powers now at wnr are more than three times na lurge na continental 1'nlted States. They are more thnn three times na huge aa all of lauope now plunged In wnr nnd nre eleven ilmes Inrger thnn Englnnd, France, (iermnuy nnd Helgiuin. which control them They occupy U.IM17.531 of Af li en's 11,51:1.1X10 square miles. "Tho largest Individual holder of Af rlcnn territory a France, with aVautiMM square miles, more than 1,500.000 of which Is the Sahara desert," Bays the society's statement. "England con trols .'l.lUS.'.M.i si na re miles, Belgium, with Belgian Kongo ns Its sole posses sion. WI'J.ihni Minora miles, and Ger many l.ii:'.."i.nsii sipiare miles These figures make surprising contrast with tfcooa of the European holdings of these countries Bnropoan franco coo slsts of 'JoT.o.il s.Uiie Btflaoi England. ItlJBI s,,:are miles; Belgium. IUTI square miles; I iei'iiiiiliy. HOtiTMU aquare iiiTes "England I Is In the population of llel Aim an di'l'indeni'les. with a to tal ol i:i. l.'is .,ihi Inhabitants, more than J.iiiiii.ii.mi o w lx nil an Curopciiua. I In- balk "I her white population la In I he llii.'ii ol South Africa, wlileli coll slsls ol iji.od Hope. Natal, the Trans vaal and Orange Klvel Colony and In srbJca dwell ninrly IJOftVOOO 'foreign era.' There an- approximately 40.000y (MS) people living In French Afrlcnn possessions, more thnn i.imki.insi of whom are white. I he renter of Prance's white population Is Algeria, where nearly 800,000 Europeans nnd 5.000,000 nntlvea llvo. There are 15,- 000.000 I pie III Belgian Kongo. ' . !'' ' of whom are while, and I'J.'-HKi.BOO German subjects In her dependencies, of whom nearly 20.000 are Kiimpciiti Thirteen thousand of these live In German Southwest Africa. "The natural resources of many of these African possessions nre among the richest In the world. The Union nf South Afrlcn, under British control. gnortfd in into $iM.riOo.ooo in gold nnd fio.lim.fton In diamonds. The Im ports and exports of Altrerla. n Eretirh possession, exceeded $233,000,000 In 1012 Helglnn Kongo's exports now pnsa the $15,000,000 mnrk nnnnnlly. while flermany's colonies nre sending to other countries about $25,000,000 worth of produce nnnnnlly." LIGHTNING SKINS A MAN. Bolt Passes Down Hia Back, Paralys ing Him. Orlnndo. Pin. The nnrrow escape from death by lightning of Charles N'ystroin, n former Hcandln (Knti.i cltl- ii, Is mlruciilous Striking him on the hark between the shoulders, the holt pissed down his bnck and legs, partially parnlyrlng htm from the waist down. lie was literally skinned nllve. nnd Ills outer akin was burned to a crisp At last accounts he was regaining the use of his limbs In rplte of his terrible experience, hut It Is thought ho cannot rerover. SAVING TIME h TELEPHONE Means Not Only Time But Money. Do you ever consider how long it takes to travel the dlftatiM from your house to the Doctor and Merchant and what time j ou save hy telephoning? If your time is worth anything, you cannot afford to be without a Telephotip. Malheur Home Telephone Co. IMMENSE COTTON LEAVES. i North Carolina Growl Them Twelve Inches Wide. I.limberton. N, C lld you ever aee n e.illon leaf that measures twelve and n hair inches across? V. A. vTMMrl broiitht one to II newspaper olllce here. It men -in red Hint much, and there were plenty more, he said, in the Held where tttoi raoja from, nn the stronu Wlsh.irt pine, about three mUes vest of l.umberlon Seven or eiu-lit Inches la a prettv ajanj sire for colt. in leaves, ao vou i an ee thill these . otlon lein i-s tune allalned nn unusual growth. Wisconsin Pioneer Is 101. Aliierv Wis.- Hemline four genem Hints William C Wileht says he Is the oldest resident of Wlseonsln Mr Wrkht Is 101 years nnd . months old He make" his home wllh his sou William II Wrlu-ht mn lure Mrs I'.llr.abelh Handbell daiiL'tilei of Wll Ham II Wrlu'ht. nnd her son. N'ormnn. iual-e up Hie fourth generation circle. The auvil Wvlcbt Is a plonehr ixsdent of il" ' H Real Estate Bulletin jn'.i 180 Miiis land . Rboul I3fnili from railroftd, Thia g lofjaajd oil hunl aid would ninki' line MMlQTf il nwn to gravM as gruaa gfOWt line, nini tlic uihIim- luusli it iilimit nil burned oul Comidcrfiblt ol this la ti I iniild lp iiiinii'il if grubbed off, Pricf on this $6.60 par ocro, Won!! ... ; '.; ,;,.,, uvmi town. 210 Qood a-rimm house htre in a tOWO Of Idaho, 1 lilnck ftiiiii Main Street. I.nt 60x40, ileetric lights, Uiuiil well, eellnr, and lot is Het mil lu In is. This man also has u kiilicr shoi here thai is paying him jros 160 per '" from ll) to 46, imikiiiK blm net ahmit $106 per month. Price on house and simp $860. I neiimhriuiei) $260 part down, halance on time. Thin is a snap for smiip harher. Tho man's father has offered him a niitl stock proposition, rtMOfl fot sellinjj. Ontario Real Estate Co0 T77 . 1 J: JiJ? f " MBUVJIT w0U4 MassAwaf T Wh 'jr n as J v nv ftKTt;;t'i' it f MPPYrJOlJRS j.) Kim ball's Dairy Farmer lNe. .. 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