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2 THE ONTARIO ARGUS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 1916 THE ONTARIO ARGUS 'UDI.iSIIKD EVBKY THUH8DAT Entered in the postoffloe at Ontario, Oregon, for transmission through the mail as second-class matter. W. C MARSH p A Real Danger. A rttl tlanger hydrophobia menaces the residents of Malheur County and should be met by the people as a whole and not left to just the officials of the several towns. Concentrated and co operative effort is demanded if all precautionary methods are to be taken. The danger lies not only in the los of stock and valu able combines but also in the loss of human life, which is4nfinite ly more precious. Stock has died and is dying throughout the county from hydrophobia. Many dogs have gone mad and been shot, while others that have been bitten had to be killed. Some of these dogs were much prized by their owners and bad to be kil led through no fault of theirs but because necessity demanded it. So far several persons in the interior have lost their lives from this dreaded malady. And the question now confronts us How far is this state of affairs going to go? The time for action is now, and the duty belongs to everyone. Every owner of a dog should muzzle it or kill it, and the fact that any dog is unmuzzled should he evidence enough that the dog is not valued and should bo killed. This could not only be applied to town but to the country as well. Every farmer and every citi zen should constitute himself a protector of life and property against hydrophobia. If just the cities take up the tight it will never be finished for tho siraplo reason that the source is not in the city but in tho country among the coyotes. It is therefore tho farmer and stockmen that has tho greatest opportunity. All stock that dies should bo poisoned and dragged to some place win ! coyotes are known to frequent. In killing a coyote whether mad or not tho farmer ami stockman is doing a favor to himself In one place this fall ami winter tho coyotes have been almost er adicated beeauso of poisoning tho dead stock. Lot us awake to our responsibility in this matter and lot us take ovo y opportunity to do our part in stamping out this plague. Let ns put away all Hiiporstious and deal with tho facts. Dr. Saurman the state bacteriologist, emphatically declares that the piihtuer treatment is lbe only cure fur ra'.iiew, and that enough care can not he taken in protecting life and property from this menace. Athletics. Athetotics hns for its primary object the building up of the physical body. It is introduced to supply the need for exercise by tho person, whoso work is more mental than physical ami whoso body would break down or deteriorate undor tho strain put upon it. For this reason athetotic clubs are formed and athetotics indulged in by business men, professional men and by students of our schools. Mut Athetotics has a fur greater inlluonce in character bolUUng than niiinv of its antagonists will allow. But which can be easily soon by any unprejudiced person, who will tuke tho trouble to look into tho subject. Athetotics trains tho mind to quick judge ment and rapid execution. It tt aches one to tuko care of In.- body for without this care ho cannot succeed in athetotic games ami iiui's. It gives the athlete a chance to devolopo along soiial lines in that he gets accustomed to mooting every kind of person. Hut above all if athletics porformes its greatest mission it engenders into its followers that ideal type of humanity, the true sport. Kecauso it will touch one to take knocks that come his way without grumbling, to he honest, truthful, clean and above board in a work to play square no matter what tho conditions. And this is something that applies to life us well as to play. If athle tics does not tend to create a clean mind and body, to make a person self reliant, sell rontrolled and ready to tuke into consid eration the oilier fellow's shortcomings and handicaps and to al low for them, in other words if athletics does not tend to make of its followers a true sport, something is radically wrong. Religion And Education. Religion without education is superstitution but what is educa tion without religion7 We take great puins to see that our phy sical and mental natures are properly cared for but what about our spiritual nature " What does it profit a man to gaiu the whole world and loose his own soul? These are some of the qMttfOM that we should be putting to ourselves every day for they are really and essentially problems of the human life. And vet they are often times the very ones ws try to avoid. To live a life of the greatest usefulness a person should devel- ope himself symmetrically and should not neglect any side of his character. If a person neglects his body it cannot gaiu the re quired support to the mind and spirit. If he neglects his niiid he eunnot properly care for Lis body norattuina very high spirit ual character, but if he ut gleets his spiritual nature he looses the usefulness of his physical and mental development, (.'iviliuliou demands that a man be developed symmetrically if its progress is to be stimulated. Heing helow tho average is what keeps the av erage down and the only thing needed to raise the standard of civilization is to make ourselves dettei than the average. NEW ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN WAR AMERICAN LOAN TO RUSSIA READY (Special to The Argus.) New York. The loan of the group of New York bankers to the Russian government has been perfected. The amount of Russian bills accept ed by I.. P. Morgan A Co., and their associates, reaches f25.000.000 for 90 days, subject to renewal for an addi tional 90 days, at a rate of 6 per cent per annum. THE MARKETS. Out of the state of virtual deadlock, which for weeks has existed in the east and west, there have sprung dur ing the last few days military events of mors Importance than followers of the war expected at this time. They are, briefly: The Russian offensive toward new points on the frontiers of East Prussia and Posen; the fighting at Solssons; the expected Turkish ad vance on Egypt aad the plans for a renewed attack on Servla by com bined Austro-Uerman forces. To the west of Waraaw large Ger man forces are still concentrated, but they are gaining little ground and It Is thought likely that the fighting which will develop as a result of the new Russian movement may, for the time being, overshadow the fighting for the Polish capital. It Is even sug gested that Field Marshal von Hln denburg held in check along the Itziirn and Rawka rivers, la about to Initiate a fresh movement of German troops either from Thorn or from East Prussia, and that the Russian advance toward the German frontier Is Intend ed to forestall this attempt. The Dritlah press concedes that the Germans were victors In the recent fighting near Bolasons. Military writ ers, speculating as to the reason for Emperor William's presence at the front during the fighting near Sols soni, suggest that General von Kluck "either requested the emperor to come and Inspire enthualaam among the weary troops, or else felt so sure o( his ability to force back the French over the river, that he desired to have the emperor witness the victory." Dispatches reaching London assert that the Oermans have not abandoned hope of reaching Calais, and are plan ning a new offeualve In Belgium and northern France. According to theite advices, train after train, loaded with troops, la moving Into Flanders. With the touch so often added heretofore on the occasion of any approaching holiday or anniversary, these dis patches say that tliu Herman aoldlurii hope to present Calais to Kmpemr William for a birthday present. Only a small fraction of the British military writers profess to sec in the (Icrmun advance at 8olssons any new or five Austrian army corps which throat against Paris. They pay more snffeu-d so severely at the hands of attention, however, to the cumulative l'1' Servians. Portland. Wheat Club, $1.41; bluestem $1.43; red Russian, $1.35; forty-fold, $1.42; red fife, $1.38. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $16; grain hay, $11; alfalfa, $13; valley tim othy, $18. Butter Creamery, 30c. Eggs Ranch, 28c; candled, 80c Hopa 1914 crop, 12c; 1913 crop, nominal. Wool Valley, 18c; eastern Oregon, 0c. Seattle. Wheat Bluestem, $1.43; club $1.41; red Russian, $1.37; turkey red. $1.40; forty fold. $1.42; fife, $1.39. Barley. $30 per ton. Hay Timothy, $16 per ton; alfalfa, $14 per ton. Butter Creamery, 31c. Egge 30c. BsPif 1 PAYROLL I ': t)LH I OF CIVILIZATION MET er I WANTS NO "DEADHEADS" ON LIST OF EMPLOYES. indications that tho Turka have de termined to attempt an Invasion of Egypt. The general feeling Is that any such raid could be checked, as the Turks would have to reckon wiUi not only the British troop, but with war ships, which, operating In the Suex canal, off Akabah, Arabia and at other points, will be able to share In the work of opposing the Invadera. Aware of tho fact that It Is lass dif ficult to cross the desert In winter iii.fn In summer, the Turks ara said to be msNsIng it . with all possible speed son tli of S rla. Latest adU relative to the pros pective Austin (iornian attack on Ser vla say tluU Bavarians and Prussians ale on t!.e Any to Budapest to effect a Junction with the remnants of four 7)r. Wiley Prepares an Ideal Food TZojc For Startling 'Belgium New Plan of Relief Suggested by Wash ington Woman How You Can Aid the Stricken Little Sister of the World 'By tOILL rRtOIJ SB A CALL UPON THI LAW MAKERS TO PREVENT USELE8S TAX UPON AGRICULTURE. at al &. '"vV Ssssf V ' BBBBaaaaMnpPBl .aaaBBi BBBBw AsT! sS .si" TL Sal fcf MtH$fi B H sVafl 1 . BaBsUatSBBBsfl hOBJMfJBj BBBPSBBBBBBfcak l BBBSBBBBbV " BBaVWaaWLsaV V BBBBBsl jtl Mifl XbbHbbbbbbbH M TB pw . ML Q HasWesssaToq w JBnaaaatawstssfi MRS. J08EPH DARLING DIRECTING THE PACKING OP IDEAL FOOD BOXES. T 1118 Is going to t s pretty hard winter In America. The war In Europe nns disturbed busmen in every dtrectlou. We have a few hungry people ourselves. And yet Belgium, a brave little, thrifty little nation of 7,000.1)00 people, Is going to starve to death Mil winter uuleaa Amer ica feeds the Belgians. How are we going to take care both of our own and of the "stricken little sister of the world r A woman solved the problem Mrs Joseph Darllug of Washington had been knitting stockings and scarfs for European war aufferers until It occurred to her that she might bo using her brains aa well aa bar ringers. 8he aat down forthwith and thought out the Idea of "food Doses for Belgium." Mrs. Darling aaw Dr. Harvey Wiley, who laid out the Ideal food boiee for Belgian relief, and their plan has now been taken up by the womau's section of the cuuiuib sum for relief In Belgium, of which Mrs. IJnduu Bates la chairman Dr. Wiley's boi for Belgian adults, aa slightly revised to get Its weight Inside the panel post regulations, la aa follows: Three No 8 tins of boaus. three No. 1 tins of pink Alaska salmon, one five-pound aack of rolled oats, one live pound sack of yellow cornmeal, on five-pound aack of yellow aplit peas, one two pound sack of granulated sugar, oue three-pouud aack of California prunes, oue seveu pouud aack of wheat flour, one one pouud aack of salt, one can opeucr, one boi. That, however. Is only a guide to the kind of food which the Belgians need. It la iutended imiluly for such Americans as can afford to go and order boxes from the pages Belgium wanta any kind of food which will stand ocean transportation, which excludes fresh fruit aud vegetables The commission for relief In Belgium has arrauged with the poetoffice do pitrtiueut to transmit all Belgian relief foodstuffs free of cost to the donor, if egg put your name and address on the package aud add the letter "R" the money ciciidcl for stump ill he refunded by the commission. The package should weigh not leaa ttiau twenty pouuds and not more than fifty. Packages mailed from OUSMJON should he addressed to THKODORK B WILCOX. MUNICIPAL DOCK, PORTLAND vvho U collecting sgeut for this district. By Patsr Radford Lecturer Nstlonal rarmsrs' Union The fanner Is the paymaster of Industry and as such he must meet the nation's payroll. When Industry paya Its bill It must mike a sight draft upon agriculture for the amount, which the farmer Is compelled to honor without protest This check drawn upon agriculture may travel to and fro ovar the highways of com merce; may build cities; girdle die globe with banda of steel; may search hidden treasures In the eartli or traverse the skies, but In tho end It will rest upon the soil. No dollar will remain suspend' I in midair, It Is as certain to aoek Ik earth's surface as an apple that falls from a tree When a farmer buyi. n plow ho paya tho man who ml. . . . metal, the woodman who felled ,'te tree, the manufacturer who t.ss. :. bled the raw material and shaped n Into an ar ticle of usefulness, tli railroad that transported It and the BMsBf who sold him the goods rig pays tin. wages of labor and cupllal employed In the transaction as well as pays for tho tools, machinery, bulldluga, etc. used lu the contd ruction of the commodity and the sumo spplles to all articles of use and diet of him self and those engage 1 In the sub sidiary lines of Industry There Is no payroll In clvlllianou that doea not rest upon the buck of the farmer. He iuuhI pay the bills all of them. The total value of the nation's annual agricultural products Is arouud $13,000,000,000. and It la aafo to setl mato that OS centa on every dollar oea to meet Ins tho hiiwiiim nt aiili. aldlarv Indus! Has Th lirmap iliua not work more than thirty minutes per dsy for himself; tho remaining thirteen hours of the day's toll he devotes to meeting the payroll of the hired handa of agriculture, such as the manufacturer, railroad, commer cial and othor servants. Tho Farmera Payroll and How He Meets IL The annual payroll of agriculture approximatea $12,000,000,000. A por tion of the amount Is shifted to for elgn countries In exports, but the total payroll of Industries working for the farmer divides substantially as follows: Katlroads, $1,152,000,000; manufacturers, $4, 365,000.000 ; mining, $655,000,000; banks. I200.000.VO0; mercantile $3,500,000,000. and a heavy miscellaneous payroll conatltutoe the remainder. It takes the corn crop, tho moat valuable In agriculture, which sold last year for $1,692,000,000, to pay off the employes of the railroads; the money derived from our annual sales of livestock of approximately $2,ouo, Ooo.iii ii, the yearly totton crop, valued at $!i2u.ci0.0O0; the wheat crop, which la worth $610,000,000, aud the oat crop, that la worth $440,000,juo. are required to meet the annual pay roll of tho manufacturers. The money derived from the remaining staple crops la used in meeting the payroll of the bankers, merchants. ate. After these obligations are paid, tho farmer has only a few buucbea of vegetables, some fruit and poultry which he can aell and call tho pro ceeds his UWU. When the farmer pays off bis help ho has very little left and to meet these tremendous payrolls he has been forced to mortgage homea, work women in the field and increase the hours of bis labor. Wo are. thoro fore, "ompelled to call upon all in dustries . opeudeut upon the farmers for subsistence to retrench In their expenditures and to cut off all uu necessary expenses. This course is absolutely necessary in order to avoid u reduction In wages, and wo want, if possible, to retain the present wage scale paid railroad and all other in dustrial employee Wo will devote this article to a dtscussiou ot unnecessary expenses aud whether required by law or per mitted by the managements of the concerns, la wholly immaterial. Wo want all waste labor and extrava gance, of whatever character, cut out. Wo will mention the full crow bill as Illustrating the character of unneces sary expenses to which wo rarer Union Opposes "Pull Crew" Bill. The Texas Pnfmors' Union regis tered Its opposition to this character of legislation at the last annual meet ing held In Fort Worth, Tex., August 4, 1914, by resolution, which we quote, as follows: "The matter of prime Importance to tho farmers of this state la an ade quate and efficient marketing aystem; and wo recognise that such a system Is Impossible without adequate rail road facilities, embracing the greatest amount of aervlco at the least pos sible cost We further recognise that the farmers and producers In the end pay approximately 96 par cent of tho expenses of operating tho railroads, and It la therefore to tho Interest of tho producers that the expenses of tho common carriers bo aa small aa la possible, consistent with good ser vice and safety. We, therefore, call upon our law-makers, courts and Juries to boar tho foregoing facts In mind when dealing with tbs common carriers of this state, and WO do espe cially reaffirm the declarations of tho laat annual convention of our Stale Union, opposing tho paaaago of tho so-called 'full-crew' bill before tho thirty-third legislature of Texas." The farmers of Missouri In tho laat election, by an overwhelming ma jority, swept this law off tho statute book of that stats, and It should como off of all statuto books where It appears and no legislature of this nation should pass such a law or similar legislation which requires un necessary oxpendltures. - The same rule applies to all regu latory measures which Increase the exponses of Industry without riving corroapondlng benefits to the public. Thoro Is ofttlmes a body of mun as sembled at legislatures and they have a right to bo there who. In their toal for rendering tholr fellow associates a service, sometimes favor an increase in thu expenses of In dustry without due regard for tho men who bow their backs to tho summer's aun to meet the payroll, but these committees, while making a record for themselves, rub the skin off the houldors of the farmer by urging the legislature to lay another burden upon hi heavy loud and under tho ase ef "' It enacted" goad him on ' to pull and surge at tho traces of civil isation, no matter how he may sweat, roam and gall at the taak. Whan legislatures "cut a melon" for labor thoy hand the farmer a lemon. The farmers of the United States are not financially able to carry "dead heads" on their payrolls. Our own hired bands are not paid unless we havo something for them to do and wo are not willing to carry the hired help of dependent Industries unless there la work for them. We must therefore Insist upon the most rigid economy. Legislative House Cleaning Needed. While the war la on and there la a lull In business, we waul all legisla tive bodies to take an Inventory of the statute books and wipe off all extravagunt and useless lawa A good house-cleaning Is needed and econo mies can be Instituted here and there that will patch the clothes of Indigent children, rest tired mothers and lift mortgages from despondent homes. Unnecessary workmen taken off and useless expenses chopped down all along the line will add to the pros perity of the farmer and encourage him In his mighty effort to food and clothe the world. If any of these Industries havo sur plus employes we can use them on the farm We havo no regular schudulj of wagea, but wo pay good farm hands on an average of 11 60 per day of thirteen hours when they board themselves; work usually runs about nine mouths of the year sud the throe months dead time, they can do the chores for their board. It thoy prefer to farm on their own account. there are more than 14,000.000.000 acroa of idle land on tho earth's sur face awaiting the magic touch of the plow. The compensation la easily ob tainable from Federal Agricultural Department statistics. Tho total average annual sales of a farm In tho continental United States amounts to $511.00; the coat of operation la $340.00; leaving the farmer $176 per annum to live on and, educate bis family. There Is no occasion for tho legis latures making a position for surplus employes of Industry. Iet them come "back to the soil" and share with ua the prosperity of the farm. When honesty Is merely a policy it is a poor virtue good Lazy farmers are Juat as useless as dead ones and take up more room When the soul communes with the spirit of nature the back to tho farm movement prevails There are two kinds of rarmere. One tries to take all tho advice he bears end the other wou't lake any ai all J