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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1913)
a S J The Ontario National Bank United States Depository State of Oregon Depository IS Our Bnnk Your Bank ? If not, we cordially invite you to makt our bank your hank. We havo the usual Safeguards of Fire Proof Vault, Burglar Proof Safe, Bonded employees, and do business in n conservative manner. -:- -:- .;. Ci.ipil.il and Surplus. $80,000 5 Per Cent Net on Time CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT Don't forget to vote for n friend or yourself in the Auto Contest. Transfer, Baggage and Express Meet All Trains JOHN LANDINGHAM C. McGONAGILL ATTORNEY AT LAW Will Practice in all Conrta Notary Public. Office over Poetofflcc A Complete Line of Urtoutij tattonrry At the Argus Office OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS Dr. BaMXIT Skars Ih. Pai link Skahs Graduates American School of Os teopathy. Kirkaville. Mo. Wilson Block Telephone. IM Ulk. H. H. WHITNEY PHYSICIAN and SURfiEON Office in I, O. O. F. Bldg., Ontario. . . . Oregon aau ...1 ONTARIO LIVERY Best Equipped Livery in the city. Headquarters for Stockmen. Hornet Hough t and Sold. A. McWILLIAMS, Proprietor. DRS. PRINZING & WEESE Ontario, Oregon Office in New Wilson Block. C. C. GOLDSBcRRY DENTIST Gu with Extractions Phone. No. ltt R Office in Wilson Mod J W McCulloch R W Eckhardt MrCOLLOCH & ECKHARDT LAWYERS Rooma 1-2-.1 First Nat'l Bank Hldg Ontario, Oregon Dr. W. G. Ho-ve DENTISI Telephone No. TM First National Bunk Wdff. HARRIMAN 1 Townsite Now Open Situated near the Malheur Lake, on a high, fine gentle sloping tract of land. This site offers exceptional opportunity for making a good city. Vastareas of ara ble territory spread out in all directions. Every valley and streamlet of the distant mountains has its ranches and flourishing livestock. Considerable land in the valley is still subject to homestead entry, and with the advent of the Oregon-Eastern Railway Now building toward Harney Valley, this grand new empire will teem with land seekers and people seeking business opportunities and professional locations. -GET IN EARLY rood opening for a newspaper, blacksmith shop, hotel drug store, hardwaiv and implement houses, as well as other lines of business. A limited number of lots are now offered for sale at remarkably low prices either for cash or on easy terms, which prices will advance when the railroad is built into the Harney Valley. REMEMBER, Harriman will be the first important point in the great Harney Valley to have a railroad. UTAH-OREGON LAND COMPANY C. H. MOREHOUSE, Pres. Salt Lake City, Utah. H. M. HORTON, Sec. Burns, Oregon S. F. Taylor, Agent, Ontario, Oregon. KEEPING THE HORSE IN GOOD HEALTH Tn caring for the hore It Is Impor tant that food, light nnd ventilation re ceive due consideration, sa.va the town Homestead The first thing will he the watering. The water from n good well la all right If the water Is pure and situated In a place Unit keeps It so. Water la a source which contribute! to disease by carrying the disease exciting organism such as fungi Diseases such as stran gles and distemper are often carried through water The wells should be slty foot or deeper and the area anr roMiiiling them free from any low places or manure drains. Impure water la very dangerous to stock, and so is running watei where sewers emp ty Into it. Bacteria from different dis eases may get Into the water and be The Bhlrc la the result of ninny years of scientific breeding for the pejrpon of procuring n MM drnft horse. 1 In viiik bat ii href M Ion f.ir IMIs purp"ir.. their eoclal char-n.-ti-rlstlra have, IipcOOM Used and are transmitted to their proseny when afaaaaf on any other breed. The hire line a grant denl of vllnl li v ,in I von aad l or kindly iIUimi 11I..11 aad eaetljr broken to harness. Hlilrrs in" nle easy keepers, anil. paaaseaed f herd nm imnc. power- in! . t it .mi-is nnd aood feet, are sur passed by no other breed In tiun II IMS' heavy loads. Qive the Pasture a Start. Spring davs look ajgjpf to the il alrv farmer and the dairy cow alike, bat, remember tl.at ii little time now will make the pasture Met better later In the season Off Hi' grass a good start U-fore jraej turn the cows out. THE SAFEST WAY OF INBREEDING CATTLE Poor Hog Methods. The man who trie to raise hogs with oat pasture and forage crops for them Is like a pupiM chaafng his own tall he ref ) of mxt' Ise but mighty little of anything eiaa. There are mnny vague and foolish ootloi.s entertained on tho subject of lulireedlng. says Hoard's Dairyman I.Ike everything else In this world that. Is good for anything. It Is cnpable of evil as well aa good resulta. Knives have been used to stab people, ropes to hang them and water to drown thorn, vet no man of com m on sense would Tall on that account to make a tight ue of knives, ropea nnd wnter. The safest way of Inbreeding, ao far aa out observation goes, la from sire to daugh ter. There Is one rule that should al ways be watchfully observed: Never Intirood heifer or cow that shows a Inck of constitutional vigor. Keep that Idea foremost. Also, with like pertinency, never Inbreed to a sire who shows nny signs of lacking in eon atltutlonal vigor Now. within those two road fencea It la aafe and very often advantageous to breed a daugh ter back to her aire. This should be practiced In breeding grnde cowa a great deal tnoro than it la done, with close observance of the foregoing rules tt should alwaya be remembered that Inbreeding Is an Intenslfler It Inten sifies a weakness Just the snme na It may Intensify strength, talent or ca pacity In any given direction. Now, ggfjpggg we start with a pure hr.si bull and a herd of cowa of mixed breeding The heifers cot by that un ion Inherit RO per cent of the straight lilo.ul of the sin and an initial amount j f arm and (jaxrdcn . --;;.,j ' . curried down the streams. The horse will consume sis to eight gallons on the average, u little more In the summer, a little less In the winter. They should be watered before feeding and not Immediately after feeding, us i It has a tendency to wash the food out of the Hiouuiili before It has u chance to lie Hajeetcd Watering Immediately before feeding. If the water Is cold. Cools off the nlolua.il, and I In-secretion Ik not so good. Do not water with real cold water or In large ipmiititl.s Of wutci immediately after or Immediate ly Is'foio leeillug ilio barn should lie well llght.it. Sev eral ill .eases are the result of badly lighted baroa due to the tut UmM they arc dm i Lark and the sudden haiigcs from the ilaii.iiesa to tho bright light causes a weakness and then disease. Vou do M waul too much or too little light. The windows should Ik) placed us high as the horses' ho. .is or a trllle Higher and at the right angle so as not to allow the Ngtt to strike Hie NM directly In the I here should Imj plenty of light by all" moans We should have goial ulr In our barns, us It Is essential to the healib of the horse It Is well to have the wludow-s abova Hie ii.ii-,''s head so that a iliii'l .Ii. ill wlil not strike Un horse. Windows should be on two Idea of the burn, so that the air may puss 111 from the one side and out the other He sine tho air In the barn Is pure. A good way to find out tho eru dition of tin- air In tho barn la to no lire the air as you ,'" In from the out side Into (he bam. See that It smells fie.-h and clean If It Is good for you It will probably suit the horse all right, fount uur ulr space by the iiuiiiImt .f windows you have, and do not take Into consideration the doora lo not de end ui Min fresh air coining through eracka and crevlcea either. It U not a io-xl Idea. The horse, should huve a regular amount of feed and be fed according to tbe size of the horse and the amount of work It Is doing They should receive a balanced ration that la fed lit regular periods. They should have salt before them all the time IV d -o s fm-d and sii that It Is not moldy Had results come from fe-d lilt- moldy feiil He sure you feed ac cardinal ta the toMMrat a work the horse does Have a pair of scales and weigh your feed and hay A good many horses waste fTOfll one half to otiethlnl of the hav Some men pile the inangers full and let the horse aat whit It V.i'lts. I'.ell ii Usf rest for Ustdlng W'ek'h It u time or two. and then oii will have nn estimate of the amount jrOB ibOIlM feel Mow the horse to clean iii the manger after feeillng, and it will avoid part of the trouble with colic i'lir llolstpln cow Is one of the niimt miiiEiilili entlv senirous errs lures on nrth Hhe will ghra I lt--r -ally anil uiiilnuulnuly to thv furtu nnls tiuin who pe.Ki'ssos her, but sho bus the Inherent nnd Irrevoca ble self respect of nil nnturslly cre ated things. She win not alve soinetlilnK for Homing or worse tiuin nothing It Is iirnllfylng to her admirers to reflrct Hint the man who starves or otherwise, inlstn il one of tin ui- silin.llit iiiiim ils will not profit much thereby. This llnl Steln row Mi'ii Herliir 111 piodujaed In one year im.Ii pounds of milk rontnliiltig Ubi It poiuuU of butter fat, not a artnt rreurd for a IbU mi-Ill. but vsslly arvuter than tho unliiiary run of cows of the undesirable blood, tendencies and scattered heredities of their moth ers When you come to hieisl these hell era. If jou go outslile tea a sire, the scrub blood they luheriien from their mothers Is Just as prepotent and often more so than the pure bred bhsal of their sire Hul hrccil (hem back to their sire If lie Is a gissl one -and the heifers from that union will contain 7." IH'r cent of the blood of the she. In other words, they are three nuurters lubreed This Inbreeding makes t ln-ui answer back In all sulteiucnt breed luff a great deal stronger than If they were bred from auoiher aire eveu If In the same Una. We should so breed our cuttle aa to concentrate as far as It Is safe the I.. -si hirisllt. we .an obtain Ktartlug with the blood of a very desirable bull, the universal practice Is to dilute and diffuse that valuable heredity. The . oiisenuelice Is that tbe valuable iptall f Hie original bull are very soon so widely scattered aa to be of small account sum 'it briMslom llki Daunoey with Hi- stuKe I'ogls herd of Jerseys so managed Ills Intense Inbreeding as lo Increase size and strength of constltn Hon It can lie done If sufficient cau ls had at every step in the way lo build on constitutional vigor With out that our cattle are failure uuy- W'.l Pasture For Live Stock. There Is nothing that Is ipilte so pal atuble for any tiuss of farm live sim I. .en pasture Sloik will do betl.l ui growth and production and will re main In BOttaf health and condition on graaa paaiara ttaii " an) tiling aaaf Silage and alfalfa ha colue tlie u.ai -St to It and offer the finest subsll litis In winter iccdlng for the graaaaa of Juno Too little attention has been pah) to forage crops for swlue Tin greatest and most popular growth It made b Hie PtfJ umler V pooinls weight After that wughl has be-' intuinisl his crow lb is flower and m- ' ainaaairi lt 1" cither period of Ids life nothing helps ao much to propaf groarth aad daratopmaat as Aa green pasture in summer ami food alfalfa hav In the ulnl'-r. to w Id' h limy I" addeil a little silage. DO YOU LIKE "SWEETS?" They're Fine With Gravy Hurt's Howr You May Grow a Crop. i Plant ll few sweet potaloe- Il V'"r garden this spring. They MM I hnfi lo grow, and what Is richer to ail I Ihaa brown sweet potatoes witii avy? Daaldaai this vide Is very oniaincntai, at,d Its thick, dark follaire hepa to niaUo your veirctuble gulden mure at tractive. Sweet potatio are nwn by tncana of -.I'M or sprouts which gn .. iroia the rout buds. It Is best to :: I thetti from aaatt irVWtn or gurdeneis. They reipllre wiirin, liioib-rritely ii n, sandy land. If the land Is too fiiille there will be h large growth of to) it the ax pense of the roof The plants may be set out from the middle ol May until the 1st of .luly or after the late frusta are over. The potatoes may lie grown on the Unci, but I ridge usually Is preferred. In the garden rldiritig may be done with a hoe. making the ridge about eighteen Inches broad and sit Inches BafJaV Tbe rows should be from three and n half to four feet apart. Set the plants along the renter of tho rltlge they should be aboiil l.vo feet i i'l -mid If the soil Is moist it Is only necos sur. lo dip I be roots In water before setting Hut If It Is tiuusuullv dry at Ibis lime it will be udv intaueollS to sprinkle the plants oo nslonally. When the plants are sniiill they should be cultlMlted often enough hi kill the weisls and I p a mellow sur- fa. e Later on the villi's themselves will cover the ground: then cultiva tion is Impracticable us well its unde sirable After the vinos are too large to cultivate they should be lifted m BgaJooally or they are likely to tnke root ni Hie Joints and keep mi forming more .lues with no roots In the hill lame enough lor use The lues should be lifted once :i Mii'l I very lne should be loose in. in hill lo lip This lifting may Is- done very rapidly with a pitchfork, but some cute must be taken -Kansas Industrialist. FOLKS OUT. STOCK IN. Here's a Simple Oats That Will Help to Solve tho Problem. Il is often llli on.ctiletit lo pause and unhitch and then latch a gate bet wish the bn in. aid or some other place where stork is kept and the giintuu or a Held from which It l desired lo keep ani mals away. i'o obviate such dltltculllcH the plan lllttslriiled will he found very coiiveii lenl As will Is- seen the fence Is made to end nt two stout misIs, be ir- - -JIaaV. w. . yt OMPM IT i i , ii iturlst I .IS. IWeeli .. hi I' ' lal'n I I r .i"iilng than Is iiii i . allowed f"i ' . 'II gale. i ha i a Hog I,:,, re huill I" p'.sH so U.- :.i eui b end l ii II liie I HIS I I- ' each ua.i and eilhei i on i ust I he V sh I conllimc so as lo -Irike the muille post- In nil". its iilniiol el paat, an I nl Ihe gate Is Ulv.'i!)H 0m i lor ho Ilia U hatoga - .Vmeticun Ag ricnliurlsl. OLD AI4D TRUE. Tlie "Id lai llsh tanners put their Id k 10001 k Il y ur.l in .nine tut" v. .. line. Keep I " ' ' ' Ihjbl Ami ii vai eei yoot irs rvejulie That I-' pretty mil. h llio whulo y ICural New Yorker. sy 4ejsasiae '' i isvsv-s",'' e-vse Saving the Young Pigs. If you have not i!n ady built a suit able rail In your farrowing pens or cots It should be dine nt mi. e There an two tatnga thai Will help to save the young pigs perhi'ps in re than any other. These are to ajrfg the em pleii tv of range before farrowing and t" provide a anltnble rail In the cot for the Mtfie 'l-s Another very vltaliv linportai.t matter is to cseenre In feed ing While tbe sow needs suitable f.s-.l o.erfeisllng will bring about a fevirish condition which will reH"t on the plu-s ir.ifmoral.lv If not fnthllv Uhe the sow a thin slop and plenty of r for seven I days after far a I then gi'idually tiRrettse her feed FARMING WITH BRAINS. wmliire asjn an aJi lirldge v i u n "i ' i a iiiiout soe- .1 It Is I iii nnd safe I. a heavy oral his. If I lie fertility Of the soil is to Is; iiiaiiitaltied it UllUtl be sillip led w illi . . '.'lalil malt. i urn n I crops ami in. ret tbe bum ordlai to tua Ion i I n bolletla No iu". isiiuio iraaalta la Iha ooif .iieml.al II. I III the i 'in lia th'slle It b- Nl al he rale oi' one and a hull . . iu.1. tu llfly two gallon-, of ' - l , not e." I I atbtfled If you lea re bin ahwa with all the the . mi ii- away Vlslllllg 11 i IBM i" him oisaslmially. Hired men are n :i III I rule apple. I U lair tieallueiil A soil that ilri. , ..nt 'I'll.i.ly . is looea ,ii. I -and. and li-i"iiee Is also In HMir il t! ..in lotl little ..I i I'.-itii.ti l pi o'i. ilaV his is advisable, pieiii. of mam . m log i ' ' ough tud perslst.nl cultivation