IBM ONTARIU AROUf, fHURID , JUNIB4, lll & THE ONTARIO ARGUS PVOlAHUKl) KVKKV THUK8DAY K.Uered in the Mi)oflloe lit Ontario, Oregon, for trans luiMflim tlinnmh the naiN a second -Hats iiiiittr. W. C. MARSH Th Fate Of The U 29 The dispute as to how the U 29 was sunk is destined never to be settled satisfactorily to the neutral searcher after the truth. An official announcement is made by the Briitsh Admiralty that the famous under water craft met her fate at the hands of "one of his Majesty's ships." This indefinite state ment is Intended to convey the information that some sort of Hritish warship destroyed the submarine, as it would require a long" strech of the imagination to call a merchant vessel flying the Hritish flag, or owned by Hritish capitol and engaged in British shipp ing one of "his Majesty's ships." As an offset to this positive announcement we have an equally emphatic statement from the German government that the U-29 was rammed by a Hritish tank steamer, fly ing the Swedish flag. There you are. Take your choice. An "official" announcement from the govern ment of a great nation is supposed to estab lish some statement as an incontrovertible fact. Hut in this ease someone is mistaken, or he is prevaricating. The British statement is handicapped by suspicition of being rather late The IJ--29 was destroyed many weeka ago. But there have doubtless been many happenings of importance kept secret by the British Ad miralty office, and the fact that the "news" is stale does not necessarily mean that it is untrue. The German announcement, too, is late though one would ordinarily expect that the victors would give out the news, rather than the vanquished, if either were to withhold the facts or delay announcing them. It might be claimed that (lermany was making the annoiinement to this man ner in order to effect the negotiations now pending with America over the Lusitania. Hut the official declaration is simly the confirmation of a report that has been cur rent in Berlin ever since the U--29 did not report at its base months ago, and it could hardly be said that the Germans both pat ched up the statement and started the false rumor before the American protest was ever made. The conflict of accounts of the destruct ion of the U 29 is very likely to play a part in reply that Germany will make to Presi dent Wilson's second note of protest, and with any negotiations that may be contin ued after the Berlin foreign office has been transmitted its reply. The Germans will lay great stress upon their claim that a mer chant ship can sink a submarine, and if the orders issued to British captains offering prizes for destroying the under sea boats stands, but it will be contended that the German commander should have the right to defend himself by sinking his antagonist to save his own vessel, and the lives of his own crew. The answer will be that the sub marines have no business interfering with vessels, and wouldn't be in danger of being rammed it they stayed away. I nen we would have the question of right to declare ,nl.i i.. 1 1 1 . u I - . I I . . -i.iil I It.. ii in lii-i. I It.. .1 MH 'ill. u mi' i Uiiur, .tun ini-ii hi mm n nit? question of Great Britian's blockade of Ger man ports, and then go back and question the right of Germany to treat Belgium as she did, for which treatment England start ed her blockade in retaliationand so on and so on. Finally you get back to the prim ary question, Why this war? And no one can satisfactorily answer that. . And there you are. BANKERS URGED TO COOPERATE WITH SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED THE BANK VALLTS OF THE NATION. The Bank a Financial Power ta the Community. By Patar Radfcrd. Houaa The automobile industry in the United SUites is the third largest, being only sur passed by the steel business and the cloth ing trade. Even the steel industry would not be so comparatively large if automobile making did not so materially swell its out put The only wonder about this is that we should spend so much on clothing. It's lots more fun to go auto riding than to dress up. This company has suffered so much injury to its lines through the mov ing of hay derricks and interfer ences of other kinds, that it now proposes to prosecute vigorously, malicious instances of this kind, and will pay a liberal reward for information which will lead to con viction. Malheur Home Telephone Company One of the greatest opportunities fti the bualneat life' of the nation lien In practical co-operation of the coun try banka with the farmer In building agriculture and the adventure la laden with greater possibilities than any forward movement now before the American public. A few bankera have loaned money to fartiiem at a low rate of Interest, and ofttlmea without compensation, to buy blooded llveatork, build alios, fertilise the land, secure better seed, hold their products for a betetr mar ket price, etc. The hanker In con tributing toward Improving tin- grade of livestock, the quality of the seed and the fertility of the. soil, plants In the agricultural life of the community a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny son's brook, runs on ami on forever. Community Progreee a Bank Aaset. The time was when money loaned on such a basis would severely test the aaulty of the banker; such trans actions would pain the dlrectora like a blow In the face. A cashier who would dare to cast bread upon watera that dlil not return buttered side up In time for annual dlvidenda would have to give way to a more capable man. This does not necessarily mean that the bankera are getting an better or that the milk of human klndnesss Is being Imbibed more freely by our llnati clera. It Indicates thut the bankers are getting wiser, becoming morn able tin anclera and the banking industry more competent. The vlalon of the builder Is crowding out the spirit of the pawn broker A light has been turned on a new world of Investment and no usurer ever received as large returna on the internment aa these progres sive banktrs, who mude loaua to uplift Industry. The. bankers have alwaya been liberal city builders, but they are now building agriculture. A Dollar With a Soul. It la refreahlng In thla strenuous commercial life to find so many dol lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap proached to perform a task that does not directly yield tha highest rate of Interest, we usually hear the rustle of the eagle'a wlnga aa it soars up ward; when a dollar Is requested to return at the option of the borrower, It usually appeals to the Goddess of Liberty for Ita cuntractural rights, when a dollar Is asked to expand in volume to suit the requirements of Industry, It usually talka solemnly of Ita redeemer, but soul material has entered Into the vaulta of our banks snd rate, time and volume have a new baala of reckoning In ao far as the ability of some of the bankera permit them to cooperate In promot ing the business ot farming. God Almighty's Noblemen. These bankera are Ood Almighty's noblemen. Heaven lent earth the spirit of these men and the augels will help them mil In place the corneratouea of empires. They are not philanthropist.-., they are wltc bankers. The spirit of the builder has given them a uew vision, and wisdom has visited upon them busi ness foresight i he cackle of the hen, the low or klne and the rustle of growing crops echo In even bank vault In the tiatlon and the shrewd hanker know a that he can mote effective!) increase hia deposits by pulling blue blood In the wins of livestock, quality In the yield of the noil aud value Into agricultural products, than by busl ueaa handshakes, overdiults aud gaudy calendars. Taking the community into part nershlp with the bank, opeulug up a ledger account wii i nfogrcss, making tin ill aud eulerpiUe stockholders and (He prosperity of the country an asset to the bank, put behind It stability far more deniable than a .it. i head bearlug the names of all the distinguished . itUens of the com iiiumty The bank ta (be financial power house of the t-oiiiiuuniiv aud blessed Is the locality that has an ,ip to dale bauker. FREE PORTS BULGERS OF COMMERCE POLITICAL PRAYER MEETINGS It la a aad day tor I'hrlatiunity when tUe church bells cull the communicants together for a political prayer meet lug. Such gatlieiuigs mark the high tide ot religious political fanaticism. I ut bitterness into the Uvea of meii; tail the ttatues of class hatred and de .-ir. v Chrtattau influence m the com inuulty. The spirit actuating such meeting la anarchistic, uu t'hriatlike aud dangerous lo both church and state The success of ihe nation ta in the uauds of the termer Work for the beet aud the Deal will rtse up aud reward you. Tenant farming la just one thing after another without a pa day CONGRESS SHOULD QIVB THEM PREFERENCE IN APPROPRIATIONS. By Peter Radford. This nation la now entering upon an era of marine development. The wreckage of European commerce baa drifted to our shores and the world war Is making unprecedented de mands for thn products of farm and factory. In transportation facllltlea on land we lead the world but our port facilities are Inadequate, and our flag Is seldom seen In foreign ports. If our government would only divert the energy wo have displayed In conquer ing the railroads to mastering tun commerce of the sea, a foreign bot tom would be unknown on the ocean's highways, This article will be confined to a discussion of our ports for the pro ducts of the farm muat pass over our wharfs before reaching the water. We have In thla nation 61 posts, of which 41 are on the Atlantic and 10 are on the Pacific Coast. The Sixty-second Congress appropriated over $51,000, 00(1 for Improving our Rivers and Harbors and private enterprise levies a toll of approximately $50,000,000 annually In wharfage and chargea for which no tangible service Is rendered. The latter Item ahould be lifted off the backa of the farmer ot thla na tion and thla can be done by Congress directing Ita appropriations to ports that are free where vessels can tie up to a wharf and discharge her cargo free) of any fee or charge. A free port la progress. It takes out the unnecessary link In the chain of transactions In commerce which haa for centuries laid a heavy hand upon commerce. No movement la ao heavily laden with results or will more widely and equally distribute Its benefits as that of a free port aud none can be more easily and ef fectively secured. WHAT TO RAiafe. ! Formers should raise the thing to wlili h their l.irtr I, their mar kets mill tlii'inselvex ure mlnpt el. They would better study bow to raise the most nnd best of these tilling than to scntter their energies over I great va riety of prod in ts merely to keep from Im.vlng them. The men win. follow the rlu'ht policy usu ally hnve 8MB enough to get whnt they need from other farm ers who enn prodll'-o It che.ipest. There wns n time when fnrmers were compelled to grow or imike bOUt ever thing they needed, hut thnt tiny lins long gone by. It Is good business to raise things -but the right tilings. The sentterntlon plnn Involves neglect of some f these things without n ron-esK)iiillng gain In niislng others. National Stock inn n nnd I'nrmer. THE VITAL PROBLEM OF AGRICULTURE By Peter Radford. There la no escaping the market problem and the highest development of agriculture will not bo attained until It Is solved, for a market la aa necessary for the producer aa laud on which to grow bis crop. (ioieriimental and educational Insti tutions have spent $180,000,000 In the lulled Statea during the past ten yeara for Improving soil production and Improving aeeda and planta, but very little attention and less money has been given to the marketing aid of agriculture. The problem Is a monumental one and one which will never be aolved until It geta within the graap of a gigantic organization where master gtlnds cm conceutrato the combined experience and wisdom or the age upon it. It la a problem which the farmers, merchants, bankers, editors and statesmen must unite In solving. The Farmers' Fnlon stands fAY all there Is In farming from the most scientific methods of seed selection to the most systematic aud profitable plans of marketing, but does not be lieve in promoting one to the neglect of the other We consider ihe work of farm demonstrators valuable and we, ask that governmental and com mercial ageucies seeking to help us, continue to give us their assistance and ad lce, but we believe that their influence should be extended to the marketing side of our farm problems also We cannot nope to develop manu facturing by over-production of the factor), we cannot build up mercan tile enterprises by the merchants load ing their Miches with surplus goods and no more can we develop agricul ture by glutting the market with a aurplus of products. ALFALFA AS HOG FOOD. Comparative Returns When Sold as Hsy and Winn Oraxsd by Hogs. Tlie Arlxonn exerimeut station fig ures the comparative return when al falfa la aolil its liny nnd when grazed by hog. These figure represent lo cal piii i-i In Arizona: The net iinuiuil returns H-r acre of nlfnlfii, yielding six tons, when sold as hay were not over $10. The net re turns for n similar ncre of nlfnlfn when grazed off by twelve hogs were $47.23. i In--..- hog were fed n supplemental ration of grain, but the vslue of this wn determined and deducted. The fertilizing Ingredient In n ton of barnyard manure are worth Jf-Tni, calculated according to prleo of com mere In I fertilizers On this basis the value of tin- bog manure as dropicd over Ihe Held must be at least $.'1 per ton. Figuring Unit H per cent of the six tons of alfalfa was returned as inn nine to the soil, there were then live tons of manure, worth $:i ier ton. or Hlb ibis added to IIT'J.'I would be $12. '-'.' I. representing the net gain pr acre of alfalfa when grazed off by twelve bogs, us ngiilnst $10. which Is the net gain per m re when tile alfalfa Is cured and sold a hilled buy. In till ease the net price for alfalfa hay was only $8 per ton, and. of course, the hogs paid more than that for It. There might easily l-e another situation where the reverse of tills would be true. There are situations in Hie eastern states where alfalfa liny will Ian..; $18 or more er ton, while small droves of hogs would not pay. In such cases It might pay better to sell the buy and use chemicals to keep up the fertility The Apple Tree Barer. Among fbe pests with which the or chard planter has lo contend perhaps the tint bended npple free borer Is the worst, snys the Farm nnd I'lresh e. The female deposits the SBJBI lit the lie'.'ltinlnir of hot weather on the hnrl; of young fruit trees near the ground. Most of the damage Is done during the summer months. The Inter broods re nminbi the frees nil winter and einrru'e the following spring. The borer com pletes Its life round In one v -ir The BflBI are nhoilt as l.irge as the bend of n pin and nre covered by a hard shell. When first hatched the Inrvn enn hard ly be seen with the linked eye. Rut In spile of Its smnll size It begins nt once to Inlure the tree Iturrowlni; Into the bnrl;. It tunnels Its way en Mrcly around the sup wood nf the tree, thus girdling nnd tlnnlly killing It. Sound Teelh Make a Sound lindy Dr. W. G. Howe DENTIST First Class Kquipment First Class Work Reasonable I 'rices Over First National Hank ONTARIO, OREGON . I CALIFORNIA EXPOSITIONS EXCURSIONS Via Oregon Short Line Daily March 1, to Nov. 30 You can go via Ogden, Sail Like and Los AicvL's and return via San FrendfCO, Portland and Huntington or vice versa at a comparatively low expense and cover Most Interesting Scenic points of the Pacific Coast, including both Expositions. MAKE THIS YOUR BIG VACATION YEAR AND SEE THE WEST RIGHT. Ask ugents for rules ami further p;ii 1 1. ul. ii or write, D.RBURLEY. (Ien. Puss. Agt., Salt Luke City. K. 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