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1 HJGLAS TAXPAYERS I ELECT OFFICERS (Special to l hi Argui.) tosebnrx Tin Douglas County xpayers' Lchkiic, formal here, lct- R. M. Fox, of Stithorlln. president; W. Strong, of Host l.urr. flrsl vice aldnnt: W, C. Kdwards nl Drain, tond vice prosldeni . (i. VN Middle, Rlddl, third vice president R, K. ilth. of RoeehurK. secrctar. Vhlrty dlrcrli.ru chose tllf tiffll "' purpose ni tin' organisation in to how count iiioiic) is spent und to in cooperation between the tai yers and tin' count) officials. 3 QUEEN OF GREECE eTV' . As .. . k r The Queen of Greece, a sister of the ialaer, who la aald to have exerted ar Influence a(j.ilnat Greece entering ie war on tha aide of the allies. Silage In Summer. The dairymen a ho still lias silage on nml for use during the Milliliter should :uiHhler hlniMcir loiiuniie There may e mam of our ' mil i . M bo me I'" In" 'icir tir-t eipoftanca In fooillaa sliagc liaaa should boar In mind the fit. t hut ei i sllaaa notls rati qvlrkly l the Warm w cither Soled slagt i not U'o.hI for mi) kind or Mock, an I paclal nrevnutton houhl lakM hi lamlllug atlngu dtirtiig I ho summer tin,, i. prevent , ..wing. During tha sinter time ns small u iii.iiiill.v us BO ii, ,,r ii. hi i . be removed dallf oin the mii I i'. lihoiu Inning iiny I 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 u tlll.e I : . Ill till' -line a iiiil h till. I., i I ml mil iioMil I 'nt Ibis i a alio Him.' lake dm t in Inn rammer Ml lie If ltecl il ile-luiied Li slimmer mm -dn.niil ho innliei' in ili.iiii i.'i ilniii it winter sllu Ly faadlng Hie saute btr o oallhi RThara sllngc la lefl over gnd is bakafl e.l during warm wreathe Iho nag of n ejfMiullu on the in r.i t the aliaaja .Vlll sine Miine BMiUJ, Milage uu be mi from one half "t Iho aMo al n time The I'lit'i'o.e of the tarpaulin Is to el imle the nlr from IhO silifu. e as fully , pooalble I'hc AjPgUl, $1.00 the yt-ar. vi " w;. . ' vrw W OUR PUBLIC FORUM tweell passenger ami rratgM rates is . :icclally tm pel I. lilt to the mail who follows the plow tor the ' iin. i travels el.i little hut In 1-. n hea) con tributof to the 1 l.M'lllle:. S o in of the atates h.i. ro cent laohciigei ni1. and abatevi'i la lnoui rod i11 I ered tiii" It freight revaaua Tkajni in of aucii a proc time aa raaaatl) paaaai upon bj the BupraaM Oourl of Waal H in i and iho decision la so far iv. o hint.-, thai v Imve asked l, K. Jobnaou, prealdaul ol the Nor folk and Weatern llallwa) wkflM load eoataated the cuao to hriady ravlaa the eult. Mr Jobnaou Id ll part: "Some ton yeara ao, paaaaasai farea aare Bxed l the laflablturai of a aferge number ol Mates at two ceiite a null s a I'.im- for such tconomh i. gialatlon. no examlnatlou was mud. ol the coal ol doing the busincbs so regulated, nor was uu attention given to Iho fact whether aucb a rate would yield to the rail way gom pan laa an adaajtulp or nkl uet return upon the capital ItiMsted in BOAducllng this olaaa of business 'Such a law waa passed In West Virginia 'n r.07 The Norfolk aud Weati'tu l(.iiltt.v Comuanj put I be i.,i inio .rt.ct ami maintained It for two eara Its accouutlna during tbeee two years showed that two (Hut u mile per passenger barel) paid tho out of isjcket cost aud tioth lua was loll to pa) any return on caoital Invested It sought relief from bo courta. Kiport accountant for 0. & C. LAND IS HELD TAXABLE (Spri-ii'lli. The Arus.) WaaklagtM The "lata of ONPli In tin' opinion of officials of the de luu-tiiii nt Of Justice, ran collei from tin Oregon California railroad coin PAD) La. k taxes in every acre of the unsold portlotis of Its land grant and Oafl continue to collect from IIiIm i oin i,mmv until title I panned to other own rtt. As tha department Interprets the dei Islon, the court holda the lends are .nil owned by the railroad company and therefore the atate la entitled to collect taxea trom the date of Judge Wolverton'i declalon, on which data the railroad company ceased to pay taxes To this extent, aald depart in. nt offlclala. the state won before the supreme court I he Intimation la made that the de partment of Justice, after digesting the declalon. will Inalltuta sulta against the railroad company for sell Iiik Ita landa In numeious Instances la tracts of more than Ml acres and for ii than 'iM an acre The railroad Ims realised $2,on0.oin or M.OOO.OOU, the departnient contenda. to which It was not leaally entitled The govern nienl may aue to compel the railroad .niNpiuiy to pay BMki either to pur ehasera or to the government Itself, this bonus. At the aame time It la admitted that purchasers who bought nt mure than $2 60 an acre may use the supreme court declalon aa a baals tot private aults against the railroad compauy to recover the difference fee tween 12 60 an acre and the price tfeey paid "Cold Smoke" Smekeheuee. In smoklliK suininer sausage be very careful not to get the temperature iiIm.vc 70 decrees IV III other winds, the eutieago should Is- smoked with cold Miioke. If you have n low smoke h.use It Is lietter to miike n sumke house for cold smoke, ne shown. The sausage should be smoked for from thirty six to forty-eight houra, being very careful to hue a continuous fire A large 1'lf.e of ...... I with a big knot In It will amoke nil night The NHUange should kg kept In n cool, well eiillliiteil plM. e A little mold will Iim.ioo the sausuge. but If It hi. nil. U all ovel the skin It Is hsrinfiil. i.e. iiiiho It gtrce a moldy tlaur. If It let lo, to u. I loo moldy rub off the mold with n cloth dipped In a mixture ' of salt and lurd This Hiiiissgo la eaten cold. A fggji araj to keep It la to pack It In oat a. as ili. will nlaiorh the Isture, but It, ought to be well t nipped III cheese ( i loth If m. kc.l In .M.is Mluueaota llillletln. The Argus, SI. (K) the year. 1 t,8iet n . II L. E. Johnson On Two-Cent Paesenger Hatea i he tanner of Isith the Stale and the Hallway Com lUta nation are pauy teeliried that the clslms of the vitally Interested railroad were sustained b the facta In railroad ratag l'o cents did not pay the coet of an I aoultl be ! carrying a paaaeugei a mile The siaie. however, contended that the lalhoad was eaiuliiK ciioukIi sui plus on Its state freight business to glte a fair return upon the capital used In Its passenger as well as Ita freight business For the purposes of the case, the railroad did not deuy this, but held to Ita contention that the State could not aegregate Ita paa fTejgfT business for rate fixing with out allowing a rate that would bo Mittlcliut to pay the c.wt of dom business and enough to gne some i .1 urn upon the capital Invested In doing the business regulated This was the Issue presented to the Su prune lourt Ita declalou reaponds to the Judgment of the fait minded sentiment of the country The i. nine Court Uakl, though a ihllioad earns a surplua on a par inular commodity by charging rea onabla iates that afforda no reason (or OOmaellUuj It to haul another's pereon or property for less than coat I he surplus from a reasonable rate propori) belonga to the railway com pan) If the surplua la earned from uu aareaaaaakkl rate then that rate nould fee radaoad rka state ma not even up b) requiring the railroad 10 earn other traffic for nothing or for less than coet The declalon Is a wholesome uc and demouatrates that the ordinary ' rulea of fair dealing apply to rallwa) (ompanles The fait that one makes I sui plus on his wheat OfOf would never be uracil aa a reason for com pelllug him to sell his cotton at leaa than cost It would not satisfy the man who wanted bread to be told that Its high price enabled the cotton muuufactuier to get hla raw product i,.i less than cost In this case fne ciuiit reufflinied the homely maxim that each tub must aland upon ita owu bottom THE ONTAftlO HUERTA AND OROZCO ARRESTED AT EL PASO (Special to the Arjrus) I'aso, Tex -(leneral Vlctorlano Raarta, ex president of Mexico, arrlv ed here Sunday, accompanied by aev eral well known Mexicans Soon after ward he was taken Into custody on . ii.ui.i-H of conspiring to Incite con aplracv agalnat a friendly country, and held for a time at Fort Hllaa, un til he gave 116,000 ball. Qgaaial hkataal Oroco waa detain ed with him, on the barge, and alao released later, on $7600 ball. The charges were filed by apeclal agents or the department of Justice. The coming of General lluerta to F.I I'aso had been predicted here, but newa of his detention came aa a stir prlae to the public Mia entrance waa accomplished as he had planned, In that he left the train at Newman, N. M . traveling the last 20 mllea by auto ll differed In that he was driven Into the city aa the aueat of lulled Statea offlclala. and escorted by a detach ment of the Fifteenth Cnlted Statea cavalry Instead of being accompanied only by General I'aacual Oroico, an ex Mexican general, and Major l.ula Keuntea, a son In law of General lluerta. For aev eral dnya there have been persistent reports that June 28 had been fixed as the date for far reaching developments at Juarez In connection with the so i ailed third revolutionary movement Some observers proteased to see a close relation between thla movement and the arrival of General lluerta Thai expreased the opinion that hla detention had prevented auch a consummation by removing the poa alblllty of lluertas participation in such a mowni.nl. despite hla declara tion that he had no Intention of at tempting to cross Into Mexico. USE OF FERTILIZERS. A Great ahortsge of Imported Gradee, but an Ample Supply of Domeatie. Tli"ill.ll II Ull'llt shortage of Imported fertilisers bus deeloHd, uu ample sup ply of domcMtii and South American grades Is available. These are bound to IMS-nine Niibslltiiles for those here tofore luiHir(ed ftoin abroad. The let i.i an potash slid sulphate of tin mollis, used for any crops; sulphate or Mitsh. used for raOt and grain crop, snd murlute of jiotiish. principally used for com and grain crops. Of the d -i. and South American fertilisers I here ale H liouiher of va rlelies mailable and, most Important of nil. nt pi Pes as yet unaffected h) the foreign shortage What part leu In i kinds to use aud bow to apply them are subject which have beeu discussed an bulletins aud Looks by many auihois Fxperts nevertheless i are agreed that the advice Is more i valuable In leaching piinclples. In sug I gesllug means of experimenting d In designating the pioluibllltlea of suy Hue of in Hon limn In spc.lf) lug what parlh Olar fertiliser should la- used. I iilfonn uses of certain binds, how ever, have Ifoii decided on after con tinuous application to given crops. For Hitatoes, fur instance, phosphate has been found to kt the Ut fertllUer, applleil In iiiantltles from pat to tHaJ pounds to Hie acre. High grade am uioiilatcd phosphate to the amount of mi HMinils to the in re may also ts used with kinmI results, aud, U-eldes, It Is udrti.lal.le for neurl) all xegeta Idee. Ml nml n has OOBB found excel i.i, i for bin, tilalltii: clover and other leguincs It Is a Ibpiid fertiliser to be dbtsohisl In water The seed Is eat untied In the solution to start a tiulck. genulniilluu process. tine of the strongest felt tillers used for funning and gardening In geueral Is nit i ate of soda, brought here from Chile I'nl) 100 or IM pounds are re gukrvsl for one ie n- liits fertllUer acts V t'lV .lll kl) It should ho appMad after the plants are ils.ve ground The safest way to use ii is to dktaulva hall isuiud of ui irate In ten ealloaa Ol water aud then spun with the solution. In small gar delis the solution may be sprinkled vvllh uu oiilin.it) watering can Still another fertiliser for Held aud lawn 11 sen Is sulphate of troll, 10U paattdfl of which dissolved lu fifty two gallons of walei Is sulli. lent for treat lug one a. re The solution should lie aonlltsl with a line MUiivcr It Is an exi client destrovcr ef the t'linad.i this i tie and other weeds .llittcult to trad Icate IhHie flour Is reo'Uiiueudcd for lsittis.1 plants mid Mower lanls, while other fcisxl ferltlUers for general use are l.oueiueal. from fkSl to StaJ pounds to ail acre, and wood iishee, the latter ie.Uliliu: at least 1 il is.Ulida to Uu prove the soil of a similar area. Intensive i ultlv aiioii Is exieiislve and Is culled for at times when farm lakot Is cvtieiuelv t.usy, but there seems to be no other way to eradicate some aooda i".. i eicly. The mat of cultlvutliiii Is lu man) cases returned In the Increased yield of the rrapS follow in: Short crop tot.iiious are useful lu kivplug ipia. k jruss under coutrol. and. when .iii.ii.M'.l so as to provide uu opportunity to attack the tiuack grass ul seasonable tluies, they will pel mil eradication of the weyl without listing the use of the laud. A good two roar rotattaa rat this parpaat usee cnsllase corn after fall rye. Flow the laud after removal of rje, disk and le line for ensilage coru the next vear Flow the laud after b.irveetliui the com and sow to rye Uuiueillately. The following throe year loiation way be used: ill Fall rye or barley needed to ARGtJS. ttftmSUAY, JULY I, 191 5 SERBIAN RESERVISTS HELD BY OFFICIALS (Continued on Page 4) Chicago Twenty-three reaervlata of the Serbian army, alleged to be Unit ed Statea cltliena, were held by fed eral officers here for appeiirunce be fore a United Statea commission for examination aa to a violation of the nation's neutrality. The reservists were seized by 16 (inlted States deputy marshals as they were departing, with about 400 of their countrymen, for London. Ont. They were to sail from Canada. It waa reported, to Join their reglmenta fight Ing with the alllea. Uther members of the party were permitted to leave after the train had been delayed four hours The 2.1 men were detained only af ter a riot call brought a acore of po lire reserves to the asalatance of the federal officers The men began shrieking In their native tongue that i;. thihu spies had ix-set them. clover, t'.'i clover buy. first crop; plow between July l tind Aug. 1 imd disk ns above; ill ensilage corn. A full rye, com. Isirley nml clover rotation tuny lie miuiiiL-ed so ns to eradicate the ipinck grass yenra. between the first mid second Hsndy Harrow. I, PkafOji lieiuns of steel In-lit Into trlsniiubir frames to form n nose and two legs and I. shaped braces perpen dlciilar to each other and IsilKsl or riv eted to the main pun of frame as shown, make this new harrow. The rear harrow hafg haudles attached to the braces, so that a man following a harrow may tench down Inul lift a burrow to relense piles of coriistalka, brush, stones and other matter that rolled when burrow lug. - Fariulnu' lluslaes lackberrlee. According to n recent bulletin of the Fulled Stales department of ngrlcul tun-, an average yield of .: quarts of blackberries -r ncre may be ex liecti-d under gissl management The l.enl laud. It Is said. Is a deep. flue, sandy loam with a large supply of hit mil nml abundant moisture at the rtM-nlug season. In growing blacklier rles one of the most luisirtiint couald eratlons Is to have an easily reached market Hauling the berries long dls tan. e Injure them. NOVEL AUTO DISPALY SHOWS INNER WORKS Standard Oil Company Ha Unusual Exhibit at Kurd (iarage It is not often that it falls to the lot of the average motorist to see the in ternal workings of his car while in ac tual operation. Therefore every mo torist that iKwsibly can should visit the exhibit being held by the Standard Oil company at the Ford Garage, where they will tind on display a stripped cbasi of a White truck and a Ford car with proportions of the housing of the motor, transmission and rear axle cut away, so that the internal working of the motor, transmission and rear axle may be seen a if acluall) travel ing on the road. This is an educational feature in every ii I el and is intended to show the automobile owner how to take care of, manipulate and lubricate his car cor rectly. There is an engineer in at tendance who will explain not only the working of these car but the work ings of your car and also answer anv questions relating to the same. He states that wherever this exhibit ha been, it has been received with Die greatest of enthusiasm by the automo bile public in general and shows very grartically why hi company rem mend tiuid greaaes that will splash and give perfect lubrication. Therefore, do not fail to v ii t the exhibit and get posted on the care and lubrication of your own particular car. The exhibit opened yesterday and will continue until July 3rd. A fW vi. I WV '11 Vv ff i J'!j.. ---! '-- -v I J in nr ' fWT " '" X ll II HUERTA HAS LONG BEEN UNDER WATCH (Special to The Argus.) Washington. The United State! government has frustrated for the present an attempt on the part of Gen eral Vlctorlano lluerta and hla asso ciates to launch from American ter ritory a new revolutionary movement In Mexico The arrest of the Mexican ex di. tutor with General Oroico and others at I'aso follows nearly three months' of espionage by government agents. The department of Justice had In structed United States Attorney Camp of the western dlatrlct of Texas, to take Into cnatody these men, who seemingly were engaged In violations of American neutrality laws, which forbids the recruiting of men, the pur chase of supplies therefor and the or ganlsatlon of a military expedition on the soil of the United States. The developments at El I'aso caused a sensation In Mexican quarter here, both the Car ran xa and Villa Bgencles issuing statements rejoicing that the United Btates had checked an effort on the part of the soeallcd reaction ary Interests to regain control of Mex lean affair. oooo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx TIMELY BEE HINTS. 000(XXXXXXXXXXXX)OOOOCOCOOO If you have not done so n I ready, by all menus go over every colony ami clip the wings of every laving queen, st this will eiittblo you to hive auto matically every swurm that nuiy come out. and if prnerl.v done II It aeuse In lures the queen. Ilelit manicure scis sor are tho bet ustruiiieiit for this purpooo. If the tops of the combs of tin- brood nests ure clipped with nice white wnx, Indicating that new honey ha been k-iithcrod. then place the surplus supers on without further delay And where extruded honey Is to be secured tbui't forget to put the queen's excluding board between ' brood nest and the extracting Ixidy. for the presence of unsealed brood In the extracting frames I annoying, to uy the least Keep the grass and weeds nvviiy from the hives so that the returning heavily laden bees may liol have to wend their vvny through a mass of weeds In order to rem-a their hives and store theli hard earned sweets. F.ver.v hive should rest iikiii n atHiid of some sort, and ti platform of con trail iiKii the ground and alxuit three feci square Is both Inexpensive and effiitlie r Demonstration of Motor Car Operation & Lubrication .. I NYSSA NKWS. Miss Edith Iredale left Tuesday evening for Portland where she will visit several days before goirfg to Mammoth. Mr G. B. Halloway of Boise was a business visitor in Nyssa Thursday. Misses Lucy Thompson and Annie Mc Donald left for Mammoth Friday evening. Miss Elsie Gibson, who has been at teudinir the teachers normal in Vale came home Friday evening to spend Saturday and Sunday. Mrs E. H. Mc Donold and two small son.i, Pwight and Gordon left for Cald well Sunday, where they will attend the Chatauqua. Mr Ii J. Davis who is acting as in structor at the Vale normal arrived in Nyssa Friday returning to Vale Monday morning' Mr E. B. Nedry has been visiting in Jordan Valley the past week. Mrs Harry Pratt and two children of Owyhee were in town Tuesday. Mr J. H. Wolf returned homo Friday from Boise where ha has lieen attend ing the Chatuaqlia Miss Amy Sinclair was hostess at a delightful little party given at her home last Thursday, the occasion being her fifth birthday. The annual school meeting was held at the school house, Monday, Mr Peter Tenson was elected school director and Mr Ii- J Davis achool clerk. . Mr and Mrs Sherwtxsl have received invitations to the wedding of Miss Helen Thurston and Paul BrainaJd of Payette which will occur next Wednes day. Mr Brainard will art as superin- I tendent of the Nyssa High School next term and all look forward with delight to ihe arrival of the young couple in Nyssa. DKEDH AND PATENTS June 21 to 26, 1915. Andrew B. Anderson et ux to Jos eph K. Beddes, '.NW. 10, lot 2, 9-1C-40, April 24, 1916, $1,000. Ontario Advancement Co. to Helena B. Dunphy, EVsSEWNW''SE4 5-18-47, May 1, 1915, $1,000. Saruh E. Fulcher et vir to William M. l-umbert, All interest in Estate of Henry C. Lumliert, Deceased, January 26, 1916, $1. David A. Lambert to William M. I .unbelt. All interest in Estate of Henry C. Lambert, Deceuscd, January 7, I it 1 5, $200. Oregon Valley I. ami Co. to James A. Miller, NKVSW' 23-33-40, May 26, 1915, $200. .- ..in ol II. I.nw leu. . et ux to Edna An opportunity for motorists to get posted on the operation and lubrication of their cars. Stripped chassis of White and Ford Cars on exhibition with housings of motOB, transmission and rear axle cut away so that the mechanical operation and lubrication can be seen. All working parts in action. Automobile engineer in attend ance. All are cordially invited. NOW GOING ON AT Ford Garage THIS DEMONSTRATION WILL CON TINUE UNTIL JULY 3, INCLUSIVF OPEN EVENINGS Standard Oil Company v California.) iitst 4rt44fyt-t-t44a THE VEGETABLE GARDEN, t Bet main crop celery plants now; alao enbbage plants. Soopaiids will kill plant Ilea So will tobacco extract, kerosene emulsion or whale oil soap. Meat U expensive. Means are a good substitute. Keep the weed all out of the beets. Now Is their time to put In some good licks. Cultivate the homely lond. 1 live entirely upon Insects and Is always hungry. The grentest mistake In a garden Is crowding, which makes everything grow ninl) nnd spindling. Wood ashes nre good fertiliser, hnt not for straw Iterrles hiuI potatoes. They do best In a slightly neld soil nnd the ashes netitrnllr.e the acidity. Ashes nre excellent for tomatoes, peas nnd n general line of gnrden crops. Provide the tomatoes with n support of some kind trellis or stakes. Miike two sowings of p"" "n earlv wrinkled v-nrlety for n Inte crop E. Leonard. SVSE'4SEV4 30-15-47. June 18, 1915, $10. Also metes anil bounds in 31-16-47, (31 acres.) Juntura Investment Co. to Ada M. Hedges, lots 12-13, bl 15 Juntura, Jun. 30. 1913, $350. r Nuthan IL Suitter to Harriet and Pauline Sears, lot 3 bl 25 Eldredge's Adn. Vale, June 23, UU $1. U. S. A. to Edward J. Curtis, SW, NW'4 29, MHIOni SE'4NW'4 40, November 30. 1912. Wm. R. King et ux to W. H. Brooke, Vi Int. In EVEV4SE'4 2-1H-40. Aug ust 17, 1911, $10. Grant S. Ridgley et ux to School District No. 42. 1 acre in 0-17-41, June 14, 1916, $45. COMPLAINTS FILED IN CIRCUIT COURT DIJRINti WEEK. Albert W. White vs. N. R. Mutinies ses, M. 0i Hope, I. W. Hope and John S. White, Foreclosure ol Mechanic Lien, $750. Empire Lumlier Co. Ltd. ',' V. E. Hurler und E. (!. Hurler, Recovery on Note, $272.91. Chnrles A. (iarvin vs. John A. Wuril, Recovery on Note, $104. MARRIAGE LICENSES Issued .Inline the week. Claud Woodland anil Jennie Heard. June 26. E. J. Richards and Minnie Cookson, June 20. m