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THE ONTARIO ARGUS. THURiDAY, JULY IB, 191IJ THE ONTARIO ARGUS PUBL1SUKD KVKKY THUHSDAT Entered in the poatoflice Bt Ontario, Orngon, for traiiH iniKnioH through the. mail an (wcond-clnna matter. W. C. MARSH Germany's Latest Note. (iormony'8 latest reply to American protect regarding her method of carrying on submarine warfare warfare is far Irom satisfactory. The receipt oftho document, although ollicial com ment is withheld for the present, will undoubted ly have the effect of making a serious situation more critical. This is very disappointing to the American people, especially as wojinve been led to brieve, from the press dispatches during the last Uireo weeks, that Germany's attitude would be conciliatory and some means found of arriv ing at a satisfactory settlement of the disputes betwcon the two nations. While the state of affairs is disappoint ing, there is no cause for alarm. There is u very remote possibility of our actually going to war with (formally. This was our opinion at the he ginning and we see no reason to change it. Only in the event that there might follow another such tragedy as the sinking of the Lusitunia is it pos sible that the sentiment of the American people would be in favor of war, even though St must adioit that our pride has received a jolt because the Kaiser paid so little attention to a demand which seemed to require a prompt ami delinite answer. While the whole nation applauded President Wilson'.s, stand as embodied in the lirst note fob lovviug'ihe sinking of the Imsitania, it is best to await the outcome of the entire nt'i'uir before pas sing ti mil judgement on the wisdom of the man ner in which this government hni dealt with the subject. It has been in ipientlv pointed out by thinking men that (iei uianv could not possibly beexiiectsd to relinquish entirely her submarine campaign against British shipping. Her plea that1 if this is a violation of the principles of interna tional law it became ncce-mirv because (ireat Britain IffA violated that law bj stopping food supplies tO the civilian pOjHllaiiou of (iermany may be a poor excuse, but when we consider thai this is a great struggle n the death between great nation P, the very natiouul existence of some of tlie nations iiej ending upon the outcome, we can ue a little more charitable in viewing (iermany's decision. That the international law required that a belligerent nation "visit and search" a ship lly ing the enemy Hag before sinking her, was never disputed by any country until this war, when the new use of submarines began. That (iermany could not follow these rules in making "captures" with submarines, was known to the administra tion when the lirst note was penned. Therefore if our demands we acceded to, so that American citizens could travel without fear of danger on ships living tho flag of a belligerent nation, Ger many must give up entirely the submarine block ade against Knglish shipping. (formany would never do this, at least as long as England main tains her food supply blockade against the Ger man civilian population. To demand something that would not be granted, as President Wilson did, stirred the patriotism of the American people because of the realization of the gravity of our situation, but the outcome of all the disputes will tlnow light on the question of tho wisdom of making the demand in the manner in which it was made. The proposition of iermany that she will not harm ships carrying tho American Hag, and if these cannat carry all the trllic ships Hy ing other Hugs may be put into service, Germany agreeing not to harm them if properly designat ed, is something tho American nation cunnot ac cept without humilitation, and will not accept. As a sensible means of solving the dilliculties the proposition no doubt appeals to the ,formans. Hut high seas are international highways and we should not be compelled to tarvel them on conditions impossed by one of tho warring na tions. What we will do about it is something the adiniiiistrrtion must decide. We will not go to war. Probably negotiations will be continued. If so we hope that despite tho refusal to abandon submarine warfare there may bo such a solution as will lesson, rather than widen the breach be tween America ami (iermany. Viewed from the standpoint that a definite compliance with our demand that a lirititdi ship should not be sunk if it carried American passen gers, the Gorman note is not satisfactory, and we can never expect to receive one. If we are will ing to agree that an American pussengor has no business in the "war zone" declared by Germuiiy unless he sails under the sturs and stripes, then there is the best chance in the world for u satis factory and fuiendly settlement. To agree to tin latter course would give safety to Americans who wished to go to the British Isles; but it would hurt our national pride CITY PEOPLE AND FARMING. I Scientific Farming ELECTRIC PLOWING. In Um In Qtrminy, Wh.io It U Beyond tha Experimental Stags. By KHANK KOMTWt Author of "Kltu.-trli.-lty For tha Furm and ' Horn.." l'lowlug Is the father of Industrie, the Indlspeiisuhlo primary operu'lon Upon which clvllUutluu him ili-tendcl fr.un l ho earliest ages, niul the plow Is thus the most useful anil iieceasur) in. pleuient Which him ever l-e'li designed by niuukluit for Us own advnm eineut. i Without the plow agriculture U luipos all.!,-, ud without agrleiiltmc no In- i dually ciiii sslSt Yet In pltc of all the pi ogress which his SSBB made In me hanteul arU uud in the silence: the plow of today remains ihe same In principle a the plow of dllMM of eeii tuiies ago. The furrow U still tuinctl In the old way, and modern science bue. 'hied nothing- lu principle t the pi, iv. except different means of druw Uig it acnss Ihe Held. aimers in Germauy, here lurlu til, past llfteell your the steuui pl" has bOM used to a great extent. hu e made increasing use of the electrically operated plow, which Is now far be (at Ml fsnw - MUTOU AihJ OP A SDK1IJS atUTOM FLOW mm fasjfl the exerliueutal stage and Is lu many NOpoMi uiirlor to that drawn b Meaiu or gasoline tractors, savlm; both time aud money. Ihe electric plow, plowing four fu; rows ut a tune, la drawn rapidly back ami forth across tko field by cables operated h, Ihe motor. An nveraKc eiiulpuieiit of this kind will plow an a,ic in thirty minutes at a cost of 'Jo cent for Ihe Mvcr consumed. A plow loan following the single furrow Ix-hlud his horses will be eight or ten limes as loug lllilshlug the same Held, with day after da of physical exhaus tlou for himself and his team. Vet up lo tin. present lime n electric plow has turned a furrow In the United Slates. lu the far west gasoline driven plows, often turulug twenty furrows at once, are in use, hut they are enpu hle of being utilUtsl only oxer Im mense tracts of laud, while tho electric plow Is equally suited to iaigo and small faruta. l.K ell c plowing has been carried In tJermauy for llftecn years, uud ureal strides have bcou mudc, particularly lu I lie last live ) ears, Of the several Hs leius elllio.ed tile one ami two motor s.tkteuis are most extensively usetl. lu both these systems the plow is pulled across the Held by a cable wound ou a ,ii um lu the single motor s stein on one side of Ihe Held the motor Is mounted on a self propelled SagOU, whicb au matlcull) travel., forward parallel with the motor wagon with each Hff fur row. The two motor system has two motors, on, on each of two self pro pelled wugous, one of these replacing the anchor wagon The one motor sys tem Is lower in llrsl coat, but the other can he more readily adapted to the cultivation of any form of Held Klectrlc plowing has Meat advan tages over that by gasoline or steam engines. With a steam plow, for in stance, a great amount of coal and wa ter must he taken to the Held by teams uud drivers which must he paid for. Electric plowing CM he carried ou lu nuctlcally every kind of weather, even in the winter, when steam operated plows would freeze, and the electric plow can he used lu soft or loamy soil where horses cannot work and on hilly ground. As fur as the cost of electric plowlug la concerned, experience shows that it ciui he done cheper per acre than by horses or steam. The held of electric plowing of today Is found principally in Germany. It is an established fact that American agricultural machinery lu Its wide pru tical application is In most respects far superior to that of uuy foreign make, and should the do mestic manufacturers devote tln-m selves with the same skill to contriving uppuratus for electric plowing It will be only u short time until our farmers rscogulse the advantages of the sys tem. Electric plowing Is not confined to farms of large a it may be carried ou to good advantage on farms of small slse. GERMAN TRENCHES TAKEN BY ALLIES British Make Gains at Ypres After Artillery Duel Last ing Two Days. London. Further Hritlah gains north of Ypres, where the Hritlah ou July ti captured -U0 yards of German tr in lies, are reported In a communl cation from I .eld Marshal Sir John French, coiuuiauder-lu chief of the liritish expeditionary force In the western war theater. (icii.-ral French saya that after a bombarding duel lasting two daya and nights, the Germans tell back, enahl lug the liritish to exteud their gains All reports, saya the field marshal indicate that tho German losses were severe. The French official report declares that ft advance of 700 yarda on a front of tiOU yards has been made In the Voages, where the French took prisoner 19 officers, including one bat talioii commander, two doctura ami 707 men, all unbounded and belonging to seven different battalions The cap tur. of a cannon, two machine guns, several bomb-throwers and much am munition also is reported. The Berlin official report admit failure to clear the French from the I trench section lost b the Germans near Souchex, but reports the capture by atorm of several Hues of French trenches extending over a width of 350 yards in the foreat of l.e I'retre, to gether with 250 prisoners and four machine guns. A report from Berlin also says that the remnants of the British army stares at Arras have been destroyed by the German bombardment and by fire" and that aa a consequence the British artillery haa heeu compelled to change position. Backer's Plea Deniad. Rangley. Maine. Justice Hughes of i h lulled Slates supreme court de nied the application of former Police Lieutenant Becker of New York for re view of his case. This means that Becker must dla In the electric chair for tha murder of Gambler Herman MoaaaUist. Tlie fntnl mistake of many city people taking to farm life is a rush of enthualnsm before prop erly planning the future life. They give up good Jobs, sennt of means, nnd perhaps they orcr Invost. depending upon their new efforts and resources to meet ex penses thnt should have been previously provided for. There art ninny thousands of city wage earnera who could vastly better their conditions by having their fnmlllea on smnll farms of ten, fifteen or twenty ncres properly prepared Tor pro duction by soil Improvement be fore actual settlement Farm and Fireside SAVE THE WATER. Keep tha Soil Supplied With Humus and Mulch tha Surface. By saving the water from tho early ruins crops will not suffer na much Inter In the summer If drought occur. Usually more water Is lost from the soil by eva pi Tat ion that la, drying out from the surfnee. than cropa uae. There me two chief wnya Of helping to prevent this -namely, by keeping (he soli well supplied with organic matter, or humus, nnd by maintaining a soil mulch over the surface Ttils soil mulch or layer of looae dry toll forms a blanket, preventing the soil water from reaching the surface where evaporation Is ao rapid In hot or windy weather. l'.vcry gardener should atari water saving at onco. If the nowly plowed land is disked thoroughly the aatne day It is turned over there Is less chanco of the furrow s drying out badly is-fore tho land ia planted. Newly spaded land should be raked over the same day the aoll la turned. After planting the uae of a weeder breaks up the aurface and kills many weed.. The cultivator ought to be started na soon na tho rowa can be Been and used often enough to keep the aur fnre line, loose and dry. Kvery ruin or shower packa tha aur face aoll, and unless broken up evap oration Is very rapid from this com pact, moist aurface. Aa aoon aa the field can he worked after a rain the cultivator ahould be uaed to ro-eatab-llah the soil mulch. This freqaaut cul tivation not only saves water for plant uae, but also la an aid to plant growth and a beuotlt to tho aoll. Nevor bo satisfied with cultivating enough to kill the weeds. Cultivate often enough to maintain throughout the season a looae, dry layer of aoll at ihe aurface. Start a aoll mulch now and maintain It all summer. It pays, for It means more water for the cropa to use Protected Hay Entrance. For convenience In drawing bay Into the bam the porch abown herewith will he found very satisfactory. The boom from which the hayfork tackle la auapeuded extends all the way out to the gable end of the porch. Con venient dimensions for this porch are ten feet each way. Thla will enable the very largest forkful of hay to be taken in without choking the entrance. Aa abown, the porch ahould be closed with a door hung from hinge above, held In place when closed by I a ros-s attached tu the lower corner uud fastened ou the Inside of the barn when the door la shut. The chief ad vantages of this plan are that the bay tackle Is always under cover, ao there la no warping of the wooden support. rustlug of the metal nor rotting of the roie. The roof ubove the porch need id extend more than four or five feet beyond tho main roof of the baru. The large dimension la the better. Grange Judd Farmer. Selection of Good Seed Corn. Demonstration work with corn con ducted at the .Ncvy Jersey station haa t-leurly shown the value of securing good aeed. Inning the (Mist two yeara the aeed haa been the cause of differ ence lu v lt-ld of live to twenty bushels in acre uud even more in several teat. The lirst point to coualder In select ing aeed corn Is maturity. Aa corn must be acclimated lo a region before the best results can be obtained, it la not wise to use seed from another lo cality, even that grown lu another aee lion of the atate. It la better to secure seed from a neighbor producing the 'est corn In the community. It la dliti, ult lu New Jersey to pro luce good aeed com because each farmer produces a different variety or a different atruiu of the same variety Vnother Important factor lu selection Is a pure strain. This may eaally he 1, Icrinhied by the color of i-uli ear rod tlie color of individual gralua in neb ear. Other induta to be cousld red are slice aud shate of the ear tlralghtuess of rows, length of kernel, variety of kernel as ahMWU by the grm tnd color of cob. A BILL lit THE BOX Story of a Legislative Prank In the New York Assembly. rhe Argus, $ 1 . 00 the year. DILEMMA OF A TIMID MEMBER. Though His Nam Was Signed to tha Msasur H Was Not Ita Author and Whan Ordered to Withdraw It What Little Courage Ha Had Failed Him. There was a fake bill Introduced in the assembly of New York atnte dur ing the aesalon of lUO'J that really be came a famous piece of legislation be fore It arrived at ita formal tints, al though it has never until (he present time been chronicled In print. The act was placed In the assembly bill box by two Jokcra of the assembly. It was drawn up In the regular form, beginning with the necessary verbiage, "The people of the state of New York In senate aud assembly represented," etc. i be provlalona of the first two or three sections were alao very pluuslble, aud, tu fact, the euUro measure waa put together In auch a way that only a technician In legislative matter could have discerned the Joke. The assembly bill box la a receptacle placed for the measure of tho legisla tors who may wlah to have them In troduced at the next regular dally ses sion Niihse,iient to their deposit The box la only used "between time," tor when the assembly I lu aeaalon :! bill may be handed up to the cerk for reading. Bills are Introduced In dupli cate and inuat bear, of course, tho In tnslucer's name. The jokers dropped the fake bill Into the box on a Thursday night They attached a member's name whose d, trlct waa In the crowded east aid Sec- don of New York. II waa what waa known aa a machine man and bad lit tle Initiative or Individuality. lie never watted over for Friday morning sessions, as they lasted but a few mln ate, snd It was eaaler to take the train to New York Thursday night, re- turning sfter recess tlie following Monday night The fake blU with tho east aide metnber'a name waa duly taken out of the box Friday mot ulng aud its title read. It waa referred to lu prop er committee ami ordered prlntedL Ita purpose wss made vsry plain. At svery crossroad throughout tho state of New York there must be placed at once by the atatc engineer and aur veyor a signpost with a algn of ex actly described dimensions', and letter ing measured to a dot directing trav elers to the ueareat place for enter tainment of man and beast The angle of the crossroads were specified to tbetr exact degree with respect to the proper placing of the Mlgn. No sooner wss the title of the bill rend than the afternoon newspaper represeiitutlves at Albany pricked up their euro. They were ou the alert alwaye for New York city legtalattou. but here waa a bill making It manda tory to erect sigii,-i.s throughout tho atate, and essentially of rural benefit Yet a member from a congested New York district bad Introduced It Some thing strange. They searched around for the alleged lutrodueer. lie N in New York. They took no chances, however, and telegraphed u column to their papers telling of the attempt to signpost tlie atnte by an east side leg islator. The morning pupers took It up. He porters huuted up the ussemblymsn st his horns, lie roared out his denial. But UObody believed him. He got a hurry telephone call from hi district lender, to whom he a wore he hud In troduced no auch bill, lie waa ordered (o ask for the privilege of the floor at Mouday ulght'a session uud compel the withdrawal of the bill. He had atage fright over the Idea. He was almost too bashful to mlse his voice when vot ing at roil calk Met while tlie news of the bill sprtioi. a I from all quar tera of the city the I klesa assembly men received telepbo a meaaage aak Ing to be "let in on tl elgnpoat graft" The following Moi ty night the al leged Introducer arrived lu Albany al most In s atate of collapse. All during the ensuing week be waa ordered to demand the withdrawal of the bill, but would not rise lu his seat and ask It Finally n mcinticr In the secret told the facts to Speaker Mxou. The apeaker called the assemblyman to his desk and questioned htm. He waa satisfied that Ihe legislator was altogether h timid to Introduce auch a radical bill and exonerated him But the bill had been printed. When It waa supposed that It had leen killed In committee the first thing known waa a request for u bearing on it by some good roads workers, who saw In It a blessing aud who sent the alleged In troducer a congratulatory letter for Ida public spirited in it The bill of course died In committee, but Its memory clung to the east aide Icglxlutor for many years.-New York Sun A Puixl. "8ome differences are v i r.v puxzllng." "Like what for tiistiimcV" "If yon v rib menu and bud tlduus about a man III 11 Isauka II Is biography. H you tell the -..iiue things about him on the back hjicIi It's gosalp." Baltl more Amertcau SAFETY SERVICE "Safety first" was the motto and practice el this hank long hefore those words hecame tho slogan of tho largo transportation companies. Service to the public is not a theory, hut a daily practice with us. Put your money where safety is the first consideration and avail yourself of our service. ONTARIO NATIONAL BANK Safety DtpOftit lloxi's Savings Accounts POTATOES We Can Prove It! Potatoes fluctuate in price with the market; but, no mat ter what the market, our price is the lowest. Shrewd buying and a big trade the answer. Your patronage on trial.' is solicited Put us to the proof. -. WILSON BROTHERS Old Fashionad. Daughter What does ok) fashioned mean? Mother--Anything that I think Is right and you don't, dear. Philadsl pbla Record. Puntabment la a cripple, bnt he r rives.-Hpanlsh I'roveit. The Argus, 1.00 the year. 10. OOPS, Um only I'nictical Tailor in Ontario, is the only I'ruetioal IMaoo to buy u suit minle to your order Suitsmade to order from $15.00 to $50.00 The only Ktdiahle and 1'iompt ('leaning and Pressing in tint 'ity. E. COPE Moore Hotel Blk. Wizard of the Wasatch Carnival Salt Lake City JULY 21-24 Kvery body Will be There It will be held during Home coming Week and will in eltldi I'ioneer Day (Vlebra tion and (Jrand Carnival. Thcro will be GorgtOQI Electrical I'aratles Civic, industrial and Military i'aratles Special Pioneer Days Ceitdiiation and Daily Street Carnival. THE OREGON SHORT LINK Will have excursion rates in effect from Utah points July 21 - M inclusive, from Idaho Wyoming and Oregon points July 20 and 21st. See any O. S. L. Agent for further particulars. The Argus $1.00