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vided for. but In no case must they
receive any mileage.
Sec. IL. The stock inspectors and
detectives are district officers. and the
board must designate the ,district in
which the inspectors and detectives
shall serve. and the district must be
designated in their commissions.
Sec. 13.-The board Of county com
missioners. at the time Of the an.
nual levy of taxes. tnust. at the re.
quest of the board. levy the rate OF
tax recommended by the board. not to
exceed six co. mills on the dollar, on
all cattle and horses assessed In their
respective counties. according to the
assessed valuation OF the same, the
said take to be collected as other tax.
es. and paid to the state treasurer.
who must keep the same in a separate
fund, TO be known as the stock inspec.
ton fund.
Sec. II. The county assessor must
on or before. the first Monday in Sep
TENDER OF each year. prepare from the
assessment book of such year, as cor
rected b ythe board of county commits.
sioners. a statement showing the total
number of all said stock assessed. and
the value of same. And the county
treasurer must notify the state board
Of stock commissioners Of all moneys
forwarded 10 the state treasury be
longing to the state stock inspection
fund at the time said moneys are for.
warded to the state treasury. Also
make final report to said board at the
time he makes settlement with the
state controller.
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BILLS INTRODUCED
N LEGISLATURE

Assembly Bill. No. GAG, introduced
by Elko delegation, by request. March
s, 1916.
An act providing for the licensing
and inspecting OF. charitable and Phil.
anthropic associations. societies. cor
porations, and institutions soliciting
for their use and benefit moneys. gifts.
or donations from the public.
Section i. No person shall here
after solicit moneys, gifts, or donations
from the public for the use and bene-
fit of any charitable or philanthropic
association. society. corporation. or in
stitution, unless a license or permit in
writing has first been obtained there
for from the state board of charities
and corrections, issued in the name Of
such association, society. corporation,
or institution, and due authority in
writing has been given to such per-
son to solicit moneys, gifts, or dona-
tons for dts use and benefit.
Sec. 2. The state board of charities
and corrections is authorized. and it
shall be its duty. to issue licenses or
permits in writing to charitable and
phi~lanthropic associations, societies.
corporations, or Institutions, applying
therefor, to solicit moneys, gifts. or
donations from the public for their use
and benefit, upon such conditions as it
may deem best. Said board is furth-
er authorized to inspect and inquire
into the purposes and objects OF such
associations, societies, corporations,
or institutions, and ascertain the ex-
tent of their public benefit, and to re-
fuse any such license or permit If it
believes that the interests of the pub
lie will be best subserved by such re-
fusal; and to cancel any such license
or permit, once granted, after a hear.
ing has been given, If it believes the
public interest would be best subverv-
ed by such cancellation.
Sec. 3. Any person WHO engages in
soliciting moneys, gifts, or donations
from the public for the use and bene-
association, society, corporation, or in
stitution, except as provided for in
this act, and any manager or officer
of any such charitable or philanthropic
association, society, corporation, or in
stitution who authorizes OF procures
any such solicitation to be done, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 4. This act shall not apply to
churches, or to associations, societies,
corporations, OF institutions of purely
a religious or fraternal nature, and
which don OF serve a charitable or phi.
lanthropis purpose (or to societies du,
ly organized for the prevention OF
cruelty to children or animals.
Assembly Bill, No. 245, introduced
by Elko and White Pine Delegations
March 8, 1915.
An act to create a board of stock
commissioners, providing for appoint
ment and duties Of commissioners and
appointment of inspectors, and other
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about to be shipped from the state,
and the c%onsignor, upon demand, shall
establish fully his title to such stock.
Sec. IL. The stock inspectors and
detectives are under the exclusive con-
troll and direction of the board, and
must be paid for their services such
sums as may be agreed upon by the
board. out Of the fund herinafter pro-
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matters properly relating thereto.
Section 1. The board OF stock com

matters properly relating thereto.
Section 1. The board Of stock com
missioners is hereby created.
Sec. 2. The governor Is authorized
to nominate and appoint a board Of
stock commissioners OF one member
from each county in the state. and
such stock commissioners, upon en-
tering upon their duties, must take
the constitutional oath Of office, which
oath must be filed in the office Of the
secretary of state.
Sec. 3. Each member of said board
SO appointed must be the owner of
cattle or horses in the county for
which he is appointed. and shall be a
resident of said county. The stock
commissioners shall hold Office for
two years. or until their successors
are appointed and qualified. and in
case of vacancy from death, resigna,
tion. or removal the governor must
appoint to fill such vacancy.
Sec. 4. The board may divide the
state into. as many districts as ncces,
sary.
Sec. S. The board may organize by
electing one of their number presi,
dent, and appoint a secretary.
Sec. 6. The stock commissioners
and their secretary receive no com,
pensation or mileage for their ser,
vices, but must be allowed their actual
expenses incurred by them in the per,
Torrance of their duties.
Sec. T.. 1t is the duty of the board
to exercise a general supervision over
and, SO far as may be, protect the
stock interests Of the state from theft
and disease, and devise and recon-
mend, from time to time, such legis,
! lation as in their judgment will fos,
ter this industry. The board may
procure all necessary and lawful pro,
cess for the attendance of witnesses,
and employ counsel to assist in the
prosecution of any person as herein
before provided, and 1t is the duty OF
the board, when necessary, to assist
in the prosecution of any person guilty
of any offense against the laws of this
state in feloniously branding or steal
ing any stock, or any other crime, OF
misdemeanor, under any of the laws
of the state for the protection of the
rights and interests OF stock owners
and 1t isSthe duty of the board to
make rules and regulations governing
the recording and use of live stock
brands.
Sec. 8. The board of stock commits
sioners may appoint such stock in
spectors and detectives as are neces
sary for the protection of the livestock
interests Of the state, and the inspec
tors and detectives have the sam,
power as sheriffs to summon a posse
when necessary, and to make arrests
The stock inspectors and detectives
may, when deputized by the sheriff
exercise the powers of deputy sheriff
but must not receive any fee or emulu
ment therefor from the state or AM
county.
Sec. 9. The stock inspectors anC
detectives must each make and ex
ecute a bond, with two sufficient Sc
curities in the sum of one thousand
dollars, to the state, conditioned fol
the full and faithful performance O
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Assembly Bill, No. 245, introduced
by Elko and White Pine Delegations,
March 8, 1915.
An act to create a board of stock
commissioners, providing for appoint
ment and duties of commissioners and
appointment of inspectors, and other
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1919 -4
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08

If General Huerta really contemplated a
dash into northern Mexico with General
Orozco as the active head of new revolu-
tion-and our government apparently has
evidence to that effect-it's pretty good
guess that he had hackers in lower Man
haitian. There are plenty of New York
financers who would rather see a dictator
of Huertas type ruling Mexico than any
mider and more scrupuous leader, pledged
to reform. The strong hand which is
admittedly needed to govern that distract
ed country has heretofore been used freely
to deliver and fortify foreign concessions.
1t was particularly so when the hand be-
longed to Diaz, who was Huerta's ideal
ruler
Gen. Huerta can't be blamed much for
plotting revolution. He's Mexican, and
that's his business. But it's very ticklsh
business for American citizens to monkey
with. If there was really we'll organized
plot, backed by American capital, just at
the time when the United States govern
ment was making supreme effort for the
final pacfcaton of Mexico, the ramifica-
tions of the case will be interesting as
they develop.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08

Through the Press Service Of Agri-
culture and Commerce, the master
minds OF this nation will be invited
to the public forum and asked to de-
liver message to civilization. Men
who achieve seldom talk, and men
who talk seldom achieve. There is
no such thing as noisy thinker, and
brevity is always a close companion
to truth.
It will be a great privilege to stand
by the side of men who can roll In
place the cornerstone Of industry; to
associate with men who can look
at the world and see to the bottom
of It; to commune with men who can
hear the roar of civilization q few
centuries away.
Too often we listen to the rabble
element OF our day that cries out
against every man who achieves,
Cruelty him" Mankind never has
and probably never will produce a
generation that appreciates the genius
of its day. There never will be a
crown without a cross, progress with
out sacrifice or an achievement with.
out challenge.
This is an age Of service. and that
man is greatest who serves the larg-
est number. The present generation
has done more to improve the con-
dition OF mankind than any civiliza'
ton since human motives began their
upward flight. The Greeks gave human
life inspiration, but while her orators
were speaking with the tongues of
angels, her farmers we're plowing
with forked sticks; while her phil
osophers were emancipating human
thought from bondage. her traffic
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08

The Argus, s1.OO the year.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08

have to say. Mr.. Kruttschnitt. exec
utive head OF the Southern Pacihc'
has written an article dealing with
the financing OF railroads. He said
In part:
"The financing Of a railroad Ia
function which the people. through
their servants. the Railroad Commis-
sioners and the Legislators. have
never attempted. but It Ia a most i'm
portant problem, especially to sec
tions OF State where new railroads
are needed. The placing OF securities
has been left entirely with the pro-
moter and owner OF railroads.
"The immediate determination OF
what earnings the railroad shall be
permitted to receive and what bur
dens II shall have put on II Is In the
hands Of other servants OF the public
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
lIl---Julius Kruttschnitt
On Financing Railroads

the Legislators and the Commits
sioners.
Managing n railroad Is quito differ
ent from managing n government
where the money Is raised by taxa
ton. When the expenditures. for
good reasons or otherwise. increase.
taxes can be equally increased. The
railroads. while servants OF the pub
lie, cannot raise money with such
ease and facility. The railroads must
keep their expenditures within their
incomes because while they have
some control over their expenditures
they have almost no control over their
incomes. their rates being fixed by
public authorities.
There is not q railway manager In
the country today who Is not fearful
that under the press OF increasing de-
mands the transportation systems or
the country will. In few years. break
down. unless the railroads are allowed
to earn larger funds wherewith to
build II up. There are vast sections
OF the country. especially In the West.
where more railroads are needed and
they cannot be built unless the rail-
ways raise new capital.
People invest money In order 10
make money. and they are skeptical
as TO whether they can make money
by investing In concerns that are dealt
with stringently and unfairly. Rail-
road securities must be made moro
attractive to invite Investments. and
in order that they may be made more
attractive. the roads must be allowed
earnings that will enable them to
meet the increased capital charges"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08
A Bit of War.

"On the ground from Lorette Heights
to Melville and the Labyrinth" says a
German general, as quoted by an American
correspondent, "are perhaps ten thousand
unburried or partly buried dead. The
stencil is pestilential By means of hose
we have thrown creosote or quicklime upon
those nearest our trenches. AS matter
of self preservation both sides appear late
ly to have come to annspoken agreement
to bury those nearest them at night.
Its ghastly beyond imagination. Words
cannot portray to the mind that picture
by day and night white eyes staring out of
faces burned coal-black by the sun. There
are places where there are veritable piles
of bodies. AS the days and weeks go by,
they shrivel and shrink together like little
heaps of old clothes. Those silent heaps
are more werd by moonlight than by day.
81 wish those who cause and make war
with indifference would be put into that
hell of death between Neuville and the
Lorette Heights for while"
That's the way they all talk now. All
the belligerants have learned what war is;
and whether naturally pacifists or militar-
lists, they're sick of it. The pity of it is
that they did not realize it last July.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
I..-IntroductOry

moved on two-wheeled carts driven,
and ofttimes drawn, by slaves; while
her artists were painting divine
dreams on canvas, the streets of
proud Athens we're lighted by FIRE
brands dipped In tallow.
The genius of past ages sought to
arouse the intellect and stir the soul
but the master minds of today are
seeking to serve. Civilization has as
sisned to America the greatest task
of the greatest age. and the greatest
men that ever trod the greatest planet
are solving It. Their achievements
have astounded the whole world and
we challenge every age and nation
to name men or products that can
approach in creative genius or mas
terful skill in organization, the mar
velous achievements of the tremend-,
Gus men of the present day. Edison
can press a button and turn a light
on multiplied millions of homes; Vail
can take down the receiver and talk
with fifty millions of people; Nc
Cormicks reaper can harvest the
worlds crop, and F'ulton's steam en-.
gine moves the commerce Of land
and sea.
The greatest thing a human being
can do is to serve his fellow men;
Christ did II; Kings decree 1t, and
wise men teach IL II Is the glory OF
this practical age that Edison could
find no higher calling than to become
the janitor to civilization; Vail the
messenger to mankind; Mccormick
the hired hand to agriculture. and
Fulton the teamster to industry. and
blessed is the age that has such
masters for It's servants.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08
Farfli and
Garden
TENT CATERPILLAR CONTROL.
pepredstions Are Widespresd-Efeo-
tive Measures Described.


Prepared by the United States depart
ment OF agricultural
A very familiar sight In the spring is
the unsightly nests or tents of the tent
caterpillar, found In trees or bushes
along the roadways. streams. fences, In
neglected orchards md elsewhere.
These gregarious caterpillars con-
struct the tents for their protection,
and these, Mt FIRST small, are gradually
enlarged often to a foot or more I'm
height and diameter. the size varying
with the number of individuals I'm the
colony.
Species OF the tent caterpillar are
found quite generally over the entire
United States. The moths deposit
their eggs by early midsummer, or ear
lier I'm the south. by fall the embry-
onic larva is practically full grown
within the eggs, where IL remains until
the following spring. With the coming
OF warm spell the larvae escape by
gnawing through their eggshells often
before there Is foliage out for food, and
under these circumstances they may
feed upon the glutlnous covering of the
egg mass.
The tent caterpillar feeds principally
on wild cherry and apple trees. but
will attack many other plants, and
where such trees can he removed with.
out disadvantage this should be done
thus lessening It's food supply.
During the dormant period OF trees,
when the leaves are of. the egg masses
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08

IMPEDING THE PRooRss OF cnIscH BUGS
abundant In the middle west. the sec.
ton which suffers the most from the
chinch bug.
The long winged chlnch bug has two
generations u year, while II II doubt
ful whether the short wing has one or
two. The adult insects pass the winter
under clumps OF broomsedgc, matted
grass, leaves or In fact any convenient
form OF waste vegetation, from which
they emerge I'm the spring TO deposit
their eggs In nearby grain fields. When
the young hatch from the eggs they
cluster upon the plants aud begin at
once 20 feed upon the juices. shortly
after midsummer this first generation
have become adults ana deposit their
eggs IN turn. When these eggs are
hatched the young fasten on corn. mil,
let. Kaiilr and similar crops.
To control the pest. therefore, the
department of agriculture recommends
In the first place the cleaning up OF all
fence rows and roadsllss and the burn.
Ing during winter Of grass and rubbish
about the farm. This not only de
stroys large numbers OF the bugs. but
deprlves them OF shelter through the
winter. so that where the work is thor
Oughly done comparatively few win
survive 10 the breeding season. In the
fall or spring green or wet grass will
shelter n certain proportion of the bugs
from the fire, so II Is important that
the burning be done In the early win
ter.
| Where this precaution has been neg
licted or where the negligence OF a
neighbor has exposed a farmer 10 loss
through no fault OF his own. there may
be about midsummer n great migration
OF the bugs from the wheat to the corn
field. This presents another favorable
opportunity to destroy the pests. Vari'
ous kinds of barriers are in use TO turn
the invading army aside. One of the
most satisfactory of these Is said TO be
the coal tar line supplemented with
post holes. The bugs Will not cross the
coal tar and, moving along the line OF
the barrier, fall or are crowded by 9TH
er bugs into the post holes. where they
can be killed at will. AS the bugs mass
along the line of coal tar they present
an appearance not unlike reddish
brown stream running into the post
holes. This method has been found
thoroughly practical Ii is important,
however. especially in dusty weather.
TO keep the coal tar line fresh. for as
soon as II Is covered with dirt the bugs
can pass over il without difficulty. IL
coal tar Is not available petroleum or
road oil may be substituted.
Another method is to plow furrow
around the field to be protected with a
side SO steep that the bugs cannot
crawl out Of II. In the case of showery
weather, when the sides OF the furrow
cannot be kept loose and dry, the bot
tom can he cleaned out with shovel,
making the sides more perpendicular
and the bottom smoother. The bugs
will then follow along the bottom In
stead OF trying 10 climb out Of the fur
row, and il holes are dug at intervals
Of thirty or forty feet the pests win
fall into them and can then be killed
by kerosene. The coal tar line Is prob
ably preferable 10 the furrow except In
eases Of exceptionally dry, windy
weather.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08
Scientific
Farming
FIGHTING THE CHINCH BUG.
Checking an Advance Of Bugs In Wheat
or Corn Field.

Checking an Advance Of Bugs In Wheat
or Corn Field.
Prepared by the United states depart
ment of agricultural
The seriousness of the devastations
Of the chinch bug varies greatly from
year to year, chiefly on account of
weather conditions. In some years
the inroads made upon the wheat
and corn crops have been very serl-
Gus. IL the fight against the pest is
started late In winter or very early
spring the burning of waste vegetation
is recommended by the United States
department. Of agriculture us the most
satisfactory control. IL the elimination
Of the chinch bug Is delayed until har-
Pest time some form OF barrier Is prac-
teal. Ii is said indeed that If II were
not for an occasional season OF heavy
rains at the right time the chinch bug
would make Il altogether Improbable
to raise grain year after year on the
same areas. Drenchlng rains during
the Matching season always prove IN.
tai to the young. and such wet periods
are sufficiently frequent to keep the
numbers Of the pests within bounds.
The two forms OF the chlnch bug nrc
known respectively as the long wing
and the short wing. The short winged
form occurs along the scncoast and In.
land along the lower lakes to northern
Illinois. The long winged form In
found all over the country east OF the
Rocky mountains and Is especially
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-07-08

PILLAR IN CROTCH or WILD CHkiihf
TREK
are fairly conspicuous. and with n little
practice may be readily found; Il IL
then that they should be cut on and
burned. Trees Infested with larvae
during the early part OF the year. or
those In the immediate vicinity. are
perhaps more likely 20 be chosen by
the parent moth for the deposition OF
her eggs. and such trees at least should
be searched II II Is not practicable to
extend tho work 10 the orchard rs Il
whole This work may be combined
with pruning 10 good advantage. and n
lookout should be kept not only for the
eggs OF this insect. but for the eggs
and cocoons OF other injurious species
which pass the winter on the trees.
When two egg masses are deposited
close together. the resulting caterpillars
may form common nest These nests
are gradually enlarged and soon fur
nish ample protection. II the cater
pillars are destroyed rs soon IA tho
small nests are detected. this will pre-
vent further defoliation of the trees,
and the rule should be adopted to de-
stroy them promptly as soon as dis
covered. In this work either OF two
practices may be adopted. namely. de
struction by hand or with torch.
When In convenient reach. the nests
may be torn out with brush, with
gloved hand. or otherwise. and the
larvae crushed on the ground. care be-
ing taken 10 destroy any caterpillars
which may have remained on the tree.
The use OF n torch TO burn out the
nests will often be found convenient.
especially when these occur I'm the
higher parts of trees. An asbestos
torch. such as is advertised by seeds
men. will he satisfactory, or one may
be made simply by tying rags TO the
end OF a pole. The asbestos or rags are
saturated with kerosene and lighted
and the caterpillars as far as possible
cremated. Some caterpillars, however,
are likely TO escape. falling from the
nest upon the application OF the torch.
In using the torch great care IL neces-
sary that no important Injury be done
the tree: II should not be used IN burn
ing out nests except In the smaller
branches aud twigs. the killing of
which would be of no special impor-
tance. Nests In the larger limbs should
be destroyed by hand, as the use OF the
torch may kin the bark. resulting IN
permanent injury,
Tent caterpillars are readily destroy
ell by arsenicals sprayed on the foliage
OF trees infested by them Any OF the
arsenical insecticides may be used.
On stone fruits, such as cherry. peach
and plum. arsenicals are likely to cause
injury TO foliage and must be used with
caution II at all On such trees the ar
senate OF lead is preferable, as II Is less
injurious In foliage and on all trees
sticks much better. In spraying for the
tent caterpillar only, applications
should be made while the caterpillars
are yet small. as these succumb more
quickly 20 poisons than those more
nearly full grown, and prompt treat
ment stops further defoliation Of the
trees.