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The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
Give Us a Motor-Plow!
By JOHN $. SPEARS
of the ViEilantsa,

With the world facing an extraordi-
nary shortage in food-with the Ameri-
can winter wheat crop J0,000,0 900 bushels
short of last years scant supply and
with the supply OF farm lr.bor dwlndling
more rapidly than ever, this should be an
oup' rtune moment for calling attemtion
fc the fact that no urging and no distri-
hutton of literature will help the farmer
to speed up his years work, to any great
extent, for the simple reason that all
planting is based on the work OF tho
hcrse-6rawn plow, and neither exhora-
tlcn Eor argument will have any effect in
increasing the pace of the farm horse.
And this is to say with emphasis that
what the farm needs first of all is a
motor-driven plow.
For much of the farm work the ma
chimes now IN use are admirable. For
plowing We use a wedge drawn by an
imals, just as the slaves of the Pharaohs
did in the days of Joseph the Israelite.
That Is the most deplorable fact in the
history of human industry.
If we are to plant larger areas. this
season, we must first plow them. Our
team drags a plow at the rate Of almost
a lille an hour, turning a furrow foot
wide and 6 1-2 inches deep. If we are to
plow deeper, as so often advised by the
Society for the Uplift of Agriculture, we
must stop that much oftener to let the
team rest. At best we can turn an acre
or an acre and a quarter a day. And
when the land is plowed It must then be
narrowed, process that requires, say,
a half as much time as plowing.
Now, in connection with the command
to speed up the plow, consider the fact
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
WE HAVE JOINED THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS

We have Joined the league Of nations,
With them there, to strike, to fight
To break. destroy conditions
That would smother Freedoms light;
That would plunge the world in darkness
And mankind in slavery
By a force that's foul and heartless-
By its co rse OF savagery.
We have j0fned the league Of nations
In righteous humane cause,
Without fouting or ambition,
And deDloring bloody wars,
But, with purpose fixed, determined
That the evil now at large,
That's destroying and despoiling,
Shall be taken full in charge.
We have Joined the league Of nations
In the task to rid the earth
of spot of foul pollution.
And csnk'ring, calling curse.
We have taken up the duty,
And our might and power we've lent
To the arm which shall most surely
Break tyrant's government
We will. by our vengeance mighty,
Strike, as you would Emite the pate
OF some reptile. scaled and horny,
That could sting with poisonous hate.
We shall strike for human freedom,
And for peace the world around,
There's no safety IN a region
Where Wild beasts and snakes abound.
Homer J. Locking.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

and 1t is fact-that the farmers have
hitherto plowed as much space as they
could conveniently, and they have worked
In the field from sun to sun. doing their
chores by lantern light, in order to get
the task accomplished. A glance over
the farms in the Mohawk Valley, with
which the writer is acquainted, will show
any competent observer that it will be a
physical impossibility to increase the
planted area by more than per cent The
farmers plowed all the land they could
last fall and they will plow as much
more as possible this spring without the
aid of the uplifters. They plow all they
can every year; they have to in order to
make living under the marketing sys-
tenn that has prevailed hitherto The
signiflcance of the fact that half of the
farmers of the country are working for
wages that do not exceed the pay of a
farm hand land fourth of them receive
much less)-does not seem to have been
asstmilated by the town people.
The tractor builders think they have
solved the plowing problem, but it is not
So The fact that they count their an
nual sales by the hundred, at best,
proves they have not. The fact that Mr..
tlivVer" Ford Is yet experimenting with
his tractor proves the difficulty the trac-
tor people have encountered. A practical
tractor selling for 500 would be a revolu-
| tionary machine but It would not fully
solve the plow problem,
Let the inventor who reads this con-
slider how to produce a compact machine
that will run two 14-inch burrows inches
deep. across the field to within three feet
OF the far fence, before turning around,
and do 1t at a speed OF at least two miles
an hour.
Farmers have dreamed of a machine
on new principle. The wedge partly
pulverizes the burrows slice but II COM
pacts the ground beneath into a "plow
sole," through which the rootlets pene-
trate with difficulty. Who will give us
rotary machine that will pick UP the
slice, pulverize and then drop It ready for
the seeder? If Mr.. Edison and his in
somnta squad would consider the mat
ter they might solve the problem in a
night. For Edison was a farm boy who
once said that hoeing corn had helped to
populate many a nearby city.
Now, consider this further fact: A
motor plow will produce a benefit far
greater than the mere saving of time or
the increasing of the plowed area. For
IL farmer were able to turn Ave acres
where he now turns one, and no harrow
Ing were needed after, the seed beds
would always be prepared In those brief
periods when the soil is Just right for
the work. We do now of necessity plow
when the land is too wet and then when
| 1t is too dry Such produces a crop
never satisfactory crop. Give US a
motor plow that win pulverize as well as
lift the furrow slice, IT, that be possible;
but II that is asking too much as, yet,
give us two-furrow, motor-driven
wedge and charge us not to exceed the
price of common motorcycle for it.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
ED TO RIAL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

words of those who are providing the defense
of Supt. Thurston
"In 1912 the Board of Education placed
the entire direction of the business department
of the public school system under the control
of the superintendent of schools. The then
superintendent, DR.. William NJ. Davidson, inn
mediately began a reorganization of the busi-
ness system, giving practically his entire time
to it, outside of other routine duties. When he
left the superintendency, December, 1913, the
system was only partially introduced, and the
whole organization was seriously upset and in
the stress of adjustment"
We do not believe as DR.. Van Schaick
says, that teachers notoriously prefer to en-
dure the ills they have than fly to those they
know not Of" Personal contact with the
teachers of the Washington public schools
have demonstrated that as class they are self
reliant, progressive, good executives and far
from being worshipers of tradition.
Supt. Thurston is a product of Washing
ton. AS the head of Our schools he has height
ened the standard of scholarship and the best
of the modern methods of education adopted.
The school has become the headquarters of the
community. Vocational studies have been in
troduced The part-time system has been in
troduced, which provides education for those
who must work for living. The education of
the foreigner has received the most careful
attention. The night school system has been
perfected in many ways Salesmanship
courses have been introduced A vocational
survey of the city has been inaugurated, even
though this is distinctly duty for those out
side the school system. The pupils indorse
him. The teachers indorse him. The citizens
indorse him.
The Washington Herald believes that un-
der the present administration our school sys-
tenn has advanced fully as far as that of other
cities and that it would be the height of folly
to make so vital change in the system on
such scant complaint, as cited by the head of
the Board of Education.
Until specific charges which will show
conclusively that the community suffers from
that administration are proven, or plans shown
for its betterment, we believe that the superin-
tendent should be retained as the head of our
schools. We take this means of urging the
members of the Board of Education, at their
meeting today, to cast their votes for the re-.
tention of Ernest L. Thurston as superin-
- Il ~
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
TO JESS!

Drop a tear on the bier
OF simple kind scribbler Of screeds;
Pass the word as you go,
OF his laughter. his smile and kind deeds
Sound the knell OF the bell,
Let its echoes arise to the skies;
Not a cloy to the Joy,
For the Master above is all wise
Sigh no sigh. cry no cryl
He has Journeyed at last to his rest.
Au revoir-not goodby!
Jess has passed. simply passed;
1t Is best!
JOE z. HURST,
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
J0FFRE.

There's a solid lump Of War
Name o. Joffre,
Lives on q swift motor-car,
General Joffre,
Plays with Death at hide and seek
In and out the Battles reek,
Kisses heroes twice a week
Father Joffrei
Up at dawn to see his friends
Healthy Joffre!
Has no patience with week-snds,,
Have yer, Joffre2
Get the work done-then let's diner
Likes his omelette and his wine,
Goes to bed at half-past nine
Vigorous Joffrel
From War POEMS" by '-X' Double
day, Page & Co.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

THE TREASURY.
I would could devise some way
To store the loveliness of May
For use In some far OF November,
Or In the days OF chill December.
A goodly plan It were to try
To seize the gold from out the sky
And in some sanctuary store
A portion OF its lovely score.
What safer strong-box could there be
Beyond the reach Of thievery
For all this wealth of gracious toll
Than in The Golfers of the soulH
toOpyrSht, Isrl
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin
has made. a remarkable record. After
nearly one months service n the
House of Representatives, cle has
yet to make her maiden speec :. Still
the old adage may hold good tlat "A
woman will have the last word"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

They have raised the pre- of
American flags, but for some reason
the manufacturers of khaki cloth
have forgot to declare an increase in
price. For which relief the govern
ment may declare much thanks.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

We can see Representative Pat
Harrison and others of the Missis-
sippi delegation of Senatorial timber
watching with much interest the per-
sistent opposition to the administra-
tion's war plans registered by Sena-
tor Vardaman.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

Everything is fair In love and war.
And present indications are that
when the street railway employees are
called to the colors it will be fair
and fare with the trolley conductors.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

Women Plan to Operate Their
Own Bakery" says a headline. We
know of nobody more eligible for
this service.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

Of course they will boost the price
OF coal IS cents per ton, but the
average resident is grateful that they
cannot boost the price of the suns
rays.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

You can perhaps dodge conscrip-
ton but you can't dodge your con-
science.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03

Closing down allathe big league
baseball parks, as contemplated in
1913, will make the average fan agree
with Gen. Sherman in his opinion of
war.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
Drying Up the Fountain at the
Source.

good deal of fault with the work
of the subcommittee on the pro-
posed revenue law. The subcom-
mittee had proposed a variety of
taxes, among which was the in
crease of the income tax upon
large incomes up to something
like 80 per cent. 1t is reported
that the Ways and Means Com
mittee declared. in its wisdom,
that this tax was far too low and
should be increased up to some
thing ike 4S per cent.
Some time ago we had occa-
sion to express our general views
on this topic, by pointing out the
danger of killing the goose that
lays the golden egg. We were
under the impression when we
saw the gist of the subcommit-
tees deliberations last week that
Congress was planning not to kill
the goose, but to keep it in good
condition. Should. however, there
be any chance of the new sched-
ule prevailing-that is. any chance
of increasing the income tax up
to almost so per cent. or, for that
matter. above 80 per cent-we
should be forced to the conclu-
sion again that the goose was in
very grave danger of sudden
death.
The matter is, of course, from
many points of view, complex.
On the other hand. it is in reality
a simple proposition. Congress
must decide whether it is best to
kill the goose completely now
(and we must admit that it would
be quite a killing) and have no
more goose, or whether to keep
the goose running along and lay
ing a variety of valuable eggs
throughout the duration of the
war. To those who receive large
incomes it doesn't make very
much difference either way. Con-
gress can take it all away from
them now, so that they won't
have anything to buy the new
government bonds with, or Con-
gress can leave them a reason
able amount now so as to enable
them to assist in the buying of
our new government bonds. To
us this latter policy would seem
to be much more farsighted and
prudent.
1t is the policy that England
has pursued. In England, as we
have pointed out. the people have
for years been accustomed to
pay a very considerable income
tax. After three years of war
over there. they have worked up
the tax to about "a per cent. Ap-
parently they are not proposing
to increase it above that point,
for they find that that is the point
that means happy combination
Of taxing capital as heavily as it
can Stand it, and yet have it rem
der a needed service in govern
ment financing. Why they. our
Congress, should contemplate put
ting on a tax far in excess of this
when we are only in the first
month of the war, We cannot de-
termine.
1t is surprisingly easy thing
a - al -. n r
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o THE YEAR

rasf prtutlns q an original poem. written kalu
Cor rhs Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-03
THE TREASURY.

By John Kendriek Bangs.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-14

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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-14

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The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Miss Minnie Hill of Washington re-
Gently completed trip by foot from
the national capital to the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Caroline Weldon of Jersey City,
N. j., recently received a legacy of $73
willed siXty-one years ago to her. 1t
had grown to $l,G2O.
Miss Rebecca Mason, a coed at the
University of Minnesota, who recently
won first honors for women in the ma
sional chemistry competition, has de-
cided that she will be a candy and
sugar tester.
Mrs. Frederick Gilman of Vallejo,
Cal, widow of Il gunner on the subma-
rine IA, which sank in Honolulu har,
Dor, has been appointed hagmalser ut
the Mare Island navy yard by order of
President Wilson.
DR.. Helen Sexton has had the rank
Of major conferred on her by General
Joffre. the head of the French army
This is the highest honor that can be
conferred on British medical man or
woman. Major Sexton is directress in
chief of the hospital at Auteuil financed
by four Melbourne women.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
HOTEL CLERKS

Hotel clerks are young men gowned
in the latest modes and employed to
make you i'll at ease. Hard beds or
cold food often have much to do with
tle frightfulness of hotel life, but
hotel clerks have more. With no
other aid than Il lond vest and highly
polished hair a hotel clerk can make
a railroad president trip up in his
grammar. A hotel clerk might be
born and raised in Council Bluffs
to the regret of it's Chamber of Com
merce-but hotel clerk without a
New York accent would be more
amazing than a Saturday night with
out oath. Mothers, are your little
boys insolent beyond words and fresh
as all get out? Let them follow their
natural bent. Let them grow up to
be hotel clerks.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
SAVE t|RDS THAT PROTECT
CONTINUED from page one)

We're it not for the valiant little feth-
cred soldiers which prevent other in
sect armies from growing as do the
legions of locusts and army worms.
In most agricultural regions the
birds have many enemies. Men who
fancy they are srortsmen shoot them
season. Boys are allowed to plunder
their nests, or kill them with stones,
air rifles and slingshots.
1t is important to have and enforce
laws that will make the killing of
small bir d. costly pastime--that
will teach men and boys who kill for
the sake of killing the kind of les
son that they can understand.
But the most dangerous and de-
structive enemy of the bird is the cat
the soft purring domestic cat of the
utable alley cat which makes it's own
way in the world, and lives by it's
wits.
The alley cat is the most danger
Gus to the birds. The firesdc pet is
usually fed to repletion, and there
fore is not SO keen for killing as it's
homeless sister. But even the house
hold cat will go bird hunting just by
way of sport, if it is permitted out
of sight.
If the loose, stray cats in the state
were destroyed, and the tame house
hold cats kept within bounds, the
birds would be left in peace to raise
large families. Gardens would be
kept fairly clean of destructive in
sects, and next year there would be
enough bird soldiers on guard to save
the farmers and vegetable growers
thousands of dollars, and to save to
the people many bushels of veget-
able food of which they will stand in
sore need in the winter.
To neglect the enemies of the birds
soon means there will be no more
birds, and without birds no crops can
be produced at all save by the most
costly application of sprays and in
secticides, and vast sums of money
spent on hand labor in the fields and
gardens-Los Angeles Herald.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
Hoover Explains
Food Situation

Herbert c. Hoover, now chairman
of the food committee of the cOuncl
of national defence explained the
food problems to the government May
Z at closed session of the house
agricultural committee.
Mr. Hoover told the committee that
government control of distribution
and preferential shipment of food
was more essential than the power
to fix maximum and minimum prices.
Mr.. Hoover laid stress on the nee
essity of preventing congestion on
the railroads. He told of the food
situation abroad and it's lessons as
applicable OF the situation in this
country.
Clifford Pinchot, before the senate
agriculture committee, urged immedi-
ate action to meet the food situation.
He said that the farmer should be
given assurance of a fixed price for
his produce in order to induce him
to plant large crops, and recommends
ed that the president be empowered
to fix these prices.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
Department Will Sell Land

Missoula, Montana, May S.--The
Commissioner of the General Land
Office by letter dated May 3, 1917
notifies the local land office that
allof the lands on the Flathead Res
ervation classified as agricultural
land of the first and second class
and grazing land that have been open
ed to entry for five years or more and
remaining undisposed of will be sold
by public auction to the highest bid
der for cash under rules and regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of
the Interior at not less than their ap-
praised value and in tracts not to ex-
ceed $40 acres to any one person and
those that have bought $40 acres at
former sale are disqualified.
The sale will commence at Kali
spell for land in the Kalispell dis
trict August 20, 1917 and at Mssoula
for lands in the Missoula district on
August 80, 1917.
Copies of the regulations will prob
ably be on hand at the Missoula and
kalispell land offices by June GOTH
1917, and the schedules of the land
to be sold by August 1st, 1917, and
the local offices can give no further
information until the above circulars
received.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
Sugar Co. to Aid Farmers

In speaking with a representative
of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company we
learn that the company has purchas-
ed several car loads of corn, oats and
hay and is distributing this among
their beet growers in the Bear river
valley to assist the farmers in secur-
ing fodder for their animals as prac-
tically half of the beet acreage could
not have been planted in proper time
or condition with the amount of fod-
der available In addition to this the
company, has organized a farm loan
department and will furnish money
to their beet growers on first mort
cages for period of from five to ten
years at per cent interest.
This seems to be very thoughtful
on the part of the company, as many
farmers are now paying from to 10
per cent on their loans, and suffering
a heavy per cent of loss thru the
operations of nature such as frost,
drought, severe winters, etc, so that
prosperous company like the sugar
company Offering to share the high
rates of toll exacted from the farmers
in many ways, and making money
eaiser for their beet growers to Sec
ure is very commendable.
A heavy acreage is being secured
for the season of 1917.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
Flower and Tree.

The sycamore tree bears fruit after
twenty years growth.
1t has been found that the olive will
live longer under water than any Other
tree.
FloWering plants should never hc
watered With cold water. 1t chl.s the
plants.
The cactus and other desert plants
have thick stems instead of leaves in
order to reduce the loss of water by
evaporation to Il minimum.
Nicotine is found in only one plant
besides tobacco-a large shrub known
to botanists as Duboisia hopwoodii
which is native to the interior of Aus
tralia.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
PITH AND POINT.

A temptation well resisted is the best
tonic a man could have.
Many good reputation has been
stabbed by pointed tongue.
AS nearly as can be figured out. a
savant is scientist on foreign soil.
1t is better for the drowning man to
clutch Il life preserver than straw.
Even persons who never tried it will
tell you that honesty is the best policy
Many man who pridcs himself on
his physical strength cannot even hold
his tongue.
Aren't there enough peace palaces
A common sense palace seems to be
the great need.
Copper is the one basic necessity OF
the war, making it copper bottome(
war, so to speak.
If the New York restaurants only
charge extra for it the horse meat sup
ply won't equal the demand.
The high cost of living ceases to
command attention when the high cost
Of destroying life is computed.
There is one don't in this grip bust.
ness worth all the others-'don't wor-
ry" and don't let others worry you,
either.
It's all well enough to warn us about
getting the grip, but the trouble is that
we never know we've got it until it s
got us.
Breathe through the nose and keep
the mouth shut, says a doctor. giving
advice Oh the subject Of health Lots
of people owe ripe old age to keeping
the mouth shut.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
Fashion Frius.

Women don't object to old fashioned
things if they are in e.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer
Hosiery manufacturers, it is said, are
making tremendous profits, and now
adays it is easy to see where our earn
ings go.-Baltimore American.
The news that women are wearing
the farthingale doesn't distress us in
the least It's so much better than
hOOps.--NeW York Sun.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-11
FOR
AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE
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Stanley Scarce
EXCURSION FARES NAMED

War wont boost the high cost of
vacations as far as tourist fares are
concerned. The Northern Pacific
excursions rates, westbound, will be
offered this year despite the war.
They will go into effect soon after
can be published. 1t is understood
that the rates to be named will be
about the same as those in effect
last year.