The best of soldiers will do a poor job of fighting when their stomachs are empty. Even Canada is keeping her farmers at home. Farming is less spectacular just now than facing the cannon, but it is vastly more important. Austria is like the Irishman who caught the bear by the tail—she is yelling for somebody to help her let loose. Pretty soon we'll have to buy loaves of bread by the dozen, or maybe by the pint. Efllist right now in the "Plant-An-Acre Army." Good pay; short hours. Snow is on its farewell tour in the Palouse today. Let's hope so anyhow. If any weed pulls down a potato this year, shoot him on the spot. Beware! Counterfeit potatoes are in circulation. 