La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 10, 1915, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, fEBRUAKY 10, 1015, ).:: m f'i U: 9' I ' i . 5 I Mi pi 07 .UGH DOES .V rmnrn miut EPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ; j INVESTIGATES FARM. '4 igeetione we Given for Succesaful 1 1 ;; Marketing by Parcel Post. Washington, Feb. 10. The Depart- 4: nt of Agriculture, after investigat- -fi :? : v-j families in ten different ;.' : v aiea in an effort to get a correct jj . ; ' I wer for the puzzling question, ' i low much does the average farmer 4. iwr has reached the conclusion at the annual value of the food, ,, . el, oil and shelter enjoyed by the i, J i erage farm family is 506. What- "i ' ; i er the farmer makes over this -j lount he puts in the hank or spends. 'i ; 5 Of the $606, the farm furnished 5 j meetly $429, leaving only 70 to be g'S id for with farm products or out s ' ,.- tthe money obtained from farm pro S: , eta. . Food was, of course, the prin- i de item. This amounted to $401.93. L which $330.66, or 83.3 per cent, was ! C j 'd n the farm. y ., ' j The investigators found that on the : -m examined the average cost of 'j. : .intaining each grown person was ;H' ! a a year, divided as follows: i iry Products ...... I 21 r . 12 ! 1 I ultry and eggs , , 12 rden ,. . , , ' 10 kt ........i.i. 6 jit .-,... 6 od and coal .'. ' 13 jcerieg 22 :use rent 28 ,pr 4i '.i' " v.".-,..',.v $176 i t this sum only r.bout 28 per cent , f i paid out in cush. The remuiniior j t furnished by the farm, not in the j m of money,, but in thone-thingi I ; which the money would have been . nangea. un a certain nrcnJiff' j .... V..U,.,,, MUUUUUJJ, gCope -j Vh '"""KntiiWirwas found that ;, iS.nau no'Ceen for such articles ' teaNtoffee, sugar salt and other -ceHes impoBsible to produco at ! ie, the farms would have been self- :.: -taininif. ;The bulk of groceries are bought," :l the investigators, " but the total ntity consumed depondoj to a t extent ' upon the quantity of nal products and vefft-.tables raised the farm. Where these abounded ? consumption of grocorics dimin rd. From this it would seem tht .ibvious way to effect an important : ng in expensos is to raise more 3tables and animnl products on farm. . Whether it is bettor to , down expenses in this way or to ease receipts by concentrating at lon on ; cash crops is one of thf ,nt problems in farm mamuoment, . answer to which in each Tndivid case depends upon loeel condi- ,ia Pepai'tniei) t of Agriculture just iwued these flve suggestions irnners on Jf ,0 uoeafully eon I marketing by parcel post: ,-A start may be made with an i.aintance in town or city, or such - or city ac-, mtty pui , Jl'odUcer llllo touch with nommnt , Hjlf to mai-klit by parcel posti i -It is i suggested Uvat many and city physiclons have many ; mts who oneed strictly fresh' eggs 1 larly and by making inquiry of mber of city physicians arrange : doubtless could be made not 1.' for sale of eggs but for many articles as well; .. !, A arnall advertisement ill a i paper might produce satisfactory ; ta. A number of papers are j ng a specialty of a parcel post rtising column or section, which i it be tried. 1 , -The PostofBce Department has ucted the postmasters in a num . of cities' throughout the country sue a list of producers, showing ; i each one has to offer for salt a reel poBt, these lists being dig : ; ted free to patrons of the office, i .cities in which this is now being s? are: Athens, Ga., Atlanta, Aus :5Tex. Baltimore, Krmingham, 1 J Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cin- U, Cleveland, Dullas , Denver, Jit, Galveston. Hartford, Conn., napolis, La Crosse, Wis,, Law- , , Mass., Los Angeles, Louisville, ;fi, Mass., Nashville, New Orleans, delphia, Portland, Ore, Provi de, R. I., Kichmond, Rock Island, - U. Louis, San Francisco, Seattlo, iVashington, D. C. xlucers who desire to develop 1 eting by purccl post on more - a small scale might And ,it de le to go to the city, select tlm tr kind of a residential section , a personnal canvass and arrange rial or ample shipments. - rtter from a Childless Wife. the January Woman's Home . tanion appears n pnge devoted to hildlcss wife who wishes to nnd i way to spend time profitably, wing is a letter form such a wife duccd in connection with the dls )n: ' y education was quite compre ve. I am fond of good music tood literature. I am never at a to amuse myself. liat I crave is work which would ?y tny existence. I do all my own keeDuur and scwInHr, and i prefer something in a differen' I am not interested in church ! ties, though I have considered do consider, Y. W. C. A. work. ' 1 there, however, that they have en trained for each department, h olmost leaves me out as far as serious work is concerned, and l duties wouldn't answer. i my life the child problem is natcd. None have been given us though they would be. more than whUaih. anil flnunMallv ftf flVABfint. L. A n 4ma 4..K4i4tAj In nlnntinv n ! Child. What is left? : "I weald give myself gladly to a purposeful work. It could not inter fere: with my home duties, but these are so few I am free nearly all day or could so arrange it. What every one, consciously or ' unconsciously t craves is serf-exoresslon. and I sup pose that really is my problem. I am sure that somewhere in my make up I have capabilities, something worth-while to express. But the an swer is far from clear', LUMBERMEN MAY, Eastern Oregon ' Interesta Demand Fair Treatment from Associates, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 8, Hoping io heal threatening breach m the mem - bership of the Western Pine Manu- facturers' assocUtion, njembers ff Eastern Oregon, representing the targ- est lumber mills of that district, met with representatives of the Spokane district last week to secure an agree- ment on a pending rate case affecting Fhipments from the districts into Mon- ,tana through the Silver Bow gatewsys Charging that Spokane district ship- ners had . combined to prevent on couivalent of th nreaent iratewav ar. rangement under which Oregon mah- .. 4 i r. oradoZeTsd Sf - orado, Joseph Stoddard of Baker. Or., letiring president of the association. stated before the annual convention of the organization that Eastern Oregon .. ...U I llJ a- j-lll-Tll nuum uc cuiupciiea io wunurnw un- !es fair treatment could be received from fellow members.' The two districts considered all phases of the case in a private meet ing. The caso under discussion win heard before the Interstate Commeri:i commission at Portland a few weeks ago, the Eastern Oregon shippers np- pearing with the petition that the 5i! ver How (rateway.be opened tpJJigia- j tne same milagebajusrTenjoyed by (he shippers trthTSpokane district; ,itr-tr. Keizer,, Spokane representa tive of the Blackwell Lumber company appeared in behalf of Spokane ship- pers as interveners forUhe transitu' tation companies. A. W. Cooper, sec retary of the association, and E. M. Fronk. traffic manager, also appeared as witnesses; to Make Bread' Gr.'ddle Cakes. In the January Voman's Com- punion rannie Merrit farmer, cook. i . t-. . -. .. . ery editor of that publication, pre- ?h ..f i wk ."f W rcelptS , r 'W,haL erVM ? 'Ja.n; F0.row?n1. I t tt0 ?kf !h 1 ap6 fr bre"d 8Tid" "Add two teblespoonfuls butter and one and oneJha f cupfuls hot milk WeaTcrmbralskr01 8T LTlrLUnJi.rU; beaten, one-half teaspoonful of salt an , L .."'J and S"ed with teaVponful "of "X ! ?Z We,e baking powder. Drop by spoonfuls lg') to adoPt the same plan,-but on a hot greased griddK CoTor i ""4 It'T a one .id., when puffed full of bubbles nfiJ rJe,"v t. T mtroduced, and cooked m edgi? turn and cook "f?tt r' Z.Zht V ""l Under' ntheii sido,' neath our trenches and blew them up, ne.,-"'fl ... . , from below. It took us weeks to git ni i 7 r " .i Jith? .W!? for burrowing. We do as p"I n ,Me0lu,eo' Gm'" Up 1 , burioUghing now as they do; Pendleton, Feb 9,--No more buck- ' the Germans startwl out with a whole ing bronchos for Blanche McQaughey, ,baa. of new triek. ..j it thSv .ij HO more the followlna; of wild resl comd With tne applause of the multU.been so slow that we've Jearned their tude at the sight of a pretty girl defy- new ci!vemes and, as times goes oh ing the contortions of a plunging out- law mustang. It's the quiet life for Blanche from now on. The Pilot1 Rock girl who has won prizes at the Kound-up and other frontier shows u ,ooks ,ike 0ne greater murder. ' and who has toured the country with', You civilians miss the point of it," wild west attiactions is going to con-;sai1 the Belgian with earnest sin tent herself with cooking three meals cerity. Let me give you an example, a day and doing the washing for a I've done a lot of big game shooting, young farmer of The Dalles. For be because I was stationed in Belgian it known that the happy-go-lucky Congo for many years and after I had Blanche yesterday afternoon at high killed a lion or an elephant I used .to noon became Mrs. T. A. Snmmis, the watch with fascination, the faces of wedding ceremony being performed in tne neKi"o bush-beaters. I used to see The Dalles. ion them a brutal animal leer that The wedding notice comes ns n K,rew out lu8i for killin8- surprise to her many friends here .!H "fe Zl y "T t trordZTt "r 8UrPri8d 10 n btVme TuJ AtS ?:' iTp ii . r BdM,iou' shudder at that smile at killing. But, itne left Pendleton only a few days now, I think, thnt same smile of kill ago Tor San h rnncisco where she was ing must have been on my face, even to join the "101 Ranch," a profession- as I watched the natives, because I've al wild west road show. She stopped seen it on the faces of ray soldiers and off at The Dalles for a short visit and f my fallow officers, after we've killed there Cupid wooed her from the paths a batch of Germans. They look at of fame to the sedate life of house- dyinfe" Germans with that same kind wife. - ,of a lecr that I used to see on the The announcement of her weddingu?.l?n?thf 6 African-. .T . came lnit evonimr bv letter to H W ."Killing is a game," he continued, rnTJ 1. Vy lettei to n. W. with the game earnestneg8 ..Men K Collins, director of competitive events u An mo,, iit u i i,,i .?, of the Round-up. She had no inton- ...... ... v,K iiwmra unni next w tober, she snid, but the young farmer would not hear of her joining the "101 Ranch." "Men will have theirwny," she wrote, "nnd I decided I wouldn't tiifle with our linmiimvss Iiv iminir on to San Fiiuh'mco." Her husband is connected with the Mt Hood Orchard Co.. owns f,ii fo nA i. .i.. I , ..... H mini OHM IB illC 4111- in he o e1 " rh;"Llr, 3, I ir..A ij i- r . H, ",,d wanted Mr. Collins .to car.-'or or. " "r,u,' "a f no win nnve no use lor it. Her husband doesn't farm with horses, she writes rather regret-' limy, .un uses a caterpillar nnd gaso- lii,e instead. Do You Find Fault With Everybody? An irritable, fnu t-f nd nor d nnnsi. tion is often due to a disordered stomach. A ninn with good digestion is nearly always good natured. A tnnt? a" vfry wcli and very t.n,e great many hnvo been normnnentlv B"? do'' Hn.ow- that most soldiers benefited by Chamberlain's Tablets was snSf! t 1 J . Ohmabv everywhere. .. iJEa.HI LUST FOR BLOOD COMES HAL i hat rniS ni nnn My unBtatoiwm. : DESIRE TO KILL GROWS AS THE : WAR GAME PROGRESSES. Correspondent Givea Gerauns Credit for New Ideas In Warfare. WITHDRAW"''' ' ' ') l- ! By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD, (United Press Staff Correspondent. Dunkirk, t France, Jan. 28. (By mail to New. York.) "Wftiafs golttg to happen when spring comes T". , A ten gtralght from " sm.-j... ..w. que8tion for me thus- Nothing in my opinion. : The army boards on both sides have got a puzzle to work out that no military men have ever faced in the world's history.. Did you ever see two prizettghters go into a cllncn and refuse td break apart for fear the other would get the advantage of hlm m the breakaway? V ; - : -wen inai is ine snuauon :aiona; the line In landers today. And.; 1 i u ...k.i. Uow. '"b are the two armies, nose to nose. K "nd S'ttsrl u-.--. w-. w- iw f - u.-j i,m. armi . Knw hnw r we ro. to break apart? You must . . . . . if r i realize tnai Denino our lines ana oe- hind vm German lines, for many miles, the arth has been torn up by trench-makers. You can't drag ar tillery over trenches. You have to bridge each trench and the more trenches the Germans dig now, the harder it will be for either side to move its artillery in the spring and neither side can adyan 'WitiMHrtrmSV- i& JAfi-B-4fin8i Its eoing to De a terrible and perhaps an impossible iob for the artillery men on either side when spring breaks,- : ineyii have tc bndge the trenches under ter rifle lire. It will be worse than bridging rivers. It's a new problem for tha army engineers, but only one that this war has brought out. i "You know," he said, "it was the 2?.? when this war started. We've found out that years ago they .threw away all their old ideas of warfare and started new again with new ideas and new principles. The Germans from iL .1 u i m new Di'iuciuies. readv for us. 0f course, their hu were new. But their trench- makinff new. For instance, the old f trench-making was to throw the earth up in a high bank be- iT """i";.,: v"!"" ! i(W wnR f u:,,B thBir trenPt, Bnrf m from their trenches in such T that i Wu imPosa,D' to locate German trench until you had almost. 'hav gotten' to Paris their tricks w" k"w everytning tney do aoout a twentieth century war. ' ",an old ea,me P!aod .in ? new EX'."" 80un"nea UP' at.i.?nt don't think of their flag or 'their! country or the right or wrong of their cause. . They only think of killing; the thought of dying never enters their heads. You'd be the same. Any normal man would be the same. As long as you're well and sound and have plenty of food, you'll have the time qf But haven t ( you ever seen men run "Nv ttle, They away, on ,onB marenes, wnen iney are urea, use they're sleepy or hunmV. i , ., - ., r Some of them, a few, very few, run away, because they can't stand the anticipation of danger. But, I've rever seen n man run away under fire las long as his ammunition held out ! and he had a chance to kill. It's verv .terrible isn't it? But I fear the good Arou nas innoe us that way. You hear a great deal about the hardship of u "len 1,1 l"e trencnes, nonx you 7 :."8,"eI5T' ,r.n,Ber and 8lee1' - rsitia srai r.s brother, and I know that once they "erB repaia ior weexsor sutrenng for mito ton minutM of rood tlBM. A litt! later all their hardships were atoned, for by twenty minutes good time. ' . "What do you raean by good Pir,tv of Jcilled." said the sheriff, "mtiA tiiiui watch the enemy run. Do you know what strikes me as fun' niest of all?" he concluded. ... amit - liftla the women of the world know of their men, and how little the men know of themselves until they get a chance to kill. MESSAGE FROM HOME. TMtlmonv of La Grande Citizens Statements that May Be Inveatigated , When a La Grande citizen comes to the front, telling- his - friend and neighbors of his experience, you can rely on his sincerity. The statements of people residing in far awsy plaeea do not command your confidence. Home endorsement is the ..kind mat backs Doan's Kidney Pills. Such tes timony is convincing, s investigation proves It true. Jieiow is a soKemenc of a. La Grande resident. No strong er nntof of merit can be had. ' E. u Bussey, prop. caD service, 1521 Madison Ave.. La Urande. says: "I had attacks of kidney trouble, and they were always worse . when I caught cold. I had dull pains in my back and my kidneys got- badly out of order. I began using Doan's Kid ney Pills, and from that time to this I have relied on them. - Whenever my back has. bothered e, Doan's Kidney Pill have fixed me up all right in a abort time.. 1 never used a better kidney medicine." . Price 60c, at all dealers. Doat simply ask for a kidney remedyget Doan's Kidney Pills the same : that Mr. Bussey had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv. .. . r. : High. Grade Job frintingcosts no more than the other kind. Observer. Don't Buy Glasses As You Would Shoes. They should be fitted by a specialist. You may select a pair that aids your vision for the time being, but they may prove MOST INJURIOUS DON'T buy cheap glasses. V DONT read in bed or . on a moving train. , ' . DONT read without your glasses. DONT read with . someone else's glasses. DON T continue wearing your OLD GLASSES. When you feel that the laire - NOT JUST RIGHT. It's so easy to - HAVE THEM RIGHT. Any lens duplicated in. a few minutes . " " I GRIND ALL MY GLASSES,1 HE ACOCK EYE : SIGHT SPEOAUST 3rd Floor of New Foley Bldg. A'TaCamUle" model that' S will positively improve the i lines of the average figure, i i Material, a beautiful brocade, ! 1 priced at $5.00. Other models ! $2.00 up. Mrs. Robt Pattison Corsetiere S Phone R. 3221 . Res. 1702 Oak ,' Misses' Storm RubbersSizesl0y2to2 39c Child's Plain Rubbers Sizes 4 to 10 Men's Storm Rubbers 1 4 v . 49c i THE HUB The Price Makers LEIGHTON'S GARAGE MAKE A NOTE of the f-.ct necessity when you purchase real estate. NxTmatter how well posted j ( you might be you don't have a full history of the parcel, as yon - ! dc when we make an abstract of it. Accuracy guaranteed. . THE ABSTRACT ft TITLE CO. I Foley Hotel Building. J ELECTRIC LIGHTS WERE INVENTED TO SUPPLY A NECESSITY. ALL OTHER METHODS Of CREAT ING ARTIFICIAL light were unsatisfactory. Candles wer dim and unreliable; gas, dirty, and dangerous) kero sent, dull, smoky, odorous and' alo-dangeious to health' and property.. .When elctric lights were introduced there .,wai but one drawback. They cost considerably more than other lights. This objection has been overcome andelec- , trie lights are now' the most economical as well as the most satisfactory light. - ,v, Eastern Oregon light &Power Co. V Telephone Main 34 TELEPHONES - By-the use of one of our telephones you can now reach and be reached directly (over copper circuits) by prac tically every other telephone in Union, county. Long distance service to all parts in the Northwest. . THE HOME INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY USED AUTOMOBILES At Good Bargains . Ask to See Them that an abstract is an absolute ! CONNECTED if IV: