FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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face and a glare in your eye that
starts the whole force with a grouch?
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prints the world's news today, while
it is news.
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Over This List of
Good Eats
Then Phone Main 43 and order .your Fruit and
Vegetables for
New Year's Dinner
Cranberries
Grape Fruit
Bananas
Oranges
Delicious Apples
Celery
Hubbard Squash
Artichokes
Brussells Sprouts
Parsley
Cauliflower
Sweet Potatoes
Head Lettuce
Solid Cabbage
This store will be closed New Year's Day
We wish you all a Happy New Year
J. G. Snodgrass Grocer
Quality
PHONE MAIN 43
Service
Honest Prices
HOW MANY TONS
AND WHAT SIZE
shall we include in your coal
supply? Our yards are full of
the highest grades of clean coal,
but deliveries are being made
rapidly and while we are at it,
we would like to accommodate
you with our best coal. Shall
we send you a ton or so?
LET US HANDLE YOUR
TRANSFER WORK
and it will be - done carefully
and promptly. We have ample
facilities for handling large
quantities of goods and employ
none but experienced, careful
men. We shall be glad to call
and talk about your work and
to refer you to others whose
trucking we do.
HIAWATHA, KING and ROCK
SPRINGS COAL
CHAIN WOOD, CORD WOOD,
FEED, TRANSFER, STORAGE
THE J. D. LYNCH CO.
Jefferson Ave., One Block East of Depot
Fone Main 10
CITY PLANNING
AIDS REAL ESTATE
Brings About Mors Stability In
Values and Better Prices.
LOWERS DEVELOPMENT COST
Benefit! Whieh Aria From City Plan
ning to tha Community Ar of Vari
ous Origin It Raprttanta Prapared-
' naaa, and Meant a Gain to the Raalty
Intereatt.
It seems to nie there are four eco
uotuic reasons why the real estate In
terests should look with favor on city
pluuntng, said Charles Mulford Robin
son lu a recent address. The first rea
son is the general one that whatever Is
of economic lienellt to the community
us u whole, as city planning cluluis to
be, Is advantageous to the realty Inter
ests, for they tuukc up nil Important
pari of the community, lu addition,
realty interests eau prosper profession
ally only in that degree us the com
munity prospers.
The benetits which arise to the com
munity from elly planning are of vari
ous origin. l'or the present It is enough
to say that one of the proud claims of
the operation is thut it represents pre
paredness, preventing loss by the uso
of foresight, insuring against waste
of tearing down or of "running'' down,
by the completeness of the civic adap
tation to purpose which It provides.
Undoubtedly It does, in at leust consid
erable measure, have this effect. In so
far as It does It menus u gain to the
community and directly to the realty
Interests.
The second economic reason is tin
special one, by which I mean that it
has most concern with the real estate
point of view. To see how far this is
true we must ask ourselves just what
in particular city planning does by way
of exercising foresight.
I'rimurily city planning designates
what use shall be made of the various
parts of a town. It does this in a very
thorough fashion. It not only says,
this area shall be a park, that shall be
the civic center, here must be located
the stores and olliees, there the facto
ries, and that the homes over yonder
shall bo safeguarded from the Intru
sion of Inharmonious factors, but it de
termines the use to be made of differ
ent streets. This street, the city plun
suys, shall be n main truffle artery suit
able for business and for street car
lines and made wide lu consequence;
that one set apart for residences shall
all Its life bo quiet, restful and beauti
ful. Now, what does this nieau to the real
estate business? It mentis this: The
status of even cheap real estate is
changed from a speculation to a gilt
edged investment. That means, as we
all know, a higher general average
price anil more stability in values. The
clement of uncertainty is taken out.
The purchaser knows what lie is buy
ing, the agent can truthfully state
what he is selling. It is like buying a
guaranteed stock, only now the city is
the guarantor. The chances of loss are
reduced through this operation by elim
inating the op(ortunltlcs for unexpect
ed changes. A man who puts his sav
ings into a home with a luwn In front
Is certain that a factory will not go up
next door; that no grocery store will
mar the sidewalk Hue; that no high
building will shut off his light and rob
him of air and sun and stars. The
merchant who risks his fortune in the
purchase of a store has assurance that
business will not be lured suddenly
Into an adjoining street. Or if you buy
a tract on the outskirts of the city with
the idea of subdividing there is no dan
ger that the next tract will he built
over In a way that will destroy or
greatly reduce the value of your tract,
no possibility that you will be put in a
pocket, unable to get Into or out of
your tract, as recently happened to a
man In Delroit.
A third direction in which the real
estate man, whether owner or opera
tor, is helped by city planning is In
the reduction of the cost of tract de
velopment. Under city planning, since
it becomes possible to foresee the use
which is to he made of a street, wo
can build the slreet lu accordance
with its needs. All engineering fea
tures, ns the size of sewers, the
strength and width of pavements, can
be adapted to actual needs, without
the necessity of providing an extra ca
pacity which s attuned to the roseate
hopes of visionary optimists.
Let us, then, remember this: The
real city planner is interested not in
designing theoretically a city through
the use of T square and French curve,
but In practically and sanely fitting a
city to the uceds of those who live in
It. He tries to make the city more
livable as well as an easier place In
which to do work efficiently.
In so far as he succeeds In cither or
both of these Ideals ho Is the real es
tate man's best ally and best friend.
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O merchant, in thine hour of M,
If on this paper you should ccc
Take our advice, and now be yyy,
Oo ntrnlKhtway out and advertilf!
You'll And the project of aunia uuu;
Neglect enn offer no exqqq.
Be wiso at. once, prolong your daaa,
A silent business soon dkkk.
London Saturday Journal.
Make A Friend Of
Your Face, Is Advice
Margaret Mason Says New Year's
Day Is the Day to Benin to Pay At
tention to Yourself .
BY MARGARET MASON.
(Written for the United Press.)
If Percy and Mabel
Have had a 'small fight
On New Years, if able,
They'll make it up right.
SMOKING MEATS ON THE FARM
Proper Methoda Aid In Preservation aa
Wall aa In Payability.
I'repared by United Static department of
agriculture.
lroicr smoking will not only aid in
the preservation of pickled and cured
meats, hut also will add to their pay
ability. The' preservative effect in
smoking Is due to the formation of
creosote by the combustion of wood,
this substance closing the pores of the
meat to some extent, thereby excluding
the air ami also forming a coating ob
jectionable to lusects.
The most important dimension of the
smokehouse is its height. This should
be eight or teu feet to insure best re
sults. The horizontal dimensions should
be determined by the amount of meat
likely to be smoked, (1 by S feet being
largo enough for ordinary farm use.
Ample ventilation should be provided
to curry off the warm air lu order to
prevent overheating the incut. Small
oicnltigs under the eaves or a chimney
in the roof will be suttkieut if arrang
ed so ai to be easily controlled. A tire
pot outside of the house proiier, with
a Hue through which the smoke may
he conducted to the meat chamber,
gives the best conditions for smoking.
When this cannot be arranged u lire
may be built on the floor of the house,
anil the meat shielded by tt sheet of
metal. Where t lie meat can be hung six
or seven feet above the lire, tills pre
caution need not be taken. The con
struction should be such as to allow
the smoke to uiss up freely over the
meat and out of the house, though
rapid circulation Is at the exis-nse of
fuel.
lirlek or stone houses are the best,
though the first cost Is greuter than if
they are built of lumber. I.urge dry
goods boxes and even barrels may be
made to serve as smokehouses where
only 'small amounts of meat are to be
smoked. The care of meat In such sub
stitutes Is so much more diiUcuU ni. i
the 'results so much less satlvfnc'. r
that a permanent place should be pro
vided If possible.
The best fuel for smoking meats Is
Siveu hickory or maple wood smoth
ered with sawdust of the satno mate
rial. Hard wood of any kind Is prefer
able jo soft wood. Resinous woods
should never be used, as they arc likely
to impart bad flavors to the product.
Corncobs are the best substitute for
hard wood and may be used If desired.
Soft wood and corncobs give off largo
amounts of carbon lu burning, and this
Is deposited on the meat, making It
dark in color and rank flavored. Juni
per berries and fragrant woods arc
sometimes added to the Are to flavor
the meat.
Meat that is to be smoked should be
removed from the brlue two or three
days before1 being put lu the smoke
house. If it has been cured In a strong
brine It will be best to sonk the pieces
In cold water overnight to prevent a
crust of salt from forming on the out
side when drained. Washing the meat
In tepid water and scrubbing clean
with a brush Is a good practice. The
pieces should then be hung up to drain
for a day or two. When drained they
may be hung in the house. All should
be suspended below the ventilators and
should hang so that no two pieces
come In contact, as this would preveut
uniform smoking. .
A slow fire may then be started,
warming up the meat gradually. Dur
ing the winter months in cold climates
It Is best to keep the fire going contin
ually until tho smoking Is complete,
holding tho temperature at about the
same point. If the lire Is allowed to
dlo down the meat becomes cold and
the smoke does not penetrate readily.
This results in heavy smoke on the out
side ami very little on the Inner por
tions of the meat. During the spring
months and in the summer a light tire
may be started every second or third
day for two weeks, the meat being al
lowed to hang in the smokehouse until
sufficiently colored. When the fire Is
kept going steadily and nu even tem
perature 1m maintained, twenty-four to
thirty-six hours will be required to fin
ish one lot of meat Smoke will not
Icnetrute frozen meat, and it will be
necessary to extract nil frost from It
before filling the house. The house
should be kept dark nt all times to pre
vent files enlerlng. As soon its smoked
sufficiently the meat should be cooled
by opening the ventllntors or doors.
When hurd and Arm It muy be can
vased or pocked away for summer use.
' If hair and complexion
Should quarrel and fight
The rest of your face
Just make it up right.
New York, Dec. 29. Since New
Year's day is the day of days to patch
up all differences, cover up all the
disagreeable features of the past and
make up end be friends, why not be
gin with your face. Anybody can make
up a quarrel and everybody can patch
up a'difference but it takes a real art
ist to patch up a face and make up a
complexion.
'It may surprise you to learn that
there still are few benighted and mn
devial monster husbands in the world
who won't let their poor wives use a
powder rag or a speck of rouge. Just
fancy! ' Yes, and there are actually
some doormat wives who obey theja
same benighted and medieval monster
husbands and go through life with
shiny noses and yellow skins,
Pretty Girls Attract,
Then they wonder why same hus
bands don't make a fuss over them but
have an eye for every pretty girl on
the street with the healthful glow of
rouge on her cheeks and her lips pret
tily rubylincd.
Other wives, who suffer with be
nighted husbands have a secret little,
cache for the trusty powder rag and
the lip stick and put the make up on
the sly and also on the nose and lips.
In this case to paraphrase that fa
mous line of "The Darling of the
Gods" that "It is better to lie a little
than be unhappy much." "It is better
to deceive a little than to bo unattrac
tive much."
The best way is to come right out
in the open witli an open face and if
you have any latent artistic ability
don't waste it painting china or candle
shades but touch up your own. viva
cious visage.
All the successful and. smart women
from Helen of Troy and Cleopatra
down to our present galaxy of femalo
beauty have looked upon both the
rogue and henna when it was red.
In David Graham Philips "Old
Wives for New" you all know how the
wife lost her husband's affection by
letting herself go, getting sloppy and
sloveuly and how she won another
husband again by resorting to a goo:)
corsetiere, a good dressmaker and
above all a good beauty expert. It is
really much better however not to risk
losing a perfectly good husband at all
but to resort to the beauty expert at
tho getaway. Nowadays with all tho
wonderful new beauty specialties and
inventions, the creams adapted to ev
ery purpose and suited to every type
of skin, the powders matched up to
cveiy complexion to a nicety, the
nuges, the lipsticks, the eyebrow pen
cils, the wrinkle eradicators, massage,
mud packs, muscle oils, permanent
linir waving, etc., why should any wo
man be plain? That is of course if
she ha., the courage of her convic
tions,
Painting the Lily.
That old wnoeze about not painting
the lily or gilding the rose has been
knocked out by our enterprising flor
ists with their emerald green carna
tions, their mauve and salmon chrys
anthemums. Who says you can't im
prove on nature. When woods are
overgrown don't the forestry experts
clear them out and when land is bar
ren and treeless don't they plant seed
lings and set out embryo forests. Then
when eyebrows are bushy and ever
grown why not tweek them out to a
fine and becoming line with the handy
tweezers and if they be scant why
not apply the ever ready eyebrow pen
cil, black or brown? A judicious uso
of the rouge that's red on lip and
cheek will make a woman fairly re
dolent of youth and charm and re
member one touch of powder makes
the whole world's skin.
So for beauty's sake and your own
when you swear off all your bad hab
its on January 1st, 1917, swear on all
the cosmetics that you need and re
member above all things that 'twere
better even to have a tarnished repu
tation than a shiny nose.
Silo Anchors.
These anchors are used to secure
wooden stave silos to a concrete base.
Two forms are shown. In each of which
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the aruis are at an angle of sixty de
grees to each other. They are bolted
to each stave and are fastened to large
bolts Imbedded in the concrete base.
Agricultural Digest.
ITALY LEARNS WAR
(Continued From Page One)
to France and England, The imme
diate and most radienl result of the
chunge was Italy's declaration of war
against Germany. The despatch o
Italian troops to Salonika and France
as well as a more intimate ministerial
contact with the people followed.
In the last twelve months throo
great movements stand out from Ita
ly's land fighting. They include her
j counter-offensive against the Austri-
ans in the Trentino, her Isonzo offen
sive and her Carso drive. Superior in
men and cannon, the enemy unexpect
edly poured through the valleys of tho
Adigo and Brenta last spring. They
were stopped only within sight of his
toric Veneto and slowly pushed back
along the road they came. They still
hold a rooky square of 100 miles
along the Trentino border, their only
foothold on Italian soil.
In mid-summer the Italians concen
trated their resources for an Isonzo
offensive. It culminated in Gorizia's
fall during tho first days of August.
In late September preparations for a
new drive in the lower Carso were
completed. It began in early Octo
ber nnd has already brought the fierce
fighting 'Italians within several miles
of Triest.
. Winter Aids Austrians.
Winter, however, is apparently now
conspiring with the Austrians against
the immediate capture of the "unre
deemed city."
Almost 4,000,000 soldiers played ac
tive parts in these three theatres of
war. The Austrians, it is estimated,
lost almost a million in dead, wounded
and prisoners. The Italians losses,
though admittedly heavy are consider
ably loss. Moreover, Italy today holds
about 3500 square miles of Austrian
territory, embracing prosperous towns
and fertile valleys.
Meanwhile, over the sky-scraping
peaks of Carnia and of the Dolomites
the Italian arms wore also slowly ad
vancing. Stragetic positions like the
mountainous Col di Lana and the Cris
tallo fell to King Victor's men through
mining and other engineering opera
tions. In the processes of these cap
tures entire enemy regiments were
often jellied.
Besides, Cadorna's troops have oc
cupied Argirocastro and Delinno in
Epirus. Both are on the road to Ja-
ninn, which is one of the principal
towns in Albania. From Vallon they
have advanced east to Koritza and
with the French took Monastir, Mace
donia's key.
Austrian Fleet Bottled Up.
Cooperating with the army Italy's
navy has bottled up the main Austrian
fleet at Pola. Several times the Ital-'
ian have made daring excursions
against Parenzo, Durazzo, Porto Buss
and Pola, bombarding military and
naval works apparently with disas
trous effects. They have captured or
sunk several enem; transports and sab
marines. In addition, the battle cruis
er Viribus Unitis is believed to have
blown up in the harbor of Pola, fol
lowing an Italian air raid.
Italy's losses at sea include the
Benedetto Brinand the Leonardo da
Vinci, destroyed through internal ex
plosions and several transports and
torpedo boats, said to have been sunk
by the enemy.
The Italian airmen have reinforced
the land and sea fighting. They have
boon responsible for successful aerial
bombardments on Trieste, Pola, Cat
taro, Tomezzo, and Sebenico. On the
other hand enemy aeroplanes have
carried death and destruction to Vero
na, Padova, Gorizia, Spezia and Ven
ice. They have been followed by Aus
trian submarines, which have bom
barded 'Bari, Brindisi, Savonna and
Napoleon's island at Elba.
'Italy's financial and economic arms
against the enemy are now well or
ganized. It is costing Italy more than $8,000,
000 a day to do her bit.
Economies Are Forced.
Governmental decrees, closing the
cafes and theatres at 11:30 and stop
ping the trolley cars at the same hour
are a part of the economic program.
The candle power of the street lights
also have been halved and extrava
gant expenditure for dress, luxury and
pleasure frowned upon.
Living was approximately 20 per
cent higher last January 1 than it was
before the war. It is about 60 per
cent higher today. Clothing has in-
Creased from 40 to 70 per cent in the.
meantime. The reasons for the high
er cost of living tre not entirely trace
able to the war, which has occasioned
a lack of imports and exports and ex
tensive military sequestrations. Pri
vate speculations plays a large part.
the women are taking their share
in wartime industries and economies.
Within the last twelve months the fe
male workers, who have replaced men,
have increased from 35 to 70 per cent,
it is estimated. Thoy aro found plow
ing tho fields, gathering the harvests
nnd making the wines or turning the
Inthes in munition and gun factories.
There aro femalo doctors at the
front, a radical departure for "conser
vative Italy."
How to Prevent Croup.
In a child that is subject to attacks
of croup, the first indication of the
disease is hoarseness. Give Chamber-
luin's Cough Remedy as soon as the
child becomes hoarse and the attack
may be warded off and all danger and
anxiety avoided.
Adv.
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