FRIDAY,AUGUST,40, 1917.
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BUILDING AN ARMY.
The American people are just getting a taste of the
time and work it takes to build up an army. We have
been in the war over four months and have an army now
of only a trifle over a half million. This includes our
regular and tke National Guard. We are now drafting
an entirely new army of six hundred and twenty-five
thousand men. ' These men will not be called to the col
ors until September 1st. Expensive cantonments will be
built for them costing millions of dollars, and they will
have to be subjected to intensive training of at least a
year before they will be ready to go to the front. The
science of warfare is something new for civilians; .they
must learn it from the bottom up. The first lesson and
the hardest is obedience; responding quickly to the of
ficers' orders. General Pershing says that he wants his
men trained to obey orders promptly but that he doesn't
want them to go so tar as to obey them automatically. In
other words he doesn't want machine soldiers. He wants
to preserve the American spirit of doing .things, the in
dividual brain power which seizes upon emergencies and
turns them into victory, or defeat. If General Perehiug
and the other American officers follow this policy of keep
ing the individual American initiative, at the same time
co-ordinating the movements of their men in military
discipline, they will have the most wonderful soldiers in
the world. , There is no doubt that the American soldier
will be fearless under fire; there is an element of fatalism
in us all that make us careless of danger; but if we can
produce trained soldiers without destroying their brains
we will have a real achievement.
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SETS A FINE EXAMPLE.
Hot Lake, Or., Aug. 9. (Special)
The following guests registered at
the Hot Lake Sanatorium during the
first part of this week:"
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monahan and
daughter Patricia, Mat Hughes, Pat
Connall, of Heppener; John Mayer,
Mrs. S. Potter, Carolyn Rosenthal
Max Ralen, Anna M. Jackman, Celia
Jackman, Mrs. S. E. Privette, Mrs.
McCullagh, Mrs. Mary Carr and Mrs.
J. E. McAuliff, of Spokane; Miss Del
la May Randall, Arlington; Lydia
Bower, Ritzville; Mrs. D. Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. P, W. Booth, Lewiston; Miss
F. A. Choquette, Nelson, B. C; jas D.
Eaton, Enterprise; Mrs. J. J. Qum-
land, Island City; C. J. Edwards,
Lowell Edwards, Tillamook; W. B. and
Mrs. E. Coffinberry, Halfway; J. Kin
ney, Joseph; Mrs. F. W. Dryden awl
daughter, Walla Walla; Sheriff Cath
erman, Huntington; Florence Frazer,
M. E. Mayer, Mrs. J. O. Darnell, Mrs.
H. Lea and Franklin Morton, of Port
land; Miss Juanita G. Holmes, Jas.
Casey, Mr. and Mrs. Leo M. Chand
ler, of Boise; B. C. Burton, Mrs. L. S.
Bentley, John T. Ogle, Mr. and Mrj.
J F. Robinson, J. C. Bowser and A. C.
Funk of Pendleton; Roy Jones, Los
Angeles; F D. Quiglcy, E. C. Skyles,
J. Frazicr of Seattle; W. Wade, Ralph
O. Jones, J. W. Daly, of Baker; Mrs.
Clyde Seitz, Gifford Seitz, Eugene;
Horace Kinney, San Francisco; W. G.
Francis, Sidney, Illinois; Mrs. P. O.
Neill, Colfax; L. F. Jennings, Rich
land; Pete Anderson, Kamela; Chas.
Crance, Homelines; Ella W. Walling,
Nampa; Miss Amy Madden, Caldwell;
Mrs. R. B. Niles, Elgin; W. J. Polley,
Haines; Fred W. Williams, John C.
Williams, Jerome Ida.; H. J. Fires,
Tacoma; Miss Violet Long, Sand-point.
New Stetsons and Gordons
FOR FALL
'You've a hat here' that's the very spirit of fall smart
i and upstanding, in keeping with the times.
' We are glad to get hats like this .today. ..
You are invited to get acquainted with these style lead
ers. Try on, ask questions. Come and see them first,
t then buy when you get ready.
; See Some of the New Ones In Our Windows
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YOU SPIRITED
YOUNG MEN
Here are the hats., that .
will cany a sunny wel
come along with you in-'
to any company you
meet. We know what
men with spirit wrant.
We've scores of these
hats for this fall and
that's a point for us all
to fceel good about; fine
hats are scarce today.
A MAN'S NO OLDER
THAN HIS HAT
Sometimes a "conserv-'
ative" hat conveys an
impression of middle
age that's not at all de
served. Every man wel
comes a change in his
appearance and so do
his friends. Many a
young-looking man cap
italizes the advantages
these new hats give for
a bit of class, a touch of
style and smartness. Let
us show 3'ou what they
will do.
Judge Crawford left for Portland,
San Francisco and L03 Angeles Mon
day night. Ho will transact busings
in the two former places and visit
his son Clair in Los Angclc3, his son
being the president of the Pacific
Surety Co. 1
Floyd Charboneau of the La Grange
Grocery Co. is on his vacation now,
and the vacancy made by his absence
is being filled by Miss Gertrude Swal-berg.
Our Hearty Invitation
Come make yourself at home among our hats. It helps
to get the word around among the live spirits buy if
you wish and when you wish; you are welcome whether
or not.
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SAFE SPEED FOR AUTOMOBILES.
..to a quarter of an inch is about; right for most foods to
i be sliced. ; .-- ..
What is a safe rate ojLspeed for an automobile? - ! If they're sliced thicker than this they dry slowly and
Vl)Anyone who has ever ridden in a machine will be in- .badly; and if thrner, they lose flavor. Be exceedingly care
terested in the answer asven by a recent editorial in ul oJ the slicing machines,, as 4hey cut,, fingers . very.,
the Los Angeles Times. Tl$ writer says: j readily. ' "' - ,
"Thirty miles an hour on! a country boulevard with a ! Cleanliness is as necessary in preparing food for. drying
clear road ahead arid no tracks to cross, may be considered I as 18 in JV8 food, for cannmg-perhaps more so.
a safe speed, but thirty miles ait hour inside of the city I A IIave, ou kmves cen 80 th won't discolor the food
limits is altogether too fast. -i - r " ,'n e,arthly sme,U flavor will ding to root crops if.
Liiey re not wasneu. une aecayea root win disnavor Ket-
tles ot soup. .
High grade dried "root"
;Ujucle Sam is getting a fine example in the matter of
loading freight cars, according to the commission on car
service. Recently the commission addressed a letter to
the secretary of war, to Herbert Hoover and other depart
mental officers having to do with the letting of contracts
for Wivprninrmf ennnline Tim tuo-rrrietir i-oo m1
aU government contracts carry requests that the freight!?11 to.stP look and listen
oiiv rwiiiinmnnt in in,in,i t L.a 1 i ! two minutes to set the brake
cameitv ; road is clear, return to the car
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"Likewise twenty miles atf hour on a' city street, be
tween crossings, might be Considered a reasonable and
safe speed, but twenty mile j kti hour over a street cross
ing in the down town district is so dangerous that ordi
nances have been passed to prevent such recklessness.
Here, according to traffic officers, a speed of eight miles essential
per nour is none too slow.
"Safe speed, then, is a matter of location largely, and
even eight miles an hour is too fast when crossing a rail
road track, unless the driver knows the way is clear.
"It takes an instant to slow up. It may take a mom-
It might require a loss of
two minutes to set the brakes, walk ahead and see if the
and drive safely on. Two
products can be made only
from peeled material.
Some housewives prefer to blanch their vegetables be
fore they dry them. This is all right, but not absolutely
Uncle Sam did better than request such loading. In
minutes time at the most, and one or more lives saved!
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most cases mvries fnrnklmio- ...iit..,! , fi, ,f ! Jsn 1 n nii m uoes tne occasion ever arise, unless it
are ordered to load cars to full carrying capacity. ! ba thc .dnr 18 n i1 life and, f eatl fission, that cir-
This means a big help to the railroads in their campaign ?tn 37 crossing, a partly or wholely obscured
for increased effectiveness (track, without stopping to ascertain whether a train is
' " ' j in siffht or the wav is clefir.
i "Slow u! Don't speed, even in the open country. Don't
! speed m crossing the city streets. Don't speed in the busi
ness districts. And above all, don't speed or even drive
j slowly across a railroad track unless yon KNOW the way
lis clear." 1
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.Supporting' the
Government
This is a time for every citizen to support the
United States Government and many are doing so
at considerable cost or sacrifice to themselves.
We have joined the Federal Reserve Banking Sys
" tern established by the CJovernment to give greater
financial stability and strength 10 the member banks
and protection to their depositors.
You can give your support to this great Govern
ment enterprise and also obtain its protection for
your money by becoming one of our depositors.
They claim it more thoroughly cleanses: them, removes
the strong odors and softens and loosens the fiber so that
the moisture in the vegetables can evaporate more uni
formly and quickly. '
It is said to coagulate the albuminous matter in the
vegetables, thus holding the flavor.
Blanching consists of plunging the vegetable into boil
ing water for a short time. Use a wire basket or cheese
cloth bag for this.
After blanching the required number of minutes, drain
well and remove surface moisture from vegetables by plac
ing them between two towels or by exposing them' to the
sun and air, whole, for a short time.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
PREPARING FOOD FOR TKE DRIER.
Member
Federal Respire
System
JUa Grande National Bank
(By George Martin, United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, August 10. Before going on to tell some
thing about Uncle Sam's methods of preparing foods for
the drying process, we wTant to stop long enough to ad
vise you that you can get the Home Drving Manual, pub
lished by the National Emergency Food Garden Commis
sion, by writing to the commission at 210 Maryland build
ing, Washington.
Tli is manual will give you a great deal more detail about
drying than this series of articles, which is merely in
tended to give you the principal facts about the drying
svatom J .
Your meat grinder, your kraut slicer and your hand
chopper will do admirably to prepare the foods you want
to dry. The slicer will cut large vegetables, such as po
tatoes and cabbages, into thin strips ti,,,,, there is a ro
tarv hand slicer which you can buy ttiat will help a lot. "
If you don't want to buy these- things, use a sharp
kitchen knife. ' .m ;. .... .
" Slice the foods thin. 'but not too thin. From' an eighth
Come In
Why isn't a vacation a sort of head
rest?- ,v .
Fred Phelnn,' formerly ..Deputy
Sheriff for Multnomah Countv under
Tom Word, and' -wjfe imsed through
m
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MOTORCYCLE NEWS. here this morning on their way tq
Wallowa. Mr. Phelan is now a con
Four new world's motorcyle rec- tractor and went to Wallowa to figure
ords were established on the Sheeps- with the city in regard toa water
neaci rsay speedway by two Harley- and sewerage system.
Davidson riders. Leslie Parichmrt '
rhung up a new and phenomenal : "
travel of 1,453 3-4 miles for 24 hours
of consecutive riding, which breaks
the mark set by E. G. Baker on the
Cincinnati speedway by 66 1-2 miles.
Parkhursfs feat is made all the more
remarkable by the fact that he was
forced to suspend riding for more
than two hours on account of a heavy
rain that swept the sneedwav. so he
reauy only rode 22 hours.
Otto Walker, riding simultaneously
with Parkhurst, but drivi'nir a RiHe-
car outfit, broke the 24-hour sidecar
record toy piling un 1.158 3-4 miln
in that time. This beats the -ntmrA
formerly held by C. F. Bru-schi, San
Diego, Cal., of an even 1.000 miles.
...tmcmoiiv, .rarKnurst miner nn n
new time of 7 hours, 35 minutes and
17 seconds for the 500 miles, and 17
hours 8 minutes and 28 seconds for
tne , i.ooo mile distance, beating the
former records for these distances,
also held by Baker, by 1 hour 3 min
utes and 13 seconds, and 18 minutes
.2 seconds, respectively.
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