THE POLK COUNT P O S T . A Sem i-W eekly Newspaper. Publisbed Twice a W eek at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Tuesday and Friday Entered as second-cluss mutter March 26, 1918, ut the postoffice at In­ dependence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year Strictly in Advance; Six Months $1.00; Three months 50 cents. A ll subscriptions stopped at expiration. C LYD E T. ECKER, Editor. WANT TO M AKE THEIR OWN MUSIC lERE’S CHANCE T0“ H0RN IN " MEN ROYAL In many recipes the num ber of eggs m ay be reduced with excellent results by using an additional quantity of Royal Baking P ow der, about a teaspoon, for each egg omitted. The following recipe is a practical example: Chocolate Sponge Roll (Heap t t i b l m o o o i melted e h o rte o lo f H cup hot w ater 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tea spoon a Royal Baking S teaapoon eatt ÎÏG .— ' * n « * r M m .ttrd chocolat* TV* oU •*1M for 4 I D IR E C T IO N S —Sift floor, baking powdor and soit together thro* dm *«. Boat whol* egga. Add slowly sugar, than boiling wator slowly; add non var.illa, mol tod chocolat* and mol tod shortoning, •atthooi boating. Sift (n dry ingredient«. and fold in as lightly as poaaibl*. Pour Into largo taking pan linod with oilod paper, and take in slow oven twenty minutes W h en dona, turn out on a damp, hot cloth, eproad with white icing and roll. Booklol ot ro d s ** which K o a o m in In a n * *a J othor aavawata* toe radiant* i m I M fra*. AJJraa* ROYAL. H A K IM ) P O W D I I C O I » W illia m St., Maw Yorh G ive any man a chew o f Real G ravely P l«| , and he w ill tell you th a t'a the kind to tend. Send the b e ttl Ordinary plug i* fa lte economy. It co*t* let* per w e e k to chew Real G ravely, because a »m all chew of it la*ts a long while. If you im oke a pipe, d ic e G ravely with your knife and add a little to your tmoking tobacco. It w ill giva fla v o r —im prove your »m oke. Dehorn the Am ateur Cornetist and Send Hie Machine to France— Cal­ liopes, Pipe Organs and Grand Pianos W ould Not Be Appropriate Dona­ tions and the Slide Trombone Has Its tuiniitationii. JH-fci/’i, ilio iifwrtmcnt house air- shaft f ornetlst, anu send his musical instrument to the borders o f No Man’s '.and. Mere 1s a chance for patriotic sacrifice which, at the same time, w ill tonfer h great relief on the neighbors tec hitvhten the life o f some musical- ijs-Cw t r eri Yankee soldier in the tr<*ftT-t'*-a t r the billets or the rest cutup* o> t’iie war sone. There Is a great demand fo r musical Instruments by the soldiers over there. This Is the word received here by the war work council o f the Y. M. A. from their hundreds o f secre­ taries and workers Ih the war zone. O f course there Is music there, regi­ mental bunds, field music, talking ma­ chines and pianos In the “ Y ” Luts, but the soldiers who have the yearning do not want self-sturtiug music. They want the kind they cun “ push out” themselves, no matter how bud it Is, as long as it expresses them. Would Make His O w n Music. Music’s charms are notorious fo r their soothing effects, and one can im agine the depression o f a soldier, who hus nothing o f a musical outfit but a pair o f ear-drums, when he wishes to hide away with a saxophone, to snort sad sounds from it. That man is not going to be satisfied with the best band music, the finest phonograph rec­ ords or the piano playing o f other per­ sons who may be experts, not as long as he yeurns to blow, scrape or pound out notes or sounds o f hts own manu­ facture. " Anyone who has listened to a be­ ginner, under the pretext of practic­ ing, groan with a base horn, sob rlp- plingly with a slide trombone or cry aloud with a blat-blat alto horn, has realized ^hat the performer wasn’t playing, but was relieving his feelings. W ell, soldiers with a weakness fo r music have that same desire to relieve their feelings after the strain o f bat­ tle or monotony o f camp. And they need some Instruments by which they can generate musical noises which w ill soothe their own savage breasts and at the same time put their comrades in such fighting mood that they are ready to sweep the Huns into the Rhine. Soldiers enjoy teasing tunes from solo instruments, the Y. M. C. A. men report, and it Is up to sound-shatter- ers here to provide the apparatus. They have “ come across” with bank notes, why not part with their high notes? The “ Y ” will pass them along to the yeamers. Discrimination in Donations. Calliopes, pipe organs, grand pianos and bass drums are hardly convenient fo r soldiers to keep In dugouts o r to carry on hikes. A slide trombone would be all right for open warfare, but In a trench It could only be played side­ ways. At that, a trench greatly re­ sembles an ochestra pit. Discrimina­ tion should he used as to the type as well as the size. A bass horn would be Ktiltnhle for a man detailed to base headquarters and It would be ali right to send a soldier a French horn If he understands that language. This does not limit the list to mouth organs, jewsharps, "sweet potatoes” and accordions. It should include reeds .and small brasses. I f American soldiers are to turn the scale they should be allowed to run It, also. Instrumentalists— horn In ! B A K IN G POWDER Any gift from the folks back home means a lot to the boy. When you send him tobacco, let it be good tobacco—tobacco worth sending all that long w ay—the flat, compressed plug of Real Gravely. »oldiers “ Over/ There” Demand Musical Instruments. It is possible that the next president of the United States will come from Michigan and his first name will be Henry. Again it has been shown that irrigation is necessary in the Willamete valley. Irrigate and our section would only be surpassed by the Garden of Ede<,. The bray having been removed from the mule, will somebody now please take the punch from the kick? It is very essential that this be done for yet there .ire those who persist in monkeying with the south end of the ani­ mal. Every time a ship load of our boys land in France, it C. shortens the war so many days. An army of tired and almost petered out Huns may be driven to slaughter by their officers in attempting to stop an American advance but the sacrifice will all be in vain. Before many months the draft age will undoubtedly be raised to forty-five years. This will be beneficial in many ways, one of them in particular being that it will permit the patriots, over thirty-one, who have publicly proclaim­ ed their desire to serve, a chance to enter the ranks. T. J. Kyan, defeated for the Republican nomination for State Treasurer by O. P. Hoff, may run as an inde­ pendent, he says. The old guard don’t like to have the state board of control pass into progressive hands, leaving Governor Withvcombe in the minority should he chance to be re-elected. The advance in postage on second class mail matter, The Post will gladly and willingly pay. The zone system of carrying this class of mail should have been inaugurated years ago. Whoever desires to read a newspaper or mag- azine published on the other side of the continent should be willing to pay more for it. Even if the unexpecteded would happen and the Huns break thru and enter Paris, it would not end the war in favor of Germany. The great toll of enemy lives that would be the price of the capture of the French capital would put a dent in Hun man power that would bring closer the time when a mad king cannot make hells like the present one. Henry Ford will go to the Senate from Michigan. While a Republican, he will be nominated by the Democrats and his own party will naturally accept him. President Wilson requested that he become a member of the Senate for in the reconstruction period after the war, there are going to be tremendous and difficult problems to settle which will be as important as those occurring during the present crisis and a whole lot of wise heads will be needed. Our principal duty is to win the war and do it just as quickly as possible. A great many of the issues created by the war must necessarilly be laid on the table until leeches, who in times like these, suck at the blood of their peace is declared; others such as profiteering should be dealt with at once in a forcible manner. The human fellow countrymen, are more of a menace and do more harm than all the misguided pro-Huns in the country. Effective and drastic legislation on the part of congress to eliminate this evil that besets us is necessary and there should be no time lost in debating and arguing about it. Fewer Eggs are required with He W ill Welcome a poach of Real GRAVELY Chewing Ping WHO CAN FARMERS S E N D Y O U R F R IE N D I N T H E U. S . S E R V I C E A POUCH O F G R A V E L Y Dealers all around here carry it in 10c pouches. A 3c stamp w ill put it into his hands in any Training Camp or Seaport o f the U . S. A . Even “ over there’* a 3c stamp w ill taka it to him. P. B. GRAVELY TOBACCO COMPANY, Danville, Va The Patent Poach keepa it Freeh and Clean and Good —/I u not Real Gravely without this Protection Seal E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 3 1 FAVOR GOATS AS MILK PRODUCERS Interest Growing in Possibilities of Milk-Producing Breeds in This Country. CALLED THE POOR MAN’S COW In Many Parts of Europe Anim als Ara Used for Milk Supply in Summer Months W hile People Are En ­ joying Vacations. (Prepared by the United States Depart­ ment of Agriculture.) In this country the goat is usually regarded simply as a plaything for the children, but in some parts of Europe It Is regarded as the poor man’s cow. A well-known American Importer o f live stock states that “ the goat of Switzerland Is the Swiss peasant’s cow, the Swiss baby’s foster mother, a blessing to the sanitariums fo r in­ valids, and a godsend to the poor.” In England and In many other parts of Proving It. Europe people who leave the city dur­ “ I understand that furniture dealer ing the summer months, either for Is a square man.” their country homes or fo r travel, “ Sure; he makes a specialty o f mis­ often take a milk goat with them in sion styles.” order to Insure a supply o f good milk o f uniform quality. In this country Village Quickly Replaces Forest the fact that the goat will supply suffi­ The war Is making many changes cient milk for the average fam ily at In the landscape o f the United States low cost and can be kept where It Is ' as well as In Europe, but while those impossible to keep a cow, Is beginning | across the water are nearly always of to appeal to many people, especially ' a tearing-down nature the changes those In the small towns and in sub­ here are o f the building up sort. Thns, urbs o f cities. In this way the milk where a pine forest staod six months goat can be made to relieve the milk , ago, a model village is now springing shortage which is now felt in many lo­ Into being at the site o f a shipbuilding calities. company's plant near Pascagoula, I Miss. Adapted to Thla Country. Landscape artists, engineers, and ar­ The milk goat is adapted to this country and the industry is likely to chitects have pooled their talent to become o f greater Importance every bring about the most practical and at­ year. The goat Is especially useful to tractive arrangement o f streets and those who desire a small quantity of dwellings. The town Is made up o f milk and do not have room for and about 300 workmen's cottages each of cannot afford to keep a cow. In fact, which Is made to differ somewhat from a gout can be kept where It Is Impos­ all Its neighbors. A modern hotel Is being established sible to keep a cow, and will consume considerable feed that otherwise would for transients and every sort o f utility necessary fo r a city. Nature also con­ be wasted. A doe that produces three pints a tributed her share for In the center day Is considered only a fa ir milker, o f the city Is a beautiful park. Wheth­ er tha war lasts one more year or ten more, this little made-to-order village, no doubt, will continue to live for ages. Hogs On the Law n (Portland Journal.) Governor Stanley of Kentucky keeps a drove of hogs on the lawn of the executive mansion. The ani­ mals serve several elevating pur­ poses. Their merry gambols refresh ; Governor Stanley’s mind when he is weary with his labors for the peo­ ple's welfare. He loves to see them vie will) the robins in the quest for worms and bugs. The deep re­ sea relies which they make with their snouts under the lilac bushes remind him poetically of tly> re­ searches of scientists for hidden i truth. But Governor Stanley's pachyder­ matous pets serve a still higher pur- ■jiose. Their presence on the lawn HELP Each town, under the leader­ ship o f Its most active spirits, such as Its chamber of commerce or county council o f defense. It­ self should Immediately make a survey o f all able-bodied men who have hnd farm experience and obtain pledges to spend u day or two out o f each week or a week, If need be. out o f the month at the periods of great­ est demand. In order to help the farmers. There are many m