THE
POLK
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P O S T .
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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
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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<ki
working In the towns whose
places can be taken by the wom
en. I have In mind partlcularly
men waiters, ele\ator boys, and
clerks whose work can be well
substituted, if the business sen
timent o f the town will act reso
lutely and persuade employers to
use women temporarily In order
that the men be released for
farm labor as the occasion may
require .—Clarence Ousiey. As
sistant Secretary o f Agriculture.
Uroup of Angora Goat«.
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Hook Worm In Camp.
Tw enty per cent o f the draft men
received at Camp Sevier. In South
Carolina, are affected with hook worm,
according to army physicians. Numer
ous cases are being treated. All show
rapid Improvement In some com pe
nt ee as many as 90 men are
treated.
m different parts or uns country, i i
only a few gouts are kept, it Is not
necessary to have much equipment. If
j anj. Any cleuu, dry quarters free
from drafts may be used for housing
goats. The building should have proper
ventilation, plenty of light, and ar
rangements made so that each gout
j can be properly fed and handled.
Feed for Goats.
i
Goats should receive a liberal quan
tity of succulent feed such as silage,
mangel-wurzels, carrots, rutabagas,
pursnips, or turnips. The grain feeds
' best suited for their rations are corn,
oats, bran, barley, und linseed-oll meal
i or oil cake. A ration that has been
used in the government herd, and
| which has proved to be very satlsfac-
( tory for milk goats during the winter
season, consists of two pounds of al-
i falfa or clover hay, one and one-half
pounds o f siluge or turnips, and from
one to two pounds o f grain. The grain
ration consisted of a mixture of 100
pounds corn, 100 pounds oats, 50
pounds bran, and ten pounds Unseed-
I oil meal. A ll feed offered fo r goats
should be clean and of good quality
j plenty o f rock salt should be kept be-
i fore them, and occasionally a small
' quantity o f fine salt mixed with the
grain feed. A good supply o f fresh
water is necessary,
j
while the production o f two quarts Is
good, and the production o f three
quarts Is considered aa excellent.
Goat's milk Is nearly always pure
! white. The small size o f the fat glob-
ules Is oue of Its chief characteristics.
In consequence the cream rises very
slowly and never so thoroughly as In
the case o f cow's milk. I f it is prop-
erly produced and handled. It will keep
sweet as long as cow's milk, and there
should not be any goaty odor. The
milk can be utilized tor the same pur
poses as cow’s milk, but Is leas satis
factory for making butter and perhaps
better for making cheese. Practically
all publication« dealing with milk
goats attribute considerable Impor
tance to the use o f the milk for in
fanta and invalids.
During tha last
yean a number
of goal dairies have been In operation
law
<§)
1 of the executive mansion constantly
remind the people of Kentucky how
! vitally important it is to raise as
[ many hogs as they can.
j A sour old cynic who often walks
! past Governor Stanley's house was
overheard to murmur the other
morning that “we already hnd too
many hogs in the United States.”
But he was thinking of the human
variety. Providence has inscrutably
blessed, us with a superabundance
of that breed. But Governor Stan
ley’s hogs make pork. They do not
consume it.
Cruciilxion Out Of Order
(Benton County Courier.)
A year or so ago the newspapers
turned loose on Secretary Daniels
to kill him off.
It didn’t work. He came back at
them with his cards face up, show
ed the American people a wonder
fully efficient, ready-to-scrap navy,
and the papers had to drop the con
spiracy.
Then they tackled Secretary Bak
er. He let them shoot all they had
and then kicked hack. He was for
ced to make public information that
should never have been given out,
but it was a revelation to the pub
lic and a killer to his accusers.
Again they hod to quit.
The same influences combined
against Henry Ford. He was ridi
culed one day and damned the next
and the undertaker was notified to
stand ready for the remains.
But Ford just kept on tinkering in
that little shop of his and when the
war department found it needed
something Henry had it already
made.
Now both old parties are chasing
him for United States senator and
President Wilson urges him to run.
And the moral is that newspaper
crucifixions are not popular these
days.
A sk P ay For Own Dam age
(By Henry J. Allen.)
On the way back to my office I
passsed the German embassy stand
ing silent, gates locked, windows
boarded , hut with the beautiful
vines and flowers climbing np the
lovely walls of the garden.
A
French gendarme was on guard at
ttie gate, hut no other living thing
disturbed tiiis much hated spot of
German territory. The embasssy is
x dignified place, looking out across
the Seine, about a block from ttie
Palais d’Orsay. As we passed it an
under secretary of a legation gave
me tiiis story of German nerve:
5arly in March on night air raiders
dropped about a dozen German
bombs in this neighborhood. None
of them hit the building but one foil
in the nearby slreeet. It killed two
?rencli genarmes who were guard
ing the German property and shat
tered some of the emhasssv win
dows. The German government has
sent to the French government a
hill of over 1,300 francs for damage
to the German property as the re
sult of German bombs. Can you
beat it?
The ^Independence National Bank
Established .1889
A Successful Business Career of
Twenty-Five Years
INTEREST PAID ON TIME
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DEPOSITS
Officers and Directors
H. Hirschberg, Pres.
D. W. Sears, V. P.
W. S. Kurre, Cashier
W. H. Walker
L A. Allen
O. D. Butler