.1 mmmimimmmtiMi nil iiiiiaimMimwuiih njniMiniiaimirii wiiiMiiitiiiliiiii aiiiiiioiiiaiB i B -iriMiiatiiiiiii BidiiiiMiMiiiiwiiiilitiriiiiittimfaiwmiiiiiMiiWiiwi nitiiimii mmnnMinii iiiiiiiiwiTiiiMrwmiWMiriiiiMiiiii.riiiiiiin hmimmmiwiimimimmwimwm n row mn mihwiwmkmiiwiiiiii nw mumnimi 1 1 iimfi iiiiiram wimwibimmii itnoiiM omhiw 11 1 n nr imr n "" Page 8 OREGON CITY, ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922. HOMINY SAID HEALTH BUILDER Department of Agriculture Describes Ways of Cooking Southern Dish to Best Advantage. (By TJ. S. Dept. of Agriculture) Why not serve hominy grits once a week for the sake ot variety to starchy'vegetables? The United States Department of Agriculture suggests that people in the North and the West would do well to try this excellent southern dish, which is very economi cal at present prices. Hominy grits result from grinding up whole hulled hpminy from which the germ has been removed, in appearance the grains somewhat resemble small broken rice, but when cooked the hominy retains the clean nutty flavor of the corn, and lends itself well to use a starchy vege table with meat or other combinations. Relief organizations have used hom iny grits with great success in Eur ope and Asia Minor, -where it proved acceptable to thousands in spite of the fact that it was an unfamiliar food. Although of the same food value as a coarser, degermed hominy, grits have the advantage of cooking in a much shorter time. To many people their flavor and texture are prefer able, possibly because the butter, meat fat, or gravy used with them penetrates through the dish better than in the case of the coarse homi ny. If grits are soaked in advance the cooking period can be shortened con siderably. The first step Tn preparing grits for the table is to boil them, like any other cereal. Of course, boiled hom iny in the form of grits is frequently used for a breakfast food, or as a lunch or supper dish with a sweet sauce; its possibilities for dinner seem to be less familiar except in the South. For each cup of hominy grits 4 to 5 cups of water is allowed. This should be seasoned with 2 teaspoons of salt. The grits should be added slowly to the salted boiling water and coked for 10 minutes over the fire. Then the cooking should be contnued for two hours in a double boiler or finished overnight in the fireless cooker. The favorite combination of meat and grits in the South is "hog and hominy," which may be roast pork, fried pork chops or tenderloin, baked leg of pork, or fresh pork sausage, served with a generous helping of plan boiled hominy grits. Some of the fat from the meat is mixed with the grits in place of butter. Some times, the idea of "hog and hominy" rray be stretched to include ham or bacon, and there is no reason why those who enjoy salt pork should not eat it with hominy grits as a starchy vegetable. The uses for left-over boiled homi ny grits are innumerable. Grits are particularly good if cut in slices, dip ped in flour, and fried to a delicate brown. This can be served for break fast or in place of a dinner vegetable. When planned for use in this way the warm boiled hominy should be poured into a bread tin or baking powder can to mould it into a form from which attractive rectangular or round slices can be cut. Fried hominy grits with, maple sirrup, honey, or preserves is a luncheon dish or dessert that may be compared with waffles in satisfac tion to the palate. To vary ordinary muffins a small quantity of cold boiled hominy grits can be used instead of part of the flour. In making gems with any cook ed starchy cereal it is necessary to have the batter stiffer than in all wheat flour mixtures, since the cook ed cereals contain a considerable pro portion of water. The following recipe is recommend ed by the United States Department of Agriculture: Hominy Muffins 1 cups cooked grits, Vz cups wheat flour, 1 teaspoon salt. 3 teaspoons baking powder, 2 tablespoons syrup or sugar. 1 or 2 eggs, i 2 tablespoons fat. Liquid sufficient to make a stiff bat ter (about cup). Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder twice. Beat the eggs until light and add to the cold boiled hominy grits. Add the sirrup or su gar the melted shortening, and flour mixture alternately with the liquid (milk or water), until a stiff batter is formed. Drop into greased muffin pans until half filled and bake 25 to 30 minutes in a moderately hot oven. Hominy Dishes for Scalloped Dishes A "one-piece" dish for which boil ed hominy grits forms the basis can be made in the same way as are those scalloped dishes often prepared with bread. Arrange alternate layers of cooked grits with the food to be com bined with it. Minced cooked beef or lamb; slices of pork or veal; fish picked from the bones; sharp cheese, grated; tomatoes; peppers; onions; celery; cabbage; vegetable mixtures. Any of these foods may be made into attractive dishes when scalloped with coked grits. After the baking dish is filled, a cupful ,of white sauce should be poured over the combination, and the whole may be covered with but tered crumbs and baked 30 minutes. Left-over chicken may also be cream ed and scalloped with homing grits. Hominy Turnover 1 pint cooked hominy grits, 1 cup milk, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 well-beaten eggs. Mix all together. Turn into a fry ing pan in which a tablespoon of fat has been melted. Stir into a frying pan in which a tablespoon o ffat has been melted. Stir untl not through out. When golden brown on the bot tom, fold like an omelet and serve on a hot platter. RECIPES CHICKEN PUDDING Cut up two young chickens into good-sized pieces; put them in a sauce pan with just enough water to cover them well. When boiled quite tender, season with salt and pepper; let them simmer ten or fifteen minutes longer; then take the chicken from the broth and remove all the large bones. Place the meat in a well-buttered pudding dish, season again, if necessary, add ing a few bits of butter. Pour over this the following batter: Eight eggs beaten lightly, and mixed with one quart of milk, three table soonfuls of melted butter, a teaspoon ful of salt and two large teaspoonfuls of baking powder, added to enough sifted flour to make a batter like griddle-cakes. Bake one hour in a moderate oven. Make a gravy of the broth that re mained from the cooking of the chicken, adding a tablespoonful 6f flour stirred into a third of a cup of melted butter; let it boil up, putting in more water if necessary. Serve hot in a gravy boat with the pudding. BAKED EGGS ON TOAST Toast six slices of stale bread, dip them in hot salted water and but them on a platter or deep plate, break enough eggs to cover them, breaking one at a time and slip over the toast so that they do not break; sprinkle over them salt and pepper and turn over all some kind of thickened gravy either chicken or lamb, cream or a cream sauce made the same as "White Sauce;" turn this over the toast and eggs and bake in a hot oven until the eggs are set, or about five minutes. Serve at once. LEMON JELLY FILLING Grate the yellow from the rind of two lemons and squeeze out the juice; two cupfuls of sugar, the yolks and whites of two eggs beaten separately. Mix the sugar and yolks, then add the whites and then the lemons. Now pour on a cupful of boiling water; stir into this two tablespoonfuls of sifted flour, rubbed smooth in half a cup of water; then add a tablespoonul of melted butter; cook until it thickens. When cold, spread between the layers of cake. Orages can be used in place of lemons. Another filling of lemon (without cooking) is made of the grated rind and juice of two lemons and the whites of two eggs beaten with one MARBLE CAKE White Part Whites of four eggs, one cup of white sugar, half a cup of butter, half a cup of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla or lemon and two and a half cups of sifted flour. Dark Part Yolk of four eggs, one cup of brown sugar, half a cup of cooking molasses, half a cup of butter, half a cup of sour milk, one teaspoon ful of ground cloves, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of mace, one nutmeg grated, one teaspoonful of soda, the soda to be dissolved in a lit tle milk and added after part of the flour is stirred in, one and a half cups of sifted flour. Drop a spoonful of each kind in a well-buttered cake-dish, first the light part, then the dark, alternately. Try to drop it so that the cake shall be well-streaked through, so that it has the appearance of marble. SUPERIOR LOAF CAKE Two cups of butter, three cups of sugar, two small cups of milk, seven cups of sifted flour; four eggs, the whites and yolks separately beaten; one teacupful of seeded raisins, one teacupful of well-washed and dried 'currants, one teacupful of sliced cit ron, one tablespoonful of powdered cinnamon, one teaspoonful of mace, one teaspoonful of soda and one tea cupful ot home-made yeast. Take part of the butter and warm it with the milk; stir in part of the flour and the yeast and let it rise; then add the other ingredients with a wine-glass of wine or brandy. Turn all into well-buttered cake-tins and let rise again. Bake slowly in a moderate oven ofr two hours. FRUIT TURNOVERS Make a nice puff paste; roll it out the usual thickness, as for pies; then cut it out into circular pieces about the size of a small tea saucer; pile the fruit on half of the paste, sprinkle over some sugar, wet the edges and turn the paste over. Press the edges together, ornament them and brush the turnovers with the white of an egg; sprinkle over sifted sugar and bake on tins, in a brisk oven, for about twenty minutes. Instead of put ting the fruit in raw, it may be boiled down with a little sugar first and then enclosed in the crust; or jam of any kind may be substituted for fresh fruit. PLUM CUSTARD TARTLETS One pint of greengage plums, after being rubbed through a sieve, one large cup of sugar, the yolks of two egs well beaten. Whisk all together until light and foamy, then bake in small patty-pans shells of puff paste a light brown. Then fill with plum paste, beat the two whites untl stiff, add two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, spread over the plum paste and set the shells into a moderate oven for a few moments. These are much more easily hanai hnji nieces of nie or even pies whole, and can be packed nicely for carrying. HAM TOAST Take a quarter ot a pound of either boiled or fried ham, chop it fine, mix it with the yolks of two eggs, well beaten, a tablespoonful of butter, and enough cream or rich milk to make it soft, a dash of pepper. Stir it over the fire until it thickens. Dip the toast for an instant in hot salted water; spread over some melted but ter, then turn over the ham mixture. Serve hot. REED BIRDS ON TOAST Remove the feathers and legs ot a dozen reed birds, split them down the back, remove the entrails, and place them on a double broiler; brush a lit tle melted butter over them and broil the inner side thoroughly first; then lightly broil the other side. Melt ne quarter of a pound of butter, season it nicely with salt and pepper, dip the birds in it, and arrange them nicely on slices of toast. FOUR KILLED IN BELFAST RIOTS; MANY WOIKD LONDON, Feb. 14. Shooting con tinued throughout today in Belfast. Four persons were killed and many were wounded. The total casualties since last Saturday up to tonight were 22 persons killed and more than 60 wounded. The wounded list does not embrace the cases of many persons suffering from minor injuries. British troops were sent into Bel fast today to restore order. They hardly had assumed their duties be fore one of the soldiers was shot and wounded. In the political sphere the principal news of the day was an announcement by Michael Collins, head of the provi sional government in Ireland, to Win ston Spencer Churchill, the British secretary for the colonies, that Mr. Collins was in a position immediately to obtain release of a number of the kidnaped Ulsterites. BIG STRIKE TALKED INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 14. An industrial war, tying up .America's soft coal output and possibly paralyz ing transportation, threatened the na tion today as 2300 delegates to the United Mine Workers convention met to determine their policies. Agents of the government were seen about union headquarters and in cor ridors in Thompson hall where the miners convened. LINGUISTS UPSET OLD IDEA Fond Belief Long Held by Young Mothers Would Seem to Be With out Foundation. It Is commonly believed that a baby, when growing up and learning to talk, speaks the words "ma" and "da through constantly hearing these ut tered by others. This Idea, however, Is upset by certain students of languages, who advance a totally different theory. In most languages, "ma" Is generally the first syllable spcken by a child, ac cording to linguists. It Is the root of the word "mother." As a baby opens Its mouth and then exhales breath It Is quite possible that It makes this excla mation unconsciously. Some persons believe that there Is no such thing as a "natural" tongue to the world ; for, they say. If all babies over one year old were caused to become deaf and dumb, they would be obliged to go through the Identical slow proc ess of Inventing and evolving a tongue as man was compelled to do In days gone by. An ancient king of Egypt, Psammetl cns, placed two children among a herd of goats on one occasion. They were never allowed to hear a human voice, yet, after two years, the children were able to say the word "bekos." which meant bread. The king's conclusion, naturally, was that his people were the first In the world and their tongue the only true one. Famous Nuremburg Bible. Following the discovery of copper plate engraving we have the printing of the Gutenberg Bible, said by some authorities to be the first use of mov able type. Soon Savonarola Is dis tributing his sermons in pamphlet form among the people. Kobruger has "perfected" the press. 'Terfected up" books are being published. A rich doctor of Rome is successfully experi menting with type, when appears the Chronicle at the Nuremburg press. (Columbus has found the New world.) At this press Durer is ap prenticed to Wolgemuth, and, to gether with Pleydendorf, they com pose the art staff of the Chronicle. And they make the type. This publication is to appear yearly. Some copies are to be bound, but for the most part it is to be Issued as a newspaper. It Is the first - printed newspaper in the world or did China have one? Printing was first used there in 20g B. C- bnt the secret never got out China had a wall. Be sides, she wasn't even mentioned In Europe till a missionary carried the "word." This was about the middle of the Thirteenth century. Exchange. Nature's Wood Works. One of the greatest sources of or nate wood Is to be found In burls which are malformations of tree growth produced by insect attack or other pathologic condition. The most valuable burls are found at the roots. In walnut they often weigh from 500 pounds to a ton, says the American Forestry Magazine. They are so like ly to be defective that it Is a gamble as to how they will open up In saw ing. There are thousands of little buds with little circlets of wood about them and Irregular pigment deposits which work up lntp fantastic designs with little or no resemblance to nor mal wood. The bowls of briar pipes are made from the burls of various shrubs belonging to the heath family the American "briar" coming from the mountain laurel. The California redwood supplies burls which are made Into all sorts of novelties and souvenirs. Conservation of Vanishing Specie It Is urged upon all biologists to& ert a more serious effort to rescue few fragments of vanishing nature. In cluding all forms. It Is pointed out, through the medium of Science, that the appalling rate at which our native flora and fauna are disappearing la obvious to all except those workers whose outlook li bounded by the walls of their laboratories, and that the situ ation is accepted by these latter as more or less Inevitable. That biologists, above all others, are In a position to "appreciate the loss of a single species or of natural associations of species" Is patent. They are, furthermore, in an advantageous position to bring out by propaganda and with the weight of authoritative counsel the value of this conservation. Toward the furtherance of this end a national organization has been nrononed. Scientific A marina n MERGING OF MARKET AND BOND ROAD FUNDS TO INCLUDE ALL OF COUNTY IF CHANGE IS AGREED ON If the county court decides to car ry out the projected road improve ment program which would combine the market and bond road funds for the improvement of the main arter ies the entire county rather than any particular road district will be included in the new scheme for fi nancing construction. This, it has developed is the sentiment of the county court, which will materially af fect petitions from individual com munities for the inclusion of both bond and market funds on any par ticular main road. A year ago the commissioners felt that the diversified needs of the coun ty were of too wide an import to handle entire change in the system, although the judge has been favoring the combined market road and bond plan. The commissioner's objections were based upon the fact that there was an urgent need for the improve ment of so many arteries that they were not prone to" tie up the market funds for work on the main arteries only. However, with the opening ot such roads as the ML Hood Loop and the roads Into the southern part of the county as main trunks it is felt that a sufficient program, has been put under way to warrant the shifting of the funds from general construction to more specialized improvements with the view to making these of a permanent nature. There remains some contention as to the hard surface type of improve ment, as against the opening of mar ket roads through the construction of macadam as the standard. The feeling has grown, however, to GENOA REPLY DELAYED WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 The ad ministration withheld yesterday its promised announcement of its atti tude toward the Genoa economic con ference to be contained in the reply to Italy's invitation for American par ticipation therein. No explanation was made either at the White House or state department of the failure to make public the re ply to Italy. Delay in transmission of the reply is the only unofficial rea son given for postponement of thei announcement. , Postponement of the announced at- j titude, it was declared in an authorl-' tative quarter, did not indicate any change in the American position not to participate in the Genoa meeting, i A high official declared that the "United States was out of the Genoa conference," but that the reply to Italy would be a gracious and diplo- BIG ARMY CUT LOOMS WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. T h e American army and navy are facing fight for life. The American con gress, convince dthat the Washington conference has made war for this country virtually impossible, is de termined to cut out the armed serv ices ot the nation to the bone. Congress shows a disposition to go far beyond the agreements and com mitments of the conference and to demonstrate its confidence in the good faith of the other powers by putting the American 'army and navy practically out of commission. PARLEY TO BE AT GENOA ROME, Feb. 14. The foreign office today denied that any definite deci sion had yet been taken for postpon ing the international economic con ference or for moving it from Genoa i to this city. This denial was called ! forth by a report from Paris that the meeting would be delayed until April 15. . BLUEBEARD MUST DIE PARIS, Feb. 14. Henri Landru's final hope of escaping the guillotine, to which he was condemned on No vember 30 for the 'murder of 10 "fiances" and a boy, perished today when the chief justice of the supreme court of appealg threw out the French "bluebeard's" request for a new trial. GREEK WAR REPORTED CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 14. It is persistently reported here that war between Greece and Bulgaria has broken out. On account of a heavy storm no boats are going out or com ing in here. Railway communication interrupted through 'the blowing up of bridges. AIRCRAFT TO HUNT POLE CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Feb. 13. Two .Norwegian aviators, Lieutenant Omdal and Sergeant Odd Dahl, will accompany Roald Amundsen when he starts north again from Seattle, Wash., next May and will make a dash for the north pole by airplane. BIG AUTO DEAL CLOSED DETROIT, Feb. 11. A check for $8,000,000, bearing Henry Ford's sig nature, was turned over today to Ralph Stone, receiver of the Lincoln Motor company. This completed, the transaction whereby Mr. Ford becomes owner ot the Lincoln property, sold at auction last Saturday. TONG WAR fATAL SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. A life and death struggle for tong suprem acy in the United States is on be tween the Bing Kongs of the West and the Hip Sings of the East, police here believed today. , . , Four Chinese in Butte, Mont., San Jose. Cal., and Seattle, Wash paid with their lives in the first 24 hours of hostilities. MINERS TO MEET INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 11 The first joint meeting of the representa tives of the railroad mens' organiza tions and the United Mine Workers of Ameirca will be held in Chicago February 21, acording to announce ment made today by John L- Lewis, president of the mine workers, who called the meeting. the effect that with the main trunk roads now giving access to practically every portion of the county, it will be advisable to make the bond funds operative through preparing the base by use of market road funds. The court points out that the only way this can be handled in justice to the entire county is to make all of the roads designated under the bond pav ing act as market roads, and then dis tribute the market funds from year to year. There will only be funds enough annually through the market road money to prepare the base for some 2o miles or less of pavement. This necessitates the placing of the funds all on one or two roads each year, and the only equitable way it can be done they say, is with the as surance that all will be ultimately im proved. This decision, though tacitly reach ed, has resulted in the holding up of some of the individual applications for the merging of the funds on indi vidual roads. The county at present is not ready to make a blanket state ment that the market funds will be used on bond roads, as the 1922 im provement program is still in the course of formation. It Is however, regarded as certain that any decision to put the bond paving funds into op eration through the aid of market money, will include the entire county, although in one or two exceptional cases in the past, this has been done without an inclusive order. The scheme now is to be changed so that relief for one community will be fol lowed by relief for the entire coun ty's farming country, in rotation as the court dictates. FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO Taken from the Oregon City Enter prise February 8, 1868 Singing Class All persons desiring organizing a singing class are respect fuly invited to meet at the St. Paul's Episcopal church on Thursday even ing at 7:30 o'clock p. m. St. "Valentine's Ball Mr. L. Diller has made arrangements for a public ball to be given in the court room in this city on Thursday next. The pub ic is invited. Licenses Refused Two petitions were presented to the county court this week for licenses to sell liquor in Oswego, which were refused by the court, remonstrances to the petitions having filed with the court. "Farry Goot" When the ladies ot the court of Sweden had finished hug ging and kissing Admiral Farragut, they each and all exclaimed "farry gooL" Running Again The Lumbering Company at Canemah commenced op erations again on Monday of this week. Improvements have been made to the mill. One manufacturing plant has in stalled a chewing gum stand for the benefit of its girl employees. DESTROYER CUT ASKED WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Secretary Denby apepared before the -house naval committee today to recommend that 100 destropers be put out of com mission and that the navy personnel for the next fiscal year he fixed at 90,000 men and 6000 apprentices, as compared with 100,000 men and 6000 apprentices now authorized. Mr. Denby recommended that there be no reduction in the existing strength of line officers of the navy; that the first class at Annapolis be graduated and commissioned, but that appointments to the academy here after be reduced to three for each member "of congress instead of five. He estimated the program .he out lined would effect a saving of $70, 000,000 in next year's budget. BONUS FINANCE TALKED WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Despite the desire of "Republican members of the senate finance committee to dis card the house plan for raising reve nue for a soldiers' bonus through direct taxation and to substitute a bond issue. President Harding and Secretary of the Treasurer Mellon have decided that the bond issue plan is not feasible, it was stated officially at the White House this afternoon. It was learned officially that Presi dent Harding is "unalterably opposed" to the special taxes which the house ways and means committee proposes to levy to raise $350,000,000 to pay the bonus. The question of how the soldiers' bonus should he nnanceu was understood to have been brought up at the regular cabinet meeting. MURDER PLOT BARED SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14. That a man by the name of Sands had hired two gunmen to shoot William Des mond Taylor, Los Angeles movie director, was the circumstantial story told Police Lientenant Frank Winters here today by Charles Carson, a re tired sea captain. Edward F. Sands, former valet ot Taylor's is among those wanted for examination in connection with the Hollywood murder mystery. Carson said he got up from a sick bed at the Admiral hotel to go to the hall of justice here to tell his story. He had been ill since October, when he says Sands hired the men. IRISH REVOLT RAGES BELFAST, Feb. 11. Machine guns were used by the police today in quelling rioting between Orangemen and Sinn Feiners. Fighting broke out when mobs attacked workmen on their way to places of employmenL Police opened fire with service pis tols, but they proved ineffectual and machine guns were brought up. There was much disorder during the nighL Mobs gathered in defiance of the cur few regulations and gave battle when the police tried to disperse them. i a- in . GLADSTONE NEWS a Camp Fire Girls Are Entertained Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Ellis entertained the girls of I'lla-wa-hee camp, Camp fire girls at their home Saturday eve ning. The Ellis home was decorated with festoons of red paper and hearts. The evening was devoted to taffy- pulling and music, xne memoern w the camp are: Mrs. F. D. Ellis, guard ian; Misses, Doris Mayville, Velma Rakle, Mildred Moglum, Mildred Mar ley, Marguiette Jackson, Violet Fair, and Nellie Gleason. Party Is Given On Fifteenth Birthday Mr. and Mrs. W. L Rowan enter tained Friday evening at their home on Harvard avenue, in honor of their son, Alfred, whose fifteenth birthday anniversary occurred on that date. The" Rowan home was decorated with red hearts and kewpies. The centerpiece was a large boquet of red carnations and white winged cupids. The evening was devoted to games, music and stunts. Miss Dorothy Shear er and Everette Catto won first prize in the "Wedding Journey" contesL Mrs. Rowan was assisted in serving refreshments by her daughter Mrs. Edna Rowan-Catto. Those enjoying the evening were: Misses Vivian and Veatrice Rauch, Dorris Smith, Eunice Anmer, Nellie Harverson, Glenna Mir anda, Leona Fox. Mary Louise Mer rick,, Mary Meads, Erma Roache and Dorothy Shearer; Alfred Rowan, Fred Meads, Roy Wilkinson, Everette Cat to, Frank Garlic, Franklyn Niles, Har vey Woodward, Alfred Olsen, Ernest Freytag, Jack Hempstead and Eldred Grasier. Busy Bee Class . Is Given Party Mr. and Mrs. Bert Roake of Oregon City and Mrs. W. G- Rowan will motor to Salem Sunday, spending the day with Mrs. Rowan's sister, Mrs. Bar nette. William Davis, father of Mrs. Rowan, will return to Gladstone with them. Mr. Davis has been quite sick but is much improved at presenL Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Ellis entertained Mrs. Ellis' Sunday school class "The Busy Bees' at their home on Clacka mas Boulevard Friday evening in a most enjoyable manner. The Ellis home was very prettily decorated with festoons of crepe pa per and red hearts. The evening was devoted to games, music and stunts. Delbert Hayward won the beautiful valentine prize in the "heart hunt" contest. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess who was assist ed by Mr. Ellis. Those enjoying the evening were, Helene Crawford, Ma tilda Hayward, Hazle Turell, Lola Vedder, Elsia Sobsinski and Dorothy Kyler, Delbert Hayward, Robert Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Ellis. GLADSTONE TAKES GAME Prof. J. W. Leonhardt and his eighth grade basketball team went to West Linn Tuesday afternoon and met the West Linn team. The result was a score of 18 to 13 in favor of Gladstone. Those playing on the team are Franklyn .Niles, Lacy Wal lace, Robert Ellis, Bobbie Grasier, Earl Davis, Melvin Carrothers and Wayne Vedder. JUDGE FETES CLASS The young people of the Baptist Sunday school were loyally entertain ed by their Supt., "Judge H. E. Cross in the curch parlors Friday evening. After a brief business meeting re freshments were served by Mrs. Eu gene Noon-Good and Mrs. William Amen and a social evening enjoyed. Edward Eby is confined to his home with a severe cold. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Legler and daughter Mildred, were dinner guests of Mrs. Grace Eby Sunday. My. Legler will leave this week to cover Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota as sales man for the Oregon City Manufactur ing Co., he expects to be gone about three months. Mrs. F. A. Burdon who is at the St. Vincent hospital, having undergone a serious surgical .operation. Is contin uing to improve, but it will be neces sary for her to remain there some time. Miss Francis Cross- arrived in Gladstone Monday evening from Chi cago, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Leaper, nee Miss Stella Maria r.rnss. formerlv of this place. R. M. McGetchie who underwent a surgical operation at the Oregon city hospital Tuesday morning is getting ( along nicely. Mrs. M. Agnes Freytag, wile oi Councilman O. E. Freytag, has been appointed registar for the two Glad stone precincts by County Clerk Fred A. Miller and has accepted the office. Books and supplies will he received within a few days when the new offi cial will open the records for registra tion of those voters who have not reg istered or have moved their residence since they last voted. Dr. W. E. Hempstead of this city has been appointed a member of the pension examining board of Oregon City, according to word received here from Washington, D. C. The I'lla-wa-hee" Campfire Girls ofi Oregon City were entertained by their guardian, Mrs. F. D. Ellis, Satur day evening. Mrs. Ahola Hempstead, wife of Dr. W. E. Hempstead, Is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. Benjamin Jones of Portland. Mrs. Hempstead is recovering after an attack of la grippe. Elmer Brenner of West Darmouth street is quite ill with pneumonia. Mrs. John Kent, ot West Gladstone, left Saturday for Forest Grove where seh will spend the week with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Stelner and sis ter Mrs. John Yoder. Both ladies formerly resided in Gladstone and are very well known here. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Burke of Chicago, who have been the house guests of the latter's parents Judge and Mrs. H. E. Cross, for tho past two weeks will leave for their koae today. Mr. and Mrs. Burke have keen much entertained during their visit here and their many friends S1 miss them very much. Mr. and Mrs. Barke will stop over at Miles City, Montaaa to visit with his mother. Mrs. Carl Simmons is mmok in proved. Mrs. Simmons recently Mf fered an attack of lagrippe. Miss Ollie Amen has accede a position in the office of W. K- Hass ler, editor of the Gladstone Reperter. Mrs. W. W. Leete spent Saturday in Portland. While in the city Mrs. Leete looked after property interests. Three of our West Gladstone boys have commenced a course of mosic in Oregon City and have formed an orchestra for practice, these are Den nie (Toby) Wallace, piano; TroySol omon, violin; and Prentice Wallace, manddolin. Mrs. Grace Bolle is mnch imnrowed. Mrs. Bolle recently suffered with neu ralgia in her face. if-B ia 7-rie. N. Parker. . acting -noet- mistress of Gladstone, was installed as clerk of the Neighbors of Wood craft for the 25th consecutive term. This is surely proof of faithfal per formance of duties and pomaiy with members. Mrs F n. Ellis entertained Mrs. E. H. Ellis, mother of Mr. Ellis, d Mrs. J. H. Potter, sister of Mr. BUis, of Portland, Wednesday with a deli cious birthday dinner in honor oi her birthday anniversary. Among the useful and beautiful gifts, one most nr-irl was a. larse boquet of re ear- nations received from Mr. Ellis. Mrs. Oren L. Weddle returnea io her home Friday from Salem where rniiA dthe first of the week by the illness and death of her grand daughter, and serious illness oi ner daughter, Mrs. Otto Scheman. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Carter aavmg thoroughly remodled their home en Arlington street, will leave Sunday for Bar View where they will look after property interests. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have a number of oot tages at Bar View and usually spent spend the summer there. The revival meetings which ar be ing held at Parkplace are being well attended and much interest is shown. ARMS TREATIES PUT IN FORCE BY UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C-, Feb. 7. Ex ecutive departments of the govern ment took steps today toward carry ing out the edicts of the armament conference without awaiting ratifica tion by the senate of the several treats ies. Announcement was made that the president had ordered discontinued all work on additional fortifications on the Island of Guam and in the Philip pine islands, thus taking note f the clause in the naval treaty which fixes a status-quo for these Paciic islands. The president, it was stated, also would order suspended all work en naval craft now building which ace destined for the scrap heap under the five-power treaty. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The work of the Washington arms conferene is now up to the United States senate. The important treaties which have come from the international conclave must be ratified before they will 'be binding upon the United States. Pres ident Harding is confident that they will be ratified. He may appear be fore the senate with them within a few days and deliver a short personal message urging their ratification. RAIL RATES REDUCED CHICAGO, Feb. 7. A reduction of aproximately 20 per cent in passenger rates from Chicago to the Pacific Coast was announced today by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. the Great Northern and the Northern Pa cific railroads for the summer months. The reduction was said to place the rates on the same level as prior to the 1920 increase. - BESSIE DOLLAR DAMAGED SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. id. Hit by a terrific storm raging 1000 miles ont in the Pacific, the freighter Bessie Dollar, badly damaged, today was limping back to Vancouver, according to wireless advices from the steamer Bearport, in direct touch with the Bessie Dollar. The bridge of the Bessie Dollar was swept away, her steward killed and her captain badly injured by the storm. She was reported today aboat 700 miles from Vancouver. SINN FEINERS KILL ONE BELFAST, Feb. 10. One policeman was killed when a party of 30 armed Sinn Feiners ambushed a detachment of Ulster special constables r Tyrone. Donegal county, today. There was a brisk exchange of shots, accord ing to a dispatch received here. NINE PRISONERS ESCAPE EUGENE, Feb. 10.-In a wHolesale jail break shortly after 12:30 o clock this morning, nine prisoners ew from the Lane county J"1 prying through two steel doors an breaking open the outs.de door. Thir teen other prisoners aid not Passerbys discovered the .PfF were recaptured late Friday night FIRE DAMAGE IS BIG main business section. Jto $250,000. SHIP INVESTIGATION PLANNED February 8 win d toent oC rmmercf stelmship inspection bnr etuTwas iSed here today. Rum lawne ship was under-manned wUl be onTofthe chief points in the investigation.