FALLS eiTY NEWS
FALLS CITY OREGON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1917
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VOL. XIV
: much a* possible. I f there 1« none
bendy cotton batting will do, or coyer
the |>leoe with corn in «i I, Wash In «ev­
The Teachers’ Institute hel hen er* I water* to remove the ataln, then in
milk, letting It soak in milk for some
last Saturday was a pleasing suc­ time.
Repeat the proceaa if nereeaary.
cess in every particular.
Acid «tain* may be removed by «pong­
San! Out From Waahlngton, D. C.
The institute together with the ing with a aol'itlon of ammonia (one
part ammonia to six of water). Alkali
food conservation fair was held in «tain*
will usually give way to a weak
Wartime Demand for Cotton
Altogether there are 2,364 Wagner's Hall. The Red Cross, acid solution.
Machine OIL—Rub with sweet
Itucent investigations in the actual prisoners of war in the Honor Guard, Domestic Science oil Sewing
or lard and let «tend for a few
use of cotton in wur «hows:
custody of the War Department class contributed much toward houra or longer, then wash In soap and
cold water.
A 12-indh gun disposes of a and 400 interned aliens held at the success on this occasion.
The Pig Show attracted consid­ Mildew.—Cover apota with «oft «oap,
half hale of cotton with every
spreading It over like a thick paste.
Bhot fired; a machine Run in the request of the Department erable attention. It was held in Let stand in sun several hours and
front of the Hall where some fine then rinse in several water«.
operation will use up a hale in of Justice.
Stains.—Alcohol 1« the remedy
It is estimated that Germany piggies were exhibited. Prof. L. for Iodine
three minutes; in a naval battle
this. After washing In alcohol rinse
like the one off Jutlanc over GOOD is now holding 150 sailors taken T. Allen of the Agricultural Col­ in cold water.
pounds a minute are consumed from American ships by corri- lege judged the pigs and orated Tea and Coffee Stain». - -When fre«h
these can generally be removed with
hy each active warship, (in 1 hour merce raiders and other German on ‘‘Swine Culture." Prizes were boiling
water. If of long standing they
awarded
to
Jennette
Brown.
Clar­
a warship would use as much
must be aoaked In Javelle water If the
ence Bradley and Ruth Gottfried. good* are white, as this I* a bleaching
cotton as is ordinarily grown on vessels.
Judge Belt and other Dallas agent Fruit italna may be removed
1,000 acres). More than 20,000
by the tame proceaa.
hales a year are needed to pro­ Permits for Parsons Subject to Draft dignitaries addresed the people.
Chocolate and cocoa stalna require
An entertainment was given at only the use of plenty of a good, pure
vide absorbent cotton for the
No passport is required by the in which the High School took an soap and tepid water.
wounds of the injured; one
Vaseline Stain*.—Soak In kerosene
chagne of apparel for all the State Department to go to Cana­ important part. Excellent music before washing. Unwashable goods
should be cleaned with chloroform.
troops now engaged in war would da, but persons subject to draft was furnished by the orchestra.
Grease Spots.—Benzine, chloroform,
The
whole
affair
reflects
much
represent more than a million who desire to cross the line are
naphtha and turpentine all dissolve
bales.
often delayed while their cases credit upon the energy of the grease and may be used on wash goods.
teachers of this city and others Materials that are unwasbable may be
are being investigated.
treated by absorption. Mix powdered
When a registered person de­ who labored faithfully in making French chalk or fuller's earth to a
Number of Germane held in U S.
the institute and fair a success.
paste with cold water and spread on
Two classes of German pris­ sires a passport to go to Canada
the grease spot. Let stand for a day
or two and brush off.
oners are now detained in this he may apply to nis local board
Weekly War News
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country. One is comprised of
sailors taken into custody when
the Uuited States entered the
war; and the other consists of
"alien enemies," civilians who
hdVe been arrested and are now
being held under govermental
regulations for various reasons.
The principal detention camp
is Fort McPherson, Ga., where
aproximately 850 war prisoners
are held; at Fort Oglethorp, Ga..
there are 165 alien enemies; at
Fort Douglas, Utah, there are
517 prisoners of war and 80 in­
terned Germans. Small detach­
ments are now temporarily quar­
tered at Army posts throughout
the country, but their number is
relatively small.
Col Hofer is worrying over the
Non-Partisan League. Possibly
they have disturbed his employer.
The passage of the proposed
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Rights
Bill, wherein it prevents, during
military service, the foreclosure
of any mortgage, property sold
on instalment plan on which pay­
ments are delinquent, or eviction
of families for nonpayment of
rent, will cause property owners
to bo very cautious.
No. 14.
Teachers’ Institute
for a permit. If he is not likely
to be called within the period of
n r * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
the proposed absence or if the
PO LITIC8.
board is otherwise assured that
his absence will not result in
In politic«, as In life, we must,
above all things, wish only for
evasion of or interference with
the attainable.—Heine.
the draft law, he may obtain the
permit by giving his address
In politics merit 1« rewarded
by the possessor being raised like
while absent and agreeing to
a target to a position to be fired
A Dependable Twirler.
keep himself informed of any
a t —Bovee.
call upon him and to return im­ Among the great pitcher* of the na
tioual game few equal Walter Johnson, « • ¥ & I K i S i * l « t * * * i ! n * i t M f « 1 * I* *
mediately upon call.
IntheÀrena
Car of Hour
and Feed
JUST RECEIVED
As a Special for One Week
Drifted Snow, Hard Wheat Patent
Flour, one week only
$2.85
Special one week, an excellent
grade Standard Corn 15 cents.
YOU CAN DO BETTER AT SELIG’ S
of Sports
The sugar used in making
candy in the United States, ac­
cording to the Food Administra­
tion. is sufficient to meet all the
sugar requirements of England
under the rationing system adop­
ted there.
BLACK ROCK ITEMS
Glen Ferguson was in our town
on Monday.
Mr. J. 0. Bly made a business
trip to Dallas on last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Aimes were in
Falls City last Saturday.
Mr. Syron was visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Tillottson on last
Sunday.
i stur slabman for several years of the
Washington Americans. He has never
won a pennant, but during the 1915 *eo- '
son kept the team in the race for the '
ARMY
SELIG’S, Cash Price Store,
“ Meeting and Beating Competition” .
DOCTORS.
T h a i r G r e a t Service« to th« W orld a n d
to Medicine.
War has always bad a great Influence
on medicine, first developing the priest
physician, then the barber surgeon and
later the army medical officer. In war­
time Pare devised the ligature for ar­
teries,'although he was not the first to
employ It.
Napoleon, who was often at a loss to
supply his army with food, made
awards, which, from an empiric and
practical standpoint, developed can­
ning and the preservation of food be­
fore bacteria were known.
The American medical profession
will ever be under obligation to our
army medical officers for their services
to the world In the discoveries of nu­
merous diseases, their causes end pre­
vention, said Dr. Charles H. Mayo in
an address reported in the New York
Medical Journal.
Our army medical officers stand pre­
eminent in science To Beaumont we
are Indebted for the first report on dl- !
gestion. digestive fluids and gastric
movement from direct observation of a
patient with gastric fistula. To Sur- i
geon General William Hammond we
are Indebted for the development of
the army medical museum.
Surgeon J. S. Billings fostered the
second largest and the best medical j
library in the world Surgeon General |
Sternberg discovered the pneumococ- 1
cus and founded the army medical j
school and the government laboratories
of bacteriology and hygiene. Under
Sternberg's administration Major Wal­
ter Reed, with James Carroll, Jesse W.
Lazear and Aristide Agramonte. proved
the mosquito to be the agent transmit
ting yellow fever.
A Thanksgiving program was
held at the sdhool house Wednes­
P h o to b y A m e r ic a n P r e » s A *»oclatlon.
We all have our own ideas on day afternoon, November 28.
WALTER JOHNSON.
the conservation of foodstuff and
A big dance will be given Satur-
the best methods of getting re­
greater part of the season. Last year
doy night, December 1st, which j Johnson
finished third among the pitch­
sults. All will agree that there
will be followed by extra Cafete­ ers with an average percentage of 1 89
should be no waste, but many
ria supper for the benefit of the enrned runs per game. Walter Is also
doubt that the doling it out in
a heavy hatter for a pitcher, his record
i for last season being .234. He Is like­
small quantities will eliminate Red Cross.
wise a good fielder, his percentage be-
the waste. Any housekeeper
i Ing .937 for the 1916 season.
Little
Jane
Hammel
has
been
on
knows that it is no economy to
buy sugar in little dribs as is the sick list for the past week.
P i t c h e r M a m a u x Suspended.
Hugo Bezdek, uew manager of the
p-oposed by the food dictator.
Paul Sayre, Glenn Dunn and
Pirates, has suspended ;
The price of sugar and other Valmore Bullis gave a big play on Pittsburgh
Pitcher A1 Mamaux, who In the sea- j
A T y p e w ri t i n g Tip.
commodities is sufficient to re­ Friday November 23. The title I eons of 1915 and 1916 was one of the . Having occasion to measure a cir­
club’s mainstays In the box. The sus-1 cumference that figured out to tenths
strain the average housewife in was, “ Mike Gets a Job.”
penslou Is Indefinite and will depend of an Inch and not having a rule mark­
their use. It would be rather
largely on the conduct of the Pirate i ed to these divisions, says J. Claude
expensive to keep tab on amount
Miss Alson and George C. Par­ i twirler In the future. Insubordination Crews in the Popular Science Monthly,
used in each household even tho’ rish were visiting with Mr. and aud breaking the club's rules were the I tried the following means of over­
reasons ascribed for Bezdek's action.
coming the difficulty: Going to a type­
these articles be sold at the ‘‘pre­ Mrs. W. C. Bullis on Sunday.
writer. I made a row of periods, with
scription counter."
each tenth one a comma to show full
C leve land May L o ta Evan«.
Geneva, Ruth and Paul Sayre Joe Evans, third baseman, who regis­ Inches. This gave me a rule marked
will spend Thanksgiving with their tered at Meridian, Miss., will be the in tenth«, also one that could be bent
only member of the Cleveland club call­ aroupd shafting, collars, etc. As near­
There appears to be no difficulty parents in Monmouth.
ed to the colors. Pitcher Jim Bagby ly all typewriters make ten spaces to
in getting people to observe the
has been drafted in his district, but an inch, it is an easy m atter to accom­
Mrs. Stevens and daughter may gain exemption on the ground that plish what seems to be a difficult Job.
"meatless days;" in fact they
«re becoming very popular; but Mildred are Dallas visitors this he has a dependent wife and two chil­
dren.
the "wheatless days” are not so week.
Th« Schooner.
easy While the government has
Myrtle Gibson and Mrs. Lottie S ta in s o f V a r io u s K in d »
The first vessel of the schooner type
undertaken to regulate the price
was launched st Gloncester, Mass., In
of flour, nothing has been done Graves were Falls City visitors on And How to Remove Them 1713. The boat was In the water, and
Monday.
Captain Andrew Robinson was about
to regulate the price of cornmeal
Here Is a reliable list of remedies to christen her with a name which has
and the dear people are left to
Clifford Wallace and Barton for the garment or material that seems not been recorded when one of the
the tender mercies of the food
cried out, “See how she
Bly were Dallas visitors Wednes­ hopelessly stained and ruined. The bystanders
speculator who in common with
housewife would do well to keep such scoons!” The captain at once took the
a list handy for reference in kitchen cue and said, “Seooner let her be."
some other good Christians be­ day.
That, declares the dictionary, was the
or laundry.
lieve that the Ten Command-
Mr. Ike Vincent has been on Ink Stains.—When Ink la spilled use origin of th# word “schooner.”—Chris­
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merits are obsolete.
the sick list during the past week. blotting paper ( t on^e Jo absorb «a tian S cien ce Monitor.
YO U S T A R T A T Z E R O
We all start out in life from Zero mark. It is uphill all
the way. The higher we go the more we are looked
up to. The man who attains success must take him­
self seriously, look to his own interests and conserve
his strength, wealth and ability. Many people are
depositing their money with this bank, paying by
check, and furthering their own interests, thereby
raising their marks high above zero on the gauge of life
B AN K O F F A LLS C IT Y .
teu f
Long
hours, close and
tedious work are very apt
to result in Headaches or
other Pains. Don’t suffer.
D R . M ILES'
ANTI-PAIN PILLS
will quickly drive your
Pain away, and
D r. Miles* N ervine
will assist you by relieving
the Nerve Strain.
IF FIRST BOX, OR BOTTLE. FAIL#
TO BENEFIT YOU, YOUR MONEY
WILL BE REFUNDED.
DIZZY SPELLS?
“My n ew s* became all
worn o u t I had bad head­
ache« and saver* dissy
■pell«. I could not sleep
and m y appetite waa poor.
I began using Dr. Miles’
Ant I-Pain P ills and they
always gave me instan t re­
lief no m atter w hat the
pain.
Then I used Dr.
Mllet' N .r r ln » regularly
and waa soon In perfect
health again.’*
MRS. 8 . I*. TOUNO.
324 P itts burg S t ,
Nevaeaatl*. Faun.