N E W S ITE M S O f General Interest About Oregon Single Rule in City and * County Object at Hood River Hood (Over Agitation Is under way in flood River county with a view to having the legislature change tini lawa o f the alate ao aa to make possible the amalgHination o f the governments of the city and county o f Hood Hiver. It ia automated that a commiaaion coni|M>aed o f representative men of both city and county be appointed to make a atudy o f the governments of San Franciaco and I .os Angeles and other aimilar dual government*. Thia commiaaion, if ap|Mtinted, w ill bu au­ thorized to draft a plan. Cranberry Juice Falls From “ Water Wagon” Portland Cranberry culture, which thrives at North Beach, Wash., In the district served by the fifth division of the O. W. It. & N. company, has a most consistent booster in the person of "Captain” Build, superintendent of the division. On a trip to Ilwaco last week "Cap­ tain” Budd was presented with four bottle* of the cranberry liquid. He in turn gave the beverage to friends re­ siding at the Hotel Imperial, urging them to parake thereof frequently, as it waa |x>sitivA)y non-intoxicating, was a rejuvenator, carried only good effects, and in general was the coming “ dry” favorite. But when kept in the hotel tempera­ ture for a few day* the cranberry juice became fieeish, switched from a non- hilarious fluid to a roisterous, foment­ ing, capricious extract and blew corks and contents over walls and ceilings. S I4.609.006 From Yakima Valley. Logger Kills Wife Who Seeks Yakima According to the crop re- Divorce; Then Shoots Self ; port for 1910, prepared by the same Itainier liecauae hia w ife atarted ! authority which has for several years auit for divorce, W. J. Horton, a log­ past compiled the figures on Yakima ger, Wedncaday walked into the atore crop production, there was grown in where ahe waa employed, ahot and { the Yakima valley this year, including killed her and turned the weapon on only those {«ortions in Yakima and himaelf. Horton died inatantiy; hia Benton counties and actually shipped to market or now being held in storage w ife lingered four hours. Horton ia aaid to have walked into for shipment later, produce valued at the atore and to have engaged in an ar­ ; $14,599,065. This is an increase of gument with her, after threatening nearly $5,000,000 over a year ago. her life. Later in the day he walked Cattle Wintered in Yakima. acroaa the alreet where he could watch North Yakima From 10,000 to 12,- the cuatomera enter and leave the atore, and waited until buaineaa waa 000 head o f rattle are being fed in the at a atandatill. Then Horton hurried Yakima valley this winter, with the acroaa the atrect into thu atore and idea of finishing them for market on ahot without a word, two ahota being grasH in the early spring. Stockmen R ail­ fired within a few aeconda after he find this a profitable business. roads have moved 500 cars o f fat catte entered the place. from the valley this season just past to market, of which about 200 cars were o f home production and the re­ Salem— E. J. Hanaett, manager o f mainder stock brought in for fattening. the Oregon F la* Fiber company at O ffer fo r Flax is Vague. Turner and form er auperintendent of the flax plant at the |>enitentiary, haa Salem The State o f Control has re­ written a letter in which he proteata ceived a cablegram replying to its re­ againat the move o f the Slate board of cent proposal to sell flax to Agnew & control in planning to aell flaxaeed to Hamilton, importers, o f Belfast, Ire­ a firm in Itelfaat, Ireland. He atatca land. The cablegram, while apparent­ that if the move ia made it w ill mean ly accepting the board's offer o f $2.75 a drawback to the flax induatry in Ore­ f. o. b. Salem, was vague in its terms, gon, and that mills at Eugene and Tur­ and the board sent a second cablegram ner must ahut down. He gives aa a reiterating its first offer. reason for thia assertion that the milla named have disposed of their seed, ex­ pecting to get more later from the state. He declares that he haa just re­ «**• • • • • • • » ceived a telegram from a New York Portland- Wheat —Bluestem, $1.44; capitalist who is planning to come to forty fold, $1.40; club, $1.40; red Rus­ the state in January and construct ft sian, $1.35. large plant in Oregon. In event the Oats— No. 1 white feed, $35.00. dug! with the Belfast firm proves suc­ Barley— No. 1 white, $37.00. cessful the pro|>osal of the capitalist Flour — Patents, $7.80; straights, may be check mated, he statea. $S.60 07 .00 ; exports, $6.80; valley, $7.30; whole wheat. $8.00; graham, $7.80. M illfeed— Spot prices: Bran, $26.50 Newhcrg — Heretofore there has per ton; shorts, $30.50; rolled barley, been heavy loss to orchardiBts in this $40.00(341.60. vicinity through lack of a markelt for Corn — Whole, $46.00 per ton; anything but highgradc apples. This cracked, $47.00. year the entire apple crop was in de­ H a y — Producers’ prices: Timothy, mand, the "seconds” being all taken Eastern Oregon, $19.00(321.00 per by the Jones Bros. & Co. factory for ton; timothy, valley, $16.00(1/17.00; cider and vinegar. In addition, 11 alfalfa, $17.00 (a) 18.00; valley grain carloads o f apples were shipped to the hay, $13.00(d 15.00; clover, $12.60. factory from other localities in the Butter — Cubes, extras, 35c per state. pound; prime, firsts, 33c; firsts, 32Jc. The plant ground up 1,184,295 Jobbing prices: Prime extras, 35(3 pounds o f apples, which produced 100,- 38c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 038 gallons o f juice. They also pro­ 1, 38c; No. 2, 36c, Portland. duced 40,000 gallons o f loganberry Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re­ juice. This was the first year o f oper­ ceipts, 36c per dozerr; Oregon ranch, ations. They gave employment to 25 candled, 38(rtj40c; Oregon ranch, se­ men. Additions are to be made to the lects, 42c. building next year. They are con­ Poultry— Hens, 13fq)15c i>er pound; tracting for loganberries for a term springs, 16(317c; turkeys, live, 22(3 o f five years at $60 a ton. 23c; dressed, 30c; ducks, 15(316c; geese, 12Jc. Veal— Fancy, 13Je per pound. Pork— Fancy, ll| c per pound. Salem— A request to the coming leg­ Vegetables— Artichokes, 90c(3$L 10 islature will be made by the State In­ per dozen; tomatoes, nominal; cab­ dustrial Accident commission for an bage, %2(ii)2.25 per hundred; eggplant, amendment to section 6 o f the act cre­ 25c per pound; lettuce, $1.86 per box; ating the commisasion, to remove the cucumbers, $1(31.26 per dozen; celery, present limitation of $25,000 which California, $4.50 per crate; pumpkins, can be expended annually for the serv­ KftHic per pound; cauliflower, $2 per ices o f clerks and assistants. crate. "T h a t limitation was included in the Potatoes — Oregon buying prices: original law ,” stated Commissioner $1.25(31.40 |>er hundred; sweets, $4.00 Abrams in discussing the proposed per hundred. amendment. "W hen it was passed in Onions — Oregon buying prices, the final week in December, has $2.75 per sack, country points. brought in $565,000, showing the rapid Green Fruits — Apples, 50c(ful o f milk and the contents o f the weigh them whole. Put them Into a | ...iy can o f anchovy paste. When the sauce has boiled up, re­ pan, cover with cold v a te r— enough move It from the lire, stir until very to float them— and cook steadily until smooth and ponr it over hard-boiled they cun be easily pierced. They may eggs that have been shelled, cut in require from one to two hours. When half and laid face down on the plate tender slice them thinly, removing on which they are to be served. Pour >*“eds and hard pieces. Now measure the sauce over the eggs evenly, sprtn- the water In which they cooked and L ittle Rock, A rk.— From 17 to 21 kle with a little finely-chopped parsley make up the quantity required— one pint to each pound weight of lemons. | and probably more persons were killed or celery and dust with paprika. For luncheon, ns an entree. It should Allow one pound and a half o f sugar in « tornado that struck South Central ; Arkansas at 3 o’clock Tuesday, accord- he served hot and then the sauce to each pound o f lemons. Put fruit, should be poured In an individual cas­ sugar and water in a preserving pan ! ing to reports received here. Four are known to be dead at Eng­ serole or, should this not be bandy, in and cook steadily until the Juice “ je l­ land, 17 are reported killed at Keo and a baking dish. Fresh eggs, carefully lies” on a plate when cold. Stir often several are reported killed at the state opened, are dropped in tills hot sauce nnd keep well skimmed. Put Into dry and a little cheese grated over the top, j Jars and when cold tie down. convict farm at Tucker. A ll wries into the strom-swept dis­ and paprika, and the whole put In a ------------------------- trict are down and only meager details very hot oven long enough to “ set" Mocha Cake. are available. the egg. This may be served as Tw o cupfuls o f sugar, butter the size The known dead are: Albert L. course by Itself with thin biscuits. o f two eggs, two scant cupfuls o f milk, Swarts, a farm er livin g near England, j two eggs, four level teaspoonfuls of and three negroes, one o f whom lived baking powder, flour to the right con­ Keep Oven Scrupulously Clean. two miles north o f England, and two An oven that Is in constant use sistency and vanilla. Make three lay­ who lived two miles south. The should be kept scrupulously clean If ers. Swarts home was picked up and car­ For mocha icing, one-half cupful of you want to get the best results from ried about 100 yards. Mrs. Swarts It. The shelves should occasionally strong coffee, two tablespoonfuls of dry was believed fatally injured and an 18- be scrubbed with strong soda water, cocoa, one-half cupful o f butter, two year-old daughter was badly hurt. cupfuls o f confectioners’ sugar. Dis­ The storm is said to have swept a and. In nddltlon, they should be paint­ solve the cocoa In the hot coffee. Cream ed with quicklime two or three times patch about four miles wide and it is the butter and sugur. Let the cocoa reported that several fires broke out in a year. An oven treated In this way and coffee mixture stand until cold, never becomes coated with grease, the wreckage. Every physician in the and then add drop by drop to the sugar little town o f England has been called and there Is no unpleasant smell when and butter until the desired consistency It Is being used. to the country to care for the injured. is reached. EGGS W ITH AN C H O VY SAUCE Tornado«and Blizzard Takes Toll of 21 in Arkansas Villa Takes San Luis Potosi. El Paso — A report was received Wednesday by sources known to be close to Francisco Villa and by govern­ ment agents saying that V illa ’s forces captured San Luis Potosi Tuesday. Many foreigners who left Torreon be­ fore V illa attacked that town recently went to San Luis Potosi. No details were available. San Luis Potosi is southeast o f Tor­ reon on the National railroad line be­ tween Aguas Calientes and Tampico. Tampico is believed to be V illa 's ob­ jective in order to obtain a port through which he can import arms, ammunition and suppiles. V illa was reported to be between Torreon and Chihuahua City, and was said to be preparing to launch an attack against Chihuahua City soon. In anticipation of this attack. Gen­ eral Francisco Murguir was reported to have ordered General Francisco Gonzales, former commander in Juar­ ez, to proceed south at once with his entire brigade to reinforce the Chi­ huahua garrison. School Children Strike. Scranton, Pa.’— In answer to the school board’ s decision in not granting a Christmas vacation o f one week, 15,- 000 school children of the 22,000 enrol­ led in the public schools o f this city remained away from sessions Tuesday. Students from two high schools marched through the city yelling: " W e want a vacation !" At intermission period at both insti­ tutions the "strikers” managed to in­ due* several hundred others t* strike. Cold Bean Croquettes. Belgian Carrots. nere Is a nice way o f using cold Tw o cupfuls thinly sliced French beans In croquettes: Get them ready! at night, so It takes just a moment to carrots, one and one-fourth tablespoon­ cook them for breakfast. Mash two fuls sugar, one-eighth teaspoonful pep­ cupfuls baked beans, yolks o f one or \ per, one-third cupful butter. Combine two eggs, one tablespoonful melted i the sugar and carrots and cook cov­ butter, pinch o f salt. Form Into cones. \ ered till soft, adding water barely to Roll In cracked crumbs. Do not coat cover. When tender, drain, mince car­ with egg. as they are rather moist, rots and add remaining Ingredients. nnd the cracker crumbs stick on all Let stand In a warm place ubout half an hour.— Good Housekeeping. right.— Boston Globe. Roasted Hamburg Steak. T o one nnd one-half pounds o f ham- burg steak atld two slices o f fat salt pork, finely chopped, one-half cupful stale bread crumbs, one egg nnd three- fourths teaspoonful salt. Shape In loaf, dredge with flour nnd over top put seven strips of fut salt pork. Roast 45 minutes, busting every seven minutes, first with one-half cupful water nnd then with fat In pan. To liquid In pan add water to make one cupful. Brown one nnd one-half tablespoonfuls butter, add two tablcspoonfuls flour nnd the cup liquid. Banana Cake. Mnke any one-egg cake, or gener­ ally make a ‘ sponge cake and bake In round tins, two Inyers; slice banana on cake and cover with whipped cream ; simply lay another layer o f cake on first and cover again with bananas and cream. Whipped Cream— Take one cupful sweet cream, add the white of an egg to give It body, small pinch o f salt and whip all together until thick; sweet so to taste and flavor with vw- Real Indian Pudding. Heat one quart of milk and add seven level tablespoonfuls o f Indian meal, moistened with water. When nearly thick, add one quart o f milk, or one pint of water and one pint of milk, one cupful o f molasses, one cup­ ful o f raisins, one cupful o f tapioca, salt, cassia and other spices ns liked. The rule Is one level teaspoonful of cassln, one-hulf teuspoonful of ginger, one-fourth tenspoouful o f cloves nnd and one-fourth teaspoonful of nutmeg. Bake from five to seven hours In a moderate oven. W hen F ry in g Fish. Fish should always be fried like doughnuts. In deep fat. Bacon drip­ pings are perhaps as good a material ns any. Butter should not be used for frying fish. It should be cooked until well browned, and then removed and allowed to drain, but not grow cool be­ fore serving. In Piece of Eggs, Chopped suet Is very useful In tak­ ing the place of eggs In milk puddings. flUuply sprinkle a little on the top end the pudding will be rich and creamy.