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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1917)
What is i^cal Food Economy? jT“! r Somewhere in France.” g v. ou r soldiers fore a foe once more, By DR. S A M U E L O. D IX O N , Somewhere lu France; Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania. On our gallant ally's shore, llyatcrlu o f the Individual la very digestion and a normal ummmt of phy Knch prepared to do hts bit, catching. often becoming an epidemic. sical exercise in a normal atmosphere. And muke light o f doing It, Oommunlty hysteria In u representa L ife Is a factor scientific medicine Somewhere In Frunce. tive form of gov- cannot measure. It forbids the human crament destroys body from being compared with an In Exponent* of true liberty, Its efficiency. Hys organic machine or test tube experi Somewhere In Frunce; terical pcoplo are ments In Ihe laboratory. O f freedom both on land und see. apt to run to great The digestive tract and Its many Upholders of democracy, excesses und n e g glands that vary In their powers to Opponents of autocracy, lect those things prepare food for the assimilation o f Somewhere In Frunce. In llfu which lire the body, are governed by the nervous of the greatest Im system. They vary greatly In their llfo Your boys and our boys umong the portance, not only power to produce digestive secretions. rest, to the success of For the reasons given each Individual, Somewhere In France; the Individuili hut ufter once realizing thut meats, fut, And all Inspired to do his best, of the community. starches and sugar are necessary In To give their lives If fate so wills. At present, we various proportions to maintain his In trenches or on shot-swept hill«. Und Individuals health, will have to muke nn Intensive Somewhere In France. and whole commu study o f wlint digests, so ns to give nities hysterical on the economy of him the best health and keep up his Our hearts nre with the boys In drab. foodstuffs, even to the extreme of con- weight to give him energy, and permit Somewhere In France; lining themselves to a ionico (corn) him to sleep, and to he of good cheer. A valiant lot, both proud und glad diet Instead of hnvlng a well hnlnnccd You will always Had that people dif That they have opportunity to serve diet with the variety o f food thut will fer from each other In their selection A righteous cause with pluck and not only stimulate till* appetite und the of foodstuffs, some doing well on a nerve, digestive glands, hut will meet nature's large proportion of vegetable food, oth Somewhere In France. demands. ers doing better on a reasonable Man Is nn omnivorous being. We umuunt of meat and carbohydrates or 1 The spirit o f *7fl aflame, ran heat economise by eating what starch, while others have to avoid j Somewhere In Frunce; agrees with tis. To resist tuberculosis starches ami sugar to prevent violent Moving forward In freemen’s name, and mber wasting diseases and to keep Indigestion nnd III health. Repaying service long ago In the f»est form for the working of our We often find powerful men who live j By Lafayette and Rochambeau, physical and mental body, particularly on very little food, while many frail, Somewhere In Frunce. In these times o f high nervous tension, Illy nourished people have good appe — Walter 8. Frazier. we should have meat or some good tites and eat plenty. These things are Vegetable protein ns n substitute In hard to explain. The laws o f nature ; moderation once a day. ure so profound that even today In this j In addition to this we want fat, pref scientific age we find the digestion of I erably butter or cream or fats of ani- people differs so thut we must at proa- I mula, the latter only rooked sufficiently cut attribute It to the variation of life • . . * ;>■ to bent them through. With the pro force. teins and fats we want a carbohydrate From our nctual experience In life, Good Start. (starch or stigur). after long devotion to the feeding of j "W e are going to Today there are many diet lists be people, we have learned that a mixed j re o r g a n i z e thin ing given to the public worked up Into diet Is essential to good health. The business,” said the tables based upon their heat-producing practical experience of the Individual expert. power. The trouble with these diet re must be a factor In guiding him In “ That’s the way ceipts is that they aru based upon the selection of foods and the ijUHntity to talk,” answered tests made upon those hnvlng perfect he can eat. the head of tho firm. ‘‘Efficiency w l l ( Everything in Russia Is be the watchword.’* New Since the Revolution; •'Kino I” “ Your son must go.” Even Smile Is Different âl “ Let me shake your hand. I’ve been Everything Is now In Husain. As (B y H. L. Kempxter of Mleeourl Agri wanting to fire him for three yeara, but didn’t have the courage.” one correspondent sees It. nnd Pctro- cultural College.) grnd In particular, he declares that As the chicks grow they need more Mean Insinuation. oven the smile Is different. It Is with room. It does nut pay to let them “ I do dislike foreign phrases, though out sickness or hypocrisy. The ladles crowd. _ I use them now and then.” nre wearing revolution-color aklrts, Tough gruss Is of no value ns a green ’’But I notice your dislike for them la red fenthers in Ihelr hats. The Nevsky prnajx-ct has become a food. Better sow some quick-growing not pronounced.” crop. kind of Quartler Latin. Book hawkers Feed hoppers greatly reduce the Heard at a Party. line the pavement nnd cry sensational I f they nre kept filled, the pamphlets ohout Itasputln and Nich work. Edith— That Mr. Dublelgh you Intro olas, nnd who Is Lenlne, and how chicks will never go hungry. duced to me Is a fine dancer; he’s so I f your chicks are not doing well light on his feet. much land will the peasants get. Re turned exiles flit through the crowd, something Is wrong. Look out for lice Marie— When you get better recognizable by the Itue Hcrtolet cut und for worms In the Intestines. qualnted with him you'll discover he'o Two-yeur-old hens had better be light at both ends. of their clothes nnd their hnlr. Even that ancient Institution, ¿he sent to the market. They seldom pay five-o'clock procession of Chlnovnlks for their feed If kept over a third sea Getting Results. going home from government offices, son. “ W e are not eating as much meat has lost Its ft’plcal coloring. One Shade Is one of the most Important at our house as we used to.” misses at first the staid, fnmlltnr fig essentials during the hot mouths. Get “ Neither are w e ; ever since I ures, tilt one suddenly realizes that the chicks Into the orchard and corn preached war economy the cook orders those rather long haired young men, field. only enough for herself." swinging or slithering along with port Y'oung stock will do better If not folios under their arms, must, o f compelled to pick their living with the A Suggestion. course, ho tho new Chlnovnlks. old. There will also be less trouble “ Why did the Nowsboys used to carry papers In a from lice. umpire put that hag. Now there are so many papers Grit and oyster shell should be In man out of the and such a demand for them thnt the cluded In the rutlon for both young game?” hawkers have had to Improvise stalls and old. To neglect this would be “ He struck the at the street corners, nnd one may poor economy. umpire." pause there nnd watch the play of po "That Is foolish. -*WI A growing chick will not thrive on litical sympathies anil antipathies ns short rations. I f the right kind of In such a slow the hard-faced young workman buys food Is fed, there Is little danger of gnme as this a fellow with thnt much the Mnxlinnllst I’ruvdn, or the dreamy overfeeding, especially If they are fight In him ought to be left In.” student buys the Radical Den, or some given plenty or range. stout elderly gentleman Imys the On the Farm. Mark the pullets this fnlt so that Novoe Vremya with a melancholy air you will know Just how old your hens “ Yes, plants have their ailments." of resignation. nre. A leg band on the right leg one “ T o be sure," said the sweet sum year nnd on the left leg tho next will mer boarder. " I have heard o f hay assist In culling the flock. A hog ring fever nnd I aru not surprised the hay gets feverish out in the hot field.” will serve the purpose. Around the World. SOME SMILES POULTRY POINTERS — S Iceland has no saloons. Ohio has 185,000 war gardens. I Britain has 7,000,(KMX) house cata. England hns ten put up In tablets. Spain Irrlgntes one-fourth of nil Its fnrms. Kansas City, Mo., Is seeking more factories. » United Stntes aniline output Is 25,(MM> tons. Pennsylvania pensions nil pub lic school employees. Virginia boy scouts nre on « strike beenuso farmers pay small £ wages. ft Use of Camera in Training Marksmen Saves Ammunition A saving of ammunition In the train ing o f n mnrkstimn hns been made possible by a remnrknblo apparatus recently patented by an English In ventor. The Invention can he easily attached to n rltle, and consists o f a small cylin drical camera which fastens to the under side o f the barrel, and Is fitted with a telescopic focusing device, ao positioned thnt its line o f focus la par allel to the gun barrel. Immediately In front of the trigger of tho weapon a second trigger Is placed, which Is con nected with the camera-shutter by a wire. When n mnrksmnn has aimed his gun nnd pulls the trigger, the camera trigger Is operated Just nn Instant be fore the gun trigger, nnd consequently a snapshot is secured o f the target that the gun was pointed nt. The po sition of the target ns It appears on the developed plate or film will Indi cate the accuracy o f the shot. I f the bull’seye Is exactly In the center It shows thut the gun was correctly aimed. Little Things Worth Knowing. The best marksmen nre generally those with blue or grny eyes. There nre fifteen technical colleges In Queensland, with 8,000 students In attendance. Each year the American people lose more than $1,000,000,000 because of sickness and accidents which might have been prevented by the exercise o f n few precautions. Since 1801. 80,01 x> miles o f fencing have been erected in the state of South Australia for the purpose o f control- ling the rabbit pest. Costa Rica now manufactures and exports Portland cement, a quarry o f suitable stone for the purpose hav ing been recently discovered. Potash in Banana Stalks. Tho world's production o f whale oil Httnnnu stalks may help to solve tho (luring 1010 amounted to 034,500 bar fertilizer problem o f this country. Ex rels. Compared with the world’s pro- periments indicated thnt n ton of stnlks ductlon the Norwegian production dur yielded 188 pounds of dry matter, con ing 1910 was about 58 per cent, dur taining 13.7 per cent potash, or about ing 1015 about 75 per cent, during 1014 two-thirds ns natch ns Is yielded by the about 78 per cent, and during 1913, 77 dried kelp o f our Pacific const. An ex per cent. Of the quantity of coal and coke pro* amination of bnnnnn skins showed a total potash content o f 1.05 per c e n t duced In England In 1915 over 155,000,« the dry matter containing 9.03 per cent 000 tons were carried on the railways, | compared with 7,135,000 tons b j caoal*. potash. STATE NEW S IN BRIEF. 1 CAREFUL IN SHIPPING Utmost Vigilance Urged to Pre vent Foods From Spoiling. Reports on the car situation on the Southern Pacific show that there is a net shortage o f 859 cars, the greatest Weather Reporta 8hould Be Utilized recorded in a number o f months. in Studying Conditione— Shipper John Cardwell and John P. Lovelady 8hould Co-Operate Closely were killed Monday night by a prema With Carrier. ) ture explosion on reclamation work near Malin, 30 miles south o f Klamath <From the United States Department of Falls. Agriculture.) Shippers at this time should exer While the Oregon Lumber company has brought under control the forest cise unusual care In packing and load fire raging on its holdings in the West ing their perishable products. They Fork country, upper valley fires are should grade their products carefully still a menace. with reference to the degree of their maturity and select a nearby market James Richard VS ailing, wanted in for rli.e-n*»»! products and a distant Baker for failure to report after he j market for the products that will hold had been called in the draft, was ar- up necessary time In transit to rested by Sheriff Taylor, and is held reach the distant market. Weather re for Baker officials. ports should be utilized In a study of The Eugene Farmers’ Creamery an the weather conditions that are pre nounces that it has suspended the man vailing In the different large markets, ufacture o f cheese. This action was to the end that foodstuffs that normal- taken because o f the high price o f but- ly are consumed In large quantities In terfat and the decrease in milk. ! warm weather may not be sent to mar- Attorney General Brown has held that the deer season in Eastern Oregon opens September 1, save in Harney and Malheur counties, where it opens August 15. A lim it o f two bucks for the season is placed. k<t" " here C001 or co,d weather ,s , ™ er® ahon,(1 be • * » ,er ^cognition of the, responsibility o f the shlp- ! £ r_ w,tj> .t,,e. carri.er for th? “ ie rar' rlnge of food products to destination, th" specialists o f the United States de Lane county farmers are enthusi partment o f agriculture point out. astic over results obtained by using a Shippers should co-operate closely with squirrel poison formula prescribed by carrier by giving ample Instructions the United States department o f A g r i with reference to refrigeration and culture, according to County A gricul ventilation, to the end that food prod tural Agent N. S. Robb. ucts may be properly conserved In To study methods o f controlling pre transit and reach channels o f consume? Railroad agents could render datory animals which destroy birds tlon. useful to agriculture and forestry, a useful service \f they were Instructed United States Biological Survey party In some o f the Most fundamental is at Klamath Falls and w ill remain in things connected with the proper care j of perishable shipments during the pe- Klamath county several days. r> r> v h . . . 0. . . rlod of loading carload shipments at £• I country stations. way engineer, with headquarters in Shippers too frequently, through Roseburg, has received word that he carelessness and a lack o f knowledge has been commissioned first lieutenant o f the proper methods of protecting in the Engineers’ Corps. He w ill not perishable shipments, leave wagon accept because o f the pressure o f offi loads of them exposed to the hot sun cial duties. for hours at a time instead o f loading What is feared may be the begin them promptly into a refrigerator car ning o f a blackleg epidemic among nnd keeping the doors o f the car cattle on the Crane Prairie, Eastern closed between loads. The carrier’s Oregon, range was checked this week, representative or local agent usually when the cattlemen o f the ditsrict, takes notice of such condition only for working with members o f the Forestry the purpose o f recording the elrcum- department, started the vacination of stances for consideration In connection 900 head o f young stock. with damage claims that may be filed. Strikes on Puget Sound, unless ter- "The fnct frequently is overlooked that minated soon, may result in a heavy t*le carrier may render definite assist- loss to Hood R iv er valley fru it grow-1 ance In the conservation o f foodstuffs ers. Local sales associations have by co-operating with the shippers and contracted for most o f their container giving them all the information which supplies from Puget Sound mills. j has as to the proper methods that Market men admit that their gravest hould be used. Shippers should Invariably notify worry now is the impending box short •onslgnees as soon as shipments are age. 'urwarded from point of origin. Where Judge James A . Fee, ex-mayor o f I he distance to market is short, the no- Pendleton and a leading member iflcatlon should be given by wire, so o f the Um atilla county bar, will , .. .. , j, j, . i hat the consignees may be In a posl- be city attorney o f Pendleton, sue- „ __. . . ° .... * ‘ i ceedimr his son James A lger Fee who tlon t0 tnke more PromPt delivery o f has tendered his resignation prepara shipments on arrival nnd thus ellm- Inate the deterioration that so fre- tory to leaving fo r the officers’ train- I ™ , . “ ' . “ ' T T . J T Ir^ -amp at the Presidio, to which he ‘ ftkes place, by holding of ing 'amp shipments long periods o f time after has been appointed. arrival at the market. W ith the threshing about half com pleted in the Carlton section, it is be HUMUS ONE OF ESSENTIALS lieved the yield o f fall-sown wheat will be 85 per cent o f the usual crop. It Prevents Cohesion of Soil Grains Spring oats, with but a few excep Into Solid Clods— Farmers Are tions, w ill be only a third crop. The Urged to Rotate. clover seed crop w ll be short. A heavy percentage o f spring-sown oats j Humus is one o f the essentials in was cut fo r hay. A few sales of this soils. It prevents cohesion o f the soil year’s crop have been made at $2.10 grains Into solid clods. It prevents and $2.15. land from becoming sticky. Every R. B. Godin, secretary o f the Board farmer is urged to rotate his crops, o f Control, is at the The Dalles to re- plow ing under a good sod o f clover or ceive bids on the equipment o f the some legume as often ns the rotation Portage railway, owned by the state, calls for, the purpose being to increase ^ , , 1 humus. Stable manure, in which is Cull apples have taken an advance m lled the straw and corn 8talk an. over the former seasons. swe„ the gnrne purpo8e. By aII means The Hood R iver Apple Vinegar com- t back ,nto the so„ a3 much h pany operating one o f the larges a9 the flelds have n or w lll plants in the sU te has announced that come face to face with lessened fer- it w ill pay $8 per ton for orchard-run tmt and d|fflcu,t farml sound culls. | The Balderree logging camp near FOR SUCCESS W ITH ALFALFA _______ Black Rock, in Polk county, belonging to the W illam ette Valley Lumber com An y Type of 8oll, Well Drained, Frea pany, is a total loss, and losses o f the of Weeds and of Reasonable company since the fires started Satur Fertility Will Do. day are estimated at more than $200,- 000. The fire is the worst since 1910, A lfa lfa may be successfully raised when a million feet o f timber burned j on almost any type of soil providing in the Siletz basin. thnt It is well-drained, free o f weeds A peddler, said to be German, and and In reasonable state o f fertility. Good drainage must be provided. selling eourtplaster and medicine and The ground must be made free o f saying he has the sanction o f B. F. j weed seeds. Elgin, a Sherwood druggist, is going Soils lacking In fertility should be through that community. Mr. Elgin well-mnnured, ns ulfnlfa requires large denies any knowledge o f the man. | He is insistent on selling to everyone. amounts o f plant food. I f sufficient One o f the plasters is now in the hands manure is not to be had. It should be o f the chemists o f the State board o f supplemented with n commercial fer- ; health. I tllizer rich in phosphoric acid nnd potash. W. M. Round, president o f th » I f the soil Is sour, it must be limed Washington Cranberry Growers’ asso | before alfalfa can do well. ciation, with headquarters at Long Inoculation o f the soil w ill general Beach, Wash., has issued an invitation ly be necessary. < to all cranberry growers o f Oregon and Washington to attend a meeting to be Use Sanitary Precautions. held at Long Beach, Saturday, August Sickness and death among farm ani 25. An invitation has been extended mals may be prevented In a great Governor Lister, o f Washington, to majority of cases by observing seool- attend the meeting. ble sanitary precautions. - ■ntÊté i,