I
ONE FORTUNATE TOWN IN FLANDERS
OATM EAL IS POPULAR
Authorities Agree That Carrai, Prop
erly Prepared, I m Moat Nutritious
and Easily Digested Food.
'I lil~ Intri c Hiiii^ nini ri'inarkiilile picture allows a view of a town In Flanders .taken from a German airplane.
Attention Is eiilind to the fact that It Is one of the few towns In Flanders that lias not twin spotted hy the ravages
of war. Its church, houses and green Helds appear us they did before tlie conflict began.
ALLIES PREPARING FOR THE WINTER
lt gives nowadays In every hlg offen
sive. The machines are capable of per
forming wonders In any weather short
From Factory and Home
of a hurricane, and there will be plen
ty of aerial activity, especially bomb
to Men in Trenches.
ing raids, right through the worst
months; hut |sior visibility will make
co operation with the gun butteries dif
ficult, the more so as the Germans'
latest type of "Archibald," or anti-air
craft gun. enforces respect und com
S h o rt, S h a r p B l o w s at Se le cte d P o i n t s pels pilots to fly high.
D u r i n g F i n e S p e lls , W i t h O c c a
In these circumstances big sweep
s io n a l A i r p l a n e R a i d s T o B e
ing moves arc not looked for, hut .rath
O r d e r of D a y f o r W i n t e r .
er a repetition on n more Intensive
scale of lust winter's tactics. Short,
Paris. - -Preparations for the fourth sharp blows at selected points during
winter campaign on the western front line spells, a continual battering on
are already In full swing. The sum wide fronts hy concentrated gun Hre
mer. eninpnign Is over, and while hoth lengthening out to close-up rest sta
the Kngllsh and French may he ex tions, hundreds of airplanes swarming
pected to make a few hlg drives, M Is out to attack encampments, aviation
not anticipated that the beginning of sheds, munition dumps and lines of
winter, for military purposes, will see communication these will he the reg
any radical alteration In the war map ular order of the day throughout the
of France and Flundera.
winter. The enemy will be kept on
Millions of sweaters, sockN, paper the Jump nil the time, great gaps will
stills, ruhher Wellington boots, head he torn In his dwindling reserves and
wraps, mufliers, gloves and mittens every possible step taken, flrst to pre
are beginning to flow out from fac vent his ever again assuming the Ini
tory and home to the French pollus tiative ii|>ou the western front, und,
and British Tommies, hundreds of secondly, to weaken him Irreparably
thousands of whom are facing their for the flnnl knockout blow In 1018.
The part the American contingents
fourth winter period In the trenches.
The comfort of the lighting man is will play In the winter's activity Is
so carefully studied now, after three the closest of all military secrets at
years’ experience, that nothing will he this time. There Is nothing that Hln-
overlooked to make the coming harsh denhurg Is Imrnlng to know so much
as Just what Pershing's plnns are, and
trial bearable.
Practically all the way from Nleu- there Is nothing that Pershing Is more
port to Verdun the armies are In quar bent u p o n doing than kti'plng the
ters totally different from those they slightest hint from Hindcnhurg.
P r u d e n c e th e M otto.
occupied Inst winter; with ilh- excep
But while no light can be shed at
tion of one or two stretches — as
around I.a Itasscc and the Argonne— this stage upon the plans of the Amer
the French and British are stationed In ican commander In chief, I am uble to
captured German lines.
Throughout give Mils assurance, that prudence Is
the spring and summer the men have his motto, that he will never consent
shown little Inclination to dig. feeling to play to the gallery as even the best
that In view of the |s>ssii>lllty of a generals are sometimes tempted to do.
further move forward. Just enough It is Haig's great merit that he hides
shelter wns good enough for the time his time and only strikes when he is
being. Turning over earth has never able to strike in renl earnest. Persh
nppeulnd to any Infantry In this war, ing resembles the British lender In this
hut necessity Is likely to force them to respect, and Europe has had enough
do a lot of It In order to provide them war experience to know that these
selves with snug and well-druined are the men Who get the real results
at the least possible cost In lives, and
trenches for the winter.
that though they have little to show on
L i t t le C h a n g e in L in e .
l'ntll next spring the western line the war map, they are steadily, per
Is not likely to vary to any great ex sistently, relentlessly wearing down
tent, unless the totally unexpected the toughest foe that ever took the
happens.
High winds, morning nrid field.
What can he said, however, without
evening mists, snow flurries and rain
Will limit the usefulness of the air giving any Information to the enemy Is
plane and diminish the enormous help that here In France Americans will
Warm
Clothing
Being
Rushed
BIG MOVES NOT LOOKED FOR
“TRUST
US.”
SAY
B RITISH
W a r Does N ot M a k e E n g lish m e n U n
derstand A m e rica n C o llo q u ia lism s
Any
B e tt e r
Than
B e fo re .
Washington.— Evidently the wur has
not made the English understand
American colloqulullsms any better
thHii heretofore— or some particular
Englishmen nre merely lacking
a
sense of humor. Anyway, official
Washington Is smiling an offirlal smile
(which Is the diplomatic way of con
cealing undue mirth) over a tittle In
cident that occurred In Humpton Iloads
the other doy, when Secretary Baker
wns ou an Inspection trip. Ho crossed
from ono camp to another when a
British cruiser, lying near by, sig
nalled :
"W ho Is that going ashoro flying an
offlclnl flag?"
“The secretary of wur," was the
answer.
“Thank you,” said the Britisher.
“Don't mention It," replied our cour
teous bluejackets.
That ended It until one of our sall-
co-operate throughout the winter In
the gigantic task of preparing for the
death blow.
The details cannot he
discussed, hut the ground has been
cleared for a colossal amount of work,
embracing all branches that go to
make for the efficient operation of a
modern war machine, and a hlg share
will be taken over during the had
weather by Americans, not only In
the United States, hut also In France.
And this quite aside from the training
of the lighting men and the education
of the officers In the latest phases of
; warfare.
The result of all this activity will
he that next spring the entente nllles
will possess u superemlnent war ma
chine, gunned, manned and equipped
in an unprecedentedly complete and
magnificent manner. It was correct to
say last winter that In 1917 the entente
i allies would develop n striking force
which could not be exceeded In HITS
if the w ar continued.
But at that
f time the Intervention of the United
States was only a dim possibility; the
revolution In Itossla and the collapse
| of her army were foreseen by nobody.
Tough
P ro b le m for Enem y.
As the situation stands ut presenL
with the United States adding her
mighty power to the common lot, and
with a still unextinguished hope that
i the Muscovites may tie brought back
to their old aggressive lighting, men
belonging to the inner circles of Eur-
rope affirm their belief that the entente
allies will he able to confront Hlnden-
! burg with a far harsher problem In
1918 than they could hnve hoped to
put up to him In 1917.
Next spring the British army will
still be at top strength, for In the past
summer Ilnlg has put forth nothing
like his maximum effort, and In con
sequence hus suffered losses far below
the figures anticipated at the British
war office. When It was seen that the
Russian army must drop out of nil
; offensive plans this summer and that
Germany would he able to develop an
unexpected strength ujion the western
front, the Frunco-Britlsh policy natur
ally became more conservative. The
building up of the American armies
has confirmed the wisdom of this
course, which looks to the accumula
tion of an Irresistible power before the
last continuous, annihilating blows are
delivered upon all possible fronts.
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News has been received at Klamath
Falls that R. M. Hales has fallen heir
Nearly every Amercan eats oatmeal to a large fortune le ft him by an uncle
in fact it appears on the tables o f in Franklin, Pa., and has gone to make
many
well-regulated
homes every his claim.
morning in the year.
Authorities
Rosco Taylor, o f Portland, and Percy
agree that oatmeal, properly prepared, Brooks, o f Bend, have been matched
is the most nutritious and easily for a boxing bout to be held in that
.. ' 1 city October 19. Ted Hoke and Harry
digested fixtti for breakfast,
y j Christenson also w ill be on the card.
oatmeal, however, does not digest
A fte r paying $435 for a band of 29
readily, because it is seldom cooked
sheep, F. M. Crow, a H alfway ranch-
long enough. It is estimated that the i er, lost the whole herd the day he re
kind usually sold as “ Rolled Oats” or ceived them when he turned them into
“ Crushed Oats” should be cooked at an alfalfa field to pasture. The sheep
least sixteen hours before it is fit to became bloated and died.
eat at the end o f which time it has
Sheridan’s cannery is now running
lost practically all o f the flavor it orig
night and day with two shifts o f 48
inally possessed.
men and women each.
Evergreen
This led to the discovery o f a pro
I blackberries are comng in at the rate
cess o f cooking oatmeal in sealed cook
o f two tons daily from that section and
ers at a very high temperature under
Tillamook and Lincoln counties.
steam pressure— an exclusive process
More than 300 High School students
which bursts the kernels o f the starch,
changing them into dextrinized starch, are engaged in the Hood R iver Valley
which is easily digested by the most apple harvest. The students o f the
delicate stomach. The sealer] cookers Hood R iv’er,
Odell and Parkdale
also cause the oatmeal to retain all of schools have been released from their
the nutty flavor o f the carefully-select studies, and it is estimated that they
ed oats, which is lost in every other w ill harvest more than 125,000 boxes
process. As a result o f this patented o f fruit.
process, the oatmeal is not only more
A government inspector is reported
palatable and digestible, but can be
to be at work inspecting the 640-acre
made ready for the table with only
homesteads in the Low er Burnt R iver
twenty minutes’ cooking, which makes
districts. A large number o f grazing
it a great convenience to the house
land holders expect unfavorable action
wife.
upon applications because o f the lack
This is a subject o f vital interest to
o f information with which so many
the parents o f growing children, be
filed.
cause the time to lay the foundation o f
Word has been received at Baker,
good health and long life is during
childhood. It is what you digest, not that F. Prese has struck a rich vein o f
what you eat, that makes muscle, bone gold ore while developing some o f the
and brain. Oatmeal is the ideal food upper workings o f the abandoned Co
for building up sturdy bodies and keen, lumbia mine near Sumpter. Mr. Prese
receptive brains, but the ordinary has been operating on this ledge,
kind does not appeal to many children which is a part o f the North Pole lode,
because o f its lack o f flavor. This has on a small scale for some time.
all been remedied by the steam-cooking
The Tualatin Valley Electric com
process, which makes the oatmeal so pany was granted approximately a 10
deliciously palatable that children not per cent increase in its electric rates
only relish it, but call for more.
by the Public Service commission F ri
The oatmeal prepared by the process day. The commission says;
“ I t is
referred to is the kind put up for the the opinion o f the commission that no
market under the name o f H -0 Oat rate which it might fix at this time
meal, and can be obtained from all would produce a reasonable return in
grocers by simply insisting upon that addition to the necessary expenses and
brand. It contains nearly twice as taxes.”
much tissue-building material as com
Governor Withycombe, at a meeting
meal, rice, white flour bread or soda
crackers, and is really more nourishing o f the Emergency board Thursday, an
than meat or eggs, while it only costs nounced that he w ill send out letters
about one-half cent per dish. Is it to all members o f the legislature in
any wonder, therefore, that H-O has the near future, regarding the creation
become known
ws “ The National o f a board o f arbitration with compul
sory powers to settle labor disputes
Dish?”
during the period o f the war. I f given
proper assurances by the members, the
legislature w ill be called into extraor
dinary session at once.
NORTHWESI MARKET REPORT ! I
Wheat— Bulk basis Portland for No.
1 grade: Hard White — Bluestem,
Early Bart, Allen, Galgalus, Martin
Amber, $2.05. Soft W hite — Palouse
Bluestem, Fortyfold, W hite Valley,
Gold Coin, White Russian,
$2.03.
W hite Club — L ittle Club, Jenkins
Club, White Hybrids, Sonora, $2.01.
Red Walla W alla— Red Russian, Red
Hybrids, Jones F ife, Coppei, $1.98.
No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c
less; other grades handled by sample.
Butter — Cubes,
extras, 45c per
pound; prime firsts, 44c.
Jobbing
prices: Prints, extas, 48c; cartons,
lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 49c.
Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re
ceipts, 46c per dozen; candled, 48c;
selects, 53c.
Poultry — Hens, large, 18(<il9c per
|K>und; small, 16o/14c; broilers, 20(ii
21c; ducks, 18(u20e; geese, 8(ul0c;
P a s s e n g e r s B r a v e S e a ’s P e r ils.
turkeys, live, 20(<;2c; dressed, 28(<i30c.
An Atlantic I’ort.— An American pas
V eal— Fancy, 15c»/ 16c per pound.
senger steamer In the coastwise serv
Pork— Fancy, 21(<»22e per pound.
ice went aground In a shoal off the
Vegetables — Tomatoes, 65c(<;$1.35
New England coast, hut was floated, per crate; cabbage, l @ l j c per pound;
apparently
uninjured,
after
eight lettuce, 50(<i75c per dozen; cucumbers,
hours. The passengers and crew re 40(</50c; peppers, 6fu Sc per pound;
mained on hoard.
cauliflower, $1.50 <it 1,75 per dozen;
spinach, 6(4 7c per pound.
Potatoes — Oregon, $1.50 (<? 2 per
nrs saw the British wig-wagging furi
GUILTY
FLEE,
NONE
PURSUE
hundred; sweet potatoes, 3c per pound.
ously. He rend the signal.
Onions — Oregon, $2.50(42.75; per
“Trust us," the British were saying
T w o A b a n d o n A u t o a n d W h i s k y in sack; Walla Walla, $2.50; California,
"we'll never mention It to n soul.”
$2.50(<i 2.75.
So u th D a ko ta W h e n Conscience
I v w vvv v v w w w w w v u v v
Green Fruits— Peaches, 75c(4 $1 per
Stricken.
box; apples. $l(<f2.25; pears, $1(41.75;
GERMAN CH ANCELLO R’S
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grapes, $1(0 $1.50 per crate; casabas,
SON A FARM LABORER
Sioux Falls, S. D.— A combination of
2c per pound; cranberries, 15c.
guilty conscience and booze resulted In
Portland Union Stockyards Co.
Berlin.— Willy Michnells, the
the Lincoln county authorities captur
October 16, 1917.
youngest son of the new Ger
ing an automobile which had been
Cattle—
man chancellor, Is working as a
abandoned hy the owner. In the auto -1
Best beef steers........... .$ 9.50(i7T0.25
common laborer on n Inrge farm
mobile was found a quantity of liquor,
Good beef steers......... ...
8.OOtiil 9.25
In Lnngmell, near Gruenberg, In
which the driver of the car had smug
Best beef cows......... . . .
7.00(4 7.75
Silesia.
The young man Is a
gled Into South Dnkota, In violation oi
Ordinary to good . . . . ,. . .
4.00(4 6.75
student of ono of the Berlin high
the stnte-wlde prohibition law.
Best h e ife r s ............... . . .
7.00(4 8.00
schools. When the summer va
Worth Feldman was trying out a
C a lv e s ........................ ..
7.00(4 9.50
cation begnn In July he offered
new motorcycle behind the automobile. 1
Bulls............................ ..
4.00(4
6.75
his services for the harvest with
The occupants mistook him for an offl- j
Stockers and feeders. . . .
4.00(4 7.25
thousands of other pupils, and
Per. stopped the ear and fled.
Hogs—
wns sent to Silesia, where he
The machine bearing an Iowa license
Prime light h o g s ....... . $17.00(417.23
works hard every day from four
number was confiscated.
Prime heavy hogs . .. . .. 17.00(417.25
o’clock In the morning until eight
Bulk .......................... .. 17.00fffl7.25
o’clock at night. After the har
R e q u i s i t i o n s S p a c e on A l l V e s s e ls .
P i g s ............................
vest he will, of course, return to
Paris.— President Poincare at a cabi
Sheep—
school.
net meeting signed a decree providing Yearlings....................
for the requisitioning of cargo accom W ethers......................
m w w w vw w w w m n
’l lit< army wants pliotiucraplit'rs ami modations on all vessels— French, al E w e s ........................ .
telegraphers. They will help take the lied and neutral— for the service of the Western lambs...........
governmeuL
place of the old-time scouts.
Valley lambs............... . . . 12.75(413.50
Mrs. C. W. Miller, o f Cherryville,
owns one o f the most remarkable hens
in Oregon. The hen was hatched on
December 27 last. It began laying
when 4 months and 18 days old, and
laid an eg g a day fo r 28 days. Soon
afterward biddy showed a desire to
set, and being encouraged by Mrs.
Miller, who placed 11 eggs under her,
she hatched nine little chicks at the
age o f 6 months and 10 days.
Troops o f drafted men
passing
through Roseburg recently have taken
the city government into their own
hands, literally speaking. Vacant au
tomobiles have been appropriated by
them, and on one occasion a large car
was “ mobilized” by the men, who at
tempted to operate the machine and
twisted a rear axle off.
A ll movable
articles were “ confiscated” and street
signs removed. Inspection o f the train
Icarrying the troops showed that other
cities suffered fully as badly as Rose
burg, everything from a wheelbarrow
to a mule, including a milch cow, be
ing among their storage o f “ army
equipment.”
W ith the close o f the range season
sheep are now coming into Bend for
shipment to winter pasture, several
thousand having been brought in the
past few days.
The highest point “ ever reached by
the mercury at the Bend weather sta
tion at this time o f the year was re
corded Tuesday, the thermometer reg
istering 91 degrees.
Hoyt S. Gale o f Washington, sent
to McMinnville by the United States
Geological department, has been look
ing over gas and oil indications and
propsects that have developed in that
vicinity.
Kirkland Bros., o f Seattle, hearing
o f the scarcity o f houses in North
Bend, are planning to build a large
number o f modest homes to house
fam ilies now livin g in tents.
In
Marshfield an apartment house is pro
posed and several capitalists are about
to commence building homes.
Klamath county residents are glad
dened by the daily sight o f a locomo
tive and tracklaying outfit well out
toward the middle o f the valley be
tween Klamath Falls and Olene, 12
miles east. The 40 miles o f fencing
necessary will require two carloads of
wire and about 15,000 cedar posts.