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. ▼▼▼ ▼ ▼▼▼▼ w w w w A A A A A A A STATE NEW S : £ IN j 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(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(