Fitness for Army Flying
Sente of
Equilibrium One of the Most Important Tests
Applicant Must P au
I ho |>Ky hk ' ii I examination of candidates for the aviation branch of
tho army in more ri^iil than that for other branche*. Among the moat
important teata a man ha* to pana ia that of bin aenao of equilibrium. How
tilia ia done ia dencrilieil l>y |)r. Charlea 1 *. Small of Chicago in the Journal
of the American Medical Aaaoeiation.
I he candidate ia aeated in a Marnny chair - ho called after the dis-
eoverer of the organa of equilibration. Thia ia a awing with footreat,
a long handle with which it chii I k ? whirled around and a catch hy which
it can lie atopjied at once with the examiner’s foot. The man’s eyes are
closed and hia head ia tilted at about thirty degreea. The chair ia then
rotated to the right, ten revolutions in twenty seconds, and suddenly
*to|i|H <1. I lie u|>|dicunt ia told to open his eyea and look atraight in front
of him at some object. If he lie normal, hia eyea will make jerky move­
ments to the left for aliout twenty-five seconds.
I he teat la rejwated, with the chair whirling to the left, which will
produce eye-jerka to the right.
'I he examiner stands in front of the still blindfolded candidate, tells
him to extend Ilia right arm directly in front of him and with hia fore­
finger touch the tip of the examiner’s. Then he ia told to raise his arm
above lua head a 12617664
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t 1. wn to exactly the aairte spot. This ia repeated
with the left arm. The chair ia swung around ten times in ten seconds,
and the instant it stops the examiner touches the candidate’« forefinger
•a before and tells him to rcficat the raising and lowering of the hand.
If he be norinul he will yot touch the finger, hut will “past point” several
inches to the right of it. The test is repeated to the left, and the normal
man “past points” to the left.
Those experiments test the normality of the horizontal canals. That
for the perpendicular canal follows. The candidate bends forward at an
angle of 90 degrees, eyes still blindfolded, his head resting on his fists
held on his knees. The chair is rotated to the right ten times in ten sec­
onds. The instant it is stopped the man is told to sit upright. If normal,
he will full toward, the right. The test is then made by swinging to the
left, when he will fall to the left.
This method of testing the sense of equilibrium has superseded all
others because it is the most exact.
that It* makeup carries little nicotine
continues to grow In popularity.
Hut there are not a few uses for
tobacco other than smoking, chewing,
und anufling, and nearly all of these
demand a weed that has lota of poison
In It. Florists buy thousands of
IMiunds every year to hum In smolder­
ing piles In their greenhouses to kill
Insects nnd eradlcute the tiny moths
that lay eggs that produce plant de­
stroyers. And It Is the nicotine In the
smoke that kills the pests.
Nicotine Is about the most efficacious
remedy when garden plants are at­
tacked hy sucking Insects. These de­
stroyers cannot he harmed hy eating
foliage and stems with parts green and
arsenic of lead, for they have long,
shnrp beaks; some carry probos­
cises p ro p o rtio n a te ly as long as
an elephant’s, nnd these they drive
Into leaf und blossom stems nnd suck
out the vital Juices. Only a contact
(silson will kill them, und nicotine does
It most surely. A green or pink or
white plant louse, busily sucking the
life out of a plant, turns brown the
Instant nicotine touches his body,
stiffens his legs, draws out his beak,
and drops dead.
Tobacco solution* thnt carry 30 per
cent of nicotine sell for $l.ftO a pint,
hence the ambition to grow tobacco
rich In the deadly essence.
Talking Photoplays Next;
Eliminates the Phonograph
and Utilizes Film Record
Numerous attempts have been made
to link the phonograph with the pro­
jector and give speech to the silent
drama. Inability to obtain perfect
synchronlam of sound und motion has
been only one of the bugaboos en­
countered. The limited capacity of
talking machine records, the difficulty
of amplifying the sound sufficiently
for theater purposes without Increas­
ing the foreign noises to an objection­
able degree, and the Impossibility of
cutting or mending a film without de­
stroying the usefulness of the sound
record have been other of the bewlld-
erlng enigmas. Their solution has
finally been undertaken in a new way
and highly promising results attained.
The newest system of talking cine­
matography eliminates the phonograph
and utilizes a film record that la pro­
duced by photographic and rendered
by magnetic. Instead of mechanical,
means. This enables tbe sound and
the picture records to be of correspond­
ing lengths and synchronous. This
method is described In the March Pop­
ular Mechanics Magazine.
stroying birds have been protected the
boll weevil In but seldom seen, while
• Mother’s Cook Book. • on adjoining farms, where the public Is
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • a • permitted to hunt, cotton crops have
been practically devastated by them.
A concerted movement la now on
If I h » v . falti-rvU m a r t or
In m y s r .n l t u l i o f happln»«*
f(sit
among the farmers to conserve the
I f I h av e m u y « l a n io n s my ra c e
quail
In sn effort to combat the boll
A nd sh o w n no h ap p y m o rn ln s fa r*
weevil. The matter will In all prob­
If iM-aina from h ap p y h u m a n ay«a
l l a v . m oved m i n ot. If m o rn ln s ahlaa ability be brought to the attention of
Hooka, a n d m y food, a n d a u m m sr ra in
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Kno< kad on m y au llsn h a a rt In vain. the legislature when It meets this sum­
mer, with the Idea of having more
I » r d . th y m oat p ointed p l.a a u rs ta k a
A nd a ta b m y sp irit b ro ad a w a k a
stringent laws passed for the protec­
- It I . S tevenson . tion
of Insect-destroying birds.
i A SM ILE FOR YOU ji
Food for tha Family.
Corn meal dishes are very good when
Hunting Dogs and
good menl and careful preparation Is Says
Not Much to Ask.
Common
Curs Possess W ar
thought worthy of attention. Kven the
Ills
Fiancee—"And
that we are
Service Qualifications engnged, my precious now
member of the fninlly who doesn’t like
one,
you won’t
com meal, may be won over If appetiz­ "French war dogs are not the only mind If papa still throws you
oc­
ing dishes, well prepared, are served. ones that could he taught to do great casionally—It hns become such a out habit
As n mush with good top milk there Is service In the world struggle,” re­ with him.”
nothing better for the youngster’s sup­ marked
R. Turner, a Kentuckian,
per, snd even grsndfnther longs for It. discussing H. the
Accounts for It.
feata per­
If he hits had New Knglnnd training. formed by some marvelous
*’I was told
of the dogs on the
Then what was left may he molded nnd battlefields of Frunce.
that
your neigh­
fried for hreakfnst, a dish lit for the "The dog of America commonly
bors,
the Spats,
king.
were breaking up
called a cur has Instinct for such ser­
housekeeping.”
Tamale Pie.
vice. Nome patriotic women lu the
“Oh, that ac­
Make a mush hy stirring two cupfuls West have undertaken to train dogs
counts for the
of com menl Info six cupfuls of boiling for Red Cross work, and they have
racket we heard
wntiT, add one and one linlf teaspoon- found that the ‘cur’ dog Is possessed
In their flat this
fuls of salt and <t»ok 4ft minutes. of all the natural qualifications for
morning.”
Brown one onion sliced In hot fnt. add war service. Rut, In my Judgment,
a pound of hamburger steak and stir the Kentucky hunting dog Is better
Tha Reason.
until well senred, then add salt nnd ndapted for this work than any other “The fortune-telling
business Is a
pepper nnd Iwo cupfuls of tomnto. A because of his wonderful Instincts. A paying
one, Isn’t It?”
sweet red popper or n green one ns an few years «go n sportsman of Iowa
addition. Grease a linking dish nnd hud h hunting dog bred In Kentucky. “It ought to be when It starts off
put n layer of the mush then a layer It was an unuauully tine dog and dur­ with a prophet.”
of the meat and cover with mush. Bake ing the ’racing’ season In Kentucky he
Social Ambltlona.
one half hour.
sent his dog hack to Kentucky to take
English sparrows make fine eating part In the fox chasing. After the “Mrs. Comeup is not stopping at
In many places they are caught with a sport was over the friends to whom any expense to break Into society.
trap and a dozen or fifteen make a the animal had been sent lost him. Her prizes at her charitable card par-
good meal for n large family. They They were much perturbed, because ties are really princely.”
may he baked In a pie like the Mother
hsd promised they would see “What are they? Jeweled orna­
Goose rhyme of four nnd twenty black they
that the dog was sent aafe back home ments T”
hlrda baked In a pie.
to Iowa. After many days of search­ ”No, nothing so common as that
ing.
however, they sent word to the At her last party the first prize was
Good Pressed Meat.
owner
the animal had disap­ a ton of hard coal.” ^
Boll two pounds of pigs’ hocks In peared. that
Sixty
days afterward they
salted water until the meat dropa from were Informed that
Retribution.
dog bad re­
the hones. In a neparnte pot, cook a turned to hia home In the
Iowa.”
“I understand It was a gasoline car
pound of lean beef until tender. Mix
which struck Henry.”
the meat adding such seasonings as
‘‘Exactly, and that Is one reason he
desired and mold In a loaf. The liquor Special Nicotine Tobacco
Is
‘smelling out a suit.’ ”
In which the meat was cooked may be Grown for Other Purposes
uaed for soup or to cook corn meal
Than Chewing and Smoking
Not to Be Disputed.
mush, giving It a most appetizing
“Have
you any
flnvor.
While half the trades seem to be definite theory
as
busy, to Judge hy advertisements, to why the cost
producing coffeeless coffee, tanninless of living has In­
lltU u
Iflrtlfi. ten,
and tobacco without nicotine. It
?”
does seem n bit Incredulous to learn creased
"Certainly;
Farmers Would Save Quail
of seedsmen offering seeds guaranteed think It la be­ I
to W ar on the Boll Weevil to produce tobacco with from three to cause prices have
ten times ns much nicotine content as gone up.”
When a Georgia former found the Is found In ordinary smoking nnd
crop of a quail that he had killed on chewing grades, observes a writer In
Comforting Inetanoe.
hia farm loaded with boll weevils he the New York Times. Of course, Ned—Is It true that men of brains
Immediately conferred with county au­ that Is no evidence thnt the time-hon­ live longer than others?
thorities to ascertain If he could keep ored belief that nicotine harms hu­ Ted—Of course, not. You’ve lived
huntera off his land, which Is not mans has been discarded, for In the a lot longer than I have.
fenced. He was very much disappoint­ same seed catalogues one finds tobacco
ed when Informed that he could not do seeds commended to the planter be­
Always Trouble.
cause they will produce leaf with the “There goes
Swift In his airship.
so.
It Is stated on good authority that minimum of the supposed poison. Doc­ He says he Is at home In an airship,
In farms In this part of ths county tors still tell us to smoke mild to­ yet be Is always falling out."
where the quail and other Insect-de­ baccos, and the cigarette with Its claim “Well, that’s the way he Is at home.”
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$ 2 4 , 8 1 4 IN P R E M IU M S
Awarda at'Lewiston Stock Show Thia
Year Will Double Those of 1917—
Medals Alone Cost $1100.
Hereafter the study of the German
language will be discontinued in the Lewiston, Idaho — The Northwest
Salem schools, according to word sent
to all of the instructors in that lan­ Live Stock show this year will offer
guage by Superintendent Todd.
premiums totaling $24,814, as com­
Su|>erintendent Churchill haa notified pared with $12,186 last year. In ad­
all county school au|>erintendenta that dition to the cash prizes the directors
from March 31 to October 27 all school voted to award medals to the value of
clocks must be set one hour ahead, in $ 1100 .
compliance with the terms of the Fed­ “ This means that the Northwest
eral law.
Live Stock show will be placed on a
with Chicago as to classifica­
The study of German in the Eugene •standard
that our goal is to take a posi­
High school will be eilminated next tions,
with or close to the greatest live
year, in the opinion of Superintendent tion
stock
of the country,” said Sec­
of Schools W. R. Rutherford. Mr. retary shows
who with President
Rutherford states that nearly all stu­ Thomas Hendershot,
Wren
and
General
Superinten­
dents have dropped the study.
dent
D.
S.
Wallace,
is
inspecting
the
Tourist travel is beginning to liven live stock grounds and buildings this
up on the automobile route between
The Dalles, Pendleton and Walla week to decide upon improvements.
Walla. Those arriving state that the Wilbur Aims to^exd in Crops.
roods are in a fair condition although Wilbur,
Wash.—Wilbur farmers are
dusty in many places through lack of sseding their
crops, with hopes of lead­
rain.
ing thia county again. In 1917 Wil­
State Insurance Commissioner Har­ bur ranked flrat in Lincoln county and
vey Wells estimates that the receipts Lincoln county was fourth in rank for
of hia department for 1918 will show wheat shipping in the state. Grain
an increase of about 60 per cent over handled here last year totaled 331,500
the receipts for 1917. All but 11 bushels. One carload of flour from the
companies have filed their annual re­ Columbia River Milling company of
ports with Commissioner Wells.
this place was on the Tuscania, accord­
ing to Henry Davenport, who was also
Mrs. J. M. Hatch, wife of a Hood on
board. In the last few days this
River painter, accidentally shot herself point
has yielded over l,0(ffl,000 bush­
through the foot Friday with a high- els.
powered hunting rifle. Mrs. Hatch
was cleaning house and in removing
To Seed Every Granger Acre.
the rifle from a rack accidentally dis­ Granger,
— Every available
charged it. Her foot waa frightfully acre of ground Wash.
is being prepared for
mangled.
during the coming spring.
Edward Skog, an alien for whom seeding
Many
farmers,
however, are discour­
immigration officials hold a warrant of aged over the potato
many
deportation and who escaped from the 1 of them purchasing seed situation,
potatoes
last
state hospital for the insane about spring at $80 to $100 per ton and now
three weeks ago, was captured Satur­ receiving from $16 to $20 per ton, and
day at Astoria, according to informa­ so
closely culled that enormous quan-
tion received by Superintendent Stein­ titiee^are
being rejected and wasted.
er, of the state hospital.
Word just received by Mr. and Mrs.
I. V. McAdoo, of Sherwood, from their
son Ferman, who is in tbe English j NORTHWtST MARKET REPORT]
service, Bays he is in line for a com­
mission, and that he will know by
April 5. If he is appointed, as he Wheat—Bulk basis for No. 1 grade:
thinks, he will probably be sent to the Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03.
Canadian officers’ training camp.
White club. $2.01. Red Walla Walla,
No. 2 grade, 3c leaa; No. 3
The patriotic men and women of the $1.98.
grade.
6c
Sherwood district are planning a mon­ by samples. less. Other grades handled
ster patriotic demonstration on Satur­ Flour — Patents, $10; whole wheat,
day, April 6, opening day for the Third $9.60; graham, $9.20; barley flour,
Liberty Loan. It is to be an all-day tl3@13.25 per barrel; rye flour, $10.60
affair. It ia also planned to have a @12.75 per barrel; corn meal, $5.76
parade at 12 o’clock and have every­ per barrel.
body salute the flag as they pass.
Millfeed—Net mill prices, car lota:
Dr. A. A. Ausplund, of Portland, Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32; mid­
who was convicted of manslaughter as dlings, $39; mixed cars and less than
a result of an operation performed carloads, 60c more; rolled barley, $77
upon a woman and was sentenced to @79; rolled oats. $76.
from one to fifteen years in the peni­ Corn—Whole, $77; cracked, $78 ton.
tentiary, has appealed from the State Hay—Buying prices, delivered, East­
Supreme court to the the United ern Oreogn timothy, $27 per ton; val­
States Supreme court. The State Su­ ley timothy, $24@25; alfalfa, $24@
preme court recently affirmed the ac­ 24.50; valley grain hay, $22; clover,
tion of the trial court.
$18; straw, $8.
Butter—Cubes, extras, 47c pound;
At a meeting of Pomona Grange held prime
46c; prints, extras, 49c;
at Toledo Friday, 16 new members cartons, firsts,
lc
were initiated. The speakers included 51c delivered. extra; butterfat, No. 1,
County Agricultural Agent Asbahr, D. Eggs—Ranch, current receipts, 35c
D., grand master, and A. C. Miller, of per dozen; candled, 36@37c.
Benton county. Master Louden and Poultry—Roosters, old, 20@22c per
others. Mrs. Swearingen gave an ex- j pound;
stags, 24@26c; springs, 27@
cellent half-hour talk on decorating 28c; broilers,
35c; ducks, 32@35c;
and furnishing the rural home. Irvin geese, 20@21c; turkeys,
live, 26@27c;
McGee, of E2ddyville, discussed birds dressed, 35@37c.
on the farm.
Veal—Fancy, 20@20c per pound.
Plans for the state encampment of Pork—Fancy, 21@21c.
the Grand Army of the Republic, Vegetables — Tomatoes, $2.75 per
which will be held in Albany, May 13 crate; cabbage, 3@4c per pound; let­
to 15, inclusive, were made Wednes­ tuce, $2@2.25; cucumbers, $1.25@
day when J. G. Chambers, of Portland, 1.75 per dozen; cauliflower, $1.50@
department commander, and C. A. 1.75 per crate; artichokes, 85c@$l per
Williams, of Portland, department ad­ dozen; garlic, 7c; celery, $3.75 per
jutant, met with officers and members crate; peppers, 40c per pound;
sprouts, 21c; rhubarb, 10@12c; aspar­
of the Albany post.
agus, 15@17e; peas, 17c per pound;
“ Hog” Woodward, forger who serv­ spinach, $1.25 per crate.
ed in 15 different penitentiaries, who Sack Vegetables — Carrots, $1.25@
it was thought died in Pocatello, Ida­ 1.50 per sack; turnips, $1.50; pars­
ho, last October, has suddenly ap­ nips, $1.25.
peared at Reno, Nev., with a number Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, 90c@
of charges against him. Woodward 1.10 per hundred; Yskimas, $1.26@
was brought to the Oregon prison in 1.35; sweet potatoes, 8c per pound.
1914 from Umatilla county for forgery Onions—Jobbing prices, l@ l|c per
and was paroled In September last pound.
year.
Wool—Eastern Oregon, 44@65c per
pound;
50@55c; valley lamb,
William Pollman, president, and S. 46@50c.; valley,
mohair, long staple, full
O. Correll, secretary of the Cattle and year,
50c; six months, 40@50c; burry,
Horse Raisers’ association of Oregon,
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has issued the call of the association, 35@40c.
which will be held at Ontario April 23 Cattle—
April 2, 1918.
and 24. A rumber of speakers have Med. to choice steers... .$11.00@12.00
been secured from different sections, Good to med. steers........ 10.50@11.50
some as far East as Missouri river Com. to good steers........ 8.50@10.00
points, and many subjects of interest Choice cows and heifers. 9,75@10.75
to livestock growers will be discussed Com. to good cows and hf 8.00@ 9.50
and considered.
Canners........................... 4. 250r 6.25
Bulls........................................... 5.00@ 9.00
Roads in and around Wasco are to Calves.............................
7.50@12.00
be placed in splendid condition for Stockers and Feeders . . . 6.50@
9.50
summer travel, and nothing will be left Hogs—
undone to maintain the reputation this Prime light hogs..............$17.000?.7.10
part of Oregon has gained during the Prime heavy hogs.......... 16.5001'16.85
past few years.
P ig s................................. 14.750C15.76
16.85
Arthur M. Decker, member of the Bulk.................................
16th Company, Coast Artillery corps, Sheep—
died at the post hospital in Fort Stev­ Western lambs............... $15.OOOi 15.50
ens Sunday after a short illness. The Valley lambs.................... 14.500x16.00
deceased was 22 years of age and was Yearlings.......................... 13.000rl3.50
the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Deck­ Wethers .......................... 12.50@13.00
Ew es................................ 9.00@12.00
er, of Ashland.