WHEAT IS FAVORABLE Alive with the War Spirit G irl Students of Farmingdale Agricultural School, Long Island, r riling Trees Femal« students ar« laboring Industriously at their work, agriculture, to aid the country In carrying out an effective prosecution of the war. Young women are doing a good share of the work while the opposite sex la lend­ ing all energy In patriotic endeavor. • he use o f the cigarette being sooth­ ing and strengthening In time of ex­ citement, trial and pain. The wound­ ed soldier Is always given a cigarette, und seems to l»e helped thereby to bear his trouble with patience.- Mobile Register. Karly hatching, so us to produce fall and winter layers. Careful «election o f breeding stock to reproduce a greater |>erc«nt«ge of good ty|>o« nnd profitable producers. To confine mother hens to brood coops for at least two weeks after the chicks are hatched. To provide free range for both grow­ ing stock and layers In so far as pos­ sible to stimulate the growth and pro­ duction nnd conserve food consump­ tion. T o preserve eggs when cheap for winter uae. Production o f Infertile eggs as soon ns the breeding season Is over. Disposing of surplus cockerels as broilers to conserve grnln. T o discourage the marketing of all profitable hens o f the general-purj>ose class until the end o f their second year nnd of the Mediterranean class until the end of their third laying year. T o discourage the marketing o f all thrifty pullets as broilers. To encourngc backyard poultry keep­ ing. es|>eclally among city and subur­ ban dw eller* thereby utilising table scraps for the production o f fowls and eggs for home use. T o encourage when conditions per­ mit the feeding o f a wheatless ration. The assistance nnd co-operation of nil poultrymon Is earnestly desired In order to make this campaign effective. Those Interested are requested to cor- res|Mind with their county advisor or with the poultry representatives In the state for definite Information ns to how they enn assist. Government Reserves Coal Fields in Alaska to Have a Certain Supply of Fuel Through the work of the genera. fund office and the bureau of mines, government reservations have been designated In certain coal fields In Alaska. These reservations are In­ tended to cover such ground as will provide coal for government use, pro­ tect the public from Individuals at­ tempting to monopolize coal lands or extort exorbitant' prices for coal, and still offer equnlly good areas In the best-known parts of the fields for ex­ ploration by private enterprise. Kxperta o f the bureau of mines, hav­ ing to do with this work, state that the leasing units were Inld out In com­ paratively small blocks, which can be worked Individually or combined Into larger tracts up to the maximum acre­ age permitted by law. Attention was given to the amount of probable coal o f workable thickness In each of these areas, the relationship o f the nrea to |x>sslhle transportation lines, the qual­ ity o f the coal nnd the general condi­ tions affecting mining. The future o f the Alnskn coal fields. It Is asserted. Is still somewhat prob­ lematical. Along the entire coast the output will come In direct competition with California oil, the coal Adds of Oregon, Washington and British Co­ lumbia, nnd with hydroelectric power. Both the Bering river nnd the Mnnta- nuskn fields contain high-grade bitu­ minous coat suitable for coking nnd for Cigarettes as Anesthetic use In the navy, nnd the Ncnann field For the Wounded Soldiers contains nn excellent lignite, suitable for power or domestic uses, or as a There Is much difference o f opinion powdered fuel In furnaces. ns to the effect o f clgnretfes upon the •experiments have proved that coals soldiers who smoke them. A scientific from other states on the coast have not Investigation Is said to show that cig­ proved satisfactory for use by the arette smoking has direct effect on the navy. heart, decreasing the smoker's ability to do hard work nnd to resist fatigue. On the other hand there Is evidence that cigarette» keep the men up to With the Sages. their tnsks. Mrs. Charles IT. Fnrnnm, a Long Is­ The nrt o f nations Is cumula­ land wotnnn, who ha* Just returned tive, Just ns science nnd history from Serbia, where she spent several n re; the work o f living men not years In hospital work nnd where she superseding but building Itself earned the rank o f sergennt, deliver­ on the work of the past.— Bus­ ed a lecture one night recently In kin. Brooklyn, In the course o f which sho Few things nre Impracticable said: In themselves; nnd It Is for “ The soul o f life In the Serbian army want o f application, rather than Is a cigarette. The men go through o f meant, that men fall o f suc­ the greatest agonies If they have cig­ cess.—Rochefoucauld. arettes In their mouths nnd never However hrllllnnt nn netlon. think o f the pain. In most of the hos- It should not he esteemed great plt Is there Is a shortage o f anesthet­ unless the result of n great nnd ics. When a soldier is brought In to good motive.— Rochefoucauld. be opornted on they simply give him I will utter what I believe to­ a cigarette to smoke during the or­ day, If it should contradict all I deal nnd he goes through It happily." said yesterday.— Wendell Phil­ It 1» probable that both view » ns to lips. the effect are correct; the excessive smoking being bad for the heart, and Crop Conditions Throughout Washing­ ton Hhow Marked Improvement Over Marne Time Last Year. The entire winter has been unusually favorable for winter wheat on accouut o f the above normal temperatures and adequate precipitation, practically all of which was absorbed by the aoil. Many field«, especially throughout the Falouae and Big Bend areas o f the state, which had not appeared above the ground by December due to lack of precipitation early in " the season and where conditions indicated a duplica­ tion o f the unfavorable rotting out o f the preceding year, have attained sub­ stantial growth. Although there has been an unusual winter growth o f all wheat throughout the Big Bend and Falouae counties, the plant has not at­ tained the height reached under the must favorable years, and this condi­ tion is conducive to weed growth later in the season. There are also occa­ sional flelda in the Big Bend, Spokane and Whitman counties and the dry land areas o f Walla Walla county, that were sown early in the fall which germinated unevenly and may require partial re-aowing, but the present fa­ vorable growing weather will undoubt­ edly materially improve the appearance o f these flelda within the next two or three weeks. The condition o f fall wheat in Walla, Walla, Klickitat and surrounding counties is exceptionally favorable, especially in moisture. Spring seeding and planting are now general throughout the state excepting in some o f the extrem ely late areas. On account o f the early favorable spring and unusually favorable moist­ ure conditions, many areas in the state are completing spring seeding o f wheat this year by the time they began seed­ ing last year. There has been considerable im­ provement in the condition o f livestock and loeaea from disease have decreased throughout the entire state. Wheat— Bulk basis for No. 1 grade;' Hard white, $2.06. Soft white, $2.03. W hite club. $2.01. Red Walla Walla, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c leas. Other grades handled by samples. Flomr — Patents, $10; whole wheat, $9.60; graham, $9.20; barley flour, $13@1S.26 per barrel; rye flour, $10.60 @12.76 per barrel; corn meal, $6.76 per barrel. M illfeed— N et mill prices, car lota: Bran, $30 per ton; aborts, $32; mid­ dlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 60c more; rolled barley, $77 @79; rolled oats, $76. Corn— Whole, $77; cracked, $78 ton. Hay— Buying prices, delivered. East­ ern Oreogr\ timothy, $27 per ton; val­ ley timothy, $24@26; alfalfa, $24@ 24.60; valley grain hay, $22; clover, $18; straw, $8. Butter— Cubes, extras, 47c pound; prime firsts, 46c; prints, extras, 49c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat. No. 1, 61c delivered. Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 36c perdoten; candled, 36@37c. Poultry— Roosters, old, 20@22c per pound; stags, 24@26c; springs, 27@ 28c; broilers, 35c; ducks, S2@36c; geese, 20@21c; turkeys, live, 26@27c; dressed, 35t<£37c. V eal— Fancy, 20@20c per pound. Pork— Fancy, 21@21c. Vegetables — Tomatoes, $2.75 per crate; cabbage, 3(o4c per pound; let­ tuce, $2@2.26; cucumbers, $1.25@ 1.75 per doxen; cauliflower, $1.60@ 1.75 per crate; artichokes, 85c@$l per dozen; garlic, 7c; celery, $3.75 per crate; peppers, 40c per pound; sprouts, 21c; rhubarb, 10@12c; aspar­ agus, 16@17c; peas, 17c per pound; spinach, $1.25 per crate. Sack Vegetables — Carrots, $1.25@ 1.50 per sack; turnips, $1.60; pars­ nips, $1.26. Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, 90c@ 1.10 per hundred; Yakimas, $1.25@ 1.35; sweet potatoes, 8c per pound. Onions— Jobbing prices, l@ l| c per pound. Wool— Eastern Oregon, 44@66c per pound; valley, 60@55c; valley lamb, 45@50c.; mohair, long staple, full year, 60c; six months, 40@60c; burry, ______ 35@40c. ************************* J THE NATIONAL ARMY MAN ; *************************1 I'm • National army man; My name and number In the van Waa < all o f fata to a «rv « th « «t a t « Aa a National army man. Taka notice. Regular and Ouard, 'Ve pledge that nothing «hall retard Our effort great to emulate Your Juat fame, aung hy every bard. For what la the great U. H. A., Whoae call to color« we obey. Hut hearthnre ray, and old church gray And the friend* we meet every dayT And what I* the flag o f our choice. At w h o«« fluttering* we rejoice. Hut mantel fair, fit for the wear Of the lasa with gentle volceT Han» the fire o f the volunteer. We pay with all good will and cheer One duty more, to meet the score We owe to those whom we hold dear. As a National arm y man I'm aura that all my people can Hay, when I die, In pride, that I Waa a National arm y man. -Courier-Journal. ROAD- BUILDING GOOD ROADS OF THE FUTURE Steps Should Be Taken Immediately to Provide New Highways and Keep Them In Condition. While we have a very considerable mileage o f »recalled good roads In this country, It Is an undoubted fact that the greater portion are not o f a char­ acter to sustain successfully the heavy motor truck traffic that Is now appear­ ing on them, and which will certainly Increase rapidly In the near future. To meet the new conditions steps tiould be at once taken to formulate O’Connor Cites History in Connection With Troubles of the People of Ireland If the Irish rebellion had not been followed by Its sequel It would have been by this time forgotten and con­ demned by the vast majority o f the Irish people; but. as a matter o f fact, writes T. P. O’Connor In Cartoons Mngnzlne, when the rebellion was put down by one o f those extraordinary blunders so often committed In the management of Ireland by England, dictatorial powers were given Into the hands o f a soldier o f not particularly marked Intelligence. He declared he was going to put down sedltloD and re­ bellion In Ireland forever. W ell, If he had read any Irish history he would have known that that bad been said for six centuries. He then pro­ ceeded, In secrecy, In the darkness of cells, convicting on evidence not yet published, these unfortunate young men, and then taking them out In batches In the cold, bleak morning and executing them In the back yard o f a Jail. One of them was so severely wounded that he had to have planks put on each side o f the chnlr on which he had to sit while he was being shot. All these executions produced a pro­ found revulsion o f feeling In Ireland nnd In America. Now, that Is the beginning o f the trouble In Ireland. I f you read history you will find that there has never been anything so Incalculable In Its effects upoo the human soul as an execution for an Ideal. Re-enforcad Concrete Culvert. a systematic plan not only to provide new roads, adapted to the new traffic, but to m“ int