milk, a tenspoonful o f salt; rnlx well and «team three hours. N ew Sport for French Aviators —W hen Not Hunting Boche Planes Cream Pie, Rlcs Crust. Cook n cupful o f rice In milk or In water until tender. Line a well gr«-nNcd pie tin with the rle«*, then fill with the following rooked tilling: A pint o f milk, yolks o f two eggs, a t«»o- «poonful nt corn starch, a half cupful o f honey, und a teaapoonful of vanilla; rook until smooth unit cover with a meringue imido with the whites; set Into the oven to brown. Potato Flour Sponge Cake. Separate the yolks und whites of four egg«, heat yolk« until thick, mid one cupful o f sugar, beat well, add the whltes l.cnicn stiff, n pinch of salt, a half eupful o f potato flour und a tea- spoonful o f Imkltig powder. Hake In n moderate over .'Hi minute« Raisin Orop Cake*. Tuke a third of a cupful of «tiorten- lug, it cupful o f «ligar, two egg«, two cupful« o f corn flour, n cupful of ral«- I iih , n tenspoonful o f vantila, a cupful of milk. Mix a« usual; hake In n mod­ erate oven. Cornmeal Muffins. Take two tsblespoonful« of shorten­ ing. n half teaspoonful of «alt, a half cupful of corn meal and five eighth« of a cupful o f wheat flour, a tenspoonful of «ult, two teHS|HM>nfuU of «ugnr. Hie white o f an egg and two-third« of a cupful o f milk. Cream the «horten- lug and «ugnr, udd «nit, then milk, at- termitely with the dry Ingredients, l.astly fold In the white of egg heuten stiff. Hake 10 minutes. 'Htxoi«. TvwwtfC. - ______________ Luminous Paint Is Put to Good Use in Present War, Greatly Aiding the Soldiers French aviator« flying In Serbia enjoy the «port of bagging wild duck« when not engaged in bringing down the Hun airplane«. U . S. Insurance T remen 'lou t B utine«« C on du cted b y the G overnm ent A h no llisunili«'«* company I In- I'n llitl MtnM'H innki'M nil other eoucert»« In the business ««•«•in puny. On April 0 tin* total amount of In- aurnti<*t> l'n i-U* Sam litnl written wiih over That nuui had be en put on tlie honkM In «lx month«. In the whole year o f 1U17 nil other concern« In the United Slate«. Includ­ ing fraternal organization«, tnulunl companion and the like, wrote approx­ imately $6,000,000,OIK) worth o f Insur- anee. Rome difference. Ami Uncle Sam w it still on the Joh. The third week o f April alone $RK),- OOo.tKHi worth of Inaurnnce wns w rit­ ten. Uncle Sam’» cu«ton>erM are soldier« end «nllor«. They number about 1.800.- 000. The average policy run« close to $8.500. The minimum 1« $1,000 and the maximum Is Sin.iNKi. April 12 was the lust dny on wtdeh men who Joined the government mili­ tary or naval force« before December 4, 11*17, could secure government In­ surance, hut all new men Joining either army or navy can he Insured and the government urges them strongly to take tli«» maximum sum. In the meantime Uncle Sam hji«l>cen paying out a great deal of money on salary allotments nnd for death nml disability compensation. Up to April 0 1,700.330 separate cheeks had been made out for such payments for «tun« ns fo llo w «: Salary allowance«, $30,- 403,40k’ ; death and disability compen­ sation, $00,038; government Insurance payments, $177,318. Cooks in the Army Learn How to Economize on Food * Opportunities for the home eco­ nomics demonstration workers of the United Stntes department \>f agricul­ ture are not limited to farm \id town homes. Cooks in American army camps also have had an opportunity to hear about conservation methods from the department specialists. At one of the army schools for hnk«>rs nnd cooks In Mlsnlsslppl demonstrations In food suvlngs were much appreciated by the cooks In training, ncsordlng to u re­ port of the officer In chnrg«», who de­ scribed the demonstrations ns a "won­ derful success." The cooks nro being taught ways to utilize the left-over food, the use o f (lour substitutes, and, particularly, new nud attractive ways o f serving comment dishes. Demon­ strations In the making and use o f tire lens cookers also have been conduct­ ed In tho field ambulance hospital di­ vision. Uncle Sam and John Bull; How Nicknames Orginated For the Two Big Nations Nearly every nutlon has some sort of nickname. For many generations England has been nicknamed “ John Hull," “ J«»hn Hull" mean« beefy, brawny and oh«tl- nnie. It 1« a popular personification of the English people. lie Is represented « » 0 bluff, corpulent, Irascible old fid- low, rlad In leather breeches and top hoots. and carrying a stout oaken cud­ gel. The nickname 1« derived from Doctor Arhuthfiot's sntlre entitle«! I ■‘Th«’ History o f J. hn Bull,” a politi­ cal skit on the subject o f the Spanish succession, llrst published In 1711! nnd afterward reprinted complete In Pope's "Mlscellnny” In 171*8. Arhuthnot thus describee John Hull: ” In the nutln he Is an honest, plain- dealing fellow, choleric, h«di) nml of very Inconstant t«-mper. Very apt to quarrel with his best friends, espe- elnlly If they pretended to govern hltn. If you flattered him you might lead him ns a child." Hut with no less distinction Is “ Uncle Snm" the type of an Arnerlcnn and the tutelary genius o f the United St«t«»s. The phrase “ Uncle Sam" anise during the War o f 1812. An army contractor named Elbert Anderson had a store-yard nt u smnll town on the Hudson. A government Inspector named Samuel Wilson, who was al­ ways ealleil “ Uncle Snm," superintend­ ed the examination o f the supplies, and when they were pass«»«! «»ach cask, box or package was marked “ E. A.— U. S.,” the Initials «if the contractor and of the United Stilt««. The man whose duty It was to mark the casks, being asked what the letters meant, replh'd that they stood for Elbert Anderson and "Uncle Snm.” The story was retold, printed nml spr«»sd throughout the army nnd the country. \\ Mother’s Cook Book j¡ War Food«. The new things that are being thought out by our housewives today will till many recipe hooks and he a source o f great comfort, because they mean good things with no Increase In the foods we must save for our armies. Honey Custard. Cook n pint o f milk, a half eupful o f honey nnd grating o f nutmeg, two •>ggs, nnd a pinch o f salt, over hot wa­ ter stirring constantly, or hnko setting the cups tn hot water. Maple flavor may be used for a change. BUILDING BIG F R U IT STORAGE PLA N TS Unusual Activity Being Manifested at Points in the Wenatchee Valley — Pendleton was «elected a« the next meeting place o f the Oregon Retail Plan Community Packing. Jew eler«’ association, which closed its annual convention in Salem Saturday, Wenatchee, Wash. — Preparations the date« o f the convention to conform for handling the 1918 apple crop in the with those o f the Roundup. upper Wenatchee valley are manifest­ Sleek, fattened and conspicuous for ed in unusual building activities which its style and class, the «Team o f Union will greatly increase the warehousing county stock passed in proud review j an«l storage facilities and materially tie fore 3(8)0 admiring spectator* Thurs­ assist the growers’ and «hippers' or­ day afternoon at Union as the feature ganizations in coping with labor an«l o f the opening day o f the 1918 stock car shortage. In addition to large classic o f the Northwest. warehouses in Cashmere, Dryden, Pe- J. H. Olmstedad was appointed by shastin and Monitor, home storages Governor Wityhcombe as county judge now contemplated or under construc­ for Wallowa county to succeed G. S. tion w ill bring the total storage capa­ Reavis, who has resigned because o f city in the upper valley to approxi­ ill health. The new jodge formerly mately 1200 cars, according to men held the position. The term o f Judge identified with the industry in the above localities. A feature in all o f Reavis would have expired in 1923. the new warehouses is the provision Edward B. Hayes walked 96 miles, which is being made fo r community from Gold Beach to Marshfield, to en­ packing operations. Past experience list in the United States "arm y, and with the community plan has firmly presented himself hoping he would be established this system as an efficient accepte«! for service. Recruiting Offi­ and economical method o f insuring cer Greenup was unable to supply him uniform grade and pack. with transportation at once, but the youth will leave soon. Buys Storage Water. Salmon Lindquist and Matt Niem i, both o f whom recently arrived at As­ toria from Butte, Mont., were arrested by Sheriff Burns for failin g to register for m ilitary service. The young men are about 25 years o f age. They are being held to await instructions from the Federal District Attorney’s office. Yakima— The Yakima Valley Canal company is the first private corpora­ tion o f the valley to take advantage o f the government’s offer to sell storage water to guard against shortage this year. The stockholders voted to buy 2000-acre feet as a minimum, with the privilege o f taking an additional 200 more acre feet later. The purchase price is $1 an acre foot and is made for this season only and for the pur­ pose o f avoiding losses in fo o l produc- | tion. Immense sum* subscribed to liberty loans have not affected bank deposits, which, on May 10, amounted to $194,- 383,998.57 in all o f the banks and trust companies o f the state, or an in­ crease o f $25,172,407.28 over May 1, 1917, according to a statement issued by Superintendent o f Banks Bennett. A total o f 54,741 motor vehicles Many Ingenious uses have been found of late for luminous (mint, were registered by June 1 this year, i Watches with dials which glow In the according to a statement issued by The total fees re­ i darkness are becoming common, nml i Secretary Olcott. only lh«» oth«-r day an ord**r was given ceived for the half year were $403,- for UK),0ose«. In this way the stretcher-bearers mark the put into peration by the Chelsea Box paths they are to follow. It has been company at Klamath Falls. This com­ found that on ii dark night the lumi­ pany, which was launched less than a nous pnlnt 1« visible for only 00 f«»et. year ago, now has a force o f 50 to 60 A soldier enn dip his hand In the paint men and is fast building up its busi­ and signal by describing letter« In the ness. Orders are being received faster nlr nr by wigwagging, knowing that than they can be filled. Company rep­ the enemy cannot see him a hundred resentatives say they have not been handicapped by car shortage at any feet away. time. + + + + + -------- ----------- ■ . - K m . The first real summer weather o f the season arrived this week and the Heppner farmers and stockmen are pleased. W hile rain is beginning to 4-4 4 -M s«---------- ------------ M I -F+ be needed, but little damage has been When evening come« over the gray shad­ done by lack o f moisture. Sheepmen ows fall. are busy gettin g their sheep to the Softly my Little One sings; Cuddles and coos tn a little rag doll. mountains this week, and farmers are And babbles of wonderful things. Voice like a linnet, and eyes like a dove. also busy gettin g ready for what is ex­ pected to be the biggest _ harvest ever Little One rocks In her chair. And tenderly sings, while her motherly gathered in Morrow county. . WHEN L IT T L E ONE SINGS love Warms to her tittle one there. I want to get down by the side of her. too. And rock-a-by bark through the yeare. Voyaging the Slumtw-rland River of blue. Untroubled by doubting« or fears. To drift to a nest In the crook o f an arm. And lie In a cuddle of dreams; Ah, I.lttle One, sing me the wonderful charms Up, up from the Lullaby streams. And sing while the heart o f you bursts In a song. Cuddle your little one so. For yours Is ft fleeting time, age Is so long. And you. little singer, will grow. Age will lay hand on your curly, brown hair. Make you a grown-up too soon; Hustle you out of your Itttle red chair— Sing, sing, while your heart Is In tune! Softly grny shadows come deeping down. Little One Journey away Mother nnd Dolly to Slumberland Town. Drowsy-eyed dreamers astray. Leaving me here where a mist of her song Falls on my heart like n dew. And heaven, I thank you, through age Is so long. Many the dreams that come true -J a y B. Iden In the Kansas City Star. Fought in France at 73. An American Civil war veteran who faced the Germans In the trenches for eight months before tils nge, seventy- three, wns discovered, nnd he wns dis­ charged, Is J. W. Buscher, who served tn the Twenty-third Michi­ gan volunteers In the Civil wnr. He enlisted recently In the Canadian rail­ way battalion. King George wishing 8teamed Brown Bread. Take two cupfuls each o f hurley to see the oldest soldier In khnkl, sum­ flour nnd corn meitl, one nml a half moned Huscher to Buckingham palace, teaspoonfuls o f soda, three-fourths cup­ nnd praised him heartily for hta cour­ ful o f molasses, two cupfuls of sour age and determination. Petitions asking for the in mediate resignation o f County Commissioner Archie P. Phillips and County Judge James Watson are being circulated in North Bend and are being freely signed. The movement is the result o f action taken at a recent meeting o f the newly-formed Coos County Tax League, at which alleged mismanage­ ment o f county affairs and extravagant expenditure o f county funds were charged. The Nominate McNary Senator com­ mittee, through its chairman, T. B. i Neuhausen, has filed an expense state­ ment showing expenditures o f $9321.48 ‘ for their candidate at the recent pri­ maries. With the fund for special agents ex- hauste«!. Governor Withycombe w ill invest each member o f the Military Police with such authority and provide him with a special agents’ star to en- ! force the prohibition law. It is un- «lerstoo«! that the State Police already have been responsible for apprehend- ( ing a number o f bootleggers and it is j the intention o f the executive to use j members o f that body extensively in suppressing illicit liquor sales. Umatilla county must fo rego' the use o f all white flour until the next grain crop is on the market. Grocers representing the entire county met in Pendleton Wednes«lay, organized and made a pledge to sell no more white flour until harvest. The only excep­ tion w ill be to sheepmen in remote districts who must bake in a pan; un­ der a county food administrator’ s or­ der, they can get a limited quantity o f mixed flour containing 50 per cent o f wheat. Mexicans to Work in U. S. Brownsville, T ex.— The Mexican Co­ operative League, to work with the United States employment bureau in contracting for Mexican labor for agri­ cultural purposes on both sides o f the border, has been formed here, it was announced Wednesday. The purpose o f the league w ill be to interpret into Spanish all contracts and see that there shall be no misunderstandings by illiterate laborers entering employ­ ment in the United States. U. S. Not to Fix Prune Prices. Washington D. 0 .— Senator McNary is advised by the Food administration that it does not contemplate fixing the price o f prunes for commercial trade. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Wheat— Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03. White club, $2.01. Red Walla, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c less. Other grades handled by sample. Flour — Patents, $10 per barrel; whole wheat, $9.60; graham, $9.20; barley flour, $14.50@ 15.00; rye flour, $10.75@12.75; corn meal, white, $6.50; yellow, $6.25 per barrel. M illfeed— N et mill prices, car lots: | Bran, $30.00 per ton; shorts, $32; middlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $75@76; rolled oats, $73. Corn— Whole, $77 per ton; cracked, ; $78. Hay — Buying prices, delivered: Eastern Oregon timothy, $29@30 per ton; valley timothy, $25@26; alfalfa, $24@24.50; valley grain hay, $22; clover, $19@ 20.00; straw, $9.00@10. Butter— Cubes, extras, 37ic; prime firsts, 37c; prints, extras, 42c; car­ tons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 41c delivered. Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 34c: 1 candled, 35c; selects, 36c per dozen. Poultry — Hens, 27c; broilers, 40c; ducks, 32c; geese, 20c; turkeys, live, 26( fa ir steers .. 9.00@10.00 Choice cows and heifers. 11.00@ 12.00 ; Com. to good cows and h f 6.50@) 8.50 Canners.......................... 4.00@ 6.00 Bulls................................ 6.50@10.00 Calves.............................. 8.50@12.00 Stockers and feed ers.. . . 8.00@10.00 Hogs— Prime m ixed.................. $16.75@ 16.85 Medium m ixed............... 16.35@16.65 Rough h e a v ie s ............... 15.76@15.85 P ig s ................................. 15.50«/15.75 Bulk................................. 16.75 Sheep- Prime spring Iambs........$16.50® 17.00 Heavy lambs................... 16.00@16.50 Yearlings........................ 10.00@11.00 W ethers.......................... 10.00@10.50 Ew es................................ 7.00@ 9.60