Sheep on W hite House Grounds
Moon’» Influence on Plant
TO TEM PER FREIGHT RATES
Growth Wholly Negligible,
Is Belief of Scientists New 25 Per Cent Raise to Fall Mostly
! STATE NEW S
IN BRIEF.
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Upon Foreign Shipper.
The old belief that the moon h«s
There is no occasion for alarm on
Mime sort of Influence on plant growth the part of producers or shippers be­
Bought by President and Mr». Wil.on, to Crop the Gra»»
still persists In some farming sec-1 cause of the increased freight rates to
After L. G. McDonald, alias George
and Increaae the Meat Supply
lions. Home fiiruiers, It Is said, re- go into effect June 25, in the opinion Thompson, alias George Van Boren, pa­
fuse to plant crops or to kill hogs of traffic officials. It is realized that role violator, had been apprehended by
unless the moon Is In aoroe particular there will lie some points at which a Des Moines authorities and Oregon au­
thorities were about to go after him
position.
pinch will he felt, pending the adjust­
The Influence of the moon on the ment of rates on a basis that will be news reached Salem that Thompson
had been forned loose at Des Moines.
growth of crops, or on other agricul­ fair to various interests.
Every man called In the draft In
tural operations, bus always been de­
Word from the headquarters of the
nied hy scientific men. The following Western traffic committee at Chicago, Linn and Benton counties hereafter
brief statement by C. F. Marvin, chief brings aasurance that the intention of will receive a small silk American flag
of the United States weather bureau, the railroad administration is to have as the gift of the Albany lodge of Elks.
When the last contingent left Albany,
printed In the Iturul New Yorker, the district committees work out the the
lodge presented each one with a
shows what they think of the matter: equitable mollifications necessary.
flag and It has been decided to follow
"It Is the general belief of scien­
It is generally recognized that in­ this plan regularly In the future.
tists that the moon has no appreciable creased earnings H«d become impera­
The general land office announced
Inllueuce on temperature, rainfall, or tive to the operation of the railroads,
plans for opening 150,000 acres of
any other weather element, or on and the 25 per cent increase under or­ that
public lands In the vicinity of Portland
plant growth.
der No. 28 was the necessary step to will not be abandoned, despite recom­
"Plant growth depends upon tem­ begin the establishment of rates to mendations of Governor Withycombe
perature. light, humidity nnd plant yield the necessary revenue.
In the and other« that the lands be held “un­
food (both In the soli and In the air), very nature of commerce and traffic it til peace comes, when they could be
and Its nreliability. Obviously the necessarily follows that the effect of opened for the benefit of returning
moon neither mellows the ground nor the application of the general rates soldiers.”
fertilizes It, neither does It alter the announced will seriously affect the
State Highway Engineer Nunn an­
romi>ositlou of the atmosphere; hence producer or manufacturer whose goods nounced that advertisements for bids
It affects neither the mechanical con­ find a market in distant sections of the will be offered Immediately on the
dition of the soli nor the ktnd or country as against the man with a lo­ paving of 18 miles of the Pacific high­
way from Aurora to Salem, at an es­
quantity of available plant food.
cal market.
timated expense of $348,000, the state
“If the moon lias any Influence on
Never before In America have eheep had so exclusive quarter«. The
to stand half of the expense out of the
White House le ao well guarded that the splendid herd Is perfectly safe, as plant growth. It would seem that It
New War Taxes Discussed.
Bean-Barreti bonding act, and the gov­
must exert this Influence through Its
not even a lap dog could squeeze In without being observed.
Washington, D. C. — Installment ernment the other half.
light, (experiment, however, showt plan payment of war taxes will be pro­
Ninety-eight books of pronounced
that when a plant Is no shadowed that vided for in the new revenue bill
» a » * * * * » » * » * * * * » * » » » » » » » » » Fuel Value of Potatoes
It gets only one one-hundredth of nor­ which the house ways and means com­ pro-Prussianlsm, or of seditious lean­
ing. culled fiom the shelves of the pub­
mal daylight, It grows but little bet­ mittee is preparing to draft. Chair­ lic
Higher Than of Any Other
library by order of the directors of
ter than It doea In absolute darkness. man Kitchin disclosed this fact during the Portland Library association, will
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of Fresh Vegetables Used Full daylight Is about 000,000 times
a hearing before the committee, when be Interned under lock and key for the
»a»*»**»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
blighter than full moonlight; hence Albert R. Palmer, of New York, repre­ duration of the war. though preserved
Potatoes
contain
all
the
different
one one-hundredth of daylight, already
H ie I h 'I is confined to your own
for purpos<-s of future historical refer­
substances needed for the body. Pro­ too feeble to stimulate appreciably senting a large number of corpora­ ence and comparison.
land.
tions,
urged
that
such
provision
be
Ihin't keep n mule bird. liens Iny tein and minerals for growth nnd re­ plant activity. Is still 0,000 times made.
Under the direction of the fish and
pair; starch nnd fat for energy; and brighter than full moonlight The con­
Jil*t ns well without n mule.
Mr. Palmer advocated tax on gross game commission, two carloads of
minerals
and
roughage
'for
body
regu­
clusion Is that, even In respect to sales, which he said would be less felt young salmon were planted In Oswego
Iion't overstock your lnn<l.
Purchase well-matured pullets rath­ lation. A diet of whole milk and po­ light stimulus, the moon's Influence than the tax on war profits. He op­ Lake. These salmon, from one and a
ta to e s Is perfect; tin- fat nnd protein on plant growth Is wholly negligible.”
er tlinn hens.
posed a tax on stock dividends, con­ half to three inches long, will attain a
pi from eight to 20 inches as
Don’t expert great success In hutch­ of the milk supplement the small
tending that exemption from taxes growth
“land-locked salmon.” The two car­
ing Mint raising ehleks unless you have i <1 ii * i ti111y of these In the vegetable.
should not be based on capital because loads of 5-months-old fish contained
hml seine exjorlenc© nml have n grass The fuel value of isitntocs Is higher
of the widely varying revenues of approximately 166,000 little salmon.
Wise
and
Otherwise.
than
that
of
any
other
fresh
vegetable
plot separata from the ynnl for the
companies operating along the same
, used, according to Lucy Cordlucr of
The recent hot days have caused a
hens.
lines. He argued for a tax on gross
Wise Is the man who can re-
i
the
I’nlvcrslty
of
Minnesota.
steady
rise of the Columbia river,
Build n cheap house or shelter.
call n previous engagement when :•:• income which could be passed along which now stands at the highest mark
Common
methods
used
In
the
prep-
Mnke the house dry and free from
he receives a disagreeable lnvl- » easily to the consumer.
this season. Bottom land gardens are
draughts, hut allow for ventilation. ! arntlon slid cooking of potiit<M-s are
submerged. Probably the greatest loss
tattoo.
wasteful.
When
potatoes
are
peeled
I ' o w l s s t a n d c o l d b e t t e r t h a n da t t i [ e
Rate Order to Be Amended.
will be to George L. Davenport, of Port­
Her
strenuous
effort
to
live
up
ii
I nnd allowed to stund for an hour or
lll’ss.
land, who had his foreman plant a
Washington,
D.
C.—Railroad
admin­
to
her
neighbors’
expectations
Is
two In cold water they lose over half
Keep nouse and ynrd clean.
istration officials have reached a decis­ choice variety of potatoes in the land
what
chases
the
roses
from
a
?:
north of the Mosier depot last week.
Provide roosts and dropping boards. the protein nnd one-third their min­
woman’s face.
iij ion to rescind that portion of the new
Provide a nest for each four or live erals. The peeling also tukes food
Members of the Oregon Dairymen’s
It Is easier for some butchers & freight rate order prescribing that
• with It.
When cooking Is begun In
liens.
higher interstate rates shall apply on League have decided to raise the priee
to
get
six
hams
out
of
a
hog
j:-:
flrow some green rrop In the yard. cold water the loss Is nearly ns great.
than it 1» to get one truthful -2 intrastate shipments when interstate of milk to the distributors 16% per
Potatoes con he prepared with no loss
Spade up the ynrd frequently.
schedules already exist, and a final or­ cent on June 20, according to an­
word out of some men.
Feed table scraps and kitchen of food value If they be llrst blanched
der to this effect may be issued in a nouncement made by Alma D. Katz,
A man who has something to
the president. Extremely unfavorable
by
cooking
In
boiling
water
for
ten
waste.
suy always knows when he has i:| few days.
pasture conditions make the price ad­
minutes, then plunged Into cold wa­
Also feed grain once a day.
said It—then he shuts up.
:£
vances necessary as an emergency
ter,
and
the
skin
rubbed
or
peeled
off.
Feed a dry mash.
“Time Is money,” said the man :$
means of preventing dairymen from
Keep hens free from lice and the Cooking vuu he completed In any way
quitting the business.
who paid a Jeweler $1.50 for re- |
desired, baking, steaming or boiling.
house free from mites.
pairing a UH-cent watch.
p
Portland's most novel demonstration
A quick oven Is essential for baking
Kill and eat the hens In the fnll ns
of what the Red Cross can do will be
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and
produces
potatoes
that
are
dry.
they begin to molt and cense to lay.
furnished by the opening of a Red
Wheat—Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Cross salvage bureau which will han­
Preserve the surplus eggs produced mealy and easily digested.
Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03. dle junk—old iron, old metals of every
If the skin Is pricked with a fork Shooting Stars Date Back
during the spring nml summer for use
White club, $2.01. Red Walla, $1.98.
during tin* fall and winter when eggs toward the end of baking they are
description, rags, bones, pa­
Into the Prehistoric Times No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c possible
per, discarded material of all sorts
further Improved hy escape of steam.
are scarce nml high It! price.
less. Other grades handled by sample. ranging from tubes that once held
! Soggy, watery potatoes do not digest
Our knowledge <>f shooting stars ex­
Flour— Patents, $10 per barrel; shaving cream or tooth paste to the
I easily and may cause gas.
tends Into the oldest history of human­ whole wheat, $9.60; graham, $9.20; remains of great pieces of machinery.
How to Detect Glucose in
ity. hark Into prehistoric times. Yet to­ barley flour, $14.50@15.00; rye flour,.
The possible construction of a rail­
Preserves, Jam. Marmalade
day no one k n o w s exactly what a $10.75(812.75; corn meal, white, $6.50; road
Can't Spend Their Money.
by the federal government from
shooting star Is. or from where It yellow, $6.25 per barrel.
Yaquina bay, through the Waldport
Glucose In fruit preserves may he
Two of the wealthiest persons In Ot­ comes, says the Popular Science
Millfeed—Net mill prices, car lots: country and into Lane county for the
discovered as follows: lit the ease of tawa county, Oklahoma, are Joe Onr- Monthly. A hypothesis proposed In
Bran,
$30.00 per ton; shorts, $32; purpose of reaching valuable spruce
J e lly a tens|Hionf;il should he dissolved wnr-yee-tee and Ills squaw. They are 1875 nml generally accepted today Is
tracts, is indicated by the presence of
In two tnhles|MMinfuls of nlcohol con­ •Jtinpnw Indians and live well, accord­ that meteorites are fragments broken middlings, $39; mixed cars and less surveyors who are working on the west
than
carloads,
50c
more;
rolled
barley,
tained In n glass vessel. In the case ing to (heir notions In a rude log caldn from small planetary masses by vol­
coast of Lane county near Heceta Head
of Jam or marmalade the smite process : on about $2.'iO a year. They scarcely canic explosions, brought about hy a »7507»; rolled oats, $73.
lighthouse. The engineers have been
Corn—Whole. $77 per ton; cracked, working between Yaquina bay and
Is carried out. hut It Is necessary to touch the Immense pile of gold tlint sudden expansion of gases, steam nnd
Waldport for several weeks.
Alter off the solid matter hy running Is theirs which cotnes to them as royal - probably hydrogen. The broken hits, $78.
Hay — Buying prices, delivered:
the mixture through a piece of muslin. > ties from land on which mineral de­ after their separation, nre believed to
A special bulletin, devoted almost ex­
Allow the solution ft» become perfectly posits were discovered several years arrange themselves In swarms which Eastern Oregon timothy, $29(830 per clusively to the subject of Fourth of
ton;
valley
timothy,
$25(8
26;
alfalfa,
July lemonade, was issued from the
cool, and then add an equal volume, or i ago. Twice a year this Qunpnw pair cross the orbit of the earth In accord- j
n little more, of strong alcohol. If visit town for the purpose of laying nnce with a definite law. Shooting $24(824.50; valley grain hay, $22; Oregon food administration headquar­
clover, $19tfi20.00; straw, $9.00(810. ters by Assistant Food Administrator
glucose Is present n dense white pre­ In a supply of gaudy-colored calico for stars, then, undoubtedly come from
Butter—Cubes, extras, 37Jc; prime W. K. Newell. The privilege of run­
cipitate slowly settles down. Where the wife and three or four pairs of ■ within our solar system and are brok-
firsts, 37c; prints, extras, 42c; car­ ning lemonade stands will be withheld
no glucose has been employed there overalls for the husband, nml appear en hits of n world body destroyed by tons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 41c over the state on the “glorious Fourth,"
Is no precipitate, save. In some eases, to feel even this Is great extrava­ volcanic events. Many meteorites have delivered.
in the interests of sugar conservation,
a very trilling sediment of proteld mat­ gance.
been found In Arizona.
Eggs—Ranch, current receipts, 34c:j the bulletin explains. Orangeade and
ter which, however, Is so sinnll that It
_______________ candled, 35c; selects, 36c per dozen.
other sweetened drinks are also to be
under the ban.
could not possibly he mistaken for the
Poultry
—
Hens,
27c;
broilers,
40c;
Market Term Defined.
sediment which glucose produces. The
To have his right arm shot away
“Pn, whnt's ‘manipulation for a rise* ducks, 32c; geese, 20c; turkeys, live,
last-named Is not particularly harmful
and suffer other serious Injuries while
26(8 27c; dressed, 37c per pound.
mean?"
III Itself, but It Is very frequently used
he slept in his bunkhouse was the un­
Pork—Fancy, 23(8 23 Jc per pound.
“When I pull the bedclothes off yon
fortunate fate of R. T. Cornelius, an
as an adulterant In supposedly pure
Sack
Vegetables—Carrots,
$1.15
per
In the morning."
employe
of the Pelican Bay Lumber
preserves for extra profit.—Popular
i sack; turnips, $1.50; parsnips, $1.25; company, when a highpower rifle in
All Alike.
Science Monthly.
beets,
$2.
the hands of C. E. Lusk was accidental­
No Trouble.
"Savages will trade vast tracts of
Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 75c(8 ly discharged. Lusk was cleaning his
The
small
buy
land for a string of beads.”
$1 per hundred; new California, 10c gun In the room adjacent to that of
No Connection Between the
“Well," replied Miss Cayenne, "I stood nt the gar­
per pound; sweet potatoes, 10c per Cornelius and it Is believed that the
Weather and Moon’s Changes know a man who wears evening den gnte anl
muzzle of the gun was not over two
pound.
clothes nnd carries a enne, nnd he did howled nnd howl­
Onions—Jobbing prices, l(81ic per feet from the victim when It was dis­
charged.
People who rely on the moon ns n the same thing. He went broke try­ ed. A pnsslng otd
pound.
_____
Indy pnused be­
weather Indicator, ^ r lte s n corre- ing to pay for a pearl necklace."
Total fire loss In the state outside of
Cattle—
June 16, 1918.
side him.
spondent In the London Chronicle,
Prime steers.................... $14.00(0! 15.00 Portland for May is estimated at $261,-
" W h a t ’ s the
Incredible Hardship.
must have very short memories, for
Good to choice steers.. . . 12,50^13.50 000 by State Fire Marshal Wells, in his
“So your broth­ matter, I I t t i «?
accurate comparisons prove conclu­
Medium to good steers.. 11.C0@12.00 monthly report. This includes losses
er's Joined the man?” she ns.;ci
sively tlint there Is no connection what­
69 buildings, including 32 dwell­
Fair to medium steers .. 10.50(811.50 on
In n kindly voice.
army?”
ings. 24 mercantile buildings and
ever between the weather nnd the
Common
to
fair
steers
..
9.00(8
10.00
“O-o-ohr wall­
stocks, seven barns, four sawmills and
"Yes.”
moon’s changes of phase.
Choice cows and heifers. 11.00(812.00 one school. Two of the fires were
"How does he ed the yotingsie«-.
Professor Schuster analyzed a whole
Com. to good cows andhf 6.50(8 8.50 from overheated stoves, three from ex­
“Pn nnd him w o n i
like It?"
century’s weather records, nnd, na n
Canners............................
4.00@ 6.00 plosion of gasoline, six from the ex­
take
me
to
the
pictures
tonight!”
"Oh, the food
result, was unable to trneo any lunar
Bulls................................... 6.50(810.00 plosion of lamps, six from electric
"But
don’t
mnke
such
a
noise,”
said
Is
something
nw-
period In them. Several authorities are
the dnme, admonishing. "Do they ever Calves................................ 8.50(812.00 irons and defective wiring, eight from
ful. Why,
he
agreed, however, that there Is a ten­
Stockers and fee d e r s.... 8.00(810.00 exposures, 21 from defective flues, and
hasn’t had pie for take you when you cry like that?”
dency for clouds to disperse ns a full
23 were incendiary or of unknown
Hogs—
"Sometimes
they
do,
an’
sometimes
breakfast o n c e
moon cmnes to the meridian of nny
causes.
Prime
mixed.....................
$16.50(3:16.65
they d-d-don’t," bellowed the boy. “But
place; but It 1s a far cry from thnt to since he left home."
Medium mixed................ 16.35(816.50
It nln't no trouble to yell I"
Union county’s quota of grammar
the definite belief thnt the weather
Rough h eavies................ 15.50(8-16.60 school graduates has been filled, five
The
Correct
Adjective.
changes with a change of the lunar
Pigs.................................... 15.25(315.50 by volunteering and the remainder by
A Good Reason.
"Don’t cuff the title fellow, madam,"
phases.
Bulk....................................
16.50 induction.
"Why
don’t
you
accept
him
If
he
These changes, of course, onn he pre­ remonstrates a passerby. “Surely he
Sheep—
dicted for years In advance with per­ has done nothing very bad, a sweet lit­ has offered to have his life Insured In Prime spring lambs........$16.000? 16.50
Training of a 100-voice choir to ap­
your favor?”
fect accuracy, nnd If tho weather de­ tle rhlld like thnt.”
Heavy lambs.................... 16.500? 10.00 pear on the Fourth of July celebration
"Because If he was a good risk for Yearlings........................... 9.50(8:10.50 program at La Grande, began recently
"Sweet child Is right," said the
pended on them, weather foreenrtlng
would be the simplest of all the sci­ wrathful woman. "K’s been an’ swal­ the insurance company, he’d be a bad Wethers............................. 9.000?10.00 under the direction of Mrs. A. L. Rich­
one for me."
lowed our sugar ticket.”
ences, Instead of the most difficult.
Ewes........................
5.50@ 9.00 ardson.
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