Diving Bell to Raise Treasures of the Deep
Wonderful Submarine li ihe Invention of W . D . Sisson,
an American L'jigineer
should produce eggs enough, where
used economically, for a family of four
or five persons throughout the entire
y«'tir, except during the molting period
of the full and «-arly winter. Ity the
preservation of surplus eggs prtsluced
«luring the spring and early summer
this period of scarcity can !>«• provided
for. The keeping of pullets Insteml of
h«*na also will Insure the production
of eggs. Not «inly will the eggs from
the home thx'k materially reilucc Ihe
«•ost of living, but the sujierlor fresh-
n«'ss mid quality of the eggs are In
themselves well worth the effort «-x-
pended. Kggs are a highly nutritious
f«»o<l and are so widely use«l ns t«> he
utmost Indispensable, ami an occasion»
ul chicken dinner Is relished hy «»very*
one.
Where conditions render It feasible
mid cheap srnull Hocks of [xitiltry
should he k«‘pt to a greater extent
than at present hy families In vil
lages und towns and especially In the
suburbs of large dtl«*s. The need for
lids extension of poultry raising Is par
ticularly great In Hume sections where
the consumption of poultry pr<slucts
exceeds the pro«luction, with the result
that prices nr«» high.
Home-Grown Sweet Corn Is
Best— Good Advice on How
To Grow Your Roasting Ears
Million« mui |M»«*ilil} I i IIII mim of «loiInrn worth «if treasure* now lying on
Hi«' oo'iin floor In inink«‘n wtil|> h nmy I»«* regain«'«! to tin* world t»y Hi«' “cannon
I*»»II.” ’rii»' groat divini; l»«*|| has J uki l>«*«*n coin|det«*d mid In now liclng tested.
It resembles n camion ludi, n giant afilien*, eight fret In dlunieter. The dirli I h
tunde of tough vunndluin ateel, one nnd one-fourth Indie« In ihlckneMH mid
weigh«, with the machinery Imdde, n I z ton*. The Kiihmnrlne work» hy
maneuvering huge t t H iiontoona alongside n sunken ahl|i, holtlug the pontoons
to tlm v«'Hn«*| mid thiiH releasing the nuM-hnnlstn whlrh |iiini|>* the iHinto«ms
fr«'«* of water nnd misen the sunken ship. The largest pontmms nre 40 feet
long mid 15 feet In diameter, mid have n lifting power of 300 tons each.
Two operators form the crew of the diving hell mid they work In normal
atmospheric conditions heenu*«' of nn oxygen tank on top of the sphere. The
nlr supply wilt Inst for 72 hours without h«alng replenished. The supporting
cable and all electrical mid telephone wires ure carried In an Insulated cable,
which Is strong enough to support M tons.
Two propellers ami a rudder give the ball lateral movement and two pro
pellers s«'iid It uii nnd down. These propellers push the hall through the water
at two miles per hour.
In front «if the ball are four It,issi caudle power nitrogen lampa, covered
with a steel net. and u two-inch glass, to light tip the hulls of the sunken ships.
Near each light Is a lookout t«,n« four Inches In thickness. On the front are
huge magnets, which draw the hall to the hull of the sunken vessel.
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* Wonder If the cnunlbnls were
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* The mnn who «»nts garlic <’nn
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Beef for Soldiers’ Use Is
Under Official Observation
From the Pens to Mess Tins
Every precaution to prevent nn “em-
lialmed beef” senndal In this war Is be
ing taken hy the war d«'partinent. It
Is announced at Washington.
At present the army consumes a I «out
2.000.000 pounds of fresh beef dally—
that Is to say about 4,000 head of
rattle. And It Is under inspection from
the time the live stock goes to the
slaughter house until It reaches the
mess tins of the Individual soldiers.
It Is left to the men themselves to
are that nothing happens while the
meat Is en route from the mess tins
to their mouths.
Beginning with the beeves on the
hoof, nn examination Is made for phys
ical def«'cts and nil questionable nnl-
mnln nre rejected. Then the rar-
cnssoH are gone over, nnd only those
“sound, healthful nnd wholesome” are
passed.
Fresh meats mnrke«l “Inspected nnd
I’assed" go forward to the camps In
regular shipments, hut meats cured,
canned or m anufactured Into sausages,
etc., nre relnspected at each step of
the process.
F re s h meats nrrlvlng at the enmps
nre ngnln twice relnspected, first hy
nn Inspector of the bureau of nnlmnl
Industry, nnd aectfnd by nn officer of
the quarterm aster corps. And after
that there Is a final Inspection h.v the
organization commnmler who drnws
the rntlon for Immediate use. After
that the company cooks have tht'lr
chance—to make the food palatable.
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The department of agriculture has a
campaign In full swing for the estab
lishment of small (locks of poultry In
hack yards of city or suburban dwell
ings. In every household, no mntter
how economical tho housewife, there
Is a certain amount of tnhle scraps and
kitchen waste which hns feeding val
ue, hut which. If not fed, finds Its wny
Into the gnrhage pall. Poultry Is the
only class of domestic animals which
Is sultnhle for converting this waste
material, right where It Is produced In
thh city, Into wholesome and nutritious
food In the form of eggs nml poultry
meat.
Though the value of the product
from each city flock is small of Itself
the aggregate Is Inrge. A small flock
of hens, even ns few ns six or eight,
Food Administration Aaks Consumers
Not to Hoard.
“ You are entitled to an extra amount
of sugar these days for home canning.
f>o not perm it this privilege to tempt
you to do a wrong to your neighbor
and your country."
This la the m<-saage from the Na
tional Food adm inistration to Ameri
can housewives In a bulletin received
by Northwest Federal Food adm inis
trators. The bulletin continues:
"Don't hoard sugar. Huy it Just as
you need it and keep your canning
sugar s«'parate from your table supply.
Cut down on your table and cooking
sugar In order that all boua«;wlves may
have sufficient for canning and pre
serving the foods that would otherwise
spoil. H a h 'S of sugar for canning pur
poses are limited to 25 pounds at a
time for the present. Becaus«; of a
lack of ships, sugar Is coming Into the
country slowly and It muat be distrib
u id accordingly If all are to be sup
plied."
Some terse paragraphs regarding
conservation of food are found In Food
adm inistration bulletins coming In
from other states, among th«»se being:
"The next wheat crop will be a big
one, but who knows what will be the
size of the one to follow? Hoover
wants to store some of the big crop
against a lean year that may come.
Help him. not only for yourself, but
for the boys at the front and for our
patient, long-suffering allies.”
Big Lens Factory Burns.
Wheeling, W. Va. — Fire destroyed
the property of the Superior OlasB
company at M artin’s Ferry, Ohio, 30
miles from here, shortly after 1 o’clock
Sunday morning. The loss is estim
ated at $200,000. For more than a
year the company has been engaged
In the m anufacture of searchlight
lenses for the French government. In
cendiarism is suspected.
T«> have nw«'et corn at Its best, says
Ihe 1^ S. departm ent of agriculture, It
should he on the tire within 1.% minutes
after being pulled from Ihe stalk. It
loses «pmllty very rapidly after being
pick«*«! because Its sugar changes Into
starch. This Is a tine argument for
having this crop In the home ganlen,
If space will allow. Those who wish
to grow their own roasting ears will
Dm! the following advice useful:
t'orn docs best In a fertile soil, hut
Is able to n«lnpt Itself to all textures
from sand t«> «-lay. To grow It In suf
ficient quantities for the average fam
ily requires more space, however, than
fo r m«»st ganlen vegetables. It should |
n««t he planted until nft«T danger of
fr«»st Is pnst.
Wheat — Bulk basis, Portland for
The rows should be spaced not clos No. 1 grade; Hard wheat—Bluestem.
er than thr«*e f«*ot apart, and for the Early Bart, Allen Galgulus, Martin
larger growing late varieties the dis Amber, $2.05. Soft white — Palouse
tance ha<! best he three nn«l one-half Bluestem, Fortyfold, White Valley,
f«*et. Stalks should he thinned to Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03.
stand from 15 to 18 inches In the row. White Club — Little Club, Jenkins’
In planting, the seed Is covered with Club, White Hybrids, Sonora, $2.01.
one or two inches of soil. Culttvathm Red Walla—R«*i Russian, Red Hy
must he thorough, frequent, and shal brids, Jones Fife, Coppei, $1.98. No.
2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c less.
low.
It Is p<iHslhle to use the ground oceu- Other grains handled by samples.
pled hy early corn for a fall planting Flour—Patents, $10; valley, $9.60;
of such crops as spinach, turnips, nnd whole wheat, $9.60; graham. $9.20;
kale. I.arge, late varieties of corn. barley flour, $11 per barrel; rye flour
h««\ever, will occupy the ground for $110/11.40 per barrel; corn flour,
$11.600/14.50.
practically the whole season.
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Made Plain by Scientific Men
Why Is the air generally much colder
a ndle above the earth than near the
ground? The heat of the atmosphere
e««in«*s fr«un the sun. bat hy a sonu»-
wlint ln«Ilr«-ct process. Th«* incoming
sunbeams are only slightly absorbed by
the dry nlr at high levels, and s«> have
little eflT«*ct mi its atmosphere. In the
lower regions of th«- atmosphere there
Is nlwnys a considerable amount of
water vnptir (water In the form of
gas), ami this substance has a relative
ly Inrge capacity f«»r absorbing heat
from sunshine. Lastly, the earth ab
sorbs all the heat that falls upon It, and
tli«'n gives It hack, h.v radiation or con-
ducflon, to the nlr above It. Thus the
atmosphere Is mainly heated from tie-
low and not from above. Air heated
near th«* ground tends to rise, hut It
e«H»ls rapidly in rising. As It reaches
higher levels the pressure upon It Is
less; It expands, pushing nwn.v the sur
rounding air, nnd It uses up In this
work some of ihe energy Hint It orig
inally possessed In Ihe form of heat.
This process Is referred to h.v sclen-
tlcts as “adiabatic cooling.” This ex
plains why the bent «if summer often
s«*ems to come up from the ground,
rather thnn from the boiling sun nhove.
—Popular Silence Monthly.
CONSERVE SUGAR, IS APPEAL GERMANY
“It must he a lot of satisfaction for
n woman of fashion to have a French
maid.”
“No doubt. Still there are drnw-
ba«'ks.”
“Of what kind?”
• “If the maid happens to he cldc. It
Isn’t long before her mistress Is won-
«lerlng what sort of cfTVet Marie Is hav
ing on friend husband.”
Very Much Tried
Bacon — Were
you ever trl«Hl hy
a Jury?
Egbert — Oh,
yes; I served on
one once, and
none of the stub
born men would
agree with me I
W hat Detained Him.
“You seem to be later every morn
ing," said the manager.
“Yes,” replied the meek-looklng mnn ;
“my wife seems to a«ld n few more
buttons to the back of her waist «ev
ery day.”
Not for That Reason.
The el «»Ctrl cal expert was breaking
in a green man.
“Never touch the wires with your
Imre hands.”
“I see. Everything snnltary.”
Charm of the Impromptu.
“W h a t ’ s your
mule’s name?”
“He hasn’t got
any reg'lnr name.
It sort o’ keeps us
both Interested for
me to think up
what to call ’lm ns
t h e provocation
arises.”
A Good Speech.
"Did he make a good speech?”
“Oreat. In the first plnce ho said
something, nnd In the second place
he quit after he had said It.”
Pessimism.
Curious Friend—I wonder why they
say poetry hns feet?
Impecunious Poet—Well, not be
cause It wins In a wnlk.
Millfeed — Net millfeed prices, car
lots: Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32;
milddings, $39; mixed cars and less
than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley,
$74@75; rolled oats, $69.
Hay—Buying prices, f. o. b. Port
land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $32 (a
33 per ton; valley timothy, $27/528;
alfalfa, $240/24.50; valley grain hay,
$24(5 26; clover, $21; straw, $90/10.
Butter—Cubes, extra, 41 Jc; prime
firsts, 43|c; prints, extras, 48c; car
tons, lc extra, butter fat. No. 1, 47c
per pound.
Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re
ceipts, 38J(5 39c; candled, 40(5 41c;
selects, 42c per dozen.
Poultry — Hens, 230/25c; broilers,
280/30c; roosters, $160/17c; ducks,
geese and turkeys, nominal.
Veal—Fancy, 16c per pound.
Pork—Fancy, 23c per pound.
Fruits — Strawberries, $2.500/3.50
per crate; cherries, 5@12c per pound;
cantaluopes, $1.50 per crate; goose
berries, 50?6c per pound; apricots,
$2.3fl/«/ 2.50; watermelons, 40/ 4 Jc per
pound.
Vegetables—Tomatoes, $2.250/2.50
per crate; cabbage, 2}(53ic pound;
lettuce, $2.500/3 per crate; cucumbers,
$1.25(52 per dozen; garlic, 7c; celery,
$3 per crate; peppers, 250/35c per
pound; rhubarb, 4c per pound; aspara
gus, $2.50 per crate; spinach, 50/6c per
pound; peas, 10@12Jc per pound;
beans, 15c per pound.
Sack Vegetables — Carrots, $2 per
sack; turnips, $1.85; parsnips, $1.25;
beets. $2.25.
Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, $10/
1.50 per hundred.
Onions — Yellow, $1.75 per crate;
crystal, $20/2.25; red, $1.75 per sack.
Cattle—
June 20, 1918.
Prime steers..................... $12.00@13.00
Good to choice steers. . . . 11.00@12.00
Medium to good steers.. 9.00@10.00
Fair to medium steers .. 8.00@ 9.00
Common to fair steers .. 5.00@ 8.00
Choice cows and heifers. 8.50@ 9.00
Com. to good cows and hf 6.00@ 7.50
Canners............................. 3.00@ 4.50
Bulls................................... 6.00@ 8.00
Calves................................. 8.50@11.50
Stockers and feeders.... 7.00@ 9.00
Hogs—
Prime mixed........ .............$16.60@16.75
Medium mixed................. 16.65@16.60
Rough heavies................. 15.60@T5.75
Pigs.................................... 15.50@15.75
Bulk....................................
16.50
Sheep—
Prime spring lambs........$14.00(«/14.50
Heavy lambs..................... 13.50@14.50
Yearlings........................... 7.50@ 8.00
Wethers............................. 7.00@ 7.50
Ewes................................... 5.00@ 7.00
BLAMES
RUSSIA
Cause of War Laid at Door of ex-Czar
—France and England Criticised,
Amsterdam. — Germany's war alms
were briefly set forth, peace ideas out
lined, ihe idea that she desired to
secure world domination through the
war disclaimed and the responsibility
for the conflict prim arily placed upon
Russia by Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann,
the German foreign secretary, In a
speech to the reichstag in Berlin Tues
day.
While declaring that what was de
sired for the German people and their
allies was “a free, strong, Independent
existence,” within the boundaries
drawn by them, "by history,” the for
eign secretary said Germany would
have to decline to make any prior con
cessions by stating her position as to
Belgium in a way which would bind
her without similarly binding Ger
many’s enemies.
After declaring that the revelations
that bad been made showed Russia as
the power which planned and desired
the war, with France abetting her,
and England’s attitude strengthening
the Russian desire for conflict. Dr.
von Kuehlmann again declared that
Germany had not entertained any be
lief that this war could lead even to
the domination of Europe and much
less that of the world.
With reference to the peace ques
tion, Dr. von Kuehlmann quoted from
former rrem ler Asquith’s speech of
May 16, in which he said th at the
British government would not turn a
deaf ear to a peace proposal if It was
not couched In ambiguous terms.
“We likewise can make the same
declaration,” added the foreign sec
retary, "knowing it to be also our
policy.
“Once the moment arrives—when, I
care not to prophesy—that the nations
which are at present locked in battle
will exchange peace views, one of the
preliminary conditions must be certain
degrees of mutual confidence In each
other’s honesty and chivalry.”
ROUTED AUSTRIANS
CONTINUE RETREAT
Italians Press on Fast Bank of Piave
River— Flood W aters Rise Again
Which Aids Fleeing Foe.
The Italians have cleared the re
maining Austrian rearguards from the
west bank of the Piave river and are
in possession of the entire river front
from the Montello plateau to the sea.
At last accounts their forces which
crossed the stream in pursuit of the
retreating Austrians were still harass
ing them, inflicting heavy casualties
and forcing the enemy to continue his
disorderly re tre a t
Fate has turned somewhat Its bal
ance in favor of the Austrians, for the
Piave river again has risen and some
of the pontoon bridges the Italians had
thrown across the stream have been
carried away, making impossible a
quick pursuit and the crushing of the
Austrians, which General Diaz bad
counted upon. The Austrians are de
clared to be rushing in reserves from
the east.
The Austrian w ar office adm its a
reverse along the Piave, but announces
that the retrograde movement has
been carried out in accordance with
plans and without loss of material.
It is added th at the Austrians have
taken more than 50.000 prisoners from
the Italians since June 15 and that
the aggregate losses of the Italians in
the fighting, at the lowest estim ate, is
150,000 men.
Holding the upper hand along the
borders of the Venetian plain, the
Italians have taken the offensive
against the enemy in the mountain
region and are attacking on various
sectors. Notable gains of ground have
been made, and in addition to heavy
casualties inflicted on the enemy a
large number of Austrians have been
made prisoner and 16 machine guns
have been captured, according to
Rome. The Austrian war office, how
ever, asserts that all attacks in this
region have been repulsed.
Austrians Tired of War, Strike.
London.—A strike, which, starting
in Vienna, is said to be becoming gen
eral in Austria, registers the revolt of
the people against war. And the fac
tor that has tended to make war un
popular, the food shortage, shows no
tendency to improve.
Strikers in the various factories at
Vienna on Saturday formulated a de
mand that the Austrian government
show Itself for a general peace and
Invite the governments of enemy coun
tries to enter Into peace negotiations,
says a dispatch from The Hague to
the Times. Representatives of the
workers subm itted the plan to Baron
Burian. the Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister.
Texas Now Arid W aste.
Austin. Texas. — Texas became a
“bone dry” state at midnight Tuesday
whdn approximately 750 saloons closed
under a statewide prohibition act.
Eighteen hundred saloons had previ
ously been closed by legislative act
re-establishing a 10-mile “dry” zone
around m ilitary camps and shipbuild
ing plants. Under the 10-mile law,
which became effective last April 15,
the sale of Intoxicants ceased in the
principal cities.