The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, September 27, 1918, Image 4

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    SHARE OUR SUGAR
WITH THE ALLIES
British Get Two Pounds a Month.
French Pound and Half,
Italians One Pound.
GERMAN SUPPLY PLENTIFUL
All Nations Permit Use of Sweetening
for Homo Preserving Purposes.
America's new sugar ration of two
pounds a month per person Is equita
ble when compared with tho sugar ra
tion enforced by rigid governmental
order In England, France and Italy, na
tions with which we are sharing sugar.
Each Allied nation In the matter of
sugar consumption Is sharing on near
est possible equal terms the hardships
Imposed by greatly altered conditions
In the world sugar situation.
Formerly classed as a luxury, sugar
Is now a war time essential. The fair
and just division of this essential Is
In the hands of the various Allied
food controllers.
The United States Food Administra
tion has asked this nation to observe
a voluntary sugar ration of two
pounds per person a month.
In the other countries at war with
Germany sugar Is one of the scarce
articles on every menu whether In
the households of both rich and poor,
or In the hotels.
England today bus a sugar ration
of two pounds per month per person.
In France the ration Is a pound and a
half and In Italy It Is one pound a
mouth. And the prices In allied coun
tries are from two to three times as
high ns In America.
If you go to a hotel In Englnnd or
France these days and order tea or
coffee they serve absolutely no sugar
with It If you want sugar you must
bring It with you.
In England It Is allowable to use
one-seventh of an ounce of sugar In
the preparation of each luncheon. In
France many persons carry little sac
charine tablets about with them for
use In hotels and In England rich and
poor must take their sugur with them
If they wish to havo sweetened tea
while visiting friends.
Bcforo the war started France had
025,000 acres devoted to sugar produc
tion. Ily 1017 the French sugar acre
age had decreased to 180,000 acres.
Today the French man or woman with a
sugar card has no assurance whatever
that he or she will be able to actually
buy sugar. To buy It, one must first
find it
Italy Has "State Sugar."
Especially drastic regulations govern
the use of sugar in Italy. Its manu
facture, distribution and sale are close
ly controlled, and In part actuully
taken over by the stale.
Saccharine Is permitted to he sold
and used as n substitute for sugar and
the government manufactures a mix
ture of saccharins and sugar called
"State Sugar," which is largely used.
German Sugar Ration Adequate.
Germany, before the war, produced
a great surplus of sugar and exported
largo quantities. Today the Germans
have virtually gone out of tho export
business, but have plenty of cheap
sugar for home use.
Wholesale prices prevalent In the
Allied nations, according to Informa
tion received by the United Slates
Food Administration nro as follows:
England, 10 ei'iils a pound; France,
VI cents; Italy, 'JO rents.
While these high prices aro being
paid abroad the American wholesale
prlco Is being held ut 7V4 cents.
LOOSEN UP, TURTLE
GIVE INSIGHT TO CHARACTER HAVE ORGY OF CANNIBlQSH
TIm Fourth Liberty Loan is tlie first item on the program
of national war finance since the announcement of our inten
tion to put five million men in France and finish the war
next year. On our response to its call for our dollars our
friends and enemies will judge of our sincerity and earnestness
in making that pledge.
The nation's resources are ample. The success of the
Fourth Liberty Loan depends on our converting a share of
those resources into Fourth Liberty Bonds. Nothing more.
The loan should be subscribed the first day and oversub
scribed the second day.
Buy Liberty Bonds. Don't be a Turtle.
STUDY HOLDING OF CAMERA RAISING FOXES IN ALASKA
Successful Work With the Instrument
Depends Largely on Its Being in
Proper Position.
Successful hand-camera work de
pends largely on the power to give
slow shatter exposures with the enm
era held In the band, und In tills con
nection sufficient attention Is rarely
given to the matter of "grip." It Is
not enough to hold the camera firmly
against the chest or stomach. The
best position must be found by trial,
and this will vary with different in
dividuals and different makes of
camera. In general it will be found
that the most comfortable position Is
the steadiest. At waist level the
hands will be usually placed sym
metrically on cither side of the instru
ment, the right, near the release, for
ward, and the oilier n little behind.
When the camera Is held at eye level,
one hand Is usually held rather under
the Instrument as u support, and the
other grips the hack or side, or with
u folding type of camera both hands
may grip the back. With the very
small types, one bund often almost In
closes the Instrument and releases tho
Shutter, whilst the other Is used ns a
support, At eye level It Is often a
grout assistance to a steady nlin to
press the back of the camera against
the cheek. Just ns tho feel of a fn
vorlte gun gives confidence, so the
uso of the camera should bo familiar,
and regular and systematic practice
With the unloaded camera will be a
grout help In tills. Trial exposures
should be given from tliuo to time, and
the resulting negatives carefully ex
amined. At first fulrly short exposures
only should be given, to gain confi
dence, gradually employing slower
speeds us the band Is trulned and
nerve is acuulred.
Animals Are Bred There for Their
Fur, and the Industry la a Re
muneratlve One,
There are ten or twelve fol farms
In Alaska. One of them, situated In
the Tuniinn valley, a mile and a half
from Fairbanks, consists of ten acres
of cleared land, the greater part of
which Is covered with pens In which
the animals live. From a distance the
fox farm looks like a huge chicken
yard, with walls of woven .wire and
hencoops of various sizes Inside. Each
pen Is 50 feet long, 8 feet wide and
about 10 feet high. The wire Is tough
steel and is sunk about four feet In
the ground and Is then bent so thnt It
runs Inward underground for about
two feet to prevent the foxes from dig
ging out. At the top the wire has an
overhang of two feet to prevent the
captives from climbing over. Each
! pen has n kennel made of hoards, like
n dog kennel, the entrance to which Is
a chute or a wooden pipe a foot
square. Only one pair of foxes live In
each pen. They are very timid and
have to he handled carefully. Most of
the fox farmers will not allow strang
ers to enter their property for fear
they Will frighten the animals. The
foxes arc fed with salmon, moose
meat, horse meat, rabbits, carrots and
turnips. A common feed Is rice and
rabbits conked together In a stew.
My brother has just reached France.
On being moved from one village to
nnotber he wished to thank the kind
old Frenchwoman with whom he had
been billeted and thought he was say
ing. "We thank you for your kindness
to us while we were here." The girls
standing near laughed so heartily that
he repeated his sentence later to an
Interpreter and found that he had sold,
"before we were here." Exchange.
Remember
The
Zero
Hour
Buy Your Bonds
Today
Shape of Eyebrows Reveal Vlgjr, In
sincerity, Lack of Vitality, and
Many Other Things.
It Is now conceded that the Greek
eyebrow Is quite in accord with the
conception of mere physical beauty in
women. Like the rosebub mouth, It
does not Indicate the highest order of
intelligence and the arch Is expressive
always of greater sensibility and great
er sense of character, says London
Tit-Bits.
Scant growth of the eyebrows lnvr.ri
ably denotes lock of vitality; on the
contrary, heavy, thick eyebrows indi
cate a strong constitution and great
physical endurance. They are not
beautiful on n woman's face, however
much they may signify either mental
or bodily vigor, and when they are not
only heavy, but droop and meet a
the nose, they are disagreeable and an
said to accompany an insincere am!
prying nature.
Romantic women usually have a very
well-defined arch In the center of the
eyebrow, while a sense of humor Is In
dicated In the arch nearer the nose.
Long, drooping eyebrows, lying wide
apart, indicate an umlablc disposition.
Where the eyebrows are lighter In col
or than the hair, the indications are lack
of vitality and great sensitiveness.
Faintly defined eyebrows placed high
above the nose are signs of Indolence
and weakness.
Very black eyebrows give the face an
Intense and searching expressing;
when natural, they accompany n pas
sionate temperament Very light eve-
brows rarely are seen on strongly Intel
lectual faces, although the color of the
eyebrows Is not accepted simply as de
noting lack of intelligence; the form
gives the key to the faculties and their
direction. Red eyebrows denote great
fervor and ambition ; brown, a medium
between red and bh ek.
HOUSE BUILDING IN KOREA
Operations Always Begun by the Con
struction of a Most Ingenious
System of Flues.
When a Korean begins to build a
house he first lays down a system of
flues where the floor Is to be. These
flues begin at a fireplace, usually
built In an outer shed or in a closed
alleyway connected with the house.
From the fireplace the Hues brunch
out like the ribs of a fan and end in
a trench at the back of the floor space.
This trench, in turn, opens Into a
chimney, usually built at some dis
tance from the house. When the flues
are completed the builder carefully
covers them over with flagstones; he
then cements the whole floor and cov
ers It with n sort of thick oiled paper
for which Korea Is famous. The rest
of the house Is then built round the
completed floor.
The heating system works in this
way: hen It Is time to cook the rice
for the morning meal the housewife
lights a little straw or brushwood In
the fireplace In the outer shed. While
the rice is cooking the hent from the
fireplace passes through the flues,
heating the stone flags of the floor
and diffusing a pleasant warmth that
lasts until It Is time to prepare the
next meal. Two heatings a day gen
erally suffice to keep the floor warm.
On tho floor the people sit by day and
sleep by night The heavy oiled paper
thnt covers the floor prevents any
smoke from entering the room.
Center of Agricultural Production.
The center of agricultural produc
tion of the United States, according to
the value of crop and animal products
for 1017, Is in west-Central Illinois, as
shown by a diagram just Issued by
the department of agriculture. The
states of greatest production are:
Iowa, Jl,330,000,000; Illinois, $1,255,
000,000; Texas, $1,015,000,000; Missou
ri, $947,000,000; Ohio, $851,000,000;
Nebraska, $774,000,000; Indianii, $766,
000,00); Kunsns, $735,000,000; New
York, $700,00,000; Minnesota, $046,
000,000; Pennsylvania, $636,000,000;
Georgia, $605,000,000; Wisconsin,
$508,000,000; California, $575,000,000;
Michigan, $534,000,000, and Ken
tucky, $520,000,000.
Really 8erlous.
The Newlyweds had unwittingly
chosen their abode In the neighbor
hood where scandal was rife.
One morning one of the nelirhhora
sent a hoarse whisper over to her chief
Louiiuiiuc:
"What's the trnnhl., lutawn tha
Newlyweds?"
Her husband tried tn keen Rome-
thing from her."
"Oh. that's not serious t Men will
have their little secrets."
"Ah. you don't Undemlnnil 1 TtiU Is
serious. He tried to keep a dollar and
a quarter of bis last week's pay."
Use Common Sense.
In a desire to help food conservation
many women go to ridiculous extremes.
Children and growing youngsters
should be well nourished, war or no
war. Mr. Hoover wants us to use com
mon sense In our conservation. Put
ting youngsters on half rations Is very
far from common sense. If you cut
down their butter or sugar, Increase
their consumption of milk. People's
Homo Journal.
Ash Trees for Airplanes.
The appeal of the Aerial league of
che British empire tor ash trees for
aeronautical purposes has resulted In
between three and jur thousand trees
being offered with In the last few
weeks, according to "Flight" The
government requirements tn the next
twelve months are expected to exceed
WO.OOQ trees. BcleuUflc American.
Ghastly Doings of the Burying Beetles
Regularly Take Place at Certain
Seasons of the Year.
Here Is a monstrous case of the
most ghastly depravity mingled with
sublime sacrifice.
The Burying Beetle buries small
birds, mammals and reptiles, not as
stored food for Itself, but for the
sustenance of Its offspring. In the
confines of a cage these undertakers
will bury carcass after carcass, eating
scarcely anything, depositing their
eggs with the game. They display
most edifying Industry and order un
til the proper season Is over. Then
they strike work and take themselves ,
underground.
And now n most frightful orgy be
gins. Despite the abundance of food
both above ground and stored with
the eggs, which they will not touch,
the undertakers begin mutually eat
ing each other. One emerges to the
surface with a leg missing, and other
wise In a most battered condition. An
other appears a little better off. He
has two legs left. This one throws i
himself on the first, tears him to
pieces and eats him. Famine plays
no part In the slaughter. It is time
for them to die, perhaps, and not be
ing able to die naturally, instinct
drives the undertaker to tear and eat
his fellow, heedless that he, himself,
is being torn to pieces and eaten by
another. And so the horror goes on,
one eating the limbs of another, and
that other eating still another, until
the tragedy Is over, until next year.
Exchange.
II jSS. WE FIGHT FOR ' ' ' ' ' 1
WE FIGHT FOR
THE PRINCIPAL
of better groceries all the time.
We believe everybody is entitled
to good living and do our share
toward supplying it by selling
the finest groceries at the lowest
prices good busineess will alow.
We do not sell at cost but so
near it that our customers are
practically buying at wholesale
WHAT FASTING FEELS LIKE
University of Chicago Professor Has
Made Public the Results of In
vestigations He Has Made.
In numerous descriptions of the ex
periences of man In the conrse of
more or less prolonged fasting, one
meets the repented assertion that aft
er a brief initial period little or no
hunger whatever Is felt, S"ince It has
been well-established that the sensa
tion of hunger Is Induced by a certain
type of tonic and peristaltic contrac
tions of "the empty or nearly empty
stomach, It must be assumed either
that these contractions are abolished
as a fast proceeds or that the sensa
tions are decidedly modified.
A professor of the University of
Chicago has lately had an exceptional
opportunity to investigate these ques
tions. As the result of careful ob
servations on man during prolonged
Intentional starvation, he found that
during the 15 days' complete fast and
the subsequent eight days of absti
nence from food with daily ingestion
of cotton fiber, the gastric hunger con
tractions of his subjects continued
with practically normal rhythm and
Intensity; but the subjective sensa
tions Induced by the gastric contrac
tions appeared to be somewhat weak
ened and tinged with an element of
general epigastric distress or sick
stomach.
Indian Names.
The Indians up In the far North
country call the beaver ah-mick, says
Dan Beard in Boys' Life, the boy
scouts' ma'gazine. By the way, when
boy scouts lay out their council
grounds nt camp and divide it up as It
should be, according to the north,
south, east and west winds around
the circle, they should remember that
the Indian name for north Is Qulewed
nong, for south Is Show-neln-nong, for
east Is Waba-nong, and for west Is
Gabie-a-nong.
Now, you know the Indian ceremony
always begins with blowing the smoke
of the pipe to the four winds, and
then to the sky, which Is O'quie, and
then to the earth, which Is A'kee, and
the warrior lights his pipe with Skoo
day, that is, with Are, but if he is tow
neeke with the Skoo-day he starts a
forest fire (tow-neeke means care
less). To be a good scout, one must never
be tow-neeke ; to be patriotic one must
never be tow-neeke.
Barristers' Wigs.
Barristers' wigs first came Into
vogue about 200 years ago. Up to the
end of the seventeenth century judges
and sergeants at law alone had any
dlstlctlve dress.
Under Queen Anne the queen's coun
selor adopted the court dress and silk
gown which made up the mourning of
the period, together with the full-bottomed
wig then usually worn by all
persons of position.
Thereupon tho outer bar started
wearing a modest short wig, with
strings of horsehair tied up at the end,
In Imitation of the fashion of tying the
back hair up Into a pigtail.
Some judges, we are told by a legal
historian, found these wigs "cox
combical," and would not allow barris
ters wearing them to plead In Court
London Chronicle.
Dangers for Qame Fish.
The great cause of the decline In fish
life In a stream Is the pollution of the
stream, and for this there la neither
palliation nor excuse. A writer tn All
Outdoors says It Is true that . brook
or river Is a convenient place luto which
to throw refuse. The people of medi
eval cities thought the same of their
streets until plague and pestilence
taught them better and Instilled the
elements of hygiene Into their minds.
Such Ignorant negligence was a sign
of their unenllghtenment, yet, with all
of our boasted civilization, we are but
a step In advance when we convert our
sparkling streams Into noisome sowen.
FOR THIS WEEK
Bulk Macaroni 9 pounds for $1.00
Mexican Red Beans 9 pounds f ir . 1.00
Tigh House Cleanser 4 cans for 25c
Celluloid Starch per package .,, 10c
Corn Flakes 2 packages for 25c
j 35c Coffee SPECIAL 3 1-2 lbs. $1.00
Try this-Guaranteed to Please.
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Quality Always Service First
IMMtlH
Reed's Plain and Anti
Rust Tinware
Reed's Tinware is so well known in every locality that
it is needless for us to dwell upon its merits
In this line wa are now showing Wash Boilers, Striners f
Dairv Pails and Laundry Dippers
Watts & Rogers
Just Over the Hill
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illinium
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Meeting the Problems of
the Day
Requires alertness to the ever changing wai-time conditions.
You will always find us ready to help meet these problems
as they arisi, and we are going to help you to meet them
By the Expansion of Your Credit
on and after September 1,1918, all book accounts will be lim
ited to 80 days' credit, if an extension of time is desired,
THE TRADE ACCEPTANCE, a form of paper recommended
by the Federal Reserve Banks, wi.'l be used.
For detailed information, watch our sds, see your banker or
call on us and we will be glad to explain.
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