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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1918)
J I SWISS PUT CHECK Demand Ironolad Passports of All Forolgncrs Entorina tho Country. HOSPITALITY IS VIOLATED Owltierland Has Oufforod Prom For elgn Element No Other Neutral fllnco War Deaan Country It Overrun With Spies. Homo, Hwltr.crliind llnnlly has Ink cn Inltlnl titops to control tliu undostr iiblo foreign element from which alio linn sufforvd ns no other iiuutrut eoun try Mnco August, 1011. Now regulation adopted ly tho fed ornl council nru Intcnilud to mnko It dlltlcult for tho agent of olio of tho J;arrltiK couiilrliw, for thu deserter rom nliy sltlo, for tho foreigner with Out obvious, legitimate inunnn of liveli hood nnd occupation to Hock, mm here tofore, Into thu llttlo country that In trying desperately to nuilnlnlii mi up HhIiI neutrality nnd nt tho miiiiu tluio Weather tho Htorm until pence arrives. Switzerland hitherto Iiiih permitted, without uny miiti'rinl objections, scores of thousands of Mtrnngers to enter nl Wont ii m freoly tin In peace times. Now action hns heeu taken to stop thin only bucnuHo her hospitality him been grons ly vlolnted, hur neutrnllty nt time oven threiiteiii'd. Tho new rufi'M, which wilt become effective on hoou iih thn HwIbm dlplo mntlc nnd consular oMcIiiIh throughout iho World cun bo uotllled, require Hint (ill foreigners entering ttio country must bo ejulppel with Ironclad pass ports from their own cotmtrleit, or equivalent pnpern of Ideutllk'iitlon; (lint prior to comlnic to Switzerland nil foreigners must furnish to BwIhh diplo matic or coUNiilnr oIIIcIiiIh ndequuto tenuous for wanting to come bore, nnd bnt, uf(er arrival, strange tm must rcg ster with tho iiollcu of tho city or town Uie'y Intend to Inhnblt. Overrun by Undesirables. There always Iiiih been n dnlly trnf- 60 botweeit Franco and Hwltzerlnnd In to neighborhood of (lenovn, mid bo (ween Ocrmnny nnd Hwltzerlnnd nenr Basel, on tin- port of InborerH nnd oth er. Many undesirable foreigners lutvo GRUESOME NAMES This Ciiiiiiillnn olllelnl photograph hIiowh ii trench recently captured from tho (lermiuiH. Ah Ih seen, both tho Urlllsli and tho tlermuna glvo tho trenches weird anil gruesome uttmc.4, HELP WIN THE WAR Opportunity for All Furnished In Thrift Stamps. Lend Your Money to tho Government to Assist In the Dattlo for Democracy. Washington. War Barings ntnmpa, nopulijrly known ns "thrift BtampH," pro now on flalo. Thcso Htnmps lmvo (icon tdnnod "Uttlo baby bonda," by tho treasury dopnrtment, nnd tho torn) comes notror oxplnlnliiB thorn than nny othpr, fijr thoy nro virtually govern- )nc pt tlioin 18 tho ontlro resourcon pr ho natlou, onu thoy steadily lncrcajo flntpbg. fa tvto denomlnftttous, tW 8 ffnt ntrtlnp and iho $5 startfp. t la vniuo from tno onto oj purcnaBO to ho dnU ot ninturlly, Jnnuftry 1, 1023, TW8 pMlgntlon of tho United Btnte rrntlMlir1?nf la lfiBllCd ill tllO fOnil Ol UPON UNDESIRABLES smuggled themselves across tho bor der nnd hnro fnllcd to return. Onco In Hwltzerlnnd, they lmvo boon -flblo to hldo because of tho lack of control over foreigner, Tlmt nil In to bo changed. Hvcry person crossing tho bonier nt other than tho ordinary polntn whero iron clnd pnnnport will bo required will bo numbered. If ho full to return, tho pollco will bo put upon lihi trnll. Ifo will lmvo llttlo ohmico of escaping, for without tho rlht kind of credential ho In uuablo to obtain bread. A bread curd today In moro Important oven than tho money with which to pur cham) It and a bread curd In Issued only on prcNcutnllon of Identification pnpem. Tho hotel nt which tho nowcomer slops, the pension that taken him in, tho private family to whom ho may go, nro nil llablo to henvy penntttoM If they falHo annouiico bin arrival. Thcro remnliiH tho problem of tho BOYS READY TO GIVE TASTE OF STEEL Amcrloans In Franco Complete Their Training In Bayo net School. SPEED PLEASES INSTRUCTORS Give Demonstration of Energy and AO curacy Which la Truly American Graduates to Act aa Instruc tors to New Arrivals. With the American Army In Franco. Tho "graduation exercises" of tho largo bayonet school wero watched by sov oral genornln and their stnffs. Tho men, who hnd been trained In tho Brit IhIi HjBtem by IlrltlHh Inslriictora, kuvo a demoiiHtrntlon of energy, apcwl nnd accuracy which wna truly American. Tboy nro ready to go over tho top. A Drltlsb nergennt major put tho mon through tho drill no vigorously tlmt moro than ono innn wiih hurt. Hut their wounda wero not aoriotu. Tho ItiBtruc tor hluiHolf ho narrowly eacnped u bay onet iolnt that Ida tunic wiih cut. "Now, then," tho HcrKeant would Bay, FOR THE TRENCHES Tor tho convcnlenco of InvcBtors n "thrift card" Ih furnUhed to nil pur chiiHern of 2.Vcent stamps. This enrd him Hpncea for 10 atampa. Vhen nil the uparcH lmvo been filled tho "thrift card" may bo exchanged for n $5 stamp at post oIlleoH, bnnkH, or other author ized ngenclcH by adding 12 cents In cash prior to February 1, 1018, and ono cunt additional cncli month thorenftcr, Thoso who prefer mny buy n $5 stamp outright. Theso will bo on salo until Janunry 81, 1018, for $1.12, Thoy automatically Incronso in value a cent n month every month thereafter until Jnnunry 1, 1021), when tho United Stilton will pay $5 nt any post ofllco for each stamp. It is nlso Important to noto that war-savings etnmps Increase each month in cost ns woll ns in valuo, so tlmt It Is decidedly to tho Interest ot tho publla to buy early. Wion you phrcmso n ?5 stomp, you must rtttnen It (q nn ongraved folder known na a "war savings certificate," which hours ho nnmo of tho purchaser and can bo cashod only by tho porson hoflo nriroo appears upon tno cortld cato, oicApt In enso of death or dis- I i deserters who hnro managed to flet cross tho boundary from ono nrrny or another and of tho ncriMleaerlera. thoao who huvo como hero with th permission of their respective govirn tnenta, nnd then hnvc declined to re turn. Hwlss law prescribes Hint tbe deiiorterH and rofrnctlounrli-H, nn tln- nro called, cannot bo forcibly deport d Thero nro In Hwltzcrlntid now, It l estimated, between 10,000 and 15.001 of theso gcutry. Not nil of llivnt an bnd citizens. Hundreds of them, nt leant, nro gainfully occupied and an living model Uvea. OlherN are wide alrablo to tho point of helm; outiind out criminals. Figures for Oinovu alono show that out of 70.000 fnn-lgn erM among Its 170,000 population, lTM, nro deserters and 2,452 refnietlounrlea whllo In Zurich these figures are ex ceeiled. Tho agitation for the utilization of tho man power represented by tho de sorters nnd refructlonarh's Ih ho strong that It will surprise no ouu to sec step taken to Incorporate tho majority of them Into n civilian service of manual labor In agriculture. holding n heavy, long stick In his bund, "when I tell you men to turn, try to get tho point to me. Now, turn I Yeah! Veahl Glvo 'em hell! That's good I" They "Go Over the Top." Tho Amorlcnns worked like footbnll players, every nerve and every har dened muaclo atrulnlng. The sergennt. by reason of long practice, was able to ward ofT somo thniNta with the point or butt, but from many bo Inn) to Jump." Uven moro vigor wiih Bhown by the men as they occupied the trench Hue and, with their ofllcers, went over the top in n charge. Tho operations began by firing from tho trench nt tho dum mies In tho enemy trenches. Some of tho men mndo perfect scores, while only thrco of tho whole class fell bo low 80 In n possible 100. Tho men went furiously nt tho chnrgo, urged on by tho most emphatic langungo that a Iirltlsh flergcant major might bo credited with having ot his command. IIo shouted to Ills men "Glvo it to 'em In tho heart, in the throat I That's tho way. If you don't get them they'll got you I On your toes all tho time I Quick I Quick 1 Quick I Tho urging was unnecessary. Tho men knew whnt to do nud did it, and they wero so well tmlned that orders wero anticipated. Tho French and British ofllcera wero enthuslnstlc, especially at tho speed nnd encrcy of tho Americans. Some of tho grnduntes will bo sent Immedl nteiy to newly nrrlved units ns Instruc tors. Training New Contlnaent A division of Amcrlcnn troops, re cently nrrlved In Franco, will begin reglmentnl maneuvers nt onco nnd will be trained In bnrrngo fire, tho American artillery wprklng with Amcr lcnn aviators. The site picked for the prncttco Is rolling ground Tho artillery will lny n bnrrngo up to tho first objective, over theorotlcnl Gcnnnn trenches. The Ipfantry, fol lowing up tho fire, will occupy tho trenches nnd then execute n tlnnK movement. Tho slgnnl corps will get tho bcneHt of tho maneuvers, for they will bo car ried out ns If an actunl nttnek were being launched. Lavs a Dla Eaa v Snntn Monica, Oil. An egg measur ing seven Inches around tho mlddlo nnd 8M. Inches in circumference the lone wnv was laid tho other ilay by n hen belonging to Gcorgo C. Hnrter of tho Santa Monica tiro department. Tho egg wns so largo that Hartcr's friends accused him of keeping nn ostrich In disguise. Tho llremnn keeps only four hens at his home. No. 420 Colorado nvonuo, but ho snys tlmt from this number ho has averaged two eggs n dny for moro than n year, ability. This certltlcato contains 20 spaces. If these nro nil filled with "wnr savings stamps between Decern her 1, 1017, and Jnnunry 31, 1018, tho cost to tho purchaser will bo $S2.-I0 nnd on January 1, 1023, tho govern ment will pay tho owner of tho ccrtlfl cato $10011 net profit to tho holder ot $17.00. Tills Is based on nn Interest rnto of 4 per cent compounded aunr. terly. Tho amount of war-savings stnmps sold to nny ono person nt any ono tlmo shall not exceed $100, aud no person mny hold such stamps to nn nggregnto amount exceeding 81.000. If tho 0 spaces on tho "war-snvlngs certlflcnto" aro not filled by January 1, 1010, tho stnmps which nro actually attached will draw intorest nt tho samo rnto, If tho holder of "wnr-snvlnga stamps" doslros to soil thorn baforo maturity, thoy may bo rcdoomod at any post ot- uco, tno noiaor receiving uio nrlco nnid for tho stumpB, plus ono cent.n month on eacn stamp, Tho growth of tho RaJls on the right uanu is, in most poopio, moro rapid uuua or uioeo on uio icrt iiand. ot STATE NEWS I IN BRIEF. I W. I). Wing Iibb become tho owner of tho Dccrhorn ranch of 1100 ncrca on tho McKcnzio river aa tho result of ii trndo in which ho exchanged his gro cery, meat market and butchering plant In Eugene. A. II. Lea, secretary of tho State Fair board says that ho would not bo a candidate for Public Service Commis sioner at tho coming election. "I in tend to devote all of may time to tho State Fair board," said Mr. Lea. A total of 017 accidents was report ed to tho Industrial Accident Commis sion for tho week ending January 10, of which number six wero fatal. Ono of tho deaths reported was duo to nn accident sustained prior to the week covered by tho report. Nearly 1000 of tho $1500 to be raised In tho Hend section for the Knights of Columbus this week have been subscribed. Two teams have been at work and both have met with success. The remaining J500 is to bo subscribed In Prinevillc, Tumalo and Redmond. Tho Great Northern Pacific Steam ship company has notified Corporation Commissioner Schuidcrman that its capital stock of $5,000,000 is being re duced to $352,000, owing to the com mandeering of the Steamships Great Northern nnd Northern Pacific by the government. State Labor Commissioner O. P. Hon", in addressing the session of tho State Federation of Labor at Astoria announced that he would not be n can didate for re-election to that office at the coming election. He said ho had devoted many years to public work and now intends to retire to private life. Cnr shortage on the lines of the Southern Pacific In Oregon Monday dropped to 590 cars, all open cars, while a surplus of 53 cars was report ed. This is the first time in months that tho company reported a surplus of any kind of cars. Tho O.-W. K. & N. company reported a shortago of 54 cars. Fifty-ono Klamath county men have failed to filetheir questionnaires with the local exemption board within the required time and their names have been referred to the police authorities at Klamath Falls, according to Chief Clerk Glenn Callen, of the local board, If their whereabouts are not ascer taincd within five days the names of all will bo certified to the adjutant general as delinquent Patrons of the Roseburg postoffice had tho pleasure Monday morning of entering the new Federal building to receive their mail, the change from tho old (wstoffico quarters to the new location occurring Sunday. The entire lower floor and a part of the basement is given over to tho postoffice depart ment nnd evrey possible convenience is afforded the public The second storv is occupied by the U. S. Land Office nnd forestry departments. Tho apart ments set aside for the Indian land office remain vncant owing to a recent order from the department canceling this branch of the government's busi ness in that city. The experience of Lew Pritchard, a well-known young man of Klamath Falls, in entering the Army service indicates the great need of men in get ting out spruce for Undo Sam's aero plane manufacture, nnd how quickly tho government fits a man into his proper niche in the service. Enlarging of tho North Bend mill. which commenced six months ago, is nenring completion, nnd tho mill will operate under tho new conditions on February 1, it is announced. Ihe im provements, costing upwards of $100, 000, comprise drying kilns, planing mill and warehouses, together with a spur track connecting tho mill with the Southom Pacific. A number of important steps in fit ting state regulations of railroads to tho system of Federal control were taken by tho Public Service commis sion Saturday, foremost among which was tho acquiescence in the demurrage order issued by Director General Mc Adoo nnd giving to tho Pacific Car De murrage bureau authority to publish tho demurrage rules accordingly. Theso new rules start demurrage charges at $3 a car nnd go ns high as $10 a day, while tho state ruio starts nt $2 a car nnd go only as high as $4 n day. Tho Federal rules will become effective January 21. Firo which originated in tho Odd fellows Building at Iono Thursday night wiped out half of tho city's bus iness section. Tho loss is estimated at $40,000, with about $20,000 insurance. For many years thero havo been ru mors of oil in tho Roguo River valloy, oil prospectors havo como nnd gono, but as yot no oil has been found. Be lieving thoro is oil there, and that proper organization will find it, tho Roguo River Oil company has been organized in Medford. War Recipes Cut out the following- recipes and paste them In your cook book to help you Hooverize. They hare been thoroughly tested by imtrtictors and special lecturers in the department of economics at the University of Washington. Rice Yeast Bread J c milk and wa ter, 4 tbsp sugar, 4 tbsp fat, 1 tap salt, 7 c boiled rice, 8 c flour, 1 cake compressed yeast, i c warm water. Scald liquid, pour over fat, sugar and salt. Cool and add yeast 'moistened in J c warm water. Add rice and flour nnd knead. After second rising bake 4D minutes. Potato Yeast Bread J c milk and water, 4 tbsp sugar, 4 tbsp fat, 1 tap salt, 4 c boiled potatoes (mashed), 8 c flour, i cake compressed yeast, 1 c warm water. Tho dough is soft at the second handling but after baking pro duces a satisfactory loaf. This recipe makes three loaves Cornmcal Yeast Bread li c milk and water, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp fat, 2 tsp salt, 2-3 c cornmeal (white or yel low), 2 1-3 c flour, 1 cake compressed yeast, ,i c warm water. Add sugar, fat and salt to liquid and bring to boiling point. Add commcal slowly, stirring constantly until all is added. Remove from fire, cool mixture and add compressed yeast softenedin'J c warm water. Add 2 1-3 c flour and knead. Let rise until double in bulk, knead again and put in pan. When light, bake in moderate ovenXat least one hour. Barley Yeast Bread 1 cTmilk and water. 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbspjfat, 1 tsp salt, 1 1-6 c barley flour, 2 1-3 c wheat flour, J cake compressed yeast. Soften yeast in part of the liquid. Combine ingredients. Mix into dough. Knead and let rise to double original bulk. Knead again. Put in pan and when again double in bulk bake about 45 minutes. Ryo Yeast Bread 1 c milk and wa ter, 1 tbsp fat, 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 11c rve flour, li c wheat flour, j cake compressed yeast, 2 tbsp water. Com bine as for barley bread and natc 4t minutes. Oatmeal Yeast Bread 1 c milk and water, 1 tsp Bait, 1 tbsp fat, 1 tsp su gar, 1 c rolled oats, 2J c wheat flour, J cake compressed yeast, i c warm water. Scald liquid and pour it over rolled oats, sugar, salt and fat. Let it stand until lukewarm, add yeast softened in warm water, add flour and knead. Let rise until double in bulk, knead again and place in pan. When ! light bake in moderate oven 45 to 60 ! minutes. i NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Wheat Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Hard white: Bluestcm, Early Bart, Allen, Galgalus, Martin Amber, $2.05. Soft white Palouso bluestem, forty fold, White valley, Gold Coin White Russian, $2.03. White club Little club, Jenkins club, white hybrids, So nora, $2.01. Red Walla Walla Red Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop pei, $1.98. No. 2 grade, Sc less. No. 3 grade, 6c less. Other grades handled by sample. Flour Patents, $10. Millfeed Net mill prices, car lots: Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32; mid dlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $60 62; rolled oats, $62. Butter Cubes, extras, 50c per pound; prime firsts, 49Jc Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 5253c; car tons, lc extra: butterfat, No. 1, 56 57c, delivered. Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 45jc per dozen; candled, 4747ic; se lects, 50c. Poultry Hens, heavy, 2425c per pound; light, 23c; springs, 2425c; stags, 1820c; ducke, 2025e; geese, 1517c; turkeys, live, 24c; dressed, choice, 35c Veal 1718c por pound. Pork 19c per pound. January 17, 1918. Cattle Med. to choice steers. . . .$10.0010.75 Good to med. steers 8.7510.00 Com. to good steers 7.25 8.75 Choice cows nnd heifers. 7.25 8.00 Com. to good cows nnd hf 6.00 7.35 Canners 3.00 5.60 Bulls 4.50 7.00 Calves 7.0010.25 Stockers and feeders... 6.00 8,60 Hogs Primo light hogs $16.4515.60 Prime henvy hogs 15.5015.65 Pigs 13.5014.50 Bulk 15.50 Sheop Western lambs $14.5015.00 Valley lambs 14.0014.25 Yearlings 12.5013.00 Wethers 12.0012.60 I Ewes 9.5011.00 i.