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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1918)
4 Gold Won by Our Ships Prosperity of Merchant Marine Due to the War WnMilnglnn. Tho present golden tm for American shipping, resulting from grout demand for oiiti tnumiKo, mill tho extraordinary prolltN tlitit havo been niMiIti In (Mir currying trmlo hy "on, Iiiivii been hIiiihii hy rewenreh to bo it recurrence of ulinlliir condition that hnvo prevailed throo Union hoforo In Hid lilNtory nf tin- American mor I'liimt murine. Whenever there Iiiin Ihtii nuy extraor dinary condition in Hmnuo pollttt'iil or economic liiiliincfM In t lil h or other great cnuntrioM, proNpfilly Tor Milpplng ban followed, say export of t ) Unit imI Kliili'M Hhlpplug hoard. In proof or till Hi,.y point to tint groat I'xpiitiNliiu of our forcluii tnitlit following both the Itevulutlonnry wnr "ml thi Wnr of 181'J. I.y which tho merchants of ,i.w York it I if Now lvtlK- Iflllll HlTll tirl,'li,.,l !.( ..I... it.- t... unw iiiv ir tlilii'H mndo by American Mdp owners following tho Mexican wnr, with Its rintiltlfiK groat riinh of pioneers to tho new golil Mud- of Ciillfornlii. Non of tlui morion of fulitiloiiN earn lug of vohaoIh lii thi) merchant iiiiirlini In tho find three )onrH of the present wnr before Hit- shipping lionnl began regulating freight charge lit sea iiro more liitcroMlng t tin it thuio of tho wealth won hy Nlilpx owned In old Hull-in, Miins., in tiu period In which their owner wen developing Aiuorl ciiii (ratio with illMtimt part of the earth, followlni: hoth pence trontlex with ICiikIiiiiiI. In 17tnt tho rililp .Ml. Virnoii of Snlem made ii prullt of $100,000. four time her orlnliml com. on n Mngle round trip to Chlnn, going ut with minnr. iind returning vhi tin Medller riim-nii, uhoro mIic took on Milk mill wine for the American market. Tho owner of the .Mt. Vernon. ISIImh Ilniket Derby, died while nho wiih on ttllH vo)ngo mill left tin oHtnto viilued lit Sl.ouo.ooo. the Inrgost Ainerlnin fortune to that time. .Siileui captain were ever on the nlert for new venture In thnno ilnyH of rich proIltM. When In 17H.1 dipt. Joniithiin Cnrne of Snlem heard hy way of Kdp when iiKhore at Marco liuiii, .Spain, that pepper crew wild on the coiiNtit of Sumatra, he noted the Information carefully. On IiIh arrival homo ho Imparted It to Jonathan l'eele, n .Salein uierchaut, who forthwith lit ted out the nchooner Kajah, and din patched her to .Sumatra. The Knjah brought had: the llm full rnrgo of popper to he lauded In Amer ica, and her owner reaped the tidy profit from ItH salt of 7IK) per cent on hi InveHlmelit. Certain ships, known for their lucky voyages, made fortune for their own ers. One famoiiN In the t.tinul of that period wan the Hhlp (loorge known as tin: "Halom frigate" which inadii regu lar voyages to the 1'iiHt Indies for yenrH, nccomplMiliig "1 voyages. In nil, and i-nrned a fortune for George I'oa liody, nfterwanl fatnoiiH a n million aire iihllnnthroplKt. The value of her cnrcooH may ho, Judged In that In her -'UyearH of nctlvo cxlHtenco there wiin paid on them at the Salem ciiHtomhouxe, In Import dtitle. not Ichh than $000,000. 'J'hu (leorne was a tiny Hhlp, tin vo.m. tioln k nowaday.H, heliiK only 111 feet loiiK', yet fiho proved a HhlnliiK exnnido In other wnys of the lorloH of the curly American merchant murine. Shu had the reputation of earrjlnt; tlio moHt Inlolllk'ont crewH to ho found any where except poSHlhly on certain otlt er Aniorlcnn Hhlps and was fumed for fJio nuinher of men who Kradnatod from her forecastle to the ipmrtur dock. When hho Hailed on her first voyiiRo to India, In 181fi, hardly a mini In her crow wiin twenty-ouo years old, yet each was an experienced seaiunn, and nearly every one was a nnvluator. ()( tho Miliars who served on her In her Ioiir and prosperous career, -1.1 ho canie captains, i.'0 chief inatos, mid six flcvond mates. Thoiniis M. .Snunders, who sen'cd on her us n hoy, passed through every Krado of ordinary and nhlo .senmnn, third, Hocoud and chief niuto and ultimately hecamo her cap tain. Tho case of tlio CloorKo 1ms heen died as nn example of tho Iieiiellclal cfTect or contlniieil prosperity on u nn tlon'H merchant ninilno. Not loss than 7,000 men signed arti cles In the coiintluK room or Joseph Penhody to mail his Hoot, tho vnrlous craft which mado .'18 voyiiKes to Cal cutta, 17 to Clinton, !I2 to Sunmtrn, -17 to St. Pe'tershurK and 110 to other Ku ropenn ports. In tho Inter period of tho so-called clipper Hhlp ern of tho mcrchnnt tun rlno, Kreat profits woro inndo hy Amor lenn ships nt n tlmo when tho vossols of other nations wero gnibblnc for chnrtcni. This wns duo to tho superior speed of tlio American vcbscIb. Tho llnlnbow, tho first distinctly clipper ship built anywhere, cleareB L'OO i(r cent profit on her first voyiiK to Chlnn, In IRKI. Tho Orlenlnl, nn American clipper built In New York In 1810, to rompeto with tho ICuitllsh tea Hhlp, earned $IH,000 In freight money on her Ilrst eaiKo or ten rrom lloiiK-Kont; to Lon don. Her cost wiih $70,000. In tho Kohl ruli to California, In ISIll and I8T.0, many nhlp earned inoro than their value In u nIiikIo voyiiKC. Keiiiunil for npiicu restituted the rhnrKo for enrryliiK frelitht, us It does now, mill tho lop price readied was .l!0 a ton. At this ralo the ship Samuel Hus sell earned ?7,(M)0 In freight money on oiio voynito more thuti her cost. Sonic of tho charters mado In tho earlier period or tho wnr for Amerl enn vessels were on such a liberal basis that tho freight money for a slnitlo vnyiiKo to ArehuiiKol, for exaiu plo, jiald for (ho ship uiaklni; tho voy tK, u condition to ho looked for, say the experts, In times or abnormal de mand for curco space. Food Problem By Dr. Samuel C. Diion Commiuiontr ol Icallh ol i'tnntylim .Most or our roodsiufrs are mado up of illfferent constituents. A potato Is largely composed or starch, whereas heersteak Is larn'' ly composed or ni trogen or protein. 1 yfcrCuH " muny bent-pro- tltlehlt- llnllM fiml heersteak likewise liroduces Its own quota. This Is so when you consider tho mutter rrom a lab oratory standpoint, but ir you mndo a test or tho sumo vulues hy fecdliiK these roods to human hollies you would llnd tho vnlues vnrled greatly hecauno or the variations or the human or or piulo machinery which handled them. Starch, ror Instance, In tho cases or Miiuo Individuals, passes through the dlKestlvo system without tho body ns slmllatlni; It and obtaining tho addition or Its heat units. In tho cases or other Individuals, tho Name thine would hap pen with beorstenlf. I'or this reason wo must remember, when iiiIvIhIiii; foodstuff for a commu nity, that what Is one man's meat Is another man's poison. Thus It he hooves those who have tho power to rcculuto foodstuffs for a community to he liberal ohoukIi In drawing up their lists to meet the demands or the differ ent capabilities of tho digestive system or the different Individuals. In other words, one capable or uiaklni; a ration al selection must have a thorough knowledge or the physiology of rood .stuffs. The people of the state or 1'cmisyl vaula eat too much potato. Tho large proportion or starch In tho composition of this vegetable produces a catarrhal condition of the digestive tract, which Interferes with digestion and loaves tho patient Insulllclently nourished, event ually over a long series of years pro ducing starvation. Meat, us a rule, Is also overeaten by I'eniisylvunluns. Just now, however, during tho tension of the war, wo need more meat than usual. It should also bo kept In mind that meat will be inoro easily produced dur ing the war than will vegetables, for our trouble will ho tho want of nialo belli to carry out tho continuous do mauds occasioned hy tho cultivation of vegetables during all stages from planting to gathering, wherens cnttlo can In great measure take euro of themselves, and what human help is required need not ho of tho highest de velopment, either physical or mental. j - - t - c To the Point. A face that never wenrs n Kintlo should ho avoided. Ho who prulsoH men ntid flat ters women has ninny falr-wonth-or friends. No, Hobert, tho starboard of n steamer Is not reserved for tho star hoarders. A mun can't have his cako nnd cat It, too especially on his first trip across tho pond, Tho bachelor Is tho pruno of tho humnu family nnd tho spin ster Is tho preserved pench, It Isn't necessary thnt n bril liant conversationalist should know what bo Is talking nbout. -K STATE NEWS I IN BRIEF. Walter Ilroboct wns arronted Satur day nt Medford, for nlluro to support his four children, rnnji"K from 2 to 11 years old. On failure to supply $500 bull ho wns L'lvcn n room in tlio county jail. Tho Corvnllis flro department wan presented Willi n service lln; Wednes day. Tlio (bitf contains 527 stars, ono of them belntf of koIiI to reprosunt tlio death of George Watts, of Company K, who died of pneumonln In Krnnce. Tho county court nt Pendleton will bo required, under three suits filed aijalnHt the Sfwknnu Flouring Mills company, to determine tlio datnnges suffered by tlireo Umatilla county farmers whoso rain last year did not como up to expectations. Edward I). I'iorce, tho lR-year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Alfred I). Pierce, of iillnd Slough, near Astoria, fell off a logging train on Lurkin-fireen roud Tuesday evening nnd wns run over Hnd so badly crushed that he died before medical attention reached him. Tho Humburg MnnufncturinK com pany, of Mount Angel, has shipped a car of 05,000 tent stakes which they made for tho government. They are still working on nn order of 120,000 to be delivered inter. Up to this time they have shipped -175,000 stnkcs. Insurnnco Commissioner Hnrvcy Wells has advised the Ford Car Own ers' Protective association, of Chica go, which is transacting business in Portland and other joints of the state, to either comply with the insurnnco laws of Oregon or cense doing busi ness. Seven hundred Lnno county fnrmers hnd returned agricultural survey blanks, in connection with the plan of tlio Federal government to obtain knowledge of food resources, Saturday night, according to a stntement mndo by County Agricultural Agent N. S. Kobb. Out of 17 men oxnmined Inst week by the Umntilln Medical Advisory board, only five wero passed for serv ice. Tho county examiners, on the other hand, have hnd u much better record, for, out of 20 examined Wed nesday, only ono was referred to tho advisory board. O. O. Calderhead, of the Washing ton Public Service commission, has been designated by the Oregon com mission to represent it at a hearing to bu hold in Chicago within a few days by nn Interstate Commerce commis-J slon cxnmincr to reopen tfio question of rates on glass bottles from tho east to the Pnciflc Const. In tho foreclosure of delinquent 'tnx certificates issued to counties, service enn be obtnincd on delinquent taxpay ers by publicntion alone, Attorney Gencrul Drown held Wednesday in nn opinion to District Attorney Biggs, of Hnrney county. Hut the nttorney gen- cm! emphasizes tho point that this opinion applies only to enses in which the counties themselves arc bringing the foreclosure suits. A drive tins been stnrted throughout tho state to secure information nbout fnrm crops nnd farm- labor conditions, according by Labor Commissioner HolT. Follow-up letters hnvo been sent to nil of tho grnnges, fnrmers' unions nnd others interested through out tho state, to get this informtion in shape nnd forward it nt tho cnrliest possible moment so that it will bo ready for compilation within the next two weeks if possible. Tho labor com missioner hopes by this census to hnvo a complete nnd accurate estimnto of till crops in tho suite upon which to baso an estimnto of tho amount of fnrm la bor needed to hnndlo tho crops for tho 1918 season. Information which has boon received in Snlem is to tho effect that tho great Horst Brothers' hop ranch near Indo- pendonco, said to bo ono of tho largest in tho world, will bo converted largely into a vcgetnblo ranch and that tho dryers will bo used for ovnporntion of vegetables. It is stated that 400 acres of tho ranch are to bo leased for vege table growing, W. S. Brown, Oregon Agricultural collcga extension specialist, will open a pruning school in Dnllns next Wed nesdny morning. This school is to illustrnto tho pruning of tho Italian pruno treo in tho formative poriod in tho young orchard and also tho pruning for fruit in n bearing orchard. Roju vennting of old orchards also will bo given soino attention. Firo which apparently started from nn overheated forgo Thursday night damaged tools nnd machinery in tho welding nnd mnchino shop belonging to II. It. Riloy, of Bend. Tho build ing wns saved. Miss Eunico Ramsdoll shipped on Monday's outgoing train tho last two of tho four boxes of rondy-to-wenr clothing contributed by citizons of Covo nnd vicinity for immedinto roljof of dostituto Bolgium children and women. War Recipes Cut out tho following rcclpei and patto them In your cook book to help you Hooverize. They have been thoroughly tetled by instructor and special lecturer in tho department of home economic nt the Unirerdty of Washington. Nut Lonf With Ornngo Sauco 1 c English walnuts (ground), 2 c bread crumbs, 1-3 c butter (melted in 1 c hot wntor), 1 egg, 1 tb melted butter (sub stitute) nnd i c hot wntor for bnsting. Add nuts to bread crumbs. Pour melt ed butter over well-benten egg. nnd mix with nuts and bread. Form into a lonf, nnd bnko on buttered pan for one half hour. Has to with butter nnd water. Servo hot with sauce. Ornngo Snuce 1 tb butter substi tute, 1 tb flour, 2 tb ground nuts, 1 orango (diced pulp nnd J grated rind), 1 c water. Blend butter substitute nnd flour. Add ground nuts, orange, and water. Boil until well mixed, and do not strain. Princeton Cheese 1 c canned toma toes, 1 ts soda, 2 tb butter substitute, 1 ts mado mustard, few drops onion juice, 2 tb cornstarch, 1 c milk, 1 lb. grntcd cheese, 1 egg beaten. Cook the tomatoes five minutes, add soda and strain. Cook butter substitute and cornstarch together. Ad d tomato. Remove from fire, ndd milk, cheese, mustard and onion juice. Add egg. Do not stir much. Serve on toasted graham bread for lunch. Shrimps n la Creole 1 c shrimps (or salmon or tunn fish) 1 c, boiled rice, 1 heaping tb butter substitute, 1 c minced celery, 1 onion minced, 1 can pimento, 1 c milk, J c catsup (not too sweet). Boil nil together for few minutes. Add J c catsup, and boil again. Servo hot in pattce shells or on toast. Peanuts nnd Onions 2 qt cooked onions (steamed or boiled), J c pea nuts, roasted and chopped, 2-3 qt white sauce, salt, pepper. Put one-half the peanuts into the white sauce and mix this with the onions. Sprinkle the remaining half of the peanuts on top. Quantity: 10 servings. Boosts SI cat Production. Colfax, Wash. B. E. Smcad, the pig club specialist for Eastern Wash ington, is traveling through Whitman county, visiting schools and commer cial clubs in tho interest of general club work, especially live animal clubs. unrmiiicoT iiimtr nennmr Huniunui mMnnu mrum j Wheat Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Hard White Bluestem, Early Bart, Allen, Ualgaius, Martin Amber, $2.05. Soft White Palouso bluestem, forty fold, whito valley, Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03. White club Little club, Jenkins club, whito hybrids, So nora, $2,01. Red Wnlla Red Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop pel, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less. No. 3 grado Gc less. Other grades hanledd by sample. Flour Patents, $10. Millfced Net mill prices, car lots: Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32 per ton; middlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $6Ctf?68; rolled oats, $66. Butter Cubes, extras, 48c; prime firsts, 47ic Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 52c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 55c delivered. Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 48c; candled, 50c; selects, 52c per dozen. Poultry Hons, 25i26c; springs, 24; broilers, 2930c; geese, 1618c; turkeys, live, 2425c; dressed, choice, 30c. Veal Fancy, 20c per pound. Pork Fancy, 20ic per pound. Sack vegetables Carrots, $1.60 per sack; boots, $1.50 2.00; turnips, $1.50; parsnips, $1.50(S!2.00. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, $1 1.25 por hundred; Ynkimas, $1.60; sweet potatoes, 551c per pound. Onions Oregon, buying price, $1.75 por hundred. Green Fruits Apples, $12.25; penrs, $2.25; cranborrios, Eastern. $17.50 por barrol. Fobruary 20, 1918. Cnttlo Med. to choico steors. . . .$10.3511.50 Good to mcd. steers 9.3510.35 Com. to good steers 8.00$S10.00 Choico cows nnd hoifors. 8.00 9.60 Com. to good cows and hf 6.760 8.15 Cnnners 4.25 6.26 Bulls 5.00 8.00 Colvos 7.5012.00 Stockors and feeders. . . . G.60 9.50 Hogs Primo light hogs $1C.6016.60 Primo hoavy hogs 16.4016.50 Pigs 14.0016.00 Bulk 16.0016.60 Sheep Western lambs $16.0015.50 Valley lambs 14.5015.00 Yearlings 13.0013.60 Wothors 12.6013.00 Ewes 9.0012,00 RIBEC OPERATION OF A ROAD DRAG Mistake for Operator to Think That All He Has to Do Is- to Drlvo Team Get Dest Anale. Whenever tho rood drag has been tried find pronounced a failure It Is wife to miy that It wiih not used often enough or else It wns used nt tho wrong time or In tho wrong wny. Some operators seem to think thnt nil they have to do Is to drive the team nnd the drag will automatically do the work, but this Is n snd mistake. In the first place the mnnner of hitching the tenia to the drag greatly Operating a Road Drag. nffects Its operation. If a short hitch Is used the tendency Is to rnlse the front edge of the drag, while a longer hitch makes It cut deeper and movo more material. The correct length of hitch to use depends upon the height of the team, arrangement of harness, etc., nnd must be determined by trial. The amount of skew or nngle which the drag makes with the center lino of the road also affects the results. The greater tho skew (I. e., the small er the angle between the drag and tho center line of the road) the more earth will be moved toward the cen ter. Usually this skew angle should be about 45 degrees, but here again the Judgment nnd experience of tho operator must be brought into play. The driver can control the opera tion to a large extent by shifting his position upon the drag. When he ap proaches n high spot In the road he enn step toward the front, thus mak ing the blade cut deeper, while at a depression he can step toward tho rear, in this way raising the cutting edge nnd dumping the earth which Is being pushed ahead of the drag. By stepping toward the end of the drag nearest the center of the road he can increase the nkew and so move more earth toward the center lino, while stepping to the other end of the drag has the opposite effect In road drag ging it Is especially truo that "prac tice makes perfect" provided that com mon sense Is used along with the practice. HOW TO PREVENT ROAD DUST Breaking Up of Ridges Formed When Roadbed Is Wet From Standing Water Causes Trouble. Dust In tho road is largely caused by tho breaking up of the ridges formed when the road bed Is wet from standing wnter. If the roadbed is kept well crowned nnd smooth wnter will run off. The surface will soften up some In case of n long rain, but It will not be nearly so hnd as when there are ruts which hold the wnter. Tho wheels of each passing vehicle mnko tlio rut n little deeper. Tho best vray to keep tho rondbed smooth Is to run over It wtih tho road drag. This should be dono soon after It rains. The soil Is then soft so It can be easily scraped off nnd dropped Into any depressions. The harrow also lnys tlio soil down In layers. It sort of plasters It down, which makes n harder surface than when the soil Is dumped onto the rondbed. Tho road drag Is the most effective dust preven ter except oiling the roads. ATTENTION TO SIDE DITCHES Provision Should Be Made to Remova All Surface Water Rapidly Guard Against Erosion. Special attention should bo paid to providing eldo ditches which will re move nil surface water rapidly. Side ditches on long, steep grades should bo protected ngalnst serious erosion by riprap, transverso timbers or other beams. Culverts tind bridges should bo of ample slzo nnd bo, built as per manent structures. Drain tile should bo laid to carry off underground wn ter. Sldo ditches which are kept clean and hnvo sufficient slope to lead tho water away aro usualljr preferable to tlio drainage, but the latter is neces sary In soino places.