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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1918)
The Pumps of Lassigny Red Cross Nobly Comes to the Assistance of Re maining Residents of Wrecked French Village Lnnslgny wnn pounded to pieces In tho two ycurrt Hint tho Iloclio trenches lay JtiNt before It. It wiim n deserted vlllnco when tho Germans retired lost spring. Hut (hero were, rrllnrM among tho Jnggcd hits of wait left standing, nnd horo nnd there n corner of roof Hint tho big guns hud missed, A fuw families, which hnd crowded Into tint towns hehlnd tho lino wnlllng their chnnce, moved forwnrd Into what they culled their "homes," sleeping tinywhero often on damp fitrnw. Tho government sent In n trnlnlond of wooden barracks, mid tho army com innnder Kent In n group of bodies to wet them up. Morn refugees moved In. Tho Roches liiliorloiinly dug out tho well Mint other Bodies hnd laboriously shoveled full of dirt and manure. I.nsslgny is n long village, HtrtiKKllnn olong tho rood from to ; and It had many wcIIm In tho days lieforo tho war. When (ho Gorman left, they tilled tho wells ho carefully thut nix mouth Inter tho grass and weeds concealed every trace of what had ono been village wellM. Only tho cud of n ladder sticking out of tho lull grass betrayed one well. Tho Mtouo walls of tho woIIm wero solid, and far down hclow tho water wan Kood French chemists analyzed It after tho Ilocho prisoners hnd, shovel full by shovel-full, cleaurd out tho well-holes. Hut tho wells aro deep, nnd to haul up buckets of water by hand Ih it long hard tank. There aro no strong men In I.nslgiiy those days; only the llttlo children, and tho old men nnd women nnd Hut two brave nurses of tho Union den Fomines do France. Ko tho word went back iiIoiik tho Hue. 'Tumps for I.tisslgny I" Thcro nro no pumps to ho had In tho ruined region about Lnsslgny, fertile nnd buity an It onco wan; ko (ho Hed Cross delegate sent to Paris; and tho Ited Cross purchasing department thero dent out a buyer to find pump for Lnsslgny. Tho town has Its pumpii now; and even tho tiny hiire-linced tots can start tho water HowIiik. And when tho Ited Ctohm man come to town, tho town folk greet him with a smile. When ho wan Inxt there, thero wan n knock at tho door of tho barriiekH where lie wn chatting with n French ntirsu nnd In came an old peitsant woman, bearing her token of gratitude and friendship a plateful of steaming hot linked apples, and a brown Jugful of fresh wnter pumped from one of I.iiMlgiiy' well. Winter Colds By Dr. Smul C Diioo Commluloaer ol I itMi ol PcaaiylraaU During tho frigid weather, you want to keep well nourished. To do thin, your meolH diould bo taken with reg ularity, and you should take n moderato amount of exorcise, not too near meal time. No better form of exercise can bo found than that of walking with a good brink mop and awing I nc of tho artiiH. You should keep up a Kood circu lation of blood tlmt tho digestive glnnda may accrete n healthful (juantlty of dlgestlvo fluids, and tho food bo prepared for and ns slmllntcd by tho body. No excesses hhould bo Indulged In, particularly tho taking of alcoholic beverages. You should live In pure air night and day, but tho very young and tho very old Hhould not bo expoHed to ..extremely low temperature!. Careful obHorvnnco of those sugges tions will do much to prevent, nnd nt leant to noma extent, help pull you through congestive or even Infective colds, which nro prevalent when tho weather Ih ho very changeable na It Ih In winter In our North Atlantic tit-mntc. Save Natural Ice For Uso In Summer Saves Ammonia as Well as Conserving Coal (Prepared by tho United Mate Depart ment of AKTlculture.) All who enn posnlbly do ho aro urged by tho United Stntcs department of ng- rlculturo to harvest a supply of natural Ico this winter nnd storo It for sum- iner uso. This Ih of vital importance nt thin tlmo, for every ton gathered will help In tho war-tlmo conservation of nmmonln which In necessary In tho mnnufneturo of Ice. Ammonia salts nro regarded an an essential In tho manufacture, of ccrtnln fertilizers: und tho cost of fertilizers Is dependent to Homo extent on tho innr kct value of nmmonln. Of extreme slg nlllcnnco nt this tlmo, however, Ih tho fact that tho most Important chomlcnlH used In mnlclug ammonium nitrate and other explosives nro readily made from nmmonln and every qunrt of America's nlrcndy small supply of this HtibHtanco that can bo saved means moro power to America's nrmlcs. Thus tho farmer Is Interested In tho conservation of ammonia not only from n nntlonnl standpoint, but becuuso of hlB porsonnl Interests. Ammonia saved through hnrvcstlng of natural Ico means moro nmmonln for fertilizers nnd moro nmmonlij for ammunition, Tho mnn who harvests Ico now nnd stores It In pits or Ico houses, next summer may hnvo tho satisfaction of helping out his neighbor who depend ed on an Ico plant. In addition to tho snvlng of nm monln, consorvntlon of conl Is to bo 'effected through tho hnrvcstlng of nat ural Ico. American Ico factories and refrigerating plants, according to fig ures of tho United .States fuel admin duration, use nuuually 15,000,000 tons of coal. Try a New Way to Cook Potatoes Just a Few .of the Styles in This List It Ih claimed that there nro moro than 100 ways to cook potatoes, from tho primitive (and stilt probably tho best) methods of boiling or linking with the skins on, to tho most com plex nnd seasoned dishes. Hero nro some of tho ways known to the United Ktates department of agriculture. Hnvo you tried them nil, or do you know about as many moro? Rolled, chips, lyonnalse, mashed, pan browned, salad, In chowders, baked, shoestrings, hashed brown, mashed fried, stuffed, In fish cakes, In light brend, plnln fried, french fried, gnuffre, souf fle, rlced, In hash, biscuits, snuto, crenmcd, croquettes, nu grntln, soups, In stows, In ment plo crust. Enemy of tho Dog Figures High Cost of Keeping Pet A dog hater In New Hampshire, stim ulated by tho campaign for food con servation, sharpened his pencil nnd this Is what ho figured: One person In 20 keeps n dog; thnt'a 5.000,000 dogs. It costs ten cents n dny to feed a dog, or J.'10.r0 a year for one, nnd $182,000,000 per annum for nil of them. With flour nt $15 n bar rel, this sum would buy 12,100,000 bar rels of flour. If londed 12 barrels to ench motortruck, 1,000,000 trucks would bo required to load tho flour, nt ono time, nnd they would mnko a pro cession 2,272 miles In length. Tho figures seem to bo all right nnd unquestionably impressive, but who can estimate tho heart pnngs nnd per sonal loss of 5,000,000 smnll boys If deprived ot their denrest trcnsuroJ Popular Mechanics Magazine. The Champion Wood Chopper. A record In wood chopping Is claim ed by L. J. Ilnugen, fifty, who lives near Clinton, la. Up to tho opening of tho present lumbering sea son ho chopped 0,207 cords. Ho Is a Norwegian. During tho summer ho works for farmers about the county, but as soon as tho first touches of winter nro nppnrent, ho shoulders hts ax nnd starts for tho timber lands. He figures his chopping career from tho tlmo ho was twenty, slnco which ho hns averaged two cords a dny dur ing tho chopping season. Wise and Otherwise. Never Judge n man's good or bnd qualities by what his neigh bors say about him. Onco In a while thcro Is n man ho good nntured that ho Is ulco to his wife's relatives. What goes up must como down ns many an alrplnno chnuffour Is discovering, A shrewd mnn mny bo both wlso and honest, but tho chances aro that ho Is nclthor, If common sonso will not tench n young man ctlquctto n book on tho subject ts of llttlo use. STATE NEWS I T7T Xr?TT7!7 Fred Wymnn, n young man of Bhol burn, who enlisted two months ngo In tho United States nnvy, died this week nt tho San Diego naval training sta tion, according to word received by relatives In Mnn county. n A .ml IV Hwllmrt. of DnrliV. In tho east end of Douglas county, hnvo uncovered n largo deposit of mineral, which, on holntr analyzed, proved to bo n good quality of magnesia. Several sulphur deposits also hnvo been discov ered In that district. G. W. Wilcox, who has been in chnrgo of tho poultry plant at tho Oro gon State hospital, hns signified his in tention of resigning to go to Califor nia. IIo hns been receiving SHOO n yenr nnd bus rojectcd n tentative offer for nn incrcaso to S1800. To mcot tho urgent needs for homes for tho steadily Increasing number of shipyard and mill laborers nt Marsh field, F. E. Conwny will immediately commenco building 10 or 12 houses and will continue until thero are suffi cient number. It is thought ICO will bo built. William I'ollmnn, n linker stock man, who hns returned from nn exten sive trip over tho Middle and South western livestock raising sections of tho contry, said that tho stock in East ern Oregon and Southern Idaho is in tho best condition of nny section of the United States. Trinl of n suit for accounting sgninst Thomas B. Kny, stnto treasurer, was started in tho Circuit court before Judgo Kelly nt Snlcm, ono day this week, tho suit being instituted by Fnnny Kny Hishop, sister of the tress urcr, nnd Involving tho estate of their mother. Ann Kny. William Inmnn, who crossed tho plnlns with his parents in 1852 nnd who hnd resided on a donation claim near Klmlra until n few years ago, died nt his home in Eugene Wednes day night. Ills wifo died two months ngo. Inmnn, who was in his 70th yenr, never recovered from grief oc casioned by her death. J. II. Hlkmnn, an Albany business mnn, purchased $3800 worth of war savings stamps at the Albany post olllco Wednesday. This is said to be ono of the largest single sales of these stamps thus far reported in tho state. Mr. Bikmnn is n native of Kiof, Rus sia, tho city which is tho capital of tho now Ukrnntnn republic Preliminary work on tho Sheridan rond job, which was stopped last fall by tho government refusing to allow tho further uso of cars, has been started again by tho Stnte Highway department, and Highway Engineer Nunn stated thnt tho commission is in stalling its own quarry nnd putting in its equipmont to go ahead. Chouw Sing, for 19 yenrs chef nt tho Soldiers' Homo nt Rosoburg, will bo rotnincd thcro to supervise tho cooking, the Stato Hoard of Control decided Wednedsy. Tho reports that ho was suffering from tuberculosis was denied in n report received from Com- mandnnt Markco, who said that Dr, Stewart, physician at tho home, had mndo examinations which were con vincing that ho had no symptoms of tho disease Tho organization of tho Loyal Le gion of Loggers in tho Clntsknnie vi cinity is being rapidly pushed ahead. Recently several men of tho Army sig nal corps viBited tho enmps on tho big Kerry lino and practically every logger in tho enmps Joined nnd nro ready to help tho government get out spruco and 11 r to help to win the war. Camp No. 15 of tho Booth-Kelly Lumber company, recently established abovo Wcndling, is making a record for 100 per cent loyalty to tho coun try's cnuso. Tho 41 men employed thero aro not only members of tho Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber men, but ovory ono of them has taken out a membership in tho Red Cross. Fred Otley, of Harney county, has reported to Dr. W. H. Lytlo, State veterinarian, that threo cows belong ing to Hubert Smith, of that county. died during n recent night nt a corral in which thoy wero feeding, nnd thnt examination of tho stomachs mado thero indicated thnt crushed' glass had bcon fed to tho animals with tho salt thoy wero enting. War stamps to tho vnluo of $000 navo noon tnken by tno eight mon nnd women composing tho cookhouse forco of tho Brooks-Scnnlon Lumbor com pany nt Bond. Sovornl hundred dol lnrs' worth of stnmps nlso woro tnken by tho loggers. In tho other dopart monts of tho company's plant equal in terest in tho collection of thrift rnrtt. flcatos Is boing shown, tho differencet rorcmon having entered into competi tion to soo which ono will placo tho most stamps. To date moro than $3000 worth of stamps hnvo boon pur chased by tho company for redistribu tion to Its employes. War Recipes Cut out lha following recipe and pait them In your cook book to help you Hooverize. They have been thoroughly teited by (nttructori and pedal lecturers in the department of homo economic! at the University of Wathington. Broiled Red Snapper Slices of fish cut inch thick, melted fat, salt pep per, bread crumbs. Red snapper is very good If cut in three-quarter inch slices, rubbed with melted fat, sprink led with salt and pepper and rolled In fine crumbs and broiled. It may be served with lemon sauce or hot tartar HAULING CROPS TO MARKET sauce. Broiled Halibut Preparo same as red snapper. Broiled Salmon thick, 1 egg, corn is fully ss good as is five to ten cents pensive. Slices beaten egg, then meal and broiled, with Lemon sauco sauce. -Slices of fish 2 inch meal. White salmon the red salmon, and per pound less ex- may bo dipped in in crumbs or corn This may be served or mock Hollandaiso Broiled Alaska Sole Whole fish, salt, popper, melted butter, crumbs. Clean tho fish, skin, and remove the heads (at tho fish markets it is gener ally dressed.) It is particularly good brushed over with fat sprinkled with salt and pepper and dipped In fine crumbs and broiled. With corn muffins it makes an appetizing breakfast dish, which compares favorably with brook trout Black Cod Black cod is one of the larger deep-sea fish commonly found in the Pugct Sound fish markets. Tho flesh is white and firm. As it contains a largo percentage of fat, black cod is most delicious when broiled. Rounds of black cod J inch thick, salt, pepper. For broiling, the round should bo cut J to 1 inch thick. Re move tho skin, wipe with a damp cloth, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the slices upon the rack of the broiler. It is advisable to placo a pan beneath tho rack to catch the fat which drops down. This fat may be used for frying other fish, or in escal- loped dishes of fish, etc The broiled black cod may bo served with a lemon or tomato sauce, or without sauce. A combination of boiled, or backed pota toes, corn bread and tomatoes, or a cabbage salad, is particularly good. ?0RTHWKI MARKET REPORT Wheat Bulk basis for No. 1 grade Hard White Bluestem, Early Bart, Allen, Galgalus, Martin Amber, $2.05, Soft White Palouse bluestem, forty fold, white valley, Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03. Whito club Littlo club, Jenkins club, whito hybrids, So nora, $2,01. Red Walla Red Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, Cop- pel. $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3e less. No. 3 grade Cc less. Other grades hanledd by sample. Flour Patents, $10. Millfced Not mill prices, car lots Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32 per ton; middlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 60c more; rolled barley. $6068; rolled oats, $66. Butter Cubes, extras, 60c; prime firsts, 49c. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 52c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat. No. 1, 55c delivered. Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 35c; candled, 36c; selects, 38c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 25J26c; springs, 27; broilers, 3035c; geese, 2021c; turkeys, live, 2627c; dressed, choice, 35c. Veal Fancy, 20c per pound. Pork Fancy, 201c per pound. Sack vegetables Carrots. $1.60 per sack; beets, $1.60 2.00; turnips. $1.60: parsnips, $1.502.00. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, $1 1.25 per hundred; Yaklmas, $1.60; Bweet potatoes, 66fl5tc per pound. Onions Oregon, buying price, $1.75 ner hundred. Green Fruits Apples, $12.25; pears, $2.26; cranberries. Eastern. $17.60 per barrol. March 7, 1018. Cattlo Med. to choice steers. . . .$10.35(7511.00 Good to mod. steers 9.35(7T)10.35 Com. to good steers 8.00(3110.00 Choice cows and heifers. 8.00(3 9.50 Com. to good cows and hf 7.00 8.15 Connors 4.25 6.25 Bulls 5.00 8.00 Calves 7.5012.00 Stockera and foodors.... 6.60 9.60 Hoes Primo light hogs $16.8517.60 Primo heavy hogs 16.50lb.& Pigs 14.0016.25 Bulk 16.6016.95 Sheen Wcstorn lambs $15.0016.60 Valley lambs 14.6015.00 Yearlings 13.0013.60 Wethors 12.6013,00 Ewas 9.0012.00 Average Farmer Must Haul HI Prod ucts 8lx and One-Half Miles Other Points. How for must the nvcrago farmer In the United States haul his crop to market? Exactly six and n half miles, It can be answered, for the bu reau of crop estimates of the depart-, ment of agriculture has completed nn Inquiry into the whole matter of form hauling throughout the country. In cidentally, the results of tho Inquiry show that If only one wagon wero available to haul crops It would re quire about 15,747,000 days for it to complete the Job for only tho mar keted portion of three most prominent farm products wheat, corn and cotton. The investigation shows that It re quires about half a day for the aver age farmer to make a round trip to market, nnd about two-thirds of a day on the average for the farmers farth est from market to make a similar trip. That market distances are grow ing shorter is shown by the fact that In 1000 It required almost CO per cent moro tlmo the average round trip. One reason for the Improved condi tions, It Is pointed out, Is that slnco 1000 the steam railroad mileage in the United States has Increased 15 per cent nnd that many new freight-car rying electric lines have been built Another point brought out by the Inquiry Is that there has been marked Improvement in public roads since the i Concrete Road in Mississippi. bureau's Investigations in 1006, for tho size of the average load hauled has nearly doubled since then. A day's haul of wheat in 1900 was 50 bushels : now It Is 112 bushels. In 1000 1.700 pounds of cotton was hauled in a day; now the average daily haul Is 3,000 pounds. The inquiry developed the fact that the loads hauled in the cotton country are the smallest but the most valu able. Thus the average value of a load of cotton was found to be 183, wheat $43 nnd corn ?2S. The longest hauls were found to be In the Rocky mountain states, where Nevada holds the record with nn average haul for all farmers of 18 miles. The shortest hauls wero shown to be lu the middle West. Ohio at the bottom of the list with four miles. BIG GOOD ROADS DIVIDENDS Motorists of Massachusetts Spent $25,. 000,000 Last Season, as Result of Good Roads. Motorists spent $25,000,000 in Massa chusetts last season, lnrgely ns n re sult of the good roads of that state. Rather n fine dividend 1 Great progress has been made in im proving the ronds in MInnesotn, but there nro communities which ns yet, npparently, seo but ono side to tho good ronds question, nnd that Is, cap ital going out nnd no dividends com ing back. While tho returns from motor travel nro Indirect, neverthe less they nro certnln. It Is obvious that nny town Is nt least indirectly benefited by having such good roads that motorists delight in making it nn objectlvo on their week-end tours. Any district that has bad roads be comes Just as well known, but of conrso adversely. Unfortunately, too many specific enses might bo given, Minneapolis Journal. ,