AS WE GROW OLD
I'm koIIIiik Kiinr niul old-
I hnvn imwioil Urn' day of mild.
And I'm mmrlnir wliern tlm ovonln breoio
U hIhIiImiiI
Autt-dmir follow l-Pnoitm lo wiyi
"Wo hnvn emnq n limir, Ioiir way,
Ami thrrn'M llttln loft for tin Hint's worth
ilia iryliiKl"
Vi't Imvo iniuli our Jnurnay by
Ilocky imlhwiiyn-AKn mid I
Ami wo Mmred whatever Korltinn dinned
the rIvImk;
llnpiiy vn linvo been nnd Kind,
I.tickleM, (00, nnd ilrcttr nml Mil,
Hut we've eliirnil tMii nnd known tho
loVft Of. Ilvltltf,
Now wn'vn rwliMl tlm nnd nt last,
Yimtli nnd IIiiImi-m nrn at
TiuIhIpm now thu clioTful word of ni
nnd (Hieti
"Vou nro old," tho reborn MVj
TIioiikIi w'r ullrnl on our wy.
In tlm lirnrtn of in 'tin very wall we
know III
Not by rny nrn wn Ixttrayed,
Nor our frnturn do tby fitdo;
It' imrrnt morn In our uccc at woo
In.
Wo enn "till rliiirm timid of nix,
And tho "lrl" of forty itlck.
Hut Ilia Queen of Twciiity.ono-there'
nntlilnit dolnsl
John I). Well, lluffnlo Kvrnlns New.
Make Your
Own Sugar
0 it U. S. Dept. ol Agrkultur
II)' tho two of ordinary kitchen
equipment tunny people tiro In n posi
tion to innko up tho nvcrngu of 81
pound of sugar, which Ih thu average
each person In tho United Mate used
Inst year. A few mignr mnplo trees,
well-kept colonies of heeH, n hundred
feet of sugnr heels ruined In tho gnr
den, or 11 small pntrh of sweet sor
ghum, nnd surplus apples which inlKht
go to wttNto unless made Into npplo
sirup mny ench ho tnitdo to contrlhuto
to tho sugar Miipply.
The present limited sugar supply enn
ho Increased If uuiny more fnmllles, In
regions where tho sugar tnnplo grows,
would ench innko mnplo simp or sugar
from ten or inoro mnplo trees. Ten
trees, tinder ordlnnry conditions, enn
lie expected to yield about four Wil
tons of sirup or thirty pounds of sugar.
Mnplo sugar iniikliiK Is an nrt tho
pioneer settlers of America lenrned
from tho Indians and for yenrs It has
heen n homo niul fnrm Industry. Tho
process Is not so complicated that any
one who has tho opportunity need hesi
tate to try It. Kind a sugar mnplo treo
ten or more Inches In dlniuoter; horo n
holo three-eights of 1111 Inch or slightly
inoro In diameter; Insert n metnl spout
or 0110 inado hy punching tho pith from
11 section of elder; set n bucket under
It that tho sap limy collect; boll this
down In 11 kettlo or shallow pan on 11
kitchen stovo to tho proper density for
mnplo sirup. If sugar Is preferred, boll
It down further until It Is quite thick,
taking care that It does not burn, nnd
let It crystallize.
"Kugnr weather" often starts by tho
middle of February In tho southern
part of tho sugar mnplo region. Tho
tlrst snp Is sweetest. There Is no tlmo
to bo lost In talking; get rendy to
tako advantngo of tho llrst warm,
sunny days. "Old timers" say tho out
look Is good for n good sugar sen-son.
Unpatriotic Hoarding
Sufficient Food It Being Held in Reserve to Take Care of
Home Needs First
TIicbo nro lliu lnyn of sharing, not hoarding. No ono can livo unto
liinlBulf rtlono in tlmo of nntfonnl peril.
Tho nntion'fl own food needs nt tills critical timo nro boing carefully
safeguarded. There in enough food boing hold in rcsorvo lo allay any fear
on that score. Our own peoplo will bo fed first.
I Jut there is no quicker way to empty our warehouses than to buy in
unduo quantities. It was rccontly discovered by a certain federal food
administrator that boiiio of tho farmers in his slato had from thrco to four
years' supply of flour laid away.
Suppose every family in America woro to hoard this much flour.
Picturo what that would do to tho total annual supply of that universally
used commodity, which in 1017 was 06,005,609 barrels.
Tho fowl administration is prohibiting all hoarding of food supplies
on tho part of dealers. No liconscd dealer is permitted to hold food stores
in excess of what nro reasonable requirements for n period of 00 days.
AH this is being dotio to protect tho individual. Thcroforo thoro is
no need for individual hoarding nnd no real American can bo so unpa
triotic as lo block tho normal flow of food supplies in this crisis by holding
back moro than ho actually needs tor his current uso.
Ilcmembcr these arc days of sharing. A common fate awaita us.
Tho winning of this war is the ono goal sot by us all. To mako tho food
supply hold out for the coining months means mutual saving and mutual
sharing not hoarding ono from tho other.
How Red Cross Workers Aro
Now Knitting Two Socks at
Same Timo for Army Boys
Knitting two socks nt ono tlmo Is nn
nchlovoment every war knitter would
llko to bo equal to. Homo of tho Red
Cross shops nro passing tho news
around that It can bo done. Tho dis
covery was credited to n Sydney, Aus
tralia, workshop. This shop Increased
Its output from M.000 pairs of socks
ono month to 70,000 pairs tho next by
knitting "twins." Miss IJrown, who
came to this country to Impart tho di
rections to our lied Cross, gives tho
.following Instructions on knitting twin
socks :
"Tho purling for tho top of the socks
Is knit sepunito. When ono Is finished
tnko It off with a dnrnlng ncedlo on to
n heavy cord. When tho other Is fin
ished slip tho first ono Inside tho sec
ond one, from tho top, nnd with tho
knitting needle take up from first one
nnd then tho other, ulternntlng, begin
ning with tho llrst stitch from tho
needle nnd ending with tho last stitch
from the ono on tho cord. Hold tho
sock towunl you, purling tho tlrst
stitch, which Is from tho sock that was
on tho needle, nnd knitting tho second
stitch from tho ono that was on tho
cord; proceed with tho llrst purl nnd
then knit, holding tho thread over the
first finger for knitting, nnd soon you
will acquire n rhythm.
"When you get to tho heels tnko oft
ns In any sock. As you turn your heel
always purl the ono next to you nnd
knit tho other. To narrow tnko llrst
and third stitch, purl them and slip
tho needle out, which leaves ono stitch
from tho opposite sock, which slip onto
your needle nnd narrow knitting. There
Is no slip nnd bind in this sock. When
finished slip tho needles out nnd take
up your separate socks and bind off.
In purling nover put your thread over
Clathjerecl SmxleS
Her Complaint.
Doctor Your daughter, madam, Is
MilTerlng from constitutional tncrtln.
Tho Olrl There, ma I And you've
been saying I was simply Jury.
Wild
duces.
"Why do thoy
refer to a states
man as n solon?"
"Tho word Is
derived from tho
dead lnngunges,"
answered tho man
who assumes to
know everything,
"nnd refers to n
status man's In
stinctive deslro to
got on n platform
nnd do nn orator
ical solo."
Information Limited.
"Is this a burenu of Information or
Is It not?" naked tho caustic porson.
"It's a bureau of Information to n
limited extent," ropllcd tho clorlt. "Wo
are not trying to tell nnybody when tho
war will end."
Mystery.
"Thoso autos smell drendful," re
marked an old lady. "I can't under
stand how that delicious perfumo was
over called 'auto of roBos.' "
Deference.
"Do you think tt Is proper to uso pro
fnnlty to a mule?"
"So far ns my own feelings nro con
cerned," declnred tho export teamster,
"It Is highly Improper. Hut when you
nro trying to got nlong with ns Bcnsl
tlvo nnd exacting nn animal ns a mule,
you've simply got to humor him."
It Depend.
Mrs. Flatbush
What docs your
husband call your
dog?
Mrs. Hon son
hurst When he's
calling him In tho
h o u s e, do you
mean, or chasing
him out?
Whero He Was.
Angry Womnn My hushnnd at
tempted to strlko mo. I want to have
lit in arrested.
l'ollco Captain All right. Whoro
will wo find him?
Angry Woman In tho emergency
hospital,
Uncle Eben.
"Do queerest thing nbout a fault
flndor," Bald Undo Khen, "Is dnt ho kin
always git a few people worryln' delr
heads off tryln' to plenso 'lin."
always keep It toward you, na If you
nro purling bnck on your heel."
Tho tenchor said that after knitting
thrco pairs ono would becomo as effi
cient as In knitting tho single sock.
H-H-M-M-H- H I H 1H 1 4 1 i M il
Notos of Interest
t
. Clothing made of pressed , .
; ; feathers as n substltuto for wool ;
' . has been Invented by on Italian ', '.
priest. ; ;
A gnsollno blow torch supplies '.
I tho heart for a new cooking J
stovo for campers that cannot
J bo blown out. J ;
J A pneumatic latch with which
n door may bo opened from dls- T
tnnt points has been patented. -
'. ', A new mop for washing nuto- '.
; mobiles has n hollow handle
! ! through which water Is fed by ', '.
T screwing it to hose.
X Tho extermination of nil flics I
; ; Is tho nlm of two Ilritlsh physl- j ;
! ! clans who aro experimenting ! '.
; ; with a pnrnslto thnt kills tho In- ; ;
KCCIH.
T4-4-lfI"IIItiHI-l"IIfIII
Telescope and Spirit Level
Part of Air Raiders' Outfit
If a bomb bo dropped from an air
plane 10,000 feet up, and traveling nt
u speed of 100 miles an hour, It
reaches the ground n considerable dis
tance ahead of tho point nt which It
was released, nnd tho dllllculty of
Judging how to hit n particular build
Ing Is enormous.
A machine Invented to assist tho
raiders has been found on n captured
fiotha. Tho main fenturc, says tho
London Tlt-Ults, Is n telescope hung
on gliiibnls and pointing through tho
tloor of tho bomber's compartment. In
connection with this Is u form of spir
it level which brings n bubble into tho
center of n glass disk when tho telo'
scope Is vertical, so thnt tho bomber
knows when It Is In tho position thnt
enn bo trusted. Helow tho telescopo
Ih u prism, so thnt tho Imago seen la
not nn object directly underneath, but
at nny desired distance abend, accord
ing to the angle nt wheh It is set
For Instance, If tho nlrplnno Is 10,000
foot up, nnd tho speed Is such thnt tho
bomb must bo released half a inllo
from the object, tho prism has to bo
set nt nn angle of 15 degrees. Even
then tho calculation Is liable to error,
becnuso the density of different luyora
of nlr mny vnry.
Soldiers Find Texas Cities
Quite Like Thoso Back Homt
Texnns nro grently plensed to find
that United States soldiers from the
North and East hnvo so rendlly fnll
eu Into tho way of things In tho Lone
Stnr state. Tho battnllons encamped
there nro snld to express great ml
miration for Dnllns nnd other Texas
cities, nnd to ndnilt thnt they nro
"something llko tho cities bnck home."
And they aro. That Is ono of tho
first discoveries mado by nnyono who
goes from ono placo to nnothcr in tho
United Stntes, observes tho Christian
Sclenco Monitor. It becomes monot
onous, nftcr n while, to find tho towns
and cities aro much alike, but mod
crnlzntlon hns largely dono tho mimo
kind of things In Europe. Homo Is
overy year growing to look inoro llko
London, Purls, nnd Now York. Dal
las, Tex., might bo situated in Massa
chusetts, Illinois, Colorado or Cali
fornia, without exciting comment. And
yot thero was distinctive architecture
in tho different sections of tho Amort
can Union not so many years ago.
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STATE NEWS !
IN BRIEF. !
Thn Anlirln f!nrnontir' union, tin.
017, at Its meeting April 6, voted $300
moro for Liberty bonds, making a total
of $500.
Mark J. Illndman, ono of tho oldest
residents of Baker county, died at tho
age of 03 years at tho homo of his son,
Albert HIndman, at Durkco Saturday.
His death resulted from a complication
of diseases due to his advanced age.
Fifty cltlrcns of Wcndling Wcdnes-
day forwarded a petition to Adjutant
General John M. Williams asking for
authorization of a Homo Guard at
Wondlfng. Most of tho men who
signed tho petition aro employes in tho
mill and camps of tho Booth-Kellcy
Lumbor company.
County Judge Miller and Commis
sioner V. Hurt, who returned to Toledo
from Salem and Portland Saturday
night, stated that Lincoln county will
receive a total of $20,000 in addition
to its road fund from tho forest reserve
fund and tho Stato Highway commis
sion on a 50-50 basis.
In a communication to the Salem
school board, the state board of health
criticizes tho manner of handling con
tagious diseases in tho Salem schools.
Tho letter says that children affected
with mumps and German measles aro
merely required to remain at home and
are not placed-In quarantine.
A suit was filed in the Clatsop
county Circuit court this week by tho
United States National bank of Salem,
against tho Western Paving company
to recover $8220.01, and interest on a
chattel mortgage given by the defend
ant to tho Arenz Construction company
and later assigned to the plaintiff.
After 18 days spent in the Marshfield
city jail, Nestor Junkala, sentenced to
CO days and fined $100 for I. W. W,
activities, Tuesday night tied his neck
tie to tho steel frame of the berth
above him, fastened tho other end of
the tie about his neck, and lying face
downward in his bed, strangled him
self.
Robert Banks, of the Kruso & Banks
Shipbuilding company of North Bend,
announced during tho flag-raising exer
cises Sunday that the firm had re
ceived a telegram from the Shipping
Board asserting that additional govern
mcnt contracts for wooden hulls would
be awarded their yard as fast as the
ways were cleared to accommodate
them.
All teachers in Oregon will hereafter
be required, when signing their con
tracts to (subscribe to the oath of alle
giance to the government of the United
States as a part of their contract.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, J. A. Churchill has prepared a
new form of contract and has incorpo
rated as ono of the provisions an oath
similar in form to that required of all
government officials. In speaking of
thiB contract, Superintendent Churchill
said: "The teachers of Oregon as a
body are doing an immense amount of
patriotic work. They have assisted
the government materially in the
Hoover pledge card campaign, in the
thrift stamp sales, in the Liberty loan
campaigns, in the clerical work of
classifying tho registrants, and in
general by arousing every home repre
sented in the public schools of this
stato to deeds of self-sacrince and pat
riotism. Unfortunately throughout the
state, thero have been two or three
unpatriotic teachers, and before they
could be removed their influence has
to a certain extent discredited the
work of thoir associates. Through
this loyalty oath it is hoped that the
employment of disloyal teachers may
bo effectually checked."
At a recent meeting of tho Rose-
burg city council it was voted to invest
$2500. now in tho city treasury, in
Liberty bonds. The measuro carried
without a dissenting vote and without
debate
Tho State Board of Control has ta
ken action in increasing wages of in
stitution employes to the extent of ap
proximately $27,000 a year. These
incroases cover only tho Oregon State
Hospital and tho Soldiers' Homo at
Roseburg. Superintendents of other
institutions under tho board wero in
structed to prepare such schedules of
wago incroases as they deemed neces
sary and present them for further con
sideration of the board at a special
meeting called for this week. Tho
increases which will bring the pro
posed by thoso superintendents will
bring tho total up to several thousands
of dollars more annually.
The Astoria school district will hold
n special election in the near future to
voto on tho question of issuing $115,
000 in school district bonds to raiso
funds with which to purchaso a site
for a building.
M. N. Crow, of Roseburg, was sen
tenced to serve from 10 to 20 years in
tho state penitentiary for a statutory
crime against his 16-year-old daugh
ter, who he took to Eugene about 10
days ago and spent tho night at a lodg-
ing house.
Crop Conditions Throughout Washing
ton Show Marked Improvement
Over Same Time Last Year.
WHEAT IS FAVORABLE
Tho entire winter has been unusually
favorable for winter wheat on accouut
of the above normal temperatures and
adequate precipitation, practically all
of which was absorbed by the soil.
Many fields, especially throughout the
Paiousc and Big Bend areas of the
state, which had not appeared above
the ground by December due to lack of
precipitation early in the season and
where conditions indicated a duplica
tion of the unfavorable rotting out of
tho preceding year, have attained sub
stantial growth. Although there has
been an unusual winter growth of all
wheat throughout tho Big Bend and
Paiouse counties, the plant has not at
tained the height reached under tho
most favorable years, and this condi-"
tion is conducive to weed growth later
in the season. There are also occa
sional fields in the Big Bend, Spokane
and Whitman counties and the dry land
areas of Walla Walla county, that
were sown early in the fall which
germinated unevenly and may require
partial re-sowing, but the present fa
vorable growing weather will undoubt
edly materially improve the appearance
of these fields within the next two or
three weeks. The condition of fall
wheat in Walla, Walla, Klickitat and
surrounding counties is exceptionally
favorable, especially in moisture.
Spring seeding and planting are now
general throughout the state excepting
in some of the extremely late areas,
On account of the early favorable
spring and unusually favorable moist
ure conditions, many areas in the state
aro completing spring seeding of wheat
this year by the time they began seed
ing last year.
There has been considerable im
provement in the condition of livestock
and losses from disease have decreased
throughout the entire state.
rjORTHVYKT MARKET REPORT
Wheat Bulk basis for No. 1 grade:
Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03.
White club, $2.01. Red Walla Walla,
$1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3
grade, Cc less. Other grades handled
by samples.
Flour Patents, $10; wholewheat,
$0.60; graham, $0.20; barley flour,
$1313.25 per barrel; rye flour, $10.60
12.75 per barrel; cornmeal, $5.75
per barreL
Millfeed Net mill prices, car lots:
Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $32; mid
dlings, $30; mixed cars and less than
carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $77
70; rolled oats. $76.
Com Whole, $77; cracked, $78 ton.
Hay Buying prices, delivered, East
ern Oreogn timothy, $27 per ton; val
ley timothy. $2425; alfalfa, $24
24.50; valley grain hay, $22; clover,
$18; straw, $8.
Butter Cubes, extras, 47c pound;
prime firsts, 46e; prints, extras, 49c;
cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1,
51c delivered.
Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 35c
per dozen; candled, 3637c
Poultry Roosters, old, 2022c per
pound; stags, 2426c; springs, 27
28c; broilers, 35c; ducks, 3235c;
geese, 2021c; turkeys, live, 2627c;
dressed, 3537c.
Veal Fancy, 2020c per pound.
Pork Fancy, 2121c
Vegetables Tomatoes, $2.75 per
crate; cabbage, 34c per pound; let
tuce, $22.25; cucumbers, $1.25
1.75 per dozen; cauliflower, $1.50
1.75 per crate; artichokes, 85c$l per
dozen; garlic, 7c; celery, $3.75 per
crate; peppers, 40c per pound;
sprouts, 21c; rhubarb, 1012c; aspar
agus, 1517c; peas, 17c per pound;
spinach, $1.25 per crate.
Sack Vegetables Carrots, $1.25
1.50 per sack; turnips, $1.50; pars
nips, $1.25.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 90c
1.10 per hundred; Yakimas, $1.25
1.35; sweet potatoes, 8c per pound.
Onions Jobbing prices, lljc per
pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 4465c per
pound; valley, 5055c; valley lamb,
4550c; mohair, long staple, full
year, 50c; six months, 4050c; burry,
3540c
Cattle April 11, 1918.
Med. to choico steers. .. .$11. 5012.00
Good to med. steers 10.5011.50
Com. to good steers 8.5010.00
Choice cows and hoifcrs. 0,7510.75
Com. to good cowa and hi 6.00 9.50
Canners 3.00 5.00
Bulls 5.00 9.00
Calves 7.5012.00
Stockers and Feeders . , . 6.50 9.50
Hogs
Prime light hogs $17.2517.60
Prime heavy hogs ....... 16.7517.00
Pigs 14.7515.75
Bulk 17.25
Sheep
Western lambs $15.0015.50
Valley lambs 14.5015.00
Yearlings 13.0013.50
Wethora 12.6013.00
Ewea 9.0012.00
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