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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1918)
Sheep on White House Grounds Bought by President nnd Mrs. Wilion, to Crop the Grais and Increase the Meat Supply Never before In America have sheep had so exclusive quarter. The White Houie le so well guarded that the eplendld herd It perfectly eafe at not even a lap dog could equeeze In without being observed. POULTRY POINTERS J Keep tho hens confined to your own Inml. Don't keep n mnlo bird. Hens Iny Just on well without n male. Don't ovorstock your Intnl. Purchnso well-matured pullets rath er tlmn hens. Don't expect great success In hatch Ins nnd raining chicks unless you Imvo lintl some expcrlenco nnd Imvo n grass plot separate from tho yard for the liens. Build n cheap Iiouku or shelter. Make thn house dry nnd frco from draughts, but nllow for ventilation. Fowls stand cold hotter thnn damp ness. Keep house nnd yard clean. I'rovldu roosts mid dropping boards. Provldo n nest for ench four or five liens. (Jrow some green crop In tho yard. Hpnde up tho yard frequently. Feed tnblo scraps nnd kitchen waste. Also feed grain once n day. Feed n dry mash. Keep hens free from lice nnd tho liotixu free from inltes. Kill and ent tho hens In tho fall ns they begin to molt nnd censo to lay. Preserve tho surplus eggs produced during tho spring nnd summer for uso during tho fall nnd winter when eggs arc scarce nnd high In price. Hpw to Detect Glucose In Preserves, Jam, Marmalade Glucose In fruit preserves may ho discovered ns follows: In tho ease of Jelly n tenspoonfut should ho dissolved In two tnblospoonfuls of alcohol con tnlned In n gloss vessel. In tho enso of Jam or marmnlndo the same process Is cnrrled out, hut It la necessnry to lllter off tho solid matter by running tho mixture through a piece of muslin. Allow tho solution to becomo perfectly cool, nnd then ndd nn equal volume, or n little more, of strong nlcohol. If glucose Is present n dense white pre clpltnto slowly settles down. Whcro no glucoso has been employed thero Is no precipitate, save, In sonio ensca, n very trifling sediment of, protcld mat ter which, however, Is no small that It could not possibly ho mistaken for tho sediment which glucoso produces. Tho last-named Is not particularly harmful In Itself, but It Is very frequently used us nu adulterant In supposedly pure preserves for extru profit. Popular Science Monthly. .No Connection Between the Weather and Moon's Changes People who rely on tho moon ns n weather Indicator, writes n corre spondent In tho London Chronicle, must have very short memories, for accurate comparisons provo cnnclu Hlvely that there Is no connection what ever between tho weather and tho moon's changes of phase. Professor Schuster analyzed u wholo century's weather records, and, as n result, was unuulo to trace any lunar period In them. Several authorities nro agreed, howover, that thero la n ten dency for clouds to disperse ns n full moon cornea to tho inorldlnn of any place; but It Is a far cry from that to tho tUiflnlto belief that tho weather changes with a chnnga of tho lunar phases. , Theso changes, of course, can bo pre dicted for years In ndvanco with per feet accuracy, and If tho weather de pended on them, wcathor forccoctlng would bo tho simplest of nil tho sci ences, Instead of tho most dlWcult. Fuel Value of Potatoes Higher Than of Any Other of Fresh Vegetables Used Potatoes contain nil tho different suhstnnces needed for tho body. Pro tein nnd minerals for growth nnd re pair ; starch nnd fat for energy; nnd minerals nnd roughage for body regu lation. A diet of wliolo milk and po tatoes Is perfect; tho fat nnd protein of the milk supplement tho small quantity of theso In the vegetable. Tho fuel vntue of potatoes Is higher thnn that of any other fresh vegetable used, according to Lucy Cordlner of the University of Minnesota. Common methods used In tho prep aration and cooking of potatoes nro wasteful. When potntoes nro peeled and allowed to stand for nn hour or two In cold water they lose over half tho protein nnd one-third their min erals. Tho peeling also takes food with It. When cooking Is begun In cold water tho loss Is nearly ns great. Potatoes enn bo prepared with no low of food value If they bo first blanched by cooking In bolting water for ten minutes, then plunged Into cold wa ter, and tho skin rubbed or peeled off. Cooking can be completed In any way desired, baking, stenmlng or boiling. A quick oven Is essential for bnklng and produces potatoes that aro dry, mealy and easily digested. If the skin Is pricked with n fork toward tho end of bnklng they nro further Improved by escape of steam. Soggy, watery potntoes do not digest easily and may cause gas. Can't Spend Their Money. Two of the wealthiest persons In Ot tawa county, Oklahoma, ore Joo Car-war-yeo-teo nnd his squnw. They nro Qunpaw Indians and live well, accord ing to their notions In n rudo log cabin on about $250 n yenr. They scarcely touch tho Immense pile of gold thnt Is theirs which comes to them ns royal ties from land on which mineral de posits were discovered several years ngo. Twice fl yenr this Qunpaw pair visit town for the purpose of laying In n supply of gaudy-colored cnllco for the wife nnd thrco or four pairs of overalls for the husband, nnd appear to feel even this Is grent extravagance. i SIX SMILES j All Alike. "Savages will trade vast tracts of land for a string of beads." "Well," replied Miss Cayenne, "I know a man who wears evening clothes nnd carries a cane, and ho did tho sumo thing. Ho went broko try ing to pay for a pearl necklace." Incredible Hardship. "So your broth er's Joined tho army?" "Yes." "How does ho llko It?" "Oh, tho food Is something aw ful. Why, ho hasn't had pie for breakfast o n c o Blnco ho loft home," The Correct Adjective. "Don't cuff tho lltlo fellow, madam," rcmonstratos a passerby. "Surely ho has dono nothing very had, a swcot lit tlo child llko thnt." "Sweet child la right," snld tho wrathful woman, "12's been an swal lowed our sugar ticket." IHWflfl) IjQ Moon's Influence on Plant Growth Wholly Negligible, Is Belief of Scientists Tho old belief that tho moon has soino sort of Influence on plant growth still persists In nomo farming sec tions. Homo farmer, It In unld, ro fuse to plunt crops or to kill hogs unless tho moon Is In totno particular position. Tho Influence of tho moon on tho growth of crops, or on other agricul tural operations, has always been de nied by scientific men. tfho following brief statement by 0. F. Mnrvln, chief of tho United Htntes wenther bureau, printed In tho Ittirnl Now Yorker, shows what they think of tho matters "It Is tho general belief of scion lists that tho moon bns no appreciable Influence on tempcrnturo, rainfall, or any other weather clement, or on plant growth. "Plant growth depends upon tem perature, light, humidity nnd plant food (both In tho soil and In tho air), nnd Its nvnllnblllty. Obviously tho moon neither mellows tho ground nor fertilizes It, neither docs It ultcr the composition of tho ntmospliero; hence It affects neither the mechanical con dition of tho soil nor tho kind or quantity of nvnllablo plant food. "If tho moon has any Influence on plant growth, It would seem thnt It must exert this Influence through Its light. Experiment, however, shows that when n plant Is so shadowed that It gets only one one-hundredth of nor mal daylight, It grows but llttlo bet ter than It docs In nbsoluto darkness. Full dnyllght Is about 000,000 times brighter than full moonlight; henco ono one-hundredth of daylight, already too fceblo to stimulate appreciably plant activity, Is still 0,000 times brighter than full moonlight Tho con clusion Is thnt, oven In respect to light stimulus, tho moon's Influence on plant growth is wholly negligible." V? .... m . f . !. p. wise and utnerwise. f: Wlso Is the mnn who can re- call n previous engagement when js-j he receives n disagreeable Invl- tatlon. if. Her strenuous offort to llvo up to her neighbors expectations Is jij what chnses the roses from a 3 woman's fnce. H It Is easier for sorao butchers & ulv tmma mil nf n hocf thnn It Is to get ono truthful g M-ini nut (if ftmno men. A man who has something to jjj say always knows when he has '0. said it then he shuts up. 'Tlmo Is money," said tho man who paid n Jeweler $1.80 for ro- Shooting Stars Date Back Into the Prehlstorlo Times Our knowledge of shooting stars ox tends Into the oldest history of human ity, hack Into prehistoric times. Yet to doy no ono knows exactly what a shooting star is, or from whcro It comes, says the Popular Science Monthly. A hypothesis proposed in 1875 nnd generally accepted today Is that meteorites nre fragments broken from small planetary masses by vol canic cxnloslons. brought about by a sudden expansion of gases, steam and probnbly hydrogen. The broken bits, nfter their separation, nre believed to arrange themselves In swarms which cross the orbit of tho earth in accord ance with n definite law. Shooting stars, then, undoubtedly come from within our solar system and nro brolc en bits of n world body destroyed by volcanic events. Many meteorites have been found in Arizona Market Term Defined. "Pa, what's 'manipulation for a rise menu?" "When I pull tho bedclothes off you In tho morning." No Trouble, Tho small boy stood at the gar den gate unJ howled and howl ed. A passing old lady paused no sldo him. "What '3 the matter, I I t t i e man?" sho ns.cti In n kindly voice. "O-o-ohl" wall ed tho youngster, "Pn and ma won i tako mo to tho pictures tonight I" "But don't mako such n nolso." said tho dnmo, admonishing. "Do they ever tnko you when you cry llko that?" "Sometimes they do, an' somotlmos they d-d-don't," bellowed tho boy. "But it ain't no trouble to yell I" A Good Reaion, "Whv don't von liccont htm If he has offered to havo his llfo Insured In your favor?" "Docauso If ho was a good risk for tho Insurauco compauy. he'd be a bad ouo for mo." TO TEMPER FREIGHT RATES New 25 Per Cent Itafsc to Pall Mostly Upon Foreign Shipper. There is no occasion for alarm on tho part of producers or shippers be cause of tho Increased freight rates to go Into olTcct Juno 25, In Uie opinion of truffle officials. It is realized that there will be somo points at which a pinch will bo felt, pending the adjust ment of rates on & basis that will bo fair to various Interests. Word from tho headquarters of the Western traffic committee at Chicago, brings assurance that the intention of tho railroad administration Is to havo tho district committees work out the cqultablo modifications necessary. It is generally recognized that In creased earnings had become Impera tive to tho operation of the railroads, and the 26 per cent increase under or der No. 28 was tho necessary step to begin tho establishment of rates to yield tho necessary revenue. In the very nature of commerce and traffic it necessarily follows that the effect of tho application of tho general rates announced will seriously affect the producer or manufacturer whoso goods find a market in distant sections of the country as against the man with a lo cal markot. New War Taxes Discussed. Washington, D. C. Installment plan payment of war taxes will be pro vided for in the new revenuo bill which the house waya and means com mlttee is preparing to draft Chair man Kitchin disclosed .this fact during a hearing before the committee, when Albert R. Palmer, of New York, repre scnting a large number of corpora tions, urged that such provision be made. Mr. Palmer advocated trix on gross sales, which he said would be less felt than the tax on war profits. Ho op posed a tax on stock dividends, con tending that exemption from taxes should not be based on capital because of the widely varying revenues of companies operating along the same lines. He argued for a tax on gross income which could be passed along easily to the consumer. Rate Order to Be Amended. Washington, D. C. Railroad admin istration officials have reached a decis ion to rescind that portion of the new freight rate order prescribing that higher interstate rates shall apply on intrastate shipments when interstate schedules already exist, nnd a final or der to this effect may be issued in a few days. WW WW VWVWV WW WW WW WW WW WW NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Wheat Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03. White club, $2.01. Red Walla, $1.98. No. 2 grado, Sc less; No. 3 grade, 6c less. Other grades handled by sample. Flour Patents, $10 per barrel; whole wheat, $9.60; graham, $9.20; barley flour, $14.6016.00; rye flour, $10.7512.75; corn meal, white, $6.50; yellow, $6.25 per barrel. Millfecd Net mill prices, car lots: Bran, $30.00 per ton; shorts, $32; middlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $7576; rolled oats, $73. Corn Wholo, $77 per ton; cracked, $78. Hay Buying prices, delivered: Eastern Oregon timothy, $2930 per ton; valley timothy, $2526; alfalfa, $2424.50; valley grain hay, $22; clover, $1920.00; straw, $9.0010. Butter Cubes, extras, 37 lc; prime firsts, 37c; prints, extras, 42c; car tons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 41c delivered. Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 34c: candled, 35c; selects, 36c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 27c; broilers, 40c; ducks, 32c; geese, 20c; turkeys, live, 2627c; dressed, 37c per pound. Pork Fancy, 23231c per pound. Sack Vegetables Carrots, $1.15 per sack; turnips, $1.50; parsnips, $1.25; boots, $2. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 75c $1 per hundred; now California, 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 10c per pound. Onions Jobbing prices, llic per pound. Cattlo Juno 13, 1918. Primo steers $14.0015.00 Good to choice steers. . . . 12.50C513.50 Medium to good steers.. 11.0012.00 Fair to medium stcors . . 10.5011.50 Common io fair steers . . 9.0010.00 Choice cows and hoifers. 11.0012.00 Com. to good oows andhf 6.50 8.50 Connors 4.00 6.00 Bulls C.5010.00 Calves 8.5012.00 Stockors and feedors. . . . 8.0010.00 Hogs Primo mixed $16.5016.65 Medium mixed 16.3516.50 Rough heavies 15.5016.60 Ptga 16.2515.50 Bulk 16.60 Sheep Primo Bpring lambs $16.0016.50 Heavy lambs 16.5016.00 Yearlings 9.5010.50 Wethors 9.0010.00 Ewes 5.60 9.00 i IN BRIEF. I a.AAAAAAAAAAaAA4AAaAAAAaX vW ttvt" Www wwwww www w www After h. Q. McDonald, alias George Thompson, alias George Van Buren, pa rolo violator, had been apprehended by Dcs Moines authorities ana Oregon au thorities were about to go after him nows reached Salem that Thompson had been turned loose at Dcs 'Moines. Every man called In tho draft in Linn and Benton counties hereafter will receive a small silk American flag as tho gift of tho Albany lodge of Elks. When the last contingent left Albany, the lodge presented each one with a flag and It has been decided to follow this plan regularly in the future. The general land offlco announced that plans for opening 160,000 acres of public lands in the vicinity of Portland will not be abandoned, despite recom mendations of Governor Withycombe and others that the lands be held "un til peace comes, when they could bo opened for the benefit of returning soldiers." State Highway Engineer Nunn an nounced that advertisements for bids will be offered immediately on the paving of 18 miles of the Pacific high way from Aurora to Salem, at an es timated expense of $348,000, tho state to stand half of the expense out of the Bean-Barrett bonding act, and the gov ernment the other half. Nlnetv-cleht books of pronounced pro-Prussianism, or of seditious lean ing, culled from tho shelves of the pub lic library by order of the directors of the Portland Library association, will be Interned under lock and key for the duration of, the war, though preserved for purposes of future historical refer ence and comparison. Under the direction of the fish and game commission, two carloads of young salmon were planted In Oswego Lake. These salmon, from one and a half to three Inches long, will attain a growth of from eight to 20 inches as "land-locked salmon." Tho two car loads of 5-months-old fish contained approximately 166,000 little salmon. The recent hot days have caused a steady rise of the Columbia river, which now stands at the highest mark this season. Bottom land gardens are submerged. Probably the greatest loss will be to George L. Davenport, of Port land, who had bis foreman plant a choice variety of potatoes In the land north of the Mosicr depot last week. Members of the Oregon Dairymen's League have decided to raise the price of milk to the distributors 1S per cent on June 20, according to an nouncement made by Alma D. Katz, the president Extremely unfavorable nasture conditions make the price ad- Ivances necessary as an emergency means ot preventing dairymen from quitting the business. Portland's most novel demonstration , ot what the Red Cross can do will be furnished by the opening of a Red Cross salvage bureau which will han dle Junk old Iron, old metals of every possible description, rags, bones, pa per, discarded material of all sorts ranging from tubes that once held shaving cream or tooth paste to the remains of great pieces of machinery. Thn nnealhln construction of a rail road by the federal government from Yaquina bay, tnrougn ine waiapon country and Into Lane county for tho purpose of reaching valuable spruce tracts, is indicated by the presence of surveyors who are working on the west coast ot Lane county near Heceta Head lighthouse. The engineers havo been working between Yaquina bay and Waldport for several weeks. A special bulletin, devoted almost ex clusively to the subject of Fourth of July lemonade, was Issued from the Oregon food administration headquar ters by Assistant Food Administrator W. K. Nowell. The privilege of run ning lemonade stands will be withheld over the state on the "glorious Fourth," in the Interests of sugar conservation, tho bulletin explains. Orangeade and other sweetened drinks are also to be under tho ban. To have his right arm shot away and suffer other serlqus injuries while he slept in his bunkhouse was the un fortunate fate of R. T. Cornelius, an employe of tho Pelican Bay Lumber company, when a hlghpower rlflo in tho hands of C. E. Lusk was accidental ly discharged. LuBk was cleaning his gun In tho room adjacent to that of Cornelius and it Is believed that tho muzzle' of tho gun was not over two feet from tho victim when It was dis charged. Total fire loss in tho state outsido of Portland for May Is estimated at $261, 000 by State Fire Marshal Wells, In his monthly report. This Includes losses on 69 buildings, including 32 dwell ings, 24 mercantile buildings and stocks, seven barns, four sawmills and ono school. Two of tho fires were from overheated stoves, three from ex plosion of gasoline, bIx from tho ex plosion of lamps, six f.-om electric Irons and defective wiring, eight from exposures, 21 from dcfcctlvo flues, and 23 were Incendiary or ot unknown causes. Union county's quota of grammar school graduates has been filled, five by volunteering nnd tho remainder by induction. Training of a 100-voice choir to ap pear on tho Fourth of July celebration program at La Grande, began rocently. under tho direction of Mrs. A. L. Rich ardson. ' ,