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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1918)
IT U. S. CRUISER IS TORPEDOED QUALITY t)F WHEAT BETTER Samples of Northwestern Grain Aver aire Higher than Year Ago, STATE NEWS I Demonstrators Teach Value of Potatoes San Diego Ilclleved to Ik Prey of Hun U-Doat Off Atlantic Coast. Now York. Qorinnn submarines ap IN BRIEF. 1 1). Tlchonor, who rocolvoil tho democratic nomination for representa tive in uio legislature rrom Multtiomaii county, linn written to Bocrotnry of Stato Olcott declining t6 accept tlio nomination. Work on flvo miles of bituminous imvltig on tlio Tl llainook-Yam h 1-Nca tuccn roml in Tlllmnook county and on u lOnillo itrutcli between AHtorln and Hvousen linn buun resumed, tho Htnto highway department reports. It. It. Dnrtlott, tnnnngcr of tho Port of AHtorln, ha Hont a request to tho public servlco commission for tho plac ing of n chlof deputy Krnln Inspoctor, throo BUinplcrs nnd thrco or four weighers nt thnt point durliiK tho com Inir Kraln sonson. Ten out of 11 nUracfl nt tho Salem honpltnl failed to return to their du ties Hnturdny morning after thoy hnd protested to Mini I.tlllnn McNary, su- porlntcndent of tho Institution, that thoy were bolng overworked and that tliolr Hours wcro too long. An Information was filed lirtho As- torla Justice court Saturday charging tho master of tho purao aolnlng craft President Lincoln III with malicious destruction of personal property. Tho dofondant Is accusod of running over nnd destroying n glllnet belonging to Albert J. Slather. Clncknuina county has no men In either classes 2, 3 or 4, who want to enlist for survlco In tho spruco pro duction division of tho signal corps. Huch Is tho conclusion of tho solcctlvo Horvlco bonrd nftor holding n call open for 15 days for volunteers In this branch of tho army. With n vlow to diverting every possi ble pound of traffic from rail to water " lines between Portland nnd Astoria, Colonel George A. .Inn, of tho govern ment onglncers at Portland, has asked tho public servlco commission for nil tho data nvnllnbla an to rail nnd water transportation between theso two points. How extensive government control will bo over small .telephone lines, such an mutual companies, Is n question which will cnuo before tho public Borv Ico commission soon, said commission er Iluchtcl recently. So far as Is known tho extent to which tho government contemplates handling tho small lines Is still undetermined. C. S. Ilcnson, of Ilond, has been named nttornoy for tho stato land board, to succeed Vornon A. Forbes, who was drowned recently In Crescent hike. Sccrctnry Olcott voted for W. T. Myers, also of Dend. Tho appointment holds good only until tlio return or Charles Kruklne, who left tho position to enter military eorvlco. After n nlcgo of six months in a hos pital at Washington, D. C, Karl Withy combe, eon of Governor WIthycombo, arrived in Salem Friday night on a furlough from military duty until ho is sufficiently recovered to leave for France. lie was accompanied homo by his sister, Miss Mabel, who for fivo months was at tho bedside of her brother, Leltoy Ilyron, H-yenr-old son of Mrs. Junta Hyron, of Olalla, near Koscburg, was almost Instnntly killed by tho ac cidental dlschargo of n shotgun ho was carrying Thursday. Tho lad, with Homo other boys, was hunting nnd in Nome unknown mnnuor tho gun was discharged, tho charge Btrlklng him in tho chest. Calling to his companions that ho wns shot, tho boy died In n fow moments. Thnt tho nnnunl dipping of shcop in Oregon, which la ordered by law, un less suspended by tho state livestock military bonrd, probably will bo hold In 1919 for tho first tlmo slnco 1907. r wns tho opinion of tho mombors of tho board, who convened at Klamnth Falls In a regular session at tho Whlto Pelt can hotol Frldny. Provnlonco of ticks on tho sheep In bollovcd to ncccssttnto this action. V(na decision in tho mat ter was delayed until tho meeting of tho Wool Growers' association nt Demi tilts' fall. Tho hnrvestlng nround Wnrron Is well under way and tho winter grains aro proving a splondld crop, but spring sown grains aro nil. Winter wheat nnd oats aro tho most prolific in many years. Potntocn nro only about 20 por cent nverago and tho' acroago about 40 por cent of normal. Cooh county's socond July quota of 81 men loft Mnrshflold Monday morn ing for Vancouver. A gala farowoll wus given as tho Coos nay Limited loft. Sonto of tho mon nro In othor parts of tho stato, working In ship yards, but nil hnvo boon notified of tliolr solcotlon. Harvesting of tho cherry crop for 1918 is nearly complotod. Tho Sheri dan district hns yloldod tho largo'st crop of Dings, Royal Anns nnd othor varieties in years. Tho cannory nt Sheridan Is running to capacity. Tho employes nro ncnrly all women, It hns canned moro than fivo carloads of chorrlcs, loganberries nnd other small fruits. County Agriculturist II, H. QlalyBor, of Klamath county, and J, IS. Plttman, of tho department of irrigation and drnlnngo, who have boon conducting oxporlmonts In thnt county, roport that tho application of 100 pounds of sul phur per aero on alfalfa lands hns inorensod tho yield about ono ton por ucro, A number of oxporlmonts wore imido nnd tho roaults woro uniform, pear to hnvo ronowod operations off tnn American coast. Tho United States armorod cruiser Han Diego wns sunk not far from tho ontrnnco of Now York harbor Batur day. Circumstantial roports regarding Iter indicate that nho was torpouood. Thoro wcro also reports, though not conrinnod. that othor ships hnu noon attackod, ono being described as a constwlso pnssongor ship. Somo 300 survivors ronchod Niw York on a tank steamship at 10 o'clock at night Thirty-two, a lloutonant, an ensign and 30 sailors, woro landed In Ilfoboats on tho Long Island shoro. Survivors woro roportod to havo boon ptckod up by othor ships, bow over, and to bo on tholr way to Now York. Tho San Diego was sunk at 11:30 A. M. about 10 miles southeast of Fire Island light, which Is off tho Long Island shoro about CO miles cast of tho ontrnnco to Now York harbor and on tho marlno highway of trans-Atlantic ships bound In and out of the porL Although tho navy department an nounced that tho causo of tho loss of tho San Diego had not boon deter mined. Information rocolvod from ro- llablo sources indicated aubmarlncsf had boon operating off tho coast and that alio had boon torpodood. ALLIED RELIEF FOR RUSSIA IS ASSURED Washington, D, C Plans of tho United States for participation In tho expedition to glvo military aid to Rus sia aro expected to bo announcod in a publlo statement by Prosldont Wil son very soon, probably beforo tho ond of tho week. Tho statement, It is understood, will bo of a vary oxpllclt nature, bcsldo making clenr tho moans of tho aid to bo oxtonded. It will say Uiat tho United States has only unsolflsh motives and Intends to stand firmly bosldo tho Russian pooplo in tholr fight for democracy. Tho sondlng of economic aid also will bo announcod In tho president's statement, but tho porsonnol of tho commission probably will not be. Plans for tho military expedition to bo conducted Jointly by tho United States and Japan with Great Britain and Franco do not at this tlmo con tomplato tho reconstruction of tho eastern front as a battlo lino to draw Gorman troops from tho west Tho objects of tho expedition, as thoy will bo outlined in detail in Pres ident Wilson's statomont which per sonally ho is proparlng, will bo to protect Amorlcan interests, Uio in torests of tho Russian pooplo them solves In tholr fight for democracy and for tho safeguarding of vast supplies which will bo sont to Russia as part of tho program of economic aid. Tho prosldont's statomont will bo tho official announcement to tho world of tho decisions which havo boon ro- forrod to in recent news dispatches from Toklo and London. No Coal For, Brewers. Washington, D. C nrowors woro notified Thursday by Fuol .AdmlnlB trntnr Garfield they could not count on coal beyond that noedod to uso up tho materials now In tho process of manufacture, Including malt already manufactured. This action was takon, Dr. Garfield said, bocauso of 'tho present coal transportation and other shortages." Dr. Garflold disclosed that tho ordor issuod July 3, curtailing fuol for tho production of beor, "near beer" ond other bovorngos in which certain cer eals aro used, was tho result of delib erations of a committee appointed by President Wilson to consider the re duction of activities in non-war industries. Bolahovlkl Losing Ground. Washington. D. O. Tho situation in Siberia Is dally presenting now phases. At throo widely sopnratod points, op position to tho soviet government had strougthonod its positions. On tlio snores or tlio Arctic and Whltq son tho small international on tonto forco which has boon holding tho railroad tormlnus at Kola and Mur mansk h'ns boon considerably rein forced and is understood to bo advanc ing southward along tho railroad to wards Vologda and Mobcow. 1 Canada's Draft Law Valid. Ottawa, Out. Constitutionality of tho amondod mllltnry servlco net, nbollshlng certain oxomptlons, was up hold by tho supromo court of Canada Monday, in dismissing tho application for a writ of habeas corpus mado on behalf of a drafted man. Tho appeal division of tho supromo court of AI borta had provlously docldod tho amondod law was Invalid. Tho wholo fnbrlo of tho Canadian draft law waB Involved In tho enso. Pledge Given .to Jews. ' London. Groat Britain has promised tho establishment In Pnlostlno of a Jewish national contor to which Jaws from nil countries can unlto In spread' Ing Juwlsh thought nnd Idoalu, accord ing to Ooorgo NIcoll Ilarnos, privy counsellor nnd labor member of tho cabinet, In a sponch to tho Amorlcan Zionist inodlcnl unit, Samples of now wheat from tho vari ous northwestern districts, which aro coming In to Portland grain offices, show that tho quality of tho crop will bo far bottor thnn thnt of 1917. Threshing returns aro in many In stances oxcocdlng earlier estimates. Portland dealers, from tho reports thoy hnvo received, figure that tho crop of the thrco states will run closo to 50,000,000 busltols, or about 10 per cont moro than last year, Tho Co lumbia river counties In Oregon havo dono very well and, In fact, all of east ern Oregon, wIUi tho excoptlon of Umatilla county, has mado a better showing than was looked for a few weeks ago. In eastorn Washington conditions aro reported to rnngo from fair to good, though in parts of tho Dig Rend and in somo other localities tho outrun is poor. Tho samples of barloy received are disappointing. Somo of thoao from around Pomoroy, a famous barloy sec tion, test as low as 31 pounds. Indi cations also aro for a light oats crop in tho eastorn counties, which will mnko It necessary to bring In eastern oats again this season. Cinnabar la to Be Mined. Cottngo.Grove, Or. A group of men Interested in tho Dlnck Dutto cinnabar mines, hcadod by E. D. Crano, tho manager, has taken over tho Buona Vista cinnabar mines, located near Riddle. Mr. Crano will manago tho now group, as well as tho property at Black Butto. Quicksilver remains at a prlco which makes cinnabar mining profitable. Tho government requires that 40 per cent of tho production bo. turned to It at $1.05 tho flask. Tho market prlco Is $115 to $120. Cost of Apple Boxes Up. Hood River. While northwestern fruitgrowers havo been warned that a box shook shortage is possible, local growors aro fully protected, officials of frultshipplng concorns report. The Applo Growors' association will make delivery of carlot shipments of shooks at Odell and Van Horn, Mount Hood lino stations, this week. Applo boxes will cost growers 17 cents each this season as compared wltli 10 & and 14 cents last year. northwest market report! Portland. Wheat Government ba sis, $2.20 per bushel. Flour Straights, $10.85011.05 por barrel; wholo wheat, $10.30; graham, $9.90; barloy flour, $10.50 per barrel; ryo flour, $11,50 "per barrel; cornmeal, $10.60011.40 per barrel; corn flour, $11.70. Mlllfced Not mlllfecd prices, car Iota: Bran, $31 per ton; shorts, $33 per ton; middlings, $33; rolled barley, $70; rolled oats, $69. Corn Whole, $75; cracked, $76 por ton. Hay Buying prices f.o.b. Portland: Eastern Oregon timothy, $31 per ton; valley timothy, $29; alfalfa, $25 25.60; valley grain hay, $24026; clov or, $24; straw, $9010. Butter Cubes, extra, 46c; prlmo firsts, 45c; prints, extras, 1 61c;. car tons, 52c; butterfat, No. 1, 54c per pound delivered Portland. Eggs Orogon ranch, current re ceipts, 42V&o; candled, 45c; selects, 48c per dozen. Poultry Hons, 21023c; broilers, 26 028c; ducks, young, 30c; gceso nnd turkeys, nominal. Veal Fancy, 164 017c per pound. Pork Fancy, 230 per pound. Fruits Cantaloupes, $1.8005 per crato; watermelons, 3&03c por pound; penches, 90c$1.40; now ap pies, $2.75 per box; plumB, $202.50; apricots, $1.2501.60; pears, $3.50; ca- sabas, 4c pot pound; grapes, $203 per crato. Vegetables Tomatoes, $1.50 02.75 por crato; cabbage, 44a per pound; lottuco, $2.50 per crate; cucumbers, $101.75 por dozen; poppers, 17c por pound; peas, 12012Ac per pound; beans, 10012c por pound; celory, $1.25 per dozen; summer squash, $1 por dozen; eggplant, 17V402Oo por pound. Potatoes Now, $3.7504 per Hun dred. Hops 1917 crop, 1314o por pound; contracts, 16017c. Wool EaBtorn orogon, 35 05Co; vnlloy, 54061c por pound. Cnscara Bark New ana old, lie por pound. Cnttlo July 25, 1918. Prlmo Btcors $11.7512.25 Good to choice steers. . . . 10.7B11.75 Medium to good steers.. 9.G010.75 Fair to medium steers .. 8.50 9.50 Common to fntr Btcors . . 5.50 8.50 Cholco cows nnd heifers. 8.00 8.60 Med. to good cows and hf 6.00 7.50 Connors 3.00 5.00 Bulls G.50 7.60 Calves 8.5011.R0 Stockors nnd foedors, . . . 6.00 8.00 Hoirs i Primo mixed $18.0018.10 Medium mlxod 17.6517.85 Rough heavies 16.501C.G0 Pijrs 1G.7610.25 Bulk , 18.00 Snoop Lambs ?18.7514.25 Valloy iambs 13.G014.00 Yoarllngs u.oucou.uu Wothors i 8,G0 0.G0 Ewes COO 8.00 By the U. S. Department of Agriculture Thirty million bushels of potatoes, tho estimated surplus of last year's crop, must be eaten before July 1 or they will rot. Potatoes aro a cheap food now in most places. At two cents a pound they arc equal in food value to bread at eight cents, a loaf. Every potato eaten eaves wheat. Fifteen hundred home-demonstration agents of the United States department of agriculture nnd the state agricultural colleges are ready to push the oiato along a well-paved way. They are teaching how to use mashed potatoes as a substitute for wheat flour in breads and piea nnd cakes; they are giving instructions in the making of potato loaf and scalloped and baked dishes. They arc showing women how they can train their families to cat potatoes cheerfully three times a day. In tho cities tho gospel of potatoes for patriotism is spread through tho war kitchens, the neighborhood centers, the clubs, the churches, dem onstrations in settlement houses, talks before lied Cross auxiliaries, etc. Potato booths aro being arranged in tho local food shows and in tho retail stores and the schools and clubs arc being enlisted in the big drive. In tho country the work is not 60 spectacular but just as telling, for through the county organizations and the home-demonstration agents' voluntary workers tho potato idea is carried directly to thousands of women in their own homes. These home-demonstration workers are dedicating their time and energy to tho work of aiding the women of the country in their war-conservation problems and are proving moro and more every day that this is tho most direct and practical route for carrying an idea into the hearts and homes of American women. IT IS TO LAUGH Bears It Manfully. Lady of House Don't you ever get tired of doing nothing?. Tramp Oh, yes, mum; but I never complains. Necessary Expenditure. "I snv ' Brown, can't you manage to pny mo that $10 you' owe me? I need tho mony." "Awfully sorry, old man, but I can t do It." "J notice you manage to go to tho theater two or three times a week, though." That's Just It. The thought thnt I owe you money Is worrying mo so that I hnvo to do something to help mo for get it." His Wife's Fault 'This man snys you owe him money, Snm," snld the Judge. "Dnt's right, Judge, I docs." "Well, why don't you pay hlra? "Why, I hain't got nothln f pay him vlv Judge." "Well, why haven't you?" "To tell de hones' truf, Judge, s'pe.cts my wife hns felled down on de Jobl" Just One Word. "Henry, you ought to know n little Gormnn beforo you go nbrond. Suppose you nro captured? You will wnnt to know what tho Germans are saying to yoji." "Don't worry about thnt," said the khakl-clnd hero confidently; "nil I ever expect to hear from a German soldier Is 'Kninernd.' " Occupation of the Hour. "I suppose your motto Is business be foro plensure." "Not now," replied Senator Sorghum. "A ilgfit takes precedence over both of them." Their Dilemma. May-Dick Welles told mo Inst night he loved me, but did not nsk mo to marry him. Bolln And ho asked mo to mar ry htm, but didn't say a word about love. Few Senators Present to Hear the Opening Prayer Somo tlmo ngo, when tho archbishop of York, primate of England, yas In Washington ho prayed nt tho opening of a session of tho senate. Most - of tho senators wcro present. They all listened devoutly and attentively and when tho archbishop wound up with tho Lord's prayer they Joined In with hi in. Thero Is nothing very extraor dinary or striking nbout this Incident until It Is considered in connection with tho nttendnnco of tho senators on ordlnnry occasions when prayer is offered in tho senate chamber, Often thero aro only n Handful of senators nnd n few youthful pnges present. On ono occasion only ono senator nnd h fow pnges wuro on hnud when tho opening Invocation was delivered. Pathfinder. . -l-M-M-H-K-I-H-I-H-I-I-M-l-I-M-fr Mother's Cook Book, J k n 1 1 1 1 H-i : 1 1 n n n i n n Little cubes of sugar. Little gralni of wheat Save them with the bacon And other kind of meat. Every dinner table Wherever people eat. Villi help decide the verdict Victory or defeat. Cherry Time. Cherries, Hko other small fruits, may he canned without cooking. Crush tho fruit well nnd mix with equal parts of sugar; stir until the sugar Is well dissolved before canning. Care should be taken that the Jars are sterilized, and that they aro perfectly sealed; then keep in a cold place. A few preserved cherries to use os a garnish for various dishes are quite an addition to the fruit closet When canning cherries, if n kernel or two of the pits aro added to each Jar, tho flavor of almond, which Is. most deli cate, Js given to the fruit The Itoynl Ann, which is n sweet Juicy cherry, makes a most delicious salad. Sprinkle the" cherries, after pitting them, with a little lemon Juice nnd sugar. Served In a fruit bowl, garnished with cherry leaves, one has a most refreshing breakfast dish. A pretty garnish for cherry Jelly or other desserts is tho fresh cherry left in bunches with tho stems on, dipped In powdered sugar. Arrange around the Jelly or moldwl dessert. Cherry Fritters. Moko a batter of a cupful and a half of flour, barley or corn flour, mixed with equal parts of wheat flour; sift with two teaspoonfuls of baking pow der, a half teaspoonful of salt nnd one half cupful of milk, one benten egg. At the Inst ndd n cupful of pitted cher ries that havo been covered with su gar and nllowed to stand for an hour. Drop by spoonfuls Into hot fnt, nnd fry to a colden brown. Serve with n sauce made from the cherry Juice and sugar. Cherry Conserve. Chop one pound of raisins, two pounds of cherries, three oranges, (Juice nnd rind), and cook with four pounds of sugar for 20 minutes. Seal In small Jars. This is delicious. Cherry Salad. Remove tho pits from large, dark cherries like tho "Blrig," nnd fill the cavities with blanched filberts. Ar range a few on hend'lettuco nnd servo with French dressing. The New Beginning. Almost everyone believes In the principle at making n new start When we fall wo comfort ourselves with tho hopo thnt wo can try again. Dut wo must not forget that in start ing again ono of tho most Important considerations is Just wherowo should mnko this new start and how to begin It. Exchange Mint Marks on Money. Tho mnrks of tho fivo mints of tho United States vlslblo on coins aro: CO for Cnrson City; D for Denver; O for New Orleans; and S for San Kninclsco. Nothing nppenrs for PfetN udelphla.