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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1918)
The Y. W. C. Into Industrial Fields A conunlttoo of oxporln to Investi gate tlio npuclat hnzards or war indus tries an It affects woiuon In nbofit to vlhlt vnrloiiH centers where womun are working on war contractu. Hazards In curred in tlio umo of material polnonn will lm Inventlgatcd, and tholr effect upon tlio lioultli of tlio women. Y. W. (J. A. war workers report that In tliolr work In tlio iiiunltion centers they find unusual precaution!) taken. Under Dr. Allco Ilninllton of tlio Ilurcau of Mtatlitlcn, n iiurvvy of occupational dls cniiCH linn boon mndo. Tlio newness of tlio work which gnvo little oxporl enco as to Itn dangers, wan ono of tlio grimiest causra for accldontn, poisoning and neglected cuttoit of occupational din onsen. Many times tlio physlclnnn II v-! I11K In the districts occupied by theso chemical factories found tlio patients suffering from nymptomn which wero! entirely new In their oxporlonco. Thoro GIRL INSPECTORS IN MUNITION PLANT- It is for these girls the Y. W. C. A. supplies Recreation Rooms. arn nearly 2,000,000 womon omploycd In the United States In industries ncc cssnry toward carrying on tho war. It Is for theno women that tho Y. W. C A. Is opening war servlco ccntora In tho small communttlcn In which largo munition, uniform, or supply factories hnvo sprung up almost over night. Tho largo number of no-called "cost plus" plants In tho country nro employ ing tons of thounnnds of women. To watch over and befriend theso "women when off duty, when ill, and discour aged or homesick, slnco many of them have loft their homes for tho first timo to ongngo in this work, Is tho function of tho Y. W. C. A. war servlco centers which nro being established in muni tion cantonments. It In estimated that four persons in war Industries must bo maintained behind ovory fighting man In thq army, and It Is certain that at least halt of this tremendous nrniy will bo composed of women. Thoso wnr sorvlco contcra In industrial ccntora hold for women tho eamo plnco ns tho hostess houses in military camps do for tho men and tholr friends. At Drldgcport, Conn., whoro thoro are '-15,000 girls and women employed In tho Remington Arms and Union Metallic Company tho girls on tho night shift hnvo a holt hour's recess from 11:30 to 12 o'clock. At this tlmo a ennteon Is In operation nnd somo of tho girls tnko out door oxorclsos plan ned for them by tho secretary In charge. Most of thoso cost plus plants nro In small towns, and In tho majority of casos, thoro aro no housing facilities bo tho Y."W.0.A7ls planning to build end opcrato dormitories In many In dustrial neighborhoods. Tho Hatting Sash and Door Company and tho American Car and Foundry Company In St. Louis nro working on airplanes. Tho Y. W. C. A. has two girls' clubs or recreation centers thoro for tho women omploycd In tho now war Industries. Ono of tho Y. W. C. A. secretaries after going through tho plant said that tho work of theso west ern factories was singled out for apo dal commendation by tho congress ional committee. In speaking of tho woman's work sho said: "I saw women In overalls or long aprons stitching wing covers, coping them, binding struts with stout cord, varnishing laud ing gears and other exposed wooden A. Goes pnrtn, groaning wlrcn no'thoy would not runt, riveting and boring at power machlnen, tucking and glueing roln forcomontH and doliiK other things to tlio 4000 pnrtn that go to mnko ono nlrplnno. Thono women wear an vuiblem which Ih officially awarded by Undo Ham to show that they aro members of li In IndiiHtrlnl army. Only at the end nf six months, and upon honorablo discharge from Borvlco, docn thlo plu becomo tholrs for kcopa. Al though they do not work na font an men, thoy nro rnoro pnlnntaklng and for 801110 of tlio tnoro dollcato pro ccraca, thoy necm to ho mora adept. Tlio strongest imp'rctslon I brought away wan tlio Infinite enro with which everything In watched. Thoro woro piles of discarded pnrtn, "rojectn" on every hand. A cross marks tho defect on each pleco and sometimes It seem cd no small that only a mlcroscopo would rovcnl It. Pieces of wood aro , being planed and levelled down to tho thirty-second degreo of an Inch, and tho work In all itn departments is very trying, no that tho womon aro keen for a placo to rest nnd cat in comfort after their Intense work." In addition to tho wok in munition centers thoro nro nearly ono hundred hostess houses established under tlio Y. W. C. A. In army and navy canton ments. Theso houses aro for tho ac commodation of tho women friends nnd relatives of men In tho service. Com fortnblo nurseries, catctorlas, big liv ing rooms with open fires ot friend ship, deep chnlrs nnd books glvo tho soldiers n real refugo when their fami lies como to camp. Not long ago a big brown khaki boy spoko to tho dlroctor In tho Hostess Houso at Camp Lowls. "Can I stand on tho rug?" ho asked, his eyes twink ling, "Its tho first ono I'vo seen slnco I loft home." Ho looked around tho big living room with its comfortablo chairs and its bright hangings. "Who'd over think a fellow'd find a homo llko this in a military camp," ho Vent on, "Now I guess I could send for Her to como and seo mo, couldn't I," nnd ho drifted off to tho desk v?hcro tho stationery Is kept and disappeared up tho stairs leading to tho writing tnblcs. In ono of tho quieter corners sat a boy laboriously untying tho bright colored ribbons from a fat bundle, which had been left with a number of other such bundles by nn eldorly lody who said, "Glvo it to a lonely boy." Insldo of several layors of tlssuo paper was n warmly knit sweator with a whlto card attached bearing tho legond, "For ono of our brnvo defend ers, from a Mother." Tho boy read tho card with Intorcst. For a moment ho looked puzzled then ho oxclalmed, "Hy Jlmlny, I novcr thought I. wan anybody's defendor, but I'll mnko that old lady proud of mo yot." At tho ond of n busy day tho sec retaries woro planning to closo tho houso. Thoro was a call for holp from tho rest room and tho director found thoro a sullon faced womon who stub bornly refused to go homo. "Tho gov ornmont Is trying to kill mo by taking my hiiBband nnd I'm coming out horo to stay until ho in oxompt," said tho womon, It was a now problom for tho Hostess Houso staff but finally with a llttlo tactful discussion, a lot of helpful sympathy, and oven n llttlo firm arguing, tho trusty jltnoy bus wan gotton out and tho woman was deposit ed at tho huBlatlon headed for homo, STATE NEWS f IN BRIEF. Tho Wednesday noon train from Portland to Astoria ran over and killed u boy named Peyton at Wonlport and sorlously Injured his companion. Tho Mnrshflold community labor board has compiled n lint of non-en-nontlal ludustrlon, and If tho law "con cerning them Is enforced much con fusion In expected to occur In business clrclos. Tho circuit court jury for Clatsop county returned a verdict of guilty In tho enno against II. S. Ulllnot, who was charged with larcony by ombozzlo mont of $2000 from tho Highway Auto company, ot which ho was president nnd manager. Mnrshflold is stirred by tho confes sion of a mombor of tho pollco depart ment to stealing clothes gathered for tho Bolglann, which after collecting woro placed in tlio station until pack ed. Tho city flro onglncor Is also ac tuned of participation In tho deed, but has not yot confessed.' Joseph Molndl," a soclallnt and for many years a resident of Clackamas county, wan arrested this week at his farm, charged wltli violating tho on plonaga act in tho utterance ot sedi tious statements. Mclndl wan taken to Portland for preliminary hearing In tho fedoral court. Oregon may bo facing, so far as tho Willamette and McKcnzIo rivers aro concerned, tho biggest salmon year In Its history. It in oxpectcd that tho ntato will havo 30,000,000 eggn from spring salmon from thoso rivers, ac cording to tho report of Master Fish Warden Clnnton for tho month just panned. " In the ntato bar examinations that nro bolng hold in tlio hall of represen tatives at Salem under tho direction1 ot tho supromo court only 11 appli cants for certificates havo roado their appearance. In normal times tho num ber ordinarily is around 100. Tho do crcaso is due to enlistments In mili tary sorvlco. Tho Uakcr county liberty loan com mittee In making a statement Friday that tho county had oversubscribed Its $GS2,SD0 quota in tho fourth liberty loan took occasion to nolo several prominent residents who had failed to nubscribo as liberally as tho commit tee bollovcd they Bhould and somo who refused to buy bonds at all. Because of government orders to produce 200,000 feot of sawed spruco dally, tho Sitka Spruco company ot Coqulllo, Is making nrrangements to put on a third working shift, running tho mill continuously. Machinery is now being purchased for enlargement ot tho plant and soldiers aro coming from Vaucouvor barracks. Public Servlco Commissioner H. II. Coroy has returned to Salem from castorn Orogon, whero ho offectcd an agreement between tho East Oregon Logging company and farmers of Wal lowa county by which tho ranchers will bo allowed to transport tholr whoat to market ovor tho logging road of tho former. Tho cost will bo! about 9 cents a hundred pounds. Tho University ot Oregon has an nounced courses of study for women which will qualify them as physicians, nurses, bactorlologlsts, stenographers, typewriters, bookkeepers, teachers of hygleno and physical education, labor atory systems, pathologists and in many other positions. Nursing is to bo emphasized and courses prescribed nnd indorsed by tho War department havo been adopted. An order of tho state dosert land board requesting that certain securi ties hold by tho Security Savings & Trust company ot Portland, undor an escrow agreement, bo surrendered, un derwent somo modification at tho hands of tho board In a mooting Wed nesday. Preparatory to compiling Its biennial report tho board authorized tho employment ot a person to chock up tho accounts of tho Tumalo project. No loss Uiau $100,000 will bo needod as a maintcnaiico fund at tho state hospital for tho Insane during tho re mainder of tho year, and Dr. It. E. L. Stolnor, superintendent, will ank that a deflclonoy bo authorized and provi sion mado for that amount whon tho stato emergency board moots. Tho mooting has boon callod to consider needs at tho stato hospital, but it Is understood that somo ot tho smaller Institution may ask for assistance also; 372 U. S. SOLDIERS DIE IN SHIP CRASH Big Disaster Takes Place In Channel Waters. VESSELS IN COLLISION Transport Dashed to Pieces on Hocks of Scottish Coast in Storm. Over 300 Men Rescued. A British Port A largo number of American troops havo been lost as the. result of tho sinking or the transport Otranto in the North Channel between the Scottish and Irish coasts in a col lision with tho steamer Kashmir. Tho Otranto, after tho collision, was dashed to pieces on the rocks off tho south Scottish coast with a probablo loss of 372 American soldiers. Three hundred and ono men wore taken to Belfast by tho British do stroyor Mounsey, tho only vessel which mado an attempt at rescue in tho terrific galo whon tho Kashmir, another vessel in the convoy with tho Otranto, rammed tho Otranto amid ships. Seventeen men were picked up alive on tho Scottish coast Of tho4, 699 American soldiers on board tho Otranto, 310 were landed. Soventoen wero rescued alive at Inlay, leaving 372 unaccounted for. Tho Otranto and tho other vessols of tho convoy were battling with the heavy seas 'and high winds Sunday morning, October C. Tho storm was so severe and the visibility so bad that tho Kashmir, a former Peninsular and Oriental liner, crashed into the Otran to squarely admldshlps. Washington, D. C. In a collision between tho United StatcB destroyer Shaw and a British vessel October 9, two officers and 11 enlisted men of tho destroyer wero lont Thirteen other membern of tho crew were injured. Tho collision occurred in British waters. BIG VICTORY SEEMS NEAR FOR ALLIES Washington, D. C. The wholly un expected extent of the German col lapso between St. Quentin and Cam bral, which leaves a great gap torn In Iho center of tho enemy lines that wero already struggling to extricate themselves and get back to a shorter front, has given rise to the belief here that there is even the possibility of a crushing and immediate military vic tory for tho allies. Should tho French to the south or tho British to the north also succeed in breaking through before the Ger mans can complete an extensive retire ment, the capture or destruction of a wholo 'enemy army group might bo realized. In the opinion of observers hero tho situation has almos limitless possibilities, and Marshal Foch Is vir tually certain to concentrate, every ounco of power at his command for a final coup. 47,000 Escape From Turks. London. lesopotamlau dispatches received hero record the arrival insido the British lines ot 47,000 Assyrian, Armenian and Russian refugees from Urumlah, Persian Armenia, who broko through tho Turkish front and es capod. Another 10,000 refugoes, according to dispatches, aro distributed in Kurd istan towns or aro wandering In tho hills. Tho Turks pursued them, but woro drlvon back by British cavalry. Later tho Turks entered Urumlah and massacred 200 Persians, mostly old men. It is reported that. COO Christian wo mon havo been distributed among tho Turkish troops and tho Moslem inhab itants ot Urumlah. Delfllum Gets New Loan. Washington, D. C Belgium's quota of loans from tho United States was Increased to 1171,020,000 by a now credit or 15,000,000, This mado the aggrogato credit of allied governments 7,220(W,0M. HOWTO HARVEST NEW BROOM CORN Of Importance to Cut Brush at Proper Stage of Maturity to Get Full Value. STAGE OF MATURITY COUNTS If Seed Crop Is Deilred Much Depends on Climatic Conditions and Care Given Standard Varieties Are Very Tall. (Prepared by tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The value of the brush of broom corn depends largely upon the stago 'of maturity when harvested. If tho brush In harvested when too young the fiber In weak at the base of the head, nnd when harvesting Is delayed until the brush is overripe the fiber becomes hard and brittle. Good servlco can not be expected from brooms mado of such bruxh. Tho brush should be harvested when It has reached the stage where the nat ural green color extends from the tip of the fiber to the bnso nnd center of the head. This usually occurs from tho time when the flowers aro falling to tho time the seed Is In the milk or thin-dough stngc. Brush harvested In this stage and properljvcured, without being damaged by the sun or wet weather, Is tough ond flexible nnd of tho best quality. If Seed Crop Is Desired. If a seed crop Is desired the brush Is not harvested until the seed Is fully mature. The value of ripe brush de- , pends largely upon the climatic condi tions previous to harvest nnd the care given tho brush after the seed Is re moved. If seed brush Is not discolored by wet weather, but has the natural yellow color of mature brush. It com mand about half the price of good brush If cared for In the-same way. Standard broom corn nnd dwarf broom corn are harvested in different ways. Tho standard is bent over or tabled and tie brush cut off; the dwarf is Jerked or" pulled from the up right stalk. The standard varieties are so tall that the stalks have to be bent over to bring the brush Within reach. This process is called tnbllng. The tabler walks between two rows, bending or breaking the stalks over, three or four feet from the ground. The Btalks of the left-hand row are bent to the right and those of the rlsht-hond row to tho left. This crosses the stalks of these rows, so that a sort of table is formed behlnd tho tabler, the brush project ing across the table into the spaces between this pair ot rows and the next row on either side. Harvesting Brush. Tho brush is harvested by walking In tho spaco between the tables and cutting the heads from the stalks with n jackknlfe or n knife with a short, wide blade mude especially for that purpose. Tho stalk should be cut so as to leave about six Indies of stem, with tt'.e brush. All leaf sheaths, or boots, should bo removed as the heads, are cut. The knife should be held firmly with the cutting edge pointing at an nnglo from the body. If tho head Is then grasped with the other band and the stalk pulled against tho knife, instead of forcing the knife' against the stalk, the stem of the brush will usually slip out of the boot ns it Is being cut from the stalk. As the heads are cut they nre laid In hand fuls on the table. The Brush should be hauled to the curing shed and threshed tho same day it is harvested, or at any rate not Inter than the fol lowing day. 1 KEEP BACTERIA FROM MILK Carefully Cleansed Utensils, Protec tion From Files and Dirt Will Aid Materially. Cows free from manure and dirt, es pecially In the region of tho udder, and flanks, utensils that are carefully; cleansed, scalded nnd dried, and care-' ful protection of the milk from fllesi and dirt after production, will pre vent the entrance of bacteria Intoi milk. Land for Alfalfa. ! A Virginia ulfalfn grower says thero s llttlo uso trying to grow nlfnlfa on' soils that will not produco good crops pf cow peas, soy bonns or clover. Soils should bo brought to a high state of fertility before- attempting to grow this crop. - Plan for Beit Cream. Plenty of cold water nnd, bctlcr Kt III. Ice, together with clean stable "u'l a Piuiltnry inllkroom, menus sweet Truin mid n finnplili'lH. Carelca 'M CHtlWi CTWtlU trogljluH,