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About Eagle Valley news. (Richland, Or.) 191?-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1918)
Why Don t You Say "Hello" First? By REV. CHARLES STELZLE, in (he lllinoii State Journal Homebody until to you todoy: "How nro you, Jim)" or whatever your nrtmo mny bo. Ami you replied; "Pretty well, tliunk you" Anil you thought ttiitt you Imil fulfilled nil tho requirements of pollto society. Hut why illiln't you ask about tbo health of your friend mid neighbor who hml greeted you? Llko thin: "I'ri'tty well, (lunik you how nro you?" HomiitlmoH you'vo koiio through Hid dny perfectly mlsornblo because somebody didn't suy "Ili'llo" to you. Of course, your frlpnd's mlml mny hnvo boon troubled or bin yen fastened upon something which required nil IiIh nttcntlon, or tbero mny huvo been n dozen perfectly kooiI reasons why ho didn't say "Hello I" Jlut why didn't you say "Hello" to lilmT Perhaps Homebody does not suy "Hello" to you out of pure cussodncss they fclmply don't wnnt to, They nro Just built that wny. Hut you ain't Imagine how uiihnppy hucIi peoplo nre. In most cases they'd give anything to bo different. Now you enn help them. It mny bo hnrd for you to do so but try Itl Hay "Hollo" nnywny, If It choke youl When you'vo thought nbout your frlend'H fulluro to greet you perhaps you'vo thought, it bit Hcorufulty: "I'm nn good iih ho Ik." Well why didn't you prove It nnd not wnlt for him to make tho first pollto advance? Just because you'ro llko most of (ho rest df us wo expect more from others tbnii wo'ro rendy to glvo ourselves, or wo'vo developed n fnlso modesty which proventH our diking our rlKhtful pluces among friends nnd neighbors. Anywny why should your friends inqulro nbout your health nnd why Hhould they greet you with n hearty "hello" when you usually wait for them to do It first? Suppose you try tho other wny Just for n day forget nbout yourself become really Interested In your neighbors nnd friends and don't glvo them the fhnuco to Hay "Hello" first. What u day you'll hnvo) I'd like to hear nbout It. Fishlntj, a Patriotic Sport That Should Bo Encouraged; What Fish Arc in Your Lake? Tho millions of Americans who huvo always lived Inland know tbo delicate llnvor of tho fresh wuter catch, but wo aro likely to slight this cheap, nu trltlous food, either because It Is not always on solo In our markets or be cuuso so many menus and recipes wo follow In our cooking cull for lobster, hnllhiit or some other ocenn product. If Ilsh from our own communities aro not on tbo mnrket plentifully, let's go llshlng for them ourselves. There Is no season of tho yeur when some kind of Ilsh cannot ho caught easily. Do not turn up your noso at your lit tle boy's catch, because the ilsh aro miiiiII nnd hnrd to clean. Utile perch aro delicious, even If they do require homo extra tluio In preparation. Kneonrngo tithing ns n patriotic sport In your neighborhood. Inquire about tbo ilsh In your community. Aro bass, trout, pickerel, carp, perch or Just plain "suckers" plentiful In your lakes nnd runs? Tbo equipment nee essnry to cntch any of these fresh wn tor ilsh Is simple nnd Inexpensive. A hook nnd lino nnd n bnmboo polo hnvo been tho iiiciuih of catching hundreds of pounds of llt-h. Friday Is not tho only fish day. Two more dnys n week aro not too often for you to servo tho Inexpensive, meat saving food, linked, boiled, or fried fresh Ilsh are always delicious. 5 SUItNUt NUIbb Synthetic milk Is being pro ? duced from peanuts by Huropoan 2 chemists. A mlxturo of two or more J honeys always Is darker thnn nny of tho original ones. J Holland's mines nro now pro- dnclng coal at n rnto of nbout jj 2.000,000 tons n yenr. A sorvlng trny tlmt fits nn $ nnn of n lunchroom chair so- curely haH been patented. $ Sweden has nrcas of pent tie- posits tlmt nre estimated to cover nearly 0.000.000 acres. Japanese and Korean Rico Crops Larger Than In 1917. Frequent nnd henvy rains nnd so voro windstorms hnvo only slightly In jured tho Jnpnncso rlco crop, nnd tho 'official cstlmnto shows n ylold amount ing to a total of nbout 50,000.000 koku ! (205,000,000 bushels), which Is 4,000. 000 koku (20,000,000 bushels) nbovo tho 'crop of Inst yenr nnd nbout 0,000,000 'koku (25,000,000 bushels) nbovo tho .average. Tho Korean crop amounts to ,'n total of almost 14,000,000 koku (70, 000,000 bushels), or about 1,000,000 koku (8,n00,0O0 bushels) nbovo that 'of Inst year. (Barristers' Wigs In Uso ! Moro Than 200 Years Ago ! Barristers' wigs first enmo Into ivoguo nbout 200 yenrM ngo, Up to tho ;cnd of tho seventeenth century Judges and sergeants at law nlouo had any dlHtlncllvo dress. Under Queen Anno tho queen's counselor ndopted tho court dress and silk gown which uiudo up tho mourning of tho period, togeth er with tho full-bottomed wig then usu ally worn y nil person of position. Marquis d'Argenson Founded the Municipal Police System Tho first mnn to organize a munici pal police system along modem lines was tho Marquis d'Argenson, who died In Purls 107 years ago. D'Argenson was n nntlvo of Venice nnd first nchlcved fume In that republic, where ho was n state secret ngent. In 1C07 ho went to Franco and became tho head of tho police deportment In Paris. Coming of n high family, ho wns considered to hnvo degraded himself by accepting this post, but ho soon raised tho olllco to his own level. Tho gendarmes of Paris wcro made Into a highly efficient force, and D'Argen son nlso formed ti body of secret ngents, such ns would now bo culled detectives. Later bo laid the founda tion for tho French secret service nnd sent spies to nil countries with which Franco might become Involved In war. Tho system of International esplonngo ho Inaugurated was perfected by Karl Stlezcr, who organized tho Prussian secret service nnd sent thousands of his men Into Austrln nnd Franco prior to Prussia's wars against those countries. JJSKffi t htit-iti(ttrfti(-4i-ii-itrti Mothers' Cook Book X tq-ty.fy-iy-y-ii)-t)).-iy-ty-ty-tt. Homo perfect day I klinll not need To 1011(1 my brow o'er ImfMnff task; Homo perfect day my u ulrnll read Tho mcnnlnff lild 'nenth clouding masks; Homo perfect day X )inll attiiln Tho dim Ideal my spirit asks. Qoodles for the Family. Small enkes nnd cookies nro cspc clnlly In favor during iho holiday time. Tho following will bo most wclcomo ns giving vnrlcty: Sweet Hearts. Bent ouo cupful of butter substitute with two cupfuls of sugar until light; add four eggs well beaten, one-liulf tcnspoonful of rose flavoring and onc balf tcnspoonful of vanilla. Sift three cupfuls of flour, a pinch of salt And two tcnspoonfuls of baking powder; ndd to tho first mixture, beating vigor ously. Ilnko In small heart-shaped pans nnd cover with dellcnto pink tinted frosting. Dato Nut Cake. Separate tho whites and yolks of threo eggs; bent tho yolks with one cupful of sifted granulated sugar un til thick and light; ndd one-hnlf cupful of pecan meats and one-half cupful of stoned, chopped dutcs; then ndd ono cupful of flour, n pinch of salt nnd a teaspoonful of baking powder sifted together. Fold In the whites of tho eggs beaten to n stiff froth and drop by spoonfuls Into very small pans, which hnvo been greased and dusted with ilno sugar. Unite about eight min utes und turn out of tho tins at onco when they como from the oven. Holly Wreathe. Cream n half cupful of butter substi tute with two-thirds of a cupful of sugar; when light und crenmy ndd the yolks of two eggs nnd tho white of one; sift ono and one-fourth cupfuls of flour with a pinch of salt, a ten spoonful of bilking powder nnd one fourth of n grntcd nutmeg; mix with the first mixture, alternating with one fourth of a cupful of milk. Itoll out the dough nnd cut Into rings with tho doughnut cutter. Brush with tho white of egg nnd sprinkle with pistachio nuts, blanched nnd chopped, nnd put a few red candles In groups of two or threo to simulate berries. Hnko n light brown In n moderate oven. Glories. Bent four tnblcspoonfuls of sweet fnt with ono cupful of sugar until crenmy; ndd ono egg, one-fourth of n tenspoonful of halt, one-half teaspoon gul of clunnmon nnd two tcnspoonfuls of linking powder sifted with two nnd one-half cupfuls of flour; ndd one cup ful of mill: nnd mix. Itoll In small balls nnd fry In deep fnt. When cool roll In boiled frosting, then In chopped nuts nnd raisin?. One or tho Other. "His wlfo guvo lilin his choice, ho'd huvo to give up smoking altogether or "Or loso her?" "No; or get his life Insured and dou ble the quantity." Timely Caution. "Wo must got theso railroad sup plies out In n hur ry." "Very good." "At tho sauio tlmo you must maintain tho stan dard. Bo careful now and don't mnko nny bad brakes." How He Broke His Arm. Ono of thoso kindly women who wIbIi to know everything when visit ing n camp Insisted upon learning how "Red" broko his right arm. "Well, you see," suld "Hod," "I was leaning out of tho second-story window when I heard a company commnuder down below shout 'Fall out' to his men nnd I did." And tho woman did not not bother him with nny moro ques tions. Can't Bo Done. "I thought you wore going to sny no when young Wombat nsked for your daughter's hand In marriage." "Tlmt wns when ho wns n civilian, now could I sny no to n second llou tennnt?" -i It Would Be. "I hnvo u letter from lllll, who Is somewhere In Franco, nnd ho says ho hits such trouble In learning French." "Ves, I dare say his dllllcultles In speaking to tho natives nro pronoun Walter Knew Better. Wnlter nnd Itobert nro two yenrs npnrt, nnd Walter usually protects his smaller brother when they como In contact with qunrrelsomo plnymntes. Tho other dny, however, Ilobert was getting tho worst of it by n boy of Wnltcr's nge. Ills mother snld : "Why don't you run to your llttlo brother's nsBlstnnco?" But Wnlter replied : "Nix, ran; Hint's tho kid that beat mo up tho other day." Nice and Cool. "How's things nt Hnmfat Park in tho mountains?" "All right, I hear. Plenty of outdoor sports." "What's tho main sport?" "Tho proprietor doesn't exactly claim as much, but from his prospectus I should Infer that snow shoeing wns tho thing Just now." Envious of Fldo. "I'm leading n dog's Hfo," snld ono member of tho Grouch club. "I'm not doing that well," an swered nnother. "Tho brend my wlfo tries to cook isn't nearly ns sat isfying as dog bis cuit." With Another Twist. "Prlvato Blank," said tho colonel se verely, reprimanding n doughboy for n minor breach of mllltnry regulations, "what would you do If I should tell you that you wero to bo shot nt sun rise?" ''(Josh, colonel," replied the Yank, watching tho shadow of u grin steal over his ofllccijfl fucc.Tcl euro prny for n cloudy tluy." HELP SUPPLY'OF MEAT AND SUGAR Live Stock and Sugar Beets Make Most Profitable Com bination for Farmer. INCREASE GROWERS' PROFITS Animals Utilize Tops and Pulp to Best Advantage Manure Can Be Used to Enrich Soil Other Feeds Are Necessary. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture) Sugar-beet growers should utilize moro live stock. Tho stock utilizes by-products of sugnr-bect growing tho tops nnd pulp and Increases the growers' profits, but there Is nnother reason tho nation needs moro meat ns well ns sugar. Tho combination of stock raising nnd sugnr-bect growing, while beneficial to farmers will nlso benefit tho nntlon. Live stock on the sugnr-bect farm constitutes nn Impor tant factor in success of beet grow ing from two standpoints: (1) Tho utilization of beet tops and pulp to tho best ndvnntnge, nnd (2) tho pro duction of stable or barnyard manure, which can be used to enrich the soil. Tho feeding operntlons should bo lo cated on tho farms whero tho best tops nro produced. When practicable, tho pulp should be handled with frame and fed. There should bo available labor for handling tho stock, nnd oth er feeding stuffs used in combination with tho pulp und tops should be ob tainable. Good Feed for Stock. Sugnr-bect tops nnd pulp nre good feed for ninny kinds of llvo stock In cluding chickens, hogs, sheep, cattle, nnd, to somo extent, horses. Gener ally, the tops nnd pulp nro fed to Simple But Satisfactory Feeding Trough. f-heep and cattle. They may bo pas tured off, n process which consists In turning the live stock Into tho beet field nfter the beets have been har vested nnd the roots removed. The tops nro left scnttered over the ground, and this method of feeding results In the ground being moro or less trampled. Sheep especially are In clined to travel more generally In paths, thereby trampling tho ground unevenly. In no case should the pas turing of tho tops bo permitted when the ground Is wet, since tho ground Itself would bo seriously Injured by trampling In that condition nnd many of tho tops would bo wnsted by being trampled Into the ground. While llvo stock thrives on beet tops nnd pulp, other feed must be used In finishing tho nnlmnls for tho mnrket. Beet tops, especially tho crowns, contain considerable mineral matter, which Is beneficial to live stock, but it should not bo fed In too largo quantities. Aside from pasturing the tops, they nro sometimes allowed to cure partly and nro then gathered into piles, hauled to the feed yard nnd fed in Fattening Fowls. In fattening poultry they should bo confined In n small pen or crate. Ex crclso produces hnrd muscles, which means tuogh meat, whllo nonexcrctso lends to n softness of tho muscles, which nro tender when cooked. Feed Cattle for Quick Gains. Stockmen who feed beef cattlo this season will find tho greatest profit in starting feeders nt SSO to 1.000 pounds and marketing them at 1,150 to 1,250 pouuds. Keep Fewer Cows. Many farmers aro keeping fewer cows In Cnnnda and tho United Stntcs today than n few years ngo, but aro making moro profit. Fix Garden In Fall. Clean up tho garden as early ns pos sible and plow or spado It this full. Many Insects will bo destroyed by do ing this. Cause of Foamy Butter, Fon my butter Is n sign that tho creum wus too sour when churned. racks. This Is a much more economi cal method than pasturing, but It In volves tho additional expense of gath ering nnd hauling. Tho tops may nlso be used ns ensilage. When chopped with straw, cornstalks or other rough age excellent sllngo Is produced. Both the tops nnd tho pulp nro excellent for dnlry cows, slnco they net ns n tonic upon tho nnlmnls ns well as a food, and Increase the flow of milk. Pulp Is either used fresh or dried. It is dried artificially, cither by itself or In combination with molasses. The ob ject In drying the pulp is to make It easier to handle. About 80 per cent of tho weight is lost In drying. Tho dried pulp should bo soaked for sev eral hours before It Is fed to stock. Helps Milk Flow. An!maIscannot be finished for tho market on the beet by-producU alone, nnd unless other feed Is available It will not bo advisable to purchase ani mals for feeding purposes with a view to turning them on the market later. If tho farmer is provided with dairy cows, it Is advisable to furnish them with one or two feeds of tops or pulp each dny. Tho tops, when cured or pitted, will keep for several months; the pulp, when left In a large pile, will not spoil for feeding purposes, ex cept n thin layer on the surface. If tho tops or the pulp are fed heavily to dairy cows, a distinct increase In the flow of milk marks the top and pulp-feeding period, and Uiero will generally be n distinct falling off In tho flow of milk when this feed is dis continued. If the supply of tops and pulp is limited, it Is better to con tinue the feeding over n longer period, giving a smaller amount to each of the animals dally. PROPER CARE GIVEN MANURE Too Often Fertilizer Is Pitched Out of Barns and Exposed to the Winter Rains. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Tho tlmo is approaching when much of tho stock will bo kept In barns and sheds more or less of the time. Prep arations should be made to take care of all manure that accumulates during the housing season. Too often ma nure Is pitched out of the barns and exposed to the winter rains. Where manure Is leached In this way the most valuable part of the fertilizer constituents Is carried away to the streams and lost to the farm. When the manure Is removed from the stalls It should be placed In n covered shed or pit nnd packed down so ns to pre vent leaching nnd flre-fnngtng, or It should bo spread upon the fields whero It can be plowed In immediately or ap plied as a top dressing for grasses. 1 PREVENT FOREST FIRES 5 (Prepared by tho United States De- 5 partment of Agriculture.) 2 Forest fires aro unnecessary S and preventable. 2 They destroy existing forests. They destroy the possibility of future forests. They destroy an Important market for labor. They destroy the beauty of a region. They destroy property. They destroy homes. They destroy lives. g They destroy prosperity. 5j They destroy foodstuffs. GRADER IS HANDY IMPLEMENT Hitched to. Tractor Is Does Much to Improve Approaches and Condition of Farm Roads., A road grader Is a handy Implement to hitch behind the tractor at odd times, and does much to lmprovo tho appear ance nnd condition of the roads around tho farm. Itegulnr dragging and grad ing mlnlmlzo tho cost of road upkeep. Cover the Machinery. Put the machinery under cover If possible, but if you cannot do that bo sure that bearings nro covered with oil so that they cannot rust during the winter. Reduce Fire Probability. Llghtnlug-rods properly Installed re duce tho probability of n burn being destroyed by lightning by nbout 09 per cent nnd of n houso by as much as 80 or OO per cent. Next Year Looms Up. Tho work of this senson is nbout over and tho problems of how to pro duce tho most food nnd envo it next year nro tho things to bo considered now. Good Ousting Material. Mixing n llttlo llco powder with (ho nshes mukes good dusting material for tho hens, Weeds Out Slackers. Tho cow-testlug association weeds tho "lnckers" from among tho patriot.