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(f f iilMiilftniMP 4,,Ml TUB COUKIKK I dovof l to lh Lot InUrrwt of HI'IIAY and WIIKELKII COUNT. Th.lllwr.lp.lron. an of tlicllln of thl mo tlun I nwiiwlfully ulloltl. PublUhad vrjr Thursday by RUSSELL D. PRICK. SubMripUoa lUUa VwYmr $1.00 Six Month JO Tbrao Month M VOL. XIII. sntAr. wiiicelek county, obeoojt, tiiuhsday, jaxuary 13, loic. NO. 48. WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK SECRECY Of TRADE COMMISSION TO BE CRITICISED IN CONGRESS OCEAN ONLY FRIEND Of UNITED STATES Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHLU wasnington, u. u. The secret pro cedure or the Trade communion, which, with a majority made up of Democratic politician, la now "reiru- latlng" bl(f business, la destined to re ceive a grilling In both the aenate and I houie. A domand that light be ahed on the operationa of what la pronounced the moat secret agency of an unusually se cretive adminiatration will be made "J I"..-.... mvmww Pill! ISIfiV.QIIb-l,aill.IMj ........ ...... ative. when the appropriation, for the mlUIAHT KKO'AKLUNtVi UNIT SAltlT executive branch of the government are considered. Although the commission la nearly a We Cannot Trust Other Nations, Says Senator Chamberlain. OREGON BLUE IAW HUD TO BE '(EGA! BY THREE FEDERAL JUDGES The old Sunday blue law of Ore eon la valid and not in contravention either of the state or Federal constitutions, Three United States judges so agree in a sweeping opinion handed down Wednesday at Portland, by United States District Judge Wolverton, which up&oids the law in every particular wherein attack haa been made on it in the Federal court. The opinion denies the prayer of the urunswick-Balke-CoIIender company, manufacturers of billiard and pool tables and bowling alleys, for a per manent injunction restraining district attorneys and sheriffs of 26 Oregon Live News Items of All Nations and 'i. it haa given practically no (J. S. Offended Central Powers and counties from enforcing the law, Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Fakers exact $176,000 from six St. Louis men. A Jewish relief day has been auhor- Ixod by the senate. A Portland hotel has been leased for a period of years at a 20 per cent In crease over live yeara ago. Opponenta of Oregon's blue law, which was upheld by the Federal court, will appeal to the United States Su preme court. The house of commons voted 408 to 106 In favor of the Asquith bill which requires single men of certain ages to enter the war. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria will be crowned emperor of Macedonia at Monaatlr after a brief vialt to aeveral leading citlea In Bulgaria. Mount Rainier National Park Is I "dry," along with the rest of the state of Washington, according to a ruling I made by Secretary of the Interior Lane. The United Statea government haa ordered constructed 16 aeroplanes, three of which will have a speed of 80 miles an hour and a carrying capacity of 1200 pounds. A New York Federal judge Invites "hyphenated eltUens" who put the interests of their native country be fore those of America to "get off the face of the earth." Secretary Garrison presents to the house military committee his program for spending six hundred millions In the next four years to build up and maintain a standing army of 600,000 men. public proor or the activity. It la as serted, In enforcing the laws relating to business. All complaints of unfsir competition and violation of the anti trust acts have been considered and I disposed of In secret. No business concern hss been called on openly to defend itself against a charge of vlo- JOHN A. KEY if It Does Its Duty Will Offend Also Great Britain. ' i jrTT V. i . V &mw , IS" ? U. , f Vt, f Pf ' JjaC , ' til ; A Announcement that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will start February 16 'on a trip to the West Indies, from which he will not return until April 1, has been made. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt Colonel E. M. House, personal ad visor of President Wilson, who was sent to "Europe to visit the ambassadors from the United States, has landed in London. The purpose of his trip is said not to be a mission of peace. The right of hard cider to a place in dry Oregon Is now questioned. Sam ples of some cider that was finding an unusually brisk market were taken by the Portland police and turned over to the city laboratories for analysis to de termine the amount of alcohol. When the Ford peace expedition left Copenhagen on a special train bound through Germany for Holland each member of the party was known only Congressman John A. Key of Ohio, chairman of the house pensions com mittee, is the author or a bill pro viding for pensions for the widows of the men who died In the Spanish- American, wsr. it carries an appro priation of about $2,500,000. lating the law. Republicana contend that the public acted the part of aoes not Know wnetner unfair compe tition is so prevalent that the commis sion naa Deen swamped with com plaints, or so rare that few grievances have been filed, The commission says that about 200 complaints have been filed, but refuses to divulge disposition of specific cases, Although admitting that this secret procedure is not prohibited by the law. Republicans charge that it is contrary to the intent of the statute, which pro vides that when the commission is satisfied that the law is being violated it shall cite the offender to a public hearing. The commission baa adopt ed the procedure of confidential inves tigation of complaints and asserts that no public hearings have been necessi tated because in every case either the accused concern has abandoned the practices complained of or the accuser has withdrawn his complaint, New York The address of Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, before the Republican club of New York Satur day night came as a surprise to those present. The senator waa outspoken In favor of a progarm that should in clude the military training or every youth in the country. He declared this would redound to the physicial well-being of the youth, even if there were no war. He said there should be a standing army sufficient to gar rison our insular possessions as well as to man our fortifications. He called attention to the fact that nearly all the Japanese In this country are re servists and had had military training. He added there were also 100,000 reservists of other nationalities here who would rush to their colors if called. Senator Chamberlain declared fur ther that the consuls of the various countries had a list of all these reserv ists, Speaking of the European war. Sen ator Chamberlain said the great lesson this nation had learned haa been that treaties are not worth the paper they are written on. He pointed out that we had had trouble with Germany and Austria, but that it bad been adjusted, and urged that similar measarea-aa were used in out relatione with these two countries be directed toward Great Britain. We have offended Germany and Austria," said Senator Chamberlain, and if we do our duty we will offend Great Britain. The only friends America has today or will have in the days to come are tin Atlantic and Pa cific oceans." In dealing with smaller nations, he declared the United States haa always a bully. "When An great detail it sets forth the res sons for rejecting the contentions of Wilson T. Hume, attorney for the pe titioning company, as to the invalidity of the law. It holds that the principle of the right of the state to regulate the pur suit of occupations on Sunday under its SENATOR J. C. W. BECKHAM Hayti has a revolution and refuses to pay her debts," he said, "we send warships and a few marines and take charge, but when it comes to dealing with the greater powers of the world. instead of acting like a brave, cour ageous and noble nation, we act like cowards, I am ashamed and sorry to say." West Is Overridden When Ferris I , ' " , , NEED CARE IN COOKING CCREAL8 MUST BE PREPARED WITH EXACTITUDE. To Bring Out the Full Food Value of the Grain Requires Skill and Thought on the Part of the Housewife. J. C. W. Beckham, the new senator from Kentucky, Is a former governor of that state, having been elected after 'the disturbances that led to the assas sination of Governor Goebel. Ho waa born In Bardstown, Ky In 1869. police power has been conclusively de termined bv the Orecon Sunreme court tt . a .a I. . f . wattrnnwrT Measure Passes nniise mtwo decisions. ho nnmhnr Rotk man a wnmin nf the party throughout the trip in Ger- COmplllSOry Military SCTViCC IS ...B.ijr i.iu ucvujv vu KB. IU uid m J D,l L., I . Ml.. Btudv hv wnf r nnwnr .n.rlj . nf .11 iiviii nvii I w ui lu mih ill wv hi i i 1 "" "j wvavwi, v. " I parties. Washington, D. C The house Sat urday passsod the Ferris bill, which would throw open to 60-year leases public land containing more than three times as much water power as now is under development in the United States. It is estimated that in the. 11 states which it is proposed to enter there are about 19,000,000 undevel oped horsepower. - - The bill is the result of careful train bearing the number given him or her. Each number corresponded with one placed on each passport by the German consul at Copenhagen and one in the hands of the authorities of the railroad. General Ian Hamilton's report on the British operations on the Gallipoli Pen insula was published in the London Official Gazette. It tells the story of the fighting on the peninsula from the beginning of May to the middle of Oc tober. The Suvla Bay landing failed to accomplish its object, the report shows, partly because the force con sisted largely of untried troops under generals inexperienced in the new war fare, and partly through the failure of the water supply. The sufferings of the troops for lack of water made painful reading. The Pacific Coast Baseball league fears that if Sunday games are pro hibited by the Sunday law, baseball will be practically put out of business. Representative McArthur has intro duced a bill proposing a reduction in the rate of postage on local delivery letters from 2 cents to 1 cent an ounce. Under this bill any letter would be de livered anywhere in the city where mailed, or on any rural route leading therefrom, for 1 cent, and in the same field patrons of rural routes would send letters for the 1-cent rate. Mr. Mc Arthur said that he had found that it costs the government on an average a quarter of a cent to deliver a local letter. Washington, D. C Secretary Gar rison told the house military commit tee at a hearing Monday that compul sory service was the only really ade quate basis on which to construct a military policy compatible with the idea of democratic government. The secretary made the assertion merely as an expression of personal sentiment, he said, and did not elabo rate on it. Hia statement was regard ed as significant, however. Representative Shallenberger asked Secretary Garrison if universal mili tary obligation did not make it possi ble for nations to be drawn into war despite the wishes of the majority of the people. "I do not think France or Germany would be waging war if the majority of their peoples did not favor it," re plied the secretary. "No nation ever is at war at variance with the wishes of the great majority of its people." Suffragists Win Point. Washington, D. CThe Susan B. Anthony amendment providing for woman suffrage was reported favor ably to the senate by the suffrage com mittee. "In our opinion, every princi ple upon which universal manhood suffrage rests demands the extension of its privileges and responsibilities to women," said the report. "They are subject to the laws, are taxed for the support of government, and subject to a common political destiny." parties. The 60-year lease feature had the support of Secretary of the Inter ior Lane. Party lines were cast aside in voting on the measure. Minority Leader Mann was one of its strongest suppor ters. His Republican colleague, Re presentative Mondell of Wyoming, and other Western Republicans fought it, insisting that Federal control would delay development of the sites. Western Senators are planning a hard fight on the measure in the up per house. Control of the power plants under the bill would rest jointly with the state and Federal governments, except by court order, leases could not be transferred without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior. States hav ing public utility boards could exer cise their full powers in regulating rates for power and the issuance of bonds. In states without such boards the Secretary of the Interior would ex ercise this power. Slide Kills Army Officer. Livingstone, Mont. Lieutenant Jos eph E. McDonald, Twelfth Cavalry, of Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming, who, with four companions, was out sledding Sun day at the Mammoth Hot Springs, near Fort Yellowstone, was killed by a snowslide. All five were caught in the slide. McDonald's companions were able to free themselves, but the lieutenant remained buried for 46 min utes before his companions could re lease him. He waa then unconscious. Supreme court further has uniformly upheld this principle as being a legiti mate exercise of the police power of the state. It asserts the contention that the law interferes with religious liberty to be ill-founded, and declares it essen tially civil and not religious. It sweeps aside techincal points raised against the validity of the law such as the alleged insufficiency of the title of the amended law of 1865 and other irregularities.. Grave Epidemic of Influenza . Holds Entire Nation in Clutch Washington, V. U. influenza is spreading over the United States from coast to coast in the most serious epi demic ever known, taking a large toll in lives and causing economic loss by incapacitating workers in all walks of life. Reports from public health serv ice officers made public by Surgeon General Blue show that already the disease has created a grave problem for many larger cities, and is spread ing to the rural communities. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Cleve land and Detroit reported thd disease widely prevalent. Cleveland and De troit each have probably 100,000 cases. Of other larger cities Buffalo, Pitts burg, Baltimore, Portland and San Diego report no signs of an epidemic French Wires Are Down. New York Heavy storms in France during the last few days have seriously interfered with telegraphic communi cation, and for this reason the French Cable company announces that mes sages for transmission through that country would be accepted subject to indefinite delay. Messages received here from France did not give any de tails of the damage other than that gales and heavy rains had broken down many wires. We have no fault to And with the many excellently prepared and co- called cooked cereals which from time to time are found appetising and agreeable in appearance, but there is also need of cereals which require long-continued cooking to extract the full value of the grain and bring it to a delicious creaminess. In this class are oatmeal, wheat, hominy, rice and corn. By whatever nt.me the various ground preparations are called, they all need continued, intense cooking to burst the starch cells, soften the sur rounding busk tissues, and sutke them thoroughly fit for human food. Cracked wheat is a coarse form of wheat with a particularly nutty flavor. 80-calIed "whole" or "pinhead" oat meal has advantages over the more usual "rolled" form. Good hominy, which is now no longer prepared with lye. Is another breakfast food which should be more frequently used, Corn meal, although fallen Into disre spect and considered common, per haps, is one of the best of cool weath er cereals. It is rich in st&?ch and fat and thus in heat-producing Qualities. Oatmeal Is the one cereal containing the largest amount of protein or muscle-forming nutriment That is, it is compare bio to meat or any cereals, and contains less starch. It Is there fore, perhaps, too cereal which should be most frequently given to the grow ing child. The whole grain must be soaked all day and then steamed sev eral hours, but in this form It fur nishes a splendid and sufficient break fast cercaL Next to oatmeal comes wheat with a higher per cent of starch. It should, however, be used in as nearly the nat ural stato as possible that is, the cracked grain with the outer coat re maining in which are stored the to portant mineral elements which make bone and the best kind of tissue. Hom iny is almost entirely starch and there fore needs tho most perfect cooking In order that the starch shells may be adequately burst and cooked. or an oi tnese cereals either a steam cooker or a tireless cooker is preferable. Given a half hour's quick boiling at night they may be placed in the tireless cooker, pioferably with the heated radiator under them, and allowed to cook slowly with the re tained heat of the tireless. Sufficient water should always be put on them to allow perfect swelling of each grain. Such - cereals, when properly, cooked, are not a "mush" but of a uniform. creamy consistency. It ma? take time rather a little more effort to cook cereals properly, but the effort Is more titan repaid in the quality of the food. The cool weather cereal should bo a point of special care with the housewife. . Paprika Potatoes. Select Inrge potatoes for baking. As soon as done slice crosswise, once each way to the depth of an inch. Turu up tho ends of the skin loosened and with a fork loosen the potato well Inside; season with salt and add a generous pleco of butter, plenty of paprika. Stand In the oven for a mo ment and serve. Mincad Lamb With Peppers. Add oae shredded sweet pepper to remnants cf cold lamb which have been cbopued fine. Put two table spoeufuls of butter in a hot frying pan, add the lamb and peppers, season well and dredge thoroughly with flour. Then add enough stock to moisten. Serve on small squares of buttered toast KILLING WHITE GRUBS More Than $12,000,000 Damage Done to Crops by Insects. This Year's Brood Due to Be Very De structive In Thrse Year to Corn and In Two Ysars to Tim. othy and Small Grains. White grubs, wherever not con trolled by cultural and rotation meth ods, have caused millions of dollars' loss this year to corn growers in northeastern Iowa, southern Wiscon sin, and northern Illinois, parts of Minnesota, the southern part of Michi gan, and northern Ohio; also In north eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York, parts of Connecticut and New Jersey. A recent survey of the Infested areas In Iowa, Wisconsin, Illi nois and Michigan, by government entomologists, together with reports received from the other Infested states, estimates the damage to be more than 112,000.000. This particular species of tho white grub which is so destructive In this section has a three-year life cycle and, unless controlled, will do some dam age In two years and will again be highly destructive to corn, timothy. potatoes and strawberries In this re gion in three years. In view of these facts the entomol ogists especially urge farmers In that region to begin to apply these meas ures this falL The measures are of three kinds: (1) Killing the grubs hatched in the ground by plowing and disking in the falL (2) Destroying the May beetles while In flight (3) Rotations of crops which will prevent the planting of corn In the third year after a croa of timothy. sma'l grain, or on weed-covered land. This rotation Is recommended be cause the May beetles in two years will lay their eggs In such land, and the resulting white grubs unless con trolled will be particularly destructive to corn or the other crops, the roots of which they will attack during the following summer. Fall plowir; next summer and fall (1916) will be especially effective In destroying grubs of the 1914 or de structive flight and should be univer sally practiced In the grub-Infested districts. Try to get chickens to follow plow, harrow and cultivator to reduce grubs and other obnoxious Insects. Fifteen White Grub and Parent Beetle. Curried Oysters. Drain and wash 25 oysters. Make on an ordinary pancake griddle. Throw the oysters, three or four at a time, on the gridtllo and brown on both sides Lift quickly and place in a double boilor, which stands beside the griddle. When all the oyBters are cooked add to them one tablespoonful of flour, one-half tablespoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of curry powder and dr.ch of cayenne pepper. Stir until the lngrdints reach the boiling point snd add one tablespoonful of lemon ile and one- small onion grated. Hsn-iy Kitchen Tool. A fuH jnr wrench la an Itnpinment which li stzTloM.bls the yedr around and costs ont a dims. Tbe metal levere ro h.:cjtil together st one end and each bears riveted clamps to cluop the sides of the Jar ltd. Just prus I he basiUaa tcg'ir and you bars art grip. Fcr Chocolate Stains. Bomx, slightly molstnned and left on the fccrlc for several to m, will re move, cboorlate stains from white dresses and tsble linen. acre fields have been cleared of heavy infestation of grubs by permit ting the poultry the run of the field during cultivation. Hogs also are use ful agents in ridding a field of grubs. Ground which- is In corn or baa a heavy stand of pure clover during the year the beetles are flying, which will be 1917 in the infested area referred to, will ordinarily contain few grubs since the beetles will not seek such land for laying their eggs. The beetles prefer land in smallgralns, timothy. or covered with weeds for egg laying. Aside from this rotation, it is desir able to so arrange the crops that the least amount of land will be in tim othy and small grain the year the beetles (1917) are abundant and the following year (1918) to plant corn on corn ground, and use for small grain and timothy the ground which was In these crops the previous year. MILK MACHINES SAVE TIME Do Not Affect Milk Flow, According to Tests Made at Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment Station. The first United States patent cov ering a milking machine was Issued In 1849. In 1860 two more were granted. Since that time various devices have been patented. Tests made by the New York agri cultural experiment station at Geneva prove that machine milking does not affect the milk flow. It was also found that milking ma chines were great time savers. Tbe total time required to milk 30 cows was 121.02 minutes, or an average of 4.034 minutes to milk one cow. Under commercial conditions, the time could be decidedly lessened. The milking machine is no longer an experiment It is being used the world over by progressive dairymen. Profit From Fertile 8oll. There is more profit in growing crops on one acre of fertile soli that haa been thoroughl) tilled than there la in three acres of Infertile solL