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N Y S S A G A TE C IT Y JO U R N AL, TH U R S D A Y , DEC. 9, 1937 will determine May primaries. STATE CAPITOL NEWS A. L. LINDBECK State Capitol News Bureau SALEM, ORE.—President Roose hemlock, spruce, redwood, white fir, velt's program for curtailment of myrtle, alder and ash. T h e new federal highway appropriations building which Is to be located near would, if approved by Congress, ccst the state highway shops Just east of Oregon a total of $18,300,000 dur the Salem city limits will be 73 by ing the next four years according to J00 feet in size, with two stories and R. H. Baldock, state highway en a partial basement. Purchase of the gineer. The proposed drastic cuts in site for the building was authorized federal aid for highway work would by the Forestry Board at a recent delay completion cf the state high —L — way system by 15 years, Baldock meeting. said. Oregon’s chief executive has been —L— selected for the role of matchmaker Elbrt Eastman, Portland attorney, b ya comely eastern miss who de Is sponsoring a move to remove the clares her willingness to marry any political labels from candidates for man who will provide $500 to pay public office in Oregon and make for anoperation needed by her moth both the primary and general elec - 1 er. The miss who has appealed to tion strictly ncn-partisan. Under j Governor Martin for aid In find the terms of a proposed initiative ! ing her man is Maureen Donnelle, measure filed by Eastman with 20, of the Cumberland, M d„ who de Secretary of State Snell this week, scribes herself as a brunette Jean the primary election would be con Harlow. She admits that she is "not ducted as an elimination contest at all bad looking" in in addition to the two high candidates for each o f which she is “ not a bad cook and fice to compete in the finals at the housekeeper. general election. I f enough signa —L — tures are secured to the initiative Twenty-four persons were killed petitions Eastman’s proposal will be in traffic accidents on Oregon high up to the voters at the general elec ways during November, according to tion in November, 1938. Secretary of State Snell who points —L — out that this was less than 50 per More than $100,000,000 passed cent of the record of 58 fatalities through the state treasury depart established in November, 1936. ment during the period from July 1, —L — 1936, to November 30, 1937, approx Installation of the new lethal gas imately $30,000,000 over the figures chamber at the state prison will for the previous similar period end start this week according to Warden ing November 30, 1935. Cash on James Lewis, who has just returned hand in the state treasury as o f ' from a trip to Arizona where he November 30 totalled $13,372,079.35, | made a study of a similar death all earmarked for specific purposes. chamber is use in that state. Cost of In addition to current expenses of the gas chamber, installed, is esti- state government approxim ately1 amted at approximately $2000. $6.000,000 will be paid out by the I —L — stated uring 1938 for maturing prin-1 J. M. Devers, for the past 20 years cipal and interest on state bonds. attorney for the state highway com —L — mission, is being prominently men T h e interior finish c f the new tioned as a possible republican can building to be contsructed for the didate for the United States senate. State Forestry Department will be Devers admits that he is in a re of typical Oregon woods, each room ceptive mood but insists that he does to be representative of some native not propose to make the plunge un wocd of the state. One room will be less definite evidence of substantial finished in Douglas fir. erother in support is forthcoming from the pondercsa pine, and other rooms in rank and file voters whose choice Your Home CONSTRUCTION-EQUIPM ENT REMODELING Plug In As You Please •'Get a-plenty while you're get ting," is an old American maxim of the practical-minded, and when It comes to houses this maxim should nowhere be given more earnest application than in the pro vision of electric outlets. This is equally true whether one is build ing a new house or rewiring an old one The use of electric lamps and appliances is steadily growing and it is impossible to tell what new appliances will come along It isn't safe for the householder to figure on only enough outlets to take care of what lamps and appliances he has at the time he builds or re wires It has been figured that a safe rule for living rooms, bedrooms and recreation roonls is to have out lets enough so that no point along a wall unbroken by a doorway is more than six feet from an outlet and no wall space of three feet or more lacks at least one outlet. And, o f course, there should be ceiling outlets for lights In number pro portionate to the size of the room. In the kitchen every work space (Should have its outlet and, of (course, all standing electric appli ances like refrigerators, ranges, clocks, fans and dishwashers should have outlets behind them. In the dining room at least two floor out- Jets should be provided in addition to ceiling light outlets and wall out lets for electric appliances or lights on sideboards or serving tables. The bathroom should have its ceil ing light, wall lights at the sides of the mirror, shower bath light and another outlet or two besides for appliances. Terminate The Termite Peril It Is reported that a small boy, coming from a southern home that had recently been infested by ter mites and visiting New York City for the first time, asked to be shown the Grand Central Termite. Unfortunately there is no grand central termite: It would be easy Ito deal with It if there were. The Ipestiferous Insect Is widely spread and works in dark and devious Iways to eat the heart out of sills and joists and studs, i But there Isn't any reason to be Jittery about termites They have ^always been with us. and most |homes escape their ravages On the -other band, the person who Is build ing a new house .does well to make it termite-proof. He does that auto matically If he builds with steel and concrete, brick and stone. But he can build with wood and still make his house safe from termites by taking simple and inexpensive precautions. The thing to bear In mind about the termite Is that it can’t stand exposure. It jnust have darkness and dampness— especially damp ness The only permanent reser voir of moisture is the ground. Hence the termite has to maintain contact with the ground and this It does by maintaining runways in cracks in foundation masonry or by building earthlike shelter tubes from the ground over the founda tions to the woodwork of a house. By shielding all wood from the ground with inexpensive metal shields the termites can be pre vented getting into it either directly or by building tunnels to it Addi tional safety can be obtained by using wood treated with a preser vative. or wood of a termite resis tant species, in danger places. Ter mites that get Into buildings quickly die v, I- -i their access to the ground Is t .it of.' the winner in the J. C. Jcy of Portland has been elected as chairman of the Indus trial Accident Commission, succeed ing Albert R. Hunter of La Orande who resigned from the commission because of ill health Roy G. Buch anan of Pendleton, appointed by Governor Martin, to fill the vacancy on the commission caused by Hunt er's resignation began his new duties December 1. Hunter who has been in California for several weeks will remain with the commission in a minor capacity. —L — Sponsors of the move to repeal the milk control act came out into the open this week when they filed articles of incorporation for a new organization. Incorporators include E. C. Allen of Portland, member of the legislature from Multnomah county, and C. R. Wagoner, well known as a Townsend organizer and more recently mentioned as a can didate for Governor of Oregon. The articles o f incorporation declare that the milk control act was passed by the legislature contrary to the wishes o f the voters of the sate. — L— Solon T. White, state director of agriculture, just returned from a trip to Washington. D. C., says that he found Oregon turkeys featured on the menus of many of the larger hotels in cities of the east. —L — The automobile registration de partment will begin mailing out the new 1938 license plates next M on day and the new licenses may be displayed after December 15. Appli cations for plates this year are slightly behind the 1936 record for the same period, according to Sec retary of State Snell. Alligators* Eyes Not Luminous The eyes of alligators are not lu minous in the dark but they do re flect any light that reaches them. Hunters attach lights to their heads, partly to blind the alligators. Then they can see the alligators’ eyes gleaming like red-hot coals through the surrounding darkness. Stamps Not Canceled Across Face Of all the numerous issues of postage stamps that have carried the pictures of highly honored or sacred personages, including those depicting Christ, only two, says Col lier's Weekly, were never canceled across the face of the stamp— a Queen Isabella II issue in Spain in 1850 and a King Ferdinand II issue in Sicily in 1859. to make sure they lit and work smoothly. In the attic see it light gets In around the eaves; make sure that framing has been doubled around dormers; that cross beams tying the rafters have been Installed on alternate pairs of rafters; and that no framing rests on the chimney. while so much Industrial waste and I in- it u-i n domestic sewage from cities is al A drouth is i p erio d ol 2K cun. lowed to destroy them. uve d a y s on each of w h ich th e ie Editor’s note: This is the third W hile there are ether serious less th an one in ch ol r a n ila ll of a series of articles on con- menaces to fish life, such as dams servatlcn of Oregon's recrea without proper fish ladders, and un- j tional resources. They have screened irrigation ditches, the fact been prepared by staff mem remains the pollution is exceedingly bers of the State Planning | destructive to fish life and subver- Board under the direction of V. ! sive to the use of water fer recrea-1 B. Stanbery. executive secretary | tional enjoyment as well as dang- i and consultant. The next article ; erous from a health standpoint. will follow in an early issue. In adidtlon to the recreational and | commercial advantages supplied C O NSERVATIO N OF OREGON’S \ fishing resources, Oregon has other great wild life resources in her R E C R E ATIO N AL RESOURCES large game animals, her game birds, and her fur bearig animals. The The effects of pollution upon the State Planning Board, in coopera natural life o f a stream are not tion with the W.P.A. has prepared always noticeable at first. The first a comprehensive and very interest- indication o f ruining river is the | ing report on the Oregon’s Wild Life exhaustion of oxygen. The first e f Resources, giving the habitat and fects are destruction of insect life, approximate number c f these ani- such as stone flies, caddis flies, and | mals and birds, and making rec others, which are the food of game ommendations for their permanent fish. Next, certain species of plant conservation a valuable source of life in the water disappear. When supply for the recreational needs of You may not live to tell about mills, factories and cities dump the people of Oregon. Thoughtful It If you do. Play safe and their waste into the rivers, game i citizens of Oregon might study this have your car adjusted for fish cannot live, not only because report and its recommendations, winter driving. Drive In to cf absence of oxygen which they and join with others in movements breathe from the water, but also to better conditions. day and let us give your car a Pix Theatre Ontario. Sun-Mon-Tue. from the lack of food which had W IN T E R L U B R IC A T IO N December 12, 13, 14 been destroyed by the pollution. FOREST RECR E ATIO N A N D G R E A SE JOB The question has also been raised G A IN S SEEN about the effect of mining opera tions upon the recreational use of Badges of Mourning water. In placer mining regions the In Great Britain, it is customary More people are using the nation fine silt has often smothered the al forest than ever before, accord for a judge to wear a black cloth greater part of the bottom living ing to a U. S. foresta service report over his white wig while he is pro forms of plant and animal life which showing number of visitors to the nouncing a death sentence, and for Main and 2nd Streets serve as fish food, as well as ruined forests of Oregon and Washington a prison warder to fly a black flag Phone 1 the act of fishing by muddying the during the fiscal year 1937. O f the over his main building after an ex water. This could be avoided if the \ twenty national forests, including ecution, says Collier's Weekly. owners of these dredges would build j much of the attractive forest and settling ponds for their wastes. From mountain country of the two states, dredging, as In the John Day Val sixteen national forests reported in ley, there Is also the permanent loss creases o f from ten to 130 per cent of the fertile top soli. And who can above the previous year in number appraise the loss In aesthetic values? of visitors. All of which must be covered by the Siskiyou Forest Popular value of the various metals taken In the state of Oregon, the Sis from the streams. I t can’t be done. Licensed Electricians Industrial wastes from pulp and kiyou national forest, which includes State Approved W iring Material paper mills, canneries, flax and the picturesque southwestern part c f the state with Its famous lower woolen mills, contribute mere to the destruction o f oxygen in the W il Rogue River and sea coast country, Next to Bakery lamette than domestic sewage from took top rank In percentage in- the population of 571,000 people. It \ crease with an 80 per cent gain in •seems that no one use of streams 1 total visitors. Among other Oregon should ruin them for other purposes. national forests, the Fremont (head with 18,369 Data furnished by the State Plan quarters, Lakeview) ing Board states that the Fish Com- visitors showed a 73 per cent gain; 28,072 visiters, misison o f Oregon liberated 732 m il the Whitman with lion salmon of various species, and 45 per cent; the Umatilla, with 45,- that the Game Commission releas 620. 44 per cent; the Malheur, with ed over 200 million trout during a 16.813, 40 per cent; and the W ill- period of ten years. These commis j amette, with 93,089, a 27 per cent gain. sions, together with the U. S. Bur Mt. Hood Leads in Numbers eau of Fisheries, maintain 18 hat cheries and 13 egg taking station for In point of actual numbers of salmon. People well wonder why visitors, the Mount Hood national there Is a large force of state police forest (headquarters, Portland) took to enforce laws and maintain long first place with 317.046 recreational closed seasons to protect these fish, visits in 1937. Visitors were classi fied as summer heme users and other special use permittees, hotel and resort guests, campers, and pic H AT tender childhood memo DRY nickers. ries of appetizing aromas on the SLAB F. V. Horton, assistant regional evening air are brought to mind when we get a forester, points out that the use of Spring Canyon Coal In your furnace or WOOD whiff of new- stove gives greater heating satisfaction the free improved national forest baked cake and w ith less attention and dirt. Because It's Order a camp grounds is an outsanding fea catch the entic drier, Spring Canyon out-burns ordinary lo a d Today! ture o f outdoor recerational life of coaL Less ash and dust w ith Spring ing odor of cook [ each state. “ Increasing use of these Canyon, tool ing sauce! All j national forest camps," says Horton these signs tell us that one of ; “indicates that they have struck a our chief favor popular chord, possibly because thry I ites, cottage pud are simple and Informal and satis- ' LUMBER COMPANY ding, Is a-mak- fy the urge of people to 'camp out’ lng. “ T h e re ’s a Yard N ear Y o n " after the fashion of their pioneer | Chocolate Cottage Pudding ancestors. 114 cups sifted cake flour; 1% teaspoons double - acting baking powder; % teaspoon salt; 4 table spoons butter or other shortening; 1 cup sugar; 2 egg yolks, well beaten; 114 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted; 14 teaspoon van illa; 14 cup milk; 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten. Sift flour once, measure, add bak ing powder and salt, and sift again. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually and cream well. Add egg yolks and beat thoroughly*, then chocolate and vanilla. Add flour, alternately with fnllk, beating after each addition until smooth. Fold In egg white. Turn Into greased pan, 8 x 8 x 2-Inches. Bake iu mod erate oven (325° F.) 50 minutes, oF until done. Remove from pan. Serve warm or cold with plain or This ballot is offered to the readers o f the whipped cream, or with chocolate mint sauce. Serves 12. Nyssa Gate City Journal in support o f a nation P L A N N IN G OREGON'S PROGRESS Don’t Get Caught Up a Tree Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew in “Captains Courageous'’ POWELL SERVICE STATION ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING AND REPAIRING by NYSSA ELECTRIC SHOP gorcnungj,- on your fuel this W in ter bum Spring Canyon COAL W BOISE PA Y E T T E Outdoors, see that grading has been done to carry water away from the house. Area ways and cellar window boxes should have drainage. Look at the roof and make sure that it has corrosion resisting metal flashings and that downspouts do not discharge next to the founda tion. If the house passes inspection on these points It Is probably all right otherwise. W hy Endure Drip, Drip, Drip? Not long ago a New York City woman got into legal difficulties with her landlord because she smashed a window, glass and sash. Asked In court why she did it, she said that she couldn’t stand the end less drip, drip of a leaking faucet any lqnger Anyone who has ever listened to the irritating drip of a leaking faucet can sympathize with her, although one may wonder why she did not resort to the simple expedient of tying a wash cloth, or any strip of cloth, about the faucet so that one end of the cloth reached the sink or bowl. Then the water would have run noiselessly down the cloth. Most faucets are of the compres sion type In which a flat washer bears down on the ring, or ground seat, that surrounds the flow open ing. Generally when such a faucet leaks it needs a new washer and * the careful householder will keep a supply on hand for both hot and Construction W eak Spots cold water lines. All the tools re Maybe you are buying a house quired are a monkey wrench and a instead of building one. IL so . do screwdriver. Sometimes the seat be you know how to determine whether comes uneven due to corrosion and or not a house Is well built— espe cially a new house In which defects have not yet been exposed by time? It is impossible to list briefly all the points on which you should check but some of the more im portant can be mentioned. When you are down cellar, note whether Joints in sills and girders have been made over walls or piers as they should be, whether flooring It must be then smoothed down. An joints have been made over joists; inexpensive tool for this purpose and whether framing members have can be obtained and It la well to been doubled around the stairwell, have one In the house. It may obvi the fireplace hearth and under par ate, or postpone for a long time, the titions. Note also If bridging bas purchase of a new faucet. been provided, as it should be. be STEDM AN BROW N tween floor joists, and make sure that framing members have not been weakened by excessive cutting Answers to questions concern by plumbers and electrl Mans. Also ing articles In this department, be sure that flrestops have been or about any housing prcblsm. placed between studs so that there may be obtained by writing to is no chance for updraft In outside Stedman Brown, “ Your Homo" walls and partitions. Features. 220 East 42nd •tract. Upstairs, examine floors to see If New York City. Please enclooe they are level, note baseboards and 3c stamp for reply. trim to see if they are opening at try doors and windows — "P Keep America 0\il Of W ar BY BALLOTS___ NOT BULLETS wide “ Peace-for-America” campaign being con ducted by the Veterans o f Foreign Wars o f the U. S. The purpose o f this campaign is to provide Congress with tangible proof, in the form o f 25 million signatures o f citizen voters, that the peo ple of this nation want America to keep out o f • war. , I T isn’t every day that even a com petent artist turns out a flue pic ture—and It isn’t every day that even a good cook Is seized with a culinary inspira tion. But when someone had the idea of combin ing cranberries and raisins ag ai ns t a smoot h back ground of tapio ca that was a red letter day in the kitchen department. Just taste this dessert and see for your self! Cranberry and Raieln Tapioca >4 cup seedless raisins; 1 cup water; 1V4 cups halved raw cran berries; 4 tablespoons sugar; 1 cup water; 3 tablespoons quick-cook ing tapioca; 4 tablespoons sugar; % teaspoon salt. Cook raisins and 1 cup water over direct heat 5 minutes. Wash cranberries. Add cranberries and 4 tablespoons sugar to raisins; cover and cook 5 minutes longer, or until done. Place 1 cup water In top of double boiler and bring to a boil over direct heat. Combine tap ioca, remaining 4 tablespoons sugar, and salt; add gradually to water and bring to a brisk boil, stirring constantly Place immediately over rapidly boiling water and cook 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool —mixture clears and thickens as It cools When slightly cool, add cran berry mixture. Chill. Serve in sher bet glasses with plain or whipped cream, Serve» f- - - You Can Do Your Bit For Peace By Mailing This Ballot Properly Signed VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U. S. National Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri I hereby call upon Congress, and the President o f the United States, to adopt and apply policies designed to Keen America Out o f W ar and supported by a national defense program auequate to preserve and pro tect our country and its people. Signed Name In Full Residence City 8tate This Space Is Dedicated to the Cause of Peace by Nyssa Gate City Journal