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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-06

The following taken from the Dako-
ia farmer might apply equally we'll to
this vicinity: :.
How is the labor situation here
In the county this harvest?" was ask
ed of man exceptionally well inform.
ed as to the condition.
There is no labor situation" he
answered. Diversified farming is
making its way rapidly here and most
OF the farmers have their crops so ar
ranged that the help they have right
along is sufficient to carry them
through any special season. They
don't have a big rush for a few weeks
with doater help. Labor is not an
acute question with them.''
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-06
The. BALANCE OF TRADE


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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-06

Ladies wore bustles.
Operations were rare. E-
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had seen silo.
Nobody had appendicitis.
Nobody wore white shoes.
Nobody sprayed orchards.
Cream was five cents pint.
Most young men had livery" bills y
Canteloupes were muskmelons.
You never heard of a Tin Lizzie.'
Doctors wanted to see your tongue.
Milk-shake was favorite drink.
Advertisers did not tell the truth.
Nobody cared for the price of gas
cline.
Farmers came to town for their
mail. -,
The hired girl drew one-fifty a
week.
The butcher threw in" a chunk OF
liver.
Folks said pneumatic tires were a
joke. 49,.
Nobody listened in" on telephone.
There. were no sane Fourths or
electric motors. ~. .. a..
Straw stacks were burned instead
of bailed.
Publishing a country newspaper
was not a business.
People thought English sparrows
were birds" 80
Jules Verne was the only convert
to the submarine.
You stuck tubes in your ears to
hear a phonograph and it cost dime.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-06

The price of wheat has been fixed
at $3.50 by the government, and here
in North Dakota it seems hardly ade.>
quate. Cost experts of this section be-
lieved it to be worth at least 20 or 80
cents more per bushel. However, the
farmers of the Northwest are as patri-
otto as any, and we believe that when
it is taken into consideration that it is
their government in time of stress
asking them to cooperate, they will
respond without hesitation. They can
be assured there will be no chicanery
or manipulation of prices, and if they
supply the governments need of grain
at cost, their patriotism will be as
strong as those who go to the firing
lines. -. r. ,.,5s... ID. s.,,s.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28
COST OF EDUCATION
(From the Washington Farmer.)

(From the Washington Farmer.)
We note some interesting and en-.
tightening items on the cost of the
state college of Washington at Pull.
man. This institution is supported by
the taxpayers OF the state, and Is q
large, well financed and thoroughly
equipped school. 1t educates q host
of young men and women every year,
and they 60 out from its portals
stronger and better fitted for q battle
with life.
II your taxes are $25 year. the
college costs you 22hc. If your taxes
are 500 year, the college costs you
soc. Less than per cent of the in.
come of the state is spent on the col
lege. Less than per cent Of the
income OF the state is spent for higher
education.
After a visit through eastern states
q few years ago. and comparison OF
the rural communities with those OF
Washington, the writer has come to
the conclusion that Washington and
the northwest is in advance of the
eastern and the central states when 1t
comes to q regard for education.
In Washington 1t is not unusual to
find a high school in q small place OF
perhaps few hundred inhabitants.
You will go long way in the east
before you find high schools in such
small places. Perhaps they do not
need them: but this is only typical OF
the attitude you will find in the cOun.
try toward education. In the north.
west it is priced and sought and cher.
ished. 1t 10 valued. But once In q
while you will find q man who does
not regard 1t very highly. who thinks
it costs too much"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28
SOME BASEBALL lElGUE
TO Be FORMED IT CAM
At Least 500 Teams Will BE Playine
National Pastime 1t Amer
g lean Lake.

Think of baseball league with
800 teams In 1t. Some league!
That's what they're going to have
at Camp Lewis, American LalEA
where the drafted men Of the new
National army are being concen-
trated. Army Y. M. c. A. physical
directors have figured out that. with
more than $4,000 men In training, e
team is organized for each 100 men
there will be $50 teams. Taking an
average of one team for each $50
men. there will be more than. 500
teams in the cantonment. There win
be plenty of room in which to play,
as the reservation covers tract Of
$4,000 acres.
1t will take small fortune to sup
ply all these teams with bats and
balls, but 1t will be done by the ma
tional war work council of the Y. M.
c. A. as part of its. service through
the Army Y. M. c. A.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28
POTATO SEED
IS VALUELESS
State College HorticuIturist
Says It Is Not Worth SIS a
ThimbIeful as Alleged.

Washington State College, Pullman.
Numerous inquiries received by the
State College from all parts of the
Northwest, concerning the supposed
commercial value of potato seed"
have elected from Professor o. M.
Morris, of the department of horticul-
ture, the following statement of facts:
This story about the extremely
high value of the seed of the potato
vine apparently was started by some
man writing an article and publishing
it in an eastern paper. The writer
stated that the seed was worth IS a
thimbleful.
There 10 no foundation whatever
for such Q statement. From an eco
nomic point of view, the seeds Of the
potato are practically worthless. In
some regions the comm potato does
not produce seed, or does so at rare
intervals. Elsewhere 1t frequently
produces seeds, and in many sections
Of western Washington last year. po-
tato seed could have been gathered
by the gallon without difficulty.
seed-grown Potatoes No Good.
Another erroneous idea widely in
circulation is that potato seed produce
better plants than the tubers when
used for seed. The potato seeds do
not produce true to type and also
produce very inferior potatoes. In q
recent experiment, 5000 Seeding
plants were examined. Only one was
thought worthy of introduction, and
later this one variety proved to be Of
less value than most Of the common
varieties Of potatoes grown in that
neighborhood.
Potatoes Not Becoming Extinct.
"Other people have gathered the be-
lief that the gradual disappearance of
the seed-producing characteristic of
the potato indicates that the plant
will become extinct. There Is no
cause for excitement along this line.
Others wonder II there is any relation
between the production of seed and
the production of the tuber. There is
no connection. and the removal Of the
blossoms from potato vines neither
encourages or discourages the pro-
duction Of potatoes"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28
WHAT HAPPENED IN OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

From The Washington Standard for
Saturday Morning, September %,
1867. Vol. VII, No. AZ.
This issue contains a lengthy ar
ticle concerning the "Nah-chess Pass
The Wagon Road from Wallula to
Puget Sound"
Three emigrants from Colorado
territory, named E. T. Hotchkiss,
H. Cowen and Chester Risley, arriv-
ed across the Nah-chess pass one day
this week. They come to effect a
permanent settlement. They left
Denver July 3 and travelled most of
the distance with a party of 20 Ger
mans who design settling at Bethel,
Oregon.
We propose to print a few extra
copies containing articles upon the
geography, climate, resources, ETC.,
of the Territory, the first of which
appeared last week and the second
this week. Those wishing extra cop
les to send East can obtain them at
the usual rates by applying to our
Office. Gentlemen in the habit Of
begging copies from our subscribers
will be supplied free.
Marguerite Antonio, Chilean
cook In the employ Of Mr.. Hill Har-
mon, the new proprietor of the Pa
cific house in this place, on Tuesday
last entered the bedroom of his en-
ployer and stole $50. Most of the
money was recovered. Justice Rud-
die bound Antonio over to the next
district court, to answer to charge
of grand larceny. In default Of $500
bail he is now in the county Jail.
Mr.. Vessels has sold his receipt
for rat-poison in Pierce county to
Messrs. Pinkus, Packshe & Light.
for $50.
Postal Agent Brooks has made two
Changes in the mail schedule which
will give great satisfaction. The
overland mail will hereafter connect
at Monticello and arrive here in 81
hours from Portland. The mail to
Skokomish, Arkada and other offices
in Mason county will leave here Mon
days instead of Fridays as hereto
fore. Postoffices have been establish
ed at Judge McFadden's and at Jas.
Tullis's.
Our readers will regret to learn
of the death of Hon. C. c. Phillips
at Oak Harbor on the 18th inst. He
was one Of our oldest and most es-
teemed citizens and had served in
several public capacities with credit
to himself and the service. His age
was 43.
The New York Posts Washington
letter gives the conversation of one
of General Grants staff officers with
him regarding Grants candidacy for
president. He said he would not be
president II nomination was offer
ed. He had made as much reputa-
ton as he ought to want. The office
Of president would mar his domestic
happiness and would lose instead Of
gain him friends.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28

can be stacked one on top of the other
when used over artificial heat; or.
each one may be protected with mos
quito netting and placed in the sun.
These trays are best when made of
galvanized wire screen with III"
frame of wood on the upper side, and
four nails in the four corners to lift
them from the stove or to allow the
air to circulate underneath when
placed in the sun. Fruits and vege-
tables will dry very rapidly If cur
rent of air is passed over them with
an electric fan.
BIanehing Necessary.
The secret of drying vegetables sue
cessfully lies in parboiling or blanch-
ing This cleanses the vegetables and
removes the sticky substances, thus
facilitating drying. The blanchins
also sets" the color in the product
and removes strong flavors. Blanch-
ing is not essential, but is highly de-
sirable for all except parsley. celery
tops, and some greens.
The average time for blanching or
boxing vegetables is five MINUTES. but
this time should vary according to the
size and maturity of the vegetables.
Corn should be bll1ched on the cob
long enough to "set" the milk; beets
until the skin can be easily removed
Larges or over-mature peas may be
put through the food chopper, spread
on cheese-cloth, and dried for soups.
A slicer is sometimes used to cut
the vegetables into uniform pieces, SO
that drying may be fastened by ex-
posing the cut surfaces to the air.
Curing Of Dried Products.
Fruits are ready for curing II, when
crushed, there is not enough water
left to stain the fingers. Vegetables
should be leathery and pliable, but
not brittle. Curing Is accomplished
by putting the product in q bag. loose.
ly tied. and turning the bags each day
for three or four days, SO as to equal.
lie the moisture. Tin syrup pals and
cottolene pals make good containers
for storing the fruit. Paper bags are
good. but should be put into large.
tin can, unless they are heavy and
well tied.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28
FARM CAREFULLY,
NOT RECKLEsslY
DIR. HOLLAND BRINGS THIS AL.
VICE FROM GOVERNMENT
EXPERTS.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.

WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
PULLMAN, Sept. 2S.-Returning
from Washington, D. c.. where for
some time he has been in conference
with authorities of the United States
department of agriculture, President
E. o. Holland says that the federal
agriculturists are impelled by the
lessons of the present year to warn
American farmers from ocean to
ocean that proper response to the
wOrld-cry for greater farm production
is in better farming. rather than in
reckless farming on the chance Of
large returns.
Farmers, as rule, know the best
farming practices in their respective
localities" he says, discussing the
general agricultural situation. This
applies in the production of corn in
the Middle West, wheat in the West
ern cereal zone, fruit in regions de-
voted to that crop, gardening, the
production of livestock, and so on.
There is always the safe and sane
thing to do which takes the minimum
of chance with weather and other
conditions which make variable from
year to year the production Of all
farm crops. Then there is always
the chance to gamble with the wealth
er on the chance of big returns This
kind of gambling. like all gambling,
some times wins and some times
loses.
"As crop returns in the United
States reach the federal agriculturists
at Washington, D. c., it is becoming
increasingly clear that the nation has
made inconsiderable if any winnings
on the farm gambling of last spring.
Anxious to do their best In increasing
farm production and feeling it neces-
sary to go to the extreme limit in this
matter, many farmers everywhere
did things which they knew were
risky. but which carried a gambling
chance Of success. Many of them
have lost crop this year, and the
chance of securing a maximum crop
next year as the outcome Of the risk
they took.
"The United States department AZ
agriculture feels very strongly that
1t is wrong to urge farmers to take
these risks. We do not know how
long the war will last, but we know
that America is In the war till the
finish. The military preparations of
the nation look to long struggle.
Notwithstanding the hope that the
war may soon be over. So should our
agricultural preparedness look to =
long struggle-and this means tho
very best In farming practice and the
elimination of everything whose
value has not been tried and ap-
proved"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28
!. !. !. !. :. !. !. !. !. !. !. !. I. i + +
!. MEASURE PROVIDES .
!. FOR 8-HOUR DAY {.

: Senator Wesley l.. Jones of =
!: this state introduced a bill this +
!. week forbidding the interstate {.
: shipment of lumber coming +
: from mill or logging camp In +
!. which labor has been employed +
: more than eight hours per day, =
: except in cases where emergen- +
!. cies have been declared by the I.
: attorney general, secretary Of Z
!: commerce and secretary of. +
: labor. Violation of the act will +
!. render mill owners liable to a +
!: fine of $1,000 and imprison- +
: ment for six months. The bill +
!: is designed to apply the eight +
: hour principle to all lumber +
+ mills and logging camps =
+ throughout the United States. +
+ + = + = + + = + + + = = = = = Z
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28

STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON
to a stationary
sights different q
moved where he thinks lines with the mmovabe
position
spots
he
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28

DR.. Wichman Of Tenino reported
for duty at Camp Lewis Monday. His
ONCE and practice will be taken by
|Dr. Qaulfe Of Buckley.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-09-28
HOME DRYING
SUGGESTIONS

Even the handful of beans. or car
rots. more than enough for the meal.
and not enough to can. II dried. will
give flavor to a stew or q vegetable
dinner. Much low-grade fruit goes to
waste because there is no sale for it.
Sorted and dried, 1t would be almost
as good as the first-class product.
Foods dried on the roof without pro.
lection from insects and dust are not
appetizing, and when dried until bone
dry" and stored in muslin bags, the
texture is SO destroyed that soaking
will not restore them to their natural
condition.
Commercial Dryers.
There are several commercial dry
ers on the market; but homemade
dryers are entirely satisfactory for
use either in the sun or with artificial
heat. In constructing a homemade
device for drying. one should keep in
mind that heat. ventilation, and pro-
lection from dust and insects are nec-
essary. BY using q windowsash for
the glass roof. the food may be kept
entirely clean. and will dry more rap,
idly than in the open air.
Sun-Oryina Trays.
Trays used for sun-drying and
brought in and placed over the stove
to utilize surplus heat. should be con-
stsu,te1 Q; u0if0rrn sige, so that they
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-18
Big WAR PROBLEM.

II have found In my forty-twO years
experience with young men In the
army camps that booze is responsible
for 95 per cent Of all the trouble they
get into" Thus spake Col. W. ]. Mich
olson. commandment at Fort Sheridan,
III. "when a young fellow with SIS In
his pocket comes into city for the
first time he thinks he has to blow 1t
In to be a man. And when he gets
three or four drinks his whole View
point changes. My business is train
Ing men for the United States army,
and In all the time l have been en-
gagged In this work I have known Of
very few cases where liquor did not
play an important part In causing the
mlsdeeds for which men are disci-
plined. A soldier who gets drunk is
only 40 per cent efficient and men Of
that type are not the ones this coun-
try Is looking for to defend It,"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-18
FOR SOCIAL SAFETY.

II Is, as I conceive II, the duty Of
health departments to teach, teach.
teach. persuade. demonstrate, exhibit.
exhort, prove that alcohol as bever-
age or I'm patent medicines is a men,
ace to personal and community health.
Is common source of sickness and
death. Is blocking the path Of proven
tive medicine and is a menace to the
physical and social development OF the
nstion.-Dr. Haven Emerson. New
York City.Health Commissioner.
The recent claims that lecithin, or
nerve fat" has been discovered In
beer is interesting. II true. II 1t has
despite all the painstaking negative
analyses of many generations Of chem
ists-it is quite safe to estimate that
the total amount contained In four car
loads Of beer might approximate the
quantity concealed about the person OF
one vigorous fresh egg, which would
give 1t a nutritional value almost as
high as that of the hole In a doughnut.
DIR. Edwin II. Bowers.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-18

Just how does the Red Cross begin
work when an emergency arises. Most
persons know. in a general way, that
the Red Cross Is on the ground very
quickly after a disaster, and rescues
the living, buries the dead and cares
for the destitute; but perhaps few
know how the first step is taken, or
who takes It, or what he does next.
This story is meant to show just what
was done, and how, when the tornado
of May 20 laid waste the cities Of Mat
toon and Charleston, ILL.,, with loss of
nearly 100 lives, 1000 persons made
homeless, and property worth millions
destroyed
II was late on a Saturday afternoon
when news of the disaster began to
trickle from the telegraph wires to the
newspapers. Offices and shops were
closed, and Chicago had gone home to
its dinner and its Saturday evening
relaxations. The first word to the Red
Cross Of the storm came through
Chicago paper to Charles Lee Bryson
Of the central division staff Of the
Red Cross. One of the editors called
Mr.. Bryson at his home and told him
what had happened, feeling sure the
Red Cross would want to get on the
Job"
II did. Director John ]. O'Connor
Of the central division was In Wash
ington attending the Red Cross war
council, at which It was determined to
ask the country for $1O0.000,O00. But
Mr.. Bryson located Walter Davidson,
another of headquarters staff, who had
remained late at the office to finish
some work, and they took hold Of the
situation instantly.
After wiring Director O'Connor and
the national officers. Mr.. Davidson
started for NATION on the next train,
Mr.. Bryson remaining In Chicago to
keep the office open on Sunday and
give all possible help from there. The
newspapers kept them both Informed
Of the widening extent Of the disaster.
Mayor Swan is calling for troops,
and estimates the dead In Nation at
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-18
Temperance
laNOteSn
THE FOOD QUESTION.
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)

The paragraphs here given are from
portions Of an open letter to Premier
Lloyd George, written by Mr.. Arthur
Nee, leader In the Strength Of Brit
ain" movement. The subject matter Is
pertinent to any warning nation which
permits the sale, manufacture. impor-
tation or expectation Of intoxicants:
ut Is only the food question that
trembles In the balance" says our
minister Of agriculture. "Once we de-
eide that In our favor peace will be
nearer" Then what Infamous treach-
cry Is II that turns this vital scale
against us2 We want 100000 l0aves
day. and brewers destroy 10000 OF
them. II waste Is o crime, who is the
criminal heref
"You stopped the import Of rum
because we have enough to last for
years. but ship that might have
brought In 100000 lonves has just
brought In 10000 gallons of rum for
1920.
"A ship from a great wheat country
has lately arrived with space crammed
with brewers watts.
"Bread costs life, you tell us; but
you have allowed the brewers to i'm
port. at the risk of l.fe. grain for
25,0OO loaves every day since you came
into power to destroy II for beer. and
export the beer at the risk of life.
"It In not safe to imperil the health
Of our poor. while brewers grow rich
by destroying bread. II Is not safe to
let poor people wait In queues for
sugar while carloads pour into
brewers Instructors. You think II Is
not safe to deal with drink: but is II
safe to fool with foodf
"You talk Of the workman, but have
you asked him to give up his beer
that we may have more to eat7 You
have not. You asked for his son and
he gave him. and he will give you his
beer II you ask. Our wOrkmen are
not Germans that they should drink
us into famine. but they go on because
they think you will say the word. rs
you have always done, when the vital
moment comes"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-18
Red Gross Membership.

The membership of the American
Red Cross on May p was little more
than 2,OO0,OO0. This is an Increase
Of 1,975,OoO. or 1900 per cent. In less
than three years.
When John J. oConnor was appoint
ed director Of the central division, and
ordered to raise 100000 for European
war relief work In the winter of 1914
10, there were 25,OO0 members In the
whole American Red Cross. When he
had raised the money-and more-he
started a membership campaign In the
Chicago chapter. Of which he was then
secretary, and In ten days added H.
900 members to It.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-18

portancs to the girl who 10 particular
about keeping her shoes tidy. Fig. Z
shows . practical little backing case.
By making the top removable. the In
side Of the case may be used a. q re-
ceptacle for cans and bottles of polish,
brushes, and rags; and by padding
the under side and covering II with
cretonne. the top may be inverted Aft
or use, and the backing case thus
converted into the attractive footstool
shown In Fig. 8.
Fig. shows how four short legs
should be nailed to the corners of .
square soap box. with the tops pro
jecting Just enough to allow for the
thickness of the cover. and Fig. 10
shows how the cover boards should
be fastened together with the cross
strips A, and how a triangular block
B should be nailed to II for q rest to
push the shoe against.
In covering the blacking case. It u
best to omit the inside lining.