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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12

department. He is considered very
well equipped for the work he is un-
dertaking.
He will be assisted in starting the
farm survey by ]. W.. Brewer. farm
help specialist. They will send out
questionnaires to all farmers to Sc
cure accurate information upon tho
number of farm hands required ana
to secure data on the scope of farm
ing here during the next year. All in
formation secured Will he treated as
confidential.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12

A pleasant party was given by Mrs.
ivan w. Smith and Miss Viola Hard
lt the home of the former on Friday
evening. About thirty friends and
neighbors were present.
The Commercial club gave another
of their enjoyable dances on Friday
night at the city hall FIctcher's
Jazz Orchestra of Pendleton furnish
ed the music.
Army Men Well Cared For.
Jas. Mclaughlin, Jr., who is in the
369th Aero Squadron, Hazelhurst Field
No. /, Hampstead, Long Island, ". Y,
writes home to his parents that he is
in very comfortable quarters and
has the best of medical care.
Mrs. ". w. Howell is visiting with
friends in North Yakima, Wash.
owen Mclaughlin was down from
PendIeton and spent the week end
with his parents.
John Young is in Portland taking
a course in mechanics at the Adcock
Automobile and Gas school. His bro
ther. Ora YnunE( Is also In Portland
visiting with friends.
Jimmy KnagEs came down Satur-
day morning from Pendleton where ne
has been in the hospital since ioosing
his foot in the hand ear accident at
Nolin.
Judge II. ]. Bean of Salem is visit
ing with his son Hawlcy Bean on their
Meadows farm. ..
Warren II. Farker of Buhol Idaho.
is in Echo. He came down TO attend
he funeral OF Mrs. Frank Spike.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12

Mr.. Shrock was recommended as
county agent by Paul V. Maris of o.
A c.. who is in charge Of the county
agent work. He has been n practical
farmer in Yamhill county. associate
editor OF the Western Farmer writ
er for the Pacific Homestead and for
tho past two years has been doing
special work in the o. A. c. extension
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12

Umatila county and will take up his
duties at once. One of the first Of
these duties viii be the making of
crop and farm labor survey of the
county to the end that the farmers
may be extended every assistance by
tho L. s. department Of agriculture
and the state labor commissioner in
the supplying of labor.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12
Escaping To Hidden Ledge she l.
Swung Down side of Mountain ny
Tier Fighting Lover and Lands
safely.

Trapped in deserted mine in tho
widest reccsScs Of the Sierra Nevada
mountains, man and a girl, lodging
in the darkness the constant pcrils
Of cave-ins and yawniug shafts. are
bcset by mountain lions and huge
snakes. lie carries her for miles
along the gloomy tunnels to a secret
opcninE ON a narrow ledge. Drawing
almost certain death. they make.
chain fast To rock on the Icdsc aud
swing over the ledge hoping that
somewhere along the sheer face OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12
NEWS NOTES FROM
THE ECHO COUNTRY
CEast oresonian Specially

ECHO, Feb. l2.-Tho funernl Of
Mrs. Martha Spike. the wife of Frank
Spike. was held hero yesterday after
noon at 2!00 o'clock from the NJ. Il.
church, Row John +. Cook conduetnd
tho services. 4 host of sorrowing
friends followed the remains to their
last resting place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12

E6pI-I NfE.rV
John l.. Sullivan perhaps the great
est ring hero American lovers of the
fight game have known, died of heart
disease at his home at Abingdon,
Mass, almost thirty-siX years to
day after he had won the American
heavyweight championship from
Paddy Ryan. These photographs
show Sullivan and Ryan about the
time they fought. Feb. :, 1852, at Miss
issippi City, Miss. in a bare knuckle
contest under London Prize Ring
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12
WILL MAKE COUNTY
FARM LABOR SURVEY

NJ. S. Shrock of McMinnville was
yesterday afternoon confirmed by the
county court as county agent for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12

Rules for the championship. The
photo of Sullivan shows him at his
very best. when he was hard and
strong, and before dissipation had
undermined his speed and endurance.
For be it known that John L."
gained most Of his popularity after
this fight; he was really never at his
best except for the three years inn
mediately following it. The picture
of Ryan was taken while he was
training for tie contest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-02-12
RED CROSS CLASS
ESTABLISHES RECORD

Yesterday afternoon the Red
Cross class of Mrs. Walter
Planting established n new rec :
. ord for garment making. Nine
teen pairs of pajamas were COM
pleted and n half dozen more
were partially completed dur
ing the few hours the workers
met. Any class want to try to
beat this?
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Big Increase in Years Apple Crop
Goyenmeu, Estimates 1885 900 Bne Compared with zzs
Banes Last Year

from
Surely with commercial
of
added of windf for each Americans ought
not to u
apples unless
orchard bought
the taken and 1t the buyer
to
auomost obliged drive making detour
all o o
wasage proportion
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Cigarettes Only Kind of
Tobacco Product Which Is
Increased in Production

The preliminary statement of the in
ternal revenue collections for the fis-
cal year ended June 80, 1918, accord
ing to the journal of Commerce, shows
that the production of regular cigars
decreased by 49,, ,4T0,413 under the
production of the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1917.
There is a decrease for the year in
little cigars of 2.511, ,559, in snuff of
341, 100 pounds and in smoking and
chewing tobacco of 2S.115.697 pounds.
The only kind of tobacco product
which increased in production was
cigarettes. The production of clga-
rettes during the fiscal year just past
was 36,959, ,334,S04. against 30,529, ,133,-
53S In 1917, which is an increase of g.
430, ,141 ,266.
Figured roughly in percentage, ciga-
rettes increased about 20 per cent over
the previous years production; large
cigars decreased about per cent and
smoking and chewing tobacco de-
creased about Q per cent.
Uncle Sans income from the to-
bacco industry. however, was greater
in all divisions of the trade than in
1917. The government collected by in
ternal revenue taxation $156, 1856. $780, 80,
an increase over 1917 of $53. GIL ,661. .76.
This increase in taxation revenue was
divided as follows:
Large cigars, $5.234, ,165.17; small
cigars, $168,129.31; large cigarettes,
So, ,455.9O; small cigarettes, $685.
243, ,792.52; chewing and smoking
tobacco, 81, 1,S24, ,3SO.95; SNUFF. $1,219.-
1920; cigarette papers of tubes, $431,-
1924; official taxes, $191, ,693.98; floor
taxes. $82s1. .479.6O.
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N... Mex~el
Find Frosted and Decayed
Potatoes May Be Utilized
in Manufacture Of Starch

Frosted and decayed potatoes have
been found In trials conducted by
the United States department of ag-
riculture to be entirely capable OF
producing acceptable and frequently
normal yields Of clean, white starch
of good quality. Much Of this ma
terial appears to possess potential
value for the production of sizing
starch approximating that of the stock
at present used for this purpose. The
mechanical difficulties in recover
ing from, decayed pulp are some
times less than from normal stock.
Modified procedure adapted to these
abnormal pulps doubtless could be
devised, department specialists say.
but there seems to be no reason why
the present method might not be ap-
piled profitably in the. meantime in
the production of sizing starch In large
factories at the large shipping CEN
ters installed to utilize the great guam
titles of frozen and decayed potatoes
arriving during the fall and winter.
This would turn to profitable account
large supplies at present without
value, but which are a serious burden
Of expense since to their cost Of pro-
duction must be added transportation
and dumping charges. e..
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
The People Who Suffer Most
From Their Conscience Are
Sensitive and High-Minded

There may be well-intentioned peo-
pie who say that virtue always leads
to success and vice to misery. But 1t
Is an obvious and monstrous falsehood
in world where we profit by the good
deeds of our parents and where mil
lions are suffering unutterable tortures
because of the deeds of foreign poten-
tates. That those who suffer must
have been wicked. and that those who
triumph must have been virtuOus, is
one of the most inhuman beliefs In his
tory. As to the doctrine that the re-
ward of virtue is to be found In clear
conscience or high satisfaction-that
is an even more violent falsehood. The
people who suffer most from their con-
science are obviously the sensitive and
high-minded. while self-approbation
comes most easily to the complacent
and fortune-favored Jack Horners. The
doctrine that the reward of moral life
is feeling of satisfaction or happi-
ness is not only contrary to moral ex-
perience. but is intellectually STERILE
The New Republic.
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introduced Elephant as
Party Pictorial Symbol

The first use of the elephant as a
pictorial symbol of the Republican
party was in 1874, when Thomas
Mast. the cartoonist made 1t the g.
o. p. emblem. Mast was born in Ba-
varia 7s years ago. and came to Amer
lea ut the age of six. In the
sixties he went to Italy and was
with Garibaldi as an artist for Brit.
ish and American newspapers. As po-
litlcal cartOonist for Harper's Week.
ly he achieved an international repu-
tation, and his cartoons are said to
have brought about the downfall of
the Tweed ring in New York. In 1874
Mast drew a cartoon representing an
elephant, labeled "Republican Party"
and also depicted the Democratic
party as a fox, but later the dom
key was substituted by cartoonists of
opposite political faith.
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constantly mt work in what was called the spin
ninghouse." This Industrial annex of the estab-
lishment remains to this day. and visitors at
Mount Vernon taken by the guides to see the
very In which the spinning-wheels were
operated.
OF course, there was high festival not only for
the master and his guests, but also for "Iny peo-
pie" Washington was accustomed to call the
negroes his estate. He would never have
thought of speaking of them slaves. There
at that period about one hundred negroes on
the place and at the Yuletide season they en-
Joyed exceptional privileges. Good things for
their consumption distributed with no mig
gard hand by the mistress of the house, treat
much appreciated being a drink known ''methig-
ler," composed of fermented honey. spices, and
water Another beverage brewed by Mrs. WASH
ington was sort of peach brandy sweetened with
honey.
Those days when n capable housewife was
supposed to know how to compound variety OF
beverages. Beer brewed at Mount Vernon
under Mrs. Washingtons own supervision, and
cider well, the latter being drink of which
her husband very fond. He always had 1t on
the table at dinner and would take 1t freely in
place of the wines which were more to the taste
of his guests.
BY ten o'clock in the evening the festivities of
Christmas day Mt Mount Vernon were over. Even
had the fashion Of the time been otherwise Mrs
Washington would scarcely have tolerated late
hours. She always insisted on putting her hus-
band to bed early. and he meekly obeyed. Wheth-
II be true or not, as some chronclers nave as-
serted, that Mr. Washington was henpecked, IL Is
certain that he considered 1t judcious to submit
in most things to his wife's wishes
The frame for this picture of Christmas at
Mount Vernon before the Revolution Is ready
made for. thanks to the efforts Of patriotic wom-
en- the old mansion stands today almost exactly
as It was when Washington lived there. There
Is much of the old furniture, and even great
deal of the old china and glassware. The house
is n veritable fragment of American history, and
than century and n quarter has
gone by since the merry Yuletide festival hero
described. the Imagination readily repeoples the
old place with Its throng of guests eating, drink
ing, dancing and making love- and hears the Joy
Gus laughter of the rompng young folks. while
through the crowd moves the stately figure of the
host who, offering his hand to the prettiest girl
in the room. proceeds to lead her through the
graceful and decorous steps of minuet.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Coconut Oil Is Used in
Substitute for Cows Milk

A very palatable and entirely sat
isfactory substitute for cows milk and
cream Is now being manufactured by
mixing in water sterilized skim milk,
produced by evaporation, and making
an emulsion with coconut oil. An es-
sential Ingredient is stabilizer, en-
tirely harmless In character, which
keeps the water and oil from separat-
ing. In large cities where the price
of milk is high and clean product
is difficult to obtain. this substitute
should be in considerable Demand
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Have You Discovered 1t?

II
"Merry Christmas Rodney" sang out Jerry as
he dashed out OF the alley dragging n handmade
sled
.sMerry Christmas nothng!" replied Rodney
morosely.
.What's the matter with it7" asked Jerry. IT
heard YOU got n lot OF presents"
''I wanted n motorcycle and didn't get It's
growled Rodney.
I'm sorry Rod" said Jerry sympathetically.
"If you get time, come over and see the tree
we rugged up for the klddies last night. There
come Jakey McGnnis and his twin sister.
Jerry hurried down the street loaded the
McIiinnis twins his sled and had great time
coastlng.
Jerry had discovered how to make Christmas a
success. He the embodiment of the spirit OF
Christmas-which is best expressed by the little
word. Joy.
Jerry-does he live in your block?-is the kind
of lad who gets much JOY out of life that lot
of it spills and lands on the next fellow. He
wants everybody to he just as happy as he is He
would like to Rodney get his motorcycle II 1t
would make Rodney any happier.
We have a suspicion. however that If Rodney
had received the motorcycle he would not have
found the joy-trail by riding 1t.
May Christmas bring everybody all the good
things possible But let remember that Christ
mas Joy is not spelled with the letters CIT.
It Is what bring to the day that makes Christ,
mas a joy-time.-Boys' World
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Christmas Afternoon

All AAA Al A. Az A n Al A 4. AAI A h AAA
The afternoon of Christmas day may be rather
a quiet one for the older folks. The gifts have
been unwrapped and arranged and hovered over
from time to time. The usually tidy room looks
like n bazaar for the sale of fancy goods. Per-
haps neighbors and other friends may come to
exchange merry Chrstmases" and to say. May
thank you here for your lovely gift?"
Between the dark and the daylight, after the
callers have gone and the children have returned
from their play comes the peaceful and happy
Christmas is nearly over. 1t will be a whole yenr
before we shall enjoy Its merriment again
member happy Christmas seasons of the past
We may lose many things-home friends, health,
money-but memory abides, and can take
from us the happiness that has once been
On Christmas night remember the old days.
We think of those who were once here to share
our joys. "Christmas be the
again! many people exclaim when they feel
If the JOY Of life has gone forever. If all took
that view Christmas itself might die. 1t depends
upon deep spiritual insight.
Let us, II we can, forget troubles and even
our SORROWS and try to rejoice. If have chill
dren about us 1t is not hard to be merry but If
we have none of own there u great many
who ought to be made glad and may be found
with but little trouble.
A merry Christmas to you all And l would
add Tiny Tins words, God bless us. every one"
Dolly Wayne In Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Every heart carries its weight
of sorrow, but not for that may
the life drop its work. II we
refuse to be of use to others
until we are free from troubles
of our own we shall spend years
in waiting and complaining.
AS long as idleness Is shut
out from our lives all the sins
of wantOnness are prevented
and there is little danger OF
temptation.
Incompetence, slackness. ig-
norant neglect are the causes of
half our woes. Let us be in
formed, let us be determined
and we shall not fall.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Oatmeal Biscuits.

Sift together one and one-fourth
cupfuIs of -four, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, one-half
teaspoonfuI of salt, two tablespoonfuls
of sugar, one and one-third cupfuls of
oatmeal, six tablespoonfuls of melted
shortening and twO-thirds of cupful
of water. Mix and roll out thin on
Toured board; cut with biscuit cut
ter and bake in a CREASED pan In n
moderate oven twenty minutes.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Peanut Cookies.

Cream one-fOurth of cupful OF
sugar with two tnblespoonfuls of short
ening. Add one beaten egg, two table
spoonfuls of milk and three-fOurths Of
a cupful of flour. sifted with tea
spoonful of baking powder and a
pinch of salt. Stir In half cupful of
chopped peanuts and half a teaspoon
full of lemon extract. Drop from a
spoon on a creased baking pan and
bake IN quick oven.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Barley currant Cakes.

Cream 0ne-fOurth of n cupful y Of
shortening with One-half a cupful of
sugar. Add two egg yolks, one-half
cupful Of milk and beat well. Stir in
two teaspoOnfuls of baking powder,
sifted with three-fourths of cupful
of barley -four. Add One-half cupful
of currants. one teaspOOnful of lemon
extract and fold In the beaten whites
of two eggs. Bake In creased muffin
pan in a moderate oven.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
First Presidents Cabinet.

George Washington had only five
cabinet officers-a secretary Of state,
u secretary of the treasury, secre-
tary of war, n postmaster general and
an attorney general. A secretary OF
the navy was added under John
Adams. secretary of the interior
under Taylor, secretary of agrlcul-
ture under Cleveland, of commerce
under Roosevelt and Of labor under
Wilson.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Words in English Use.

The English vocabulary las grown
to great size, according to Prof. Clark
s. Northup of Cornell university. "The
number of words found in old Eng
lish literature does not exceed 10000 |;
recent dictionaries have listed more
than 0O,OO0.-Popular Science.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20

Il wish tneSe
matches were in
the Internal re-
gions," exclaimed
the man who was
trying to light u
cigarette.
$50 do l." an
swered the seri-
ous citizen. "It
would be s ! o W
work kindling the
fires of punish
ment."
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Corn OYSTERS,

Sift a half cupful of flour with n
teaspoonful of baking powder and u
half teaspoonful of salt, add two table
spoonfuls of melted fat to one can of
corn; mix all together and add two
beaten eggs. Fry in little fat until
brown, then turn.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Five Largest Cities.

The populations of the five largest
cities In the world. according to the
latest censuses and official estimates
are: New York. 5.732, ,492; London. A.
522, 1864; Paris, 2.sss.OOO; Toxic, 2,1s8,.
COO; Chicago. 2,1S5,O0O.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Economy Cake.

Take one tablespoonful of melted
butter, one egg. twO-thirds Of cupful
of milk, two cupfuls of sifted -four.
two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar
and teaspOOnful of soda sifted with
the flour. Bake In layers or in loaf.
adding flavoring desired.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20

SCRAPS OF HUM0R
Still Saving.
-q-q-pp-4-t

lOu al e ho
longer interested
in daylight saw
ing"
"Y e s, 1 am"
said Farmer Corn
tossel. 1.-THE only
way to save day.
light now is to
work hard while
1t lasts"
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
No Idle interluds.

"What do you do to pass the time
when politics has adjourned?" inquired
the innocent bystander.
my FRIEND" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "the poet has said, .All the
worlds a stage The busiest work is
not done in the public performances,
but in the rehearsals."
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
SANTA! DON'T you oAREl

We love our daughter dearly,
For her our lives we'd soak.
rut she wants n ukulele
For Christmas Holy smoke
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Potato Pancakes.

Crate six raw potatoes, add one-half
teaspoonful of salt. one tablespoonful
Of milk, one egg and three tablespoon
fuls of -four. Mix and cook on hot
creased griddle. Serve with apple
sauce.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Mothers Cook Book

~
Light crisp rolls for breakfast. spongy
sweet loaf for dinner and faky biscuit for
supper cover a multitude of culinary s.ns:
and there b no one thing on which the
health and comfort of family more de-
pend than the quality of Its homemade
bread"
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
JOY EVERY DAY.

why not more days of loving care.
With garlands hung up everywhere,
And candles bright and carols gny-
Why not have Christmas every day:
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Up-to-Date.

"And you need not try to conceal
yourself behind the skirts of your
wifel"
'HuhI You don't know what you
are talking about. My wife's skirts
don't even conceal her."
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
New Form.

"Now gentlemen of the jury" began
the old lawyer.
Hearing a cough from his partner,
he stopped abruptly.
II beg pardon. Now. ladies and gen
tlemen of the jury"
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
Corn Flour pumpIinos.

Take a cupful of corn flour, tea
spoonful of salt, four tablespoonfuls
Of milk. two eggs, teaspoonful Of
baking powder; mix and beat well,
drop int hot stew by tablespOonfuls.
The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20

He Christmas turkey mt Mount
Vernon was n wild bird. and
merely "A game dish when Mrs.
Washington. in the early days
before the RevolutiOn-her
husband was then only an
eminent citizen of Virginia.
rolled up her sleeves and
stood to carve 1t.
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Not Making ANY,

Traveller Tin smoking car)-Could I
trouble you for match?
Champion Pugilist (absently)-Not
till 1 finish my vaudeville engage
mentS.
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Tho place for Modern Matches.