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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

II Is quite likely that the electric pow
er now being delivered in this country
from the power plants on the Canadian
side Of the Niagara Falls will be with
drawn in order that the industries on
the Canadian side may be supplied Not
long ago Sir Adam Beck, chairman of
the Provincial Hydro-Eleetric Commits
sion stated at a convention Of the Union
OF Canadian Municipalities that the de-
mand for hydro-electric power was in
Creasiug so rapidly in the Niagara zone
that more than 5000 additional horse
power would be required in very short
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

she heard lack returning. Then he
hadn't really gone, after allf She made
no move to rise, she was so treo. JaCN
crossed the room swiftly raised her
head and then-- II wasn't JACK al All; (;
il was Mrs, Churchstonel
Judith tried to rise, but she was
pushed back gently, whle Mrs; CHURCH.
stone exclaimed, a tremble in her voice.
"Stay right where you are and rest, for
the dear only knows you must need It
Won see, | know, because | know sNs
about the dreadful Interruptions vou'T+
had TODAY. All about old Mrs. CoucS
Mrs. Perkins, Tilly Mason's mother, and
Mercy how did you manage to do
ANYTHING at all? I've sent your hus.
band home with mine so ] could tell
vou what brick ! think you are and
helm YOU with all those dishes. Why
Mrs. Parker. you're the pluclliest, finest
ministers wife ! ever met in my NJ"
Judith looked her disbelief But Mrs.
Standish, you know" she began.
"ATrs. Standish2 PooiP Y
Judith was really beginning 10 enjoy
herself. but her many many,
many wonderful dinners, Mrs, Church
stoncW
"H-e-r dinners! Her cooks YOU
mean. Why, I don't know that Mrs.
Standish can even boil potatoes proper
". But your dinner tonight MrS.
Parker, | never ate more deliciouIy
cooked things in my life"
Judith thought She never had had a
more delicious compliment in her liie,
and said so.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Training Cap for Coli PLAYERS.

There is a good dear more art in the
slamming of a golf ball than most per
sons have any idea of The ball rnnSi
be approached in Just the correct man
ner or it will not respond as the playcr
desires, and as he strikes the little
sphere there are a number of things
which the player must do. and these
things all constitute the difference be
tween right and wrong A device has
been perfected TO teach the amateur
player how to deliver the blow to the
ball without departing from the approx
ed position. With it I've must hold his
head, and, indeed, his entire body, m
Just the right attitude necessary to sue-
cess in playing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

al exactly ; :45'
Judith groaned as she thought of the
ChurchstoneS. Mrs, Cmrchstone was
the leading member Of Jacks flock and
Judith's most dreaded critic Nothing
she did pleased Mrs. Churchstone, who
constantly held up as a model minister's
wife Judith's predecessor, Mrs. Stand
ish. And it was Mrs. Churchstone's
thrust at Jack about the ''1nany, many,
many times Mrs. Standish had enter
tanned the vestry that had brought forth
the belated invitation to dinner.
We've got to have them, Judy" Jack
had said firmly.
"Oh, certainly. Judith had returned.
"I've been putting it off Jack, until I
was quite sure of my cooking" She
had spoken gently enough. but her eyes
had flashed at mention of Mrs. Stand
ish
But she tried to put all thought of
Mrs. Standish's triumphant regime out
OF her mind. She wanted to do her level
best, and she did not believe unhappy
thoughts would be of material assist
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

When a woman is about 10 select a
veil, it is natural that she should want
to know how it will look when drapcd
over her own face. This i, provided for
in recent invention, and it may be ac-
complished without even taking the
bother OF removing them from the bolt
How this is done is as follows: A slide
is inserted in a bolt of goods in such a
manner that through an aperture il is
possible 10 view one 5 self in mirror in
front of which is the yelling. Below
this mirror the goods may be examined
against a back ground. making the two
effects available at one time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

ancc. Very wisely she had decided to
serve dishes with which she was IA
miliar and proficient, and if everything
hadn't gone so completely against her
all day she felt sure, no matter what
Mrs. Churchstone might think about it.
that the dinner would have been one no
housewife need be ashamed of.
1t was 5 o'clock before she found time
to touch the dining table. and she had
expected to put all of an hour on its set
ting early in the afternoon. She wished
wildly, as she made more than one dash
back to the kitchen at sound of some
thing boiling over, that Jack would
come to watch things, if only long
enough to permit her to rush upstairs
and don presentable dress.
Just then he came After one look at
his tired, irritated face she did not ask
him TO do anything. She left the half
set table instead, followed him upstairs
and got out his clean white shirt Then
she turned to her own dressing, though
glance in the mirror at her crimson
face made her feel more like sitting
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

OF him calmly.
May mamma p she pleaded
why, see no objection to your 60
ing, Mariory. RaIph's a nice boy, but
too keen a salesman, that's all. You
may tell him, and save me. that so far
as am concerned a car is out of the
question"
Mrs. Golden emphasized the personal
pronoun, and glanced meaningly at her
husband. Then she went on upstairs to
her room.
Mr.. Golden stood beside the table his
hand resting heavily upon it, studying
the pattern of the rug, He looked mis-
cradle.
''Dad!" whispered Marjory She put
her young, strong arm round his wiltcd
shoulders. dad, if ever I marry poor
man I'll never let him feel the way You
do this minute. Married folks should
be partners, no matter which has the
money. ! know you want car"
He kissed her. The siren footed again
And Marjory fed,
When an hour and half later, the
girl returned, she found her mother get
ting supper. Mrs. Golden always did
this on Saturday afternoons, which was
the maids time out She looked cheer
ful and composed and very neat i'll her
embroidered white apron.
Hello, mamma said Marjory.
How do you feel?"
Quite all right dear Have nice
ride%
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
When Deane Understood All

ting in the middle of the dusty road
Il did" said Deane.
You didn't you hateful thing"
shrieked Then | jumped up, gave him
= slap in the face and ran down the
street.
For years after that l did not hear a
word from Deane l fitted through
school and ended with a course in do
mestic science at Simmons College. The
last was to please Dad who said that he
wanted me to be able to treat Monty
as well as mother treated him in the
cooking line Just as if I'd marry that
fopl Dad wouldn't let me either. He
say she won't have a son-in-law for
whom he win have TO furnish the feath-
er pillow to propose on. Then mother
decided that | must be introduced to So
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

soon caImed her weeping
Before realized It, he had Tim m
bed, had given the little girl a green
back for mother when I'm gone" and
was leading me TO the machine
Then we started back over the mr.
row country road. 1t came to me sud
denly that | was alone with Deane for
the first time that summer. Ny awls-
wsrdness at the dance and Dcancs
aloofness, all fitted through my mind
Then / seemed to hear his deep voice
as he quieted the boys mother. felt
an aching sensation in my throat.
! looked directly ahead l couldrf
say word. Desne must have under
stood what was in my mind for L felt
him look at me once or twice. Then he
drew me to him, saying:
Little girl, I'm going to kiss you
now"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

at o o'clock dinner, and from early
morning she had met with nothing but
exasperating interruptions.
FIRST OF all Jack, or, TO present him
m more degnihed form, the Rev. John
Parker, of St Jude's, lad been called
TO neighborinR parish on a yery i'm
portant and tedious errand. lust as he
was starting out to attend to the mar
lleting for her, so that every bit of her
time might be spent in a final straight
cIing up before preparing the dinner
that would be her first attempt at en-
tertaining since she had become his
wife
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

shoehorn, but much more effective. Two
curved plates of the typical shoehoru
shape overlay each other, but are held
slightly apart by loop of metal, which
allows the two parts to be pressed to-
gether when desired.
In adjusting tight-htting dipp,-r.
shoe OF overshoe, the new implement rs
used in the same manner as the old
shoehorn, but with the double gripping
plates OF the new one it is possible to
get firm grasp in the counter of the
shoe and pull it on over the heel, As it
Is not possible to do with the single
plate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

time. The commission, he said, was pre-
pared to take proceedings to cSpropri-
ate power from the Canadian Niagara
Power Company and the Electric De-
velopment Company, developing power
at the falls, of which 10000 horsepower
is now exported to the American side
which should be conserved for use i'll
Canada. The commission has been grant
ed the power to appropriate the cleo
tricity generated by these companies by
an order in council recently passed by
the Ontario goEernment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

The president of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History of New York,
DIR. Henry +. Osborn, is expecting to
make valuable additions to the collection
of specimens of gorlas, serows and
samburn He has received word from
Roy c. Andrews, in charge of the mu-
seum's expedition of Yunuan, China
that he has succeeded in getting some
splendid specimens on the frontier of
Thibet and Burma. These animals,
which are of the stag tribe, are exceed
inRIy rare
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

used for aduIteratiou In Thea the
guard cells of the stomata possess, on
their inner surface, a very strongly
marked layer of cutin, which is pro
longed into beak or hook, and which
is distinct from the beak which closes
the ostiole Mr. Rehious finds these
features, with minor variations, in all OF
numerous kinds of tea examined, and
they appear even in the scpals Of the
tea plant The only leai used for adul-
teration that bears much resemblance to
Thea sincnsis is the leal of Camella
(also a species of Thea), but a trans
verse section of the latter shows that
the hooks of the stomata are very
slightly developed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

held his newspaper with a hand that
trembled. His glasses were on crooked
and one foot moved nervously in the air
Somewhere in the house the telephone
bell rang, and there were soft steps and
8 voice attending it. Then the door
opened and a girl appeared. She was
tan, slim and pretty. Her great, dark,
still eyes moved in a slow stare from
her father to her mother and back again.
When she had taken strict account
n1entlly of the little scene she spoke.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Snan Berry Tree.

The Jabpncello, or soap berry tree,
grows in the humid parts of western
Ecuador. 1t attains height Of about so
feet, and has wide-spreading branches
and imense quantities of fruit of the
size and shape Of cherries The nearly
transparent ycllowish skin and pulp sur
rounding the round black seeds are so
saponaceous as to be used instead of
soap by many people of Ecuador, being
equivalent TO more than 50 times their
weight Of that material
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

To obtain comnutator saws, the
Washington Water Power Company,
Spokane. Wash, buys soft steel wash
ers about one inch in diameter \ hun
dred Of these at time are placed on a
spindle and mlIed with cutting teeth.
They are then case hardened The cost
of the little saws complete is about a
half-cent apiece, and very good service
is obtained from them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

OF the vessel which brings it to US, or
in the heated ripenIng rooms which arc
maintained in the various ports where
the fruit is received. A Western ba-
mana handler has devised a new method
OF ripeniRg bananas in water The
punched fruit is hung from an overhead
hook by the stem and as the fruit ripens
it takes up quantity of water, which
Is responsible for d change in the fruit
which makes them much superior to
those TIpened simply in the heat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Largest Flower.

The largest flower in the world grows
on the island of Mindanao. Its hab-
ltation is far up the Parag Mountain,
$500 feet above the level of the sea The
natives give it the name of Bolo. Its
full-blown blossom is considerably over
three feet in diameter and weighs p
pounds The flower was first found in
Sumatra, and was called Raffesia Scha-
denburgia, in honor of its discoyerer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Revenge Is Sweet,

The grand association Of nature
takers were observed to be lurking
around with clubs.
What's going on?'' asked the m
quisitive stranger.
ooh, nothing much.- responded the
president I'VE are Just waiting for
Teddy Roosevelt to send in his stori.5
about big game in Africa"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

A company has been formed ln~Nor-
way for making fuel from peat BY the
Rosendahl method. The raw material
tor the new industry will be chiefly peat
from the extensive Norwegian mpors,
but any other material may be used
which is sufficiently abundant in the
neighborhood OF the factory, particu-
larly wood waste. The product is said
to greatly resemble English coal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

A new method of detecting the adui-
teration of tea was described in a re-
cent bulletin Of the Botanical Society of
Geneva by L. Rehfous. The new pro
cess contemplates an examination of the
stomata, which are quite different in
Thea sinensis from those of the leaves
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Tires Made Nen Mar.

Automobile castings are made in one
continuous mechanical process by a
method Of recent invention, which in
cludes the weaving OF the fabric that
forms the base of the tire, impregnating
it with rubber in a special friction
calender, forming Il to the required
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
SnhsfIfntes for Fodder.

In the search for substitutes for live
stock food German scientist made
analytical tests of materials suggested
for the purpose. He found dried rhu-
barb leaves better than hay as fodder
for hogs; kelp may be fed to cattle and
pigs, but it has little nutritive value !;
ground straw, which is selling at from
q TO 50 marks the quintal, is not good
for any animals, nor are ground pea
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

ELL, I'm going 10
kiss YOU good-by,
announced Deane,
as he trudged beside
me the day before
he moved.
well, you're not, 3"
7 replied somewhat
hotly; for Deane's
freckled face looked
determined.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

4 recent American patent covers the
making OF artificial leather by applying
10 fabric base a coating containing nj
traied cotton and a vegetable oil and
supcr-imposed baked coating Of d leath-
er-japanning composition
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
A Bit Of Popular Science

shape and vulcanizing This method
employed in a Rhode Island factory, is
said to be the only one that makes the
loom and the calender parts OF d con-
tinuous process. The successive steps of
the operation are described in Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The time required
for the whole process is about 30 min
utes
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Reads and Bridges.

CASH expenditures on the rural roads
and bridges in the United States in 1910
amounted to $272,654.424, according to
figures just published BY the division Of
economics, Uuited States Office Of Pub
lie Roads aud Rural Engineering To
this should be added the value Of the
statute and convict labor, which prob
ably amounted to Sl5OO0,OOO. thus max
ing ule grand total expenditure for the
yeaE $ZSS. 100000
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

You'll see he said, grabbing me
round the neck very much as if were
"a pillow and we were indulging in a
surreptitious fight in mothers guest
chamber.
Leave me aionel" ! yelled, striking
out wildly.
The next thing knew, we were sit
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

In combating the rat visitation IN the
French trenches, which had become a
great nuisance, the greatest success has
been obtained by means of an electrical
device which shocks the animal to
death as it passes over little trough.
when the circuit is completed through
the animals body
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Her Delicious Compliment It

many more things
happen l won't TN
TO get dinnerl' Ju-
ditll Parker an
nounced, h c T 5 c | +
thus, her pretty face
very detected. Il
was 4 o'clock on the
day she was to en-
tertain the vestry-
49,. - L..
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Canada Horses.

Sixty thousand horses have been pur-
chased in Canada by the allied govern
ments since the outbreak of the war
Probably another 10000 will be pur-
chased in the Dominion before Ihe close
OF the wear.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Bananss Ripenad by water.

Those who have had the opportunity
ot indulging in bananas which have been
picked ripe tell Us that we who have
only known those ripened in captivity do
not know what Is wlrat The fruit which
designed for shipment abroad is all
picked IN an advanced condition of
rreenneSs and the ripening process
takes place afterward in the warm hold
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Malrns Sizes-

The avcraee-sizcd Alaska walrus is
as big as an OK aud often weighs more
than ton. A walrus was recently killed
by some whalcrS near Point Barrow
whose head weighed 30 pounds, and
skin, including flippcrs 500 pounds. The
animal had 4 girth Of II feet. the skin
was from halt an inch to three inches
IN thickness, and the blubber weisllqg%
500 pounds.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

pods. He advises against cornstallzs and
cabs. The seeds of beets are nutrtive,
those of parsley too exciting; those of
raisins, If ground before the oil is ex-
tracted, are as good as hay. Oil cakes
made from beech or other nuts are cx-
Cellent for cattle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
.IapaD's knitting Industry

The knitted goods industry OF Japan
has jumped with rapid strides 50 that
there are now 800 Of these establish
inents IN the country, whereas only a
few years ago there we're none
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

1t has been estimated that one in every
2,4O0 OF the population in the United
States IS deaf mute. This would in
dicate that there are about $500 deaf
mutcs in the United States.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

The candles of the Romans were com
posed OF string surrounded either by
wax or pitch. SpIinters of wood, covered
with fat, were used by the English poor
er classes in 1900.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

Many Italian peasant women make q
business of selling their hair. They get
two crops a year, and the back hair is
cut in such way that its absence is not
apparent, being covered by the front
hair
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
,TUeczpr-LDe Sboobo,.n

The old-fashioned shoehorn threatens
TO lose its longtime popularity by rea-
son OF the introduction of newly pat
cnted device. which is as simple as the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

HERE was silence IN
the room Mrs. Col
den crocheted with
little jerks of the
needle. Her lips
pressed tightly to-
gether, and there
was too much color
on her soft, faded
cheeks. Her hus-
hand in the hip
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16

IlNH Var, Dr. John PorcheT, South
crner published book giving list OF
wild plants Of the South which could be
substituted for much needed food and
drug plants. The American Botanis St
Joliet, Ill, proposes, with the aid of its
readers, to compile similar list In
formation IS sought as 10 any plants not
ordinarily cultivated which have edible
fruits, seeds, roots, etc II is suggest
cd that valuable knowledge on this sub
ject might be obtained from hunters
trappers, woodsmen, farmers, Indians
and the foreigners who pick up consid-
cradle food from the countryside Sim
liar Information is desired concerning
plants that can be used in medicine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-03-16
Wartime Plants.

Ne of the projects
outlined by the com
mite on botany OF
the National Re
search Council is the
search for wild
plants which may be
used as wartime
substitutes for the
more costly crop
plants. During the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-09
DAVENPORT BOYS
BOUND OVER FOR
OVERCOAT THEFT

Jack Brown. Harold Wiley and
Leo Schaeger, three Davenport
youths, were committed TO the
county Jail yesterday by Magis-
trate Gustafsou in the Moline pc
lice court on default Of $500 bail.
The young men are charged with
the stealing of an OVercoat, the
property of Floyd Taylor Of Mo-
line. on the night of Sept. "a. They
denied the charge. The oveTcOat
was found IN an automobile oCcu-
pied by the boys and four girls.
On the day of the theft, the par
ty jOurneyed 10 Coaltown road and
there purchased q half-barrel OF
beer and held a beer party on their
way back to Moline. Taylor, on
the same night, was in a Moline
restaurant and his overcOat was
left in a car outside The party
later entered the restaurant and
after they had left, Taylor decided
to be on his way, but found his ov-
erCOat missing Police were nOti-
fled and the arrest Of the boys by
Davenport authorities soon follow
ed. They were bound over to the
grand jury at yesterdays hearing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-09
EAST MOLINE

J. NJ. Ryan spent Sunday at
Rockford with his brother, Cor
poral Harold Ryan.
Mrs. Earnest II. Lloyd and son,
Harry, Mrs. Hattie Ward and Mrs.
George Walker of Toulon and J.
d. Morrison of Davenport spent
Monday at the W. l. Taze home.
The young people who are taking
part in the play entitled the Wish
ing Ring" given By the Neyln
club, met Monday at the COngrega-
tional church Tor practice. Every
one is taking much interest.
Mrs. Lee Porter OF lie Claire was
a guest Monday of Mrs. T. E. Allie
man.
r. Z. Sinclair has returned from
Chicago. He reports a new girl
at his home, born Saturday night.
H S. Crosby has gone to Chi
cago to attend the Masonic grand
lOdge, which conyeaes at Medmah
temple the remainder OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Long have
returned from motor trip to Pek-
III, where they have relatives.
Bud" Stutz, who was in limited
service, has returned from Jeffer-
son barracks, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wyman Potter have
gone to Kansas to visit several oil
fields near Independence, kans.
The East Moline Thimble club
meets Thursday with Mrs. Harry
Cosner at l O'Clock dinner.