Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-18
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Cheap Watches

Cheap Watches
Timepieces made in Germany are being
distributed among congressman ana one
has been given to Mrs. Harding by Elmer
Dover, assistant secretary of the treasury,
as propaganda for the American valuation
scheme in the tariff bill.
The watch given Mrs. Harding, apparent
ly valuable one, cost $1.33, duty paid,
because Of cheap German labor and the
low price of the mark. Watches sent to
Senators McCumber and Watson (Ind.) and
Chairman Fordney of the house ways and
means committee cost about 80 cents each.
Mice Wanted
WANTED-Cats to eat the mice that eat
the bees that pollenize the clover that
feeds the cows that produce the highly
priced milk on the Hollenbeck dairy ranch
south Of Yakima, Wash.
A plague of field mice has overrun several
parts of clover and alfalfa lands near here,
and upon investigation it was discovered
the mice come out late in the day and
catch honey-laden bees and eat them.
Further research has disclosed the
scarcity Of owls, hawks and other mice
loving birds. It is believed these birds
have been decreased by eating poisoned
ground squirrels.
Unless the destruction of the bees can
be prevented the crop Of clover and alfalfa
is endangered for perfect polarization can
only result from contact with bees.
The Hollenbeck dairy has concluded to
teach kittens to hunt in the fields, and after
advertising for them has several dozen for
the work.
Field mice produce remarkably large fam
lilies several times each year. Naturalists
declare the field hunting birds will return
once they instinctively find the plentiful
food supply.
Murre Eggs
An increasing trade has been built up
in northwest cities for murre eggs, the
value of which as a comestible is widely
recognized.
The egg Of this sea fowl has excellent
nourshing qualities for inva1ids and con-
tains an abnormal amount OF white, or
albunen. Though the murre subsists on
fish, the flavor of the egg is not dissimilar
to that Of the domestic hen. curious
feature in cooking is that the albumen does
not become solidifed and of an Opaque
whiteness, as does that Of the chicken egg,
but retains its jelly-like character and is
light blue in color. In size the eggs are
approximately that of the goose The eggs
are sometimes cooked hard and mashed,
then served with salad or mayonnaise dress
ing.
The murre arrives off the west coast of
Washington early in spring, finds a slit in
the rocky cliffs or convenient ledge where,
with no nesting material, the eggs are laid.
Egg gatherers, mostly Indians, climb the
cliffs daily, taking out one fresh egg from
each nest. The climbers maintain their
positions on the almost perpendicular rocks
by shipping out hand and foot holds from
the cliffs. These are used year after year.
bag hung from the neck and extending
down the back contains the egg harvest.
What eggs are not utilized by the trade
while strictly fresh are candled and packed
away in waterglass solution for use in out
of-season periods.
These birds are protected when nesting
on certain preserves, but on uncharted
rocks and shore line the harvesters takeT
heavy toll. The practice Of taking but onei
egg from single nest has helped to keeps
alive the species and save the small inSr
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