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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
PRESIDENT FAVORED !.
TRAINING FOR HOMES
Harding Was First Chief Executive
to Deliver Address on Home
Economics.

When Miss Hafford, the resident di-
rector of the General Federation of
Women's clubs, presented key to a
home to President Harding, he deliv-
cred what is probably the first home
economics address by president Of
the United States.
1T is not so much the problem Of
housing" said President Harding,
"as it is the problem of increasing
the home comforts, of devising new
conveniences, of expanding the under
standing of domestic science which
must make for the improvement Of
American homes.
fact that after all the greatest single
industry in America Is the manage
ment of the American home, where
20, 100000 women toll every day Of the
year; 100000 of these women
doing their own work without help.
There is no other activity or industry
comparable to this, in the numbers
employed, the effort devoted to it, or
the Importance Of it's products; nor,
in the Significance of the spiritual
forces that develop it.
ut is only a few years ago that
this problem of deliberately develop.
ing better homes received it's first
consideration in the establishment Of
departments of home economics In
some of our universities. Since then
training in homemaking has become
q feature of our educational system,
but 1t should have wider projection.
1.-THE problem of better equipment
of the home, from the viewpoint of
economy in labor and effort, has re.
ceived all too little attention. We have
attached importance to making bet.
| ter looking homes, to providing for
home ownership; but this movement
is designed to advance the creation
of homes which require less effort in
management, of homes equipped In
better taste, of homes which leave to
women who must manage them q
wider opportunity, greater range OF
privilege for social and spiritual i'm
provement"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
MOVE ENTIRE TOWN TO
ACCOMMODATE BASIN

Removal of the town of American
Falls to make room for the storage
basin of the great American Falls irri-
cation district marks an epoch In the
reclamation service of the United
States. The entire town will be moved
and in addition number of miles OF
railway will be torn up in order to
make room for the immense project.
This reservoir will have a capacity
of 100000 acre feet and will be the
largest reservoir in the United States
and the fourth largest in the world
The floor of the reservoir will contain
SO 900 acres. The estimated cost is
s12,0 900 900. which includes the cost Of
moving the town and railroad and con
struction.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
Better Health Service
Public Health Is Public Wealth.
These Articles Compiled by the Pub
lie Health League Of Washington

a weak arch. They tire the muscles
too rapidly and consequently are un-
desirable. 1t is also fallacy to put
girls, and especially women, in low
heeled shoes Most women require
heels from one and q half to two
inches in height. French heels cannot
be too strongly condemned for every,
day use Men should usually wear low
heels.
A proper method of walking Is next
in order. The patient must walk with
the feet parallel or even with slight
intoeing. He first comes down on the
heel, then as he moves forward the
weight shifts to the ball Of the foot.
AS this takes place he must roll the
foot slightly inward, forcing the
weight to the outer side of the foot.
With little practice and attention
this will become automatic and he will
be surprised how much easier walking
becomes. This method also does a
great deal to develop the proper
muscles for the relief of his trouble
Other exercises of value are as fol
| lows
L. Standing on the bare feet hold
them rigidly so that the weight Is on
| the extreme outer side of the feet.
Holding this position, rock first rails
ing the heel and then the front part OF
the foot
Q. In the same position walk sew
eral times about the room
8. Practice gripping small door
knob with the toes.
are not developed over night and many
weeks may be required before these
muscles are as strong as they should
be.
Now word about support. 1t Is the
usual thing to have the inner border OIL
the sole Of the shoe raised about one
fourth of an inch to help the weakened
muscles do their work and relieve the
fatigue Of walking and standing. In
severe cases arch supports may be re
| CURED for very limited time. In any
case they should not be used more
than four months. If they are neces
sary they should be made accurately
for the individual foot. Patent arch
supports are not dependable because
they may not fit and thus do more
harm than good.
Every foot is potential fiat foot
and every one, young or old, can ant
should profit by the better method Of
walking and sensible type of foot
wear and because there is probably
no chronic disorder of the human body
which does more to lower the general
efficiency than fiat feet"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
BY MISS MARY e. SUTHERLAND,
Extension Specialist in Foods and
Nutrition.

A step toward good health-Amer-
ica's greatest asset, is taken by the
housewife who makes a wide use of
vegetables in the meals of the fam
lily every day BY increasing the
amount OF fruit and vegetables, she
saves money and improves the diet of
the family
Vegetables are important sources of
the mineral elements needed in hui
man nutrition. They have bene-
fetal influence upon intestinal hy-
gene and upon the wants of the body.
Taken individually a few OF the veg
etables are important sources of en-
ergy and protein
Only 10 per cent of the average
American diet consists of vegetables
in the home gardens. The vitamine
content is to some extent dependent
upon the freshness of the vegetables.
Vtamns as found in foods are nee
essary to maintain life and normal
growth and increase the resistance
against disease. While all three are
essential in all diets, they are par
ticular important in the diet of a
child
1t is probable that vegetables fur
nish more than one-tenth of the Wit
amins in the average d let Vitamine
A promotes the growth of new tissue
and is absolutely essential 10 the
growth of the young. The lack of a
sufficient amount causes loss OF
| weight growth is retarded and sus.
ceptibility to an eye infect on and
other diseases such as tuberculosis
and ricketts, is increased
Vitamine Is essential TO normal
nutrition at all ages. 1T assists in
keeping the digestive tract and nerv-
GUS system in good condition. The
absence of this vitamine causes loss
of appetite and finally symptoms re-
sembling beri ber. Lastly general
undermining of health and vigor.
Vitamine G is usually lacking when
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
POULTRY PAYS
FARMERS BILLS
Idaho Expert Says Value of Hen
Not Appreciated-Capital
Required Is Small.

"The product of the hen is equiva
lent to the coin of the realm" says
Prem Moore, poultry expert of the ex-
tension department Of the University
of Idaho, in special article in the
current issue of the Idaho Farmer.
"She returns profit to her owner
and saves the financial situation in
times of stress Yet she is the most
neglected of all farm animals More
farm children are fed, clothed and edu-
Gated from poultry income than from
any other sources An investment in
care for the farm hen is the most
profitable that can be made.
There is a small appreciation In
Idaho as to just what the poultry in
dustry is producing in wealth. There
is still less appreciation of the wealth
producing possibilities of the industry.
Many farmers do not realize, even with
the small flock (not we'll fed and cared
for), just how much of the farm ex-
penses are borne by the hens.
Would Pay All Taxes.
According to the last government
census, there are 42,109 farms in Idaho.
Figuring possibilities, let us take into
account eggs alone, on the basis of
200 hens to the farm. with an average
production of IL dozen eggs per hen
at an average price of rs cents per
dozen. There is not an average of 200
hens on Idaho farms. neither is the
average production as high as IL dozen
eggs per hen. However, there are
many general farms in the state with
500 hens and quite a number running
as high as 1000 and few with even
more. There are many large focks
averaging 16 dozen eggs per hen. The
price will average rs cents per dozen
in Idaho. Forty-two thousand one hun
dred nine farms. with 200 hens to the
farm would mean total hen popula-
tion for the state of 8,421,800. An aver
age yearly production of IL dozen eggs
per hen would mean 1O1. O61 900 doz-
ems. At Is cents per dozen, SGT, 1885,
400, which is more than Idahos total
tax. of all kinds, including state, mu-
nnicipal, roads, schools and public in
situations"
Business totalling 100000 was
transacted last year by the Washing
ton Cooperative Egg and Poultry AS
sociation, according to report submit.
ted at the annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION. The association shipped
256,284 cases of eggs from western
Washington during 1922, gain of 80
per cent over the previous year, the
report states. The average price paid
producers in 1922 was 81 91-1OO cents a
dozen.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

The age of chivalry Is not past
The man of today has as much respect
for the modern woman as the war
rior in his glittering armor had for his
fair lady in the days when Rnighthood
was in flower. And all that in spite
of the fact that the modern knight is
arrayed in overalls instead Of armor
and carries a shovel in place of a
lance and the lady works at his side
instead of languishing in her castle
awaiting his victorious return from
battle.
The case in point is that of jose
phine Ruhl of Otis Orchards. small
crew which manned the cement mixer
community near Spokane, and the
on road being paved Miss Ruhl
was member of the gang and helped
finish the 100000 paving contract in
record time To show their apprecia-
ton of her spirit, and to help her
reach the goal toward which she has
been working the gang presented her
with a purse Of $40 and their best
wishes when the work was finished
last week.
Miss Ruhl came from Canada to
Otis Orchards with her mother about
two months ago. When she saw the
new high school being built near her
home she determined to enter school
there, but wanted to earn the money
for her expenses With this problem
in mind she watched with interest
the gradual approach Of the paving
crew working on the new highway
The foreman of the road work must
have read her mind for when she fin
ally went to him the first question he
asked her was, do you want a job?"
The girl looked doubtfully at the
Questioner and said she didn't know
She wanted job all right, but
whether that particular job was an
other thing. She looked at the rs or
80 men covered with cement dust feed
ing the tireless mixer that was pour
ing down concrete road. Some were
emptying sacks of cement into the
great hopper, others sand and gravel.
others were tamping the new road
down and all hard at work They
looked like tough gang and she did
not know. She said she would see and
disappeared, Presently she came back
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
FLAT FEET

Flat foot" is common condition
in which there is weakness and q
depression of the arches Of the feet
There are two important arches. one
extending from the heel forward to
the ball on the inner side and the
other traversing across the ball OF
! the foot just behind the toes. They
are formed by small bones Of the foot
which are arranged in arch-like series
and bound together by elastic liga-
ments. Thru the elasticity of the lig-
aments, the arches give to some ex-
tent when the body weight is placed
on the foot. We can compare the
arches to automobile springs which
absorb the jar of the bumpy road So
do the arches absorb the shock of
the sharp step and give grace and
ease to the carriage.
The ligaments, being elastic, have
limit to their strength and SO they
are protected by muscles which act
quickly and automatically as soon as
the ligaments are put on the stretch.
If these muscles fail to act efficiently
| thru fatigue or weakness more strain
Is placed upon the ligaments than
they can bear and they stretch and
tear. This allows the small bones of
the arch to become displaced and the
arch says. The pain accompanying flat
feet is usually due to the tearing and
stretching of the ligaments. A typical
case of "flat feet" could better be
| called weak feet" In reality then.
fiat feet are caused by muscular weak
ness. Tight cramping shoes prevent
the muscles from acting properly.
| Weakening diseases, such as tubercu-
| losis, influenza or typhoid fever result
in fiabby muscles. Sedentary occu-
pations or those requiring continual
4! standing allow the muscles to become
weak.
| Before | go further | want to i'm
press upon my readers, that although
nine out of ten cases of fiat feet are
similar to that described above, there
are other types of feet which show fat
tened arches which are caused by
arthritis, tuberculosis. short heel
cords, fractures partial dislocation OF
the small bones, ETC., SO 1t is always
advisable to consult your doctor re-
garding the trouble.
/ With the proper cooperation of the
patient, the majority of fiat feet can
be cured. The fundamental principle
of the treatment is to restore the foot
to the normal shape and to develop the
proper muscles The first thing, OF
course, is to procure proper footwear
This does not necessarily mean ugly
oquare-toed shoes as many people
think There are just three things to
emphasize in regard to shoes for peo
pie with painful fiat feet:
| l. They Should be wide enough
across the toes so that when the
weight is placed on the feet there is
no sense of tightness or compression
2. The last Of the shoe should be
fairly straight.
3. The shank, or part of the sole
just in front of the heel. should be
very stiff.
A very flexible shank is acceptable
for healthy foot but not for one with
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

The state minimum wage law for
women in industry has not served to
keep the wages of women down to the
level established by 1t, according to
Delphine M. Johnson, supervisor OF
women in industry for the department
of labor and industries. While the
minimum wage fixed by law is 1920
per week for industrial plants, very
few of the employers in the state hold
to this level and most of them pay
well over 1t. the average wage being
1889.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
TIPS ON SUCCESS.

Handle the hardest job first each
day. Easy ones are pleasures.
Do not be afraid of crlticism-criti.
CHE yourself often.
Be glad and rejoice in the other fel
lows success-study his methods.
Do not be misled by dislikes. Acid
ruins the finest fabrics.
Be enthusiastic---it Is contagious.
Do not have the notion that sue.
cess means simply money making.
Be fair, and do at least one decent
act every day in the year.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

Professor w. D. Moriarity of the
University of Washington recently
urged members of the Washington AS
sociation of Commercial Organization
Secretaries to exert themselves to
keep high school and college gradu-
ates in their home towns. "a high
school graduate represents an invest.
ment of $4,000 and college graduate
one of $4,000, whether he looks it OF
not" said Professor Moriarity.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
Pretty High School Girl Helps
Road Gang Break Paving Record

token of their good will and show their
appreciation of her work. But flowers
or candy seemed hardly appropriate
for girl who had worked day after
day in the heat and cement dust to
earn school money So they made up
substantial purse from their own
earnings to add to the 81 per day she
had been receiving.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Ernest B. Hussey, Seattle engineer.
who has been in charge Of the water
works improvements for the city, an.
nounced recently that Seattle men
with whom he is associated have OBJ.
tanned water rights from Oregon
which will permit diversion of water
from the Walla Walla river near Mil
ton. This water will be stored and
used to irrigate about 10000 acres in
the valley, he said.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Construction bosses are not In the
habit of encouraging or even tolerat-
ing poor work from their men. In
ing poor work from their men. The
comment made by the inspector on the
work of the paving crew when he in
spected it at the completion of the
job can be taken for all 1t is worth.
His final remark was: There should
be girl like that nipping sacks on
every cement mixer"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Suspected of robbing and beating to
Springs Indian, near Toppenish, Jim
Luke, Yakima Indian, was recently
lodged in the county jail at Yakima.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Herbert Wright. former business
man. now living upon berry ranch
near Lapwai, Idaho, has returned from
Detroit, Mich, where, as manager of
the Reonard Roller Gear Thresher
company. an Idaho concern, he says
he sold to large auto wheel manu-
facturer his company's patents upon a
new disc auto wheel for 100000.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
FREE FREE FREE

Write for Bargain price list on
Eastern Malt, Syrups, Hops, Sugars,
Black Figs, Raisins, Bottlers' Sup
plies Guaranteed Products Supply
Co., 2108 First Ave, Seattle
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

"Langshans, Brahmas and Cochins
are distinctly meat-producing birds,
and they are slow to mature and to
lay"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Take the heat out of the iron as well
as away from yourself by using an
electric or gasoline iron.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Maybe you didn't have certified seed
this year, but it will pay you to raise
ii or plant it next year
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

More than 10t women In the
United States are engaged in the
profession OF architecture.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

If you haven't kept the weeds out Of
the garden, cut them down before they
go to seed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

A homemade fly spray for dairy
cows made as follows is recommended
by the O. A. G. dairy department:
Kress dip, gallon; neutral oil, 8 gal
Ions; kerosene, gallon; carbon disul-
fide, pound, and horse mint, ounces.
Mix in 5-gallon container and use as
spray twice daily or oftener.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

member of the gang and accepted her
as good workman They did all they
could to make her work lighter and
spirit of good fellowship prevailed
Inspector Is Pleased.
At the end of another three weeks
the big mixer had worked it's way
to the end of the road and the work
was finished. The men wanted to
give their plucky fellow worker some
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

There are two things to swat-tiies
and roosters.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Corn for silage must be cut fine and
tramped well in the silo If it is desired
to make the best quality of feed and
fill the silo to its greatest capacity,
says the United States department of
agriculture. The usual length of cut
ting varies from one-fourth of an inch
to inch. but the latter is little too
long. as the pieces do not pack so read.
lily in the silo, and they are not SO
completely consumed in feeding as the
shorter lengths.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Plug up the leaks in the farm OF
home by keeping records.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

Every weed means leak In the soil
moisture supply.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
Late Summer Is Danger Period in
Milk Production-Need
More Feed.
SENDS STOCK TO SHOW
Full Carload of carnatjon Holsteins
Ready for Circuit Of
United States.

gan IN all places OIL uduScI. ho
Safety First" for the dairyman Is the
proper feeding methods for the next
two months If he is going to realize
the most profit from his COWS. The
late summer feeding period is the time
when more dairymen neglect their
cows than at any other period of the
year.
In the spring the cows are turned
out on luxuriant pastures and they
produce better with less care than at
any other period of the year. Then
farmers get busy with summer work
and seem. to forget that the ideal con
ditions of spring have changed in a
few months to the hot months of July
and August. Then the COWS must
withstand the heat and flies and, as if
that were not enough, short, brown
pastures.
The dairymen turn their COWS out
to pasture just the same but seem to
overlook the fact that the short pas
lures no longer furnish sufficient food
to maintain the normal flow of milk.
Not only does this neglect reduce the
production during the late summer
months, but it greatly affects the win
ter production, since it is almost i'm
possible to restore the milk flow to it's
former level after it has been allowed
to run down due to lack of sufficient
quantity OF good feed.
In some cases the dairyman starts
winter milk production with COWS SO
reduced in flow that they are practi-
cally "strippers." The best of feed
and care expended on such cows can
seldom produce much profit for the
owner. The remedy for such cases is
prevention. At best it is difficult to
keep the flow up to normal in late sum-
mer. SO every effort should be exer.
cised in that direction
A full carload of Carnation Hol-
stems, largely the "get" of Matador
Segis Walker, will start over an ardu-
GUS show circuit next week, beginning
with the Vancouver, B. c., fair; with
out any rest they will continue through
to Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
and the National Dairy show at SYRIA
cuse, New York, after which they will
return to the greatest live stock show
in the world, the Pacific International
exposition at Portland, Ore.
Matador Segis Walker 9Th, who will
head this aggregation and who has al
ready annexed many purple ribbons at
previous shows. never looked as well
In his life as he does this year and
competing bulls will have real one
to beat when this toppy white bull
walks into the ring.
Another headliner will be Daisy"
the $4,000 lib. COW, who was the out
standing show COW of last years sea
son, not to mention Carnation Sylvia
Segis, who has been undefeated as a
senior calf and senior yearling during
the past two years.
Corn for silage must be cut fine and
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

MULES FoR sALE@25 HEAD UNBR6RHN
mues and years old, weight 900 70
100 lbs; good colors. w. B. Bernard, Lake
view, Ore.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31
TIMBER LAND.

100000 FIT. VIRGIN TIMBER, about ~
per cent yellow pine; "a miles from Boise
Idaho, miles from II. r.; log rond In l mils
Of timber; $3.50 per NJ, land included. H. p.
Steyens. 419 O'Farrell street Boise Idaho.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-08-31

n Cylinder grinding, oversize pistons a..
&C ted general machine work; CRESCENT
" Machine Works, 815 North Monroe.