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The Huron Expositor, 1938-07-15, Page 6rt Jai �tW it t"S rile Cocktail ezhg and attractive pan'gee� cut ii half 1 r te9i. Remove, 8v egof the orange, and r re$gy in its place. Add Ser ,t on of sugar for A'i d place owl' large ribs centre. Pour cherry ,Y.• ikte".ttrs4t sections of the orange 11�e'?fn?tted:;rvith cherries and serv- 1 Cockt ail glaisse^s another time, Deep -Cherry Pie Line a deep pie dish or shallow puddingdish with pantry. Pick over elle pounds Of cherries, wash and • drain:. Turn a small cup upside down in the dish, or use a pie funnel, and fill in around it with cherries, each row sprinkled with sugar. If the cherries are sour, you will, of -course, need much more sugar than with sweet cherries. Lay a wide strip rf plain pastry firmly around the edge of the dish; and if the cup sticks up much, cut a cross in the pastry over it and press the four flaps well down around it. Bake in a hot oven. Serve with powdered sugar sprinkled on top. Remove thecup with a knife and tike juice will, gush all through the cherries. e Cherry Tarts ...... 2 cups pitted sour cherries 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar '1 tablespoon cornstarch 8 small tart shells le cup whipping cream. Drain the juice from cherries. Com- bine the cherry juice, boiling water and sugar, Bring to boiling point, cook 10 minutes and strain. Blend the cornstarch to a paste with a lit- tle cold water and stir into the hot liquid. Cook, stirring, over a moder- ate heat until it thickens. Remove from heat and beat with a rotary egg beater to remove scum. While hot, pour over the cherries. When cool, fill freshly baked tart shells. Garnish with whipped cream. Cherry Muffins 2 cups pastry flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar s-/4 cup milk 2 eggs 1 tablespoon shortening 1 cup fresh pitted cherries. Sift together the flour, baking pow- der, salt and sugar; add milk slowly, add well beaten eggs and melted shortening. Mix well and add cher- ries, which have been floured, Grease muffin tins, half fill with the mixture, bake about 30 minutes in a' moderate- ly hot oven. Blueberries or other small fruit may be used instead of Cherries, Cherry Rolls 13c cups sifted cake flour 3' teaspoons baking powder le teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter •-• r¢% cup milk 2 cups red cherries, pitted and Y c v r O4.Arie � tof Packet � W t LSON' S FLY PADS WILL kill MOPE FLIES THAN \SEVERAL DOLLARS WORTH .\OF ANY OTHER FLY KILLER 10c WHY PAY MORE ti Best of aI1 fly killers. Clean, quick, sure, cheap. Ask your Drug- gist, Grocer or General Store. THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., HAMILTON, ONT. drained: Sift 'the .dry ingredients three times: Cut., in butter. Add milk gradually to'. make a soft clottela I;tolTw ehideh,,,thick, Cover with the c, erriee,-aprinkiewith sugar.. Roll as you would roll a jelly roll, and press edges together. Cut into -1/2-inch --slihee and place in a greased pan. Pour over cherry sauce and bake 30 minutes in a hot civets Servehot.., Will serve eight. For the sauce, cook 1 cup of cherry juice, 1 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoon of. tlour and 1 cup of water for one min- ute. Add 1 tablespoon butter. • Pour ever the cherry roll and bake. .Cherry Ice Cream, 2/3 cup sweetened,eondensed milk 1 cup cherry juice from stewed and sweetened cherries 1 teaspoon lemon juice y cup cherries chopped I cup heavy cream. Blend the sweetened condensed milk, cherry juice, lemon , juice and cherries. Chill. Whip cream and fold into chilled mixture. Pour into refrigerator pan and freeze. Remove from the refrigerator once or twice during the freezing period, scrape the mixture from sides and bottom of the pan and beat thoroughly. A simple Cherry Ice Cream Remove the stalks • and -stones from les pounds of ripe, juicy cherries, and rub them through a sieve. Add 114 cups of good custard, then stir in lightly 3G cup of cream that has been whipped. Add a few drops of almond extract. Last, thing, add a few of the cherry kernels blanched and chopped and a few drops of carmine red food flavoring to give the right cherry hoe. Freeze in a hand freezer. The custard should be sweeter than is required for ordinary use. Taste the mixture before freezing, and if necessary add a little more fine sug- ar.. The mixture should be fairly sweet as some of the sweetening is lost in .freezing. Poultry "To avoid possible congestion on the poultry market during. the pres- ent year it is advisable that poultry producers should market a portion ,f their chickens at between three and five pounds dressed weight and take particular care to, see that they are fattened before sale so that they can be exported if necessary." This was the conclusion arrived at by a widely representative meeting convened underthe auspices of the Poultry Industries Committee of On- tario to consider steps to be taken to handle the 1938 crop of dressed poul- try. Last year the American market took upwards of six million pounds cf Canadiay} noultry. This year it ap- pears that this amount will- be very materially curtailed on account of lower prices. Notwithstanding the lower prices on - the American market this year, a goDd deal of confidence was expressed that, with the small stocks of poultry in storage this year and -the favorable outlook on the, British market, there is an outlet to take care of all the well finished poultry . Canadian pro- ducers have to offer. Canadian ahica- en, as result of previous exports, is in good demand 'on the Brifislhh mar- ket and prices there are higher than they have been hos many years. To -bring the best prices poultry bas to be well fleshed and fattened to the point of grading Milkfed A or Milkfed B. It was pointed out that a substantial premium is offered by the trade for well finished chickens. With.. feed costing less this season. -it appears that it will he more profitable than ever for producers to properly finish their chickens. The best demand on the export market is for a medium weight chick- en. It was felt that it would be ad- visable to market as many cockerels as possible at a dressed, weight of three to five pounds. Producers pre- sent at the meeting said this could be done+ with good finish on the birds, r by keeping them on full feed until LEAGUE CANADA presarts TOPICS •f' V 1 TA L INTEREST by DR. J. W. S. MKULLOUGH HOLIDAY PRECAUTIONS The annual eemsder holiday is de- signed to improve the health o , you and your children. Care should be taken that proper benefit of this holi- day is gained and that its benefit is not impaired by accident or prevent- able disease. The following precau- tions aro eminently worth while: 1. Be sure that the water supply is safe. „If you are not satisfied with the character of this supply, boil the water.. Cool and aerate it by pouring the water from one jug to another. Also ask the Provincial Health De- partment for information as to a prac- tical method of purifying water. Some Provinces furnish a simple apparatus for this purpose at cost.' An addi- tional precaution is the use of anti- teplioid vaccine which alsd is supplied by the Health Department. 2. Do not take unnecessary risks when swimrming. Learn the simplic- ity of the Schafer method of artificial respiration and teach your lads how to practice it on one another. 3. Take. a small first-aid kit with you. There will always be burns, bites and scratches to be dressed. 4. If you are camping out, extin- guish all fires before you leave camp. 5. One of the most important pre- cautions is that you and your chil- dren avoid the use of raw milk. If pasteurized milk is not available, heat the milk in a double boiler to 145 de- grees F. Maintain this temperature for 30 minutes. •. Then -rapidly cool the milk to 40 or 50 degrees F. and keep it at this temperature until it is used. Pasteurization kills all the disease germs in the milk. The use of milk so treated -does not injure the qualities of the product. Its use may save your child from a host of milk - borne diseases. People living in cities where milk is pasteurized are likely to take it for granted and to forget that in many areas where the significance of pas- teurization is, not realized much raw milk is still sold. When going on holidays always enquire as to whe- ther milk supplied you is pasteurized or not. For the sake of your 'health and your children's health insist on pasteurized milk only. they reached the desired weight. Translated in terms .of the indivi- dual producer's operations, the mar- keting of a certain percentage of his chickens at export weights is a form of insurance of the balance of his crop. Gather Eggs Often Eggs should be gathered at least twice a day, and three times daily is better during hot weather. The time of one gathering th•ould be just he - fore dark or as near to it as possible. This last gathering may not produce a great number of egge, but since broody hens will commonly search out the nest containing eggs after the day's laying has ceased, failure tto ;abher late in the day is a common source of distinct deterioration_ Each gathering should be placed in the coolest part of the cellar if no other cool spot is available, as soon as gathered. Eggs should not be put into carbons er cases immediately if this can be avoided. The ideal con- tainer for cooling eggs is a cadre tray. A wire basket is the next best, and perhaps the '.most practical. These baskets are ordinarily offered for sale as waste paper containers. a " Four Aces ? Beat 'em 1►f VII above leyout picturiees a pair of beautiful three-year-old trotters, a 2.05 pacer, one of Canada's e ref' reinenieri and the beet Starting ledge that has officiated in Ontario in couple of decades. Top Vitta'r'r*•.Warve'sterjy`Jerry Harvester, overfed by Harold Cunningh am, of:,,Brussets, Right is Ginger ? Direr COW! (vginriee at Toledo, Ohio, of the only $25,000 trotting stake ever' raced for), owned by 4err NorthTonawanda,- N.Y. Lower left,• Dr. Meldrum's (Norwich) btuestreak free -for -ail . pacer, `g+ fel b' Grattan Direct, Harry p're:-ds is the ,driver, i•ni all cases. These horses Will ail race in e fu he held; in Stl'atford JuLy f'd and 27th. The 'gentlemen' en the right is Do Miller V.S. '6 '5,44111 de the starting at this Grant( Circuit Meeting of Onierio, and when he 1pi7lr,t'_L °t2]Jt✓^%M,g�Y.� kuSrr q�L ti l �t '1 a Gee ray)t,, 4 �j�+17�t e4 e overy Program . Legislation to aid recovery by •ing impetus to the building indkatry through, a system of Government loans, rend a public works program Moraine conservation and the de- velopnientts of . Canada's natural re- sources, enrergee,ari the major legis- lative achievements of the- third see- sign of ''the eighteenth Parliament, which prorogued on Dominion Day. While the number of new statutes placed on the books was relatively small the w'ay' was repared through debate for important legislation tough- ing upon' many branches of the na- tion's activities. The failure to complete the new Canada -United States trade . agree- ment by the end of the session stands out as. tise,maj•or-.disappointment. Conservations will continue, how- ever; and it is expected that the dif- ficulties •.raised by the three -cornered nature of the negotiations which must take into consideration the pact'I between the United States and Great, Britain, will be overcome by autumn. A special, short session of .Parliament may becalled in November to ratify the, tariff changes or the Government may decide to leave. the matter until the regular session opens in January, 1939. . Job Insurance Deferred The Government also failed to ins traduce a national unemployment in- surance measurer as it promised earl- ier in the session. The Senate step- ped in on the penultimate day of the session to block the prison reform legislation which provided for the es- tablishment of the three-man coni ruis.sion to run the country's peniten aeries. The measure was based on the re- port of a commission which harshly criticized the stewardship of Gen. Daniel Ormond, superintendent. The Senate . vote strictly followed party lines and the observers • held that the Conservative move led by Sena- tor Arther Meighen did little to gain sympathy for the party on the eve of its reorganization and choice of a new leader. Two acts designed to promote slum clearance,a.nd encourage building set up funds totalling $00,000,000 and marked the beginning of a long-range program to provide Canadians 'With better and more homes. The National Housing Act made $50,000,000 available to prospective builders of homes costing between $2,500 and $4,000. The loans were ar- ranged through the banks and the loan companies. It is planned to lend up to $135,000,000 over a three- year 'period on this project. Eighty per cent. of the money spent will go to labor, Finance Minister Charles Dunning believes. Roads, Parks and Forests The Municipal Assistance Act' pro- vided a fund of $30,000,000 from wthich municipalities and limited dividend corporations may borrow to build blocks of low -rent apartments. The revenue from these homes is intended to be sufficient to meet maintenance and capital costs and no mere. The Department of Labor's $40,- 000,000 works• program centers in the construction of roads, the im- provement lof national ; parks and other tourist attractions and in 'the conservation of forests. In all $200,000,000 will be put to 'work in the next three years. Announcement on Canada's for- eign policy were made on' May 24th and July lst, significant dates in the nation's 'history, by Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King. They did lit- tle to extend the existing policy laid down by Mr. King who has repeated- ly stated that Canada must be auton- omous in the matter of foreign affairs and he has refused to make any com- mitment as to the status of the Do- minion in the event of war. On the last day of the session he stated _x- plicity, however, that Canada would not permit Great Britain to train army fliers in the Dominion unless the schools were directly under the "con- trol of Canada. Tax Laws Tightened The budget was an unsensational document reaffirming' the Govern- ment's confrdence in business' to make its way without a further measure of regulation en the part of tine administration,- There were no tariff changes, despite the demands of the Western members,' and the only major change in the taxation picture was the "iemoval of the sales tax from building material. A deficit of $13,755,000 for the fis- cal year ending March 31, 1938, was reported and a deficit of $23,000,000 for the current year was predicted. ' Taxation laws were tightened to impose heavier penalties on those who leave the country to avoid pay- ment. The Elections Act, forbidding news- papers in one Province to publish re- turns before the polls close in an- other Province,. was passed. The Cor- rupt Elections Act, which precipitated acrimonious debates between the two leaders and led to tits revelation of startling charges of corruption from both sides of the House of. Commons, was set aside until next session. Complete Control in Banking A proposed amendment to the Grim- in•ai Code permitting sweepstakes for charitable purposes once a year was defeated. Stiffer penalties were pro- vided for drunken and reckless driv- ers under the code. The Bank of Canalda Act was pass- ed giving the Government ,complete control of the national financial insti- tution- This was pledged by Mr? King in the 1935 election campaign. Up until the passage of this legisla- tion the government ,held the control- ling interest through the possession of 51 per cent. of the shares. An amendment to the Loan Com- panies Act reduced the' rate of inter-, est from 21 per cent. a month. to 2 per cent. An important co'iapanion piece of legislation., which would force all loan eoml anies to take out federal licenses, was set aside 'until next ces- sien because it invaded the provincial' field of ! •nrisdictiou.�• The raeasayres were pni'inarily designed to exercise a more rigid control over the activi- ties of private loan; firms and to Pre- vent the charging of usurious rates of interest, cited in "loan, shark" chargee made before the House. The Trapsport Bill established a 'Board of Transport -, Control which will regulate all transportation .with the exception of trucking. Differ on Seaway Scheme • The power export ppoeesal and the Niagara River Bridge were bye. matters of ' international importance to Canada and the United States with which the House dealt in addition to the trade pact. The power export proposal was re- jected by. President Roosevelt who, on May 31st, offered an enlarged sea- way plan under which, he said, he would consider the export of power. The seaway scheme is strongly op- posed, . by Premier Mitchell F. Hep- burn of Ontario who is demanding the right to export power and the matter has again been dropped. Premier Hepburn also led the fight from without the House, against a private bridge over the Niagara. A bill supported by the Ontario Govern- ment asking for. the right to build a• bridge was finally withdrawn when the Senate insisted that there be pro- vision for compensation for the In- ternational Railway Company, owners of the bridge which was swept away by the ice this spring. Premier Hep - burn's reply was that he would ex- propriate land should a private firm attempt to build. MONEY GOING BEGGING (Condensed from The Forum in Reader's Digest) • Savings bank in Montclair, 'New Jersey, would like to know the where- abouts of Daniel and Mary O'Donog- hue. They have $459 in the bank, but they don't seem to care. They made their last deposit in 1926 — and vanished. The bank's communica- tions are returned from their last known address. And where is Pat Connelly, who walked out on $8,000 in the same' bank? What happened to Luke Peke of Chicken Creek, Alaska, who has $42.17 waiting for him in a San Fran- cisco bank, and to Mrs. Annie E. Murth of Jersey City, Who for four- teen years has evinced no interest in $12,000 belonging to her? Nobody knows.. These individuals are 'part of th-e great army of missing depositors Whose unclaimed funds in the national banks alone totalled ov- er $132,000,000 in 1934 (and national bank deposits amount to just about half of all the bank deposits in•,the country). Their accounts range from $1 up to sums of spectacular size. Penhaps you are one of -chem; if you can prove it you will be doing a fav- or not only to yourself but to the bank as well. Unclaimed accounts are an expense and a bother, requir- ing, useless bookkeeping; and the money is nobody's moneyfunt11 claim- ed: It doesn't belong to the banks, and until the owners or their heirs show up it doesn't belong to them either—an absurd situation which less than half the states have thus fan remedied by law. If you put money in a savings bank or a commercial bank and then for- get all about your thrifty impulse in the pressure of other business, your deposit will in time swell the total of nobody's money. It will become a dormant account in 10, 15 or 20 years, according to local regulations. There is n!o way of knowing, the total num- ber of dormant accounts (called. "Rip Van Winkle accounts" or "sleepers), but last summer New York City banks alone advertised the names of 56,000 messing d•eposi-tors. Forgetful Own- ers turned up in such faraway places as Norway and Africa. ' Dozens of different causes can op- erate to drop an account into limbo. Perhaps Uncle Ezra, who died with- out a will many years ago, had a nest egg he kept secret from his relatives for fear it would breed: a. family squabble. Perhaps Grandfather put aside money for his burial and died without telling anybody. Or perhaps some relative opened a trust account in your 'name when you were a baby and promptly forgot all about it. One savings bank recently found a girl who !had, a thousand dollars coming to her. Her father and grandfather had each opened an account for her when she was born.' But they both died long before she came of age, and she never knew of the money un- til th•e -bank succeeded lb tracing her. This sort of thing is not uncommon, and should serve as a warning to par- ents anents who start savings accounts for young children. A great many missing depositors are merely absent-minded. Most of us say, "Oh, I'd never forget money." But the truth is thd,t you probably, could, and possibly have. Last sum- mer one lady searched, the lists of missing New York depositors to see if her sister, who had gone to live a- broad, was among those sought. "Sis- ter always was so rattleh,eaded," sho observed, "it would be just like her to forget a bank account." Actually, the sister hadn't forgotten, but the lady found her own name en the list! When a bank fails great numbers of people take it for granted that all their money isr' lost and never even bother to make in.quirles, although usually each depositor can collect a certain amount on tithe dollar, and sometimes can get all his money back. Bocause of -this tragic ignorance, the total unclaimed funds in several states leaped; up by the million after the bank crashes of the early 1930°'s: The receivers . of two Detroit beaks, in which ,more than $3,000,000 re- mained 'un'claimed, announced] that 504.600 small depositors had failed, to realize that they were entitled to 100 per cent. payment, while many large depositors were equally ignorant that they had 68 per 'cent. coming to theta. , Often' societies for this or -that get e , I'reatitlW and OUM littl� ney ,tk, ug, le. Ilk $1 ;,66• it dimes 'ban d tr the c d1t of 7.tha, .ea blgw ol;.gap,zatioi ,-Wfol Bio• 'longer ep 1s't&. ,B.anks, d,>r -. flna)beial eeutera .- fre- quently hale smaller banks , •ampng their clients, .and sometimes.. wean trhese entailer beaks lturn'up missing. One trust ere pauy, ;l'eQpntly advertis- ed, in a list of"-deePadt'ora not heard from for More than 15 years, an "Atlantic Bank" of uzlllreown address, and a "First National Bank of Gren- ville," tate unitnowle These banks and a dozen others- on' thesame list failed years ago, and their receivers overlooked some of the assets. Even cities can: be 'absent-minded: A trust company ' ,. found itself with dormant accounts In the names of Columbus and Toledo, Ohio; and Syra- cpse, New York. .' Some - savings banks spend consid- erable sums and go far beyond the requirements of the taw in their search for the . owners of forgotten money. One 'recent successful search ledi to an old lathy in, Newark, New Jersey, who got a much needed $700. The money had belonged to her bro- ther, dead almost 25 years; unknown to his family, he ,had left over $300 in a savings bank. The deposit drew interest for 20 years and then, under the bank's .regulations, became dorm- ant. The bank began an intensive search for the owner. An employee called at the depositor's last, address. No one rem,embered him. However, the employee learned from the corner grocer that the depositor had spoken of a sdstes, in Newark. A city direc- tory did the rest. The old' lady was found •and the money put to work on med•teal treatment for her ailing heart. Strenuous efforts and wide public- ity, however, result in finding only about 20 per cent. of missing deposi tors. Sometimes Mystery, tragedy and pathos stand half -revealed in the banks' records. Among the lost de- positors there is a certain Catherine, Ryan with $53.50 to her account—last entry 1905—last known address the Poor House. A note of grim humour creeps into the records of a Quebec bank, which still credits $550 to the account of Harry P, Stone, deceased. He .was shot in 1925—while holding up a bank! In every town that was near a training camp during the World War, banks are still carrying little -items of $11.46 and $18.29 for Private This and Corporal That. Their last ad- dress being a disbanded service unit, there is little hope of finding them. And there is even less chance of lo - eating the 30 veterans of the Civil and Spanish-American wars whose names remain on one bank's books. Good, business and good government require that more attention be paid to the problem of maverick 'money. in more than half the states, no attempt is mrade to 'find the missing depositors —nobody knows where such funds are or what they amount to. In Indiana, after an account has been inactive for one year, the bank is permitted to make service charges which eventual- ly eat up the balanced But this is the only state which allows the bank to get the money. It would seem obvious that the thing to do is to find the owners wherever possible, and if this can't be done, to dispose of the money for the greatest common good. Vermont and North Carolina have constructive ideas alohg this line: in Vermont un- claimed money goes into the general school find:; and in North Carolina it goes to the University of North Carolina after five years, though the owner can still get it for another req years after that. Sixteen -other states have laws pro- viding that after money has remain- ed unclaimed for periode ranging from 5 rib 30 years it shall be taken over by the state. Most of these laws look after the interests of the missing own- er by providing that dormant ac- counts must be advertised in local newspapers, and that even after the state takes the money the owner can get it back be proving bis claim. First to Steam the Atlantic Early In 1838, the people of the Old and New Worlds were much preoccu- pied with the coming transatlantic race between the rival steamships Great Western and British Queen, then nearing completion in England. Several vessels had previously made partial use of steam during long -oc- ean, passages, but scientists had ridi- culed the idea that steam could ever be the main source of power for long voyages. It was fated that neither of the pro-, spective contenders should be first. across the Atlantic under continuous steam power. The Great Western was almost ready to sail; but the British Queen's engines failed, and the com- pany building her, determined to beat the Great Western, chartered the Sir- ius, a small coasting paddle -steamer. She was a pigmy compared with 'her. rival: 412 tons net. Her crew number- ed 38, her passengers 40; all of them would not have filled one of the Queen Mary's lifeboats. On April 4th, the Sirius steamed from Passage West, seven miles be- low Cork, and thousands lining the river 'banks to cheer her on her way. Her voyage of 2,897 nautical miles a- cross the Atlantic is an epic of cour- age, determination and tenacity en the part of her captain, Lieutenant Richard Roberts, R.N, During her passage of 18 days she had 11 days of.gales and he -ad winds, and a short- age of coal developed. Much rosin— part of her eargo—had to be -burned, and her commander feared he would have to burp the saloon furniture and part of her masts. More than once the crew were on the Verge 64 mutiny and many times her passengers im- plored him to turn baok. But at 10 p.m A•pril'22ntt, t$e `Sir- ius arrived at New York, 11 hours be- fore the Great Western, whose cap- tain attended .the official banquet giv- en Lieutenant Roberta by the Mayor. As the N. Y. Herald put it: "The excitement of Monday was further. in- creased by the arrival of the Great - Western. The Striusi, however, it the pioneer and to her the glory is. due." Her 'voyage will keep her name ;hon- ored as long are steamships, ef'ose the Western Ocean. Make-ECeSsa# Acid 100 01 , •Colds, Headaches, Biaiis• AOachs •ConstiPatiou • .. OFTEN START THIS WAY Some people are what .are known as acid -makers: They can't help it-a+id' often they' don't know it, The 'results of an excess of add may seem just like ordinary stomach trouble — but they can't be put right by ordinary stomach remedies! Excess -acid may be the reason wby youwake up Pat, sour, bleary-eyed, bilious and the reason wby fierce purgatives only leave you* the grip of a weakening habit and the same old symptoms. But there's one thing that add can't,. face. That's the neutralizing power of Vange Salts, the alkaline remedy with the natural mineral spa action.' A tea- spoonful in warm water surges through your system just like the medicinal spring . water far away in England where Vange Salts come from. Excess acid is neutralized quickly, painlessly. Your blood is purified of -poisons. Your sore stomach walls are soothed. And that mass of hard, poisonous waste matter lying in your intestines is softened gently, naturally, and passed out of your body -.'Then do you feel good! It's marvellous! But the most marvellous thing,is that Vange Salts are only 60 cents tin! At your drug- gist, now—but if you're wise, on your bathroom shelf tonight! ' R . Canneries Go To The Farm When you eat peas out of a- can, it is not unlikely that they . were grown—and 'harvested and canned about this time of- year --in eastern Wasrhington er Oregon, or western Id- aho. daho. .The .autazing growth of the pea - canning• industry in that area"is one; of the big new developmentsof the last few years in the Northwest. Ir. has brought a wave of prosperity to' farmers in that area. The biggest. panning companies, with plants in. other parts of the country, have built fine modern canneries there which turn out' millions of cases of canned peas eaeh summer. The whole en- terprise is carried out on a gigantic scale, and in a way that is different from. lie old manner of dealing be tween canner and farmer. The Canning Season Big canning companies discovered several years ago that soil and cli- matic conditions in that area wens es,pedially adapted to the growing of peas for canning. They came into the district jn a big way and a dif- ferent way. They didn't merely rush, in and build canneries and leave it to the farmers to supply the peas. They, in some cases', undertook the produc- tion, as well as the canning, of the product. Not that they all acquired vast tracts of land for growing this - single crop. In -many instances, thee merely lease the land from .the farm- ers 'for the period required to grow the peas. The canning company, or an affiliated .00mlpany,_ brings the seed, plants it, cultivates the crop and marvests it, before canning it. It pays the farmer for the use of his land. The company takes the risk of good! or bad crops. In a sense, the farmer is the company's landlords—an ar- rangement .which pleases him. In ad- dition, the farmer and! all hie family get jobs, if they want them, in the field or in the cannery. The farmer may be the company's landlord, but the company becomes his employer. It's an unusual situation, but one that has so far proved pretty satisfactory*. to bath parties. The farmer *ay ales rent -his truck or his tractor to the company for the period of working on, the crop, and, drive it himself at speci- fied wages. He becomes a capitalise renting equipment to the company, and at the same time ,an employee of the company using the equipment. Harvesting is done in the grand manner, with special machinery re- sembling mowers. There is a single field of peas comprising 1,000 acres. without an intersecting fence, in the Walla Walla Valley, said to be the largest pea , fief$ in the world. The fresh green peas are threshed in the field and rushed on trucks to the cannery for immediate attention- 'Tine harvest and canning go on together for six or eight weeks and it's a busy time, for everybody. As many as 300 girls and women find work in some of the canneries. There the peas are cleaned, graded, separated, sealed tiht cans, cooked, labelled' and packed with a swiftness that would make you , gasp for breath. After six or eight weeks of fast and furious work, the ' show is over for the year. The car eery often lies idle for 45 weeks out of the 52. But those six or eight weeks of. quick work make the invest- ment worth while for the company, and bring in a welcome sum in rent and wages for farmers and, their fam- ilies. And this is only a part of the story that lies behind those little green -peas that you eat out of a can "What dirty hands you have, Tom- my!" said the young teacher. "What would you say, if I came to school without washing my hands?" "Wouldn't say anything," replied Tommy, "I'd be too polite" • Sir Wi11•mott Lewis, the Washing- ton correspondent for the London, Times, was asked for .;his autograph at the Gridiron dinn•el. .He obliged 'and wrote "Willm'ott LeViri�'s-" ."Haven't you forgottensomething?" said the autograph seeker. "Yon didn't write down the Bir'." "I didn't forget it," said the Brit- isher. "I am merely more democratic" than moat of you Americana." • t t d t J. .