Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-17
Every Man His Own Miller.

in the East which may be fairly de-
nominated the Family Grist Mill, for
by it the flour mill is entirely elimin-
ated from the function of supplying
the staff OF life, through the millmen,
the wholesale and the retail dealers,
and much handling by common car
riers. The machine is a mill, costing
but SIS, into the hopper of which you
pour enough of wheat, costing less
than 81 per bushel, for each days sup
ply Of flour. Then few turns OF q
crank passes the grain between CORFU.
gaten disks, which do the grinding, on
the same principle as the old fashioned
mill-stones. If you begrudge the
muscle necessary to operate the de-
vice small Watermelon, connected
with your hydrant, Il windmill, or
baby dynamo run by your light cur
rent, may DE arranged to do the labor
for you and still not expand the cost
beyond the outlay fer ordinary flour
made by the big mill.
Blu: the main point urged Is its
superlative and assured excellence.
Flour, like everything else, is best
fresh, and when it is tossed about on
cars and stored, probably months, in
warehouses, and then shipped again
and may remain months longer be-
side paints, oils and other noxious ex-
halations of the retailers stock, there
cannot be much doubt of absorption
of deleterious substances as we'll as
loss of the finer qualities as a bread.
maker.
1t is claimed to be much more
wholesome than mill flour, from the
fact that the home. made article con-
tains important nutritious elements
which are wanting when the product
is passed through the boiling cloth.
While homemade flour is only par.
TALLY sifted, which gives slight yell
lowish tinge to the bread, the fact
that its presence is known to be q
healthful element goes very far to-
wards removing a prejudice which
might exist when dealing with un.
known quantities.
Wheat grains, it is known, protected
by their outer covering, preserve the
freshness of their contents indefinitely,
but on being ground the starchy par
ticles absorb dampness, become oxi-
died and lose their delicate flavor in
very short time. The principle of
this innovation upon custom has al
ready progressed so far in France that
bakers have adopted a somewhat en-
larged mill, and yellow wheat bread is
superseding the snow-white product.
1t is proposed to introduce this mill
into the army and to build them on
wheeled vehicles of the automobile
type, using kerosene for transporta-
ton as we'll as power for grinding. All
that is needed in addition is a peram.
bulating oven, and our soldiers need
not hammer weevels out of their hard.
tack before eating.
In London, steps are being taken
to do away with underground baker,
les, in which IL 10 olaimed that the
bread absorbs microbes, and it will be
RENE NJ bered, in this connection, that
our late Legislature had under consid-
Grafton several measures for sanitation
of bake.shops.
A CHANCE FOR WAY-BACK Pro.
NEERs TO PosE.-It is proposed to in.
stall Hall OF Fame for the great west
at the St. Louis fair, in which statues
of fifty of the original pioneers. who
distinguished themselves in winning
the west, shall be placed. Those who
have been mentioned, so far, are Coron.
ado, DeSoto, and the spaniards OF the
south, and Varandyn, Du Luth, La
Selle, Marguerite and Des Moines, OF
sunny France. Then comes some
later pathfinders in Bridger, Bowie,
Breckenridge, Crockett, Carson. Ere.
mont, Clarke, Long, Macy, Ross, Pike,
Brigham Young and the English pio-
neers OF the East. II that don't COM
plete the half a hundred, we might
find any number Of chez cbawcos OF
early Territorial days who would not
object to fill q niche in the Hall OF
Fame-say 10 Meek and Harve Scott
Of Oregon. The four doors OF the hall,
corresponding to tho cardinal points
OF the compass are to be guarded by
colossal figures representing st. Louis
on the East. st. Paul on the North,
Santa Fe on the South and San Fran
ciscon on the West. 1t is likewise
proposed to issue a book giving the
lives of the fifty men chosen, their
portraits, and fac similies OF the Span
ish, French and English memoirs, that
were compiled in the reports of the
pioneers, a la the Territorial semi
centennial celebration.
HOLLAND IN A FERMENT.-Our coun.
try is not alone in the discomfort OF
labor. Holland is now tied up with
general strike which has placed
transportation by land and water at a
standstill. A formal declaration by
the leaders OF the strike il to the Of.
feet that it is not connected with
wages, but is solely against the anti
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