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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-07
Wa|Ia Wa|Ia's Lodging House
Directory

THE OAKS-RIGHT IN BUSINESS
center, corner Main and Third street.
entrance Third street. Just opened.
Everything modern, new and up-to-
date. Largest and coolest rooms in
city. Rooms by day Or week; Com
mercial trade solicited. Phone 1876.
GARDEN CITY HOUSE1TWO
blocks from Main and Third streets,
at 20 West Poplar street. Rooms
with or without board. Cool airy
basement dining hall. Mrs. Henry
Stahl, proprietor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

ing pan directly over the fire, turning
until colOred on all sides; do this as
quickly as possible. Transfer to a
rack on a dripping pan and roast in a
very hot oven, from forty to fifty min
utes- Pour part of the fat from the
pan; TO the remainder add a table
spoonful Of -four and brown on top of
the range Gradually stir in a cupful
or hot water, season, boil up and
strain. Soak a half cupfuI of dried
lima beans over night. Drain, cover
with fresh cold water and simmer
gently for three hours, or until very
tender. The gravy on them may be
slightly thickened and seasoned. Dice
two slices of stale bread and brown
IN slow oven. Fill a small dish with
alternate layers of canned or sliced
raw tomatoes and the Drowned bread
with salt, pepDer and some bits of but
ter. Over all spread a half cupful of
bread crumbs mixed with a tablespoon
full Of melted butter. Bake half an
hour in a hot oven. Clean and cut
fine a. cupful of crisp celery and mix it
with half of the dressing made the day
before. Serve as a salad with salti-
ness and cheese. Scald a cupful of
milk in double boiler; thicken it with
one level tablespoonful of corn starch
wet with very little cold milk; add a
pinch Of salt, stir, then cover and cook
for twenty minutes. Beat together the
yolk of an egg and three level table
spoonfuls of sugar, add, stir and cook
three minutes. then add two table
spoOnfuls of preserved red cherries cut
fine and the whipped egg white; stir
and turn into two wetted molds. Serve
very cold with a sauce made by slight
1y thickening the cherry juice with corn
starch, then cooling.
A good white SOUP stock IS made bv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

that they may be used on successive
days. so far as the meal is concerned.
Purchase a small leg of young mutton
We ghing not over five pounds; or the
butcher may possibly have that weight
on a heavier leg from which a portion
mas been previously cut for chops.
Have the leg halved so that the shank
end weighs nearly three pounds. Brush
both cut sides Of the smaller piece
with a French salad dressing, lay on a
plate and set aside. Trim the shank
end and wash, then put in a kettle,
nearly cCVer with boiling water and
bring quickly to the boiling point. Boil
hard for five minutes, then draw back.
Add a scant teaspoonful of salt, half
Of an onion, two inches of carrot and
six peppercorns, and simmer very
gently for an hour and half. Lift out
on a hot platter Thicker a cupful of
the strained broth with a large tea
spoonful of flour wet with cold water
add seasoning and a spoonful of
chopped parsley. Set the pot liquor
away for next day. For the tomato
bisque cook together a half tablespoon
ful Of butter and one scant tablespoon
full Of flour. Stir in slowly one cupful
and q quarter Of hot milk. when smooth
and thick season we'll with salt and
pepper. When ready to take from the
fire ado One-third of a cupful of hot
strained tomato, to which a tiny pinch
Of baking soda has been added. Do
not heat again or it will curdle. A half
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

cutting fine a pound of neck OF veal,
adding four slices of slightly Drowned
salt pork, three pints of cold water and
simmering very gently for five hours
At the end Of the third hour add two
tablespoonful each of chopped onion
and carrot, a half teaSpoonful of salt
and six peppercorns. When done
strain into a bowl and set aside. Next
day remove the CONCEALED fat. Use the
melted stock seasoned to taste. To
vary this there may be added two
tablespoonfuls of boiled rice, another
day half cupfuI of strained tomatoes
or the same quantity Of hot milk.
Two pounds of top sirloin will make a
good pot roast; the ''chunkier'' it is in
shape the better. Dredge well with
salt. flour and pepper, then brown
quickly on all sides in teaspoonful of
hot dripping in a frying pan. Transfer
to a deep saucepan or an earthen cas-
serole or piDkin. To the fat in the pan
add a cupful Of boiling water, stir and
pour round the meat. Add half an
onion stuck with a Glove. two slices of
carrot. a pinch of sugar and salt; cover
closely, draw to one side and cook very
slowly for two hours, turning when
half done. Should the liquid evaporate.
add a little from the kettle. Serve with
he strained gravy. Boil the potatoes
in sailed water, then mash them, add
ing a little hot milk, butter and season
ing and beat very thoroughly. Boil
the caul'f1Ower Ga small one), stem end
downward, in a saucepan of boiling
sailed wafer; it should be tender in
half an hour. Thicker two-thirds of
cupful of boiling water with a table
spoonful of flour, add a large table
spoonful of butter and a few drops of
lemon juice and strain over the cauli-
flower. To make the salad. rub the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21
SOME DINNERS FOR TWO
BY coRNELIA c. BEDFORD.

The young housekeeper viii find few
cook books in which proportions Of in
gradients in the various recipes are
suitable for the family of two. For
such few menus with directions for
purchasing and cooking may not be
out OF place and we give three menus
with comprehensive directions.
First Menu.
Tomato Bisque
Boiled Autton. Parsley Sauce.
Boiled Rice. Dreamed TurnipS.
Cold Slaw.
Fruit Roly Poly. Soft Sauce.
Coffee.
Second Menu.
Barley Broth. Brown Gravy.
Roast Mutton.
Whipped Potatoes. Lima Beans.
ScallOped Tomatoes.
Celery Salad.
Vafers. Cheese.
Fruit Corn Starch.
Coffee.
Third Menu.
ear Soup With Rice.
Beef Pot Roast
Mashed Potatoes. Caulihower
French Lettuce Salad.
Cheese. Waters.
TaplOca. Custard.
Coffee.
The first two menus are planned so
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

salad dish with a cut onion, lay in it
the lettuce washed and dried, sprinkle
with a French dressing and a table
spoonful each of chopped parsley and
chives. The dessert will need one
tablespoonful of fine or instantaneous
tapioca cooked with a half pint of
milk in a double boiler until transpar-
ent. Add the yolk of an egg beaten
with heaping tablespoonful Of sugar
and a pinch Of salt, stir and cook for a
moment. Add the white, whipped stiff,
cut through lightly, take from the fire,
add teaspoonful Of sherry and a few
drops Of vanilla, turn into a serving
dish end serve very cold.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21
THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY 81 1906

cupful of raw rice must be well washed
Drain and drop it in two quarts of
boiling sailed water and keep it at a
gallOping boil until the rice feels ten
der when a few grains are rubbed in
the fingers. Drain and let stand over
hot water for five minutes. This can
be divided and nodded In a hot but
tered cup, then turned out on a hot
dish and sprinkled with parsley. One
good-sized turnip should be diced and
boiled in sailed water until tender,
then drained and reheated in a half
cupful of white sauce Ca teaspoOnful
each Of butter and -four, half cupful
of milky.
For the salad, shred enough raw cab
bage to make a large cupful. Let
stand in cold water until crisp, drain
and dry on a cloth. Make a boiled
dressing with one egg, four tablespoon
fulS Of water, two tablespoonfu1s of
vinegar, dash of salt and pepper
tablespoonful of mustard. Cook over
hot water, stirring until thick, add a
tablespoonful of butter and chill To
make the roIy poly, sift together one
cupful of flour, one level teaSpoonful
Of baking powder and pinch of salt.
Rub in a tablespoonful of butter and
wet to soft dough with sweet milk
Roll out quite thin. sprinkle with two
tableSpoOnfuls of cut fruit (raisins or
citron) and a teaspOonful Of sugar, roll
up, lay on a creased plate and steam
half an hour. Serve with any kind of
soft sauce. 4
Next day boil two tablespoonfuls of
fine barley in a little water for two
hours. Take the fat from the cold
broth of yesterday. add the barley and
simmer all for fifteen minutes WIPE
the mutton, dust well with salt, pepper
and -four. and brown in a very hot fry
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

There's an unusually mob
by line of wide Embroidery
Edgings and Fancy Galloon
Beadings, etc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

Embroideries you would
consider cheap at double the
price, in endless variety.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-27

any manner with the free uae OF such
streets. alleys and highw the
drainage thereof. or infringe upon tho
unhinderttl use thereof by the public.
nor deatrOy any trees, and provided
further that said company shall. dur
ing the continuance Of this franchise,
place a telephone IN the town hall Of
the town Of Colfax, when requested
so to do ny the Mayor, for the free
use of the officials Uf said town for
local purposes. or in default thereof
shall pay to the town Of COlfax the
sum Of two dollars and fifty cents
per month for each month OF failure
nn its part to place such ''phone in
the town hall, and that this privilege
five years and not le exclusive.
Be 1t further ordained. etc
Section. 2. That this ordinance
shall become effective and binding up
on the town of Colfux and the Cum
l,erland Telephone and Telegraph
Company only upon the written ac-
ceptance, I'm nOtnrial form. of the
terms and conditions of this Ordi-
nance by such company through an
officer thereof duly authorized 80 to
do by n resolution III it's board Of d.
rectors. which shall accompany. and
I've attached to this ordinance and re-
turned with the signatures necessary
In the premises. 81
BE 1t further ordained, etc
Section 3. That, for good and suf-
ficient cause, this ordinance shall lie
executed In duplicate. one for the
town of Colfax and one for the Cum
berland Telephone Company. and
that the same shall take effect and he
In force from ana after the written
acceptance Of the terms herein spec-
fed, In the manner above set forth,
10y the Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company. and that said
which this ordinance confers said
privilege, shall begin on the date of
such acceptance. provided that such
acceptance shall he made on or before
the 31st day Of January. A. ID. 1906,
which IN hereby made the time limit
In which this offer Of franchise may
lie accepted. under the terms herein
above set forth.
Section 4. That all ordinances or
parts Of ordinances In conflict with
or contrary To the provisions Of this
ordinance lie and the same are hereby
repealed.
Approved Jan. 8. 1906.
j. p. LEWIS. Mayor.
This ordinance was introduced by
Alderman j. w. Duncan. and after
being considered ny sections was
adopted by vote Of four yeas to no
NAYS ON Jan. 3. 1906.
&. N. CARS3HAN,
to the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen.
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AN ORDINANCE

Granting to the Cumberland Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co.. It's agents,
transferees. representative success-
ors, or assigns. the right to erect.
construct, maintain and operate
along. through. over and under the
streets. alleys, and highways of the
? town Of COlfax, Louisiana. n tele-
phone or telegraph line, or lines. for
the purpose Of conveying intelli-
gence, and communicating by cleo
tricity. and carrying on its business
by such means within, to and from
COlfax. Louisiana. for n period Of
twenty-five years, the privilege not
to be exclusive, and providing for n
violation hereof by such company.
BE 1t ordained 10y the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Town 81
COlfax. In Grant parish. Louisiana.
In special session. convened for the pur-
pose of considering this ordinance
and enacting the same:
Section /. That the Cumberland
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
It's agents, transfertAes, representa-
tives SUCCESSORS. or assigns, he and
are hereby granted the right to erect.
maintain and operate
along. through. over and under the
streets, alleys and highways of the
town of Cs,lfax. Louisiana. tele-
phone or telegraph line or lines. for
the purpose Of carrying on it's hnsl-
ness 0f conveying and communicating
and messages by electric
Ity, within. to and from COlfax. Lou
siana. PROVIDED such line ar lines
shall he 40 constructed. maintained.
and operated as not to interfere I'm
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1906-01-27

4. 120 acres in "Horse Shoe" OF
Nantachie Lake, good agricultural
land and some timber. Title from u
bank, bargain ut 5 per mere.
5. 1920 acres hardwood, 4 miles
of Colfax, the finest ash brake IN the
country, 4.5O per acre, easy terms.
Z. 40 acres 4 miles from COl:ax, n
good country home, 250 ON time.
13. 240 acres, pine and hardwood
at 6 per acre.
IA. 80 acres, Iatt bottom hard
wood agricultural lands, Z per u.
81, 600ncres, fine hardwood, some
pine, all good finn land when timber
is removed, 6 per acre.
"a. 200 neres. virgin oak and cy-
press, some pine, A per acre.
~. $40 acres, some good pine, al
SO ash, oak and other hardwoods,
10 per acre, Z cash, balance yrs.
20. 160acres, somegood pine md
hardwood, 8 per acre.
80. 120acres, good country home
in mile of Valley railroad. hill hum
mock and bottom land. some good
pine aud hardwood, 6 per acre.
81. 400 acres, pine and hardwood
at 5 per acre.
80. 80 acres pine and hardwood
at 5 per acre.
81. 5000 acres of cut over lands on
Iron Mountain railrond, good fruit,
melon and truck farm lands, in region
of truck growers, sawmills, churches
and schools, two tructs of 1000 and
one of 1000 acres, 2.25, on terms.
Al. 80 acres Of hardwood and ag-
ricultural land. 6 per acre.
so. $4,000 acres, fine hardwood
and agricultural hind, csrries aver
age per acre of $500 feet hardwood,
white and overcup oak, red oak, ash,
cypress. gum, cottonwood and other
commercial timber, that will he sold
at $3.50 per acre for the timber and
time given for its removal. The land
will he sold in fee mt Sc per acre for
the whole tract, or in lots of 10000
acres. Sell tracts of 40 to $40 acres
at 10 per acre, 4 cash, Bal. time.
50. 1910 acres in BienvilIe parish,
near. the Saline, hardwood and some
pine, a bargain at 5 per acre.
66. 10000 acres, splendid hard
wood and some pine, 90, 900 acres on
Calcasieu river in Rapides parish. and
20, 900 in northeast Colchester parish,
fine for agriculture, to 10.
g.. 10000 acres of high drained
prairie land near Lake Charles, the
Northern mans Paradise in Louisi-
anu, 10 to 30 per acre.
SO. $500 acres, pine, hardwood
and agricultural lands, located in
various parts of VIM parish, will be
described on application, 8 to 10.
50. 45.319 acres short leaf pine,
3 miles from trunk railroad in east
Texas, will cut 5000 #. pine per acre
and 1000 #: hardwood = stumpage
only for sale, mt $40 per acre, or 50
per 1000 IT,, ten years to remove it.
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Order OF Election. :
State Of Louisiana. !
Parish Of Grant. (

Parish Of Grant. !
BY virtue of the anthorityvested
in us and In uccortiancc with nm or
dinance Of the police jury Of Grant
parish, La, we do hereby order an
election to be held ON the 27th day of
February. 1906 in school district No.
Q known as q. X. school district nc
cOrtling to subdivision of Grant pa IRISH
into school districts, for the purpose
Of taking the sense Of the property
tax payers in said district on the
proposition of levying special five
mill tax on all the taxable property
In said district for n period Of five
years In aid Os the public schools OF
said district.
The tax SO levied to he In force COM
mencing with the year of 1906. AMI
the election to be held at
o. K. SCHOOL HOUSE
in said district and to be held in all
things In accordance with the general
election laws of the state Of Lnnisi-
ana and due returns thereof made as
the law directs.
Witness our official signatures on
this the 18th day of January, 1906.
j. A. Williams,
j. A. Harvey.
X. w. Richardson.
Members Of the Board Of Supervisors
Of Election of Grant Parish. La.
State of Louisiana,(
Parish Of Grant.
BY virtue of the authority vested
in us and I'm accordance with an or
dinance at the police jury OF the parish
OF Grant we do hereby appoint the
following commissioners and clerk Of
election to hold an election In school
district No. 6 known NJ q. X. school
district for the purpose Of taking the
sense M the property tax payers Of
said district on the proposition Of
levying a FIVE mills special tax ON all
the taxable property In said district
for a period of five years IN aid of the
public schools vi said district.
COmmissioners-R. n. Roach, Geo.
Futrell and ID. NJ. Pugh.
Clerk-Richard Futrell.
The above named commissi
and clerk are authorized and instruct
ed to hold said election at the above
named place at tire above named
time In all things as the law directs
and to- make their process verbal
I'm all things IA the law directs
according to the general election laws
of the State vi Louisiana.
Witness our official signatures on
this the 18th day of January. 1905.
j. A. Williams,
j. A. Harvey.
II. W. RIcha r,lsOn.
Members Of the Board ut Supervisors
OF Election of Grant Parish. La.
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Order OF Election.
State Of Louisiana, /
Da,d,b ~ Npun<

State Of Louisiana,
Parish Of Grant.
BY virtue Of the authority vested In
MS AMI In accordance with an Ortli-
nance Of the honorable police jury Of
the parish of Grant. adopted by the
said body at Its regular meeting for
the month OF January. 1896. an cleo
ton Is hereby ordered to be held ON
the 9th day OF February, 1909. with
I'm school district known ms district
number 1, or Flagon school. for the
purpose of taking the sense Of the
people on the proposition of levying
n special tax of five mills on nll the
tnxalple property in said district for
the periOtl 0f ) years IN ail Of the
public schools III said district. The
tax 80 levied tn trgin with the year
1856 and continue for the full period
Of years.
The said election tU Ike held at
FLAGON SCHOOL,. HOUHE
In said district, and In all things In
accordance with the general election
laws of the State Of Louisiana and
due returns made thereof as the law
directs.
Witness our official signatures on
this the 18th day Of January. 1895.
j. A. WflkIamx.
;. 4. Harvey.
L. w. Rfvha vvison,
Members of the Board ri Supervisors
Of Election of Grant Parish, La.
State al Lmksiana. /
Parish NJ Grnnt
By virtue Of the authority vested
In trs, and IN accordance with an or
d.nanee of the police Jury Of Grant
parish, we der hereby apptDint the fol-
lowing commissioners al electSsm and
clerk to hold an election I'm school
district numlrr !, known Az FIagon.
far the purpose Of taking the census
OF the property tax payers III satd
district ON the proposition Ut levying
u five mills tax ON al the property In
safd district subject tU taxation for n
period uf 5 years.
CommIssfoners-H. y. GarJington,
j. +. Holloway, q. }. Hataway.
S Cferk-Wffey Walker.
Said election to- liz Heltl ut Flngou
district school house In said district
ON the 9th day Of February. 1905.
The above namesl csnHmissionerH
and clerk OF election are authorized
and ordered to hold said election
under the general election laws III the
State of Louisiana and make their
return or process verbal oI the same
as the law directs.
Witness orr official signatures on
this the 18th day Of Jauuasy. 1906.
j. A. Williams,
IA. Harvey.
X. W. Richardson,
Members OF the Bonrd VI Supervisors
of Election of Grant Pmrish. La.
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THESE PROPOSITIONS:

90. 100 acres cut over lands, two
miles west Of Pollock, good agricul-
turol land. never faiIing branch VIA
ter, plenty Of timber for rnils aud
wood, - per acre, X cash, bal. time.
80. 100 acres, % in cultivation, e
aceres pasture, some pine and oak,
fine cattle range, 4-ioom house WITH
front and back galleries., sn,nkehouse,
double crib, stable md sheds, black
smith shop, good we'll, creek near by,
viii be sold for $3.50 oD time.
80. 1000 acres, all river bottom
land, railroad runs through it, nU
waste land, postoffice and fing STA
ton on place, 300 aeres cleared, II
cabins. Groom residence, and store
30xS0 fret, two .7O-snw ginstunsls,
Munger system outfit new, 45-hOrse
power engine and boiler cost $4,000.
All to go Mt $22.50 per acre, $4,000
cash, balance in three years.
61- GOO acres, well improved river
farm, hall mile Of rlilroud md fronts
on Red river, $50 per nere, i cash.
OtttttNC ttitSt .StsttS tttICs
G2. $40 ncrcs. splendid river farm,
100 acres cultivated. 80 acres flrnd-
ened and ready tn cultivate, n store
26x50 fert, cabins, 6O-snw Munger
gin with Atlas engine and boiler, rnil-
road station and steamboat landing
ON place. All for $500, hnh cash,
balance three years. Owner sells to
retire from business.
63. 1877 acres, hill farm, 40 acres
in cultivation. 4-room house with hnll
and gallery. smokrhouse, fowl house,
two cribs and 7stalls, nll under good
shelter, tistern. spring and creek VIZ
ter. Bargain ait $3.50, hall cash, bal-
ance on two years time.
II. so ncres. elegnpt Gulf const'
"Mendow Land Faym," good for resi-
dence, fishing or hunting club, or fur
farm, fronts north end Of Bay Saint
Louis. large house fittel with modern
improvements, waterworks give arte-
sian water nbundantly. lmths adj0iu
bedyooins, stable and outhouses, So
herring fig, plum and ppcan trees. u
wharf and bath homse in front. The
house and grounds. 200x35O feet, aS
described, $1,000. The fifty acres, in
GLIDING house, large portion in culti-
vntion, fruit trees, gurtIens. nrtesian
well, all complete, for $4,000,
5 ~. 321 acres, on Red river and
T. p. railrond, MI under plank md
wire fence, 215 ,cres IN hay and cot
ton, 146 in pasture and woodland,
3 dwellings,, 2 cabins. hay harm and
out houses, 2 cisterns, 2 wells. Hay
press, moving machiner, hay rake, n
disc harrow, and number 0f Guilt
vators and plows, will go to- the pur-
chaser ut $3.50 per mere cnsk, or
$25 per mere on 8 years time.
, 10. so acres, fine level Hill farm,
5 acres cleared and fenced with plank
and pickets, 100 fruit trees. 5-roOnu
house and ont buildings, good well,
Is acres pine timber that will aver
nge $500 feet per acre, price $500.
Is. SO acres near MncheD, 30 in
cultivation, 10 m pasture. dwelling
and all necessary outhouses, bargain
to quick buyer.
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Official Proceedings Of Grant
Parish School Board. wi

Colfax, La, Jan. D, 19O6.
The school board of Grant parish
met this day with all the members
present except Messrs. Barron and
Nugent, who came in later.
The Superintendent was excused
from reading his quarterly report
On motion of Mr.. Brannon, sec.
.ticns 3, 4, 3. 10, tip. On. r Q, and
sections 81, q, SO, "a, tip. z n,rle
were taken from district 8 and an.
nexed 10 district 10, and lines Of
district 8 made to conform thereto
On motion of ]. w. Barron, sec
"A, tp. IN, r l W was taken from
district IL and annexed to district
s. and lines of district IL made to
conform thereto.
A request from some of the peo-
sple in east portion of Pollock for a
school to. be established in that
part Of the town and be made a
bfapch Of the Pollock school. was
rejected. 49, ~.s
on, iuotioh the Superintendent
MAS asked 70 write W.. L. BELL 4
~ :s.,s;r urO3fS,fhAm ~