CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-02-07
FRUIT GROWING PEOPLE
HEAR FINE ADDRESSES

, science department of the agricultural
college, on the dual subject, "The VAL
ue of Fruit as Food" and What Shall
be Our Kitchen Environment" Miss
Ammons said that she was no stranger
to the people of Canon City, as she
had frequently been here and had sew
eral times had the pleasure OF lectur-
ing before the horticultural institute
on matters pertaining to household
economy. The subject assigned her,
she declared, was too important to be
exhaustively treated in the short time
allowed her, and she would divide it,
deferring a discussion OF the value of
fruit as food until Thursday morning.
THE American kitchen 10 in many
respects 1000 years behind the times"
said Miss Ammons. There is no
labratory," she continued, SO valu-
able as the kitchen labratory, and it
should be made one of the most at
tractive rooms in the house. A billion
dollars are spent annually by the
HOUSEWIVES VI tuc Ouiteu oSdtesp anu
no house is as it should be without a
properly constructed kitchen. Miss
Ammons advocated the thorough cook
ing of everything that goes into the
human stomach. particularly of bread.
which is deleterious If underdone.
Half the bread to be found in the
hotels and restaurants OF the country
is not sufficiently cooked. according to
Miss Ammons, and until there is a
great improvement In our national
cooking there Is sure to be q lot of
dyspepsia and other disorders arising
from indigestion in the land. Miss
Ammons predicted that in the course
of a few years the women's clubs,
which are SO potential factor in our
present day social life. would change
in character and would be reorganized
somewhat on the lines of the horticul-
tural societies of the state, and would
include in their membership people of
both sexes.
The home" said Miss Ammons,
stands for the best that civilization
brings to us and should be protected
by every possible safeguard"
Mrs. whitmore, state president of
the federated women's clubs of Color
ado. was present and was called upon
TO say something in relation to the
pure food bill now before the legisla-
ture. Mrs. whitmore declared that
she was SO much interested In the
pure food measure alluded to that
there was danger II she got started
talking upon 1t she would not stop
till morning. The bill is, said Mrs.
Whitmore. as near like the national
pure food law as II is possible to
make il, considering our peculiar con-
diuons as state. 1t has already
passed the lower house of the General
Assembly and there is good prospect
that 1t will go through the senate all
right You would be doing a great
service to the people of the state" de-
clared Mrs. Whitmore, '"if you would
write TO the senator from your district
and urge him to vote for the pure
food bill when it comes up
The institute opened promptly at 10
a. m. Thursday with an Invoca-
ton by Rev. H. w. Hollar, followed
by n musical selection. The first topic
for discussion was Grading and
Packing of Apples" by Geo. H. Sale,
secretary of the Fremont County Fruit
Growers Association. Mr.. Salies ad-
dress was very much to the point and
many helpful hints were thrown out
in relation to these very important
subjects. Mr.. Sale emphasized the
necessity for a careful and conscien-
tons grading and the best possible
pack in order to secure the highest
prices for our fruit in the markets OF
the state.
Prof. Gillette. who was on the pro-
gram for an address Wednesday even
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