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The Washington times., 1907-02-17

is where II viii 90 before you've read IL
/ half through II hurts me, too, % have
You join IN the fight against plain. hon
est people. who are making q living IN
the same way their fathers dId-fOr /
used 10 swear by Marion HarlanFs
cook book. The first one you wrote. !
guess. FOR YOU gave recipes that called
for canned goods. And people were as
healthy then as they are now. ] liked
your stories, too, and I really believed
you were a good woman.
Il notice YOU are careful TO print all
the nice things people say 20 you I'm
their letters. but You leave out Il sup
! pose for want of room everything uu-
/ pleasant. So. as I said. not one word
/ Of this long letter viii bee seen by your
dear fatteTing constituency. You are
I Ike the old Bible prophets-yOu only
I prophesy smooth things. Because they
pay. / suppose
And the real. uuvaruished truth that
comes straight from the heart, dOesn'
pay. We know that
( THE PLAIN-SPOKEN WIFE OF AN
/ HONEST GROCER (PittsbUrg. Pa. D.
have read every word Of your letter
and twice. SO Tar from COnsiguing fl
I 10 the waste basket / am printing il
entire, with no alterations except III
| Newspapers have put italics out Of com
! mission OF late years.
/ Nor am ] I'm The least Offended at any
; thing you have said OF myself ] an
glad that you have thought well Of me-
J in the past. and sorry that YOU have
/ changed your mind Thirty years ago
I when my first cookbook was published
: I thought better OF canned goods than
4 nave had reason TO think since.
/ Taking your letter somewhat in de-
/ TABLET us talk a few minutes OF Sali.
/ Cylic acid, which YOU think no more
/ mon salt II is not a mineral. bUJ O
/ vegetable product in its primitive form
/ IL is extracted from the bark. leaves
and roots Of the willow. This Is pure
I saliCia. and as nearly harmless as
] drug can be. unless taken in ImmOdeT.
/ ate quantities. Salicylic acid has this
! willow Oasc. and is likewise. sometimes
! extracted from oil OF winJerEreen- II
. IS prepared for commerce by the action
J OF carbOnic acid upon what is known u
( chemists as sodium phenoL'
] In this form IL II a valuable anti
tards If T. does not prevent entirely
/ the process Of decay.
/ Before asking YOU 10 read what con
) clusion a learned chemist, DR.. II. W
/ Wiley. has arrived at. after a long ans
patient study Of the action OF This pre-
| Of the doctors who, YOU assert, are -
pack Of humbugs and leechcs. Yet,
I note that YOU quote your own physi
! clans verdict as 10 the harmleSSneS:
/ Of salicimi The doctors could NIL thci
! pockets much faster by saving moth
| goods" than by exposing the real char
acter Of ''dOCtOrgd" foods. Give then
( credit for common humanity in this re
| sect
The Washington times., 1907-02-17
5d0Al7 be Care79LII Dared
Mushroom and DandeIion Recipes

stir into II one Of -four. with silver
fork toss and mix the lobster and
mushrooms together, add 90 the hot
"rouX;" set over the fire and simmer
FOR five minutes. take from the range,
add half "A cupfuI Of cream. which has
been scalded with a bit Of Soda. Now
return 20 the fire. setting the sauce
pan in an outer boiler OF hot water
Simmer Tor three minutes more stir
in glass Of sherry nuC serve.
Mushrooms Stewed With Oysters.
Select twenty-five fine oysters: drain
of the liquor and dry them between
two towels. Put two tablespoonfuls Of
butter into a saucepan. and when IL
Kisses add the oysters and stir until
they 'rufIle" and are smoking hot. In
another vessel heat the oyster liquor.
season with salt and pepper. Turn into
This CupTul OF milk heated and thick
cned with a tablespoonful Of Hour wet
up with cold milk. Heat these together
{ full Of mushrooms. peeled and cut
small. stems and all Turn tueSe into
/ the white sauce you have just made and
simmer five minutes. Cook slowly and
steadily. stirring often. season with
salt, pepper and a tablespoonful OF but
ter Heat again. stir In the hot oysters
cook for one minute. and add the beat
en- yOlkS Of two eggs As soon as they
are fairly miEed with the other in
gradients turn out and serve.
If properly made, this IS delicious
dish.
Dandelion Greens"
Pick the leaves from the stems.
wash and drop into cold water. Boil as
I have directed you to cook spinach
I'm the inner vessel Of double kettle
adding no water TO the vegetable ex-
cept what cliugs to the leaves. FIJI
the outer saucepan with boiling water
and cook. covered. until the green's are
soft. Rub them through the vegetable
press into a saucepan. beat into them
"A teaspOonfJl Of sugar and one Of
/ lemon juice, salt. ana pepper, a table
spoonful OF butter and one OF cream.
Don't forget pinch of soda in the
cream. Beat light and smooth, bring
20 the final boil and serve.
Creamed Dandelions.
[ Cook the leaves as directed in last
/ recipe While they ~re polling make a
! good drawn butter with two cupfuls Of
milk. two tablespOonfUls Of butter. one
Of flour 4 little salt ano pepper. Adc
! the pinch OF soda To the milk. Drain
/ the dandelions, pressing out all the
/ water; mincc finely. stir ,nJO the sauce.
/ cook for a minute after the boil is
! reached, and, just before serving, beat
/ in slowly a well-whipped egg. Take
/ Immediately from the fire and pour
into a deep, covered dish.
The Washington times., 1907-02-17

~ E Y husband is a grocer. He
mn is aIse an honest. Cod
fearing man. strange as
you may think It. Maybe
you won't believe. either. that he loves
his neighbor. and wouldn't knowingly
harm a fly?
FROM what you say-and you are no
worse than other writers on the same
su6lect-one might suppost that the peo-
pie who make and sell canned goods
have no hearts and no consciousness
Now. what I want to ask you and the
doctors. who say such dreadful things
about these goods. is just this: Why
Is IL any worse TO use harmless 'chemi-
calls for the purpose Of preserving meat
and vegetables and fruit than COM
mon salt2 That is a mineral as well
as salicylic acid and supplies. and all
that. Nobody writes down salted meats
and vegetables. When / had rheuma-
tism last winter. the doctor gave me
salicylic acid for weeks together in the
form of salOl. He said Il was harm
less. Yet. my husband tells me-what
with an the talk among the doctors and
The Washington times., 1907-02-17
Broiled Mushrooms.


TX TASH and strip or the skins.
NM II large, cut each I'm half; If
Y v small, leave them whole.
Lay upon "a buttered broiIer
and cook over q clear fire. turning at
the end OF three minutes, 20 broH the
other side. Have arranged ON q hot
water dish rounds Of thin bread. dell
catcly toasted. Butter, sprinkle lightly
with salt and pepper; lay mushroom
on each and serve.
Grilled Mushrooms.
Wash ana peel. cutting off the stems
Lay an I'm a platter and cover with
melted butter. with which you have
mixed the Juice OF half a lemon.
Leave the mushrooms IN this Tor Hs-
teen minutes before transferring them
10 a buttered broiler. Brown lightly on
both sides. Lay upon buttered toast
lcut very tEin). cover. and keep hot
while v"u brou the stems. and when
they are done Elruish the dish with
them.
Baked Mushrooms.
Peel and cut Off the stems. Put a lay
er OF the mushrooms in the bottom of a
wcll-buttered bazedish, the giIIs down
ward. Pour upon them few spoonfuls
Of melted butter mixed with d little
lemon juice. salt and pepper. Next. put
I'm layer of the stems and treat in the
same way. Cover with mushrooms and
set in brisk oven, TIT on a close top
and bake. covered. for ten minutes; re-
move the top, pour hot butter over the
mushrooms; leave in the oven for ten
minutes more and serve.
Dreamed Mushrooms.
Peel. -craping the stems. without cut
ting them off. Turn into a saucepan.
cover deep with hot water. slightly salt
ed. and simmer for ten minutes Mean
while. heat in another vessel a cupfuI
of milk adding % tiny pinch of soda
rub "a heapiug tablespoonful Of -four into
a heapiDg tablespoonful Of butter: stir
/, into the milk and bring 10 a boil stir
ring ali the while. Drain the sailed
water from the mushrooms. season with
pepper and add the hot. thickened milk.
Set the saucepan in pan Of boiling
water over the fire for five minutes and
turn the contents into a heated dish.
Mushrooms and Lobster.
To two cupfuls Of picked lobster
meat allow half a pound Of mush-
rooms. Peel, skin them. and cut into
dice Of uniform size. Heat two table
spoonfuls Of butter in a saucepan, and
The Washington times., 1907-02-17
A New Era.

The faciIe French tonge has "a way
of disDosing Of a dead and introducing
live era in a single phrase Nous
uvOns change tout Cela.'
The product Of latter-day mushroom
culture is absolutely safe. The edible
sprigs from Spawn harvested by the
intelligent hor-iculturist. Re has green
houses. hothouses, and cellars built e2-
presslv for the work His supply is not
dependent upon summer suns and Sep
TENDER dews. BY judicious manage
Inent, he has a gOodly crop on hand 90
meet the epicure's demand for tempt
ing variation of Lcnten fare as the
penitentiaI weeks tax the HOUSEWIFE
resources.
Nor need the demand be confined to
the rich and epicurean. Mushrooms are
the Lenten substitute for meat. In GER
tain portions Of the city they may be
bought for 50 cents per pound. while in
fashionable quarters they bring % cents.
Study your markets 1t is well known,
for example. that in New York the same
quality Of meat. poultry and vegetables
may be bought from One-Quarter to one
third cheaper in the large markets near
the wkarves than in the upper districts,
where wealth and fashion dwell. The
same difference is to be found in all
large cities. Buy mushrooms in the
lower markets. Buy them. too from re-
spoTsiDle dealers. who viii not impose
those that are stale to rottenness upon
you for fresh, or raise them yourself
if you have a good cellar space.
The Washington times., 1907-02-17
DANDELIONS.

greens" In the country they are
highly and justly esteemed as whole
scme, and the eaters who relish tUrnip
tops the more for the bitter tang
which sets nicer tastes against them
reckon dandelions as suave by com
parison.
They. too. have their bitter stage. It
does not begin until the flower forms.
The greens should be gathered in ad-
vance Of the appearance Of the harm
less gold"
The Washington times., 1907-02-17
Tried It on the Deg.

lit cannot bc poisonous, even If it is
not a real steak" argued the ring
leader of the experiment party, for It
grew upon a stump, and the wrong
kind never grow on wood
As a compromise between the elders
who hesitated and the juniors who
urged. il was finally decided 20 try it
on the dog literally. and "NIops.' de
scribed by his small master as a pure
mongrel.'' was chosen as the victim
The steak was cooked, also "A fine spe-
Cimeu OF the oyster mushroom which
grew on a tree trunk. and poor MOps
swallowed a few inches Of each. This
was at breakfast time, ard as he was
alive and jumping at ] o'clock. the boys
ate the rest Of the rich. wholesome
Diet for luncheon. II was success
full experiment. as all agreed. That is.
neither dog nor boy was the worse for
Il. II the cook and I noted. with silent
satisfaction. that beefsteaks and oysters
were left TO grow and perish on the logs
for the rest of the season, we RETAINED
from raillery-
The Washington times., 1907-02-17

w TASH and strip or the skins.
NM II large. cut each I'm half; Il
V v small leave them whole.
The Washington times., 1907-02-17

wrote. PREDATORY 10 n chapter on
mushrooms:
Not being ambitious or mar
ityrdom, even in the cause Of gas
Economical enterprise. ! never eat ma
tive mushrooms; but ! learned, years
ago In hillside rambles. how 20 distin-
tBuish the real from spurious
All the mushrooms sold IN our mar
flSets at that and anterior dates We're
lEathercd in such ramblCS. August and
fSeptember were harvest months. Then,
parties OF young folk baskets in hand.
REPAIRED 20 sunny uplauds early I'm the
Jsummer day before the freshness Of
rho dew was dried by the climbing sun.
THE younger the mushroom the mOT-
Wholesome il was, provided IT We're
'1airly abOve-grOUnd and fully FORMED.
The foraging party was led and officer
led by one learned in the chdra cterlstics
that set aside the edible fungi from
his pretticr and poisonous brother
The Time Honored Tests.
would you mistake a peach for a
p0tato?" demanded one 20 whom !
lamcnted my ignorance and consequent
dread Of mushrooms. All the same
when we got our spoils home. we APP
piled 90 them all the tests known Co
our grandmothers and to the genera
tion following. We inspected the root
for signs OF the poison cup; the
stem for trace Of the oW!nOus hood.
we stirred the mushrooms with sill
yer spoon while cooking them. and
dropped a silver-skinncd onion into the
pot. And after the savory mess was
pronounced "Not guilty the most
wary of us declined 10 eat or it. for
fear all signs might have failed"
II is not ten years since the younger
members OF our family went wild over
a new MUSHROOM manual just published.
Quoting 20 the beWildercd cook the Ia.
ment and failing 10 convert her into
the belief that whole hundrcdwsights
of rich, wholesome diet was rott,ng UNI
der the trees. and that pleuteuus har-
vest Of delicious feasting annually goes
begging I'm orr woods ana fields the
explorers brought home 10 me 'speci-
mems" they were sure We're rich and
wholesome when properly cooked. one
dark-red fungus compiled with every
requstion of the "beefsteak mush-
room" lauded by the fascinating mush-
room author
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Sugar Crop Over 100000.

In few days probably before
another issue of the Register the
sugar campaign for 1907 will be
on. and the marketing of beets
will be under way all along the
Arkansas valley. The acreage of
beets has been increased at every
factory in the valley in Colorado
and some of them more than
nor more than thirty days for the
doubled, and in addition there is
heavy acreage for the new fac
tory will be ready to begin the
season at the same time as the
other factories, says Lamar Reg
lister. When the season is under
way these factories will handle
about 5000 tons of beets per day,
and pay the farmers at the rate of
$4,000 per day. Even at this
heavy daily average it is esti-
mated that the factories will run
over 100 days on the average.
This is certainly healthy size
for an infant industry that just
seven years ago required the en-
tire valley crop to keep one fac
tory at Rocky Ford running for
sixty days. That season about
two hundred thousand dollars
was distributed to the farmers of
the entire valley This year the
sum will be between two and
three Millions. The end is not
yet either, as there will be three
or four new factories constructed
in the next two years. The su-
gar beet is the greatest land de-
veloper and price raiser yet dis
covered, and its work has only
just commenced here. 1t is also
a great business and labor BOOM
er, as nearly 5000 men will be en-
ployed at the six factories during
the campaign, besides hundreds
of extra laborers required in har-
vesting the beets in the fields.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Kick the Printer

city of Brooklyn N Y there has been for years
conspicuous signboard outside Office which reads Kick the
Printer"
Bbulous persons sometimes inside the
request but they discover that the printer gentleman by
of Kick.
every there who if they do not actually
kicking the printerthe manat rate do
lot of kicking at the way he conducts his paper:
DON'T kick the printer he doing the best he
what he does for the and community despite his
occasional mistakes be deal more than the ckers
themselves doing. Did THAT to you?
We all neighbors in this town. What helps one helps
the hurts the Others Every community
association whether organized just running
wild The printer is a charter member
hat Do know what happens to towns that don't support
newspaper? Nothing happens Nothing happens in town
Ike things begin happen in town the
paper comes along and tells about them.
suggestions by the editor the readers further prog
Every of issue advertses the town This is all
free 1t the nothing costs the
pie nothing 1t is part Of the business
of this fact which nobody dispute, it much be
pat the printer the shoulder and then to speak
kindly of him than to kick him.
When knock the printer knock your own business
more.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Beet Digging Commences.

Greeley, Sept. I8.-Beet dig
ging began in the northern Col
crado fields Monday, Sept. I6, and
tie factories at Greeley, For
,'organ, Windsor, Eaton, Fort
Collins, Longmont and other pla,
res will begin slicing the follow
i.ig Monday. Tests made by the
sugar company's chemists show
mat tie average OF the crop thru
out northern Colorado is slight,
;.bove last year. In the Greele,
istrict the average yield is est.
mated at close to 20 tons an acI /.
and the average for the entire
r3rthern part OF the state is esti-
mated at more than IS tons. TIL.
v:.lue of the crop to farmers am.
in wages to field laborers and
fartorv employees in northern COL
orado is estimated at more thai.
S5.ooo.ooo.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Or Schools
$500 ~ = School Library.

holly has Z good school, but it
cannot do its best work for want
OF suitable Hbrary. The need is
all the greater as there is no pub
Ii library in lthe town. A good
library in the school might serve
bo,h the schpol and the town.
Agreed th9t library is nee.,,-
ed. the question now is how to
get it1 As the school board has
n. funds available for this pur-
pose it has been decided to re-
ccive voluntary offerings from
tile people. TO be sure this plan
has its objections, but it seem. 70
be the only feasible one at tie
present time. 1t is proposed to
raise not less than $500 and SUBJ
scriptions are received on condi-
ticn that thn amount is raised.
Several business men have FL.
ready expressed willingness 70
give $25 each. The high school
pupils have pledged themselves
TO raise $Idp. The Ladies B4v
View club IS planning to make
liberal Offering.
Subscriptions to this fund are
being received at Ikelman's drug
store and small amounts as we'll
as large ones will gladly be ac-
ceptcd. Heginning with next
week a fuli list of subscribers will
hc publishA from week to week
Il The Chieftain.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Plead Guilty.

One night last week saddle
belonging ito j. r. Webster of
Holly disappeared. The fact that
the saddle had belonged to Mr..
Webster's dead boy caused the
parents to institute vigorous
search for its recovery. Sheriff
Thomas discovered the saddle at
La Junta in the possession of one
Marvin Emerson. But fine
Navajo blanket stolen with the
saddle was not found and Mr..
Emerson vigorously denied TAX
ing the blanket. Emerson ex-
pressed willingness to plead
guilty to petit larceny, and as the
district attorney has found con-
siderable difficulty in getting
Prowers county juries to value
any second hand saddle at over
$40 the grand larceny charge was
dismissed and the defendant was
allowed to plead guilty to the lar
ceny of saddle valued at $40.
Justice Deeter fixed his punish
ment at thirty days in Jail and a
fine of $1oo and costs.-Lamar
Repicter
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Second Trial for Murder.

Fort Morgan, Sept. 18th.
second trial of Asmus and Moon.
cowboys, for the murder of Al
exander Mcdowell, ranchman
who mysteriously disappeared
several years ago, is now on in
the district court. The defense ,s
attempting to prove that tn.
skeleton found by Jake Jochir1
is not that of Mcdowell, but Is
the remains of an Indian burie1
r1any years ago. 1t is said tn,
defense will try to prove tina:
Mcdowell is still alive. Jochim
when placed on the stand failed
to remember the salient points to
which he testified with much Dc
tail at the former trial. The
prosecution claims much new e,.
idence.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Biz Irrigation Suit.

Fort Collins, Sept. I7.-Lari-
,ner Couaty Canal No. 2 Irrigat-
ing company has reinstituted 1t.
case against the Greeley No. =
Water Supply and Storage COM
panv and will file separate suits
against ot31ef Irrigation compan-
les. The&e suits are the sequel
o a decision Of Judge Garrigues
ssistajp1a demurrer. Of one of
tho defs1dSiit companies to 4
suit recently filed BY the Larimer
County company in which the
several defendant companies were
Joined as such. Court held that
the parties could not be united iii
an action involving simply a
question of practice. In this
case the Larimer County conf
pany, whose canal covers the
Harmony district southeast of
Fort Collins, claims that new
lands have been opened in We'd
county that are receiving wat .r
that. belongs to Larimer County
Canal No. q; also that in the
system Of exchange the Larimer
canal is deprived Of water that il
should have. The case presents
several new questions which have
never been decided in Colorado
courts.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Damages From Seepaee.

Greeley, Sept. I6. = Douglas
Davis, Weldon valley farmer,
has begun suit against the Jack
son Lake reservoir for $4,000
damages, alleging that his farm
has ben ruined by seepage from
the reservoir. Included in the
damages is the value of FORTY
acre crop of potatoes which he
claims gave splendid yield but
could not be harvested because of
underground streams which pass
cd thru the field. it is alleged
from the reservoir. This is the
first case of its kind and it is sail
will be followed by others.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Successful Sheep Feeder.

Louis H. Kephart spent the
day in Lamar, having come i'll
last night from the west, says
Lamar News of lest Tuesday.
Mr.. Kephart had been down III
New Mexico where he bought
1000 more sheep, making 1900
head in all, contracted for this
falls delivery. Mr.. Kephart has
been feeding sheep successiu:'v
for several years at his ranch III
the Granada-Hollv section.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Just So.

If you toot your little tooter
and then lay away your horn.
there's not a soul in ten short
days will know that you were
born. The man who gathers
pumpkins is the man who blows
all day, and the man who keeps
a humping is the man who makes
it pay. The man VINO advertises
with short and sudden jerks is
the man who blames the editor
because it never works. The man
who gets business has a strong
and steady pull, and keeps his
trade and paper year to year quite
full. He plans his advertisements
in thoughtful way, and keeps
forever at it until he makes it
pay.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Town Governments Doings.

The regular session of the
board of trustees met Monday
night. The clerk reported $2,-
!. 0olsa In the trsassary, and then
someone kicked about the cend;-
ton OF Main Street for the travel
Of autos and thought that the
board should Immediately ge.
busy and spend it.
The bill of Wiley Medlin TO.
watering and looking after trees
Turing the summer was allowed
IN the sum of $40.
\ committee appointed at tn.
previous meeting to look into th,
location of the telephone poles in
West Cheyenne street reporte !
that the company be asked to re
move them to the alley.
The building committee was in
structed to report as to whethc:
malthoid roofing was fireproof, il
being the opinion Of some that i"
was not.
The Holly chieftain., 1907-09-20
Discovers a New Parasite.

Denver, Sept. 18.-E. P. Tay-
lor, connected with the agricul-
tural college, and working ar
Grand Junction, has discovered
new parasite which destroys
woody aphis which is one of the
most destructive pests of the
western slope orchards. This
parasite may be encouraged by
emitting arsenical spray during
the latter part of July and Aug
ust. -