Putnam patriot., 1912-01-05
Editorial Scraps

How Will you ofhef your fethueeii broiled, plsnked, roasted or en cas- serole2 Reindeer meat from AlssEa may be a food common to the Amen can table in the near future to supple. ment the dwindling supply Of beef. This was the opinion expressed by William f, bopp, in charge Of the government reindeer service, who has just returned from II ,000 mile tour of inspection through Alaska on behalf Of the United States bureau of education, which administers the reindeer herds in the northern peninsula. "A com mefcial shipment Of reindeer meat, the first made into this country, has just been received at Seattle, Snid MT. Lopp. "in 25 years from now al the present rate Of increase there should be 8,000, ,000 prime beef reindeer in Alaska on which the people of this country can depend for much of their fesh diet. In taste reindeer meat k cross he. tween mutton and beef, but more pal alable than either.p
 Friday, Dee. 22nd, was the shortest day of the year. We have since seen the justification of the ancient wisdom;
 As the days begin to lengthen
 The cold begins to strengthen.
 Newspapers in the middle West which are opposed to President Taft and enthusiastic in their support Of the progressives, are now calling yigor- ously upon Roosevelt to declare with out further delay where and for whom he stands--for Taft, for La Toilette, for himself or for somebody else.
 A fine work of social helpfulness has been undertaken In Chicago by the ju- yenile protective association in aiding all boys who through evil companion ship, bad social environment or actual want commit crimes and are put in jail. Each Of the boys sent to jail to await trial is talked to by the superin' tendent of the association or one of its aids, his case Is investigated and as- sistance in getting parole is to be giv- en if 1t seems, warranted.
 Hover S5, ,0O0, 900 in Christmas money orders was sent abroad from the New York post.ofiice alone in the first half of December, how many millions will have been sent from the whole coun- try at the end of the month?
 sWiteheraft is in politics in Fort Dodge, fs., where the city council late ly voted an appropriation oi SZo 10 . waterwitching export who pointed out the place for an artesian we'll At 2l5 feet an apparently unlimited supply was struck.
 One of the fundamental reasons for our being a nation of dyspepties Is put forward by Prof. Frank P. Underhill In the Yale Review as being our indif- terence to the study Of diet and nutri Lion which, in his opinion, ought to re- eeive more attention in our system ol education.
 Al Kansas City tkanl Judge Has tinRs granted samuel N. c Dell I7il . separation from Mrs, O'Delh who, il appears, eherishes thirty five eats and two dogs on the family premises s.Yoar Honor.n said Samuel, "l spent four years in the CtNii War and was nearly starved to death in Libby Pris on, but l never saw half so much hard. snip as that oeeasioned by those eats and dogs They climb upon the table when am eating and gel into the bed with me when try to sleep. They have consumed thirty pounds of iiouI and forty pounds Of meat within tho last two weeks. They always get tlfsl choice of everything They aren [ any, thing extra in the way of eats anc dogs, either.
 A hen In the international egg laying contest, now in progress at the Coanee ucut agricultural college al Storfs, E reported to have laid two eggs in on' day This is considered a remafkaob achievement, but fl ghe poet Is to bt trusted, the Connecticut hen had au tl Iuslnoas pEedecsssot The verse -wu be recalled:-
 Said the great Congregational prgache \ To the hen, "N hat q peauului cIea
 tuIe
 The hen, just ieF that
 Laid two eggs in his hat,
 And thus did the hen reward Beechef
 Luther Burbank, the plant wizard told the members of the Caiitornit tfuit growers association at Sant Rosa that the spineless cactus Is goo' raw material for cattle food, candy rubber, paper. pulp, waterproof white wash and paint-a whole country stor in itself, as il were.
 War does not produce finer heroe than Chief Engineer Reed of th steamer City of Paebla, which plies ol The Pacific coast. When a cyllnde head blew of near Port Townsend December IT, he was asleep, but with or.Awaiting dress he plunged Int my ! of ;ae engine-roon