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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-16

A Richmond boot.legger was
fined $500 which he promptly
paid. Must be a profitable busi-
ness in that town.
The Liberty Tribune declares
that a widower doesn't violate the
speed limit any oftner than a
motor car does, but folks notice it
more.
A Republican al oran has taxi
en- a pledge not TO get hair cut
or shave until Republican is
elected president OF the United
States.
There was S6,2OO,O00 in the
Missouri treasury on April 20.
This is the highest sum that has
ever been there at one time in the
history of the state.
II ought to serve as a warning
to any bandits and safe blowers
who may read this column to
learn that j. G. Pistole is cashier
of the Farmers and Merchants
bank at Hopkins.
An article found in the columns
of the Maryyille Tribune says
that Nodaway county has more
than 500 automobiles Of which
more than one-half of them were
purchased last year.
The Jackson items quotes U. s..
Marshal Ed Regenhardt as having
declared himself candidate for
congress from this district. Ed
is a stand-patter from way back,
yet personally a pleasant fellow.
Nodaway county's feltile lands
are no longer given away except
in last wills and testaments. Even
at sheriff's sale the other doy Cne
farm "cried off" brought con-
siderable more than S100 an acre.
Brookfield has an active Bach
elors' Club. Starting with q
, membership of three less than g
+ year ago, the club has increased
until now ii has seventy-five
. members with waiting list ol
8 twenty-five.
A dredge boat man in Scot
county was recently arrested or
!. the charge Of embezzlement. HI
: had hidden some of the money
under an old log in the woods ant
;. after his arrest. turned over s19l
to his creditors.
q Since February first there haI
t been ten banks and trust com
n panies organized with capita
o stock ranging from $4,000 +
n 100000 which shows that th,
o banking business in Missouri
must be profitable,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-16

A parcel post planned on the zone
system. similar to that IL the United
States. Is proposed for Canada. Post.
master General PelIetier announced
mat ne would introduce the necessary
legislation In parliament sooa.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-16
ROUND DABOUTTH STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

Wade HALEY OF Camden Point
has a sheep that has never won
any prizes at the American Royal
or ribbons at worlds fairs, but
for wrestling from Australia her
fame as wool growing country
this sheep probably has done
more than any sheep in the land.
In the spring of 1910 this sheep
gave birth to four we'll developed
lambs. bankruptcies, even in the
sheep family, are rare, but this
eve evidently didn't feel that her
reputation was established. So,
in 1911 she gave birth to 4 more.
This put.her into a class by her.
self, yet when April, 1912, came
around, che again presented her
owner with four woody ancestors.
And just the other day when
HALEY went out to look after his
sheep he found this eve the pro-
prietor of four of the prettiest,
whitest lambs he ever saw. There
is PROBABLY not another sheep in
the entire country with such a
record.
DR.. S. c. McCluskey, who died
in Maryville the other day, be-
came known in the Republican
national convention OF 1880 as
"the lone kicker from Missouri" "
In defiance Of Chauncey |, Filley
who thought he had 80 construct
ed the states delegation that it's
vote would be cast as a unit for
Grant, Doctor McCluskey, over
and over again for thirty times,
had his ballot recorded for Gar.
field. Naturally, when the stam-
pAde came and the man for whom
the sturdy Scotchman had stood
50 stubbornly from the start was
nominated, the devoted doctor
was overjoyed.
The average Cooper county
farmer can't be convinced thai
for a good smoke any pipe is pre-
ferable to the missouri meer.
schaum." The needs Of Boon
Vile pipe factory for cobs are SC
large, and the ''velvet" possibili'
ties to the nearby farmer so at
tractive, that hundreds Of acreI
in the vicinity will be planted ex'
clusively to cob corn this season
And the likelihood of picking VI
a nice bit Of extra money in tina
way is no pipe dream, either.
Verona Thomas. 7 years old, o
Columbia, always wanted to hell
her mother. She even assisted
in cooking. When her mothe
went to visit a neighbor the littl
girl heated a flatiron to iron
dress for her baby brother. He
clothing caught fire and she wa
fatally burned. At the hospital
where che died q few hours later
she smiled as she explained to tn
surgeon and her parents how sh
was "helping mother.
The dinner in honor Of the frs
: anniversary Of the organizatio
Of the first county bureau OF ag
} riculture in this county whic
! took place in Sedalia the first {
, the week was huge success, 5e
] participants having been seatec
The feast included an abundanc
of treason" although the flo
was restricted to ''soul." Pett
county is prouder Of its chill
than ever, now that It is a YET
old.
The town Of Winston has pa
1 per printed in the village Jail.
b the recent IRE there the office ws
Q burned, but the people saved Il
: equipment. There being no VI
. cant room in the place the oil
n fathers rendered the editor Il
9 use Of the jail, which was accep
led.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-16
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The Missouri legislature raised
the fees of grand and petit jurors
from S2.00 to $500 per day.
Reports from the Cape say that
the Iron Mountain is planning to
put that city on its map.
For the season, Galloway county
mule dealers have sold 2,6f8 head
of mules valued at about $780,
900.
City officiais in Kennett nave
killed thirty -eight unmuzzled
dogs in one weeks time and more
than that are to follow.
Benton will have special elec-
tion for the purpose of voting up
on a proposed bond issue of S4,-
800 to be used in the construction
OF grayeied streets.
A farmer near Fruitland, in
Cape Girardeau county, turned
three sows and forty-five shoats
into field ia which cookleburrs
were coming up. Within two days
nineteen of the animals had died.
A man who returned to Colum.
bia the first OF The week after an
absence of sixty-five years, re-
gretfully admitted that he found
everything unfamiliar except the
Eeoach" on the branch line train
from Csntralia.
Uncle Sam has agreed to spend
$500 OF his hard earned money
for a federal building teinUnion-
willie, and that bright and busy
town is looking forward to the
time the building itself shall be
provided.
Those drillers who penetrated
A,270 feet toward China, at Col
lege Mound, and still failed to
find oil were nothing, il not per-
sistant. The experiment cost be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 and
the company is sin the hole" in
q double sense.
It's the chicken at. large prob'
lem, apparently, that win moi
down in otherwise peaceful and
law abiding Neosho. The city
marshal runs a quarter column
front page advertisement daily II
the local paper warning every
body that the Jail yawns for the
good citizen who fails to keep hi
fowls penned up,
Ever hear of hauling water t
save fish? That's what the Altol
railroad is doing for the pond a
, Blackburn. The dry weathe
and railroads demands have al
most emptied the Blackburn pom
which is full of fish; and the rail
road has kept q special train o
half.dozen tank cars busy haul
ing water from big pond a
Odessa.
The husbands Of the member
of the Th;mble Club, over in Sla
ter, were the latter's guests tn
other day at "function" in thei
honor. The old boys didn't at
tempt to show their skill in needl
work, but the ease with whic
they threaded their way >throug
the mazes OF an elaborate men
won the admiration OF the swift
est seamstress present.
Mrs. Mary Gilmore and Jane
Lynn were convicted of murdt
in the first degree by a jury
the circuit court at Carthage a
the charge Of killing Mrs. Gi
morss husband, Lige Gilmore,
Webb City, month ago, Eae
defendant vas sentenced to II
penitentiary for life. The test
mony showed that Mrs. Gilmol
decoyed her husband into .
alley. and Lynn who was wsitir
there shot him.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-16
Bread.
Ida NJ. Shilling
Department OF Home Economics
State Normal School.
Bread.

AANs SAA NAe Wv NASSe SS'
age people. The housekeepers of
America today make 10 per cent
of the bread baked; but the re-
naming 80 per cent represents a
capitalization of over S270, ,000,-
900. Therefore, anything that
we can discover with reference
to the present statutes of bread
making is OF great Importance.
There seems to have been bakers
always; but on the other hand,
bread has always been made in
the home and by the woman.
There always has been and prob
ably always will be, until more
is known, a conflict between home-
made and bakers bread.
In making a leaf Of bread it is
very important to have a good,
clean flour. Flours, as everyone
knows, are obtained from various
cereals, but the one we are con-
oerned about now is that kind
that is obtained from wheat.
Since wheat differs in chemical
composition, then flour obtained
from such wheats will also differ.
So far as has been discovered,
the amount of starch and protein
the flour contains is the thing Of
greatest importance in determin-
ing its value as a bread. flour.
Varieties of wheat vary so
greatly that it is necessary to
blend the flours obtained. The
flours that contain the most glu-
ten [protein] takes up the most
liquid, and therefore makes the
most bread. This kind of flour is
called "strong" and is made of
Spring wheat. The winter wheats
contain more starch, so in order
to make them into good bread
flour, it is necessary to blend
with it a flour that is rich in glu-
ten. The flour richest in starch is
good for pastries.
According to Mr.. T. B. Wood,
Cambridge University, England,
the value Of -four to the baker
depends upon at least four dis
tinct properties:-1. The size oi
! loaf a certain amount of flour
will make; 2. The amount OF
liquid a certain amount of flour
will absorb; 8. The shape of the
loaf; 4. The texture and color oI
the bread.
A good flour may be determin'
ed to a certain extent from tht
color and feel. The best bread
flour should be a light cream col
or, and upon taking some of it il
the hand it should feel dry anc
almost granular. The pastr,
! -four feels like velvet when pres
sed betw can the fingers. A falls,
standard in regard to color pre-
walls in the public mind. A whit,
color is so often desired, but thi
does not need to be an indication
OF the best bread; q cream color
ed bread is really better. A gray
ish white is a very poor color an'
usually accompanies poor bread
Beesd may be made from the US
of different ingredients. Milk, o
, water or q mixture of the two
varying amounts of yeast, de
pending upon the time at one
disposali salti sugar; lard; flou
make perhaps the most com
|, mon recipe. However, potatoe
may be usen in the sponge.
is not necessary to take FIVE Q
six hours to make bread, Ju:
: as good bread may be made by
D shorter method. Use more yea:
8 and instead Of allowing III
3 sponge" to rise, stiffen it I
: once; knead about ten or fiftee
Y minutes, or until the dough n
. longer sticks to the hands; set !
{. warm place and allow to rise
to twice its first bulk,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-16


kSlGN the Motor Building Pacific International Expos
~ ton This will the the exposition
approximately 275
feet than which
front portion the building 1870 high surmound with tur
composed Of the Of modern motor boats each carrying search
This will illumination
the lighting adjacent buildings
the base the building will convey aegorcay
Tty other mechanical devices which
moderny is harmony with the the exhibits which
its umha character embmac of triumph
portaton stauary
win aegocy carried
The will be quadriga automo
bies yplng aegores
the either side the length building
be eze 10 feet high bas relief giving the history
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
A
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
The Infant 1913 is Welcomed in at
Midnight by PendIeton Folks With
Whistles and Noise.
OLD YEAR BLOWN OUT
Wind Helps Along the Celebration
With Its HOwls-Today is Holiday
and Business Houses Are Closed
Now Is the Time of Good ReSOlu-
tiOns and Pledges.

1t came in just after midnight-the
laughing, happy, bouncing baby year.
The wind howled its welcome and
gave parting blast to the old year.
Whistles welcomed the incoming OF
the youngster; revolver shots were
fired; boys yelled; and in Main street
several couples got out on the asphalt
and danced the Turkey trot."
The lid" was off and for a briet
spell those who had waited up
until the midnight hour gave vent to
their enthusiasm. For a brief space
there was noise enough to satisfy any
youngster.
Several house parties were in or
der. Those who attended the glee club
entertainment at the oregon theater
returned home to watch the new year
in
A holiday is being observed
throughout the city today and the
business houses and the post-office
are closed. The drug stores will keep
regular holiday hours from to IL
and from to in the evening. Pri-
vate families are entertaining their
holiday guests.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
SPECIAL STAMP
ISSUE FOR FAIR
NOW IN CIRCULATION
Will Be Distinctive of the Panama
Pacific ExpositiOn-StampS Are
Handsomely Made in Different
COlorS-HiStorical Pictures Oh the
Various Denominations.

Washington. Jan. 1.-The postof-
flee department has prepared a spe-
cial issue of stamps commemorative
of the Panama-Pacific exposition,
which will be put into circulation be-
ginning today. The stamps are about
three-quarters of an inch. by one and
one-sixteenth inches in dimension
and are in four denominations, 1-cent
2-cent and 10-cent. The 1-cent issue
is green with the face OF Balboa, dis
coverer of the Pacific, with the words,
Balboa, 1913"
The 2-cent issue is red, showing
the Gatun locks, of the Panama Ca
nal and bearing the words "Gatun
Locks
The scent issue is red, showing
the Golden Gate of San Francisco
harbor, with a steam vessel and a
sailing vessel in the bay and bearing
the words Golden Gate
The 10-cent issue is dark yellow,
with the words Discovery of San
Francisco Bay" and a picture show
ing the discovering party looking out
on the. bay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
MARRIAGES FALL OFF
DESPITE LEAP YEAR

Oh. Leap Year. where is thy
vaunted power? oh. Cupid, where
thy boasted wiles?
Nineteen hundred and twelve has
come and gone and despite its place
in the march of years as one marked
for marital achievement, 1t has fail
el mlserably here In Umatilla county
in its contribution of sacrifices to the
hymeneal altar. During the entire
twelvemonth but 1877 couples applied
to County Clerk Frank Sailing for Ii
censes to marry, which figure is
eight below that reached in 1911 and
81 under that attained in 1910. Alas
for the Leap Year myth which has
been the spinster hope and the spin
ster consolation these many years. A
heavy blow has been dealt 1t even in
the year In which woman was granted
her political rights.
Harping back to the records which
show the marriage rate decreasing in
this county, 1t is interesting to note
the months in which the little love
god was most effective in his work.
For the first time in three years,
bleak December does not lead its sis
ter months in the number of licenses
granted. In 1910 the final month
cember of 1911 effected the union of
30, but this year there were only 25
couples ready to take the VOW in the
holiday month. which forces it into
second place, September having won
2S couples to double harness.
June, the month POLITICALLY famed
for its weddings, made a better show
ing than it has for several years. By
ringing 81 couples it tied with No
for records All in all, the autumn
and winter months have treated Gu
pid better than the spring and sum-
mer season, the popular belief to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The following are the months of
the year just past and the number
of couples they have joined in we'd
lock- January 10, February 3, March
9. April Is, May 16, June 81, July
i = shhbhSN w. 0CHNNAiApNA 90 oNhpDSA
l3. November 81 and December 25.
Tie first licenses OF the year past
was secured by James G. Stearns of
Cove and Bessie NJ. Fellbaum of this
county. while the last one was secur-
ed yesterday by James G. Cooley and
Martha B. Rudebaugh of this city
Divorce Rate Increases.
While Hymen and his chief lieu
tenant, Cupid have made poor
showing during the year, the god OF
marital discord has made an increase
in his yearly figures. The records
show that during the twelve months
he has exacted tribute from 65 dlf-
ferent homes in Umatilla county as
against 60 last year. There were 50
suits for divorce entered in the local
circuit court last year and while but
Al have eliminated in DEGREES to date
most of the others are still pending.
A married suffragette Is a woman
who carries a night key and her
husband doesn't
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
BUILDING RECORDS BROKEN IN 1912

Breaking all building records in
Pendleton from the standpoint of
money represented, is that which
stands for 1912. 'Apprixomately
500 900 has been spent during the
twelvemonth just past in the erection
and repair of structures in this city.
The construction of the branch hos
pital for the insane by the state ac-
counts for approximately 100000 OF
this amount and the erection of a
new high school building and an an
mex 10 the north side public school
represents another 100000. Both
the asylum and the high school are
now practically &c mpleted and will be
occupied during the month.
Very little building has been done
IN the business district during the past
year for the very good reason that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01

A married suffragette is woman
who carries a night Key ana her
husband doesn't.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
GLEE CLUB PROGRAM
PLEASES AUDIENCE

1t was delighted audience that sat
for two hours last evening in the Or
egon theater and listened to twenty
five rah rah boys from the state uni
versity warble sweetly classy classics
and raggy rags or cut up capers and
do stage stunts of an amusing nature
The program as rendered last even
ing was of varied nature For in
stance. If your tastes should happen
to run in classic CHANNELS what more
couId you have asked than "The
Sword of>Ferra" or "A Plainsman's
Song" as given by the whole club
with such splendid effect, or 'The
Tramp" in the beautiful baritone Of
Kenneth Frazer Then there We're
the two bass solos by NJ. l.. Bowman
the leader. so rendered that one does
not wonder that he was once a grand
opera star. or If ii is fun you were
looking for, you found IL from first
to last and aplenty in between. Per-
haps the biggest scream was the ven
triloquist stunt with Messrs. Grady
Jerard. Stannard and Fortmiller fea-
tured.
Broadbridge and Shaver in "A
Travesty or Two and a Parody or
Two" were also responsible for few
ripples of mirth Shaver's swedish di-
alect stuff being particularly fine.
Another duo Of amusers We're Bert
Jerard and Vernon Vawter who took
the stage in the early part of the pro-
gram with some nonsensical effusions.
Another feature of the program
compelling special mention was call
John" with obligato sung by De.
Stannard Mr.. Stannard afterwards
sang Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep" his deep rich voice pleasing
his hearers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
RECEPTION HELD
BY PRESIDENT
AT WHITE HOUSE
He and Mrs. Taft Welcome All to
Executive Mansion, Wishing them
a Prosperous New Year.
SCENE A BRILLIANT ONE

Washington, Jan. 1.-The President
Years reception in the White House
today. The doors of the executive
matter what their race. creed, or col
or was.
The reception. the last of a repuo-
lican president for at least four years
followed a custom as old as the
White House itself and varied In no
respect from the time-worn procedure,
except that 1t was more brilliant. The
diplomatic corps. army, navy the Ju-
dietary, departmental executives, and
"Mr. Common People"-as cosmopol-
itan an assemblage as was ever gath
cred at any one eyent-were repre-
sented. And, to all the President and
Mrs Taft extended the same felicita-
tions--"A happy and prosperous New
Year"
All the while the line of those who
wished to pass through and shake
hands with the president grew long
er and finally extended further ana
further down Pennsylvania Avenue.
The reception was really theirs. The
arrival and passage of the officials
was merely a preliminary part OF the
program adopted and approved by
custom.
The scene in the White House pro-
per was brilliant one. The great
East room was furnished up with
evergreens and delicate blossoms
from the White House corservatories
and the Blue and Red rooms were
sparkling with flowers and greenery'
In the great hall of the mansion was
the Marine band-"the presidents s
own"-divlded into two sections, so
that the music would be continuous.
While one section played the other
rested. When the line of the plain
people appeared at the White House
vestibule. Lieutenant Santlemann nod.
ded to his musicians. One section
struck up lively twc-step. playing
II at a racing tempo. Unconsciously
the people shuffled past the presl-
dent in time to that bwildering mu-
sic. Throughout the rest of the re-
ception the two sections played only
lively marches Secreat service Of
ficials long ago discovered that quick
steps unconsciously got crowds in the
habit of hurrying along and the Ma
rine band marches are tXed par'
OF the New Years program.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
PARCELS POST
NOW IN EFFECT
Every POStoffice, City, Rural and
Hallway Mail Transportation Route
Is Affected by the New Regulation
Special Stamps to BE Used ON
Packages.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The new par
GELS post system went into effect to-
day in all of the postoffices of the
country. Every postoffice, city. rural
and railway mail transportation route
in the country is affected by the new
regulation. The law provides that
parcels of merchandise, including
farm and factory products (but not
books and printed matter) of almost
every description up to eleven pounds
in weight and measuring as much as
six feet in length and girth combin-
ed, except those calculated to do in
jury to the mails in transit. may be
mailed at any postofffce for delivery
TO any address in the country. De-
livery will be made TO the homes of
persons living on rural and star
routes, as well as those living in cit
les and towns where there is delivery
by carrier. Where there is at pres
ent no delivery by carrier the parcels
will go to the postoffice, as is the
case with ordinary mail
The postage rate for the first zone
that is, within distances not eX-
ceeding fifty miles, will be 5 cents
for the first pound and cents for
each additional pound. The rates in
crease for each successive one of the
eight zones into wich the country is
divided. the maximum rate being II
cents pound, which will carry a par
eel across the continent, or even to
Alaska and the Philippines.
For fee Of 10 cents a parcel may
be insured, and if the parcel is lost
in the mails an indemnity to the am
cunt of its value not to exceed $50 will
be paid TO the sender.
The law provides for the use Of dis
tinctive postage stamps.