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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-05-13
Doctors Adopt Popular Idea.

The belief has long been held by
unscientific parents that soiled
books used by successive generations
as long as the print can be seen are
the equal Of any public drinking cup
as germ carrier; and that search
ing medical examinations of pupils
for evidence OF germ guilt acquired
at home are apt to be nullified by
the books supplied to those same
pupils by the school. Philadelphia
has taken the same view of the mat
ter, and the Board of Education has
ruled out much-handled text books
by advice of the health authorities.
Books concerning which any doubt
exist are to be burned forthwith. 1t
Is estimated that this precautionary
measure will cost the city 100000
q year.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
g AUCEPANS and kettles are a consid-
cradle item in the hardware account.
~ Ii they are taken care of, however,
tAnI- rnill 10 fn,ind To lot q lauo TING

tHey viii De lOuHu W last d lOHS llHlt.
Different metals need different treat
ment. Aluminium is an ideal metal for
pans. 1t is rather expensive to begin
with, but will be found economical in
the end. 1t is a good investment. Pans
made from this metal must be carefully
washed and cleaned. Wash aluminium
vessels as soon as they are done with as
far as the cooking IS concerned. Wash
them we'll with soap and water. On no
account use soda, this will turn the metal
black. To clean aluminium mix whiting
into a paste with water. Rub on, and
polish off well. This will make them
beautifully bright.
Enameled pans also need care or the
enamel cracks and chips off. II any food
has caught in an enamel pan, steep it in
water for a little while. DO not scrape
the burn off, for this Injuries the enamel.
Dip a cloth in salt and gently rub the
burned parts. This will bring 1t off with
out injury. As a rule, wash them with
hot water and soap. both inside and out,
I,on saucepans will stand wear and tear
fairly we'll; soda in moderation will not
hurt them. When iron saucepans are
greasy, remove as much OF it as possible
with paper, then burn the paper. Wash
the pan liSlup ana OHl WIFI HUl WdJeI
and soap, to which a lump of soda has
been added. First Of all remove with
an old knife all SCOT that may have ac-
cumulated at the bottom of the pan; this
not only makes the contents OF the pan
a long time in cooking but wastes gas
and fire, as the SCOT prevents the heat
getting TO the pan. When the pan has
been thoroughly washed 60 over it both
inside and out with a cloth dipped in
silver sand. Rinse thoroughly, wipe out
and place on a rack to dry. See that iron
saucepans dry thoroughly, or rust results.
Kettles need cleaning at intervals, al
though they are only used for water.
Sometimes a kettle will get lined with
fur 1t should then be cleaned in the
following way: Put about a teacup Of
uns!aked lime into the Kettle; fill up
with water and boil it for about an hour.
Empty, rinse the kettle again and again;
finally boil some fresh water in it to
clear all trace of the lime away. Leave
water in the kettle all night. IF this
pours of clear in the morning the kettle
is safe to use. Kettles should never be
left for any length of time with water in
them. When going away empty them
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08

Fruit should be carefully washed be-
fore using. The tender surfaces of fruits
offer facilities favorable for the harbor-
ing of deadly microbes. One might think
this warning unnecessary for farmers,
but think how motor cars powder every
growing thing with the dusty refuse of
country highways.
We make easy work of pairing a pine
apple by cutting the fruit into round
slices and then pairing.
In preparing berries or grapes for the
table, look them over and then give them
a bath OF cold water right from the pump.
A wire basket Is a help in cleaning the
fruits one wishes to serve raw. Put the
fruit in the basket and turn the water
from the pump or faucet over it, turning
the basket from side to side so every part
of the fruit will be washed clean: then
shake the basket just a little and let
drain a few minutes before serving,
Pears, plums and apples should be
we'll rinsed in cold water before eating.
Peaches should be wiped with a clean
cloth and the skin should not be eaten.
Il
watermelon tan De SefNeu III ali altTac-
tive manner by cutting out the luscious
red center in cone shapes and placing on
a large plate lined with grape leaves,
first rinsing the leaves.
y
Oranges and lemons should be cleaned
In cold water as soon as brought from
the fruit vendors, then put away in a
cool place. Be sure to remove the dark
spots on the surface of lemons.
u
A small brush used in cleaning pota-
toes, carrots, etc, protects the hands and
is more effective in removing the dirt
than ordinary washing.
Peel onions from the root ends up and
the eyes will be affected less.
=
A wisk broom that costs only 10 cents
is so handy to brush out the silks when
preparing corn for cooking.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
May Manton Weekly Fashion Talk
THE NEW AND ATTRACTIVE BASQUE

TT WOULD be difficult to find a
prettier development of the
basque than this one. 1t takes
the long, straight lines that are so
fashionable; the sleeves are set-in
in rather deep armholes and can
be trimmed to give the sleeveless
effect; there is a chemisette at the
front that can be used or omitted
as liked. The basque with short
back and without the sash is ex-
ceedingly fashionable, and well
adapted to certain materials and to
certain occasions, but, with a sash,
it makes an exceedingly dressy,
more elegant garment. Appropri-
ately the basque can be made TO
match the skirt or of a different
material, and all of one fabric
with the sleeves and collar OF vel
vet or satin or something in con-
trast. Here gabardine is used in
combination with charmeuse satin.
If a handsomer garment is wanted.
velvet could be used for the basque
and the skirt nPade to match the
sleeves; or, a skirt of broadcloth
would be pretty in combination
with basque of velvet or of char
meuse satin. In addition to many
other advantages, the basque Is a
: very simple garment to make, for
with the loose effect there is abb
solutely no fitting required.
For the medium size will be
needed az yards of material q
inches wide, rs yards So OIL A
inches wide, with IL yards II or
TX yards SO, for sleeves and trim
ming, Az yards of braid, to make
as shown on figure, Az yards 27,
> yards SO or "A inches wide, to
make of one material with the
long back, 4 yards of material q
inches wide, ~ yards &c or A,
to make of m material with short
back. The pattern, No. S50S, is
cut in sizes from "a to AZ inches
bust measure. 1t will be mailed to
any address by the Fashion De-
partment of this paper, on receipt
of 10 cents.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
The Care of Saucepans and Kettles

thoroughly and turn them upside down,
leaving them in a dry place To prevent
a kettle Turing place a small marble or
pebble in it, and keep one in always. This
is a good plan both for an iron and en-
amel kettle.
Tin kettles are useful, in that they
boil quickly, but their life Is not long.
To prolong their days keep them dry
when not in use. Watch that there is no
sign of rust inside or out. To clean dip
a cloth in whiting and ammonia. This
will polish them beautifully. Never allow
the flame of a gas jet to come out beyond
the base of the kettle,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Potato Soup.

Wash. mare and cut three or four pota-
toas into small pieces and let them soak
in cold water for 20 minutes. Then put
into sailed boiling water and cook until
varv soft. Meanwhile, put one pint OF
Mill, ON in a double boiler to scald, add
ino m II a teaspoonful of scraped onion
and a stalk of celery, ,
when the potatoes are soft, drain and
rosh nour the hot milk on them, season
n taste with salt and pepper, rub through
. etrainer and put ON to boil again. Put
a tohlesnoonful of butter in a small sauce
nan. and when melted add a scant table
s%noonful of flour. Stir into the boiling
soup. cook five minutes, add a tablespoon
lul fine chopped parsley and serve hot.
r. foo thick. more hot milk may be
Added. Serve with crackers or croutons.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
The Editor will be pleased to re-
ceive and publish hints of interest to
our readers.
Making Time Count.

nNE ~housekeeper writes thai in her
" younger days she was always consid-
cred slow. She says: When | began a
task it took me so long to get through
that frequently became disgusted, and
finally determined to try and overcome
this natural inactiyeness. | began with
dishwashing, the most disagreeable task
OF all. | decided that 20 minutes would
be enough time for ordinary dishwashing
like mine. But try as | would it always
took a good half hour. In a few days,
however, persistence won and 20 miu-
utes was sufficient.
Then | began on sweeping, busting
and so on, taking up the different tasks
one by one and allowing myself onlyNsuf-
ficient time to do them well without I'M
duly firing myself. Housewives know
that washing and ironing are the hardest
tasks in the line of Homework. | found
that by having all the other work ar
ranged and the minor work out of the
way before starting | could accomplish
more in a shorter length of time.
Il also learned to keep my mind on
my work and not build air castles. In
this way | overcame my slowness, and
now even the dishwashing has no terrors
for me. There are many others who can
profit by my example, not only in their
work but in changing clothes, reading
writing, etc. There is no necessity OF
being slow"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
A Nut Party.

A nut party is always a pleasant form
of entertainment.
If possible have the rooms decorated
with boughs to which are attached chest
nut burrs, or at least branches rom
woodland trees or pressed Autumn leaves.
Use the bright colored leaves as decora-
ton for the tables and serve nut bread,
cake with nut filling, iello with nut meats
in it and for a meat course either chicken
or turkey with chestnut dressing.
An excellent game for passing away the
hour before or after the refreshments are
served is a nut guessing contest.
Provide each guest with pencil and
paper and hen ask that the answers to
the following questions be written.
CD What nut is a shade of brown?
90 What nut is made up in part of an
enclosing fence? go What nut is in part
a Spring vegetable? (4) What nut Is
the penalty for tight shoes? (5) What
nut is a souvenir Of South America? co
What is the nut that two-thirds of it
makes our daily bread edible? Cd What
nut is in part a beverage? (S) What nut
Is the names of two boys? CO.. What nut
is a letter Of the alphabet and a recep-
tacle? (10) What nut has for its first
part the color Of a human eye? G1)
What nut is in part a part of the human
body?
The W are: "a Chestnut. (2)
Walnut. CD Peanut. (4) Acorn. 60
Brazilnut. co Butternut. CD Cocoa
nut. (S) Philbert. 90 Pecan. (1O
Hazlenut. CID Chestnut.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Golden Corn Bread.

One and one-half cupfuls Of yellow
norm meal, one-half cupful of sifted bread
-four two te%aspoonfuls of baking pow
der, one teaspoonful Of salt, two table
of sugar, two eggs, one and one
half cupfuls of milk Or part water, W
~tablegpoonfuls of melted butter and lard.
Mix all dry Ingredients, beat eggs we'll
then add to liquid and beat into meal,
add the melted shortening and beat hard,
nolr into CREASED Tat tins about one to
fwo inches deep and bake In brisk oven
nntjl a rich golden color and a toothplck
If inserted comes out clear.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Baked Beans With Tomato Sauce.

Soak white beans over night IN cold
water, and in the morning put over the
fire in boiling water, slightly salFed' COOK
until tender. Drain and put MO d deep
dish. Cover with tomato sauce, MADE by
cooking together a tablespoonful eacn Oh
butter and flour until they bnpnle ana
then pouring upon them a cuplul OIL
strained tomato liquor. Season TO tasle'
and rather highly, unless you nave pre-
viously added salt and pepper 10 the
beans. Stir the sauce in with these anu
baEa closely covered. for two hours.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Potato Hoteakes.

A German dish. Take seven fair sized
potatoes, peel and CRATE them raw, also
peel and CRATE two fair sized onions with
potatoes, then add three tablespoons OF
flour, two eggs and salt to taste, mix all
well, and bake in a griddle pan, a spoon
full at a time. just as you would not
cakes. Pan should be well creased, and
cakes fried to a nice brown. Eat with
apple sauce or anything preferred.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Cold Slaw.

Take off outside leaves from small cab
bage. cut in quarters and slice very thin.
Soak in cold water until crisp, drain, dry
and moisten with the following dressing:
Mix one-half tablespoonful each OF salt
and mustard. one and o%ne-fourth table
~spoonfuls sugar, one egg, slightly beaten,
two and one-half tablespoonfuls melted
butter, three-fourths cup cream and one
fourth cup vinegar. Cook over boring
water, stirring constantly until mixture
thickeps. strain and cool.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08

II hooks and eyes are b%uttonholed in
place they will not pull off. Three or
four such stitches will hold them firmly,
while 1t takes twice or more that number
IL taken in the usual over-and-over way.
And even then they loosen readily. Try
~buttonholing them to place and you will
he convinced.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Potato Biscuit.

In to one pint of hot potato, mashed
smooth, mix one teaspoon salt, two table
SPOONS butter, one pint sour milk into
which has been stirred one teaspoon soda,
and flour enough to make a soft dough.
Make into small biscuit, let stand in a cold
place for an hour, and bake in a quick
oven.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Ham.

Soak a ham overnight, then wash and
scrape ii. Put it into cold water, let it
come to boiling point, then simmer for
two hours. Let the ham cool in the
water, remove and draw off the skin.
Bake in a moderate over for two hours.
haste it frequently, using one cup OF
sherry wine, two spoonfuls at a time;
then haste with melted butter. When
done cover with a paste made OF browned
flour and Drowned sugar moistened with
sherry, and return to the oven to brown.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
The Editor will be pleased to re-
ceive and publish favorite recipes.
Potato Doughnuts.

FIVE good sized potatoes, boil and mash,
one teaspoon butter, two cups sugar.
Mix while hot and beat well. Let cool,
add three eggs (beaten). n cup sweet
milk, pinch of salt and nutmeg, five tea
spoons baking powder in a little flour.
Flour enough to roll out, and fry in hot
grease.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Potato Puffs.

One cup cold mashed potatoes, one and
one-half tablespoons cooking Oil Tor
melted butterl, one-fourth cup sifted
flour, one cup yellow corn meal, one
half cup milk, two eggs, two teaspoons
baking powder, one level teaspoon salt.
Drop into hot creased gem pans and bake
about Is minutes.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Cheerful.

"What a cheerful woman Mrs. Smiley
isl" isn't she? Why, do you know.
that woman can have a good time think
ing what a good time she would have If
she were having 1t .'-London Answers.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
Spots ON the Floor,

Are grease spots on your kitchen floor?
Water with any amount of %scrlbbing will
not remove them. just try alcohol to
emove these same spots and you will be
pleased with the results.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08

A very coarse scrubbing brush will be
found the best thing for removing the
threads, hairs, etc, which are so hard to
get out of the brushes of a carpet
sweeper.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-08
A Simple Poison Warming.

A good way to mark bottles contain
ing poison is to push two pins into the
side of the cork at right angles to each
other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-30
Could Save|UNCLESAM
$4,000, But POOR; LOAN
Will They? IS NEEDED

The county commissioners will
announce acceptance of the bid
for the five and one half miles
paving of the Country club-Du-
pondt county road late this aft
ernoon. OF the eight bids offer
ed, the commissioners favor two.
Commissioners Slayden and Will
Jams, in all probability, will vote
for the Washington Paving Co. g
bid on bithulitic for $79,375,
while Reed said today he would
vote for Mattson & Carlsen's bid,
calling for a concrete pavement at
$54,165.
Commissions Reed asserts that
the concrete type of paving, with
a layer of asphaltic Roadmite
every two years, for a period of
90 years. will mean saving to
the county of from $25,210 to
s51, 900, providing the interest on
the difference OF the paving Is
counted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-30
Risk Took a Risk;
Now He's the Goat

Walter Risk, one of Tacoma
self-made prominent cits, today
stands in danger of paying 1892
as the price of his lime-lighting
when the Liberty Bell came to
Tacoma.
When the bell was first sched-
Lled to come. Risk went to the
city hall and told the city dads
he represented the Elks. He Of
fered to take the job of caring
for the bell without any cost to
the city.
His only reward was to a con-
seriousness of civic duty well done
with mayhap a dash or two Of
limelight for himself. The coun-
ell agreed.
Today, Risk seeks to have Ia
coma taxpayers PUNK up 1882 to
pay for the bell reception. But
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-30

ticed the White Wyandotte chick
ems in the big chicken yard Of the
prison. They had appealed to
him.
rs there room for me to work
with the chickens?" he asked tim
idly. Ten minutes later he was
Installed at the chicken coops as
aourth assistant to the chief OF
the poultry department.
Last week Warden HaIligan
sent his annual report to WASH
ington, ID. @. 1t gave every de-
tail Of prison records for the past
year.
But one item attracted possibly
more attention than any other.
It said that Convict No. --,
head OF the poultry department,
had raised over 10000 eggs dur
Ing the year. And that each dog
on for the ~ months, had cost
the penitentiary exactly 8 1-3
cents.
The head OF the poultry depart
ment Is the Stockton banker who
entered, the. McNeil's island gates
three summers ago. He became
80 proficient at the poultry bust
ness that he became head Of the
chicken farm of the big peniten-
tiary within q year.
Since that time he has made
chicken-raising 4 scientific study.
He has read learned essays By
poultry experts during his eyen-
inss n the cell house. He has
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-30

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 80. -
Good morning! Where is your
beauty spot today?
"On my arm near my elbow, /"
laughingly replies Miss Mary
Brown, pretty Los Angeles girl.
The beauty spot, you know
she says, lis to enhance the most
beautiful feature of milady.
"Of course the masculine eye is
caught by the little black dot, and
then perforce 1t must be held by
the loneliness of the beauty it gets
off.
For instance, II girl has be-
witchfng eyes, she wears her
beauty spot near one of them, to
attract attention to them.
IF she has particularly round,
white, adorable elbows, she wears
a beauty spot on one of them.
IF she possesses full, scarlet
lips, she wears beauty spot near
them.
Don't you see how the charm
works on unsuspecting Mr.. Mas
culine?"
In the days that were, accord
ing to Miss Brown, beauty spot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-30
SPIRITS
ASSIST 7.
E(JIH

Mystery, dark, deep and 'dank!
Our Tacoma detectives, in
Guiding County Detective Fred
Shaw, may be forced into seclu-
sion by the discovery of new
method Of recovering lost articles
that put p. Grubb's Rising Sun
Defeating to shame.
Some weeks back one Mrs.
Elizabeth Muir, 40 st. Helens av.,
stored quantity OF household
articles, including her best linen,
pictures, dishes and other arti-
Cles, in a storehouse on lower
Broadway. Robbers bold entered
and appropriated said articles.
battling police ct al, by their clev-
erness.
Mrs. Muir, sick at heart over
her loss, consulted Mrs. Minnie
s. Perkins, a local clairvoyant,
who after much uncanny consul
tation with the spirits gave her
client description of the places
where she would find the missing
articles. Mrs. Muir, thus armed,
started sea-going cruise about
the more dilapidated parts of the
city, and managed to find build
ings answering the description.
Saturday she got County De-
tective Fred Shaw and the two
sailed into the secondhand estab-
lishment of gentleman claiming
the name of Fred Kefer, 1712
broadway. Right there, plain as
day, were IL towels and pillow
slips, bearing Mrs. Muir's name.
The articles were appropriated
by the law. the dealer claiming
that some man, unknown to him.
self. had sold him the stuff. Mrs.
Muir is making another trip to
the crystal gazer in the vain hopes
that she can ''get the dope" on
her missing dresden and hem
stitched muslins. She and Fred
will then make another trip into
the unknown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-30
WHAT'S MATTER WITH MRS EVERETT TRUE?
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR HER CRITICISM

We fear it's time for Mrs.
Everett True to put in an APP
pearance.
Mrs. True, you know. Is the
only person who ever puts It over
Nv. in the pictures. It's been Just
that way in our contest Best
Letter Criticising The Times..
Mrs. True hasn't written as.
and everyone else has had q good
word for Everett And We don't
want the old boy to get the big
head--why. thunder! all he does
Il just 9 days work like all the
rest Of The Times people.
Better than that, when he's
qore At someone, he's allowed 10
orumple them up any way be
wants TO. That n. everyone ex-
oept Mrs True. Wfll Mrs.. True
please write? =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-08-30
FRENCH GO TO RUSSIA'S AID
BITTER BATTLE OF WAR
CITY'S
LOT

The plan of certain city hall in
terests to sell electric power and
light to downtown landlords at
orr cent a kilowatt-hour was ex-
posed today in council session as
deal by which the city would sell
juice at price actually lower
than the cost of production.
1t was shown up as plan by
which payroll of $4,000 a year
would be lost to the city.
Small Customers Suffer.
1t was further shown up as
plan by which the light bills of
many prosperous business firms
would be cut to one-third the pres
ent level, at the expense of the
small light-user.
These facts wers shot at the
council by John j. Mcdonald, en-
gineer of the courthouse, who ap-
peared as citizen to protest the
closing of the deal, which Is
sought solely by the Central Heat
ing Co., a recently organized con-
Germ here.
Mcdonald quoted figures from
committees previously formed to
find the cost of producing city
electricity, and from tho con-
troller's report for 1914, showing
that in one case the electricity
cost Las cents kilowatt-hour
to produce, and in the other case
1888 cents.
Yet the city proposes to sell for
cent to the downtown building
owners.
Helps Big Stores.
Mcdonald pointed out also that
while this new rate would gain
only little business to the city
that of those buildings which
plan to tear out their private
plants and put in the service of
the Central Heating. Cot would
cut the bill of present downtown
users who have businesses with
in the limits set by the council for
the new rates.
For instance, Rhodes Bros. now
pay $500 a month light bill. This
would be cut to 500 month.
Thus. downtown revenues from
present users of city light would
be cut many hundred dollars, Nc
Donald showed.
The beneficiaries would be the
building owners who up to now
have not used city light, and the