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Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
Camping Courtesy.

Good camping grounds should be
the special property of sportsmen and
lovers Of the woods, and 1t is "a pity
that they should so often be desecrated
by the unappreciative. This the sea-
son when the forest floor will be
strewn with tin cans and crackerboxes,
when the clean woods will be marred
with all sorts Of ugly rubbish, and
when the pleasure Of late campers
will be half destroyed by the vandal-
ism OF their predecessors. Great tracts
Of forest will be blackened by flames
set from little camphres. The growth
Of young timber will be checked. And
all the trouble could be banished if
only people would observe the few sim
pie rules of the woods! The forest is
the last refuge of solitude amid beau
ty; therefore do not make Its secluded
glades into vulgar picnic grounds. No
blesse oblige there as elsewhere, and
though the after-comer may not know
you he will know what sort of person
you are by the condition of the camp
ing grounds you leave.-The Country
side Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31

parts, making two bacteria where one
existed before, or else reproduces IT.
self by means of spores.
Spores may be compared with the
seed Of an ordinary plant. These
spores present the chief difficulty in
canning the products of the orchard
and garden.
All forms of bacteria are killed by
complete sterilization. This is moth
ing more than enclosing the products
to be steTlized in Jars or cans that
can be sealed air-tight, and submit
ting them to heat of sufficient degree,
for n time long enough, to destroy
the bacteria that cause the raw ma
terial to spoil.
plished by the use of boiling water
and there are three different ways in
which this can be done. While the
parent bacteria can be killed ut the
temperature of boiling water their
spores retain their vitality for long
time even Mt that temperature.
Smaller factories. and the different
hoihc SuuiluS outltS uSually make
use Of the "open-kettle" process. Here
the cans are submerged in boiling wa
ter and kept at that temperature for
time sufficient to destroy bacteria
and spores.
The third process, known as frac-
tional sterilization, Is that Of keeping
cans or jars In boiling water for a spe-
Gifted time upon each of two or three
consecutive days.
The process of boiling upon consecu-
tive days is the safest method, and is
much to be preferred in home canning.
The first days boiling kills practically
all the bacteria, but does not kill all
all of the spores.
AS soon as the jars or cans cool,
these spores develop. and new lot
OF bacteria begin their destructive
work on the contents.
The second days boiling kills this
new lot Of bacteria before they have
had time to produce Spores
Boiling the third day Is not always
necessary, but 1t is advisable in order
to be sure that sterilization is COM
plete.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31

ment Is the Federal Aid Road Act.
tablishment OF more effective highway
machinery in each state, strongly In
fuence the development of good road
building along right lines, stimulate
larger production and better market
ing, promote a fuller and more attrac-
tive rural life. add greatly to the con-
venience and economic welfare of all
the people and strengthen the national
foundations. The Act embodies sound
principles of roao legislation and will
safeguard the expenditure of the funds
arising under the Act not only, but
will also result in the more efficient
use of the large additional sums made
available by States and localities.
IL. The Federal Reserve Act bene-
fits the farmer, as it does all the other
people of the nation, by guaranteeing
better banking, safeguarding the cred
1t structure of the country, and pre-
venting panics. 1t takes particular
note of the special needs of the farmer
by making larger provision for loans
through national banks on farm mort
cages and by giving farm paper a ma
turity period of six months.
II. 1t was essential, however, that
banking machinery be devised which
would reach intimately into the rural
districts, that 1t should operate on
terms suited to the farmers needs,
and should be under sympathetic man.
agement. The need was for machinery
which would introduce business meth
ods into farm finance, bring order out
Of chaos, reduce the cost of handling
farm loans, place upon the market
mortgages which would be safe in
vestment for private funds, attract in
to agricultural operations fair share
Of the capital of the nation, and lead
to reduction of interest These needs
and these ideals have been met by
the enactment of the Federal Farm
Loan Act.
am glad to have had an opportunity
to take part in the execution of this
large program, which, 1 believe, will
result in making agriculture more pro-
ftable and country life more confront
able, and attractive, and, therefore, in
sure the retention in rural districts of
an efficient and contented population.
Faithfully yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
Hon. A. F. Lever, Chairman,
% Committee on Agriculture,
House of Representatives.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
Baked Fish PUDDING.

The remains of boiled fish can be
utilized in this way: Carefully remove
the flesh from the bones cut It up into
small dice. and have an equal bulk of
mashed potatoes. Put both into ba-
sin and mix together; then melt some
butter and pour 1t in. mixing well add
salt and pepper and few grains of
cayenne pepper; beat up an egg and
add 1t last; mix all well together; put
1t In pudding dish, smooth and score
neatly on the top. Bake for half an
hour.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
SPORTING NEWS

With $50 of the fastest horses in
the West quartered at Island
Grove park at Greeley, Colo, every
thing was in readiness for the big
three days race meet that promises
rare sport.
Charlie White saved his brother,
Jack White from further punishment
at the hands of Kid Mex of Pueblo by
jumping in the ring in the eighth
round of scheduled fifteen.round
bout at Pueblo, Colo. and Referee Jim
Flynn awarded the bout to Mex
Good time marked the third days
card in the Great Western circuit at
Omaha. Peter Billiken won the fea.
ture. the 2:11 pace. In the ELS pace
Labelle-Online won. hard pressed by
Baxter Lou. Miss Pinkerton came up
from behind, after the first heat and
captured the 2:17 trot.
Another large crowd attended the
races at Island Grove park at Gree.
ley. Colo, Waynetta. holder of sew.
eral records in Colorado, Wyoming
and New Mexico, won the free-for.all
trot or pace, in which there were nine
starters. Vesper Rose. by MacRose
bred at the farm of the late George
8. Newman, won the 80 trot.
GENERAL
Two thousand BARRIERS in 500 shops
went on strike in New York.
Among the women to register in
Chicago for the Illinois state primary
was one 113 years old. She is Mrs.
Harriet King who answered all ques.
tons as promptly as did her grand
daughter, who accompanied her to the
registration booth.
The German Roman Catholic Cen.
tral Verein in New York served de.
mand on Secretary OF State Lansing
that the Carranza de facto govern.
ment OF Mexico be held to strict ac.
countability for any violations OF its
pledge Of religious liberty for citizens
Of the United States below the Rio
Grande.
Reports from many localities
throughout the country indicate that
the observance of Lafayette day on
Sept. will be on a national scale,
thereby insuring for 1t a definite
place in our calendar" the Lafayette
anniversary committee OF which DR..
Charles w. Eliot. president emeritus
OF Harvard University, is chairman,
announced In New York.
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican
candidate for President, was wei.
coined by thousands OF Denver men
and women of all political tendencies
during his Denver visit.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
JUST FORM OF WANDERLUs1
Woman's Propensity for Bargain Hunt.
Ing Explained by Scientist Who
Has Studied the Subject.

Too long has mere man Scorned the
female bargain hunter, says the New
York Press. Too long has he smiled
indulgently or gently rallied the wom-
an who INDUCES in the wild scramble
or the foot-wearying pilgrimage after
n marked -down-from" to some odd
figured price just under the currency
unit.
These same men have been proud
of what they termed their wander
lust" Proud have they been to re
count to admiring youngsters how they
ran away to sea, or took to braking
on the railroad, or chased away to
some Pan-American opportunity for
getting rich quick.
Along comes Prof. Max Baff, bluff
and to the point as to his name, and
pronounces that bargain hunting is
simply another form of wanderlust-
ing. Both, he says, are due to high
blood pressure OF youth (not the sort
of hardening arteries). and to each is
due about the same modicum of pride
If you want to get chesty over your
blood pressure ut all.
AhV Soou uoNtoi lpuuu Oul ny
using sphygmometer, and to tire
"sphy," as the laboratory men may
call 1t for short, bargain hunting and
shipping as stoker, suffrage stump
ing and adventuring for hidden treas
ure all look just the same.
OF course, there may be something
about human beings you can't size up
by using instruments that end In ''me-
ter" and sometimes the laboratory de
vices make stranger bedfellows than
politics ever achieved. Still, Doctor
Baff's conclusions sound more human
than instrumental, and It is time for
man to come off his call-of- the-wild
perch and allow women their due for
the wild thrills, the joyous adventur-
ing, the big gamble and the delicious
zest of hunting down bargains in their
natural lairs.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
Costly Modern Guns.

Sir Robert Hadfleld. the noted Eng
lish maker Of projectiles, is authority
for the statement that the useful life
Of modern high-velocity gun Is about
three seconds. Which is to say that
the time taken by the shell in travel
ing through the gun, from powder
chamber to muzzle, multiplied by the
total number Of rounds that can be
fred before the rifiing is SO worn as
to impair the accuracy. give total
useful life Of only three seconds. Rath-
er short life for. let us say, q 12-
inch gun costing from $4,000 to $C0,'
OO0.-Sclentific American.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
IN CANNING Time
SOME INSTRUCTIONS THAT MAY
BE OF SERVICE.
Two Cardinal Points Are Cleanliness
and Complete Sterilization-Just
Flow These May Be Most
Easily Attained.

There seems to be belief by the
general public that there is something
mysterious in the commercial canning
process. The great secret of this
process is careful observance OF
two things-cleanliness and complete
sterilization.
Fruits and vegetables can be put
up" in glass Jars or tin cans ut home
much cheaper than they can be pur-
chased in the form of commercially
canned goods, and the flavor, texture
and general quality of the homemade
product can be made superior to the
product of the average factory, writes
S. b. Shaw, recognized expert of
South Carolina.
Minute forms of life which we call
bacteria are present everywhere in
untold numbers. The air we breathe,
the water we drink, and the food we
eat are teeming with them. These
bacteria are practically the cause of
the "spoiling" or fermenting of the
various fruits and vegetables.
The reproduction of bacteria,
which is very rapid, is brought about
by one of two processes The bncteri.
um either divides itself into two
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
FOREIGN

The execution of a woman as a spy
Ii reported in a Havas dispatch from
Marseilles.
The Danish landsthing has rejected
the proposal to sell the Danish West
Indies to the United States.
The Russian government has con-
ferred the Cross of st. George upon
the city Of Verdun in recognition of
its heroic defense.
Both Houses of Parliament ad-
1ourned until Oct 10, after adopting
bill extending the present parliament
another seven months.
Parliament has unanimously ap.
proved the appointment by President
Ii Yuan Hung of Tuan Chi Jul as per-
manent premier of the Chinese repub-
lie.
Negotiations for formation OF a
coalition cabinet failed definitely at
Copenhagen because the left and con-
servattve parliament parties could
not accept the demands of the radi-
Gals and Socialists.
An inspection of the famous church
OF st. Remy shows that it was DAM
aged in numerous places by the re-
cent bombardment which destroyed
the civil hospital. Cardinal Lucon is
among those who still remain at
Rheims, France.
Eugene Brieux, member of the
Academy of France, with view to en-
couraging marriage after the war,
urges the establishment TIN 1oughout
France of official matrimonial bureaus
under the direction of the mayors of
towns and villages.
A prize court at London awarded
912,100 prize bounty to the officers
and crews of the squadron of Vice Ad-
miral Sir Frederick Sturdee, which
destroyed the German Pacific squad
ron In the battle off the Falkland Is
lands in December, 1914.
The main crater of Katmai volcano
Is one of the greatest in the world,
according to statement made by
Robert F. Griggs, who has reached
Kodiak. Alaska, after careful study
Of the great volcano, in the interests
Of the American Geographic Society.
The Echo Beige says it learns that
Gen. Won Bissing. governor general OF
the occupied portions of Belgium, has
RENTED the fine of G5O,0OO imposed
on Brussels for celebrating the Bel
gian national fete day, July 21, which
the municipality had refused to pay
as Illegal
Most of the buildings at Berlin were
decked with flags in celebration of
the return of the merchant submarine
Deutschland. The newspapers give the
exploit of Capt. Koenig the prominent
place in their editorial comments and
discuss the possibility of the empire
getting certain much needed materials
through merchant submarines. Capt.
koenig and his crew have been feted
as heroes. The press gives liberal
praise to the fair and neutral conduct
Of the United States government.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
MAKING HAY IN THE ALPS
Not at All the Kind Of Work to Which
We In This Country Are
Accustomed.

Haymaking in the Swiss Alps Is pur-
sued under peculiar difficulties and
dangers. The thrifty Swiss farmer
turns every bit of ground to advan-
tage. If n few square yards anywhere
can he made or reclaimed the labor
is not grudged. The farmer makes
the very soil. He builds terraces along
steep inclines, lines them with blocks
of stone, and then packs earth upon
them.
Along the very edge of precipices
the Swiss haymaker goes in search of
grass, clinging to rocks with iron
clamps upon his feet. He hangs on
the side of the cliff and mows down
few tufts of grass on craggy shelves
here and there
During the two months of hay har-
vest he descends to the village only
three or four times to renew his sup
ply Of food, and many times he has
TO seek n bed and pass the night un-
der some projecting rock. Once dried,
the hay Is carefully gathered into
cloth or net and carried down to the
first little meadow. Here 1t is stacked
and weighted down with large stones,
to keep 1t from blowing away.
The mower returns to the mountain
In winter, when the ground is snow
covered, and takes with him a little
sledge. Putting the hay on the sledge.
and seating himself In front, he shoots
to the valley with the swiftness of an
arrow. The hay Of the Alps is gar
nered
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
Fish Flakes with Bacon.

Boil potatoes in salted water until
tender; add two cupfuls Of faxed fish,
fourth Of a teaspoonful Of pepper
and beaten egg. Take up by the
rounding tablespoonful, shape lightly
and fry In deep fat to delicate amber
color. Roll slices Of bacon into cylIn-
ders. run toothpick through each to
hold It In place and fry until well
cooked. Serve n bacon roll with each
fish bull.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
WILSON A PROGRESSIVE
BEFORE PARTY WAS BORN

Eighteen months before the
birth of the Progressive Party,
Woodrow Wilson, then Cover
nor Of New Jersey, gave this
definition of a Progressive and
SO classified himself in an ad-
dress before the Kansas Society
Of New York, January 20, 1911:
"By Radical understand
one who goes too far, by
Conservative one who does
not 90 far enough; by RE
dictionary one who won't
90 at all. suppose I must
be q Progressive, which !
take to be one who insists
on recognizing new facts,
adjusting policies to facts
and circumstances as they
arise"
Under Democratic influences
during the six-year period since
standpatism was overthrown in
the House Of Representatives In
1910, ninety per cent Of the pro.
gram Of reform advocated by
the Progressive Party has been
enacted into law. "Invisible
government" which is now max
Ing desperate efforts to come
back" has been driven from
power under President Wilson's
administration and will have no
place in Washington so long as
he Is in the White House.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
Walnut CroQuettes,

This rule calls for one cupful of
bread crumbs and n like amount OF
mashed potatoes and OF chopped Eng
fish walnuts. Add the yolks of two
or three eggs. salt and pepper to taste
and II little onion IL desired. After
shaping the mixture into croquette
forms they should be baked In mod
crate oven for 70 minutes.
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31
No contradIe letting Anyhow.

There is story Of u Highlander,
somewhere in France" who having
talked for an hour with Frenchman.
neither understanding word OF tho
others language, parted with "Good
NIGHT. We hae Ind a grand crack
togither.'
Gilpin observer., 1916-08-31

No administration has ever done so
much to advance the agriculture in
terests of the United States as that of
President Wilson. The record is set
forth chiefly and effectively in let
ter written by the President to Con-
gresham A. F. Lever, Chairman Of
the Committee on Agriculture Of the
House Of Representatives., as follows:
rs THE WHITE HOUSE.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-10-04
DEMOCRATS

1t takes money to make Nat
lonal campaign. The Democratic
party is looking to the South for
It's finances, to conduct the WAR
in the enemy's land. The Albany
Herald has summed up your in
terest in the reelection of Presi-
dent Wilson and it applies with
equal force to our Democratic
readers.
Do you want four more years
of Mr.. Wilson?
You do!
Very good, Mr.. Democrat.
How much do you want it?
DO you want it good wish's
worth?
Or do you want it something
like ten-dollar bills worth, or
twenty, or fifty, or hundred
Or maybe just one-do you?
How many dollar Demo
Gratis are there hereabouts?
We know lots of them who are
able and willing to give more to
the Democratic campaign fund.
There will be good many givers
in this class.
But the Democrat whose means
are not large, who rarely has
more money than he needs, who
is interested in a small business
or perhaps works for a salary
who has SO many calls that he
cannot possibly answer them all
He is. dollar Democrat"
He ought to give dollar to
the Democratic campaign fund.
He should want to give it, should
insist upon giving it.
This battle of the National De
mocracy is the peoples battle.
The great money powers are
lined up against us. They are
richer, far, than they have ever
been, and they are not going to
! permit the reelection of Wood
row Wilson if they can find ways
and means of preventing it.
The Democratic campaign
committee has called for only suf-
! lclent money to bear the legiti-
mate expenses Of the campaign
SO that the true significance of is
sues involved can be clearly pre-
sented to the people.
The call is to Democrats who
are loyal to the party and have
faith in Woodrow Wilson.
Does that cap fit you?
! 1t does, does it
J All right
HOW MUCH ARE YOU
! GIVING?
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-10-04
GEORGIA STATE FAIR, MA
CON, GEORGIA, NOV. D
II, 1916.
Grade Shorthorns

Premiums amounting to $4,000
gwen by the Central of Georgia
Railway Best Individual Steer
or Heifer lst, SIS; 2nd, $40;
5rd, S..
The Central of Georgia Rail
way offers these premiums for
the purpose Of bringing our ex-
hibits of good grade Shorthorns
which will illustrate the advan-
tages of crossing native stock
with Registered Shdrthorn Bulls.
Requirements-Ihere must be
two or more exhibitors, or pre-
miums will not be awarded. En-
tries must give Registered name
and number of Shorthorn sire
and date of birth of animal exhi-
bited. Aside from these require
ments the general rules govern
ing entry of live stock will apply
Animals to be exhibited and pre-
miums awarded at the Georgia
State Fair, Macon, Ga, Novem-
Der 2 to II, 1916.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-10-04
INTENSE CULTIVATION OF
COTTON
Morning News:

Savannah Morning News:
Alabama is one OF those fortu-
nate states with a commissioner
of agriculture who is, a practical
and successful farmer. 7. A.
Wade, who holds that office in
the neighboring state, has devot-
ed his life to agriculture. He
knows the theory and practice al
so. There is in his office at Mont
gomery handsome cup which he
won several years ago for grow
ing record amount of cotton on
given area.
1t should therefore be profitable
to consider the advice that Mr..
Wade is giving the farmers of his
state. Albania is one of the states
that have been infested by the boil
Weevil, but the commissioner of
agriculture is not counselling the
planters over there to abandon
the cultivation of cotton for that
reason. In recent circular, he
endeavor to show them that Ala
bama must continue to produce
at least one million bales of cot
ton to keep in normal financial
condition. He does insist that the
acreage of cotton to the plow
should be cut down. 1t is his
theory that more cotton can be
produced at a lower cost by in
tensive cultivation of six or eight
acres to the pillow than under the
old system of working fifteen to
twenty acres.
Mr.. Wade's suggestion is es-
pecially sound for farmers who
are operating under boil weevil
conditions. 1t is fact-indeed, a
fact that is obvious-that the
lweevil can be combatted with sue
cess only by curtailment of acre
age. Diversihcation of crops will
be promoted by the plan, for there
will be greater acreage available
for crops that can be grown more
surely than cotton. The boil
weevil is already factor in Geor.
gia farming. 1t will be much more
of factor next year. Georgia
must begin to pay attention to a
variety of crops, but there would
be no economy in the abandon
ment of cotton. How about the
slogan More cotton on fewer
acres?"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-10-04
300, 100000 RED CROSS SEALS
TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Workers Hope to Realize ST. ,oo0,-
900 for tuberculosis War

Three hundred million Red
Cross Christmas Seals are being
printed in Cincinnati for the an
nual holiday campaign to be con-
Quoted under the joint auspices
of the American Red Cross and
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuber-
culosis.
The campaign for the sale of
Red Cross Seals this year will be
larger than ever before. Although
in 1915 the sale reached the rec
ord total of 100000 seals,
bringing in 100000 it is ex-
pected that this year at least 100,-
100000 seals or 100000 worth
will be sold. The sale will be or
gained from. Alaska to the Ca
nal Zone and from Hawaii to Por-
to Rico. Every state and terri
tory in the United States will
have seals on sale. New organi-
cations will be working in a num-
Der of the western states, includ-
ing Montana, Utah and Wyom-
irg. Distribution of the seals is
now under way.
The Red Cross Christmas Seal
for 1916 was designed by Mr.. T.
M. Clcland of New York city. 1t
shows a Santa Claus in red on a
green background in the center
panel with a pack on his back
bearing a red cross. The letter
ing "a Merry Christmas" and a
Happy New Year" is carried
vertically up and down the sides
of the seal, while the date and the
words American Red Cross" are
across the bottom of the seal.
The poster effect given by this
seal IS very striking and makes
an unusually handsome design.
The Raoul Foundation, 303
Gambler Building, Atlanta, is the
Georgia Agent for these Seals.
Already 100000 have been or
dered and will be distributed for
sale during November and Dec
ember.