The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-04-28
Electric Cooking Best
Use Of the Electric Range Means Less
Work, More Economy and Better
Results, Says Mrs. j. b. Brokaw,
Formerly Mary Gray Marston.)

(COpyrtSuL 1910, ny MhTy GTdy
Marston.)
Few of us realize, and especially
the housekepers, that we have just
about reached the age when cleo
tricity will do nearly everything for
us that we have to do.
The greatest benefit that we shall
be able to receive from the electric
age" is that of being able to cook
by this power.
It will mean to the ordinary house
wife less house cleaning, less kitchen
cleaning, fewer utensils, less dish
washing, better food, smaller house,
hold supply bills, and more time to
read, sew or enjoy the pleasures OF
life.
It will mean more than all else,
a chance to rest and relax during the
rush and hustle of an ordinary days
routine in this busy age.
More Done; Less Work
1t will mean an opportunity not
only to be able to do the housekeep-
ing better than ever before, to give
better satisfaction to those for whom
one is providing, but to enlarge and
broaden ones talents.
We are able today, through the
efforts of the most central stations,
who have been trying for some years
to arrange practical cooking rate,
to cook three meals a day for SIX
people, at an everage cost OF $3.50
month for fuel.
This rate in many cases is not
comparable with other methods of
cooking, to its advantage and econ
omy exactly, but the saving in being
able to use less expensive cuts OF
meats, to the lesser shrinkage OF
food cooked and the possibility of
using less materials with perfectly
good results, has more than balanced
up the difference in cost in the an
nual household budgets, to say
nothing of the elimination of worry,
care and nervousness attached to
cooking on stove to which one has
to give constant attention.
Takes Care of Self
One may cook on an electric range
and after the preliminary half hour
in starting things, the range may be
left for two or three hours without
any attention whatever.
Electricity as cooking agent gives
an absolutely dependable, even, con-
slant temperature.
While we have to remodel our
ideas about cooking with the cleo
trio range, it has been found that the
most inexperienced cooks may obtain
excellent results with it at once, and
it has never been found that person
using an electric range two or three
weeks could be persuaded to use any
thing else, thereafter. adv.
Miss Celia Durfree and Sabfa Ken
dali, of Basalt, were home to spend
Easter Sunday. r. So
Mrs. Cline, of Mackay, made trip
to Great Falls, Montana, the latter
part of last week.
Mrs. Ed. Sturgeon and Mrs. Al
brecht, of Pocatel1o, were w. G. T.
U. visitors last week.
Mrs. ]. F. Mortenson returned to
her home in Rexburg last Saturday
after visiting friends itp lBlackfoot.
Mrs. L. M. Ormsby, general sec
rotary of the state Sunday school
association, left Friday for American
Falls, after speaking at the W.. G.
T, U. convention Thursday evening.
Father Onderdonckt, Of Pocatello,
came up to Blackfoot, Monday morn
ing to make a trip on the Mackay
branch and visit his Spanish parrish
toner's. +"
r. A. Boice has taken homestead
in the mountains east of Blackfoot,
has changed his plans and will not
build a bungalow in Blackfoot but
will take to the homestead.
Mrs. Jack Curtis and little daught-
er were in from the Blackfoot reser-
voir the last of the week, having a
few days visit and relief from the
long winter and it's SHOWS.
Rev. and Mrs. Parker, of Twin
Falls, spent Saturday in Blackfoot
with their daughter, Mildred Parker,
and left on Sunday for Nova Scotia
where they will spend the summer.
Y. H. Gin, a wealthy Chinese
restaurant man, of Mackay, made a
trip to Seattle, Washington, and re-
turned Monday with a beautiful
bride Mr.. Gin is we'll known and
we'll respected business man and in
the old days he used to be cook for
the Vance stare line.
Mrs. Amy Kingsbury, Mrs. Harry
Oliver and Mrs. r. D. Jones, with
Mrs. Maude L. Greene, the national
crayon artist and lecturer, who were
in Blackfoot to attend the w. G. T.
u convention, left Saturday morning
to return to Pocatello. Mrs. Greene
is famous lady cartoonist and has
travelled and lectured in every state
in the. union, besides being well
known abroad. She will remain in
Pocatello for short time and then
continue on her tour.
Mrs. Ed. Rohker returned from
Dillon, Montana, to spend Easter
Sunday at home. Mrs. Rohker has
many good friends In Dillon, who are
pressing her with invitations to re-
turn for longer visit, but she thinks
Blackfoot's balmy atmosphere is
pretty nice, after Montana's windy
cold.
Miss Lady May Osborn and hel
mother, Mrs. Ada Sweet, Mr.. Pearsey
and J. H. Page, all Of Blackfoot
motored to Pocatello last Friday. tx
attend the glee club concert at which
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