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Evening star., 1917-03-09
THESE SUGGESTIONS" FROM STAR READERS
HAVE WON AWARDS OF 81 EACH

run when container is tipped. And have
the lard hot enough to brown imme-
diately bit of bread dropped in as
test. Then, lifting your dough in a
large spoon, and taking, if possible
enough at time for one bannock,
form each cake preferably in rounds
nearly an inch thick. Then remove
container to portion of range where
the heat will be steady, but not eX-
treme, and let the cakes cook slowly
for fifteen minutes before turning. After
turning they will require about ten
minutes more.
They may then be served with butter
or syrup, or a little of both. as taste
may dictate. But the writer has yet TO
hear of any one who, on trying the
bannocks made as above directed, failed
to pronounce them delicious. The guam
tity of meal noted should make about
half dozen of the cakes. and these
go as far as four times the nulnher OF
batter grddle cakes. Il j.
To Rid Gas Mantles of Carbon.
If you are troubled with carbon on
your gas man;les try this plan, which
I have found effective and inexpensive:
Turn the gas on full in the mantle and,
standing on a chair or box that you
can easily reach above the top of the
fixture. gently sprinkle n half table
spoonful of common salt through the
openings in the top of the brass globe
holder so that it viii drop on the man
tie and be consumed.
Then turn gas halfway. or little
more down so that the flame appears
round and pinkish inside Of the man
tie. Let gas stand at this point for
about four or five minutes. little
longer if very much coated with car
Evening star., 1917-03-09

The Star, each week, offers awards of
one dollar apiece for suggestions
deemed worthy of publication on this
page. II you know of ways to econo-
mize in the management of your kitch-
en-, your home or your business-ways
which would be of use to others-write
them up, using but one side of each
sheet of paper. and mail to the Editor
Food and Thrift Page, The Evening
Star, Washington, d. c.. If you wish
your contribution returned, should 1t
prove not available, inclose a stamp.
otherwise it will be destroyed.
Here are the winners of awards this
week:
Corn Bannocks.
A delicious (to all who appreciate
cornmeal products) breakfast or sup
per dish may be served, at small ex-
pense, by using this recipe, long tested
in a southern family noted for it's fine
cuisine:
To one pint of cornmeal, placed in a
mixing bowl heated by allowing hot
water to stand in it for a few moments
and then emptied of same, add enough
boiling water (szZling as it is poured
from the kettle) to make stiff doug n
one that will remain in any shape 1t
may be nodded to. To this mixture add
laSses. or two rounded tablespoons of
granulated sugar. and good pinch OF
salt.
Have ready griddle. or large skillet.
with enough bacon fat, lard or other
frying material to cover bottom and
Evening star., 1917-03-09

bon. when the mantle will be entirely
clear of carbon and as white and al
most as good as when new. If super
stitious. throw a few grains of salt
over your left shoulder, after sprink-
ling the mantle.
Carbon comes from either too much
gas or too much air. If air vent is
open wide. close a bit: if gas flame
shows above mantle turn down; If it
whistles or blows turn down. too. as
YOU are then paying for lot of hot
air" Gas pressure varies, one evening
three-fourths turn will give best re-
suits. A little experimenting will show
when you are getting greatest lumi-
Mostly with the minimum of whistling
w. T.
To Clean Piano Keys.
Water should never be used to clean
the keys of a piano. as 1t removes their
polish. Instead. rub them with a cloth
dampened in alcohol. which will remove
yellow stains and make the keys per-
fectly white again. MRS. d.
Brass Rods and Curtains.
The busy housekeeper often has dif-
Guilty in slipping a brass rod in a
old glove over the end of the rod,
before running it through the hem; this
viii prevent the sharp edges from
tearing the curtain. II. D. D.
To Clean Black Satin.
Peel and slice two large raw po-
tatoes, put in a pint of water with a
pinch of salt and let stand all night
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Cleaning Lamp Chimneys.

A very excellent way to clean lamp
chimneys Is to have a kettle with a
little boiling water in it; hold the
chimney over spout to catch the steam,
and when well dampened polish with a
soft clean cloth. The result is a clean.
brilliant glass. The writer has not
broken chimney for over two years
by using this method, as she quite
frequently did when washing them
with sOap and Water.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Waxed Paper Holder.

Two tacks placed fifteen inches
apart, with string stretched from one to
the other on inside of lower kitchen
closet door Cor kitchen cabineD, will
be found most convenient to place
waxed paper on. saving the trouble of
unwrapping and wrapping roll each
time one needs paper for packing
lunches
Evening star., 1917-03-09
To Test Yeast,

When baking our own bread Il is
necessary to have the yeast fresh. To
be sure 1t Is fresh test 1t by putting
it into a cup of lukewarm water. in
which a teaspoonful of sugar has been
dissolved. Let 1t stand ten minutes.
If the mixture bubbles, the yeast is
fresh.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Open up q Health
Account hv eating

Open up a Health
Account by eating
foods that make you fit for
the days work without
overtaxing the stomach,
kidneys or liver. The con-
tinued eating of indigestible
foods with large percentage
of waste means diseased
livers and poisoned mtes-
tines. Keep your stomach
sweet and clean and your
bowels healthy and active
by eating Shredded Wheat
Biscuit. 1t is easily digested.
1t contains all the material
needed for the nourishrnent
of the human body. Open a
health account for you to
draw upon. For breakfast
or any meal with milk or
cream. Made at Niagara
Falls, N. Y.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
BY JEAN PRESCOTT ADAMS.

1t is one of our great privileges as the
heirs of all the ages to profit by the
experiences of those who preceded US
Records of successful experiments are
always valuable. Especially are they
helpful at this time, when all materials
have become so costly
Feeding the human being was the
first business man applied himself to
1t is therefore the oldest and. foI
fundamental reasons. is the most i'm
portant business known.
Experimenting is one of the costliest
operations known; therefore, when we
have the results of another's expert
ments in a tested recipe We have some
thing of real value.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
To Test Butter.

If YOU desire to ascertain whether or
not your butter is good try this test
Put a little in a teaspoon and hold it
over a flame. If pure and good it will
boil: if adulterated it will sputter to
marked degree.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
French Economy.

The French are now beginning to be
really concerned about food economy.
One great chef is attempting to intro
duce the use of beet top carrot top,
radish top and the like for green's.
After such a sizzling summer as we
had last year, when even the cabbage
up to five times it's usual price to the
national producer, it well behooves us
to adop- all the economical cookery
kinks that the experience of others
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Using Leftovers.

When there does happen to he any
good untouched food left on the serv-
ing dishes save every bit of it and
make it up In a tasty dish for the next
Evening star., 1917-03-09

of the Chicago Christian Endeavor
Union. The use Of this day for sar-
torial display was deplored on general
principles. but particularly because OF
the European war.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Avoiding Waste.

The first step in eliminating waste of
food is by buying only canned or pack
age foods in quantity. All fresh foods
should be purchased in the quantities
directly suitable to the family needs.
Your purchases made. prepare just
about what the family will consume.
After cooking for ones family for a
few mOnthS one can tell just about to
Il serving how much will be needed.
Then again we must plan our meals
now for nu:ritiVe value, and when
We've taken enough food to nourish us
we should school ourselves to be salts
fed to stop.
An instance of the liability of uncon-
sciously oYereating came to our atten-
tion the other day. AS rule, We eat
a light luncheon. That particular day
there were several guests to luncheon
and we ate heartily. At the evening
meal habit was just about to impose
the eating of the usual hearty dinner
when recollection marshaled up the
luncheon. rich in protein. fat and car
bohyArateS. that was eaten at noon.
All We needed was n little mineral
salts which were TO be had in the fruit
salad. one course of the four-course
dinner we were about to eat
Evening star., 1917-03-09

Panels of white are set in the dainty
colored blouse, and the collar and cuffs
of this blouse should be embroidered
in color matching the color of the
blouse.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Oppose Easter Display

A movement to oppose the custom of
display of new attire on Easter has
been begun in Chicago by 125 officers
Evening star., 1917-03-09


succulent and contain large amounts
of water, which they have to draw from
the soil.
Good Seed Bed and Cultivation.
The conservation of soil moisture is
the most important reason for cultivat-
ing crops The two other principal
things accomplished by cultivation are
the killing of weeds. which draw mois-
ture and plant food from the crops, and
the aeration OF the soil.
Too much stress cannot be laid on the
preparation of a good seed bed. y seed
bed of fine tilth-made so by deep plow-
ing, careful narrowing and timing OF
the Soils the foundation of good gar
dening. 1t is essential for the proper
termination and growth of young
plants The soil must be friable and
free from clods.
A clod can hold no plant food in So
luton, the only form in which it is
available for the plant Good soil and
fine tilth insure an excellent root sys-
TEN to plants. Upon the fine, hairy,
fbrous. feeding roots. which are pos
sible only in well titled soil, the plant
depends for its stockiness and growth.
The careful gardener Will regard his
whole garden as seed bed, and Will
cultivate and fertilize it accordingly.
Z
Fertilizers, the plant food for the
garden, should be carefully selected.
Nitrogen, which stimulates leaf growth,
is best supplied by turning under rich,
well rotted or composted manure or
rotting vegetable matter. Nitrogen
also is supplied in such fertilizers as
nitrate of soda and sulphate of am
monia, as well as in bone meal and
tankage.
Potash tends to hasten the maturity
of the plant, but also has tendency to
counteract the work of nitrogen. on
this account those not experienced III
using potash will find sulphate of pot
ash better, or, at least, safer in most
cases. than the muriate. ON account of
the disturbed commercial conditions one
of the most available sources of potash
is hardwood ashes.
Plants need balanced ration. If
they are lacking in nitrogen, they show
pale leaf and Stunted plant form. EX-
cess of nitrogen is shown by large leaf
and plant growth with imperfect fruit
age. If the plants lack potash they
Will not be fruitful Sheep manure viii
hurry plants along more rapidly than
most chemical fertilizers.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
DOES YOUR DAUGHTER
KNOW HOW TO COOK?

A friend complained to the writer the
other day that she could not possibly
get her daughter. who was of high
school age. at all interested in cooking.
The girl looked after her own room
and clothes, the mother went on to say.
and, considering that she was working
very hard at school. perhaps this in
difference to the most important branch
Of housework was natural.
What is she interested in at school?"
seemed most natural inquiry.
"She is taking the scientific course
the mother replied. 'She is crazy about
physics and chemistry"
Think, A girl "crazy about physics
and chemistry" and not interested in
cooking. And is it possible that Il girl
of high school age does not understand
that cooking and kitchen work are but
practical illustrations of certain prin-
ciples of both these sciences?
Perhaps Mothers Are at Fault.
Mothers are continually complaining q
in my presence that their daughters do
not care for housework. Perhaps moth
ers are not presenting it to them in the
right way. There is a general assump-
ton that all girls should naturally like
to COOK, just because they are girls and
because housework has always been the
natural heritage of women. Girls per-
haps are impatient of this assumption.
1t is only a few generations of wom-
en- who have had the advantages of
higher education, and possibly girls
take it too seriously and as something
apart from daily life. The study of
chemistry and physics should make bet
ter cooks and housewives of them. not
divorce them from their occupations;
and when they understand this fact
they will perhaps treat home duties
with more respect.
one should never accept for moment
the assumption that housework is
drudgery or unskilled abor. that any
ignorant person can do. The caring for
the family health and well being is the
most important work in the world and
quite worth the highest and most
earnest intelligence. A girl who un-
derstands this would be ashamed not TO
be u good cook.
Evening star., 1917-03-09

Evening dresses are apt to have a
bodice of silk with a full skirt of lace
or tulle. which gives Il good opportunity
to make over an old evening dress.
Evening star., 1917-03-09
Light in Sick Room.

When, as in case of sickness, you
wish a soft, warm light in a room,
rather than the glare that an electric
light imparts, make little bags of
china silk (any color desired). and put
them over each bulb. 1t is well to run
elastic around the edge of the circle,
which you cut from the silk. so that
the bulb can be easily removed by just
slipping out of the bag.
Evening star., 1917-03-09

The damage done to garden crops by
the recent widespread freeze has made
it necessary for many owners either to
replant gardens or to delay planting
beyond the usual time. These garden
ers. whose outdoor schedules have been
upset. are under the necessity of doing
everything they can to hasten their
crops.
The following suggestions (and 9TH
ers to be published later) regarding the
principSes and practice of gardening,
the horticultural specialists of the
United States Department of Agrlcui-
ture believe, will be timely and helpful
both to these gardeners and to others
in localities where the planting season
naturally is later.
The gardener who merely wishes to
raise vegetables for his own fanny
will do well, especially this year, to
choose the crops he will grow from
those which previously have done best
in his special locality. The market
gardener must bear this fact IN mind
but also must study the market and
anticipate its usual demand and deter
mine as far as he can how this demand
will be affected by any untoward
weather conditions which may nave oc-
Cured in his section.
Those who desire to produce early
crops should bear in mind that warm,
sandy loan will produce an earlier
crop than a heavier soil that retains
more water and less heat Frost is less
apt to injure vegetables planted on
high ground than those planted in low
places or valleys into which the heavier
cold air commonly settles. The garden
should be fairly level, but well drained
The crop will mature more rapidly on
land that has a sunny, southern expo
sure than in other plots
Essentials Of Gardening.
The essentials for successful garden
ing on a small or large scale are soil.
water and cultivation. Much depends
also on the grower, the season and the
crops selected.
The soil is the storehouse of plant
food. The garden, therefore, should
contain humus or rotted material in
large quantities. The gardener should
remember that about so per cent of Or
dinary earth is not soil at all, but con-
| sists of air and water.
| Water makes plant food that is pres
ent freely soluble. Rain and snow water
are soft and contain ammonia. The magic
I of soft water on the plant world is one
of the miracles of good gardening, as
| every one who has contrasted the effect
Evening star., 1917-03-09
FOR THE HOME GARDEN.
Agriculture Horticutur Outline Principles for
Making Success of the Home Vegetable Patcl-Ihe
Soil Water Fertilizer Requirements
of Successful Home Garden.

of rain with that produced by sprink-
ling with a hose realizes. Plants are
succulent and contain large amounts
of water. which they have to draw from
the soil.
Morris tribune., 1917-06-08
Order Limiting Time to File Claims, and
for Hearing Thereon.

Estate Of John NJ. Raab, Decedent.
State of Minnesota, County of Stevens,
in Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of John M.
Raab, Decedent.
Letters of Administration, this day
having been granted to Alfred Karlen,
Consul for Switzerland.
1t is Ordered, That the time within
which all creditors of the above named
decedent may present claims against
his estate in this Court, be and the
same hereby, is limited to six months
from and after the date hereof; and
that Monday, the 3rd day of December,
1871 at 10 O'clock A. NJ. in the Pro-
at City of Morris, in said County, be
and the same hereby is, fixed and ap-
pointed as the time and place for hear
ing upon and the examination, ADJUST
ment and allowance of such claims as
shall be presented within the time
aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The Morris
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated May 18TH, 1917.
Court Seal) \. l.. STENGER,
Judge of Probate.
Morris tribune., 1917-06-08
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FoRECLo-
SURE SALE

Default having occurred in the condi-
lions Of a certain mortgage, bearing
cuted by Charles j. Lee and wife, Char
lotta l.. Lee, as mortgagors to Capital
Trust Company (now Capital Trust &
Savings Bank), a corporation, as mort
gagee and recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Stevens County,
Minnesota, on the 18th day of April,
1915 at 1920 o'clock A. NJ, in Book SO
of Mortgages on Page $50; and upon
which mortgage there is due at the date
Of this notice the sum of Nine Hundred
Fifteen and 73-1OO (S915.73) Dollars:
and no action or proceedings at law haV.
ing been instituted to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage or any part
NOW, THEREFORE,, NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, that by virtue Of the
power of sale contained in said mort
gage and pursuant to the Statute in
such case made and provided, the said
mortgage will be foreclosed by sale at
public auction of the premises therein
Stevens County, Minnesota, at the main
front entrance to the Court House in
the City of Norris, Stevens County, Min
nesota, Monday, July 2, 1917, at ten
satisfy the amount that then will be
due on said mortgage, including inter-
est at the rate of per cent per annum,
costs and disbursements of sale and
statutory attorneys fees, stipulated in
said mortgage to be paid in case of fore
closure thereof.
The premises described in said mort
gage and so, to be sold are, ali that GER
tam real estate St lying and being in the
described as follows, to wit:
so dhe Southwest on; qgaaarrteE (sWH) of
hundred twenty-five IGYg225) North ol Ra 09e
Forty-four (44) West, containing one
hundred and sixty G6O) acres, more or
5ess "a aceording to the United States
Dated May II, 1917.
CAPITAL TRUST & SAVINGS RANK.
(Formerly Capital Trust Company
1ADorr Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgagee,
21O Capital Bank Bldg,
ST. Paul, Minnesota.
Morris tribune., 1917-06-08
The Alberta Tribune
DEPART OF THE

A. H. Helsper drove to ChokiO last
Sunday, returning Monday morning
Miss Irene Hamilton has been as
sisting in the Andert Confectionery
this week.
Simeon Keisling of Rolfe, Iowa,
has begun a contract for thing work
on the McCray farms south of AL
berta.
The Ladies' Club report a very
pleasant and enjoyable meeting at
the home of Mrs. w. J. Devereau
Thursday of this week.
Miss Lucille Larson is proving to be
the most efficient and ObIiging clerk
in the L. NJ. Larson store since school
closed. Lucille fixed up window
display that would be a credit to an
old and experienced store clerk to
do.
Councilman Spaulding has been in
stalling hitching posts north of the
Andert Confectionery this week. AL
berta can now boast of having one
of the best and cIeanest main streets
of any town in Stevens county and
the council seem to be determined
to keep it so.
Morris tribune., 1917-06-08
ty Two of Fork One CD Branch Five

BRANCH
| Beginning at a point Seventeen feet
llT) South and Two CD rods East of
| the SECTION Corner common to Section
| Five North Range Forty Four West
| IT 125 Mr. a W., Section Six go
Ran one d1fT 61ea TWe went Fe
| Mr. 43 W), Section Thirty One (31)
Township One Hundred Twenty SIX
3 rs F snd s defGe visit RrtJ s1 x
$3.50 Township One Hundred Twenty Six
North, Range Forty Four West IT 1875
Thence ta North North Two 90 rods East of
| and parallel to the Section line between
the above named Sections, Five Thou
sand One Hundred Seventeen feet
Thence west Two CD rods South of
Section Twenty Five (25l Township
Forty Four West II 1875 N-R A vs.
One Hundred Twenty Five North. Range
Forty Four West Ct 1875 N-R 44W) Two
Thoussand Six Hundred Fifty feet
where it terminates at Station Three
Hundred Fifty Two plus Seventy (352+
7O) of the Main Ditch.
AS appears by the report of the engin-
eer hereinafter mentioned and that the
the names of the municipal and other
the construction Of said ditch, as ap-
pears in the report of the viewers, here
matter mentioned are as follows, to-
wit:
stS 959f Mng Tbd II snyaer A R6oy
Neil Crowley, Nicholas Ulferts, Murray
H. Hoard, H. w. Wilhelm, F. J. OToole,
Lineweh & MeIott, J. J. Homo, Frank
Johnson, Lee. 3; Kopei, R. & Geo Wa
/, dell, Town of Everglade, Town of Pep
perton, Town of Eldorado, Town of Don
ser, J. F. Halbe, o. c. Caldwell ct al,
G. ST. e. GaFdneE' Ed Capesiqs ct al, J.
Anna Hubert, Henry Hubert, L. A.
Strom, II. r. Hatfield, James Brown,
Lydia Zimmerman, Leroy E. Worsten
Ramp, Jno; F. Dries, Andrew Anderson,
Norby, Eberhard & Kurtz, Wilhelmenia
Melott & Lineweh, Q; E; & A. E. sundt,
Cooper, J. P. steinfort, L. J. A. & e.. NJ.
BTagsstad, Henry HeueT, H. 3; Heuer, p
Grove, Isaac Kaufman, Boynton & Bill,
S. l. Jordan, and that the engineer ap-
pointed by the County Board of said
COUNTY, to make a survey of the route
| of said ditch has completed his work
and made due report thereon, and fled
Auditor; and that the Viewers appointed
| by said County Board to view the same
have completed their work and filed
, their report thereon in the office of said
County Auditor.
And that, therefore, the County Board
of Stevens County, State of Minnesota
the 21st day of June 1917, at the County
AUDITORS office in the City of Morris
in said County, at 2 o'clock P. M, of
said day, for hearing and consideration
of said petition and of said surveyors
and viewers report thereon; and that
all persons interested in the construc-
ton of said ditch are invited to appear
and be heard by and before said County
Board at said time for or against the
construction of said ditch.
G. r. WOLLTHAN,
County Auditor of
Stevens County, Mimi.
Morris tribune., 1917-06-08
WEST DARNEN


Everybody and his brother attended
the GOIlmar Bros. circus last Friday.
Edith Basin. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Basin, was quite i'll last Fri-
day and Saturday but is better again
now.
The Beimel and Julius young folks
and Gaylord Anderson visited at the
8chl home Sunday.
Two Of the Darnon prominent farm
ers had a bad attack of auto fever
and the result was that Blanch Hol-
Ienbeck bought a Hudson car and Jonas
WiCkstrom a new Maxwell.
Frances. Helen and Eugene Beimel
are on the sick list this week.
Lloyd julius, son of Mr. and Mrs. y.
J. Julius, is reported quite sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Anderson were
Norris visitors Saturday afternoon.