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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21
Daily Chats With
the Housewife

Natural Winter Storage OF Vegetables
In the Home.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-I order
that householders may utilize spare
time during the summer TO put their
cellars in shape for the winter stor-
age OF the surplus vegetables which
will be grown on the home eatdens
that have been planted this year. or
that may make plans for other meth
eds of natural storage. the United
states department of agriculture has
prepared the following discussion on
the storing of vegetables
Home Storage of vegetables.
To those persons fortunate enough
to possess land for the growing of
Vegetables sufficient in quantity for
the needs of the family, storage is
an economic necessity, Likewise it
is an economic necessity 20 grow
vegetables to store. half acre gar
den should produce far more vege-
tables than the average family can
consume during the maturing period
Of the crops. Only small portion
of the garden should be planted to
those vegetables which must be used
as soon as they reach maturity. The
remainder should be devoted - crops
that are to be canned, dried. or stor-
c. 1t is comparatively easy TO keep
| hy storing such vegetables rs pota-
toes. beets. carrots, parsnips- salsify'
turnips cabbage, celery, onions,
sweet potatoes. dry beans, and dry
! lima beans. Some of the crops may
be stored in the cellar under> the
dwelling, in pits or banks, or in
caves or outdoor cellars. Others cln
he kept in any dry place such rs the
pantry or attic.
The Storage Room in Basement.
| Many houses are heated by a fur
mace in the cellar. The pipes are
as a rule carried under the joist
thus warming the cellar to some eN-
tent For this reason it is best to
PARTITION off a small room in one
corner of the cellar to serve as q
storage room for potatoes, beHts. car
rots parsnips, satisfy. and turrips
IIf possible this room should have al
lleast one window for the purpose OF
Regulating the temperature. The
floor should not be concreted, as the
| natural earth makes better conditions
for the keeping of vegetables. Bins
may be constructed for the various
products. or they may be stored ir
foxes, baskets or barrels. This room
will also serve as a storage place for
/ fresh fruits and canned goods. The
vegetables TO be stored should bt
harvested when the ground is dry
allowed to lie on the surface Ions
enough for the moisture to dry of
before placing them in storage The
tops should be removed from beets
turnips carrots. and satisfy before
placing them in storage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21

TOP covered over with corn fodder or
similar material. When celery is kep.
IN row where IL is grown the earth
weather gets cold When freezing
Weather occurs the dirt should be
brought 10 the TOPS OF the plants and
the rlaEe covered with coarse manure
straw or toddef, heid IN p lace by
means OF stakes OF boards.
outnoof caves or Cellars.
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ior 10 pahhs or pits IN many res
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21

Irish potatoes can he stored in pits
root cellars, or overgrohnd frost
proof storage warehouses. Small
quantities or even carload lots of po-
tatoes are often placed in pits in the
field when other storage facilities are
not available. Immature potatoes con
not be successfully stored for any con-
siderable perold even in the best of
storages and should never be pitted
or buried. Well matured tubers Of
either early or late sorts, if sould
and in a dormant condition upon the
ADVENT of freezing weather in the au-
tum. may be kept until required for
table use or for planting by pittins
storing in potatoe cellars. of which
there are many designs or in above
grould frost proof buildings. The
com mercial storage of irish potatoes
is discussed IN Farmers Bulletin s47.
entitled. Potato storage and stor-
age Houses"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21

outdoor pits or banks are very
generally used for keeping potatoes
beets. carrots, turnips, parsnips, cab
bage. and satisfy. Select Wen
drained location and make \ shallow
excavation. some six or eight inches
deep and of suitable size. This is
lined with straw, leaves, or similar
material, and the vegetables placed
in a conical pile on the material
The vegetables are then covered with
straw or similar material, and finally
with earth to a depth of several
inches The depth of the earth COW
ering is determined by the severity
of the winters in the particular TO-
cality 1t is well to cover the pits
with straw corn fodder, or nanute
during severe weather. Such pits
keep the vegetables very well. but
have the objection that it is hard to
get the material out In cold weather
and where he pit is once opened it is
desirable to remove the entire con-
tents For this reason several small
pits rather than one large one Sh"uid
he constructed so that the entire
contents may be removed at one
time. Instead Of storing each crop
in pit by itself, it is better 10 place
several vegetables of similar keeping
qualities and requirements the same
pit. so that it will only be necessary
to open one pit to get a supply Of all
of them. In storing several crops in
the same pit it is good plan to sep-
arate them with straw. leaves or 9TH
er material The vegetables II ON the
pit may be placed in the basement
storage room where they can he cas-
ily secured as needed for the table.
Cabbage may be stored in n spe-
cial kind of bank or pit The exca-
vation is made long and narrow and
about the same depth as for the oth-
err vegetables. The cabbages are pull
ed and placed in rows in the pit with
the heads down and roots up. The
whole is covered with dirt no straw
or litter need be used. These pits are
made as long as desired. as it is pos
sible to remove portion of the store"
broAuct without disturbing the re-
mainder. Cabbage NEED not be GOV.
cred as deeply as potatoes, as slight
freezing does not injure the carnage
The heads of cabbage are sometimes
stored in banks or pits in a manner
similar 70 potatoes. turnips, etc This
method is open to the same ohIee-
ton as when il is used for potatoes
il is hard to get at the material when
# is needed Another method OF
storing cabbage consists in setting
the whole pfsnt in trecches side by
side with the roots down and as close
together as they can ne placed. Dirt
is thrown over the roots and against
the stalks to the depth Of several IN
ches a Tow fence is BIilt around
the storage place and rai!s.. scantl-
ing. or other supports laid across the
top. About two feet Of straw or
other material. is then piled on t0p
OF the storage pit
Celery may be stored in modi-
fled type Of outside pit. or in the row
where II is grown When stored in
a pit or trench the plants are taken
up and set side by side in shallow
pit as close together as # is feasible
to pack them and wide boards set
up along the outside Of the pit. Dirt
is banked against these boards, and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21
Sweet Potatoes.

Sweet potatoes should be thor.
oughly matured before harvesting
dug while the ground is dry careful
ly handled and thoroughly cured by
holing them at temperature of 80
to So degrees F. FOR a week or ten
DAYS after harvesting After this
they should he stored in place
where the temperature remains in the
neighborhood of SIS degrees f. Such
location is usually near the furnace
in the cellar. or near the furnace
chimney on the second floor of the
house. There is little merit in wrap
ping them in paper or burying them
In sand Sweet potatoes are stored
in outdoor pits or banks but this
method is not TO be recommended
except where no other facilities are
available Sweet potatoes stored In
pits are not as good in quality az
those stored in houses. For further
information on storing sweet pota-
toes write for Farmers Bmletin No
64s.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21

Onions should be well matured
lowed to become thoroughly dry be-
fore being stored They may be put
up in baskets, crates, or bags. and
placed In n cool dry place. The at
tic Is better than the unheated eel
lar for storing onions. The tempera-
tnTes slightly below the freezing
n6iht do not injure them. provided
they are not moved or handled while
frozen. The commercial storage of
onions is briefiy iseussed in Farmers
Bulletin No. 354.
Beans, Peas and Ot:ier iJrgs'd Pro-
ducts.
Such vegetables as may be Kept
in the dry state should be grown 20
as great an extent as possible. Vari-
beans. should be allowed to dry on
the vines Lima beans should be
gathered as they mature. and placed
IN a warm dry place until dry
place until dry enough to shell. Navy
beams and kidney beans are usually
harvested when maximum number
OF pods are mature and before the
ripesf pods orpen and the vines cured
nv nav after which they are
tbreshed or shelled. Peas are han
dIed in the same way as navy beans
A nor the beans and peas are thresh-
cd or shelIed they should be placed
in baqs an hung in some dry place.
such as a closet or attic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21

R1ElN1NQE ENEN1EE1E1TIN NglylgI
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-07-21

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
THAT DRY FLYING MACHINE.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Has the
Following to Say on the Sub
ject.

1T will occur to many people that
the proposed airship campaign in
favor of constitutional prohibition in
Iowa is a play to the galleries, the
expense of which, under the circum-
stances, should be saved to be devot-
ed to more necessary undertakings.
1t is not at the moment recalled
just who he is who proposes to sing
the songs of the drys among the
clouds. Whoever he is he expects to
gain much notoriety; to be the lead
ing personality of the canvass; to
| live in history as the one who decid-
ed the issue; to take upon himself
the credit of converting lot of us
who have been a long time of that
opinion and to gain applause for
bringing to the polls men who never
neglect an election.
Iowa is not greatly in need of this
sensational feature. If there is vir-
tue in flying machine campaign it
should have been undertaken in coI-
nection with recruiting for the army
or navy, the sale of liberty bonds,
the planting of city gardens or the
eradication of swine plague. In poll
tics the thing looks cheap. Cheapness
most commonly reacts among men
who demand quality. This co1stitu-
tional amendment is not matter Of
life and death, or even an opportun-
ity to enjoy happiness. Adopted or
defeated the proposed amendment
will change not one thing in Iowa.
Prohibition is and prohibition will
be. The constitution is as easily vio
lated as a statute. 1t is not self en-
forcing. 1t need not be weighted
down with matters that may be treat
ed by simple elactments. The consti-
tuition is a broad, firm road to ira
vel, not a quagmire in which to stick
and stagnate. There is no necessity
for spectacular effort. All parties to
the contest, if there is more than one
party, should exercise fine degree of
conservatism on expenditures
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
IOWA WOMEN FARMERS.
Prominent i'm Conference i'm Chicago
Last Week.

Iowa women dominated the confer
ence of feminine farmers who met
in Chicago last Thursday to start the
National Women's Farm and Garden
association.
Mrs. Fannie Klinck of Clarksville,
| Ia, told a tragic tale of how she ex-
Iperimented in alfalfa and planted
seventeen varieties, only TO have her
husband, who cared nothing for farm
| ing, she said. pillow it all up, not
knowing what it was. Now she drives
the pillow herself and has planted
more alfalfa. Mrs. Klinck has farm
of 100 acres, which she manages her.
self with evident success, as she was
given the prize for the best collection
of farm products at the Peoria Soil
Products exposition last week.
A career for aged hens was pre-
scented by Mrs. Anthony Stocker of
IDes Moines. Iowa. It's simply this:
Can them!
Chicken is one Of the few things
that along with pineapple is better
canned than fresh" said Mrs. Stocker.
IF there is any question / would
prefer al old chicken to young one
for canning. Incidentally an old roos-
ter is not only cheap but very good.
Buy one alive and with few days
care he will taste as good as any when
canned"
There was an all day meeting of
the association again Friday. The
general topic was "Our Women Allies
in Farming and Gardening" The con-
ve1tion closed after a business SEES
sion Mrs Francis King, the national
president has presided. With her on
the platform was Mrs. Frank O. Low
den. And Mrs. Scott Durand, once of
Burlington, was rtominent in the
meeting.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
sHERIFFs SALE.

By virtue of a special execution, is
sued out of the office of the Clerk of
the District Court, in and for. Win
neshiek County State of Iowa, dated
the Sd day of October, A. d. 1917,
and to me directed and delivered. I
have levied on the following des-
cribed real estate situated in Winnie
shiek county, Iowa to-wit:
The southeast quarter of the
southeast of section thirty-five and
the southwest quarter of the south
west quarter of section thirty-six all
the foregoing being in Township One
Hundred north of Range Eight west
of the Fifth P. NJ. in WinIeshiek
county, Iowa, also lot two CD of
southwest quart1' of northeast
quarter and lot three CD of south
east quarter Of northeast quarter, al
so lot one Cd of northeast quarter
of northeast quarter and all Of north
west quarter of northeast quarter of
section two CD in township Ninty-
nine north of Range Eight, west Of
Fifth P. Nj. in Winneshiek county,
Iowa.
Which property / shall expose for
public sale as the law directs, on Sat
urday, the 18th day of November, A.
ID. 1917, at the hour of o'clock A.
M. of said day, at the front door OF
the court house in DEBORAH, in said
county, or so much thereof as shall
be necessary to satisfy a judgment
for the sum of $9,S70.52, damages,
with interest from the 10th day of
September, 1917, at the rate of go
on $4,000 and 10 on $870.52,
$3.50, attorneys fee, and $1,000,
costs, which Gyda NJ. Smith
recovered on the 18th day of Septem-
Der 1917, in the District Court OF
said county, against Julian A. Hol-
kesvik ct al AID said premises. to-
,gether with Interest and accruing
costs.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, October
4th, 1917.
O. o. ELLINGSON,
Sheriff.
FRANK SAIRE, 4l2
Attorney tor Plaintiff
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the appointment of dn adj
ministrator of the estate of n. Rich
ert Sr. deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
administrator of the estate OF n.
Richert ST.. late of DEBORAH town
ship, in the county of Winneshiek,
state of Iowa, deceased, intestate,
and has taken upon himself that
trust by giving bonds as the law di-
reefs. All persons having demands
upon the estate of the said deceased
are required to exhibit the same;
and persons indebted to said estate
are called upon to make payment to
JACOB RICHERT,
Administrator
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, October
9Th, 1917. 14-4
E. w. CUTTING and w. S. HART
Attorneys.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
A New Fuel Saver.

Years ago a small boy in Ireland
saw rank tea being thrown on the
fire to make it burn more brightly
and last longer. Today up in Toronto
he is using tea to economic CD the
fuel burned in the plant of which he
is the superintendent. He does not
lay calm /, to having originated the
idea, but when one of his staff sug-
gested it as an experiment, he re-
called what he had seen in Ireland
and the plan was Immediately put
into practice. The results more than
exceeded expectation. Tea that had
been stepped for about two days was
used with soft coal After the fire
had had a good start, the tea was
poured over it. The fire burned
brightly, but the coal was not con-
sumed as rapidly as under ordinary
circumstances. In fact, it was defin-
itely proved that only two-thirds OF
the normal amount Of fuel was burn
ed up. At the most conservative fig
ure, if the scheme were properly
worked out, the experimenier be-
heves that % per cent Of the coal we
now use could be saved. The outlay
is practically nil. Tea leaves are
waste in any event. Why not turn
them to account at time when both
tea and fuel are to be conserved as
never before
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
Fords do Funny Stunts.

We have heard of all kinds of
stunts being pulled by Ford cars and
their drivers, but it remained for
Mail Carrier Earl Cain to spring the
best one we have heard to date. AS
Earl was making his route on Fri
day last he noticed a Ford car ahead
of him, going along at a merry clip,
when all of a sudden he saw some
thing fall from the car. He supposed
it was a coat or shawl, but when
he drove up close enough he discov-
cred that it was a woman, who had
been thrown clear of the car Appar-
emily she was not injured to any ex-
tent by the fall as she and the other
occupants of the car went on their
way after she had climbed back into
the rig.-Waverly Independent Re-
publican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10

lie excellent materials and the skilled workmanship that
90 INTO every pair CT Bates Shoes entirely out of the oues
t!oa-you will fnd another of wearing quality that
coa23 from the very style of them.
throughout thirtyone years, Bates Shoes have main
ed reputation for interpreting good taste in terms of
o:wear They are designed correctly styles that are
3;+hentic.
The cAocS that you buy only keep freed up in the
co5e can never be Bates Shoes-or they are the shoes
thai faSdsh
Dates Shoes stylish as long as they ast-and
fay last longer. Ask to show YOU the new models
today.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
IOWAN SEES END OF WAR.
Horrible Conditions of Germans In
dictate It's Coming.

Missouri Valley, Ia, Oct. s.
Frances McDermott of Missouri Val
ley, somewhere in France" but in
sight and sound of the big guns, has
written to his relatives here recently
that 200 Germans crawled from their
trenches AID voluntarily surrendered
to the French. The Germans had
nothing on their heads but pieces of
gunnysacks made into caps, they had
no coats, and their shoes were all in
AID one-half of the prisoners were
under 16 years old, and they said
that they had received nothing to
eat for five days. Mr.. McDermott re-
ports like surrendering on the part
of the Germans on several occasions
and that battles in the clouds between
airplanes are of daily occurrence.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
A CASE SUPPOSED.

The Sioux City Journal supposes
this case
Suppose-just suppose-that a
great German liner full of women aad
babies en- route to Sweden were sunk
in the Baltic without warning by an
American submarine. And then sup
pose you undertook to explain it to all
your pro-German neighbors on the
ground of military necessity. If you
are still interested in the subject, the
next guess will be as to the extent of
the increase of the apopleXy death
rate in your community.
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
such case is not even supposable. No
American commander of submarine
would sink such a ship and govern
ment that would order it done or
sanction it after it had been done
would be damned forever So the
case is not even supposable, but new
ertheless it is good way to bring this
subject home to some people who still
persist in believing that the old Lusi-
tania case had no American merits.
In order to maintain peace at that
time our government almost condor
ed that crime, legally, but morally it
can never be condoned by the Ameri-
can people-and it must not be con-
doned.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-10
MILWAUKEE NEWSPAPER BARR
ED FROM MAILS.
Statements Against the
War.

Washington, d. c., Oct. S.-The
postofTice department has begun
promptly and vigorously to exercise
the authority conferred upon it by
the espionage act and the trading
with the enemy act in dealing with
newspapers in the United States al
legged to have been preaching trea-
son AID sedtion.
The first important daily newspap-
err printed in the English language
to feel the heavy hand of the govern.
ment is Victor Berger's paper, the
Milwaukee Leader. Today this pap
er was barred from the mails by the
postmaster general because of the al
legged reasonable utterances it has
lately contained.
The action taken against the Lead
er followed a hearing before Assistant
Postmaster General Dockery, at
which Mr.. Berger appeared and
sought to avert the threatened move.
Mr.. Berger also had Arthur Bris-
bane call on Postmaster General
I Burleson in his behalf.
When Mr.. BurlesOn showed Mr..
Brisbane some of the articles Mr..
Berger's paper had been printing M.
Brisbane is said to have thrown up
his hands and told Mr.. Burleson
that no defense could be made in his
opinion.
| The Leader is the leading Socialist
newspaper in Wisconsin and one of
the largest in the United States. It
has opposed the CONSUMPTION law,
and, like other Socialist organs, has
described the war as a capitalistlc
one.
Many orders to show cause have
already been issued. One of the pap
ers under investigation is the New
York Call, and there are many Ger
man papers on the list.
The president having signed yes
terday the trading with the enemy
act, it is now necessary for all for
eign language publications to file
with the postmaster translations OF
all articles with regard to the war.
Postmaster General Burleso1 explain
ed today that the local postmaster
has the authority, if he deems an ar
ticle Objectionable, to bar the issue
containing it from the mails.
Mr.. Burleson indicated that lie
purposed to take summary action and
that it would be for any publication
which felt it had been unfairly dealt
with to appeal to the courts. las
have said before said Mr.. Burleson
1.-The loyal newspapers have nothias
to fear. They can criticise the adj
ministration and skin me alive
they want to. Criticism of this kind
does not come within the law, but the
government does not intend to allow
disloyal newspapers to go on telling
uor soldiers that this is a wal
brought on by the capitalistic class OF
war to make Mr.. Morgan's bond
good, as some of them have beer
saying and thus seeking to poison
the minds of the men who are fight
ing for us.
eve are not proceeding against
Socialist newspapers as class bu'
only newspapers that are indulgint
in such utterances as these. The trad
ing with the enemy act is supple
meatary to the espionage act and viz
tually obliges the newspapers OF the
lcountry to censor themselves in com
Ipelling them to file translations Of
their articles.