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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

and the rotary hand slicer Is adapted
for use on very wide range Of mate
rial A large sharp kitchen knife may
be used when handler cutting device
Is not available Care should be taken
that the material is sliced thin enough
but not too thin. From an eighth to a
quarter Of an inch is fair thickness
for most of the common vegetables to
be sliced and dried.
To secure fine quality Of dried prod
ucts much depends upon having the
vegetables absolutely fresh, young.
tender and perfectly clean. II steel
knives are used in pairing and cutting
have them clean and bright so as not
to discolor the vegetable. The earthly
smell and flavor will cling to root crops
If they are not washed thoroughly be-
fore slicing, and one decayed root may
flavor several kettles of soup If the
slices from 1t are scattered through
whole batch of dried material. High
grade dried root" vegetables can only
be made from peeled roots.
Blanching of vegetables is considered
desirable by some housekeepers. al
though 1t is not strictly essential to
successful drying. Sun drying has
much to recommend it, since it re-
quires no expenditure IF fuel and there
is little danger of the product becom-
Ing overheated. Dust, however, gath
ers on the product, and unless 1t is pro-
tected carefully flies and especially
certain insects which habitually attack
dried fruits will lay their eggs upon it.
These eggs later will hatch out, and
the worms, or larvae, will riddle the
dried fruits or vegetables, rendering
them unfit for the table.
Fruits and vegetables when dried In
the sun generally are spread on large
trays of uniform size so constructed
that they can be stacked one on top of
the other and protected from rain by
means of a cover made of oilcloth, can
vas or roofing paper.
A very cheap tray can be made of
strips of lumber three-fourths of an
Inch thick and two inches wide, which
form the sides and ends, and lath
which is nailed on to form the bottom.
Spaces one-eighth inch wide should be
left between the laths for ventilation,
and the trays can be raised off the
ground by placing them on poles or an
improvised trestle. AS laths are four
feet long, these lath trays are most
economical of material when made
four feet in length.
A cheap and very satisfactory drier
for use over the kitchen stove can be
made by any handy boy or carpenter
from a small amount Of small mesh
galvanized wire netting and a number
of laths or strips Of wood about one
half inch thick and two inches wide.
The screen may be tackled directly on
the framework to make the drying
shelves, or the framework can be made
to support separate trays. By using
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

OF course, is not satisfactory In moist
weather.
Pack In cartons or boxes for . few
days to Condition"
String or Snap esass.
All varieties of string beans can BE-
dried, but only beans In ideal cond1-
ton for table use should be selected
for this purpose.
(a) Wash, remove stem, tip and
strings" Cut or break the beans into
pieces one-half to one inch long and
place on trays and dry. They also can
be run through the slicer and then
dried quickly.
90 Prepare as directed above, but
instead of cutting the beans thread
them on coarse, strong thread, making
long necklaces" Of them, and hang
them above the stove or out of doors
until dry. An old fashioned recipe
calls for boiling the pods until nearly
cooked through before drying.
(c) Wash and string beans carefully.
The very young and tender beans can
be dried whole. Those that are full
grown should be cut In one-fourth TO
one inch lengths with vegetable slicer
or a sharp knife. They are then put
in bag of cheesecloth OF In q wire
basket and blanched in boiling water
for six to ten minutes, depending on
the maturity of the bean. One-half
teaspoonful of soda may be added to
each gallon of boiling water to help
set the green color in the beans. Re-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

PREPARATION OF VEGETABLES TO BE DRIED.
be stirred or turned several times dur
ing the drying in order to secure a
uniform product.
When sufficiently dried fruit should
be so dry that 1t is impossible to press
water out of the freshly cut ends of
the pieces and will not show any of
the natural grain of the fruit ON being
broken and yet not so dry that it will
snap or crackle. 1t should be leathery
and pliable.
Preparation of Food For tho Drer.
In large factories the vegetables are
put through special shredders and slic-
ers not adapted for home use, but
convenient and inexpensive machines
which can be used to great advantage
are on the market. The meat grinder
with its special disks can be used in
certain cases, the common kraut slicer
will cut large vegetables into thin
slices. such as potatoes and cabbage,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11
DRYING FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES
How TO Save Surplus Products
Of the Garden.
CHEAP AND USEFUL DRIER

United States Department of AgrIouI-
ture Gives Valuable Directions For
Conserving Food by Simple and In
expensive Home Processes-Differsnt
Ways of Drying Food Products.
From United States department of agrl-
culture.1
Fruits and vegetables may be dried
in the home by simple processes and
stored for future use. The processes
are sun drying, drying by artificial heat
and drying by air blast These, of
course, may be combined. In general,
most fruits or vegetables to be dried
quickly must be shredded or cut into
slices, because many are too large to
dry quickly or are covered with skin,
the purpose of which is to prevent dry
ing out When freshly cut fruits or
vegetables are to be dried by means of
artificial heat they should be exposed
first to gentle heat and later to the
higher temperatures. If the air applied
at the outset Is of too high tempera-
ture the cut surfaces of the sliced
fruits or vegetables become hard or
scorched, covering the juicy interior
so that it win not dry out. Generally
it is not desirable that the air tempera-
ture in drying should go above 40
degrees to $50 degrees f., and it is bet
ter to keep it well below this point
Insects and insect eggs are killed by
exposure to heat of this temperature.
1t is important to know the degree
Of heat In the drier, and this cannot
be determined very accurately except
by using n thermometer The reason
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

two laths nailed together the frame
work can be stiffened and larger trays
made If desirable. This form or any of
the lighter makes of driers can be sus-
pended from the ceiling over the kitch-
en- range or over the oil, gasoline or
gas stove, and. 1t will utilize the hot air
which rises during the cooking hour. 1t
can be raised out of the way or swung
to one side by crane made of lath.
A good home drier is the cook stove
oven. Bits Of food, leftovers, especially
sweet corn, can be dried on plates in
a very slow oven or on the back of the
cook stove and saved for winter use.
If the oven is very warm the door
should be left ajar and the temperature
of the oven often noted. Trays for use
In the oven can be made from a con-
venient sized galvanized wire screen by
bending up the edges one or two inches.
Good use can also be made Of an cleo
trio fan.
Directions For Drying.
Many of the products for which d.
rections are given here may be dried
either with or without preliminary
blanching. In such cases both methods
are described.
ALTERNATIVE METHODS ARE
DESIGNATED BY LETTERS A, B,
@, ETC.
Sweet Corn.
Only very young and tender corn
should be used for drying, and 1t should
be prepared at once after gathering.
(a) Cook in boiling water two to five
minutes, long enough to set the milk.
Cut the kernels from the cob with a
sharp knife, taking care not to cut off
pieces Of the cob. Spread thinly on
trays and place In position to dry. Stir
occasionally until dry.
(b) Boil or steam on the cob eight to
ten minutes to set the milk. To improve
flavor a teaspoonful of salt to gal
ion of water may be used. Drain well
and cut corn from cob, using very
sharp and flexible knife. Cut grains
fine, only halfway down to the cob, and
scrape out the remainder of grain, be-
ing careful not to scrape off any of the
chaff next to the cob. Dry from three
to four hours at no to las degrees +.
(cl The corn may be dried in the sun.
Dry In oven ten to fifteen minutes and
finish drying In the sun. Sun dryiH5,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

sun drying is popularity believed to
give fruits and vegetables a sweeter
flavor lies probably In the fact that in
the sun they never are scorched, where
as in the oven or over stove scorch-
ing is likely to occur unless careful
attention is given them.
Drying of certain products can be
completed In some driers within two
or three hours The material should
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

DRYING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Forcing air at room temperature across
homemade racks with electric fan.
move surface moisture by placing b.
tween two towels or by exposing n
the sun and air for a short time. DIN
young string beans two hours, more
matured beans three hours. Begin dry
ing at temperature of ITO degrees n.
and raise temperature gradually to 40
degrees Il.
Wax beans are dried In the same
manner as the green string beans.
Peas.
(a) Shell and spread on trays and dry.
CD Shell full grown peas with nom
edible pod, blanch the peas from three
to five minutes, remove surplus mots-
ture, spread In single layer on trays
and dry from three to three and one
half hours. Begin drying at ITO de-
grees F., raising temperature very
slowly In about one and one-half hours
to 145 degrees f. Continue drying one
and one-half or two hours at i45 Do
grees r.
W luil 6lONh pCaS, pdoSt4B
through a meat grinder, then spread
on trays and dry. Whole peas take
longer to dry, but when cooked they
resemble fresh peas. The ground peas
dry more quickly, but make a product
which can be used successfully only In
the preparation of soup or PURGE.
(d When drying the very young and
tender sugar peas use the pod also.
Wash and cut in quarter inch pieces
Blanch In boiling water six minutes.
Remove surplus moisture and dry the
same length of time and at the same
temperature as string beans. 1t is not
necessary to use soda when blanching
peas.
Garden Beets, Carrots, Rhubarh, Etc.
Beets.-(a) Select young, quickly
grown, tender beets. Wash, peel, slice
about one-eighth inch thick and dry.
(b) Boil the whole beets with sldn
until little more than three-fourths
done. Dip in cold water, peel and slice
into one-eighth or one-quarter inch
slices. Dry two and one-half to three
hours at 40 degrees to 100 degrees Il.
Carrots.-Varieties having a large,
woody core should be avoided.
(a) Wash, peel, slice lengthwise into
pieces about one-eighth inch thick and
dry.
OBJ Clean, scrape or pare and slice
into one-eighth inch slices Blanch six
minutes. remove surface moisture and
dry two and one-half to three hours.
Begin drying at 10 degrees r. and
raise temperature gradually to $50 de-
grces +.
Parsnips. kohlrabi, celeriac and salsi-
fly are dried by the same methods.
Rhubarb.-Choose young and succu-
lent growth. Prepare as for stewing,
by SHINING the leaf stalks and cut
ting into pieces about one-fourth inch
to one-half inch in length. Do nor use
the blade of the leaf.
Pumpkins and Squash.
(a) Select sound, well grown speci-
mems. Cut into strips. Peel these,
remove all seeds and the soft part
surrounding them. Cut strips into
smaller bits not over one-fourth inch
thick and two inches long and dry.
% Pare and cut into about one-half
inch strips and blanch three minutes.
Remove surface moisture and dry
slowly from three to four hours, rails
ing temperature from ITO to 140 de-
grees +.
Celery tops, parsley, mint, sage ana
herbs of all kinds need not be blanched,
but should be washed well and dried
In the sun or in the drier
You can't afford to neglect your
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

One of our clients has money to
loan on city property in Bonners
Ferry. We are authorized to make
these loans at a very low rate of
interest. BOTTUM & WILSON.
Lost--Silk watch fob bearing gold
charm showing small cabin with the
word alaska" across face. Finder
please leave at Herald office U
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

Mail orders gwen prompt and care
full attention. We guarantee them
against breakage and pay parcels
post or express charges. Send your
next order for drug sundries to ST.
monds' Drug Store, Bonners Ferry,
Idaho.-adv-tf.
For Rent-Four-room house. $500
per month. Inquire of j. w. Reid.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-11

You can't afford to neglect your
eyes. Defects may be corrected with
properly fitted glasses. See O. F.
Howe. jeweler and optician. IT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
WEATHER.

For the District of Columbia and
Maryland, partly cloudy tonight ana
tomorrow; continued cool; moderate
northwest to north winds.
For Virginia, generally fair tonight
and tomorrow; frost tonight in ex-
treme southwest portion: slightly
warmer tomorrow in south portion;
gentle to moderate westerly winds, be
coming variable.
For West Virginia. partly cloudy to-
night and tomorrow: slightly warmer
tonight in west portion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
QUIETER TONE AT LONDON.
Trading Irregular on War Reports
and New South Wales Loan.

LONDON. May 9.-The stock market
developed a somewhat quieter tone and
an irregular tendency on war news and
the issue Of another New South Wales
loan OF s13,ooo.ooe. which checked any
improvement in gilt edgers. but occa-
stoned no offering Of stock Russian
bonds were weak on the political situa-
ton Argentine rails and Grand Trunks
were dun. but Mexicans continued up
ward. De Beers was a feature on
Paris buying. Oil and gold mine is
sues ruled steady. The American de-
partment dropped fraction and closed
dull. Money and discount rates were
firm.
Bar silver, 81 15-16d per ounce; mon
ey, / Is per cent. Discount rates-Short
bills. 11-l6 per cent; three months,
! z per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO May 9.-Hogs-Receipts,
Is 600 head: active 10 to Is above yes
terdays average. Bulk. 15-65a15.9o;
liyht 1465a15s5; mixed, 15.30a15 95;
heavy. 15.35a1s.00; rough, 15.35a15.55,
pigs. 10.00a1400
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 head: firm
native beef cattle, 9.20a13.50; stockers
and feeders, 7.4oa1035; cows and heif-
ers, 6.50a11.50; calves, 9.50a14.00.
Sheep-Receipts 1900 head: steady
wethers. 11.4oa14.00; lambs. 14.00a1S.15
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
All Chicago Papers to Raise Price.

CHICAGO, May 9.-Another week is
expected to see all Chicago newspapers
the price of which for years has been
cent. selling at cents. owing to the
high prices of paper and all other ele-
ments entering into their preparation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
The Sun and Moon.

Today-Sun rose am: sun sets
1:0S pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4.59 am: sun
sets 1909 pm.
Moon rises 1914 pm; sets 63S am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09

age law Prince Edward Island is ex-
pected to increase in farm values by
S4000,0Q0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer At the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / pm. 81 !.
pm. So IL midnight. IS: today. 4
am, 46: am, 49, Maximum 81 at
4 pm. yesterday; minimum. 40, at 4
am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 80: minimum, 81
Observation-Disclosures 4 pm, 1855:
s pm. 29.s5; u midnight. 29.Si; today,
am, 29S2; am. agS2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperatu
60; condition, T. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature. SIS; condition at north
connection, 5; condition at south con-
nection, I. Georgetown Distributing
eservofr-Temperatur So: condition
at infuent gatehouse, s. condition at
effiuent gatehouse, S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
THE FIDELITY
SAVINGS CO.. INC,
"The Morris Plan,''

At Washington, in the District Of Columbia. at
the close of business May /, 1917.
RESOURCES.
1 a Loans and discounts Except
those shown on and c)...... 1852 on. g
Furniture and fix lures. ......... 1863 9;f
s. Other real estate owned. 9S6.00
8. Due from banks other than
!, G rafgnai and other cash 4is'oi
b fractional currency,
nickes and cents. 1880
Is. Lawful money in vault $500
Total ............ SboS, l42Io
LIABILITIES
'ls. Capital stock paid in 500, 900 90
20. Undivided profits -. S3l .4s5.Ge
b Less current ex-
peuses, interest and
taxes paid 14.so6.70
81. Amount reserved for taxes ac-
crued ......... ....... 1.O846a
accrued .................... 51o27s
o. Time deposits payable after 80 '''0'
days, subject to 80 days
more noticel:
SO. Certineates Of deposit, ........,.. $50 sao7s
III. Bills payable including certif-
Gates OF deposit representing
money borrowed ............... 5000 90
Total $3.50 142 70
named bank. DO soiemniy swear that the above
and belief. H. b. BYRD.
correct-Attest:
FRA FRANK 8. pRiea aaa'
L. c. sTRIDER.
u. B. BYRD. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-09
Tide Tables.

Compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, s:3o am. and 4:26
pm; high tide, 9:29 am. and 9:59 pm.
Tomorvow-Low tide. 4:23 am. and
STA pm; high tide, 1915 am. and
IO:fS pm
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-04-06
The Vast Pampas.

Only q few miles from Buenos aires
one comes upon the pampaS rms
sweep of level plain covers roughly
two million square miles, making
range of territory nine times the size
Of New England and double the ex-
tent Of Mexico. There are unbroken
ranges of 1000 miles of absolutely nat
land, across which the traveller may
pass for hundreds of miles and hardly
see a town worthy Of the name. Inc
owners of the big farms live in Bue-
nos Aires or Europe, and the vast un-
occupied pampas still await needed
immigration from other lands to be-
come productive. AS rule, the OLD
families of wealth live together in
their large, palatial homes, keeping
much to themselves. They carry along
the traditions of their clan, but are
not especially interested in the reform
of Argentine life or in the extensive
opening up of new fields of service and
opportunity.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-04-06
American Generosity.

For generosity toward Il conquered
foe the record Of the United States Is
difficult to beat remarks London Tit
Bits. It was in 1898 that the states
had a little, difference with Spain.
Spain was of course, badly beaten, ana
in the end was obliged to cede Cuba,
Porto Rico, the Ladrone islands and
the Philippines, an area OF territory
about three times the size of England.
But so that there should be no sore
ness the states actually paid over
100000 to the Madrid government,
and, more than that, returned all the
Spanish soldiers, together with their
arms, paying the whole bin of trans
port and other expenses. This is not
the first time that Washington has
been generous. After the Mexican
war of 60 years ago, when she had
taken California and other huge ter
Sitories from that country, she paid
over to the vanquished nation very
considerable indemnity.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-04-06
Pert and impairment.

A young woman of pink complex
ion but of heroic build-a kind way Of
denoting obesity-appiied to Il. Fl. Cal
vert, the moving picture director, for
position as an extra girl. She present
ed him personal letter of introduce
ton. Long years ago, it seems, Mr..
Calvert knew her father and mother.
As he gazed at this pump Juno the
liEht of memory came into his eyes,
but still he was not quite certain about
yer ething. LET me see" he unused,
which side of the house do you re-
sen.5!e the most?' "Sir!' she cried
In accents far from mild, II don't re-
semble any side of any old house p
Topeka State Journal
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-04-06
Photoqraphinq Wild Flowers.

Edwin Hale Lincoln of Pittsfeld,
Mass, has pursued one hobby for %
consecutive years, according to the
Boston Globe. In that period Mr..
Lincoln has obtained 400 pictures of
the wild flora of Berkshire county.
His are the photographs used by
students in the foremost art schools
and universities of America, so his
work has won not only wide recognl-
ton but some degree Of compensa-
ton of ii financial nature. But it has
been to Mr.. Lincoln himself work
of pleasure and instruction on many
a delightful ramble in field and wood
and along winding roads leading into
the unfrequented places where the elo-
quent silences are.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-04-06
|. & n, CONDUCTOR
GAINS is POUNDS
Can't. Parker Says Stomach
About Played Ou;--Now
Eats Cabbage and
Pork Like a Sec
ton Hand

Il have got to hand it to that
Tanlac, for there is no doubt
about it being the finest thing
ever sold in a drug store for the
people that have any sort OF
stomach trouble or Indigestion,
said Capt. Eugene Parker, a
popular Louisville and Nashville
conductor, running between
Birmingham and Montgomery.
and who lives at alt Sixth ave-
nue., Inglenook.
why, the way it has straight
ened me out in just a short
time," he continued, is a mys-
terry and it has done for me what
nothing else | ever tried would
do. | had mighty near got to
where | didn't need to go to the
table anymore, so far as eating
was concerned, for couldn't eat
anything after l got there. If |
did, | had to pay dear for it in
a little while, for my stomach
had about played out altogether.
There was a continual sore
ness in my stomach and | thought
sometimes it must be an abscess.
My liver never was right and
there was not a day but what |
had to get something from the
drug store for headache and to
settle my stomach. | never had
much life in me and had fallen
off a great deal. | was in a
badly run down shape generally
and hardly fit to do my work.
About three weeks ago a
friend of mine asked me why
7 didn't try this Tanlac, as he
had used it and found it to be
the very thing he needed, so |
took him up on his suggestion
and stopped at the Anderson
Drug Company in Inglenook and
bought two bottles of it, but l
must say | never looked for it to
do me any good, as so many
things had been Recommended
to me and tried them all with
out any benefit. 1
We'll, | am afraid some people
won't believe ii, but it is a fact
and | can prove it. After | had
used those two bottles | weighed
and found had actually gained
Is pounds. 1t just Strengthened
my stomach out In no time and
since | took the first dose | have
not had to take anything for a
headache.
Il have the finest kind of an
appetite now and can eat any,
thing. The other day out on the
road our supplies had run low
and | had some salt pork and
cabbage cooked up on the ca
boose and | ate it like section
hand and enjoyed every mouth
full of it. That's going some
for a man who had stomach
trouble, but it did not hurt me
one bit.
II notice | sleep a great deal
better now and am about 100
per cent in better shape every
way. ] really believe Tanlac is
the best remedy in the world
and there are a lot of other
people out my way who think
the same thing"
Tanlac is sold in Brinkley ex-
clusiyely by NJ. B. Converse; in
Clarendon by w. E, Everett; in
Holly Grove by the Holly Grove
Drug Co.; in Hunter by Hunter
Drug & Mercantile Co.; and in
Gent by P. R. Anderson, and in
/ Duncan by c.. r. Gordon.