Meade County news., 1917-05-17
TO USE THE HIGH SCHOOLS
Mrs. Cora G. Lewis Makes Timely
Suggestion Regarding Domestic
Science Equipment.

Mrs. Cora G. Lewis, member of the
State Board of Administration having
charge of the State Schools of Kan
sas, comes out with a suggestion for
the use of the High School equipment
of the present campaign for preserva-
tion and conservation of food. Mrs.
Lewis makes the following sugges-
tions:
There are in Kansas 225 high
schools with domestic science equip
ment. The school board in each of
these towns where it is possible could
help in the food situation by employ
ing the teacher of domestic science de-
partment for the entire vacation and
offer the equipment to the community
for canning, preserving and drying
fruits and vegetables. A most i'm
portant part of the food drive is the
preservation of garden and orchard
products.
Clubs of the high school girls may
be organized by the domestic science
teacher and the equipment divided
into two periods a day-from to IL
and from 2 to 5. Mother and daugh-
ter clubs also may be organized, Ex-
ira pressure cookers should be bought
for canning, where the money is avail
able, and the investment of a small
canning plant put in the basement
would be worth to the community far
more than it costs, in the encourage
ment of canning provisions. With mo-
tor cars it is possible for both coun-
try and town women to use domestic
science departments of the high
schools for canning clubs.
School boards, will you help Kansas
save everything raised, making that
your community contribution to this
war for democracy?
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Wheat outlook Good.-The rains of
the last ten days have worked won
ders for wheat and oats in Labette
county. Reports from all parts of the
county indicate that the prospects for
a good crop have not been as encour-
aging to the farmers in a number Of
years.
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A Church DissolVes.-The' Presby-
terian Church organized at Hazleton
thirty years ago has dissolved The
building and other property has been
sold to the Christian Church.
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Cimarron No SIacker.-With the en-
listment of eleven more young men,
Cimarron, with a population of about
one thousand, has sent a total of
forty-two men to the army and navy.
Men from Cimarron have entered most
branches of the service. The stand
ard of efficiency of men from there
has been remarkably high Give Dill
man, son of Postmaster c. NJ. Dill
man, passed with a grade of 90.
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Substitute for Flour.-Left-over bis
cults and muffins make a good par
tial substitute for flour The home
economics department at the Univer-
sity of Kansas has so proved with
cakes and cookies made from dry
bread.
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Pittsburg Has 9,19o.-Pittsburg's
population is 1880. Assessors have
completed the enumerating. This is
slight gain over last year.
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Watervile Officer a Suicide.-L. R.
Larson. city marshal OF Waterville,
committed suicide recently by hang
ing. He tied rope around his neck
and jumped from the barn loft door
He leaves widow, two sons and a
daughter.
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Machine Gun Company Ready
With 73 men, war strength, on the
roll the lola Machine Gun Company is
anticipating muster into the Third
Kansas Regiment. The machine gun
company is Iola's third unit ready for
service in the war with Germany.