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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13

Clean and cut up a hogs head and
remove all skin and larger bones. Let
soak in salt water over night and
next morning wash again and put
over the fire in cold water enough to
cover Cook slowly until the bones
separate from the meat; then drain,
pick out all the bones and hard girls
tie and grind the meeat fine. Strain
the liquor and return it with the
ground meat to the kettle; season with
salt and pepper to taste; and when
it begins to boil. stir in. slowly, enough
cornmeal to thicken, adding some
white flour TO make it hold together.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13

CAMP LEWIS. = Tacoma, WASH,
Nov. lS.--The population of Camp
Lewis is nearing its maximum
Practically all the men of the first
draft from The western states are
assembled here.
Small numbers of stragglers will
continue to arrive for the next two
or three weeks, making up deficien-
cies in past quotas and for dis
charges for disability or exemption.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
I soap price Is soaring.

PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 13.-Now
its the high cost of keeping clean.
Increasing demands for soap and
decrease in the quantity OF fats, gly-
cerin, resin and other materials Wilt
force the retail price of soap still
higher, dealers and manufacturers
predict
The price of osap has already taken
several jumps recently.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
CREANIE,D FTNNAN HADDIE.

First boil fish and remove the skin,
Make white sauce of 2 tablespoons
of butter (heatJ and add 1 tablespoon
of flour in it, pinch of salt. and l cup
of milk. Break up fish into small
pieces and mix i'm the white sauce.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
tablespoons shortening.

tabIespOOns shOrtenInG.
Liquid enough to mix (about "a
cup).
Sift together the flour, meal salt
and baking powder twice. Have the
shortening as cold as possible and
cut it into the mixture with knife,
finally rubbing it in with the hands.
Mix quickly with the cold liquid.
(milk. skim milk or water). forming
a fairly soft dough which can be
rolled on the board. Turn onto a
flour board, roll into a sheet not
over 1-2 inch thick; cut into rounds:
place these in lightly floured biscuit
tins Cor shallow pans), and bake 10
or 12 minutes in rather hot oven,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
Thinks War Win BE Long.

TACOMA. WASH, Nov. IA strip
of the United States of America is
going to be established in Germany,
Major Caldwaleder said here today.
American soldiers will patrol that
strip, the American flag will fly
above it and good old United States
will be the language soken.
More than that, the major de-
clares, "our power is going to extend
to Berlin, but we've got long, hard
road ahead of us. Experts agree
this is going to be a long war. We
are just now on the Threshold
Major Cadwalader advocates uni
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
CORN BREAD.

One and half cupfuls OF cornmeal
Quarter cup of flour.
One egg.
One teaspoonful of salt
Two tablespoonfuls of sugar.
teaspoonful of baking powder.
One teaspoonful of soda.
Two cups of sour milk.
Two tablespoonfuls of melted fat.
Beat the egg, add cornmeal, flour,
sugar and salt, then milk and beat.
Add baking powder and melted fat,
pour into well buttered tin and bake
twenty minutes in a hot oven.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13

The following receipts were pre-
pared after practical demonstration
by some "old southern mammies" un-
der the direction of the woman's food
conservation committee OF the Illinois
State Council of Defense:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
Daily Chats With
the Housewife

Stir constantly until done; then
spread out in pans, and when cold
cut in slices and fry brown on both
sides. BY running melted lard over
it, ii can be kept a long while.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
RED CROSS WANTS MEMBERS.
Campaign for 10000, 900 More, End
i..r. ftInr.isfnnnna n.n-n

WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.-lA. ma
tion-wide Christmas membership
drive by the Red Cross war council
to hulld up the membership 10 49,
0OO. 900 is being prepared This
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13

PORTLAND, ore. Noe ia
logger eats an average of 1.97 pounds
of food at each meal. according to
figures compiled by w. C. Ruegnitz,
of the Bridal Ven Lumber company
His figures are based on detailed
reports from seven logging camps.
The average total cost for each meal
is placed at 27 cents by Ruegnitz.
The amount of food consumed al
the various camps varies generally.
his figures show. At one camp. the
average was 2.S5 pounds for each
mans meal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
FOANTY SAUCE AND APPLE
lDUMPLINGS.

Make a shOrtcake of 3 cups of
flour. tablespoons lard, l-2 tea
spoon salt, 1 teaspoon soda and 2
teaspoons cream tartar, l cup milk.
Peel and quarter apples, roll out
dough, cut in squares and form in
balls. Cook 1-2 hour.
Sauce cup of sugar. l egg beaten
Oightly). IA cup Of boiling milk, fla
vor with vanilla.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
OVER THE NORTHWEST

versa1 military training in the pub
lie schools and dractic action against
pacifists, who he terms the enemy of
democracy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13
CORN NIUTTTNs.

One and one-half cups of cornmeal
One-half cup Of flour.
Two teaspoons of baking powder.
One teaspoon of salt
Two tablespoons of melted fat.
Two tablespoons of sugar.
Two tablespoons hot water.
One-half cup of milk.
One egg.
White or yellow cornmeal can be
used in any of these recipes. An
measurements are level.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13

Rice and Wheat Meal Biscuit.
l cup of rice flour.
l cup of wheat meal
/ teaspoon salt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-11-13

means the addition OF approximately
l0,0GOsO00 members. The drive is to
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
New Mexico.

Some nice looking ore was encoun-
tered in the Queen vein through the
Mckinley tunnel at Mogollon
1t is reported at Roswell that the
Toltec people who have begun opera
tions in the oil fields fourteen miles
north OF that city, will begin the sink
ing OF two more wells in the near fu-
ture.
There is much mining activity in
southern Santa Fe county, especially
on copper properties. On the Tom
Payne ten men are now employed
Work is to be- done on an extensive
scale on the placers of the Ortiz grant.
The new smelter at Waldo is to be
steel structure seventy feet high.
Fifty men are at work on the plant
The A. T. & S. F has completed laying
1000 feet of switch to the smelter SITE
ores of the Cerillos district are to be
treated
The Socorro mill marketed during
1916, 10000 ounces gold and 616,520
ounces silver. Not taking into con-
sideration shipments made direct to
smelte~ the Mogollon district during
1916 produced 1861 ounces gold and
987,87O ounces silver.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
Colorado,

Bar silver sold Feb. 8 in New York
at 77.25 per ounce, the highest price
in recent years.
The Lulu group, about two miles
from Clark, has recently been equip
ped with machinery.
At Leadville the Monarch Mining
Company is being sunk another lift of
from 100 to $50 feet.
Considerable graphite ore is being
mined at the Woodruff property above
Quartz, Gunnison county.
At Breckenridge, machinery is be-
ing shipped to the placer ground Of
the Lee Mining Company.
The Empire Zinc Company at Lead
vile is installing new electric machin-
cry at the Robert Emmett shaft.
The Reiling dredge boat of the
French Gulch Dredging Company re-
Gently shipped a $1,000 gold brick to
the mint at Denver.
At the Smuggler mine, Aspen, where
fires have smou1dered in the deepest
part, preventing operation, flood of
water has developed which is expect
ed effectually to end the burning.
A three-foot vein of copper ore, as
saying 1874 per cent copper and 4.5O
per cent zinc, has recently been un-
covered in the Turret Independence
mine now under bond and lease to R.
F. Stratton of Salida.
The production made in December
from the South Burns mine of the
Acacia Gold Milling Company totaled
seven broad-gauge cars, with a con-
tent approximating $50 tons and an
average value of about one ounce gold
to the ton.
In the Breckenridge district, where
zinc and lead prices are important, the
Pioneer Consolidated Mines Company,
capitalized at $3,OOO,OOO, controls
something like 400 acres on the east
ern slope of Gibson hill, near Breck-
enridge, opened two-foot-wide streak
of high-grade gold-bearing tale ore in
a short cross-cut from tn old Dead
wood tunnel, which the company is
renOvating.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
Arizona.

Owing to the tremendous activities
Of the copper smelters at Douglas,
that city now is most thriving and has
a larger population than ever before.
Every copper mine in the state is
producing at maximum capacity, en-
ploying every man for whom it can
find a place underground and every
smelter~is treating every pound of ore
possible.
Not only the copper, but the gold
and silver mines of Arizona did a
great business last year. The gold
output was 211,SO5 ounces, valued at
$4,378,4OO and the silver output val
ued at $G,711,SOO.
During the month of January the
Inspiration company established new
high records both in quantity of ore
mined and in amount treated. The
mine produced $4,000 tons, while the
concentrator handled $4,000.
The joint camp of the Venture Hill
and Verde Apex companies, about
three miles southwest of Jerome, Is
a scene Of increasing activity. All
through the stormy weather the work
has been steadily progressing.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
MUCH IN LITTLE

Last year was banner year for
the production of coal in Alabama.
Los Angeles city is rich, holding in
the treasury, money, bonds and securi-
ries of total value of $20,514,155
Only about 80 per cent of the ma
tives Of Spain are able to read and
write.
An automobile coal wagon has been
invented with four separate compart-
ments, So well balanced that they can
be dun ,ped by hand.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
Wyoming.

1t is reported that ore worth $1,000
per mountain properties.
The pipe line from the Torchlight
field to the Greybull refinery has been
frozen up and production in that field
is now shut down in both the Ohio and
Greybull Refining Company camps.
When the explosives had done then
deadly work on Kinney well No. and
the gusher had settled down to steady
business, it was measured and will
flow about 500 barrels per dav.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

adudge victory
should fashionable
the presidential residence our home but
receptions the White both engaging and picturesque In the
with sticks
Kitchens Then
the
democratic arriving late for
him the
o grasp the presidential hand!
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

Along the Cornwall coast many
miners earn living by washing tin
out of the sands, the sea shattering
the metal-bearing rocks.
An increase in parasitical diseases
among poultry and game birds in
England is attributed to the distribu-
ton of dust through the air by auto
mobiles.
The population of Manila increased
from 234,4O9 in 1912 to 266,943 at the
beginning Of 1914. Male inhabitants
were more numerous than female by
about $4,000.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17


this odd
said Ever notice
eleggedm men aret the bestf
association mothers
member Of And going be some
be member to
bpeds belong
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17


with Recently the received
The
to writing"
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

of these
officials geological think
giyen more distribution
this most
publicity commercial business
public existence
the
schoolteachers
Other distribution involve the cooperation
nuuker Of books local agents.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

get none. l have raised i've IDIOT
children, and think I oughtter have a
pension. Please send one at once"
And here is another, which Rep
resentative Jacoway Of Arkansas
found in his mail:
''Plez send me pensun by return
mail. I wuzent in the army, but my
father wuz. And I could prove it,
but the captain lost the mustard role"
This is an extract from an affi-
davit submitted to a Missouri con-
rroSSman hv q country doctor who
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

more, who said, when he was called
to- the executive mansion, '"This is my
first misfortune.") 1t is the most per-
sonal, most picturesque of the govern
ment's possessions. It's history is the
history of many of our American
ideals, says Harrison Rhodes in Har-
per's Magazine.
The White House, as is natural,
is the constant theater of the conflict
to be observed everywhere in Ameri-
can life between our wish to have an
ariStOcraov end orr wish not fo Rut
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS.
Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices Quoted for Metals.
Bar silver, THO; lead, New York.
$500; copper, $3O.127s; spelter, st.
Louis, $1016.
Boulder.-Tyngsten concentrates, 60
per cent, $17.OO per unit. Crude ores,
60 per cent, $500; Is per cent, $9.4O
@12.00; 10 per cent, $S.7O@100O per
unit.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
Funny Letters Received by Members Of Congress

continue receive letters which the writer's
wmminI getting pension but don't
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

City. The one-legged men will be
mostly statesmen for artificial limb
firms in the United States. They pro-
pose to organize socially and to dis
cuss ways and means of increasing
their firms business with European
countries.
Gustav Gumpert will bid them
welcome. Gumpert is prominently
counted on to become president Of
the One-Legged Mems Association Of
America" He lost his limb ten years
ago in the service of his country,
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
One-Leqqed Men to Convene in National Capital

oneegged will arrive in this city june will be welcomed
will
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

Of the geOIOg1caI survey. It IS Sa1u
that the standards Of accuracy and
refinement in this work have been
constantly raised by the engineers
carrying it on, with the view of meet
ing adequately every use to which the
resulting maps can be put. The law
provides for the sale Of these maps by
the survey at the cost of printing,
which is interesting when it is taken
into account that this cost is only a
small percentage Of the cost Of sur
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
Valuable Government Maps Offered at Low Price

100000 miles of the United States
half completed according
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
White House Is a Most Desirable Residence

AsHGToNThe White House far and the most desirable
W (Th Of the nobility of
obges them tradition F
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17

SO thoroughly have the men been
instructed to avoid it that trench
foot is now regarded as a crime
among Canadian troops in France.
A patent has been granted a New
York inventor for a guard to pre-
vent the fingers Of a person using a
sewing machine from being pushed
under the needle.
The TaSmanian government has
damned large lake and built
hydroelectric plant for light and
power that will be distributed
throughout the state.
The Benson signal., 1917-02-17
|0ld LeHtters ThrowNewL Liqht
on nAmerlcanRevol11tlon u
Enemies otH1ashlmgzon
and Frunkhn almost
suCceeded in zvryckxng
Me struggling cause.

Asst year during the "Clean-
Il up week" in Philadelphia,
%S: some descendants of Robert
skJ Morris, the financier Of the
Rnun111finn fhniy. W
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-19
SMALL FAMILIES A MENACE
"Rooscvclt Right" Constituent Writes
Senator.

WICHITA. Kan. Jan. ls.-'I want
to say that this country is going tt
the devil unless two things are done,
was the information Senator w. c,
Whitney of Agra received from con-
stltuent In n letter yesterday.
zone thing is that us old fellows
who have raised large families are
passing away and all the young that
get married only nave one or two
youngsters and try to send them to col
lege and make them believe they are
going to live without work. our coun-
Try schools have no scholars. | have
tried now for two winters since | have
not been able to work to hire somt
wood cut to burn, nave money and
never objected to the price asked. but
cannot get any cut.
"Old Roosevelt was right for once
when he said raise large families"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-19

The young lldN across the way says
she believes she'll take "A course in as
tronomy next term and learn some.
thing about the solar plcXus.
O~>~-~~~~~>~>~>>~~~>~~ -~>,>~>>~~~>~>-~-
mittec. Mrs MOOdy's figures showed
Il total amount Of S1G3.S47.5O sub
scribed; s59.55725 paid on subscrip-
tions To date: amount on interest
$4,000 disbursements to date,
S2.227.65, balance in open account
January is, sl2.329.5S
In her report of the nominating
s. Wagner, 4. T. Allison, .. II. Leon
ard. j. y. Wilson and Miss Beulah
Hun, Mrs. Wagner presented the
names OF Mesdamcs y. ". Mayginess,
Moody. a j. Rudd. Randolph Shirk,
W. y. Slll and W. l. Williams for re-
election and the names of Mrs. Harry
l.. Fitzgerald and Miss Florence
Head as new members of the board.
The nominations were confirmed and
election followed Mrs. Ora Lightner
Frost Closed the program with the
singing of THAT Sweet story Of old. y
Birdsall Architect.
Clarence Birdsall of Kansas city,
who has been chosen by the building
committee as architect for the new
association home. Is at work COM
pleting plans for its construction and
It's Is expected that work will be com
mcnced within few weeks and
pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible. Members OF the building
committee include Mesdames Roth,
J. A. Hull J. NJ. Gillette. Ralph Har-
vcy. A. T. Alison. j. A. Chapman, X.
NJ Moody, Frank A Haskell and f..
w. Sinclair Chairman of the various
other committees in the association
are rs follows: Mrs. A. Ernsberger,
religious; Mrs. w l. Williams, educa-
tional: Mrs y. W MayGinns finance;
! Mrs. r. J. Heald. house; Mrs. Frank
a. Haskell. social; Mrs. \. T. Alison.
travellers aid. Mrs. W. II. llake. mem
bershlp. Mrs. W. y. sill. cafeteria;
Mrs George H. Harrington, girls de-
partment; Miss Mildred Kelsey. coun-
/ ell. Mrs. Randolph Shirk. summer
camp; Mrs. A. j. Rudd. extension;
Mrs. T. T.. Smiley. rest room; Mrs. II.
IC. Connor, special lyceum committee
Mrs. Dan J. Davisson, secretarial
Mrs. r. F. Macarthur, publicity.
! Expressions of appreciation have
been extended by the board of direc-
tors to II. W. Randolph. who has
served as attorney for the associa-
tion ever since its organization. and to
the campaign executive committee,
which worked under the leadership
of r. NJ. McFarlin.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-19
COULDN'T PUT ON HIS
COAT WITHOUT HELP
Jernigan Had Rheumatism so
Bad He Couldn't Raise
His Arms.
SPENT YEAR AT HOT WELLS
"Tanlac Has Made a Well Man
of Me-" He Says; Has
Gained Seven Pounds.

81 simply suffered torture with rheuma.
tism for years and when found out about
this Tanlac | was so crippled up that | just
could manage to ho6ble around little by
using walking stick" said VIII V. .Ierni.
gan while in kiesling's Drug Store ut Hous.
ton Texas, few days ago. Mr. Jernigan
has been an employe Of the state government
for several years lie is now located at the
Ramsey state Farm at 0tey, Texas, and is
wcll'hnown citizen OF that place
My troubles began in 1908, continued
Mr.. Jernigan, 'and ever since then | sim.
ply suffered agony nearly all the time until
lanlac relieved me, The rheumatism was all
through my entire system and my arms and
legs, shoulders and back were all so badly
n whole year at the Hot Wells Of Marlin.
taking treatment but got no relief | left
there and came home and for forty days |
couldn't walk, and was, just barely able to
couldn't undresS ysolf-couldn't even raise
my arms TO take of my coa,-and was com.
pletey down and out and absolutely help
less
II was all rum down and bilious and had
no appetite was terribly nervous and felt
80 bad all over | could hardly sleep at all
| used liniments of all kinds took every
medicine | could hear OF and spent | don I
know how much money, but | just kept on
suffering 1t seemed that my case was a
homeless one and had just about despaired
of ever getting anything to help me.
"When | read in the papers about the
good Tunlac was doing other poor sufferers
I just wondered II it would help me. too
] had my doubts about it because everything
else had failed, but decided to take a
chance and try 1t anyway. And believe me,
j M mighty glad | did, for II has made a
well man out OF me and | would take time
day or night to tell anybody what 1t is that
has gotten me out OF my terrible suffering
] have taken three BOTTLES and you can see
for yourself how well | look and how easy
] can walk. | haven't an ache or u pain
about me now and sleep like rock
can use my shoulders and arms just Ms wei
tirely free from all nervousness My appe
tite couldn't be better and | can eat any
thing and have gained seven pounds IL
weight too After Tanlac has done all this
for me | would be ungrateful not to tel
others about it
Tanlac is sold in Tulsa by Quaker, Puritan
and Rexall Drag Stores.--Adv
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-19
M'GRAW'S FORCES
IN CONVENTION

CON NllNl fD tltpM iAht pNF
party except when held by u resident
OF the county where the proxy
cmanates.
Records of the noted meeting of
the committee OF November 20 last.
which practically broke up in a row,
were ordered cancelled with the cN-
ccption Of the matter Of electing Sans
secretary and the action taken in re-
gard 10 ltigating the fair election
law" this being done for the sake OF
cXpunging from the records things
that caused the friction.
To Watch Funds.
1t was ordered also by the state
committee that In future no expense
or expenditure Of money bc incurred
over $500 without having first been
approved by the executive committee
and the report Of the treasurer of the
committee was referred to the eNccu-
tive committee to be audited.
one OF the recommendations OF the
old executive committee dcvlsing
rules for the future guidance of the
organization was to suspend all pres
cnt rules for the future guidance OF
the committee could compile new
rules This brought on considerable
discussion. but the state committee
finally voted 10 retain the old rules
In force until the new ones are pre-
scented and ratified.
National Committecman James j.
McGraw was the outstanding figure
of the meeting. The committeeman
rallied around him and he was in
absolute control at all times The
old Harris McGrlw fight was for
gotten. Former Harris supporters
ioined With ardent McGraw men In
putting thru the program that MIR.
McGraw believes Will mean new
era for the party and bigger things
than have ever before been accom-
plished John Appleby of oklahoma
city was elected secretary OF the
state committee succeeding H.. T.,
Sans Of Nowata W H. +. Trudgeon,
one OF the big responsible Republi-
cans OF the state. was elected state
treasurer.
The executive committee will meet
here February , To perfect rules and
transact other business Al "A meet
ing tonight they employed an auditor
la audit the books OF the state chair
man and square up the records. They
decided TO employ attorneys 10 fight
for the fair election law that they be
licvc was adopted by the people at
the last state election, and will prose
cute this matter vigorously.
The net result of the meeting today
is that the forces of j. j. McGraw won
out In everything contended for. II
takes the control OF the organization
out of the hands OF the state chair
man and places 1t I'm the hands of the
new executive committee. The state
chairman. Arthur H. Geisslcr how
ever. will not be disturbed 1t Is pos
lsible that Il vice chairman may b,