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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

move the skin, trim off the root end
and stick the meat with a few cloves.
Place In a buttered baking dish, dust
blackberry jelly or jam, a cupful Of
ratsins that have been softened In
the juice of lemon and cooked I'M
til tender In a cupful Of water. Basic
often and bake 20 minutes. Serve hot
or cold.
Kidney Beans With oxtalIs.-Soak
two and half cupfuls of kidney beans
overnight. In the morning rinse
thoroughly and put into a large kettle
or saucepan with two tablespoonfuls
of sugar. tablespoonful Of salt, a
fourth Of teaspoonful of soda, two
large onions chopped, a third Of a
teaspoonful Of pepper, and quart can
Of tomatoes. Boil 80 minutes and
then add two oxtails well cleaned and
cut up. Simmer for four hours. This
dish will serve large family.
A half cupful Of chopped, freshly
roasted peanuts added to creamed po-
tatoes, just as they are ready to serve,
makes new u1Sn Oh CTehIueu pOtd-
toes. A few peanuts added to pota-
to salad improves that also.
Cream Orange Sherbet--Boil to-
gether three cupfuls Of water, two
cupfuls of sugar and a little yellow
from the rind of an orange for five
minutes. Remove the rind and chill,
then add half cupful each Of lemon
and orange juice; freeze slightly, turn
in q cupful of cream or rich milk and
finish freezing.
Orange BIscult.-Make small dainty
biscuit from rich baking powder bis
cult dough. Crate the rind from an
orange and press out the Juice. DIP
as many Jumps of sugar In the orange
juice as there are biscuit and plunge
each lump into the center Of each bis
cult, sprinkle with the grated rind
and bake In hot oven. Serve hot OF
cold.
| N... hlAt~sao
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
4,4S7 bushels worth
S1.E5 at Cham
$2,472.e7

Net profit after
paying for farm
and all cost. -. s2,472.67
s. Joseph and Sons Of Des Moines,
Ia, are looked upon as being shrewd,
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
a suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm
them.
With the assistance Of the Canadian
Government Agent, at Des Moines, Ia,
they made selection near Champion,
Alberta. They put 24O acres of land
I'm wheat, and in writing to Mr.. Hew-
lit, The Canadian Government Agent
at Des Moines, one Of the members Of
the firm says: II have much pleasure
In advising you that on our farm five
miles east Of Champion, In the Prov
ince Of Alberta, Canada, this year
(1916) we harvested and threshed TO-
600 bushels Of wheat from 240 acres,
this being an average of Al bushels
and 10 pounds to the acre. A con-
siderable portion of the wheat was
No. 1 Northern, worth at Champion,
approximately $1.85 per bushel, max
ing a total return of $19,610, or an av-
erage of $81.70 per acre gross yields.
And by aid Of thorough system were
able to keep the cost Of growing wheat
at about % cents bushel.."
Messrs. Smith & Sons Of Vulcan,
Alberta, are growers Of wheat on a
large scale and have demonstrated
that there Is greater profit In Western
Canada wheat-raising than probably In
any other business anywhere. Speak
ing Of their experience Mr.. Smith
says:
II have three sections Of land at the
present time and am farming yearly
1900 to 1,4O0 acres Of land. My re-
turns from the farm for the past two
years have been around 20070, that is
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
FARMING NOW
A BUSINESS
The Modern Day Farmer Applies
Business Methods and Seeks
More Than a Living on
the Farm.

A nationwide cry Is being made for
more economy and greater production,
and probably never was the need of
foodstuffs equal to that of the present.
Grain prices are the highest In the ma
TONS history and today the agricul-
tural fields of America offer induce
ments that are unequaled in any other
line OF commerce or business. The
ideal life Is that close to nature, en-
doors and fulfilling a duty to human
ity by producing from a fertile soil
that which Is essential to the very ex-
istence of a less fortunate people who
are actually starving to death for food
stuffs that can be produced so eco
nomically in the United States and
Canada.
High prices for all grain. undoubt-
edly, will be maintained for q number
OF years, and it appears a certainty
that the agriculturist will reap a
bounteous return for his labor and at
the same time carry out the demands
Of patriotic citizenship. A wrong con-
ception has been generally noticed as
to Life on the Farm" 1t has been,
to a large extent, considered as only
a place to live peacefully and afford a
living for those who are satisfied with
merely a comfortable existence. Such
a wrong impression has been created,
In a measure, by the lack of systema-
tic business principles to farming In
general. But today farming and agri-
culture have been given supremacy
In the business world and require the
same advanced methods as any other
line of commerce. In no other busi-
ness does system adoption pay bet
ter than on the farm, and 1t is certain
that there is no other line of work,
that, generally speaking, needs 1t as
much. The old idea of getting a living
off the farm and not knowing how 1t
was made and following up the details
of each branch of farming to get the
maximum of profit, at the least ex-
pense, is fast being done away with.
Farming is now being considered as
business and living Is not sufficient
for the modern agriculturist small
per cent on the investment Is not
enough, the present-day farmer must
have percentage return equal to that
of other lines of business. The prices
for produce are high enough, but the
cost of producing has been the factor,
in many places, that has reduced the
profit. 1t is the application of a sys-
TEN to the cost of various work on the
farm that it is possible to give figures
on profits made in grain-growlng In
Western Canada.
Mr.. G. A. Wright Of Milo, Iowa,
bought a hundred and sixty acres Of
land in Western Canada for $1,000 In
December, 1915, and took his first crop
from it in 1916. After paying for the
land in full and the cost of cultivating
1t and marketing the grain, he sold his
grain at S1.55 u bushel Ga low price
compared with the present market),
had a surplus of 81, 472.67. His figures
are as follows:
4, 4S7 bushels worth
S1F * at Cham
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01


a little cold water, rub over the loaf
with softened butter and sprinkle with
crumbs. Basic while roasting and
serve when the crumbs are brown.
PIanked White Fish.-Clean and
split white fish and put it skin side
down on a well buttered plank one
and half inches thick. Sprinkle with
salt and paprika, lemon juice and
melted butter. Cook the fish in a hot
oven until tender. Garnish with hot
mashed potato forced through pastry
bag. Brown the potatoes slightly be-
fore serving.
caper stuffing for Fish.-Take three
slices of bread and slice of salt pork
finely chopped. Add tablespoonful
of butter, one teaspoonful of capers,
one-half teaspoonful of sweet mar
joram and stuff the fish.
Cucumber Cream Sauce for Fish,
Whip one cupful of cream until stiff,
add tablespoonful of vinegar, salt
and paprika to taste and continue beat
ing. When stiff enough to hold it's
shape fold in one pared and chopped
cucumber
HoIIandaise Sauce for Fish.-Wash
a half cupful of butter in cold water,
using a wooden spoon to press out the
water. Put one-third of the butter in
a double broiler with the yolks Of two
eggs and tablespoonful of lemon
juice. Place the saucepan over hot
water and beat constantly until the
butter is melted; then another third
of the butter, beating as before; as 1t
thlckens add the last third with the
salt and seasonings needed.
Onion Cream Sauce for Meat.-Make
a rich white sauce and add cupful
Of boiled onions chopped fine, season
well with salt and pepper and serve
with veal, mutton or poultry.
Pressed veal-Cook together three
pounds of veal, one onion sliced, two
stalks of diced celery, one tablespoon
full of sugar, one and half tablespoon
fuls of worcestershire sauce, two
tablespoonfus Of tomato catchup, two
teaspoonfuls of salt. Half cupful Of
minced mushrooms are added to the
meat after it is cooked and chopped.
Moisten with enough of the meat stock
to mold, then pack into bowl and
cover with a plate.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

IHHy uPPNWf 20 tHO VHO
who is fond of change.
Tongue With Blackber-
ry JeIIy.-Cook a fresh
tongue until very tender
in water containing a
teaspoonful Of nix e d
pickle-spice, one or two
bay leaves In addition to
those In the package. and
a few dry celery tips.
When very tender, re-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
KeKTOHE
GABLNFR4:z4{R3

When you get into a tight place and
everything goes against you. until 1t
seems you cannot hold on a minute
longer. never give up then, for that Is
just the place and time when the tide
will turn.-Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

three cupfuls of cold
cooked veal through the
food chopper, with one
slice of salt pork, add
three crackers rolled
fine, one beaten egg, two
tablespoonfuls of butter,
a teaspoonful of salt and
a little pepper and nut
meg. Mold In an oblong
loaf. put In q nan with
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

lnS new COulDlnu-
tons.
Chill Stew.-Cut
in small pieces, or
grind, one and a
half pounds of
round steak. Add
to IL one and a half
tablespoonfuls each
of olive oil and
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

times when q n
omelet will n o I
cause ruin to the
family finances.
A small Omelet
Is easier to prepare
and altoge t h e r
more satisfactory
than on e made
with eight to ten
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

One who claims that he knows about
Ii
Tells me the world is a vale OF sin:
But I and the bees and the birds. we
doubt It,
And think 1t a world worth living in.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

of -four, a little salt and fourth of
teaspoonful of vanilla, and the whites
of the eggs beaten stiff. Cook as any
Omelet, cover with jelly and sprinkle
with powdered sugar before folding.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

The man who is really accomplishing
something does not have time to stand
around telling about IL.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

Be false and falsehoods will haste
to you: love. and adventures will flock
TO you. throbbing with love.-Maeter-
linck.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
More Than n Taste.

$50 you've been having a taste OF
camp life7"
"A tastei Say, there were flies In
the milk. ants In the sugar and gnats
In the butter"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
SEASONABlE DISHES.

This dish may be served hot with
tomato sauce or cold. thlnly sliced.
Veal Omelet. Put
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
A DAY WITH THE oMELET.

We have begun to take courage
again at the price Of eggs and to SCI
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
MORE GOOD THINGS FOR THE
TABLE.

Some of these dishes may find favor,
adding variety to the diet and furnish
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
GOOD THINGS WORTH TRYING.

There is so little variety used In the
preparation Of tongue, that this recipe
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01

"a, 4S2.1S-$4, 4S2. 18
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
"WHAT HAVE THE ADLIES RIGHT TO EXPECT FROM
 THE UNITED STATES?"

An interview with Arthur l.. Ship man of Hartford, chairman of the Hartford County Auxiliary committee of the Connecticut State Council of Defense.
 Arthur l.. Shipman, chairman Of the Hartford County Auxiliary Com mlttee of the Connecticut State Coun- Gil of Defense, is one of the series or Made in Connecticut War Inter- views secured by the Connecticut State Council of Defense and made public through the newspapers, an swers the question, What have the Allies right to expect from the United States?" with the following statement:
 ITO put the question in another form, and one which is frequently asked nowadays, What are we in this war for. anyhow?'
 Two undeniable facts furnish the answer:
 First, the ocean and its seas, the highways of travel and commerce, free to all neutrals, were forbidden us by the German empire
 Second, that prohibition was en- forced against our repeated protests by one of the meanest as well as one of the most cruel of all war devices, the submarine. We had therefore to fight for our rights
 Tt is of little consequence that this is only one of the reasons and perhaps not the most important rea> son, why we are now at war. No one can deny, however, that Ger many's prohibition of our use of the seas is the most imm ediate and direct cause of our being in the struggle.
 Suppose, then that such were the only reasons Our duty, it might be said, was thereby limited to clearing for safe travel the oceans highways by the use of our naval forces, and there is where we should stop.
 But have our Allies only the right to expect of us police protection for
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
DR. PARKER FIRST
 CAMP POLICEMAN
Will Help to Protect Soldiers
 From Evil Women
Especial to the Herald.)

Hartford, Aug. 16.-The Central War Work Committee of the Con- necticut Woman Suffrage association is anxious to show it's readiness to cooperate in war service work with all other organizations doing similar work in the state. For this reason it is not taking up independently some forms of work that have already been started in other ways. The re- ports of war work handed in at the Executive Board meeting of the c. w. S. A., showed that this cooperation was particularly ready with regard to the work in connection with the camps This work had been under taken by the committee acting under the State Council of Defense, and representing the Women's Division Of the National Council of Defence. This committee, of which Miss Ruutz- Rees is chairman, appointed com- mittee on the conservation Of the moral and spiritual forces of the nation-a committee recommended by Secretary Baker at Washington with Dr. Valeria H. Parker as chair man. This committee has already se- cured the appointment of five patrol women whose duty it will be to guard tno CdlIpS lIOll l1le pISSS1lCO Ol uA- desirable women.
 Dr. Parker herself was the first of these five women to qualify. The duties of these women will be two fold-to banish from the camps the undesirable professional women who are apt to swoop down on such as semblage of men, and to guard the young and thoughtless girls from their own impudence and from dangers that may threaten them from some of the enlisted men-a minority of whom are always to be reckoned as undesirables, well as the undesir- able women. This patrol work has been done in all the English camps with great success. It takes women to look after women-a fact that men are just beginning to learn. The Gen. tral War Work Committee is heartily in favor of this work and is encourag- ing suffragists all over the state to hold themselves ready to cooperate with Dr. Parker's committee.
 Another form of work in connec- ton with the camps, is the finding o1 wholesome amusement for the boys . and also the provision of home cooked food for them to buy at rea- sonable prices. This work is also under pr. Parker's committee, and in this work pr. Parker is being aided and supported by local eQua franchise leagues.
 The only definite work in connec tfon with the new armies undertaken directly by the Central War Worl Committee was help on registration day, much assistance with the cleri- cal work that had to be done II Hartford and some recruiting speeches.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
DEUTSCHLAND NOW
 WAR SUBMARINE
Merchant Vessel Is Converted
 Into UnderSea Fighter

Copenhagen, Aug. 16-The German commercial submarine Deutschland, which visited the United States before that country entered the war has been converted into a war submarine, according to German fleet gossip reaching the Associated Press. The Deutschland has a great radius of action and has been fitted with six torpedo tubes.
 The submarine, it is said, may soon leave for the Pacific to operate against traffic from San Francisco. The U-boat was to have started ac tivities some time ago, but an explo- sion on board while the vessel was on a trial trip made repairs necessary which took considerable time.
 The German losses in submarines, according to the informant of the Associated Press, who recently had been at Wilhelmshaven and with the German fleet, has been twenty to twenty-two boats, this figure appar- ently covering the losses since the start of the unrestricted submarine warfare campaign. Four additional boats are said to have been lost in the Mediterranean.
 6-InCh Guns on U-BOats..
 Germany now has almost 300 sub marines, the newest boats being the big seagoing type and armed with a G-inch gun. This armament appeared on boats commissioned in the middle of June, the earlier boats of this lat est, Or D. E. E. type and the preced- ing c. E. E. type being armed with a pair of 105 millimeter guns ap- proximately 4-inch guns, fore and aft.
 The 300 submarines however, in- clude a large number of the so-called canal-boat type, built for passa ge through the Belgian canals to Zee- brugge and which are of inferior armament and smaller radius of action
 The German fleet, according to the informant, justifies its name of High Sea Fleet by running out from Will helmshaven with considerable regu. larity, sometimes two or three times week. The fleet only makes short trips. however, and never goes very far out to sea.
 The High Sea Fleet usually leaves Wilhe I'm shaven in the evening and is back by early dinner time, between
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

street alterations as. soon as the money is appropriated that dead trees be removed at the following locations: S7 Pleasant street. 66 Franklin street, 40 Bond street; one on Curtis street between West Main and the railroad; one on the north side of Chestnut, near Stanley; that flag or. concrete walk be laid on both sides of Monroe street from Madison to Lyon street or before October 15; that two SO-cand1e power lights be installed in Blake road; that one sO-candle power light be installed on Court street near the Red Cross headquar- ters; that the S. N. E. Telephone Co. be given permission to place one thir- ey-foot pole on the east side of Laur- e1 street, just north of Connerton street; that the conditions and agree ment relating to the crossing of Bur- ritt street by tracks of the Stanley Works be approved and the mayor be authorized to apply to the public utili- ties commission for permission for the tracks to cross the street.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

l Navy Department when that depart 1 ment is represented by you: 1 Quoting from your letter to me, The l chief service which you can render the 1 navy is to resign at once, l make you l 0 sporting proposition-if you do, l shall".
 1 In his letter Colonel Thompson flat | ly refused to withdraw or compromise l the statement emanating from the Navy League to which Secretary Dan l iels had taken exception. This state 1 ment was the charge that the Mare Island explosion had been due to a conspiracy, a time fuse having been found connected with the black pow der magazine. Colonel Thompson de- 1 manded the reason for withhol lding l this information from the public and said that MT. Daniels anger was be- 1 cause the Navy League had told the American people the truth about the matter. If it were German consp1r- 1 acy, he said, the public ought to know about it.
 Mr. ThompsOn's Letter.
 His letter to Secretary Daniels in
 full follows:
 August 15, 1917. ] Honorable Josephus Daniels, 1 Secretary of the Navy, 1 Washington, D. c. My Dear MT. Daniels-I have re-
 ceived through the columns of the
 daily press your letter dated August IA.
 i "It is true that Mr. Stayton and I,
 in order to insure cordial cooperation
 between the Navy Department and ! hn T f0 rrix | to persons who might be selected by
 you for the purpose. We knew that l we had committed the grave offence
 of being right when you were wrong,
 and that to some minds is an unfor- i givable offence
 Also, Tn the interests of the service l that we love and the country we are ] working for we were ready to sacrifice 1 ourselves. If it were necessary for you to remain as Secretary of the l Navy it probably would be better to l have some one other than myself as
 head of the Navy League, for I find
 it difficult to respect the Navy Depart
 ment when that department is repre- l sented by you. /! Tn your interview you substantially 1 admit the important fact in our state
 ment, namely; that the explosion was
 the result of a conspiracy, but do not l explain to the public why you have 1 failed to take action. l "There is a reason. What is it? You
 were very angry with us for telling the | American people this important fact. 1 Why? Quoting from your letter to me l The chief service which you can rem 1 der the navy is to resign at once,
 make you sporting proposition--if you do, l shall.
 l Faithfully yours,
 (Signed)
 1 "ROBERT M. THOMPSON,
 President of the Navy League of the 1 United States.
 l Will Give All Facts. I Tn addition to this letter Colonel Thompson, at his home at Southamp-
 ton, L. I, last night gave the following statement
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
THOMPSON TO QUIT
 IF DANIELS WILL
Navy League Head Makes Sport ing Proposition to Secretary

New York, Aug. 16-COlonel Robert M. Thompson, president of the Navy League, whose resignation was de- manded on Tuesday night by MT Dan iels, Secretary of the Navy, because of false and slanderous statement re- sarding the recent explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard. yesterday replied to Secretary Daniels offering him a Sporting proposition, namely, that both resign.
 If it were necessary for you to re- main as Secretary of the Navy wrote Colonel Thompson. "it probably would be better to have some one other than myself as head of. the Navy League, for I find it difficult to respect the
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

our own carrying trade? Let us see what that involves. Our goods are carried in many other vessels besides those that fly our country's flag. We cannot protect our goods en route without protecting the vessel that contains them, whether British, Dutch, Norwegian Or French. The moment one of our guns is fired to protect British merchantmen car rying our goods. we are in effect fight ing on British soil to defend it from invasion.
 But no one can put any limit on his lawful efforts in a fight. If one goes in at all, one must go in all over. This Is true, not only from the point of view of the spectator, but from the points of view of our opponents, our allies and ourselves. '%
 Suppose that we could quiet our own sense of shame by standing on the outskirts and protecting only the avenues of commerce, although that would be an impossible position for America with its history and tradi- tons to occupy. Surely the onlook. CTS and our children would put them selves in the position of our allies and say, Whatever America has of re- sources money, men,, supplies. mate rials, food, should be used without stint for our support Men, women and children are suffering untold losses in body, mind and spirit from the war and especially from the kind of warfare which Is being waged by the Central Powers. It therefore be- hooves every one of us-and by tus', I mean every man, woman and child that make up America-to contribute all in his power to fight our fight that is, the fight of ourselves and our allies.
 Mark you, that in what I have said we are putting aside all higher duty to humanity. our duty to save, or help save, the world as a proper place for us and them to live and die in. This conclusion is placed upon the lowest possible ground, viz: the duty of every one who enters any con- test; the mere animal obligation to- ward ones fellows in a fight .