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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-09-21

There are said to be 1000 lakes in
Minnesota containing fish fit for food.
With such tremendous supply, it
would seem that to subordinate the
use of the lakes. to those who fish for
pleasure, is wrong. There certainly
ought to be ways and methods by
nished the people Of the state without
in any way limiting the sphere of the
sportsman or taking pleasure from
him. The state should see that the
sportsmen should have every oppor-
tunity, but in order to provide pleas
nre for comparative few the matter
of food for the many should not be
forgotten. The food question has
been little considered in game fish
legislation. It is only within few
years that there has legislation in re-
gard to taking rough fish. The move
of Game Commissioner Avery, to get
good game fish from Red Lake to be
sold to the people at fair prices, is a
fine thing, and we hope the beginning
of a great movement toward the use
Of fish, secured and marketed under
state supervision and regulation, as
an important food element. If the
war still continues when the legisla-
ture convenes, and the high prices of
food stuffs and provisions are still in
existence, there will be an exceeding
~ strong sentiment in favor of fol-
lowing the lead set by the game COM
missioner. It ought to be done any
way, and will be. The thousands Of
our citizens who rarely get a fresh
fish for the table, and when they do,
at hi h price, will wake up some day.
Besides the lakes, there are the rivers,
and there is the great inland sea of
Lake Superior, all harboring some of
the finest food the. Creator has given
his children. If His children do not
get it, as they should, it is bece-se of
stupidity, ignorance and greed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-09-21
Guyana Range Miner: A dentist
can help produce a "golden smile. !"

And there are folks just aching to
have him do it. !
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

! Boston is one of the cities in which
a determined effort has been made to
ascertain the quantities of necessary
and staple foods which are being
boarded, presumably in order to OBJ
tain higher prices ard greater profits
at the expense of consumers. As the
result of an investigation by the
health commissioner it was found that
provisions in these quantities were in
cold storage in the city on October
81; 12,256,541 pounds of meat; d.
09s,75S pounds of poultry: 13,30s,75O
pounds of butter; 11,02S,S1O dozen
eggs; 100000 pounds of fish; 454.-
SCI pounds of flour; 1900 pounds
of pea beans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
THE GAS OUTDOOR.

The Kansas Natural Gas company is
conducting an advertising campaign
designed to encourage those who for
years have waited and hoped for
sufficient supply of gas, to wait pa
tiently a little longer.
There is and has been gas in plenty
in the gas fields. The problem has
been to get it to the consumer. The
people of this part OF Kansas have
been deprived of adequate service
thru litigation carried on for political
purposes. DISTINCTIONS of this char
acter seem to have been removed, and
the Kansas Natural promises an in
creased supply of the fuel before the
end of the winter.
OF the total volume of natural gas
produced and consumed in 1915, it is
estimated that 235. 100000 cubic
feet, or 81 per cent, was distributed to
2.362.494 domestic consumers at an
average price of 1858 cents a thou
sand cubic feet, and that the remain
ing SO per cent. or 517,7S9,4Ss 600 Gu
bic feet. was distributed to 1928 in
dustrial consumers at an average price
of 1921 cents a thousand. Compared
with 1915 these data show gain of 8
per cent in volume. of per cent in
number of consumers. and of l per
cent in average unit price of gas sup
piled for domestic use. and a gain OF
&c per cent in volume and of SIS per
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

Il experimental with the stone,
your worship" the policeman ex-
planned in court. land found that
when l threw it at an old helmet of
mine it made an exactly similar
mark
But what good was that when
your cad wasn't inside the 'eluet ?"
asked the suspect.
'Ah, retorted the triumphant Of
ficer. Il thought of that, and put a
block of wood inside, just the same
as if my head was therei"
Her husband had just come home
and had his first meeting with the
new nurse, who was remarka bly,
pretty.
she is sensible and scientific, too"
urged the fond mother. land says she
will allow no one to kiss baby while
she is near"
NO one would want to-" replied
the husband, while she is near"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
GLOBE SIGHTS
From the Atchison Globe.

NHC AtcHiSOn Globe
Dont take yourself so serfo,,si1, ,,,,,
WIN become joke to everyone eise
Cf course you have fool notio,.
them. 0Poiy on
Those who don't smoke can alwav.
change spending
Alb Adkins admits he is SO avvlxv,a-,,
ne frequently cuts his face with =
safety razor. WIN
The devil gets the blame for l..
OF failures that he didn't have a ~
Optimism is all right b,,+ =.
sIiouioht cause woman TO marry a
man to reform him. marry
Self-control is what man has nh.
ne can hammer his finger witboIit
cussing the hammer
what mas become of the o1d-f,st
loned woman who wore a shawl 1,J,a,,
she ran over to the neighhor'sY
20 parent has sufficient forensic
oratory TO convince the child thai tbe
punishment was for its own good
If BARRIERS didn't have to cat tt,.,.
would become rich: there always ts
rush on when they are away at meals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

has some system of exchanging pho
nograph records between different.
communities. and in this way thou
sands of people are becoming familiar
with great compositions and great
voices But with this increasing
knowledge has come the desire TO
make their own music.
For years America has bought its
good music. Talent has been imported
from Europe; the opera has been i'm
ported from New York, and the rest
has been bought on photograph rec
ords. Now this condition is changing.
Community music today means music
by the people. The citizens of Wis
consin and Louisiana and every other
state are performing their own operas,
playing their own orchestras and Civ
ing their own concerts. This does
not mean, of course, that the demand
for great talent is going out of exis-
tence; on the other hand, it makes
it all the greater, for SO many more
people are able to appreciate the diff
cult selections played by the great
concertists. But what it does mean is
this: A musical future for America, in
which this country may yet produce
it's quota of great composers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
TRAWELETTE
Fort Necessity.
BY NTKSAH

Fort Necessity is celebrated in his
tory as the only place where George
Washington ever surrendered. As a
lieutenant-coIonel commanding 400
men, he was forced to lay down his
arms here to a French force of 900,
besides Indian irregulars. This hap
pened some twenty-three years before
the Revolutionary war broke out
There is nothing. left of Fort Neces-
sity today, tho a tablet recently erect
ed marks the spot and recites ths
details. The nearest town is the little
Pennsylvania village of Pennington,
which lies not far from the point
where the three states of Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia and Maryland
join.
Washington and his men seem to
have been engaged in a combined
road building and exploring expedi-
ton, both activities being carried on
in territory which the French consid-
cred their own. Running short of
supplies. Washington sat down to wait
for reinforcements in a rude stockade
which he built and with a certain
grim humor named Fort Necessity
Here he fought the French for nine
hours, and was finally forced to give
in, the reinforcements having failed to
arrive.
OF the fort itself. nothing remains
today There is only the peaceful
sweep of green Pennsylvania country
side, plowed and heavy with crops.
dotted here and there with clumps of
trees The plain bears the name of
Great Meadows, the same that it bore
in Washington's time. So far from
being superstitiGusly cast down by the
misfortune that befell him here in his
youth. Washington. who was always a
sound business man. took advantage
of an opportunity fourteen years later
to buy large tract of the Meadows
for 80 cents an acre The price has
risen considerably since then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

Z Japan is to relieve the United States
navy of the task of patrolling the Pa
cific, and our Pacific and Asiatic fleets
will, in consequence, be freed for ser
vice in the Atlantic-where, as our
transports become more numerous and
Frequent. a larger force of convoy and
patrol ships will be necessary. This
information comes to the American
people. not from their own govern
ment but from authenticated state
ments which have appeared in the
Japanese press. Every little bit helps
und the spirit of willingness on the
part of the Nipponese may develop
unto something still more important.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
ON SPUR f qE MOMENT
BY ROY x. MOULTON
"A Little Slice o. Life.

1t had not been a pleasant evening.
There had been famine in aces and pic
lures,
And yours respectfully had waddIed home.
with about
$47 worth of liabilities and no assets in
sight.
In fact, the forty-seven represented our
losses.
The wife was awake. / often wonder when
wives sleep.
How did you come out? l suppose you
lost as usual
Them was her hateful words. / resolved
to fool her
oh, no. replied, nonchalantiy. 81 won"
How much:" she asked. That was
poser,
But lied like gentleman. 1t would be a
joke
To tell her l Won exactly what ! really had
lost.
Forty seven megs," l replied. And she
cried joyoGsIy:
Fine. That will just buy the hat picked
out today.
II be down after the money tomorrow"
So next day | had to borrow it.
That's my idea of helova joke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

American exports in September to-
tailed $456,2O1, 567, according to a
statement issued by the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce of the
department of commerce. This is a
decrease of approximately $4,000 900
compared with August, but a gain of
SS0.OOOs600 as compared with July.
For the nine months ended with Sep
ternber the total exports were S4.6O7,-
s1T17s, a gain of 1857, 100000 over
the similar period in 1915. Imports
in September also fell off, the total
being s286,196,s9S. as compared with
S2T0, sos. 379 in August. The total i'm
ports for the nine months ended with
September were $2.2S2,794.503, a gain
Of $3.50, 100000 over the correspond
ing nine months in 1916. The imports
1of gold in September totaIed $4.171,-
SIS; the exports sal, 1885. For the
nine months ended with September
the imports of gold were s52S.332,-
442 and the exports $34S.s6S.514 I'm
ports of silver in September are an
nounced as $5.796.320 and the exports
as $40. 465.O79. For the nine-months'
period, silver to the amount of s33.-
050,1O was imported. while the ex-
ports totaled $s2.2sS.6 62.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
The Table.

Mixed Salad With Irish Salad
Dresing-The yoIk of one hard boiled
egg pounded to paste with one-haif
teaspoon of salt, one-quarter teaspoon
Whlte pepper, a quarter teaspoon mus
tard and one teaspoon powdered su-
gar; add two tablespoons white wine
vinegar and four or five tabIespoons
ollVe oil. Just before using add two
tablespoons cream or top milk. Shred
lettuce and put in bowl; add thfee m.
four tomatoes cut in small pieces or
sliced; one onion chopped and white
OF egg cut in rings. Marinate with
Salad dressing short time before u.s.
ing.
Cottage Cheese Biscufts-Four c1,n-
RUS OF flour. one cupful of sugar
three teaspoonfuls baking powder. one
teaspoonful salt. Silt ali dry mater
lais together, then mix one-haIf cup
iuI lard or butter with above Last.
peat three eggs with one cupfuI milk
and mix all together to a stiff doupb
Ron out about one-half inch thick
ana cut in squares. Now have cot
tage cheese Cone pound) mixed with
one cupful sugar and three eggs salt
70 taste. Put heaping spoonful of
the cheese in each square, pinch the
TOUR corners together and bake in,
oven as for pies. They are deIiciouss
contain real food value and are very
lunches. oAi
MOCK crapple-Prepare an ordi-
nary corn meal mush, one mart
quantity having it rather thick. Cook
IA the upper part of a double boiler
and just before removing fron, 49,
IRE sur IN half teaspoonful of beef
extract of two bouillon cubes. Have
"a reaoIneSs -FOUR slices of boiled ba-
con that have been finely chonya5
ana half a cupful of nut meats thar
nave been passed thru the. meat
sIIIoer tuse the nut knife) add these
also TO the mush and pour mt
square mould, set in a cold place IN
emil and when firm unmouid. slice
anu Try; This is one of the hest
meat substitutes and forms a nartir
H saa tempting and nutritious relish
soIt Ginger Cake-Take a cum fiu
two-thlrds fun of cooking rnoia.sai.
t tfle put in light brown sf1paT 10
IN up cup; Take half cup hot water
men ne, Iinish filling with shorteninp
IA. one teaspoon soda, one teasnon,,,
ginger. one-third teaspoon salt III
cups sifted flour salt Two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
GOOD ROADS AND GOOD HOTELS.

GOOD ROADS AND GOOD HOTELS.
Good highways into and out of To-
peka and a good modern, fireproof
hosiery make 70 factors which are
going to give this city renewed growth
and advantage.
These factors have promoted the
progress and prosperity of other
cities and they will do the same for
Topeka.
One of the most important actions
ever taken by the county commission
ers of this county was their action this
week in joining with Douglas county
to construct a permanent highway of
concrete between Topeka and Law
renee. This action should be fully
supported by the city. the county and
the land owners. There have been
some differences as to- the route and
as to the materials of which the road
should be constructed. There were
advantages of the concrete road and
advantages of the brick road. A con-
crete road has been decided upon. It
is somewhat cheaper than a brick
road and the experiences of other
there are many miles of concrete road
are that this construction constitutes
road of great service. permanency
and satisfaction.
The farmers and land owners along
the selected route1 to Lawrence petit
ton for a concrete road. If other To-
calities later on desire to try a brick
road, let them try it.
What Kansas needs is more perma-
nent roads; we have practically none
now. We don't know what a perma-
nent road is in the country. Let US
go ahead united1y now and build this
road to Lawrence and it will be sam
pie and object lesson for US to follow
in other directions.
There is in Topeka today Mr.. John
F. Lection. one of the great hotel men
of the country and president of the
North American Hotel company,
which proposes to build ten-story
modern, fireproof hotel, in every way
first class, at the northeast corner of
Kansas avenue and Ninth streets. Mr..
Letton spoke to the Chamber Of Com
merce today and outlined the plans his
company has under way for giving To-
peka hotel which will be excelled By
none in the country, except alone in
the matter of size, and the size of this
hotel will be all that we need at pres
ent and can be increased later. But it
will be a hotel to which we can point
with pride; it will be an asset of great
value to our people.
With a good hotel and good roads
nothing can stop the growth and vel
fare of this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

European politics is difficult for an
American to understand, but the indi-
cations are that Doctor Michaelis was
driven from the CHARACTERISTIC of
Germany by the reichstag. This is a
matter of seemingly considerable i'm
portance. 1t shows that a change is
taking place in the internal affairs of
1he empires The unrest of the people
: Is being manifested thru their repre-
sentatives in the parliament. 1t must
be apparent by this time, to everybody
in Germany from the Kaiser to the
humbIest citizen, that she cannot win
the war It then becomes a question
of what is the best that can be got
s out of it and how long it is advisable
to continue the fighting. This phase
of the situation seems certain to af-
ford material for much divergence of
Opinion and a possible serious dis
Eruption of that solidarity which has
1existed in the empire while there was
-some prospect of success. The leaven
: of change began to work as soon as
The United States entered the war. It
was but a short time until Won Beth
mann Hollweg and Zimmerman went
-out and now but few months later
MichaeIis has been forced to retire
How much the invasion of Italy was
for military advantage and how much
for political effect at home and
abroad may never be known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
TUESDAYS ELECTIONS.

The outstanding feature of yester-
days elections is the fact that the vot-
ers of New York City have restored
Tammany to the saddle. Taking adj
vantage of the injection of national
policies into the campaign, the old
crowd was able to roll up a big ma
jority for it's candidate, Judge Hylan.
The friends of Mayor Mitchell appear
to have made an error in claiming for
their candidate all the patriotism
there was going. The extent to which
the war entered into the campaign is
indicated by the fact that the peace"
candidate ran third and ahead of the
Republican nominee.
Another notable feature of the
election is the victory for suffrage won
by the women in New York. The tri-
umph of their cause probably is due
in some measure to the aid and en-
couragement extended by President
Wilson. Having carried New York it
seems that there is nothing which the
suffragists may not reasonably hope
for
Republicans thruout the country
have much cause for encouragement.
Governor Mccall was reelected in
Massachusetts by a handsome major
ity and a congressman in Connecticut.
In addition to these Republicans elect
ed mayors in a number of the large
cities.
Early returns indicate a standoff on
prohibition, with New Mexico going
dry and Ohio going wet"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
Lose his punch.
Our Own food Talks.

(By Old Doc Potts, A. M, p NJ,
S. o. s.
The city dweller has one more
thrill coming, which will about COM
plete the evenings entertainment SO
far as he is concerned. 1t is an
nounced, confidentially of course, at
first, that cheStnuts are going up
Eating roasted chestnuts has long
been an exclusively metropolitan
sport. 1t is a sort of gambling game
and the gambling side of the opera
ton is relished much more than the
food side. One of the first things a
newcomer to the city learns is to buy
roasted chestnuts That does not take
long. Learning to eat them is A
more complex and difficult problem
Just as every third car is Ford,
every third chestnut is wormy. Upon
occasion the ratio is much higher and
at times it seems as tho the roasted
chestnut crop is not more than 10
per cent efficient
Authorities disagree on the food
value of roasted chestnuts. Some of
the more optimistic will admit how
ever, that the food value is as high
as per cent. 1t is not claimed bv
anyone. even the dealers, that chest
nuts alone will sustain life over a
period of years
n 6CON Alo ny people DeHeEe in hell
now who never believed in it before
They have got to have a place to
send the kaiser.
Grand opera in English is the
hardest opera to sing" says a noted
tenor.
He might have added that it is
also the hardest to listen to. English
does not lend itself to real musical
inf6TnT6fa tim
kimo. Imagine tenor trying TO hit
high note with: Jaw. grab dis hunch
and be my honey bunch"
More frightfulness.
Ask Robt. NJ. La r.
Somehow or other,
We've bunch
T. r. will never
Judging by the way things are GO
ing. there will not be n unmarried
lieutenant in the American army in
another week or two.
In nine months one Delaware COW
has produced 1919 pounds of milk
and $50 pounds of butter. So. after
all, the hen is not the only form of
animal life that roams the earth.
German Efficiency That Doesn't
EffIsh
Marching to Paris (almost1T
Almost successful ZeppeIins.
Almost terrifying air raids.
Almost diplomacy with Mexico and
Japan
ANITA gonizing the whole civilized
world.
Brutality and butchery of innocents
in Belgium.
Almost opening a road to the near
east
Almost successful submarine block
ade-
Whining for an impossible peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Menu Hint For Wheatless Day.
DDIsrAL yTTA CIT

Menu Hint For Wheatless Day.
BREAKFAST
Sliced Oranges and Bananas
Planned Rice Cakes with Pimen.os.
Buttered Brown Bread Toast.
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Fish Salad.
Brown Bread Sandwiches.
Warm Gingerbread
DINNER.
Brown Bread
Tomato Bouillon without meatl
bralsed Beer. Horseradish Sauce
Drowned Potatoes. String Beans.
Grape Juice Sherbet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
THE SEARCELIGET
Latest News froIr the Ftefda of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION INNESTION


In the practice of wartime "camou-
fIage'' man is learning to emulate
nature in devising color schemes that
are inconspicuous- Just as the spot
ted coat of the leopard. which seems
so striking in aNcage. blends with the
dappH-g of sunlight and shadow in
the jungle. so q Few way of painting
ships with spots makes them almost
invisible agains 1.-THE contrasted lights
and sh. lows Of a tossing sea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

A statistician says the American
people will spend $174,OOO,O0O this
year for soft drinks. Here is a genu-
inc Opportunity for war saving. Then
there is chewing gum. Why don't the
conservationists direct their attention
TO these things? True they are not
needed. in the war but the money they
cost might be put to better use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

cent in average until price, but a de-
crease of o. per cent in the number
of consumers of gas supplied for in
dustriaI use. The proportion of nat
ural gas supplied to industrial con-
sumers in 1916 was per cent larger
than III 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

as he stepped b1ithely homeward
thru the darkness, eff I just couldn't
Iasso the particular star 1 sat under
tonight and wear it on my lapel. Such
Iuckt'
Sometimes there is story without
a plot!-(Copyright 1917, by the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07
DINNER STORIES

A Snowman was making a great
fuss in the front of his exhibition
about the wonders he had inside. A
man standing in the crowd with a lit
tie boy beside him cried out:
I'll bet you 81 you can't let me
q lion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-07

''Done!' said the Snowman eagerly.
The man placed 81 in the hand of
a bystaHder and the Snowman did
the same.
Now walk this way" said the
Snowman, land I'll soon convince you.
The you are" said he. trtumphantly;
look in the corner at that beautiful
Nubian lion
Z don't see any," responded the
other.
Whats the matter with you?"
asked the Snowman.
Il am Blind was the grinning re-
ply. and the blind man pocketed the
money and went away.
A certain lad threw a large stone
at the village constable one day, hit
ting him heavily on his helmet. The
perpetrator of the outrage escaped
detection until, on examining closely
the missile which had struck him, the
constable remembered having seen it
lying on the window sill of a house,
whose occupant he forthwith charged
with the assault.