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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23

Ashes may be sifted nowadays with
out the dust and bother incidental to
the old methods If the electric ash
sitter is used. The device consists of
a rotary drum driven by small frac-
tional horse power motor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23

All pledge cards should be turn
~ az once, or hourly, at Red
Loss headquarters at Eighth and
ma'h strsets. All pledges are pay
.e a, the same place, the Of
ices CT the keokuk Electric com
eany' now Red Cross headquar-
at. .srs. New subscriptions received
.nre at any time. Make checks
@aSsnie tc Red Cross War Fund.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23
CONGRATULATIONS
FROM WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, 3. c., June 2s.-To
c. r: Mcfarland, keokuk: The record
your city is making shows generosity
and splendid spirit Of patriotism
that Is inspiring to the nation. and 1t
makes the middle west the leader In
the great campaign. The war council
sends special congratulations to your
citizens.
DANIEL A. REED,
Secretary War Council.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23

Every store and bank in keo-
kuk will receive Red Cross sub
scriptions and memberships until
Monday evening when the cam
paion closes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23
suspicious Stupidity.

Kansas City Star: How can Rus
STA be suspicious Of Germany's peace
offer when Germany has such per-
fectly gilt edged security to put UP
as it's pledge to respect Belgium's
neutrality?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23
Monday Is woman's Day.

Mrs. W. N. Sage, chairman OF the
woman's auxiliary. has her organiza-
ton well in hand for the big move
ment of Monday which is Woman's
day in this Keokuk campaign.
{ Every home in Keokuk will be
visited Monday by committees Of
Keokuk women printed in another
column, and every Keokuk woman s
expected to subscribe something r..
gardless of what her husband or sons
have done.
The women of Keokuk are taking
quite as much interest in this cam
paign as are the men, and most of
them want to subscribe in their own
names. They will have this oppor-
tunity when the solicitors call Mon
day, and each is requested to be
ready to sign card and to pay the
amount, unless they prefer to make
installment payments later, in which
case only the card need be signed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23

Keyless fire alarm boxes are replace
ing the old "break the glass and turn
the key" style in New York.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-23
N0MANS DAY ON MONDAY WILL Be BIG
vaouks Remarkable outpourng Of Red Gross Money is
What Wins First Place for the Middle West Division
Of the Nation Washington Wires With Special
Congratulations.
The total at 2 o'clock this
.,+o,noon was $27,218.

The total at 2 O'CLOCK thls
afternoon was $27,218.
Amono the larger subscriptions
80. me last report Is one from
EDWARD sn L. connable for $500.
n.orne Hassali voluntarily IN
.,.ased his subscription from $50 to
ZOO today. u
,.s war council printed In another
. ~ SAYS that 1t is the splendid
~ork of keokuk that placed the
Middle West division Of the country
i the lead in the national campaign.
~. race for leadership between the
Middle West and the New England
sivsion has been close and intense
this week. ~. a.
tate, but puts the entire Middle
Nest In the lead.
TODAY was devoted to subscriptions
rom factories and stores which work
Till continue over into Monday, 30
earnest are the people on the salary
lists to do their part IN the Red
Cross war fund campaign.
Also. today, a special drive was
made on travelling statesmen living IN
Keokuk, but travelling for houses In
other cities. This is yielding good
money.
Much Money Is In Transit.
The statement of the total amount
printed every day as of 2 o'clock
never tells the amount subscribed by
the time the reader sees it in The
cate City. Money and subscription
cards are flowing in a constant,
stream all the time into Red Cross
headquarters. In a few minutes after
The total was added yesterday at 2
o'clock, subscriptions OF over $7OO
we're turned in to Auditor BisseH.
4 Before the press started yesterday,
the total had reached $4,000. The
goal is now 100000. Monday it may
be $4,000, for everybody wants to
get in while hte water is fine, and
everybody deserves to get in, indeed
has right to come in, to this great
movement.
Every captain and every factory
and buciness house is asked to re-
port frequently with signed cards to
the auditor at headquarters. and not
wait to get big total.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
ALL AROUND
THE FARM
LEGUMEs ARE VALUABLE.

Furnish Nutritious Feed For Animals
and Also Enrich the Soil.
Prepared by United States department Of
agricultural
Farmers have known for centuries
that the clovers, alfalfa, beans and
peas enriched the soil, SO that wheat,
corn, cotton and similar crops gave bet
ter yields when following them than
when planted after the grains or
grasses The reason for this fact, how
ever, is Of more recent discovery than
the fact itself.
The soil enriching, leguminous plants
possess normally nodules attached to
their roots. These are due to the pres
ence Of great numbers of bacteria,
minute living organisms which enter
the roots from the soil. To us their
Importance lies in the fact that they
possess the power Of absorbing nitro
gen from the air as it circulates in the
soil and turning 1t into compounds
which are readily utilized in the growth
Of the plants. Plants to which these
bacteria are not attached derive the
nitrogen required for their growth from
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
MONEY IN HOG RAISING.
Next to Poultry Swine Are Most Prof.
table Of Farm Animals.

Next to Poultry swine Are MOST Prof.
table Of Farm Animals.
The meat supply Of the country can
be increased more quickly by the hog
route than by any other. The country's
need to augment its supply is great,
but prevailing high prices alone should
be sufficient inducement to farmers to
raise more hogs. The prospect of sue
cess never was brighter: The high
prices ruling in all markets show that
the demand for pork is in excess Of
the supply.
Hogs fit into the modern scheme of
farming on nearly every farm and are
one of the most important animals to
raise both for meat and for money.
They require less labor, less equipment
and less capital, make greater gains per
hundred pounds Of concentrates fed.
reproduce themselves faster and in
greater numbers and give a quicker
turn over of money than any other
animal. except poultry.
The hog has no rival as consumer
Of byproducts, and but for him numer.
GUS unmarketable materials might be
wasted. Kitchen refuse, not only from
farms, but also from hotels and res
taurants, when cooked before feeding
makes an excellent diet.
The value of skimmilk as hog feed
is known on every farm, though not
always fully appreciated. In the neigh
borhood of large diaries pork produc-
ton is very prominent and lucrative
supplement to the dairy industry.
The hog is also a large factor in
cheapening the production of beef.
Hogs following steers have in many
cases increased the profit per steer by
from So to SO. But hogs should not
be allowed to follow dairy cattle I'M
less the cattle are known to be free
of tuberculosis. owing to the disease
danger.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
Crimson clover, showing the most
advanced stage Of ripening that is
allowable to use for hay.

the soil alone. In consequence legumi
nous plants in general contain more nj
trogen than the nonleguminous They
are therefore richer feeds, and If they
are returned In whole or in part to the
soil they increase Its nitrogen content
and thus promote the growth Of the fol-
lowing crop. A third advantage in
their use is the fact that when fed to
live stock the resulting manure has an
unusually high fertilizing value.
Under ordinary circumstances the
best way to dispose of these crops is
to feed them to live stock. All kinds
Of stock will benefit from them. Al
falfa hay can be substituted in part
for such concentrates as wheat bran
and cottonseed meal for both dairy
and beef cattle. Red, alsike and sweet
clover and field peas are less nutri-
tious, but they are nevertheless more
valuable than timothy, redtop, orchard
grass or other nonlegumes.
Furthermore, the fertilizing value of
leguminous crop need not be lost
when it is fed. From IS to 90 per cent
Of this fertilizing value can be given to
the soil II the manure from the live
stock is spread promptly and properly.
The small percentage that is lost is In
significant in comparison with the gain
to the live stock.
For various reasons, however, some
good and some bad, the farmer does
not always keep sufficient live stock to
furnish enough manure for the require
ments of the soil. Under such cir
cumstances substitute must be found.
and the most available one Is legu-
minous crop, called, when grown for
this purpose, green manure crop. By
blowing under this crop humus is add
ed to the soil in much the same way
that 1t is by applications Of manure.
Because they also add nitrogen legumes
are more desirable green manure crops
than nonlegumes.
Plowed under crops, however, obvi-
ously produce no direct return, and for
that reason it is desirable whenever
possible that the same land should
produce during the season one crop for
harvest and one crop for green ma
nure. In the southern part Of the
northern states grain, early potatoes
and a number Of other crops are har-
vested sufficiently early for them to
be followed by catch crop, as crop
following the main one is called.
When there is no time to grow a Sec
ond crop before cold weather, legumes
may still be used as winter cover crops.
These serve three purposes first, to
take up available plant food that might
otherwise be leached from the soil and
lost; second, to protect the land against
erosion; third, to supply winter pas
turage. In the spring they should be
turned under for green manure. Red
clover, crimson clover and hairy vetch
make good cover crops in the north.
A common practice is to mix hairy
vetch with rye.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02

and mix it thoroughly into mash with
eight gallons of water, in which has
been stirred half gallon Of sorghum
or other cheap molasses. arsenic and
paris green are deadly poisons, handle
them with great care.) This amount
will be sufficient for the treatment Of
about four or five acres Of cultivated
crops. After the mash has stood for
several hours, scatter it in Jumps about
the size Of a marble over the fields
where the injury Is beginning to appear
and about the bases Of the plants set
out. Apply late in the day so as to
place the poison about the plants be-
fore night, which is the time when the
cutworms are active. Apply second
time If necessary. Keep children, live
stock and chickens away from this
bait.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
SEEKS TO ANNUL HIS
DAUGHTERS MARRIAGE

Joel T. Frandsen and Miss Hattie
Richie, of Iona, came to Blackfoot,
Monday, June %, secured a license
and were married Next came; the
brides father, John j. Richie, and
put in a complaint that neither of the
contracting parties was of age. He
obtained warrant for the arrest of
Frandsen. 1t is alleged that the
bride is not yet Is, and the groom
under 81. Frandsen is to be charged
with perjury in securing the license
under pretense of being of age.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
Planting Small Potatoes.

Not many years ago I had seventy
barrels of potatoes, all about the size
Of small hens egg, writes New
York farmer in American Agricultur-
list. The buyer did not want these, SO
sorted out load, and they were
planted in the field with others The
small potatoes were busheled up at
digging time and the best sorted out
for big seed. These potatoes all were
planted June IL. The field of two
acres yielded 300 bushels to the acre.
prefer a potato of natural size.
cut the potatoes into four pieces. When
whole potatoes are planted they start
earlier than the cut ones.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
HOME ECONOMICS

and stir into the hot milk. Cook FIVE
minutes, then add salt and pepper,
and use. This sauce Is suitable for
boiled caulifower, potatoes, carrots,
etc. 1t is also a good sauce for es-
calloped dishes. This sauce may be
modified by the addition Of flavor
ing herbs.
Cream Mustard Sauce
Make the cream sauce as directed
above. Mix one tablespoonful of
mustard with a teaspoonful Of cold
water and stir into the sauce about
two minutes before serving. The
quantity Of mustard may be increas-
ed or diminished, as one may de-
sire the flavor strong or mild.
White Sauce
This sauce Is made like the cream
sauce, except that half pint of
white-meat broth is substituted for
the milk, and two tablespoonfuls Of
-four instead Of one are used. The
saucepan is put directly on the stove
and the sauce is simmered ten min
utes. White sauce, like cream sauce,
may be modified by the addition OF
other favors.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

+ Do not encourage visits to your :
+ barn from the neighbor whose
: stock is always ailing.
+ There Is a theory that tho way
+ to keep a hog well is to keep him I
Z and his food and surroundings :
|. clean. Worth trying.
+ When the flock has been eating :
+ roots the change to the fresh :
+ grass is not SO relaxing.
+ Some five dollar calves may :
!. grow into hundred dollar cows; :
!. don't send them to the butcher. :
+ The pigs need shade In the pas .
+ ture. There should be trees as :
]. well as shelter.
+ Do not let the little pigs hang .
+ over a high trough or they will .
+ grow crooked In the backs and .
+ be spoiled. .
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
KILLING CUTWoRMs.

An Effective Remedy 10 Poisoned and
SWeetened Bait.
Few are the gardeners who are SO
fortunate as never to have seen their
young plants destroyed by cutworms.
It is perfectly possible to destroy
these pests, however. A common and
effective remedy is the poisoned bait,
which is mixed and applied as follows:
Take a bushel Of dry bran, add a
pound of white arsenic or paris green
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
Dairy Stable Eloora.

Only concrete floors should be per-
mitted in dairy barn. They cost
more, perhaps, originally, but they are
the cheapest in the long run. For one
thing, they make it possible to save
some Of the liquid manure, a very valu-
able stem.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
Tomato Sauce

Cook one pint of peeled and cut
tomatoes ten minutes, then rub thru
a strainer. Beat in a saucepan until
smooth and light one tablespoonful
of -four and one generous tablespoon
full Of butter. Gradually beat the hot
tomato into this. Add the salt and
pepper and cook ten minutes. This
sauce may be served with macaroni,
rice etc., as well as with fish and
meat. The flavor of the tomato sauce
may oe modified by the addition of
onion, spice or herbs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
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If every reader of this .
paper would say a good word T.
to his neighbor about the :
things he likes in it, and tell .
us about the things in it he .
doesn't like, we shall rapidly .
improve the paper and the .
new people will swell the .
subscription list SO that we .
can 60 on improving the SER .
vice, .
The easiest way to improve .
the newspaper is to act on .
the foregoing suggestions. .
Every new subscriber Is help .
ing to make the paper better .
for those who subscribed be- .
fore, and the old subscribers .
have helped to develop a .
good newspaper for those !
who are starting now. tt. .
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
FEEDING the Cow.

The dairy cow must have ration
from which she can produce milk If
you expect her to make profitable re-
turn for the feed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
Butter With Vegetables

1t Is almost universally conceded
that vegetables require the addition
of fat in order that they may be at
their best, and there is no fat which
is so suitable as butter for the ma
jority of vegetables, judged by the
texture Of the dish and also by the
flavor.
The American housekeeper has a
way of looking upon the use of but
ter, milk, cream, and eggs in the pre-
paration of vegetables, soups, and
sauces as If these ingredients were
simply trimmings" and not food
But it should be remembered that
these articles are valuable foods and
naturally increase the food value of
the dish of which they form part.
They are all wholesome, and, altho
almost always more expensive than
the vegetable foods with which they
are combined, their use In reasonable
quantities is certainly to be recon-
mended.
Increasing the cost of the dish by
the free use of butter, cream, etc.,
may after all be economy If the in
crease is intelligently made, and the
vegetable soups, purees, ETC., made
hearty as we'll as appetizing by
the addition of butter. eggs, etc., are
combined with smaller quantities of
meat and whit light and simple des-
serts.
SavOry Drippings
AS substitute for butter in sea-
soning vegetables there is nothing
better than sweet, savory drippings.
Not all meats supply fats that are
savory in the sense in which the
word Is employed here. The follow
Ing fats may be employed alone or
in combination for seasoning veget-
ables: The fat from fried sausages,
ham, bacon, or pork, and from roast
pork, veal and chicken Fats trim
med from poultry, veal, pork and
ham may be fried out carefully and
saved for use in cooking vegetables.
Such fats have flavor which comes
from seasoning, as in sausage, from
smoke, as in ham and bacon, or from
brown material, as in roast meat.
The fat SKINNED from the water in
which poultry has been boiled and
Lu0 LOIS Shlmu0u lTOu LuG STdNl6S
OF most roast meats may be clarified
and also employed in the preparation
of vegetables for the table. Great
care must be, taken that all these
fats are clean and sweet, and that
the temperature at which they are
fried out shall not be so high as to
impair the flavor. Burned or scorch-
ed fat is not only unpleasant in flavor
but Is a frequent cause for indiges-
ton.
When rendering the trimmings of
fat meat, add small onion or a
shallot lido not cut them), a few
leaves of summer savory, and thyme,
a teaspoonful of salt, and little
pepper. This seasoning is enough
for half pint of fat. Keep the drip
pings covered, and in cool, dry
place.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02

graph and the other wonderful in
ventions of our time,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-02
Cream Sauce

One-half pint milk, tablespoonful
butter, l teaspoonful -four, " tea
spoonful salt, u teaspoonful pepper.
Heat the milk over boiling water;
beat the butter and -four to a cream
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-02-01
Free TrachOnia Clinic Feb. S.

The next regular trachoma clinic
will be held in the Public Health
Nurses Office on Monday, Feb. S
1t is announced all eye conditions
will be examined by the doctor, but
that only trachoma cases will be
given free examination and treat
ment. There has been some in
fringement upon the conditions of
this great public service, and people
who have any sort of allment,
particularly with the eye, present
themselves for free examination and
treatment. The funds Of the
Association are limited, and cannot
be expended except in the way in
tended. 1T.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-02-01
Seeks County Clerkship.

Ayoung man, already we'll and
favorably known in Muhlenherg, has
placed himself IN the field for Coun-
ty Court Clerk, subject to the action
of the Republican party at the prim-
airy. Mr.. P. Nj. Vincent, of Bremen,
has his announcement In this issue,
and will make an active field cam
paign among the voters. He has
for some years been engaged in teach
ing school, and holds high rank In
that honorable body of active work
eFs. He is farmer, member Of
leading family, and while there
are hundred Republican voters OIL
the name in the county, he is the
first to ever ask favor at the hands
of the party. The people of tbs
county could not have a better of
fetal than he would make, for he i:
qualified in every way.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-02-01
Prominent Ohio County Man Dies.

Mr.. James p. Stevens. age II,
died at his home at Hartford at 9
O'CLOCK last Thursday might, a
sufferer from a complication of all
ments, followed by paralysis. He
was one of the pioneer citizens of
the county, and his wide circuIe of
friends held him in highest esteem
Surviving are his wife and three
daughters: Mrs. T. H. Black, Hart
ford; Mrs. H. P. Taylor, Beaver
Dam; Mrs. V. Harrel, Rockport.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-02-01
Train Kills Young Man Sunday.

Everett Wright, ~ years old, of
White Plains, was killed by a train
near McNary last Sunday morning.
Wright was walking the trestle when
struck, and was knocked about fifty
feet from the track where he was
found dead. At the coroner's inquest
1t developed that no member of any
train crew knew that an accident
had occurred, as Wright had not
been seen by any of the railroaders
examined. 1t is said thas this is the
fourth time that Wright had been
struck by train. 1t is reported
that he was drinking.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-02-01
Good Roads Mass Meeting Saturday.

Judge J. J. Rice has called a
special meeting of the fiscal court at
9 o'clock Saturday morning, to
discuss good road matters. Similar
action has been taken by great
Of county judges throughout
the State, and particularly in West
ern Kentucky, where roads are
poorest, and people are awaking to
the greatest losses we are sustaining
thereby. State and National funds
are available IN larger sums than
before and many countries are pre-
pairing to qualify for an allotment.
Att O'Clock Saturday afternoon
there will be mass meet1ngbof the
citizens of the county at the court
house, and it is anticipated there
will be a vast audience, people from
all sections of the county having
expressed a determination to be
here. 1t is very important matter
and one that needs the attention of
all our people. Let every one be
present, and take part in the
meeting.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-02-01
Business Going Abroad.

Last Monday there were sixty nine
money orders issued by the post
master here, totaling more than $500
sent to mail order houses IN large
cities. This was an exceptionally
large sum, even for county court day
but is astonishingly large and should
cause both sender and loser to
think. Local merchants of course
lost these sales, and the whole
community has forever lost the bene
fits of the money put in circulation
elsewhere. The vitality Of the
county is Slapped every time money
is sent away, and everyone, includ
ing, of course, the sender, is hurt
thereby. There should be an
awakening to the evil of this pract-
Ice, and county people should be
come cemented by bond of loyalty
and service which would keep
Muhlenberg money in the county,
so far as it is possible to do so.
People living together are depend
ent upon each other, in every way,
which includes all financial relat
ions. Nothing should be purchased
outside which can be secured here,
and almort everything can be bought
here, our commercial agents being
able to secure and supply the wants
of all our people. Let's uget
together" 1t will do all of US good.
The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-02-01
Dies Ia Oklahoma City.

Mrs. Milton Clark died the 2and.
ult. in Oklahoma CITY, after a short
illness from pneumonia. Mr.. Clark
and family moved from here to that
city few months ago. The many
friends they have here were shocked
over the sad event.