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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22
,DesuItory Bombing Distracts
Antiaircraft Gunners..
Drop Two and Fit Away; When Fritz
Settles Down, Wake Him
Up Again.

Behind the British Lines in France.
One of the most exciting tasks to
which airmen are assigned Is "desul-
tory bombing" over one spot for an
hour or more. The object is to dis
tract the attention of the antiaircraft
defenders of a given district.
A machine carrying q dozen or more
bombs is employed for the work. The
airman, pilot and an observer ap-
proach their target cautiously. With
engines throttled down, the craft glides
nearer and nearer.
Below all is quiet. No German
searchlights are sweeping the sky.
When the attackers are almost over
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22
Fruits for Children.

Fruits should be served in some
form to children at least once a day.
Fruit juices and the pulp of cooked
fruit. baked apples and pears, and
stewed prunes are safest Whether
the skins should be given depends part
ly on the age and health of the child
and partly on the way the fruit is pre-
pared. If the skins are very tender,
they IRE not likely to cause trouble,
except with very young children
When apples and pears are baked the
skins can be made tender by frequent
basting.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22

your fault2' asked Mr.. Sun.
Il will never think such a thing"
Mr.. Moon replied.
"Good!" exclaimed Mr.. Sun. .Ah,
what happy old fellow 1 am now.
Mr.. Moon understands me, the people
appreciate me and am more OF
help In the world than ever before.
For an extra hour through the sprix
and summer aid folks In saving
they formerly wasted 1t makess
very glad" he smiled. as he sank dow
behind hill for his nights sleep.
And Mr.. Moon grinned sdeffGhtedl3
and said. s.Mr. Sum deserves thfS hono1
which has been paid fhiBefI lirw
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22
IN WATER 10 HOURS
is SAVEDBY COFFIN

Indiana, Pain the water for
10 ho.rs and a portion of the
time clinging to rough box
which contained the casket of
an American soldier who had
died at sea was the experience
of Frank 8. Kepple of Advance.
near here, following the sinking
of the steamer President Lin
coin, according to letter from
Kepple to his folks here.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22
Plan to Make Fruit Juices, But
tiers and Pastes Without
Use of Sugar.
Many OF FRUITS Are DRIED
Over-Sweetening of Tea and Coffee Is
One Of Our Greatest Faults-Home
Demonstration Agents Use
Substitutes in Recipes.

Instead of letting the sugar short
age bother her, the reSourceful house
wife is bending all efforts to learn the
best ways of using less sugar in her
cooking and preserving and of can
ming without it or with sugar substi-
tutes. She is drying many of the
fruits; she is learning to put up fruit
Juices and buffers and to make sirups
at home from sugar beetS, ounces and
apples. She is substituting corn sirup,
molaSses, maple sirup, and honey for
sugar in her canning and general cook
ing. and she is making sugarlesS can
dies, fruit pasteS and CONNECTIONS. Bull
letins telling how to carry out these
methods may be had free on applica.
ton to the United States department
of agriculture.
Sugar saving not only means cutting
down on consumption, but it also
means preventing waste. Americans
have allowed their fondness for sugar
to increase to the point where it has
passed extravaganza and become ac-
tual waste. Overwhelming of tea
and coffee is one of our great faults
More than this, too often good part
of the sugar is not dissolved and is
left in the bottom of the cup to be
thrown away. Every housewife should
enforce the rule of lone teaspoonful
to the cupful or none at ALL" The
children as well as the grownupS must
be willing to do without some of the
sweet things they want and every one
must be satisfied with much smaller
amounts of Sweetening in general
cooking.
Serve fresh fruits without sugar in
stead of sweet puddings; have salads
often In place of desserts; use sweet
dried fruits like dates, raisins or figs
with the breakfast cereals, or a little
strip in place of sugar. Use cake
sparingly and make it from recipes
that call for molasses or sirups-in-
stead of frosting spread it with a
little jam. fruit butter, or paste.
Canning Without Sugar.
Fruits canned without sugar keep
perfectly but will not have the fine
color and flavor which they would
have If packed In strip. They are very
good. however, when used in salads,
desserts. pie filings. ices and In fruit
punches Fruit juices take no sugar
and their uses are just as varied dur
ing the winter months as are the
fruits put up unsweetened. In this
way, the juices are kept available for
jeliy-making at a future time when
sugar may be more plentiful.
Many home demonstration agents
have already substituted sirups sue
ceesfu1ly for sugar In their recipes for
canning and preserving. Very salts
factory results may be secured If when
one pound OF sugar Is called for In a
recipe two-thirds OF q pound Of corn
strip Is used and one-third of a pound
of sugar Where sorghum and cane
sirups are used without first Clarity
ing the sirups the product will be
darker. These sirups. also, impart a
flavor which destroys the natural fruit
flavor, SO the addition of spices to the
recipes Is sometimes advisable. Honey
has been used successfully with cher
rfes and peaches: In such cases the
amount Of liquid called for In the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22

when I go away
on a visit. But this is the first year
they've really appreciated me. At
first it seemed too good to be true.
but now I know it is true. Oh, it's
wonderful"
ST don't believe 1 understand" said
Mr.. Moon.
Mr.. Sun was getting ready to go to
bed, and Mr.. Moon was up in the sky,
though it was still daylight. Often.
at this time, they had talks with each
other.
81 will explain it to you." said Mr..
Sun.
DO" said Mr.. Moon. "and please
hurry. for If not, you will become
sleepy and will have to go to bed.
and I will miss half the story"
81 will begin at once" said Mr..
Sun "Of course, know that many
folks appreciate me-they always
have. hear OF them saying when
they build houses or rent apartments:
"sNow, must be where I can have
the sun shining in my windows
'sThat's appreciation for you.'
TITS not appreciation for me: it's
appreciation for you," said Mr.. Moon.
ooh, well, you know what mean."
said Mr.. Sun. 81 mean that that Is
real appreciation. Well, to continue,
doctors will tell their patients to keep
out in the sun, and plants and flow
ers will look up at me and will say:
"Make US strong, Mr.. Sum-
stBut, all the same, there have been
many who didn't half appreciate me.
They'd get up long, long after did.
They'd go to bed long, long after. They
would use artificial light such as cleo
trio light and gas and lamp-light when
they could have had me-freeI
Eyes. they never half appreciated
me-. Well, this year, they at last came
to realize that did amount to some
thing. They saw finally that / saved
light and heat as well as being a nice
old fellow.
$50 they all decided tc change their
clocks so they would get up earlier
and hence have more daylight.
''They moved their clocks ahead one
hour, early, early one morning and
they've kept it up. I didn't dare al
low myself to be too happy about it
for the longest time. was so afraid
that any day they might change. But
no, not bit Of it.
s'They've kept it up all through the
summer and they've had one hour
more of me every single day. That's
what call appreciation. and, Mr..
Moon, If you win not think it is too
conceited of me, might add think
it is also good sense"
The moon grinned. 81 agree with
you" he said
well, Mr.. Moon. am at last be-
coming sleepy. But I have told you
all my story"
'sIt was an interesting one, wise
one and a fattering one to you, my
good friend"
spray pardon me, Mr.. Moon, il I
become sleepy while talking to you.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22

strip is reduced one-quarter cupful
for each cupful of honey.
The following are some of the best
recipes used by the agents:
Blackberry Jam.
pounds crushed biackberries.
y pound New Orleans molasses OF sor-
ghum.
Cook all together, stirring carefully
until it gives a good jelly test. Pack
hot into hot jars and seal.
Peach Jam.
pounds peaches.
" cupful peach juice.
"a teaspoonful allspice.
1 cupful corn strip.
L cupfu1 sugar.
teaspoonfuls broken stick cinnamon.
1 teaSpoonful cloves.
inch ginger root.
Tie spices In cheesecloth bag and
cook all together until bright and clear.
Pack hot into hot jars and seal at
once.
Apple Pulp and Corn Sirup.
Take one quart of apple pulp, from
which the juice has been extracted for
jelly making. and cook it with one cup
full of corn strip until the mass
and seal at once.
Grape Paste.
Add one cupful of corn sirup to two
cupfuls of grape pulp from which juice
has been extracted for jelly making.
Cook together until the mass is rath-
err dry, then turn out on an oiled sur
face and place where a current of air
will pass over it. Dry for two or three
days. Cut into squares or roll and slice.
Pack in glass jars, tin boxes or paraf-
Uncovered containers.
Apple paste may be made in the
same way.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22

l assure you II 8
not the company,
as folks say when
they yawn before
someone, but it's
the way old Ma
ture has of boss
ing me around
when it's bed
time, it's bed
time"
81 quite under
stand" said Mr..
Moon.
"And you IL
never think, be-
cause I become
sleepy talking to
Unrr fhaf - g..
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22
WHY SUGAR IS SHORT.

There Is a greater shortage OF
both the sugar-cane and sugar
beet crops than was expected
In the early part Of the season.
At no time since the beginning
of the war has there been a nor
NAL output OF sugar because OF
: the devastation Of foreign sugar.
beet fields. There has been a
serious loss of sugar at sea due
to the submarine warfare The
government requires a generous
supply to meet the needs Of the
men In the service.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22

MIR. Sun.
"Well, well"
said Mr.. Moon,
don't they usu-
ally appreciate
you? 1t seems to
me that's 1 have
heard tDen say
that Mr.. Sun did
SO much to keep
them well and
strong"
.'Ah, yes. said
Mr.. Sun. doc
tors appreciate
me when they're
i'll. They don't
like 1t cit e r
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22

Charmed by the glar-
ing headlight of standing automobile
q flve=foot snake. eight inches in cir
cumference startled pedestrians In
the downtown section recently. Po-
acemen were summoned and the rep
tile was dispatched Its arrival In the
fho poles depaxtment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22
ThaH eo.l5lIAS

Father looked. up Ifram his Rerusal
Of the morning papsr, cpd rs remarked Z
The reading this, morning Is awful
There's qRth39e at which fhh GeEmana
would draw the line
Be&oze nathex could reid little WI
lie clipped In with:
M 1ptys> 'st1gea4tpr0D
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[AR IAI[ n1
MR.. SUMS DELIGHT.
V MARI RAHAM bonner

AT last they have appreciated me.
and how they have enjoyed it, said
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-08-22

but whip off their gas masks and I'LL
'em up with grenades and then, carry
ing their masks like they was market
baskets. up they jumped and down
they comes on the Dutch in the next
trench all spraddled out. and they
bombed 'em till there wasn't nothing
but jest grease spots left.
"Oh, you marines, boys, my hat is
certainly of to you"
And likewise you infantry and you
artillery.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
VENTILATION OF HEN HOUSE
As Necessary for Laying Fowls In Win
ter ~ In Summer-keep Windows
and Doors Open,

The henhouse needs fresh air-as
much in the winter as in the summer
1t is as necessary to laying hens as
clean water and good feed. Badly ven
tilated houses make hens lose vitality,
they lay fewer eggs, and often become
sick and stop laying altogether. Ven
tilation Is needed also to keep the
house dry. When the circulation of
the air is poor in cold weather, mois-
ture collects on the inside of the walls
and roof. At a freezing temperature
under such conditions there is rapid
accumulation Of "frost" on these sur
faces which makes the house very un-
comfortable.
Ventilation to provide pure air and
dryness in poultry house is simply
matter Of keeping doors and win
dows open as much as is necessary
to keep the walls dry. Few poultry
keepers have any difficulty in doing
this until the temperature goes low
enough to freeze water in the house.
Then the tendency is to close doors
and windows to keep the house warm.
general rule which may be followed
Is to open doors and windows as wide
as is necessary to keep the house dry
in cold weather and to keep them wide
open when water in the house VIII not
freeze.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
Colorado.

Oil well recently struck near Delta
continues to flow like volcano.
Well No. l of the Flagler Oil & Gas
Company was recently spudded in.
Drilling will be prosecuted vigorously.
The Portland Gold Mining Company
Of Victor distributed dividend
amounting to 100000, or approximate
~ three cents per share.
Returns from a car of ore recently
shipped from the New Dominion
mines at Ophir, In the Telluride dist
riot, gave values of around 5000 ton.
The Michigan Mining and Milling
Company, operating in the old camp
of Kokomo,. near Leadville, during
1917, shipped a total of 1O,163 tons of
ore.
A three-foot vein of molybdenum,
cut at depth OF $50 feet, has been
exposed in the Morning Glory group
Of claims near Pitkin in Gunnison
county.
The output for the mines Of Cripple
Creek for January has a total of 92,
1913 tons, with an average value Of
$10.O1 and gross bullion of 1925. 430
Dividends paid during the same per
iod total $273,50O and were paid by
the following companies: Cresson
Consolidated G. NJ & M. Co, $122,0
monthly; Golden Cycle, NJ and II. Co,
$4,000. monthly; Portland G. & NJ
Co, $4,000, quarterly; Granite Gold
Mining Company, sl6,500 monthly.
The current price of potash is 5000
to 1878 per ton Of 1000 pounds. 1t is
alleged by chemists and metallurgists
who have tested the Cripple Creek
ores that the phonolites Of such mine
as the Portland, Vindicator, Ajax and
Granite yield an average OF per cent
potash, or 100 pounds to the ton. With
a process that will save the potash,
this means IS to 1877 cents per pound
for potash, or from SIS to $22.44 for
the potash In a ton of Cripple Creek
material. In mines like the proper.
ties named this might easily balance
the overhead charges.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
SODIUM FLuORID
KILLS ALL lice
Refuse Aid and Comfort to En-
emies of Poultry Flock.
PLAN TO ERADICATE MITES
Kerosene or Crude Petroleum Sprayed
In House Cracks or Crevlces Will
Destroy Little Blood-suek-
Ing Parasites.

Don't tolerate mites and lice in your
hennery. They are unnecessary pests
and they sap the vitality that should
go into egg production. Nowadays,
elective ways are known for eradicat-
ing lice and mites altogether. First,
a dust bath should be accessible to the
hens. Usually there will be place in
the yard where the hens can dust them
selves in the dry dirt. If such place
Is not available, box large enough
(about 2 feet square) for the hens to
get into 1t should be provided in the
house and quantity of dust such as
ordinary road dust or fine dirt placed
in it to allow the hens a place to dust
themselves. A dust bath aids the hens
In keeping lice in check and therefore
adds to their comfort. Usually the
lice are not present on the birds in
sufficient number to prove particularly
harmful. However, 1t is better to keep
the hens as free as possible from this
pest, and If they are not able to keep
them In check by busting themselves,
other measures can be undertaken.
To Eradicate Lice.
To rid the hens Of lice, each one can
be treated by placing small pinches of
sodium fiuorid, material which can
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08

and you a quiet little mouse Of a gifl
away OF here in the country. Why,
you two haven't got any more in COM
mon than a weasel and q settin' hen.
He'll marry some rich girl of his own
kind NO matter what he says. and he
needn't be maxim eyes at you. vio-
lets indeed! Is there any card or let
ter or anythingf'
mo. auntieI" Luella's lips trembled
guiltily as she said 1t, for when she
had buried her face in the flowers, she
had noticed q little white card down
among the leaves. But her aunt's
words hurt fearfully and she was
afraid she couldn't stand any more.
"Tn put them In water on the sit
tng-room table," said Luella, filling a
bowl and going into the other room.
She slipped out the card and read.
Dear little girl. love you. Bob"
Her heart hammering so she was
afraid her aunt would hear 1t, and
her face aflame with suppressed ex-
element. she went back and made an
attempt to eat her supper.
But as the evening wore on, her
aunt's words got in their effect. Hell
marry some rich girl Of his own class"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
PATHS TO PROFIT WITH
HENS IN BACK YARD.

Keep the hens confined to
! your own land.
, Don't keep a male bird. Hens
lay just as well without a male.
Don't overstock your land.
Purchase well-matured pullets
. rather than hens.
Don't expect great success in
. Matching and raising chicks I'M
less you have had some expert
ence and have grass plot sep
arate from the yard for the hens.
; Build cheap house or shelter.
, Make the house dry and free
from drafts, but allow for venti-
lation.
Fowls stand cold better than
dampness.
Keep house and yard clean.
Provide roosts and dropping
boards.
Grow some green crop In the
yard.
Spade up the yard frequently.
Feed table scraps and kitchen
) waste.
Also feed grain once a day.
Feed a dry mash.
Keep hens free from lice and
the house free from mites.
XIII and eat the hens in the
fall as they begin to mott and
cease to lay.
Preserve the surplus eggs pro-
duced during the spring and
summer for use during the fall
and winter when eggs are scarce
and high in price. HHr' Il,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08

palms. He drew her toward 1t.
they can wait, dear. and I can't. Come
and sit down and tell me you care
enough to marry me, dearl When you
save anyone's life. you have to pay the
penalty BY marrying him, you know"
Aren't you just gratefulr she stam-
mered.
"Perhapsi" he smiled.
"And don't you think you ought to
marry a society girl3"
II don't know anything about so
ciety and don't want to. I want you.
that's all."
"Oh. Bobi" cried Luella happily.
Then 1t was a really truly valentine"
Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
Arizona.


Arizona produced in 1917 about $751;
0OO,oO0 pounds of copper-twice as
much as any other state.
Articles of incorporation of an oil
company to develop the Holbrook oil
fields have been filed with the cor
poration commission in Phoenix.
A decided improvement in the quail
~ OF the ore in the shaft of the Por-
phyry Copper Company was noted at
Globe, the percentage of native COP
per showing large increase.
Although the copper production of
Arizona mines decreased 100000
pounds last year. the value OF the out
put increased from $l77 ,570.960 in
1916 to over s200,000.00o in 1917.
A strike of 1884 ounces of silver
and 22,s1 per cent OF gray copper,
checked up on the Alpha Copper Min
ing Copper Company in the San
Xavier district at the 2O0-foot level.
has been announced.
The action of Greene Cananea Cop
per Company directors in continuing
the quarterly dividend of 81 share
indicates the prosperous condition of
the company, despite the serious la
Dor troubles last year and a resultant
curtailed production.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08

use small quantity of blue ointment.
piece about as large as pea on the
skin an inch below the vent. If mercu
rial ointment is used instead of blue
ointment, 1t should be diluted with an
equal quantity Of vaseline. Any OF
these methods will be found very eff
fective in Kidding the hens of lice and
should be employed whenever the lice
become troublesome. Two or three aD.
pications year usually prove suffi-
cient.
Mites Are Blood Suckers.
Mites are more troublesome ant
more harmful than lice. They do not
live upon the birds like the lice, but
during the day hide in the cracks anC
crevices of the roosts and walls of the
house, and at night they come out and
get upon the fowls. They suck the
hens blood, and If allowed to become
plentiful-as they certainly will If not
destroyed-will seriously affect her
health and consequently her ability tG
lay eggs. They may be eradicated BY
few thorough applications of kero
sene or some of the coal-tar products
which are sold for this purpose, OF
crude petroleum, to the interior Of the
poultry house. The commercial tar
products are more expensive but
retain their killing power longer, and
they may be cheapened by reducing
with an equal part of kerosene. Crude
petroleum will spray better If thinned
with l part Of kerosene to 4 parts of
oil ha r,,Ja
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
New Mexico.

Peterson and associates are devel
oping the Iron Bar Group at Mogollon
A cross cut tunnel has been run in
over 500 feet.
The Oaks Company continue daily
shipments from the various holdings
The ore recently cut in the Deep
Down mine in Mogollon district, was
opened In the level below.
An order has been placed by the
Socorro Mining and Milling Co. for a
new double drum electric hoist. with
capacity of 1900 feet in depth.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08

II was true, u
course. And the
card was only u
valentine and 1t
didn't mean any
thing. He was
probably sending
similar souvenirs
with like senti-
ments to all the
girls he knew.
So she went to
bed and cried her.
self to sleep with
the card tucked
under her pillow.
and dreamed that
Bob was flying out
Of sight In q silver
otpchin ~rySkh ~a0loh
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
M ontana.

Montana was second in Copper pro
duction in 1917
Anaconda Copper Company now is
hoisting $4,000 tons Of ore daily from
twenty-three producing mines. and the
total number of employees exceeds H..
500.
A New York dispatch reads: After
a prolonged conference between gov
eminent authorities and spelter pro
ducers an agreement has been reached
whereby IL cents has been fixed as
the official price for grade A spelter."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08
WyominQ.

Tom Nestor has closed a deal for a
700-acre tract on The Derby dome and
will place q rig to start drilling ny
May l.
Ground is being graded just outside
the city limits Of Glenrock for the
building of the Texas Oil Company's
camp and tank farm.
In report from the officials Of the
Carmania Company announcement is
made that we'll No. 1, In the Lander
Plunkett field, 10 down 400 feet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-02-08

dlrSulp Win V1Ole6
wings and waving good-by to a crowd
of girls. all Of whom. when she looked
more closely, had her own features.
She was wakened by the aunt call
ing, "Luella, oh, Luella. Do you think
you could be ready to make the eight
O'Clock train7 I've been thinking
could get those new curtains made II
I had the stuff today. You could be
back by noo1
"Al right, auntie, I'll 60" Luella
began dressing rapidly. The touch Of
the card had brought back everything
and she was glad Of a chance to get
away.
She ate her breakfast and passed the
atting-room without once glancing In
at the violets. Perhaps she was foolish
to feel 30 about a valentine sent In
fun, but they recalled her aunt's words
too keenly.
She went straight from the station
to the store and took the elevator to
the fourth floor where she was directed
for curtain goods. She walked through
department Of rich oriental rugs, the
colors of which glowed wonderfully in
the warm lights from skillfully placed
lamps. She felt a. II she had rubbed
Aladdin's magical lamp and had sud
denly been transported to the Orient.
A man came forward to ask II he
could be Of service and Luella, re-