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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17

A very happy silver wedding occur
red in honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
burchill at their home at Luverne,
On the afternoon Of Jan. T, 1918. Fully
125 Of their neighbor friends and rel
atives participated in the grand sur
rise. Mr.. and Mrs. Burchill were
married 25 years ago in Clonakilty
county, Cork, Ireland, and since that
time have made their home in Bald
win township. Twelve children are
the fruit of this union Of which eight
are living and they together with two
grandchildren were also present. Mr..
and Mrs. Burchill are very favorably
and widely known as people of high
moral standing, always striving for
the betterment of civil life.
After a very elaborate luncheon
Mr.. VIM. Smith also of this commun-
ity presented the. silver tokens of
gratitude and good will. Needless TO
say they were many and most beauti-
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
BRYAN AND DEWEY ENLIST
John Hopkins Also Recently Joined
United States Marines at Kan.
sas City.

Kansas City, Mo.-WilIiam Jennings
Bryan, George Dewey and John Hop.
hns recently Joined the United States
Marine corps here. Lieutenant Horn.
botsel, in charge, says he is now look
ing for Woodrow Wilson to enlist.
Bryan is a farmer halllng from
Waxahachie, Tex, weighs 1873 pounds,
and was pronounced a perfect speci.
men Of manhood.
Dewey huils from Nlobrara, Neb.,
and his actions We're prompted by a
marine poster on which Admiral Dewey
told Of what he thought Of the Marine
corps.
Hopkins claims no relation to the
famous man for whom the famous med
icnl college and hospital were named
He explained his action by merely say
ing; 81 can fight and / want to-"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
POETS HONOR WAR HEROES
scribed on Ambulances
Donated for Italy.

New York.-The names of four he
roes of the war will be inscribed on
ambulances donated by the American
poets ambulances in Italy, according
to an announcement by Robert Under
wood Johnson, chairman of the fund.
The honor will be paid to Curtis
Seaman Read of New York city, Amer
lean aviator killed in France; John
Kipling, son of Rudyard Kipllng who is
presumed to have been killed while In
action with the British forces; Anto-
MO Resnati, the Italian aviator, who
was killed recently In an accident at
Mlneola, N. Y, and Commander Rizzo
of the italian navy, hero of the recent
sinking of an Austrian dreadnaught of
the Dalmatian coast.
These four ambulances are the last
Of 110 provided by the fund.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
And Dive Off Into the Water.

fan last Christmas. She said to me
that I wouldn't be able to use 1t in the
winter of course, but that 1t would be
most useful to have when the sum-
mer came, and as 1t was often a good
plan to think ahead and have things
ready In plenty Of time, she would give
1t to me along with the new winter
mittens she gave me-
"Tt's q wonderful FAM said Ben
nile Brownie.
".I'll fan you little said Mr.. Giant.
"But as soon as he started to fan
Bennie Brownie, poor Bennie Brownie
fell over, for to him 1t was like a
great blast of wind. He was so much
smaller than Mr.. Giant
atm so sorry said Mr.. Giant. 7
beg your pardon. do indeed
".No harm done,' said Bennie
Brownie, laughing, while Mr.. Giant put
his fan away inside his cave.
"T've come Bennie Brownie con-
tinued, 'to invite you to the swimming
party Of the y-Day-Is-Nice club.
And will you call on your powerful
bugle and ask all the other members7
It's to be this afternoon at the lake.
"'Good,' said Mr.. Giant. I've got a
handsome new bathing suit, tooP
"Mr. Giant called on the bugle
Come to the swimming party, come all,
come all. Peter Gnome, president of
the club, is giving swimming party.
COraa f0 fha laka
"And how they all did comet They
wasted no time, and many Of them
were there almost before they received
the end of their invltatlonsi
"Such splashing and water fights as
they hadl Such swimming and div
ing races, such boat races where they
all upset. Such water ball games and
fitting of canoes, and all the wonder
full water sports as they all did have
sand Mr.. Giant, who could stand up
In the water which was well above
everyone else, let them all climb up on
his shoulders and dive into the water,
"Witty Witch made one OF the best
dives OF all, for she did a backward
dive which was quite perfect, but how
they all did laugh when they saw It
for she surprised them all. They
had thought she was going to dive for
ward, but not bit of it--she made the
finest backward dive that was eveI
made. And they all felt cool and happy
after the gay swimming partyP
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
RED CROSS FEEDS ALsATIANs
Three thousand Who Escaped In First
Weeks Of War Are Being
Cared For.

Washington thousand loyal
Alsatians who escaped across the from
tier in the first weeks of the war when
the battle line swayed back and forth
across southern Alsace, are now being
fed with American food. They are
quartered In nineteen villages safe on
the French side of the war zone where
American troops are now stationed.
They lost all their property three
years ago and what little money they
had was soon exhausted. With the in
creasing cost of living and the inability
of their French neighbors to continue
to help them, their situation became
desperate. In answer to the appeal
from French societies Interested In
them, the American Red Cross has just
shipped food to the nineteen villages to
provide half the daily rations of these
5000 Alsatians for ten months.
The shipment included 13,200 pounds
of condensed milk, 1920 pounds Of
flour, LOO pounds of sugar, 5000
pounds Of dried peas, 2,200 pounds Of
rice and 5000 pounds of timed meat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
DADrTSEV[NTNC
ARI TALL e.
SWIMMING PARTY.
~ MARY GRAHANR BONNER

Now the y-Day-Is-Nice club
hadn't had any special celebration for
a long tlme," commenced Daddy, "and
Peter Gnome thought 1t was high time
to have one.
"You know Peter Gnome started q
club which he called the Every-Day-Is-
Nice club, for all the members prom.
ised to enjoy every day, never grum-
bling about the weather, which of
course they couldn't controll'
"And it was surprising how every
day seemed nice to them after this
club had been well started. They had
had parties in the slush, rainy-day par
ties, snow parties, and in the sum.
mer all sorts Of delightful out-of-door
good times.
But they hadn't had a regular cele-
bratlon for a long, long time.
"'How about a party for the Every
Day-Is-Nice club this afternoonT asked
Peter Gnome.
"He was talking to Billie Brownie.
They hadn't seen each other in a long
time, so as usual, they hugged each
other so hard that each fell down, and
all the other brownies and gnomes
laughed heartily.
"'What sort Of party would you
suggest, Peter Gnome?' asked Billie
Brownie.
"Well, as it's hot, mighty hot and
as the water is cool, mighty cool, /
think swimming party would be as
nice as any,
"Finep shouted all the brownies
and gnomes.
"'Shall we call together all the 9TH
er members of the club ? asked Bennie
Brownie.
"'By all MEANS said Billie.
"Tll get Mr.. Giant to call out to
them with his great and powerful
bugle.'
$50 Bennie Brownie went off to Mr..
Giants cave. Mr.. Giant was sitting
by the door of his cave, tanning him,
self with a branch of a pine tree.
"HOt day. he said.
ayes, It's hot day. agreed Bennie
Brownie.
ats nice, though said Mr.. Giant
II enjoy a hot day when 1 have the
cooling breezes of my beautiful pine
fan. The fairy queen gave me that
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
CANNING Kills Food Foes.

Foods decompose or spoil because
they are attacked by living germs,
minute forms of plant life of the low
est order. Three types of these tiny
organlsms-molds, yeasts and bacte-
ria-cause foods to spoil. They are
present constantly everywhere-ln air.
water and soil, and on food. All ex.
ist in teeming millions, and all except
molds are so tiny as to be invisible
without the aid of a microscope.
The object in canning is first to kill
oil the molds, yeasts and bacteria that
may be on the food, and then to seal
the food in germ-free containers, and
seal them so well that no other organ
ismS may enter.
Molds thrive in dampness and dark
ness and prefer freedom from cur
rents Of air. They require oxygen,
moisture and warmth, and feed upon
sugar and starches. Since they can
grow in the presence of acids, they
readily attack fruit and tomatoes.
Molds are killed easily by moist heat.
Yeasts are of many kinds, all one
celled plants, which reproduce by the
growth Of a bud on the edge of q
cell. The buds quickly become full
grown and break away from the
mother cells. The use of yeast in bread
making is familiar. When supplied
with food lin the form of sugar),
warmth, moisture and air. yeastS
| grow, breaking up the sugar and pro-
| ducing alcohol and a gas called car
bon dloxid.
Bacteria are much more difficult to
destroy than molds and yeasts and
are the chief foe to combat In pre-
serving food. They are One-celled
plants but smaller than yeasts. A
single bacterium may produce mill
lions more In a few hours. Bacteria
require warmth, moisture and food.
Certain species thrive without air.
Since few bacteria thrive in acids or
In the presence of much sugar, their
destruction is less difficult in fruits
and tomatoes than In such vegetables
as corn, peas and beans or In meats,
which OF all foods are the most diff
cult to can safely. Bacteria In their
active growing state can be killed by
moist heat at boiling temperature. but
unfortunately for the Gamer the bae-
terra spores are much more resistant
to heat. All bacteria in the spore
state can be destroyed by a tempera-
ture Of 24O to $50 degrees Fahren-
helt. moist heat. This temperature
can be secured with steam under
pressure.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01

in individual cups or a large mold,
which can be served sliced as jellled
chicken is served or as salad with
salad dressing.
Such cold dishes are especially ap-
petizing on q summer day when you
want something different. Why not
make a salad such as the fish mold or
one made from minced fish or from
cottage cheese or cold beans do duty
in place of meat for the staple part Of
the meal?
Other Substitutes for Meat.
Other cold dishes that can take the
place Of meat may be made by COM
bining cottage cheese with nut meats,
chopped pimentos, green peppers, or
| other crisp vegetables, molding and
sliclng and serving like cold meat loaf.
These are but few suggestions for
meat substitute dishes. A cheese and
nut roast or a cheese sauce served
with mashed potatoes or boiled rice,
milk soup, vegetable souffie or veg
etable omelet are all ways in which
meat may be replaced by combining
the foods that supply the requisite
protein.
Let many of the summer meals be
| meatless meals.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
British Join in Air Battle Between
Two TeutOn Flying
Squadrons.
ENEMY PULLS BAD BONER
English Pilots JoyfuIly and ImpartiaIly
Render Assistance First to
One Side, Then to
the other.

With the British Army in France
This is the story of battle royal
waged in the air between two flights
of German planes. 1t was an uninten-
tional but disastrous fight between
brother aviators, during which British
pilots joyfully and impartiaIly rem
dered assistance first to the one side,
then to the other, until so many of
the emperor's flyers had been de-
stroyed or damaged that the conflict
could not continue.
This extraordinary engagement be-
gan thus:
Two British officers in a fighting
machine were leading patrol along
the lines when they sighted German
Halberstadt two-seater, which upon
their appearance fired a green signal
light. The British leaders expected a
trap and waited to see what this un-
usual performance meant.
Too Many Come to Rescue.
In a short time six German scouts
came wheeling out of the blue and
Joined the Halberstadt. Almost at
once six other enemy scouts dived
out of the sun onto their comrades,
whom they apparently mistook for a
British patrol about to attack the Hal
berstadt.
What had happened was this: The
Halberstadt had been acting as de-
coy, and the green light had been
meant as q signal for assistance. But
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
SUBSTITUTES AID
IN WINNING WAR
Fish, Cheese, Milk, Eggs, Beans,
Peas and Nuts Are Recog-
nized as Excellent.
ADAPTED TO SUMMER NEEDS
Can Be Combined Into Attractive and
Well-Seasoned Dishes-Meat Will
Not Be Missed in Hot Weather
Some Recipes.

Many Of the meat substitute dishes
are better suited to summer needs
than the meat dishes that they re-
place. Now is the time to make the
most of them, for meat is scarce and
high priced.
Fish, cheese, milk, eggs, beans, peas
and nuts are recognized as good sub
stitutes for meat. They all supply
protein which the body needs. Used
intelligently they can be combined In
to such attractive and well-seasoned
dishes that meat will not be missed
In the summer meal.
Baked beans which find favor as a
substitute for meat in winter, are not
such a favorlte dish for summer, but
lima beans baked with q well-season-
ed tomato sauce make a hearty dish
which many like.
Baked Lima Beans.
Soak the dried lima beans in cold
water for several hours and cook until
tender. Make a tomato sauce, using
two cupfuls tomato pulp and juice
strained through a sieve. Thicken with
two tablespoonfuls of flour blended
with two tablespoonfuls melted fat.
Season with salt, pepper, and celery
seed. Put q layer of beans in bak-
ing dish, sprinkle with grated cheese,
peat until dish is full. Bake for
about half an hour.
Fish.
Fish, fortunately, is available I'd
most people in some form; IL not
fresh, canned, smoked or salted fish
can usually be procured. Either
canned fish or fish left from the boiled.
baked, or broiled fish of a previous
meal can be used in the recipes which
follow:
Fish Timbales.
1 cupful salmon, 1 teaspoonful salt.
tuna, or gray fish. V teaspoonful pap.
1 cupful softened rilEa.
bread crumbs. I egg.
cupful boiled rice x oupful milk.
or hominy or
mashed potatoes.
Mix. ingredients in order given.
Pour into small buttered molds, place
Ou TUCK oH polii uuu SuHhOuhu win hOe
water. Cover and bake until mixture
is firm. Turn from molds and serve
hot with an acid sauce.
Fish Mold.
To make the fish mold cook together
In double boiler until thlckened.
egg beaten until IL tablespoonful
light. cold water.
2 t a blespoonfuls Y teaspoonful eel
vinegar. cry seed.
Is teaspoonful SUI Is teaspoonful salt
gar.
While this is softenlng soften
one tablespoonful gelatin In one-fourth
cupful cold water and dissolve by plac-
ing over hot water. Add the dissolved
gelatin and one eupful minced fish to
the sauce In the double boiler. Mold
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
peepwatsr EIshInn nsvIoe.

Quite the strangest of all fishing nc.
eessories is dlminutive electric yes.
sci designed perhaps more as a nov.
city than for practical purposes. 1t is
three feet long, Of light weight, and
In appearance bears some similarity
to q submarine. It Is intended to car
~ line out to sea for fisherman sta
toned ashore. II Is not made clear
that the boat has ever performed the
function, but by setting a clock-dlal
regulator II is said the mechanism may
be made to stop operation after the
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
HUNS PLAN TRAP;
KILL EACH OTHER

there had been no expectation that
two flights of German planes would
respond at the same time.
Not being able to distinguish the
markings of their friends-and this
has happened not infrequently before
the newcomers Immediately began
furious attack upon them. The Brit
ish leaders then guided their patrol
into this mad melee and took a hand.
The Halberstadt was the first VIC
tim and this was shot down by the
British commanding machine. Another
British fighter in the meantime had
accounted for two more enemy scouts,
which were sent swirling to destruc-
ton below.
All this time the German aircraft
were continuing their bitter battle
among themselves and several of them
were seen to go down out of con-
troll before the engagement finally
ended. The British leaders, by their
good judgment, had led the Huns into
their own trap.
Fifty Planes In Fight.
This undoubtedly was a unique oc-
currence, but there are always plenty
Of thrilling incidents happening in
| the air these days. Take, for instance,
the case of British patrol Of about
eight battle planes which fought and
vanquished some forty enemy craft
few days ago. This British patrol,
under command of a captain, was
escorting bombing squadron when
two score enemy machines We're en-
countered. The British fighters and
the enemy Immediately raced In for
the attack.
Within q few seconds fierce fight
was in progress and the great feet of
nearly half hundred airships were
swirling and diving madly against one
another, while their machine guns
Joined in the vicious chorus that swept
down to the troops on the ground like
the noise from scores of steam trip
hammers.
The British outmaneuvered and out,
fought the enemy and many of the
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
LOVE NOTES CAUSE ARREST
Soldier and Sweetheart Correspond In
Code and Man Is Suspected
of Being Spy.

Omaha, Neb.-A young business
woman of Omaha last spring married
a soldier, and he went to his southern
cantonment while she remained here.
In order that his inquisitlve fellow col
dlers should not be able to decipher
their love messages. they arranged q
secret code.
Recently she wanted to visit him
at his camp. She wired him In the
code. The telegram arrived and the
young bridegroom was arrested as a
spy.
She arrived only to find her soldier
husband in the guardhouse. Then she
blushingly told the story, and the "spy''
was released.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
TO BAR FOOD CORNERS
France Plans to Prevent Boost
in Prices.
Food Minister ls Inclined Toward
Monthly RatIonIng soheme-Po-
tatoes Plentiful.

paris.-M. Victor Boret, the French
food minister, 1t is said will bring be-
fore the cabinet important measures
for preventing the Increase In meat
prices and in the cornering of sup
niles. The commission that he sent
70 London, 1t is understood, has re-
ported unfayorably on the introduce
ton, for the present at ledst, of the
English meat card.
The French bread card has given
good results and the food minister In
cllnes toward the monthly meat card,
which for 10 days will entitle the
Aolder to and a half ounces of
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01

meat, for eight days four and q
half ounces Of tripe, rabbit or fowl and
for four days six ounces of cold meat.
He poiats out that the French herds
have suffered much more than the Eng
lish, there being. larger supplies of
fish and frozen meat In England than
in France. NJ. Boret adds that there
are plenty Of potatoes, that he is try
ing to increase the catch Of fish, and
that larger quantities Of macaronl in
its various forms viii be available.
Parisians who sometimes find that
their baker supplies them with bread
of a darker flour than usual are ad.
ylsed In a note issued by the food min
istry not to make this reason for
buying at another shop. The varla-
ton in the color is due to the fact
that some Of the wheat imported from
the United States Is for reasons of
tonnage economy. not refined to the
same degree as in France, and trans
port difficulties sometimes prevent the
making of uniform mixtures. AS the
same variety Of -four is rarely delIv-
cred twice in succession to the same
baker, 1t Is In the customers inter-
est that he should always make his
purchase at the same shop,
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01

Germans were sent spinning away.
Whether they were merely frightened
or we're out of control. 1t was impos-
sible to say, but at the conclusion Of
the fight four German machines lay In
crumpled masses on the earth and an
other had gone down In flames.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01

craft has covered any distance up to
about a mile. When the predeter-
mined point is reached, the line is re
leased and the boat returned to shore
by reeling In a cord. If fish swal-
lows the hook ON the line. II is pulled
In similarly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
All Right Both Ways.

Dorothy was waiting to walk home
with her teacher. When the teacher
put on her new hat Dorothy was much
interested in it. so the teacher asked !:
"Do you think 1t is becoming" eyes,"
decided Dorothy, and then as her
teacher turned about to show the back
view, she added quickly. "And BEGGING,
too
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
Keen Your Temper.

Remember. that when you are right
you can afford to keep your temper.
and when you are wrong you can't az
ford to lose it.--Anon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
FISTS WILL FIGHT
HUN MAILED FIST

Denver, Colo.-The German
mailed fist" is to be met by
two male Fists. Hyle Fist,
Denver vaudeville actor, has
y followed the example of his
brother, Arthur Fist, and enlist
ed I'm the regular army. The
Fists are now In training in the
same company at Fort Logan.
Observation-Disclosures
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
Disarmament.

First Cullud Porter-"I guess OIL
Bill Johnson done turn 'cifist." Sec
ond Cullud Porter-"Yep. He's gone
an bot hlsself safety raxor,"---
Judge.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01

Cameo-cutting, one of the most an
cient OF occupations, has recently been
introduced into the United States.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01
EIorIda.a PotentlnI mealth

Florida contains about 1000, 900
acres Of land waiting to be reclaimed
by drainage.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-06-06

German prisoners of war-the real
prisoners and not the suspects who
have been interned a salien enemies
will soon be put to work. The
prisoners of war will be distributed
among the various camps and canton
ments where it will be easy to have
and guard them, and will be used in
agricultural work, in the gardens
that the War Garden Commission is
establishing in connection with the
camps Of this country.
Conscientious objectors," there is
quite crew of them, will be classed
with German prisoners and put upon
the same work. They will be called
upon to produce food f. o. b. at the
mess tents door. About 5000 sub
jects of the enemy are now held in
camps in this country, "eating their
head off" and as many as can be
put to work under the international
agreement, which the United States
will observe even if no other nation
does, will be assigned for this farm
work. Add to- their number the "con-
scientious objectors," and a garden
army that will do much to help sup
ply food for the men in training is
already raised and at hand.
One hundred German prisoners
will be sent from Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga, to Camp Devens, at Ayers, Mass,
early this week to work on the farm.
Two hundred and fifty acres viii be
put under cultivation and big yield
Is expected.