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The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
BACKYARD
POULTRY GROWING

The city or town man who keeps a
small flock of hens not only is saving
money but is helping his country.
Every pound Of poultry raised and
every egg laid releases just so much
pork and beef for our armies and al
lies, according to L. w. Burby, poul-
try husbandman stationed at the ag-
ricultural college by the United
States de apartment Of agriculture.
Poultry will not'prevent ones grow
ing a garden. Twelve hens confined
in a pen big enough for exercise and
provided with green feed will furnish
a goodly number Of eggs for food. A
packing box and little poultry net
ting are all that is necessary for build
ing a house and run.
For egg production rooster should
not be kept, as he is noisy and has
large appetite, but has no influence
on the number of eggs produced.
The poultry grower should not de-
pend too much on table scraps for
feeding his poultry. points out Mr.. Bur-
by. Enough feed should be given to
keep the birds in good condition and
sufficient excess to produce eggs. The
hens will eat vegetable peelings
and fruit scraps II these are put
through. the food chopper and mixed
with little mash. A good mash con-
sists of four parts Of bran, two parts
Of shorts, and one part Of high grade
beef scraps, by weight.
Plenty of green feed should be used.
This cuts down the amount of grain
necessary. 1t is desirable to feed to
the poultry the green weeds and thin
nings from the garden, also the mis-
shapen and wormy vegetables. and
tough corn, unfit for human consump-
tiOn.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Prison Labor Bill Provides
For Use of Inmates of Penal
Institutions in Road Making

Many state and county administra-
tions are utilizing prison labor in road
work.
Governor Brough Of Arkansas has
announced that IS to 100 convicts will
be used continuously on road work In
his state. A sentiment Is growing in
favor Of imprisoning all vagrants and
placing them at work on county high
ways. This method Of utilizing pris-
on labor, where it is conducted under
proper conditions, has always had the
Endorsement of the national committee
on prisons and prison labor, and a pro-
vision for road building has been in
corporated in the prison labor bill.
An important feature is that Of re-
quiring the payment Of wage to the
prisoner. Such wage will make 1t
possible for the prisoner to contribute
to the support of his dependents and
at the same time will prevent unfair
competition with free labor. The pas
sage of the bill will give impetus to
the movement for the employment OF
prisoners in road work and IN other
occupations affected by the national
emergency.
Ever since the United States entered
the war the demand for utilizing the
prison labor supply confined in the
penal and correctional institutions OF
the country has steadily increased. Re-
ports made to the national committee
on prisons and prison labor show that
the demand for this labor comes from
practically every organization which
has as it's purpose some work related
to the prosecution Of the war. Ma
tional and state food, fuel, freight,
farm and fish commissions are seek
ing prison labor. State and county
commissions are meeting to discuss
the problem.
Many of the proposals made will not
be realized until the passage In con-
gress of the prison labor bill intro
duced by Senator Hoke Smith Of Geor-
gia and Representative Charles F.
Booher of Missouri. This bill has been
introduced through the efforts of the
national committee on prisons and
prison labor and the American Federa-
ton of Labor to promote the use of
prison labor in the war emergency and
also to prevent exploitation Of the pris-
Oner,
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Make Your
Own Sugar
BY Tie u. S. Dept. Of Agriculture

BY the use of ordinary kitchen
equipment many people are in posi-
tion to make up the average OF 81
pounds Of sugar, which is the average
each person In the United States used
hst year. A few sugar maple trees,
well-kept colonies Of bees, hundred
feet of sugar beets raised in the gar
den, or a small patch Of sweet sor-
ghun, and surplus apples which might
20 to waste unless made into apple
sirup may each be made to contribute
to the sugar supply.
The present limited sugar supply can
be increased If many more families, In
regions where the sugar maple grows,
would each make maple sirup or sugar
from ten or more maple trees. Ten
trees, under ordinary conditions. can
he expected to yield about four gal
Ions Of sirup' or thirty pounds Of sugar.
Maple sugar making is an art the
pioneer settlers Of America learned
from the Indians and for years it has
been a home and farm industry. The
process Is not so complicated that any
one who has the opportunity need hesi-
tate to try 1t. Find sugar maple tree
ten or more inches in diameter; bore
hole three-eights Of an inch or slightly
more in diameter; insert a metal spout
or one made by punching the pith from
section of elder; set bucket under
It that the sap may collect; boil this
down In kettle or shallow pan on n
kitchen stove to the proper density for
maple sirup. If sugar Is preferred, boil
1t down further until it is quite thick,
taking care that 1t does not burn, and
let It crystalline.
"Sugar weather" often starts by the
middle of February In the southern
part of the sugar maple region. The
first sap is sweetest. There Is no time
to be lost in talking; get ready to
take advantage of the first warm,
sunny days. "Old timers say the out
look is good for a good sugar sea-
# son.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Potato Menus Provide for
Breakfast, Dinner, Supper

Use potatoes, urges the United
States food administration, making,
public q menu which provides. pota-
toes from morning until bedtime. Here
1t is:
BREAKFAST
Cornmeal mush with dates.
Potato and meat cakes (very little neaD.
Coffee, with milk for children
DINNER
Mutton stew. Mscedoine Of vegetables.
Boiled potatoes and lettuce salad
Soup with potato crotons.
Puffy omelet with tomatoes
Baked potatoes.
Scotch fancies and chilled fruit.
Potato crotons are made this way:
To one cupful Of mashed potato add
one egg yolk and beat we'll together.
Spread half an inch thick on fiat oiled
platter and when cold cut in two-inch
squares, then each square diagonally
to form triangular pieces. Brush over
with milk and brown lightly in the
oven or in a very little fat In the fry
ing pan.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Lemons Yield Citric Acid.

The production Of citric acid on
commercial scale from Gull lemons has
been solved by the United States de-
partment of agriculture. CItrfc acid
prepared in this way has been sold at
price several cents above the mar
set. Orange pulp for the manufacture
Of marmalade has been prepared and
methods for preparing citrus peel for
the market developed by the United
Mates bureau Of ehemistry.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
How Red Cross Workers Are
Now Knitting Two Socks at
Same Time for Army Boys

Knitting two socks at one time is an
achievement every war knitter would
like to be equal to. Some of the Red
Cross shops are passing the news
around that it can be done. The dis
covery was credited to a Sydney, Aus
tralia, workshop. This shop increased
it's output from $4,000 pairs of socks
one month to 10000 pairs the next by
knitting ''twins." Mss Brown, who
came to this country to impart the d.
rections to our Red Cross, gives the
following instructions on knitting twin
socks:
''The purling for the top Of the socks
is knit separate. When one is finished
take it off with darning needle on to
heavy cord. When the other is fin
ished slip the first one inside the Sec
ond one, from the top. and with the
knitting needle take up from first one
and then the other, alternating, begin
ming with the first stitch from the
needle and ending with the last stitch
from the one on the cord. Hold the
sock toward you, purling the first
stitch, which is from the sock that was
on the needle, and knitting the second
stitch from the one that was on the
cord; proceed with the first purl and
then knit, holding the thread over the
first finger for knitting, and soon you
will acquire a rhythm.
"When you get to the heels take of
rs in any sock. As you turn your heel
always purl the one next to you and
knit the other. To narrow take first
and third stitch, purl them and slip
the needle out, which leaves one stitch
from the opposite sock. which slip onto
your needle and narrow knitting. There
is no slip and bind in this sock. When
finished slip the needles out and take
up your separate socks and bind off.
In purling never put your thread over
always keep it toward you, as If you
are purling back on your heel"
The teacher said that after knitting
three pairs one would become as eff
cient as in knitting the single sock.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Coal Gas for Motor Fuel.

Probably the first motor car In
America to use coal gas rs fuel is a
New York machine that has an 8 by
45-fnch steel tank mounted on one
Of Its running boards, says the Popular
Mechanics Magazine. The cylinder,
when charged to a pressure of about
1000 pounds to the square inch, car
fies sufficient fuel to drive the ma
chine about one hundred and twenty
miles. For automobile propulsion,
eompressed gas at 80 cents thou
eaNd feet is said to be about Is per
cent cheaper than gasoline at q cents
q 9allon. This comparison is based
- uileage rather than thermal units.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Notes of Interest

Clothing made Of pressed
feathers as a substitute for wool
has been invented by an Italian
priest.
A gasoline blow torch supplies
the heart for a new cooking
stove for campers that cannot
be blown out.
A pneumatic latch with which
n door may be opened from dis
tant points has been patented.
: A new mop for washing auto
mobiles has a hollow handle
through which water Is fed by
screwing it to hose.
The determination Of all flies
is the aim Of two British physi-
clans who are experimenting
with a parasite that kills the in
sects.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
About the Sun.

Sun" is among the words contained
in the latest issued sections of the
Oxford English dictionary. Eleven
closely printed columns are devoted to
1t. It Is quite interesting to find that
the kaiser's famous phrase, "Place In
the sum-" originated with Pascal. who
used it to illustrate the beginnings of
tyranny. Yet another well-known
phrase, ION which the sun never sets"
was apparently first used In connection
with the Spanish empire 800 years ago.
Its first application to the British en-
pire was made In the way Of joke
by Thackeray in the pages OF Punch
Christian Science Aooitoe.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Nu h~+~t.Q
Spectacles Indicated Riches.

Spectacles were invented In Italy.
about 1885. They were at first vesy
expensive, and so were worn only BY
wealthy persons or noblemen, and %
came to be regarded as a mark Of
rank. The larger the spectacles The
higher the rank, and 50 the glasses
grew to a prodigious size. There aro
two or three busts extant of Italian
gentlemen wearing "specs," and II
one of these cases the lenses are thEoe
inches In diametee.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
II Depends.

Mrs. Flatbush-
What does your
husband call your
dog?
Mrs. B en- S o n
hurst-When he's
calling him in the
II Gus e, do you
mean, or chasing
him out?
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Wise and Otherwise.

Many a worthless man has a
good disposition.
All typewriters are not types
of feminine beauty.
That man is generous to a
fault who never corrects it.
Laziness isn't exactly a crime,
but It is the next thing to 1t.
A double wedding might prop
erly be called four-in-hand tie.
) 1t would he pretty tough on
some men If others did the right
thing by them.
Discretion is the salt that pre-
serves life and fancy is the
, sugar that sweetens it.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
IT IS TO SMILE
Her Complaint.

Her Complaint.
Doctor-Your daughter, madam, is
suffering from constitutional inertia.
The Girl-There, ma! And you've
been saying I was simply lazy.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Rye Popoven.
Mexican Rice.

Fry three pieces of salt pork or ba-
con until crisp, then add third of a
cupful Of rice, four tomatoes. one large
pepper and a medium-sized onion. all
cut up, and pour over the rice and fat
As it cooks add vegetable water saved
from draining potatoes or other vege-
tables: season we'll with salt and pep
per, add a few dashes OF paprtka and
serve very hot.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Where He Was.

Where He Was.
Angry Woman-My husband at
tempted to strike me. I want to have
him arrested.
Police Captain-All right. Where
will we find him?
Angry Woman-In the emergency
hospital.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Information Limited.

IUVOrTUdGIOU GVuVTIGOs
"Is this bureau Of information OF
is it not?" asked the caustic person.
Its q bureau of information to q
limited extent" replied the clerk. 1--WE
are not trying to tell anybody when the
war will end"
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Wild Guess.

"Why 90 hey
refer to a states
man as a solOn?"
=. 1.-THE word is
derived from the
dead languages"
answered the man
who assumes to
know everything.
land refers to a
ct q t e 8 mans in.
stinctive desire to
get on a platform
and do an orator
ical solo,"
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Difference,

.Do you think it Is proper to use pro-
family to a mule?"
$50 far as my own feelings are con-
cerned," declared the expert teamster,
1T Is highly improper. But when you
are trying to get along with as sensl'
tive and exacting an animal as mule,
you've simply got to humOr him.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
!: Mothers Cook Book
Ssooesssosssosooooooo

The people who indulge in honeyed
phrases seldom have any fear Of eating
their own words.
Lenten dishes this year have no
worriment for the housewife who has
been keeping lent all winter by meat
less, wheatless, porkless days. Eggs
are at present so high that when using
them the frugal cook tries to extend
them by adding something to the dish
which will give bulk and not detract
from the attractlveness of it.
One good dish may be made by usina
rice with egg. Put quarter Of a cup
full of rice we'll washed into frying
pan with a little sweet chicken fat;
fry it until yellow, then add some
chicken broth or, lacking that any
good vegetable liquor which has been
saved because Of its mineral content.
Cook until the rice is tender, season
and stir in three eggs, carefully cook
ing, add butter, salt, paprika, and
serve as scrambled eggs. This dish
will serve five or six people, savinx
two or three eggs.
Tomato Rarebit.
Melt a tablespoonful of butter in
saucepan; when bubbling hot add
tablespoonful of flour; when smooth
add a cupful of strained tomato and
when cooked smooth and thick add
half cupful of grated cheese, half
cupful of milk and q. well beaten egg.
Stir until the egg sets, season well and
serve on graham crackers.
French dressing made as follows
with thick sweet cream added Is e.
pecially good with sliced cucumbers:
Use three tablespoonfuls of olive oil.
one Of vinegar, a half teaspOOnful OF
salt. q teaspoonful of powdered sugar.
a dash of cayenne pepper. and when
we'll mixed and blended stir In three
tablespoonfuls Of thick whipped cream.
Sour cream may be used.
Rye Popovers.
Mix and sift together a third of a
cupful of rye meal and two-thirds of
cupful of wheat -four; add salt, two
beaten eggs and one cup of milk mix
and fill hot buttered pans; bake 10
minutes.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04

The people who indulge in honeyed
phrases seldom have any fear Of eating
their own words.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-31
AGAINST MOURNING.
INSIGNIA to BE Worn on Arm as Sub
stitute-Indorsed by Wilson.

The attention of Connecticut women
is being called by the Woman's Com
mittee of the Connecticut State Coun-
ell of Defense to a sentiment which Is
gaining favor throughout the country
for wearing of insignia instead OF
mourning by Americans who have lost
members of their family in the war.
Bv vote of the committee the attention
of the women of this state Is being
called to the cordial Endorsement OF
President Wilson for the plan.
The President has written: Il do
entirely approve of the action taken
by the Womans Committee (of the
Council of National Defense) in execu-
tive session-namely, that three inch
black band should be worn upon which
gilt star may he placed for each
member Of the family whose life Is lost
In the service and that the band shall
be worn on the left arm. I hope and
believe that thoughtful people every
where will approve Of this action, and
/ | hope you will be kind enough to
make the suggestion of the committee
! public with n statement that 1t has my
| cordial Endorsement
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-31

The axes and helves bought for the
army since we entered the war num-
Der 5,121, 729, costing s6,397, 1851. There
are 34,972 rolling kitchens, which cost
s47,480,0O0; 38,427 field ranges, cost
ing s1,635,994; 109,3O6 carpenters
chests, costing s2,732.650; and $500
blacksmith's chests, costing s224,000.
The army is using 2,574,982 shovels
costing 81 each; 1,392,500 lantern
globes costing 80 cents each; 105,727
desks, costing s1,377,360 and 1854
portable FORCES. costing s950,S2o.
There have been contracted for 1867
900 motor trucks of all types, sizes
and styles, costing $40, 315,000; 10000
passenger cars, costing $12,275, 1000;
54,4OO motorcycles, costing s10,255,-
900; together with many thousand BIZ
cycles and cargo and tank trailers.
These figures show how the peoples
money is going into the war to regis
ter a will for victory. The sums are
large but the need is great. The re-
suits, it is believed, will vindicate
them.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-31
New Milford
Security
Company


Choice loans on First
Mortgage, bearing 81
and 8 per cent, interest.
Municipal and Public
Service Corporation
bonds.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-31
USES OF THE PEOPLES
MONEY BY TIE WAR
DEPARTMENT

Since the United States entered the
war, a little more than Is months ago,
the War Department has raised,
equipped, trained and, with naval help,
sent across the sea upward of O mil
lion and a half of soldiers and has
practically az many more under train
ing ut home. The number OF Ameri-
can soldiers lost in transit az y result
OF U-boat attacks up to September
last was less than 500.
In this time more than 1000 900
rifles OF the new 1917 model consid-
cred by many experts the best army
rife in the world, have been made, in
spected, assembled and issued, and
the weekly production Ia growing.
The total amount of money directly
appropriated By Congress for the Ord
nance Program, or for which authori-
ration has been given to incur obli-
cations, amounts to approximately
Ill, o00, 000, 900. since the beginning OF
the war.
From the beginning OF the war, to
June 80, 1918, the last day OF the past
fiscal year. contracts we're placed by
the Ordnance Department from ap-
preparations and authorizations exist
ing at that time amounting to s4,s00.-
900 900. 1t is estimated that during
the present fiscal year ending June 80,
1918, the actual cash expenditures for
ordnance will reach total Of $1,000
O00,00
The major items for which cash ex-
penditures were made or for which
contracts were placed, up to June 30,
1918, were:
Artillery $1,000. 900, 900
Automatic Rifles 500, 900, 900
Small Arms 100, 900, 600
Artillery Ammunition 1900, 900, 600
Small Arms Ammunition 0,000, 900
Stores & Supplies $50, 600, 600
Armored Motor Cars 100, 600, 900
| s4,100. 600, 900
Artillery Ammunition $3.50, 100000
and Small Arms Ammunition 1885,
! 900 900.
Expenditures in connection with
| military engineering operations direct
| ly relating to the war have exceeded
1915, 100000 the past year, the larger
part going for docks and railways II
! France.
Since the beginning of our partici
patton in the war, there have beer
bought for Army use 25,461, 1892 lbs
! of -four at a cost of s43,375, 445
186,b82,316 lbs OF sugar at a cost o.
s14, 452,512; 110,451 $40 lbs. OF bacor
at a cost of s43,375,445; 102,S94,74:
lbs. of dried beans, at cost of SIC.
613,4s9; 72,274,529 cans of tomatoes
at a cost of $9,27s,121 and 3s,421 20
lbs. of rice at a cost of s2,775,519
These are but six standard articles o
food but they give an idea of the sig
of Uncle Sans market basket.
~ Here is an idea of the Army cloth
ing bill from April 1, 1917. to Aug.
1918:
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-31

{. 3. Food NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
or Br'er Rabbit better make his
SELF mighty skeerce en- not go pro.
iickin' roun' whar dere's cookin
goin' on, cause a rabbit in pot Is
or poin' ter look mighty good to mos
ennybody TO long count er folks
hayin' ter save on meat. Sides
folks'n kinder have ter save do
wheat flour fer comp'ny en- eat bread
made outen dis yere substitute"
flour. Dat wise OF owl done say dat
to win de war you got ter feed de
sojer boys dat's doin' de nghtin''
OATS watts takin' de wheat en meat.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-05
Hints for the Motorist
By Albert L. Clough hs aarsr Motor of nsrsrs ssfsifs
Copyright, 1917 by TEs International Syndicate
Avoiding The Undercharged Battery.

UNDER THE SEVERE CONDITIONS winter
at times burn dmly and the
energy and at the battery be
material from the plates conclude being
meter of the eecroyte individual whether
s is correct If the density of the liquid
ouhd TO be less than that charge there
IS no douDt that too much being
on TO the generator supplied met in the
oHo"lng ways; BY economzng the
hn actually required lighting the headlights necessary and
with spoighs other
oe BY improving the arburaon spinning
n engine is not called for under
as produce the greatest charging keeping
@ at charging speed for longer This can he
ue " CONG city driving on second instead
ing h engine any faster thus increasing
" out tohrds Even though slower speeds are
~ 1t better han charging by running
0 way 70 overcome the evil of
ms a OF the generator increased
anu shtng systems In Lobo1
rate IN winter than
pooe changes in generator field strength
the o"ne7 should visit the service
tsis upon his wishes being complied
Geefatofs Which are operating
count OF dirty commutators badly
cucu not delivering the should to the
generators most likely viii keep
- any alteration o. their Sbould
wen cnoloed battery still fail charged when te abo 80
ste hFeoeen adopted becomes necessary charge nerod1f
on some source other than It's generator idle the engine 70 Z
the charging current W ensne 10 furnish
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-05
If Good Man Is Wanted
Re-eIect Senator BiShOp

If Marion county wants a good, solid
business man in the senate it would
be hard to find one who will give more
general satisfaction than one of the
present Senators-C. P. Bishop. He is
not a "whirl wind" in debate, but his
voting record in the last two sessions
shows that he has the interest of the
taxpayers in view at all times.
SrAator Bishop has not consented to
become a candidate as yet, although he
is heing strongly urged by his friends,
but the Tribune believes that he owes
that much to the people of Marion
county who will be glad to honor him
with the second term.
Mr.. Bishop is not a politician and if
he is elected again-providing he de-
eides to get into the race-it will be
wholly upon his friends and the merit
of the man.
Hon. Alex La Toilette has openly an
nomced his candidacy and in this
county where he has lived so long, and
served the people so efficiently, the an
nomcement of his candidacy is prac
tically the same as his election.
Mr.. La Toilette has no interests of
his own to serve except as taxpayer
and it is the interests of the taxpayers
of the county which should be looked
after in the senate as in other official
capacities. Mr.. La Toilette has already
established favorable record here, and
will be honored again at the next elec-
Tribune.