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The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

Americans, both civil officials and
military men. cannot conceal the
eNultation they feel over the sue
cesses of the allies and particularly
the splendid work which Americans
have been doing on the western front
But all of them feel IL necessary TO
press the soft pedal on their conversa-
tion so as not unduly to elate or excite
the Imagination of the people of this
country in regard to future battles.
While there are not many officials OF
the present day who have any personal
recollection of what took place during
the Civil war. they are historians
enough to know that on several occa-
sions 1t seemed that the Union was 60
ing to triumph at once, although IT
turned out afterwards that the Con-
federates fought on for long time.
"When Germany cracks. she will go
to pieces very suddenly" Is the ex-
preston I heard from n careful OBJ
server of the progress of the war. But
it is very doubtful whether Germany
will go all to pieces and whether there
will not be many hardfought battles
before the allied armies are across the
Rhine. Officials in Washington do not
want Americans to become over-con-
fident on account of what has been
achieved since the troops of this coun-
try have been participating In the great
war.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
OLD FRIENDS, NEW WAYS.

Remember that vegetables have their
own particular part to play in the
diet, which neither meats nor cereals
nor fruits nor sweets can play.
Green Corn Pudding.
This Is q delicious way to serve
either sweet corn or the tender field
corn. A little sugar may be added to
the field corn, If desired.
Husk and silk IL good-sized ears OF
corn. Slice off half the kernel with a
sharp knife, and with the blunt edge
Of the knife scrape out the milky part
that remains on the cob. Add a table
spoonful of butter. salt and pepper, and
three-quarters cupful of milk. Bake
for 45 minutes, allowing it to brown on
top. This makes creamy dish, which
is best served in the pan or baking dish
in which it bakes.
Buttered Carrots.
Wash and scrape small carrots and
cut In narrow strips. Cook three cup
fuls of the carrots in Just enough Wa
ter to cover. When carrots are tender
and only small amount of water re-
mains, add a tablespoonful of butter.
Cook slowly until almost all of the re
naming water has evaporated. The
carrots will have a delicious flavor
cooked this way and none Of the min
erals will be wasted. String beans cut
in halves lengthwise or parsnips cut
in strips, are also good served this
way.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
The Latest in Ghosts.

Ghosts there have always been since
men began to die. They have played
their part in disquieting the world
since the world awoke TO trouble.
vengeful. prophetic, fantastic. and in
variably de trop, they have come down
to us through the centuries. discred-
tied but feared. Now our old nppre-
tensions. our old creeps and shivers,
are exchanged for new and reasonable
misgivings. Spirits soothing as sirup,
didactic as dominies, prolific and plati-
tudinous, are debating books for the
worlds betterment; and never word
that can add to our store of knowledge.
or stand the "dry north light of intel
lect."-Agnes Repplier, in the Atlantic.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

Meringue.
"a cupful corn sirup 4 teaspoonful salt
cooked until II teaspoonful vanilla
forms a hard ball 2 egg whites tstiffy
when dropped in beaten).
cold water
Beat whites very stiff and beat in
sirup. Pile lightly on top lemon fiii-
ing and brown in oven.
For a chocolate pudding that calls
for no sugar try this recipe:
Chocolate Pudding.
q cupfuls milk II teaspoonfui salt
1 cupful corn sirup 2 squares chocolate
2 eggs / , feaspoontui va
cornstarch
Mix cornstarch with cold milk. add
melted chocolate and sirup and cook
until thickened. Pour into molds to
cool. For chocolate pie or baked choc-
Olate pudding, use slightly more liquid.
Spread meringue on top and brown in
oven.
For baked apples or peaches the
corn sirup or refiner's slrup may be
used very satisfactorily in place of
sugar.
A fruit whip, served very cold
makes an appetizing summer dessert
Prune Whip.
cupful sifted teaspoonfuls lem
urune pulp on Juice
egg whites (stiffy Y teaspoonful salt
beaten)
tablespoonfuls sir
up
Wash the prunes and allow them to
soak in water until they regain their
plumpness. Simmer until tender, In
the water In which they soaked. Rub
the pulp through sieve. Add salt to
egg whites and beat until very stiff.
Fold in the sifted fruit pulp and the
lemon juice. Add the slrup last, beat
ing it in carefully. Chill and serve
with cream.
Apricot or peach pulp or apple sauce
may be used in exactly the same way.
These are but few suggestions for
the use of sirups to save sugar. Try
these and others. They can help make
your sugar supply hold out.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

VIII congress be considered an es-
sential Industry? That question will
be very interesting to 13 senators and
ITO representatives who are not yet
forty-five years of age. When the first
draft bill was under consideration
number of members of congress, led by
Speaker Champ Clark, tried to have
the age limit extended to sixty years,
and all the way down to the figure fin
ally agreed upon. At that time quite
number of men voclferously nm
nounced that they were willing to take
their chances in the draft. 1t will be
interesting to notice whether the
boards will decide that senators and
representatives are engaged in an es-
sential industry. But then 1t is more
than likely that most of them will es-
cape by being put in what is known ms
the deferred classification list.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
SERVE SUGARLESS DESSERTS

formation Service United Department Ageuture
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
Idle Curiosity.

81 see you have Il number of motto
cards on your wall. Such timely re-
minders as, BE Brief This Is My
Busy Day. etc. etc. Now this one over
here"
"I'll explain that one" said the gen
tleman with retreatIng hair. "lts the
only motto the average bore ever no
tices because it is written in Latin and
he can't translate It."
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

A frying basket should be warmed
in the oven before being put Into hot
fat. It will thus not reduce the tenn.
perature of the fat
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
SIRUPS USED To
.SWEETEN DISHES
If Housewife Learns to Employ
Substitutes Much Sugar Can
Be Conserved.
few RECIPES WILL ASSIST
Honey. Corn sIrup, Sorghum and Mo-
Iasses Are All Good and Easily
Procured for Making Cakes,
Pies and Puddlngs.

One cupfnl Of sugar week for ev-
eryonei For our coffee, tea, cocoa, for
our lemonade and iced tea, and for
sweetening all our cereals, fruits and
desserts. If we are to make this eight
ounces now allowed per person per
week Last for the allotted time, we
must either cut out many desserts or
learn to use the sugar substitutes.
Honey. corn sirup, sorghum. molasses,
and ref1ners' sirup are among the best
and most easily procured substitutes.
Various fruit sirups and the home
made beet-sugar sirup can also serve
in some parts of the country.
The cupful or more of sugar that is
usually required for cake assumes
large proportion when we are on
sugar ration. This fruit cake which
depends upon sirup and raisins for
sweetening will be found just as good
is one using sugar:
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

The Red Cross has been reaplng a
golden harvest from sources that prob
ably do not contribute as cheerfu.Iy as
does the ordinary citizen. When food
administration officials were figuring
on what punishment should be infiIct-
ed on dealers in foodstuffs who trans
gressed the administrations rules,
someone hit upon the idea of finins the
guilty ones and turning the rloney
over to the Red Cross, or some other
branch of war work This scheme is
working splendidly. One firm not long
ago was invited to turn over $4,000,
and $1,000 assessments are quite COM
mon.
While there is reluctance on the
hers of both senate and house to
accept the new suggestions of the
war department extending the draft
ages. there is no doubt that the legis-
lation will be passed. In fact. the age
limit would have been reduced to nine
teen or twenty when the army bill
passed the senate If ii had not met
with opposition from the war depart
ment. Provost Marshal General Crow
der then as now favored the reduction
to eighteen years, but did not receive
The support of his superiors. Discus
sion in the senate showed that great
many men favored lowering the age
limit, while others preferred that old
er men be taken and that the young
! men remain exempt.
1t hss already been shown that about
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

100000 OF the 2.OO0,OO0 soldiers In
below the age Of tweniy-one. Such an
old Civil war soldier as senator Mel
son of Minnesota is very insistent that
the boys from eighteen to tweniy-one
be given an opportunity to get into
the war He and others who believe
with him will strenuously oppose a
provision which will be offered to the
new draft law providing that the boys
from eighteen to nineteen must not be
sent abrond until after they have had
n years training. Instead of taking
year to make soldier, II has been
demonstrated that the alert young men
of America make good soldiers In SIX
months. Army officers with experience
believe that lar better results Will be
obtained with the men below twenty
one than with those over thirty-Ofie.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

Nothing is quite so persistent ms the
German propaganda. If the Germans
had given as much attention TO legitl-
mate Industrial and agricultural pur-
suits as they have to war and propa-
ganda they could have made grenter
progress in the conquest of the world
than they have by war and the auXii-
larry methods they have used TO pro-
mote that war. In this country all
manner and kinds of propaganda are
constantly cropping out. There is no
business, industry or vocation in which
the Huns have not made some attempt
to cripple the government by their in
sidious propaganda. For instance,
there has recently been circulated a
story that there is n scarcity. of glass
Jars for canning foods, which when
traced to its origin proved TO he Ger
man propaganda for the purpose OF
hindering the preservation of foods.
Ii must be that the Germans, their
sympathizers, the pacifists. and every
other faction of that ilk, have raised
and maintained an enormous fund TO
carry on all sorts of propaganda which
could in any way tend to hinder the
United States in the prosecution OF the
war.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
Court Grinding Away.

The third week of court is now
grinding away, not many cases haV-
ing been disposed of, court adjourn
ing last Wednesday afternoon until
Tuesday evening. Yesterday the
case oflClinton Bridge Works. VS. De
is a suit to recover for bridge
which was shipped to be erected
over Grand River at the Butcher
ford above Davis City, which the
board of supervisors claim to have
countermanded, and they refused to
pay for the bridge, which has been
lying on the ground at Davis City for
several years.
The following cases have been dis
posed of since our report last week:
LAW AND EQUITY
C. S. Vaughn ct al. vs. Sciota
Hickman ct al. Report of sale and
deed to Fred Teale and w. J. Spring
er approved.
/ Ed H. Sharp VS.. c. NJ. Norris ct
al. Report of sale and deed to Ed
H.. Sharp approved.
G. H. Cullers VS.. Curtis B. Daven-
port ct al. Demurrer overruled as
to all questions except receivership.
Default and judgment. judgment
as to receivership to be heard on
March 18th.
T. B. Nicholson vs.. Mark Tap;
scout eL al. CQ IL. oLdIp dppOAHleu
ad litem. for minors. Judgment as
per order.
PROBATE
Estate of r. D. Gardner. Hear
ing on final report set for Feb. 2Sth.
Estate of S. A. West. Admins
traitor directed to make pro rata dis
tribution of funds in his hands.
Guardianship of Charlotte M. De-
puew. Report OF sale and deed to
Cnr1 Ta 11mSn 9nnrOVQd
3 Estate of Margaret Lucinda Rob
inson. Application of administrator
for authority to convey real estate
set for March 4th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
What q Former Decatur County Maj
Says of the Dodge Car.

Oscar Beck, of Big Piney, Wyom-
ing, a member Of the Wyoming leg
|islature, and a brother of G. c.. Beck.
|of Decatur, and himself former
resident of this county, has written
the following letter to J. r. Bowsher,
of the firm of Bowsher & Keller, To-
|cal agents for the Dodge cars:
Friend Jim BOWsher:
In answer to your letter about the
Dodge car and it's performance.
Here over these mountain roads it
is one of the best hill climbers
ever drove. 1t will go on intermedi-
ate where lots of cars have to labor
on low. / took a second hand Dodge
car and with four ladies and myself
and son, six big suit cases, lashed
ion the running board and drove from
Opal to Big Piney, distance of 65
miles over. two high ranges Of
mountains including the Holden hill
in hours and Is minutes and the
roads were awful, just out of one
chuck into another. No roads here
like you have in Iowa. l consider
the Dodge car for the price the best
car. Up here in the mountains it
|certainly can get away quick and get
under way at full speed the fastest
of any car in it's class.
Yours as ever, u
Oscar BED
P. S. If properly adjusted it will
go over any of your hills in inter-
mediate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
"Manning" an Airship.

More men are required for the
full operation of an aeroplane than
to run passenger or freight train.
A crew OF five engine and car hand
hands, and ten shop workers can
Keep railway train in commission.
That means twenty-three employees
in all. Perhaps it would be we'll 10
add an office official and about a
dozen clerks and stenOgraphers to
fill out" the staff of the average
railWay-making thirty~fve work
But eleven more men-forty-si six
are required for every plane in
flight. OF course. almost all of these
are on the ground-machinists and
other helpers. An airship is so much
more delicate of adjustment than a
|overhauled SO much more frequently
and carefully, that large force of
workmen is required for it's opera
ton. That is why the new fleet of
air craft which America is building
demands an army division to handle
it-l 5000 men to keep $500
planes in commission.
1t is remarkable condition, is it
not? What vast number of men
in the aero service will never be in
battle-in comparison to those who
will see fighting. And, looking be-
yOnd the war, what field of indus
try will be opened up when these
vessels-or notifications of the war
type--and the. thousands of men con
nected with their operation are call
ed into the activities of peaceful
commerce. For it cannot be doubted
that aeroplaning will leap into i'm
mediate use in the business world
when the end of the great conflict
shall make these $4,000 men skill
ed in the science of aeronautics
available to the demand for swift
transportation.
Perhaps fewer workers will then
be required for keeping plane In
the air. However, the needs OF
a steady job SO long as he desires to
commercial aviation will be met by
the expanding world, eager to en-
ploy this means of speedy traffic.
The aeroplanist of today will have
to remain in that field of endeavof.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
Twenty Years Ago.
Women wore bustles.
Nobody had seen a silo.
n~1~ofsorc uynrn vsoro

Women wore bustles.
Nobody had seen sllo.
Operations were rare.
Nobody had appendicitis.
Nobody sprayed orchards.
(. Nobody wore white shoes.
Cream was cents a pint.
CantalOupes we're muskmelOns.
Milk was a favorite drink.
Advertisers did not tell the truth:
You never heard of Tin Lizzie. y"
Doctors wanted to see your tongue.
Farmers came to town for their
mail.
The hired girl drew one-tifty per
week.
Nobody listened in" on a tele-
phone.
Nobody cared for the price of gas
oline.
Folks said pneumatic tires were a
The butcher threw in a chunk Of
liver.
Straw stacks were burned instead
of bailed.
People thought English sparrows
were birds.
There were no sane Fourths nor
electric meters.
Jules Verne was the only convert
to the submarine.
Publishing a country newspaper
was not a business.
You stuck tubes in your ears to-
hear a phonograph, and 1t cost a
dime
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
Coming Attractions at the Idle Hour
Theatre.

the thirteenth chapter of "The Fight.
ing. Trail will be shown. This
serial is the best ever shown in
Leon without doubt and large audi.
ences see each episode. The episode
today is particularly thrilling.
Matinee at 3 O'Clock and first night
cents plus war tax.
Tomorrow is Paramount day and
big attraction will be the feature
play. The bookings had not been
completed at the time the neWsDa-
pers went to press.
Saturday another episode of ''The
Retreat OF the Germans at the Bat
tie OF Arras" will be shown in ad-
d,tlon dra sn t. to q specially selected pro
Saturday shows the Germans on the
run. This is what we all want to
see. Large audiences see The Re-
treat OF the Germans" each Satur-
day and say it is great 1t brings
the battle front right before your
eyes. See what is going on and see
IL Just as though you were on the
front yourself. Matinee at 3 O'Clock
and first night show at 7.:5O. Admis-
war tax. (
Monday is Paramount day. The
attraction. for that date will be an
nounced later. The bookings had
not been completed when the papers
went to press this week.
Wednesday, March 9Th. Antonio
Moreno comes to the Idle Hour in the
Magnificent Meddler" This is a
fine production in fact all Blue Rib
bons are good and this is no excep-
tion
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
Of a Century Ago.

Charles and E. F. Hebener left
Tuesday for Oakland, California,
| where e F.. Hebener has purchased
an interest in the business owned by
Charles Hebener, and they will per-
| manently locate there.
Mrs. Florence Jackson, OF Medi-
apolis, Iowa, is guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Carmean.
William Butts, who had been
here visiting for the past week, re-
turned Tuesday to his home in Coun-
c. p. Harris departed Tuesday for
his old, home at Lynchburg. Virgin
fairs.
Miss Nell Woodard returned to
her home at Council Bluffs Monday
after visit with relatives in this
city.
sterl Coin. the tall democrat who
lives up in Tennessee, was visitor
iQ Leon Monday.
Lew Jackson departed Monday on
la business trip to Canyon City, Colo
rado.
Charles Bigley, who drives the
dray for Mrs. Thurman, smashed
his hand badly one day last week
while unloading a barrel of oil at
Hoffhines' grocery.
Squire Cox: Of near Leon. had all
the fingers of his right hand sawed
off at the Axes saw mill Tuesday.
morning.
Samuel Dent, of Woodland, met
with painful accident one day last
week. He was helping saw wood
with a buzz saw, and by some means
got his hand caught by the saw
tearing the bone out of one finger
down to the first joint. and cutting
the end of his thumb off.
John Massey has purchased the
hardware store of Frank Jones &
Co., at Woodland.
Fred McCleary and Miss Cora
Flemming, of High Point, were mar
ried yesterday.
Will Mckay, of near High Point,
had his hand accidentally shot last
Thursday night and will not be able
to work for a time
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
PRICES HIGHER IN 1875.
Adams Also Complained of
Scarcity of Food.

You without doubt are complain.
ing Of the high cost Of living. Back
gail Adams was doing the same
thing. There are some prices quot.
ed from a letter she wrote her hus-
band, the second president of the
United States, given out recently by
the .stae food administration:
Meat-$1.O0 to $500 a pound
i Corn-$25.00 a bushel.
Rye-$3O.OO bushcl.
Potatoes-$1O.0 bushel
Molasses-$12.OO a gallon.
Flour-$5.00 hundredweight.
Cider-$4O.0O a barrel.
Cheese-$2.0O a pound
Butterine-$30 a pound.
Sugar-$3.OO pound.
This was AbigaiPs list in 1916.
In 1879 sugar rose ito $4.O0 a pound
and tea the same. In 1880 butter
sold for $1,000 a pound and tea
$4,000.
Such were the prices in revolutions
ary times when we. were trying to
carry on a war and feed only our
selves at the same time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
OSCAR CASTOR KILLED
When His Auto Turned Turtle on
Road 3 Miles North of Leon
last Sunday Morning.

er who has resided on a farm about
five miles northeast of Leon,, for
the past few years., was, killed
when his auto turned turtle with
him on ca,, the road Just mo north 3hred OF
miles north of Leon last Sunday
morning. Mr.. Castor had sold his
farm in this county, and purchased
a new farm over in Wayne county,
and had all of his goods moved ex-
cept one load, intending to take the
in Leon that morning and was on
his way out to the farm when the
accident occurred, being alone in
the car, and just what happened will
probably never be known. The ac-
cident happened on a smooth road,
and Mr.. Goodman heard a tire blow
out either Just before or as the cal; car
cause was the tire blowing out and
as he had been used to driving a
larger car, may have turned too
quickly when the car swerved. The
car turned upside down with him
under it, and the top Of his skull was
minutes after the accident, but did
Layton was notified and went out
and viewed the scene, and decided
that twas not necessary to hold an
Mr.. Caster was 80 years old, and
is survived by his wife AMI three
sons, aged IS, z and ! years. His
family were notified at their home
near Corydon and came to Leon at
once His body was brought to
Stewards undertaking parlors, and
prepared for burial and accompanied
by his family and a number of
friends was taken to his old home
near Murray Sunday afternoon, the
funeral being held on Monday:
Mr. Caster was a very successful
farmer; and during his residence in
this county made many friends for
he. was public spirited citizen, a
splendid neighbOr, and kind and
loving husband and father, and his
death is regretted by the entire COM
munity.
taken Is out a" a 5000 life aso insurance S nee
policy with Tom Brown, of this city,
to make provision for his family.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
VIII Have willard Service Station,

law Colby has leased the Varga
building on Main street, formerly
occupied by L. P. Craig's grocery.
and will install Willard battery
service station in this city, leaving
next Monday for the Willard factory
to take special course of instruc,,
ton in battery work. He will!
handle battery work exclusively. and
while giving special attention to
Willard batteries, will be permitted
to do work on any make of batter
les, but can not do any repair work
on cars aside from battery work.
This is something which the hun
dreds of car owners In Decatur
county will appreciate, for practic-
ally all of the autos these days are
equipped with a storage battery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
Cave Case to be Tried at OsceOla
Next Week.

The case of State VS.. Artie Cave,
killing Charles Mccain, near Deca-
tur, on April 12, 1917, and which
was taken to Clarke county on a
change of venue, is set for trial in
the district court at Osceola next
Monday before Judge Maxwell. The
attorneys for the state are county
attorney Will j. Springer, " R. Nc
of Osceola. The defendant has re-
tanned c.. w. Hoffman, Baker &
Parrish, of Leon, and O.. M. Slay-
maker, of Osceola, and it promises
to be a great legal battle. A large
number of witnesses will be used in
the trial of the case which will prob
ably occupy a full week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-02-28
Leases Hotel Leon.

Mr.. John Mcbride, of Jefferson
City, Mo-, on Monday closed two
year lease of Hotel Leon, and will
take possession of the hotel on
March 18th. Mr.. Mcbride can't to
the Lindell Hotel at Lincoln, Neb.,
and made thorough examination of
the hotel situation in this city, the
result being that he leased the hotel
for a period of two years. He is an
experienced hotel man, a fine fellow,
and he will be welcome as citizen
of Leon. The Hotel Leon is one of
the best hotel ona RropSsitons in south
duct it as first-class hotel in every
respect.