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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24
Red Cross Notes.

We told you SO, Grand River auc-
ton sale was a success in every re-
spect, and netted the local organi.
cation $1,475.72.. The sale started
promptly at l o'clock and lasted un..
til six gGGd en ';naiI TIC cr eysd
t %aa ma me that paid $3.50 for the pair
of 'possums, felt only too glad to
pay the money on account of the
purpose for which it was to be us
ed We want to congratulate Grand
River on their splendid organiza-
| ton and good workers.
made request that the press COM
mittee make mention of the SPLEEN
did well-made dressings that are
coming in from the classes. The past
week Davis City, Leroy and Eden
in boxes consg Of this be Mogh t@e
Eden. 1t is a pleasure to see the
willingness with which the ladies
take hold of the Red Cross work,
and the Red Cross spirit that pre-
walls throughout the Chapter.
Wednesday is to be IAN all day
session in the work room at the
court house. Many garments are in
readiness for the workers, and the
ladies are to take their lunch and
spend the day. The committees on
hospital garments are not only
good workers but splendid managers
and have SO arranged their sewing
that everyone can help either at the
room or in their own homes.
Finished articles are coming in so
| fast from the branches and from our
| local committees that we now have
the shipping days every week, and
the packing and shipping committee
are certainly to be commenced on
the efficient work they are doing.
George Farquhar gave us $500
this week from the sale of knitting
needles. Mr.. Farquhar makes these
needles, and turns all the proceeds
therefrom into the treasury of the
Red Cross. Now, don't say, I'll
bet he keeps out enough to pay for
the paper he wraps them in" for
that would. have to go down as
Lie No. 90" as he does not divide
the proceeds or retain anything for
his time, labor or material.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24
Gospel Team Meeting.

The Gospel Team will hold their
meeting Sunday at 8 p. m. at the
Presbyterian church. T. B. Murphy
will be the leader and he asks that
all come out and help make the
meeting a success.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24
st. Joe Gazette Bargain Rate Elk.
tended.

The special bargain dav rate of
$3.50 for the st. Joe Daily Gazette,
or $500, including the Sunday edi-
ton, which expired last Saturday,
has been extended to January 31st,
and any of our readers who desire
a daily paper at these low rates can
be accommodated by calling or writ
ing to The Reporter. Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24

Gospel meetings will begin Feb.
Bird at Riverview Baptist church
near Pleasanton, conducted by the
Armstrong Evangelistic Company.
Everybody welcome.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24

You never get q good broom to
use down cellar.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24
Executors Sale

In order to close up the estate of
Julia Cain. l will sell to the high
est bidder lots 2, and 4, block 10,
Skaters addition to Leon, Iowa.
The sale will be held at the house
on the property on Saturday, Febru-
airy 3, 1913, at O'Clock. Terms
Roy Cannon,
24-3t Executor estate of Julia Cain.
Get that Mackinaw now Of G. B..
Price.
How do your shoe strings always
get tied into 4 knot
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24

Get that Mackinaw now Of 9. b.
Price.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24

City Tor rev DAYS WISH Win ie'a
tives.
Miss Ruth Longacre, of Crown,
passed through this city Monday go
eral of her brother-in-law, Guy
Flora.
Mrs. l.. A. Offield, of Decatur, de-
parted Friday for Albuquerque, New
Mexico, to join her husband, who
went there several weeks ago for lbs
health.
A. Brown, who had been visiting
at the home of his brother, Orville
Brown, of east of Leon, returned to
his home at Cherryvale, Kansas,
Tuesday.
John Ledgerwood, of Clarke
county, came down Friday evening
and visited over night in this city
while attending to some business
matters.
Mrs. las. +. Harvey returned from
Des Moines Thursday where she haC
been for few days attending the
Josef Hoffman and John Mccormack
concerts.
Harold Marsolf and Frederick
Parrish returned Thursday from
Des Moines where they attended the
John Mccormack concert Wednesday
evening.
W. H. Hazlet returned to his
home at Bashor, Colorado, Saturday
after visiting a few weeks with has
mother and other relatives in this
vicinity.
Misses Iris and Hazel Smith, who
are students in the Leon High
School, went to their home at Pleas
anton Saturday evening and visited
over Sunday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-01-24

Get that Mackinaw now Of G. b.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

see China best?" go to the mission
aries" replied Crow. Then he modest
ly added that his guide book was large
ly a compilation Of information which
he had collected from the mission
aries. ''Thsy are the only people" he
explained, who really know the cOun-
try"
have had frequent occasion to test
this assertion and I feel impelled to
record that It is profoundly true. The
temples and the bazaars have their
true value In introducing one to the
country. but they chiefly give one
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
Never Give Up.

No matter how old you are you
should never give up trying to better
your best. The spirit to give up is by
far greater foe than years. When
you think right and aim to materiallze
your thoughts It's wonderful what you
can do. So root out the craven ideas
of life and keep your eyes turned
westward. Forget your years and
tackle the young mans task. What
you lack In freshness you will make up
In good judgment. What you need Is
the attempt. Only when you make
the effort will you really learn what's
In you.-Pennsylvania Grit. .
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

or with dressing of bacon fat that
we must remind ourselves that 1t Is
both tasty and wholesome cooked as
one does any vegetable. When lettuce
gets little old is the best time to
turn 1t into greens. Dress it with
butter, pork fat, or in any way to
give II good seasoning. 1t may be
cooked until tender, then served with
thin cream or milk. with seasonings
as one does tender cabbage.
Cucumbers are another vegetable so
commonly served uncooked that we
forget how good they are cooked I'M
til tender and served with n butter
sauce, seasoning with onion Juice,
salt and pepper.
Swiss chard is vegetable which
should find Its way into every garden.
When very young 1t may be used rs
n crisp salad. with French dressing,
and when well grown as greens. Spin
ach is another most wholesome green
which, when eaten freely In the spring
and summer. will supply all the iron
needed In most diets. In this season
Of the year when there is sucl
wealth Of fruit and vegetables we
should see that they are served every
day upon our tables. For those who
accuse the salad Of giving them in
digestion. let them look into the whole
meal and especially the salad dress
ing. Mustard when Used in even
small quantities will cause stomach
trouble. When using mustard the
meresr suggestion Is sufficient. French
dressing is easy to make and on the
whole Is the most wholesome of salad
dressings. If your family do no. like
olive oil, teach them to like II. for Il
is quite worth while.
To eat as many potatoes as pos
sible and save the wheat let us have
potato salad often and always put a
cupful of mashed potato into any OF
the yeast breads as well as In baking
powder biscuit.
Mt Potato SaIad.-Mix crpful OF
pecal meats broken in bits with two
cupf,ls of riced potato. Sprinkle with
salt and pepper. add onion juice and
marinate with French dressing. Serve
on watercress with a boiled dressing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

Irult Is III ltb
prime. Fine varieties are the wonder
full Bling and Royal Ann which grow
In perfection in southern Idaho where
the trees are as large as an ordinary
shade tree. carrying IONS of the
luscious fruit. An experience never
to be forgotten is to ride under those
trees, picking the great meaty cher
ries, so solid that there Is no danger
of staining the gown. with all the lap
can hold.
Spiced Cherries.-Cherries are
spiced as any other fruit. Take seven
pounds Of the cherries to FIVE pounds
Of sugar. three tablespoonfuls each Of
cinnamon and cloves tied in cloth
and cooked in a pint of vinegar. Cook
all together an hour and half very
slowly. Remove the bag Of spices. If
desired, before putting away.
Cherry oIives.-Get the rich, dark,
well-flavored cherries. To pint Of the
cherries left with the stems on add q
cup each of water and vinegar; add a
teaspoOnful of salt and seal. They will
be ready as an appetizer In two weeks.
Picked cherries.-Pit the desired
quantity Of cherries and cover over
night with good vinegar; In the
morning drain and add an equal weight
Of sugar. Stir occasionally through
the day. then set away In cool cell
lar, covered with a cloth and plate.
The vinegar may be sweetened and
bottled for summer drink.
Cherries canned fresh are delicious.
Add equal measures of pitted cherries
and sugar. stir until the sugar is dis
solved, can in sterile jars, seal and
keep in cold place. If you have room
in the ice chest few pints may be
used most acceptably all through the
hot weather, as garnish for pudding
and ices,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
subeonseIous Mind.

Where there is any tendency toward
wakefulness immediate care should be
taken to check any contributing cause.
The mind should be relaxed. all trou.
blesome thoughts banished. and when
our last conscious memory is Of pleas.
ant things we have aided the subcon-
scious mind In its effort to get In tune
with the infinite harmony Of life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
MISSIONARY AS GUIDE BOOK
He is the Only One Who Really
Knows China. According to
Traveller.

"Some years ago in Tokyo / met
Carl Crow" says Tyler Dennet In Asia.
II was about to take my first plunge
into China. and was then carrying in
my grip Crows guide book to the
country. what suggestions have yGu
for the tripr I asked. How can l
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

glimpse Of what the past has been
The people who are the present and
who are determining the future cannot
be found there. II one wishes to SEE
the Orient that is, one will have to
make very generous use Of the mis-
sionary. AND yet very few tourists
see him at all. The missionary Is OTTER
the one person available who under
stands both the language of the tour
list and the language Of the country
but more important is the fact maj
often he alone understands why Ons
asks the questions one does.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

cOulu TeluSe u
wedge of juicy
lusciousness? Cher
ries, like many OF
our fruits, cannot
be enjoyed to the
full until one may
pick and eat from
the trees when the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
Nu. h~t~slQ
War;.

The young officer was very cocky In
his new uniform, so much SO that he
failed to see the chair In his path. His
wife came running to find him nursing
bruised shin.
"Oh. George" she cried. "Thats
just too bad. Does 1t hurt terribly?"
"Go away. woman" he insisted
grandIy. what do you know OF WARP"
-Mllcstones.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
The KITCHEN
GAIBll(||E4RoE

Blest be the tongue that speaks no Ill.
Whose words are always true,
That keeps the law Of kindness still
Whatever others do.
Blest be the hands that toll to aid
The great worlds ceaseless need
The hands that never are afraid
To do a kindly deed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

IT'S everybody's business
In this old world of ours,
To root up all the weeds he finds
And make room for the flowers,
So that every little garden
No matter where II lies,
May look like that which God once
made,
And called 1t Paradise.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

This is a French method
of conservation and
gives the peas a much
finer flavor. Add a tea-
spoonful of sugar to the
water when cooking the
peas and sometime, for
a change of flavor, drop
In a bunch of mint.
Lettuce Is so common
ly served fresh and crisD
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
An Oversioht.

Nature Is wonderful. but we are not
told that she gave the female elephant
a larger trunk than the male.--I'oston
Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
IN CHERRY TIME.

The cherry pie is considered the
sine qua non Of pie excellence; and who
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
Eegs-actIy.

Eags-actIy.
Hens lay eggs and cold storage de-
lays theln.--l!oston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11
SUMNER DISHES.

When cooking peas wash the pods
and boil them first. reserving the
liouor to cooly tho maze
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

The sultan Of Turkey died on July 3
but this Is unlmportant for he was but
the tool Of the Young Turk party.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-07-11

Secretary Of War Bakers detailed
statement to the house committee on
military affairs was made just in time
to give added zest to the celebration
Of the Fourth. He said the American
army now consisted of 100, 400 officers
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
NOTICE TO RETURN FLOUR

Altho the 49-pound sack limit has
been in effect for some time Mr.. Heb
herds report indicates that it is not
generally observed. The need for the
flour overseas is now so imperative
that stringent measures will be adopt
ed to secure the return Of every sack
of surplus flour in the state.
Thousands of sacks of flour are
known to be in the possession of fam
lilies above the permitted amount. The
administrator has adopted the policy
of allowing it's return without any CO.
ercive action. Blanks are being sent
out to all flour dealers and to all coun-
ty administrators. The dealers are to
accept the returned flour and pay the
cash for it or to give credit of mer-
chandise to the amount which the pur-
chaser paid originally. After the re-
tail dealer has received what he thinks
is all the surplus in his community he
will make a report to the county food
administrator.
j. F. SEARS,
County Food Administrator
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13

our answer to those yarns. Ever
year since the organization of the .s
ISOLATION, eight years ago, we hav.
been pronounced dead and the dat.
set for the funeral, but We are still n
business with better facilities for hand
ling the crops and with better satis
fled membership than ever before 7,
that time we have built up SELLING
organization that has no superior IN
the Northwest, owned and controlled
by the growers. We have deveIoped !
brand, the Big Y, which has no eoual
in trade circles, and which has brouobt
fame to the Northwest as an apnlo-
producing section. We have the larp.
est and most efficient cold STORAGE
plant in the Northwest and distr;ct
warehousing facilities to meet our "a.
quirements. ] have just returned from
a meeting Of the district managers M
Yakima and ] have never attended n
meeting where so much substantia,
enthusiasm was manifested. In the
upper valley some districts have all
the tonnage signed up that they are
equipped to handle. In this district
owing to the crop shortage, ] am DER.
mitted to take on limited additional
tonnage, but only to the exent Of our
ability to properly handle. We are
more interested at this time TO give
proper service to our members than we
are in increasing our tonnage. With
our storage facilities we We're able 20
tide over the car shortage Of last year
to the ultimate advantage and we will
not take on any more tonnage than
we know we can take care Of this sea-
son, so our growers have but little TO
worry over, and the present prospects
are that the transportation service
this season will be anything but de-
sirable.
"The reorganization has been sue
cessfully accomplished. This win
eliminate some expense and increase
our service. BY consolidating all our
assets we will be in better position
to finance our growers at harvest
time when enormous sums Of money
are required.
"Any intelligent grower, by compar-
ing the prices he received for his fruit
with the fiures shown above, can rea-
Oily decide If it pays TO belong to an
established purely growers organiza-
ton, saying nothing about the conven-
fence of knowing where to get his
supplies when needed, at reduced
prices and receiving assistance in the
thousand little problems that confront
the fruit grower"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
ASSOCIATION
GIVES FIGURES
Big Y Agency Announces Prices
Received for Last Years
Crop of Fruit

A successful year in the operation
of the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers
Association, is revealed by the closing
of business at the end Of the fiscal
year, June LIST.
Figures have just been made public
showing the average prices received
by the growers for the entire seasons
crop. The figures are those received
by the growers after all selling and
handling charges have been deducted.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
ROAR OF A GUN.
Caused by Sound Waves Flung Out by
the Expanding Hot Gas.

Caused by Sound Waves Flung Out by
the Expanding Hot Gas.
The loud noise made when gun Is
fred Is due to an explosion, the sudden
expansion Of a compressed gas. as 1t
escapes into the air from the space in
which 1t was confined. Now, In pop
gun the gas that is compressed and
then allowed to expand is air which
already exists as air. But there is no
air or any other gas in cartridge, and
the question is, Where does the gas
come from that makes the noise and
fires the bullet when gun is fired?
What happens is that we suddenly
burn a powder We have prepared Of
materials such that when they are
burned large quantity Of gas will be
produced, and it must be produced
very suddenly If the full explosive pow.
er is to be obtained. We have another
great advantage in trying to make this
kind Of explosion, as we have not when
We fire popgun-that is, that the
gases produced are exceedingly hot,
for they are heated by the burning
which makes them.
A hot gas naturally occupies a great
deal OF space-far more than cold
gas-and so when we fire a gun we
suddenly produce a great quantity Of
hot gas In tiny space which is not
nearly sufficient to hold 1t. II this
were done In closed box 1t would
burst the box, but In the case Of the
gun we have prepared way out for It
only that we put a bullet in the way.
Out comes the gas, driving the bullet
before it, and as 1t expands it starts
the wave of sound we hear.-Kansas
City Star.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
Unfamiliar Use. Of MoI....s.

= Molasses is not only the most impor-
tant byproduct of beet sugar manufac-
.ture from financial standpoint, but Is
also of particular, interest chemically
and from the, point of view Of the va.
,riety Of ways in, which 1t has been
utilized Among these are cattle feed
ing.. alcohol production and extraction
processes. In cattle feeding the mo-
lasses is mixed with alfalfa meal or
beet pulp when available. as the mo-
lasses in It's original state Is too sticky
for feeding. Alcohol and vinegar are
also made from nolasses In this coun-
try and abroad. =. Metallurgical and
Chemicn Engineering.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
Every Man "a III. johi

The man who has education, but who
lacks the moral courage to do battle
vigorously, who will not go to the mat
at the drop Of the handkerchief when
ever a matter Of principle is involved
regardless Of the size Of his opponent,
and who will not fight doggedly-em-
ploying every resource which the ethics
Of the business game allow, keeping at
the same time cool head and clear
judgment-had better be content with
those quiet paths which may be trav-
ersed with perfect safety In starched
collar and white cuffs.-Industrial Man
agement.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
The Most Formativ. Ye.r..

In the Woman's Home Companion .
writer says:
Fathers must realize. as Well as
mothers, that the first five years Of the
child's life are the most important in
the child's development. 1t is then that
he is most formative, most impression
able. It is then that he needs most
serious and careful thought from both
parents. And If the child is properly
handled through this period half the
battles of the future man in the child
are won.'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
one Word.

y There Is one word that we quickly
learn In i've languages" said an Amer
lean Red Cross nurse who served In a
French army hospital. ut is the word
that comes most often to the lips Of
sick or wounded soldiers when suffer-
ing or delirium wrings utterance from
them. It is mutter, mere. moeder. ma
DIRE and mother" st1 =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
The Last Word.

"Your better half likes the last word,
doesn't she" questioned the confiden-
dal friend.
81 don't think So" rejoined the 9TH
er. Anyway, she is always remark
ably reluctant about reaching it.v-
Philadelphia Record.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13

County Food Administrator
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13

CuIls, all varIeCles ........... .%u.oV
"The above is our answer to our
critics" said h. w. Desgranges, To-
cal manager. "We desire to give this
information to those who really want
the facts and to set at rest the annual
crop Of stories as to what the associa-
ton has done or has failed to do. Two
years ago we adopted the policy to
ignore the idiotic stories put in cir
culation by interested competitors and
to devote our entire time to improving
our service and to let the results be
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
Reversed.

Before marriage" said the boat
swain. II used to hold Nancy on my
lap two or three nights week. but
now-shiver my timbers- she sits on
me all the time"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13
Cave Him p.u.e.
| Won marry me?"

"Win you marry me?"
"Ie mother says SO, all right"
"Hum! Is mother going to decide
an our questions for Us in case this
marriage takes placeT-Kapsas City
Journal
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-06-13

Nothing is politically right which Il
morally wrong.-O'Connell