Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-07-05
FAMILY MUST BE FED
Good Food, Not "Cheap"
Food, h Cheapest.


Food, Il Cheapest.
The family must be fed. whatever
foods cost. and the wise mother will
study how to get the greatest re-
turn on her Investment by the care
full selection Of foods. The cheapest
foods are by no means the most
economical. Half decayed fruits and
vegetables are sold very cheap from
the wagons or markets, but may be
very expensive to the family II i'll
ness results. and it Is only too true
that cheap milk may cost the life
Of a baby. 1t s plain that unless
food is in good condition 1t Is not
cheap at any price. But even when
the quality of the food is above re-
proach, it must be selected wisely
and adapted to the needs Of the fam
lily. To do this 1t is . good plan to
divide the money that may be spent
+ for food in some such way as the
following: (a) Spend from one
quarter to one-third of the total
food money for bread. cereals, mac
aroni and rice" Bread and other
cereal foods form the basis of the
American family diet and should be
freely used for children. (b) buy
at least from one-third to one-half
quart of milk each day for every
member of the family" This amount
of milk for the family will ordinar-
lily permit each child to have one
one-half pints day. (c) Spend
as much for fruit and vegetables to-
gether as for milk" Children
should begin to have a little vege-
table food in the first year, and at
ter the second year well-cooked vege-
tables should form q usual part Of
their diet. (d) Spend not more
for meat and eggs together than for
vegetables and fruit. The amount
spent for meat may be decreased as
the amount spent for milk increas-
es.'' It has been found that many
families spend an entirely undue
amount of their food allowance for
meat. which is the most expensive
article of food ON the market. Es-
pecially in summer the proportion of
meat in the diet of young children
may be reduced by using milk, and
milk products, eggs and vegetables
in its place. Fish and chicken are
excellent food for children.
NOT EVEN A ONE-PAPER TOWN
A town has no right to expect
something for nothing. II Local
paper Is of no value then 1t makes
no difference what sort of paper
a town has. But il a local paper
has commercial value to a town ani
for lack of patronage the paper il
unable to render the service it 9th
erwise could, is the publisher or tn,
town to blame? A local paper Il
supposed to carry a column Of read
ing matter for q column of adver
tising carried by the town. On tha
basis the Republican is this weel
issuing according to the support
receives from Orofino business men
And we are giving Orofino just a
good paper this week as the tow,
Is paying for. How does it look
We realize that Orofino is not
two-paper town; it is not even
Jim Crow one paper town. as
: matter of truth. and there is no US
{ deceiving ourselves. Orofno has n
industries; 1t has no payroll.
!. has no work outside of public road
and the Jobs in the timber durin
the summer. All put together Orc
fino has less business for printin
plant than has one of the mines
Shoshone county.
But here Is something Oroin
r business men are overlooking.
There IL positive and most Wit,
value to live local newspaper.
cannot be denied. and Orofino
losing whatever value local pap,
might be. for the business men ,
the town will discover that edito
can lay down and let the town {
its way without batting an eve.
In that case do you think Il
editor Is losing half as much IS Il
town?
Orofino should have as good. I
better paper. than 1t pays for.
should not complain when 1t Sc
in its local papers a true refectit
Of Orofino as business town. Al
people who read the Republican
outside places may size up Orofl
quite accurately by glancing ov
this issue OF the Republican.