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The Mena weekly star., 1918-07-11

The Federal Trade Commission in its report profits that the five large packers have been profeerng and that they have monopoly of the market These conclusions if fair and ust matters of serious concern not only to those engaged the meat packing business but to every other citizen of country The figures given profits misleading and the statement that the packers have monopoly unsup ported by the facts.
 The packers mentioned the report stand ready prove their profits reasonable and necessary.
 The business of the largest American industries Any citizen who would famarize himself with it's details must be prepared for large totals
 The report that the aggregate profits of four large packers were $40 0OO 900 for the three years. This sum is compared with s9OOOcOO as the average annual profit for the three years before the war; making appear that the profit S2 100000 greater than the pre-war profit
 This compares three year profit with oneyear pro6ta manifestly unfair method of comparison It is not only misleading but the Federal Trade Commission apparently las made mistake in the figures themselves
 
 The aggregate threeyear profit of $40, 100000 was earned sales of four and half billion dollars It about three cents each dollar of sales fraction of cent per pound of product
 Packers profits negligible factor in prices of live stock and meats No other large business is conducted upon such small margins of profit
 Furthermore e-and this is very important only small portion of this profit has been paid in dividends. The has been put back into the businesses had be- you realize when you consider the problems the packers have had solve-and solve quickly during these years.
 To conduct this business times with higher and the necessity of paying three times the former prices live stock has required the of three times the ordinary amount of working capital The additional profit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

w DOZEN good ~s ones 81 at t. t fsa5,
and uncooked shrimps at 80
cents a pound the caterer can indulge
her family with these seasonable delica-
cies with a clear conscience
1t is true that some of the more exciu-
slve shops are charging 25 cents and 40
cents for these same shellfsh, but the
majority OF stores, including Washing
ton Market, are selling at the cheaper
price quoted above.
Vegetables that are at their best are
Brussels sprouts, lettuce, celery. onions.
potatoes, spinach and beets, and both
celery and lettuce can be wonderfully
extended if the housewife utilities every
particle of them, thereby reducing the
original cost.
Remove the outer green leaves of the
lettuce head, shred finely and use to mix
with other ingredients in the making of
a salad, while the crisp inner leaves are
delicious served with Hollandaise or
French dressing. In the same way di-
vide up the bunch of celery, using the
hearts as a plain relish and the outer.
tougher stalks for creamed celery. SOUP.
fritters, etc. The celery tops are deli
cious dried and stored as q seasoning. or
they may be used fresh for gaTnishine
purposes.
Live lobster is always expensive, and
the most careful shopping resulted in
paying AZ cents a pound. A one pound
and a half lobster, however, when eom-
bined with good sauce, as in the recipe
for Wednesdays luncheon, will serve
three persons generously, and as it is
rather treat the portions can be re-
duced somewhat if four persons are ca
tered for and couple of hard boiled eggs
added TO the plain lettuce salad, thereby
providing the proper food values.
A pear pudding is a novelty, and also
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Salt Mackerel Baked With Thin
Cream
z pounds salt
mackerel.

l z pounds salt z pint thin cream.
mackerel.
tablespoonful butterine.
Soak salt mackerel in cold water for
twelve hours. If convenient, let cold
water from the faucet drip slowly upon
the skin side of the fish during the whole
time. Cover with boiling water, simmer
for ten minutes, then drain and wipe dry.
Put the fish in a large, shallow baking
dish, cover with hot thin cream or very
rich milk. Dot over with the butterine.
Bake in q moderate oven until the fish
has absorbed about one-half of the cream.
MRS. M. J. S., New York City.
In selecting the mackerel be sure that
it is tender, and allow it at least twelve
hours to freshen. The fish should be
baked very slowly in order to allow the
cream to become absorbed, as we'll as to
make the fish tender. With salt mack
erel at 80 cents pound and the thin
cream at II cents for half pint bottle,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

thermostatic control. This device is
thermostat which so controls the gas
burner that two-thirds of the capacity Of
the boiler is always kept at certain
definite Temperature, and as soon as the
water falls below this fixed temperature
the burner is automatically lighted and
the contents Of the boiler heated The
efficiency of this thermostat is vastly in
creased by having an asbestos covering
around the boiler, thus reducing the ex
ternal heat radiation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

means relatively little initial expense.
This piece of apparatus consists of
small cylindrical casti,on jacket con-
tanning two or more spiral coils of cop
per tubing, with radial gas burner be-
meath.
1t is generally located alongside of the
boiler to which it is connected and the
gas flame heats the water as it circulates
out of the bottom of the boiler through
the coils and back in again at the top.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
TESTED AND ENDORSED
GAS WATER HEATERS
prices subject TO chonge)
Automatic instantaneous

Automatic instantaneous
Pittsburgh. Price, $135. Made bv
the Pittsburgh Water Heater Co
Pittsburgh, and PIP Livingston St
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Ruud- Humphrey. Psice. Sf35. Made
by the Humphrey Company, Kala-
mazoo, Mich, and 1455 Fulton St.
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Tank Type
Holyoke. Price, $40. Made by the
Holyoke Heater Co., Holyoke, Mass
Lawson. Price, $40 Made hy the
Lawson Manufacturing Co, Pitts
burgh, and 149 Church St., New
York.
Lion. Price, 500. Made by the Pitts
burgh Heater Co., Pittsburgh. and
PIP Livingston ST., Brooklyn, N, Y.
Vulcan. Price, $40. Made by VIII.
lam NJ. Crane Co., 16 West 32d St..
New York.
Jarvis "Flash- Action" Thermostat.
Price, $50. Made by B. Ryan &
Co., so East 10th ST., New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Broiled Sea Bass With Potatoes

1 or 2 pounds sea / tablespoonful but
bass or mackerel. terine.
4 potatoes. Il cupful water
2 slices bacon. Salt and pepper.
Clean fish and split for broilng; slice
potatoes very thin; line bottom Of bak-
ing pan with potatoes, sprinkle with salt
and pepper. Place the split fish over pota-
toes, dot with butterine, salt and pepper,
lay the bacon strips over the fish, add
the water, and place in heated oven I'M
der the broiler. Broil one-half hour, add
ing more water if the pan becomes dry.
When done carefully remove fish and
place in centre Of a platter with the pota-
toes surrounding it
Mrs. A. G. j., Jamaica, l.. I.
This recipe for broiled sea bass with
potatoes is very appetizing luncheon or
dinner dish. The juices of the bacon and
fish give delicious flavor to the pota-
toes. Care must be taken to slice the
potatoes as thin as possible, otherwise
they will not be cooked through in thirty
minutes. With sea bass at Is cents per
pound, this recipe will serve six persons
for so cents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Gas Water Heaters Save

NUR transports, our warships, our
munition plants, our aeroplane
factories---in fact. all industries
engaged in pushing the war to a success
full end-require coal, coal, coal, and in
such quantities that the fuel administra-
ton has decreed that the householder can
have only two-thirds of the usual yearly
supply.
In the average household two kinds of
coal are used. A small size, known as
stove coal for use. in the kitchen range,
and a larger size, the egg coal, for the
cellar furnace. We may not all be so
fortunate as to get our full two-thirds
allotment and most of us will prefer that
the stove coal shall run short, since we
can cook by other fuels, but most houses
cannot be comfortably heated except
with coal
Under these conditions, the question of
providing an adequate supply of hot wa
Ter with the old reliable coal range cold
and idle may be of extreme Importance
10 many householtlcrs within month or
two.
In ninety-nine cases out of hundred
the gas water heater will satisfactorily
solve the problem. There are two gen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

heat the water as it flows. Thus. with
in a few seconds, hot water is running
out of the faucet. Thermostatic valves
prevent the water being overheated and
fuel wasted. This is the cheapest method
of heating water by gas, since one cubic
foot Of gas will heat one gallon of water,
but, unless care and discretion are exer-
cised in the use of the supply, it may
very easily prove expensive through the
waste of the hot water
The Gas Tank Heater
The gas tank water heater is the one
in most common use, chiefly because it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
BY DE WITT v. WEED, JR.
Expert, The Tribune Institute

Hence the hot water is stored at the top,
where it is available for immediate use'
The burner consumes about fifty cubic
feet of gas per hour and twenty minutes
is usually required to heat sufficient wa
ter for bath, while within ten minutes
enough for dishwashing is provided.
Thirty gallons of water can be heated to
an average temperature of 100 degrees
Fahrenheit in one hour and ten minutes.
With this heater you must light the
burners half an hour or more before you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Economic Serving Of the Seasons Luxuries

exceptionally good when properly made
The ginger and lemon give just the right
zest. The large juicy cooking fruit
should be used; the eating pears are not
suitable for cooking.
The clam pancakes are also especially
good, and they are very easily and quick
~ made. Be very sure, however, that
they are started on a hot griddle, so that
they VIII brown very quickly, and the
heat then reduced. Otherwise thew will
be raw in the middle.
Supplies for the week will include at
the butchers one pound and half of
steWlng mutton at so cents a pound, one
pound OF Hamburg steak for 38 cents,
one pound and half of lambs liver at
2S cents pound, one-quapter of pound
OF salt pork for cents, and one pound
OF veal and two veal kidneys for IS cents
and Az cents, respectively.
AT the. fish market, one pound Of
shrimps for 80 cents, one pound and
half of uncooked lobster t 40 cents a
pound, one pint of clans at 80 cents, one
pound and a half OF pan fish at Is cents
a pound, three quarters of .pound of
crab meat at 70 cents a pound and six
dozen and a half oysters at Is cents a
dozen.
One pound Of butter for IS cents. half
pound of oleo for 16 cents, seven quarts
OF bulk milk at II cents quart, two
quarter pint bottles Of cream at IL cents
each, and thirty-three eggs at 65 cents
dozen will be required to follow the
menus as planned, and the marketinp,
prices should run at about the following
prices:
Butchers bill. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $2.O6
Fish bill 900
Butter and cleo. .......... 81
Vim aiiu cream. 1.O1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

eral types in use. First, the automatic,
instantaneous type, which delivers hot
water within a few seconds after open
ing the faucet, and the tank type, which
boiler and must be given time to store up
supply Of hot water. 1t rests with the
individual to decide which better meets
his conditions.
Automatic and instantaneous
The automatic instantaneous heater is
rather large rectangular or cylindrical
piece of apparatus ID feet by 2 feet),
constructed entirely of metal and having
castiron jacket, inclosing many feet Of
copper tubing arranged in the form of
coils. Beneath these coils is battery of
gas burners and a pilot light. Auto
matte valves control both the gas and
water flow. No boiler is needed, and
usually the heater is placed in the kit
chen in the space formerly occupied by
the boiler or else is located in the base
ment Oh cellar
Connections are made SO that the wa
ter from the supply outlet flows through
the copper coils Of the heater, and open
ing faucet anywhere in the house not
only starts the water flowing through
the coils, but automatically opens the
flow of gas so that the small pilot fame
lights up the battery Of burners which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Goldfish Outlets
Date Wames

Separate two eggs and beat yolks. Add
one-half teaspoonful Of salt, one table
spoonful each Of sugar and butter and
rub to a cream. Add one cupful of milk
and one and one-half cupsful of flour
sifted with a teaspoonful of baking pow
der. Beat until smooth. add a cupful e
chopped dates and fold in whites of eggs
Bake in a waffle iron and serve with
maple syrup.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
BY EVELYN DOLOFF

TT is the time Of year for real break
fast again, as war breakfasts CO.
But "bacon and eggs" can't be me-
chanically ordered at a. IN. unless you
are very rich and almost pro-German.
Hence these suggestions for varying
breakfast dishes and "extending" the
eggs seem timely.
Baked Eggs
Mix together one cupful of bread
crumbs with two tablespoonsful of melted
butter. Put layer Of the crumbs in the
lotion of the baking dish and lay on four
Eggs. Sprinkle with salt and pepper
Cover with crumbs and bake until the
eggs are set and the crumbs are well
Drowned. Serve hot.
Olive OmeIet
Chop one tablespoonful each of plain
olives and mushrooms. Add enough hot
cream to make smooth paste. Fold
, into plain omelet (three eggs), gar
nishing with parsley and whole stuffed
olives.
Creazned Eggs
Heat half a pint of thick cream and
season with salt and paprika. Add hard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
TESTED RECIPES
Pear Bread Pudding

Pare, slice and cook eight large stew
ing pears III a light sugar syrup until
tender, and add to the syrup the juice
of one lemon and few bits Of preserved
ginger. do not have too much syrup)
Place half the fruit and syrup in a bal7-
ing dish and cover with a pint and a
halt of bread crumbs, mixed with ona
tablespoon of oleo four tablespoons sugar
and the whipped whites of two eggs
Add the rest of the fruit and syrup,
CRATE little nutmeg over the top and
sprinkle with two tablespoonful of
bread crumbs, mixed with two table
spoonsful of melted oleo and two table
spoonsful of crushed maple sugar. Bake,
covered for one hour, then uncover and
brown.
Escalloped Oysters in Green
Peppers
Cut green peppers in halves, remove
the stems, membranes and seeds. Par
boil In sailed water for ten minutes
drain and dry. Place two oysters in the
bottom OF each halved pepper and cover
with crushed cracker crumbs. Sprinkle
lightly with salt and paprika and dot
with bits Of butter Place two more
oysters over the crumbs and finish with
the crumbs and seasoning. Pour over
two tablespoonsful of the oyster LIQUOR
and bake in a moderately hot oven for
half an hour
Savory Lobster
Boil pound and half lobster and
remove claws and crack. Cook half a
tablespoonful of finely minced white
onion, and one and a half tablespoonsfu
OF chopped carrot in one tablespoonful
OF oleo for five minutes. Add q tinv
pinch OF thyme, bit Of bay leaf, half a
Ieaspoontul, of salt, half a cupful Of
brown stock, half a cupful of canned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Variety for Breakfast

boiled eggs, cut in quarters. Place in
ramekins, cover with huttered bread
crumbs and brown in hot oven. Serve
hot.
Goldfish Outlets
Soak one cupful of desiccated Goldfish
over night, add one egg and beat well.
Add one tablespoonful each of chopped
parsley and onion and tablespoonful
of cream. Mould into croquettes, dip in
egg and bread crumbs and fry in deem
tat. Serve with parsley and lemon slices.
Ham Rounds
Chop one cupful Of cold ham. Add
one-half cupful Of cream, half tea
spoonful Of dry mustard and the beaten
yolk of an egg. Mix we'll. spread on
rounds of buttered toast and set in the
oven for few minutes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Trouble and Coal

degrees F. for $500. This guam
THY distributed over month would
allow the daily use Of sixty gallons of
Sd and SIS. Certainly very reasonable
for the quantity delivered. This thermo-
stat is safe and dependable, automatic in
operation, attached to a boiler and re-
moved when necessary, and economically
sr~'atains constant supply of running
hot water This day and night service
demanded in most households can Other
wise be obtained with gas only by the
automatic instantaneous heater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Marlborough Pie
Oyster Salad

Drain two dozen oysters and scald in
not vinegar to which has been added
blade oil mace, six whole cloves. piece
OF stick cinnamon and eight whole all
spice; Do not boil.) Remove from the
hfe, let the shellfish cool in the vinegar
ana when ready to make the salad drain
and chill. Mix the oysters with an equal
quantity OF diced crisp celery and add
two chopped dill pickles. Arrange ON
bed OF crisp lettuce leaves. mask with
mayonnaise dressing and sprinkle with
chopped green peppers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
The Simple Kerosene Heater

Where gas is not available kerosene
tank water heater ably substitutes for
the coal range. Of course, it is not so
rapid as gas heater, but it will heat
the contents of a thirty-gallon boiler to
an average temperature of 1873 degrees T.
in two and one-half hours, taking just
about twice as long as the gas. In
households using a great deal Of hot wa
ter it might be necessary to keep the
heater going twelve hours, but even then
the expense would not be large, since the
oil consumption would be only one gal
Ion a day.
If your coal bin doesn't now contain
the stipulated number of tons you had
better begin looking into the water-heat-
ing problem, as it will be an easy solu-
ton of part of the heating problem if
coal runs short.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

In actual tests with this thermostat in
operation 427 gallons of water were
heated to an average temperature of
1860 degrees f. with gas consump-
ton of 1 ,404 cubic feet. Thus, with
gas costing ST per thousand cubic feet,
1920 gallons could be heated to 1870
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

need the water, and, therefore, it is not
to be compared in convenience with the
automatic instantaneous type.
Add a Thermostat to the Gas
Heater
However, at reasonable expense this
heater may be made to approach if not
to equal the hot water service rendered
by the automatic instantaneous type by
the use of a practical and satisfactory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20

tomatoes and the lobster claws and shell.
Tower and cook for fifteen minutes.
Strain the liquor (there should be one
cuptull. Thicker by the addition of q
little flour mixed with cold water. and
when the sauce is thick and smooth. add
the diced lobster meat, a few drops of
Kitchen bouquet and one and nalf
tablespoonsful of sherry Fll into seal
lop shells, cover with buttered crumbs
and bake tor five minutes in hot oven
Clam Pancakes
Beat one egg lightly and add half a
teaspoonfui Of salt, one cupful of milk,
NAN cupful of clam liquor and sutfi-
cent hour sifted with two teaspocnsful
OF baking powder to form a good batter
Beat well, add a pint Of chopped clans
and two tablespoonsful of melted oleo
Fry on hot creased griddle
Marlborough Pie
Fare, core and steam three apples and
when tender rub through q sieve. then
ada one-third of a cupful of brown
sugar, two tablespoonsful of melted cleo,
Two eggs, slightly beaten, the grated yell
iow rlnd Of half lemon, one and half
faDlespoonsful Of lemon juice, the same
on sherry and few grains of salt Line
q pie. plate with pastry, pat on RIM
lufn IN the mixture and cook until firm.
Ornament with whipped cream and cher
riec
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Two Tested Fish Recipes

this recipe, to serve five persons, will
cost about IS cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
By VIRGINIA CARTER LEE

wv It'll oysters selling at Is cents
wv q dozen (good ones at that,
and uncooked shrimps at 80
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
Olive Omelet
Dreamed Eggs

Heat half pint of thick cream and
season with salt and paprika. Add hard
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-13

right now,-free yourself at once
from all corn misery. 1t will peel off
painlessly, in one complete piece, any
corn, old or young, hard or soft. or
between the toes, any callus, or any
corn that has resisted everything
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All you need is 2 or 8 drops of
"Gets-It," that's ALL "Gets-It" is
the only safe way in the world to
treat corn or callus, It's the sure
way-the way that never fails. 1t
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Never irritates the flesh or makes the
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orns-off-like-a- banana-skin. Csc a
bottle is all you need pay for Gets
1t" at any drug store, or sent on re-
ceipt of price by e. Lawrence & Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
Sold in DEBORAH and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy by
r. A. Engbertson.
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-13
instructions to bidders

A certified check of five per cent
(5@o) of bid, made payable to the coun-
ty auditor, shall be filed with each bid:
which, in the case of the bidder Cor
bidders) receiving the award, should
fail to execute a contract and file q
bond within ten (10) days after the
acceptance of his bid shall be forfeited
to the county as liquidated damages.
All bids must be made on the regu-
lar form furnished by the county. seal
ed and plainly marked. Any changes
made on this form or any additions
thereto, may cause the rejection of the
bid. No bid will be considered which
contains a clause in which the bidder
reserves the right to accept or reject
a contract awarded him by the Board.
Successful bidders will be required
to furnish bond for fifty per cent
5000 of cost of contract issued, by
responsible surety, approved by the
Board and drawn to protect the county.
The contractor will be paid in coun-
ty warrants drawing five per cent
(5%) interest.
The county reserves the right to
waive defects and to reject any or all
bids.
Time of delivery must be stated in
the bid.
OSCAR WINGER,
County Auditor.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, this 9th day
of February, 1918.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-13

Motion by Bucknell, seconded by
McAndrews that the resolution of the
Finance Committee be adopted. Roll
call vote. Ayes. McAndrews, Mckay,
Bucknell, Willis, Hislop, Bergeson
Engbretson. Seven ayes and no nays.
The motion was carried and the resell
ution declared adopted.
Motion by McAndrews, seconded by
Willis that the bond of A. L. Holton
as Park Commissioner in the sum Of
five thousand dollar with H. c..
Hjerleid and P. ]. Ness as sureties be
accepted and approved. The motion
was carried.
Motion by Bergeson, seconded by
Engbretson that the committee on
Law and Ordinance look up the matter
of ordinances passed since the book
of Ordinances was published with a
view of ascertaining the cost of bring
ing the Book Of Ordinances up to
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-02-13
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