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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
Problems, measures and
events of interest to her
as mother, home max
er and citizen.

Two things seem definitely set
tied regarding these schools. They
have 10 serious trouble transport
ing the children to and from school
i'm all kinds of weather; and par
ents generally like the new plan
better than the old, even though
the cost is greater, as it actually is.
1t seems to be time for all par
ents who live in rural communities
to take up a serious study of these
consolidated schools. This should
be made not from books, nor thru
speakers imported from elsewhere,
but by first hand inspection and in
vestigation of those consolidated
schools which are near enough to
be visited. This is the one right
way to find out what they really
are and whether they are worth es-
tablishing at home. Sooner or la
ter, every parent will have to take
a definite stand for the new plan or
the old one in rural education, with
the welfare and interests of his
children hanging on his decision Cor
hers.) The question is, with so
many of these schools so near at
hand that they can be reached
within an hour or two, why should
we not make ourselves acquainted
with them? There are at least
eight within thirty miles Of Extra.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
If an oily polish has been used on

If an oily polish has been used on
the table or if greasy film has col
lected on the polished surface, it
should be washed with tepid water
and kerosene in the proportion of
one tablespoonful kerosene to one
quart water. This should be wiped
off with cloth, moistened in gaso-
line or turpentine and polished we'll.
If the table is scratched, apply
wood stain with a soft cloth and rub
we'll, wiping off the surplus.
To remove white spots Or married
places, rub carefully with paste
made of rottenstone and linseed oil.
Continue rubbing until the spots
are clear and smooth, then remove
surplus paste completely and wax.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
The New Type of School

The strongest educational move
ment now going on in Iowa is that
of the consolidation of her country
schools. The number of communi-
ties that have consolidated schools
has reached 430 and is increasing
more rapidly than ever before.
While Audubon county has not
taken up with the new plan very
enthusiastically, other communities
not far away have done so. In
Shelby county, for example, there
are consolidated schools at Irwin,
Kirkman, Shelby and Tenant.
Wiota and Lewis in Cass county
are consolidated. And the schools
at Menlo and Bagley in Guthrie
county are likewise on the eonsoli-
dated list.
About seventy Live per cent of all
consolidated schools in Iowa are
either in the open country or in
towns of less than four hundred
people. The number that are ac-
tually in the open country, entirely
away from any village or town, is
at present eighty-one.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
Those Who Were Chosen

There will be twenty-elght wo-
men sitting as members OF the va
rious state legislatures which will
zeonvene within the next month or
two. The largest number will be
in the lawmaking body of Connec-
ticut. five of whose members will
be women Kansas comes next
with four women in her legislature,
while California and Utah tie for
third place, each having three. The
legislatures of New Hampshire,
New Jersey and Oklahoma will
have two women each while those
of eight other states will each be
graced by a single woman member.
The General Assembly of Iowa will
have none.
Ohio led off handsomely in the
recent election in admitting women
to the legal field. Miss Florence
Allen was made Judge of court OF
common pleas in the city of Cleve-
land; Mrs. Abbie n. Norton was
chosen probate Judge of Lake
county; and Miss Mary K. DavA
was elected prosecuting attorney
of Hooking county
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
Sitting In A New Game

About two weeks ago, a jury
made up exclusively of women,
the first jury of this sort organized
to hear a criminal case in New
Jersey, sat in the Orange District
Court of that state to determine
the case of one Jack Segall, who
had pulled the teeth of some OF his
neighbors and was charged with
practicing dentistry illegally. They
made short shift of him, pronoun-
oing him guilty after just sixteen
minutes Of deliberation Mrs.
Thomas A, Edison, wife of the
great inventor, was foreman of the
jury.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09

been examined by a stockholders
committee made up of women. The
institution was the Firestone bank
of Lisbon, o., and the women re-
ported it Gin Al condition.
When the street commissioner of
Lancaster, Pa, announced that he
was unable to secure enough men
to clean the street. women residents
there volunteered to do the lob.
Mrs. E. Cartwright, recently APP
pointed justice of peace in Hert-
fordshire, Eng, will sit on the same
bench with her father, who has
been a magistrate for many years.
In order to improve her health.
Mrs j NJ Lane OF Roseburg, Ore,
tasted for forty days, during which
time she partook only of little
orange Juice and lemon Juice with
water.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
Butterscotch Pie

There are almost innumerable
ways of making this delicious pie,
one of which we offer:
! cups milk
E;3 tablespoons cornstarch
? eggs
2 tablespoons butter
cup brown sugar
] teaspoon vanilla
Cook the milk and cornstarch till
thick in double boiler, and add to
this the following: Cook the butter
and brown sugar until the sugar is
soft and bubbly but do not caramel
ize. Stir into the cornstarch mix
ture, then add the egg yolks well
beaten. Pour into baked pie
shell and use the whites for merin-
que.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
A Woman Without Fear

Out of one of the most squalid
and miserable of the slum districts
of New York City came a real
heroine one Sunday evening re-
Gently.
The film at crowded movie
caught fire and a panic ensued. In
the great crowd were many little
children from two to five years OF
age, who were either unattended
or with other children hardly any
older than themselves. In the
mad rush that followed the burst
Of fame, these little ones were be-
ing trampled beneath the feet OF
the crowd, when Mrs. Belle
A. Thompson caught one W. and
passed it over the heads OF the
crazed people to safety. Then she
forced her way against the all but
resistless human tide to another
and saved it in the same way. In
this manner the lives Of several
children were preserved.
For her pains she, was mobbed,
struck with fists, bruised and bat
tered, and crushed till nearly UNI
conscious. But she saved the
children.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09

wered, there seems to be extenu-
ating circumstances, and even if it
We're not so Mrs. Leonard does not
feel that any good would come from
finding fault and it might defeat
her purpose.
"Chivalry was unknown in the
home of his childhood and the
spark Of sentiment which led to his
early marriage soon burned itself
out. He seems to have taken the
marriage vows without thought
of the responsibilities or cost of
keeping up a home. y
She paused and seemed lost in
thought. 1t was Zoe who broke
the silence.
II think Mrs. Leonard is foolish
for giving up to him as she does
What right has he to dictate to
her where she shall not go as he
did last week?'
No right at ALL What would
you do, Zoe, under the circum-
stances?" her mother asked.
Il would do as | pleased" said
Zoe, "and fight it OUT
II think you would" said her
mother. Mrs. Leonard tried it but
it did not work satisfactorily. AT
ter his outbursts of anger he would
pout sometimes for days. Her
mother told me that he has gone
two weeks at time without speak
ing or in any way recognizing her
although he would converse with
Others
II would not live with man
like that" said Zoe. 'it'soutrageous.
i am very glad that you have a
pleasanter lot, Zoe. You have
lived such sheltered life that you
know nothing of the neglect and
consequent heartaches of your less
| favored sisters" said her mother.
| 1t is because | want you to appre-
ciate your affectionate husband
and children that | have told you
of Mrs. Leonard's domestic troubles.
"Poor Mrs. Leonard" said Zoe.
chow terrible to be bound to a
man like that"
Terrible, yes, but sometimes
necessary for discipline of our con.
duct of life. Through her trials
and adverse surroundings Mrs.
Leonard has developed from an or
binary individual into one of the
most cheerful sunny tempered per-
sons have ever known. Her hus-
bands grouches no longer initiate
her. She is proving that we are
not necessarily subjects Of our en-
vironment for in spite Of the most
Eadverse circumstances she takes
|sunshine with her wherever she
goes"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
Zoe !; !; !;
Her Problems
The trials,
worries and
perplexities
of a wife and
mother.

II can't imagine such a state of
affairs said Zoe. How can Mrs.
Leonard endure it and be so cheer
full"
"She was not always so cheerful,
her mother said. Her husbands
injustice appalled, her and for sever
al years she was in utter despair.
She lived only for their child and
when the little girl died her friends
feared for her reason. For days she
lay between life and death and it
was weeks before she left her bed.
The shock of the child's death
and his wife's subsequent illness
aroused Mr.. Leonard's better self
and for a time he showed her
more attention than since the first
days Of their welded life. Natur-
ally she rejoiced at the chlnge in
him and dared to hope that their
child had not died in vain.
She told me they had lost a
little girl" Zoe interrupted.
eyes, their only child, four
years old. She died few weeks
before they came here two years
ago. Mrs. Leonard responded to
her husbands softened mood and
in her efforts to comfort and CON
sole him found solace in her own
grief
But the effect upon Mr.. Leon
ard was only temporary and he
soon fell into his old habits. His
wife who had such strong hopes OF
a permanent improvement is put.
ting forth all her efforts to thai
end. BY thus forgetting herself ano
striving to keep the home sur
roundlngs pleasant and cheerful
she has herself become a marvel o
cheerfulness."
Does she never chlde him TO
his churlishness and injustice"
Zoe asked as her mother paused.
~ think not. She is dependin,
wholly on her influence over him t,
work the change in him which 81
so desires.
1t seems to me, said Zoe
that he should be reproved 70
his disregard Of her comfort an,
wishes
I'VE must not forget, Zoe, tina
, he Is man IN years and stature
. if not in characteristics, and cen
sure would only tend to exasperat
him. While his acts are neithe
manly, humane nor right, to tel
, him so would only irritate him.
There is saying that silenc,
gives consent and it always seemed
to me that when we do not con
denim wrong acts we are condemn,
them" said Zoe.
On this case" her mother ans
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
Caring for Polished Table

The polished dining room table
is found in most homes today and
every housekeeper knows that it is a
real task to keep it smooth and
shining when it is in constant use.
This is especially true when lunch
cloth, with no asbestos pad underit,
is used frequently. In such cases
white spots caused from hot dishes
are very apt to appear.
The first precaution for keeping a
table in the best condition is to
avoid the use of oily polishes. They
darken the wood and collect dust.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
The Housewife
Corner

In sewing pockets on children's
clothes, set them low enough for
the finger tips barely to reach the
bottom. The hands cannot then
be rammed so far and tear off the
pockets.
Raw silk dresses or blouSes should
not be ironed while they are even "A
little damp. They should be dried
thoroughly and then ironed until
glossy
To get the tuclls in soft material
the same distance apart, screw a
piece Of cardboard fast to the sew
ing-machine with the thumb screw
shat is near the foot. Cut the enc
|of this off where the first tuck is te
be; cut a notch where the SECOND
tuck is to be.
Lettuce can be kept crisp in glas.
fruit jars. Separate the leaves anc
put them loosely in the jar, screw
nag on the top. Set in a cool place
or in cold water if ehc weather j.
hot.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-09
Chocolate Cake

! cup of butter
] cup granulated sugar
Yolks of 2 eggs
! cup of milk
Il cups flour.
2 teaspoons baking powder
Whites of 2 eggs
! teaspoon vanilla
square chocolate
Cream the butter and add grad
ually one-half the sugar. Beat yolk
Of eggs until thick and lemon color
ed and add gradually remaining
sugar. Combine mixture and add
alternately milk and -four, mixed
and slfted with baking powder.
Add white of eggs beaten stiff, choc-
olate, melted, and vanilla. Beat.
Bake folty-6ve minutes in moder-
ate oven. This fills an eight-inch
square cake tin.
FrOsting
AS soon as cake Is done remove
from pan and cover bottom with
marshmallows pulled apart with
finger tips, but not quite separated
into halves. The exposed surface
will quickly adhere to hot cake.
Then cover marshmalows with the
following frosting:
J squares chocolate
J cup cream
Few grains salt
Yolk of egg
J teaspoon melted butter
Confectioners' sugar about one
cup)
J teaspoon vanilla
| Melt chocolate, add cream grad
ually, salt, yolll of egg and butter
STIR IN sugar Gt may take little
more), then add havoring. Ice.
| Lady Montague and Nettie Ad
Ter, Jewesses, have been appointed
city magistrates of the great city o
London.
4 Dentistry is one of the best pay
ing professions for women in Servia
Sixty-siX per cent of all the higl
school teachers in the United State
are women.
| Twenty-four per cent of the farm
: women in the United States assis
in the field work.
Nearly 81 per cent of the stock q
the Pennsylvania railroad is held b.
| NoiiNli.
1 In Arabia ii is the custom for tn
4 husbands to ride while the wive
1 walk behind them.
4 Though she is but Is years ole
!, Miss Pauline Buenzie has bee
$ placed in charge of the Californi
$ state finger print department. Mis-
Buenz'e is finger print expert G
a exceptional ability.
! For the first time in the histor.
OF American banking bank ha
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16
INSIST UPON ENFORCEMENT
 PROHIBITION

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16 (by Associated). At the conference being conducted here by representatives of the Anti-Saloon League who have gathered from all over the country, a committee was appointed today to draft a resolution addressed to all fed eral judges dealing with the enforce ment of the Nineteenth Amendment and the Volsted Act. It is announced that the r3 ,olution in it's final fOrln will say that unless the federal judges ''sacredly ferform their sacred duties" in 2lforcing the prohibition laws the Anti-Saloon League will seek the punishment of all offending judges by impeachment proceedings.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16
~OPP0SE REDUCTION
 IN WORKING HOURS

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 16 (by Asso- ciated Press) ).-The National Fedora tion of Letter Carriers is in session here at it's annual convention, attend ed by delegates from every city where free delivery service is in vogue. The convention was opened today, being addressed by the mayor of this city, and other prominent men. Among the addresses was one by w. H. Kewan of Lowell, Indiana, speaking on behalf of the Association of Rural Letter Carriers. The high cost of living and the failure of Congress to provide adequate compensation for it's postal employees was dealt with by MT. Kewen, and he said that his organ ization, despite the prohibition of the postmaster general, forbidding postal employees to enter politics, would go before congress and demand what they think is right" The inference from his speech was that political pressure would be brought to bear on congressman unfavorable to the de- mands.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SERIAL NO. 0859 MINERAL APPLICATION


 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 AT JUNEAU, ALASKA, AUGUST
 26, 1920
 Notice is hereby given by the KEN NECOTT COPPER CORPORATION Successor in interest of the KENNE- corr MINES COMPANY), by it's At torney in Fact, w. c. Douglas, whose post office address is Kennecott, Alas ka, under authority of letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Register and Receiver at Juneau, Alaska, dated June 11th, 1920, that in pursuance of an Act of Congress, approved May 10, 1872, the KENNECOTT MINES COMPANY, corporation, by and through it's regu- larly appointed manager and attorney in fact, Stephen Birch, whose post of flee address is KenneCOtt, Alaska, has made application for a U. s. Patent filed in the Juneau Land Office, Alas ka, on or about September 30, 1909, for the Fraction No. and the s. & Y. l lode claims bearing copper, gold and other valuable minerals, together with surface ground as allowed by law, then lying, being and situate in the | Chitina), District of Alaska, and de- scribed by the official plat and by the field notes of U. s. Mineral Sur vey No. 772 on file in the office of the Register of the Juneau Land Dis trict, Alaska, as follows, tO-wit:
 FRACTION NO. 1 LODE Beginning at cor. No. l, identical with cor. No. 3-2, Sur. No. 563, of the Bonanza and Contact lodes, U. s. l.. M. No. 5, bears S. S9 deg. II min, 26A sec w., 1S3352 it. dist; thence N. "A deg. 45 min. F., 320.S7 it. to cor. No. 2; thence s. 15 deg. 45 min. F., 1077.00 feet to cor. No. 3; thence s. "A deg. 45 min w., 520.S7 it. to cor. No. 4; thence N. 15 deg. 45 min. w., 1077.00 it. to cor. No. 1, the place of begin ming. Variation at all corners 29 deg. 30 min. East. Excluding an area of |2,376 acres in conflict with s. & Y. Lode of this survey, an area of 0.879 acres in conflict with Sterling lode; an area of 0.016 acres, in conflict with National lode; an area of 3.158 acres in conflict with Independence lode. Net area of Fraction No. 1 lode 6449 acres.
 The location notice of said mining claim being duly of record in the of flee of the Recorder at Valdez, Alas ka, in Book J of Mining Locations, at page 322, of the records of the Record ing Precinct of Valdez (now-C -Chitina), Alaska.
 This claim is bounded on the north by the S. & Y. and the Sterling lodes; on the south by the National and the Contact lodes; on the east by the In- dependence No. i lode; and on the lodes.
 s. & Y. LODES Beginning at COT. No. 1, identical with cor No. Sterling lode, whence
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

monument Castle Peak at head of La. kina river bears N. 74 deg. w., and is distant approximately twenty miles therefrOm.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of said mining claim or surface ground are hereby required to file their adverse claims with the Register of the U. s. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, during the sixty days period of publication here of, or within eight months there after, or they will be barred by yir- tue of the statute
 FRANK A. BOYLE, Register Date of first publication Sept. 10, 1920 Date of last publication Nov. 7, 1920
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

flee of the District Recorder at Val deg, Alaska, in Book A of Mining Lo- cations, at page 469, of the records of the Recording Precinct of Valdez (now Chitina), Alaska. This claim is bounded on the north by the Blake lode; on the south by the Fraction No. 1 and the Independence No. 1 lodes; on the east by the Indepen- dence No. 1 and the Independence No. 2 lodes; and on the west by the Sterl- ing lode. The survey covering said mining claims being designated as Mineral Survey No. TYP.
 U. s. location monument No. 5 is located in Lat. N. 61 deg. 32 min. and Long, W. 142 deg. 51 min, from which
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16
BODIES TAKEN HEROES TOBE
 SHIPPED H()ME;

CHERBOURG, France, Sept. 16 (by Associated Press) ).-An unusual pros perity is affecting this town due to the fact that active preparations are being made for the shipment to Am tens of thousand of American soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the great war. Everything incident to the hand ling of the bodies is going forward with rapid strides. Hundreds of car penters are employed making collins, and greater number of seamtresses are engaged in the sewing work neces- sary to the lining and Ornamentation of the same.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16
BOMB IS EXPLODED
 BUT NO CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 16 (by Associated Press).-Official advices
 received today from the United States minister at Santiago de Chile, in formed the state deparment that a
 bomb outrage had occurred in the capital of Chile through an explosion in the building of military justice. The explosion occurred last Monday dur ing the night, and owing to the em- ployes of the building being away there were no casualties, the night watchman, fortunately escaping. If the bomb had exploded in the daytime, great loss of life would have resulted.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16
AMERICA NOV SECOND PLACE
 IN SHIPPING !

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (by Asso- ciated Press) ).-Secretary Alexander of the department of commerce in an official statement announced today that the total volume of American shipping has been increased by six hundred and sixty-nine vessels during the fiscal year ending June 20, 1920.
 This enormous increase has pushed the United States from the four na- tion in the amount of tonnage under it's flag to the second, being passed only by England. It the present rate of increase continues, America will soon lead the world as a maritime country.
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U. s. L. M. No. bears N.S6 deg. AS min. 40 sec. w., 2074.O1 it. dist; thence N. 2S deg. 56 min. E., 1500 it. to cor. No. 2; thence s. 59 deg. 15 min. E., 600 it. to cor. No. 8; thence s. 28 deg. 56 min. w., 1500 feet to cor No. 4; thence N. 59 deg. 15 min. w., 500 it. to cor. No. 1, the place of beginning. Variation at all corners 29 deg. 40 min. E. Excluding an area of 2.213 acres in conflict with the Inde- pendence No. 1 lode, and an area of 1,715 acres in conflict with the Inde- pendence No. lode. Net area of the s. & Y. lode is 16.723 acres.
 The location notice of said mining claim being duly of record in the of
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

HART HAS BIC LEAD
 FOR APPROXIMATION

SEATTLE, Sept. IS (by Associated Press In the primaries held yester- day Hart is leading Hartley for the Republican nomination for governor by about 6,000 plurality Tn the tab ulated returns from 1880 precincts Hart's vote is 56,245 and for Hartley -52,042.
 Wesley l.. Jones is leading for the United States senate; Moren is two to one in the race and congressman Mil Ter, Webster and Summers are all re- nominated. Hadley Johanson was un opposed. All the candidates for state offices on the Republican ticket were renominated.
 Judge w. W. Black, of Everett, has been nominated for governor on the Democratic ticket over Edward Ma thes, of Bellingham, his nearest op ponent on the Democratic ticket.
 Returns are incomplete but enough are in to predict that the vote will be light in King county.
 Matt Starwich is safely leading in the race for the Republican nomination for sheriff. Other Republican nomi mated include Malcom Doglass, the overseas veteran who defeated Prose suting Attorney Fred c. Brown
 Three present incumbents on the supreme court bench have been re nominated
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

We hold the busy bee up as an ex- ample for our children to emulate-but it would be just as we'll to deprecate the fact that it never learns by re- peated experience that what it labors so diligently all summer to treasure up some loafer comes along in the fall and steals.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

The Port Althorp cannery in south eastern Alaska closed down recently with a pack of 105, 1000 cases. The Cape Edwards cannery put up forty thousand cases.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

An English medical paper says the prettiest girls are the stupidest. We'll, this old town has some of the brightest girls in the country.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-16

If you change your address, do not notify the carrier boy-report your lnew address to the office