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Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
THE COTTON WAR BECOMES
A REAL ECONOMIC DRAM

The South is fighting desperately
against low cotton pricef Bankers
are being called upon to finance hold
ing of the crop. Ginners are urged TO
close down temporarily. Farmers are
told to store their cotton in ware
houses and use the warehouse re-
ceipts to obtain loans to cover their
immediate needs. Curtailing of cot
ton planting for next year is urged by
many factors, the amount Of recon-
mended reduction in acreage run
ming from a third to a half OF this
years planting. There is considerable
bitterness over the refusal of the Gov
ernment to extend aid &c farmers. and
the removal of Secretary Houston
from the post of Secretary of the
Treasury is demanded.
Dry Gods EcoHomisf
Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
NO PROFIT In SELLING
PIGS AND BUYING PORK
THE AVERAGE FARMER ONLY NEEDS A
FEW SIMPLE TOOLS AND A TEN
PORARY SMOKEHOUSE TO
CONVERT PIGS INTO MEAT
Use THE WET, COLD FALL DAYS TO
EARN A PROFIT ANY FARM WILL
SUPPORT A FEW PIGS.

What is more inviting than TO come
IN from the barn on a cold, DlusteIS
',intar morning to find on his break
lost table a dish well laden WIZ
home-cured ham, juicy, tender, an'
smoking hot? Why do not more laI-
mers convert their crop OF summer
MOS into meat for their own use IN
stead of selling it on the market ana
b,,ving cured meats and high-prlceu
nork products? There is profit IN the
transaction for the leader and for the
hacker. but none for the farmer, VINO
besides sacrifcing profit has also Civ
on away one OF his most valuable priv
ileges-that of growing and prepar-
ing his own food products.
Turn Wastes Into Profit
Anv farm will support a few pigs.
The waste of the farm may be pronl,
ablv converted into valuable loou
nroduct through the agency OF le"
t,onng norkers. If more pigs are rals-
"a and more pork cured than can De
consumed at home there is always op-
,,ort,1nitv for its sale among the nelsh-
bors. .ho raiee
great many farmers VINO ralse
rive feel that the expense OF curlns {
hams and preparing pork products 10
-, ,-root but some of the best results /
ore secured through the use oI IN
e..,,,,,si,-e suDplies and equipment. /
rrbe tools and equipment necessary
for killing and cutting up a pig are
4 straight S-inch sticking knlie' d
cutting knife. a bell-shaped scraper'
meat saw. hog hook and bamDrei'
and an old barrel for scalding
MANY farms have an outDulldihs
,vbiIe others have regular brick
snoolEebouses in which the hams'
shoulders. and bacons may be huhs
and smoked. A very satisfactory
enokehouse can be constructed as
sbown in the accompanying sketch.
For a few pigs such small equipment
10 annie but where many are TO De
i.illed and cured the equipment VIII
need IN be enlarged so that all the
meat of a single killing can be cured l
at once. ,,o1Ds +
IN nreserve the meat but also imparts
a verv delicate and desirable naVor d
which can not be obtained in any otn- I
er way. ,-,ro ,,,r- +
cd should be taken from the Drlne'
soaked in water for half an hour o
washed and hung in the smokehouse i
10 drain. 1t should dry for "a hours c
before the fire is started Hang the
meat at a distance from the fire so 1t i
viii warm up gradually and not pc I
come TOO hot. Take care that the u
nieces do not touch one another. q
For fuel. use green hickory, maple r
,r anv hard wood. Never use resinous u
wood The time required to smoke a y
lot of meat is from sc to As hours n
INIT a slower and longer smoking IS n
desirable if the meat is to be kept ior q
4 long time.
When the smoking process is com o
,lete the meat should be allowed to Il
cool and then be wrapped and stor- a
ed. 1t should first be wrapped IN a
Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
ECONOMIC SUGGESTIONS

Cleanliness is the most important
factor in butehering and curlns
meats. says the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture IN FARM
ers' Bulletin 913. Meat becomes
talned very easily.
save ali pieces of meat TOT
SAUSAGE. There are many ways OF
converting it into a palataole pro-
duct. , -
skin should be rendered ana the
nroduct used TO make soap.
Bones should be crushed or
around for chicken feed.
Never put meat IN cure peIore
the animal heat is out OF H.
Always PACK meat skln-sloe-
down when In the curing pro-
cess, except the top layer IN
brine cure, which should be turned
Keen close watch on the brine,
and II II becomes "ropy," change
Do not forget to turn or change
meat several times during the cur
ing process. -.
The fat Of dry-cured meat some
times becomes yellow, put tndt
does not make Il unwhoiesome.
n takes more time to smoke dry
cured than ine-cured pork.
Slow smoking Is much peter
than rapid smoking, the meat IS
NOT so great and there is less
chance Of causing the meat 10 GRIP
Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05

heavy paper and then put into muslin
sacks. In tying the top of the sack
the old string by which the meat was
hung should be removed and the top
of the bag given a tight fold or double
wrap to keep out insects. The bag IS
then brushed with a coating Of yell
low wash and the meat hung up un-
yellow wash sufficient for 100
hounds of smoked meat may be pre-
pared from the following recipe:
8 pounds barium sulphate.
.O6 pound glue.
.OS pound chrome yellow.
40 pound flour.
The Smithfeld Process
The celebrated Smithfeld ham is
like wine, the older the better, and it
requires a different curing process.
Smithfield hams are cured as follows:
The hams are placed in large
tray of Liverpool fine salt, then the
fish surface is sprinkled with finely
ground crude saltpeter until the hams
are as white as though covered by a
moderate frost-or, say, use 4 to 3
ounces of the powdered saltpeter to
each 100 pounds of green hams.
After applying the saltpeter. salt
Immediately with the Liverpool fine
salt. covering the entire surface we'll.
Then pack the hams in bulk, but not
in piles more than feet high. In or
binary weather the hams should re-
main in salt in bulk one day for each
pound each ham weighs-that is,
1O-pound ham should remain 10 days
and in like proportion of time for
larger and smaller sizes. Next, wash
with tepid water until the hams are
thoroughly cleaned, and, after partial
lv drying, rub the entire surface with
finely ground black pepper, after
which they should be hung in the
smoke-house and the important op-
GRAFTON of smoking begun. The smok-
ing should be done very gradually and
slowly. lasting 80 or 40 days.
After the hams are cured and
smoked they should be repeppered, to
guard against vermin, and then bag
ged. These hams improve with age
and are especially fine whin ] year
old.
Milford chronicle., 1920-11-05
WHAT ABOUT DELAWARE

Thirty-two states have joined the
American Farm Bureau Federation
The question now is, when will Della
ware get state association and join
the National Federation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-14
SUFFRAG|STS ID
 HOLD CONVENTION Will Form Non-Partisan League of Women At
 Montgomery

All Alabama women are urged to attend the Jubilee convention in Montgomery, April and g, the announced last gather in gof the Alabama Equal Suffrage As- sociation, in a notice the organization is sending broadcast throughout the state.
 The object of the convention is ''to form a nonpartisan league of women voters whose objects shall be to further educate the women of the state in the histest t9cais Of American citizenship and to sup ] r9ft improved legislation"
 &hs Na 70 the convention states that tla' all women are wanted regardless of he s.a they took in the suffrage move meI All are wanted as members of the rew organization on the eve of the ad- vent of suffrage for women.
 No inxitations will be sent to in6ivid- iials, says the announcement; the call is general for all women who wish to serve the best interest of the state.
 It is 1isled by the officials of the Ala befna Eaual Suffrage Association, as fol-
 Fattis B lffner Jacobs, president; Car
 e M Rarks, vice president; Ellalee C. Humes. second vice president; Amelia V Northington, corresponding secretary; Mamie Well. recording secretary; An nie Joe Coats, treasurer; Lillian R, Bow ron, finance chairman; Margie M. Tay- Tor, legislative chairman; Adele G. Me Neel, ratification chairman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-14

The women of LApland are the shorest in the world. averaging four feet nine inches in height.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20
THE SQUIRREL FAMILY.

"In creating the squirrel family na- ture performed one of her most gracious and beneficent acts" writes Arthur F. Rice in an article on 'F'our-Footed Folk in the January Boys Life. ttShe made the striped squirrel for the very small boy, the red squirrel for the larger boy and the gray squirrel for the big boy from 15 to 70 years of age, and threw in flying squirrels and black squirrels and fox squirrels as an evidence of her generous disposition to please everybody. She decorated the stumps and messy rocks with tiny, beautiful forms and added picturesque life to the rail fences and stone walls with a charming race of busy little crea- lures whose graceful motions and in- teresting habits contribute much to the entertainment of all mankind.
 ''It was in the eternal fitness of things that the squirrels should do something for nature in return for the gift of a oyous existence; so they set about helping her to plant her garden. The chipmunks buried beech nuts and chestnuts and acorns in the ground and thus did their part in the scheme of scientific forestry, The red squirrels dropped hazel nuts, butternuts, cherry stones and pine
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20
JEANNE HACHETTE.

A different type from the lotus flower of the East-from Arjuman, Lady of the Taj-was Jeanne Hach- cite. She was the foreshadowing of the fearful women of the French Revolution. Jeanne Hachette was born in 1454, thirty-three years after the death of Joan of Arc. Civil War began in France in 1464, the nobles against the king; Louis XI. Charles the Bold, Leader of the League of the Public Coon, defeated the king and his forces. Liege was captured. And Charles the Bold, Duke of Bur gandy, advanced to Seauvais. It was here that Jeanne Hachette led a bat talion of women to aid in the defense of Beauvais. But, how magnificent it would have been if Jeanne Hach- cite, herself a working-woman, had united with the Soldier of the Com mon Good,'' against the corrupt Louis XI She backed the wrong horse Autocracy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

| had 5 sents yestidday, and I was
 wawhng along worrying wat to dc with 1t wen I saw a man standing on the corner with a satchel full of little bottles, saying, Heer you are, good people, the wonderful Japaneez cook
 ing powder, or 3 grains will give an intire dinner the most delicious flavor you ever tasted in your life, don't miss this grate opportoonity, one bottle will last 8. life time or longer, and ony 5 sents bottle.
 G, sents, I thawt.
 1 And I Gbawt a bottle and took the cork out and tried to smell it and couldent on account of 1t not having | eny smell, and I took it home and went back in the kitchen and nobody wasent back there and there was a big thing full of noodle soop berling
 on the stove, me thinking G, gosh,
 III put some in the soop and nobody wont know wat made it taist so good. i Wfch did, umpdumping about half i of the bottle in the soop, and then 1 went up stairs and ma was fixing her
 hair, saying, Benny, I wunt you to look nice and meet for suppir, MT. and
 Mrs. Hews will be heer.
 l Yes mann, sed. And washed my
 hands and face so haItf they didn't
 hardly 1eeve a mark on the towel, and pop came home w1eh Mr. and Mrs.
 Hews and Nora brawt in the noodle
 soop as soon as we went in to suppir,
 pop saying, Aih, noodle soop---fokes,
 we're in luck, Mrs Potts is famous for her noodle soop.
 l Now WillyaTm MT. and Mrs. Hews
 will ixpeck too mutch, sed ma, and
 Mrs. Hews sed, Not @. tall, not tall Being a 4big fat lady with glasses on her nose but not errounA her ears,
 and MT. Hews sed, Not a tall. Being
 a little man with a. big bald spot. And l ma gave everybody soop, and every !ibody taisted it at the same time, hav- ing the fearsest taist I ever taisted, proberly on account of the Japaneez cooking powder.
 | Mersey, sed my sister Gladdis, and pop looked serprized as enything, and MT. Hews cawffed as if he was trying to sound polite, and Mrs. Hews put her spoon down with & fainting ix- pression, and ma sed, 0 deer, I'm
 afraid sumthing dreijfill must of hap pened to the soop, and I thawt, Gosh, G wig, ho1ey s1noal>s must of put too mutch in. And jest then Nora came in with a awfiH Impression as if she had jest taisted it herself and ma told her to take the soop out. Wich she did, and the rest of the suppir taisted natural on account of not having eny Japaneez cooking powder in it, antd rite after suppir I went out and | wawked about blocks and throo the rest of the Japaneez cooking powder
 over sumbodys gate.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20
MOCHA.

We do not connect Mocha coffee with g. city, do we? When we shop for the best brand of coffee. we ask for Mocha and Java mixed". In 1885, on Jan. 20, the notable city of Mocha in Arabia was stormed and taken by the Egyptians under Ach- met Pasha, by which the whole of Arabia came under the sway of Me hemet Ali, celebrated ruler of Egypt, he who built the Mahmudiyeh Canal, he who massacred the Mamelukes at the Citadel. Coffee is the seed. or bean of the tree Coffea Arabica. It was conveyed from Mocha in Arabia to Holland about 1616. Mocha cof- fee was first brought to England in 1641, by Nathaniel Canopus. a Gre tan, who made it his common bever- age at Baliel College, Oxford. The first coffee-house was at Oxford, and was kept by a Jew named Jacobs. A matter of interesting speculation to- da- is the following: Will the New
 gdom of the Hedjaz, Kingdom o1 : Dia, press the cultivation of the valuable Mocha?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

To determine what Is an Amer | ican, 1t Is needful to strip the man of every fortuitous or un- fortunate garb; to take him out of either eleven and make of him a referee; to stand him naked in the presence of his God and have him answer to divine im- pulse and purpose what is the mission of the Republic. Ten thousand times ten thousand answers will be given. Environ ment, heredity, selfishness, pas sion, prejudice-alf are likely to sway the judgment of normally well-intentioned men.
 Just now in the tense situation between labor and capital self restraint and self-examination are the vital duties of the real American.
 Never forget that there is no sheet of paper so thin that it does not have two sides.
 The Republic is either com posed of a citizenship which be- lieves in the commonwealth or of a citizenship which looks up on it as only a foothall field. where contending elevens may violate the rules of the game if the referee is not looking.
 A democracy is not form of government for individual effort and individual reward. It is a government for individual effort in the interests of the common good. There is no permanent solution of the difficulties be- tween labor and capital save the application of the principles of equal and exact justice to all men and special privileges to none.
 Being neither rich nor poor sitting on the bleachers-let me say to capital: Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble there- with.' And to labor let me say: Better is 8 dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled OK and hatred herewith"
 May God within His holy guard the peace, prosperity and con- tentment of every man under the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

cones along the walls and fences and straightway there sprang up along these avenues of squirrel travel fruit full shrubs and/ 1usty trees where the birds build their nests and under which the cattle enjoy greatfu1 shade. So the squirrels earned, and continue to earn, the right to live and to rejoice in 1ife.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

Formerly children in the outlying districts were willing to walk to school, but now they kick if they are transported by wagon instead of in an automobile
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss. PROBATE COURT.
Bridgeport, Jan. IL

Bridgeport, Jan. 16, 1920. Estate of Mary E. Jones, late of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, own ing estate in said District, deceased The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment to
 CHARLES H. JONES,
 LOUISE B. JONES,
 ROSALIE c. JONES,
 EDuARD R. FINCH,
 Executors Address, care of Pullman & Comley. 886 Main St. T17s*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss. PROBATE COURT.
 Bridgeport, Jan. 12, 1920. Estate of Arthur Cicero Clark, late of the Town of Bridgeport, in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trfct of Bridgeport hath lifted and allowed six months from the date hereof for creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 FLORENCE BANTA CLARK,
 Executrix. Address, R. G. DeForest, Attorney, 886 Main St., City. A17 s*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

flag who loves, understands and strives to live up to the ideals of the Republic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

EAST SIDE JUNK co. pays highest prices fors rags, rubber, paper. met al and iron and furniture. II Evitts' Lane. Bar. 2351-4. L13dSs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

W. LIEFF & SON. dealers in scrap metals. rubber. rags and paper. 610 Main St Barnum 1927.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

MONEY LOANED on jewelry, old gold and silver, mechanics' tools, firearms, etc. F. N. HubbeI, 1477 Main St, opposite Armory.
 AIS aH*
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

WE BUY AND SELL afl kinds of sec ond hand furniture. Cohen & Peek, aak GtA4A St, Raz. <Q27- G12alls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20
WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?
By Thomas R. Marshall
To determine what is an Amer

Vice President of the United States.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20
TRUCKING AND STORAGE.

W. H. FRAZIER-Local and long dis
 tance express and light trucking, 745 Union Ave, Bridgeport. Conn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

ALL KU1ToS of second hand furniture: we r@y highest prices. Thomas Tongas, 6e7 Broad St., corner South
 Ave Phone Noble 1125-2. '19L7aii .
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

ACNE TRUCKING CO.-Furnttur
 moving and general trucking. Loca anE long distance. Factory con
 traGSs solicited. Tel. Stratfcrd 97
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

WANTED TO BUY-Cpright Piano
 also Victrola and Graphonola. Will pay cash; state price. Box E. care Times. A7stf
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

[oCTH IND TRUCKING-LocaI,l ,loug distance furniture moving; dump truck for hire or heavy hauling. John Mikes, 320 River St Barnum 903-2S. '19I3eaiI"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20
WANTED TO BUY

BEST PRICE paid for second hand clothing. shoes, carpets and old household goods. M. Gottlieb, .186 Hallett St. Phone Bar. 6755-4.
 AZ eff
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-20

c. STRAM for your upholsterfng and refInishing of antique furniture. Mattresses made over, 226 Colorado Ave, in rear residence, 1281 State St. Barnun1 1194.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29

and pay for said bonds on the sale date or as
soon thereafter as the same shall be ready
for execution and delivery with such approx
ing opinion. Each bid must be accompanied
by an unconditional certified check for ten
Q0) per cent Of the principal sum of bonds
upon which bid is made, payable to the
Secretary. of Potlatch Highway District.
Should the District sell some part Of said
bonds less than the total amount bid for by
any purchaser, the amount of such check
over ten G0) per cent of the principal bid
for will be returned, but ten (10) per cent of
the amount of bonds sold to any purchaser
will be retained by the District to apply upon
the purchase price, or in the event of the
purchaser refusing to take such bonds TO be
forfeited to the District liquidated
damages.
Sealed bids for said bonds will be received
by said Board of Highway Commissioners for
said Potlatch Highway District up to 200
O'Clock p. m. of the 14th day of August, 1920,
at the office of the District in Potatch, Latah
County, Idaho, and at said time and place
bids will be opened and considered by the
Board at meeting thereof held at said time
and place.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Dated at Potlatch, Latah County, Idaho,
this goth day of July, 1920
(Seal) A. D. DECKER,
Secretary Potlatch Highway District.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-07-29

of January and July Of each year. shall be IL
consecutivey from l to so inclusive, and
, shall be payable at The First National Bank
of Moscow Moscow, Idaho, or at -he Chase
National Bank. New York City.
Bids must name the best terms at which
bidders will purchase the said bonds. No bid
value of said bonds with accrued interest to
date of delivery.
The approving opinion of Messrs. Wood &
Oakley, of Chicago, illinois, will be
furnished.
Bids must be unconditional and the bidder
must be prepared to accept and pay. for the
bonds on the sale date thereafter
as the same shall be ready for execution
and delivery with such approving opinion.
conditional certified check for, s6,000,. pay
able to the Secretary of Highway District
Number One, Latah County. Idah3, which
deposit of the successful bidder will be re-
tanned by the District to apply upon the pur-
chase price, or in the event of the pur-
chaser refusing to complete such purchase
shall be forfeited to the District as liquidoted
damages.
Sealed bids for said bonds will be received
by the Board of Highway Commissioners of
said District up to 200 o'clock, p n, Of
the 3Oth day Of July, 1920, at the office of
the District in Moscow Idaho, at which
time and place bids will be opened and con-
sidered by the Board at a meeting thereof
held at said time and place.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
lSeaD C. J. ORLAND,
Secretary Highway District Number One,
Latah County Idaho. 4o-59