The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-19
FORMER ARDMORE BOY
AND WIFE KNOW HOW
TO BEAT THE HIGH
COST OF l|V|N 6

The following article with two pho
tographs recently appeared in the
Tulsa Tribune and is OF interest to
the many Ardmore friends OF Mr.. and |
Mrs. Elmo Glenn and to others who
would combat the high cost of liv-
ing" Mr. Glenn IL son of Mr.. and
northwest. and resided here prior tc
going to Tulsa. In fact Mr.. Glenn's
firs; days in a print shop were spent
in the office Of The Ardmoreite, and
it is where he first learned 'the
trade"
Editors. professional people, house
wives, and folks at large who indulge
in daily TRADES against the high
cost of living have cause to scratch
their heads and pucker their brows
into frown when they survey the
method employed by printer and
his wife to bring the IL. c. l.. down
to ground. Right here in the shadow
Of Tulsa, too, and the accompanying
picture offers indisputable proof that
the facts are facts. Moreover, there
are a host Of witnesses.
On a little ranch near the Bruner
Station of the Sand Springs line live
Mr.. and Mrs Elmo G.. Glenn. Mr..
Glenn operates linotype machine
in the plant of The Tulsa Tribune
working from o'clock in the morn
ing till $3.50 o'clock in the after
noon. Mrs. Glenn is president Of the
Twin Heights Farm Demonstration
Club, which was organized last year
by Mrs. Sada Grommet. city demon
stration agent.
More Than Winters Supply
The $50 jars of fruit and vege-
tables shown in the picture represents
only a part OF the food products
which Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn have raised
and preserved this year on a plot OF
ground 65 by 200 feet in size. II has
cost the Glenns SO for seed and So
for blowing TO have a garden which
supplies them with enough produce
TO last through the winter and
large surplus which they can dispose
of in the market.
With Mr.. Glenn handling the hoe
/ and spade, and Mrs. Glenn preparing
and preserving the vegetables and
fruits as they ripened, the garden
at Bruner station, has developed into
a real success. And the Glenn garden
is only one OF ten similar gardens
/ For each member Of the Twin Heights
Club has raised and preserved farm
products this year on the plan out
lined by Mrs. Grommet. Eleven blue
ribbons for first places and nine red
ribbons for second places at the
Tulsa County Free Fair testify &c
the success which the women of this
club attained in their first years
effort. OF these ribbons two first
and seven seconds went TO products
preserved by Mrs. Glenn.
Not Trained on Farm
Despite the fact that she never
had lived on farm and had re-
ceived no domestic science instruc
ton. Mrs. Glenn managed to preserve
90 different kinds OF fruit and vese
tables in $50 glass jars with Loss
OF only seven quarts BY following
the government specifications ex
planned by Mrs. Grommet 10 the clul
members, all Of the women in tn
organization at Bruner station hav'
eliminated imperfect preserves iron
their cupboards and cellars.
In the glass jars shown in th'
picture are peaches, cherries, crap
Ia tally annla iallN
chill, okra, squash, beans, Enslisl
peas, mixed pickles, soup mixture
stuffed peppers. chow chow. tomato
chutney. catsup, canned peaches. chill
sauce. corn on cob. plums, beets, can
ned, beets. picked, pepper relish, corr
salad tomatoes, and dill pickles.
Cellar is Filled
Then there are few jars Of chick
en- and chicken soup for the Glenn
managed to raise l7j chickens o.
their small farms. in addition to III
vegetables and fruits. Each day no'
they gather half gallon OF okr0
and they have stacked up so pound
OF cabbage in their basement. Tha
basement also contains four bushel
OF onions. eight bushels Of sweet an
three bushels OF Irish potatoes, 2
pounds of onion sets. % pound
of black eyed peas, 100 pounds 9
: sweet tomatoes, and a good size
pile of squash, turnips. and corn. TIL
A Glenns have had all the corn the
4 could use throughout the season. An
/, they have marketed more than So
worth OF garden truck during tn
| season.
The women OF the Twin Heigh,
Farm Demonstration club are enthr
, siastlc for the next features OF tn
annual program. Under the super
. vision OF Mrs. Grommet they vi
> continue the preserving courses, try
3 Ing meats late fall preserves .
opportunities arise. Sewing classe
:. follow next. and the members OF tn
r club will prepare their Christina
gifts far In advance and at IA min
mum expense. Problems of civic an