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Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02
GETTING READY TO CAN

Careful preparation of equipment
before the canning work begins is the
best safeguard against failure. 1t is
important that jars and rubbers be
in perfect condition and perfectly
clean. Then II directions are followed
carefully success should be insured.
Every jar should be tested to see
that there are no cracks, no rough
edges to cut the rubber, and If clamp
type of jar is used, the cover and
clamp must fit tightly. The bail that
clamps down the down the glass top
should go down with q good spring.
If it does not, bend it into shape by
pressing down the middle with both
thumbs. Do not bend it too hard, foF
il it goes down with snap it will
break the jar. II the bail on the new
jar is too tight, remove the bail and
spread it out. II you are using soma
old Mason jars. put rubber on each
jar, fiil the Jar with hot water, and
then put the cover ON tight and invcrt.
This Is q sure test Tor leakage. New
er use . Mason jar twice unless the
cover and cap are separate and can be
completely sterilized.
When vacuum-seal jars which have
q composition attached to the lacquer
ed tops are used. the rubber compost
tion must be examined to see that it is
perfect. 1t should go entirely around
the top and not be cut or broken in amy
place. s
Wash the jars in soap and water,
then rinse in boiling water. Test each
rubber before using by pressing il
firmly between the thumbs and fore
fingers, stretching it very slightly. II
| it seems soft and spongy discard it
All rubbers should be firm, elastic and
should endure stretching pull without
breaking.
The following are the steps in berry
and soft fruit canning by the cold
pack method as enumerated by Grace
Wall Gray in her book, Every Step
in Canning"
1-Get the Gamer and its assessor
! les ready.
2@Test and wash jars and tops and
J put in hot water to sterilize.
3-Test rubber rings. .
Make sirup and put in double
boiler to keep hot.
5-Prepare the product hull. seed
stem. *
6-Place berries or fruit in strain.
er or collander.
ERinse by pouring cold water ovei
!, product. -,
8EPack from strainer into hot jar
S-Use big spoon TO get goet
lO-Dip rubber in hot water e
4 clense It and put It in place on the jar
1l-Pour hot sirup over the I'm
\ It once.
12-Pat top Il tie Jar on but NJ
4 lS-Ready for canner.
1AStori1fsA Is minutes in q n
watef 18th outfit is minntes in 60
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02

served as first aid to the injured.
Henry Purrier is enjoying a visit
from his sister, Mrs. Harriet Blod-
gett and daughter, Clara, from the
east. They haven't seen each other
for twenty-five years.
Theo. Davis is building an addition
to his stone house on the Boulevard.
That's where lived when was lit
tie tad. My! how time flies.
Well Mary, AS have several things
to attend to before we go, will close
for this time. More news when We
get back. As ever,
AGNES.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02
IT'S GREAT sPORT DRIVING
A CAR-YEA YERlLY y

We recently took q notion into oar
head that We would like to know how
70 drive . car, Try any
thing once is our motto, 50 we made
up our mind to try. First on the bat
We asked the advice Of several good
gathered few ideas here and
to make q full deck.
Its very easy" said one. "Just
use your hands and feet like this"
tgreAt business of illustrating.) "All
you have to do" said another, "is to
use your head"
We lost some Of our enthusiasm on
the spot but resolved to die game.
In company with driver, we start
ed out. aNow," said the driver, "you
pull out this" pointing to one Of the
~what-do-ye-call'ems" in front Of MS,
"and push in that" pointing to anoth-
er, then put your foot on this"
How perfectly simple" We thought.
So we started in. We promptly pull
ed out that" which should have been
"this," and pushed in "this," which
should have been shat" and planted
one foot on what should have been
labeled keep off," and the result was
plumb amazing. The driver sailed
INTO the windshield, then fell back
with an indignant grunt, while our
stomach nearly made connection with
our spine by the force Of the impact
against the wheel.
The driver made q few appropriate
remarks and with villianous look
in our direction proceeded to explain
all over. This time we hit il OF right
and then-did she start? Well say
she did and . few minutes afterwards
We thought we had at last discovered
perpetual motion, for we couldn't
stop. However, our escort saved the
day and our 'necks and after q little
we got the hang Of the beast and
all went well until We turned q curve
near q roadside ranch, when the
car showed strong inclination to
cross over and sample the garden
ed the car TO keep the road.
Almost IN hour went by without
any more Bolsheviski tendencies on
the part Of the car and we were
beginning to think driving q car was
not 80 bad after all, when right then
and there we met a COW. Said COW
was standing across the road gazing
at the landscape and industriously
chewing her cud. We gave bossy O
blast from the horn (the cars horn
not the cow's) that sounded like the
salute of twenty-one guns, but she
merely waved her tail and continued
to give the scenery the once-over
We couldn't go under her, or around
her and declined to go over her, SC
our companion got out to drive hes
off the road. Just as he hit the
ground, the COW, like all the female Of
the species, having made up her mind
cali calmly walked up of. brat = cow! m
We finally reached home without
meeting any more cows or mishaps
and intend going again--if we can
induce someone to act as a human
sacrifice and 60 along too. Might
meet another COW, you know.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02

not aecessaSy. to suhsti.
tute tAs cheaper fats
whenever possible.
AZ bacon II such Q
commoniy- used breakfast
dish the fat accumulates
and unless carefully
treated II not palatabie
a. . general purpose fat
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02

densed steam outfit, II minutes in Q
water seal outfit, 10 minutes in .
pressure outfit under five pounds of
pressure. or s minutes in . pressure
cooker under 10 pounds pressure.
l5-Remove from canner.
16-Tighten cover, except vacuum
seal jar which seals automatically.
is-Test joint.
1s-Three to four days later, If per-
fectly airtight, label and store in q
dark place.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02

as main dishes In
place Of meat.
GOos In Green
PspperA - Use
large bell peppers
Of regular shape.
Wash them well
and with . sharp
knife cut them
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02
Nu... ht.t~s.e

Today is yours and mine: the only
day we have; that day in which we
play our part. What our part may
dgnify in the great whole we may not
understand; hut we are here to play
Il ard now fs our time. This we know
4 i part Of action not Of whining.
= y = part u love, not cynieism. Il
/ = 1ef us - express love in terms of
1unan helpfnl1ess.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02

Take bacon fAt. add cold water and
heat until melted and hot on the hack
Of the stove. then set away to cool.
The fat will be washed clean from
bits Of charred bacon. and the smoky
taste. which is 20 Objectionable to
many, 10 nearly removed. Such fat
may be used In spice cakes, spieed
puddings. fruit cookies. and In other
dishes IN which the favor Of spices or
fruits predominates.
All meat drippings may be treated
In the same way as bacon fat and they
can then be used for biscuit. breads
Of various kinds, cookies and even
for pastry. In using sny washed fat
or lard for shortening Q good portion
Of salt must be used to give II the
proper taste.
Chicken fats after being rendered.
strained and cooled. can be used a.
shortening for delicate cakes and In
dishes where butter h used. and for
the seasoning Of vegetables and soups
n well as In puddings.
Sweet lard makes good shortening
for ginger bread and molasses cookies.
To Improve any Of the butter sub
stitutes put on the market. like oleo-
margarine. mix with q pound carton
one teaspoonful Of sugar--powdered
h hest. ~ II II snoothest In blend
ing.
When washing bathroom rugs. lay
them on the washboard after soaking
them In . good suds to loosen the
soil, then scrub with . small scrub
bing brush and soap. looking for all
spots and going over every inch Of
surface. When well rinsed and hung
without wringing on the line to dry.
the rug will look like new. If very
heavy II In best to dry on the grass.
a. the weight often breaks the warp.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02
LOOKS

Yonkers Statesman.
"Don't you think the short skirts
the girls are wearing make 'em look
shorter?"
maybe so, but they make the men
look longer"
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02

LNSvM HHS Ina IA LH0IK aH
Dhah had been troubled with a
toothache for some time before she
got up enough courage to go to dem
tist. The moment he touched her
tooth she screamed.
"What are you making such noise
fort" he demanded. Don't you know
/ am painless dentist 2"
"Well sah," retorted Dinah, "mebbe
you is painless, but An isn't"
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02
he KITCHEN
CABIN |ElHoR

zone simple little song we s1ng
To brtdso but newly Wsa:
Just make the best Of evefythtng-
Especially Of bread"
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-02

Nothing requires more at the hand
Of their designers than sprins coats
for they must be made to answer many
purposes. The average, sensible WON
an buys one that will do for the street.
for travelling and motoring and de-
mands snappy style without too much
emphasis in any one direction.
The new coats are usually three.
quarter f<nEth and made In quiet coiorf
sf soft woods. Large pockets, ample
collars and original ideas In construc-
don Give them character. This II Illus.
trated In the coat pictured above. With
sleeves and body cut In one and eel
on to . deep yoke. clever pockets and
q narrow belt Of patent leather. Nodeil
with much the same lines as this one
are made without belts and allowed "a
fare from the shoulders down. II Il
always safe to ch00S>4 these loosely ad
justed and roomy looking coats that
hang much like mantle on the ngure
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Olson of Brook

Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Olson of Brook
ings, We're Bruce visitors Friday even
ing.
A. ]. Coulson disposed of his res
taurant and moved his family 10
Brookings Friday. Mr.. Coulson bought
the Cottage hotel and took possession
Friday.
Mrs. John Johnson and son of Nunda,
and Mrs. Lyle Waltz and daughter of
Brookings, are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Thompson this
week.
Wedding cards were received Tues
day by friends here announcing the
marriage of Miss Eva Belle Coughlin
and Lyle Virgil Bunday in Minneapo-
lis, Monday, August 80. They will be
at home in Brookings after october /,
The bride is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. 2. Rosedahl and the groom is
a son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. +. Bunday
of Brookings. Both young people are
well known in Bruce having grown 10
WOllldlIloOu anu HldllllOON Ill lllIS city
We all unite in extending sincere con
gratulations and best wishes.
Fred b. Johnson of Brookings, and
Opal Mary Cecil of Waterfowl, were
united in marriage at high noon, Tues
day, August 81, by Rev. Harry Lee
They We're accompanied by John John
son of Waterfowl. a friend of the
groom who acted as a witness to the
ceremony. The ring service was used
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson will make their
home in Bookings, where the hus
band is engaged in business. Success
and happiness to them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09
VOLGA

From the Tribune:
W. j. Wilson of Brookings, was a
Volga visitor Sunday evening.
Miss Elsie Nyman was over from
Brookings one night last week.
Mrs. NJ. j. Hill was over from Brook.
ings Sunday visiting Mrs. Aldrich.
Mrs. Bedding Of Bookings, is visit.
ing her sister-in-law, Mrs. Il. c. Champ.
Ole Halstead of BroOkings, who has
been at the local hospital for some
weeks, returned home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Fishback and
Mrs. Frank Sherwin of Brookings,
were Nolga yititors Tuesday afternoon.
A son of Mr.. and Mrs. liver Dybdahl
of Bookings, vas operated upon for
the removal of adenoids and tonsils at
the Volga hospital by Dr.. Seaman one
evening last week.
Mrs. Nellie White of this city, and
Mrs. w. II. II. Phillips of Washington,
ID. c., who is visiting at the home Oh
her daughter, Mrs. Haas, attended a
party at the home of Mrs. James f.
Brooke at Brookings n day last week.
The party was given by Mrs. Brooke
in honor of the old members Of the
Saturday club at ~BroOkings, Mesdames
White and Phillips. both being mem
bers of the club for several years.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09
DRYING INSTEAD OF CANNING

Their will be no such thing as cheap
fruits and vegetables next winter ex-
cept for those who have saved these
products this summer by canning or
drying. The fruit crop in many sec
tions of the country vas winter killed
and many canning factories are not
working full time on account of the
high cost of labor and materials. For
these reasons the supply OF CONNER
cially AIMED food will not be so large
as usual and the prices will be higher.
The ideal arrangement for all homes
is to have an ample supply of canned
foods for emergencies and quick ser
vice and an equally ample supply OF
dried foods for meals that are planned
for the soaking and cooking of the
dried foods.
Often a busy housewife can dry food
when she would not have time TO can
it. Then, too, the necessary equipment
is found in almost every home and
very little storage space is needed for
the finished product. 1t is possible to
reduce 100 pounds of fresh product
to 10 pounds by drying, without any
loss of food value and with little loss
of flavor.
We may have our choice of three
methods of drying food. First, by ar
tifcial heat in the oven or on top of
a cookstOve or range, in trays sus-
pended on the stove or in a specially
constructed homemade or purchased
, dryer. Second, by the sun out of
doors, under glass in sun parlOrs, or
hung in the attic where the sun shines
brightly, Third, by an air blast from
an electric fan.
The oven method is q simple one.
All that is necessary is to put cheese
cloth on the oven racks and put on
the products. The food may also be
put on plates or dishes and placed in
the oven. 1t is important that the
temperature be kept just right and
this easily possible where an oven
thermometer is used. We are told TO
start the temperature at 10 degrees
Fahrenheit and then keep it at 100.
After proper drying the thing of
next Importance in the drying Of foods
is the packing and storage. Baking
powder cans, coffee cans, pasteboard
boxes with tight fitting covers, strong
paper bags or patented paratin paper
boxes may be used as containers, No
matter what type of COntainer is used
it is important that it be sealed air
tight. For tin cans paste a strip Of
paper around the top Of the can, roy
ering the joint between can and the
cover. Apply melted p%araffin with a
brush to the joint of pasteboard boxes.
Twist the top Of a paper bag, double
it over and tie ii with a string.
Vegetables are dried just like fruits
except that they must be blanched and
c~old-dipped before drying. After re,
peated experiments it has been found
that for drying purposes it is best to
blanch all vegetables in steam rather
than in boiling water. This may be
done by placing a cOlander over boil
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09
ELkTON

From the Record:
Mrs. Louis Peterson and Mrs. Mabel
Marshall went to BroOkings Tuesday
via auto to visit with friends and rela-
tives.
Misses Gladys and Ruth Pratt went
to Bookings Sunday evening for q
chat with Miss Alice Hastings before
the latter went to Roseau, Mimi, up
near the Canadian line, to teach the
coI"ing year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bergeim left for
Mandan, n. D., last Saturday with their
household goods. Mr.. Bergeim will re-
sumo his position as principal in the
high school at Mandan, which he held
last year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09

B BRUCE

From the Record:
G.. w. Austin of Brookings, was in
Bruce Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Brown of Brook
ings spent Sunday at the George
Ware home.
Mrs. Matte Hoffman and Mrs. Gus
Schiebe of Bookings, spent Tuesday
in Estelline.
Miss Mildred Brown Of BroOkings,
spent a few days with her friend, Miss
Beulah Burdick.
BroOkings, spent Thursday at the John
Hastings home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09

So far in the campaign Mr.. Com
pers round robbins have not par
alzed many political candidates. Mr..
Gompers as head of the American
Federation of Labor has all the pa
per powers of the great organization
delivered to him whenever he asks
for them. In the summer it was an
nounced that a committee of three,
of which trinity Mr.. Gompers was the
whole 'it," would tell the laboring
people of the country whom to vote
for. Statements were given out adj
vising laboring men to vote against
the republicans in some districts and
the democrats in other districts. In
the primaries the Gompers' edicts did
not seem to cut much figure, and in
dications are that the Brooklyn Eagle,
an independent paper, is right in its
statement that "the labor vote is not
deliverable, and never was A Buff
falo newspaper that is also considered
Independent in politics, expresses the
pCiACA Jhu IHS Adbol lhS NOiSlS lCNl
their responsibility as citizens and re-
sent dictation." No one has any quar-
rel with Mr.. Gompers, who is doing
his job o excellently, but it is gen
track mind, and that he stands for
n class of people in this country
against all other classes. The labor
ing class can very we'll afford to have
Mr.. Gompers as their champion and
advocate just as a litigant in court
would prefer to have his lawyer plead
his case against everything else in the
world. But Mr.. Gompers will likely
again receive a demonstration that his
official position is never going TO en-
able him to cast the ballots of any
large number Of voters according to
the manner in which his whims die
tate.
During the frothy period of pros
perity of the past two or three years
every one at some time or another
has been made to feel the bitter scorn
of manufacturers, and some mer-
chants, who had so much business that
they did not hesitate to let you know
that they had no time to bubble with
you in order to secure your patronage.
But now that We have lost $500, 600 900
of European trade, and nearly $780,
000, 900 of South American trade dur
ing the past year, it seems entirely
probable that customers at local bust
ting the same old hand shake and vel
coming smile that evidenced the APP
probation of their trade in the days
before profteering and the business
boom so thoroughly revolutionized pro
duction and merchandising methods in
the nation.
The United States census shows
that one-fourth of the folks in the
United States now live in cities of
over 100, 900 inhabitants. There are
now siXtytsix cities of that character
in this country. In the ten years since
the 1910 census more than $500, 00O
people who before that lived in small
communities have gone to cities of
100, 600 or more. On the other hand
the large cities have not lost so large
ly of their population and every time
the director of the census puts out
a new bunch of figures they show that
the lure of the white lights constantly
adds to the number of recruits gath
cred from the small towns and farm
ing districts.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09

The Glenn Hemmer family autoed to
White Lake Saturday. Miss Lucille
Gales, who has been visiting at the
Hemmer home, returned to her home
at White Lake with them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09
WHITE

From the Leader:
Jake and Raymond Bulger and Bill
Kurty of BrOOkings, We're visitors in
White Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Farrell and Mrs.
c. W. Koenig and daughters, Helen
and Caroline, autoed to Bookings
Tuesday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09

Cut out old raspberry canes and thin
the new shoots.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-09

A man touched a trolley wire to see
if it was charged. 1t was.
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ing water in a kettle, being sure the
colnader does not touch the water.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
GRAIN AND PROVISION
PRICES SHRINK THIS WEEK

CHICAGO. February ALI grain
and provisions have shrunk in yalue
this week chiefly as Il result OF the
European exchange furry and tight
ness i'm domestic money rates. Com
pared with a week ago. corn quota
tions this morning were cents to
5iA cents lower. ontS off 5=t cents TO
Gssae@, cents. and provisions down
$i.92I. to $3.50
Before financial strain became a
dominating influence the corn mar
ket had an upward tendency owing
more or less TO reports that culti-
waited acreage would be smaller in
1890 as consequence of farmers dis
satisfaction with prices. At Afst too
the collapse of foreign exchange was
viewed with comparative Indifference
by corn traders, inasmuch as export
business in corn has seldom attained
important volume. Subsequent halt
ing of European demand for oats and
rye. however, had an immediate de-
pressing effect on corn Liquidation
and short selling then took on large
proportions, especially as at this
5uncture the railroads were ordered
TO use emergency measures to hurry
the domestic crop movement. An ad-
ditional bearish factor was possibility
that Canada would ship oats to the
United States. duty paid.
Decentralization of exchange pulled
down oats hard. There was particu-
larly heavy selling from Winnipeg.
Pork. lard and ribs suffered the
steepest fall in a long time. Euro
pcan financial conditions were mainly
responsible.
Evening star., 1920-02-07
DAIRY MARKETS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Disp4tch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 7.-(Arri-
walls by boat: Live poultry-Chick-
ems, young. large. smooth, pound. aSa
So; do, young. rough and shaggy,
pound. 30a32; do, young, small to me-
dium. 3Sa40: old roosters. pound. 22;
do, old hens, over four pounds, pound.
3S: do, small. pound. 36a37: do. white
leghorn hens. pound. s6aS7. Ducks.
White Pekings, young, pound, 3Sa4O;
do, puddle. s6a3S: do, smaller, poor.
pound, 80. Turkeys. choice young
hens. pound. 56a5S: do, gobblers,
pound. 52a54; do, old toms, pound. asa
SO; do. crooked breasts. pound. 43a45.
Pigeons. old, pair, 40; do. young. pair,
40. Guinea fowl, young. over n
pounds. each. 75aS5; do. smaller. each.
50a60; do, old, each, 40a50.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys, choice hens.
per pound, Sass: mixed, 54a56: old toms.
4Sa50; rough and poor, As; chickens.
young, 39a40; old and mixed, 37a3S; old
ROSTERS, 22a23; ducks, 37a40; geese, 34a
36: capons, 40a53.
Eggs-Western Maryland and Penn
sylvania nearby. dozen. IS; eastern shore
Maryland and Virginia. dozen. 65; west
ern. firsts, dozen, 65: West Virginia.
dozen. 81: southern, dozen, 63.
Butter-Creamery. west separator, ex-
tras. 66a67; do. prints. 1 pound, extras,
66; nearby creamery, extras, 62a62; dairy
prints, Maryland. Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania. extras, 46a4S; store-packed firsts,
40a41; rolls, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania. extras, 46a4S; do, West Virginia,
extras, Half: do, Ohio, extras, 4ia46;
process butter, 55a57.