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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. HAS GASH 10 SPARE STATE FUNDS ON HAND NOW EX CEED $2,000,000 LATE NEWSJROM CAPITOL Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State Houso Western Newspaper Union News Service. Stato Treasurer Gcorgo E. Hall's monthly report shows a total-of $2,005, 881.76 in the stato treasury. The bal anco on hand ono month ago was $1, (523,555.90. The unusually largo, amount now on hand includos funds which should have been paid out during the month but which are still In the treas ury. Tho total Included $411,000 of tonipornry school funds "which ordi narily would havo been paid out but for a delay In tho olllce of the stato superintendent In making tho appor tionment between counties. Tho money has been apportioned and will bo paid to counties as rapidly as tho warrants aro presented to tho state treasurer Tho total now on hand also includes $000,000 of funds paid to tho govern ment for liberty loan bonds. Tho gov ernment has notified tho state that its subscription for tho $500,000 for liberty bonds is still carried by the stato treasurer as cash becauso tho government has not yet returned tho $350,000 which Is to bo paid back to tho state. Tho treasurer's report shows a total of $222,000 In tho permanent school fund and other trust funds available for investment. With the return of $300,000 from tho federal government at least $500,000 will bo available for investment. Tho stato board of edu cational lands and funds has a large amount of city and school district bonds offered to It for sale and much of tho avallablo funds will soon bo. invested. Land Commissioner G. L Shumway has nsked tho board to In vest $100,000 in federal land bank bonds, but the board has taken no action. The State Guaranty Fund With tho addition of about $93,000 as the semi-annual assessment on stato banks for July 1, amounting to one twentieth of 1 per cent of their aver ago deposits for six months ending on June 1, tho bank guaranty fund of Nebraska has been swelled to a total of $1,5G5,938. It is just six years since tho first assessment was lovied, and in that time the fund has been drawn upon twice for tho payment of de posltors in failed banks. Total deposits in about 900 banks at tho time their lost roports were mado to tho state banking department a month ago stood at $208,000,000. Their average deposits for tho six months wore something under $200,000,000 Within the past year, doposits havo grown about 50 per cent. Final Registration Reports. ' Governor Keith Neville received notice from Marshal Crowdcr at Wash Ington, D. C, that final official reports on registration under the draft law from Nebraska counties must be in the hands of tho officials at Washing ton by not later than July 7, so that drafting can start immediately after, Governor Neville had previously re ported Nebraska's registration, but lato arrivals of cards from men out of tho state, and in some Instances whore oligfbles failed to register, nave swelled the totals Id some counties, These cards havo been held at the governor's office as thoy were re ceived, but all of them wi.i now be forwarded to Washington. Will Have Enormous Potato Crop Somo insight into tho enormous po tato crop which Nebraska will contrib uto this yoar to the nation's big food drive is afforded by tho monthly crop report of the Nobraska stato board of agriculture, Just Issued by Secretary E. R. Danielson. A month ago Mr. Danielson pointed out that the acreage In Nebraska do voted to potatoes had been increased 90 per cent or nearly double that of any previous year. Now, with tho potato crop practically "mado," twen ty-one of tho ninety-three counties In the state report 100 per cent for the condition of potatoes. Mr. Danielson estimates that Nebraska will yield twice as many potatoes as ever before in its history and far beyond the needB of the stato. Not a single county in tho state re ported the condition of tho potato crop below 80 per cent, while tho mnjority of estimates ranged from 90 to 95 per cent an unrivalled outlook In Ne braska. Am the result of activities by spe cial agents whom Governor Neville eont out to dlscoYfir violation of the prohibitory stato law, moro than two dozen arrests hav boon mado In Scotts Bluff, Cedar and Dakota coun ties and the illicit importation of liquor from Wyoming nnd South Da kota has been effectively broken up. Nebraska Women Urge Prohibition The women's committee of the stato council for national defense in session Saturday at the capitol, unanimously passed a resolution to send lo Presi dent Wilson a telegram which read as follows: "The patriotic womon of Nobraska assembled at tho state capi tal for tho purpose of forming a wom en's committee of tho council of de fense respectfully appeal to you to insure tho conservation of food prod ucts by the prohibition of grains and fruits in tho manufacture of beers and wines as well u in distilled liquor. STATE SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT Seml-AnnunI Distribution of Funds for Support of Schools. Stato Superintendent Clemmons' do- partmont was delayed In making out tho semi-annual apportionment of tho temporary stato school fund and a list of tho amounts payablo to each county In tho stato was not filed in the stato auditor's ofllco until Juno 25. State Treasurer Hall cortlflod to the stato Buporintondont Juno 1, that a total of 111,344.15 was avallablo for apportion ment. Tho law requires tho state Bu porintondont to mako tho apportion ment within twonty days after receiv ing tho stato treasurer's certlflcato. In January tho stato superintendent's of- flco by mlstako apportioned $98,123 moro than was in tho fund. This orror was corrected by tho superintendent's ofllco in Juno by deducting the amount from tho funds to bo apportioned at this tlmo. Tho following Bhows tho nmount each county Is to receive from tho stato tompornry school fund for tho support of public schools: Counties Adam. $ Antelope Arthur llaiuier lllalne lloone Hoi Uutto ... Hold llromi lluffalo Hurt llutler Cm Cellar I'haso Cherry rhejreune .... flay Co-fax Cuming Cunler Dakota l)aM t)avon Deuel Dixon Dodjw Douglas ..... Dumly nilmnro Franklin .... Frontier Furnas Gage . ttl(-n Garfield (!oner ...... Grant Greeley Hall Hamilton .... Harlan Hayes Hitchcock ... Holt Hooker Howard JelTcrson .... Amount K.1H8.7I S,4fi!.34 dtiO.U 094.M S9S.83 6.01.1.77 2.017.04 3,007.1(1 2.714.88 7,26.02 S. 507. Hi C.OT6.04 5,97(1.17 1.HK0.U2 S..MX.4U 2.520.-22 4,0113.111 4,2!;. 45 4.07.ht 10,708.38 3.310.U1 5,140.78 801.30 4,470.3k 7.190.91 30,315.01 Couiitlra Amount Johnaon 3,040.78 Kramer a.ios.M Keith 1.700.02 Keja l'alia . . Kimball Knox Lancaster ... Lincoln locan Ijiuu MailifHm .... Mvl'lietMU ... Merrick .Morrill Nam-e Nemaha NuckolU . . . . (Itra rautiee l'rrkiua l'liel l'lerco , Platte I'oft f.. ltort Willow ., HlrhardHon .. ltw-k Saline KarnT 1.330.42 1.205.08 7.58.70 18.730.26 ti.33fi.Ol 1.060. all 1.114.47 6.03S.CM 1.1118. IS 3.516.07 2.4W 73 3.3J8.20 4,581.01 4.7S0.7D 0.4DO 37 3.081.47 1.137.85 3.202.48 4 121.82 715.(I7 3,722.32 3.078.80 O.U0.87 1.731 21 0,089.62 2.8S3.30 7.301.30 4.018.3? 5.487.81 3.428.74 3,023.70 2.426.11 2.HM.S1 5.110.23 582.03 3.018.52 3,680.02 4.107.5(5 3.023.77 4.2J8.10 1.215. OS 5.820 JH 1,807.07 4, 903.1)8 Kaundem 3.803.19 SrotU HlulT. 3,097.20 4.44 1.r. . 0.308.01 2,IWn.l 5 1.60 LiS 2.32 : 4 610.12 3,488.87 0.018.31 4.754.85 3,37r 39 1.5 ..V5 2.524 0: 7.SCV08 007.22 4.351 00 5,031.40 Seward Hherldan .. Sherman ... Hlonx ..... Stanton ... Thayer .... Thoinal ... Thurston .. Valley Washington Wayne .... W, lister .... Wheeler ... York Total ..$411,344.15 Will Help Selec. Ewes Arrangements havo beon mado by the university to help farmers in tho purchaso and solectlon of breeding ewes at the South Omaha stock yards. South Omaha is quoting 90- to 100- pound westerns at around cents. These aro mainly short or brokon mouthed but are otherwise sound ewes that under farm conditions would profitably produce another lamb and clip of wool. How to Write to Soldiers Instructions as to tho proper manner of addressing mall to American sol diers now in France, are given to tho public through orders given out by tho postal administration. Letters, postal cards and printed matter for transmission to the United States expeditionary forces in Europe are subject to tho United States domes tic classification. Mail addressed to membors of tho forces should boar complote designation of division, regi ment, company or organization to which addressee belongs as well as name and address of sendor and be fully prepaid by postage stamps af fixed. Senders should not attempt to designate on envelope tho location ol unit. For example, the letter should bo ad dressed: "John Smith, Jr., Company X, Infantry, American Expedition ary Forces." Postmasters will forward nil rani! matter addressed to tho expedition forces to New York. A national agency has been established at Bordeaux France, for conducting postal service in connection with the United Statei troops. July 19 Is Vaccination Day July 19 has" been designated by Chairman J. H. Bulla of the live stock sanitary board and Stato Veterinarian J. It. Anderson as "vaccination day for all hogs In Nebraska which have not been previously Inoculated wltt anti-cholera serum. A proclamation to that effect hus "been sent out unO all swine owners and breeders are asked to Taccinate on the date men tioned, if tliey have not already done so. Supplementing this announcement the state veterinarian Is writing It local veterinarians asking them as s matter of patriotism and good citizen ship to scale tholr chargeB for servic on that day 50 per cent. Stops arf also being taken to secure a special discount from orum dealers Iu ordet to encourage a unlvorsal obervauc of the day. Another circular sent out from tin state veterinarian's office, addressed ta railroad managers and others, say' that all puro bred cattlo shipped into Nebraska from other states without certificates showing that thoy havo been examined by federal or stato of ficials and found free from tubercu losis must bo placed In quarantine and tested for that disease within sixty dayH after their arrival. Thlp is to bo done at the owner's expense. Whore cattlo come in under certifi cate, their credentials must bo for warded immediately to the ofllco of tho live stock sanitary board nt Lincoln. During tho month of June the cash balanco In tho state general fund ot Nobraska has again climbed abov.e tho half million mark, and State Treasurer Hall's books show it at ?G12,0no. This Is very nearly tho maximum that will bo attained during the summer, as most of tho heavy tax collections havo now been mado and receipts here after will probably fall below the out go. When tho cash.balance starts fall ing off, it will continue to dwindle toe flvo on six months, as now taxes lovied this yoar will not begin coming in bo fore December, MINOR NOTES FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA' Mrs. Ralph Mucmulleu, 10, resident of Fontonulle, and John Jackinaii, aged 10, of Fromont, woro killed In stantly, and Ralph Mucmulleu was badly cut nnd bruised when u fast Northwestern passenger train struck the u.itotnobllo In which thoy woro riding, n mile north of Fremont. Tho Impact v. us so great that one of tho viicels of the automobile was thrown more Hum 200 yards. Scottsbluff county raised $35,000 na Its slmre in the Rod Cross drive. Del egates from tho county at the meet ing In Denver Insisted on raising tho first appropriation from $10,000 to $17,000. The result of the campaign was the raising of praetlenlly twice tho sum of tho apportionment, or this sum Scottsbluff itself raised $1:1,1500. Goring. $5,000 nnd Mitchell, $3,200. Lincoln has n community drying plant, said to be the first of Its kind anywhere In the country. It Is locat ed In tho Butler Avenue Presbyterian church, and people in the district ifro charged the nominal sum of 2 cents n tray for drying their fruits nnd vege tables. The plant was constructed nt a cost of $150, which was mot by the Lincoln Rotary club. The spying of mi overshoe protrud ing from the sand In the river at Uutto by two small children resulted In another extensive search for the body of Sylvia Wales, who was lost In the river near Butte several months ago. Tho mother of the dead girl Is In a serious condition from the effect of tho long strain. A change Is being contemplated In the plan for the dependents In Sow nrd county. Since the recent flro nt tho county farm a largo sum of mon ey will have to be expended In putting up buildings nnd Investigations nro being made as to the cottage plan or a community house thnt will bo self sustnlnlng. Madison county Is to hnve n woman county agent, the second In Nebraska. A County lloincmnkers association with a membership of moro than 200 country women hns been formed to assume locnl direction of the county agent's work. Sewnrd Is tho only other county In the state hnvlng such nn official. ' A largo real estate deal was closed nt Ncllgh when John II. Rlttscher of Clearwater became owner of the 500 acre farm known as the Wood broth ers' farm, throe miles southeast of Nellgh on Antr'opo crook. The con fildcrntlon was $30,400. A 3-year-old son of Edgar Garner of Platte Center wns caught In a belt attached to n gasoline engine nnd bo fore tho engine could be stopped had received Injuries thnt caused his death. Mrs. Fred Vogt of Elba wns found shot In the bend close to the road flvo miles south of St. Paul. An In vestigation Is being mado. It Is thought she wns murdered nnd thrown from nn automobile. Flvo people, nil of Lincoln, woro seriously Injured, when tho nutomo bile skidded nnd turned over.throo times nt tho bottom of a hill cloven miles west of tho cnpltnl city. It Is announced thnt Saunders county will undertake now to raise $35,000 for the Rod Cross fund. Saunders county Is ono of the rich est counties In Nobraska. By a voto of 3.70Q to 700. citizens of Ponder decided for tho proposition of n new drnlnngo district. Tho needed Improvement, It Is said, will greatly benefit owners of lowlnnds. Loans to tho nmount of $322,000 nn farm Inrid In Nebraska hnd beon ap proved by tho Omaha fnrm loan bank up to July 1. A movement Is on Toot nt Beatrice to establish a laundry plant In lb city. A Kansas capitalist Is behind the project. The total assessed valuntlon of Cuming county Is plnced at $0,.ri0 1,300 nn Increase of nonrly $2,000,000 over 1010. Horses In tho county number 10,801, valued nt $00.21 a bond. Cut tie number 40.000, worth n little over $2,000,000, nnd automobiles number 1,403, vnluod nt $4.17,330. A yearling steer calf donated by two fnrmors wns auctioned off at To- cumseh for $188 nnd the proceeds given to tho Rod Cross fund. The cnlf was ngnln donntod and aucttonrd off, bringing nearly $200, which was also donated to tho Red Cross fund, As ti means of providing for Fre mont's poor next .winter, surplus vog otnl.les from Fremont gardens nro being cniiiied nt the Fremont High school, l'lgh school boys nre picking the vegetables without pay and Rchool touchers 'ire canning them. Tho city council of Red Cloud lot the contrnct for paving the business district to n Lincoln firm on a bid of S2.58 per squnro ynrd, mnterlal to be brick. The work Ik to begin Im mediately nnd Is to be completed by September 15. A branch of the Kansas City Fod ernl reserve bnnk will be located In Omaha, according to a dispatch from Vnshlngton. The establishment of n branch bank In Oiimliu Is almost ns good ns hnvlng tho parent Institution, It In said. A special election hns beon called nt Wayne for July 31 for tho purpose of voting on tho question of IshuIii-' $30,000 In bonds for Improving tho streets and draining tho wot lnnd. Tho city council nt flrcoley has voted to Issue $13,000 in bonds for n now electric light plant. Ralph Mulford carried off the hon ors and the llrst prize, $3,200, In tho 150-inllo auto raco at Omaha July 4th. He maintained an average spued of 101 miles an hour for the distance, despite two stops. Joe Thomas, Wal ter Unities, Tommy Milton, Ktldlo Henrno, Dave Lowls, Andy Burk nnd Billy Taylor finished In the order mimed. Dave Lewis won tho RO-mllo event, nvornglng 103.27 inlls nn hour, with no stops. Mulford finish ed second In this nice nnd Milton third. The race was marred by the overturning of one enr, but fortunate ly, no ono was seriously hurt. Nearly $11,000 was given the winners of the two events In prize money. Completed figures on registration In Nebraska of men subject to draft showed that out of the 118,307 men listed 110,05)0 aro white American cit izens; 1,434 nre colored citizens; 0.1SS) are aliens, and 038 alien enemies. Mure than half the number Is listed us having relatives dependent upon them for. support. The number is re corded as r0,80. The number of men whoso occupations might exempt them Is shown by the revised llgures to bo 7,302, while those claiming to be to tally disabled number 1,101. Alto gether there are 05,577 who have pos sible grounds of exemption, while 10.011 make no claim of that kind. Roy Illtt of Beatrice literally walk- oil into the United States army after he had once beeu rejected on account of a weak heart. Ho fulled to pass a physical exumluatlon at Fort Logan, Colo., and was furnished transporta tion only as fur as Lincoln on his way home. Illtt, being without funds, walked the forty miles from Lincoln to Beatrice In ono day nnd applied to Join Company C, Fifth Nebraska. Captain Brewster deoldod llitt's heart was strong enough nnd accept ed Ii I in. John Fentrochs, ago 20 years, a fnrm laborer living near Dunning nnd said to be the chief of a quintet of Germans who enticed a young man, open In his loyalty to America and of German birth, away from home and then gagged and poured turpentine over him, burning him severely,, was arrested nnd taken to Lincoln on nn alien enemy chnrgo ordered by tho government authorities. Fentrochs has been plnced In Jail, whore he will remain until the duration of the wnr. Decatur citizens flutly deny pub lished reports that the town Is In dnnger of being enten up by the Mis souri river. It is said that the river cut into Mud lnko, two miles north of Decatur, on the Nebraska side, two weeks ago, thus changing the course of the stream and that since It has not cut Into tho town. It Is ndmlttcd that 100 feet of Decatur was de voured In tho spring, nnd It was ncc essnry to move tho big elevator, but the site still remains. Nebraska Is now Included In tho roll of honor of stntes which have fur nished their full quota of enlisted men for the nrmy In compliance with President Wilson's call. A total of 2,300 has been secured, whllo tho state's quota is placed at 2,351. But ten other states have furnished their required number. Recruiting Is still going on. Women of Box Uutto nnd Dawos counties nre taking university in struction in home economics In their own humes, under Miss Mary Rokahr of the Agricultural Extension Service of the Slate University. This Is vir tually a woman county agent's work nnd there Is much talk of placing such nn official In Box Butte county permanently. Omnha-Decatur Missouri River Nav Igatlon company, which will maintain n line of boats and barges for passon ger and freight trnlllc between tho two cities, hns filed articles of Incor poration with the Douglas county clork. The company Is capitalized at $10,000. Vordon, Rlchnrdson county, with n population of 500, raised $1,750 for the Red Cross In one night. June 30 completed the fifth yoar of municipal ownership of the Omnha wntcr mirks. In the five years water rates to pntrons have been cut 50 per cent. Besides paying the cost of op oration the plnnt set aside S500.000 for depreciation nnd hns a surplus of $503,500 on band. Hurled through the windshield of his father's nutomoblle when n front wheel came off, the throo-yoar-old son of Everett McWilllams of Genoa wns cut nenrly In two by tho brokon glnRs. Tho child lived several hours McWIlllnnis Is n storekeeper In Gonna All June records for cattle receipts nnd high prices at the Smith Omaha stock market were broken this year. Receipts totaled 100,010 bond, which Is 35,500 more than for the samo month last year. Prices soured dm log the month and reached the high level of $13.85 per cwt. Axtlen, n stallion, owned by Snm Ilnrrls of Aurora, III., set a now world's 2:11 trot record for a stallion In a rjwe on a half-mile dirt truck nt Lincoln, covering the distance In 2:00 '4. A $500 flro loss to mnchlnory and nlfalfn In tho granary of W. 1-1. Toap, a farmer, residing two miles south west of Blndon, Is believed to have boon tho result of spontaneous com bustion. C. F. Waldo, n stock raiser of- Do Witt, sold twenty-eight bend of young Durne Jersey gilts recently for $050, Hogs aro In grunt demand (tround DeWltt. Contract has been let for York's now hotel, which Is to cost In th neighborhood of XI 50,000. Work on the structure Is to begin nt once. HOE DRYING FRUITS AMD VEGETABLES TRAYS FOR DRYING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. (From FARMERS' IU'LLICTIN 841. United States Dcpnrtmont of Agriculture.) One of the most prominent fentures of tho food conservation program of Kuropcnn countries has been tho uni versal drying of fruits and vegetables. Tho surplus vegetables In the city mar kets were forced by the governments Into large municipal drying plants. Community dryers wero established In tho trucking regions and even Itin erant drying machines were sent from farm to farm drying tho vegetables which otherwise would have gone to wnstjo. In addition, lnrge quantities of dried vegetables from Canada and this country were shipped to France dur ing tho last two years, nnd there Is n possibility that dried fruits and vege tables may continue to be shipped abroad In considerable quantities to supplement the concentrated food diet of the men In the trenches. The drying of vegetables may seem strange to the present generation, but to our grandmothers It was no nov elty. Many housewives even today pre fer dried swodt corn to the product canned by the old method, and say thnt dried pumpkin nnd squash are ex cellent for plo making. Snap benns often arf strung on threads nnd dried above tho stove. Cherries and rasp berries still aro dried on bits of bnrk for use Instend of raisins. In fnei, ninny of the everyday foodstuffs al ready are dried nt somo stage of tholr preparation for market. Tho common dried fruits, such as prunes, raisins, llgs, dates and apples, nro staples In the world's markets, whllo beans nnd other legumes, tea, coffee, cocon, and various manufactured foods, llko starch, tapioca, mncaronl, etc., nro dried cither In tho sun nnd wind or In specially constructed driers. Even though the drying of fruits nnd vegetnbles as practiced u few decades ago on mnny farms has become prnc tlcolly n "lost art," the present rood situation doubtless will cause a marked stimulation of drying as a means of conserving the food supply. This coun try Is producing largo quantities of per ishable foods this yoar, which should bo saved for storago, canned, or prop erlv dried. Drying Is not a panacea for tho entire wasto ovll, nor should It take the place of storing or canning to any considerable extent whoro prop er storage facilities nre nvollublo or tin cans or glass Jars can bo obtnlncd rendlly nnd nt n low cost. Advantages of Drying. Tho advantages of drying vegetnbles nre not so appnrent for the farm home ns they arc for tho town or city house hold, which has no root cellar or oth er plnco in which to store fresh vege tables. For tho farmer's wife the mow methods of cnnnlng probably will be better than sun drying, which require n somewhnt longer time. But shorter methods of drying nro available, and tho dried product holds an ndvnntugc In that usually It requires fewer Jars, cans, or other containers than do canned fruits or vegetables; also dried material enn be stored In receptacles which cannot bo used for canning. Then, too, ennned fruit nnd vegetnbles freeze nnd cannot bo shipped as con veniently In winter. Dried vegetables can bo compacted and shipped with n minimum risk. Special Advantages. To tho housewife In tho town tho drying of vegetnbles nnd fruits pre sents spcclnl advantages. During tho season when tho market Is oversup plied locally and prices nro low eho enn Iny In n stock, dry It, nnd put it nwny for n winter's emergency without Its taking up much of the needed small storago spaco in her homo. If sho Is accustomed to canning her fruit nnd vegetnbles nnd finds sho cannot se cure Jars or tin cans, she can easily re sort to drying. With simple nnd Inexpensive facili ties, all housowlves can save quanti ties of food which nro too small con veniently to can. A few sweet pota toes or apples or peas or even n slnglo turnip can bo dried and saved. Even when very small quantities nro dried at a tlmo, n quantity sufficient for a meal will soon bo secured. Small lots of several dried vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, turnips, potutocs, nnd onions, can bo combined to udvnntago for soups and stews. Cleanliness Is Big Factor. Cleanliness Is ns necessary in tho preparation of vegetables and fruits for drying ns In their preparation for canning, perhaps even moro so. To Bccuro n. flno quality of dried products much depends upon having tho vege tables absolutely fresh, young, tender, nnd perfectly clean. If steel knives nro used In paring and cutting lmvo them tienn and bright so ns not to dis color tho vegetable. The earthy smell and flavor will cling to root crops if they nro not washed thoroughly before slicing, nnd ono decayed root mny fla vor several kettles of soup if tho slices from It nro scattered through n wholo batch of dried material. High-grade dried "root" vegetables can only bo made from peeled roo-. In the preparation of largo quantlt ties of potatoes a peeler may bo utlli Izod. The potatoes aro thrown by ceiii trlfugal forco ngalnst a rough surfneq which, under stronms of water provldi od by the perforated tin contalnou above, nicks oft the outer skin urn) lenves only the eyes to bo dug out. Blanching of vegetnbles Is conHld ered desirable by some housekeepers, although It Is not strictly essontlnl tq successful drying. It Is claimed that tho blanch gives n moro thorough cleaning, removes tho strong odor nnd flavor from certain kinds of vogctn bles, and softens and loosens tho liber, This allows tho moisture In tho vege table to evaporate more quickly nntj uniformly. It also quickly coagulates! the albuminous matter In tho vcgetn bios, which helps to hold In the natural flavors. Blanching consists of plung ing the vegetable Into boiling water fo n short time. Uso a wire bnskct ot cheesecloth bag for this. After blancln lug the required number of minutes, drain well nnd remove surface mols. turo from vegetables by placing be. tween two towels or by exposing tq tho sun nnd air for n Bhort time. Preparing Food for Drier. In lnrge factories tho vegetables urq put through special shredders nnd sllcers not adapted for homo use, but convenient und inexpensive mm chines which enn bo used to great udj vantage are on the market. Tho moafj grinder with its special disks can bq used in certain cases; the common kraut sltcer will cut largo vegetables! Into thin slices, such ns potatoes nnd cubbago; und the rotary hnnd sllcer Is, adapted for uso on n very wide rangq of mnterlal. A largo sharp kitchen knlfo may bo used when a handle cutting devlco Is not nvnllable. Care; should bo taken that tho material lq sliced thin enough but not too thin, From nn eighth to a quarter of an Inch Is u fnlr thickness for most oi tho common vegetnbles to bo sliced and dried. Very small Bllces or strip dry moro quickly because they oxposq a greater surfuco to the ulr than do larger cut pieces. But if cut too fliw they nro moro difficult to handle In drying, appear to lose somewhat in flavor, and cannot bo used so ndvnm tugcously to muko dishes like thos prepared from tho fresh foods. Tho slicing mnchlncs arc not sultt nblo for children's use, for thoy will cut fingers ns mercilessly ns they do vegetnbles nnd fruits, nnd even adults should exercise great caution In their uso in tiie home. Good Packing and Storing. Although not necessary, tin cans ox glnss Jnrs mako good receptacles foi storage ot dried fruits or vegetables, Pasteboard boxes with tight covers, stout paper bags, and patented paraffin paper cartons also nfford nmple prrjj tectlon for dried products when pro., tectcd from Insects and rodents. Tin dried fruit or vegetables must bo pro tected from tho outsldo moisture nnd. will keep best In a cool, dry, well-vem tllnted place. These conditions, how. ever, nro difficult to obtain lu tho mor) humid regions, nnd there moisture tight containers should bo iiasd, J' If u small amount of drjed product Is put In each receptacle, Just enough for one or two meals, It will not b, necessary to open n container the con. tents of which cannot bo consumed n n short time. The uso of the smalj container also makes It moro dlfllculjl for Insects tojspoU Jurgo qiujntltle& of dried fruits 1 Vegetables." If u papcf bag Is used, tho upper part should bq twisted Into n neck, bent over, nnd tied tightly with n string. If u further precaution against spoilage Is ncces sary tho bng can bo coated with par aflln by painting It with n brush which, hns been dipped Into melted paraffin, Another precaution may bo taken by( placing tho small bags In n tin com tnlnor with n tightly fitting cover, such ns un ordinary lard can or pall. All bugs should bear n label Indicating what they contain. I fruits or vegetables nro packed lq tight containers lmmcdlatoly upon be Ins dried thoroughly, they will remain Just ns brittle ns they wero when tat ken from the drier. If, however, theS nro not dried thoroughly, they will "sweat" and soon mold. To provenj this tho material should be examined within 24 hours nfter packing, nnd ij It appears moist it must bo dried further. To Dry Cauliflower. Clean, divide In small buncheq blanch six minutes, und dry two t three hours at 110 degrees to 145 do. grees Fiihrenhelt. Cauliflower wil turn very dark when drying, but will regain purt of tho color In sonklng un cooking. Dried cnullflowcr Is especial ly good lu soups nnd omelets. Brussels sprouts mny bo haudled U a similar way, but add a pinch of soda to tho blanching water.
