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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1918)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Helping the Meat and Milk Supply (Special Information Service, United INSPECTING MEAT Disease Can Kill More Men Than Bullets, 80 Uncle Sam Guards Food for Hit Soldiers. SHIPPING MEATS TO OUR FIGHTERS Federal Inspection Protects Food From Time of Slaughtering to Mess Tables.. MANY INSPECTORS ARE USED Standards of Inspection Are Based on Best Scientific Knowledge of Pres ent Day Regulations and Prac tices Stringent Boupee, noupte, soupo e e without a single bean, Porkee, porkee, porko o o Without a streak of lean, Coffeo, coffee, coffee 08 Without any cream mm. When n buglo blows "benns," the call that is liked best of all, when our Boldicrs and sailors join in with tho time-honored lines Just quoted, and then when they lino up for army "mess" or navy "chow," they do so with full confldeiico that the meat they will eat will be as wholesome and as fit as practical science can assure. Tho reason is that the federal in spection service which has protected the civil population of tho United States from bad meat in Interstate commerce has been extended to cover completely tho meat and meat prod ucts supplied for tho American army and nnvy. Sixty-seven inspectors of tho bureau of animal Industry of the United States department of agricul ture nro now with the army and thirty are with tho navy. "When tho present war began the sec retary of war requested the secretary of agriculture to usslgn meat inspec tors to the various cantonments, train ing camps, forts, posts and other places where large numbers of troops were in training. This followed sim ilar service by inspectors when Ameri can troops were mobilized on the Mex ican border In 1015. Regulations Stringent The bureau men are inspecting, se lecting and handling moats tnnd fats for military consumption, and tho op erations jjiro under supervision from tho time the live animals are driven Into the slaughtering chambers until tho llnlshed product Is delivered In good condition to the mess cooks. The standards of Inspection nre bnsed on tho best scientific knowledge of tho present day, and nro sustnlned by the unanimous views of all the great sci entists of the world who are experts on tho subjects involved. American regulations nod practices are fully as stringent as those of any other na tion, and In some cases they are even more stringent. Meat From Two Sources. The nrmy gets Its meat from two sources from the quartermnster corps nnd from private concerns. All meats supplied by tho quartermaster corps nre prepared in establishments oper ated under federal Inspection, and tho majority of these products are further inspected in these plants by army meat inspectors assigned there for tho pur pose. Examinations made by Inspec tors at points of consumption are to detect unsoundness which mny hnve duveloped after the products left tho parking house nnd to determine wheth er they comply with specifications and contracts. Inspectors also advise quarlormas ters with regard to proper storage and handling of meats, keep theso ofllcers Informed of tho supply on hand, make Miro that the oldest packs are Issued first and assist in other ways to pre vent loss from deterioration. Troops must purchase In the open market fresh States Department of Agriculture) FOR ARMY CAMPS meat and meat products, other than fresh and frozen beef nnd mutton, be cause the quartermaster corps does not carry them. Thorough and efll clent Inspection of these products pur chased locally by troops preceding their preparation for food in tho kitch ens is of more Importance than the inspection of tho meats furnished by the quartermaster corps. Handling Sanitary. All meat products must bo handled In a sanitary manner. Wagons or trucks used to transport meats from points of Issue to kitchens must bo clean nnd equipped with tight-fitting tops.i and persons who handle meat must wear clean garments that may bo easily made clean again. For tho past ten or twelve yenrs tho bureau of animal Industry hns co-op-crated with tho navy department In thorelnspcctlon of meat nnd meat food products. Tho organization of tho nnvy Is different from that of tho army. Not ns many men havo to be sup plied and the manner of feeding them Is not tho same. Tho navy provldos large mess halls and, unlike the army, does not have numerous small mess halls. . The organization of tho navy does not make local purchases because tho supply division of tho navy de partment furnishes all goods. Only "United States Inspected nnd Passed" meat and meat food products are pur chased, and theso must bo Inspected for specifications in the packing plants by Inspectors of tho bureau of animal in dustry, except nt the Chicago plants, where the navy has its own Inspectors. Tho navy department desires tho bu reau's inspectors to conduct all reln spectlons at receiving points. Inspec tion for tho navy Is not confined to meat and meat products, but Includes other provisions, such us poultry, flsh, oysters, clams, butter, eggs, cheese, fresh fruits nnd fresh vegetables. 2" ARMY MEAT ANALYZED I a- a- j Because of tho possible addl- j J Hon of harmful substances to meat products prepared for mil- . Itnry use department of agrlcul- J turo inspectors stationed at of- 5. flclal establishments aro re- 3. quired to collect and forward to the meat Inspection laboratories J J for chemical examination repre- sentatlve samples from every J batch of food products prepared for the army or navy. J Tho analyses of theso samples J nre given precedence over all i J other work, and Include an ex- Jf. amlnatlnn for adulterants and . chemicals, especially poisons. J Co-Operatton In Egg Saving. The United States department of ag riculture Is promoting n plan for co operation for the common good be tween producers and consumers, In keeping summer-laid eggs for winter use. The plan Is to have, as far as possible, every farmer nnd poultry keeper in tho United Stntes preserve for home use only ono case 30 dozen of eggs, nnd to sell one case to n nearby consumer to preserve. This plan, when put Into operation, the de partment believes, will prodnco three beneficial results. First, It will con servo supplies. Second, It will equal ize distribution. Third, it will tend to stnbllizo prices. Tho wutor-gluss method of preserva tion Is recommended or, where water glass cannot be obtained, tho llmc-wn-ter method. Only good, strictly fresh eggs should bo put down in water glass or by the llmc-watcr method. Eggs that nro stale when packed will con tinue to deteriorate. You can secure full Information about tho plan from your stnto agricultural collego or from the United States Department of Agri culture, Washington. D. 0. SCORES DIE IN FIRE COLLAPSE OF BUILDING AT SIOUX CITY CAUSES CATASTROPHE. DEATH TOLL EXCEEDS FORTY Many Believed to Havo Been Com pletely consumed By Flames Thirty Bodies Recovered. Sioux City, la., July 2. At least forty persons lost their lives nnd scores wcro Injured when tho ltuft building, at Fourth and Douglas Streets, collapsed Saturday afternoon. Tho wreckage Immediately caught flro and for a time a considerable por tion of the business section of tho city was threatened. Most of the Injured arc not seri ously hurt. Tho financial loss Is placed at $100,000. Tho structure was erected nearly fifty years ago, and was ono of the oldest buildings In tho city. When- the Ruff building collapsed the east wall fell on tho Chain gro cery and Beaumont and Brnungcr meat markets, two stories, crushing both as If they were egg shells. A number of persons were burled In the ruins of these buildings. Fire added to the perils of those imprisoned. All tho (Ire departments In the city, assisted by hundreds of volunteers, aided In lighting tho flames and In searching the ruins. Cause of tho disaster has not been determined. Some of the persons who were In the wrecked buildings at tho time of tho collapso asserted that it was due to an nmmonin explosion in tho Chain grocery or the Beau mont market, while others asserted It was duo to reconstruction work which was going on. Burrowing deep under tons of wreckage, firemen and volunteers, re moved 30 more bodies from tho wreckage. It is probablo several per sons wcro completely Incinerated, judging from the condition of most of the bodies removed. Hugo Appropriation Bill Passed. Washington, July 2. In passing the $12,000,000,000 army appropriation bill Saturday, tho sennto emphasized sen timent for enlarging the nrmy beyond tho 3,000,000 men provided In tho measure, but declined while awaiting tho War department's new expansion program spcclflcnlly to direct tho president to raise an army of 5,000,- 000. After a week's debate and with out n roll call or dissenting voice, tho hugo supply measure a world's rec ord breaker was sent to conference. Among Important provisions of, tho measure are: Tho authorizing of tho president to organize volunteer Slavic and Russian legions. Proposing tho rank of lieut enant general for Provost Marshal General Crowdcr. Providing for train Ing nnd equipment of foreign troops. Amending tho draft low to havo quo tas based on tho number of men In Class 1 Instead of on the state popu lotion. Giving effect to the British' American reclprocnl draft treaty and other similar conventions which may be concluded, nnd permanently debar ring from American citizenship citizens of neutral nations who have filed pre. llmlnary citizenship applications and who claim exemption from the draft Authorizing formation of an $100,000,' 000 corporation under the aircraft honrd. Providing distinctive hndges or buttons for men discharged from and rejected for military service. Wheat Price Increased. Now York, July 2. Now wheat prices, necessitated by advanced freight rates, were announced here by the food administration grnln cor poration. It wns stated that a mini mum price of $2 a bushel for No. 1 wheat aboard cars in the Intor-nioun-tnln territory, will be made effective, The corporation's announcement said that No. 1 wheat of the northern spring hard winter grades' will be sold In tho various markets at tho follow ing basic prices: Now York, $2.30; Philadelphia. $2.39; Baltimore and Newport News, $2.38; Duluth nnd Minneapolis, $2.21; Chicago, $2.20; St. Louis, ,?2.24; Kansns City and Omahn, $2.18; New Orleans and Gnlveston, $2.28; Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, Ore., As torla, Sim Francisco and Los Angeles, $2.20. The price basis for No. 2 wheat will bo three cents below No. 1, and for No. 3 four cents below Ko. 2. Grades below No. 3 will bo dealt In on xnm pie. Italians Win Back Dl Valbella. London, July 2. Attacking the Aus tro-IIungarlnn lines on the Aslngo pla teau the Italians have taken Monte Dl Vnlhella nnd captured 800 prisoners Paper Makers Given Raise. Washington, D. 0 July 2. Award of a general wage Increase of 10 cents an hour for workers In the wood pulp nnd news print jwper Industry, with equal pay for men and women doing the sumo work, wns announced by the war labor honrd, which nt tho same time made public a lettor to the fed oral trade commission rccoinmondlug thnt news print paper prices recently fixed be reconsidered to dctcrinluo whether there should bo n further in crease to cover the advanced cost of production. IHinSII l "e Housewife and the War IN THE MOVIES. "Cluck, cluck," Bald Master Whlto Chicken, "I know something, I know something. Yes, cluck, cluck, I most certainly know something." "Well, well, cluck, cluck," Bnld Miss White Chicken, "that's very nlco In deed. You think you aro n mighty lino chicken I suppose. You'll strut around hero ns though you wero ns big as n rooster. Gracious, I do hato to sco Uttlo boys so conceited 1" "I'm not n llttlo boy. I'm n chicken, cluck, cluck, nnd It Bhows you don't know very much not oven to know thnt" "Of courso I know you'ro n chicken. But you'ro not a grown-up chicken nnd you'ro not a Miss Chicken ns I am. Thereforo you nro a llttlo boy If I wish to call you ono I" "Dear mo, dear mo," said Master Whlto Chicken, "you nro very stub born." "Maybe, cluck, cluck," said Miss White Chicken. "Well, all tho same," said Master Whlto Chicken, "I know something." "I don't see any reason for being so proud of yourself becauso you know something," said Miss Chicken. "I know n number of things, uud I don't net as If I wcro Jho most wonderful chicken on tho whole farm. I know too much for that." "What, pray tell, do you know?" ask ed Master Whlto Chicken. "I know what Is good to cat I know enough to dislike tho water. I know my mother and I know tho fanner and Ids children. I know good worms. I know lots of things not Just ono." "Yes," said Master Whlto Chicken, "you know nil thoso tilings nnd perhaps n few moro. I know nil of thoso things too. But you don't know anything spe cial you don't know anything magni ficent 1 Nothing at all. Poor Miss Whlto Chicken;" "Well If you know something that Is so magnificent why don't you tell It to me, instend of bragging and boasting nnd telling mo I don't know anything I That's no way to do I Tell mo I Cluck, .cluck. Tell mo what you know that Is so wonderful and fine." "I will,' snld Master Whlto Chicken. "Do you remember a while ago when some men cnino hero to talk to tho farmer and with them they brought queer looking black instruments?" "I remember," said Miss White Chicken. "What of It? They didn't do anything to us thoy didn't even give us any food." "Food, food," said Master White Chicken, turning up his llttlo beak as With a Very Haughty Expression. best he could, with a very haughty ex pression, "can't you think of anything clso but food, food. Cluck, cluck, it is too dreadful." "Well, if I'm wrong, explain to mei" said Miss White Chicken. "Thoso men had cameras and with cameras they take pictures," said Mas ter White Chicken. "But thoso rnon took special pictures the kind they call moving pictures children speak of them as the movies. They took photographs of us and now they're showing them nil over tho country. They're throwing these pictures on screens nnd peoplo sit in rows and xows of scats and gazo up on a stago 'at something like u big whlto sheet upon which aro the pictures of us as wc move about The pictures actually move and they're of us l Now Isn't that something to know?" "It Is," said Miss White Chicken, in a hushed and proud voice. "Thoy show a model, perfect farm which is tho ono upon which we live nnd they show how chickens should be treated as we're treated and how handsome we aro 1 There aro different scenes about us. Wo walk up through tho yard from all the hen coops and we are seen eating and strolling about" "Oh," said Miss Whlto Chicken, "that Is wonderful I I've always longed to bo In tho movies. They say that so many great ladies nre In the movies and that they get so rich and so fnm ous." "Now, now, Miss Whlto Chicken, a step nt a time," said Master White Chicken. "You'ro not a lady, but a Miss Chicken, but you havo acted for tho movies and so you'ro famous; wo all are. And we're rich as we live on a 'model, perfect farm I" And there was great rejoicing when all tho heis, roosters nnd chickens heard the good news I Wasted Energy. Aunt Emllle Alan, Isn't that your mother calling you? Small Alan Yes, ma'am. Aunt Emllle Then why don't you answer her? Small Alan What's Urn use7 ain't home. Pa (Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.) NO WHEATLESS BAN ON SHORTCAKE But Don't Forget That Conssrvatlon Calls for a Cake That la Short on Wheat SHORTCAKE MADE OF SUBSTITUTE Favored Dessert Not to Be De nied Us Even In This Year of Wheatless Meals'. SEVERAL EXCELLENT RECIPES After Strawberries Hav Passed Uso Raspberries, Blackberries, Stoned Cherries, Sliced Peaches, Bananas, Etc . Hero Is a word to cheer tho men. Shortcake, the dessert that ranks with pie In mnscullno favor, is not denied us, even in this year of wheatless meals. Tho conservation program and shortenko aro not Incompatible, pro vided the "cake" Is made of tho wheat substitutes. Here are somo good ones, nil of them wheatless. Try oho of them tho next tlmo you servo straw berries or raspberries. After tho strawberry ecason make shortcakes with raspberries, blackber ries, stoned cherries, blueberries, sliced peaches, sliced bananas, etc. Thcro nro two types of crust for shortenko that peoplo like, ono made liko biscuits nnd unsweetened, tho other like plain sweet cake. Each kind has Its advocates. Shortcake Without Wheat Flour. Those who like shortcako mado from n rich, unsweetened biscuit dough, baked in a sheet split nnd buttered while hot nnd with a thick layer of the crushed or sliced berries sweet ened and placed between the layers of crust and on top, will like these short cakes. Co n-Flour Shortcake. 2 cupfuls of corn 1 teaspoonful salt. uour. 4 tamespoo fi tenspoonfuls of shortening. 4 tablespoonfuls of shortening. baking powder. 2-8 cupful milk. Mix and bake In two lnycr-cako pans. Split nnd butter nnd put in tho filling of berries or other fruit Tho corn flour makes a crisp cake of lino flavor. Rolled Oats or Barley-Flour Shortcake. Rolled oats ground through tho food chopper nnd mixed with corn flour also makes n good shortcake. In tho above recipe use, In place of two cup fuls of corn flour, ono cupful of corn Hour nnd 1 cupfuls of ground rolled oats. Or, if you havo barley flour, use 1 cupfuls of barley flour in place of one cupful of corn flour. Tho differ ence in measurements Is duo to tho difference In weight of these flour sub stitutes. Rice-Flour Shortcake. This is similar to a muffin mixture, ft baked in n sheet, it also makes a good shortcake. 1J cupfuls of rlco 1 toftBpoonful salt Hour. 2 ecirR. 3 teaspoonfuls bak- 4 tablespoonfuls fat ins powaor. 1 cupiut nunc, Mix as for muffins. Thoso Who prefer a cako founda tion for their shortcako will find that n spongo cake made from substitute flours makes a good one. Rico and potnto flours aro especially well adapt ed to spongo cakes; corn flour nnd bar- Icy flour also make good ones. 8ponge Shortcake. S ores (yolks and VA tcaspoonfuls of wnnoB ueaien uaKing powaor, iGDnratoly). Flour: 54 cupful sugar. cupful potato 1 tablojpoonful hot flour, or cup- water, rui rice nour, or 2 teaspoonfuls lem- 1 scant cupful on Juice. corn Hour, or 1 teaspoonful salt, cupfuls barley nour. Beat yolks until thick nnd lemon colored, then heat In sugar, add water and lemon Juice, then fold In tho stiff ly beaten whites. Add tho dry Ingre dients that havo been sifted together. Bake in thin layers 4ind place the fresh fruit between. Try the wheat substitute shortcakes I You will bo glad that you do not need to sny good-by to this favorlto dessert ercn In war time. Potato Flour Made at Home. Wheat flour must bo saved and many of tho substitute flours aro high priced. You cuu mako potato flour at home und It is Just as useful u wheat substitute as many of tho moro ex pensive commercial flc-urs. In addition to saving flour it saves potatoes that might otherwise bo wasted. Potatoes do not keep indefi nitely, and annually ninny old potatoes aro allowed io sprout In the cellars and nre ultimately thrown away. The potato flour which can bo mado from them keeps well, so by taking tlmo by the forelock nnd making the surplus stock of old potatoes Into flour beforo they spoil you avoid tho waste of valu able fond material. How to Make Potato Flour. It Is easy to mako U10 potato flour. Wash tho potatoes, boll until tender, nnd remove tho skins. Force, while 'itill hot, through n potnto rlcer on to drying trays. Theso trays may bo mado of slats of wood covered with cloth or wire screening held in wooden frames; indeed, nny tray thnt will let tho air circulate freely from under neath as well us around tho tray may be used. Clean cheesecloth should bo spread over It beforo rlclng tho pota toes on tho tray. Flaco the loaded trays In the blast of air from nn elec tric fan, if you hnVe one, or In a warm oven with tho door ajar. When com pletely dry, grind to tho desired fine ness In n hand mill such ns Is found In many homes for grinding homo-grown grain. A coffee mill may bo used, or a food chopper, using tho nut knife. If theso do not grind flno enough, rolling with n rolling pin und sifting several times will help. It takes three pounds of unpcclcd potatoes to mako a little over half a pound of potato flour, bo if you have to buy potatoes you should reckon costs carefully. If you havo potatoes that will go to waste otherwise, save them in the form of potato flour. You can uso cither the commercial potato flour or tho homemade product to greatly reduce tho use of wheat flour In cakes, cookies and breads. A few recipes for the use of potato flour nro given below. Barley and Potato-Flour Muffins. 1 cunful milk. 194 cunfula barley 1 egg-. flour. 1 tauicspoonful of cupful of potato shortening. flour. 1 tablespoonful of 1 teaspoonful salt corn sirup. 4 leaspoonruia nos ing powaer. Chocolate Cake. 'i cunful of fat U cuDful milk. 3 tablespoonfuls of 2 eggs, sugar, 1H cupfuls potato 1 cupful of corn flour. sirup. 4 teoBpoonfuls bfilt- 2 squares of choc- Ins powder. oiaie. ft toaspooniui sail. Cream fat nnd sugar; beat in corn simp, melted chocolate, and yolk of eggs. Sift dry ingredients together and udd alternately with tho milk. Fold In stiffly bentcu whites. Bake in loaf or In layers. Tho finely ground flour makes the best product. Fotnto starch may be used In placo of potato flour, If ono prefers. Sponge Cake. 4 eggs. Vi teaspoonful salt cupful sugar, 1 teaspoonful bak 1 tablespoonful of ing powder. lemon juice. cupful of potato Hind of Vi lemon, flour. Beat yolks until light nnd lemon colored; add sugar gradually and con--tlnuo boating. Add lemon Juice, rlud, und. whites of eggs beaten until stiff. Fold In flour that has been sifted with tho salt Buko In n loaf, or a pan with n stem, for one hour in n slow oven. Cleanliness In Canning. Tho first essential for com- plete sterilUntlon with the use t of cither tho hot-water canncr or the steam-pressure outfit, eays the United States depart- ment of agrlculturo, Is absolute U cleanliness In surroundings and In nil utensils used in canning. Tables should be well cleaned g and may ho covered with white oilcloth. Garbago cans must bo -d provided to hold peelings nnd other refuse. To nllow these to . fall upon the ground to decay near tho place of canning will j result In production of spores which will rise in dust and in- ( feet the material being canned. For Rural Women In Town. Women's rest rooms may becorao centers for various community activ ities. From tho establishment of one ut Grand Junction, Colo., has dovcl opened a rural civic library of 150 books, n woman's exchange, n labor and commodity exchange conducted by menus of a bulletin board, and n restaurant where light lunches aro served from 10 n. m. to 0 p. m. Thirty-live people may cccammodateu at one time.
