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^The Frontier D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Postoffice at O’N Nebraska, as Second Class Matter. One Year, in Nebraska-$2.00 One Year, outside Nebraska 2.25 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if pub lisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between pub lisher and subscriber. Distplay advertising is charged for on a basis of 25c an inch (one column wide) per week. Want ads 10c per line, first insertion, sub sequent insertions, 5c per line. THE NEBRASKA SCENE By the Lowell Service The first session of the unicam eral legislature has been intimately discussed in the recent report of the Nebraska Federation of County Taypayers leagues. Praise for the new system really predominates over adverse criti cisms. The summary states that it is the unanimous opinion of the members of the Federation who observed the session that “this first one house venture was preeminent ly a success as compared with any record made by a bicameral legis lature.” The personnel of the legislature was commended. Methods of deal ing with taxation problems and the expenditure of money were en dorsed. The report notes the al most total absence of “radicalism, flighty, wasteful, experimentation, vindicative prejudice and shake down bills.” It is urged that the membership be increased from 43 to 75 or 100 for the reason that the members form close friendships which may effect the fate of bills. The activity of “lobbyists on the public payroll” is condemned. State and county officials arc included in this list; also the heads of state institutions. Several features of the one house body are not discussed in the re port. The federation fails to note the number of employees—prac tically one employee for each mem ber. The increase in the number of bureaus and commissions is passed over without comment. So far the legislatvie council has not made much progress. The old division between the radicals and the conservatives made itB appear ance at the first session. There is no denying the fact that the con servatives predominate in the legis lature. Because of this division of opinion, it was impossible for,, the council to choose a direction Harry Grimminger, a Grand Is land attorney, has been appointed by Attorney General Hunter to fill the vacancy on his staff left by the resignation of Milton C. Murphy ; as assistant attorney general so i that he could go into private prac ) tice at North Platte. Grimminger, I who is married and has tiro child 1 ren, has 'practiced law in Grand * Island ever since his graduation f from the law college of the Univcr t sity of Nebraska in 1927.. For the t last two years he has been chair man of the Hall county democratic t central committee, and he Is vice t president of the Nebraska Federa c tion of County Taxpayers’ leagues. * His salary will be $;i,60<) a year. ■_.___.__ "Cross View of Life" k That's what some critics say oi a new book which exploits one or two unusual characters. But the real cross-section ol life is iound among the ad pages of this newspaper. Here are folks who are build ing, furnishing and keeping homes. They are feeding, cloth ing and training children. Homes, homefolks and home children give us the true picture. The folks who read our ads are planning for a better tomorrow. A better tomorrow for them means a better tomorrow for our advertisers ... and they will be alive when a new book Is dis placed by some other sensation. Aditorial by A special division has been cre ated in the state employment ser vice, according to Harry Bane, di rector, whereby the placement of teachers will be conducted on a state-wide basis, without charge either to teacher or school board. Heretofore the placement of teach ers has been conducted in the same way as that of salesmen, steno graphers, or any others seeking employment. The new division will be centralized under the supervis ion of B. E. Ogden. L. B. Stiner, Hastings attorney, has been appointed by Governor R. L. Cochran to fill the vacancy on the state planning board made by the rsignation of Henry Smith, Hastings newspaper man, on ac count of ill health. J. L. Cleary, Grand Island attorney, was also appointed to the board to take the place of John L. Morehead of Falls City, former governor, who has in dicated that he would prefer not to serve. A blanket rate raise is asked by all railroads of the state railway commission. On November 5 the railroads filed an application with the Interstate commerce commis sion for a 15 per cent raise on rates on all commodities except*coal and steel and those governed by truck competition, and this will be heard November 29. The state commis sion is asked for authority to in crease intra-state freight rates in accordance with whatever increases are granted by the ICC. A revenue increase in Nebraska of about $8,(500,000 for the railroads is pos sible if both state and interstate commissions grant the desired 15 per cent increase. The United Artichoke company of Gering has secured a permit from the state board of securities to sell stock amounting to $87,000. Provision is made in the order that the money from the sale of stock must be spent for equipment to process the crop of artichokes from .10,000 acres in tl^e North Platte valley. Oscar Kremz is president and A. F. Meyers secretary of the new company. L. A. White, state farm security advisory director, has announced the appointment of the following Nebraskans as members of the state farm security advisory com mittee: Herman Hanke, Ithaca, chairman; W. H. Brokaw and J. E. Lawrence of Lincoln; Frank Rob inson, Kearney; S. K. Warrick, Scottsbluff; Itollie W. Ley, Wayne; Clay Stork, Tekamah; T. J. Nea lon, Greeley, and C. Y. Thompson, West Point. This committee, which is to assist in the administration of the Bankhead-Jones farm tenant act, which deals with loans to ten ants for the purchase of farms over a lon^-time period, will also recommend what counties shall lake part in the tenant loan pro gram this year and will help in the selection of county committees to be composed of three farmer members. An increase of from $7,000 to $17,000 annually within the last few years is reported by A. L. Haecker, state dairy bureau chief, in state revenue (derived from the inspection of patented manufac tured feed. The great increase in the use of such feeds is attributed to the recent drouth years. Pro blems of inspection were discussed at the annual conference of mid western dairy, food, drug and feed inspection officers, held at Kansas City last week, which was attended by Mr. Haecker and State Chemist R. B. Williard. State Superintendent Charles W. Taylor has ruled, in regard to the new teachers’ certification law, which goes into effect Sept, 1, 1938, that any holder of a Nebraska elementary certificate at the time of election is eligible to hold the office of county superintendent. He holds that only persons who do not have such certificates will be re quired to have masters’ degrees before they can qualify for this office. After a season of experimenta tion, State Seed Analyst R. C. Kinch of Lincoln, declares that by the use of chemicals bindweed can be killed out of lawns without harm to blue grass. It can be done eco nomically in one summer, he ela:ms, by the use of sodium chlorate, which can be bought at drug stores for about nine cents a pound, and a pound, scattered evenly by hand, will kill the bindweed on a square rod of ground. After the applica tion of the sodium chlorate, the lawn should be soaked with a sprinkler for about five hours, so that the powder will be carried down to the roots. For individual bindweed plants, a half-teaspoon ful of sodium chlorate to a plant I will do the work, according to Mr. Kinrh, and he recommends beginn ing the work this fall. Representatives of the following countries have Visited the Nebras ka state capitol building during the last month and have signed the visitors’ register there: Russia, China, Japan Czechoslovakia, Can ada, Germany, New Zealand and Australia. Visitors from almost every state in the nation have also signed the guestbook. Many, of course, have gone thru without registering. T. H. Blank of Franklin declares that he is for irrigation, although its results fairly take his breath away. He got 200 bushels of tur nips and 100 bushels of potatoes off one-half acre of irrigated ground, and some of the turnips weighed as much as six pounds. A Chicago friend of ours visiting in Shanghi, says that the daily machine gunning around there makes him feel right at home. Maybe if the Japs grab off the western half of Siberia they will be so busy settling it they will forget about us for the next century. Across The Kitchen Table with Blanche Pease MMMMmmmm . , . cranberries, eh ? Did you ever stop to think about them—here they grow—and how long people have been eating them ? They have an interesting history. Cranberries were once called crane-berries because their blossoms are shaped like a crane’s neck and head. Long ago the early colonists of Massachusetts sent ten barrels of cranberries across the seas as a gift to their soverign, Charles the second. That was nearly 300 years ago! Indians had gathered these cran berries for perhaps centuries be fore the white man came. Cran berries are chiefly grown in Massa chusetts, New Jersey and Wiscon sin. They flourish in rich low lying land, and demand a great deal of water. They must be protected during the winter—and before heavy frosts come they are flooded with water. When freezing weath er comes the vines lie silent, be neath a blanket of ice. With the arrival of spring, the fields are drained, and the vines begin to shoot new greenery. Pink waxen blossoms appear, followed by the tiny berries. During July and August, the berries bask in sun light. They ripen from green to a creamy white, from creamy white to coral pink. At last they'are ruby red, and the pickers move into the fields. Remember the snowy white table at Grandmas, with all the leaves put in? Grandma brought out the cut glass bowl and the cranberry sauce sat there in its rich, red glory. You ate it only at Thanks giving and Christmas, or some other very special occasion. Now with the ruby red of cran berries in the bins at your grocers every day, you may serve this ver satile fruit often, and delight your family and guests. I)o you know how to prepare cranberry sauce so that it is really at its best? Ten Minute Cranberry Sauce 4 cups cranberries, 2 cups water, 16 to 2 cups sugar. Boil the sugar and water together 5 minutes; add cranberries and boil without stir ring (5 minutes is usually suftici ent) until all the skins pop open. Remove from the fire when the popping stops, and allow' the sauce to remain in vessel undisturbed until cool. If you wish a thinner sauce, simply bring the water and sugar to a boil and add the cranberries, letting them cook until they stop popping. You can put cranberry sauce up in sterilized jars, pour ing the sauce into the jars and sealing tightly. Keep in a cool dark place, ready for future use. Cranberry Shortcake 2 cups flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 2% table spoons shortening, 1 cup milk or water, ten minute cranberry sauce, and 1 lto2 teaspoons melted butter. Sift flour, salt and baking pow der together; cut in shortening with a knife; add liquid. Roll on slightly floured board; cut to make two layers for cake pans. Place one layer in pan, spread with melted butter; cover w’ith other layer and bake in hot oven 15 to 20 minutes. Separate. While hot, place cranberry sauce between and on top. Serve hot with plain or whipped cream. Cranberry Tapioca % cup quick cooking tapioca, 1 and one-third cups boiling water, *4 teaspoon salt, 1 cup ten minute cranberry sauce, 1 cup whipped cream, 2 tablespoons orange juice and 1 teaspoon grated orange rind. Drop the tapioca into boiling salted water. Cook in double boiler fifteen minutes, stirring occasion ally. When cold, add cranberry sauce, orange rind and juice. Last ly fold in the whipped cream. Pour into glasses, chill and top with whipped cream. What an attractive plant you have in the south window. Have you ever planted the seeds from lemons and treated them just as you would house plants? Pm told they grow into attractive plants and that the leaves may be used for flavoring in cakes and such. It might be an interesting experiment. One of the fairy like memories of my childhood was an episode deal ing with a turnip. I made a hang ing plant basket. A friend had told me how—but I was skeptical. I didn’t think it could be done. To prove it couldn’t, I tried it. I cut a large turnip in two and saved the top part. I hollowed it out with a knife and made a cavity to hold a bit of moss. In this I planted a grapefruit seed. It was hung in the sun, and soon sent out green young leaves, which curled about and looked so nice, I was so de lighted. I forgot that I had been sure it couldn’t be done. Mother once made some sort of plant from a carrot, but I forget just how it was done. I have heard that sweet potatoes will grow into delightful glossy, green house plants. Per haps some of my readers will want to try it. I cannot vouch for it however. Christmas draws closer. Soon be time to be baking fruit cakes for the Yuletide season. Use round coffee tins to bake them in, first lining them with heavy wrapping paper. After baking and cooling the cakes, put them back in the tins to be stored uptil the holidays. Fill the space at the top with sliced apples and put the lid on tight. The apples add moisture. When ready to present the cakes, wrap them in waxed paper and re place in the cans. The cans may be covered with holiday paper and tied with cellophane. Here is the recipe which I use: Holiday Fruit Cake Cream one pound of butter and add 2 cups of sugar. Whip until light and add two tablespoons of SANTA CLAUS Coming to Town! Everything Is On Display! And, we invite you to come in and inspect our complete line of TOY, GIFTS, BOOKS, GAMES, CANDIES, in fact everything that would make a suitable gift for the young or old. lemon juice. Cut in small pieces "the following fruits: *4 pound white raisins, 14 pound candied pineapple, !4 pound candied cher ries, 1 pound figs, one pound dates and 14 pound prunes. Mix with 1 pound spiced small gum drops and 14 pound mixed nut meats. Add 1 cup flour to the mixture. Add 2 squares of melted chocolate to the creamed mixture. Sift togeth er 3 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and 14 teaspoon mace, and 14 tea spoon each of nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Add alternately with 12 eggs to the mixture in this manner: Beat 3 minutes after the addition of each whole egg. Fold in the fruit last and then add 14 cup of grape juice as final ingredient. Mix thoroughly. Pour in the round tins which have been lined with greased wrapping paper. I start the cakes in a cold oven and bring the oven slowly to 275 degrees. Bake about 3 hours. The first hour put the containers in water. I do think flower seeds make ideal Christmas greetings. Once I received some with this greeting: "We’re just tiny home-grown seeds, The catalogs won’t miss us, But for the one who gathered us, We wish you Merry Christmas!” Maybe you’d better be getting your flower seeds lined up, look over the bulbs and plants and begin to decide what flower lovers you’re going to delight this year. I’ve enjoyed visiting with you a lot. Rather a one-sided visit for I’ve always so much to say. But you may have your turn if you like. Write to Mrs. Blanche Pease, Atkin son, Nebr., and talk about anything you like. Tell me what you’d like me to discuss across the kitchen table. Yes, indeed! I do mean you! BRIEFLY STATED Miss Madelyne Hynes, a student at St. Mary’s, is ill with pneumonia at the home of her parents north of town. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. O’Donnell re turned Monday evening from a weeks businss and pleasure trip to Omaha. H. J. Birmingham left last Sat urday for a short business trip to Chicago. He returned home Wed nesday. W. J. Froelich came out from Chicago Wednesday afternoon to spend the Thanksgiving holidays with the home folks. Miss Nancy Dickson came up from Norfolk Wednesday after noon to spend the Thanksgiving vacation with the home folks. Mother Cherebin, of St. Mary’s academy, and another sister left Saturday for a short visit at Minot, North Dakota. She returned Wed nesday afternoon. The ladies of the Presbyterian Guild will meet Thursday, Dec. 2, at the home of Mrs. Clara Miles, with Mrs. Melena, Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Tomlinson as assisting hostesses. Jack Vincent drove to Lincoln Tuesday morning to bring his son. Jack, home for the Thanksgiving holidays. Jack is attending the state university. They returned home Wednesday. Jack Arbuthnot was in Omaha last Sunday and attended the Creighton-Detroit game. The game came out wrong for Jack to thoroughly enjoy it as Detroit smothered the Creighton Blue Jays. He returned home Sunday night. Nothwithstanding the scarcity of hogs in the country theh hog mar ket still continues to slump. Busi ness, according to all statistics, is also slumping. The boasted pros perity does not seem to have ar rived. _ Martin Venert of Clearwater, was in the city Tuesday and spent a portion of the day visiting his old time friend, Lod Janousek. Lod and Mr. Venert were boys together down in Butler county. COMING HERE FROM TAILORING HEADQUARTERS representative of CHICAGO our nationally known tailors will be here to assist us in a special display of the newest Autumn and Winter Woolens for tailored-to-order clothes for men. Patterns will be shown in the piece. Quality tailoring. Moderate prices. An excellent opportunity to provide for all your clouting requirements. Note the date and call early! At Reduced Prices! Tuesday, Nov. 30 W. H. HARTY_30^ "You’ll be ahead In all ways with a NEW 1938 CHEVROLET!” i You’ll be ahead in the great A things you get—You’ll be I ahead in the small price ■ you pay! "I Lull ^ X0 mmmmssa Take a good long look at the smart, modern, distinctive lines of the new 1938 Chevrolet; count the many exclusive advanced features this beautiful car brings to you; and you'll know you'll be ahead teith a Chevrolet! It’s the car that is complete, and that means it’s the only low-priced car combining all the modern features listed at the right. See it at your Chevrolet dealer’s—today! CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION. General Motor, Sale, Corporation DETROIT, MICHIGAN •ON MASTER DE LUXE MODELS ONLY Miller Bros. Chevrolet Co. “Chevrolet Dealers Over 22 Years” Phone 100 O’Neill, Nebraska