Canning Summer Corn for Winter Gustability
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HIIItASKA I en ils ninny (if the oldor
plates in canning fin tory Industry
Without blare i f trumpets or boa'
nig of c itilal.H. enterprises of this char
aetcr have sprung up from time to time
in various pariH nf tin- state until the
canning fartury whittle Is now rolled upon
us a Mandard timepiece all I lit way from
Key. i I'aha to Duiuly ami from Scott's til it 1 r
to Otoe.
Nebraska being pre-eminently a corn
slate It Is very natural that corn Is the
hlcf pmliiH of the canning factory. Iliii
In' tomato output In hy no dualist an In
hlgnilli ant factor In local commerce ami
other vegetables rocilve attention as well
Uka.tsas ami Missouri may can the pcaiho
i ho pent, the apples ami the berries, lill
N'ebruska plus faith to the soldi a If I
comes out winner hands down. Sunn can
nllig lactorlt.. have, of course. proved uu
prolltable, hut I lie same may he t-nld o
many other lines of buslnci-s.
Tho cunning factory of a ih..'U yen''
ago m: a crude Insllliillnn compaied with
the factory of today. New wrinkles lo
niaehliiery have liceu iiitrodueeil, labor sav
nig devices have In en brought forward, ca
paclly has bum greatly Increased and In a
hundred ways the canning business ha
bet 11 imptovcil, until It is now one of 1 h
loading Industries of the country.
Time was when tho farmer woman
chipped her corn from the 10I1 along in h
aiituinii and spread It out on a big tablecloth
to dry. !n this way It was preserved for
winter, only a little cooking In a slew
1 1.1 1 1 being necessary to render It ready for
1 he table. Hut that method compares with
iho present method about like an ox tuim
wimon shows up alongside of an niitomolille
Who I llie I'lit'tni'v In I. !!..
Koine canning faotorlis are bigger than
oihers, of con ie, hut tho one at lllair, this
stale, may he taken as a repieseutatlv
type, as these factories go In Nebraska
The process Is practically the Maine every
where. The buildings consist of a husking
(hod, can and box house, kitchen or cook
101. in, limine ami wan house, besides nil
inert uu minor nooks and corn is all mule
to f ami covering nearlv two aires A
foil) hirso power engine makes the wheels
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go iound. The waier t onsumpt u u during
the busy season amouiils 10 ileal ly 100,00
galli us per week ("urn 1 bought by th
ton under contract with fanners n ordi
tiarily well cUlppil tunning establishment
will handlo from 17,"i to 1:110 tons of corn
per ilny. The output of the lllair factorv
for U'OM was 'J.OUU.uilO cans of two pound
null. Other factories went higher, home
lower, 30 that this limine is piob.ibly a
good average
The torn Is dtlttered b fanners Just
men art) employed
workers receive
Wanes run all tho
C- I hi- day on this
lii:.MO TIIH SII.K I'ltO.M OltN l'..l I It TO ( NMMi
as It glows 011 the stalks no nusklng. It
Is ilumped into tho shctls where from
:00 to ::ou boys and
ill husking. These
l"a cents tier bushel.
way ti-om ;!0 cents to
Job all coal Indent upon the skill of the
buskers. After tho corn Is husked, It Is
thrown oil tables, oil eatdi side of which
stand from twenty to forty women whose
duty It Is to trim out all of tho bad spots
Having been "culled," the corn Is dumped
Into an t levator Hough which Is 1 If t oil by
an onilln-s chain system. II goes to tho
lop of th' building, whole II is passed
through th' cutting machines, of wlilih a
woll-oiiilpped fin tory is suppiiHul to have
l i e. in eight to leu. I'tilty-lhe bushels oai h
per hour is I he rapacity of each of thesi
miniums. 'I wo n 11:11. 11 are n quired as
ipeiaiors for each machine. Iron troughs
lead the torn lo another department known
as the sllMlig machines. Those machines
remove tvery particle of silk and cobs.
Some people might throw the cutis away,
hut the canning factory manager says nay.
lie thinks it hettir to rick them up ami
ihaige ill cents a load for them, ami he
dnisn't have any illlllctilty III gelling It
eilher. Tho mall who ale husks with the
swine, were ho living in this ago, might ho
pleased to know that oven husks bring '.."1
cents pit' wagon load, and It doesn't take
so very many to make a load.
t'niiiiliiu mill ( ouMim.
Leaving iho sllkors, the coin is curried
lo the canning machines. Here, sweotone I
water ami sail, the only condiments ustd.
are added lo the corn. No chemicals enter
liiio the process, It Is said. After the corn
has lain hueeliiiul ami Halted It is dlslrlh
mid into automatic tilling machines Tin
soldering machines ale also automatic
livery tan Is Inspected and all defoetlve
soldering Is reliirnid for repairs. Tho cans
etc 111 l placed in rooking retorts, wiii-ii
they aie subecti'd to a pressure of lift ecu
pounds ami ".".11 degrees of heat for nearly
two la ins, the time varying somewhat w
iiig to the 1 iimlltli 11 of the corn. I'rom t lu
ll 1 011 si the cans go lo the cooling vats
whli h aie 111 ltil with running wat.'r. Half
an hour in the vats, and the cans are sent
to the warehouse, where they art) plltd
up In rows reaching tu the celling. None
of the 1 01 11 is parked for shipment short of
two Weeks alter it has been placed ill the
AFTKIl Till COUN LH.W US Till': it'll
waiehoiisc thus giving time for an Imper- comes In oouliu 1 with the oru Is scrubbed
feitiins to iliudop Labels are pin in place b sleain imr) nigh)
l an ail'oiuaiii in, h Iiiiio In many respoi Is the u nialo canning
Many of the Nebraska canning factories process Is similar to that of 1 orti Iho chief
op' rate their own el.tiiio light pluts, all. I lllleicnre of coiiise being that in running
there is a tuei haiih in process by which tho tomatoes, uuichlucn for paring takes the
machinery run pail til1 It that actually place of (lit silking and husking process
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(llOKINt, TH I', (
Timely Gossip Concerning People Now Before the Public
Hi: NAM I! mid h. me 1 1' John (i
Ml I burn if llutl.ilo will ever ho as-
r.ocdatcd with tho tragedy and death
of I'lcHldint M Kitiley In his ca
pacity as proshl 111 if tli t'.i it - tin rit . 11
t xposltlop Mr. .M 1 1 1 iu 1 n bciaiiio the Inst of
.the presidential family. To the Mllhiiru
home the wounded prtsldetu was l.ik. 11 mil
limit r Its shell ring roof he suifercd and
passed away.
Mr. Mllbuin is an Kiigllnhimiu hy biiih.
nil Amerliiin by choice and tlililv- wo yn'irs
resilience, lie Is P0 ytars of 11 1 . a glvit
physically and Intelligently ai.d a Kontleman
always. Ho Is six feel tall, vi 11 pripo -tloned,
with broad, regular featurs and th'
Impress of character nnd dolt rinlnatlon
ilpjn evuy line. IUj liuililier l pliamiut
and coidlal nlways, with a s ylo of mndir
and deliberation that adds much to tus
force as a speaker, whether in ser.ous argu
ment or In llghttr vein. As 11 public
speaker ho hat 1 njoyed great populitrlty for
cars and Is m-ii'illy chose 11 for the must
consph units duties if this chiiiartor at all
Impcrtatit all'alis in llulfaln
In iiolitic s he Is an old-stvle detnoi rat and
supported MoKlnloy earh time ho was a
t andldate against William J Ilryan Hut he
has nevtr Miiight or a' eept d polin .il hon
ors. Tlltie has never hot 11 a tinn- ill t'-n
years past when John (!. Milhuru mi hi not
honor of a lolltleal
or 1 unn 1 mild h im
wllhinit ambition in
have hail alnust any
1 harai lor Unit the 1 H
given, bill he seems
that direction.
Never but i. lice sllli e Ills coming to Amer
It 11 has Mr. Milburn had his resilience out
side of western Now York. Shortly aftt r
being 11 1 1 in 1 1 1 tot to the bar he went to Den
ver, Colo., where ho formed a law partner
ship with I'liltod Slates Senator l-Mwntd o.
Wolcott, hut he did not like iho west an 1
after a year's residence in Denver returned
to llulfalo. where ho hns since lived.
Like their father, Ills sous are big, manly
fellows, and in the last year Hie newspapon
of the I'ulted Slates have told some grati
fying things about the achievements of th
Milburn boys In tho athletic contests at old
Oxford. The good work of his boys Is a
matter of considerable gratification to Mr.
Milburn. and added to his pride as a father
Is also the prldo that his boys are Amerl
1 ans and as such have won their laurels.
Mrs Milburn is a woman of the kindliest
disposition ami has mo- li of her husband s
Miirdlniss of ihtiiaiit-r They have three
Mia-. John (icoigc, Jr. and Down i., whi
are 111 oxford 11111 - 1 n i: 11 u I a 11 I . ami
Italph. who is much ycmnvi-r The Millniin
hum. is slluatid In one 1 f tho no si delight
ful sections of I lit It 11 1 . in a broad avonii",
where the morning sun ami th' flesh air
I11 in the park reach It unobstructed, ami In
all the laud the unfortunate prcsldi'in inuld
no! have fallen In n spot where his every
need would have been more carefully sup
Plltd.
Hubert Siencer, the great Hiiglihh soiiol-iigit-t
ami ptilli.sopher, Is fund of a game of
blllliirds He recently Invltul a young
friend to a friendly game and as he
chalked his euo observed "Young man.
Miod billiard playing Is the pioiif if a well
balanced mind." The game proceeded ami
Mr. Spencer was beaien by a wore of lim
to ,'IS. Ho put away his cue in dlegust and
remarked "Young man, such lino billiard
playing as youis Is the proof of an Ill
spent youth."
Sir Michael lllcks-llearh's succesislon to
Hie fathershlp of the Itrltlsh House of ('1 m
moiis has once again brought Into promt
in nee that fin 1 litle known perhaps, that
th - peer who 1 11 Joy h a -miliar distinction
in the ill p I' In use Is Hi tail it T Mor
mon', who tpiite Ict-ciilU 1 I1I1 red lis
1 Igli'y-lltst ycai. and wh , dlllo nil ihoi.ga
It may he to htllcvo, hu -. I . I In- fmli 1 in
the year III which the late ipn in a-cc tided
tho llirtiiio, taking his s. at mnn- live yeais
lattr 011 the ury day It Mowing the attain
ment of his majority.
Major Henry llralnonl, who was one of
tho (ireely paity lo the Arctic legions and
has Just ti'iiiini'd from the I'lillipplm s, ve
iled llulfalo last week to s specially the
Lskliuo village Ho say that all tho Cicely
patty who won leseued by the ship under
command of commander, m w admiral.
Schley, 1SSI, still live They are, besides
ticncntl (Ireely. Iliallicril, lb idi-lbec-k, foil-
nel, l''it'doilcks '11111 Lung.
Vol long ago Joseph ('hatnheiialii lefused.
with that llimni'Hj, not to sav ohstluaev,
Hint Is so irritating to the Inquiring mind,
to discuss th" war with Mis (ieorgo Oorn
wallls West. "I see," she t-ald. Hweillv.
"you piefir to diseii-H vour Imllsci el b tu
In pulille " Not long after the c olim 1 1 1
sotntiirv nuide Honii' tatlur n asi- n
matk about the political activity nf cor
am woiio 11 aodii.g tl.al he 1011I1I not umlor
stiuiil win 11.01l. an women, who kepi out
of politu, at homo, overwhelmed us In
Ihiglanl "Ah." said Mrs. t'ornwallls West
mini i-iitly. "Amoilciin men ate too inlel
ligi iit to m i d iiur odiiiatlng liilliteuco."
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The n pular king of Portugal Is essen
tially a man of pleasure, but not in the
Kense thai convoys illscicilit. lit) Is p
lllsl-ibiHs tenuis playt r ami an euthlisi
astir ym htsmnii, ho has sumothiug of the
prince of Monaco's apt 11 elation tor Hie
wondeiH of t In sin and Is a collector if
many Interesting 1 urinBlilos from Its
depths lie Is repined to ho 1 no of tho best
hIioIh In l-Iutope, tnii,iy deadly In his
aim with illle or shotgun and able to hit
birds in II. glil with a illle bullet. He Is an
at 1 1st 1 f no small scope.
The Palestine t'l'ex J chapter of the
DaitghieiH of the Confederacy Is raising
funds for a moniimi tit to John II. Itcagan,
the surviving member of the ccufeileraie
cabinet. A Kite has leoli gtatileil hy the
oily Miumil at the Inleihotiloii of two of
the principal sin its and the iiioniimont
will pr tialiU In a fountain with a hron.i
statue of the h t II 1 1 K M ill 1 1