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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1917)
12 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1917 U(ome Scovomcs J&epartme7)& Ttf Gem -)amesHc (Science JDepetvtments naiting rowaers. i n i -; Something over hal.f a century ago a commercial firm in Boston con ceived the idea of putting on the mar ket a new product to replace the bak ing oda and cream of tartar the housewife of that day used for her baking. The product was very sim ple, merely, an accurate proportion of the two ingredients named, plus a lit tle starch or "filler" to keep the ma- Ask for and bft g Skinners THE HIGHEST QUALITY , SPAGHETTI 36 Ittdft Boot Frtt SX1NHERMFG.C0L OMAHA, USA tMHR MMMOM HCTWIf III aMUICA Why pay high prices for an inferior grade of grocer iec , and meats when you can buy the highest quality , for low prices at the Washington Market. y ' Specials for Saturday i ' . MEATS Fmh Dressed Springs or Hena, per lb., t 22V4 Extra Fancy Spring Lamb Forequarters, per lb., at. . . lSVc Eitra Fancy Spring Lamb Hlndquarti-re, - per lb., at ; 17e Choic Steer Rib Roast, per lb....l6ljc Choice Steer Shoulder Roast, per lb., at 12',c and lfte Choke Steer Shoulder Steak. lb....lftc Choice Steer Sirloin Steak, per lb.,,.70. Choice Btcor Round Steak, pr lb. .. .20c Young Veal Roast, per lb ...IBe Young Veal Stew or B remit, lb., 12l,c Young VfUrl Round Steak, lb 25c Sugar Cured Breakfaat Bacon, lb., 18Vc Kxtra Lean Break fait Bacon, K., 22c t AUTO DELIVERIES TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. Write for our monthly price liat, ' Mill orders promptly attended to. THE WASHINGTON MARKET The Bi.it sanitary and up-to-at. trocar? and meat aiarkst to tbt middle wast, Pkene Telsr 470 Connect. All DifU, ' 1407 Deuslss St, Omshi. PIG PORK LOINS, PER LB.V. 1. .'. .16c FRESH DRESSED CHICKENS, PER LB. Steer" Pot Rout, lb. . Steer Shoulder Stesk, Younf V.el Rout, lb ...Il',c ...isy, ...iiy,o ..14V,e . ...IS,t ...lav.. . ...S",o lb. Tounjr Veal Chop., lb.,.. Pi, Pork Ro.it, lb....... Pig Pork Butt., lb Mutton Ro.it, lb M utton Chop., lb . SUtr Rib Rout. lb... ... Spar. Rib., lb, . . . . . . is',c ...... 14V,. like .I4V.C PUBLIC MARKET ; - SUNDAY DESSERT ' ' A special pastry cook in your own kitchen couldn't create a more welcome dessert than the Grape Nut , Sunday Special we've provided for tomorrow. First quality Grape Nuts, mingled with richly If lavored Cardmel Ice Cream. There U alwrys Hardtnff ,-ama:V3ataaf' Jeaaaaaaat?' Alamito Dairy Never Has . Trouble )Vith Housewives , I . Our large yearly loss of milk bottles does not come through the i retail customer, but through the unscrupulous milk dealer, who fcj ' trades 'milk for bottles or buys thorn from boys, dishonest drivers I ; or junk dealers. Some of these dealers have even boasted that M . they bought bottles from our drivers, even though they knew the r, buyer, seller or trafficker of stolen property is liable to a fine of - X ':: , from one to ten dollars for every bottle bo trafficked in. That ia i the reason why a large percentage of the bottles in use in, Omaha f ! . are branded property of the Alamito Dairy Company. U Some milk men try to clean their skirts by. sayine that thev use Alamito bottles because they get mixed, it ia a fact that bottles occasionally do get into wrong hands through the fault of no one. But whenever we receive any bottles or cans that belong to some ' one else we give them back just as soon as we find the owner. - The milk men have a permanent invitation to come into our plant and see if there are any of their bottles there at any time, and if there are any take them away. ; All wo ask is that they give us the same invitation. I ' The retailer is helping to pay the loss on bottles. May we ask your . co-operation to stop this mis-use of 'private property. Alamito Sanitary Dairy Company 26th ana! Leavenworth Streets. w ,.,.v,; . . , v....,,.. ... , iaWst. Viala,, -jtraaW.'.-aSBPWiav rJTt lerot.. Ift&k. gtK.uKtinUKt' A MA, V i i --MaaMe. Central Co-Opertion. Readers are cordially invited to ask Miss Gross any questions about household economy upon which she may possibly give help ful advice; they are also invited to give suggestions from their expe rience that may be helpful to others' meeting the same problems. terials dry. This "yeast , powder," as it was called, appeared on the mar ket in small paper packets and sold for 50 cents per pound. By dint of much advertising it found a place in the household. i Because the cream of tartar used was an expensive substance chemists Degati to look about for cheaper sub stitutes and in 1867 Dr. Horsford suc ceeded in using an acid phosphate in place of the cream of tartar. Cream of tartar is a deposit that is obtained from wine casks and is later puri fied. The acid phosphates are some times obtained from grains. GROCERIES Beit Granulated Sugar, 14 lbs.... All brands Creamery Butter, lb. $1.00 Diamond C, Beat 'Em All or Swlft'a Pride Soap, 9 bare for. Washington's Best or Washburn-Crosby's Gold Metlal Flour, sack $2.35 Sunaet Flour, hgih patent, lack. .. .$2.15 Kamo Peas, can..,.,, 14c Karoo Corn, can i ...14c Large Thin Skinned Lemons, do. .,20e Sweet Navel Oranges, doien 15c Strictly Fresh Country Eggi, doien. .40c Fresh Tomatoes, per lb ..,25c Fresh Strawberries, box 50c Kxtra iLerge Iceberg Lettuce, head... 10c Fresh Crisp Ginger Snaps, lb.,,,.., 9c .1534c Extra Lean Reffular Hani, lb,...lSV, Sug-ar Cured Ham., lb rl Extra Lean Breakfaat Bacon, lb...21c Sugar Cured Bacon, lb 17V.c SPECIALS From 1 to p, at Country Sausage, par lb., at 8c From I to 10 a. m. Lamb Chop., lb, S Dellverlee to All Parta ol tha City. Mail Ord.r. Filled at Theee Price.. Phone Douglas 279 1 16U HARNEY STREET Ic& Creatfts Dealer clou by . "Tir- -.seaa' --rBa"" Douile.409. H 3(i$h tfchqol The last type of baking powder, the alum powder, was first sold in the late 70s. Since alum is cheaper than either of the other acids the result ing powder is cheaper, and all of our cheapest powders now are alum pow ders. In gejieral one can tell what kind of powder one is buying from the price. The cream of tartar pow ders cost about 50 cents a pound; the phosphate powders about 25 cents and the alum powders 15 to 25 cents. In addition to price indication the label always states the contents. The question of interest . to the housewife is the relation between price and quality. To begin with there is serious objection to the continued use of any baking powder in large quan tities, as, for example, in substituting baking powder for yeast in bread making. All baking powders, after acting chemically during baking to produce a gas which, leavens the dough leave in the material baked a substance which acts as a mild laxa tive. The continued use of a laxa tive is to be condemned, as it pro duces a tendency to constipation. In ordinary usage, however, this injuri ous effect scarcely results. T&l Your Deafer YouMwaysWant , ii m BEST GROWN -RIPE - FULL OF JUICE SPECIAL FREE OFFER Send us name of your retail grocer or fruiterer and we wll mall you. postpaid, our Booklet of Proven Grapefruit Recipes. Enclose twenty-five cents In coin and we will alaosend you, f postpaid, our patented HPNNILAND ORANGE AND GRAPE ' KBUIT PRRPARER. It removes seeds and properly prepare fruit for serving. Address J CHASE & CO., Dept. "l-M", Jacksonville, Florida, ii Economizing only at times is not thrift. Save and practice thrift every day. You can do it. THE BASKET STORES Orer 300 POTATOES 1 POTATOES t POTATOES t Yctt ihou'd m dur ffaia quality Idiho Nttd Gam, tha finMl potatoei grown or pack, ml .....59c Par huahal, at $2.33 Othari at, peck, 54c buahal $2.14 Lamoaa, Juicy kind, dosan 15c, 19c 0 lbs. Corn meal, whlta'or yellow 15c Tip Paacaka Flour, 4Vt lbs. 25c CLEANING MATERIAL Griff tn'a O K Broom 30c Tip Top r Crowa Broom 45c Bluhtf, Urge bottla 5c Diamond C Soap, 9 bars 26c Escal., Mko Ivorjr white floating soap, par bar n 4c Castfla Soap. Til, larfa bar 4c Pyramid Washing Powdor, 6c boa, 4c Mint House Cleanser, high grade cleanser at low price. per can 4c Toileteer, Ilka Saalflush, 15c can, for . 15c Saniflush, pTT'can , 31c Bon Ami, 10c cake Ac Gold Dust Washing Pawder, 25c pkg., for , 21c Sal Soda, 11 V, lbs., for 25c Glycerine Soap, 3 large bars 13c Olive Cream Soap, fine for tender akin, large 10c bar, ,7c Cedar Oil Polish, American Lad pensive advertising, SIAO 50c site., 30c 25c sise. . . . Wash Boards, blue enamel . . Wash Boards, sine Wash Boards, brass..,..,,, .0e .15c .35c .30c .47. Anotnor carload of oraofoa will bo in soon. Our carload buying keeps prices down. Keep us buying more cars, GET IN THE THRIFT CLASS HAVE A BASKET STORE, v If you want a Basket Store in your neighborhood get up a petition. We will open another store in Omaha where enough petitioners show patronage will justify it. Mail your petitions to the Basket Stores' Office, 108 North 9th Street jf SMOKED IN OMAHA V STAR Ham and Bacon MKL ' Keep their hold on public favor br reason of their proved , f , f froodnen. Wh.rryoo order by Dame, either &crrcgei(iti tboSfoca- f it Vdi met Ceecrtn) or Bacon, or any of the Armour Oral Label JMWtf!Sjgml ft .IbJl 9 Products, you era making; no eoetty erperfineote you know the rf,'tffifffiiBm highfood Tslvis and tha absolute quality of what you will rscsrra. ytfiffffgill J Ask your dealer for Armour Oral Label Products. 'Mfffllmu 5a18 armour AcoMivurr iiilil " lill 7 Rtbt BuUU' M' " w As to choice between the three types the present opinion seems to be that all are satisfactory as to results and healthfulness, though alum powdcrs4 used in large quantities may give a peculiar color and flavor. The hcatth- ! fulness of alum powders was the sub ject ot a long controversy which was investigated by a board of scientists appointed by the United States gov ernment. Their conclusion that alum powders in ordinary amounts are not injurious is published in government bulletin No. 103. A few housewives cling to the prac tice ot mixing tlieir.own baking pow der on the score of economy, and a smaller number yet cling to the prac tice of using cream of tartar and soda as needed two parts ot cream of tar tar to one of soda. Such practice is bound jo result in inaccuracy and consequent failure occasionally. In this connection I am reminded of a certain "frugal" housewife who mixed her own baking powder as she needed it. One day her son, of high school age, was experimenting with corn bread. Accidentally he reversed the proportion of cream of tartar and soda,' thus making a large excess of soda in the batter. The boy realized immediately what he had done and, knowing from chemistry that molas ses contained acid which would act with the extra soda, he cleverly sub stituted molasses for milk and made a new kind of cornbread! In recipes containing little or no BRANDS . OF Florida Grapefruit LIVE BETTER FOR LESS mnw pricas lowar than other Nebraska grocart. ' CEREALS, ETC. Shi-addad Whaat, ISc pk,.'. 11c National Corn FUkaa, 3 pkf. .16c Bait Jap Rica, 10c (rada, 6 Iba. 25c Krinkl. Cam Flakka, ISc alia 10c Quaker Puffed Whaat or Cora, pkf . 14c Kallovg'a Krumblaa. pk 9c Paat Toaatlea, larta 15c pkg 13c Farina, Tip, Ilk. Craam af Whaat... 13c Kallogg's Bran, ready te cat, 25c pkg., lor , . .ZOc Oal Meal, bulk, 6 Iba., for 25c Oat Meal, Quaker, large pkg 22c Oat Meal, Baakat Store, large pkg, lor .-: 21c Sugar, 10-lb. atandard pkg 69c (This la mora than 141 Iba for (1.00) Cataup, Armour', 25c eia bottle. . . . 19c Cateup, Blue Label or Snyder". 23c Cataup, Hawkeye, 1841. bottle 21c Salad Dreeaiftg, Pompaian, 25c siaclftc Horaa Radieh, bottle, Sc 3 for 22c BeaRed Salmon, tall can 20c Chum Salmon, talL..3 can. 31c BaMng Powder, 25c can 15c Wua uaed in priae wmntng cakea In three Nebraska State Faira. Try it. A wonderful value for the money. Bahfng Powder, Price. 50c can . . Rumford Baking Powder, 25c can .43c 21c It. t. or Calumet Bakmg 25c can for Potato Prices Into 'the Land of Luxuries That potatoes are high and going higher is now getting to be such an everyday story that one hesitates to start the weekly vegetable story with that statement. However, that re mains the big feature in the vege table market. Moreover, everybody is interested in potatoes, "while a rise in the price of Florida strawberries from 40 cents to 50 cents a box would not be interesting to many folks. The old spuds will soon be as high as the new ones if they keep on. For new ones of the vintage of 1917 are on the market from Cuba and Florida. The price of regular big potatoes of last year's crop is now ranging from $2.25 to $2.40 a bushel in .Omaha and the vegetable men say this is just about what they cost wholesale. And po tato harvest still six months away! However, why not eat some other vegetables? From the southern fields have arrived splendid turnips, beets, egg, such as griddle cakes and ordi nary muffins, the proportion of bak ing powder is two teaspoons to one cup of flour. When eggs are beaten tili light, as in cake making, one and a half teaspoons baking powder to the cup is sufficient (or even less), and the latter proportion is sometimes used for thick, doughs such as baking powderbiscuit dough. - . Question Box. I have been- asked what "Sawtay," a new commercial product, is. It is a fat which the manufacturer calls "but ter of nuts." and may te substituted in any recipe where shortening is needed. Use one-fifth less than but ter. It ranks with all butter substi tutes in general desirability. They are all similar in food value to butter and considerably cheaper. ' Tested Recipes (All measures are level unless other wise specified.) TOMATO CAKES " x 1 cupful canned to matoea 12 .oda rraekere, rolled fine Seaaonlng. to taste Fat for frying 2 eras Season tomatoes and mash with half of- the crackers; add eggs and beat smooth. Add the rest of the crackers and shape into smaH cakes. Fry a nice rown in deep fat or sj,ute oft a griddle. These are delicious when served with light meat - for luncheon. t'KOWJiS. 2 roundlnc talle- H cupful euear .poonful. buller 1 teaepoonful salt 1 nuart alfteil flour Milk 1 tKg IcInB 2 teaeooonfulit bak- Materia), for orna Ins powder mentation Sift baking powder and salt with the flour, rnb in the butter, add egg, sugar and enough milk to make' a soft dough. Roll out one-half inch thick, cut in .rounds and bake in a hot oven twenty minutes. Ice with white frosting. They may be orna- MEAT DEPARTMENT , REMEMBER THIS Wa Carry Only Tha Boat Quality Meat.. Veal Stew, lb 15c Veal Roaat, lb 17c Veal Steak, lb 25c Rib Boil, lb , lie, 13c Steer Rib Roaat, lb 18c, 20c Pot Roaat, lb 16c, ISc Steer Shoulder Steak, lb 17c, 19c Beet Creamery Butter, lb 40c Good Creamery Butter, lb 38c Egga, per dozen . ...39c ARMOUR'S BUTTERINE (Takes tha Place of Good Butter) Tip, tinted, higheat gaade, lb... 25c Tip, white, higheat grade, lb..:. 24c Caen Habit, high grade, lb 20c Magnolia, 2-lb. roll 33c Crises. .30c. 80c, $1.20, $1.80 20c Drinket, Kellogg'a, 28c .tee.. Independent Coffee, 35c grade, lb... 28c Thrifty Habit Coffee, aweet drinking Santos, per lb J 20c Coed Corn, 'No. 2 can, 3 for,... 28c Coed Peaa, No. 2 can, 3 for 28c Tomatoee, No. 2Vt can, 3 for 34c Kara Com Syrup, 10-lb. pall 52c Kara Com Syrup, 5-lb. pail... 29c Kara White Syrup, 10-lb. pan 60c Kara White Syrup, 5-ih. pall 32c 1 Crescent Mapellna, 35c .ire 28c I Crackers, hulk, aoda, 2 V, Iks 2Sc to Aviate carrots. They are fresh from the ground and cost only a few cents for a large bunch. Last year's crop of these vegetables can be had at still smaller prices. Cauliflower, rutabagas and Hubbard squash are also plentiful at low cost. Oranges and apples cost little, com paratively little. Oranges have never been finer, nor have they been cheaper in recent years. They run all the way from 12 cents to 50 cents a dozen. Apples are also cheap; cheaper than potatoes, at least. Ail come from the west and the prices range from 50 cents a peck upward. They are fine fruit, every one perfect. v Lettuce and-radishes and celery are plentiful. Brussels sprouts, peppers, cucumbers, add to the. variety. Cran berries are not only a holiday dish, but are whole some all the time and they hold down to the popular price of Q cents a mart. mented with bits of orange fondant, chopped1 nuts or pink peppermints. Another cake may be trimmed with bits of raisins, while still another may be arranged in two layers with can died cherries between and encircling the top of the cake. TURKISH DELIGHT. 3 tableapoonful. gel- Jnice of 1 lemon atln Red colorlmr H cupful cold water H cupful chopped ft cupful boiling wa- nut meat! ter Powdered .ugar Grated rind of 1 z cupfula granulated orange sugar . Jnlce of I orange Soak gelatin in cold water ten min utes. Put sugar and boiling watejr in saucepan, bring to boiling point, add soaked gelatin and let boil twenty minutes. Add flavorings and color ing, strain, add nut meats and turn into a bread pan (first dipped in cold water) to one inch in depth. Ket stand until firm, remove to board, cut in cubes and roll in powdered sugar. The nut meats may be omitted. Mothers' Magazine. Ginger Recipes. Otnrer Poddlnir Four ounces of flour, six ounce of molaiw, one egg, one tea spoonful ground ginger, rind of lemon, pinch of Bait, four ounces of breadcrumbs, four ounces of flnly chopped or shredded suet, one teaspoon fuj baking powder, two t&blespoonfuls milk. . Having chopped the suet as finely as possible, grate the lemon rtnd and mix the two With the flour, breadcrumbs,, baking powder and ground ginger. Add the molasses and the well beaten egg; then with the milk rinse out the bowl In which the egg was beaten and add to the rest. Mix very wall and pour into a well-greased pudding mold; steam for three and a half hours. Serve with, a sweet or a hard sauce. When measuring (he molasses the best method Is to dfp a tablespoon In flour and then to fill with the molasses, which will easily roll out from the floured meesure. One tableapoonful (heaped) Is roughly one ounce. Boilad Ginger Pudding One-half pound of suet, one pound of flour, one-half pound of brown sugar, two heaping teaapoonfuls of ground ginger. Chop the auet very finely and mix with the other Ingredients. Put all quite dry jnst as they are Into a very well-greaaed mold and boil for three hours. When cooked tarn out on to a hot dish and serve with a hot. sweet sauce poured over. Ginger PqITs One-half paund of flour, one teaspoonful of ground ginger, three eggi, one tableapoonful of sugar, preserved ginger. If not sufficiently moist add a lit tle milk. Mix the flour, ginger and sugar together; beat the eggs very thoroughly and stir them Into the dry ingredients. But ter some little baking tins, put small pieces of preserved ginger at the bottom, half All with the mixture and bake in a quick oven. (Serve with wine saure or a little ginger ayrup heated and flavored" with lemon juice. Gliigerbrmd Padding One-half pound of stale- gingerbread, one ounce of molasses, one egg, two unces of sugar, one-half pound of flour, two ounces of almonds, 'one-half pint of milk. Crumble the gingerbread and mix with the flour, sugar, and blanched and chopped almonds, then stir In the molasses, milk and beaten egg.- Mix thoroughly, turn into a well-buttered mould and steam for three hours. Ginger Biscuits One -quarter pound of butter, two eggs, one-half teaspoonful of baking powder, one-quarter pound of brown sugar, one-half pound of floe flour, one srall teaspoonful of ground ginger. Beat the butter and sugar and add the eggs, one at a time. Mix the flour and baking pow der together and stir them into the other ingredients. Flour a pastry board, roll out the paste very thinly and "rut Into fancy shapes. Place them on a greased tin and bake for ten, to fifteen minutes In a brisk oven. Ginger Rings One pound of brown sugar. one pound of flour two tablespoon futs of ground ginger, six ounces of butter, on egg. Cream the butter and sugar and add the beaten eggs, flour and ginger. Mix thoroughly and knead lightly. Roll out on a floured board a quarter of an inch thick. Cut into rings, using doughnut cutter. Bake in a moderate oven till they have acquired a owp golden brown color, Ginger Snaps Ten ounces of lour, two teaspoonful a of ground ginger, a pinch of salt, one-half pound of golden syrup, three ounces of butter, a small teaspooaiful of baking powder. Mix the flour, ginger, salt and baking powder together. Warm the syrup and melt the butter In It Stir Into the. dry ingredients, roll out and cot into rounds. Bake on a greased tin for fifteen minutes In a moderate oven. Philadelphia ledger. Ginger Apples Eight large apples, one quarter pint of ginger syrup, the juice of one lemon, three ounces of brown sugar, four tablespoon fuls of chopped ginger, one quarter pint of water, one gill of cream. Select good baking apples; peel and core them, stand Id a fireproof dish and All the cavities with chopped ginger and sugar; pour the syrup and water into the dish and cook the apples until they are toft and transparent-looking, but not broken. They M, cold with a little whipped creaim and a piece of ginger on top of each apple. An Effective Cough Treatment. Ons teaspoonful of Dr. King's New Dis covery taken as needed will soothe and check your cough and bronchial Irritation, Atl druggists. Advertisement. ASK FOE and GET HORLICK'S . THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Chea Substitute, cost KOU same Dries. Smarting Chilblains Sherman's Chilblain Remedy A SPEEDY RELIEF Try II and jreu will always buy it. 25c per bottla at the Four Rexall Drug Stores CHOICE FOREQUARTERS LAMB, PER LB., 12c pig Eork Loins, Per Lb i6c FRESH DRESSED CHICKENS, PER LB. Ysuni- Veal Roaat, lb...... IIV.C Yminr Veal CWs. lb I4t',c I .Steer Rib Roast, lb 14V.C steer rot Kosst. go iiv.e Steer Shoulder Steak, lb l3V,e Pic Pork Roast, lb ISV.c Pie Pork Butts, lb l',c Mutton Chops, lb UV.c Spare Rlba, lb I3V.C Extra Lean Reirolar Hams, lb ISa EMPRESS MARKET MAIL MUCH CHEAPER IN TRANSIT-TODAY Old Bate Was Fire Dol'.ars an Ounce From Here to the Pacific Coast. Aim TOOK THIRTEEN DAYS By A. R. GROH. We drop a line to Archibald in san Francisco, or to Nata in Los An geles today, put a 2-ccnt stamp on it, drop it in the box 'Friday afternoon, and we're practically sure that Archi bald or Nata will have it m the; first delivery Monday morning. ' Back in 1860 it cost $20 to send a letter weighing one ounce from here to California. It took the letter ten days to get there if it ever got there. For the pony express ,iders were constantly open to attacks by Indians or highwaymen. When the project of a weekly mail service from the Missouri river to California, through 2,000 miles of Indian-infested wilderness was first started, it was considered extremely audacious. People talked in awed tones of "overland to California in thirteen days! Commonplace Today. They regarded it much as we re garded an aeroplane flight from Chi cago to New York a few years ago, or as we now regard in aeroplane; flight across the Atlantic ocean. Thus does the world move and the impossi ble of today becomes the common place of tomorrow. The pony express started from St. Joseph. Letters from Omaha were sent to Fort Kearney and there deliv-: ered to the pony express. About 500 of the hardiest and fleet est horses were used and there were( 190 stations along the route, from nine to fifteen miles apart. Eighty riders were employed, each covering hret stations and taking a fresh horse at each station. The maximum weight of letters carried was twenty pounds. Postage, was $5 per quarter ounce, which would make the postage on twenty pounds $6,400. Follow Overland Trail. " The route, after reaching the Platte; valley, ran up that valley to Laramie, thence to Salt Lake City and down the Humboldt to Sacramento. There' the mail was taken aboard a steamer, which made the fastest possible speed! down the river, the 125 miles to San Francisco. ; Armed men, mounted on bronchos, were stationed at intervals along .a large part of the route to protect the riders from Indians. The schedule, which at first was ten days, was later reduced to eight. The fastest time ever made' was when President Lincoln's first inaugural address was carried from St. Joseph to Sacramento in seven days and sev enteen hours. Loses Money. The company dissolved at the com pletion of the telegraph in 1862, with a. loss of $200,000. v Government mails were carried by. the Overland Mail company. The contract called for the running of a monthly mail from the Missouri river to San Francisco for $650,000 annual compensations The route, chosen was the Ox Bow via Santa Fe, but in 1860 the Indians became so troublesome that the route was changed to that of the pony express, and soon afterward a daily mail was established at an expense of $1,000, 000 annually. Welsh Finally Gets Proof that Indian is Bum Weather Man Colonel Lucius Arctic Welsh, who hates winter with a terrible hatred, found time in his busy day at the busy weather bureau to call up The Bee and remark that on October 30. 1916, the Indians predicted a mild winter. He recalls how the simple red men in their simple way stated that the bark on the trees was loose and the beavers were not building their nests very high, and the rabbits were not as ferocious as usual, together with other simple signs known only to the weather-wise red nen. And the winter-despising colonel, shivering in his lofty office in the fed eral building and trying with all his might, but in vain, to stem the frigid tide, just wants the world to know that the poor Indian is very, very poor indeed as a long distance weath er forecaster. The colonel laughs loud and scorn fully at the Indian, just as he laughs at .the groundhog and all other spur ious weather prophets. Manufacturers Will Eat "Made-in-Omaha " Dinner The annual manufacturers' dinner in Omaha' is to be held the evening of February 20. This was decided upon today at a meeting ot the entertain ment committee of the Omaha Manu facturers' association. Some special entertainment features are to be planned, and the dinner it self will again, be a "Made-in-Omaha" dinner, with most or all of the arti cles oil food manufactured or prepared in Omaha. Zowief Parcel Post Dip With Dahlman Dninn It The parcel post dip, the latest in the tango line, will be one of the fea tures at the postoffice clerks' annual dance, to be held at the Hotel Rome January 17. Mayor Dahlman will lead the grand march. - Preparations' for the affair are now being completed by James Novacek and Martin Dahl gren. ,1534C Suear Cured Hama, lb lay.. K.trs ln Rreekfost Raeon. lb... XI Vac Sugar Cured Bscon. lb SPECIALS From I to p. m. Pork Cfcoes, lb, lfte Frees 0 te 10 a. am. Country Seussfe. ear lb., st .... Deliveries Made to All Parta ol the City. Mall Orders FUlad at These Prices. 113 South 16th Street, Phone Doug. 2307.