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CAN VEGETABLES
Follow Directions in the Following
Article and You Will Have
No Trouble.
By Mies Emma Archer, State Home
Demonstration Agent, Extension
Division, University of Arkansas.
Sterilize Jars: First, wash your
Jhrs, lids and rubbers well, and then
put them in a pan of water or can
ner, and let boil while you prepare
the vegetable or fruit to be canned.
Directions For Canning String Beans.
Sterilize jars. Select young and
tender beans. String and break them
into short and even lengths. Wash
them, put in a flour sack and down
into a pan of boiling water for eight or
ten minutes or until you see them
change color. Then take them out
and pack them in the sterilized jars.
Dissolve salt in the water that ha3
been boiled and pour this brine over
the beans. Put on the rubber and
screw the lid down until you can lift
the jar by it; then place it in the
canner or deep kettle of hot water
which comes within one-half inch of
the lid of the jar. Cover closely and
start cooking. Do not count time un
til the water gets to boiling; boil
three hours, take out and screw top
down as tightly as possible.
If you use kettle or deep pan to
place jars, in, put in strips of wood
nailed together to make a. false bot
tom, which keeps the jars from hit
ting together. Remember to have a
tight fitting lid to the vessel used as
a canner.
Directions For Canning Tomatoes
For Home Use.
Sterilize jars. Mix one cup or sugar
and one-half cup of salt well. Select
good ripe tomatoes of uniform sire
and color, immerse in boiling water
one minute, or until skin loosens, then
put in cold water. With a sharp knfe.
pointed at the end, cut out all the
hard core, care being taken not to
break seed cells, and peel carefully.
Cut off little blossom end, and any
black or green spots and pack close
in jar; mix and put in two level tea
spoons of the salt and sugar mixture.
Do not use any water in your jars. If
the jar is not full if liquid, use some
juice from other ripe tomatoes, but if
you have packed your tomatoes good
in the jar there ought to be plenty of
Juice.
Put on the rubber, screw lid down
until you can lift the jar by it, place
in canner or deep keetle of hot water,
lgttlng the, water come to within two
inches of the neck of the jar. Cover
the kettle with a close lid to hold as
much of the steam as possible and
start cooking.
Do not start counting time until the
water gets to boiling good, then boil
30 minutes. Take out and screw down
lid tight as possible. If you use a
kettle or deep pan to place jars in,
put in strips of wood nailed together
to make a false bottom, to keep jars
fro mtouching the bottom as that will
break them. Pack paper or straw be
tween jars so they cannot hit to
gether.
Be sure to have a close fitting lid
to the vessel you use as a canner, as
the extra heat you get from the con*
fined steam insures success if you
follow, directions.
Directions For Canning Peaches.
Sterilize jars and cans. Before plac
ing rubbers on jars, put them for five
minutes in one pint of hot water in
which has been dissolved one level
teaspoon of soda.
Select nrm peaones. scaia ror it>
seconds by putting them in a wire
basket or cheese cloth sack and
plunging into boiling water; then peel
by hand or by rubbing peeling
off with cloth. Cut into halves;
fill sterilized cans or glass Jars,
but do not crush. Vary the de
gree of syrup according to the
quality of fruit being used. Under no
circumstances pack a poor quality of
fruit in heavy syrup; neither should
high grade peaches be packed in light
syrup. Too much sugar will de
stroy the freshness and natural flavor
of the fruit. For syrups use five
pounds, eight ounces to one gallon of
water. For the sweetest peacher or
lower grades use from three and
one-half to four and one-half
pounds of sugar to one gallon
of water. Put sugar in cold wa
ter and dissolve, bring slowly to a
OoiJ and boil for one minute.
Never u e the early varieties of
peaches for canning for market as
early fruit is usually very watery
and will not make a nice pack.
Peaches may be canned for pies with
out peeling or without sugar. Wash
well and rub “fuz” off with a coarse
cloth; split in halves, fill the can
and cover with hot water. Peaches
cut in quarters or eighths will lowder
their market value. Exhaust in tin
cans by putting them in canner. Have
the water nearly up to the top of the
cans and bring to boil and boil for
three minutes. Tip cans and process
by boiling in No. 3 cans for 15 min
utes.
For glass jars lay rubbers on and
place top on or screw half way down.
Have the water in canner nearly up
to the top of jars and about the same
temperature of the contents of jar,
bring to boil and boil for three min
utes. Seal jars and process by boil
ing for 20 minutes. When jars are
taken out do not let cold draft strike
them.
Their Suffrage Promise
A Moral Obligation to
Oklahoma Legislators
Mr*. Lucas, First Woman to Enroll
a Bill, Extols Political
Leaders.
A political promise is no scrap ot
paper to Oklahoma legislators. An
overwhelmingly Democratic legisla
ture demonstrated what President
Wilson calls the “moral obligation of
the St. Louis national suffrage plank
by adopting the Oklahoma suffrage
amendment resolution in both houses
in March of this year.
Back of Oklahoma's recent suffrage
victory is a story of man’s humanit>
and gratitude to woman. It is told
by Mrs. Frank B. Lucas of Oklahoma
City, who claims the distinction of
being the only woman to enroll a leg
islative measure. Enrolling an act,
Mre. Lucas explains, is the final dis
position made of a successful meas
ure.
“Why did they permit me to do it?"
said Mrs. Lucas. “Because they knew
I understood the procedure. It is my
] vocation to compile, annotate and
S citate laws. The legislators let me
| enroll the suffrage bill because they
knew I could be trusted not to alter
a word or a line. Never was I so
tempted! The resolution had been
amended to permit women to vote at
I the primaries but the amendment had
been lost. I did want to see that
amendment go in.”
MRS. FRANK B. LUCAS.
From the Governor, who was
pleased to sign the resolution, down
Mrs. Lucas has nothing but kind
ffor&s lor the men of her state. In
deed, they seem to merit her praise.
And she should know for she chap
eroned the bill through all ite vicissi
tudes up to the moment of passage
on the closing nignt after the clock
had been stopped to permit the
transaction of legislative business.
Men of all parties throughout the
state were in favor of the amend
ment and did all in their power to
facilitate its passage.
On the last night when the bill had
not yet been reported out of com
mittee, Mrs. Lucas persuaded one of
its friends to call a caucus and bind
the members by caucus rule, and
when the measure came to a vote
later in the evening, it carried with
out a dissenting voice. She hurried
with the engrossed bill to the House
to have that body recede from its
primary election clause and ratify the
substituted general election. Then
back she went to the Senate for the
president's signature; and again to
the House for the Speaker's signa
ture and to have the bill engrossed
with its amendments. At 2 am.
Mrs. Lucas had the satisfaction of
enrolling the act which will emanci
pate the Oklahoma women if the cam
paign prosecuted by the suffragists
during the coming months ie brought
to a successful conclusion at the polls
in 1918. /
The president of the Oklahoma
State Suffrage Association is Mrs.
Adelia G. Stephens. The correspond
ing secretary is Mrs. Julia Wood
worth.
Mrs. Lucas is chairman of the
finance committee. All three are
residents of Oklahoma City, but rep
resentative women from all over the
state were largely instrumental in
the passage of this bill.
N. Y. State Suffraye Farmer at Work.
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Notice of Administrator’s Sale.
In Estate of S. R. Neel, Deceased,
Thos. B. Weaver, Administrator
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed administrator of the estate of S.
R. Neel, Deceased, will pursuant to the
orders of the Union Probate Court made
and entered at its April Term, 1917, ex
pose for sale and sell to the highest and
best bidder on a credit of three months
with approved security, at the front door
of the Office of the Union Saw Mill Co,,
in the Town of Huttig, Ark,, on SATUR
DAY, the 7th DAY of JULY, 1917, the
following lands belonging to said estate
to-wit:
NW),' of Sec. 14 Twp. 19 S, R 11 W.
NW}4' of SE‘4 Sec. 14 Twp. 19 S, R
1 1 W.
And an undivided one half interest in
the following lands to-wit:
SE‘4 of SW V; W,^ of SE>* Sec. 33
Twp. 19 S, R 10 W.
E Half Frl. Sec. 4 Twp. 20 S, R 10W.
SE34 of SE'4 of Sec. 33 Twp. 19 S,
10 W.
Containing in all 172,54 acres in
Union County, Ark.
An undivided one half interest in
Lots No. 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12. 13, 14,
15. 16. 17. 18. 19, 20. In Block No. 5.
All of Block No. 4.
Lots No. 1, 2. 3, 12, 13, 14, 15. 16,
17, 18, 19,20, 21 and 22. In Block
No. 10.
Lots No. 5, 6, 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15,
16 and 17. In Block No. 1 1.
All of Block No. 1 2.
all in Rowlands Addition to the Town of
Huttig. Ark. The remaining one half in
terest being owned by C. B. Wood.
All located in Union County, Arkan
sas. and that said sale will be made for i
the purpose of paying off the debts prov
en against said estate.
Given under my hand this the 9th day
of June, A, D, 1917,
Thos. B. Weaver,
Administrator.
Methodist Church Services.
The following services will be
held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. by
the pastor. Junior League at 3:00
p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.
m. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all to attend these services.
Rev. A. Turrentine Pastor.
Realty Movement.
“Any activity In real estate about
here?” asked the tourist. "None what
ever,” answered the disconsolate citi
zen of an Arizona town, “except when
a puff of wind comes along and shifts
a little sand."
RAILROAD TIME TABLE,
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South
7:45 a. m. . . . Huttig
9:50 a. m Monroe
North
5:59 p. m
2:07 p. m.
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. Huttig ... 12:30 p m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERViLLE * SOUTHERN RY.
North
5:22 a. m.
7:21 a. m. ..
10:10a. m.
Huttig
Farmerville
local, t
Huttig
South
2:32 p. m
5:45 p. m
2:22 p. m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
^Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. &, A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
T. B. Weaver, W. M.
W. P. Reasons, Sec’y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122, R. A.
M.— meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P,
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEKIAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M.—Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. I. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320, Order of
the Eastern Star, rfieets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. 0. O. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
H. C. Bedford, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W, O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
Lester Malone, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 145, W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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