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; WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1913.
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REALLY BIG FINANCE.
When handled by such an expert as
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the
National City bank of New York, fig
ures are - always fascinating. Mr.
Vanderlip can say, "a million" and
know whereof he speaks just about
as handily as the average person can
speak about "two dollars" with a full
significance of their meaning.
No we are intensely interested in
Mr. Vanderlip's talk before the rep
resentatives of the electrical industry
of the United States at Sacketts Har
bor, in which he said that $8,000,000 a
week for the next five years can be
profitably invested in developing the
electrical industry of this country.
That means $2,000,000,000 in all, a
truoly enormous amount, yet Mr. Van
bVrlip assured his hearers that the es
timate, is not in any way one purely
imaginative.
"When we think," said he, "what is
certain to be done in the way of elec
trification of steam railroads termin
als and heavy mountain grades; when
we reflect on the larger use of electri
cal energy for industrial power, in
agricultural uses, and in the contin
ued growth of necessury interurban
lines, we do not need to look further
into the-possible development of the
industry to see a requirement for
$400,000,000 a year of new capital."
Then Mr. Vanderlip raised the ques
tion as to whether the electrical peo
ple could secure that much money. And
to Indicate the difficulties in the way
of securing the $8,000,000 a week he
said that there will mature within that
five, years well over $1,000,000,000 of
steam railroad securities. The rail
roads in five years will need $4,000,
000,000 for refunding and fresh capi
tal. tSates and municipalities will
absorb $1,500,000,000 more, so with
the $2,000,000,000 the electrical in
dustry will need there should be pro
vided between now and the end of 1918
between $7,000,000,000 and $8,000,000,
000 for these purposes alone, to say
r.othing of general' industrial and
. other needs.
Theae are bewildering figures,"
. said Mr. Vanderlip. "They sound more
like astronomical mathematics than
totals of round, hard earned dollars.
The raising of these sums, however,
is the practical problem that finan
ciers have directly in front of them."
; When we contemplate such enorm
ous problems as these which face the
big financiers, we begin to get a clue
to the fascination of "big business,"
In many respects the financing of
great enterprises, the building solidly
for the future generations that capi
tal must undertake, are so momentous
that even problems of the diplomat
sink into insignificance.
If they put a slit in one of those
new gowns to be named after the
Panama canal will they call it "the
Culebra cut?"
Bryn Mawr is going to develop 20
perfect women, but are there that
many perfect men in the country to
marry them? ,
Germany reports that apples are a
luxury. Old stuff. They were a lux
ury away back in the days of Adam
and Eve. -
Any interest a woman may create
among men by her beauty suddenly
dies when they discover that her shoes
are run over at the heels.
Many babies without their first
tooth nrobably curse their inability to
bite when kissed by some folks.
? SMOKED HAM LIKE ' "
J- FATHER USED TO MAKE 5
Verv few ranches butcher and cure
their own meats at the present time.
Whv this is so. is hard to explain.
Twenty-five years ago butchering day
was a red letter day on the ranch. Six
or eiirht neighbors were invited to the
bee and hog-killing was the order of
theday. The year's supply of pork
and' Derhatis beef was killed at thiB
time, usually about New Year's or a
little later, and for several days, fol
lowing, mother and the hired girl
were busy frying out the lard and
making sausage and head cheese.
Father salted the hams, shoulders
and sides of bacon, and in the spring
the old smoke house was cleared out
and the nuneet aroma of burning
hickory chips or corn cobs greeted the
nostrils from nwrly every rancher's
backyard in the neighborhood. The
fancv cured products of the packing
houses of today are not to be compar
ed with the home cured and smoked
nroducts of our boyhood days. It
took time to prepare these meats. No
liquid smoke or other chemicals were
used in their preparation.
. Now the hog is butchered and its
"sugar cured premium" hams and ba
con are placed on the market almost
in a dav. and some of them are al-
most as tasteless as if the hog had
been fattened on sawdust. rew oi
th ranchers realize the great saving
that could be made if each one would
put down his own supply of meat for
the vear. instead of selling to the
butcher on foot, and buying the meat
back again at almost double the price.
Butchering is becoming a lost art on
many of the farms of the country.
Some of the agricultural colleges ara
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La Grande National Bank
Organised in 1887.
DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF CNITIB STATES flOYERJareJIT.
j UNITED STATES POSTAL SAYINGS DEPOSITORY.
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Capital $100,000.8
Surplus $130.o0.
Totnl Resources $1,000.000.0
For twenty-six years, in all kinds of financial weather, we have
successfully catered to the monetary wants of the people of La
Grande and the Grande Ronde Valley.
We respectfully solicit your business.
La Grande National Bank
La Grande, Oregon
recognizing this and are making the
farm butchering course a part of
their curriculum. The recipe ustd by
the ranchers of Wisconsin 116 or b'O
years ago was as foilow.s: , , , !
For 100 pounds xf pork use four
pounds of common fuilt, one piund of
brown siifjar, six ounces of black pep
per, three ounces of saltpeter, and
one ounce of cayenne peper. When I
the meat has cooled thoroughly uf to:' I
the butchering,-the ingredients are.
thoroughly mixed and one-half of the
amount is thoroughly rubbed into the
meat. Then the meat is put in a cool, !
dry place (not in the cellar) for two
vo'.'!:p. tie rerr.nmdfir of thai
cure is rubbed in. The meat is then !
left for six weeks when it is ready to !
smoke. The smoking should te done
slowly, from four to six weeks, a lit
tle every day with little host Slow
smoking gives a delicate flavor. After
the smoking is finished each piece is
wrapped in paper and put into un
washed flour sacks and hung in a
cool place.- Another way to keep the
hams after smoking is to bury them in
the oat bin where thy will keep in
definitely. This -was known as tho
dry cure. The brine cure consisted in
using the same ingredients except the
pepper. Twice the amount were used
than in the dry cure to form a brine.
The dry cure was always considered
the best as even wetting meat lessens
it quality. Brine dissolves consider
able protein in the meat and the pro
tein is what gives the flavor.
The home corned beef is far super
ior to that from the packing house.
This also takes time. That from the
packing house is usually hurried into
tho market too soon. The pieces of
meat commonly used for corning are
the cheaper cuts, such as the plate,
rump, cross ribs, and brisket. The
meat should be cut into medium siied
pieces, so that it will pack well in a
large jar or barrel. It should be well
cooled and corned before decay sets
in, otherwise it will spoil the brine.
For V 100 pounds of beef take eight
pounds of salt, and sprinkle about a
quarter of an inch over the bottom
of the vessel, then pack in a layer of
meat five or six inches, then another
layer of salt, and so on until the meat
is all in, keeping enouph of the salt
for a good layer over the last layer
of meat After this has stood 'over
night add four pounds of brown su
gar, two ounces of baking soda, and
four ounces of saltpeter, ail dissolved
in a gllon of warm water. When this
is cool, pour it over the meat and
add enough water to cover the meat, medicine in the world. Two 50c bot
Weight it down with a loose board ties cured me of pneumonia." Thou
held in place by a clean stone to keep sands of other families have been
the meat under the brine. It should equally benefited and depend entirely
be left in the brine from 25 to 40 days j upon Dr. King's New Discover' to
before it is ready for use. Prof. T.
:J. lJarsons, Agronomist, state agri-
cure their coughs, colds, throat and
lung troubles. Every ' dose help
Price, 50c and $1.00. All druggists.
H. E. Bucklin & Co., Philadelphia or
St. Louis.
cultural college.
Ground In Shape for Seeding.'
Pendleton, Sept. 30. So heavy was
the rainfall Sunday evening and Sun
day night that in some places in the
county the ground is now sifficiently
moist for seeding work. H. J. Tay
lor says that he made tests at several
different places on his ranch near
Pulton and found that, as a rule the
surface moisture from the rain ex
tended down to the old moisture in
the soil.
The rainfall here Sunday night
amounted to three-tenths of an inch
according to the official record kept
by E. F. Averill. Over toward the
mountains the rainfall was even heav
ier than here and the land had a good
soaking, much to the delight of farm-
Kummage Sale.
St. Peter's Guild ladies will hold
their fall rummage sale Thursday,!
October 2, at Honan hall. 10-1 2t. (
The Family Cough Medicine.
In every home there should be a bot
tle of Dr. King's New Discovery,
ready for immediate use when any
member of tho family contracts a
cold or cough. Prompt use will stop
Hie spread of sicness. S. A. Stid, of
Mason, Mich., writes: "My whole
family depends upon Dr. King's New
Discovery as the best cough and cold
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comfort in shoes has a direct bear
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As long as we keep your old shoes
kioking like new, why shouldn't we
get better acquainted?
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