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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1918)
YOUR SNPMH6 IN DEAL WITH THE* HOME ? ô • US HIZP'T OT AGRICULTURE NOUR HOME TOWN NEWS ITEMS “DOWN THE LINE” OWTO PEACHES Before preparing fruit make sirup (three pounds nine ounces sugar to one gallon of water or five pounds, eight ounces sugar to one gallon of water), allowing about one cupful of water for each quart jar. Put in one cracked peach pit for every quart of sirup. Boll sirup (or five nUuutea. Strained honey or othe* sirups can be used in place of a ;«rt of the sirup usually required. Sort the fruits, using firm, sound, uniform peaches for canning and pub ting aside the soft broken ones jam. Peeling may be done by meralng in boiling water about minute or until skins slip easily, move, plunge for a minute Into cold water, and slip off the skins. Cut Into halves and pack at once tu previously boiled jars, placing the halves In ovar ii ppi ng layers, the concave surface of each half being downward and the blossom end facing tha glass. Fill each jar with hot sirup and paddle careful ly to remove air bubbles. Partially seal Jars. Boll (process) quart Jars in a water bath for 20 minutes and half gallons 35 minutes. When thoroughly cold test Jars for leaks. Store In a cool, dark, dry place. Firm, perfect peaches may be floated In boiling water for about 20 seconds after being peeled. They are then cut In halves, seeds removed, and packed as indicated abovev Peaches floated in this manner are made more flexible and pack to better advantage. They also become mellow, absorb more sirup and are finer In flavor.—United States Department of Agriculture. US DEPT or AGRICULTURE OWTO PEPPERS The best sweet peppers for canning are the Spanish varietlee known is pimentos. The fruit of these peppers has very thick fresh, tough skin, and Is comparatively sm<>oth and free from ridges. The bell peppers are not suit able varieties for canning. Peppers should be ripe, sound, and free from bruises. Sort, using the whole peppers for canning and small or broken pep pers for products .»uch as sauce«, soups, chutneys, and Dixie relish. Pre pare for peeling by roasting peppers In a hot oven from six to eight min utes being careful not to allow them to scorch. Peel, cut out stem, remove seeds, and pack dry In flattened layers. No water or seasoning Is used In the preparation of these peppers; the processing brings out a thick llqjior Robbins, at Myrtle Park. Mr. Van Allen is from Southern Illinois. Later from Oklahoma, coming through by auto. He brought hi» family and set- Notice— Please bring your new» tied here. Mi»» Eva Lurena Dicl and Joseph item», for the Mt. Scott Herald, to Mr». Bcldin. 4123 Sixty^ifth Street Steppe were united in marriage on South East. Sunday, July IS. They went over to the city in the morning and were Born—July IN. to Mr. and Mrs. quietly married, then came back to Mark Rennie, a sou. Mrs. Rennie the home of ¡he bride, where a fami will be remembered as Mis» Sybil ly dinner wti served. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, queen of the 1915 Ro»c Carnival. Steepe left at 5 p. m. few their future Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baker of Sixtjr- home in Medford, where Mr. Steppe fourth street are very proud of their has e»thali»hed an automobile »hop. grandson. The bride is the younged daughter Mr. and Mr». Wm. Taylor J'KW of Mr. and Mr». Charle» Diel of Sixty-third Street South Ea»t, enter Laurelwood. Congratulation» follow tained at* cards. Saturday evening. the young people Io t heir new home. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. At the Arleta Baptise Church Sunday Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doele* Pastor Handley will have for hi» morh- man. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Grabcll, and ing test, '’Tie- Wing of a Dove." Er- Miss Gertruda Taylor. Ice cream euiug sermon, “Various Kinds of Slack« and cake were served. agricuiturz era." C. H Van Allen, is a new comer in Don't forget the Mg Munday School the Mt. Scott district. He has en rally at the Arista Baptist Church Tues tered the real estate office of W. day evening, July JO. Hollander resident» of the Mt. Scott district had a very enjoyable time at the W. O. W. hall, Laurclwood, Fri day evening. 1 u s. i3Ep*r or which almost covers them In the previ ously boiled Jar*. Partially aeal Jars, sterilise (process by bolUng) pint Jara for 30 minutes. Cool and test for leaks. When a steam-pressure canner Is used, process pints ten minutes under an eight-pound steam pressure.—Unit ed States Department of Agriculture. U S DEPT car AGRICULTURE IHOWTO OWTO .* 1 ....... ■■ ■ - " »■ L » - Chickens are great de» troy era of in ■eeta. ineluding many injurious form», in yard, pasture and orcitanl*. They destroy useless grasses and weeds also. BERRIES For dewberries, blackberries, logan KERN PARK CABINET SHOP ». C. SMITH I berries, huckleberrii-s. raspberries and FIGS Figs for canning should be sound and firm. Sprinkle one cupful of soda over six quarts of figs and add one, gallon of boiling water. Allow the figs to stand in the soda bath for five minutes. Drain and rinse thoroughly. Bring two quarts of sirup, made by using three pounds and nine ounces' sugar to one gallon of water, to boil ing and add the well-drained figs. If j desired the amount of sugar may be reduced, but it Is not advisable to at-. tempt the canning of figs without any sugar at alL Allow the fruit to boll In the sirup for one hour. Place the fruit carefully In the jars and then fill to overflowing • with the sirup. Partially seal jars. Boll (process) quart jars for 30 min utes In water bath. Seal. When cold test jars for leaks. Store In a cool, dark, dry place.—United States De partment of Agriculture. Every now and then the kaiser dec orates one of his six sons. About all there Is to any of those six sous are the decorations. _ . .. _ 17,0 SPT on'1 ,he PlotVr *hoo,d be I introduced to the firing squad. Ws have sent about six billion pounds currants practically the asms methods LIGHT MILL & CABINET WORK of canning may be used. The condi of food to lite B-dgtana. We have waau-d Screens, Sash, Windows, Doors tion of the fruit will have much to do just about three times that nwb on lite and Picture Framing with the quality of the product. Ber drink trade st home in the same time. ries should be gathered in shallow Residence Phone: Tabor 4602 trays or baskets and not In deep ves Watch your bread box carefully. A Shop Pitons: Ta boi 7576 sels which allow them to be bruised and crushed. They should be uniform slice gone stale is a »lire wasted and one 4633 67th Street 8. E. ly ripe, sound, and as large as possi I sm towards that hundred million bush- e'sof wheat we must save for our tight- ble. After the berries have been sorted , or* and the Alhee. carefully and washed lightly by plac ___________________________________ ing In a colander and pouring water When Ton Want to Move over them, instead of Immersing them Still Moving ... In water, pack as closely as possible Call Tabor 7707 without crushing, Thia can be done better by putting a few berries Into I the jar, preaalng them gently Into place, and proceeding layer by layer, The One-Way-Charge Company than by nearly filling the jar loosely and then trying to press them down. Fill jars full of fruit and sever See U« For. . with hot sirup. Boiling berry juice or i I RESIDENCE other sirups can be used Instead of WOOD AND COAL 9436 Foster Rd. Lents, Ore. sugar sirup. Partially seal jars. Boll MS» Foster Rd (process) pints ten minutes and Tab. 1424 1>61 quarts twelve minutes. Seal. When cold test for leaks and store In cool, dark, dry place. The use of a sugar sirup, made by boiling three pounds and nine ounces of sugar to one gallon of water and straining, adds to the flavor of the canned berries. The use of berry juice expressed from extra berries In stead of water in making the sirup will give a richer color and flavor.— United States Department of Agricul A few doors with 2 upright panels and one flat panel on top ture. I ROSE QTY VAN i G. Ä. MORRISON LUMBER COMPANY Specials On Doors This Week Regular price, $3.50. Special $2.00 Regular $1.75 Four panel doors. Special $1.00 We »pecialiw in sash and ioor*. glas». fxinte, oil, finish lumber and wood BA ESC H ER’S 1 G. A. MORRISON LUMBER CO. Tremont Station, ML Scott car line Tabor 62 BIG UNITED SHOWS 71. D. Kenworthy $ Company funeral Directors IS NOW GOING ON TWO ESTABLISHMENTS ONE BIG GALA WEEK Phone Tabor 5267 Thone Tabor 5895 5802-4 92nd Street S. E. 4615 66th St., Cor. Foster Rd. Lents Arleta First-Class Service given Day or Night. 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