P««E TH KE»
GRANTH PA NN DAILY sXM'RIER
NATi'RDAY, june a«, mat*.
HOUSEWIFE TOLD
ALL ABOUT BEEF
Government Explains How to
Know the Grades.
ARE YOU
A USEFUL CITIZEN?
But the Quality May Be Far From
Uniform—Four Points to Remember
in Oietinguishlng the Various Grades
—Shrinkage in Cooking Much Great­
er In Common Grade Than in Good
Grade Meat
reali v consider mvself a I’seful Citizen to this Coiri-
B. S. DEDRICK
To Close An Estate
Mrs. Jennie Moss
of Josephine County
Contributed for the
GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER
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Pass
of
WE SELL
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THE
Studebaker
and
Overland
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Sold at the Same Price Everywhere
J. F. BURKE
Fashion Garage
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— RIDE A —
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Bicycle
AND. BUY IT AT
Garage & Cyclery
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We guess that everybody be­
lieves that an ounce of preven­
tion is worth a pound of cure.
Of course you realize that tf
the plumbing at your house is
put into the proper shape at
this time some member of your
household may not fall ill at
some later date. Why not have
that plumbing attended to at
once?
Just why one market should charge
30 cents for sirloin steak while another
dealer charged 50 cents for the same
cut on that »«me day; why a rump
roast last week was JuJcy and tender,
while the one ordered yesterday was
tough and stringy, although both cost
the same price per pound, are queries
which have brought wonder and con-
bl« F Street
• sternation to many a housewife.
The fact that sirloin steaks can be
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purchased at such variable prices on
. the shme day does not necessarily
< juean that one dealer Is underselling
the other on the same article. The
first may be a sirloin cut from a cow
or steer of common grade, while the
latter is from a cow or steer of good
or choice grade. The same explanation
applies to the two roasts. As a rule,
SEVERAL TRACTS CHOICE
a dealer habitually carries the same
PROPERTY FOR SALE AT
grade of meat that is best suited to his
LOW PRICES FOR SHORT
class of customers. However, when a
TIME.
dealer carries more than one grade, he
usually sells the same cuts from all
1OO ACRES IMPROVED NEAR
grades at the same price. Until the
HUGO.
public learns that grade as well as cut
HO ACRES IMPROVED EAST
determines the quality of beef and
OF MERLIN
should also determine the price, cuts
HO
ACRES OF TIMBER NEAR
of low grade will be retailed at the
MERLIN.
same price that similar cuts of good
1OB ACRES UNIMPROVED
or choice grade command, although the
WEST OF MERLILN.
difference in wholesale price is some­
times as much as 7 or 8 cents per
Will consider trade of Seattle
pound between medium grade and com­
property for la»-t iwoperty.
mon grade meat.
For i>articulArs see
How to Know the Grade.
For the purpose of educating the
housewife to know not only the cuts of
betterment
by
meat, but also to be able to distinguish
between these grades if she would se­
lect her meat wisely and economically,
NOTICE
the bureau of markets of the United
States department of agriculture has
prepare-’ (he following points:
The following General Fund Jose­
The color and texture of the lean
Grants
Chamber
Commerce
meat; and the extent to which It is phine County Warrants were stolen
from my place May 30, 1020.
marbled with fat.
Amount
Date
2. Tim thickness of meat covering the No.
>166.66
bone; that Is the proportion of meat to
Feb. 8, 1914
8
bone.
10.00
Oct. 1, 1913
20044
3. The amount and character of the 20920
78.00
Jan. 9. 1914
♦
outside fat and Its general distribution
75.00
1466
Jun. 1, 1914
and color.
141.66
20035
Oct. 1, 1913
fat.
such
as
4. The amount of Inside
100 00
20651
Dec. 1, 1913
kidney fat on the loin cut and the fat
60.00
Mar. 2, 1914
394
on the inside of the ribs.
the. morning. Under the dry surface
Oct. 1, 1913
40.00
Choice grade beef is not at present 20045
116.66
Nov. 1, 1913
they should meet along the rows.
found regularly In most markets, and 20332
81.00
Nov. 8, 1913
Evening is the best time to put on the supply is limited. In it the char­ 20370
acteristics of the good grade are ac­
10.00
16
Feb. 2, 1914
the water. If the field is small it centuated—pronounced marbling of
24.10
6527
Oct. 9, 1915
•I«» may be watered with the garden hose (at. smooth, uniform outside covering
100.00
Feb. 2. 1914
4
by running the full stream between of clear white fat and firm fine tex­ 20854
141.66
Jan. 1, 1914
tured flesh of light red color.
1.50
18186
Dec.
31,
1912
Water In right amounts at right two rows until it reaches the end of
Good grade beef has lean meat of
qual-|the ,urrow- 11 is then applied to an-1 light to medium red color, of firm, 20327
141.66
Nev. 1, 1913
times Increases both yield and
Dec. 1, 1913
15.00
(other furrow till it recahee the end, even texture and fairly regular dis­ 20046.
Ity of potatoes.
Dec. 1, 1913
| after which it may be divided be- tribution of fat through the lean, giv­ 20653
75.00
Potatoes need a fairly even sup-^tween the two and allowed to finish ing the meat a slightly marbled or
15
Feb. 2, 1914
35.00
mottled appearance. The fat Is firm
Mar. 2, 1914
391
10.00
ply of moisture throughout their the job.
and usually a creamy white. The 20330
Nov. 1, 1913
-166.6«
growing season, and when they run
outer covering of fat is smooth and
Feb. 2, 1914
75.00
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up long single stalks they are calling USE FRUIT TO MAKE JARS
firm and should be evenly distributed
390
Mar. 2, 1914
35.00
over
the
loins
and
ribs.
for water. If Irrigation can be ap­
Feb. 7, 1914
57
21.00
lommon Household Utensils Con-
Medium Grade Beef.
plied at the right time and in the
Dec. 1, 1913
166.66
structed of Pecullsr Ware In
Medium grade beef has meat of 20655
¡right way it will greatly increase
Dec. 1, 1913
141.66
Central Province of India.
coarse texture and dark color which 20652
' both the yield and the quality of the
Oct. 1, 1913
166.66
Is Inclined to be flabby and watery. 20038
|crop. Based on ten years’ experi­
There Is a peculiar ware that In
A liberal reward for any informa-
The fat Is flabby and usually yellow,
ments at the O. A. C. experiment sU- ' made by the Bnnjaras In the central
lsh In color and Is unevenly distribut­ tlon as to the whereabouts of the
tlon the following pointers on time i provinces of India front the fruit of
ed, there being almost no Inside fat above warranta will be paid.
and method are explained by Prof. the noulu. The fruit Is collected and
and a scanty and Irregular outside 11
MRS. EMILY YORK.
dried. It Is then boiled In water un-
covering.
W. L. Powers, In charge: •
, Hie quite soft and pounded, flie stones
Common
grade
beef
has
a
very
high
The first application of water
, removed nnd <fec pulp beaten up and
percentage of bone to meat. The
Happlnsss in Gladness,
should be made at the beginning of worked wltt > tfte lands Into n thick,
meat Is extremely coarse in texture
glad! When you have said all
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Be
the blooming period and the second brown, sn cky mass. When this Is
with no marbling of fat; Is dark in there is to say about life's sorrow.
] at the end, if needed. Water applied quite ready the manufacturer takes an
color and very watery. The fat, which disappointment and pain, about the
¡during the blooming sesaon causes enrthen vessel—any shape that pleases
Is very scanty. Is usually of a pro­ selfishness and wrong that sweep over
many small unmarketable potatoes to him—and covers It all over with a
nounced yellow color.
the earth like shadows, about the
form. The last application is at lesat thick layer or coat of the pulp. This
The cuts of good grade beef, when shortness of Its days and the certainty
compared with cuts of
grade, of Its nights. It still remains blessedly
50 days before harvest to permit the Is then put aside to set a bit. and
are much more palatable, but this Is true that the universe Is thrilling with
potatoes to take up the usable soil when hard rude devices are stamped
round the neck and shoulders of the
not all. A series of tests made In the the song of gladness.” says a helpful
water which will go into the tubers
article, which Is then set aside to dry.
experimental kitchen of the depart- writer.
i for use or market.
When entirely hard, the gharrn Inside
ment of agriculture on the cooking
"Be glad for the beauty of the
The water is run in deep, V-shaped Is broken and the pieces removed.
quality of the different grades of beef springtime, the blue of the skies, the
furrows between the rows. It Is ap- These vegetable pots are sold accord­ shows that the shrinkage In cooking music of the birds and the glory of
ditch through ing to size from four to eight annas
Is much greater for common grade, the sunsets. Listen to the laughter
piled from a head
watery ment than from good grade of the little children, answer to the
small openings into the furrows or each.
The aouln tree Is abundant through-
ment; also, the proportion of bone to handclasp of friendship, grow warm
through lath tubes. About an Inch
ment Is higher In the common grade, in the lovelight of countless happy
is fun into each furrow until the wa­ out|the forests of troplcnl India and
Buraia, and the fruits nre frequently
ranking the amount of cooked edible homes anti bi> sure that somewhere
ter neara the end. when enough is
empltaed In medicine and for tanning.
ment obtained from one pound ns pnr- over nod above all Is a great Love that
ent out to maintain a stream to the
Anftfher material used for making
chased of common grade ment consld- makes all these things possible."
end.
Across the lower end of the
erahly lower than the amount from a
I Jars Is the root of the great asphodel.
The secret of happiness Iles In your
furrows a cross ditch is run to dis­ The fleshy root of this plant, by dry­ pound of good grade ment of similar
own attitude toward life.—Orison
tribute the supply and prevent pond­ ing In a sand oven nnd grinding. Is cut.
Swett Harden In Chicago Pally News.
ing. No water should be allowed to prepared Into a flour, which, when
climb about the vine«, as free water mixed with hot water, yields a most
THIS CHICKEN'S IN LOVE
May Baskets.
about the potatoes damages the form­ tenacious vegetable glue with which
Hanging May baskets seems to he a
ing tubers. The water should go to the Persians make great vessels for
For Mrs. Hen Lays Heart-Shaped purely American custom, which prob-
the lower roots and reach the under­ holding oil nnd clarifying butter. The
Double Egg.
nlilj was fostered lit New England.
native cobblers employ It In prefer­
ground stems bearing the spuds by
A hen. the property of Mr. and Mrs. At lei't among all the varied pas­
ence to animal glue In their work
capillarity.
Firnest F. Goodpnster of Payton. Ky„ times wiili which the day has been
lays frenk eggs. The latest Is a per- associated there Is no mention of May
In making the furrows the dry
feet hcnrt-slmped double egg.
The Dark Agee.
baskets in the old histories of the day.
surface mulch is piled up along the
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Its shell consists of two full-sized
The dark ages was a period of about
In New England, particularly. the
rows, and when enough water has
six hundred years In European history, eggs Joined together.
May basket Is exceedingly (xipular,
been
applied
the
dust
mulch
is
again
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commencing with the fall of the west­
especially In the rurul sections. In
drawn Into the trenches to control ern Roman empire (476 A. D.) and
Won Waqer In Climbing 940 Steps.
the country a girl hangs a May basket
evaporation. Just how much water continuing until the close of.the elev­
Howard Le C. Roome. a New York on the door of the house tn which
Is necessarv varies with soil nnd oth­ enth century (1100 A. D.) The dark
!•?!?? neO«»M hFnVnr whn yonra Rfro . her beau Ilves. Then •he rings the
er conditions, but It Is frequently al- ages comprised the first two-thlrds was a star halfback and pole vaulter ' hell and runs
If he catches her be-
fl ”’2eTr‘r
Icved to seal: In for about an Lour. •’* ”>o middle ages and were character­
( fore shc reaches home, he Is entltlod
Although the moist strips alonsf ized by extreme Intellectual apathy Ford Johnson, another broker, by | to a kiss.
the edge of the furrows may appear and gro.wt religious superstition. The climbin' (Mil steps In the Equltablr 1 In the cities, the voung folks are
bnlld’n
’n-'c« from holler r >v
usually content to send their offerings
but narrow when the water is turn­ ■way of the church was universal, and
’bo -ncord time of
timing was at Its lowest ebb.—Kan- to fieri
through the mall or by a messenger
ed off, they will be much widor In
minutes. ■" 2 ' seconds.
is City Star.
boy.
vote at ALL elections and mark my ballot judiciously f
Do I believe in Josephine County
< 'ounty and GrantK
Grants Pass and always
stand, loyal and ready to show my pride for my city and county?
Am I always ready and willing to make some sacrifice in time,
energy anti money to advance the common welfare of My county
and city in general?
Do I appreciate the wonderful climate and beautiful and pro­
ductive country in which I live and am I willing to see others en­
joy the same bountiful benefits?
Do I want to see more and better roads radiating and con­
necting all points in this county with the outside world and bus­
iness?
Do I want to see the thousands of undeveloped acres of slack­
er land denying others food aud*profit to remain so or do I want
to see it all made as productive as pusftîÎJe?
Do I want to see this eonnnunity kept in its present condition
or do I want to see it grow And progress and be made more beau­
tiful, mor...... nvenient, more healthful, more sociable, more enjoy­
able, more prosperous and lietter in every way.
Now of course, I claiimiiiysclf to be a Useful Citizen and I
honestly want to see this comity broaden itself in all ways. And
of course the Chamber of Commerce is the only organization
equipped to do these things AND BY IIECK I XX ILL JOIN
RIGHT AWAY.
Member of the
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ofk
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PRICES MAY BE THE SAME
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