Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — Page 3

Up Poke's Peal by AU to

KING MOTOR is conquering Pike’s Peak. More than a century ago Lieut Zebulon Montgomery Pike discovered the mountain which now bears his name, and, accompanied by his little band, made a determined effort to reach its summit It cost him ten days of marching to reach Its base, and after a laborious ascent which brought him only to the crest of one of the nearby mountains, he was forced to give up the attempt, predicting in his diary that no human would ever scale its rocky heights. Thirteen years later, however, Dr. Edwin James with a portion of the exploration party under Maj. 8. H. Long, found an easier approach from the eastern side and after a hazardous climb reached the summit on July 14, 1819. Then came the United Stateq government engineers who constructed a winding trail from Manitou to the top of the great mountain and built there an experimental station that study might be made of weather conditions three miles above sea level. This led to the building of a carriage road from Cascade in Ute pass to the top of the-mountain; and almost simultaneously there came the cog railroad. It was built in 1890, making the ascent in nine miles from its Manitou depot. This is one of the most famous of the world’s mountain railroads. And now in 1915 comes the supreme conquest of the mighty peak. The constructive ability of the American engineer has won another triumph, for since September 1, automobiles have been traveling on the “World’s Highest Highway” to a point within five miles of the pinnacle of the mountain;

and construction gangs are pushing rapidly the grade of this road through bowlder fields way above timber line to the summit. On the first day of September there was opened to travel the first twelve miles of the highway,which connects with the Pike’s Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway in Ute pass at Cascade, ten miles west of Colorado Springs and five miles west of Manitou. Built by Private Capital. Before congress closed its sixtythird session, it granted the right-of-way for an automobile road that would traverse the Pike national forest and wind its way up the northern slopes to the top of the peak. When the government granted this right-of-way through a national forest for a toll road,-it did an unprecedented thing. But there were good and sufficient

GATEWAY OF THE HIGHWAY

reasons. It was shown that such a highway would be a big asset in developing the nation’s scenic wonders and it is becoming Uncle Sam’s hobby to advocate “See America First” and to keep within this country some of Hie millions of dollars that have been going to other corners of the world. The building of this highway was so stupendous an undertaking and involved so large a financial outlay that It was certain it could not be undertaken in many a year unless by pri s rate capital. And so the government gave its consent and its co-operation, reserving the right to purchase the road at any tlme-at its actual cost, and imposing strict regulations with

THE. HIGHWAY OF THE UTE PASS

Ices are installed, insuring communication along the entire trip. The highway will be open to any motor car, and automobile men claim that any good driver will be able to make the trip. Undoubtedly the Pike’s Peak highway takes its place as the greatest and highest in the world. Stelvio pass, the highest carriage road in Europe, in the Alps between Italy and Austria, has never been opened to the automobile. While there were many difficulties the construction of this highway was not a hard task for the modern engineer. For part of the way from Cascade it follows the general line of the old carriage road built in 1888. Scenery Is Unexcelled. Every mile of the highway to the summit is crowded with scenic interest. From Colorado Springs the route goes through beautiful Manitou and then into Ute pass, a 30-mile cleft in the mountain down which the Ute Indians used to come to Manitou to drink of the mineral waters there. Amid a profusion of wild flowers, through groves of pines and aspens, the highway proceeds. Often, as the motor climbs, it will be enveloped in a fleecy cloud. Higher and higher the car climbs, but the grade is so easy that one does not realize that he is at the summit until he can see the world about him, east, west, north and south. Sixty thousand square miles of scenery—wild, massive, awe-inspiring—can be viewed from the seat of the motor car. There below is Colorado Springs, its broad avenues and boulevards gleaming in the sun. Far out into eastern Colorado are the farms, little green patches upon the drab prairie. Back in the chasms west of the peak are grotesque formations, and on the western horizon are the snow-capped Sangre de Christo and the giant peaks of the great continental divide. A*t the summit one can snowball in August as well as in December. Pike’s Peak just scrapes the snow out of the frosty clouds as they pass by. In the Pike’s Peak region the motorist will find a variety of trips Oo great that he can suit any day’s mood

reference to the usage, tolls and management of the highway. The government and the company agreed that “safety first” should be the ruling principle in the construction and op eration of the highway, and those who have made the trip over the first twelve miles marvel at the easy grades, the wide roadway and the unusual precautions which have been taken to insure maximum enjoyment of the wonderful scenery and to give even the timid a feeling of absolute security as the motor car climbs steadily upwards. It is 27 miles from Colorado Springs to the top of Pike’s Peak by the new road. The actual highway is 17 miles in length from tne point where it runs into the Pike’s Peak ocean-to-ocean highway in Ute pass, at an elevation of 7,415 feet, so that its total rise is 6,746 feet. The average grade is six degrees with a maximum of ten de grees, and there are only two places where the grade does not rise. Safety and Convenience. The road bed is 20 feet wide and this is increased to 26 feet on curves, making it possible to be double tracked all the way, with frequent “turnout” or stopping places provided in case of tire or engine trouble. The bridges, with concrete parapets, are located on tangents, so they may be seen at a distance of 300 feet. They are built of steel and concrete. Signs conveying cautions have been erected along the route. Six water stations have been established at intervals of three miles for cooling and refilling purposes, and gasoline stations are located at the road’s terminals. Expert repair men are always at hand for duty and telegraph and telephone serv-

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FISHED LOCOMOTIVE FROM LAKE

The Locomotive Was Valued St SIO,OOO, so the Railroad Officials Figured That It Was Worth While to Recover It From the Bottom of the River. Divers Were Sent Down to Inspect the Engine and Fasten the Wire Cables to it. A Wrecking Crane Soon Lifted the Locomotive on to the Bridge and Placed It Gently on the Ralls.

GOOD WORK BY DIVERS

BROUGHT LOCOMOTIVE UP FROM DEEP WATER. Engine Worth Ten Thousand Dollars Replaced on Ralls In Short Time, Little Damaged by Its Unusual Bath. It can be statistically proved that the safest place in the world is in a Pullman car and the most dangerous, your own home. Only once in a while something goes wrong on the best regulated roads. The locomotive shown in the picture published in Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance, ran off the bridge and plunged into the river at Bay City, Mich.—one of these “once in a while” occasions. Today all railroads have as part of their equipment cranes, known as "wreckers,” and regularly employed in construction work of the heavier kind, such as bridge building and handling

ENGINEER’S WORK IN ALASKA

Record of Achievements In Which All Americans May Well Take a Special Pride. The recent decision of congress to devote $40,000,000 toward railroad building in Alaska calls attention to the many daring feats which the engineer has already to his credit in this wonderful land. Here, amid the terrors of an Arctic climate, he has thrown the iron road over steep mountain passes, across gaping ravines and over swiftly moving rivers, work which has only been accomplished after a stern battle against ice and snow, bitter cold and cruel winds. , ' Before enumerating what the railroad engineer has done away up under the Arctic circle here, it is interesting to note that when the United States paid Russia $7,200,000 for Alaska almost everybody agreed it was one of the worst real estate transactions ever consummated. Then came the discovery of. gold, the famous rush to the Klondike, and icebound Alaska was found to be in every sense of the word a veritable gold'mine. Since its purchase from Russia something like $420,000,000 worth of products, represented mostly in minerals and fur, have been taken out of the country certainly not a bad return on the money invested. What is badly needed, however, for the successful development of this interesting land is better transportation facilities. In its whole 600,000 square miles of area there are today only some 400-odd miles of railroads, all of which have been built by private enterprise. Now that coal and oil are known to exist, in addition to gold, silver and copper, and the summer, though short, permits of the cultivation of grain and vegetables, thus enabling the land to support a large population, the government intends to open up the country by at once laying down a number of railroads.

World’i Railroad Mileage.

A world-wide reduction in railroad construction was experienced during 1913 as compared with 1912, accordihg to the annual railroad statistics of the world compiled by Archiv fur Elsenbahnwesen, the official publication of the royal Prussian department of public works. The railroad mileage of the entire world for 1913 was 684,614 miles, an increase of 15,000 miles for the year, as compared with an increase of 16,770 miles reported for 1912. The gain in mileage was also less than that for 1911 and even less than that for 1908. The increase in 1911 was 15,078 miles; in 1910, 14,387; in 1909, 14,139, and in 1908, 16,672. How pre-eminently the United States is the railroad nation of the world is shown by the fact that over 37 per cent of the entire mileage falls within its borders. The increase tor the United States, as compiled by this publication, was 4,979 miles, or almost one-third of the entire gain for the year; while out of the entire 15,000mile increase 9,910 miles were contributed by the two Americas.

Nearly Fifty Years on Road.

Uniformed employees of an eastern railroad are being decorated with gold stars and bars on their coat sleeve. The star signifies 25 years’ continuous service and each of the bars five years. Probably the oldest division employee in point of service is Conductor Frank Norris of Brunswick, Md., who is wearing one star and four bars. On January 16 next he will have the bars taken off and another star added, making 5® years of service.

turn tables. These cranes are always ready to be rushed to the scene of an accident. Equipped with a set of tools designed to handle derailed or damaged cars and locomotives, they lift an overturned car and place it back on the rails or else carry it to the shops for repairs. As soon as the accident pictured occurred at Bay City, a wrecking crane was sent for. It was found that the 75-ton locomotive lay in deep water, and that it would be necessary to send divers down to attach the lines. After the divers had inspected the locomotive they came up and selected the tools they desired to use, comprising different kinds of wire rope slings, hooks, eyes, clevises, hoist beams and yokes. Then they went down and attached the slings and lines to the locomotive. In three hours the submerged locomotive was once more on the rails and very little the worse for the experience. Getting it out of the water so promptly saved it from damage by rust or prolonged contact with the river bottom. —From Popular Science Monthly and World’s Advance.

HAVE YOU A SAND PILE?

I observed a locomotive In the railroad yard one day; • I was waiting at the roundhouse, where the locomotives stay; It was panting for the journey, it was coaled and fully manned. And it had a box the fireman was filling full of sand. It appears that locomotives cannot always get a grip On their slender iron pavements, ’cause the wheels are apt to slip; So when they reach a slippery spot their tactics they command. And to get a grip upon the rail, they " sprinkle it with sand. It’s about this way with travel along life’s slippery track— If your load is rather heavy, and you’re always sliding back; If a common locomotive you completely understand, You’ll provide yourself in starting with a good supply of sand. If your track is steep and hilly and you have a heavy grade, And if those who’ve gone before you have the rails quite slippery made. If you’d ever reach the summit of the upper tableland. You’ll find you’ll have to do it with a liberal use of sand. If you strike some frigid weather and discover to your cost That you’re liable to slip upon a heavy coat of frost, Then some prompt, decided action will be called into demand — And you’ll slip ’way to the bottom if you haven’t any sand. You can get to any station that is on life’s schedule seen. If there’s fire beneath the boiler of ambition’s strong machine; And you'll reach a place called Flushtown at a rate of speed that’s grand. If for all the slippery places you’ve a good supply of sand. —Ben Franklin Monthly.

What Might Be Done.

Some months ago the officials of the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad company made an appeal to their employees to be more careful in handling freight cars. They had, after careful investigation, determined that the careless handling of these cars was costing them heavily in the way of payments for damaged shipments. The employees responded loyally to the appeal, and in five months they have saved the company >146,000. This country is losing Immensely because employees do not look upon the Interests of their employers as concurrent with their own interests, the Leavenworth Times remarks. So many are careless, never giving a thought to the proposition that as the employer prospers so is he able to pay wages; some are vicious, regarding with envy the prosperity of others and willing to hinder that prosperity, and a great number are indolent, counting it gain if they get good pay for poor service. Employers are sometimes to blame for not recognizing and encouraging good service, but there is recompense for such service in the consciousness of having done well. Th 6 laborer who does the best he can for his employer does the best he can for himself and he is the real freeman.

British Railroads Suffer.

The net income of British railroads for 1914 as shown in the official government tabulations Just issued, showed a decrease of >6,000,000, or about 2 per cent. The total net income was >305,000,000. The official returns on the railroads of the country, which tn ordinary years has furnished a Bind Book of many pages, is this year a single-sheet volume and is prefaced with the note: "In consequence of the war no further return will be published regarding the statistics of the railway companies for the year.”

HOW TO SERVE LAMB

SUGGESTIONS THAT MAY BE NEW TO HOUSEWIVES. Preferences of the Family Are, of Course, the First Things to Be Considered —Best Method of Utilizing the Broth.

"You know I said the other day that I had some good recipes for neck and breast of lamb.” Mrs. Happy Homemaker opened her manuscript "cook book” and proceeded to read: "The neck may be used for various kinds of stews. The neck cut in small pieces is boiled with onions, turnips, and carrots, and when almost done add half a cupful of flour made into a thick, creamy paste with milk. Let this boll with the stew for ten minutes. “Or use this recipe: Put the pieces of lamb into a frying pan with melted butter, and turn until the pieces are a light brown; then pour into a stew pot with two or three large tomatoes (or a can of tomatoes if the fresh ones are not in season), an onion, and a few carrots. When this is served it makes an appetizing addition to circle the dish with boiled rice. “The breast may be used as a roast with browned potatoes and vegetables, and served with a sauce of tomatoes. “But this is the way the family likes it best. Take the lamb bones, which the butcher will take off the forequarter in boning it for you, and to these add the breast, putting all into a pot to boil with one onion, one large carrot, a couple of potatoes for thickening, and two tomatoes for flavor. When the breast is thoroughly cooked carefully take out all thb bones so as not to break the meat. Press the meat between two large plates, with a weight on top so that the meat may be molded into an even roundness. This may be served cold with a garnishing of lettuce and cold vegetables, with salad dressing, and is a delicious hot day luncheon dish. Or the mold may be cut into slices and fried in bread crumbs. “The broth which is made from the liquor in which the breast has been cooked is very rich; add a little barley or rice and you will have a wholesome and ample supper for the little folks. “In buying a shoulder of pork ask the butcher to bone it for you, then tie into a round roast so it will keep its shape. Rub well with salt and pepper, and a little thyme or sage, too, gives a pleasant flavor, and roast in a medium hot oven. If you do not use a self-basting roaster, the meat should be basted often. A shoulder of pork weighing eight pounds takes about 40 minutes to cook. This may be served with apples baked in the same pan, if an'open roaster is used or with apple sauce.” —Kansas City Star.

Non-Fattening Foods.

Many foods which are nourishing do not produce fat. The two kinds which create fatty tissues are fats of all kinds, like butter, lard, drippings (food cooked in them), and the large group of foods classed as starches. If eaten in excess starch will be laid up in the body as superfluous or stored fat. Following is a list of nourishing foods which will not produce excess fat: Light meats, like chicken, white fish, lean beef; all vegetables except potatoes, parsnips and other starchy kinds; fruit of all kind except bananas, grain or cereals, except oatmeal and rice; beans and cheese; milk, in small quantity, eggs. , Milk and eggs will fatten unless exercise is taken or the body is in a very run-down condition. Cocoa is a fattening drink also.

Chicken Truffles.

Chop the raw meat of a four-pound chicken very fine; add four well-beaten eggs, one at a time, with one-third of a pint of thick cream and salt and pepper to taste. Cook in buttered timbale molds, garnished with truffles, and set in a pan of hot water in a slow pven. Cover with buttered paper. Bake half an hour. Serve with this sauce: Two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour, a cupful of chicken stock or milk, turned onto the broken yolks of three eggs. ,■

Grape Sago.

Wash one cupful of sago, and soajk it in three cupfuls of cold water for two hours. Cook till transparent and add one cupful of grape Juice and one cupful of sugar* Turn into a mold and serve very cold. Currant Jelly may be substituted for grape juice by thinning a tumbler of the jelly with one cupful of boiling watef.

About Roast Pork.

When buying a strip of pork to roast get your butcher to saw the long bone on the top of the strip lengthwise instead of cracking it at each chop. When roast is done it can be taken off and each slice cut without any splintered bones.

Grape and Meat Salad.

After washing a bunch of white and a bunch of purple grapes remove the seeds with a sharp knife. Make nests of watercress on lettuce leaves and fill with the grapes and nuts. Serve with a French dressing.

To Reheat Rolls.

Roll either cold rolls or biscuits in wet paper, lay in a pan and let them remain in a hot oven until the papei scorches. - They will then taste at If freshly baked

FOOD WORTH MUCH STUDY

No Other Problem Can More Worthily Engage the Attention of the Mother on the Farm. What could be a woman's problem on the farm that was not a woman’s eternal problem everywhere and anywhere? Home economics or the selection, use and preparation of food, clothing, shelter and household management, and how can this problem, or any other problem, for that matter, be solved except through study or education? And yet so little has been thought of the home problems that more money is spent year by year for teaching the men how to fatten a steer or pig than to teach a mother how to care for her babe or feed her superior inimals —the men of the family, writes M. E. Barrett of the Texas experiment station. Visit any farm you please and you will be shown the fine pigs and calves, goats or sheep, but never a word of the baby or its nursery. I’ve even seen kindergartens for colts to train them in their stunts, but never a home garten for the children. I believe you will all agree with me that food is the first problem. To load your table down with vegetables and meats is not treating your child as your husband treats his pig baby. He is carefully balancing the rations for the pig for growth, and that of the horse for energy, and that of the cow for milk. Neither is he working all day long on the three meals a day for bis animal family. Now here is where education comes in again, to cut down the work of those three meals in quantity and make it count in quality, to take lees time and more thought. Try a fireless cooker. Get a bulletin on balanced rations and menus from the university. Then, in the cool of the afternoon, prepare your vegetables and meats for next day; at breakfast bring them to a boll and put in the hot rock and close up the dinner. This will save you from one to two hours on dinner which can be spent in further study on the subject of food values.

PICKLED APPLES FOR WINTER

Delicacy That Will Be Appreciated in Cold Weather When Most Fruits Are Scarce. Peel, core and quarter some sharp apples, throwing them into a brine made by boiling six ounces of salt for one minute in a quart of water, flavor being improved by a few slices of mild onion, and color by fresh vine or fig leaves. Leave then closely covered for 24 hours, then, having drained and carefully wiped the fmlt and put it into an unglazed stoneware jar, pour over it a pickle composed of vinegar brought nearly to the boil, with some allspice, black pepper and either horse-radish or whole ginger, or both, in the proportion of one ounce each to the quart, the addition of half a dozen cloves, a couple of bay leaves, a blade of mace and two or three shallots or a little garlic if liked. Stand, covered first, with vine or fig leaves, then with a plate, for 24 hours in a corner by the Are, drain off the liquor, reheat it, pour again over the fruit, screened with fresh leaves, and tie down.

Meat Souffles.

Meat of excellent flavor is needed for meat souffles. ' Chicken and ham are favorites. They should be chopped fine and then pounded smooth. Unless smooth and fine they will not mix with the egg thoroughly. White sauce, stirred into yolks, meat added, and nice seasonings, then the whites folded in is the order of procedure. An even tablespoonful of meat is about all one egg will hold up unless an expert handles the material.

Creamed Fish With Potato.

Mash and season potatoes and line bottom and sides of dish about one and one-half inches thick. Make a white sauce, add boiled salt fish broken in pieces and put the whole in the potato nest. Cover top with the potato and put pieces of butter on top. Make two slits with knife and bake until potato is nicely browned. In place of fish cold meat mixed with gravy may be used.

Cauliflower Salad.

Trim and boil one firm head of fresh cauliflower in fresh water until tender, but do not allow it to boil soft. Remove from the fire and drain. When cold slice thinly then allow to marinate one hour in highly seasoned French dressing. When ready to serve drain and lay on fresh lettuce leaves, sprinkle with finely chopped walnut meats and red pepper. Place a heaping tablespoonful of mayonnaise on. top of each portion.

Grape Gelatin.

Use yoUr favorite jello or gelatin recipe with peeled and seeded California grapes. Use with or without other fruits. Delightful with grapes alone. This is not only a delicious, but a beautiful dish to serve during “grape season.”

Avoid Vegetable Burning.

If you will place a pie plate upside down in the kettle you will avoid all burning of the potatoes or other vegetable, if you should happen to forget them and the water boil dry. Your vegetables will be on top of the pis plate and not scorched in the least.

New Flavoring.

Several tablespoonfuls of peanut butter creamed with the shortening are recommended for giving a novel and delicious flavor to cookie* w any dark cake.