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Show THE Page Five THE NAVY DID IT Your Own Back Yard In 1907 President Roosevelt sent the united states Atlantic fleet around the world on a mission of good will and on tWs cruise the American na.vy won the undying gratitude of the people of Sicily for their signal services when that islancl was ravaged by earthquake in December, 1908. During the water shortage at Tacoma, Washington, the airplane carrier, Lexington, furnished light and power for the city which has over 110,000 population. The crew of an Alnerican destroyer·, the U. S. S. Childs, when in Constantinople some years ago, adopted 40 Russian children, supplying the means for their main- tenance and education. In February, 1932, when an earthqual{e badly damaged Santiago, Cuba, navy planes with doctors and medical .supplies were rushed there from Guantanamo bay. In. 1820 Congress declared slave trade to be piracy and punishable by death. Our naval vessels were ordered to capture slave bearing ships wherever found, and a bounty of twenty-five dollars a head was offered fol' the capture of every slave on board. The radio bas played a very important part in the life saving business of the world. The radio has saved 30,000 lives since its introduction to the marine field, a study of marine casualty records has revealed. A GREAT ASSET I By LEONARD A. BARRETT Heredity is a more important factor in life thnn environment. The forces we have inherited enable us to overcome a bad en v 1 ronLincoln ruent. lived amidst surroundings which ordinarily would have killed all 1nltiatlve and enthusiasm. Because of strong inherited ten~ dencies, w bleb he a c CoL u ired largely from his mother, be was conditions. Ju· those master able to das, in BlbHcal history, lived in an environment which should have But his made him a great man. lnberited tendencies, which mas· tered him, made him known in history a.s the betrayer. A person must either mas~er his environment or it will master hlm. One of the greatest blessings ls a strong healthy body. Any person wbo bas loberited health is to be .heartily congratulated. A healthy body cnn overcome disease. A physician may be subject to contagion in the environment in which he works, but tf he possesses normal health and exercises proper precaution, be is not likely to be infected. The tt>ndency of health ls to ward orr and overcome disease. This same fact holds true in the world of moral and spiritual values. Our envil·onment durlng the past three years h:Is been of tbe most depressing nature. Persous who were able to hol<l on and to overcome and not be mastered by tbeir depressed tendencies. were in the majority of cases tbose who bad within them the power to win. Doubtless, in the majority of cases, this was an 1nberited tendency. The greatest gift pa1.·ents can give their children is not material wealth, or social prestige, but an inheritance of l.Jealth of body, mind, and spirit. ®by Western !i'!'!spa.per Un.lon. By ELROY BOBERG UTE SENTINEL • Midvale, Utah Friday, January 19, 1934. THE WAY TO HIS HEAR T IS VIA THE ESOP HAGU S In the l)Ost-war days preceding the present depression when every American considered himself a potential millionaire or was t.oo busy earning his fJrst thousaad dollars to entertain a thought. about hard times, the suggestion that a vegetable garden in the b:;~.ck lot might be a profitable sid~·line-that it might even be worl.hwhile ns a source of food for the table or produce something valuable enough to trade at the store for a can of fish or package of coffee, would have been treated as a :t uge jo!u.. Then depression, th!1.t brutal and unloved taskmaster, stepped in1;o the pictut'e of American life and almost overnight prices dropped fortunes were lost, and jobs vanished. The stern lash of necessity began to drive us relentlessly to t.he wall, forcing us to use every available resource and many to reluctantly accept relief nnd charity. It is very likely that much humiliation and suffering could have been averted if every American family with th'! proper facilities had Ov;.'lled a mill: cow, ~t flock of laying hens, or a small garden of vegetables ap.d berries when the present hard times hit our nation. IJ: is not too much to beli(:Ve that AIDS on the larder. we :n;ea!l, of other crackers that are just as the commercial farmer might have because this is the season ta acceptable and that are put up in faired better through these. lean them in great num· tins. so that they will keep tresh expect years had he grown his vegetables hers and it will be "just too badu and snappy right down to the and berries instead o.f hoping to crackers, crumb,-cheese for m-other's popularity with the least seemand thins b'.!tter purchase them with money from saltines, up fixed family if a party can•t be so just others, of dozens ingly beof joys the of One instanter. unsold crops. Add sweet. too not are they that su:>~lied pantry a Is home at ing While necessity ha.o:; helped many with eats and drinks 'to be had a touch of your favorite sandwich to appreciate the value of :'1. back any time. With the juniors com- spread and there you are ~th a yard garden there are still un~ ing home from school and college delicious snack. touched possibilitie3 for plf'asure and lots of informal entertaining Sandwiches Galore and profit to .the small home ownjust ahead, the pantry shelves must be well fortified. er in his own back yru·ct. Take a "A sandwich and' a glass of dif~ beer" has come back as an adult bit a are things winter This it compjare. and lot this at look ferent from what they have been demand for something really good with your own. tor thirteen long years, because and satisfying, in the home as The garage is tucked a.way uear real beer, approved legally and well as in the restaurant, and the medically. has come back into good modern sandwich spread, in its the back of the lot using up a soc~ety and the new crop of larder various forms, makes up into deli~ thlrd or more of the space in usethat has grown up since cious sandwiches, with your faguardians less driveway when ~t could have has a few things to vorite bread. days old the been included under the sam~ roof learn about what to serve with It you want regular meat sandwith the house thus perruitting Some of the wiches, on rye bread~ which seem the 3.2 beverage. winter heating and ~asier starting older ones may have forgotten, to- go particularly well with beer~ of the auto in cold weat11er. Other too. there are all kinds of canned Most of' the things that we are meats, of excellent 1lavor and buildings are scattered about ~rlth used to serving with tea. and hot quality that can be slipped out at notWng to justify their location. A do not seem quite husky their containers easily and sliced chocolate clothes line with a beaten track go with beer, and be- up so neatly. Ham loaf', veal loaf to enough parallel to it crosses the yard. An sides, there are certain traditions and corned bee! all come in tins old apple tree that Grand-dad that we might just as well ob- that can be kept in your refrigeraplanted looms grotesquely on the serve. tor or on the pantry shelf, not and dead skyline with half chicken, boneless overlooking A Simple Matter broken branches. 'I·he tree is too salmon, tuna: 1lsh and Vienna large or old to spray and prune It is really a very simple matter sausage. Most of these ca.ll for a to whisk together something tor "sharpener'" in the form of some but struggles on producing a box the raiders, because practteally sort ot pickle, like dill or minced or two of wormy half decayed of the necessary ,.ammunition'" sweet, just to give an added tang hll fruit in good years. Its roots and you need to meet them with and zest. that trunk harbor countless white grubs Vienna sausages with India comes 1n cans., ot assorted shapes and other injurious insects. What or chopped sweet pickle and relish sizea. and to do about it? The one absolutely necessary mayonnaise will appeal to the accompanimen t of beer. trom time men of' the :family, with their You can't move the garage over immemorial, can now be bought beer. Cut the sausages in thin night; you can replac~ the clothes tn cans. We refer to pretzels~ or rings and put a layer of them on line with a revolving une which "bretzels., (if you insist on being bread covered with butter and permits• your wife to hang out the absolutely accurate in your spell~ mayonnaise, and sprinkle the Inentire wash without sT.epping off !Dg), and there are lots and lots dia relish on top. the porch and to gather tht~m in when dry with the san1e eo.se. But Corn and Sweet Potato Scallop: and salt and pepper. Put altergrandpa's apple tree certainly doesn't belong in your back yard Make a white sauce of two table- nate layers of whole kernel corn The limbs and trunk will make spoons butter, two tablespoons from a No. 1 can, and dried good fire wood and the grubs and one-half cups milk cooked sweet potatoes (two cups might even be saved for spring flour, one fishing if put in the cel'ar and fed milk occasionally. Cu'<ting down the old tree will rid your garden of a host of insect p~..sts and clear a .sizeable plot of gl'ound for the spring planting. Although frosts still persist and considerable Wintt·y -neather may yet be in store for us it is well to remember that the hard~er vegetables such as lettuce, raru~mes onions, and peas can be planted just as soon as tbe ground can be worked. EA"Perienced gro,~:ers even go so far as to blam2 f.E~.ilure of the pea crop to delayed planting. -0Seeds to be planted in v..indow boxes for later transplanting may well include cabbage. lettuce, and cauliflower. It is well to secure first class seed because the cost of seed in the small garden is almost a negligible item compared with the labor required to produce first c!ass vegetables and poor seed may not produce good vegeta.blas no matter what cult 1ra\ methods are used . The Democratic Study club met "Thursday afternoon at the home Mrs. of Mrs. Walter Wanberg. .James H. Wolfe of Salt Lake City -was the speaker. Light refreshPhone News items to The Ute ments were served following the Sentinel, phone, Midvale 178. meeting. PREPARE FOR RAID S! R WAT CH for The Opening Date JACK'S DeLuxe Sandwich SHOP 43 East Center St. Some Like It Hot For a real lunch, when you want to serve something hot and still keep within good beer circles, so to speak, there is an interesting variety of good things in cans that may be heated up quickly, such as beef stew, Hungarian goulash, frankfurters and sauerkraut or pigs' knuckles and sauerkraut.. Just writing about them makes one hungry, and if reading has the same effect on you. l;lere i~ a recipe that you might like to follow out for the family todo.y. Sauerkraut SaU3ages and Apples: Heat the contents of one 1 .. pound can of sauerkraut and pila in the center of a large hot plat· ter. Fry one pound ot sausages (or the contents of a 9--ounce ea.a of Vienna sausages) and arrange on top of the kraut. Around thu edges place the apples. They ara prepared by coring and paring six small apples and cooking them in a syrup made by boiling one cup sugar and one and one-half cups of water and a few red cinnamon candies together. Turn the apples around often so that they cook and color evenly on all sides. Let them cook tender, but not so long that they lose their shape. This serves six persons. And here is another sandwich that goes well for an after-themovie snack. that is quiekly made up and gets a hearty welcome trom everyone who likes cheese. Toaslecl Devl.lecl 0/l.eue S<JM. wich: Spread squares or oblongs of buttered toast with deviled ham. Sprinkle thickly with grated cheese and place under broiler :flame until cheese is melted and brown. Serve at once . ADd remember that beer is at Its best at a temperature ot .(0'" F.• of them) in a buttered baking dish and pour sauce over. Top with buttered crumbs and bake in a hot oven from fifteen to twenty minutes. Serves six. |