The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 17, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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THE LEXINGTON LEADER
OF THE
STATE
NEXT STEP IN MARLAND
LEASE TROUBLE DUE
ABOUT AUG. 25
NEWS FROM STATE OFFICES
What the State Officials and Depart-
ments Are Doing—Iterr.s of In-
terest About the State
Government.
Wilson Holds Up Scnool Moneys. :
The state school money apportion
ment ot forty-seveu counties and ^
towns, Tulsa among them, is being j
held up bp R. H. Wilson, state super- j
intendent, because of the local dis-
tricts having failed to furnish reports
as required in a law passed by the j
Sixth legislature.
The report was due July 1 and re- |
ports were sent to each of the local
boards. The local boards are required
in the reports to show for what pur-
pose the money given them in the last
apportionment was expended.
Until the reports are made, the state j
superintendent is not allowed, under j — ~~ "
the law, to deliver the new apportion- tittle Incidents and Accidents That
Go To Make Up A Week's History
Of A Great Common-
STATEWIDE
NEWS EVENTS
HOME GUARDS TO BE OR-
GANIZED IN EVERY COUN-
IN THE STATE.
OTHER NEWS OF THE STATE
The next move in the E. W. Marland
Sease case, which has provided a spec-
tacular light in the school land com-
mission, is expected 10 ulnge around
the advertisement of leases about
August 25.
T. J. Ellis, superintendent ot the oil
and gas division of the school land
commission, said that he probably
would get improvements on the leases
appraised and be in readiness to ad-
vertise the leases by the latter part
of the month. He believes that ad-
tising on the leases should run for
at least forty days on account of their
importance, so the sales probably will
not be made until October.
Whether Governor Williams will file
•an injunction suit to stop tHe sale of
the leases under the preference right
is a question that is furnishing spec-
ulation for those interested in the
leases. The governor has indicated
that he might file such a suit coin
ciit lit with the advertising of the
properties for re leasing.
He has gone so far as to prepare
the papers in the suit and everything
is in readiness to file them if he
should decide to oppose the action of
the other four members of the school
land commission in ordering the prop-
erties re-leased under the preference
right.
Some believe there s no doubt but
that the governor will file such a suit,
while others believe he now will be
content to attempt to get a fair bonus
for the leases. The governor himself
Is non-committal on his course. His
contention that the releasing of the
properties under the preference right
Is unconstitutional has been upheld
hy two assistant attorneys general,
Guy Nelson and C. W. King, and it
was under this advice that the papers
fn the estoppel suit were prepared
ment.
Those counties and cities which
have failed to make reports follow:
Alfalfa. Atoka, Blaine, Caddo, Choc-
taw, Cotton, Craig, Creek. Custer,
Grady, Grant, Harmon, Jackson, Ok-
fuskee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Potta-
watomie, Seminole, Stephens, 'lexas
wealth.
HATS OFF JO THIS ALIEN
Claremore.—-Rejected by the
couuty exemption board beouuse he
had never become a naturalized
citizen of the United States. John
Gromek, a Russian Jew, employed
in the smelters at Collinsville, im-
mediately took the advice of Joe
Chambers. Rogers county registrar,
and tiled first papers of citizenship
with the clerk of the district court.
"1 may be an alien," he said,
when Chambers first refused to ex-
amine him. "but I sure do want to
go to war and fight for a country f
have come to love very dearly. Is
there any way 1 can get in?"
After application tor citizenship
had been filed. Gromek was exam-
ined by the exemption board and
accepted for miltary service.
GOOD FRUITS FOR PRESERVES AND
APPROVED PRESERVING METHODS
Not a Difficult Process and the Fruit Keeps Better
Than When the Ordinary Canning Process Is
Used.
ACQUIT MUSKOGEE MAYOR
Jury Exonerates Wyand of Charge of
Neglecting Official Duty.
Muskogee.—Mayor J. E. Wyand w*as
Oklahoma City—The organization of
home guards, who will be furnished
f with discarded Springfield rifles ob-
Tulsa, Washington; Cherokee, Atoka, tained from the government, is p'.an-
Watonga, Hinton. Apache, Hydro, j ned in each county of the state by
Hugo, Temple, Welch, Oilton, Custer Governor Williams, as a result of the
City,' Rush Springs, Pond Creek, anti-draft rioting in Seminole, Hughes
Hoilis, Altus, Eldorado, Paden, Krebs, j and Pontotoc counties.
Francis, Maud, Konawa, Cunden, Guy- i The guards will be made up of men | acqUnted of the charges that he had
mon, Glenpool, Dewey. ; either too old or too young to come wllfuliy nPgiected to enforce the vice
within the draft age. They will be j laws ()f the state and had permitted
State Is After More Tax Money. ! given regulation drilling and be Pre j gambling dens, liquor and houses of
A ruling intended to strike at wild j ])are(i for home defense. Their Pre3"ibad repute to flourish unmolested,
cat oil and mining corporations and ' ence in eac|, 0f the counties of the n) i tllstrict CIMlrt jury, after an hour
one which-is expected to result in the j 9^ate js expected to preclude any such: and a llalf deliberation, returned an
paying ot a great deal more money [rioting as occurred in Oklahoma re-1 unanjmous verdict of not guilty,
in license taxes, has been announced ^ cently, and in case there should be vVyand, after a two weeks suspen-
by the state corporation commission. ; such uprisings, they could be quelled I sjon' Jg agajn chief executive of the
Heretofore companies which claimed j quickly by the armed men on the
exemption from the payment of a cor- | ground.
poration tax on the ground that they Governor Williams plans to organize
came under the gross production tax | )he home guards through Adjt. Gen.
were exempted without question. j ^ncel Earp and the state council ot
In the future each company will be | defense. j. m. Aydelotte, chairman of
required to tile a separate statement ! state council, has assured the gov-
showing the amount of its capital in- erpor that he can obtain rifles from
vested in properties liable under the { the government with which to arm the
gross production tax and to show guards.
whether the company atcually is pro- j ^,jie designation of organizers
ducing oil or ore or is engaged in : throughout the state will be made by
development operations that are likely j jjarp a3 soon as he completes the reg-
to be productive. , lations for organization which he is
Many compaaies which previously ; aQW drawing up He expects to have
have escaped the payment of the cor- ; this done within two or three day*
poration tax. will be forced to pay it | —
under the new ruling DRUMRIGHT STRIKE ENDED.
Appellate Board Places Are Filled.
The appointment of M. ti. Deining, j
a printer of Muskogee and John :
O'Brien, former district mine inspector j
of Lehigh, as members of the appellate i
exemption boards in the eastern dis- I
trict, was announced by Governor
Williams.
Mr. Denting succeeds Eugene ltoss.
of McAlester, who was removed be
city. Attorney General S. P. Freeling,
who brought the accusation against
him, and who personally led the state's
case, moved in open court alter the
verdict had been received thut the
mayor be reinstated.
The jury took four ballots in arriv- I
ing at its verdict. The first vote was ;
sight 11 four for acquittal, the second
ten to two, the third eleven to one and ! S,a"'8
the fourth unanimous. j r,-he fnlit.s which are so plentiful in
many parts of the country this season
BOOZE RUMMERS CAN FORD I may'l.o saved I.y 'preserving as well
. i us by canning. Preserves and slmi-
Red River At Low Enough Stage For j lar products differ from canned fruit
Autos. [ in that much larger proportions of
! sugar are used in preparing them, in
Hobart—The low stage of the Red that they are cooked longer, and in
forming the Oklahoma-Texas j that special sterilization in containers
is affording whisky runners a js not necessary In all cases. Because
Sinclair Company Grants 15 Percent I cl,.ince t,) evade the officers and bring I 0f this many of these products may
Increase to Workers. I liquor into lie state. Oklahoma of-
! lie a guard all the bridges and hold
. up every auto until an examination
Drumright—The strike on all ^ bg ma(Ie tQ see if (!>e "bone-dry"
Sinclair Oil and tias Company lease> )aw jg belng violated. Several straw
in .he Drumright field came to an J
vhen 1 J. Parker, field superiu-
crossings on tho river have been found
, end vhen I .1- garner, new auyci --. offlcla|g> i;ood £()rda are made by
„ , viv i tendent, notified the strikers that the j lin„ straw on the sand. Autos
cause of being ot draft age. Mr. | _any had dccided to grant the ^ ^ soing nvpr
Barrett Given Secretaryship.
S. M. Barrett, formerly president of
the Eastern University Preparatory
School at Claremore, was appointed
secretary of the state board of voca-
tional education by Governor Williams
last week. The Claremore school was
suspended when Governor Williams
disapproved an appropriation, auto-
matically putting Barrett out of a job.
His new place pays $2,000 a year.
The vocational education board is
composed of five members, R H Wil-
son, state superintendent of schools;
Frank H. Gault, president of the board
of agriculture; Stratton D. Urooks,
president of the state university, and
J. W. Cantwell, president of the Okla-
homa A. and M. college, are the other
members of the board. The board
was provided for by the last legisla
ture, to obtain federal aid for high
schools which adopt vocational educa-
tion. An annual appropriation of $35,-
416 was provided to meet a similar
amount from the government.
Heating Plant at Capitol Ready.
Work on the heating plant of the
state capitol is progressing rapidly,
and at the offices of the state board
of public affairs it was stated that the
plant would be ready for use as soon
as cold weather begins.
The capitol is equipped to be heated
with hot air. Furnaces will be in-
stalled in the heating plant, which is
in a separate building located about
200 feet from the capitol proper, and
the air will be pumped thence through
underground pipes.
An appropriation of $60,935 for
equipping the plant was made by the
last state legislature. The heating
plant building is being built in con-
formity with the architectural style of
the capitol.
O'Brien takes the place of Edgar R.
Kenton of Lehigh, who also was too
young to serve on the exemption
board.
Both of the new appointees, as well
as the men they succeed, have been
Increase in wages demanded.
the fords, and hav<
caped the olli-
The 300 striking employes resumed I jalg pederal age-its stationed at
work and pumps started at the -"".Wichita Falls. Texas, state that "tie
wells, which have been siiut down Weii_0rganiZ6d company has nine high-
the strike was called ten days j p0wered automobiles plying from wet
since
po
I Texas districts intc Oklahoma.
active in the ranks of organized labor | ^ agreRment h„ oil field I
workers are to receive a la percent
REVOLT LEADER CAUGHT.
Increase in wages, except cleaners,.
who will receive $150 a month. 1 his ; |^om#r gpence Held In Hen For Insti.
is the first oil field workers' strike gating draft Riots.
ever won in the Oklahoma fields, and ,
was accomplished without a single a ti Muskogee.—Homer Spence. 40 years
of violence or any attempt to destroj | ^ one of thp . hm, men he|d re.spon-
year will be 500 carloads, according property. The strikers *bems.c U'8 !sjble by federal authorities for organl-
to estimates made by commission c0 operated with the officials in pre- j zatiljM 0f the uprising in Oklahoma
and it was this affiliation which caused
them to be named.
The appointments have been ap-
proved by President Wilson and take
effect immediately.
Peach Crop Will All Be Exported.
Oklahoma's market peach crop this
and |
quantity is light, the quality of the warned 1. W. W. members thai '" unii^r arrest in Seminocounty, ac-
fruit is surprisingly good, it is said. assistance was not wanted and i carding to announcement by I'nited
Commission firms are contracting j presence on the leases would not bejritates Marshal II A. Enloe, Jr.
for the fruit at prices ranging from tolerated. j spence, a Working C la s Union or-
$1.25 to $1.50 a bushel. Although the — ganizer. was out at the time on $5,000
crop is not enough to supply this state Coin's Toss Settles Draft. .mil, under indictment by a federal
is is predated that practically all will Tu'sa.—Harry E. Crosby and Claud (grand jury for conspiracy to obstruct
be shipped out of the state, leaving the ' prosbv twin brothers, came before operation of the coosc iption act. j sluivels or \v
consumers here to depend upon lin (he Tulsa county exemption board Sp«-ac has been placed In the state be made less
ports from other states. ,, th ,vprB found phvsically fit and penitentiary at McAlester for sate water.
Packing Jams in the Home.
or pans are desirable. Tin is not de-
sirable because fruits will discolor in
It. Pack preserves cold, bring the
sirup in which they have stood to boil-
ing. test by observing thickness when
poured from a spoon, and if of proper
density pour over the packed pre-
serves, paddling with thin wooden pad-
dle or knife blade to remove all air
bubbles. If not of the right density
for packing, the sirup must be concen-
trated by boiling. To seal properly
and to insure safety from mold it is
be packed in larg-necked bottles and desirable that all preserves be pro-
glasses, and sealed with cork, paraffin, cessed. Tight-sealing Jars must he
etc. Tight-sealing jars thus may be used, therefore, for these products,
saved for canning. Since they can be sterilized below the
Preserves, jams, marmalades, etc., boiling point, processing at simmering
liti'er among themselves in the propor- (S!) degrees C.) for 30 minutes is pre-
tion of sugar used, the degree of cook- ferable to boiling, because this tent-
ing employed, and the consistency of perature will give better color,
the finished product. Though less gPneral directions given may be
economical to prepare than canned Ued pructically any fruit to
fruit because of the relatively large make preserves. For additional con-
amounts of sugar used, preserves and venlence> however, the following spe-
similar preparations furnish a variety clHc r(,cl,)es are KiVPn for products
in the ways of putting up fruits and mf)st )tkeiy t0 be abundant during the
make valuable additions to the winter rt.nmin(U,r of the season.
r&tlon of sweet foods. ^
Watermelon Preserves.—Cut one
Sirups m Preserving. pouml wutt,rraelon rind Into Inch
When preserves are properly made squares- Allow to stand overnight in
the fruit keeps its form, is plump, ten- cjear water. Drain and cover with
der. clear, and of good color, the sur- al)out No. 3 sirup ('■! cupfuls sugar to
rounding sirup being also clear and of 1 quart water. Boil for 25 minutes,
proper density. In making preserves j o| st|lI,d overnight Immersed In sirup,
the object Is to have the fruit per- NVx( inorn|nK add juice of half lemon
meated with the sirup and this can be an(j three snces of lemon additional
accomplished only by careful proced- for ea(.h I)0uad. Cook until trunspa-
ure. In order to prevent shrinkage it rpnt (at)out one hour). Let stand un-
1s necessary to put fruit at first into (jl co)(j_ pack, add the sirup, garnish-
thin sirup and increase its density | with s[lces 0f iemon, cap, and pro-
slowly by boiling the fruit iu the sirup
or by alternately cooking and allow-
ing the product to stand Immersed in
the sirup. If at any time the fruit
shrivels or wrinkles the sirup should
dense by the addition of
ports from other states. j Botb were found physically nt anu 1 pe
Guthrie will supply most of the cro|), | bQth were anxi()us to go to war, butjkeeping
but good shipments will be made from ; ha(j ar, aged anj infirm mother
Durant, Ardmore, Wynnewood, Mc- | <jependent upon them and one had to J Land
Loud and Fletcher. j 3tajr behind. Drawing a coin from! Oklahoma
Land Classifier Wanted.
City.—The I'nited States
'Heads I Civil Service Commission announces
Frisco Must Bring Tank Cars Back. Iu i c-i,Ue the | i)nd examination for assistant land
A move on the part of the Frisco t '
or tails, Harry?"
. , , 1 The co'n was flipped, it | c'assifler and junior land classifier in
ttop providing tank cars to Oklahoma I gied exemption the Ge ilogical Survey, salaries rang-
refineries was thwarted by the state
corporation commission when it or
dered the railroad to put back into
service $10,000,000 worth of tank car
equipment which had been sold to a
Chicago operating company.
The Lawton Refining Company was
claims.
ing from $1500 to $180ti and $1080 lo
J1U00 respectively. As a result of sim-
ilar announcements made recently an
Seventeen Tanks Fired. insufficient number of eligibles were
Drumright—Seventeen tanks of oil, obtained Competitors will not be re-
ranging from 1,600 to 55,000 barrels qUjred t0 report at any place for ex-
each and entailing a less of pver!amination, but will be rated on the
the complainant in the case, which I $2,000,000, have been struck by light- subjects of education, training and ex
caused the commission's action. ning and destroyed within a radius of Le..i(!r)ce as shown by their appilca-
That many small refining companies Lw0 mi]es ef Drumright during the tion an() corr borative evidence Ap
in Oklahoma might have been forced j sl0rms of the past three days. The i ,,||cations will be received hv the Co •
out of business through being unabl0 standard Oil and its subsidiary com" j nil sion at any time until further no-
to buy their own tank cars if the rail | panies are the principal losers I,u8eltiee. For information and applica'.i.m
Cattle Believed Diseased.
Ffty-eight nead of cattle from tho
fterd of 2,000 at the Chilocco Indian
3chool were brought to the local stock-
yards to be slaughtered under govern-
ment Inspection. It is thought that
the cows are infected with tubercu-
losis.
For several weeks Dr. J S Graves,
local representative of the federal bu-
reau of animal industry, and his es-
mlstants have been conducting tubercu-
lar tests of cattle on Indian reserva-
tions in order that the diseased ani-
mals might b'e eliminated
If It is found that the rattle are
suffering from tuberculosis germs the
carcasses will find their way to the
rendering vats to be made into fertil-
izer.
Asked to Sow More Wheat.
Oklahoma has been asked to in-
crease her wheat acreage one-fourth,
or more than 800.000 acres next year,
in Uncle Sam's plant to raise 1,000,-
000,000 bushels of wheat. The total
acreage suggested to be planted in
winter wheat in the state is 4.040,000,
as compared with 3 232,000 acres sown
in the fall of 1916. Last year's plant-
ing was the largest acreage planted
since 1906. Oklahoma's Increase will
help hold up the general Increase of
18 percent areas planted over the
United States.
roads had been allowed to withdraw j clouds of smoke rising from the burn-
their equipment was one of the conten- j (ng tanks on all sides have kept the
tions of the commission. j city in darkness for three days. Tanks
close to the residence section were
i shot by cannon to let the oil run out.
bianks write the Civil Service Com-
mission at Washington, I). C., or Sec-
retary of the Ninth District, Old Ctis
tom House, St. Louis, Mo, stating title
ot examination.
Short Course Planned.
Ardmore.—Fifteen Carter
county I
Former Socialist Sheriff a Slacker.
Chickasha.—Mark Read, ex-sheriff
Howard Files Report.
The collection of $3,498,923.95 in
taxes through his office is shown in
the annual report of State Auditor E.
B. Howard. The report places trie I Arumore. r" 13! of McClain county, Oklahoma, w:'s
expenses of operating the auditor's of- boys and gir_s . judging • tried before I'nited States Commls
fice for the year at $35,669.72. making ^^ust 22 and 23^ i sooner Speake In this city on a
the expenses approximately 1 per cent j ^ be h arrv l'mbieton charge of failing to register under
of the amount collected. Collections under t"^ I ,h(j *,r!lft law ,Ie was bound ov -v
from different sources follow: i « ex ° m i ,0 the district court under $1,000
under the direction of Harry Embleton
of the extension department of the Ag-
Productton tax, 3 p* cent... .«£ j ^ | bond. Read was elected sheriff of
! Russel, Carter county farm demon- j McClain county on ti;e ■ociaU.t tlckpt
gent, has arranged for the and served two yea
nty's dele-1 that h« was more than St years old ; w(tbout danger
The short < when the draft law was passed, b-'t ; cause the ncW inverts some of the
' the county records are said to show j sugari changing It to a form which
that he Is only 28 years old now. 1 cooking will not crystallize readily
nluri'.iii lux. ■ IT cent. .
Proiluetion tux. '2 of 1 percent
Incoine
Tnfort'st
Car tax
Insurance
Inheritance
Penalty
Total
338.G6S.T1
*24.134.1 stration a;
5,!9 ;!j I entertainment of this county's dele
41,704. in gates at the meeting. The short
?,04r.,07 j COurse will be for boys and girls in
' Carter, Bryan, Marshall and Johnston.
To make these sirups boll sugar and
water together in the proportion giv-
en below until sugar Is dissolved.
Strain all impurities out of the sirup
before using:
Sirup No. 1—Fourteen ounces sugar
to one gallon water.
Sirup No. 2—One pound, 14 ounces
sugar to one gallon water.
Sirup No. 3—Three pounds nine
ounces sugar to one gallon water.
Sirup No. 4—-Five pounds, eight
ounces sugar to one gallon water.
Sirup No. 5—Six pounds, 13 ounces
sugur to one gallon water.
If no scales are available, the
amounts of sugar may be approximat-
ed by measuring, using one pint for
each pound and 18 tablespoonfuls to
the half-pint. For the recipes which
follow all measurements are level and
the standard measuring cup holding
half-pint is used.
For fruits like peaches, pears, wa-
termelon rind, etc., preserving should
he begun in sirup not heavier than No.
3. Juicy fruits like berries can be put
at the beginning into a heavier sirup,
i about No. 4, because the abundant
\ juice of the fruit quickly reduces the
I density of the sirup before shrinking
j can take place. When the preserves
are finished and ready for packing, the
! density of the sirup should htive
| reached that of No. 4 or No. 5. Sirup
made with very add fruits can be
made heavier than pure sugar sirups
if crystallization be-
.$3,498,11-3.Hi
Incendiary Talk Charged.
Charged with inciting a rebellion,
Marion Ilallman, an aged man of Elk j
City, has been arrested by federal
authorities of the Western district and
is now in the Oklahoma county jail
awaiting the action of the federal
grand, jury. Hallman waived pre-
liminary hearing before Ernest Cham-
bers, United States commissioner.
Hallman is charged with having made
incendiary remarks regarding the war
course of the government. Bud Nettle
of Elk City is named as a witness in
the case.
Young Recruit Shot.
Holdenville—The death of John
Moose, a young country school teacher
of near Okemah, has saddened the;
whole country in which the hunt for
draft resisters is under way. Moose
was shot by a guard on a road leading
Into Holdenville when the young man
refused to heed a command to halt or
to pay attention to several shots fired
over his head into the air. He was
lriving an automobile into Holdenville
on his way to be examined for the ot-
leers' reserve camps.
More Land Agents In Trouble- Cooking.—Since long cooking m-
Butte Mont —D. D. MoFarland, man- | jures the color and flavor of fruits,
ager of a demonstration car of the j It is desirable to cook delicate fruits
McAlester. Okla., real estate exchange,
and William Gordon, O. E. Fort and
| George Lovegrove, employes, were
bound over by a justice of the peace
for trial in district court on charges
of obtaining money under false pre-
tenses. The charges grew out of a
claim made by investors that the men
led them to believe they were working
in conjunction with the government
fn the sale of Indian lands in Okla-
homa.
such as berries for as short a time
ns possible. Cooling rapidly nfter
cooking gives preserves a better color
and flavor than can be secured when
they are packed hot. Standing im-
mersed in sirup after cooking also
helps to plump them. If berry pre-
serves are covered for a brief time
before removing from fire and the ves-
sel left covered while cooling, the
product will be more plump.
For cooling, shallow enamel trays
cess.
Gingered Watermelon Rind.—To
each pound of rind cut Into 1-lnch
squares, add two quarts of water aud
one ounce slaked lime. Uet stand in
lime water overnight. Next morning
drain and let stand one to two hours
in fresh, cold water. Drain well and
boll rapidly in strong ginger tea (one
ounce ginger to one quart water) for
15 minutes. Drain, put into No. 3
sirup made by using one pint strained
ginger tea with one quart water and
one and a half pounds of sugar. Cook
until tender and transparent (about
one and a half hours). After boiling
a half-hour add half a lemon sliced
thin. Place In shallow pans to cool,
having the rind well covered with si-
rup. When cool arrange pieces at-
tractively in jars, cover to overflowing
with sirup. Cap, clamp, and process.
The density of the packing sirup for
preserved and gingered watermelon
rind (also figs and peaches) should bo
between that of No. 5 and No. 6.
Peach Preserves—Boll three pounds
sugar and three quarts water together
until sugar is dissolved. Strain out all
impurities. Have four pounds peaches
well sorted so that all are sound and
firm. Peel the fruit after immersing
for about one minute (or until the
skin slips off easily) into boiling wa-
ter—then into cold. If desired, cut
the fruit into halves, or thinner cres-
cent-shaped slices. Add the peaches
to the sirup and cook until clear and
transparent. Itemove fruit to shallow
tray, cover with sirup and let stand
over night to plump.
Pack the preserves In sterilized jars,
cover to overflowing with sirup, which
should be further reduced by boiling
if not thick enough. Adjust lid and
rubber and process.
Tomato Preserves.—Make a sirup,
using two cupfuls sugar and three
cupfuls water; add one lemon sliced
thinly, six inches of stick cinnamon,
and let boil 15 minutes; then add one
pound of small "yellow plums" or "egg
tomatoes," which have been pricked
with a coarse needle or scalded and
skinned, let simmer until tomatoes are
clear. Remove tomatoes and spread
out in a tray. Cook sirup uutil prop-
er consistency, pour over the toma-
toes and allow to stand over night.
Next morning pack into small jarR,
pour sirup over them, partly seal.
process pint jars 15 mluuies. ,
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Whitsett, Lee. The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 17, 1917, newspaper, August 17, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc110790/m1/3/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.