LOCAL P.-T.S SHORT S T O B OF
TOWH HID COUNTRY
ENTERTAIN
B U E N A V IS T A
Mrs. Gates o f PerHand is vis
iting her sister, Mrs.
Miss Vera Johnson was home
Independence Organization Host
Miss Helen Butler is teaching
to Hopville Tuesday
at Hopville, substituting for Mrs
gram
spent
Violin
week
end with the
Vitamina Really le.
Musical Pro ¡Hotel, who has been leading a
on
the
form er’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
FLEES THE TABLE D’HOTES
George Con key who has been ill G. A. Wells.
for several days.
Alfred and Gilbert Loy o f O. Sclsntlsts Concentrate on Separating
It Freni Viand», but Without Suc
A. C. spent the week end at the
cess— Differ ae to What a
Moss Walker of the Beaver parental home.
SUPT. WILLS GAVE TU K
Splendid
SCIENCE SEEKS
. FOR VITAMINES
Elusive Substance Gives Zest
Alma Wells and friend. Miss
and Real Value to the
Spring o f Willamette college,
,
Food We Eat.
from Falls City Sunday.
A
Simons,
this wnek.
vltamine are known to e x is t: The
wnter-aoluble variety, fouDd In milk,
yeast, and other substances; the fat-
soluble ones, which are present In but
ter and egg yolks; aDd a third class,
designated us ‘‘antiscorbutic.” which Is
found in a numher o f fresh vegetables
and fruits and ulao In the outside
husk o f rice. Lack o f these necessary
food constituents results in various
Ills— scurvy, berl-berl, and other dis
eases.
In fact, the Importance o f the anti
scorbutic factor was discovered purely
accidentally, as a result o f an epideui
lc o f bert-berl among the rice-eating
Eastern nations after modern milling
methods obtained in these countries
and the surface layer of the rice was
removed.
When an extract of this
husk was eventually supplied, the dis
ease was prevented.
Lack of both the other types o f vita
mine result in a gradual wasting
away. This, in the case o f the fat
solutde vltamine. Is accompanied by
tdludness and often by lung trouble,
but the wasting process Is more grad
ual, as the system subsists for a while
on Its reserve store of fat.
N. C. Anderson and w ife were
New York.— Food values are of es
secluded life for some time, was Sunday afternoon callers at the
pecial interest these days o f high
hack on the streets last Tuesday. E. E. Cole home at Monmouth.
prices.
and
Piano Rendered
Une dines at, say, a restaurant iu
York city’s "Latin Quarter,”
famed for its atmosphere but uncer
lin o f Salem spent Sunday with tain as te cooking. The food la men
tioned casually on the menu in sev
Orville Wells and wife.
eral languages— but the chicken is
G. E. Harman called at the tasteless, the potatoes boring and the
salad disappointing. However, one Is
Conger home at Suver Saturday hungry and eats largely.
An hour
luter, the pangs of hunger again make
N. C. Anderson bought three themselves felt. One Anally resorts to
Jersey cows from Pearl Hedges the home Icebox and partakes o f some
humble bread and butter and milk,
o f Independence Saturday.
and that Indefinable lack is satisfied.
The reason for this stale of affairs
Mark Graves and son o f Inde
is not far to seek. Vitatnlnes!
At
pendence were Buena
callers such places the food is deficient in
these intangible and microscopic sub
Sunday.
stances, which scientists have proved
Mr9. M. V. Prather and grand are essential to nutrition and which
are to be found in a large number of
daughter. Mary McCann, visited properly prepared foods but are de
Robert Hornbuckle and w ife at stroyed by excessive heat, drying or
other methods of preservation often
Salem last week.
employed for ecouomy or convenience.
The mystery o f the vltamine is, there
I. M Prather and w ife and fore, of vital interest, as its name im
plies, to the world at large.
grandchildren o f Corvallis visited
What Is a Vltamine?
Mrs. Prather’ s mother, Mrs.
Just what is a vltamine? This ques
tion is still perplexing chemists, ac
McClain the week end.
cording to u recent article by I).
Jud Kays, who was a resident Atherton Seidell o f the public health
service, in the current number of the
o f this place for a number of Joumul of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry. These elusive substances
years, is very sick in a hospital have been found necessary not only as
dietary factors but even for the pro
in Salem.
longutlon of life. Their exact nature,
however, still remains a mystery,
though much has been discovered con
WHY FRANKLIN WORE NO WIQ cerning their effect on the human sys
tem and die general benefits conferred
According to Thie Story, Quaker Sim by them. For instance, experiments
have proved that animals can live In
plicity Had Nothing to Oo With
definitely on a diet of milk alone. But
the Matter.
supply all the constituents of milk
separately — proteins, carbohydrates,
Benjamin FraukliD was about to
fats and salts, in fact, all the known
be presented to the French king on food elements— and the animat wastes
the occasion of his first visit to away and finally dies
Several theories are held in regard
France in the capacity of representa
to this problem. Some scientists In
tive from the new America.
The
eline to classify vitamlnes as struc
court custom of the time demand *d i lira! compounds of living tissues,
that one going to an audience with which function along the same lines
the king must wear a wig of the as the other tissues. Others relegate
proper fashion.
A count, who hu* them to the “ catalysts.” those strange
substances which have been aptly de
Franklin in tow, sent a wigniaker
fined as “ chemical parsons,” as the\
the day before to take Franklin’s accomplish the chemical union of
measure and fit him out for the au various
substances
without
being
dience. The wigmaker arrived at themselves affected. Many think that
Franklin’s Lodgings, measured the they are derived originally from
plants, and one well-known scientist
poll of the great American fore and
states that they are always present
sft and round, and about, and took In natural foodstuffs Instinctively con
his departure.
An h*ur before the 1 sumed by men and animals.
audience the wigniaker returned
Three Typee of Vitamine.
At the present time, three typ“ - <■»
with the wig.
But when Franklin !
attempted to put it on it would not
A t ; he couldn’t begin to get it on his
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McLaugh New
Miss
The
Independence
Parent-
the Hopville
P.-T.s
Childs
has
re
signed her position in the Salem
Teachers' Association entertain
ed
Gladys
schools and expects to further
at the
continue her studies.
Training school Tuesday after- j
noon.
A splendid musical pro
gram consisting of
Miss
violin and
piano numbers was rendered and
ness matters.
Supt. Wills gave a very instruc
tive
talk.
The
meeting
Genevieve Cooper
being accompanied from Salem
largely attended and a splendid
by
luncheon was served.
her
brother-in-law,
Moreland,
¡¡ dependence Rebekahs went
She drove back
to Portland in the family Buick,
was
Independence Rebekahs
at District Convention
was
here Friday attending to busi
who
was
Will
returning
from California.
C. S. Douglas of the Public
Service
Commission
spent
the
week end with his family here.
to Dallas en masse last Tuesday
afternoon and evening to attend
the district convention.
P.
The In
H.
Drexler
has b<en at
dependence lodge was given the Conkey & Walker's while G. W.
honor o f doing the door and in Con key has been at home on ac
itiatory work and made a very count o f illness.
creditable showing.
Rebekahs
spared
The Dallas
nothing
to
The awning on the Odd Fel
make the event a memorable one lows’
in fraternal circles.
building
is
about com
pleted.
Keep the Old
Shoes On
Don’t throw the old shoes aw ay until we look
at 'hem.
Perhaps we can fix them so they w ill be
useful for many more weeks.
ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP
o n C S tr e e t
IN D EPEN DEN CE, ORE.
“A stitch in time saves nine
CURRENCY
The paper currency of 30 princi
pal countries of the world at the be
ginning of the war aggregated a lit
tle over $7,000,000,000. At the end
of the war, November, 1918, it was
$40,000,000,000, and in December,
1919, it totaled $51,000,000,000,
these figures being in round terms
and exclusive of the currency issues
o f the bolshevik government, which
alone are estimated at $34,000,000,-
000.
FUTURE INDIAN BELLE
!
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7 f \ 's*
4
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f
.. Hub— Do you think it saves you
anything to have a running account
at the department store?
W ife— I know it does. You can’t
imagine the amount of time it saves
me. Why, 1 never have to stop and
ask the price of anything I want to
purchase
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We
has
h a v e been
been
m ade
n o t if ie d t h a t
in
th e
p r ic e
a 20 per
of
cent c u t
P e n n s y lv a n ia
C Street Meat Market
Best Meats; first-class Service
Give us a trial and
you will be a steady
customer.
F u Line of
Fresh and Cured
rj
Phone M 1311
Annual May Sale
,
F rid ay M ay 6th
Owing to unseasonable weather and because of the late arrival
ot many lots of this season's models in Coats, Suits and Dresses,
we have resolved to inaugurate beginning today the most
phenomenal value giving campaign yet attempted in Salem for
immediate unloading of our surplus stock. W atch our ads
and see our window display.
V a c u u m C u p a n d F i s k R e d T o p t ir e s .
30x3^ Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup
$ 10.50
IA ton-tested tube given free with each casing)
$22.00
30x34 Fisk Red top
‘• N O W IS T H E T IM E TO R E T I R E "
Portland Cloak and Suit Co.
(Old White Corner)
S a l e rn , () r e g o n
Salem’s Greatest Women’s Apparel Store
Stewart Motor Co.
INDEPCNDCNOC
V i
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*4
I'repuring .or ihe days wheu she will
undoubtedly he the belle of the valley,
this maid of India Is undergolug first
stages of oruumeutution. Note the odd
palm leaf roll stuck through the lobe
o f the ear ami the metal oruameuts on
the nose.
As the girl grows older
larger rolls arc substituted, gradually
•»niururluir rh*> hnlh in tbp
lohf*
Begins
20°o Reduction
Pennsylvania and Fisk Tires
\ i •
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head.
“ Sir,” said Franklin to the
wigmaker, “your w ig is unfortunate
ly too small for mv head.”
“ Pardonnez moi, monsieur,” re
plied the wigmaker, “ your head is
vastly too large and quite beyond
the fashion of the court.”
Franklin appeared, therefore, at
court with his bald t>ate and shaggv
gray hair.
INFLATION.
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