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8 Brookings-Harboi Pilot ing io Genesis Peas — ----------- — m Egyptian tombs while found PHILIPPINE PREXY a re said to have cabbage whose o ri GETS OREGON TREES H O N EY M O O N ERS H E R E (C o rp o ratio n p rio r to h er m a rria g e Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n Bohm spent i in S an F ran cisco e a rlie r this pie of E gypt sev eral days in B rookings last m onth. w orshiped the gin is tru ly lost in antiquity. P resident Ram on M agsaysav of w eek at th e hom e of Mrs. B ohm ’s ister, Mrs. G eorge M osier. O ver $20,000,000 in c^sh loans Broccoli, com paratively new to th e Philippines R epublic will re Mrs. Bohm will be rem em b ered av ailab le to stu d e n ts to assist us in th e U nited S ta te s, was eaten ceive forest tre e seedlings from By R U TH B. SM ITH by th e early R om ans and w as Oregon next week w hen Jam es C is V iolet Schiew e, and w as em them th ro u g h college goes unused kID YOU I ATT Stop to c o n m entioned by Thom as Jefferso n t linton ot Salem a rriv es in th at ployed by th e B rookings Plyw ood every y ear. C hanging Tim es. sid er w hence cam e o u r vege in w ritin g from F rance. F o r sp in co u n try to accept a position w ith ta b le s w h at fa r d istan t peoples ach we a re indebted to, o r can Louis J. K ro eg er & A ssociates of enjoyed th e sam e th at we ta k e blam e, depending on one’s taste, M anila. ouch pride in ? T he radish is th e to the A rabs who c u ltiv ated it in G overnor P aul L. P atterso n H ighw ay F ro n ta g e (H ighw ay 101. O regon’s M ain S tre e t) first ot the recorded vegetables, N o rth A frica ce n tu ries ago. It ch airm an of the board of forestry , C H ETC O R IV ER FR O NTAGE - R E S ID E N T IA L LOTS ‘fatin g fa r back into p re-h isto ric w as la te r introduced to S pain by handed a bundle of P o rt O rford N EW HOM ES - R A N C H ES - FARM LANDS C hina, J a p a n and India Both the Moors. Sw iss chard w as spok ced ar and ponderosa pine seed ACREA G E - IN D U S T R IA L S IT E S onions and cucum bers are m en en of by A risto tle back in 350 lings to C linton today and de tio n ed in the Old T estam en t when B.t . and by the C hinese in th e clared the sm all tre e s w ere an IN C O M E P R O P E R T IE S th e hom esick Isra e lite s berated 7th ce n tu ry , and was g re a tly en B eau tifu l Scenic, P a rk lik e O cean F ro n tag e A ibor Day gilt from th e people M oses in the w ilderness for ta k joyed both by G reeks and R om G ard n er Bldg of O regon to the P hilippine R e B rookings, in g th em aw ay from the flesh ans in th e M iddle Ag< s. Of note P hone 2801 public and em phasized the fine O regon pot« of Egypt. L entils o r “p u lse’' is the fact th at it still grows wild spirit of friendship ex istin g be R EA L e s t a t e bro k er of th e K in g ’s hostages are found in th e ( a n a ry Islands, in Iran, tw een the two nations. H7 io frie s to do the common things of life uncommonly well.1 W th e Book of Daniel and Jacob along th e E gyptian sea coasts and A ccom panying the tree s is a le t g a v e E sau lentil potage accord- around th e C aspian Sea. B eets w ere also g re a tly enjoyed by the te r from George S p au r, s ta te fo r R om ans and received th e ir nam e ester, enclosing p lan tin g in s tru c tions. Both ced ar and pine, fa from th e G reeks because th eir m ous for th e ir wood and beauty swollen seed pods looked like th e here, should grow' well in th G reek le tte r B eta. higher elevations of the n o rth ern B eans w ere found in th e burial Philippine Islands. SAND AND GRAVEL m ounds of P eru and the A m erican Cinton, re tirin g d ire c to r of the Indians grew them . W hen the s ta te civil servire, has ach ep ted a TOP SOIL A N D BILL DIRT ea rly F ren ch ex p lo rers cam e to position w ith Louis J. K ro eg er & A m erica, they took back seed A ssoriates to aid in se ttin g up a Phone 2057 or 2341 w ith them to F ran c e and as a re civil service program Mrs. C lin CHINESE COMBINATION DINNERS sult, th e B ritain s called them ton and th e ir th re e children will I* rench beans" for m any years. accom pany him on th e a ir jo u r and ney to M anila. C hinese S p ecials Any S ty le The Philippines a re th e sixth No Job Too Large No Job Too Small place th a t seedlings from the O re- C O F F E IS UP Ton s ta te forest n u rse ry have been W E GO DOW N sent. Previously, seedlings have i been p lan ted in G uam , Jap a n , FOUNDATIONS — DRIVEW AYS — FLOORS ' rench Morocco, H aw aii and E n g N E W H O U RS PORCHES — ST E PS — SIDEW ALK S __ PATIOS land. THURSDAY , FEB . 25, 1954 Along Azalea Row the peo- I) C H O IC E P R O P E R T IE S W H. BRADY SHANGHAI CAFE ROSS SALVAGE 9Oc S I.00 NOW 5c CEMENT WORK CONTRACTED Open 11 :oo a.in. to i :oo a.in. through the week BACKED BY 27 YEARS E X PE R IE N C E Estimates Cheerfully Given I ART GIBBS Easy Street Brookings, Ore. Phone 3272 i READY mix CONCRETE (O u r san d and gravel is washed, screened and w eighed to give full m easu re and p ro p er proportions a KK, ‘’gate, to in su re q u ality ) Crushed Gravel River Run Sand and Gravel Rock Fill Material Black Top Toil Cbm Shell Soil Clay Fill River Silt Concrete Pipe & Ditching 0 N O JOB T O O SM ALL r Brooking, J ---------- SATURDAYS RED-E-MIX O . t r . 1 Bldg. i \ r e you a vegetable gro w er? P la n t w hat you will. Till w h at you plant. Eat w hat you can. Can what you can’t ’” - 11 :oo a.in. to 4:00 a.in. Phone 3161 TOMMY MOO D R IV E THE NEW Vot-Rated? I I NEW! MOST VISIBILITY I NEW! ROOMIEST CABS I I NEW! EOWER LOADING NEW V 8’s ANO FAMOUS 6 ’s NEW! SHARPEST TURNING r .l’CEO WITH THE LOWEST I I I I I 5 M IN U T E S B E H IN D THE W HEEL W ILL P R O V E DODGE A BETTER DEAL! S ee o r p h o n e us to d a y É Concrete Co. 11 :o ° a n L t o $ :o ° a i n - We C ater to P arties j J R ) \ i ¡W e owe le ttu ce and th e eg g plant to the O rient, w here the la tte r in its w’ild s ta te produces a sm all w hite fru it which resem bles an egg hence the nam e. The A m ericas w ere responsible lor to m ato es and potatoes, w hich like corn, squash and pum pkin w ere first found u n d er cu ltiv atio n z J»y the Indians. T he Incas first grew p o tato es and S ir W a lte r Raleigh, a f te r finding them grow- ¡ng in V irginia, is cred ited w ith in tro d u cin g them into Ireland. To- m atoes first w ere gi-own m erelv " for th eir b eauty and w ere tak en into Italy from P eru and Mexico. S w here they w ere considered pois- j onous. A gain Thom as Jefferso n is I sa d to have told of the F r n-*h j e a tin g them back in 1781. T h at | which we call corn and th e Eng- I lish m aize o r Indian corn was an I im jxutanf crop for the A m erican J Indian and has figured in many • legends from C anada to Peru. I In speaking of th e to m ato first I being used only d ecorativ ely , brm gs to m ind th a t th re is tru lv I beauty of color and shape in vege- 1 tables I be first flow er show a t tended by th e S m iths in Brook ings had tw o a rra n g e m e n ts which still rem ain in m em ory, both u s -' ing vegetables, both w inning rib bons and both done by sorely m issed fo rm e r residents Mrs Maud»' S andbo and Mr. Bob P e r kins. I hope th ere m ay be a sec tion in this y e a r’s F lo w er Show schedule devoted to vegetables. Do you recall the V ictory g a r dens of W orld W ar II ? in th»' a ttra c tiv e subdivisions of L aurel- h u rst and B roadm oor in S eattle, m any hom e ow ners utilized th e ir llow er beds d ecoratively for grow - iui_ v egetables instead of digging up th e ir lawns. I recall one w here th«' soft g ra y s of the artich o k es com bined handsom ely w ith red Ix'et tops, and in tersp ersed w ere y ellow ra n u n cu las, to m ak e a bed beyond description. T ra n sfer these, rh u b arb , e g g p la n t, a s p a ra gus and th e ir tops into a r ra n g em en ts and one has some charm ing com binations for e x hibit. C. "ED" DEMPSEY Brookings, Oregon Highway tot \ Box 206
