8 Brookings-Harboi
Pilot ing io Genesis Peas
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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 ,
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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
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R A N C H ES
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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
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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-
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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,
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RED-E-MIX
O . t r . 1 Bldg.
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\ 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
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¡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
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Box 206