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TIMES. WILLAMINA. OREGON
HILDREN’S
C ST O R Y
Thursday, July 21, 1932
Americans on Old Caravan Kouie
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THORNTON W. BURGESS
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
LL an old man's tusks are doue,
One by one
All tls race* have been run.
T h e rack leas tongua la quite th e worst
O f * *11 the things I know.
So w atch your tongue and guard your
tongue.
And le t yo u r tongue be slow.
QUICK tongue Is apt to be a
reckless tongue, and a reckless
tongue Is one that says things w ith
out stopping to think If they be true
or of what harm they may do by be
ing repeated. The tongues of some
people seem to be reckless all the
time. Gossipy tongues almost alwuys
are reckless. Other tongues become
reckless when their owners lose their
tempers. It was this way with the
tongue of Longlegs the Keron that
beautiful summer day. Ix>nglegs lost
his temper and then he said things
which he wouldn't have said If he had
stopped to think.
You see Longlegs was very hungry
and he waited patiently for a long,
long time for his breakfast. You know
Longlegs is a fisherman, and ne is one
of those who wait for their meals to
»me to them instead of going after
them. L ittle Joe Otter is a fisherman,
but he is the other kind. He is such
a famous swimmer that he caD chuse
and catch fish. Longlegs isn't a swim
mer at all, so he has to wait for the
fish to swim near enough to where he
Is standing for him to catch one by
darting his long neck downward like
lightning and snapping up the fish
In his great spear-like bill.
So on this particular morning when
Longlegs had waited and waited so
patiently and at last a school of min
nows had come swimming in almost
within reach it had been more than
he could stand to have Rattles the
Kingfisher suddenly dart down and
seize the biggest minnow Longlegs had
counted as surely his, at the same
time frightening away all the other
minnows.
“You're c thief!” he screamed at
Battles. “You're a robber! That was
my fish!”
Rattles the Kingfisher chuckled. It
wasn’t a pleasant chuckle to hear
because Rattles hasn't a pleasant
voice. In fact It is a very unpleasant
voice. He didn’t reply at once be
cause he was too busy swallowing
that big. fat minnow. It was so big
that it stuck in his throat, and he had
to twist and squirm and wriggle and
gulp and gasp to get it down. But
at last It was down. Then he looked
across at longlegs and chuckled again
“I f it was yours why didn’t you
catch it?” he asked. “I didn't even
know yon were over there. Not that
it would have made any difference,
he added with another harsh chuckle.
A
Now he alts beside the fire,
Old Grundslre,
Little now his lliubs to tire.
A
All of youth’s tusk lie ahead.
Roads to trend,
Things to master, and to dread.
Age la like an ancient mill,
Gruy und still.
All the grist ground thnt it wllL
Youth can never quiet sit.
Smoke a lilt.
With all life abend of It.
A A. l.E E of New York (center,, formerly of Pittsburgh and Cleveland, and
* * • A. F. Kane of Milwaukee, as they appeared with their small native at
tendant and pack mule, en route from China to India via an old Chinese cara-
van route. The party Journeyed overland from Saigon. French Indo-China, to
Calcutta, and Is shown halting for a swim In western Yunnan. China.
Setting N ew Record
Youth must up and sow the grain.
Shift the crane—
And I hear youth's voice compluln.
All an old man’s tasks are done.
And his fun—
Let me tell you thia, my son:
BCNEJRS
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
T H E M AR K ETS
Portland
Wheat — Rig Bend blueatem. bnrd
winter, B7^c; soft white and western
white, 47Lfcc; hard winter, northern
spring and western red, 46c.
H ay— Buying prices, f. o. b. Port
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, $13.00.
B uiterfat— Pound 11© 13c.
Eggs—Ranch, IS O 16c.
Hogs—Good to choice, 1506.
Cattle— Choice steers, $6.3507.00.
Lambs—Spring. $404.60.
Seattle
Wheat—Soft white, western white,
hard winter, western red and north*
era spring 47c; bluestem, 57c.
Eggs— Ranch. 16016c.
Ilu ttertat—Pound 15c.
Hogs—Good to choice. $506.
Cattle— Choice steers, $5.5005.76.
Sheep— Spring lambs. $4.0004.75.
Spokane
Cattle— Steers, good, $6 00 0 6 60.
Hogs—Good to choice. $6.40 0 5.60.
Lambs—Good to choice, $3.3603.50.
(©. 1(11. H o u a lu M a llo ch .)— W NU S < -rv l«
JUST A FEW SAUCES
A
W ELL made and appropriate
* * sauce will tuke an ordinary meat
dish out of Its class, making It a real
creation. The following are a few
that are different:
Brat on Beef Sauce.
Take one tablespoonful each of su
gar, horseradish and made mustard,
mix with four tablespoonfuls of vin
egar.
Abrahum Lincoln wrote the Gettys
burg address while traveling from
Washington to Gettysburg on the
back of an envelope.
Evelyn Flrrara, of the Illinois Worn
en's Athletic club, setting a new Amer
lean record In the discus throw grlth
a heave of 111 feet, i l Inches, at the
recent Central A. A. U. meet in Chi
cago.
here by the Smiling Pool, and you
ought to know. If you don’t, that 1
can beat you fishing every time. If
you’ll take my advice you’ll go over
to the Big river.
You’ll fill your
stomach sooner there, and then you’ll
feel better.”
Longlegs opened his mouth for an
angry retort, then closed it without
saying a word. He knew that what
Rattles said was true, and to tell the
truth he was a wee bit ashamed.
Finally he spread his big wings and
flapped away In the direction of the
Big river.
Rattles the Kingfisher
chuckled noisily. Then he fixed his
bright eyes on the Smiling Pool to
watch for minnows.
London
“for fish belong to whoever can catch
them, and that fat minnow didn't be
long to you because you hadn't
caught I t ”
“It did too!” retorted Ix»nglegs, and
his voice was as harsh as Rattles'
voice. “I was ’ust going to catch it
when you stole IL You're a thief, 1
tell you. I ’m going to tel’ everybody
that you're a thief. You stole my
breakfast!”
Rattles chuckled again. You see,
having that big fat minnow In his
stomach he simply couldn’t lose his
temper. You know, temper is very
largely a matter of an empty stomach.
The stomach of Longlegs was empty
and so his temper was very, very
bad, while the stomach ot Rattles was
full, and so his temper was very, very
good,
“Go, ahead! Go ahead. Longlegs!”
said he. "You tell everybody that I ’m
a thief, and I'll tell everybody that
you are a long-legged, long-necked,
cross-grained, bad-tempered, lazy do
nothing, who waits for his meals to
come to him Instead of going after
them. Everybody knows that 1 never
stole anything in my life, and every
body knows that you are Just what
I have said you are. It Is true .’
haven't many friends, but it is be
cause I don't want them. But It is
just as true that you haven’t either
I t is easy enough to call names, and
I guess I can do that as well as you
can. So go ahead. Calling me a thief
(Toesn’t make me one, and you know
as well as I do that that minnow
didn’t belong to anybody until it was
caught. Just to pay you for losing
your temper. I ’m going to stay right 1
Youth m ust/up and on Its way,
While the gray
Sit und think nnd smoke all day.
Nothing would seem hard to do
I f yqu knew
How an old man envies you.
<©. 1*11. by T. W. B u rgea«.)— W NU S e r v ic e
Rattles the Kingfisher Chuckled.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERALINTEREST
AN OLD MAN’S
ENVY
The city of Loudon is said to have
been originally Llyndln, a Celtic Dame
signifying “town on the lake.” The
Romans called the place Ixmdinlum,
adapting the native name to a Latin
form, and the modern name Is sub
sequent corruption.
B O N E R S are actual humorous
tidbits found in examination pa
pers, essays, etc, by teachers.
A metaphor is a thing you shout
through.
• • •
Queen Elizabeth was a virgin queen,
and she was never married. She was
so fond of dresses that she was never
seen without one on. She was beau
tiful and clever «1th a red head and
freckles.
• • •
False doctrine means giving people
the wrong medicine.
• • •
Blockheads were the part cause of
the W ar of 1812.
• • •
A democracy believes in God and a
republic doesn'L
• • •
Everybody needs a holiday from
one’s year end to another.
• • •
The press today Is the mouth-organ
of the people.
• • •
A planet is a body of earth sur
rounded by sky.
<®. 1(3». Bel' S y n d ic a te .)— W XU Service.
Him
A soft answer may turn away wrath,
but never an insurance agent.—Chi
cago Evening PosL
N o Good fo r
Lamb Sauce.
Pour one-fourth cupful of boiling wa
ter over
four
tables|>ooiiful8 of
chopped mint leaves, let stand until
cold, then add two tnblesiMMinfuts of
vinegar and enough orange marmalade
to make a thick sauce.
Unuaual Meat Sauce.
Mix together two tables|>oonfula of
brown sugar, one tenspoonful of grant
ed chocolate, one-half cupful of pre
served currants, one tahlespoonfu! of
shredded orange peel and the same
amount of capers. Pour over these In
gredlents a cupful of vinegar and let
stand for several hours. Before serv
ing strain off the extra vinegar.
Oliva Sauce.
Mix together one tablespoonful each
of melted butter and flour, add one
cupful of good stock. Stir and cook
until smooth nnd thick. Add a scant
teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce and
one dozen finely chopped olives. Sea
son with a little salt and pepper. Let
the mixture simmer gently for three
minutes.
• ““
Egg Sauce for Fish.
Mash the yolks of three hard cooked
eggs with two tables|»oonruls of but
ter. one tnblespoonful of rich cream
and two tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice.
Another Is prepared with a white
sauce, two hard cooked eggs chopped
fine and salt and pepper to taste. AI
low two eggs to each pint of white
sauce. This is good served with caul
1 flower.
<©. 1(11. W estern N ew epaper Union.«
Old Cutter Bear Fitted for Another Byrd Trip
The first frost of the season visited
gardens in the Lake Labish area last
week.
The Taft Chamber of Commerce
has selected August 14 for the second
annual red head round-up.
Gilbert I*ooney of Jefferson was
bruised and shaken up recently when
he was attacked by a Jersey bull.
Mrs. Esther Moore of near Lafay
ette has sold over $30 worth of blooms
from a very small patch of sweet peas.
A greater demand than ever before
for summer homesitea in the Cascade
national forests Is reported by forest
officials at Eugene.
A party of Medford men have o r
ganlzed the Crater Flying club und
made arrangements for the purchase
of a new training ship.
To fix routes for busses to take
high school students to and from
achooi, the district boundary hoard met
in the county court house at Hillsboro
last week.
Purchase of a power mower to be
used in keeping city parkways and
the Boulevard park in condition haa
been authorized by the city council
of Ashland.
More fish arc being planted In lakes
and streams of Lake county. They are
being trucked from the Klamath
hatchery in loads of between 3500 and
4000 a trip.
Cash and securities totaling $50,000
were found among the possessions of
F. M. Davis, aged and apparently pov
erty-stricken recluse who died at W al
lowa recently.
Port Orford has received assurance
from Washington that the coast guard
appropriation will continue and the
station will be built during the year
ending June 30, 1933.
Ellia Dixon, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Dixon of the Webfoot vicinity
near Dayton, was electrocuted when a
pump he and others were raising from
a well contacted a power wire.
A new wooden bridge, at a cost of
about $12,000, is to he built across the
south fork of the Coquille river two
miles north ot Powers, replacing the
present narrow covered structure.
Pouring of pavement in widening of
the Pacific highway south of Wood
burn towards Salem was begun last
week. Contractors have a large crew
working along the entire eight miles.
A revival of the “horse and buggy”
days Is taking place In the John Day
valley. Because of the cost of auto
mobile licenses many farmers are us
ing teams to take their produce to the
towns.
All Lane county will be Invited to
the old-fashioned picnic planned by
the W estfir Community club for July
24 In celebration of the opening ot Hel-
gate bridge on the new W illam ette
highway.
V f IE W of the old coast guard cut-
’ ter Bear taken nt Oakland, Calif.,
Just before she stilled for Boston via
the Panama canal, to take on stores
nnd crew f< r a trip to the Antarctic
under command of Admiral Richard
E. Byrd.
The Bear was completely
overhauled and refitted at the Cali
fornia port and renamed Boar nt
Oakland.
Barking of his dog, which Jumped
on his bed and wakened him, saved
the .ife of Thomas Curran and family
of Sunnyvale, near North Bend, In an
ear.'y-morning fire.
The home was
destroyed.
The presence of flying squirrels near
Mount Scott, near the east boundary -
of the Crater Lake national park, was
reported last week. Capable of soar
ing through the air, the squirrels ars
a rare novelty.
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