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About The Willamina times. (Willamina, Yamhill County, Oregon) 1909-1972 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1932)
( Thursday, July 2X, 1932 TIMES. WILLAMINA. OREGON Paße 2 OREGON STATE NEWS OF 6ENERALJNTEREST Indication of Returning Prosperity Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. m ployees of the Des Moines assembly plant of a big auto mobile manufacturing company were called back to work the other day after months of Idleness. The reopening of the plant was hailed by the Iowa city ns a sure sign that prosperity was returning, nnd the parade put on by the workmen was heartily cheered. E OUR EVENING STORY BEFORE YOU WRITE By THORNTON W. BURGESS O ONE has much of anything to do with Rattles the Kingfisher. He and Mrs. Rattles live their lives quite by themselves; Others of the little feathered people are very social, and you often find them together. Many of them are close neighbors in the Old Orchard, and when the time comes for the long Journey to the far away sunny Southland a great many of them Journey together, and the same thing is true when they come back in the spring. But the Rat tles family Is not social. Mr. and M rs Rattles always are found by them selves, and If the truth must be told, they seem to prefer it that way. Now 1 suspect that It Is partly be cause they want to be alone and part ly because the other birds will have nothing to do with them And the reason that they will have noth ing to do with Rattles is because they do not understand him. In the first place, he isn't at all like other birds save that he wears a feathered coat and files. He perches In trees. N smells something awful. But what could you expect of anyone who lives in a hole In the ground and eats noth ing but fish?" “I live in a hole in the ground, and I know a good many others who do the same thing, and let me telj you that our houses are as neat and clean and sweet as those of people who live In holes In trees," spoke up Johnny Chuck, who had been listening •'For my part I think Rattles the King fisher has more sense than some peo ple I could mention, if It Is true that he makes his home In a hole In the ground." “That Is all right for you folks who cannot fly." retorted Jenny Wren sharply, “but for a bird— B ah ! It gives me the feeling that he Is only half bird. And they say that he makes his nest of fish bones I Did you ever hear of anything like that? No self- respecting bird will have anything to do with another who lives In a hole in the ground and uses fish bones for a nest. Fish bones! Think of it 1” “I don't know that that is any worse than using Mr. Blacksnake a old clothes to line a nest with, and that is what Cresty the Flycatcher does," said Chatterer the Red Squirrel, who had been listening. “Certainly It is!" snapped Jenny Wren. “And then think how the place smells r And so Jenny Wren chattered on and on, and the other birds said little. But It was clear to Johnny Chuck that they agreed with Jenny Wren. They didn't like Rattles the kingfisher, and all because he didn’t live as they did. (© . W. D o r f f « « . ) - W N U Service. WITH SOUR CREAM Mr. and Mrs. R a ttle * Always Found by Themselves. Are but never wulks or hops about on the ground. Vet he makes his home In the ground, a thing that no self-re- spectlng bird does save one other, a cousin of Skimmer the Swallow. Pert little Jenny Wren, the gossip of the Old Orchard, happened to hear his rattle as he flew over the Old Orchard one day, and It set her gossipy little tongue to going as only It can go. There Isn't any tongue that can wag faster than that of Jenny Wren. “Just hear that noisy fellow." said she. "I don’t wonder he and Mrs. Rattles want to live by themselves. I f I had a voice like that I would want to do the same thing. Did you ever hear such a voice? Isn't It aw ful? He can't sing a single note, and I ’ve heard say that when he makes love to Mrs. Rattles he doesn't have a single soft note. Blacky the Crow has a harsh enough voice, goodness knows, but he can soften It when he wants to. The same thing is true of Sammy Jay. He screams most of the time, but sometimes his voice is really beautiful. There must be something wrong with anyone whose voice Is al ways as hard as that of Rattles. And then, too, his head is too big for his body. I never could bear people with big heads." “But you will have to admit that Rattles has a handsome coat even if he hasn't a fine voice.” spoke up Wei come Robin with a sly wink to Goldie the Oriole. You know Jenny Wren has a very sober coat, a plain little brown coat Jenny tossed her head and jerked her tail. “Fine clothes never make fine people," she snapped. “1 would rather have a fine ‘ nice than a fine coat. Rattles has rather a food-look Ing coat, .hough I don't know as 1 would call it handsome. He needs something good. I ’m told bis home S O FTEN sour milk and cream ac cumulates. one must be alert to make the best use of such valuable food. Johnny cake Is one of the best of hot breads to use the sour milk or cream. I f one has cream, the short ening may be lessened or left out en tirely. Sour milk nnd sour cream may take the place of the sweet milk In any recipe when using flour. A bit of soda, often not more than an eighth of a teaspoonful need be added and the usual baking powder used as in the recipe for sweet milk. It Is better to stir the soda Into the sour milk or cream, seeing that It is well dissolved, before adding to the flour and egg mixture. When sour cream is to be substi tuted for fat. one nvust remember that It takes the place of some ol the liquid ns well as fat. A very little experi ence will enable one to Judge of the richness of cream and the exchange when using it Instead of butter. Another point to be remembered is that sour milk needs a bit more thick ening than sweet, as the lactic acid acts on the gluten of the flour, soft ening IL Sugar Cookies. Take one cupful of sugar, one egg. one cupful of thick sour cream, one- half tenspoonful of seda, flour to roll —about two cupfuls— two teaspoon fuls of Raking powder, one-half tea spoonful of salt, one-fourth teaspoon ful of lemon extract and a grating of nutmeg. Mix and roll out only a portion at a time. Brush the cookies with milk and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake ten minutes in a hot oven. This amount makes three dozen thin cookies two and one-half inches In diameter. A By DOUGLAS MALLOCH H IN K twice before you write a letter. The things to say, the words to find. W ill It make someone happier, better, More pure of heart, more clean of mind. Or make the ey«s a little wetter With thoughts unkind? T Think twice before you write a lover. Think twice before you write a friend. Shall what you write seem sweet as clover. More firmly bind nnd closer bend. Or shall It say that all is over And at an end? Gareth rode along a high cliff nnd fell Into the Jaws of a yawning abbess. B O N E R S are actual humorous tidbits found in examination pa pers, essays, etc., by teachers. An epistle Is a wife of an apostle. • e • . Genius is an Infinite cajwclty for picking brains. e e • Shakespeare wrote the Merry Widow. s e e The dome of SL Paul's Is supported by eight peers, nil of which are un fortunately cracked. e • e Christianity was Introduced Into Britain by the Romans In 55 B. G s e e The trade of Spain Is small, owing to the Insolence of the people. • • • Robert Louie Stevenson got mar ried and went on his honeymoon. It was then he wrote “Travels with a Donkey." • • • An example of hard water la Ice. t©. t»»l. D ^ l S y n d ic a te )— W ffU S ervice Dot and Ruche Damage to Klamath county’s lettuce crop has halted temporarily by sev eral days of comparatively low tem peratures. Dr. Joseph Meyer of Albany, who at the age of 93 has probably been the oldest city health officer in existence, has resigned. Dr. Meyer has been city health officer since 1918. Studying municipal plants, costs of investments, nnd rates maintained, a committee from St. Helens has been Investigating the electric plants at Forest Grove and McMinnville. At the Harney branch experiment Btatlon there is an abundance of water to irrigate the station area during the dry seasons. The large pump produces 600 gallons of water per minute. (© . 1*11. D o u r I« * M a llo c h .)— W O T Service. The dot and the ruche iiiuke a clev er combination In this frock of red and white. General Talking to the Clouds A forgotten orange In the front yard of the Bell telephone office at Lafay ette resulted In successful propaga tion of a husky orange tree which has steadily grown to a foot In height in a year. An extra gang of about 40 workmen has arrived at Turner to replace with new rails the track north of the town on a long curve. This Is the firs t extra gang that has been In Turner for several years. W illiam B«hrman Jr. shot a porcu pine in his yard at 2 A. M. one morn ing last week after barking dogs at tracted his attention. No porcupine had been seen at liberty in the Forest Grove vicinity for nearly ten years. Albany's warrant debt stood at «10,- 386.22 on June 30, the end of the sec ond quarter, lowest In years. The city's bond Indebtedness at that time wrs 1 . 15 961.60 and the city's assets «67.614.49. The |p:al net Indebted ness wrs «168.347.11. Chnnges In the railway mall service schedule, which today Is delaying air mail letters from The Dalles to east ern points, are being urged by direc tors of The Dalles Chamber of Com merce in conjunction with a similar movement at Hood River. Schools In Lane county will operate under the county high school fund law. or Wheeler law. during the school year 1932-33, It hAs been officially de- clded by the county district boundary board; thia notwithstanding that the law Is being questioned in court. Chocolate Drop Cookies. Take one cupful of brown sugar, one egg, one cupful of thick sour cream, one-half tensjioonful each of soda and salt, three-fourths of n cup fnl of uni meat8. one and one-balf cud More than «1000 a month Is being taken out of the hills In Grant county In the form of gold, a recent check-up revealed. A shipment of 400 pheasant chicks arrived In Astoria recently from the state game farm for holding pena con structed by the Clatsop County Duck Hunters' association. Think twice before a letter leaves you. And, If your pen was dipped In gall. Though friends are false, though love deceives you. Though visions fade and castles fa ll— Then you would better, though It grieves you. Not write at all. (© . 1332. W estern N ew spaper U nion.) Because he used highway signs for targets, W illiam J. Bale must spend ten days In the Deschutes county jail In Bend. The first half of July closed with greater precipitation on Coos Bay than has occurred during the past 10 years. .99 of an Inch having been recorded. Think twice, life's sea may more di vide ns Or may unite us; good or 111; Our letters ships to those denied us That make them near, or farther stllL Yes, they may come and sit beside us. I t we but will. fuls of whole wheat flour, one tea spoonful of baking powder, three square of chocolate and three-fourths of a cupful of raisins. Mix and drop by teaspoonfuls on baking sheet. Bake nt lower tempernture than sugar cookies. This recipe makes three dozen. T H E M A R K ET« Portland Wheat — Big Bend bluestem. hard wheat, S7c; soft white and western white, 47c; hard winter, northern spring and western red, 46 %c. H ay— Buying prices, t. o. b. Port land; Alfalfa. Yakima. «13.00. Butterfat— 14© lie . Eggs—Ranch, 17© 19c. Cattle— Steers, good, f 4.25©6.26. Hogs—Good to choice, «4 76©6.O0. Lambs—Good to choice, «4.00© 4.26. Seattle W heat — Soft white and western white. 46c; herd winter, western red and northern spring, 46c; bluestem, 66c. Butterfat—15c. Eggs— Ranch, 19© 20c. Hogs—Good to choice, «6©«. Catt.'s— Choice steers. |5.60©6.76. Sheep— Spring Iambs, «4.00©4.75. •pokaas Cattle— Steers, good, |6©6.5O. Hogs—Good to choice, >5.60. Lambs— Medium to good, «4©4.5O. \ I AJ. GEN D EN N IS E. NOLAND, couimiiiidliig the Second corps area, with i ’ s members of bis staff "talking" in planes In the air «luring the annual tnc ticnl Inspection of the Mitchel flying Held or. Long Islaiid. The proceedings con stituted a demonstration of the use of radio In warfare nnd were a pari of the mock battle that was staged for visitors. Officers of the Albany Door ccm pany hnvo announced purchase of the equipment of the Reedsport Sash & Door company to be used In the course < f tlie rebuilding of the local plant, which was destroyed by fire recently. The machinery from the Coos Bay town will be moved to Albany at once.
