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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.
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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
•
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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."
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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.
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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.