. - ' The OREGON STATESMAN. Saleci, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 14, 1930
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TURNER ILL
IS BURNED
Oregon Grain Company
Plant and Contents De
: stroyed
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TURNER. Dec. 13 The Ore
gon Grain company mill, one of
the old Und mark of this dis
trict, was completely destroyed
by fire at an early hour this
morning.
The city i ght watchman had
been at the mill on his usual
rounds and eyerythine seemed
satisfactory, in a very short time
after this as he was returning
.from another part of the town he
aiscoTered the mill tn flames.
The blaze was first noticed at
about 2 a. m. Local fir fighters
were assisted by the Salem fire
denartment but the fire was such
a hot one that nothing could be
Tno mill was practically full
or grain much of which belong
ed to farmers in the Turner dis
trict. It is understood that much
or mis grain was not protected
by insurance. .
no origin or the nre is a mys
tery. The blase eridently started
from under the mill. There was
no stove in the building and no
way that the fire could have
started so far as local people
know unless.it was set deliber
ately. No proof of this however
has been found so far.
The loss is estimated at be
tween 160.000 and. $70,000, only
partially covered by insurance.
In-addition to the mill two box
cars on the siding near the mill
were burned. These however
were empty.
It is planned to use the Henry
Karl building as a temporary lo
cation lor tne mill operations.
So far no rebuilding plan's have
been made. All of the machinery
of the plant was destroyed alto
though the safe is thought to be
unnarmea,
GIFT GIVING OLD
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. The ; Christian church observes
the anniversary of Christ's birth
annually on December 25, and the
custom of making presents at
Christmas is derived from an old
healthen usage, according to some
authorities. " This custom has be
come consecrated by ages, and con
tributes "greatly to the interest of
families in this event.
The custom of sending Christmas
cards by way of greeting and, re
membrance is declared to have
grown up within the last 75 years.
The Christmas tree as a symbol of
the holiday season has been traced
back to Roman customs. It spreads
from Germany to Great Britain and
later to the United States where
it is universally used by all classes
of people.
Custom dictates that the txee be
a young spruce or similar tree with
its branches gaily illuminated with
colored candles and hung with gifts
and. ornaments, this usage having
originated in Germany.
Farm From North
Santa Clans is identified with St.
Nicholas. Santa is supposed to
come from the far north on Christ
mas eve with his reindeer and
sleigh laden with toys, tradition
dictates. Other Christmas tradi
tions indicate that Christmas eve
is the time for placing the holly
and it was often declared to be un
lucky to bring the greens into the
house before that time.
The Christmas season is varied
but it is usually considered to end
on the Twelfth Night although by
some nouns it ia prolonged unu
Candlemas. The mistletoe and hol
ly are declared to have originated
with pagan costumes.
Musk Significent
Christmas music occupies a large
part in the Chri tmas celebration.
This" music is commonly known as
carols and Is of a joyous nature
and sung in honor of Christ's birth.
In France this music is known as
Noels. Carol singing -y the "waits"
(strolling street musicians) is an
old British custom which is being
revived in many towns and cities.
The custom of sending cards has
grown 'to such a proportion that it
Is a flourishing industry. Artists
of considerable fame often devote
ueh of their time to the dcsign-
Hir of these cards.
Lighting of the Yule log on
Christmas ere, once a widespread
European custom, was & function
of such importance that the eve
ning was literally signified as "lfg
evening." i '
In rural sections of the United
States where suitable Christmas
trees are not obtainable, the cus
tom of hanging the children's stock
ings from the fireplace is a com
mon practice. Where trees are ob
tainable, gifts are usually found
under the Christmas tree on the
morning of the 25th. S.
The fact that Christmas was re
garded as a great festival date by
inrehes rather than a re
ligious celebration accounts for the
fact that the dinner is such an im
portant item in the recognition of
Christmas.
Woodburn Plans
Special Service
WOODBURN, Dec. 18 Special
" t be. held at the
woodburn Methodist church Bun
y? both morning and evening.
The morning service i uder the
the WomeVs Feder-
""r:v. i. bleated to that or-
the church. The
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Mrs. Clara Grace Prophet in the
Coroner's oEce, Philadelphia, at
the inquest into the murder of her
husband. William F. Pronhet. Both
Mrs. Prophet and her brother, Har
old XL Williams, confessed to the
crime aad were speedily indicted.
entire serTlce ; will concern love,
as expressed through womanhood
and is the title of Rev. Harrong's
message. Special music and
hymns will also serve to harmon
lie with the theme.
A Christmas music festival will
be held in the evening, starting
at 7:30. Music will be provided
by an orchestra from Hubbard
under the direction of Dr. A. F.
DeLespinasse. There will also be
vocal an dinstrumental solos.
UBISII CEfJTIR
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VICTOR
Women Badly Defeated in
Club Attendance Con---
test Recently
LABISH CENTER. Dec. 12
Defeating ,the attendance ; record
of J. 2 5 set by the women of the
community last November; by al
most' a score, the men were de
clared winners of the commun
ity club attendance contest (Fri
day evening when they presented
their program at the Labish Cen
ter school house.
The program Included lnstru-
f mental music by Mr. and Mrs.
Car Mlkkelson of Silverton and
Earl Isham of this place, a
Swanee river minstrel act byDel
bert ' Blbby, John Dow, t Harry
Bennett," and George Dow. piano
solos by William Hornschuch; a
southern lntepretatlon by Earl
Isham; a one-act play, "Millions
In It," played by Jim Sewell,
Valmer - Klampe. W. R. Daugh-
erty, Willard Hornschuch, John
Dow and H. M. Bibby; a panto
mime, "Simple Simon"; f and a
monologue, j "Columbus Discover
ing America." by W. R. Daugh
erty. I
During the business session an
nouncement was made by the ex
ecutive committee of the - club
that the next meeting will be
held on the hegular meeting
oate, the second Tuesday of the
month. . . .
Prises for the writing Im
provement contest which - the
teacher, Mrs. Burr and the com
munity dub sponsored the past
month were awarded to Bruno
LaRosa and Eddie Mae Page
Three outside teachers, Mrs
Klttleson, Miss Emma McClaugh
ry and Miss Grace Klampe were
the judges.
Refreshments of cup-cakes and
coffee were served after the pro
gram.
BAZAAR IS PROFITABLE
MILL CITY, Dec. 13 The
annual bazaar, cooked food sale,
supper and program of the Pres
byterian church women held
Thursday at the Hammond hall
was a decided success. Articles
of all kinds were for sale in the
various booths. In the evening a
program consisting of music by
the Millsap orchestra, vocal
numbers by a quintet, reading by
Mrs. L. E. Dike, musical skit un
der direction of Miss Zella Hall
ey and a playlet "See Yourself
as Others See You" by local tal
ent and directed by Miss Ethel
HIckey, was given. ;
Standard Oil
Manager Made
District Agent
SILVERTON, Dec. 13 E. V.
Johns, who has been manager of
the Standard Oil company tank
station at Silverton for the past
five years has been advanced to
agent of the entire Salem tern
tory. Mr. Johns began his new
duties this week and the family
will move to Salem in the near
future.
R. D. Bilyeu of The Dalles has
succeeded Mr. Johns' as head of
the Silverton plant.
KEIZER, Dec. 13 A Christ
mas program is being arranged
by the four rooms of the Keizer
school. A cantata will be ren
dered bright with costumes and
jubilant with songs. The ' pro
gram will be given Tuesday eve
December 23.
FATHER, MOTHER, THE ENTIRE
FAMILY MAY MAKE CANDY NOW
"Sugar and spice and everything
nice seems to be what big folks
as well as little girls are made of,
if we are to judge by the amount
of sweets that are annually eon
cumed at holiday time. The real
holiday treats are those that are
made at home and taste so much
better than the more perfect ap
pearing ones that, are profession
ally made.
Wholesome sweets are easily
made at home if carefully tested
recipes such as the ones that fol
low are used. These recipes, mak
ing use of Oregon nuts and fruits,
were collected by Frances Clinton
of the home economics department
ef the extension service at Oregon
State college.
Oregon homemakers are Iprtun-
ate in having the finest quality of
home grown nuts and fruits to use
in making confections. Sweets
such as the ones that follow can
safely be given to children or can
be packed attractively for gifts.
All df the following recipes are
carefully tested.
Salted Nuts
1 eun filberts, walnuts or al
monds, V tablespoon butter or sal
ad oiL salt.,
Blanch the nuts by covering with
boiling water about three minutes
or until the skins will slip off.
Drain and plunge quickly into cold
water. Place nuts in a shallow
nan and dot with butter or fl.
Brown slowly H to hour m
slow oven (355 degrees F.) Stir
frequently until a delicious brown.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Filberts may be blanched more
easily by putting in a moderate
oven (310 degrees F.) until well
heated, then rubbing between folds
of a towel to remove the skins.
This mixture is used for all the
nut meats.
Spiced Nuts
One cup blanched nuts as: wal
nuts, almonds, pecans, and filberts,
2 teaspoons salt, U teaspoon nut-
me&r. M teaspoon allspice. K tea
spoon cloves, 1 teaspoon, salad oil.
Place the nuts in a shallow pan,
pour the oil over them. Stir well.
Punt In a moderate oven to brown,
stirring frequently. Remove to
soft paper to drain. While still
warm sprinkle with the spice mix
ture. Cool thoroughly before serv
ing.
Glace Nuts
One cup sugar, cup water,
pinch cream of tartar.
Boil these ingredients together
until the hard crack stage Is reach.
ed (300 degrees F.) Drop the nut
meats into the syrup one at a time
or several together in clusters. Re
move with a fork, draining off the .
excess syrup. Place on oued paper
to cool. Set the pan of syrup over
another pan of hot water while
dripping to prevent the syrup hard
ening too quickly.
Parisian Sweets
One pound of seeded dates, 1
pound figs, 1 pound Oregon wal
nuts, 1 tablespoon, orange juice,
cup Oregon honey.
Cleanse fruits and nuts. Put
through fine knife of meat chopper,
twice, and ' mix thoroughly. Add
orange juice and honey. Shape, roll
in chopped nuts, eocoanut, or choc
olate. Chill thoroughly and slice
thin or cut In fancy shapes. Can
died cherries add -color to the roll.
Stuffed Prunes
Wash and steam Oregon prunes
until soft. Dry well, remove stones
by cutting, the prunes lengthwice.
Stuff with .a marshmallow or half
walnut and roll in granulated
sugar.
Pralines
une cup Drown sugar, z cups
granulated sugar, 3 tablespoons of
corn syrup, cup milk, 2 teaspoons
mapleme, 1H cup nutmeats.
Cook all ingredients, except nuts,
to soft ball stage (236 degrees F.)
CooL Add nuts. Beat until stiff
and creamy. When mixture is stiff,
drop rapidly from a spoon on to
buttered sheet in patties about
four inches In diameter. Press sev
eral pecan halves into top surface
of each pariine. Candy should
stiffen immediately. Wrap in oiled
paper.
Candied Grapefruit Peel
Four to 5 grapenut shells, 2 cups
granulated sugar, 1 cup water.
Select smooth, thick skinned
fruit. . Remove peel and cut Into
long narrow strips H to 4 inch
wide. Place in sauce pan, cover
with sold water and boil 1 hour
draining and adding fresh water
twice. - Place skin side down in
pan. Add sugar and water. Cook
until syrup Is nearly all absorbed,
being careful that it does not
scorch. Roll peel in granulated
sugar and dry. Red or green cake
coloring may be added to the syrup
to give additional color.
Mexican Orange Candy
One cup granulated sugar, ear
amelized, XA cup boiling water, 2
cups granulated sugar, 1 cup milk.
pinch of salt, 2 teaspoons grated
orange rind, 1 cup Oregon walnuts.
Caramelize the 1 cup sugar by
sifting slowly into a hot frying
pan. Shake the pan vigorously to
prevent burning. Add boiling water
to caramelized sugar and boil un
til sugar is dissolved. Add 2 cups
sugar, milk and salt. Boil to soft
ball stage (235 degrees F.) stir
ring constantly. Just before the
candy is done, add orange rind.
Remore from fire, cool, beat and
add nuts. Drop from a teaspoon
on to oiled paper.
Date Nut Roll
Two and one half cups granulated
sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 package dates
(10 ox.), 2 cups Oregon walnuts.
Boil sugar and m&k to sofe ball
stage (235 degrees F.) Add dates
that hare been washed, pitted aad
chopped and cook until dates soften
and blend with the mixture (ZSo
degrees F.) Add nuts and cool, then
turn Into pan and ' knead until
creamy and stiff. Shape neatly in
a rou. Wrap in a damp cloth and
place in covered container until
ready to slice. I
Honey Popcorn Balls i
Honey can be heated up to about
245 degrees F. without being great
ly changed in color or flavor. If
it is heated carefully most of the
water is expelled. The honey then
becomes' hard on cooling and can
be used for making popcorn balls.
To make them, dip the popped corn
into the hot honey, shape into balls
and cooL Honey popcorn balls ab
sorb moisture on standing in the
air. They must therefore be either
kept very closely covered or re
heated and dried before being used.
Mehama Women
At Quilting Bee
MEHAMA. Dec. 13 A quilt
ing bee was held at the home of
Mrs. Floyd Monroe Wednesday
afternoon. .
Those helping quilt were Mrs.
Phillips, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs.
Cardwell, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Ber-
rinter, Mrs. Dick Philips, Mrs.
Clinton Uhllllps, Mrs. Moe, Clar
edna Mulkey and Lorena Land
ers. .... .
Mrs. Landers furnished music
and at four o'clock a dainty
lunch was served by the hostess.
MEHAMA, Dec. 13 Perry's
mill, located about nine miles
above Mehama, are .closing down
for the winter.
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TAILOR FURNISHER CLOTHIER
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Is Santa Claus
in the Tire Business?
We lose a sale occasionally because of a long-trade, and we al
ways ask the buyer if his old tires were worth what he got for
them. ' : " - ; ;
Invariably he says, No. We ask you. What's the answer? Is
Santa. Claus in the Tire business? Is the dealer merely prac
ticing? Or did his big, tender, overflowing heart just get the
best of him?
No foolin' now what's the answer Is Christmas a continuous
event, or is someone keeping the doughnut and selling the hole?
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We allow you for your old tires only what they're worth.
We charge you for our fine new Goodyears only what
they're worth. You get a square deal and so do we. And
as long as we're in our right minds' nobobyH get anythin
different.
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Phone 00) - North Com' i at Center St
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