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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1930)
PAGE SIX TKe OHEGON STATESMAN. SaXen. Or. Thnrsdar Morning. December 18. 1933 OUCH U H 111 POLK GO. Radio Listeners Hear of Di- verity in Program of Dallas Chamber , DALLAS. Dec. 17 The fol lowing article was part of tbe .radio program siren orer station KOAC, "Wednesday ereming. De cember 17. describing tne various resources and products of Polk conaty. It was aien by Mrs. Charles N. Bilyeu. secretary of tbo chamber of. commerce In Dallas. "la the past 25 years 41,000 acres of timber has been cut orer In Polk county. Tbere now re mains of Tlrfln and second growth : timber. .185.000 acres with an assessed valuation of $1, 200.000. Many small mills are operated, but the largest single plant at the present time Is that of the Willamette Valley Lumber company. In Dallas, with an an nual payroll of $750,000 and 430 men employed; Palp chips, pulp cants, lath, shin el es and ho? fuel are shipped In addition to lumber. "If you have ever had occasion to observe a tall four legged ma chine dodging around a mill yard, - picking up and quickly transport ing a huge pile of lumber, it is a , hydraulic lumber carrier, Inyent- wed and manufactured by Carl Ger linger of the Dallas Machine and Locomotive works, having a world market. All types of work is turned out by this plant-hav ing a payroll of $90,000 annually. Prune Industry Important "Another important Industry results from the 10,000 acres of bearing prune trees in Polk county which normally produce 15,000.000 pounds of fruit. The . dried prunes are processed in the three packing plants located la Dallas, giving employment for some three months of the year to many persons at a cost of $60, 000.00. Much of the fruit is exT ported to foreign markets, while ome for the domestic trade la put up In boxes of several sizes and cellophane wrapped packages. "Dallas has long been known as the little city with the big pay roll, averaging $1,250,000 annu ally. This has not been affected by conditions during the past year." GOME INTO THE ; KITCHEN By ELLA M. LEHR Come, now don't yon wlshil-ness. and other forms of mod you were a kid t again back . In I en Christmas celebrations well tne dayg when Santa Claus was I offer yon this on a lovely white your incentive to wash your neck and ears; and Christmas meant the front parlor closed up for a week, mysterious whisperings among tbe grown-ups, sly Tain peeking Into the. keyhole; dis cipline relaxed, bedtime hoars extended? And at last Christ mas morning! . N t You hadn't meant to go to sleep bat , yon did! . And sneaking downstairs in warm flannel "unmention ables'" yon found well new world! V After all. Isn't Christmas based on memories all tucked away in a corner of your heart, so near asbestos coated? Christmas the new red freight tra.i a doll with blondish curls. (She said "Mama when punched gingerly in the ' solar plexus) Christmas dinner at granamotners wnen you tried to taste everything even to the last bite, and finally gave in. defeated and groaning. but happy! Trr Christmas at home this year If you have to rent a-home for the day! For a souring heart we give" you the old-fashioned Christmas! ' Now after we've relieved our minds of that grievance against unintelligible menus of French- School Children 1 Will Present Christmas Show NORTH HOWELL, Dec. 17 llever little invitations have been made by the pupils In our local school inviting parents and friends to the Christmas program at the school house on Tuesday afternoon, December 19. Miss Florence Oddle who was drawn on the grand Jury list last November, will report for duty on Thursday of this week. There will be a week's Christ mas vacation for the North How ell grade pupils and teachers, with school beginning again on December 29. A surprise birthday party was given Saturday evening for Miss Myrtle Kurre whose 13th birth day It was. Tho3e present Included Doris RIckard, Evelyn and JsOis Coom- Ier, Caroline and Dorothy Bump, Luclle Waltman, Ellen Vinton, Edna McPheeters, Celia Jeffer son. Anton Woelke. Raymond Jefferson, Dale Fuller, Stanley Vinton, Ernest Pickens, John Coomler, Clarence RIckard, Glen RIckard, Carl Hasan, Edwin Shubert, Wayne "Wiesner, War ren McPheeters, : Merle Kurre, Frances Kurre and the hostess. Myrtle Kurre. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Kurre and at a late hour tbe guests departed, wishing Miss Myrtle many happy returns. linen tablecloth. If yon pie with slender red candles In clear crystal sticks, and ; gleaming silver, and low centerpiece at English holly. Christmas Kltchew Tricks Color schemes at Christmas are so easy to carry out greens and reds there Are galore. If yon ars .senring a frs cocktail or a grapefruit on a bed of rou can make te - tee match your color -eeneme u yon have any way to freese It your self. Easy enough witn me electric refrigerators. Color tna water the desired tint with vege table coloring used for candies and cakes. These Uttie coiorea ice cubes In cold beverages are auite IndiridaaL Soun is stimulating ana gives tone" to a dinner. Because tbe meal Is heavy the soup should be a clear stock of bouillon. Flavor counts. Bay-leaf, thyme, pepeorns intelligently used lend a "dash or tomorrow", to me dish. Incidentally, it should, be a crime punishable by law to serve lukewarm "soup or coffee! Slender toast , fingers but tered bread sticks browned In the oven and tied In a bundle with red and green ribbons fit well In with the scheme of things. Fish may be served Just a tidbit of salmon with a delicious sauce. Salads may be either vege table or fruit, depending upon . the other courses. Polnsetta sal ad is Attractive and good. Use rather small tomatoes, one to a person. Peel, cut in quarters or eighths, but not flulU to the bot tom. Lay em lettuce, open out. cut -to center if necessary and garnish the eentsr. Cheesa balls or xrosea cheese, blrdseye onions or mayonnaise may be need. . Fruit salads are appropriate. because of their tartness. We concocted a different - dressing the other night Just by experi menting with cupboard content. Whipped cream plus mayonnaise and paprika was flat, so we ad ded a, bit of vinegar from a bot tle of id Icy gherkins. Wa think you'd like it " . At a rather exclusive tea room the other night we had head let tnM aaina witn a oreranr ox whipped cream to which naa been added salt, white pepper and vinegar, and the whole dust ed over with paprika, it was most delicious. The main course of Christmas dinners is pretty well standard ised by tradition. Not too many starchy vegetables! Asparagus, conliriower ana nexea onions ox silvery green, buttered. peas. flurry zaasnea j pouwws that? Celery hearts, radish roses. stuffed olives and chopped par sley garnish the table and menu as well. Serve parkerhouse, napkin or dinner rolls wkh dainty butter- balls. They're so easily maae. hane them as carrots witn a sprig of parsley at the top. Luscious golden pumpaun pie under a cloud of whipped cream and a roofing of chopped walnuts or perhaps a little sliver of spicy mince pie along side its partner. pumpkin. Is, after all, the most Chrlstmasy desserts ana iiuie Individual plum puddings. Then black coffee and cheery chatter while tbe men smoke their Christmas cigars. For your Christmas dinner we revise the old adage to read. "Simplicity is the best policy." And a great big merry Christ mas to yon all! Extra Agent to . Work on Market Problem Sought ' EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 17 (AP) Further Investigation of- the possibility of raising and market ing more small fruits and vege tables by Lane county farmers was urged la a report by the mar keting committee of the Lane county agricultural council at the annual meeting here yester day. To help obtain tbe necessary information a bill will be intro duced at the next session of the state legislature asking an appro priation to permit hiring an assis tant county agent who would work with the state college on a study of possible crops and markets. 11M Market Diig Store At Special Prices This Week Pens and Pencils $1.25 2 Yr. guaranteed Fountain Pen, stylo point 79c $2.25 Ambassador Pens, large size, ff C in Color . 01. OD $1.00 Conklin or 7 A Durolite Pencils.. I 51 C $1.00 Williams mas Sets for Men ; Christ- 89c $1.00 MeHriglo Gift Sets Powder and QQn Compacts' ;OeC 60c Bath Salts, 12 pack ets to a 00 Box ... OVC IVORY TOILET SETS Brush, Comb and Bevel Plata Mirror in Gift box. Rose, Green and Amber with inlaid gold designs $4.65 CUTEX SETS Regular $1.50 J CEDAR CHESTS $2.75 Chests, with brass trimmings and full of Stationery $2.19 TOYS We still hare a large assortment of smaller toys and games at reasonable prices and a good assortment of Trucks, Busses, Diggers, Tractors and Wagons at 98c and $L39. TREE ORNAMENTSTISSUE SEALS LIGHTS 'O Vv o 21 1 N. Commercial St. 0X0 A Home Owned Store Phones 1371-1372 49 Pound sack of Fischer's Flour (Pride of the Waldo Hills) 98c 6 Pounds of red Mexican Beans 29c 4 Pounds of Raisins 25c 3 Pounds of Powdered Sugar 19c " 2 Pounds of Peanuts 19c 2 Pounds of Dates 19c 3 Pounds of Pop Corn 25c 5 PohikLs of large Italian Prunes 25c 20 Pounds of Potatoes (fine for 'boiling or baking) 25c 1 Pint of Nalleya Mayonnaise 29c 2 Pounds of Hoody's Peanut Butter 27c 1 Pound of Calumet Baking: Powder 19 c 3 Pound tin of Crisco t -fee heme that went the best In cooking , 69c 1 Pound of Superior Coffee 35c Fancy Bananas per pound 5c 6 Pounds of fancy Turnips 15c Large can of S. & W. sliced : Pineapple (12 slices in each can) 29c More women use this talanced" flour than any other. 4d 49-Pound Sack of PILLSBURY'S BLUE TOP FAMILY t -i flour ...2.:-.- ..::....:. j. :.: ' UoiJ 49-Pound Sact PILLSBURY'S BEST HARD WHEAT ; rl r FLOUR ... .......... .... ..;. vlLoJV Domett Bros, J,wds-rW O. To. W-'"" lh CoaSt Wot only large&i v" wvr -- mm V 7 Sjf y r..-.vi.-.v.i.-'i-7' ii . .'..............v.v..vj 'fx-. 1 1 '.".vvy.-y. mm VVV.-2 The Burnett Jewelry Stores are all operated on the the ory that people are funda mentally honest and pay their bills ... And this, pol icy has won the greatest Jewelry Business "on the Pacific Coast and one of the largest in the United States. Tonight we tell of "Gifts that Endure and En-dear." They are all offered to you at the fairest Cash Prices and you may take all you need and pay after Christmas. There are no extras no in terest no red tape. The opening of an account is as simple and easy as we know how to make it. Select your Gifts today Pay next year. 4 ' I ' - .. - II for i tit? ii - a iii hi it rt ii mi nr? llnU u , ; War Her WblU ko14 Norelty Rings In liny set with dla- new styl aaounttnt. moada. A wonderful Emeralds, Sapphirea, value at Ametheysts and all m thsrest and tha balsaw af. Pay a dollar down tar Christmas. $3 a and tha balaaea next arsek. Tear a dollar week. 11 7 - nil hi mm m. mbm. m ,m m m mm m mrT w w ft 1 rm a III .' mi - V . . . SeUi Tluxnu UaoteA Clock ' mm '. ... with Westminster Chimes rV featured at " 039.50 . ')) 03rJ. : :' -r-: ATOrb for tbe homa. C.'y Si ( Taka ona f or - ataZ. 11 nr..' 11 ; - .m. m . ffjl . : '457 State St. I ' ., . . . . .'V; m iv r Li . ... V.'- AJ. Elgin Dress Watch with Katie and chain to match all Bulova, the Ambas sador model for men. Nationally advertised Mn's Rings Signet Blrtnstone, Initial, and all tha new style rings for men. 0E9.CO 037.5O 0EO.OO 04O.5O Take tham for half a dollar Pay aftet , Christaiaa a dollar a Pay Ma down. Bal sao nasi year a dollar a week will do. to 110. Par a dollar down. Balance after Christmas. PAT AFTER XMAS A DOLLAR A WEEK 'Diamond est Wed ding Rings ranging m prlca from 0fl9.SO depending on the number of diamonds. Pay dollar a week. Here's the new Klgla Strap Wstch for Men- nationally advertised- It has a metal wrist band to match the case Take ona for a dollar Pay after Christmas a dollar a week. New "Step" Mountings For Lovely Diamonds Here Is the Gift that a Woman wm treasure her life. A blue-whlta Diamond of remarkable quality and also In one of the new mountings as suggested la tha sketch, and offered at a price that cannot be matched outslda tha Burnett Orranlzatlon. t Take one for a dollar blU Hare's a dainty white gold died wrist watch with a flexible metal band to match. A guar anteed timekeeper for 017.75 Pay 50o down.. Pay the balance after Christmas a dollar a week. - - A Diamond Set Sngaga. mens temg at a surprla. tagly low prtoe 030.50 exchanged for a larger diamond Uter tt desired and tha fu5 price allowed. Terma a weak Dresser Sets Tha cor. rect gift for milady and we show aU tha new styles in lovely col. era of PearlokL Many are aet with eml-prt doua atones. . Prloed Irom Pay after Christmas BUY NOW PAY NEXT YEAR FREE DELIVERY TO ALL PARTS OF THE CrTY