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By ETHAN GRANT
"" Our family tree is indeed an
odd old bush. As to its appearance
of symmetry. It seems to have
Crown to an amazing state of per-.
Xection. It is, in fact, too perfect
.. to be convincing. Tor it records
not single horse thief or wife
beater. No1, bold pirates, no bad
buccaneers. -.. .
All of which causes grave sus
picion that the succession of gen
tlemen who have been charged
with its care were guilty of omit
ting any reference to its weak
branches and bad fruit. : So, like
most genealogies, it is interesting
primarily for. what it.doesnt re
Veal, rather than for what it does.
Although . I privately suspect
the line may have extended
clear back to Noah, whose
Ark we probably , at least had
steerage, it first becomes re
corded history In 1748, when
John was born in the old coun
try. John Grant, the eldest son
of Richard. He was the first
of a long line of Johns.
Both my grandfathers wore
, named John. - I, have a brother
A John, and some nephews who are
Johns. In view of all this, I re
fuse to believe there were not at
least a few demijohns, or a jug
or two, in the family.
: It was something more than 100
. years after the Mayflower that
John, the son of ' Richard, came
over and settled in Connecticut.
By having missed the Mayflow
er, he put the Grant family at a
. great social disadvantage. For,
having never since amounted to
anything in particular, we have
always remained' without stand
ing or prestige. I
- ' From Connecticut, the .Grants
'migrated southward into Ohio,
. Kentucky and, later, Tennessee.
It is a lamentable fact that they
.might just have easily ascended
the social ladder by coming west
in a prairie schooner or around
the horn by skiff.' The only, dis
tinguished name in the records is
that of Ulysses. But" even he was
i a matter of opinion. We of Ten-
. iessee knew of him only as apis
tol packin Yankee who bested a
. southern gentleman named Rob
ert E. Lee in an argument over
peanuts or the like.
According to the records,
Ulysses was the sole" tip-snorter
of the entire elan. All others
were quiet, peace-loving men.
& few plodding soldiers In the
arlier days, but for the most
part Just plain-loving fathers
and rood husbands. Yet an
a ma ring number of them seem
- to have married Irish women. .
Crossword Puzzle
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5. Web in cloth '
8. Baby's bed ,
12. Supplication '
13. The turmeric
14. Rabbit : ' :
15. Male name
18. Jump , ,
i 17. Presently
IS. What Italian city was
; occupied by the Fifth Army
after 'great demolition by
the Nazis
20. Position '..
21. Puts in
24. What country is governed by
the Kuomintang party?
i 27. Plaything -
23. Government price agency
' : (abbr.) ..:,t':w''
it, What river and department - .
i in N. France was overrun by
the Germans 1914-11 .
' 32. Feline " '- . v 1 ', ' C
.33. Integer - .
34. Jewel . ' -Y-" - "
35. Soggy mass
.36. Battle tone'
37. Roman goddess of wisdom
39. What North Italian city is
said to be Field-Marshal "
Rommel's headquarters? '
42. Lamprey fishermen i
; 46. The maples -,
47. Feminine nickname - -;
48. Electrified particle
CO. Dappled
51. Wrath .
-C2.Feminine nam - - ...
1 5 J. Who was the last queen
' the Stnart sovereigns? '
S4. Maks an edging . .
C5. Ooze - 1 '
VERTICAL .
'- 1. Stretch over'' -I.
Who is the heroine of the v .
. eper "Lohengrin"?.
3. Harvest - - " .
4. Note in scale' ,
5. Bear tlown j ' :
C. Meadow
J. Wl3t b's the most important
-Kef the JapcoatroUed
Caroline Islands?
Why Not This for Your Child's
Miss Elizabeth Gardiner (left) discusses proper books for children with Sirs. S. I. Auman (center) and
Sirs. Virgil McMorris. They look over an exceptionally fine copy of pother Goose, found on the
shelves of the Salem public library. Advice en selection of books for various age groups Is part of
i the work of Miss Gardiner, children's librarian. (Statesman photo)
. The records make no mention
of who wore the pants,- bnt In
view of what is revealed, I think
Fm entitled to my own private
conclusions about that,
j Included in the tin box contain
ing the, genealogy, but 'very evi
dently never meant to be a part
of it, .were a "number of old let
ters written largely by the wo
men' folks. They contain interest
ing gossip about the men, the price
of pork,crop and weather condi
tions; gen eralia indicating that it
was they, who' held the purse
strings. It may be in these that
the true nature of our ancestry is
found., ,
For example, this one, written
on ' July the 9th" by Martha to
"Dear; Sister:"
"Your last was received and
read. It is not worth while to la
ment our declining years nor be'
ing so near the grave. I think of
it. as seldom as possible. As for
my thoughts on the Scriptures,
old and new, I have never been
steadfast so as to call it faith.
don't believe one out of ten be
lieve what they say they do.
"There are some good precepts
in the Old and the New Testa
ments, and there is just as good
in heathen books. The more wee
learn of nature's works and laws,
the more wee know God. If wee
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8. Converses ,
9. Frog
10- Heavy metal
It. Crook;
16. Siberian river
19. Narrow streak
20. Pig-pen
22. Russian stockads
23. Decay - - -
24. Wheel-part
25. Hasten
26. Doctrine
28. Single unit
29. Metal fastener
30. Negrito
32. Study:
SS.Wbat mountains tornTm
1 barrier between Europe and
Asia?,
35. Evil ;.
36. The birds
37. French river
38. Replace
39. The tempter .
40. Sacred image
41. Thin:- '
43. Ireland . .
44, To what European capital did
the phrase "Balcony
Empire
49.Uip ....
47. Small piece
48. Are
52. Exists
I "Answer to yesterday's puzzle.
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Seabee South
Ferrets Mines
Discovers Pencil. 2
,Type; Detests
'Bouncing Betty'
CAMP PEARY, Va Nov. 20.
(PHSeabee Theodore Smith, who
had a job of ferreting out enemy
sown death-dealing mines in Si
cily, believes "bouncing Betty" is
the most dangerous member of the
booby trap" famfly, but will, agree
that she has a hellish cousin in one
mine which looks like a pencil
stuck in the ground. !
These nuisance mines, which
were "something newT to south,
"resembled a pencil with the
sharpened end pushed into the
can't learn about nature's works
and ourselves, wee should be
ashamed to teach others anything
about Hun whose power is equal to
His wilL
"Well, Sis, have been to Chica
go, that mighty city of 500,000
inhabitants. Went with hundreds
of others, at $4 the round trip.
Only cost me $7. The Central and
the St. ' Louis Van valia & Terre
Haute railroads came down to
that, and we went on the July
the 4th excursion.
"Corn is very poor. Wheat is
good. We have 15 fat pigs and
pork is 2c a pound. Apples 20c
the bushel. Everything else cheap,
sold or bought
"I hope to see you before we
die."
The letter reveals something of
the nature of Martha. She was
my maternal grandmother's aunt,
a Buchanan, evidently . quite old
and nearing, the end. - But ' she
could haul off and go rip-roaring
to Chicago on a Fourth of July
excursion, then come home and
bemoan the poor quality of
"corn!"
Had my feminine ancestors
been privileged to contribute to
the family history, I've an idea
that somewhere I'd be able to
find recorded at least a hanging
or two for horse stealing.
1Q) IS FOR J
XjLIADLE'
fr For a lonjr time, now,-we
have been displaying the'
'Reliable Prescriptions' io-
signia presented below. And
oar patrons have found that
it is a mark with a meaning.
For, here, "Reliable" means
RELIABLE in every seoseof
the word. Why not briar
your next prescription here?
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Cor. SUU A Liberty - Pheno Sill
OnHGOIT STATESMAN, tZcdoau
Christmas?9
ground. When a victim steps on
the detonator,' a 30-calibre slug
buries between his legs."
' South,' whose home is 510 Car
bon St, Marion, lit, was a mem
ber of a Seabee demolition unit
which went ashore In the allies'
first assault wave against the Ital
ian island.
This "bouncing Betty," he said,
"Is a little girl who : awaits the
pressure of your foot jumps about
waist high from the ground and
then lets fly. t.
After his outfit had landed on
a 'Sicilian beach, blown un icht
toot high barbed wire entangle
ments and knocked out the beach
opposition, "We went with the
vanguar d of shock troops which
had the nearby town as their ob
jective," South said. .
"Reaching an abandoned city,
I found it well planted ' with
red devils' and 'water flasks.
Beth are f the cariosity type!
' The former resemble hand gren
ades. If a soldier picks one up
no replenish his ewn supply It's
all ever. The water flasks are
Imitations of their names.
"After cleaning up t h e s e, we
went to work on the abandoned
buildings which invariably are
loaded with "boobies. -
"This is when you begin' tread-j
ing on your thinnest ice. Anything
you, touch or move cane blow the
works. : ' - ' '
"The "mousetrap' gives you the
most trouble while picking a house.
They're placed under chair legs
or any other 'bait' that will hold
the spring down. The moment
you disturb the object-you're
through. '
83rd Birthday
Is Celebrated
SCOTTS MILLS Mrs. Mathil
da Stultz was honored on her 83rd
birthday at the home of her-bro-.
ther and wife, Mr .and Mrs. Wil
liam Fry.
Those present were Mrs. Carra
Brougher, Mrs. . Geraldine Imper,
Mrs. Addie' Smith, Mrs. Caroline
Crites, Mrs. Laura Dale, Mrs. My-
ra Sloan, Mrs. Sylvia Stults, Mrs
Annette Hicks, Mrs. Nellie Haynes,"
Mrs. Lena Bellinger. , .
-Oregon. Sunday Morning. Norosibor 21.1343'
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Grsnn(ifliiiinnpg !TiD"aIl(Dy
I have' on hand . a . number of
questions concerning trees, a dis
cussion on which we started last
Sunday. These,
however, " .will
now i wait , an-
other Sundav
fO
meantime we;
. . . 1
wm iaa.e up an-
other " group . of
questions which
have ' come be-
fore me. . .
First of all. "
before you for- .
get wriat you had
in this - year's
UUls Uadsen
garden and what you wish you
had, it might be well to make a
plan for n e x t year's ; vegetable
garden. There are many who scoff
at the idea " of making a garden
plan. But there are many reasons
why a definite plan is desirable.
Here are some of the - reasons
given by. a well-known gardener:
1- A well-thought-out garden plan
will enable you to .buy the proper,
amount of seed. It will enable you
to order the t seed "early, fronv a
reliable seedsman; 'also to place'
your order for plant, f oodyinsecti
cides and fungicides.
; If your plan Is well thought
eat and properly recorded, it
will provide for an adequate
succession of vegetables in the
garden to keep the family table
well supplied at all times, and
still not give you a great deal
, which .will go to waste.
A plan that his been well "
prepared will provide for a sur
. plus for canning but net a sur
plus for discarding. :
A plan that has been well pre
pared will also provide for .a ro
tation of crops, and this feature
should be considered from a year-to-year
basis, as well as in a sea
son's succession of crops. A good
rotation plan will ; lessen disease
and insect infestation. So keep a
record of this, past season's .gar
den and use it in preparing your
plan for next spring's garden.
Your plan should really ' include
the approximate time required to
produce, planting distances,
depths and seed required. - .
A correspondent; has. writteh to
ask me for a description of Em
poriumitii Raselina. Said it had
been recommended highly to her
by a garden friend.
: I am sorry but I can find no
such name listed In any ef my
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You'd never know it!
: . so luxuriously comfortable is the sensational new
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Many Americans need a. comfortable new mattress for the rest and relaxation "
they must hare to do their best work in these times And here's a new mb V
infnr hit tn Hsu nn ounce of . critical .war material I
You'd never believe a cotton-felt mattress could be so. downright comfortable ...
could be as trimly tailored and could tain its shape and resmency for so long a
tlmel ine secret is me new type v& wiui "-" - , tl7 ' .
. i t f. Awn .infh.ravr which accounts for the sur-
See IS Bull BUWWiCi tuaviK
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BONDS!
garden encyclopedias.'. If. any
one ; knows It will they . kindly?
let me knew? Or If the corres
pondent would write again and
give me a little more informa
- tion? : I am Inclined ' to think
there la an error th ' the 'name.
Ton may all remember the -old
story , of ; Rhodom , Sidos?: The t
'Country nurseryman -who had :
sold- several of this .so-called
-flowering": P I a n t ? ; When . at ;
length a , pertinacious botanist
who found the flower a not un
common w e e d : insisted :- on ?
knowinr Where the nursery--man
got his name, and he re
plied "I found this flower In the I
road beside us, so christened it
Rhodom Sidns?" :, '
I am not at all- a .botanist as I
have said before but somehow
Emporiumitii : Raselina ' d o e s n t
look like any of the names listed
in my books arid there could be a
mistake in spelling. .
- Azaleas, in response . 'to . a : re
quest? will . move all 'right at this
season of , the year. It is - well to
have. the . hole, into' which they go
prepared. Dig plenty of -soil with
the. shrub and set it at once," just
a. trifle deeper than it was grow
ing not more than an inch. Then
water it welj. It .may seem that
the soil is sufficieptly. moist but
watering helps to settle it about
the roots. 1
24 Per Cent
int Cut
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Recommended ;
WASHINGTON, - Nov. 2(WJP)
The recommended scale of cuts in
newsprint usage for the first quar
ter; of 1944 will range , up to 24
per cent of the 1941 base tonnage
for the largest newspapers, the
war. production board said today
in .clarifying proposals submitted
Thursday by the newspaper -industry
advisory committee. '
. . The average over-all reduction
under: 1941 . base 'newsprint .usage
will be 18 per cent, it was stated,
under ; a sliding scale in which
small newspapers are; not- cut at
all and larger ones are cut heav-'
fly. -? -'- ; 'S
On Thursday it was announced
that, the cuts would range as high
as 28 per cent for, some of the
larger f papers.,.with the over-all
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ODD COIlVEIIIEIIT t CREDIT TEDI1S!
W - iya Jav -pr-
reduction ? amounting to -23 ' per
cent 2y' ''"..:'''' N" 7.'
The apparent "discrepancy was
explained today as arising from
the fact that newspapers had ; al
ready accomplished a five per cent
saving from the gross newsprint
usage of 194i. f"--;" . A
The net result of the new reduc
tipns, therefore, if they are for
mally ordered, into effect" by WPB
aVexpected, will be to bring over
all newsprint consumption down
about 23 per cent under the gross,
tonnage consumed in 1941 but only
about 18 per cent down from? the
"base tonnage," which - excludes
paper formerly; used for' free cop-
ies and other over-printing. '
- f; The base tonnage of each news-:'
paper, against which the new slid
ing -scale, of 'cuts is to be applied
Is reckoned as follows,-WPB said:
.V Each -publisher will: figure: the
tonnage used to produce only, his
net paid circulation in the first
quarter of 1941 ; will add three
per; cent' for paper spoilage; and
then .will add a paper tonnage
proportionate to his percentage in
crease in circulation, if any, from
the fourth quarter- of -1941 to; the
fourth quarter of 1942. I ;
The tonnage for. ; subsequent
quarters of . next ' year ; will -t be
worked out similarly," using , the
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no cut; rJext 100 toris, four percent
cut; next 125 tons,! eight per i-cent
cut; tiex 250 tons, 12 per ent cut;
next; 50GI tdns, .20 'per cent cut; ill
tonnage bver 1000. tons, 24 perxent
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