BETTER'N JERKY OR TURKEY
Cherk Fattened on Engadines
For Voyageurs at Promenade
Baby cherk meat will be the delicacy on which voyageurs of
the 40 et 8 will feed at the grand poemanade banquet here on Au
gust 2, just before the state Legion convention.
The cherk has been held in captivity here for 10 years but
a 10-year-old cherk isn't old and tough. He corresponds in' age
to a yeaning siter,
During the 10 years the cherk
has been fed almost exclusively
on engadines, of which cherks
are especially fond. Cherk
meat dried and smoked is call
ed "cherky," not to be confused
with "jerkey" or turkey. But
the cherk meat to be served
the voyageurs will not be dried.
It will-be juicy steaks just off
the grill.
Here's more about the animal
in a letter that has gone out to
the voyageurs from Ethan
Grant, the check's keeper:
"A 10-year-old secret can now
be told. Late in 1939 two Ore
gon voyageurs on a fishing trip
near Prestoria captured a young
cherk, one of the rarest known
animals on earth. They didn't
know for a long time what it
was. But these two men, Bra
zier Small, now Chef de Gare of
Voiture 133, and Sephus Starr,
new commander-elect of Capi
tal Post B, Salem, did know they
had an oddity.
"Ascertaining its sex, they
f V named the younk cherk "Esker,
"For reasons of their own, but
probably because they were un
able to identify Esker with the
game laws, they decided to keep
him a secret. Since then, they,
and Esker, have had some note
worthy experiences.
'They were first confronted
with what to feed the little ani
mal. They tried just about
everything from salmonberries
to powdered china doorknobs
Esker weighed around four
pounds at the time, and was los
ing rapidly.
"It was at this point that
Braizer and Sephus took Ira
(Fog) Pilcher into their con
fidence. Pilcher claims he can
do anything he sets his mind to.
and he frequently proves it. He
didn't know anything at all
about a cherk, but he soon solv
ed its food problem. He dis
covered, somehow, that Esker
would thrive on engadines, al
though Pilcher didn't know at
the time what an engadine was.
The only place In the world
where you can find an engadine
Is in Northern Michigan. Pil
cher got a supply and it has
since been the only food Esker
nas eaten. , . .
"Dave Hoss and Carl Gabriel-
son are reported to have in
vented a special type ther
mometer, for taking Esker's
French Boxcar
Permanently Set
As Attraction
The French boxcar, present
ed to the grand voiture of
Oregon, Societie of the 40 et
8, will-aoon be permanently
Installed as a public attrac
tion on the grounds of Salem's
Legion hall on South Com
mercial. It will be near Highway 99E
where it may be seen by tour
ists and other drivers on the
highway.
A concrete foundation is be
ing laid for the car. In It will
be embedded two steel rails
on which the car will set, en
closed by a chain barrier. A
concrete walk will surround
the spot.
The car was given the Ore
gon grand voiture in a Salem
ceremony at the time the mer
cl train of gifts from the peo
ple of France to the people of
the United States was receiv
ed in this country. This par
ticular car brought the gifts
distributed in Oregon.
It was soon found that the
car couldn't conveniently be
taken from one part of the
state to another, so the grand
voiture left it permanently in
the custody of Marion county
Voiture No. 153.
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sir-s
At Last Recently Angela
Lansbury, London-born film
actress, was heard to complain
that as long as she had been
in noiiywooa no one nau cv
Photographed her in a bath
jig suit at the beach. Happily,
this itnhonrri.nf vitnntinn has
now been corrected, with the
above results. (AP Wire-photo)
temperature, because the medi
cal profession had never pro
duced one properly calibrated to
register the extreme heat of a
cherk about the time fishing
season opened.
"The record is filled with
strange doings in the effort to
care for Esker. It would have
to be collected piecemeal from
each of the 10 or so voyageurs
who have been parties to his
welfare around Salem. Except
that most of them won't talk.
For instance ask them what
happened the night Bert Vic
tor and Bill Poorman let Esker
loose in the laurel bushes in
theyui0 tenheyoukonvlncingniy!Gardens Are Given
they don't even remember it.
"Esker has grown, and here ulav Foctiual DlarO
is whv the secret can now be!l IQA I CjllIUl rlQlC
told. He weighs almost 400
pounds and appears in the pink
of condition, or as Brazier says.
"Like the inside of a Louisiana
watermelon." If the engadines
hold out till August 2 Esker will
be roasted and served to Ore
gon's voyageurs at the Grand
Promenade banquet."
Only Bobby Jones, (1926,
1930) and Gene Sarazen (1932)
have won the U. S. and British
open golf titles in the same year.
Mt. Angel The flax festival
displays in the city hall will
have added interest this year
for, beside the usual flax and
flax product exhibits there will
be a garden section and all gar
den lovers are invited to com
pete for worthwhile cash prizes.
There are three divisions:
flower arrangements for indi
viduals; vegetable arrangements
for individuals; and flower ar
rangements for garden clubs.
Each club will be allotted six
feet of space.
Three cash prizes will be
awarded in each division. Mrs.
O. J. Williams is chairman of
the committee in charge of the
exhibits.
Mt. Angel Garden club mem
bers met Tuesday afternoon to
make flax corsages which will
again be sold by the club this
year. The little corsages of
golden flax balls proved very
popular last year. Mrs. Ben
Traviss is chairman of the cor
sage committee.
The garen club will also enter
a float In the grand parade on
Capital Journal. Salem. Oregon, Thursday, July 21, 1949 15
Saturday afternoon, the second
day of the festival, and Mrs. A.
Ebner is chairman of the com
mittee decorating the float.
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