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curacy of this prediction, but Aunt
Pony was very sure. Had she not
always noticed it, and had not her
Before killing a toad, stop a min­ MET, COURTED ANO WERE
ute and give him a hearing. He .may
MARRIED IN FOUR DAYS iather aiways sald the 9ame thlng
be better than he looks.
and, If further proof were necessary,
DOMESTIC
S C IE N C E
Our ancestors condemned him as a
had not the Indians, who inhabited
poisonous reptile.
Shakespeare’s
these regions, revealed it to the
witches stewed him in a pot as a
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white man?
-for-
component part of hell broth. He
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•ubscription P rice D elivered in City:
Aunt Pony does not hesitate to
FEBRUARY 14TH
Jne m onth ......................................> .65 was publicly accused and condemned
say what she thinks. If one did not
Three m o n th s ........................... 1.95 for making cow’s milk bloody; for
Mrs.
Belle
DeGraf
know her, he would be shocked some
W e have the kind the kid­
Mx months ............................... 3.75 putting warts on children’s hands;
times
at her language. She does not
Domestic Science Director California Prune & Apricot Grovers Inc.
•he year ................................. 7.50 and for poisoning infant’s breath;
dies take to — B right and
I spare even her friends and relatives.
M a il a n d R u r a t R o u t e s
though
some
people
believed
he
Clever.
>ne month .. ......................... $ .65
On one occasion, she said to me: “I
brought
luck
to
the
house
in
the
cel­
hree m o n th s........................... 1.95
! have five son-in-laws, and there Isn’t
COOKING PROCESSES
•ix mouths ............................... 3.60 lar of which he lived, and that some­
top round steak, one-half inch thick; Lace Valentines, lc to 25c
)
but
one
of
them
that’s
worth
a
darn.
R aking
»ns year ................................. 6.5i times he carried a jewel called a
suet, two or three small slices; car­
Mechanical and Cut-Out
The devil owed me and Andy a debt
Baking is accomplished in the rot, cubed, one-quarter cupful; on­
toadstone in his head.
A D V E R T IS IN G R A T E S
and he paid it off in son-in-laws.”
Novelty Cards, 5c to 15c
As a matter of fact, science has
oven with various degrees of heat.
D isp la y A d v e r t is in g
ion,
one
small
one,
sliced;
boiling
She
is
a
good
story-teller,
and
her
dngle insertion, each inch.......... 30c acquitted him of all these charges,
The difference between baking and
Red Hearts, All Sizes
YEARLY CONTRACTS
language
is
picturesque
and
vivid,
broiling food is that one is cooked water or stock, one cupful. Stuffing
and stripped him of these honors. He
10c Pkg.
D isplay A dvertising
but uuiortunately many of her ex­ in a dry heat and the other is cooked made from: Soft breadcrumbs, one
me time a week...................... 27 %c is nothing but a good, homely fel­
pressions are unprintable, and the in moist heat.
Party Favors, 10c
Two times a week......................25 c low that goes about the garden and
cupful; celery, cut fine, two table­
censorship
would
have
to
be
em­
iv e r y other d a y ............................. 20 c farm nights, eating worms, bugs,
F rying
Valentine Paper Napkins
spoons; salt, one-half teaspoon; pa­
ployed to such an extent that her
Local R eaders
beetles, snails, flies, caterpillars and
There
are
three
methods
for
fry­
lc each
prika, one-eighth teaspoon; onion
¡2ach line, each tim e...................10c other small fry that inhabit the farm
stories would look worse in print
ing foods; immersing in. deep, hot
To run every other dby for one
than a doughboy’s letter from fat; sauteing or cooking in a small juice, teaspoon. Trim the edges of i Valentine Postals, 3 for 5c
month, each line, each time. . 7c to its harm. By day he mostly hides
France.
the steak, spread over it the stu ff- j
in damp shady places for comfort
To ran every issue for one month
amount of fat in a frying pan; or
Make your selections while
But
while
Aunt
Pony
uses
very
or more, each line, each tim e .. 5c and for refuge from hawks, snakes
pan broiling, which is done in a i ing, roll and tie and lay In a pan
C lassified Column
plain language, her heart is full of very hot pan without fat, but turn­ | on the onion and carrot with the su e t: our assortm ent is complete.
and small boys.
One cent the word each time.
kinduess. She will walk many miles ing frequently to avoid burning.
on top. Pour the water or stock
Some English gardeners who have
To run every issue for one month
to
minister
to
the
sick,
and
if
any­
into the pan; cook closely covered
learned a thing or two about toads
er more,
the word each time.
SOME MEAT RECIPES
one
is
in
need,
she
is
ready
to
lend
for
20 minutes or more in a hot oven
Legal Rate
say that the reason’s work of the
Lamb
Stew
a helping hand. Though poor in
| and then uncover and cook 30 min-1
First time, per 8-polnt line........ 10c average toad in a garden is worth
Bach subsequent time, per 8-
this
world’s
goods,
Aunt
Pony
re
Breast
of
lamb,
two
pounds;
boil
utes ionger. Serve with brown gravy
Storl
point line ............................... Sc no less than >5. If this toad were
sponded
to
every
worthy
cause
dur­
ing
water,
two
cups;
potatoes,
fo
u
r!made
from
the
drippings
in
the
pan.
Card of th a n k s ............., ..........>1.00 given a cent for each cutworm he
ing the war, and bought war savings medium sized, quartered and par-)
Obituaries, the line
............ l^ c destroyed, he could earn more than
boiled; onion, one, sliced; rice, two
Fraternal Orders and S ocieties
A few days ago this beautiful young stamps beyond her means.
$20 in one season on this pest alone
Advertising for fraternal orders After long and wide experimentation woman was Miss Charlotte Rich.
tablespoons;
tomato, strained, one
Not long ago a creadful fire oc­
er societies charging a regular initi­
Then
she
met
Albert
E.
DuBrin,
a
cupful,
or
tomato
ketchup, one table-!
ation fee and dues, no discount. Re­ with toad9, entomogolists venture to New York broker, in San Francisco, curred at Klamath, a neighboring spoon; salt and pepper. Brown the)
ligious and benevolent orders will "be state that in 90 days one adult toad and now she’s no longer Miss Rich. town across the mountains. An old
charged the regular rate for all ad will eat 2160 cutworms, 1800 thous­ The courtship lasted only four days, wooden hotel had caught fire in the onions in a little of the fat in a sauce
▼ertlstng when an admission or other and-legged worms, 2160 sow bugs,
pan; put them in the meat, cut
but that wars three days too long for dead of night, and burned so rapidly
charge is made.
that many people were caught in the roughly into cube-shaped pieces,
3240 ants, 360 weevils and 360 Mr. DuBrin.
W hat C onstitutes A dvertising
ground beetles. All these except the
flames with no means of escape, and about one and a half inches thick,
In order to allay a misunderstand­ beetles are rank enemies of man­ third is warm and bright, then I were burned beyond recognition. I and sprinkled with salt and pepper.
ing among some as to what consti­ kind.
know what kind of weather we will was surprised and shocked when I Cover them with boiling water; heat
FEATURING
tutes news and what advertising,
Beside this list of insects, the toad have two months before the ground noticed in the long list of victims, this to the boiling point again, then
wo print this very simple rule, Which
is used by newspapers to differenti­ is pleased to eat all kinds and condi­ hog has a chance to see his shadow. two names that were familiar. They let it simmer directly over the heat
ate between them: “ALL future tions of caterpillars, grasshoppers,
After dinner, Aunt Pony took) were the daughter and grand-daugh- for two hours; or cook it over hot
events, where an admission charge white grubworms, and, in short, ev­ her pipe from the mantle over the ter of Aunt Pony. Their lives had water for three hours, or until the)
Is made or a collection Is taken IS
meat is tender. After one hour of
ADVERTISING.“ This applies to ery sucking and biting plant pest great fireplace, crushed a bit of h e ribeen snuffed out in that awful holo-
simmering
add the rice; half an hour
organizations and societies of every that moves. Dead and motionless favorite brand of tobacco in the hoi-. caust without warning. I wondered
The G re a te st P ic tu re of H er C areer
kind as well as to Individuals.
game have no attraction for him. low of her hand, placed it in the bow Andy and Aunt Pony would before dishing the stew, add the po­
All reports of Buch activities after Ninety-eight per cent of the toad’s
her pipe, and sat down iu • stand this sudden shock. A few tatoes; when they are done, remove
they have occurred is news.
the bones and pieces of fat, stir in
All coming social or organization food is made up of small animal her rocker. Some things grow mel- days passed by when I saw them sit- the tomato or ketchup, add salt and
Friday—Saturday—
meetings of societies where no matter. A toad has been known to low with age, but not so with Aunt ting under a large tree near their
pepper, if needed, and serve.
money contribution IS soli el ted, Initi­ eat at one sitting, 77 thousand-leg­ Pony’s pipe. It has waxed strong cabin door. I ventured to stop
Breast of lamb, while rather
ation charged, or collecton taken IS ged worms; at another 37 tent cat­ with the passing years. It can eas­ moment and extend my sympathy.
NEWS.
wasteful
in appearance, is one of
erpillars; at a third, 65 gipsy moths, ily be found in the dark without the They were remarkably composed,
the
most
economical parts of the
Entered at the Ashland, Oregon, and at a fourth 55 army worms. A aid of a radium button. Even should and there was alook of satisfaction
Postoffice as Second-class Mail Mat­ toad can eat 100 house flies consecu­ it be misplaced, its penetrating odorjin Aunt Pony’s eyes as she told me animal. It is always less in price
Super Production
ter.
tively without dulling his appetite. reveals its location. It is a friend! tbat i®he (had assurance th at her than the loin or leg, and can be
Ninety-eight rose bugs will not stall that has never forsaken her, and h as1 daughter and grand-daughter were used in many different ways. The
^SüMriE^pLAYGROUMÍf
small, soft bones add flavor to this
him. He will eat food to four times solaced her in many a disappointed not in the fire.
Sunday—Monday—
Some seek comfort from
“How’s that?” I inquired quickly, particular cut, which is not the case
the capacity of his stomach In 24 hour.
OF AMERICA
friends in times of sorrow; others Then she told me of how an Indian in any other cut of lamb. It may
summer hours.
Now, If one were looking for a give way to grief, or maybe resort brave had been desperately in love be stuffed and baked or breaded and
—in “ DOUBLING FOR ROMEO J >
good friend, need one go farther to prayer. But Aunt Pony draws with the beautiful girl, and in the baked, serving with a tomato sauce.
Boiled
Flank
of
Reef
than the toad? When next you feel peace and abiding comfort from her silent hours of the night he had
One flank steak, or one pound of
that you must kill a toad, withdraw pipe.
slipped into the hotel, kidnapped the
"Are
there
many
acorns
this
fall”
your hand and kill a mole instead.
mother and daughter, and set fire
asked. I knew that Aunt Pony to the hotel, and in the confusion
had a number of pigs running in the that followed, made good his escape.
Sick F o lk s Im proving—
woods,
and that she depended on the
It is comforting to believe that
G. W. Benedict, of Mountain ave­
crop
of
acorns
to
furnish
the
feed
they
escaped death,” I said. “But
nue, who has been quite 111, is re­
| what evidence do you have that they
ported as improving. Mrs. Anna for the winter’s supply of pork.
THOS. H. SIMPSON FOR
“Not
many,”
she
said.
“You
know
were kidnapped?”
Grubb was able to set up today after
it
rained
on
the
twenty-second
day,
“Andy can not shed a tear,” she
COUNTY COMMISSIONER several days in bed. Vernon Phipps,
of
June.”
;said,
“so we know that they were
son of E. E. Phipps, of Pine street,
“Well,
what
has
rain
on
the
twen­
not in the fire.” And besides she
In another column today will be has been quite sick with grippe, but ty-second day of last June to do with
had been to the village and had con­
read the announcement of Thos. H. is now much improved.
the crop of acorns this fall?” I sulted a medium who told her that
Keep d ry OLYMPIC BUTTERMILK EGG
Simpson as a candidate for the re­
asked. She paused to take one long they were carried away swiftly in a
MASH or OLYMPIC EGG BUILDER in
publican nomination for the office of
draught from her pipe before ans­ large black car.
county commissioner. Mr. Simpson
self-feeding hoppers before the birds con­
wering. Then as the smoke cleared
Aunt Pony’s form is bent, but she
is a broad guaged man, big enough
away, she said: “Why, if it rains on is the very soul of wit and optimism,
stantly. See th a t the hens eat a t least as
to represent the whole county of
the
twenty-second
day
of
June
there
and
it
would
pay
anyone
to
go
a
long
------By------
much d ry m ash by w eight each day as
Jackson. He has had experience in
will be no acorns that fall.” Andy distance out of his way to study a
JOHN
HERBERT
DORAN
the place, having filled acceptably
expressed some doubt as to the ac- character so unusual.
scratch grain. The m ash is very largely
AUNT PONY
the unexpired term of the late
the egg builder, and hens m ay eat 55 to 65-
It is remarkable how many curious
George Owen. His candidacy will
facts
about
this
world
and
the
world
be highly acceptable to the voters of
p er cent of OLYMPIC BUTTERMILK
to come you can learn from a real
this section.
EGG MASH or OLYMPIC EGG BUILD­
native of the hills. These facts I
have never read in any encyclopaedia
ER. D o n ’t mix an y th in g else w ith Olym­
SU FFRA G E FOR CAPITAL
or heard discussed in science halls.
pic laying m ashes. F eed only enough
I wonder sometimes if we had not
CHICKEN FEED
Most Americans take' pride in their better close our institutions of
OLYMPIC SCRATCH in deep straw litte r
national capital. During the war learning, and send the students Into
to keep the fowls active and supply the
the boast that Washington had be­ the wilds and let them get first­
come “the capital of the world” was hand information.
necessary body m aintenance. The am ount
often heard, and every time a patriot
Sometime ago, I saw Aunt Pony
of scratch will vary w ith kind of hens,
heard it his chest expanded a trifle. and she discoursed to me about sun­
w eather, season and production. O rd in ar­
As the capital of the world’s great­ dry matters of interest, telling me
est nation, Washington will never many things of which no scientist
ily, 8 to 12 pounds of grain p er d ay to 100
again take second place to any capi­ had ever dreamed. Now, Aunt Pony
hens will be required. F eed by judgm ent,
tal, European or otherwise.
always has dinner ready at 11
Yet how many know that a man o’clock, and I have a standing invi­
not by w eight or m easure. F eed about
or woman who resides in Washing­ tation to dine with them. It was a
one th ird of the daily grain ratio n in the
ton, or the District of Columbia, is real dinner, too, not “lunch” such as
deprived of the ordinary rights of a the unfortunate city folk have, but
m orning, and two th ird s a t afternoon feed­
citizen of the United States? Elec­ spare-ribs, venison, sweet potatoes,
ing. W atch the hens and feed according
tions come so frequently that many hot rolls, wild hopey.
Baking
to dem ands. Old hens and retarded pul­
of us, even the newly-enfranchised
One day as we sat at dinner, Aunt
more
pie&
women, often do not regard them as Pony was telling me to be sure and
lets can often be boosted along by an a d ­
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much of a duty; certainly no one note the kind of weather we had the
th en a can of most othu
ditional m oist m ash feed once a day. Mix
thiuks of the opportunity of helping first three days of December. “For,”
brands.
the stra ig h t egg m ash ju s t crum bly w ith
to name local or national govern­ she said, “these three days rule the
It
lasts
lo
n
g
er-
goes
farther
be­
ment officials as a privilege.
months of December, January and
w ater and feed in troughs about noon
cause it contains more than the or­
HOG FEED
But every man and woman, gov­ February. The first day shows the
MADE BY A THUS?
F
eed
only
w
hat
will
becleaned
up
in
about
dinary
leavening
s
tre
n
g
th
-
there­
ernment employe or otherwise, who kind of weather for December, the
fore you use less.
resides in the District of Columbia second day indicates the kind of
30 m inutes. T here should alw ays be an unlim ited supply of green feed, grit, shell.
is denied a voice in anything affect­ weather for January, and the third
When a recipe calls for two tea­
charcoal and pu re w ater.
ing the district or the city of Wash­ is an exact copy of the weather in
spoons of baking powder, use two
ington, and has no vote in selecting February.” Now, is not this a bit
level teaspoons of Calumet, the re­
We are confident th a t Olympic F eeds are “ FOREMOST IN THE FIELD .”
any public official, even a president of information worth knowing? How
We
sults will always be the same —
know th a t they are scientifically m ade and are serving satisfactorily all users,
of the United States. The affairs of had I lived all these years without
perfectly raised bakings—remem­
B uy
the District of Columbia are admin­ observing these facts, and why had
ber this when you buy baking pow­
them from your dealer.
istered by commissioners named by the weather bureau at Washington
der and don’t forget that Calumet
the president and by committees ap­ failed to enlighten us on so import­
is the economic buy because it goes
farther.
pointed by the senate and house of ant a matter? I will have no more
congress. It has ever been so.
of their bulletins!
A pound can of Calumet contains full
A bill for a constitutional amend­
At last I know how to plan my
16oz. Some baking powders com em
ment, granting suffrage at national work for these three months. If the
12 oz. instead of 16 oz. cans. Be sure
elections to the district, is now be­ afternoon of December first is
E. W. FLACKUS — ALDEN POWELL
you get a pound wEen you want it.
fore the senate district committee. stormy, then I know that the last
Proprietors
Its adoption would be a forward step. half of December will be cold, and I
To deny a vote to half a million peo­ can prepare for such an emergency,
383 E ast Main St.
ple is un-American and autocratic.
ASHLAND
and if the forenoon of December
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PA PER
McNair
Last Time
Tonight
ro s.
‘Madame X’
Pauline Frederick
HARRY
CAREY
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“The Fox"
ING THE LAYERS
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