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About Illinois Valley news. (Cave City, Or.) 1937-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1939)
Illinois Valley News, Thursday, December 21, 1939 New Name for Popular Feed and Seed Store been installed since Mr. Gayman took possession, one being a dairy and poultry grinder and mixer which he uses to make his own E. C. Gayman, owner o£ Mack's mash. He carries a large variety Feed and Seed store in Grants of feeds, seeds and will continue Pass, made the announcement last to carry a line of Sperry feeds. week he had changed the nams of -------Merry Christmas his store to ‘‘Gayman's Seed and Feed ” Mrs. Murphy Hicks arrived Two years ago Mr. Gay man home Tuesday evening from Oak purchased the store from R. E. land, California, where she had McElliogtt who operated his bus been visiting her sister for a week. iness for about six years on the corner of 6th and “L” streets A. C Hamrick returned to his Several new improvements have home here after spending the past several months in San Francisco where he was employed by a min ing company. —o--- Mrs. George Scott returned to day from Los Angeles where she was called by the illness of her mother. Her sister, Miss Victoria Jasperson of the Cave City Cof fee shop, who accompanied her. remained for a longer visit and will return within the next week. Merry Christmas OWL PHARMACY Gifts of all kinds 6th and “H” Streets Grants Pass CHICKEN DINNER Sunday and Turkey Dinner Monday with all the trimmings at the usual H. & L. Cafe prices, 50c Bling the family and enjoy Christmas din ner. adv. Merry Christmas------- CHRISTMAS DANCE ÏULETIK JOY Come to the Big Christmas Dance, American Legion hall, Monday, December 25th. Music by Glenn Hamilton’s orchestra. Admission 75 cents. ❖ .vV, Ì i I MERRY CHRISTMAS I and a Ì V i g* To Illinois Valiev Folks from David Felt, Mgr GRANTS PASS TYPEWRITER CO I ! I I I I ! Hides Must Be with How Oilier Lands Mark Christmas 4 melting pot of the world, Amer ica ha* created its Christmas tradition* from counties* customs brought across the seas from foreign lands. In these far-away places the Yuletide symbols of bygone ages still endure. Here are a few of them: ENGLAND: Christmas to rural Englishmen means not only the observance of Christ's birth, but also a parting of the ways between the old year and the new. Preparations are started for the next year's farm work, which begins right after Christmas. Throughout the island such trap pings as the holly and mistletoe re main undying traditions, nor is any Christmas complete without the Yule log burning. On clear frosty nights the carol singers raise their voices over the countryside. To many Englishmen’s despair, such American customs as the turkey din ner are gaining a foothold. GERMANY: Two years ago storm troopers in Berlin lit bonfires in the public squares as a revival of the pagan custom of celebrating the winter solstice. But this distraction will not stop the Christmas-loving Ger mans from decorating their trees in every town and village, and joining in the famed Christmas hymn. "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht.” IT ILY: Cattle 'Ear •Tagging' Aids Herd Improvement Far1' Killed Cattle Equivalent to finger-printing in When cattle killed on the farm humans. I* the "ear-tagging” are not hog-dressed, that is, the system for dairy cows. Many states co-operate with skin left on as is done with veal the bureau of dairy industry in and wearier calves, the hide must permanently identifying all ani be folded up and placed in the mals in dairy herd improvement same vehicle that carries the car associations. cass. warns Dr. W. H. Lytle, chief The purpose of the identifica of the state department of agri tion and permanent records is culture division of animal imius- not only to apprehend the dairy try. criminals, he says, but to elimi nate the unfavorable influences Despite the fact that the law in breeding future dairy cattle. plainly states that the hide must Every cow is put on her own accompany the carcass, there is production record and farmers a growing laxity in the handling get a complete analysis of breed of farm dressed and quartered ing efficiency which reveals the carcasses. value of every bull in every dairy-herd improvement breed. Butchers who buy farm dress The system locates and identi ed cattle must insist that the hide fies outstanding brood cows for carcass. the de accompany the carcass, .selection of breeding stock and partment warns Also, the buy- provides a means of tracing fam er must check on accuracy of the ily strains. brand and ear marks on the or- ange colored sheriff’s tag for OLD NEWSPAPERS- one bun each animal. die 10c News Office 51tf Christmas------- CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SALE — Mining location Inquire at News office. 14-tf blanks, both quartz and placer and trespass notices at Illinois Valley News office. GRANTS PASS BRANCH UNITED STATES NATION AL BANK OF PORTLAND. OREGON TRADE—For horse or mule that will pack and saddle, 29 Dodge Victory 6 sedan, good tires, runs good. Will pay any dif ference. Peter Brooks, Takil- 33-1 tp lies gather around the "ceppo” or Christmas log blazes. At nine p. m. begins the “cenone," or big supper, at which no meat may be served Gifts for children, which come on Epiphany, are brought not by Santa Claus but by an ugly w'itch whose name is "Befana.” To All the fine folks of the Illinois Valley we send our heartiest FRANCE: Exchange of Rifts comes not on Christmas but mostly on New Year's day. which in France is the big family day for reunions of cousins, aunts and uncles Santa Claus is "Pere Noel," who leaves his gifts in wooden shoes. Christmas eve is not spent at home but in revelry and feasting. BELGIUM: Grants Pass Neither Santa Claus nor Pere Noel visit children here—but St. Nicholas makes the rounds, surprisingly, on December 6' A quaint Belgian cus tom is the putting up the chimney of a few carrots for the little donkey on which St Nicholas makes his visits. £ % F'A 1 \ al I . S. TIRE DEALER DUCKWORTH THE TIRE MAN Service ¡ S. 6th Street, Grants Pass W ä BEST WISHES ron a #//A^JUerni Christmas 1939 j ( ouchs Pharmacy Harry E. Couch, Prop. a RUSSIA: This anti-Christian nation forbids celebration of the Yuletide but no longer compels foreign residents to import their own Christmas trees Making an about-face, the Soviet government uses this emblem of childhood for its New Year’s cele brations when Dadja Moroz, or Un cle Frost, appears with gifts for good children. POLAND: r rom ï our Grants Pass SELL IT!—If you have something you don’t need or don’t want, why not use this column to sell it. Costs so little and results are astounishing. l\ ITALY—Children «./ the Italian Alps at Christinas Time, pravinn before a wayside shrine. Music Store Welding Works FOR SALE OR TRADE Emer son Rosewood Piano in good condition. C. R. Strong, Takil ma, Oregon. 33-ltp Masonic Building R. J. Wright Fixsen BUILD where your investment is protected by restrictions Build, ing lots for business, residence lots or homesites from 1-2 to 5 acres. Eligible for EHA loans PROBST Down Town Florist Shop (¡rants Pass Send The News t<> a friend. Most Italian families celebrate Christmas eve and spend the follow ing day quietly in their homes. Here it is a feast more for grown-ups than for children, whose mer'y- 39 Plate Prest-O-Lite Batteries making day comes 12 days later, on $2.98 in exchange. Campbell’s January 6. On Christmas eve farni Super Service. Next to Court House, Grants Pass. 29-8tc HAPPY NEW YEAR Across from Rogue Theater Page Throe This Christmas celebration lasts until February 2 and is preceded by fasting which is not broken until the first star appears on Christmas eve In all homes the tablecloth is placed over a layer of fragrant hay in commemoration of the manger CARNER’S YULETIDE JOY ¿19 3 9 i Automotive Service Co 612 E. M St LAUNDR Y Phone 32 Grants Pass, Oregon Since 1900 (¡RANTS PASS HUNGARY: St Nicholas leaves boxes of candy for children early in December, aft er which the youngsters must be on their good behavior They write let ters to the angels, who. they be lieve. bring the presents. If they find bits of tinsel on the floor, they claim this is angel's hair and proof that the angels are everywhere, ob serving which boys and girls are good. 153$ I HOLY LAND: Where it al) began nearly 20 cen turies ago, worshipers reverently hail each Christmas at the church of Nativity which is built over Christ's traditional birthplace It has remained unchanged more than 1,500 years. There pilgrims gather from all over the world to intone "Glory to the New-Born King ” Selma, Oregon Ì
