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