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HE .IHKKM a N COUNT! JOURNAL. MORO. OfcEUüN
jSfyerntan Conntu journal
SHERMAN COUNTY OBSERVE u. Established Nov. ¿j 18S8 ’
GRASS VALLEY JOURNAL, Established Oct. 14, 1897
CONSOLIDATED, MARCH 6. 1981
WASCO N EW S-EN TERPRISE, Established 1891
C onsolidated march 4. 1932
Published Every Friday a t Moro. Oregon, By
GILES L. FRENCH
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Managing Editor
Entered as second-class m atter at the Postoffice, at Moro, Oregon,
under Act of Congress of Ma rob 3, 187:* _________
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NOVEMBER ¿0, 19: 6
THANKSGIVING
Next week we in the United
States will celebrate one of our
strictly American holidays. Thanks
giving.
Christmas is a holiday for e^ety
Christian nation although the fes
tivities vary to a wide degree, New
Years is a common date for a cele
bration, Armistice day is observed
-in all the nations concerned in the
late war.
:
of dairy cattle.
Since sheep feeding l»ecame a
ceVnmon winter job the quality of
sheep has increased and now there
are a number of flocks that rate
.very well with those of other coun
ties. Sheep were formerly of mix
ed breeds on farms as on the rang
es hut the present tendency seems
to point toward the developme«».
of pure bred flocks.
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As for swine, the only registered
stock that has been shown for a
days, Memorial day, the Fourth of couple of years at the local fair
July and Thanksgiving are strictly has been a , new breed that was
introduced recently and that has
American holidays.
found
favor among farmers. The
Every school child Vnows how
it all started having read the story j number of hogs is decreasing here
told in the history books about the j at the present time and there is
Pilgrims who came to this land to an average of less than five to the
find religious peace; how they! farm.
found exceedingly hard times tr y -1 It is a long standing beast that
ing to raise a living on the bairen the climate and general conditions
soil of New England and how after in this county are such that heal
finally gaining a crop of corn and thy and vigorous livestock majt be
filling their larders they decreed produced. Perhaps we will again
that a day be set apart in which to have the stock to prove the claim.
praise God and give thanks for the
bounties of nature and nature's
God for their deliverance from W HEAT LEAGUE
what appeared to be a dismal
• Nearly every group of our spec
starvation.
Nearly every people sprung from ialized industry in America holds
an agricultural race has some holi an annual convention at which
there aro discussions of the prob
day during the fall of the year
it m«“ ThaTconfront that industry.
when they celebrate the end of the
In this section the Eastern Oregon
harvest. We are not strange in
Wheat League is the organization
that matter.
that provide* thia need for the
Thanksgiving has been retained wheat fa miers.
in America through all sorts ol
There are also the much larger
times and is now observed in ‘ a
and more inclusive farm organiza
manner that perhaps would have
tions that are of aid to farmers.
been rank heresay to the staid
Puritans. They were a frugal Their principal work is for faion
ers generally and they express a
people, and to them an outward
doctrine or sentiment that is wide
show of great joy was often held
spread o”' national in scope. The
as a sign of inward sinfulness of
some sort. A Puritan, sueh as Eastern Oregon Wheat League
takes up the problems of the
those who raised peans of joy at wheat grow er of th is specialized
th e first Thanksgiving, would flee
section.
in fear of spiritual damage from
This year the meeting will be
the scenes of bacchanalian revelry
held
at Heppner, one of the typical
that is An occasional ‘feature of
wheat towns- of the area. There
present day celebrations.
will be western hospitality that will
Today we do not observe the hol make both farmer and guest feel
iday in the same spirit that moved at home. Prominent speakers will
our ancestors who were a little talk on agricultural problems and.
band of religious iconoclasts on most important of all, the wheat
the fringe of a new continent, growers themselves, will meet in
surrounded by hostile Indians, un committee and do some talking on
acquainted with the means of mak their own account. Woe betide the
ing a livelihood in a new land. The person who tries to change the
enjoyment of food and shelter Js sentiment of one of the com
no longer something for which to
mittees. "
thank the Almighty, but a right
that is demanded from the powers ’ Wheat league meetings are loual-
ly famed for the seriousness of
in authority.
their discussions and the lack of
the fun making and play that is
a common part in most conven
R A IN
tions.
True, there is the annual
There was a bit of rain early
this week, about enough to dis banquet which is a joyous affair,
courage a wearer of a straw hat. but the meetings themselves are
It laid the dust on the pavement. serious and the decisions that come
There was not enough to sprout the from them are usually sound.
If a small business man feels
wheat or even to sprout weed seed
that
he can afford to spend two or
that was lying on top of th*
three
days of his time and go to
ground. As a rain it was nothing
and since it started—and stopped some little expense to meet with
—the skies have cleared and the the“ members of his trade “group
sun shines as bright as in mid once a year surely the farmers
whose success depends to so «large
summer.
a degree on co-operation, can like
This is not the longest period of
wise afford to attend their meet
fail drouth for back in 1929 it quit
ing.
raining June 19 and didn’t begin
again until December 8. Except
for brief and unsatisfying rains
If it were not for the fear that
this dry period is running close to the tables might be turned before
that record. A couple of weeks winter is over we would comment
more and we will be on the verge on the comparison between the re
of establishing another dry mark. ported storms in the east and th<
America is noted .for its endeavor spring like weather we are experi
to beat every record on the books encing here in this part of Ore
but this is surely one matter in gon.
which is doesn’t wish to make a
new mark.
When neighbors fight with neigh
bors as they are doing in Madrid
LIVESTOCK
it i» often a worse mess than il
Back in what is occasionally re strangers are the contestants. The
ferred to as the good old days Sher Spanish revolution, or rebellion
man epunty was famous for its will be over for lack of Spaniards
livestock, particularly its horses, if it don’t quit pretty soon.
although there were one or two ex
cellent herds of fine cattle.
The big companies are getting
For a number of years there has
rid
of their surpluses at the end of
been a laclç’iof registered stock
here but within the past two or ihe year, paying them out in divi
three years the income in the num dends or in increased wages. When
ber of well bred stock has increas conditions show a need for sur
ed notably. Better yet, there is pluses what will happen?
a larger variety than formerly.
Now there are at least two
Perhaps now Rexford Guy
breeds of horses well represented well will roll up his sleeves ai
with some godd specimens that are make molasses over.
of prize winning caliber at almost
any show. Beef cattle are well
represented although not with the
Bee stings are being recommend
quality to win show prizes except ed as a cure for colds. Well they
in the club workers classes. Also should warm up a part of the cold
the dairy herds of the county are anyway.
of much pure breeding than for
merly and within a few years this
may be one of the counties that i;. Portland is in the fog both
have a reputation for the produc- meterologically and industrially.
Lincoln’s and W ashington’s Birth
FRIDAY, NOV£h£dER 20, 1MW
river, probably, followed thè rout» ed by tha circuitious rout» over
of the Columbia slough. Then hills via tb s trail and tha more di
through some great natural up rect rout» down th» Columbia by
heaval a split probably was rent in tha highway. Tim» for making
will exercise over the session re
the mountain side bluff, Just north this distance Is hut two hours by
mains to be seen. The first teat
of Millers island that formed the auto and from seven to nine days
of the Townsend strength is expec
deep surging gorge o f Hells Gate, by ox team. <
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ted to come in the organization of
where now all steamers pass and
Immigrants made their camps at
the House where a number, < of
when the river is at normal stage watering places; yet always they
Townsend-endorsed representatives
99% of the wgter flows. To the were provided with equipment for
are candidates for the Speakership.
geologically minded observer, this carrying water for camp use. The
Dr. Ralph I. Shadduck, big chief
slough course of the Columbia Is first watering place west of Well
of the Townsend movement in Ore
further confirmed by the rapids Spring was ’ at Cecil on Willow .
gon. has already let it be known
about these bridges across the creek. Next was at a watering
that with 22 Townsendites in the
mouth of the Des Chutes. There is place south of Arlington and jqst
House his organization is going to
a water fall of some 16 feet in east of John Day ford. The next
these rapids. This water fall pass- J usual camp was a t the trail named
have a lot to say about what goes
es through deep gorges and rock'
on in Salem during the forthcom
“Immigrant Springs.’* Water was
ing session. If Dr. Shadduck's
fissures which denote some extrem e’ then to he found in China Hollow,
disturbance at the time Hells Gats Spanish Hollow, Mud Hollow. Des .
estimate of Townsend strength is
gorge was rent from the north Chutes and the last camp before
correct then, inaeed, his organiza
bank -through which the Columbia reaching The Dalles at Fifteen
tion should have no difficulty in
now flows.
dominating the proceedings of that
mile. From Well Spring the
body. In that event the mantle of
The Immigrant road of which I immigrant trail leads westward
the Speakership should descend on
have personal knowledge from through Morrow County until it
one of the Townsend-endorsed can
Well-spring in Morrow county to reaches Cecil on Willow Creek.
didates—either Barnes fo Multno
T h e, Dalles, I will now review as Thence westerly through Gilliam
mah, Bull of Union, or Hosch of
marked out by the late Ezra County until it reaches th» John
Deschutes or Hyde o f Lane.
Meeker.
Day river ford where i t .yeaehsa
But there are many who dispute
Well Spring, where all Immi Sherman county. Thence & climbs
Dr. Shaddock’s claim. In fact a
grant trains camped, is so named the hill out from where a g rist miM
number of the Townsend endorsed
Wilna Splivalo, San Francisco. Calif.. 21-year-old heiress to several because o f a freak of nature re was built near the mouth of Joint
candidates have already publicly millions of dollars, shewn nt work as a sculptress In a Hollywood movie sponding to the effort of the im Day river and ne»r Immigrant -
announced that in accepting the studio. Miss Splivalo, daughter of the late Adrian W Splivalo, grain migrants to • obtain water at springs, before mentioned a», tim.
support of the Townsendites they and shipping m agnate, gave up society life three years ago and studied their -camp.- There was a damp D. J. Cooper sheep camp. From
made no committment of support painting and sculpture in Paris. ,
place found by them which indicat migrant springs 'ft heads west .to
to the movement and do not feel
,
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themselves obligated to support
well to AfcaCh it. A t a shallow settled Medter ' farm and ' m . X -
Pinkerton.
either the candidates of the move
depth they dug through a stratum Spanish Hollow, crossing between
ment or its program. That being
o f . hard-pan that freed a stream the Eaton and i$ink residences^ -
From the Observer Nov. 22, 1907
the case much of the influence of
of water that flowed over the top This was the last' watering place
.the Townsendites as an effective
Mrs. Taylor Bergin has been and is flowing today from this same before reaching the Dee Chute» on
working “bloc” in the House can
making some very cheerful visits Well-epring. Just south and a lit the Columbia as it crossed «the ,
be discounted at the outset. Am ong) P rora the Observer Nov. 23, 1317
among old time Sherman county tle east of Wellspring is a flow of Fulton hill, Biggs wheat road, de
those who discount the strength of
Mrr Melba w . Kreote ¡, a visi- neighbors recently.
water from a circle mound from fending to the Columbia slough .
the Townsend bloc a re a »um ber
ftom MiasoulB_ Mk)ntana. 8t the
Mrs. P. F. Maus is filling a long which the wind has blown all the beaoh. Thence down the slough '
of supporters of Harry Boivin, of home of her grandmother, Mrs. felt want in Moro, supplying the loose soil down to the hard-pan. to the Dee Chutes river.
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Klamath county for the Speaker- W. B. McCoy.
It was here that m y father, id th» t
people with bread and pastry, a la In the center of this circle mound
ship. These claim that Boivin^
is a bog of water from which now fall season Of 1862 drove' his ox- ’
The Moro Red Cross auxiliary Bakery.
who has been actively campaignii)g
claims the champion knitter, Mrs.
C. P. Ragsdale has invested flows a spring stream. In this pond team and covered wag^n with six
for the honor for the past two
of water, some 16 feet across there of the then living flat seven of his '
$47,000
in Wallowa property.
years already has the job “in the) C. E. Sheets having knit an army
is continually a bubbling gas aris family of twelve chidren across the
sweater
in
10
hours
and
50
min
Cliffs, the first railroad division ing in different places about a cen Des Chutes ford. Even today fen .2
bag" and that among his m ost1
ardent supporters are several mem- ) utes. The shortest time, before east of Portland, on the North tral location. - If a gas tank with would dare to cross this stream
bens who gained their seats through : this is claimed by tn Aberdeen Bank Ry, situated opposite Rufus, nearly closed faucet is placed over which with its deep fissures of ’
the support of the Townsend organ woman who knit one-in 12 hours.
is rapidly fogging to the front as these bubbles the exit of gas may surging water seems not to be ford
Friends gathered at the home of a city. Within the past month it be lighted and will burn, indicating able. It is, in fact, a dangerous
ization.
t.Miss De Armond and Miss Keyts has 24 buildings up. It has 9 ft. gas minerals ill that region. The ford if not fplly understood. The •
st T W sd a y evening in honor of gide walks through the business bottom of this pond of water is a smooth shallow water before men-’
Be that as it may the fact re last
Miss
iss Nina Searcy, showering her part and water piped to all points miry, substance through which tioned, is underiayed with blow •
mains that there is plenty of polit
ical manipulation under way right with many gifts of linen, in. an- -b y street mams. It has a barber sticks may be thrust fo r “ severat sand which when immersed in mov
j shop, hotel, restaurant, store etc., feet. The water is semi-warm but ing water becomes like quicksand.
now for control of the House. ticipation of her marriage. —
G.
W.
Jordan
and
wife
were
with other business opportunities can be drunk as far as tempera Any object heavier than water will
Howard I^atourette of ‘Portland*
who presided over the House at I visiting during t ^ w e e k with Mrs. open to new comers,
ture goes. Just west of Well Spring sink rapidly if not - kept moving. ‘
the last special session and has I Jordan’s parents, Jas. Woods and ' Dr. O. J. Goffin performed the and on higher ground is located the This quicksand danger was weH •
since ascended to the role of dem wife. Their home is near Moscow,. operation for appendicitis upon Immigrant grave-yard, now su it understood by word o f mouth pa«»-
Willie Hockman at Portland, at • ably marked with grave stones, ed out to all immigrant trains. -
ocratic national committeeman is Idaho.
Tuesday evening November 20, tended by four other physicians probably through the efforts of Other than this obstacle the ford
said to be anxious to dictate the
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organization, possibly with an wedding bells rang for Miss Inez but the boy failed to rally and Ezra Meeker who marked out the is not dangerous.
eye on the governorship two years May Peake and Dewey Thompson: his death occurred Wednesday old immigrant trail with white C. W. Barzee,
painted posts encircled with black 412 S. E. 30th Ave. Portland, Ore
hence. John Beckman, chairman ol Mliss Nina Olive Searcy'and Harry night.
stripes.
the Multnomah county central
For historical data and to defi Estate of CharUa Fraaklia Falton
committee, is also understood to be
<»> »
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nitely inform the reader I will now NOTICE TO CREDITORS . - •
,n x io u , to h»v, « h .« » j n the nux-
mg of the political medicine that
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name the camping places and dis No. 366,
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tance from Well Spring to The
will precede the opening of the sea- T V .
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In the County Court of the State
sion. And of course, it is incon- / YQ.lL F YOYTÏ W € l l L j p Y l f l g
Dalles through Morrow, Gilliam, of Oregon for Sherman County.
ceivable that the state administra
Sherman and Wasco counties.
Notice is hereby given that the
My Earliest Knowledge of Sher- i moment on this bridge and cast
tion will remain entirely neutral in
From Well Spring via, the Trail undersigned has been appointed
the organization manipulations. m^n County, And How It Came } your vision up stream, directly be- the distance is approximately 90
Administrator c. t a» of the es
. low and down stream to the rail
While Governor Martin, himself, About.
and 80 miles via the (Columbia high . tate of Charles Franklin Fulton,
In these days of streamlined roa<1 brid^ - ,yhen
. yourself way from Boardman, a point al
will probably remain in the back
deceased, by the County Court of
ground so far as any active par trains, palace balloons, rapid tra n -, bow ^ « '/o u W cross Uus ra<.nr most directly north o f Well Spring? the State of Oregon fo r Shennah'
< £ /hCTe w e r e "° This difference of distance is caus-
ticipation in the organization is ait air planes, how little does the ‘° " ent ° {
County and has qualified.
concerned his youthful aid and ad- joy or business auto rider know, bridge to accommodate you. Yet
All persons having claites a*
visor, W. L. Gosslin is not to be think or, perhaps care about the it was my lot to cross this stream I Lupine Rebecca Lodge No. 116
gainst said estate are hereby notifi
in
the
fall
season
of
1862.
As
you
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restrained by anyi considerations hardships endured by those who
Moro, Oegon
ed to present the same d u ly v e r i-
of official dignity or political mod- made this great state the Paradise- pass over this bridge going west-
fled as by law required to the un
dir<*ti°'>.
Meets 2d and 4th Tu-
esty. It was largely through the Garden »pot of the Paride north- ward *" » "orth
dersigned at 514 Porter Building,
you
will
observe,
by
looking
direct,
activities of Gosslin in the pre west.
'.■ •avs of each month Portland,
Oregon, within
six
ly
east
a
smooth,
placid,
ebbing
primary campaign that the Demo
Visitinir members wel months from the date hereof.
As you glide along over the Col sheet of water as the De« Chutes
crats presented a complete legis umbia Highway, crossing the con-
come.
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Dated and «first published, No
enters the Columbia slough, proper.
lative ticket in the field this year.i
‘^ me‘to the
vember 20, 1936.
It was through th is placid part of
Maggie
Barnum,
N.
G.
Many of the Democratic victors j bridge that spans the turbulent, the river that I made my first
Date of last publication, Decem
Lila Bull. Sprr^twri
owe their presence on the ticket to gpi^hing water of the Des Chutes crossing.
ber 25. 1936.
the urging! Of Gosslin
! river. we ask you to pause for a
In prehistoric days the Columbia Bethlehem Chapter, No. 78, O. E. S.
W. M. Huntington
that fact alone, he has a right to)
Administrator e.La. '
Moro,
Oregon
expect that his wishes should be
Meets Every SeconJ Huntington, Wilson A Davis,
consulted on matters affecting the
.'ourth Thursdays in each Attorneys .
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welfare of the state administra
fcmth. Visiting membert
tion which he represents as politi-
lavited.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
pal contact man.
bather Morris. W. "M. /
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Seating of the 60 members of
Rose
Amidon,
Secretary.
that
the undersigned Frank von
the House of Representatives at
Borstel
and Amandus vop Borstel
the 1937 session will be arranged
Eureka l>odge-No. 121 A-F A A-M have been duly appointed Admin
by Ronald E. Jones of Marion
- ‘r.loro, Oregon
istrators of the estate of Carstep
county and James W. Ekersley of
Meets the 1st and 3rd von Borstel, deceased, and have
Clackamas. Appointment of this
Thursday evenings of qualified as such administrator«.
committee was announced only this
each
month. Visiting
The most typically American of fruits,
All persons having claims a-
week by Howard Latourette who
members cordially in gainst said estate are hereby noti
our
feast
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days
it
Thanksgiving.
So
much
attention
has
been
cert-
continues in his role as Speaker
vited to meet with us. fied and required to present the
^ " t h 'r H o u '^ 'a n t ij 't h e ^ o U ^ ’s t! Alth0llKh outward m an ifestation tered upon the turkey and attain
Pinkerton,
W. M.
H.
B.
same, duly verified, to Frank von
in ¡ the recent election arc officially | »«-“ld >™d «’ »» believe thaLmany upon the dessert appropnate for
C.
V.
Belknap Secv Borstel, Grass Valley, Oregon,
of
us
actually
consider
nothing
but
a
Thanksgiving
meal
that
we
are
canvassed.
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feasting on that day, there are offering some recipes for in-be-
Amandus von Borstel, Kent, Ore
Moro Lodge No. 113, I. O. O. F gon, or Brown & Van Vactor,,
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actually few Americans who do not tween dishes that may not sound
Moro, Oregon
Drawing for low number» on the recall the spirit of our forefathers as festive and alluring as roast
Pioneer Bsilding, The Dalles,4Ore
Meets' 1st and 3rd
1937 automobile license plates will and bring to mind that Thanksgiv- turkey or mince pie, but contribute
gon, within six months- from the
Tuesdays in the
be conducted by Secretary of State ing day was established as a day just as surely to the success of a
date of the . first publication of
I.O.O.F. #ball.. Tran this Notice, to*wit: October 16,
Snell on Friday. Snell reports that on which to give “Thanks.” There Thanksgiving dinner.
sient and visiting 1936.
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applications for the new plates are still many this year who. will r . . , r ___w
brothers are cordi
have been coming to his office in give “Thanks” * * * simply because n
Frank von Borstelj . 7?-
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xv
x n.L
One half cup fat
ally invited to meet
greater volume than ever before 7.
Amandus von Borstel,
they have something to eat. Others o . . ,
r n
will
follow the usual custom
Ubltepoons flour
with. us. _
in the history of the department
Administrators,
and gather around the table loaded P ™
Uewis McKee, N. G.
Brown & Van Vactor,
down with typically American ° " e CUP WB* r
Joe Truit, Secretary The Dalles, Oregon
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7 dishes of turkey, cranberry sauce, , C°ver giblets with water and
“Mother, what does dee-dee stand pumpkin pie and all the accompan- ?>»"»« untl t«"der- Let stand
i » Hutiuiuutmtmtwmmny».
ying “fixins ”
ln ll(lui<* unta* ready to use. Meas-
for?*
“ Doctor of Divinity, my dear.
In making plans for the Thanks-
out the fat from roasting pan
Don’t they teach you such things at giving menu the hostess is always Bnd P"1 *" skillet. Add the flour
school?”
confronted with certain problems. an<^ st’r unt*l smooth paste. Add
“Oh, ye»: but it doesn’t sound Wlwn all is said and done.-it is slowly the milk »nd one cup water
right here.”
not so much a question of whether in wmeh the giblets were cooked,
“Read it out loud, dear.
it shoiild be turkey for dinner, as Stir until mixture thickens. Add
“The witness said he heard the what to serve with the turkey, chopped giblets and season to taste.
defendant say ‘I’ll make you suffer After all, Thanksgiving dinner'is Brussel« Sprouts and Celery
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for this. I’ll be Doctor of Divinity usually a family affair and is pre- ^ne and a half thsp butter
if I don’t.’ ”—Exchange
sen ted to much the same audience Three fourths cup diced celery
year after year. Therefore, it is One and a half tbap flour
well to plan the dinner with the On« P>«t cooked Brussels Sprouts
Extracurricrlar
i(
view of achieving variety without Three fourth cup milk
A man in an insane asylum sat too much richness. In other words,1 Buttered crumbs
fishing over a flower-bed. A visitor the hostess attempts to balance the
Melt butter: add celery.. Cook
wishing to be friendly walked u p ) essentials of such feasting in a two minutes, Add the flour, and
and said: ‘‘How many have you manner to do the least possible then slowly add the milk and
caught today?” .
harm. And what are the essen- bring to boiling point Add the
“You’re the ninth,” replied the tial^s ? , Even on Thanksgiving day cooked brusfeels sprouts. Season.)
nut.—The Bee Hive.
we aptly center the meal Around 'Turn into buttered baking dish,
the three most essential food stuffs cover with buttered cruwfos, and
Try Journal advertising, it pays, —milk, green vegetables and fresh bake until crumbs are brown.
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T R A D IN G C E N T E R
For Sherman County People
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Tobacco
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