THE AURORA OBSERVER, AURORA, OREGON
CONSTANT REPEATER
SEAS OF WORDS
Steel Backbone of the Grand Coulee Dam
By D O U G LA S M A L L O C H
of words—with only now
S EAS
And th€n an island,
Seas of words—for men to plow
T,o sight one highland.
And if one thought should lift
Above that ocean,
Mankind prefers to drift
Upon emotion.
Seas of words—with only here
And there a prize one,
Seas of words—for men to steer
To find a wise one.
The orators declaim,
Some print their pages,
And say the same things, same
Through all the ages.
T TNDER this framework of steel girders
^ the concrete is being poured at the
west end of the world’s greatest dam, at
Grand Coulee, Wash. As the dam rises
the concrete will swallow up these tres­
tles and they will forever remain as the
steel backbone of the dam. They will be
extended across the river as work pro­
gresses and the one in the foreground,
no\y 275 feet high, will be raised 200 feet
higher as the dam rises;
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
Seas of words—wave after wave
In which to wallow,
Seas of words—but few to save,
Or safe to follow.
Yet, if a truth we read,
We often miss one,
For very few will heed,
Heed even this one.
© Douglas Malloch.—WNU Service.
I P A P A K N C W S -I
History repeats itself—and that of
the Battle of Waterloo the most
DOCTORS KNOW
M others read this:
THREE STEPS
A cleansing dose today; a smaller
quantity tomorrow; less each timet
until bowels need no help at alL
W hy do people come home from a
hospital with bowels working like a
well-regulated watch?
The answer is simple, and it’ s the
answer to all your bowel worries if
you will only realize it: many doctors
and hospitals use liquid laxatives.
If you knew what a doctor knows,
you would use only the liquid form.
A liquid can always be taken in
gradually reduced doses. Reduced
dosage is the secret of any real relief
from constipation.
Ask a doctor about this. Ask your
druggist how v ejy popular liquid
laxatives have become. They give the
right kind of help, and right amount
of help. The liquid laxative generally
used is Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin.
It contains senna and cascara — both
natural laxatives that span form no
habit, even in children. So, try Syrup
Pepsin. You just take regulated
doses till Nature restores regularity.
But Always High
The wages of sin are never agreed
on beforehand.
By T H O R N T O N W . B U R G E S S
THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED
T T WAS very mysterious. Yes* sir, it
was very mysterious. Mr. Quack
thought so. Mrs. Quack thought so.
There, out on the Big River in the
midst of the Black Shadows was some­
thing which looked like the branch of
a tree. But instead of moving down
the river as the branch of a tree would
if it w^re floating, this was coming
straight across the river as if it were
swimming. But how could the branch
of a tree swim? That was-too much
for Mr. Quack. It was too much for
Mrs. Quack.
So they sat perfectly Stitt among the
brown stalks of the wild rice along the
edge of the Big- River and not for a
second did they take their eyes from
that strange thing moving toward
them. They were ready to spring into
the air and trust to their swift wings
the instant they should detect danger.
But they did not want to fly unless
they had to. Besides, they were curi­
ous. They were very curious, indeed.
They wanted to find out what that
mysterious thing moving through the
water toward them was.
So Mr. and. Mrs. Quack watched that
thing that looked like a swimming
branch draw nearer and nearer, and
the nearer it drew the more they were
puzzled and the more curious they felt.
If it had been the pond of Paddy the
Beaver instead of the Big River, they
would have thought, it was Paddy
swimming with a branch for his win­
ter food pile. But Paddy the Beaver
was way back, deep in the Green For-
est in his own pond, and they knew it,
for they had spent the day at that
pond. So this thing became more and
more of a mystery. The nearer it got
the more nervous and anxious they be­
came, and at the same time the greater
became their curiosity.
At last Mr. Quack felt that not even
to gratify his curiosity would it be
safe to wait longer. He prepared to
spring into the air, knowing that Mrs.
Quack would follow him. It was just
then that a funny little sound reached
them. It was a half snort, half eough,
as if some one had got some water
up his nose. There was something
familiar about it. Mr. Quack decided
to wait a few minutes longer.
‘i ’ll wait,” thought Mr, Quack, “ until
that thing, whatever it is, comes out
of those Black Shadows into the moon­
light. Somehow I have a feeling that
we are in no danger.”
So Mr. and Mrs. Quack waited and
watched. In a few minutes the thing
that looked like the branch of a tree
came out of the Black Shadows into
the moonlight and then the mystery
was solved. It was a mystery no longer.
They saw that they had mistaken the
antlers of Lightfoot the Deer for the
branch of a tree. Lightfoot was swim-
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B y PONJAY HARRAH
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“ When we complain of an ailing
heart,” says catty Katie, “the surprise
often proves fatal to those of our
friends who never faintly suspected
that we had one.”
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Pastel for Spring
© B e ll
and meat dishes. The following good
things will be . suggestive of many
others that may be prepared:
Did you ever serve pork or lamb
chops rolled in corn flakes or rice
flakes instead of crumbs? They are
most attractive. Sliced eggplant or
cauliflower crumbed with them, makes
an unusual and attractive way of serv­
ing such vegetables.
S e r v ic e .
MEW ME&THQLATUM LIQUID
in handy bottle with dropper
ming across the Big River on his way
back to his home in the Green Forest.
At once Mr. and Mrs. Quack swam out
to meet him and tell him howc glad
they were that he was alive and safe.
NEWS FLASH
Stomach, Rectal and
Colon Ailments cured
without a hospital
surgical operation.
© T. W. Burgess.—WNU Service.
New South Wales* Minerals
Near the Clarence river in New
South Wales are deposits of zircon,
rutile and ilmenite, rare minerals hav­
ing many uses including the making
of steel alloys.
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three tablespoons of tapioca; cook 15
minutes until the tapioca is clear,
stirring frequently. Place a layer of
the «fixture in a greased baking dish,
cover with one-half cup of cheese and
18 ripe or stuffed olives coarsely
chopped; finish with a cover of but­
tered crumbs and bake 20 minutes.
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Ideal fo r use in
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hair soft and flnffy. 60 cents by mail o r at drug­
gists. Hiscox Chemical Works, Patchogue, N .Y .
Soft pastel colors belie bold pat­
terns in new spring fabrics. Here pow­
der'pink and blue combine with black
in the stunning plaid woolen jacket
which tops a black woolen skirt. The
silk crepe scarf hnd hand-sewn suede
gloves are soft blue. The high-crowned
hat is black corded silk.
Huge Switches for Boulder Power
Spiced Steam Pudding.
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING
one likes to obtain something
E VERY
from nothing. When that some­
thing is money, the person who per­
forms the feat will be heralded as a
magician.
In showing the “something from
nothing” trick, you first exhibit an
empty match box, with the drawer half
open. You close the drawer and shake
the box. Something rattles within;
when the box is opened, a coin is found
inside.
The coin is in the box all along; but
it is unseen at the start. Wedge the
coin between the inner end of the
drawer and the top of the match box.
This enables you to show the box
apparently empty. By closing the box,
you cause the coin to drop into the
drawer.
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Cream one tablespoon of shortening,
add one-fourth of a cup of sugar, one
cup of molasses two and oi^e-half cups
of flour, sifted with a teaspoon of soda
and one and one and one-half teaspoons
of baking powder; add one cup of sour
milk, one teaspoon each of salt and
cinnamon and one-fourth of a tea­
spoon each of cloves, nutmeg and all­
spice. ^dd one cup of cut raisins
sprinkled with some of the flour.
Steam one and one-half hours. Serve
with any preferred sauce.
“ Morning sickness” — is caused by an
acid condition. T o avoid it, acid must be
offset by alkalis— such as magnesia.
W hy Physicians Recommend
Milnesia Wafers
These mint-flavored, candy-like wafers are
pure milk o f magnesia in solid form—
the most pleasant way to take it. Each
wafer is approximately equal to a full adult
dose o f liquid milk o f magnesia. Chewed
thoroughly,- then swallowed, they correct
acidity in the mouth and throughout the
digestive system and insure quick, com­
plete elimination o f the waste matters that
cause gas, headaches, bloated feelings and
a dozen other discomforts.
Milnesia Wafers come in bottles o f 20 and
48, at 35c and 60c respectively, and in
convenient tins for your handbag contain­
ing 12 at 20c. Each wafer is approximately
one adult dose o f milk o f magnesia. All
good drug stores sell andrecommend them.
Professional samples sent free to registered
physicians or dentists i f request is made
on professional letterhead. Select Products,
French Fruit Salad.
Escalloped Cheese and Olives.
No Need to Suffer
“MorningSIckness”
Start using these delicious, effective
anti-acid, gently laxative wafers today
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Peel equal quantities of .bananas,
pears and apples, cut into dice. Mix
with mayonnaise enriched with cream
and seasoned with lemon juice instead
of vinegar. Serve on lettuce and gar­
nish with cubes of tart jelly.
Brown one small onion,, chopped, in
one tablespoon of butter. Add one and
oneiialf cups of tomato strained, one-
half teaspoon each of salt, sugar and
one-eighth teaspoon of paprika with
P ut M entHolafum . in
I ik e n ostrils to relieve
' irritation and promote
clear breathing.
I f you p refer nose drops, or
th roat spray, call fo r the
COOKBOOK
the cold weather we enjoy
D URING
the hot foods and richer puddings
Head
COLDS
MENTHOtATUM
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“ Pop, what is an encyclopedia?”
“ Boarding house hash.”
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SEASONABLE DISHES
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machinery doesn’t look like an electric switch, but it performs the same
T HIS
function as the wall switch in a home. The photograph shows one of a
battery of four giant switches being installed at a Los Angeles receiving station
by the bureau of power and light to protect the Boulder dam transmission from
overloads. Operating automatically, the. switches will be able to shut off
3,000,000 horsepower of electricity in one-twentieth of a second.