General Xews
The Scio Tribune
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MOR* ZOO BIRO«
When Blllle Browale w«ni agata t<
vtalt thè eoo bini» thè flrst otte bs
spoke lo «ras th«
Jablm
I
-Tea. 1» tbs
Jablru from Brit
Oulana
Tn
largvst wad
atork. tf y<»n
tbat anythlng
"When I am an
I can atre»ek
looae
skis
the
abotrt my n«ck
That, perhaps. Il
the moot Intervet
Ing and unusual
thing »bout me."
"Well."
salt
Billie Brow ala
I'm the Jabirú.** "1 am grateful 1«
teilln)
you
for
tin- nhonl that. MmM creatures do o»«
tell alamt their tempera."
“Y-u wondered, when you ram«
along, what the noise was here." c»>n
llnu»-»l the stork. “Well, I was rub
bing my beak up a»»l down the Ime
railing of my yard. It made a i An«
Uoiaok
“Now. the gull«, next do«»r. are m«k
li.g .-« « »-ady tu-ise. and their sound«
are many.
••Yes. In the x»»o you can see manj
!ni»*re-»tlng hint*.
Don't you attain
my gray and black coloring?
"Yonder you »ee the great whit«
heron, a very beautiful and dainty
creature.
•"Ibe heron Is so dslnty, like a tlnj
crane
I'm told that one come« front
florid«
How gracefully that herus
does walk !"
I
'•|.<in»-bron time!" shouted the gull«
aa they rushed about an»l waved an<
• ho»-k their feathers, half-flying «ni
half running.
■"rhe smell of fl«h Is wonderful
Luncheon time* Yes. the foo»l Is «-vm
Ing.“
Next, lllllle llrownle called on th«
European Flamingo. He «aw how th*
«Idea of the tongue of thia bird had
toolh-llke part« which helped him t«
sift alt the trash that be brought up
from the bottom with hl« webbed frs-1
etk-n In search of food.
•'We like small bit« of food." ex-
pl«ln»rl the European Flamingo.
'Tm ‘he largest of all the bird« ot
prey,” a«Id the Cond«»r.
"1 have a
hooked twak and a bloodthirsty eye
My family cotne from the And«*a «1
Ei-uador ami Peru
1 like to llv«
where there la always mow.
If II
was always winter in the too I’d b<
better pte**ed. bet no one seem* ta
consult n/e about the kind of weath«*«
1 Ilka bewl an»! 1 can't go where I'd
pick out ju«t the right climate. Uber«
I came from I lived where (her* wst
anow an»1 where 1 was about th rev
miles above the aea
I used to eat
any old trash, but when I wss very
hungry I was apt to attack a young
land* As you see, 1 have a dark gray
head and black feathers. My body I*
hug»-
I’m « terrtfle creature and I
look like a terror. I think P*
“You do look rather dreadful." ad
mltte»! lllllle Itrownle.
"I m the Chilian Eagte," aald tha
next bird. "I’m what you would call
a hawklike eagle. I like the sea shore
and I get plenty of flsh
rish la my
favorfte k n<! of food «nd flab la what
I eat all the time.
"I do n -t mean that I am always
eating fl»h, but when I am eating flab
1» the food which I cut!
"I d<» h--j-e that Is clear. I wouldn 1
want It «ltd of me that I eat all th«
time and never «top esting.“
“I understand.** »aid Blllle Brownie
"I ni gray «nd I have a darker gray
cravat, or necktie, as It were.
“1 al->»> have some white feathers
nml I look at p«x>ple la a very curt
one questioning way.
"on-e there was a lady who came
t>> th- -
xn-| she watched me and I
wall bed her just as hard.
"1 |....k.»l at her la a very proud
num er and I put my head oa »me aid*
and pre»cnde<l I
wa«
trying
to
make out what
ah« w aa.
know,’
***T« mb
she w as saylag
to a fricad. He la
«maller than th«
•
Bald Ea»'*A
"So I looked al
her as though to
a a y. «Curions-
lonfclng creature I
woruier what kind
of an animal or
bird It can be.
- *D»wibtleaa 11
hna
very queer
ways.’
"Tea
exortty
tn
oo oooooooooooooooooo o ooooo
The Edison of Hia Time
ffoi-R-1 Bl her
Then Billie Brvnmle went to •»•* the
HOW TO SAVE MONEY
ealtures but they were bust li»».-»>lng
Probably the moat primitive form
WHEN SHOPPING
to everything that was going on «nd
of
artificial light is the wax taper.
they a»<n i«-d to be listen ng a» alien
i
tlveiy that they <-. old i - sj a« ano
i
In Turkey the guild of eandlemakers
By MRS HARLAND H. ALLEN
tl<m to anything else al all
oocoooooooooooooooooocoooo venerate Shem. the *»>n of Noah as
He stopped and saw some small
■ «. I»X Hs»(aa4 H AIW*>
their patron saint. It was he accord
bald esgh-« and he lb.-i.ht to him-
like
«elf that they limited very n • 1»
THIMBLE. THIMBLE. WHO’S ing to legendary history, who in
g<>ld«-n eagle«. l»Ut the little bald
vented the early form of light the
GOT THE THIMBLE
eagles told him they c» Uhl be told
wax taper.
apart by their unf< «ther. -t :.. • -• t. n
It «or-ms funny, d»«-»i>t It. that
When the Ark was alrea Iv afi-at.
bit of Information II I ■
Brow nls
thimbles were ev«r made of lea th«»,
prom Iso I
retnetul-er
so
the story g> « mi . a swarm of lieea
and Ihaf they were Aral meant to be
worn <>n the thumb! Be»»use If thia, settled upon the roof, Shem se- ing
they were calle»! “thum*»-b«ltK"
this, removed them carefully to a
Afl»-r a time. bow««w, some clever
corner
of the Ark. where they hived
peraou found that they could be u»e<l
When the Ark rest
more succvawfulty on the middle flng«-r, and multipiled.
and now it «wtui al range to us that ed on Mount Ararat. Shem took
i bey should e»er have t>een «vwrn any
some of the tires wax. melted it in
•>ih«-r way.
The Aral—-and often the only thing-- an earthen pot. and into it dipped
that a woman thinks about when ahe stripe of wool.
By T. T. MAXEY
Th«?ec. when c>ol,
g<>M to bup a thimble, la the site
he rolled in his hands thus making
Now. the «Ise la Important, for the
(g. »»««. W •*»•-■ "-••««•»•» ValeO »
i comfort, and much "f the s|>ee<l with the first candle.
w huh you are able to dlapatcb your
Until ltXMt. the Sultan of Furki-v
THE N. Y. HISTORICAL
•owing. <lei><»n<ta up»-n the else of rhe
would permit no other artificial light
SOCIETY
thltuble you wear
Always buy one
that la large enough to allow the en»l than wax tapers to tie burned, ex
Tbs plans for the orgnntrntlon of of the Anger to strike the end of the
cept in hia own palace where he had
this society which tins evolved Itself thimble. The else Is
Indicated by a electric lights.
But after the Revo
Into an Inatltntlon, were originated la
number- pla<-e»l on the thimble. They
IMM—and had for their objective th« come In elrven alaea.
lution.
the
light
of
the modern world
No*. 2 lo U
collection and pre«ervatl-«n. for the
' Tl«e sUrs for children run from 2 t»> was permitted to enter Turkey and
beneAt and enjoyment -f -mlng i-;
5.
elect i icily was of the first to bright
«ration*. tho«e photogrnpha, I- -ks
Itut the SHIIsfaCtlna «nd »»rv're that
mai-a. newspapers, f ruling« and •
-r
you are going Io get out of a thimble en their “dark days" and nights.
objects which helped to k-« p and
d»l>»nd» uihmi th« material front which
show the record of the pf.-gr»-»« of
It 1« mad«.
ITS BTRONII I-OISTS
America's most luip-rtnnt • •-
Where you want a g«x»d, strong
"I am happy to know that my »-slab
These exhibit« ar»- now house»! In «
heavy lillmhlc. It 1» Iw-M |o set a steel llchment was r-commen»ie»l to you by
dlgnlAe»! and sul>«tnntl«l bull ling In <Kie. It is a good Idea to g»-t one tbat
one of mv former boarders ”
Central I’ark West. New York city,
Is plat«wl Inshle with bruss to prevent
•*Yos. Indeed; you see ! am trying t*>
The library la aald to contain upward rusting. Steel amt aluminum are the
get thin, and h»- alivi«*-»! me to rumi*
»olunwa
and
ISA.iMk) tow eat prlred thllnbl<ML
of
1*1,00
pamphlets The nailery of art honars
Aluminum tliliubl«»» are satisfactory, ! here. ’ Passing Show ( lamJon I
more than 1,000 painting«. tnoM of hut they are «Xtremrly light. Eor I lull
which are of Inter.»e lnt«-re»t and are reason, though, they «re eBperffally
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without exact duidlcate elsewhere
g.Hx! for children.
Unconfirmed report* say an African
Then there an* numerous portraits of
Celluloid make« a gm»d thimble, and lion »wallowed a liivvcr a (vw weeks
former Indiana, generals, p Itlclan* la exfientlve.
They are »«imewhal
and great and near gn . I n -
in other clumsy to handle, but fit neatly <>n the ago. He forgot to ti-rn off th»- engine,
however, and shook to »tenth in Afti-vn
and various walk* of life who at on»-
Anger.
time or another have l-.-en prominent
The disadvantage of allverril tldm- minutes.
tn the affairs of New York. Among
bl»s la that they are very apt to tar
such, for Instance, may be n .-nt ’.--I
ttl«h.
W r.I.l. KNOWN
Cornelius Mtemwlck, who was burg»»-
N . *.!•* plutnl thln-bl-s .»II I (tank Of
Profvsaor -"Who was the great«- I
master of New York under the butch
German silver give satisfactory aerv
inventor?”
and who Inter became mayor of the
Ice. Nterllng »liver thimbles are ex
Rtudent — ^'An lr»«hm«n named Pa*.
city under English rule.
This t r- tremely «at I »factory, but th»-»e. of
Pentling.**
trait. It Is thought, waa pante-l In »■otirse, coat more.
1087 by the husband of Stern« lek’»
In buying Inexpensive thlmbl»*«. al
stater while Mr. »teruwlck was vt-ll-
ways examine them earefully for an?
To Study Alaskan Crops
Ing tn Europe
rough plai-ew
Thimble» al«o bnmne
The mu«eum contain« a Inn;«, Inter- rough from much wear, and «hould i
eating and price le»« rolla» th >n of helr- then be «llwar»l»-d at once, or they will
Inspeetion of Alaskan exiwriment
lo»-ma and other objects. To mention «-etch and pull the thread» In the ma
stationa will I m * made for the feder
a f»w at random—there la an rial-
terlal that you ar« sowing
al departinent of agricuilur»* by
oral« punch bowl made In England for
lk> you know tbat there are Anger
a dinner given al Castle Garden In shield« made to 1» worn on the first James T. Jardine, director of the
c<Wnmemorattot> of the landing of the Anger of the left hand to pr»»te»d It
Otcifon atation, oti leave thia sum
French <len»-ral Lafayette In thia coun
from the prickings of the nervlle?
mer without pay, for thia work.
try In 1!C4. also s fan made for the
rh»w»e are made either of rubber or
guests of the ball given In hla honor; celhilolil, and are adju-tabla »<> as Io
To visit the four stations at Sitka.
a glass mug made In co-nn - inoratlon At the »lie of any Anger.
Matanu»ka, Fairbanks anti Rampart,
of the adnilttun- v of th»- »tat» of Ver
and investigate agriculture in the
most Into the Union In I7U1 ; a table
Henrv Shelton, who has just com Juneau and Anchorage distrtc u will
n«ed In 17*9 by th- f.-l.-ral <«-ngre«a;
shackle« which were re
»- I fr- in a pleted his fourth year as janitor at
1 require three months. A fifth »ta-
slave (girl! at Am«-rt«-us. <la. In twit!.
the sci<> school, says he has had oim lion on Kakiak island will not l>e
Nome of the mauvacrtpl« are ab. -rb
He is at work early in visited for lack of time.
Ingly interesting Among the«« an- a swell Job.
letter written In 1777 by Patrick the morning and late in th»-evening,
The first station was established
Henry; another dated Mt. Vernon, and says if a man ever earned hia
at
Sitka just 30 yegra after Alaska
Va, November 6. IT'-l*. and ! - r».--l by
Ami was purchased from Ru-sia in IH67.
George Washington. a d
| -overtag |50 per month, he surely baa.
land In Albany. N. Y . <1
-I IflKl. and we agree with him in every particu Contrary to popular belief much of
a military tvo-rd of l‘r*
-tit VVUllatn lar, and we doubt if there is another
the Alaskan area, s->rn»* hundred
Henry Harrison
man in Scio would take the job at thousand acres nr one fifth the to
Among the view» n exhibit are one
of the city and I- ' or of New Y»»rk the same figure.
tal. is agricultural land.
as of the year IT I
■ an-»ther show
Two gardens growing only a few
When you entertain, let us furnish
ing how the no ■ fan is Wall str»tet
varieties
of vegetable* were aii-iut
you. with 500 score cards
looked way be k In I' -V
THINGS
UNUSUAL
The Salem Nut G- •*»•
»
tioo lias tx-en organize»] as a to» ■
of the Oregon Walnut exchange, c
■Iterative and will handle this year’s
100 tons of nuta grown In Marion.
Linn ar.d Polk counties. The asso
ciation connects up with the Dund«*e
district on the north and the Eugene
district on the south.
' This Is a»» opportune time for
walnut growers to perfect an effi
cient marketing organization.” says
C. J Hurd, marketing sp«H'ialist of
the state college extension service,
"when it is not e«(>eciallv difficult to
market the nuts.
Oregon prixiucera have an ex
cellent opportunity to establish the
Oregon walnut with the trade and
build up a reputation for a superior
product, standardized and graded.
We will then have an outlet for an
increasing amount of the Oregon
product as domestic production more
nearly imlancra consumption.”
Action in organizing to promote
the nut industry is in harmony with
the recommendation of the state eco
nomic conference, Th»» recommend-
•rd variety is Franqurtte, grafted to
the root stock of northern California
black walnuts.
It was shown at the conferme»?
that the um * of nuts in the UniUd
Slates inert seed from 7-1 millin
pounds in 1900 to 355 million in
1920
Even at that home nr lu<-
lion was only about one fourth -f
h>»n <* consumption
At that tini-
only about 60 per cent of the plant
ing« were in l»earing.
the only area in crop production
when the territory was first visited
bv l)r. Walter Evans, chief of the
insular stations. Fields and or
chards growing nearly every food
product except corn were liat«*d in
the 1922 visit ot Dr Evans. Alaska
grown wheat is now milled at Fair
banks.
Director Jardine, «elected for this
work because of his ide experience
in experimental and practical agri
culture. sailed <>n the S. S. Queen
from Seattle June 11.
Another Big Egg
Deryl Shelton, son of Floyd Shel
ton and wife, is the possessor of an
other big »vg. laid no doubt by the
same hen that product*! the prize
winner t nrly in the spring. This
egg is larger than the spring pro-
dttet just a little, as It weighs just
four ounces and measures around
the long wav Kj inches and 0} the
other wav. The strain from which
this egg comes is the Ithoie Island
Red.
Bishop’s
Virgin
Wool
Fabrics
Two
Pant
Suits
See
Them
Today
Men’s
and Young
Men’s
TwoPíint
Nut Grower* Organize
BISHOP’S
Clothing & Woolen Mills Store, lilC.
SALEM. OREGON
Two
Pant
Suits
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